The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS
The Business Of a Quiet.
Week Correctly Re
corded.
MUCH BIG TALK;
NOT MUCH WORK
Many Deals and Near Deals
That Foot Up Well Enough
in a Way-An Apartment
House Away Out West
Suburbs Getting
Busy.

past week can hardly =
oe counted Very busy one. so far
as new sales of real estate were con-
oerned, yet the agents tell me IT WAS
N many respects u very busy week.
great lot of work was donc Il,
clos'nS up some pretty stiff deals that
nad been previously made and prcyt
ousiy reported in this column.
mere has been a good deal of talk
aoout the extension of Monument
avenue out beyond tho present ,itv
limits, and some of tho agents nr,e
taxing NOT little ihteres, in this
movement.
Going Westward.
An enthusiastic realty man TALKING.
win me on this subject yesterday
lnornlns, and ne talked mighty fast.
80 81, ias' .nat ! could hardly take down
all he said. opened my eyes somewhat
10 the possibilities. lie may be right
or he may be far wrong. but as we'll
MS | could gather from his rapid talk
mere is about what he said:
me extension OF Monument.
Avenue, 40 feet wide. which is its
present greatest width. TO the Horse
Pen Road. a distance of more than
three and half miles from the
corporate limits Of the city of Rich-h
mond is by all odds the most i'm
rortant thing that has been brought
TO the attention OF the people Of
Richmond for the last decade
committee Of wide awake
citizens has been working on this
project for the last six months. and
VIII make tull report of their pro-
Eress to the street Committee Of the
city Council next Tuesday night al 8
o'clock. They have succeeded in gain.
ing the consent of almost every prop
erty owner lying along tho extension
| ftNt .
10 the Threechopt Road. to open up
THIS driveway through their farms
absolutely free OF cost to the city.
There is one piece Of property, how
ever that the city OF Richmond may
have To buy, and that is strip or
land loo feet long. running through
the property OF w. 5. Forbes, which
was recently purchased by him at q
very great cost, and which he will
sell to tn city for the sum of $4,000
and In consideration of this amount
he VIII decd to the city free of cost
necessary ground FOR the extension oc
Grace Franklin and Gilmour streets.
Cpts In the Mcnl Vgb.
since the rumor OF opening IN this
avenue has been started. "a great MANY
people of means have shown an earnest
desire to purchase largo lots alon,s
| this new driveway, which would ba
quite four times as mucn property as
'hS S'f'lc NoSl as iiUu tncy could Se0
east of Rosencath Ii6;id. and thcir
homes would have somcwhat the cltccG
OF those in Gintcr Park, with Wide
lawns and deep lots-a great difference
to the crampcd little narrow strips OF
iand that are occupied as homes by
those living each of Roseneath Road,
Should the city OF Richmond eileen
at this time TO take over these magni-
ficent new boulevard, il can do so au,
only the one expense occasioned by
the purchase of the Forbes property.
The balance of tho dlstaa nee, nearly liz
600 feet. can be gotten at absolutely
nothing, which little later Would
cost several hundred thousand dollars
to purchase, and from the experience
we have had on trying TO open Roses
meath Road, n distance of seven city
blocks, at cost OF $4,000. Ii does
seem the heighth of folly that when
nearly three and II half miles OF ter
ritory is thrown up Tor absolutely
nothing the city sa:ncrs should
stand idly by and should not fail to
take this chance OF a iifetinc.'
Deals md Near Denis.
The agents, generally speaking. wcra
rather busy yesterday closing up
various deals they had made. One firm
know OF. that is to say. j. Thompson
Brown & Co. tell me that BY hard
work they got through Yesterday with
recording papers In various ira nsac-
lions made By them. ngSreGating over
100000. Some of these deals have
been previously reported In an indeM-
mite way, but being for large amouuta
and valuable property they arc worthy
OF repetition.
| Among these deeds recorded was ona
| from Henry :. IIutzlcr. conveying
thirty three and one half acres oc
land on Broad street Road. for tho
consideration OF $4,000. l
Another deed for Il large amount was
from Bette Alice Hicks to Edward
Whitlock and Byron Ecar. OF tho
property known rs the Hicks stable,
on Second street, between Broad and
Grace streets. The consideration in
this deal which has been previously
reported. was $4,000. but the intcrI
cstinE PARK about ii is that arrange
mcnts have already been made for the
pulling down OF the old stables, ana
the erection en- the ground Of several
-to-datc storchouses, FOR which
tenants have already been secured.
Plans have been accepted for the cree
ton Of three stores on the old stabla
grounds, and it is understood they
VIII he for occupancy ia the early fall.
Youngsters to the Frour.
The Kids in the business, that Is ia
say, Robinson & philips, did some lit.
! Ito stunts the past week 1hoy sold
properties on Clay St:ret and sonla
other lots IN Lee Annex. all OF whseir
aggregated something hike 535,oo0. -
lpretty good weeks wo.n for new
concern; lust kids, YOU know. 4
| \ right bis gale was pulled or by
Ruchrmund Howlcs "a the West Enda
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