The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-25
IMPROVEMENT IN
SOUTH RICHMOND
With the Building of Car Barns
Manufacturing Center is Made
Much Better.
AUTOMOBILE FACTORY
Real Estate Men Talk Of a Prob
able New Enterprise for
Washington Ward,

With The completion OF the car
barns for the Virginia Railway and
Electric Company In Seventh street
between Perry and Porter. one of the
greatest improvements To the manu-
featuring portion Of South Richmond
sill have been made. The building
viii, be finished within a lew weeks
and all OF the cars that run on the
Hull and Perry street lines, as Also the
large interurban cars to Petersoars'
will be housed in the place.
At L cost OF S45. 900 the street car
company has erected the building. II
fronts on Perry street and on Porter
street and faces Seventh street. Across
from II Is mammoth tobacco waSe-
house that occupies two squares ana
near Il on cambridge street Is fac
tory building that employs almost a
hundred people and takes up hair Il
square OF space.
Where many men are now employed
in the barns and shops near Centralia.
all o. these and more too. VIII be
brought to South Richmond and put
TO work in the great building that is
being erected for the housing Of ali
of the cars that travel through the
streets OF Washington Ward.
Nearing Completion.
Carpenters have been al work every
day on the frame W. RI or the building
and the brick masons have lost little
time They are bending all their
euergies towards the completion OF
the great ST. ucture nerore month
has passed The office of Superinten-
dent Brice, now at Seventh and Perry
streets, viii remain. as II is but the
fact that the barn will be near the
Office will Breaely facilitate matters.
An inspector or dispatcher can is-
main In the Office building and Tins
the cars as the Weave on their morn
ing tripy.
But this ca4' barn is not the only
building that is being erected in South
Richmond. Residences are going ap
in Oak Grove, along McDonough
street and out towards Forest Hill
Park. Old frame buildings that have
been eye-sores for years are being
torn dowr and modern structures
| built
There, Is No Boom.
| Yet there is no boom In real estate.
To the contrary the price of land has
dropped within the past week Those
who held options on several lots are
said to be thinking on selling at
Figures legs than they could have got
ten two or three weeks ago. One
real estate man nut IL this way when
asked about the situation: Real es-
| tate chTVges just because. hmme-
diately before annexation there was
great boom and following the con-
solidation of the cities lots sold for
good price. Conditions now are
somewhat normal and there isn't any
reason to kick, Rent Is about the same
and there will be just as many sales.
but the fellow can buy for a little
bit less now Than he could nave n
month ago"
An Auto Plant.
1t is rumored In business cireiea
that an automobile, factory is to To-
cate in Washington Ward. Severa,
/ promine MT business men from other
cities are known to have been in con-
sultation with real estate dealers
here and they are said To be looking
| for site upon which 10 erect d
very large building In which auto
mobiles can be built and cared for.
The plant, so II Is stated. will cost not
less than $4,000 and will be located
somewhere near he river front.
In this section there are now many
manufacturing establishments among
them being the Standard OH Com
| pany's plant ad the Miller Il Miller
Manufacturing place. Another fac
/ tory Ia in the neighborhood and the
paper mill stands on the James near
Mayos Bridge.
An effort Is being mace TO secure a
number OF small manufacturing
plants for the city and these are like.
| w 10 locate along the railroad be-
tween Washington Ward and Swans
boro.
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