The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-02-20

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Accomplished Results.
A company of Stannton gentlemen
some time since purchased the piece OF
property on what is now known as the
Churchvile road, adjoining the hand
some property of T. d. Ransom. Esq, on
the west, and formerly part OF the
Frazier estate The company has moved
forward with steady purpose to give to
our people chance to see what can be
accomplished by pluck and energy, and
a sincere desire to improve our city.
! With that object in view the work OF inn
provelnent has gone steadily on. Along
4 the Churchville road front a substantial
stone wall has been built, which is a sup
/ porting wall, constructed OF large stones
and masonry, 3 feet in thickness. The
/ stone is fine for building purposes, and
was taken from the line Of Improvements
on the hill. On the top of this wall will
be q substantial. ornamental fence.
Along the entire length of the frontage
on the road will be IL street GO feet wide
to be called Front street. This will be
of easy and even grade. AT right angles
to this street and running through the
centre of the land. the company is grad
ing a street 80 feet wide, to be known as
Burell street. Fronting on Burel street
are u lots, with an average frontage of
so feet, and running back from 100 to
100 feet, TO an alley running along three
sides of the land Burell street runs
along the crest of the hill and sheds the
water to the rear of each and every lot.
The lots are smooth and we'll located,
fronting east and west, and Offering
most desirable locations. From the
north end of Burell street there is a mag
nifcent view. To the right, the eye
sweeps over the beautiful farming lands
west of Stanton to the foot of the north
mountain range. Ia this view is located
the Baldwin District fair ground, which
| is overlooked in its entirety The hand
Peyton, Steephiil, lies just beyond, with
Punkettsville in the distance, and be-
yond the high hills are crowned by the
substantial brick residence of j. E. Guy,
Esq. In front and to the left, lies the
seven hilled city of the great Shenan-
doah Valley, Staunton, with its church
spires and schools, and public school
buildings, electric light plant and water
works, all witnessing the culture, re-
finement and public spirit of its enlight-
J,ic No
twin sisters, Betsy Bell and Mary Gray,
raise their monumental heads, silent
sentinels Of the ages, and then over
meadow and valley the eye rests upon
the majestic mountains of the Blue
Ridge range, forming the eastern frame
work to as grand a picture as the eye of
man ever rested upon. No where within
the city limits can such another picture
be seen. The lover of the grand and
beautiful in nature will find in this loca-
ton, on Highland Terrace, "a perennial
see ne Of beauty, grand in the desolation
of winters embrace, beautiful when
clothed in the young and tender verdure
of spring, and sweet and comfortable in
the saddened days Of autumn, when the
active. busy. bustling man is reminded
by the falling of the leaves, and the de
stroying blasts, that all things of this
earth must pass away.
Elevated above the general level of the
streets, the homes on Highland Terrace,
while approached by easy grades, will be
free from dust and famed by purest
mountain breezes, refreshing the weary
toiler and relieving the care of the tidy.
busy housewife. The streets will be well
graded and macadamiZed, and the terms
of sale upon which the lots are offered
to the public are such as to guarantee
substantial and attractive improve
ments. These lots are now in the hands
of M. NJ. Robertson. and w. j. Perry &
Company. real estate agents, and they
are placed at very reasonable rates.
/ The advantages of the location, the
moderate prices asked for them and
the favorable terms upon which they ale
offered to the public, will make them go
quick. We congratulate the gentlemen
forming this company upon the assured
succers of their plans, which we trust
will lead to yet further and larger en-
terprises on this line in and near our
beautiful city.