The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-21
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS
The New Year Opens Up
Cheerfully for All
Of the Agents.
GOOD BUSINESS,
MORE COMING
South Richmond Looms Up as
Great Manufacturing Centre.
Property Over There Is in
Demand-Good Business
From Fulton to Rose
meath Road.


the first few weeks of new year. and
In some respects the last two weeks
have not been an cHccpt.o on to the
rule, and in some other respects they
lave been very crafty. ng eNccp-
ton" Thus spoke one OF the Oldest
and most conservative real estate
agents In the city. Being pressed for
81 further expression of views this con-
;'crvativc old fellow went on to say:
There is active demand for desirable
real ctsate 1 have been afraid tho
young fellows would ovcrdo the mar
tet, and In their trading and swapping
transactions would In gone way bring
about a panic, but nothing of the Kind
Las so far developed, and I am be-
ginning to be n believer in the methods
OF the young fellows. ! have been III
the business for many years now. in
fact have grown old in II, and don't
think ever knew time when things
looked brighter at the beginning of
!, new year than they do right now
This man went on TO tell ME about
good deal OF inquiry that he thought
was encouraging, and had mighty
hopeful look. but l would rather not
deal in speculation. MY business is 10
record checrInEs events as they occur.
and Will wait for them.
tmmors OF Zig Deals.
From another source heard rumors
about some big dongs In South R.ch-
uond. hn, when the parties supposed
10 be most largely Interested in those
doings were approached they declined
ia talk. lin fact" said ono OF the
interested parties, there has been
something doing in South ri hmond
and there s going 10 be great deal
more doing on that side OF the river,
Tor don't you forget Il. South Rich
inond Is going to be the munufactur-
Ing centre OF what we arc pleased 10
call Greater Richmond.
But as 10 the deals that are now
under consideration there Is n missing
link and any premature publicnt on
might break tina, link permanently.
cant you wait II week for PARTICULARS"
We'll. The Times-Dispatch does not
want to smash any weak links and the
promise was made 10 wait Il week."
but all the same there is strong evil
dcncc thta something like 100000
worth of South Richmond property
changed hands last week. True the
deeds have not yet been signed. and
some Of them may never be- but there
WAS something doing over the river
last week.
snIcs That Were Made.
y rumor about 100000 sale of
Broad Street property had many OF
the agents excited yesterday. but be-
ing run down 1t could be found to
be only rumor. Sometimes rumor
turns out to be n fact, and ! shouldn't
wonder II this one finally gets down
TO cast-!ron fact, but the agents who
are engineering the deal would not
disclose anything.
From here, there and everywhere
lind that the sales actually closed last
week amounted TO close to a quarter
OF million dollars, and those hung
on the string and expected TO be closed
in the next ten days would foot up
near TO million, among them the
r,.s.ttf
as we'll as the South Richmond trad
ing.
One right good little deal that
do know of was pulled through BY
Eicheson 6 Crutchtleld. They sold 10
M. l. Massey some Main Street prom
erty between Second and Third Streets,
for $4,000. Mr.. Massey Is an inves-
tor, and he bought because he thought
he saw good investment. but there is
"a report that he Will spend some money
Improving the property. II chcson &
Crutchfcld sold considerable other
property, amounting to over $4,000, in
various parts of the city from Church
I'LL to the Boulevard
Amos & PondeNter sold for T. r.
Frost some good business property n
South Hichomnd on the Seaboard Air
Line tracks They also did big bus-
tness in Gintcr Park, in Highland Park
on Monument Avenue, on Floyd Avenue
anu OH I"fh hNeue. altogether t..ey
sold something like $4,000 worth of
good property.
Some "a her Sales.
w. e. Purcell Company, while rather
reticent as to details. confessed 20 hnv
Ing sold close 10 $4,000 worth of
realty.
j. Thompson Brown and Co sold
Something like $4,000 of good prop
erty, and they tell with some enthus-
tasm of inquiries from the West for
upper James River farms and they cx-
poet ere long to locate many Western
ers on the upper waters.
Carneal e. Son report not little in
quiry and coming activity. hut when
asked about sales that are repo"table
right now they were rather reticent
MI Of the agents are looking for.
ward TO big business when the clouds
roll BY, but for the present they arc
not having very much to say
In the Suburbs.
Owing to rather curious weather
rather unfavorable weather, II mey he
Rald, the suburban fellows are keep
ang very mum. But they wink the
pther eye and say, Our time Is COM
Ing" For instance, Golsnn & Nash
arc looking forward to big things the
roming spring and summer out of Bon
Air. They have charge of some fine
property out there that with the COM
Ing oftthe street car lines will certain
ly interest suburbanites-
Ginter Park has been under the
enow for week OF, more. but It Is
now budding out and tho sales Of four
lots the past week have been reported
There is not little building going
on out there also. Tho st. Thomas