The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-09
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING Ne W s
A New Hotel May Go
Up at Sixth and
Main Streets.
FAIR WEEK HURTS
REALTY BUSINESS
But All the Same the Agents
Manage to Keep Busy Be
tween Various Kinds Of
Showers-Much Activity
on the Southside-Vari-
Gus and Sundry Notes.

Gus and Sundry Notes.
The real estate men believe in the
Virginia State Fair. and even II they
could do II they would not detract from
the fair by making Themselves in
tensely busy in the selling and the
buying OF realty during fair week. AS
consequence the sales OF Richmond
dirt and that which lies 80 beautifully
In the suburbs were not as large as
last week, as they would have been
had not the State Fair been on hand.
Nevertheless. there was something do
ing. for fairs may come and fairs may
go, but business in the real estate line
must go on forcyer--that Is, business
in that line in and about Greater Rich
rnond.
over in Washington Ward there was
not altogether as much fair enthusiasm
as on the north side OF the raging
James, and not a few deals of consid-
cradle dimensions were consummated
over there. The ancient Mancnes-
tcrians. now known as Washington
Ward folks. have not yet gotten over
their old-,ime way OF keeping their
own counsel. and they yet decline 10
let the left hand OF the newspaper man
know just what tile right hand OF the
Southside real estate man Is doing, and
1. is mighty hard to pump any real
estate news out OF Southsider; but
all the same IL has leaked out that the
real estate agents over there have
been doing considerable business OF
late. Rumor hath II that two very
costly manufacturing sites were sold
last week. and several residential lots
changed hands Exclusive OF the sub
urbs. .siie Washington Ward folks came
close to selling S60.901 worth OF prop
erty the past week, even ii they did
have TO do come of the selling in
weekend raipstorms.
Woodland Heights.
The suburbanites did some stunts
that are worth mentioning. Out at For
est Hill. for instance. seven lots were
sold, and the Beasley Village folkp
claim to have sold five.
The Woodland Heights Company re-
ports the sale of five lots during the
past week. One more residence wae
started. the home OF Captain Simpson,
at the corner OF Spring Hill and Twen-
ty-fftli Streets. The company is GO
Ing much additional work in the way
of sewer ard water main extensions.
sidewalk and grading work. Few sec
tions have improved as steadily during
the past year as has this one, and the
future outlook is most promising. es-
recialiy SO since Woodland Heights has
become real suburb OF Greater Rich
mond.
Boulevard Activity.
Suburban business was not entirely
confined to the Southside. Away out
on the Boulevard there was something
doing. Mrs. H. NJ Smith. Jr., has pur-
chased. through A. NJ. Cover. of the
West End Land Company. the nortn-
east corner of Boulevard and Beverly
Street, fronting 100 feet on the Boule-
rard. This is one of the handsomest
residential corners in the city, over
looking, as II does. William Byrd Park.
and 1t is reported that a handsome
home will soon be built thereon. The
Boulevard is destined to be one OF the
aandsomest residential streets of the
city. and substantial progress in this
direction has been made during the
past six months
Hight on Some.
In Richmond there was, In spite of
the fair. something going on. w. E.
Purcell. Jr, Company report some good
sales, the most notable Of which was
the sale Of No. 100 North Eighth Street,
business Office house, that was bought
by L. H. jenkins. and for which he
paid 100000. This firm also sold les
feet of ground at the northeast corner
of Grace and Mulberry Streets for
s13.725 the Capitol Realty Company be-
coming the purchasers. Other sales
by this company that footed UP about
$4,000 included vacant lots on Han
over Street. Sycamore Street. Stuart
Avenue and other West End property
Sutton &; Co., the wide-awake agents
who hold forth on Ninth Street, made a
nice sale that cuts considerable of a
figure in the totals. They sold to
Fred E. Noting the handsome resi-
dence No. 6i2 West Franklin Street,
opposite Monroe Park, for S2350O
Other agents report small sales that
they did not care to give the details
OF. but which made the aggregate go
up to something like S125,O00 for the
week Among these was the new firm
of Shea s. Keegan. which has been
In business less than week, and have
not as yet gotten real warm in their
Offices at 11l4 East Main Street. They
sold the residence. 1900 Grove Avenue,
for $1,000, eighty-five feet Of dirt on
Stuart Avenue for $500 and made
other sales. making their total for the
first week of business about $4,000;
and these folks did not get their
license and get busy until last Thurs
day. either.
Visitors Look Around.
The State Fair brought quite ,num-
Der of people to town who had been
hearing about Richmond realty and
the good money that was in 1t. and
not few of them killed two birds
with one stone by taking In the fair
and the real estate, prospects all on>
one railway ticket. Several OF the
people of this stripe kept real estate
agents fairly busy hauling them
around and about to see what they
might see. One real estate agent re-
ports that cne visitor to the fair,
who seemed to have money to burn,
after taking in the fair at his own
expense. went down the river to look
at a 100000 farm, and the chances are
two to one that the looking on will
result In sale.
Among other Investigators of Rlcn-
utend really and realty within rifle