Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-10-05
Il. II. HORIZONS GREAT WORK.
Bulwinkle Hill Has Been Transform
cd into u Residence Section.

For the past few years changes
and improvements in Walhalla have
been taking place one after the
other SO rapidly that 1t has long since
ceased to cause our people to stop
everything and stand and look on in
open-mouthed wonder. Our people
nave become accustomed to see
Things change and improve and they
take these things now as matters Of
| course.
1T has been many day, howew =,
since the whole side of the town
has been transformed from a verita-
pie wilderness into a desirable resi-
dence section, as has been done by
e. K. Horton, representing the An
derson Real Estate and Investment
Company. The term transformation
does not adequately express the i'm
proVement that has been made in the
old Bulwinkle Hill. Mr.. Horton has
SIMPLY made q new section of Wal
halla. His work in reality adds to
the town large area that did not
| exist before.
His idea was primarily, Of course,
to make a good residence section of
the large tract Of land which his
company some time since bought.
'Eh1s tract Is well known as the Bull
winkle homestead. Beginning his
work Mr. Horton knew the necessity
Tor streets and John street was open-
ed and graded by him to the north
OF Main street; North Broad street,
heretofore a wilderness) was open-
ed to its full width of 200 feet, and
Johnson and East Boundary streets
were likewise opened in full width
north Of Main street, running en-
tlrely through the Bulwnkle tract,
lnlereSecting on the other side with
the public roads leading to good sec
tons outlying. Aside from the open
ing or these streets laid out in the
plan OF the town, Mr.. Horton has
also provided for ample and conven-
| lent streets through the section
opened and laid off by him for resi-
dencc lots. A winding driveway
| traverses the entire section east and
west and this is on three per cent
grade, so that one can walk or drive
the entire length Of the property from
! the lowest part to the highest and
never realize that he has ascended a
hill.
The lots have been laid off with a
view to convenience and dcsirabiljtv
/ Tor residences, and many of those
who have visited the place are of the
opinion that they can with but little
expense be made ideal home places.
IN TACT, that is Just what is going to
happen over on Bulwinkle Hill. 1t
/ is the residence section of the town
Tor the near future, and within the
next few months there will be ham
mcrs and saws busily putting to-
Ecthcr the structures that will house
many citizens. 1t is worth any ones
tlme and trouble to go over and see
all that has becn done.
This work on Mr.. Horizons part is
going to result in great good to Wal
halla as a whole and to her citizens
! individually. To-day there is scarce
! ly a vacant house in town, and dur
ing the past six months a dozen fam
lilies have either remained in other
places or moved to other parts sim
ply because they could not rent
homes or buy property low enough
10 JUSTIFY their moving to Walhalla.
MI Horton's plan does away with
/ the feature Of high priced property.
! On the 10th Of October these lots are
! going to be sold, and he has set no
! price on them. The purchaser will
DO that when he buys. The lots will
I be sold at auction TO the highest bid
! der. This will give everybody an op-
portunity to get home place at a
: reasonable price. Another feature
! mat Is a good one is the one that
] Mr.. Horton has decided upon, per-
hitting small cash payment down
at the time Of purchase, the balance
! to be paid in s. Ill monthly INSTALL
! mcnts This a 'nts practically to
paying rent for > ,any months, and
at the last payne. the building lot
| Is yours. Walhalla has needed lust
such sale Of residence property for
long time, and the sale on the
| 2oth OF this month is going to bcne-
ut many man who will hereafter
own his own home and stop the rent
| drain.
No such improvement to piece
| OF property has been made here i'm
many year, and no such oDportuni-
~ has heretofore been offered 10 our
people TO secure homes, as is now
presented through the work Of Mr..
Horton. He has conferred favor
ON the people OF the town, and we
hope that they will readily sec the
advantage Of securing home property
while ii is cheap. A few years hence
these same lots will be selling for
double or treble what they will be
sold FOR at this sale.
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