The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS
business Slackcns Somewhat
With the Approach OF the Glad
Holiday Season.
HUSTLING IN THE SUBURBS
Contractors Keep Busy Right Up
TO Christmas and Dislike TO
Take Holiday.

The buyers and sellers OF real estate
seem 90 have taken Tho Christmas boil
day by to forclock. and the spirit OF
TIE glad season peumcated their bones
before tho almanac announced the APP
Troach of the festsI season. Whether
81 was the near approach 81 Tire holiday
or Some other cause, Che fact is that
very little business was done the past
week by the real estate men who deal
in city property. II was a little different
with tile dealers who handle suburban
property. They had more or busy
week. The fact ie tlsst there is riga.
nov more inquiry for suburban property
than for that which is within tho city
limits. The word suburban" however.
sti applies o. Tho new territory that
las recently hy the decisions Of all tire
courts become part OF Richmond.
There SIS active Inquiry for good lots
IN all the territory that has been am
ueNed. and TIE activity ln suburban prop
erty goes beyond the enlarged city linn
iis and takes iu good home building
s.tes that were not annexed. but wanted
10 boz and ought 20 have been
Company May Be Formed.
The real estate agents who deal OK
clus'vely iu what Is. strictly speakinr.
city property, have been busy enough.
but So far as anything that they are
Wiling 20 make public is concerned. their
business for the past week seems 10 have
been rather light. All the agents re-
port active inquiry Tor small houses and
lots of the cheaper grade. upon which
t. build small homes. and al express
tae hope that one ~ the big events Of
the early days ~ the new year. now SO
close at hand, viii be the formation OF
q stock company whose business IL Will
be 90 buy land and erect thereon good.
comfortable houses OF the smaller kind
that can he sold or rented reasonab big
and IN a way that viii meet tho active
demand on the part % workingmen and
men u small means generally.
Something Ike active steps were taken
in the early part Of the week looking 10
tho formation OF such a conpans. but
because of the near approach or the holf-
days and the absence from the city OF
n humber OF Interested parties the whole
matter was postponed 20 a better day. 1t
IS quite likely that after the real holiday
and IT'S joy and excitement are over these
people viii get together ia quiet consuIta-
ton. and 70 IS not AT all improbable that
hy tho first day Of January announcement
VII be mace that strong company is
ready 20 embark In this kind Of business.
j. viii bo "a good thing for Richmond
Tho contractors and builders Will work
riSht UP 70 the 18th. and resume business
promptly on tho 26tn. with reduced
force. II may Ice. but they will resume
business al the same. This taking OF
short holiday and tho beginning OF new
gear before the old year is dead is forced
upon the builders by the condition.
Every contractor IN the city has over
capped himself In the matter Of wori,
and all have contracts to I'll by certain
dates that Will require the closest atten-
ton 20 business that IS possible every
moment that the law will allow. Sew
eral OF the leading contractors would
be glad II they could get their men %
work even on the 18th, but they can't.
and ought not TO.
Activity in Suburbs.
Tine agents who are handling tho prom
ertv OF Bellevue Park and Highland PARK
report active inquiry iu their territory
during the past week. and they have
every reason TO look for big business with
tho opening % the new year The fact
IS that the holiday seems 20 have acted
as a stimulant upon the suburban home
seeker.
The Ginter Park people report a marked
increase I'm the number OF Inquiries from
prospective purchasers and the archi-
tects OF tho city are nearly an of them
at work getting out plans for houses to
'' b-s4L 4u lNe near Iuture IN this suburb.
In every instance there IS Il desire upOn
the part Of the client TO get away from
the styles heretofore prevailing in this
section. and To combine the artistic ana
pleasing with the practical Ginter Park
was offered for sale at a happy time. ana
the reasonable prices asked. together with
the advantages Of this property as a res
idence centre appealed to those who
have been looking forward TO the devel-
opment OF high-class, modern suburb
and this seasons improvements are v,os-
gratifying. The hign character Of C,in-
ter Park is firmly established. and tho
coming months should show stW further
and more rapid advances along the right
lines. The improved trolley service is
proving "a great help TO this section. and
with the completion Of the Ashland line
which skirts the park along it's entire
western border. stili further advantages
will accrue to the residents OF Ginter
Park.
only yesterday Mr.. John Garland Pol
lard closed contract for the purchase
OF lot on Seminary Avenue. Just north
Of the Union Theological Seminary. MIR
Pollard is having plans prepared for "A
handsome residence. which will be erected
IN tho near future.