The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09
BARTON HEIGHTS
IDEALLY LOCATED
This Suburb Essentially A Town
of Up-to-Date
Homes.
RECENTLY EQUIPPED
WITH WATERWORKS
E
New Reservoir is Built of Solid
+ Concrete and Ample Pressure
is Afforded Every "
Residence. aas1 Il
Residence

Few suburban sections have "a
many advantages to offer as Barton i
Heights. located as II Is on a series
of rolling hills across Shockoe Creek
valley to the north of Richmond. and
within less than ten minutes ride on u
the street cars. ss
Barton Heights is an Incorporated
town, equipped with an adequate and
lithic paved streets and. ~in fact. prAc~
ticalty every facility and convenience
found in an up-to-date city. It's Wa
ter supply, which has caused some
In the past. is now obtained
from a new artesian well which hiss
just been completed. This WE'LL $50
feet In depth, has a flow of more than
f25 gallons per minute. and Ii recog~
nized as among the best Of Its kind
In the State, having been built at II
cost of nearly $4,000.
Reservoir Built Of Concrete.
Nearby Is a recently constructed
reservoir built of solid concrete. and
having capacity of 250,000 gallons.
A pumping station, equipped with
modern electrical machinery. adtoin1
the reservoir, from which water n
pumped into a stand-pipe several
blocks away, the latter having kos~A
goo gallon capacity and afrordtng ans
pie pressure for every home In thu
town.
Superintendent J. r. Pohlman givsa
most OF his time to the pumping sta~
ton, which he says has been works
ing like a charm from the day hdIi
first set the machinery in motion.
We don't have any trouble with
our water supply these days." he res
marked Saturday - --5s-s
Area b Idmiteds
There arc $40 water takers In fh1s
town. and that II Just about the nuxu~
Der of homes TO be found In BartOo
Heights, whose area Is strictly limited
SO that water and sewerage and oth41
householder.
The ideal OF the citizens Is to have
the best possible town OF homeM with
only such ether enterprises e. 80
essential to the comfort and pleA4As
ure of Its residents. Fifteen mOdarns
up-to-date homes are now going up.
Twice as many homes were built lan4
year. There are hardly more than II
dozen vacant lots left in this town. an6
they are expected TO be occupied hyA
new homes before another year 1o&
by.
There is not tenement In HArtOMD
Heights. With four or i've exceptions
every home II set in spacious gronn01s3
most of them with roomy front and
side lawns, furnishing abundant alF
and light. with the opportunity for
the cultivation Of flowers and xhruhA
Titles Arc An Clear.
Property holders no longer hav1.
trouble with titles, that freQuantly
proved q source Of annoyance In the
days gone by. To-day the titles ara8
practically all cleared.
When the citizens voted several
years ago to sell $4,000 worth Ok
bonds for pavement. sewerage an0
other improvements property values
property 10 worth Ave times ~ muc1A
a. II was then. s 8
The town has q we'll equipped AR
department which has done excellen9
service. In the few Ares that have
occurred since tho town was tncot.
porated, the blaze has rarely spreA4j
beyond the house In which Il originate
ed and In a majority Of cases has been
extinguished with comparatively aligh&s
loss. The fact that the houses 80
not built closely together makes thes
community relatively safe from a14
extended or disastrous fire.
school II Rcat Pride
The real pride OF Barton Heights l1s
its new schooi-house. hne brtck
S4dtRRV4 WIN eW~ANV Sser~7k<
rooms. separate play rooms for boz
and girls. and spacious anditortuu
that serves not only for school pux~s
poses but al a town hall a. we'll.
The building II set In an Acrs plnes
and crowns an eminence overfook1ue
the town and country round about l9E
to heated by steam. ventilated ncoordl
ing TO tested modern n1ethodA 49,
thoroughly lighted.
The school provides seven-yeeN
grammar course and four-grAds ht9As
school work. A chemical lAboyAt0t1
was recently installed, thus a6ordiuM
q thorough course In that special Ii
Of study. ~
The pupils are now getting reafX
for commencement exercises the lattaN
part OF May, and daily rehearsale aH~
being held IN preparations for
occasion.
Measles There. Too. Il
Lately, tho measles and whoop1nl&
cough epidemic prevailing throu4s!
out this entire section hsz interfek
with school work but the casea e
with prospects OF o returned ~ -
NAL conditions II an eArly da$es
The towns health record = 1911 III
be nothing short Of Remarkable {N
r.. W. Miller, local phyncian Nl<0
has lived In the "ITeightds for yenz
declaring that II no depended 9
Barton Heights for his living NJ
practically unknown he payA ana K
few cases that have 0feuFed 8 ~ =
practice originated elsewhere s 8. 4
vital statistics show thu deAe
to DO remarkably. almost xs0lSs
low. Il :. ". Z 81, 34
Illustrating The pubic sgses& = & u