The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-21
Average Price on Deeds Piled In Sl1s'se
An Acre Compared to ssl'63 An
Acre IN 1871
Transactions In Town and City properly
Decreased In Last Year-feW oA
Land transactions

The annual report OF County Recorder
I, r Bradtield gives some interesting
facts concerning land and lease trans
actions IN Belmont county during the
last TWO years.
According 20 the report. agricultural
lands IN Belmont county have doubled
IN value during the year ending June
81, 1922 a. compared with the year end
ing June so. 1921. During the year
,Ne-e has been flied 226 deeds for ag-
r:cu!tural lands, other than one dollar
considerations. with a total acreage OF
2SSS acres a. a consideration OF St9S. 500
m or An average % So per acre.
During the year ending June 81. l92i'
there were 3l4 like deeds filed, with
ln.tS3 acres conveyed al a consideration
Of S645.llS.00, or an average or Soi'oS
per acre
Land Within the corporation limits
that Is valued BY the acre was not sold
IN large quantities during the last year
there being - deeds filed. covering l9t:
acres at an average price Of SSlS33S per
acre In comparison with the proceed
ING year this price has been reduced
nearly one half for in the year ending
June so. 1921. 20 such deeds were filed,
covering 1911 acres at an average con-
kidcration OF S6iilS3 per acre.
City Property
Transao ,ions in city. town and village
cots have been on the decrease during
the past year according 10 the report
therc having been $50 deeds filed dur
4nS the year with total consideration
-. ST3sS96.o0 as compared with 1876
deeds and total consideration oil
s 70.3o7.
-, oil and nthar
lands have been few during the past
rear, there having been six deeds filed.
covering 247 acres al an average price
Of s10S.TO per acre. The report for 1871
showed S such deeds covering 65S acres
Of land at an average OF Sl5l.90 per
acre.
Taking a total OF tho above figures
there has been filed with tho recorder
during the past year 6lS deeds, cover
Ing an acreage OF E0iia ACRES and q
to,al considera ,iou % SI326Ns5.5S. A
COMPARISON shows that durinS the pre-
ced!nR year there were s3s deeds filed
towering ll5SSia acres with tPtal con-
s.deration OF Sl.65S.3SA.HO.
These figures are all based On deeds
In which other than one dolaT consid-
krat!cns IS stated but tend ITO show
shat while price OF city and - reduo-
ing. tho PRICE OF az ~ "'Nb'eA AN>iSS 50
On tho increase.
There were likewise flied during the
past year 1876 deeds. covering 2oS1l
acres OF land IN which the cons!dera-
tfon was stated az 800. while during
ths year ending June. 1921. there were
eS5T such deeds filed. with an acreage
IF 1874 acres.
Mortgages.
The report also shows that during the
oast year there have been 500 mortgages
given on agricultural land. covering
Ii-o5 acres for p total consideration OF
SS22.745.O0. while - mortgages were
given on land inside corporation lin
J,s valued b vthe acre. the total
amount being Sl53.915.00 covering q
prres while 1920 mortgages were Civ
on on city. town and village lots for
total consideration OF Sl.I3S,Tl0.0O
Twenty-three mortgages were also Civ
en- on oil and mineral and other lands
covering 1869 acres with the total con
alteration 1885. 1900.
During the preceding year there were
40 mortgages on 1854 acres OF aEri'
cultural land. az a considerable or $500
1870 with 9I2 mortgages on CITY
town and village lots at considera-
ZION Of SI.735.nSo.oo.
Compared with the totals there were
riled with the recorder 1929 mortgages
during the past year with d constdera-
ZION Of ST '0nSloon as compared with
1tss mort cages and total OF SS.llS.-
ass M during tho preceding year.
purtpx the year 81 1922 there was
riEsvtse 2S5 mortgages on agricultural
land. cancelled. This covered an &C