The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
Edifices.
! VERY FINE REAL ESTATE BUS

proved property has been sold. but the
increase III renting Ifar oGtshines tbs
business :. OF sales. RaalsGe great demand
has beenefor enees;gres.dences.fg
1T would notSbe incorrect to say that:
Richmond is. passing cthroush such3a, per-
400 OF Prosperity IN the ACTIVITIES lHaiFTl
Gated. The city is. in the MIDST Of tie.
activity, and many, Jbelieveg that she VIA
remain there for, an indefinite period.
Every. inuicauon is r-n- that direction.
The improvements to houses ali eady in
use but found inadequate for the volume
of bus.nes tie ability o. those occupy
ing them have built up are to be seen
in every section, ot@..,e Guy, from Elil-
ton to the Reservoir, and from me river
to Barton Heights and Chestnut Hill.
Fulton has had a plumber of residences
built. Even now "a great work Is IN
progress there, the new yards OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
This enterprise is giving employment to
many men, and will be the means OF ths
distribution of Inousanus OF dollars.
Church Hill is having Ler share of new
residences. Some very handsome homes
have been built. Among th-m are those
of Mr.. E. w. Evans, MIR. p. w. Mandy,
Mr.. r. A. Gary, alreauy completed, and
the prospective five or six houses of Mr.
H. q. kirkwood on the lot OF the old
| Carrinston house, at IWenty-eighth anG
| Franklin Streets. One or the most no.
| table improvements of recent date on
Church Hill is the purchase OF he Van
Lew house ny the Virginia Cub, and the
thorough renovation of this historic place
1t has, with new furniture, expensive
and handsome pictures and complete APP
pointments, been made one of the most
complete club-houses in the entire coun-
try.
NEW CHURCH
The Broadus- Memorial Baptist Church
is just completing house Of worship to
cost not less than $4,000.
Mr. J. T. Wilson, also in the eastern
section of the city, has erected a hand
some residence. Many Improvements
have been made to all the property out
on Oakwood Avenue This part OF the
city looks like a different place from
what it did two or three years ago. Pref
ty homes now stand in the fields OF that
brief time in the past.
One Of the improvements of which all
r. chmono may be proud is the new
Main Street passenger depot, owned and
used Jointly by the Chesapeake and Ohio
and Seaboard Air Line Companies The
plant or the Trigg Shipbuildng Compa-
ny has been greatly enlarged and improv-
eel within a recent time. a little further
uptown is the handsome new depot that
the Southern Railway Company has erect
ed on Fourteenth Street, near Cary- The
new office bu.--~t-ng of the Virgina-Caro-
lima Cernical Company is now in course
OF erection It Will be one Of the fines.
private Office buildings in the South. Near
this structure /: now in course of con-
struction that building which is designed
to be the home of number Of small
manufactures lie new power-house
of the Virginia Electrical Railway and
W Se, oil ey1f,S
of the past year. The great Chesapeake
1t Is one of the wonders OF the world
III steel-railway construction. Broad
Street has been the scene of many hand
some improvements. One Of the most
important is not so very far advanced
now, but the progress has been steady.
This is the Memorial Aospita., at Twelfth
and Broad Streets.
FIRST CHURCH BEAUTIFIED.
The First Baptist Church. which is
Just diagonaIly across the street from the
hospital, has been greatly beautif1ed in
its interior. It has been freshly and
becomingly painted also. And a square
above is the splendid Mechanics Institute
building, which is just nearing completion.
At Eighth and Broad, an annex has been
made to MurpEy's noIel, which is much
larger than the original hote. Besaues
the hotel, a new and up-to-date clothing
house. the Hub,chas found "a commodto
lone Messrs. Jacobs and Levy have
erected avery hands some store just below
Seventh. The home Of the Broad-Street
Bank has .oeer made out of a bakery.
and Is now one of the most attrac ave
buildings on 1 the street. colossal
| structure has been put up diagonally
\ opposite the sbank. t: is the new store
Il ~ 81 Nfessrs. iiler and Rhoads =. he