The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13
Dull W eek Enlivened by
Good Reports On
Ahead.
ONE LARGE DEAL:
OTHERS ON STRING
agents Who Are at Home Ar.
Reticent, but, All the Same, Bus
mess Is Good-Everything
Points to Good Fall Bust
ness-Suburban
Notes.

While there is some talk va, =,
guinness. and while there
YET many real estate investors and
whole lot of real estate agents am
enjoying holiday and vacation as +h.v
1ai IT, the fact remains that +hera
tbo. d httie activity in the circles
tate men ~ feai es-
,; During the so-called midsummep
~, uiihess there has been going on :
iot OF dickerlng and trading T, $50
NOT De known to the average re.da,
oul the fact is that there are mnnv
people who take advantage of what 10
tha,M as the holiday season to do
.heir best and most profitable troa
ing' to pick up a fat thing baro
there. mere and
ayoe the word trading hest Nu,ts
situation, for the dull season 7.
10 Just that kind OF season IN w,,oh
inuen swapping is done. II mavha
Ia'iea trading. but possibly swappine
tbera oee.er name for It. Anyhow
aone the last week whetber 9, te
oireot sale or trade or a awan
agent who engineers whatever ~ as,
90, comes out on top every time TO-
Sung ana coming he collects his cow
missions. MS corn-
= Dig ono OF It's KIND
th S swapping and trading deal IL
ne real estate event OF the ast go,
lnat deal involves q matter az .eon
ooo or Whereabouts, and swenntne 80
q feature OF II. BY this deal Sr+bns
- Strause, OF the firm OF strau.a q.
Gunst' became the owner or thot -,
uaoie property on the south aid. &c
Fittn street. between Fourth and
bv occupied as q big retail store
ene SAID property Mr.. Strause ia am.
posea 20 nave paid the handsome sur,
OF $4,000. He bought n from, ~.
Z DAVIDSON. who has been its o,v,,
ior nearly year. But Mr.. strapaa
oio not pay altogether cash. He o,sr'
some very desirable warehouse
property on Twenty second stree -
tween Main and franklin. and .Ieo
som, some very good property, more az
iess vacant, on Broad Street near ma
son All or this: the warehouse nron-
ny ana the Broad Street property y.
Va1uea at something like $4,000.
IRE was trade by the terms
W. whlen Dr. Davidson now owns the
warehouse property and the Rroad 80
Madison Street property valned n ~.
$4,000. and Mr.. strause holds tba
fourqurean- Temple storehouse NV
erty' valued at $4,000. The difror
ence is $4,000. and Mr.. Strausa ..
mighty good for the difference. 7
r,,oa4 eiy q Co.. one OF the livest nd
.hIs ae.iVe real estate agencies In all
this part OF Virginia, Engineered at.
double-1ointed deal. and the s,,nna
s s is that they collected commits
sions gwine ind comm THE w.
the big event of the week.
HuInor1 In the Air.
Hefe were many rumors of another
IN Tvs stansaction that seem to be more
~ the air or on the string than on
Inc ground. The ru- Tors pointed e. :,
supposed deal, of valuable pronnda
Sharer and Broad Streets, ana the W.
mors had 1t that H S. wa1lerstafr,
VINO owns the same, having bought a.
TOT future profit. had sold 70 foIt.
VINO proposed to do big DEVELOPMENT
stunt. and the figures were reported
20 De away yorder in the thousands.
MT Wallersteln was out of town YES
terday and according to reports vii,
De TOT many days yet to come Tbs
agents who generally know n,rch
ABOUT his deals protested absolute To-
! norance of any shafer Street deal. md
there was no way to ascertain tbc
names OF the supposed purchasers.
MAYBE there has been no really con-
summated deal, but that negotiations
are on there can be no doubt.
Some Other Notes
Richeson & Crutchfeld did a pref
ty good effice business the past week.
having SOLD about 100000 worth OF
property. including a sore on West
Broad street near Lombardy. and a
good lot OF vacant property on Main
near the boulevard. These sales added
to a number of smaller ones here.
there and everywhere about the city.
| run their sales up to the total mem
| toned.
| ]. Thompson Brown & Co, while
reticent as to particulars, admit sales
OF business and residence property
within the old city limits amounting
to about $4,000.
Pollard & Bagoy report sales OF VA
rious city and suburban properties,
amounting In the aggregate to about
$4,000. The w. E. Purcell. Jr.. Com
pany tell of sales OF residential prop
critics that amount to nearly $4,000.
but they are reticent as to details.
n W. Rowe & Son never go into par
ticulars. nut they do say that the out
look was never better. The smiles
carried by the Junior members of the
| concern We're ample evidence that busl-
! ness had not been dull with them tho
! past week.
The lemons report very active In
quiry going on. but say that the most
OF II means good fall business rather
than Immediate transactions.
The Renters Troubles.
H. Seldom Taylor & Company report
two or three real good small sales, the
particulars OF which they would rath-
er not tell about and the Junior mem
Der OF the firm added: Everything IS
in rental way Just now. This phone
keeps me busy all the time IN that
line. and I have but little chance 70
talk sales to Won or anybody else He
did seem rlght busy at the phone
lust then A female renter who want
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