The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-13
REAL .ESTATE AND
BUILDING news
With a Week Of Attrac-
tons Out o. the Way
Business Will Rush.
BUILDING BOOM
CON1'IN UES STILL
Sales the Past Week Confined to
Small Property-Handsome
Homes Going Up i'll
Large Numbers.
Suburban Ac-
tivity.

liSlly.
With the horse show. the state Fair
md the Episcopal Council all IN full
blast for the entire week, nearly all
OF the people Who are in the habit OF
buying and selling real estate In Rich
mond were OF the market. and all
the agents report blu mess quiet. as
'tiHy expected 1t to be.
But there wasS something doing In
n small way. Several deals for smail
property that had long been on the
string We're closed up and deeds made.
a few new sales OF similar proper
~ were made. both in the city and
the suburbs. and altogether the trans
actions footed up. according to the
best estimate, about $4,000.
The agents did not neglect to call
the attent on of visitors to the induce
ments offered investors In Richmond
real estate, and 1t is said that several
men from this and other States took
advantage OF horse show week to
make a combination pleasure and BUSH
ness trip to Richmond to make inyes-
tigation OF this very matter. One agent
reports that favorable Impressions
were made. and lie looks for bidders
on real estate the coming winter who
live "a hundred and more miles from
here.
Rent situation Serious.
Houses for rent seem to be no more.
The agents report that they are daily
turning down applicants for houses;
men who are anxious to leave the
boarding houses and hotels with their
families and go to housekeeping and
they cannot do 1t because. they fait
upon Inquiry, to find suitable homes
that are for rent.
This is becoming serious trouble.
SO the agents say, and the time has
come when more Richmond money
must be invested in houses that will
be for rent when they are completed
and. ready for occupancy.
Very bright Outlook.
With the horse show and the state
Fair numbered among the things Of
the past. and other diverting attrac-
lions on the wane the real estate
dealers will now get right down To
business. IAN the signs Of the times
point to active business this week
that Will be cont nued without In.
corruption the balance OF the year and
throughout the winter" remarked a
prominent real estate dealer yesterday.
The ball will be started in motion
early In the week with attractive auc-
ton sales Of desirable property Id va
lIous parts OF the cityeand out in the
suburbs. Tomorrow afternoon at 1880
o'clock Messrs. John T. Goddin & Co.
will offer at auction on the premises
II desirable brick dwelling on West
Clay street, between Hancock and Har-
rison. m
TUESDAY afternoon at o'clock A. J.
Chewning COMPANY will sell under de-
cree OF court the detached Brick dwell
Ing No. 1913 West Cary Street.
"Wednesday afternoon at 5 O'Clock
Messrs. j. Thompson Brown s. Co. will
sell West End suburban home on
west Marshall Street, between Summit
is on lot which fronts $50 feet and
runs back 1873 feet.
In execution of a deed of trust.
Messrs. John T. Goddin and Pollard &:
Bagby will conduct very important
sale Wednesday afternoon beginning
at O'Clock sharp. Acting for the
trustees named In a deed of trust, they
VIII offer large amount of choice ami
valuable improved and unimproycd
west End property on Beverly. Chat
I'm. Taylor. Dance and Wallace Streets
All of this property is near lakewood
Park and adjacent to the horse show
building and the Virginia Passenger
and Power Company's car sheds, It is
expected that this sale will bring to-
Sether large number Of investors and
llomeseekers. :
building Operations Active.
There has been no cessation of the
building boom and the Indications nov
are that contractors Mi n
to their necks In work all OF the win.
ter especially II 1t shall be ons of the
mild winters that this glorious eli,
mate Is SO often blessed with.
Ground has beer broken N the i'm
morse horse and mule sale and cx.
change ste hies to be erected on Yves,
lsrosa street AMI In a few days more
tho trirklayers and the carpenters will
invade the premise tnf to- ~, -
brick is laid and the last nail driven
IN this mammoth building there will ibs
bus, times at and about that part OF
West Broad Street. Many other build
ing, are going up on West Broad
wei! as numerous and handsomei res,
idences are going up rapidlys sss
On other West End streets running
parallel with Broad, q wF
ltw cross streets, houses are going ul
as If by magic, and one has to visit
that Fart of the city frequently to
keep his bearings, as new buildings
are changingNthe appearance of things
every day or two. III
Business In the Snburbs. II ~
AS asmatter of course, the dulmess
accustomed by the other attractions
named had Its effect on suburban prop,
) erty, and sales fell off In some cases
but the agents who handle the subur'
ban lots, like those who deal I'M city
+ property, are In fine splrits, and they
too, are looking for lively business THU
week and for the fal II days on ahead ~
1T Is a relnarkabl LEI fact that there
are absolutely no lou SEES 70 4 rent ~
&the suburbs, and II I does seem that M