Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-04-03
NORTH VIEW.
An Ideal Town Site Near Clarksburg-Some
of Its Advantages-A Public Sale of Lots

on April 10th.
The days of ''boom towns" are past.
| North View is not to be boom
| town. but it is the natural outgrowth
| of the substantial development OF
Clarksburg and vicinity. 1t offers ex-
ceptional facilities for manufacturing
| plants, and number have already
f, been promised for portion of the
parcel of land which is reserved for
| that purpose. Industrial establish
ments will necessitate the building of
homes for employees, and no better
! investment is offered to men of capi-
tai than the opportunity to purchase
| lots at the North View sale on April
| 10Th
Where is North View, and what ad-
vantages does it offer for investment?
Some time ago representative bust
ness men of Clarksburg and other sec
| lions of West Virginia, purchased the
| NJ. j. Smith farm, lying northwest or
! Clarksburg, and about a quarter of a
mile and the junction Of the four
roadside Short Line, Baltimore &
| Ohio, Monongahela River and West
Virginia & Pittsburg. 1t is underlaid
with rich deposits of clay, and con-
tains one of the few sand banks with
out loom to be found anywhere. A
portion of the property-that which is
to be reserved for residence purposes
is so situated that there is a natural
drainage The farm is on the line of
the oil development in this State and
Pennsylvania, and 120 lots have al
ready been sold to oil men. The name
of the company owning the property is
the pine Grove Manufacturing, Land
and Improvement Company"
A large tract has been reserved for
manufacturing sites, and will be used
for no other purpose. 1t lies between
the Monongahela road and the river.
1t is an assured fact that the Short
! Line railroad will be built in the near
future, and the company's shops will
be built on portion of the tract re-
served for manufacturing sites. This
will be the only point where the Short
Line road will be on the same grads
as the B. & o.
A large lot has been sold to the NJ.
E. church, and an edifice will be erected
upon it at once. Several substantial
citizens of Clarksburg have decided to
build suburban residences during the
spring and summer. In divid-
ing the land into lots and
streets another portion has been
reserved for a park, and num-
Der of trees have already been planted
by the company. A large wind mill
has been constructed which pumps be-
tween 200 and 500 gallons of water per
hour. Natural gas and coal may be
secured in abundance, and it is the be-
lief of competent oil men that that
fluid will be found in the vicinity in
! paying quantities in the very near
future. Next year it is the intention
to construct a street railway from
North View to Clarksburg. This will
bring the new town closer to Harrison
countys metropolis, and there are sew
eral trains each day upon the other
roads.
The development of Clarksburg is
extending in the direction of the new
town. North View is an ideal town
site. Officers of the Pine Grove Com
pany are now in correspondence with
several manufacturers who are anxious
TO locate at North View, and it is
likely that a number of them will have
definitely decided to do so by April
10Th, when the lot sale takes place.
Lots will be offered at reasonable
prices, for small cash payments, the
balance on time and in easy payments.
To men of capital no better invest
lnent is offered just now, and TO home
seekers there is no more attractive
field The splendid natural resources
and unequalled shipping facilities are
certain to commend themselves TO
manufacturers seeking desirable loca-
tions, and the Pine Grove Company
invites correspondence upon this point.
Already they have assurances that