The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-25
Some Lively Doings in
W G st End Part Of
Greater Richmond.
SPECTATORS ARE
IN THE LIMELIGHT
Permanent Investors Are Taking
N office, Notwithstanding
Enterprises Looking to the
West End for Eligible Sites.
Homcseekcrs Also Look
ing Westward.

ing westward.
Tho week just past. like It's prcde-
cessor was noted for it's rapid changes
in real estate transfers. and cqualied
Ii not surpassed the previous week I'm
the volume Of trading IN Richmond
and suburban real estate. II there is
ans lot M at all in the activity. u
las been rather from the fact that
the market has either sold out or has
been oversold than from any lack OF
Interest on the part OF the spectators
or would-bc buyers for. as one agent
states, the demand still CONTINUES far
in excess OF tho supply
II is somewhat significant that no
positive denial or confirmation has
been made by the railroad people or
those In authority concerning the
,umors Of last week as to big railroad
improvements in the Yves, End:
reither had it been definitely decided
whether the purchasers OF large tracts
In that section were absolutely acting
Tor themselves o.. Tor others.
Something Doing.
II is suspected, In certain measure.
that there is power behind the
throne which has not yet shown II.
self, but which FOR Obvious reasons IL
Kept behind Tho scenes until the plans
arc fully Oatprcd. or until ali Of tho
property needed Is acquired. Some in
Tcstments OF prominent railway man
give color To this end
Outside and In addition 10 this
mysterious inilucnce. most OF the prop
crty dealt In is in this speculative
zone that is steadily enhancing In
value BY natural growth and expan-
Sion OF Richmond cMhiIarated and
stimulated by county and municipal
improvements. such as the nark 10
park boulevard. IMPROVEMENT Of roads
and streets, manufacturers already in
the course OF construction and Others
In contemplation, not generally known
to tho public.
West End Talk.
Now just what this West End boom
amounts TO do not actly know.
There Is all kind Of talk about new
enterprises out there. The Kline Motor
compary's plant is an established fact.
II. s. Taylor & Co. have JUS, sold
large acreage 20 an Iron company.
which proposes TO huild quickly. ].
Thompson Brown & Co. have sold
some lots TO investors who propose to
put in some plants OF one kind and
another. In another column of to-
days Times Dispatch the story is told
of big bakery establishment that is
TO go up ont there. There Is all
kinds Of talk about some big things
TINT the railway people intend 10 10
out there and all OF these things seem
80 have put the spectators and in
vestors on edge
Anyhow. the fact remains that a
good deal OF property In the Wet End
has changed hands during III. past
week Some Of the deals may have
been in the nature Of trades, some may
have been swaps, and all the like OF
that some may have been trades mere
j. or paper, but the fact remains that
property out west that less than a
year ago sold for SEA and the like OF
that per foot is now selling and he
Ing traded in for from two TO I'VE times
as much.
From all that | can gather. the real
estate men during the past week sold
End snapped and traded good Rich
mond and suburban dirt TO tho amount
of more than s1.ooo.o0O. and guess
they did not fail to collect the COM
missions going and coming.
Cast Iron Facts.
But. coming down 10 particulars:
Williams & Cease tell me that they
made some good sales. amounting to
something more than 100000. and this
includes big sale of West End prop
erty.
j. Thompson Brown X Co. while not
at liberty, SO the junior member of the
concern said TO particuiarize. ventured
TO say that last week they sold about
100000 worth of property. Among
these sales, so said Leroy Brown, was
the sale OF n large tract Of Broan
Street acreage, between $4,000 and
Saoo00: II block OF Boulevard propcrty
amounting to between $@V.0 and So,
0Ue: Broad Street lot between $4,000
and $4,000; and East Franklin street
residence at $4,000, and other prop
erty in various locations throughout
= l. oI@ !, ,-t,.
600 or more; some of which were pur-
chased for actual occupancy. and 9TH
er3 for purely speculative purposes
Richcson & Crutchheld had rush
week. They sold about $1,000 worth
OF property, including n whole lot OF
West End dirt ana TWO Bread street
stores, two Seventh street stores, a
considerable lot or vacant ground on
West Main Street and some good bust.
ness property on East Franklin Street.
also three stores near the western end
OF the new viaduct
Perhaps the most important sale Of
the week was made by the Junior mem
Der OF the firm OF II. Seldom Taylor G.
Co. The young man is "a little retfccnt
as to particulars. but all the same IT
leaks out that he made big sale Of
acreage property out OF the Acca
Road, and the buyer is a local iron
worker, man with ample capital and
a good deal of experience. With local
capital he proposes to establish on this
ton-acre lot a big iron manufacturing
plant, and hear that not less than
100000 will be invested in 1t. The
property OF this new plant will adjoin
that rs the Kline Motor Car Company.
GisoonY e Nuckols report some right
big sales. They have been doing bus
mess from tho extreme East END to
tho far West End and away out into
the suburbs, and in all they sold some
thing more than 100000 worth OF val
liable dirt. They arc live members,
they arc, and in their new Offices down
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