The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-13
EXCHANGE MOVES
INGAS AND WATER
Fight Is to Be Made Before tn
Council in Regard to Law That i
Makes Landlords Shoulder
Zig Burden-Tenants Who i
Are Not Legally
Bound.

. certain also that they are Rieh-4
mond and Virginia boosters. Natura1S
~. therefore. all Of them attended
The great Virginia State Fair lasu
week. and there were no more entnu-s
siastic whoopers up Of Old Virginia on
those grounds than the real estata
men Of Richmond. They went not one
day. but all Of the days Of the fairs
and all other things that might natur
ally be expected to hold them In theirs
Offices.
Nevertheless. some Of the agentat
found business on the Fair Grounds
for. be it understood, thst among
the visitors to the fair from the MD
die West there were not . few peo.
pie who were already interested M
Virginia lands. but who came hencet
to see at a great State Fair whea
those lands might be expected to-
bring before they (the investoss) madN
the final investment. It 10 enough e.
say that tho exhibits were all rtGh9
ana proved to these Westerners that
they could make no mistake in invest
Ing in Virginia farming dirt Tndt
agents who make speciality OF han
ding farm lands were on the aler1
and I am told that not less than sixty
deals were made. practically on thot
Fair Grounds. That 10 good. for the
fact Is that just that kind Of thtn&
is what fair is for largely snyhowA
Sone Coed Business ANYHOW.
All of the Richmond agents do aOo
handle farm lands. and therefore ndes
all Of them were especially inteEesteE
in the Fair Grounds doings: but ALI
the same they were there In greah4
force, to be patriotic, IL for nothing
else And all Of this simply meauc
small business In the resi- estate reafM
for the week that has just closed: ANA
yet some OF the boys were strictly on
the Job. and am told that some-s
thing near to $a60.0o0 worth Of reaA
estate changed hands Ia town ana
out in the suburbs during last week
There are no particulars to repore
in connection with these healtAJa
dealing parties are always
shy Of particulars-but the general tn@
formation is to the effect that the
most of the sales for the past weel
were made to homebuilders and maxi
ers, and that the spectators and IN.
vestors cut a very small figure In the
All Of the agents res
port fine prospects for the Immediate
future. One OF them pulled me astd4
yesterday and showed me in conn-
dence not less than 100000 Of prce-
pective deals he has on his string, and
he looks for At least half OF them
to materialize this week. and the oth-
ers later on, perhaps.
The frm Of Waller 4 Berkeley ha@
been dissolved by mutual consent H
l. Waller will continue the real es>
tate business at the old stand. and ri
3. Berkeley has established . real
estate brokerage and loan once, in
which he will transact ALI kinds %
the business Indicated. His onces ARD
in the Mutual Building.
ExehanGe Gets vesy Boy.
The Real Estate Exchange has TAXI
en- hold Of q matter that has long beenl
q source Of much announces to roo4
estate and rental agents and property
owners generally. 4 committee ha0
been appointed to so into the whceo
subject Of the rule and Law Of The
city which holds the landlord respon-
sible for the gas and water bills e
tenants. and the commtteea
has already talked right out in tness.
ing. Here are the views Of the Esx-
change as set forth by the chairmaO
Of the committee:
THE liability of landlords for de-
linquent gas ard water bills due BIZ
their tenants in the city OF Rtcn>
mond is an injustice and burden pos
sibly not inflicted by any other muui-
cipa! government in this country, an4
one that has now become 30 burden
some as to be primarily one Of TIE
causes OF increased rent, and ult1>
mateIy has to fall upon the tenants
themselves. so tina; q relief from thu
additional tax upon the LANDLORDS q
Richmond viii also be for the beooa
nc of the tenants.
Now that cooking with gas has -:
come so universal IN ADDITION TO thol
lighting and beating problem deisn~
quent gas hills is q very serious oooq
Our citizens have suffered foeN
years under this injustice. and have
borne their loss wiki patience. 0UeS
the enormous amount Of gas IN
;hzt have from tine TO tine piled -
aSsirS, the owners Of houses 10 ..
,-ry great burden and very serteuD
problem. ana some relief should -
had. IL was bad enough when H..
owners 90 houses were held resp0o~
sisie .o- gas bills simply for u1hes
,rs-the use Of gas for heating me4O
I. worse-and nov that ccoktcg wsSn
aas sas come tatc vogue. this ttaosse~
~ will he trivled And In spite % -
Fac, ,n,s the city Of Richmoud 49,
, xss plant turning IN an annual ~
!. O: sise.ses o- .scre. :" RELIEF -
beer osered by the Council or 49,
in authority 20 the properly 49,
for the ssi'sre Of tenants 70 psy -
gas bills.
rSuusssee eess 0ssV.
The Real Estate Exehsnss. eesnoeoe
u the majority 81 licensed real e1uS1
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