The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-21

and no clerks certificates us to back
taxes .
Contrast this. II you please" said
Mr.. Brown with sll.5" paid by our
Richmond client for piece OF Wash
fngton property, and you Will readily
see what an Imposition Is being prac-
tlced upon our people. The truth is
there should be radical change not
only in the ad veloren tax matter
but also In othor costs Of real estate
transactions under which our people
are suffering. II this keeps up some
body iB going to know the reason
why about election time. The more
Investigate the subject the more rank
and rotten appear the facts against our
people. was gratined to see that
Captain Jenrcss. one of the most prom.
inent citizens of Chase City. has Wig.
orousiy enlisted in the cause. and re.
Gently put UP very strong news
paper article on the subject. and
hope others Will follow. The Times
Dispatch can do no greater service
than you have been doing in that d.
rection for not day passes but what
some one does not refer 10 tho good
work The Times Dispatch is doing In
this direction. and ] hope you will
keep at 1t until some relief is OBJ
tained."
Il That is just the way one man talked
right out In meeting. and am quoting
him straight. and without any fear OF
being called down and accused of in.
accuracy. as is sometimes the case
case when rumors arc published. and
no names given. a
By the way. printed last week
what thought was mighty we'll
substantitated rumor that the Kauf.
MAINS, wellknown dry goods and mil.
linery people on Broad Street had
made a big offer for the church prop
erty OF the Grace Street Presbyterian
Church with d view OF extending their
big house through from Broad to
Grace Street. The Messrs. Kaufman
deny emphatically that such an offer
has been made. guess they know
what they are talking about. ana
take great pleasure IN correcting the
rurnor. so far as they are concerned
There were some pretty large sized
sales made during the week but the
mos: OF the people interested IN them
were inclined to be rcticent. and but
few particulars were obta!nable
some Good sales Mnde.
Williams &: Cease sold SIS feet at
Twenty NTH and Yenablc Streets to
the Johnson Box Company, who have
been operating n Tenth street for, 10.
these many years. On this lot for
which the company paid $4,000 they
VIII erect an up-to-date box factory.
Williams & Cease also sold about as
much moro property in various parts
OF the city and out in the suburbs.
Amos e Poindexter sold l23 feet OF
ground on West Broad Street between
Allison Avenue and Meadow Street. for
*iT5 per front foot. An Investor was
the purchaser. and what he proposes
to do with the ground remains to be
seen. II Is investment or speculative
ground. however, for It IS no secret
that this is the third time II has been
sold III as many weeks. and the court
clerks have had only one pull et II.
Among the sales semi Officially re.
ported by Richeson 6: Crutchneld are
TWO Broad Street stores. near Allison
Avenue. for which they GOT sls5oo
Their other sales for the week footed
up about $4,000. among which sales
was a farm away out in Buckingham
county. i5'57''
4. ]. Chewing Compan ny made some
large sales OF residence property dur
ing the week. among them a hand soma
Ioe at the corner OF Monument, and
Davis Avenues. which was bought by
Mrs. Bessie Boswell Beveridge.
Blanton & Company report soma
good sales OF West Main Street i'm
proved property amounting In all 10
more than $4,000. They also did rood
business In Monument Annex propertv
out In I! suburbs. lEf
Looking tothc Suburbs.
While the Intensely hot weather. and
wasn't 1t awful hot for Nav, some
what retarded business downtown ana
among the brick lined streets It rave
the subnrbanites a good chance to tall,
about the advantages and the comforts
or suburban homes. And surely tha
suburban homes are now looking
mighty tempting.
The agents who are handling The
colonial Place properties report a big
weeks BUSINESS In fact. they say
they sold more lots the past weel, mar
IN any one week this year. Mr.. HeneTv
who started building out there early
IN the year, has completed his home
and moved In ahead of the not wave
Seven other recent investors In Iots
have contracted for homes to be buti,
this summer In the meantime the
company Keeps on putting down side
Walks and making other improvements
as .he roses bloom and the trees
grow their leaves the larger Norwood
becomes more and more attractive ana
last week three nice homes were sold
in that suburb
Goisan & Nash report Increased in.
curry for home lots In Westhampton
and IN Westham The Richmond col-
lese people are improving ,bei,
sounoS out there. or arranging to do
the same. and numbers OF people who
are looking to nearness TO educational
Realities for their children are nexotI.
sttng for lots near by.
Ginter Park.
The beautiful suburb of Ginter part
continues active. especially in the
building line, Q. C. Peers, a contrae-
TOT stated yesterday that he alone had
the contract for six houses. which are
now being erected by him In this sub-
Grb, they being for C. Carlton Jackson
~ s. Simpson, John S. Eggleston. q n
Garnett. Mrs f. D. B. Garnett and R,
C. Wight. -
besides these there are number OF
other houses under construction in the
park, and the grounds, while very n,,,c,,
needing rain, are beautiful, and the
flowers and shrubbery make the lot g
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