The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-28
T he Quick Traders a
Little at Sea Because
of Certain Talk.
SOME CASH SALES;
FARM LANDS GOING
Monument Avenue Extension
Talk Getting Somewhat Ex-
citing-Rumors About Street
Car New Trackagc a Little
Disconcerting-Good
Downtown Sales.

There was nothing blue about the
rea! estate men last week; in fact.
real estate agents hardly ever get
the blues, If they have not been
made enthusiastic over large and
profitable sales they have been hang
ing big things on the string which
| they are dead sure to pull off in the
| contaminated state in u few days, or
think they are. and so they are al
ways optimistic, bright and cheerful.
However. il must be said that last
! Week was by no means as active In
the real estate realm as has been
some OF the weeks that have come
and gone In the first place the
spectators or quick profit investors
h've been little AT sea, that is a
good many % thcm have been The
trouble seems To be due to the MANY
runors in the air about Monument
Avenue extension. the Union Depot
, business. the changes and extensions
the two street railway lines are talk
ing of making in the western parte or
the city and beyond. These rumors
and the uncertainty that exists az to
what is really going to be done i'm
any of those directions have put the
quick investors to guessing. They
would know mighty well where 10
strike next II the extension OF tho
| avenue was settled. and il il were
definitely known that the Richmond.
fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
VIII not he allowed to block Rich
mond's prosperity. or if the Union
Depot proposition had reached ma
turlty, or the Virginia Passenger and
POWER Company and the Richmond
ana henrico Railway Company had
already determined upon the exact To-
cation Of their proposed new tracks
and cross tracks in the west. but all
of these things are yet up in the air
and the SPECTATORS are to certain
extent up there with them. Hence,
there was comparatively speaking.
but little speculativ, animation lass
week. Nevertheless some far west
property changed hands as will here
matter appear.
Some Things Were Doing
Several pretty good sales Of city
property were made. mainly TO perma-
nent investors. and one remarkable
thing is that several cash sales were
consummated. am told of an out
side capitalist who has been reading.
in The Times-Dispatch presumably, OF
hustling Richmond, and who came
here to investigate buying con-
siderable slip OF centrally located
property and planking down the cash.
III. Seldom Taylor e Co. pulled OF this
ficient they are for the present with
holding names location and other par
ticulars. but it will ali come out in
the deeds. which will be filed this
week
Green & .Redd report considerable
activity in farm and timber lands.
Last week they sold large tracts OF
timber lands in Lunenburg and Surry.
counties, the latter being situated
near Claremont on James River.
Week before last is firm closed up
sales of two large farms to Northern.
crs, one bing located in Northumbcr-
land county, and the other In Caroline
county. Week before last they also
closed up sales OF city property and
suburban property amounting in the
aggregate to 100000. These proper
ties were in the West End. in tho
central part OF the city. and in High
/ land Park. They made several small
; sales OF city property last week
Various and snndry Deals.
Richcson Crutchheld tell me of
sales they made agsregating about
SIS. 900. which Includes 237 feet on West
Cary Street, near Robinson. for $500.
| and three stores on Brook Avenus for
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