The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-25
Dizziness in the City, but.
Unusual Activity in
thetBright Suburbs.
TIRED AGENTS
TRYING TO REST
New New, Suburbs Opening Up, and
Old Ones Are Flourish;ng q
City Advantages Being Car D
ried'to the Rural Districts. B
a cynic's Idea Is Re sts n.
futed General Notes 81

N real estate circles the summer
tui Fiiness continues. and no one can 1po,y,
ger at 1T. for Thu, is the season for a.
kind of dullness or the bus,, !. i,,.ss
"a olehmond. the real estate agents.
ie PROBABLY the hardest workeA Tban|
get right large Commission a. T'{, : 10y
.hey make big deals, and tha,, 80
surely entitled to them. for thav1 a. "A
~. u work that sometimes does noti
iesuit In commissions And so9s+hs,r
re Justly entitled to rest when tbat
- SEASON comes, And, Great Caesar,si
sish.. iSh the hot season here all
I.shts POSSIBLY half Of the real 81 az!
tate agents are just now see,<i no Is, 90
IN the noun tains, on the seashors "a
ELSEWHERE. Many of the investors and
buyers are doing likewise ana j
ms tnily explains tho dullness. if an
eApiahdtlon were necessary. ilt ts5 81.
Several Big Deals. III
thefe Is something doing.
aany oeais that have long been hang.
ing on the string are being closed IN /
ana the agencies that make a snaci,It,l
OF tne rental business have been Kent
uusy enough the past week Tbe9IareSs
es. zeal of the week was one thai he
ueeh hanging on that string for fnlIvi
~ months. and finally reached theT
r j. L Ia ot
oS this deal Hunter B. Frischkorn 8 ba- /,
comes the owner OF the splendid hnaa
mess property at Ninth 4 and CarvvI
streets, the big store and the sur
rounding ground. now occupied byTtha,si
smith courtney Company. Mr.. tFrisch- 3
norn bought the property from Reuben
ur'oh. ana paid for 1t $50, 900, max
ing me zeal purely as an investments.
Latham & Rufln were the agents w.
engineered the deal 80 X 10
:! era lam q funsten also made big deal.
OF got IL SO near to the closing roln "
ina, Inat II becomes a semi news natter
Iney sold some fine warehouse prop
erty that is centrally Local ted. ana
lam 70 nave gotten $4,000 for it. In.S
and recorded until tomorrow. the sell
ing hrm declines to give names and
particulars but there cam be no doubt
OF the TACT that the deal is practicallv
closed l-iIl7 4. r. 49, = - ~
Many Residences Sold. aS
various agencies report fairly good
safes OF residential property within the
city limits. but none OF them clair, q
total exceeding $4,000. and from that
oown to $4,000. Altogether. however.
tnese sma II sales. added to the big deals
ABOVE mentioned. run the total footings8
tor the week UP to about 100000. ma
one Of the leading agents said to me
yesterday while the actual sales be-
Ing made indicate that summer dnliGA
ness you have been talking bout ha
inquiry for big properly and the plans
OIL DIG investors that have been deyelI
oped are In every way encouraging to !
the ag,nts,' AS a matter of fact. we
rather welcome the midsummer DUH
ness. 1t gives us a chance to close 5up
IN a deliberate and quiet way ma nv
deals that have been on the string for
a ms md 10
ments for the heavy fall business that i
we know Is on ahead Not less than
100 big deals are hanging on the sum : I
mer string. and before many frosts
come this fall rs per cent OF themi
Will be closed. and record will be
made that Will lay over anything Rich I
mond has ever before done In the real |
estate line" jsS.7 I5fGl,t
Suburban Activity.
All of the above rema rks refer !,
strictly to city properties The hand
lers OF suburban properties say theys
have not yet experienced any m!dsun1si
mer dullness. The only thing they
dread Is midwinter dulIness. The,
Gintcr Park agents report building op1-
erations unusually active. and the sales'
OF lots to prospective builders quite,.
numerous. c. w. Morrisett. o. B. How.
ard and c. Cohn are among the Ginteri
Park folks who broke ground last week |
for new homes. ~
The Hermitage Land Company. Ins
corporated, is n new concern, that has
after lot OF dealing and trading and
traff1cking that has been going on for
more than a year. come to the front [;
with first-class suburban propositon,l
The company has bought the origst
fnal Hermitage track. on the south sidai
OF the Hermitage Road, opposite La /.
burnum. The tract contains about
twenty Ave acres. and the company
has cut II UP into lots with fifty-foot
frontage in the main and lots Of sixty
and seventy feet frontage on the Herr S
mitage Road. + q s448 II Nv
The company has arranged for trobs h
ley line accommoda tions at the s cent n
fare. and has also made provisions for II
a city water and sewerage service. The N
officers of the company are ohm W ";
Gordon, president. E. A. Catiin. yicessi
president, and william L Tyler seores 4
tary and treasurer Y he real estate
lrm OF e. A. Catlin & Co. will have
charge OF the sales department Of thiS I
property. TIE handsome place hsh
been named Hermitage Park. If3&
B. H. Lipscomb, who handled the
Westhampton Heights property 30 aueeT
cessfully. has just put new piece oS &
land on the market. The property
adtoins westhampton Heights. and Is /.
known as College View. siff3 81.
Monument Annex, Etc. rs S.s3s
Recent Developments have brouRhSs i,
Monument Annex prominently into Sths8;
limelight. Blanton & Co. sold over e,Y
hundred lots there last week. and sthsYf:
tell me thatiithe good work s. goefSf$
bravely on. but they u tell Il theIsl5
own story In another page snffiSsS
1t to say that during the jfs nasts
week tho iots were snapped up soraE.kl
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