The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-27
CASH CORNER.
A NOTED LOCALITY TO BE RENEWED
NO LONGER TO BIZ A RESORT FOR
TIE Ia WEISS
THE OLD BUILDINGS SOLD At ArC
TuoN YESTERDAY.
A sketch of the Locality The Old Houses
10 be Puiled Down ,m m sd'a eis--fh"
penizcns seeking Other Fra
grant Places.

"cesA Cornce viii be cleared, said Mr..
! Thon,oson Brown ,auctioneer, yesterday
afternoon. near o'clock. While standing
in the mud in Bakers alley.
cash Conner" IS an old name. In fact,
This Term has been the name of the north
,.cs, corner of Cary and Eighteenth
streets since prior TO the war between
the States in those days tins section OF
Cary street and the streets adjacent was
the principal business portion OF the
CITY. The markei-honsc, now known
a. The FIRST or Old Market, was
inst around the corner On the corner
man kept a store whore groceries ana
Nonors were sold. Nothing could be
nnrcbased there on credit Everything
Us sid for cash. II regular pus
chaser wanted drink or pound OF ba-
con and dia not have the money. the
drink or bacon was given 10 him. The
6rn, Kent no books. This corner thereby
obtained the name Of Cash Corner.
since the war this corner and the
houses adjacent up TO, and lnclnolng
Baker's alley, which runs through the
sopare between Main and Cary streets,
have been the resort for the most foul OF
the negro race. nor have there been
found white people of both sexes who
were NOT TOO low 10 minglc with and cast
their lot with this class OF people IL
can be said. without contradiction, mat
within the last hfteen years TINS corner
has given The police force OF the flrst
district more prisoners than one nan Oh
the territory pairolled by them pui TO-
geIher. 49,.
The larsl on which these house are
bnilt belongs 70 an estate who want 10
clean of the houses and use the land TOT
the erection of other and cleaner houses.
The idea was aud is that there Will be
erected tobacco factory or tobacco
nrarehnuse. or both Another idea is 10
use the land as o coal yard This latter
idea seems TO have some sound bases,
"a the particular two-siory brick tene'
ment on the corner was not sold, VI
being understood that ii could be used
rs an Office. and also because promi-
rent coal dealer purchased four OF the
adjoining buildings.
The sale began at ] O'Clock. Ii was
the sale simply Of the Improvements
above ground, which are TO be removed
by the purchaser within thirty DAYS. Al
the hour mentioned Mr.. j. Thompson
Brown. one hundred shabbily clothed
negro men. dcnizens OF the neighbor-
hood. twenty-five negro women, VINO
Frequently adOrn the pen in the Police
Court room. "a couple of policemen, and
q number of gentlemen present for the
nurpose of bidding, met together In
Bakers alley The first property offered
were the six twO-stOry tenements IN THIS
alley. After CRYING the property a short
while the bricks and timber OF these SIX
houses were sold for Sl9j. The three
story house on the corner OF the alley
and Eighteenth street went for Sl9O
on Eighteenth street, next 10 the
three-story building above mentioned is
"A frame house in state of delapidaiion.
II was built wears ago as negro dance
hall. but that kind Of fun the police stop
ped. Laiterly il became "A negro church
under the pastOTate OF Rev Boswell,
who has since removed 10 another city,
the neighhorhOod detying all OF his ef-
forts 60 bring about conversion. The
CONGREGATION moved down 10 the old
Bethel school-house on Twentieth street
ard since then this frame building has
not been occupied except surreptitiousiy
Ex-Councilman Metzger bought 1t fol
IS.
The four brick tenements next 10 the
hsr-rOOm on the corner and fronting on
Cary street. were sold TO Mr. Ben. I
Crump. who has coal yard opposite
for S2s5 The two adjoining stores next
toward Seventeenth street were cried out
10 MrlJ. c. Smith at 800. \ conflict
arose here a. TO who purchased the
property, MI Smith or MI Crump. A
consultation WAS held, and the property
put up again, and this time Knocked out
10 Mr. W A Boswell for S225
As stated, all this property has to be
torn down and the material removed
within thirty days. The corner store
which has a noted history in police cir
Giles. was not offered for sale. Ii has
from the time it was built, been used as /
low rrog-shop--hrst by white MAI
named Bob Allen and subsequently by
Peter Nardini. an Italian. Allen wa
noted in his Nay as great sporting man
and the yard in the rear OF his bar ha
seen many cock fights. Nordini, tn
present barkeeDer, has orders TO move
With him disappears the last OF Casi
Corner excepting the empty store re
naming. The women and men who 10
wears have carOused at this corner arr
now moving to other fragrant localities