The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31
Spring Weather Opens
Up Business in Good
Shape; All Around.
LARGE SALES AND,
LARGER co M ING.
Renewed Activity in the SUBJ
urbs-Ginter Park, Norwood
and Woodland Heights Loom
ing Upon Air in Sight.
All Eyes Yet Turned
to West End. VI

10 west End.
Spring like weather last week rot
'ne real estate agents right on their
nerve. The sunshine stimulated in
tarest. ana brought out many inauiriea
mat had been in cold storage so 10
speak. Tho past week was a decided
annpr"veinent' 50 far as deals wero
concerned. OH the previous week. and
al of the agents looked and talked
more CHEERFUL. Tho records. SO far
us they have boon limited at, show
as ihcy have been limited at show
Hiuoh piSSer deals than were recorded
."c week previous. AS usual the
agents are rather rcticcnt, but all
the same, ~ judicious pumping. have
learned OF several big deals. Pollard
GasDE confess to about $4,000 OF
Salts hnt decline to tell anything
more definite taan the sum total
iie',rg Mailcrstein says he sold close
TO 100000 OF stuff. and bought nearIy
Twice as much, but lie winks his otf,a
eye. and declines 10 tell where thsss
aeais We're. MI the same | learn ha
nus nus peen buying right largely in
Sou'n Richmond Inc past week, and
street. - o 90 /.
~ w. Bowc * sons will not deny
mat they sold nearly 100000 OF
ground the past week and they admit
thas the bulk OF ii was West l1na
paoper,y. put they arc mighty shy on
Very Rcticcni Dealers.
j. L. Connolly & Co. refused 70 c,,,
URN the details of Zig sale tIey
mace of West End dirt. but the saIo
vas made all tho same. amounting ~
nearly $4,000. $3.50 ~
s,l rhe junior member of the firm OF
! Seidon Taylor Is Co looked paIn wbo,,
! questioned him about aomethinr li,,a
S'opoo or good work lie dill last week
IN sc West End. lie admitted II WAS
uuc' nut refused 10 Stye particular,
although know that the bulk OF tho.
| sure" &C., were on Grove Avenue. Fls
nc lemons made some pretty good
put they decline to go into de-
tails- Harry Dcnoon, of that nrm
sh'd IN a confidential way: IT would
DC mighty glad to tell you ali about
~ but the buyers of the properly ask
Gu inc TO Keep mum" And he kept
num- too Tho Demons know how Ia
hV Up mum wien occasion demands.
inc w. T. Purcell, .Ir., Co. n,ads
some right good sales. but thew. ton.
| nave reason. or think they have for
Keeping num- N -'1H
Amos & PoindcXtcr tell me of sorfs
right good sales they made. among
hem 40 feet in Monument Annex. md
u Si4'ooo farm out about Dumbarton.
or realty last week IN telling abous
II Mr. Rose said There was not
trade or II swap in all ne this. Tn oil
ol me ilfe sales am telling YOU about
everything was a straight deal. csatI
up and money down-no swans or
deals
Various agents TnIk.
T., ~ catlin, the old reliable. saws.
II have made some good sales. or az
least my young men have, but I am
airaiu the buyers as well as the sellers
might object to giving details for
pupiieatioh You know many of the
deals that are made IN these DAYS ara
iatseiy speculative, and too much
puhiiclty Is not Just exactly desirable.'s
les, ! know that moro is the pity.
kichcson * Crutchhcid, who. by tho
way, are greatly charging their Offices
At Eleventh and Bank Streets, report
the sales OF about $4,000 worth OF
property scattered all the way from
1hufch nm TO the 1900 block in tho
West End. -
The senior member of tho firm or
Nlli!aiHs \ Cease, in response 10 an I'M
curry. said that his firm Mas not quite
80 actsVc III 2 past week it had been
put all the same closed UP sales ON tho
boulevard amounting 10 about SIS 600.
Thcy also sold some West Main Street
property amounting Ia about $4,000
H.
they are rcticen as to particulars.
In the suburbs.
win the coming of more scasorabIa
weather-that Is TO say, spring wealth.
er--the suburbs are looming M grand,
~. Hardin X. Eachc, q .'nunc man wha
u DONG some good Work in Norwood.
was asked Yesterday about tn. sftiIa,
ton over there. lie seemed very opti.
mistic and coming down TO cast iron
facts, he said. we lave u number of
sales in Norwood recently, and W. are
expecting; many more as tho sun comes
out. among the purchasers OF tho
past week he named the following: T,
II. Mott, w, C. Crenshaw A. w. Payns
and w Il. Pate. Mr.. Bachs added ,hat
all OF these buyers were homo build.
ers and would break ground very soon.
Glntcr Park promises to 10 unusually
active in tho building line during this
spring. and from the interest alre tidy
manifested in building, It looks as ii
II is TO be q banner year for the park.
More than dozen houses are now
under construction. ana taking Into
consideration the bad building season
that has been upon US M to this tins,
1t Is very remarkable that so lars q &
number of houses should ba under
construction.
Up m as" The Re s,ay that are so,sa
Union Theological, ScmInary, Howard
sutton. Reuben burton. Il. C. Garlick,
liawes Coleman. rhninas q. Rufin, q.
Z; kohler,J. j. Mattern. NJ. J. Fulton
Charles d. Larus ana w O, Howard ls5a5i
Despite the bad roads aud inclen on;
weather OF the past week Golsan# q
Nash disposed Of two country :ractH,S 4,
They sold ono farm on the Eroad =
Street Road. about eight miller out, foS
about 500 per acre. the other sale iyaa &
ont near Bon Air, forty i've aoreA, On s
which the. owner intends to bJii1 II e
very handsome bungalow. InqpirieS tor :
Northampton property haze pssaE
brisk. Nine lots were sold dad plsra
| let for two homes. tfj &