The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-31
| BOOM IN EARNEST.
OVER $1,000 WORTH OF LOTS SOLD
By THE n. N. N. e.. co.
TIE FIRST DAY.
THOUSANDS or PEOPLE RIDE OYER
THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY AND
THOSE VINO PARTICIPATED
HAD a BIG TIME.


Yesterday was gala day in Mar
tinsburg and the weather was all that
could be desired. From morning un-
til midnight the streets were crowded
with people who had come to town TO
buy lots and help the boom. The
band played, the new electric cars ran
regularly, crowds Of people scrambled
for the closest position to the auc-
tioneer at the Big Lot Sale and there
was perpetual popping Of guns at the
shooting tournament Every citizen
of Martinsburg seemed to look upon
the occasion as holiday.
Early in the day trains brought visi-
tors from neighboring cities and the
hotels did athriving business. Among
the lot buyers from abroad were Col. L.
A, Dodge, of Boston, Daniel Heffel-
born, Charleston, G.. w. McClelland,
Hagerstown, E. r.. Haight, E. S. Ches-
rey, w. Parker Smith, f. w. Haight,
Charles 7. Henry, William Mayse, Jr.,
A. 0. Brummel, A. r. Miller, Wash
ington, w. H. Albert, Hagerstown, c.
E. Casper, r. E. Thompson, T. Nc
Lanahan, Pittsburg. And many 9TH
ers.
Out on the boom land everything
presented an animated appearance.
People were scattered over the grounds
all the way from the new jail to the
terminus Of the car line, and carriages
and other vehicles traversed the newly
laid out avenues in every direction.
As stated in THE WORLD yesterday
the sale did not begin until noon, too
late for us to furnish any figures. The
sale opened at II o'clock, and con-
tinued until four, and during that per-
iod the aggregate sale of lots was 81 :
$50, a much larger amount than the
M. NJ. NJ. g. /. Company had figured
on selling.
From the start it was noticeable that
the purchasers were largely people
from Berkeley county and the imme-
date vicinity, although one large and
unexpected sale of four blocks was
made to Col. l.. A. Dodge, of Boston,
for $4,000. On the whole the prices
received for lots was fully up to the
expectations of the company. The
lowest lots sold for 1925, and there
were very few of them, while the high
est price received was $500. There
were good many single lot sales and
besides the sale made to Col. Dodge,
George M. Bowers invested $4,000,
George w. McKown $4,000, and
Theodore X. Miller $4,000. 1t is ex-
pected that many more lots will be
disposed of to-day at the sale which
began at one o'clock.
During the day there was more ex-
citement over the new electric line
than anything else. Everybody thought
that they would have to spend dime
for ride and the result was that from
the time of starting the cars at noon
until midnight they were crowded
every trip, According to the fares col
lected there were 1920 passengers car
ried. This did not begin to cover the
number, as in many instances the cars
were so packed that the conductors
could not collect half Of the fares. It
was expected that there would be some
accidents on account of horses taking
fright, but nothing serious happened
during the day.
THE SHOOTING TOURNAMENT.
There was bigger crowd present
at the two days shooting tournament
which opened up at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning on the boom land than
there was at any previous tournament
held in the valley. There were con-
testants present from all sections of
West Virginia, and good many of the
local men were out anxious to achieve
honors. According to the original
programme there were eleven events
to be disposed Of, but on account Of
the large number Of entries in each
event only six &ere shot off yesterday
and the balance came to-day. In the
first event there were % entries for |
the gold badge with Is single birds to |
shoot at. Mr.. j. p. Haddox, OF Wash |