The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS \: w 5
Sales 10 Builders Of Small Homes
Was Feature Of the
Week.
RllcHMoND's ROOF GARDEN
Lovely Suburbs Were Never
More Beautiful and Year
So. Attractive.

{f Il Ike he preceding ~ eek, he week pa st
! mas q been one sor. small deals In real
sest d "a. The agents report the sale OF
,nany lots to small home builders most
| Nv. in. the western part OF the city, and,
as is always the case. there has been
GOO, business In suburban property Be Be
| You'd these the week has been without
features The sales with the exception
OF two or three lots for building pur-
noses. the deeds for which have not
vet gone to record, were confined en-
tirely to home builders
BIf, a man has any inclination whatever
to invest in suburban property, all that
an agent has 10 do is to get him to go
out and look at the ground. The suburbs
never looked lovelier In thei rneW spring
dress, and no city on earth has loVelier
suburbs than Richmond. 1t Is we'll worth
mans while to take trip around the
outskirts atl,this time and view them.
Ginter5 Park, Highland PARK, BROOK.
land Park, Chestnut Hill Barton Heights
boulevard Residence Park and ell the
otnf- nlaces easily reached by the ear
lines ire ms lovely as earth can be. No
wonder they charm the buyer. The dealers
l., these properties report active de-
mand and considerable interest manifest
ed rs prospective buyers
Auction Sales.
There we're but few auction sales OF
c,t, property during the ruct week. but
these we're we'll attended ard inc bidding
was spirited. All the signs point 20 the
fo,+ that there Is no abatement In real
cs,ste activity.
Among the auction sales announced for
no nresont week there ara two that Will
surely attract attention. AT $50 T. M. TO-
morrow, j. B. Elan & Co. will sell two
attractive and we'll located modern two-
story dwellings. Nos. 1904 and 29O6 East
Marshall Street. The houses are good
.rcnters" and the sale will attract the
attention OF investors. 40. ~
pog,nn,np at $50 tomorrow afternoon,
Thompson Brown & CO., will sell seven
West Grace Street lots in the Davis Mon
un,ont territory. These lots will be put
rnder the hammer because the owner Is
about 10 leave for Europe and wishes to
close out his real estate holdings before
his departure. This sale affords an
opportunity for investors In search Of
speedy profits.
Building Notes.
The builders and contractors report
continued activity in their line of busl-
ness, They note especially an Increase
In the number Of people who want small
houses built quick, These are people
who are now renters, NAYS pouhht 'ots
TO build upon and want to got rid OF
the rental collector as soon as posi-
BILE.
Mrs. Atkinson has received tho plans
for the Ninth Street Annex to the Rich
mond Hotel. and one interesting feature
OF tho new part OF ne Henmond J.. n e,
,rhia Improvement may possibly not be
CONNECTED until next summer, but con-,
tractors are now figuring on he balance
Of the plans and the contract may be
let this week When the new annex is
finished and later, when me garden
Moons, the Richmond will probably be
the only hostelry in the State with u
roof garden and it will be an up'to-date
one too. EA .4