The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-29
SECURE a HOME.
n Pleasant Locality for all DESTROYS
Obtaining Il Hontc.

All who come 10 TINS city, either as
visitors or as residents, are pleased
with its location as we'll rs with the
energy and enterprise of its people.
As soon as they have assembled one
of the gently rising elevations OF the
city and viewed the handsome public
and private buildings, many OF them
fresh from the builders hands, and all
of them comparatively new, they are
filled with admiration for the city and
its progressive people, and begin ut
once, if they are able, TO make invest.
ments with the ultimate intention OF
building themselves homes.
In whatever direction they look
they see eligible building lot- and
houses in diiTerent degrees Of cons
truction. In the western part OF the
city the view, however is one ~ the
most enchanting and that location
for residences is most numerous ANA
desirable Tie land from Grove
street westward, with occasional un
dulations, rises gradually, till within
few hundred yards OF Roanoke
river, where il slopes westwardly to
the beautiful valley border, the banks
of that winding stream.
Just where the last western ascent
commences, a handsome boulevard of
mile in length begins, and from this
to the north. and south runs nuner-
Gus streets, intersectiug others lead
ing east aud west. These streets di-
vide what was once the property of
the West End Land Company into
blocks which in turn have been laid
off into lots, the most desirable TO be
found anywhere for the purposes OF
residences.
The demand for these lots was such
that the company soon disposed OF all
of them, and they are now owned
mostly by single individuals. Me-srs
James S. Simmons g. Co, are agents
for a large number of these owners,
and their numerous daily sales of lots
fully attest the great demand for
them.
The Roanoke Street Railway Com
pany have lately completed line
through the center of this property,
and cars run hourly from the Union
depot by this route to the western
limits of the city. Here, removed
from the hustle and turmoil OF the
business centers, the hard worked
man can find the rest and quiet OF a
suburban home without any of its at
tendant advantages. The pure air
from the surrounding mountains will
sevivify the blood which courses
through his veins, and the panoramic
views of all that is grand and beautl-
full in nature or tasteful in art will
sooth his mind when weared with
| the cares of constant daily toll.
The elevation is such that every lot
is thoroughly drained without being
abruptly steep or permeated with
/ lodges of stone, SO commonly the case
in mountainous districts. Many OF
the streets have been planted i'll trees
which in time will give q splendid
shade and make the West End addi-
| ton not only one of the choicest parts
of the city in natural advantages, but
one of the loveliest portions also.
The lover of nature can here crafty
his tastes by adjoining his ground or
developing their productIveness In
proportion to the area which he holds.
Water, electric and gas lights, the
telephone and the letter carrier sys-
TEN will be as completely within his
reach as if he resided in the center of
the city, and few yards from his
door, ready for his call will be street
cars to carry him to his place of bust
ness during working days or to church
upon the Sabbath.
All things considered, the West Emo
property offers advantages to pur
chasers which cannot be surpassed
and, that these advantages are appre
ciated, the handsome houses already
erected there, those IN process of con
struction, or contemplated, abund
antly prove.
A talk with the leading contractors
of the city will satisfy the most skep
tical as to the splendid building pros
poets of the addition, and the records
of the clerk of the corporation court
will show that many fine building
sites there are owned bym of means
and culture, who havepurchased sole
ly to build themselves homes of taste
and comfort at an early date.