The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-05
REAL ESTATE AND
. BUILDING NEWS
Cool Waves and Other
Causes Trouble Dealers
in Richmond Dirt.
GOOD BUSINESS
ALL THE SAME
Rental Agents Very Busy-Ncw
Suburbs Opening Up-Busy
Builders Everywhere Re-
cords for Month Show
Up Well-New Rich
1uonds in the Field.

There have been many things the
past week rather calculated TO dis
4urb the real estate business. First
and foremost, there came a holiday
because OF Federal and Confederate
memorial exercises. then came the
cold snap. something unusual for June
except about once In four years, and
then came along that furry In the
stock market. due somewhat to the
action OF Congress and the action OF
tho United States courts in regard to
railroad management. These things
were we'll calculated to make trouble
with tho real estate dealers, but as a
matter OF fact. they did not have very
much effect. Richmond stands on its
own ground and on Its own merits
regardless OF national affairs. and II
there Is anything that causes the real
estate market to vary to any percep-
tible degree that thing Ia more OF a
local character than State or national
causes. The dullness in the real es-
into market for the past week, n
there was any dullness. was due en-
tirely to local conditions, and IN no
sense to the Wall Street and Washing
ton disturbances.
Rental Agents In Limelixht.
The beginning OF Juno is always OK.
pected TO be more or less OF dull
season In real estate In Richmond, for
the reason that Just then the agents.
or such OF them as are Interested in
rental matters. and the most of them
are. have 10 give their undivided at
tendon to "discontinuance notices"
and all other kinds of notices pertain
Ing TO the rental business.
For these various reasons the real
estate men who pride themselves on
big sales and resales and ali that kind
Of thing say the actual business Of
The past week has been more In re-
gard 10 rents than about sales
Nevertheless. while the sales Of the
past week, for various reasons, were
not altogether as large as those of
:he week previous. there was much
ioing In a general way. Aside from
actual sales made. the agents were
kept busy negotiating and In show
ing would-be buyers around and thus
laying the ropes for big deals that
may be. and most likely will be, closed
up later on.
Some Lively Deals.
AL OF the figures obtalnable show
that little old, solid old Richmond"
In spite OF holiday celebrations and
panlcky news from New York, is hold.
that II a rumor OF Il big sale of Main
street property near Twelfth Street
proves true. as doub tless II will the
matter OF $4,000 will be added to the
weeks work. and that will bring the
figures up very close to normal
The court records for the week show
many Interesting deals, among them a
Hampton Park transaction by which
the shere-Weil syndicate gets In on a
$4,000 transaction. Other deals that
are menlionable include a Franklin
Street dwelling near Henry Street thai
went for $4,000. and another near
Sixth Street that went to David Perrin
Tor sl2,500, and yet some others. by
which W. E. Purcell. Jr., sold about
100000 OF property.
The largest transfer OF the week
possibly, was that OF a Broad Street
store near Eighth Street for s4s.5oo. II
being part of the division of the
Mlllhiser estate. and probably should
not DC included among the sales.
Doings on West Main.
Ihere was some activity on West
Main Street during the past week. The
dealers in this property were very reti-
cent and had an idea that the newspa-
pers ought not to know very much
ABOUT It. but all the same 1t leaked out
that whole block OF vacant property
on West Main between Shepperd Street
and West Avenue changed hands, and
the consideration was s25 per front foot
IN the same region f. L. Hawkins sold
large lot of vacant property at the
same price. There are reports that the
buyers OF this property will improve
the same at once. and the probability
is that tenment houses will go up or
the same.
Other Good Snles.
Golsan & Nash report some good sales
Tor the past week, among them Church
Fill property to the amount of $1,000
property on Broad Street near Aller
Avenue to the amount of $4,000, ant
West End lots running up to $4,000
This agency also sold In Washington
Ward a splendid factory site, for which
they obtained $4,000.
j. 7. Ramsay & Co. report a goot
weeks business. amounting to some,
thing more than S15, 900 The bulk q
their business was in the West End
Two houses on Hanover Street changed
hands the past week, the aconsiderat io1
being $4,000 Pollard e. Bagby engi
neered this DEAL
Richeson & Crutchneld sold durin,
the week something like $4,000 of cit,
property. although they say rental mat
ters have kept them SO busy they hav
had but little time left for the selling
business.
Blanton & Co. sold last week some
thing over $4,000 worth Of good Rich
mond and suburban dirt, Their sale
we're mostly in the West End. alonl
Grove Avenue, Kensington Street an
out In Lee Annex.
Amos & Poindexter, whose sales wer
largely confined to West End property
mostly beyond the Boulevard. repor
their sales as footing up about $4,000
A small farm away out yonder toward
Ashland is included In this estimate.
SalcH and business Deals.
Among othr sales made bylthem dur
i 1ng the week, j. Thompson Brown
Co. report the sale OF Nos, l03-1o5-l0