The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-30
Active Blu sin ess in a
General Way All Over
City and Suburbs.
SMALL ARE SALES;
LARGE AGGREGATE
All the Agencies Regard Bust
ness as Good and Outlook Very
Encouraging Big Sales Not
Numerous, but Many Small
Ones Bring Up Aver
age-The Suburbs.

y Main street real estate agent
who was accosted In the hurry of a
Saturdays settling up. expressed the
weeks situation pretty well. when he
said TO The Times Dispatch man: ~
good. active week; everybody busy.
but nothing big or startling Lots of
sales. many OF them mighty satisfac'
tory from all viewpoints. but few oi
them that were on what YOU news
paper folks call tho big order"
My Main Street friends Idea of what
the newspaper men call the big or
der may be q little vague. As
general rule the newspaper man
;gures big things according TO thu
aggregate. One big sale amounting.
say to si.00Q.000, and that being tho
H only one of Il week. would not strike
the newspaper man as being near SO
good a thing as sl,0oO.0co worth OF
smaller sales, numbering about 100
From IA General Viewpoint.
Taking last weeks situation in the
real estate districts. according to the
Z newspaper mans view business was
r very fine. True. the real big sales OF
high priced property were somewhat
conspicuous by their absence or their
failure to matcrializc, but the little
GALES made UP a splendid aggregate
and their widespread diversity was
really encouraging. Every part OF the
city and all Of the suburbs showed
2 healthy activity that ought to be en-
couraging 10 all OF the agents 1t
certainly was TO some Of them. but
then there are agents and other agents.
Some are never satisfied unless they
pile up sales running over the 100000
mark. Others arc satisfied with tho
commissions that come in from sales
K aggregating a much smaller sum. and
The agent WHO is looking more to the
future than To the week in which he
Is Just now moving and having his
being gets more encouragement from
what is called active inquiry than he
does from rapid firing sales.
Ii6s Why Encouraging.
N TO th!s latter class. the fellows
who bank on active inquiry, the past
week was very encouraging. no the
fellow WHO looks only 10 the big sales
or the moment the week was a little
disappointing.
The air is full of many interesting
runors. but rumors do not always pan
ont just right. and then the victims
OF the same are liabl to come around
and ask the man Of news, or rather
demand of him: Where did you get
your informgtion?" and when the
m o. n. replies. as II IS right TO do:
None OF your darn business" then
the victim goes away mad-mad as a
interesting In the absence of anything
better. one OF thcese concerns. the
proposed new theatre that H. s.
{ Wallcrstein and others were engineer
Ing through Pollard " Bagby, at the
corner OF Eighth and Grace Streets,
which proposition was bitterly opposed
i by the church people, the people OF
st. Peters Catholic Church and tho
people OF St. Pauls Episcopal Church.
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effect that the church folks have won
out; that is. won out by putting up
the money and taking in the property
f OH which the other folks had proposed
10 erect theatre. What the church
folks propose to do with the property
remains to be seen. but, the rumor
goes. the other folks have not aban-
doned their idea of building a theatre
and TO that end they have "optioned'
II big lot further west on Grace Street,
at the price of 100000. However, 1
could not verify this rumor and could
not just exactly locate the "optioned''
property.
Anny Other Rumors.
There are many other kinds OF
rumors on the street, and some OF
them concern the sale to the city OF
the Ford Hotel property and adjoining
grounds. These rumors involve n
consideration of $4,000 and they
have big political end 40 them. AS
! am not much in politics can give
no particulars, but sisply relate the
rumor as II is. From all accounts, how
ever, this deal must be right much
in the air. There may be something
in 1t. and there may not be anything
worth talking about The politicians
will have to thrcsh II out
Another rumor that seems to be
nr 70 :, in fu
I have passed to record to prove It's cor
4 srectness, is that the Joseph Bryan es-
tate has purchased from John p
Branch his interest in the properly on
South Tenth Street. formerly known
as the Ainslie Building the conss der
alton being something like $4,000.
y Mr.. Branch and the late Joseph Bryan
bought this property several years ago
as an Investment, and 1t has proven
pretty gori one. A postscript to the
rumor is lat a big skyscraper is now
to go UP on the property, and In time
! to Gene 1t will be known as Tha
Times-.Dispatch publishing building.
Some Other Dcnln. @
+ Among the larger deals of the past
j week was the sale OF the property on
West Broad Street, near Henry street,
owned by r. Francioni. to William II.
:. zimmerman. the consideration being
y s46.500 !FIt is understood that Mr. zim.
hermann bought this property merely
ysns an investment, and SO far as is
!, known Will take no immediate stems
hooking to it's Improvement.
Some other good sales of West Broad
Street property wero made, in which
& Richeson & Crutchiicld. Golsan & Nash.
the Demons and other agents. had a
hand to the extent of q bout $4,000,
but particulars arc lacking. s.
j. Thompson Brown g. Company re-