Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-03-27
MORE Big DEALS.
Real Estate Begins to Get Very
Active.

Wiley Homestead Sold to Wheeling
Parties - White and Hirschman
Transfer their Peninsula Holdings
to Land Company Methodists Buy
Boughner Strip.
Prot Wiley has cl osed a sale to
Wheeling syndicate, OF the entire
estate of the late Senator Wiley, on
Chancery Hill, consisting of the
residence and ten acres of ground.
The figures are not given out, but
1 it is understood that good, round
price was obtained for the property.
Two representatives of the pur
chasers were here to execute the pa
pers concentrating the sale, and
they stated that the property will
be immediately divided up and sold
out in building lots. The mansion
house and grounds in front, will not
be disturbed, but will be offered for
sale in their present form. The site
is one OF the most beautiful of our
suburban territory and will no
doubt, find a ready purchaser. The
owners stated that they were in the
market for fair prices and the lots
would be offered at the prevailing
rates. There will be about so good
building lots in the plat, and they
constitute the most desirable build
ing sites now remaining in the adj
joining territory of the town. Prof
Morris was engaged to lay off and
plat the ground, and Chauncey D..
Wiley was employed to take charge
of the property an6 act for the syn
dlcate
This sale disposes of the entire
real estate owned by the late Senator
Wiley. The farm lying south of
the Cemetery, was sold by Prof.
Wiley recently to J. n. Smith.
Messrs White and Hlrschman
have disposed Of their holdings at
the peninsula above town to the
Peninsula Land Company which
will place the lots on the market.
There are twenty five acres in the
Aplat. The lots will sell at from 500
to 5000 each. Halt of them will be
reserved by the company and on
many of them houses Will be erected.
Twenty five houses from five to
seven rooms each will be built by
Messrs White and Hirochman them
selves. The construction of the
plant for the factory will begin with.
in ten days. Gas and water mains
will be laid to the addition and
within thirty days all Of the con
veniences enjoyed in the city will be
extended to residents of this sec
tibn.
Recently Miss Emma BOUCHER offer
ed to the trustees of the Methodist
Episcopal Church for four Thousand
dollars strip Of land twenty five feet
wide and three hundred and sixty feet
long, fronting the twelve foot alley
connecting Wiley street with Pros
pect street, which will make a street
thirty seven feet wide in front of the
new church lots donated to generously
by DR.. and Mrs. /. G. White. The
Official Board of the church, by vote
of seventeen in the affirmative and
two in the negative, authorized the
trustees to make the purchase and
UHuo dNOiO du} ltBul proceedings.
The contract has been signed by all
Of the seven trustees of the church
and by Miss Emma Boughuer. The
4 trustees will at once choose from the
designs submitted the plan for the
ediflce aud work will soon be begun
for the erection of the new church and
parsonage edidces which will probably
cost about $45, 600 While the new
street will much enhance the value
of adjacent property, and make north
High street handsome street from
Foundry street up to its northern end
it was thought but justice to accept
Miss Boughner's terms owing to the
destruction Of the West wing of her
house.
Eleven feet of the property will be
surrendered by August 1st involving
the removal Of the Office on the ex-
treme west of the property and the
remainder of the strip will be given
aver to the trustees year later. The
ew street will be quite as wide as
Filley st. The trustees expect to
ave church of 100 feet frontage
5nd a parsonage of about 40 feet. The
Presbyterian church OF this city is one
hundred feet long. including the Sun
day school room. Miss Boughner
and the trustees have made this ar
rangement in the most Christian and
fraternal spirit. 1t will not be long
before the handsomest M. K. church
in West Virginia will grace these cen
trail and beautiful lots. The trustees
intend to push the enterprise with
relentless energy.