The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-19
SIX RESIDE CES ON
HANOVER. STREET
Mr., w. J. Ready to. Invest $2l,.
600 in Dwellings.
WEsT.END PROPERTY. SOLD
Homes On Ployd Avenue and West Clay Street
Disposed Of at Good Priees-0pen-
Ing Of NV. Homestead 80
Future saIes. '-eeEtl'

Mr.. William J. Ready has decided to
build comfortable and comely dwellings
on Hanover Street They are to- be of
brick and each will cost about $500. Tue
total cost then will be So, 900. This sum
will be spent just as soon as practicable
that is, it is Mr.. Ready's intention to
have the houses erected at the earliest
date practicable that he may rent them
out. He is building them for an invest
ment.
Notwithstanding the high prices Of ma
terial and that wages are better. than
they have been in years, people who have
money are not ilesitating in putting in
new dwellings, which are renting without
any trouble at all.
MI. D. G. Taylor. real estate agent,
sold Floyd Avenue dwelling yesterday.
This was No. LILO. It is a brick resi-
dence, two stories and fronting II feet
on the north side of the Avenue. The
price was 5000. The name. of the pur-
chaser is not given.
Messrs. II. l.. & C. l.. Denoon Mon
day sold residence No. S02 West Clay
Street for s2O75. This is also a two-story
brick dwelling. ~ 8
The new Homestead Hotel at Hot
Springs will be opened March 10th. The
general contractors, MessrE. Griffin &
Son, Of Cincinnati, have about 100 men
at work now all day and part OF the
night. They expect to have the hotel
complete by the required time. But 1t
will rush them to do so. They know this,
and are bending every effort to the task.
Inquiry at the Chesapeake and OHIO
Office yesterday could elicit no informa-
ton about any formal exercises at the
opening of the hotel. Indeed. one gentle
man stated that there would be none,
SO far as he knew. He was IN a. position
to know, if any were intended.
The new hotel will be much more beau
tiful than that which was burned. It will
be larger and handspnler in every respect
Plans for the great abattoir to be erect
cd at the Union Stock Yards for w. S.
FORBES {; Co. have been submitted by
Chicago architects and by March lst il
is probable work will be begun upon the
h,sildinS. The house is to be Guilt OF
b;lck. three stories, with floor space
169x9D feet 1t is to be equipped with
the most complete and modern improve
ments and when finished will cost some
thing over $4,000.
The capacity OF The plant VIII Us ohe
hundred head of cattle and five hundred
hogs per day.
The business will be conducted by the
Southern Packing Company, q stock com
pany of which Mr.. W. S. Forbes is one
of the largest owners, The principal bus
mess of the plant will be the slaughtering
of cattle for the local butchers, but aside
from this a pork-packing branch will
be operated
Here are some of the auction sales adJ
yertised for the week:
Tomorrow brick store and
dwelling, corner Ashland and Washington
Streets, at 4:3O o'clock. Frame store ana
dwelling adjoining above at . o CLOCK.
Three dwellings and two-story corner
store at northeast corner of washington
and Blair Streets at o'clock
Two-story frame dwelling, NO. lols. w m
der street, at $50 o'clock. All by j.
Thompson Brown e. Co Is aAss\
Friday-Storehouse, dwelling and lot, NO.
1910 Everett Street. Manchester, by a L.
Adamson; brick dwelling, No. lo9 East
Canal Street, Thursday. by n. w. Bowe;
Redmore in Amelia county, Friday, by
r.. b. Chaf1in and James s. Harvle.