The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-09

nave on hhhd they nro almost nfraid
to take now ones There Is great com
plant OF the scarcity or labor and Of
klie uncertainty OF getting building
material on anything like good time,
and hence the CONTRACTORS are not as
engcrfo now contracts us they might
otherwise b euniess there is much elas-
ticity In the paragraph concerning tho
date OF completion.
Plans are completed for tho hand
somc home Of Mr.. -. b. Valentine to
be. built on Monument Avenue, and
Mr.. Henry w. Wood who has rc-t
Gently bought q beautiful lot on tho
broad avenue, Is also having plans
drawn FOR splendid residence, and 1t
may be TINT work on these two will
be commenced within few weeks.
It Is an open secret that several
4 contractors, some of them sud to be
out-of-town men. are figuring on the
magnificent Colonial residence of Cap-
tutn Joseph e. Willard. to go ub on
the avenue
1t is said that this residence will cover
120 feet of the 2i0 feet occupied by the
lot. Small houses that will be for rent
when COMPLETED are going UP in every
part of the city, but not nenr as many
OF them rs there V demand for ana
not near rs many renters" are going
up as homes to be occupied. when COM
plctcd, by thci + owners Altogether
the building boom continues without
abatement, and the most OF it is on
residential property.
Lovely. Suburbs
The suburbs never looked lov,slier.
and 1t is no wonder that the home.
seekers and the renters are attracted
thereto. Chestnut Hill, Barton Heights
and Highland Park have on their pref
test spring garb, aud it is said that
not few sales OF lots have been made
IN all of these during the past week or
two. On every lot that has been sold
At Is expected homes will be erected in
the near future.
Highland Park especially is proving
very attractive to the home-sceker and
If business continues as active there
for a great while in the future as 1t
has been in the recent past it will be
little city of itself, and Greater Rich
mond Will fix it's big eye upon 1t with
a view of ann eXing it. The big city
could not annex a loveller suburb.
Gintcr Park.
The great advance IN city rents has
caused a flood Of business for the Gin
ter Park people. and many important
deals in this section are now under
way. Many new residences are IN
COURSE Ol cTeCt1On, anu nearly every
one OF the architects of this city ds
busy getting out plans for others which
their clients Will build In order to be
able to move into them the coming
fall. Mr.. Albert c. Dggs is one OF
the most recent purchasers. and Mr..
c. K. Howell has completed the plans
for his residence, which VIII be built
on Chamberlayne Avenue. 1t is to be
handsome colonial design, probably
finished In sstucco.
The Ginter Park Company is spend
ing thousands OF dollars in further de-
velopment of this magnificent property,
which stands to-day unequallcd for
beauty and for its advantages as a
residence section.
The new Ashland line is being rap
idly pushed to completion, and the
Ginter Park section Is nearly finished.
This road will bring Ginter Park
within five or, city minutes Of the city.
Every few days sees some new Inn
provement started here, and Ginter
Park is changing SO rapidly that the
occasional visitor is unable to keep
up with them.
The social life in Ginter Park is
most churming, and its residents seem
to have solved the problem OF getting
the most out OF it. 1t is becoming
more and more attractive every day.