The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-14
DEVELOP MENT IN
THE FAR WEST END
West Broad Street Land Com
pany to Fix Up Great Manu-
featuring Territory.
TO HAVE AMPLE TRACKAGE
Attractive Factory Sites and
Home Grounds Tor Many
Operatives Laid Of.

Westward the star of empire takes
its flight THIS seems 10 be as true OF
Richmond to-day as It used TO De OF the
soon. when the tracks OF the Belt Line
and the Richmond. fredericksburg and
Potomac ana Seaboard Railways, where
they skirt the western and northwest
ern borders OF Richmond. Will be lined
with great manufacturing plants. Far
sighted men. who have Richmond's good
al heart, know this. and they are acting
and governing themselves accordingly
Some six months ago the Broad street
Land Company was organized and
chartered for the purpose OF develop
Ing this western territory and making
sites for big manufacturing concerns.
To that end the company acquired a
large body OF far West End ground.
and has been quietly developing II. The
property is splendidly located. begin
ming at West Broad Street, near the
Roseneath Road, at the intersection OF
West Broad with North Tilden Street.
IT runs thence TO the main line OF the
Richmond fredericksburg and Poto-
mac Railway. and thence aiong that
line 10 Acca station. thence along the
railways property and the property OF
the Methodist Orphanage back TO West
Broad Street. All OF this includes about
two miles OF trackaGe front on the
main line and the Belt Line. and the
whole is an ideal territory for manu-
facuring sites, with ample lands for
the homes OF numberless operatives III
the coming manufactures.
Many improvements Already.
The company, under the guidance Of
its president. y. l. Mcclellan. has spent.
in addition to the purchase price OF
the land an immense sum OF money
in making the property ready for the
uses II is eventually TO be put TO.
Streets have been laid off. North Tilden
Avenue has been made into a broad
boulevard and sidewalks have been
laid on the same. The necessary lots
have been plated and streets laid off
in the same for the homes of future
operatives of the coming factories. The
company has closed contracts with the
railway officials which bind the latter
to run side tracks through all Of that
portion of the property which has been
set apart for manufacturing sites.
To make long story short, the com.
pany. after spending much money on
the engineering proposition. has laid
off what real estate experts and indus
trial developers regard as the oeSt and
the most suitable manufacturing terri
tory that any Southern city can boast
OF. the trackage and terminal facilities
DeinS simply superb
President McClellan's idea from tho
first was to make his purchase a big
manufacturing and railway terminal
point. with ample grounds for viii
lage or town of homes for the opera
tives To this latter ond, Westwood
Avenue. Eastwood Avenue and Loumor
Avenue. as shown on tho map OF the
property. are handsomely laid of for
an operatives village
An Old-Timer nt Helm.
Mr. Mcclellan. the president and
prime mover in this enterprise, is no
novice In the business or developing
good things Long before he came to
Richmond to live and do business he
was wonderfully successful along
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