The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-08
A Dull Week That Be.
came Active Before
the End Came.
BUSINESS GOOD
IN ALL SECTIONS
Nothing startlingly Great, but
Healthy Activity in All Parts
of the City and Out in the
Quiet S u b u b s-Notes
From All Quarter Are
Here Recorded.


cerned. that is to say, SO far as deals
that have been actually consummated
and the money paid down in cold cash
for Richmond realty, may be taken into
consideration, the business Of the past
week In the real estate realm was
not especially active, and there was no
evidence to show that 1t was in 5any
sense a record breaker. Nevertheless
tAere was something doing, good
ueai or IT. and there are not few
agents who have reports to make of
a really optimistic tenor.
majority of the agents who are
In the habit of doing great deal Of
business agree that the past week was
spent very largely in the business OF
clearing up and Strengthening out the
big business that was done the week
previous and laying plans for big
Things that may be done next week
or more likely the week following.
Fair Week Doings
III present week. be 1t understood
is STATE Fatr week, and all Richmond,
including the real estate agents and
the real estate spectators always aa4
patriotic during fair week and they
have a way of turning out in great
.orcf to help along the fair week do
inss, disregarding all private interests
ana all chances to make a spcck In
the matter of trading or swapping or
buying or selling real estate for a
QUICK profit. For these reasons, and
tney are really patriotic reasons, the
real estate folks may be expected 60
pc little quiet the coming week.
true 1t is that not few of the
agents, especially those who deal most
largely in suburban and farm nron.
ertes nave made engagements with
peoPie VINO are going to be here this
week to attend the fair; 10 take in
the Midway and incidentally to LOOK
AFTER real estate deals of one kind and
another, and 1t is more than likeiv
that these agents will keen an avs
open to the main chance ana NAV
make some big deals this week with
TAR visitors, and add not few dimes
TO their commission account
Big Things for Dull Week.
real estate man who was Inter.
viewed yesterday. said: Don't you
know We always have dull week just
neIore the fair2" And he spoke the
truth. Nevertheless. there was NOT a
little business done last week. a
number of deals in West End pron.
critics We're closed up. and IL the whols
matter were summed up in actual fig
ures 1t might appear that more than
100000 worth of West End propertv
changed hands last week, changed In
the way of buyings and settings and
In the way of trades.
In the suburbs too, espec,al1v tbo..
that are contiguous to the West End
there was something doing and mayba
100000 worth of Just out Oft town
property changed hands MANY az
this class of deals may be credited 10
Westhampton and the territory Sur.
rounding. "
Ginter Park came In for not a little
business in suburban line. and am
told that not less than a dozen lots
in that attractive suburb Changed
hands last week.
In Norwood and in Barton Heights
and In Sherwood Park, in Highland
Park and in several other suburbs
there was not :. little OF activity. There
were several good sales In Colonial
Place also :.
Back to Town.
In the city limits proper there were
some good sales. and these extended
all over town from the extreme East
End, along through the business sec
ton and out to the West End
Probably the most notable sale OF
the week was the one by which the Kline
Motor Car Corporation became the
owners OF lands upon which to erect
their big plant The corporations,
through S. W. Meek, vice president and
of land on the Boulevard just west OF
the Fair Grounds property. This pur
chase fronts l,400 feet on the Seaboard
Air Line Railways right of way and
1000 feet on the Boulevar', thus CIV
ing ample room and ample railway
trackage for a big manufacturing
plant. Architects are already at work
preparing the plans for the auto com
pany's big manufacturing plant, and u
To- 81 ft,t y -,
come again the Kline Company Will
be rturning out automobiles to beat
the band.
Nearly every agency interviewed
yesterday had some good things to tell
about sales that have been made or
are likely to be made in the near fu-
ture. and taken altogether the man
OF news made the deduction that there
is no pessimism in real estate circles.
but all things present and prospective
have bright hue.
the city limits aggregated sS2l 900, and
those in the SUBURBS and in farm lands
close TO the city would foot up at least
s175,000 more.
Coming Sale of Historic Property.
An interesting sale of Old Virginia
farm land has been announced. On
the 18th OF this month William B. Pig.
zini Company will sell at auction some
famous Virginia property that has a
history. 1t is the large James River
plantation property In surry county.
known far and near as Homework"
and perhaps still better known an
"Hog Island and the Main.
Whatever may be the colonial names,
the property to be offered at auction
on the sixteenth instant Is magnifi-
cent James River plantation OF $500 {
continual an Third pa "a 4 -.--.---lI