The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-09
More Activity in tn e
West End, Due to
Various Causes.
CATHOLICS MOVING;
MANY SALES MADE
Street Car Development Being
Settled, the Spectators in West
End Properties Again Get
/ Busy-Lively Times Now
Ia Looked For-New De-
/, veloprnent in Suburbs.

We'll. /, has been about half and
dull: in others 1t has been lively. For
Instance. gales in certain parts OF the
city have been hard ~ make: in other
parts they have been easy enough to
make. Certain suburbs have sunered
from dulness that cannot be account
ed for, while other suburbs have -four
ished with sales: but altogether rents
have been lively, and anybody who has
a house to rent has only to make the
announcement. and an applicant FOR
the premises Will show up in short or
der"
That is the way well-known real
estate agent summed up the situation
when he was accosted BY the man OF
news yesterday. In some respects thi.
authority may be a little off. but IN
tho main he seems to De about correc;.
Big Rumor In the Air.
Another real estate man, one of the
truly optimistic kind. had some re-
marks to make. and in the SO doing he
opened up some rather striking. not 10
say, sensational. ideas. Here Is about
what he said:
Within a stones throw OF where
We now stand there is a valuable prop
erty that is the subject of serious nego-
tiation. A syndicate has been formed
TO buy that property purely as an In
Vcstment can't tell you any more
than / have told you
What this fellow had told me was
very indefinite ard very unsatisfactory
However. after tracing down this hint
] found that some weeks ago ii syndi-
cate made a pass at the owners OF the
Travellers Building. the skyscraper that
stands between Eleventh and Twelfth
=
t!on WAS 70 buy the building purely as
an investment. The owners could not
exactly see II, and the syndicate retired
10 mend their hold.
The owners Il this property are Gar
nett TaOb. Beirne Blair, H. > Waller
stein ara Denoon Brothers. They arc
getting right good interest OH the In
vestment. all OF the Office rooms being
rented. and maybe they are not anx-
ions TO sell. but all the same they are
open to propositions. and this new syn
nicate has a right lively bunch 10 go
UP against. There may he somethinE
uoing In the next fe~ weeks
West End Looms Up Again.
For several weeks past the speculh-
tors have been resting on their oars
pending certain negotiations between
the street railway people and the city
authorities in regard to certain fran
chises. The City Council has now be-
fore 1t recommendation from tn.
Committee on Streets that a franchise
De granted the street car company to
extend its lines UP Broad Street to the
iFoseneath Road and along other West
End streets. This turns the specula-
tors loose--thosc spectators who have
been holding off pending these street
car extension protestant all OF the
indications are that the spectators
VIII now get very busy, the street car
projects being now settled to their
way Of thinking. These DEVELOPMENTS
came too late to make business rush
last week. but there will be something
doing this week.
sim Another
Another development the past week
mas made things little lively in the
West End. The Catholic authorities
.have been not little busy, and their
decision TO establish a Catholic school.
Tor girls on Stuart Avenue in close
proximity to the Benedictine College,
and their further determination to
build great Catholic church in the
same neighborhood. a church that will
Ioe as large but not so expensive as
the cathedral. has created new de.
mand for property in that region.
Green q Redd, a real estate firm who
held good deal OF property in this
immediate section, last week made sew
eral large sales of lots to homemade
ers. The buyers were largely Catho-
iics. who, taking advantage of the edu
icational and church facilities in that
region. were quick to acquire homes
there. Father Edwauis has given Off
cial announcement Of The fact that q
large church building Will be erected
either on Stuart Avenue or Hanover
street. west of Sheppard Street He
also announces that the St Mary's
Church may be abandoned ana "A bIg.
new church, s large but not so costly
as the cathedral. will be erected TO
meet the demands of the large plumber
OF Catholics who now live in the West
End and who worship in the chapel of
the Benedictine College.
Some Very Good Snles.
Green e Redd report the sales of
2106. 21os. Pip. 2ll6 and 211S Floyd
Avenue. all of which are handsome
homes. and all of which brought good
prices. aggregating moro than 100000.
They also sold considerable suburban
property. which ran their total sales
FOR the week up to a little more than
100000.
j. d. Carneal & Son report sales SIS
follows: 2o6 East Grace Street for
$500. Park Avenue property to the
amount of sl4,7oo; Second and Clay
streets property to the amount of
$4,000; Kenny & Leigh Streets dirt
20 the amount of s10.500; Madison
Street property s11.5O0; Park Avenue
property s1i70o; five dwellings on
fsrook Avenue for $4,000; centrally
Eiocated business property amounting
ITO sa3.5o0. and various other properties.
making their total sales run little
over sl5O.00Q.
w. NJ. Miller e. Co. gold Hanover
EAvenue house for $500. and other
properties. running their total up to
5over $4,000
Robinson G. Phillips report some