The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09
Rainy Weather Cuts No
Figure, and RealtyBus-
mess Has Been Heavy
THE DEMAND FOR
BUSINESS SITES
Good Sales Reported From All
Points Of the City Compass.
Richmond Man Buys Fine
Chesterfield Farm That
Had Many Bidders.
Suburban Notes.

Tho time was, and that in very re-
cent days, when mucl rain knocked
The whole real estate business into .
cooked hat or into the middle Of next
week, or the first ensuing week tha'
brought the sunshine again, but II
would seem that times and customs
have undergone q change, TOR JuuBiiE
from last weeks doinSs IN inc It"i
estate realm weather cuts ScIy it.is
Ggurc in tho business OF buyinS ana
selling Richmond realty. PerhaPs y,
does matter some with suburban pTop-
orty as to whether the sun SHINES OF
not, but be II rainy or sunny Sood oid
I,ichmond dirt sells right along II
The activity CT the agents cant pc heiu
down.
SO many OF the agencies refuse 70
Give icurcs that it IS hard to make
IN accurate sum w OF a weeks trans
actions. but from the few castiron
facts that arc obiainablc ana sate
estimates based on q WORD mere anu d
hin there, it is not far out OF the "as
10 say that Notwithstanding the con-
tinuous rains Of the past week MOI
less than 100000 Of Richmond and
suburban realty changed hahoS ths
1iastI week.
some OF the iGurcs
Golsan & Nash sold about $1,000 o.
uropcrty and closed up S5o,uuo "orth
lie week before. some OF the deals, in
fact nearly $4,000 worth ., thclh'
we're Westhampton and SOUTHAMPTON
lots, ON We're In south iIchnlohu
proDertv, but more thhn haii Of the
total was in Richmond dirt proper.
M II. seldom Taylor & Co, made some
roo,! sales and put some larger ones
on tho string. but the particulars are
IN the voCatiyc.
Kicheson & cru,chticld report very
ua~tistactory sales amounting 10 some
thing like $4,000, including q hand
soma Hanover street residence.
aa n A r." Iptyniy-iE *" u f. sold .fufMIt - =.
Wallerstcin the store 1903 East Main
street, occupied by the Powcrs-Iay!nr
Drug Company. FOR S2o,5po, and also
Tbs store property i-i2 East Nam
street, for something NC me saihc
figure.
Green & Redd put on the record
something like ~si3.eeo worth OF nrop.
crty they sold during the week. Their
sales consisted OF small properties mere
and there and everywhere all oyer the
city. but the aggregate made pre''S
good business
In The western section.
Amos & poindcater'S sales, consist
Ing largely or splendid property In the
Battle Abbey district, amounted TO
about $4,000.
". Il. Purcell, Jr.. Company made
tbeir sales ioot in $4,000. This in
cludcs the sale OF the residence 2ut
East Grace street for $4,000. which
was bought as an investment pE /,
Gonnciln.
deals the past week, amounting 70
more than $4,000. Among these were.
In Annex This part or
their business might come under the
head of suburban deals. but Monument
Annex Is only Three blocks beyond III"
corporate limits. and as there can be
no doubt OF tho fact tina 1t VIII ere
long have all OF the city improvements
and convcniences that are possible
away downtown. 1t may we'll be called
city property.
spIcndid Farm Property.
Other large sales were made bS
various agencies, some OF whom : Tess
up but will give no PARTICULARS. 9th
crs will not admit their guilt, but smile
intelligently as they refuse to talk.
J. Thompson Brown & Co. report
The closing OF eight or ten deals; az
and consisting of four or five centrally
located houses and lots, several West
End dwellings,, suburban acreage in
lots and a 2,2oo-acre James River
farm, this latter place being the
splendid Meadowville Farm. which was
sold by them to S. r. Morgan, presi-
dent of the Virginia Carolina Chemi-
cal Company, for s4S,60o.. Meadow
WILLIE Is considered one OF the finest
farms in the State for fertility. and
productiveness, and is also noted as
all kinds Of water fowl III season. It
has seven miles of river front. and,
has irrigation canals. which abound
IN game and fish OF all kinds. no lcss
thar 5000 having lately been taken
from It's waters to stock nearby ponds
and the lakes in the parks of Peters
burg. Leroy f. Brown, who en-
sinecred the deal, says no less than
six other persons were in correspond.
ence with hin. in the past few weeks
and they are in widely. separated parts
of the country. One is a prominent
civil engineer. now of Canada; an
II nfhar a r. ucatthvE lady 81 of Den Vpr - n
former Yirginian, who wishes to re-
turn to her native state; another q
wealthy stock broker OF Philadelphia,
and yet another Il hardwood manu-
f%acturer Of Indiana, also another who.
recently held an option on 1t, but let
1t lapse. Mr.. Brown hopes to eventual
~ land all of these good folks on
sood Virginia farms.
MIR. Morgan has been congratulated
upon securing this valuable property.
and Will DOUBTLESS improve 1t in keep
Ing with other noted places on the
to note that a Richmonder secured
"HIeadowvillc,' and that a Richmond
firm sold it. for it IS said that a Tide
time, and one of the big firms of an
other town, LynchburE. perhaps. also
had second parties" on the string.
Old Richmond is hard to beat in any
fine. especially In the rca! estate 1fneN
'Thirtecn" In, the LfmeIiEht.
a very important and interesting
auction sale has been announced for
next Thursday, the 18th. the results
.of which will probably knock ont a
standard superstition. No. 313 East
Broad street, Nos. 511 and 513 East
Leigh street, and No. 51a North Sixth
Street will all be offered at auction;
on the 18th. mind you. These prop
critics, which run SO much with "13"
In their midst, belong to a. and L.
Myers, and they are going to be sold
for division, and sold by not less than
four agencies. The property No. 3l2'
lIast Broad is attracting not n littlo
attention. Mr.. Myers bought 1t from
and since then has been offered an
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