The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-01

ne Tca! estate men who Give larre
attention to tho rental business and
large majority " those in Richmond
do that. were too busy with their
renters last week TO devote anythinr
Ike the usual time TO sales and nro.
spective sales. and for this reason
business was rather light all tho week.
mat Is so far as sales were concerned.
jioweveF there was nothing to he
seen or heard anywhere that In the
Temotest deeree Indicated discourage.
meni on the contrary all OF the
agents were as LSign, and as OPTIC
iHib'lc as any men need TO be The
outlook for record breaking fall bust
ness, they declare. IS simply ali they
could wish &, 10 be Indeed 4, Is de-
olared tina, there Ia enough business
ION the string" and likely to Be con
auina,ed as soon as mountain climbers
and rest hunters ge, back to town to
Keep many agents busy making sales
itor all Of tho two frst autumn months.
and there Is nowhere any thought OK
pressed other than that there is good
business on ahead
This Is Moving Time.
The rental agents say that they have
lad fine luck in making their rent
liais look smaller and smaller from
day 20 day until now AZ moving time.
September lat said lists la nearly
every Office ia town looks as II they
had been shot through and through
Ana there never was SO mrch moving
as Was seen the last two or three
days o: the week and Will be seen
during the carly days % the present
week. 1t Is fact that many people
have been moving by moonlight An
agent VINO is sometimes IN the habit
II Keeping late hours told ne that last
Friday Night as h. was going home
he SAW a string ~ draws and trucks
loaded WIN household effects gong
along the streets after midnight. and
tina, upon inquiry he learned that the
demand FOR drays and moving vans
was SO great that some people. and 3
good many o. them. were compelled
10 move by moonlight or they could
not get teams Ia limo to NEE, the
requirements.
And Yet Morr Building.
The agents who are in the habit
o; leaning moncy 10 people who want
u Aui.d thelr own bones report IN
usual activity In that line ot bust
ness They say the demand for this
kird Of money was never greater or
more urgen, and this of course means
continued activity in the building line.
other evidence OF the continued growth
OF the building boom IS to ac found
in the report Of Building Inspector
Beck published in another part OF
this paper. which shows that the
building permits issued in Angus, far
exceed tlose ~ the same period fo:
last Year or any other year since the
creation q the once OF Building In
hpector
Some selling Anyhow.
Notwilhstanding the :enta. rush and
other things calculated TO cur'ail sales
OF real state, there was some business
going on. a great deal more than can
Fbe reported for. as usual. the mos;
OF the agents are close nouthed and
positively refuse TO unbosom them
O. the deals consumated were on the
small order. and the aggregated dollars
and cents that changed hands Will
3all considerably under similar hgures
for some recent weeks.
The largest single sale that came 70
thc notl-e OF the searchcr after real
estate news was made By j. Thompson
Brown & Co. who disposed Of a piec-
OF West End property for $4,000 and
small order 10 bring their total up
10 $4,000.
H. s Taylor & Company made sale
OF several lots near the corner o.
jefferson and Marshall Streets to the
Richmond Dairy Company. and his
purchase added to their adjoining
holdings recently purchased from the
famc firm VIII give the dairy people.
enough room to erect commodious
dairy This. it is understood is TO
be done. the ground being likely to
be broken this week II ; also un-
derstood that II is the purpose OF the
dairy company 10 erect the largest and
best equipped dairy ia the South.
Other. Sales on Small Order.
Ruehrmund * Bowies got in some
pretty good work last week Among
other sales made by them was a house
and lot on Meadow street to DIR. { y.
Mercer for $500. q house on Han
over stree, TO Mrs. O'Conncll for $4,000
three houses op East Franklin he
tween Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth Streets. for $500. and 4 home
In Forest Hin for $3.50. They also
sold $4,000 worth OF timber lands in
Hanover County
Gibboney & Nuckois made some good
Gales here and there. among them sis
feet OF ground on Mulberry Street tor
$4,000. hfty-eisht feet on Magnolia
Street for $1,000, $50 feet at Taylor
and Chaffin Streets for $4,000: the
home. No. 1921 West Grace. for $3.50
a West Grace Street home In the a60n
block for $4,000. three houses in South
Klchmono tor SO'oVo' zUO icet on the
Boulevard for $4,000: property I'm
Highland Park to the amount of So
$50. and farm properties in Hanover.
Goochland and Chesterfield Counties
amounting to si7.500.
w. NJ. Miller &. CO.. had good bust
mes. also, their total sales being over
$50, 900 and including three Grace
Street homes. one on Park Avenue. one
on Cary street and several lo,s on
Stuart Avenue.
Charles \. Rose Compauv SOLD Dol