The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
Activity Among the Real
Estate Men; Richmond
Dirt in Demand.
INCREASED VALUES;
RICHMOND BOOMS
Real Estate Values Show No
Kind of Falling off-Figures
Have an Upward Tendency.
Figures That Speak
Aloud of This City's
Great Prosperity.

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There has been considerable activ
ity In real estate circles during the
past week. and quite number OF
deals have been consummated between
spectators and permanent investors
and home makers and all other kinds
of people who buy and sell and rebuy |
Richmond dirt
The business OF the past week has
been rather curious IN that the agents !
doing the bulk of the business arc for
one reason and another disposed to-
keep the newspaper men in the dark. |
Ordinarily the real estate men and
the newspaper men are on the best
OF terms, and they take and exchange
secrets. and neither side goes back on
the other unless q going back be-
comes absolutely necessary. The abb
solutc necessity does not show up this
week. SO far as the newspaper man
can sec 1t. but the real estate fellows
seem to think differently, and they
are holding back a lot Of Information
that might be interesting to the pub
lie.
Secrets Exposed.
Nevertheless. some secrets have
leaked out from the inner circle OF
this star Chamber" performance. and
guess II may be well enough TO tell
tncil.
The activity in real estate referred
to above does not confine itself TO
transactions positively contaminated.
but largely TO deals that are yet on
Tic string, and IL might be that a mere
mention OF any one OF them would
knock the whole deal all 10 thunder.
THAT is why the agents will not al
ways tell what they are doing.
From the agents and from other
sources there comes Information that
during the past week, which, by the
way, was really regarded by the real
estate men as very dull week, not
lens than 100000 worth OF real estate
changed hands.
strictly Business.
Much of this property was what may
be called business sites. For Instance,
tho good property at lo3-l0o East
Main street was sold BY H. SeidoH
TAYLOR & Co for so5.ooo Just because
II had a good business site. the buye!
was simply an investor. who eNpessa
some time to find Zig profit on ms
investment and a profit that CONES ~
the old slow way.
heon in the public eye. and Tho liines
Dispatrh man happens 10 know tha'
various points within the city limits
are being watched by spectators. and
/, would be no wonder II III iitie 'iies
are gobbled up. .ha-
\ THOMPSON Brown s. Co. and other
agencies report large sales, that go 20
show that business is liveiy enough.
Glntcr Park.
r,ha development in home building
continues TO increase in Ginter PARK,
.nd there arc now said to be haif-
do,en or moro parties who are having
n,ans made for handsome homes 10 pc
erected in this suburb. The company
anaratinr Ginter Park is about to con-
struct another water-tank 10 mold 10.
nnn Gallons and it is said that the
contract will be let in the next few
saws and the work is to be completed
by the first OF June.
THE new engine recently purchased
for tho water plant is now pumping
water from two wells at the same
time. giving a flow of about geo gal
Ions per minute. and the company. APP
preciating the rapid growth and de-
yelOpment or this SubutO, is itia hlHS
its plans ahead SO that the storage
capacity OF water Will be greatly IN
creased. thus giving to the residents
of that section all ample supply Of
water for the future growth and de-
yelopment of It's property.
Woodland Heights.
Business in Woodland Heights was
quite active during tho past week Two
now residences were sold by the build
ers. and the company closed out two
lots.
Conditions are very substantial in
this suburb. and there Is steady selling
of these properties to home builders
No effort has been made by the man
agcment to boom this section, and the
lots are being bought on their merits
West End Land Company.
Four lots We're disposed of by this
company last week, and the company
reports many good offers for practi-
cally all of their holdings. An active
market for Boulevard and Beverl.
Street lots is Indicated
CREAMERY A GREAT SUCCESS.