The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17

Park tho hcalthicst suburb AROUND
RiChmond, and they tell lis that tho
THERMOMETER stands several points
cooler In the summer than in the city.
Highland Park Realty Corporation
report the sale OF number of lots
The past week. and Ii looks now as if
the Park would have u very active
scason in the near future.
Real estate agents expect many sales
next summer to visitors coming hero
FROM The Jamestown Exposition. and
Highland Park sh, ii como In for a
lnsrc number of these sales, as 1t is
one OF the best suburban sections
around Richmond ana stands high as
un investment
A number of owners who have rented
their houses In the Park are netting
ton TO twelve per cent. on the invest
,ncnt. Such conditions make IT par
ticularly desirable to build houses to
rent Furthermore the demand for good
houses has never been equaled III the
history of Richmond.
Ginter Park.
There is n good opportunity for the
investor in realty TO secure some very
desirable properties In the vicinity OF
Sherwood Park, where 1T is proposed
to locate the great Richmond uniVer-
sity. Gintcr Park fronts sherwood
OH Brook Turnpike, and 1t Is here that
the greatest activity prevails and the
finest suburban development lis going
forward. Many handsome residences
nre being built and with tho compile
ton OF the Ashland electric road, which
viii have n station at Ginter Park.
near the Union Theological Seminary,
opposite Laburnum, all of the prop
rrty Whereabouts will Immediately adj
vance rapidly in value, Some of the
choicest sites are still to be had at
the initial prices.
e Ginter Park las become II social
centre of Importance. Its wise rcstric-
1ions as to the class of buildings per-
,nissiblc, it's large and ample lots. and
its wide avenues, is bringing about a
most healthy reaction from the fashion
of building on narrow shallow lots, and
this section is destined to be most
beautiful residence neighborhood.
Church and school facilities are not
wanting, and these Will be increased
lust as fast as the needs require
plans are now in course of prcpara-
ton for a handsome Episcopal church
md rectory and day school, to BIO built
on Walton Avenue. MI. Oscar Red
ford, who has recently sold his resi-
dcnce at the corner OF Lomhardy ant
West Grace Streets, is now building
on Seminary Avenue, near Walton. Th,
house is to be n handsome Colonia
design of ample proportions.
Lee District Kicks.
The friends of Mr.. w. c. Blanton
recently with Messrs. N. W. Bowe s
a. a.. s.l. 4.
has entered the real estate field OF
his own account. Mr. Blanton has 10
Gated at No. 1O15 Bank Street
Mr.. Blanton has been with N. w
Bowe & Son for the past seven years
and is familiar with the real cstat
business in all it's details. having
served both in the Office and as outsid
man.
Mr.. Frank u. Brooke. recently witt
E S. Rose & Co., will be with MI
Blanton, and brings an active expe
rence and fine ability to the new firm
Mr. Blanton will conduct the business
nf real estate agent and auctionee
IN. III its, lines. giving special attentio,
to rentals.
There was some pretty lively kic'lin;
among certain renisrystste agents an,
others who arc interested in Lee Dis
#S ~ ~ properly Yesterday, when TIL
" action of tho City Council. on The ais
tribution of funds for tile current ven,
was made known to them by iii
~ Ttlnes-Disp patch.
The sum of $1,000 is allotted to tina
district for improvements, and IN
kickers say 1T is outrageous. Oac o
them said yesterday, Lee District lai
out there for ten long years, nal
regular city taxes. and got not
cent. and. now that there is son
money to be divided up, the older al,
tricta, on which millions have Doc
spent, get the bulk of the cash ar
we are left out there to continue
paddle around in the mud and slush
There was some talk Yesterday
III making an appeal to tho Council
rearranEe the schedule in some wa
SO that Lee District can get mo
money to be spent on improvement