The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28
A Lively Week inSpite of
Arctic Weather; Many
Optimistic Agents.
BROAD STREET
IN THE LIMELIGHT.
Beck's Condemnation Proceed
ings Bring Property on the
Market-Eager Investors Are
Ready For. and No Trouble
About Making Sales.
Good Business.

:. - ST. MS may come and the
storms may go, but the real estate
business in Richmond goes on To-
ever or words to that effect Rich
mond has rarely ever had much worse 4
weather In any January than II has
experienced since the opening OF the
present year. 1t has been lust the
Kind of weather to knock tho reaI &c
tate buyers and sellers sillv ma
demorailzc them generally, inasmucn
Rs all OF the real estate business In
TINS good old town Is done I'm tho
open air. the old fogies not ALLOWING n
real estate exchange to be establish
ed' hut the agents and the investors
nave positively refused to be knocked
sily or to be in any way thrown out
OF business
as matter of fact the business or
The past week was something phenome-
MAJ for cold. wintry. snowy and
sleety week. can't get all the fg-
nres. because many OF the dealers are
fery reticent. and every day they are
getting shycr and shyer of the in
quisitiye man of news, but from what
can be gathered here and there, It
looks as IL there was close to $1,000
"oe OF real estate dealing done tho
past week 0.H
Swapping md Trading
True 1t Is thnt much OF this dealing
was of the swapping and trading ma
double and sometimes thrice, SO far ma
The agents and their commission ac-
counts are concerned, but they are
legitimate deals all the same For IN
stance, have heard some of the outer
details of thrcc-cornered deal that
involves good lot OF swapping and
trading that extended all the way from
Ashland, up in Hanover county. down
through Henrico county into Richmond
proper and over to South Richmond,
and really Tapped over into Chesterield
county. In this big deal all kinds of
property was traded and snapped. and
more than S125.060 were involved. and
yet all the deeds have not been signed
and some Of them may never be, but
all the same, the agents Interested
have made their commissions right
along.
The West End Home Building Fund
Association has been doing some lively
business of late, and 1 hear that their
sales of recent date amount TO about
$4,000 The properties they have sobl
are along the Boulevard. on Taylor and
Chathn Streets and OH Beverly and Doc
ley and Grove Avenues
Up broad Street
There was some lively business iha
past week on Broad Street. Inspector
Beck condemned n whole block OF
houses ON that .thoroughfare, and the
owners of the propcrty--or mat is. the
owners OF some of Thought it wiser
and better to sell than to tear down
ana Improve. and so, somewhat uneX-
pecteGly, some of this property came OH
the market. There were investors with !
the money ready for the opportunity.
ana some good sales were made. ~ w
Bowe & Son sold the three places ais,
3ls md $50. to Henry Walisrstein for
the goodly sum of $4,000. "rhe heirs
of the late James Thomas were the
sellers If 10 no.. W.
lerstein will improve the property nc
cordinS to the rules and regulations
laid down by Inspector Beck Another
sale growing out OF this inspection was
made by Pollard & Basby. They sold
81 for J. 3. ELAN for $4,000. F. NJ.
Collier and +. w. Moore were the buy
crs.
Other Good Sales.
Pollard e. Bagby sold other proper,
ties during the week amounting to
nearly as much more as tAs sale,
among them the home of H. NJ. smith.
Jr" at Firth and Cary Streets. which
was bought by II. D. Leverson for
$4,000. Also Isl feet of good ground
at the southwest corner of Meadowcand
Chafin Streets for $500 j. T. Clop-
ton was the buyer. Paul valdrighi was
the buyer through Pollard IS Bagby, of
200 Strawberry Street. for which $4,000
was paid. Some other sales by :hIs
OF Them says Jim Pollard, were
straight cash sales--no swapping aud
trading. II you please"
In addition TO tho Broad Street sales
above named. Bowe & Son report about
$4,000 OF deals that have gone 10 rec
ord.
Hoffheincr Big Buyer.
The G. y. Rose Company rcport sales
amounting to close TO 100000, among
them the property at Eleventh aud
Broad Streets, which NJ. J.. IIoffheiner
bought, with the intention of improv-
Ing the same. This firm also sold tho
properties at 49, 215 and 217 East Main
Street; also some good property on Mar
shall Street near the viaduct
Ruehrmund 4 Bowlcs got much in
the limclight last week. Their sales
OF properties in the West End amount
ed to $4,000, and they also did a live
ly little stunt OH Church Ill., the
particulars of which are Withheld for
tho present.
some good sales of suburau., as we'll
as city property, but they aro mum az
10 particulars.
Amos and Poindexter tell of some
sales that footed up right handsomely.
but they will not give out particulars.
The suburban folks says. I'VE are
doing some business in one way and
another. but you know this II not just 4
our kind of season."
Raab and Company report the ssIe
OF $4,000 worth OF East Main street
property between Seventeenth and %
Eighteenth Streets. The buyers wero
Louis and Irvine Goodna,.. rs
There has been u good deal OF bust
ness the past week. but the agents
are slow to tell particulars.
There have been all kind CT rumors
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