The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09
Unexpected Activity in
the Hottest Week of
Two Long Decades.
SEVERAL BIG DEALS;
MANY SMALL ONES
The suburbanites Kept Busy
Showing Property, and They
Have Made Good Sales.
Monument Annex Active.
Several Resales Recorded.
Notes From Town.

The hot waves may come and the
thoughts may stay a while with US
but little old. solid old Richmond goes
right along. 1t sweats not a little.
and sometimes when the Kiosk or
kiaskutus or any other thing, with
the AID OF Weather Boss Evans forces
Httle more of the sweating business
IMAM the old original Warrock- Rich
ardson Almanac would call for. It seems
but natural that the real estate sweat
ers would pull in their horns and prac-
iceiiy suspend business. and ii seems
10 nave been assumed in some quarters
that they did do that very thing last
week. but this assumption is decidedly
, misleading
III In Spite of Hcnt.
me fact is that Notwithstanding the
record breaking holiness Of the past
week there was decided activity in
real estate circles. Not altogether as
mucn activity as we sometimes me.t
up with In the beautiful fail months.
when the weather as we'll as the real
estate offerings and inducements. is
inspiring, but all the same the agents
did business. lot Of 1t. and as far as
can gather from the boys. a ma
3ority OF whom arc not disposed 10
tell all they have done the sales with
In the city limits during the week lust
closed tota!ied something like s35O,ooo.
and that is do!ag pretty we'll for the
most torrid week that Richmond has
known within two decades And then.
too. be It remembered that not few
OF :ae biggest investors and specu-
lrtors and plungers are away on their
holiday outings.
Time TO Grow Wise.
OF the thirty-odd agents I inter
viewed yesterday only one reported alb
soIute!y no sales. and did not very
much believe his story. for he smiled
and w!nkcd his ~ eye as much as 10
cay mo sales to tell about" He is a
fine young fellow, not very long out
OF college, out of a college in which
the leading professor probably laid too
much stress upon an old-time fool idea
that the left hand SHOULD not be al
lowed TO know what the right hand
Is engaged In This young fellow will
learn wisdom after while. and among
other good things he Will learn will
be the fact that his college professor
is an old fogy.
All of the agents, with one excep-
ton, who did deign to talk reported
small sales. but many small sales foot
up well in the aggregate. and there
were very many small sales.
Several transactions.
The largest transaction OF the week
was a sale. or rather three sales. made
by Pollard & Bagby. They sold TO j.
St George and John Stewart Bryan
three Main Street stores between
Seventh and Eighth Streets. the hg-
ures being $4,000, The buyers bought
purely as an investment
Amos & Poindexter report some
pretty good sales. but do not give
particulars altogether as fun as they
might. They sold TO E. L. Frost forty
feet of ground on the south side OF
Broad Street. near Meadow, and OBJ
tained for the same 5000 per foot They
also sold TO Mr.. Frost nearly $4,000
worth OF vacant property on the south
side of Broad Street, east of Allison.
The same gentleman also invested in
some goodly property at the southeast
corner of Allison and Broad Streets,
upon which he has already broken
ground for the erection of three hand
some stores with flats above. the whole
to cost something under $4,000.
Elan & Funston report the sale dur
ing the past ten days of No. 924 West
Grace Street for $500. vacant lot
thirty-two feet on Allen Avenue. near
Park Avenue, for $4,000. and the resi-
dence No IL; Third Avenue, Chest
nut Hill. for $4,000.
Other Notes.
w. E. Purcell Company sold some
good vacant property in the western
part of the city and two or three
footing up about $4,000.
Pollard &c Bagby tell of about
dozen small sales in all parts of town
that foot up $4,000. but particulars
are unnecessary.
The Demons have done considerable
business In small deals. but they say
they do not love to tell about little
aft IRIS.
Connolly d Company sold at least
three houses that have been heard Of
but particulars are shy.
Harrison & Bates sold about $1,000
worth of Richmond dirt and shingles.
blu. the sales were small and scattered.
and 1t took a lot OF perspiration to
accomplish them.
Back From War.
Brisadier- General ]. Thompson
Brown. of the firm of ]. Thompson
Brown & Co.. spent half of the week
O. Gettysburg, Pa, where ne went to
make the old fight over again. in his
mind. and not with the big gun he
manned on the original occa sion; but
he got back in time to see the junior
and more active members of the firm
close up about $4,000 OF business, and
Just before closing this report he told
me that his right bower was then out
with one of the biggest real estate buy
ers in the town, and 1t was expected
= that big deal would be clio ed up be-
More dark. I didn't wait till dark for
8particulars and confirmation.
Twenty or more other agents have
=, old me OF small deals here and there
- II over the city and away out in the
81 uburbs, and 1 am sure that the aggre-
= ate figured out above Is a. least a con
s hess.
= In the suburbs there has been fairly