The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-21
Sale of Valuable Real Estate.

UPWARDS OF NISETY-0SE THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORTH OF THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE
WILLIAM MITCHELL, JR., SOLD AT PUBLIC
AUCTIoN--A SATISFACTORY RESULT.
The sale OF the valuable real estate OF the
late William Mitchell, Jr., was continued and
concluded yesterday by Messrs. Grubbs u
Williams, auctioneers OF this city, in eXecu-
ton OF decree OF the ChancerY Court OF
the city Of Richmond entered on the 18th
dav OF October. 1877, in the consolidated
cases OF Mitchelrs executor Us. Mitchell ct
ais. and II. Y. Mitchell rs. same.
On Monday the sale commenced with the
| brick tenement No. 1442 east Main street,
occupied by Messrs. Conrad & Co., on the
north side Of Main street second house
west Of Wall Tor Fifteenth street. The lot
is about. 254 by 13s 4-12 feet to an alley in
the rear. This property sold for S4,35O.
The next tenement put up was No. l4l4
Main street. occupied by John Mccormick.
fronting % 4-12 feet, and running back
12S feet, and brought sG,150. No. 1916
Main street, occupied by Hcuser Il Brother,
fronting "a 6-12 feet, and running back to
Tobacco alley, was knocked out at S9,950 !;
and the small brick tenement nearly in rear,
occupied by John Bowers. sold for $3.50.
From Main street the auctioneers went
to No. % Governor street, corner OF Frank
lin, occupied by Phillips & &Jennings, which
was sold for S5,050. The tenement next
below (No. 90 Governor street), occu-
pied by +. 3. Cook, sold for S4.6SO. No.
1909 Franklin street, occupied by A.
Rooney and others, and running back to
Mr.. John \. Belvn's property, was next
put up and sold at S2,430.
The aggregate OF these sales amounted to
S33, 400.
Yesterday at noon the sale was continued,
| commencing with the valuable lot Of ground
upon which the Dispatch building is To-
Gated. There was large number Of per-
sons present, and some bidders from other
points in the State. Shortly after y O'Clock
Mr.. =. w. Grubbs, of the firm OF Grubbs &
| Williams, auctioneers and real estate agents,
| by whom the sales were made, mounted q
chair, read the advertisement, terms of sale,
&C., and then the real business OF the day
commenced. The first bid made upon the
lot was $4,000, the next $4,000, and so on
until bid Of S12,425 was made by Messrs.
II. X. Ellyson and Charles Campbell, and
the property was Knocked out to them.
The lot adjoining the first one sold yes
terday was next put up, being that upon
which Charles Euker'S place, No. 1116
Main street, is built. 1t sold for $1,000, and
was bought by the executors OF William
Gray, deceased. Upon the lot adjoining
the above stands the building No. lila, oc-
cupied by A. \. Allen. This was sold to
DR.. Charles 5. Mills for $4,000. The lot ut
the southwest corner OF Bank and Twelfth
streets, in rear of the Dispatch building.
upon which stand Nos. S, 10, and II Twelfth
street, was sold for $4,000, and bought by
Richard S. Allen.
Aggregate sales Of Main and Twelfth
street property yesterday, S36, 6,415.
1t should be observed that the build
ings on all OF the above lots on Main and
Twelfth streets were not included in the
sale of the lots, they having been built on
leases and being owned by other parties.
Yesterday afternoon the spacious brick
residence formerly occupied by the de-
ceased and afterwards by his family, To-
Gated on the southwest corner Of Franklin
and Sixth streets, was sold to Mr.. AleXan.
der Cameron for S14,300. The lot upon
which the house is Duit-57 by 131 4-12
| fcct-was sold with the house.
The lot in the garden adjoining the dwell
ing, fronting together "A feet, was divided
into two lots-one, of 40 3-l3 feet, sold at
S101 per foot, or s4.974.25; and the other,
of "a 6-12 feet, sold at 500 per foot, or
S2,450.
Aggregate Of sale OF Franklin-strcet pro-
perty, 81, ,724.25.
Total amount of sale of the Mitchell pro-
perty for the two days, S91 ,GS9.25.
The commissioner and the auctionecrs
are to be congratulated upon the handsome
sum realized from the sale of the property.