The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-05
REAL ESTATE


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AKA h1 modern u.e-tut- frs ths-.
roa' es'a'r rFpssr- over arf o..r
again Do. suudsrf-I fss a. pru-u.r.r,
Nnf no. pn.N M CITIES. tff .r rural
ianH. e 90 ir ffi- frrs Th. Traveller
across 'h- ceI's 80 'r~ ri-iofir Ni.
a. tolf how that. land which ten t.s~- .
aEp -oid A. hts pounds. or So an
acre. D. modern methods 81 Irrigation .
and cultivation under rho nrntectiori .
aud Inspiration a. an intelligent Eng
hsh domination. nov sells FOR 10
pounds. or SS1n. per acre
Then. n such rs true Of tho older
countries. what must BE- the story OF
onr own lands Here We have every
element Of advantage We are vet
new. We have had our decades or
occasional centuries Of growth. where
they have had their milleniums. our
values are not only m. natural IN
crease of our own population. but the
student OF the map of the world oh
serves approaching our shores from
every direction tracks of ocean travel
over which the ships of commerce
hurry. 10 empty into our ports on the
east and on the south and on the west
their thousands upon
Thousands Of New People
sometimes not the best. IL is true.
hut who under the strange alchemy OF
our skies are transmitted into being
Of higher grade-into men and women
of finer texture. into worthier citizens
in our freer and happier air. They
come 10 consume our breadstuffs. 10
fnr
values. To- occupy our lands and our
homes. TO build new ones. to make
things little more crowded to add
To our wealth. 10 send still higher and
higher our real estate values.
IL IL is true. as claimed. that every
increase of one thousand In a city's
population adds 81 To Sl6 per foot to
the front foot value OF lots in the best
business section. and in other sections
in varying lesser degrees. how univer-
sal must have been the increase in
the city real estate values of our
country and how must This continue
through succeeding years
The value of the property. exclusive
of Improvements. on the west side az
Market street. between Twelfth and
Fourteenth streets. IN the ludcmcnt
of the writer 5 now S2.5uu per front
foot. an increase Of $1,000 On the past
ten years and an the property ON
Market street and Main street from
Tenth Ia Fourteenth streets has Iu-
creased in the same proportion. The
value IN actual business property 10
Wheeling rs affected mostly hv Ih, iu-
crcas" of IN" number oi people ON the
fve-ccut tlr" Emit You must NOT
judge On" value boy The population 90
the city Itself. hut by fhr population
which. uotW ths1ard'ug artificial
boundaries. radiate~ Within q tNrc.nt
fare from the Schmuiha,h Eu.idin-
Indeed. 300 most places th- fare. l|fuir
Is the city limit Nov. since -h.
street car IS the greatest factor iu
fixing prices. then the change Of
routes or loops is bound 20 h.'p
h. favored territory chang. ot
looping the Whecliug Traction cars 20
Sixteenth street would iu,rra~. fh..
property affected az least 30 per cent
iu value. A. th" street cars affect tI..
center of population AND fh- valve
thereof. So do they make ft- differ
euce hcfW",u farmland and desirable
suburban property Land Up the
Bfcr' has Increased iHu per cent. 10
'h. past ton years 'Outfu"pi'y,.' the
increase has been about l"o p,r cent
"Ofrr fIs.r.Vcr 'h" Iucr.as". pIr. .,i.
larry ou the Bridgeport pike and
south ol l;,lIlr". rr What l~ RON cal. ed
shaI, side. the increase has been about
a. great
Nor only DO No 500 rho c.t.-- ger our
fhar" of growth proportional" ,.fu
the Increase o. population of % Whole
country. bur even "a much larger per