The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-22
9 asu al Glance at a,
Week Good Work
ThatW asW ell Done.
SMALL SALES MADE.
AND SOME BIGONESI
Building Operations Are I'M
mense-Richmond Architects
Being Kept Very Busy
American Terminal Ware
house Company Branch
ing Out.

AS intimated in last weeks Indus.,
trial Section. the real estate men. be.i
Ing patriotic, sought to do the besk
they could at the state Fair, and they
did great lot. too. 1 hear that a
dozen or more OF the agents who had
booths at the state Fair had a. hne
time booking farm properties yet to-
be sold, town properties that they eY-
pect to sell and vast Quantity Of
suburban lots that they have an idea
VIII be III the market before thej
Christmas holidays come alons.
All of the agents got away from thai
fsir business as soon as they could.
and last week they resumed surs
enough business at the old stands.
nero was quite a revival and not a
l'tte improvement in the real estate
business during the past week, and
yet IL WAS In nowiso what might be
Termed BRISK week. neither was it,
entlrely dun week. but on the whole.
was fair average for this season OF
the year. So far as can be learned.
and sometimes 1t is very hard To Learn
much from the close-mouthed arentz
no very large sales were pulled or
but quite number Of small sales weras 8
made. and tho footings show I'D in the
aggregate something like 100000
- OehCtal kcS1ew.
All OF the agents are retfcent ana
none Of them will go into particuIara
However, Amos e Poinde:cter tell OIL
some suburban transactions that foot
cd up more than 10000 The Csnter 4.
Park people tell of some sales that
came alonS about the sto,6ro mark.
inc SUBURBAN properties between Gin,
Ter Gsrk and the city We're in active
demand, and the agents handling this
".s
that VIII aggregate something like
$4,000
The West End still holds the centre
OF the stage for number of transfers
and as favoritc for SPECTATORS
me renewed agitation of the Park
to-Park Boulevard" has attracted pub
nc attention more in that direction
tnan ever known before. A number
OF sales were pulled oft In this direc
ton, and others are in negotiation.
There is no question but what this
grand boulevard will be an accom-
phsned fact In the near future. It Is
more than two thirds completed sI
ready, and only needs some hntshinr
touches to make 1t one of the most
attractive roads and drives in ths
South. as well as highway between
two of tile largest and finest parks In
The city It passes. or Will pass. the
Battle Abbey and Confederate soldiers.
Home. the State Fair Grounds Hill
monument and other places of more
than ordinary interest
Amons thr agents interviewed were
y Thomnson Brown s. Co. and ther
were among the very few willing to
DC quoted They made some sales the
past weak in their peculiar lin.
Among several sales closed by them
they felt At liberty to mention sale of
hanover street dwelling at $500.
htteen lots on the Boulevard. AMOUNT
Ing to 5000 and some West End acre
age az Greendale on the Richmond
fredericksburg and Potomac RAN.
road amounting in the aggregate Ia
100000 to $4,000 They have scbed
uled FOR this week pubic euot,on
sale on Tuesday. October "a. at p
NJ. of An attractive suburban home AZ
stop Is on the Seven Pines ltns- and }
number of valuable and attractive
building lots on Floyd Ivenue and
West Main street for Wednesday. oc- l
tober IS.
Tstks With Other Folks.
All or the agents interviewed req,
port normal conditions in the real
estate market Some deals of raths.
large proportion are being negotiated.
but not as yet determined. However,,
some of them are expected to mats-
rialize in the near future.
There are all kinds OF rumors aboua
big deals L could fill this column "a.
Overlooking with rumors, but rumoraj
are not sales For Instance, a sensa.
tcnal report of A t1uocN deal beips,
traced down TO cast irn fact vestar..
day turned out to De aothinS mora
than conditional offer. conditioned
probably on the ability of one party
to raise certain amount OF mone9
within certain length OF time HIS
may raise II or he may not In the
meantime the holder OF the propertv
and the agency representing him are
awaiting results Such deals as that
are on hand every day in the week.
Sometimes they amount to something.
and sometimes they do not. When
they do the Industrial Section OF The
Times-Dispatch VIII come mighty nA,y
TO knowing about II
Two Big Sales.
4 big sale of the week is ons that
has been hanging on the string ro-
two months or more. Maybe II hast
been before reported but II Is worth
reporting again. The garage and stors
on Main Street, near Adams. has toen8
purchased by the Fraternal Life ana
Accident Association. n Is understood
that tho association paid $4,000 fog
the property. and took it in purely az
an Investment Pollard g. Bagby eas
Gineered tho deal
Seldom Taylor s. Co had pretty zook
business last week Among Other nlEss
deals they made may he named sfa.-
600 transaction In Yves, End PROPERTY
which the junior member OF the con-
Germ pulled through In great shapas
The bulk OF this property is OF the ms
improved order and while the young Y
man who mado the deal was earefuI;x5
reticent, there is outside evidence thas
the buyers propose 10 mako some vaIr
liable improvements. Maybe they Vile
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