Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-19
THE BIG LOT SALE.
100000 Worth ofthe Fairmont Development Com
pany's Property Disposed Ofihe First Day
Good Pr caS Secured for all the Lots
Soii--C0ntlueS To-Day.


FAIRNONT, W. Va, Nav lS.-The first
dav OF the FairmOnt LOT sale was a success.
The aggregate sales amounted TO $4,000.
Tue event had been EXTENSIVELY advertised,
and the number of people who came In up
on the morning trains was rather dlSap-
pointing. but those who came were bona
hde purchasers, there being but few people
present out of curiosity. AL the hotels
were crowded, and business generally was
suspended. lt was gala day for FAR
mont The city was in holiday attire, and
almost the entire population was upon the
streets during the Oay. The City Band
was out early I'm the morning, in natty uni
forms, and PLAYED a number Of spirited
selections in front Of the Development
Company S Office on Main street.
Ate O'Clock the auctioneer, Mr.. w. 0.
Beckenbaugh, of Baltimore, addressed the
crowd, and asked everybody to proceed TO
the Company's grounds across the gully,
which is scanned bv the handsome new
bridge erected by the Company. a little
later, Mr. Beckiubaugh mounted the plat
form near the site of the new Normal
School, and formally opened the sale.
There were between 500 and 1000 people
present Refreshment booths and lunch
stands were scattered about the grounds.
The first lot offered started off with
a good bid, aud after a little lively
competition was sold at $500. All
the lots offered in the morning were
near the bridge, and on Main street, where
10 is stipulated that none but three story
brick buildings can be erected. Thirty
two lots We're sold in all in the morning,
and the receipts were about $4,000, an
average Of more than S70O per lot The
best price received was 81, 100. Quite a
number Of purchasers were from Clarks-
burg, Weston, and other points in the
country about here.
In the afternoon the sale began at l 80
o'clock, and the crowd was somewhat
larger than in the morning, many having
come in on the late trains. y shower
came up early in the afternoon that
threatened TO cause q pOstponement
OF the sale, but the skies cleared aud the
crowd was larger than ever. EiGh.y-elght
lots were disposed of in the afternoon, most
of them TO actual builders, making the ag-
gregate sales FOR the DAY approximate
$4,000 While the Company was diSap-
pointed in the size Of the crowd, the gentle
men all express themselves as satisfied
with the DAVIS sales. The auctiOneer, Mr..
BeckiuOaugh. who Ofliciated at the
Moundsviie sale, and who has been pres
eut at every sale of any note In the South IN
recent years, was well pleased with the
lots and purchased one himself Several
buyers were offered handsome profits 10
dispose of their lots just after the close of
the sale. The sale will be continued to-
morrow, ami large crowds are expected 70
atteudS
Quite a number Of distinguished visitors
were in town, 70 attend the sale Gov.
Fleming, Secretary of State, VIM. A. Oh
lev and ex-United States Senator j. Y.
Camden were not Ced upon the ground dur
ing the sale and evinced a lively interest
i'm the proceedings. a circus spread its
tents upon the cOmpany's grounds and at
tracted large crowd this evening.
It is probable that great many lots will
not be disposed Of and another sale will
take place next fall