The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19
Week of Hard Rains Ad-
monishes Agents That
Exchange Is Necessity
ALEXANDRIA SOLD:
MANY SMALL JOBS
One of Oldest Firms to Move
From Office Occupied for Forty
Three Long Years-Branch-
ing Out to North Carolina.
News From Fulton to
Roseneath.

There WAS rain and a sight of 1t all
OF last week until the closing days, and
downpours always affect the real es-
tate business in Richmond. which con-
tinues to do that business in the old
fashioned, out-of-doors way Nearly
al OF the auction sales announced for
last week had to be taken in out of
the wet. and all other kinds of real
estate business was seriously hampered
Tor the same reason. Truly. last week.
with It's downpours sufficient to nut old
james River on another rampage. en-
phasized the necessity of real estate
exchange in this city. in which sales
may go right along at the time an
nounced, rain or shine.
However. Notwithstanding the heavy
rains, great deal of office business
was done. and a number OF deals that
mad been hanging or the wcil-bur-
dened string were pluclled from there
and closed up in apple pie order
suburbs nud Farm Lands.
The dealers in suburban property also
suffered considerably from the bad
weather and there was but little done
by tn. buggy and automobile brigade
in the way of showing inquirers how
beautiful and how charming are the
suburbs which surround Greater Rich
mond And Yet there was some bus.
mess done in those suburbs. probably
IN closing up sales that had already
undergone tho inspection tests made
by tho inquirers and home makers
Several agents report sales of lots aud
lew houses in Ginter Park. Norwood,
Highland Park. Barton Heights. Col
legc View. Westhampton Woodland
Heights, Monument Annex. Battery
Court Addition. etc. One real estate
firm. Green a. Rcdd. not satisfied with
good sales in Richmond and Virginia.
Df1nChed N no far
Goisseau one OF the statesmen of that
| hrn. went away DOWN in North Ca,o.
| lima and sold for j client a tract O:
timber land, for which he pulled n
! $4,000.
Many Sales Mnde.
George p. Taft & Co, who give their
entire attention to the sale Of farming
| lands, made three vary good sales in
the rural districts, and Robinson &.
PHillips sold Louisa county farm,
containing 3S1 acres to Dr. George w.
! Gay for $1,000. This young ilrm did
some pretty big stunts in and about
| the city. Including deals pulled off
that had been hanging on the string
for several weeks, and nav deals con-
| summated. their transactions footed
up $4,000. the biggest business OF
| their career as real estate agents.
Among these sales was the Common
wealth Bank building, ei2o East
| by DR.. q. w. Gay r. l.
Barnes was the purchaser, pay
| ing for the property S2l,0Oo The
| kids" also sold for II. H. Stoltz IOi
| feet OF nnimproved property on West
| Main Street TO +. L. Hawkins for $4,000
| Mr.. Hawkins will build houses on this
ground. The other properties sold by
this firm included several lots for Mar
| ion Branch. on Grove Avenue and Main
and Cary Streets. William c. Jackson
bought these lots for investment and
the figures are therefore not given.
Details as to other sales by Robinson
d Phillips. making the total run up
TO $4,000. Will be known only when
the deeds go to record.
Deals All Over Town.
James Pollard. of the firm OF Pollard
| q Baby, when quizzed about business,
said: you can't expect "a man 10 keep
making big sales all the time. Looks
as II we might have rest after sell
inS over 100000 worth of Richmond
dirt and buildings last week" The
sales of this firm for the week now
under discussion amounted to about
| $4,000.
Hawkins & Buford disposed of $4,000
worth of small dwellings,, two on Stu
art Avenue one on Taylor Street. one
on South Fourth and one on Venable
Street. Tho bad weather kept them
Lawns to several Iuquirers one of
of whom was AN out-of town man who
purposes 10 come To- Richmond to live
on Wcstbrook Lawns.
Gibbony IL Nuckols sold twenty-one
feet on Broad Street, between Meadow
and Allison. 10 c. +. Sauer for $500;
also the residence 223 Governor Street
to II. 5. Wallersteln for $4,000 also
30 feet on West Cary Street TO s c.
Meredith for 100000 also 10 TN, same
man lots on Gllmcr ana Floyd streets
for $4,000. and to t. b Taylor a com
bination store and residence IN Jack
son Ward for $4,000 From the same
tirm II. II. Walker bought n mouse on
Stuart Avenue for $500. j. 2. Brown
bought a house in Highland Park for
/ $4,000. and William $. Grcssett bought
a home in Barton Heights for $500.
Amos Il PoindeXter report sales ex-
tending from one end OF Greater Rich
mopd to the other all OF which We're
small. aggregating $4,000 These
sales included three houses on far
Church Hill. four lots in GInter Park.
five lois IN Monument Annex, and two
small houses in the West End.
Business Everywhere.
| Frank Mansfield Boxley. of A, j.
Chewing Co, reports that business
has been very good with thar firm
recently In every department, They
made the following sales recently:
The block of ground on the south
ern line OF Hull Street between
( Barnes. Tor $4,000; No. e23 North
| Govornor street. 10 S. G.. .Mcredithl for
| SIS, 600, Nos. 5lI. 40 and ser North
Ninth street, to :. G. Meredith. for
S19,5o0; cightyfour feet OF vacant
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