The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12


that Mr.. Cottrell will spend something
like $500 more IN Fren oyating and adding
TO- the Il house, and len, IN about sixty!
days. make It his HON e. s II EN-
LIVE. BoWe$ g. SON mi de a few sales
during the week, among hernS IS feet OF
ground on the south side Of Broad Street
between len Avenue and Il Meadow
Stree .8!3S The nam Of the lrchaser
is yet a secret but at ii Is 3learned h that
the price paid was so per front foot. 8
Aa The same firm sold two "A lots on East t;
Broad Street near shockoe Creek for $50:
per front Is foot, ar d u also a Il lot at the
corner OF Leigh and BoWef Streets for
$40. 80 per front foot.
j !. thompson Brown e. Company also
made a. few sales 5l asst week, e but Mr.
LEROY Brown, OF 4 that firm, declined to
of the new sales were sc small he did not
wish IA to talk about q t hem. III Mr.! Brown
added *.
81 Just wait Until the leather turns
cooler and 4 you will hear Of some deals
that will be worth reporting, There are
many on the string that will nnaterialize
long be fore you see and y frost on the
ground ia There will be big business in
real estate this fall, and don't you fall
Btoiremembe the t. y = .s5 n, "a
Deeds Of TRANSIT e..
however, Brown g. Co. report the fol-
lowing deeds Of transfer OF property pre-
Eviously sold as passing through their
hands during the week: Sa ,i
Thirty four acres on Bethlehem road.
to M s. Dickens, for s., 0ao. H5sS
st The Burnett property In Barton III Fights.
from 2. RI Brown to TT tomas p. Ritnour,
for sc, 800. w il sS AS ~ I'm
Two houses and lots. Nos, 1114 and $111s
Graham Street, to c. FL Holmes, for $s7o
The same firm reports the \ sale last
week: III Az
IA Lot 80 feet, corner cary and Richie
Street, for $3.50. 55 NJ ..
Brick dwelling, No. 800 North Twenty
seventh Street. for $780, and No. Ills
and 1l2o Graham Street. to Il
Smith, for s63s 80. N :$ I
A Brown n & " Co. also report something
of a i busy week In renting, and among
others they have located the following:
st Mr.. "a. E. Roeber.3 OF the Southern Man
$ufacturing Company In No. 1915 Grove
Avenue. who moves IN septembe list; F.
"a. Daugherty from shlngton, In NO.
@Toa East Broad Street; John Ogilvie, III
7 No, 922 North wenty-fourthS Street 4 j, F.
Z Reed in the Werst Cottage. Grove Ave-
nue.; Samuel A. HARDWOOD. In Nc ( 1921 West
Cary Street; Mrs, H. r. Demlng, who
moves to Richmond from New York, in
MOTTO East Franklin, !. 81 1s
l3Fi They predict. that those persons who are
delaying renting TIL the fall will ( have
trouble. in securing desirable homes, and
will wish they had not put ofr the trouble
some renting time, IL b & "a 6 +. i&
Business in the Suburbs.
" There lis little something doing In
suburban property. The Glnter Park
people report some activity. IN addition
to some local business being done, the
company Is getting many inquiries from
iout-of-town clients who have heard Of
the rapid and substantial development
going forward In this beautiful, high
class suburb. The wisdom Of the policy
OF this company in adopting a standard
of Improvement, imposing reasonable re-
gstrictIons. and in not splitting Its lands
up into city sized lots. but giving each
purchaser a plot Of half an acre or more,
has been fully Justified by the results
obtained. sj &
The residences OF Mr.. +. ". Gum.
Mr.. =. r \ Curry and Mr.. A. NJ, Grover
and the two that the Glnter Park Cont
Spany is building for sale, have been
pushed rapidly during the past week OF
good weather, Two more residences Will
+ Be- started there the coming week, maxi
ing eight in all so far this season,
Good Building Stuff II
The Virginia Granollthic Building Block
Company, with office and factory at No..
trs9l West Main Street, began active opera
lions several months ago, and the de-
sirabe character Of Its product has al
ready been recognized by Its selection
for many residences and buildings In
Richmond. III
The concrete stone manufactured pos
sesses the qualities of natures own pros
fa,Iction It Is true Concre to-. subjected
to an immense pounding pressure, and Is
strong, dense, durable and beautiful,
It Is adaptable for many uses. such as
concrete building, blocks, doorsteps. Hills,
.lintels, coping, piers arches, ysranda5
trimming. porch columns, chimney BLOCKS,
dThe Virginia Granolithic Building FLOCK
Company is composed OF the following:
S, is, Start. president; NJ, p, Start. vice
president, and II, q, Start. secretary and
treasurer. 81 II 4 s5.s Il
The Louisa Town Council has award ed
the contract for paving the streets with
granolthlc to the firm - 7 n'es +,
lContinus1 on Filth PaSe.l