Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-21

rs laWular WITH the lH00 slNs he las
always looked upon ii IS just The place
for a city. Even people who have seen
10 only from the railroad have formed
that opinion. Visitors who take time
to go over the ground say they bad no
idea that it was SO we'll laid ont, so eX-
tensively improved, or so nearly made
ready for it's destiny as place for ele-
CANT homes. A few tell ps we have
made a mistake In laying il out
How Is that? we ask.
Why, you see you have given so much
land away In parks and streets ana
alleys, and made your lots so large that
you have only got 255 lots out Of 246
acres. Now there are plenty Of people
who viii not make due allowance for
these things They think and speak OF
lot simply as lot, aud with them the
price of q lot ought TO be just about so
much. whether tic i3 little or big; aud so
YOU viii not oe able 20 realize as much
out of your property as you would II you
had made your lots smaller
We reply that we know that there are
such people, and q great many OF them,
hut they are not the people we are look
ing after for customers. We have lald
out large lots, and established building
lines, so as 90 compel degree OF ele-
qance somewhat IN keeping with the
natural beauty and advaD bges Of the
land Weexpect customers HON o class or
people whoappreciaJe beauty and com
fort and good intelligen. nelghoorS, and
who know, or Can easily calculate that
LOT that has irontage OF 100 feet aud
runs back l75 feet IS just seven times
as laree as one having q frontage OF %
feet ard running back 100 feet. We
waat our customers from among people
who appreciate the advantages OF good
natural drainage, and see the value Of a
system of streets and alleys that will
allow a perfect system OF sewerage.
We want customers who appreciate
the labor and pains expended 10 get
ting accurate tOpographiCa. and other
surveys, ia making and improving
streets, In laying sidewalks, In securing
depoJs, and switches, and trains, and
cheap rates, aud in getting thee,ectric
light; the whole resulting in obtaining
already a nucleus OF good houses and
first class citizens. We want them
60 understand that the good work
which has been begun is 20 be carried
on. and that Glendale is TO be the
SeWickley of this part Of the country.
The writer of-this advertisement was
the attorney for the plaintiffs in the
suit in which the old Fair Ground on
Wheeling Island was sold, and was one
of the commissioners who made the sale.
The entire Fair Ground property was
solo az public auction on October LIST,
1887. by the same auCtiOneer, who will
oficjate at Glendale next Tuesday,
June 2Sth. In advertising the Fair
Ground property we called the atten-
ton OF the public 90 the views Of emil
nent fnauciers as 10 the wisdom Of buy
ing az auction real estate which is IN
trinsically valuable and located in the
line OF progress. We then ventured
prediction that fair ground lots would
prove very profitable TO purchasers.
Ever since that sale the prop
erty has been advancing in price.
On the day on which this was writte2,
a Wheeling lawyer who bought SIN n.
lot az that sale for S145, sold it, still I'M
improved, FOR 5000 cash. We predict as
great if.not greater rate OF profit for
purchasers at Glendale.
There was recently published in the
Detroit Journal series of letters writ
zen by famous men IN answer 90 inqui-
ries as 20 the safest and best method Of
investing money Nearly al of them
recommended real estate investments as
ihe very safest and best.
Grover Cleveland began his letter as
follows:
''In reply 60 yout letter I would say
lEt thilk real estate, which is likely
D Increase In value, the best possible in
ysstmeut you can make of whatever you
are able 60 save"
Andrew Carnegie closes his letter thus;
''StatisticianS tell as that in our large
cities, within City years, all improved
real estate has paid taxes aud interest
aud Quadrupled in value, while 90 per
cent OF merchants aud traders have
failed and 90 per cent. of all business
corporations have done likewise OF gone
out Of business, so that their stock has
been wiped ont IN view OF these facts
there can be- no question Jhat real estate
is the very safest and best of all invest
ments for savings, and the one of al,
others most likely 20 increase In value.
AT Glendale we have thus far sold
Ions only 20 peaSOnS who intend 20 inn
prove their property, We would be
glad 60 limit our sales In the samy way
90 the future, but we have concluded to
give everybody chance to buy, taking
care, however, that lots which are so
situated that they could be cut cross
wise into q number of small lots front
Ing on different street. shall not be
sold without conditions as 20 the man
ner Of their use Realizing the advant-
age of the excursion from Wheeling TO
Glendale, which we had a few weeks
ago. we have concluded 20 have snOtb-
er excursion on Wednesday evening of
the present week. We want the people
TO visit the place and see Tor themselves
What 10 is.
I'm tO-mOrrCw's paper this space will
be occupied with am entirely different
Advertisement, giving some facts about
railroad facilities and the improve
ment made and 90 be made at Glendale.
We have an excellent lith0praph plat OF
Glendale. ON winch is printed 8 copy OF
the recorded instrument of dedication,
devoting streets and parks 20 the use OF
the public, defining the building lines.
sc. We will be glad 90 furnish a copy
Of this plat to anybody on application.
WILLIAM EBSKINE,
Trustee of Glendale Syndicate,
1918 Market street, Wheeling.