The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-15
PROPOSE To BUILD
IN THE WEST END
Patterson Tobacco Co. Com
pleting Plans for Million
Dollar Plant
SAYS LABOR IS HARD
TO GET ACROSS RIVER
Broad St. Property Changes
Hands and It's Reported
Big Insurance Co. May
Buy New okyscraper

pany. 1t Is stated, has nearly completed
plans for their new plant to be built
In the West End in the vicinity OF the
Richmond league baseball park. Re-
Gently the company purchased sew
erai acres OF vacant properly on Lom-
hardy street north OF Broad from the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac railroad, and on this site, together
with several additional acres occa-
pied by old warehouses formerly Used
by the Continental Tobacco Company,
the extensive plant OF the Patterson
nrm Will be erected. The property
purchased from the r., r. Il +. fronts
400 feet Oh Lombardy street with a
depth OF $50 feet. The warehouse
property runs 500 feet along Bowe
street Figures in connection with
the real estate end of the project have
not been made public.
II may be stated, however, that the
plans OF the tobacco company involve
an expenditure OF ~ 900. 600 and that
actual building operations are ex-
pected TO begin within the next three
weeks Details OF the plans cannot
be given out, Ii is stated. until speci-
hcatlons are received from New York.
When these are received. ii lis said that
no time viii be lost In asking fer bids
and awarding contracts for the sew
eFaf buildings to be erected. The
buildings VIII be Of brick aud con-
crete construction. The present es-
tahitshment OF tho company at the
foot of seventh street near the river
@lH not he abandoned. however, the
intention of the company being TO
utiiize II for storage and redrying pur-
poses
Abandon Other Plans.
Several months ago IL was an
nounced that the company proposed
building its new plant In the suburbs
of South Richmond. but 1t seems that
these plans had to be abandoned
largely because OF difficulty IN getting
sufficient labor in that vicinity The
Patterson Company ia a branch of the
American Tobacco Company and man
ufsrtnres both the plug and smoking
varieties
There was again much activity in
realty operations during the week
broad street occupying n eansp.cu-
GUS place In the limelight one or
ihese transactions involved the sale
Of So feet on the south side OF Broad
street between Madison and Monroe
streets FOR $4,000, or at the rate Of
$1,000 a front foot The sife liz oe-
rapied by old ramshackle buildings
and NIL DOUBTLESS be improved soon
er or later, although 1t is stated that
the purchaser acquired it for invest
ment purposes. The property passed
from the hands ~ W. II Dunn
through K. Douglas TAYLOR. real rs
tate agent The name af the rur~
ehaSer VAS not dtvulgea
The sale OF the store property at
$is East Broad street 10 Henry w
Rountree 8 public auction for SIS.
500 called 10 mind the fart that this
property was purchased b. Tire Meyer
Bros. seven years ago for S2f.T5o
showing that BROAD street property
has nearly trehied in value during
that period. Al tho recent sale thu
property brought ss.i2o q front foot.
Eagles Buy Home.
Another deal of interest vas tire
purchase of the three story brfcR
building and lot at 20T FonHhee street
between Broad and Grace streets hy
the Dixie Aerie OF Eagles for sa6. 600
II ~ said that steps Will soon he
taken to transform the house into n
model home Fer the Eagles, who are
row located at Fourth and BROAD
streets. The newly purchased prop
erty at present Is occupied by w. L
Johnson. undertaken.
IT was reported that the firm OF
t$sasR N & HtlTttI Pdt u pIk
Rroad street deal during the week.
but members of this Arm knew notn-
ing Of such rapport. At least. one
ssaysaes. SAD there. was. nothing a=
special interest doing with them.
Bids are being asked on a four
story brick store building, which X.
Ferra nd.ni proposes 10 erec, at st3~
sss~s-t1 East Bread street. replacing
the Anticipated and un-ightly struc-
-
estimated that the building Will cos;
In the neigh orhood of SAC. 900.
Mrs. Catherine n. Hagan will erect
a three story brick store at 500 East
Broad street, and five two story brick
stores IN the rear. at 3os. s05, 301. Soa
and 3ll North Sixth Street, at II total
cost OF $4,000 Plans have already
been approved by the building inspee-
TAR
Need Some Funerals
Difficulty in getting some OF the
cider families In Richmond to sell un-
slightly property on Broad street and
In other business sections 30 that 1t
might improved in keeping with the
progress Of the city caused "A wide
awake citizen to remark Saturday that
what We need in Richmond Is about
fifteen first class funerals" Then. he
said. there would be fewer obstacles III
erai Improvement. As an instance, he
cited the case of a piece OF old prop
erty on West Broad street. not many
blocks removed from Masonic Temple
whose owner persistently refuses to sell
al market prices for fear that IL will
get out OF the family. Meanwhile
other improved property in the vicinity
is being seriously damaged by reason
Of the undeyeloped property
Special attention was directed tc
property in the vicinity OF Fourth and
Main. Streets. two deals OF some con-
sequence being put through, One OF
these involved the sale of the residen-
tial brick property ON the northwest
corner OF Fourth ana Main streets by
Henry s. Wailerstein TO W. d. Turner
TOR S22.500. The lot has a frontage ot
Is feet and depth Of 100 feet
The other involved the homo of DR.
. George II. Steel at the northeast cor
ner OF Fourth and Main streets which
brought $4,000 This property was
purchased by, DR.. Steel ten years age
for $1,000. a year ago DIR, Steel sold
the residence to Raphael Levy for $l4.-
900, and il was just few days ago tina,
MIR. Levy disposed OF II at profit of 81,
O00 Dr. steel still maintains denta
offices in the building and 1t Ia not
known whether 1t Is the intention OF
The purchaser to improve the property
or let It remain as 1t In. The building
is three story brick structure. The
runs back along Fourth u distance Of
IS feet.
GIVE Way to Progress
There was some talk during tn.
i, w4ek that the Casktc and Taylor prop