The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11
Cold Weather Acts as a
Damper, but There Is
Something Doing.
BANKING HOUSE
CHANGES HANDS
Building Operations Cut Short by
Intensely Cold Weather-Big
Deal Of the Week Was Pri-
vate Affair, by Which the
Agents Got Left.
Other Notes.


the real estate agents yesterday and,
indeed. for ell of the past week. Therl
are optimists and peEsimlsts among the
real estate men. The pcsslmists anon;
them talk right well sometimes, but Of
general proposition think I would
rather hear from the optimists.
Here arc some thing an optimist had
TO say In response to great big inter-
rosation point thr,w up before hi..i:
Blue skies and the bright sunehinc
of the past week had an iuvlgoratins
effect upon the real estate market, and
some mighty good hustling was done
BY the various agencies who ar, hand
ling Richmond and suburban soil. Some
big deals were pulled off and others in
auguratcd which viii doubtless mate.
rializc later. The clear weather was
also an incentive TO auction sales, most
OF those advertised having been made
at satisfactory prices. The West End
still maintains It's lead. and the nome
buyers are Keeping tnelr eyes skinned
In that direction"
wcntwnrd ITO:
The spectators are looking we'll 20
the West End. and hear that some big
deals have bean made Amos IL Pom
dexter are rejoicing over pretty big
ueal they made the past week along
thls linz. This firm sold more than
100000 worth Of property witnin the
corporate limits OF Richmond or near
thereto Being questioned a little
closely. the senior member OF the firm
admitted the big sales. but said tn ~
were much scattered from the extreme
East End 10 away out In the Yves;
End and the suburbs beyond. Being
cornercd right down to cast iron fact..
Mr.. Amos admitted that tins bulk Of hfs
bis deals were made In the West End,
but all the same the trades and sules
were widely diversified. and, to use his
own language, ":xtcndci from Fulton
and beyond, In the cast, TO Gintsr Park.
In the northwest"
\. W. Bowe s: Son wero parties 20 a
$4,000 deal. the particulars OF which
are not obta!nable.
II. Seldom Taylor & Son have on the
etrang deal that vii; foot up mighty
ciosa to $4,000, but no particulars are
set In sight
nunkIng House Sold.
The biggest deal OF the week pa F,
was one that not single agency got
pull at any commissions and in no
way figure in the transaction There
has been good deal OF talk about the
sale OF the property OF the First Ma.
tionai Bank. the same being nboS
thirty-two feet of good ground on
East Main Street-;hat Is 10 say. No.
1le4-and a magnificent bank building
thereon. "ith hrst-ciass fircproof ana
burElar-proof safes.
There were several bidders for The
property. and 1t was only on Friday
lact that II developed that the Union
Bank, of which Joseph u. Reasley la
The president. was the successful, bid
der and buyer. Mr.. Bcaslcy would not
talk about the particulars, and Mr.
Purcell, the president of the bank
that sold. was just as reticent, but all
the same the man Of Industrial news
learned from an outside source that
$4,000 changed hands in the trans
action. 1t Is understood that the
Union Bank will move into the new
quarters within very few hours after
tho First National people vacatc the
property, and all OF that is expected
TO occur some time in the month of
May.
Various Small Sales.
Richeson & CrutchheId tell of some
right good sales amounting in the
aggregate TO about $4,000.
Connolly Il Company made several
good sales, the particulars. of which
do not seem to be obtainablc Catlin
d. Company have been doing some
right lively stunts the past two weeks,
but thus old conservative concern liz
constitutonally opposed to talking
with q man OF news. No particulars
of their big deals could be obtained
except In the shape of rkmors on the
outside, and Such rumors are some
times misleading.
j. Thompson Brown 6. Company
tell me OF some right fine SAFES they
have made. Notwithstanding the very
cold weather, While their sales were
small in the MAN, they were largely
diversified being from Fulton. in tina
extreme eastern part OF Ricnmo nd
civilization. away out thought the
West End and on to Grecndale Station,
away out on the Richmond. Freiericks-
burg and Potomac road. Altogether
their sales footed up tbou, $4,000.
The intense cold Weather, which has
lasted much longer than 1t ever did
before in Virginia. has cut down builu-
ing operations very much But the
workers are going right along as best
rhey. can under the circumstances, and
Richmond is keepinl mp ITS building
record Among the newest big puild-
ings that arc gong mp with remark
able vi,;or may be mentioned the big
storage and Office building the Inter
national Harvester Company Is erect
ing on Clay Street between Seven-
teenth and Eighteenth Streets II 4
six-story affair and covering the
big ground II does it Will have 4
plenty of room 10 be In all respects
what tho originators intended 1T to
be. the distributing centre for all the
South OF the products Of the big fac
tories Of the great international
Harvester Company.