The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-26
More Activity and Bust
ness Than Was Notice
able Week Ago.
SOME BIG SALES;
MUCH TRADING
Investors Look to West End for
Residence Property to Bring
Profits and to broad Street
for Business Sites-Whole
Blocks Being Bought--Ac-
tive South Richmond.

When the average real estate agent
fails to count up his commissions for
a week into the several hundreds az r
dollars he thinks business is dun, and
SO several of them thought things
were quite dull last week, but 10 a
man whe Is not used to big commits Z
sion accounts or big accounts or nny &
otner Kind the real estate business Z
looked pretty active last week. actiye
aoout In spots. 1t Is certain that some
sales and trades of large dimensions
were made. a good deal of property
changed hands In one way and an.
other' and. as for the Inquiry for resi-
dence and business property, there was
no end to 1t. The SPECTATORS or In.
Vcstors. or both. We're very much In eyi.
aence. All of them dlu not actually
GUY, but they were all very eurneat
inauirers, and were watching things
closely In every part OF the city, csnc-
cially IN the western ana northwestern
parts and beyond the city limits to-
wards the setting sun. inc investors
also have their eyes turned towarda
south Richmond, and there was I'M
usuai activity over the river, although
tue agents and the investors do NOT
leii OF any large deals that were act
ualiv made In that locality, but thew
all look wise nnd intimate that there
are mighty big things on the string
that are liable to fail or in Tho CON.
summated state at almost any time.
The big auction salo OF lots in Tho
sheppard property has been the talk
OIL the town since last tuesday. and
IL is SAID that the gratifying results
OF the auction have thrown consider
aplc animation all around In the re-
gions west of the Boulevard and away
out beyond Roscncath Road
LnrEc Sales In the West
Whether tn be strictly true or
not. the fact Is that a pretty big trad
ing deal was pulled on IN Monument
Annex beyond the Belt Line Railroad
BY this trade Jerry Morano became
tho owner OF 800 feet OF Monument
Annex and gave for 1t S45 per front
FOOT at least so per cant. more than
me same was bringing about year
ago. In part payment. MIR Morano
turned over to r. L. Hawkins. tho
seller property on East Main Street.
between Third and Fourth. which rem
resented $4,000. Charles a. Roso
Company engineered this good trans
action. TS
About tho same McCurdy & John
entire block on Kensington Ayenue.
between Cleveland and Tildcn Streets
and four blocks west OF the Boule.
yard. The namo OF the purchaser has
been r;'ithhcld by request, by tho seiis {
Ing agents. 1t has leaked out that
ssnsss price was In the neighborhnod of
wards the setting sun several good lots
were sold In Colonial Place, and tho &
n ,,aii say they have no complaints to
thut coming suburb.
Fcerlng to the Northwnrd.
y little to the northward there waa
s19a business, and not a little of lot
purchasers there the past week was
mar from away up in the northern
part par OF New York State, u man who,
In The Times d Dispatch. 800.
AFound IN the same niGhborhood the
o., - reliable aha Glnter Park was in tho
In that delightful suburb. Then. too
the Battery Court addition Ioon,ed ~,
last Monday when the sales agents
were WEI, kept busy all day. and then for
1t advantages to prospective buyers
and each day some good sales wore
made. :, 1865 H1i'''' q
;, Investors ns and prospective investora
sroad Street as the place to make
money In the long run, and consider
able property along that thoroughfare
pecially does the property between
Brook Avenue and First Street look
good. The speculators think the
maeh af pont t at First Street and the
Brook Avenue mako the outlook for
better values In this locality pretty
bright.
Several Pretty .nrge Sales.
Last week H. S. Wallerstein made 81
store, No $ East Broad Street, now t"
USED ssfS !, as a hardware store. and it Is
part payment he put in one or the Il
numerous places he owns in various
parts of the city. and that was valued
In the trade at about $4,000 making !.
the entire transaction foot up $4,000, A
and the agents who pulled off tho
double deal. j. C. Carneal g. Son, pull
ed III the commissions going and com
Pollard & Bagby sold for 81. L. Hof.
heimer the branch post Office on Har-
rison Street. known as Station A. for
sto,0UG' also o. forty feet Of vacant
Hofheimer for $4,000. Z. p Loths
was the purchaser OF both properties,
and he bought purely as an Invest
nent: Pollard & Bagby tell OF nu-
merous other sales aggregating $ae-
900. making grand total for the week
W. F, Purcell, Jr., Company mado
several good sales amounting to about
s. l.001. but they are keeping the par
t!culars secret for the tima being.
Golsan & Nash sold sto 900 worth
week. and also 2O0-acre tract on II
the River Road. beyond Westhampton, d,
1t Is understood that this property
will he cut UP Into suburban plots.
and In due time placed on the market
for the benefit of buyers who Want {,
bigger space than mere cltS. lot,
maybe one or two acres, 70 settle oti.s8s
Seldom Taylor &; Co., report several II
good sized sales last week. but until Il
all, OF the papers arc. signed. scaled Il
and delivered the members or the firm,
Mill give no particulars.
Ma y u other agents toll cheering &
stories of good business but thcy. be- y.
come as doaf as a post and as dumb St
as anunused anvil when ask ed far sY,ecf Hi