The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-02
Midsummer Dizziness Pre-.
walls, but Considerable
Business is on Tap.
FUTURE OUTLOOK Is
MORE THAN BRIGHT
Rainy Weather Drives the
Auctionccrs to shclter-Total
OF Sales Below the Average,
but Outlook for Fall
Business Is Very
Encouraging.


The real estate men OF Richmond ar,
lively and intensely vigorous Grove,
shey boast that they can buck agains
ranics. bank failures, political disas
ters, or what not. They could eve,
overcome cyclones. billiards. and tor.
rid waves II such things should evcl
come to Virginia. because they hav,
The backlng--that is. they deal in the
most substantial and dead-sure thing
on the face of the earth-Richmont
and Virginia realty. But even Rich
mond reaity--and there Is nothing
more substantial under the stars-mus
take to shelter when there comes i
whole week OF leaking clouds and a
continuous downpour of rain.
The past week has been largely OF
that order. and the natural result,
taken In with the usual midsuni.
mcr dizziness, Is that the week was
perhaps the very dullest Of the year
In actual sales 1t was indeed the dull.
est OF the good year 1903 so far record
cd. and yet there was something doing
The sales that were actually made ran
bit beyond the $4,000 mark and
the forthcoming business That was
hung on the string, subject TO future
conditions and better weather. amount
ed to something handsome.
Evidence. of Prospcritys
Many of the real estate men arc TAX
Ing vacation, and an evidence OF pas,
good business is shown in the fact that
not q few OF them are doing the va
cation stunt in something of AN ex.
pensiyc manner. Some arc at Atlantic
City some at the White sulphur, and
possibly close investigation would
reveal the fact that at least two OF
Tho handlers OF Richmond realty are
beyond the Atlantic, and for the first
time in their Ices are doing up the
Old World !,
However. some of the good boys
have found II necessary to remain al
home and answer the calls for imme-
date business.
a Few Facts nnd Figures.
Mcssrs. j. Thompson Brown & Com
pany sold the two brick houses Nos
S and 10 Mulberry Street to the Real
Estate Security Company for $1,000
They also sold during the week num-
Der of lots on Thirty-second Street
Eombardy and Washington Streets. also
lots on TAYLOR and other streets, the
whole aggregsting something over
10000
Messrs. Dcyer g. Ramsay made an
Interesting sale of suburban acreage
amounting to $4,000. The details OF
this sale are secret for the present
but the Indications are that the proper
ty is soon to be cut up into building
lots and offered as such.
A
report the past week as being the dull
est they have had this year. their total
sales being only about 10000, con-
sisting of the dwellings No. a04 Ran
dolph Street. No. North Meadow
Street. and No. 4o7 North Eleventh
Street.
Messrs. Pollard & Bagby say this is
the holiday season and only small
transactions are to be expected. They
made number of this kind during
the week,
Messrs. Mcveigh & CHM sold the
suburban home of p. Fl. Baskerville
to Mr.. J. NJ. Ball for ss,s5o This prop
erty is near Rio Vista. and consists of
five acres of good land with a dwelling
thereon.
The heavy. rains OF the past week
cut off nearly all of the auction sales.
and the advertising columns of The
Times-Dispatch will tell all about
these postponements and also about
some very interesting new sales that
are to be made.
All of the agents report active in
1uiry for vacant property, and there
seems to be every indication that
home builders will be very largely in
the market as soon as the hot weather
shall become thing Of the past
The Renters Keep busy.
The rental agents are being kept
exceedingly busy. They say large
number of people who have heretofore
been renters Of houses are holding off
with a view of buying homes already
built. This is regarded by the agents
as one Of the most cheering signs of
the season, 1t shows that there has
been not little OF that good thing
we call prosperity In and around Rich
mond for the past two or three years.
The dealers In and holders of sub
urban property report very active In
Auiry from prospective home -builders,
md they look for very lively business
with the coming, of the fall months.
Men are writing to the agents from
various parts of the country. making
Inquiry about suburban Richmond.
trolley line facilities. etc,
On the whole, while 1t must be adj
United that. when actual sales are
looted up, business seems to be a little
Iull, the inquiry is brisk and the nuns
Der Of prospective deals that have
been lodged on the string for future
DENOMINATION have! acted as great en-
}oilragement to the agents, and they
IRE looking forward togmuch business
IN the days that are on before
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"a Building Activity at Norwood,
B Especial to The Times D ispatoh.l
Il NORWOOD NELSON COUNTY, Aus