The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22
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BUILDING / ] :! J NEWS \ ( J.
Rice Flake Mill May Soon Be
hddedsto Ri chmond' Other
Industries.
WEEKS ZEE IN TEREsTlN n! SALES 4 Z, s
Much Bull ding Going q Ou !, Tin.
W. the Beautiful Suburbs 538s
5Sss and Parks.

.Anot Their week Of " rains and thund der
s forms that delayed Il ana Il Knocked out
auction sales OF III real ~ es tate and pre-
vented agents from displaying prof. perry
3is the record made that furth or empha-
sizes the absolute j necessity o. an f5 ex-
change, IN which the real est ate business y
sof b RichrnondS ma Y be- done Ind oors mo
matter what IN ca pers the L elements are
cutting up outside. II
notwithstanding the bad weather. II and
the disposition on the part OF some to
accept the present time as a real dull
seas son, something was doing in real es-f
tate last week. fs1 Something Is 81 always
doing In one way and anot her. IN The rental
agents, for stance, have ertainly been;
busy enough. and Il hey repor more ac-.
tive inquiry for good houses than during.
the previous week. and III fewer houses
Many OF the real estate agencies utilize
rainy and otherwise dull US q to !. clean
up shop''-that Is to say, to unload their
4 desks and get rid Of accumulated odds
and ends In the way Of correspond
and winding up small itransac tions that,
for one reason and another, have been
post poned, and in q genera way clearing
decks & for future act ion. II N UGH OF this
kind OF business was disposed OF during,
very interesting sales were made,
Business P ropertyttS old.
H One OF iSthe most Import ant au ction
sales OF the week was that Of the w lnut
III iii or Il Todd, property. wi ichfs sal has
transaction has not yet been confirmed
$l,y the court, and the age ts Is madeSit
were not ablef & vest day to say or to
even hint as to whether It will be con-
Efirned or not s44tl #
Another important transact ton which
may have some oea ring ION the industrial
situation was q sale made by ] e Thon'p-;
son Brown 8 Co, lot $50 feet I, Of land Just
east Of tho Albemarle Paper M Ills, n and
The sale was made to the, rrod egar Com
spanys for IS, 600 ash i. ~ no roperty was
owned by Mr.. G.. Il "A. n. lrmnons q formerly
( OF this city, but now OF 5lIuntingt ton. w,
Va. Messrs. Brown & 4 10. would not say
for what purpose the new owners pur-l
chased tho property. but inns,nuel.i as It
Joins the property already Owned BY the
FTredegar Company, and lnasrnuch as y
is known that the business OF the com.
ipanyi Isl increasing daily the 5presumpt
Is that they purposfe III fenlarEe their
plant to take care of enlarged business.
Entirely New Enterprise.
N In this lon. however. The Times
aDiHpatoh learns that q party has been
here, talking arrangements for the ln'-
mediate esta bllshmenti In this city OF q rice
Il flake mill and tina t a site was eagerly
sought for It has been the Intention q
the company seeking to estab llsh TINS
mill to locate 1t In Atlanta, but ttlch
mond's superb shipping facilities. making
1t the true gateway to the South, were
brought to their attention, and carerul
convinced them mat Inns
city Is the place above al .othNrs from
which to reach the south ,Wh ~ !he!Ef
products, and they decided to locate herr
if a site for the mills could be obtained.
It may be that the Rico flake mill may
20 up ongthe property above referred o.
Foods made from rice and similar to the
hundred ana one breakfast foods made
from wheat, corn, rye, etc., are what are
known as ''rlce fake VI The largest rice
flake mill In the world Is u now located
in New Orleans, The second largest may
BIO located In Richmond, III "a n
Other Large Sales,
Mr.. II, "A, Catlin, real estate agent, re-
ports business quite active for q So
called dull seasof II. During the past week
3he sold to Mr. II, NJ, Bates the old Whit
lock cheeroot factory, n story build-
Ing gat tho northeast corner Of Twentieth
and Franklin Streets. II Ia understood,
that Mr.. Bates wNl proceed at once to
remodel the building and make OF II q
horse and mule exchange, an Immense
sale stables for the auction and private
sale of mules and horses. He purposes
1 to deal extensively In horses and mules,
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