The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-22
Active Inquiry and Business
"Just a Little Better
Than So So"
SOME LARGE SALES ON
MONUMENT AVENUE
Fairly Active Business All About
Town-Apartlnent Houses the
Order OF the Day-They
Are Growing More
Numerous in Rich
nond.

Real estate transactions for the past
week have been, to use the expression
of an active dealer. Just little bet
ter than so so" Just exactly what
that means may be left to the imasina-
ton or 10 the private construction OF
every man who hobs up against the
more or less meaningless expression.
Brought down to actual figures the
real estate deals for the past week
amounted to but q trifle moro than
100000 Some of these transactions
have not been finally consummated Us
the recordation of deeds, but TO al
intents and purposes they have beer
closed.
There are all sorts OF rumors about
deals that have not been actually
consummated. Some OF them are. OF
course. as good as contaminated, but
they have not actually been settled.
Monument Avenue Doings.
For instance, 1t is rumored that
Messrs. j. B. Elam & Company, real
estate agents, have during the past
week closed sale involving ono OF
the largest transactions that has taken
place on Monument Avenue for some
time, and that as result of this sale
two costly and very handsome resi-
GenCcS VIII slDlS fronting -
feet at the southeast corner OF Monu-
nent Avenue and Meadow street One
of the parties who Will build. so the
story goes, is "a prominent book manu-
facturer and the other wealthy lum-
herman. who has recently come 10
this city to live.
An interview with Messrs. Elan 6.
Go. failed 10 disclose the names of the
purchasers or the amount involved In
the alleged transactions, but they did
state that il was their opinion that
Two attractive homes would soon be
started on Monument Avenue on the
block Just west of the Lee Monument.
1t Is understood that the transaction
just closed. If 1t has been closed. takes
up about all OF the land on that block
available for building purposes.
Eighth and Main Streets Deal.
There are other kinds of rumors as
to large transactions, and some of them
have something of an ancient smell.
BY way OF illustration there turns UP
again the old story about the sale of
the property at the corner of Eighth
and Main Streets. This story. like the
property itself. is little stale. Mr.,
Warner Moore was the original owner.
He has wanted to sell it for a long
time. and finally Messrs. III, Seldom
Taylor &. Co. found him a customer.
In fact, found said customer sometime
ago, but there has been a great deal
of unnecessary secrecy about it. The
fact is ana has been for sometime that
Strausc, Gunst & Co. are the purchasers
of the property, and they paid $4,000
for It. They bought merely as an in
vestmont best suited their pur-
poses. and it best suits their purposes
TO continue to rent it, as has been the
case for many years, for beer saloon
and bar-room. rumors of improve
Incnts and hotel arrangements TO the
contrary rotwithstandi
Various Sales. Here and There.
Many sales during the week in va
rioua parts of the city. some of them
by auction and some privately, demon
strate that the purchasers of small
property arc still Lin evidence. A num-
Der of sales of this character made by
Messrs. McVeigh and Glinn. in Full
ton. emphasized this phrase of the bus
mess.
While it may be said that the week
has been little dun in some respects,
the agents have been not a little busy
settling up the big work of the pre-
vious week and clearing decks for fu-
Messrs. j. Thompson Brown & Co. did a
considerable clearing business, They
closed mp a deal for the residence
ppoperty; No No. 1888 Floyd Avenue for
Broad Street lots in the Gould-Hoyt
addition. west of the Boulevard. These
lots sold for SIS front foot, and it
is understood that at least two hand
some homes will be erected on the lots
sold by Messrs. Brown & Co,
During the week Messrs. Green &
Redd sold Nos loo and lo2 North
did property was bought by Mr., FELIX
Keesan purely as an investment The
same rm made sood sale of vacan,
property at the northwest corner OF
n
and ]; Lee Davis for about $4,000. /,
Is understood that the Messrs. Davis
VIII improve this property.
Messrs., Fl. Seldom Taylor & Co. sold
arty No. EOS West Grace street tc
Mr.. Reuben Burton for $1,000.
New Apurtments an Park Avenue.
Mr., Charles. a. Brown, of the Well
known shoe firm of Brown e. Taylor
Nessrs Green & Redd. valuable !, prop n"T !.
erty on Park Avenue, and he will
tract for lne erection of five modern
apartment houses on Park Avenue.
between Meadow and Allison streets
These houses will be up-to-date in
all RESPECTS. there being two apart.
irents in each. and each apartment
ss n With !. gas water and j., steam
Shs appna"s for each
MI, E. F. PoindeXter, one OF the best
and most favorably known contractors
of the city. has this work IN charge
and he says he will have the apart
ments ready for occupancy by the mid
hle Of August next. Messrs,t Green and
Redd will have the control of them
when ready for rental.
APeople are beginning to wonder
what< will be the name Of the new
apartment house that Is to he made
pf the splendid Pace residence, on West
franklin, Mr.. Writ n, Chesterman
Z the new owner and the gentleman who
NJ great expense. Is remodeling the
splendid building, is retcent-as to the
from his thousands of friends
The rural regions have heen active
the past week, and the suburbs are
lCnntinlleG On rrhird Pa na .L...t.