The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-25
Property Changes Beyond
College Show That Values
Are Going Upward
SEVERAL STORES WILL
SOON BE CONSTRUCTED
Pennsylvanians Arriveto Look
z Over Farm Near Richmond.
Agents Working for tx
change Here

Real estate agents nave no par
sicuiar complaint to make of the past
week. Inquiries were especially good
and number of sales were put
through Perhaps the most notable
instance OF activity was the sale OF
several pieces Of property on West
Broad street beyond Richmond Col
lege.
The early part Of the week W. J.
Gilman bought from s r. Beveridge
three vacant lots on the south side OF
West Broad near Lombardy. The
auts. with a combined frontage Of 50
feet, cost Mr. Gilman $3.50 foot
or a total OF a little more than $1b,-
Gee II was Mr. Gilinans intention
to erect several stores on the proper
" at once bat while he was dehber-
ating as "a plans and other details
he received an offer OF s20O foot
Tor the trio of lots from J. h. Chap
peil and the proposition was accepted.
bar. Chappeli then set to work on store
plans himself, with the result that
excavations are already In progress
Tor several brick store structures.
Pays s1Oo Foot.
Meanwhile MIR. Beveridge turned
his eyes farther out Broad. buying
three lots. with so feet frontage, on
the south side OF Broad and just
east Of Allison. For these ne paid
Sio0 foot, or a total OF $4,000. The
lots were purchased from f. L. Frost
as All investment
Another item OF interest in West
End realty was swapping deal put
through by Blanton and Grant for
l.. w. Harris. that enterprising agent
who is kept SO busy handling deals
for people that he has to get other
les ~ n la IA
propositions. The substance of the
deal is that Mr.. Harris exchanged 210
+ feet on West Main Just beyond he
Boulevard for Az feet. facing the
Westhampton car line on Floyd ave-
nue. and running back to Grove ave
nue., the other parties to the deal
being Messrs. Donahoe and Powers,
Inquiring For Farms.
L. w. Harris reports that he Is
receiving numerous inquiries for Nir-
ginis farms. He has just issued an
attractive booklet containing list Of
many farms in different sections of
the State, with valuable and definite
Information about each OF them.
Two Pennsylvanians came to town
during the week TO look at farm
in one of the counties bordering on
Hanover and will likely buy 1t. They
are now negotiating with MIR. Harris
morning To look II over. The prop
. erty can be had for $4,000.
Through the Noonandson Realty
Corporation. the store and dwell
ing at 1906 East Marshall street
was sold during the week &c
Henry Stephanian by William A
Green, the sale price being $4,000
This property is located in the inn
mediate vicinity OF the West End OF
the new steel viaduct Of the Richmond
and Henrico stretching across the
valley to Church Hill. Three addi-
tsonal pieces Of property In thi.
vicinity Will be put up at auction
next Wednesday by the Noonandsor
Company which is Of the opinion thai
the recently constructed bridge il
going to materially enhance the value
Of property in that neighborhood.
Factory Sites Sold.
Sale of two factory sites in South
Richmond are included in a list %
sales contaminated by Golsan ant
Nash. Plans are now being drawn
for the buildings, II is stated. and il
~. Is Ssrsbss5ie' that more definite tn
formation regarding the projects viii
be shortly forthcoming This firm
reports OF the sale OF lots In West
hampton amounting to $500 and 6
total of $4,000 In other sales. As fol
deals are positively closed and check.
are in hand--for there liz many a sir
between the cup and the lip. they
say. even in realty transactions.
s Ines agents are s1iii discussing tht
feasibility OF organizing an exchang,
in Richmond for their mutual pro.
lection and to further business IL
general. One object of the exchang.
would be to establish rules OF bust
ness whereby persons desiring to dc
the agents. as II were, would ind theil
way exceedingly difficult.
Testing Sentiment
To test sentiment on the propo
sition among the agents, the Noon
andson concern mailed the following
seif-expianatory communication a day
ar two ago to each operator of realt,
n Richmond:
mo doubt you have heard. IL not
we beg to inform you, that we have
practically decided to convert the
rooms over our office. no rs North
Eighth street. into real estate ex-
change for the sole benefit OF the reai
estate business and the gentlemen en-
gagged In II. The exchange will be
DEATH NOTICE.