The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17
FIX PROPERTY VALUE,
BY CONDEMNATION
hep TT Shows Cit Must Pa, $464l8 80 to Open
Roseneatn Road as Great 81. ool .ul>v ri
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Condemnation of the necessary prop
erty TO open tho Roseneath Road as q
great S0-toot Boulevard across the
western section of the city from
Grove Avenue to Broad Street Road
will cost tho city si6,4lS.so. according
to report filed in the clerks Office or
the iustings Court yesterday, by COM
| missioncrs appointed to appralse tho
values To open the proposed new
! Boulevard for distance OF six blocks,
K from Grove Avenue to Franklin Street
h extended. will cost S22.s64.3l. the valu-
atoms from Franklin Street to Monu
ment Avenue being ss,6Sl. and from
! Monument Avenue to Broad Street
! Road Sl3,sS3.30
Members OF the Council Committee
; en- Finance last night expressed the
view that the valuations allowed were
/ satisfactory In the majority of In
stances, the most excessive. according
! 10 the opinions expressed. being those
10 w. s. Forbes. who. according to
lao report neled, will receive a total
i OF $l5,21h. Mr.. Forbes is allowed com
pensation for the strip taken off his
! acreage property where Monument
Avenue extended will cut through, al
though he has notified tn commits
sioncrs that II that avenue 10 extend
! ed beyond the present terminal. he
VIII expect payment for the land used.
/ notwithstanding this unders landing
! compensation has been given for the
! frontage needed by the city TO widen
the Roseneath Road at valuation
based on the assumption that the lots
faced on Monument Avenue extended.
| Wonderful Rise In Values.
| The present city limits lie 100 feet
| westward of the Roseneath Road,
i which In the main is only "a tcct vide
and at itswicegt only SO feet. being
! an old country road through the
! Sheppard estate.
As an instance OF the wonderful en-
! hanccment of property values to the
! westward, the record shows that when
the entire Sheppard ierm. beginning at
| what Is now Davis avenue and Broad
| Street. and extending westward be-
/ yond the Roseneath Road. and en-
! racing city property which could not
| now he acquired for .aore than ST.
, 100000. was offered at foreclosure
sale in 1885. for payment OF q debt OF
/ $4,000. there were no takers. though
Col 10 Lane Stern. the auctioneer
! faithfully asked the assembled gath
/ ering for bids.
I On July 20. 1911. the City Council
! By joint resolution ordo red condemng-
ton Of the land necessary to open the
proposed new Boulevard to parallel the
Boulevard running from the 4,eservoIr
the west. and on october 30. 1911. the
Hust!ngs Court entered an order ap-
pointing as condemnation commission
ers James Caskic. L. a. Catlin. John
III. triscnkorn. ". S. Gum and I. IL.
Elicit
| Filed In Hastings Court.
The Commission was organized on
November .. 1911, and has since had
fifteen meetings. taking vast amount
of testimony to the values OF the
i Individual strips. ana the probable
damage to separate lots by the
| changes the city contemplate. The
report must lie in the Hastings Court
for thirty days. subject to any cI-
captions which property owners may
make to allowances granted them.
after which 1t Is provided that no
! concluded action may be taken in &C
! curing title until the amounts to be
paid have been approved by the
Finance Committee OF the CITY Coun-
/ ell.
| Working from Broad Street south
wardly toward tho Monument Avenue
the commissioners allowed on the
eastern side compensation to tho Shep-
pard estate OF $3.50, with no damages;
TO the Richmond, Fredericks burg and
{ Potomac Railroad Company for prop
| crty on the west side, Sl,1l3.30, and
: to w. s. Forbes for property on the
| west side, $4,000, making q total on
Monument Avenue OF sl3.sS3.39.
! Individual Allowances.
| South of Monument Avenue the land,
: instead of beng In acreage tracts. HAD
been cut into lots and sold individual
Is, and in some instances where the
lots frontcd on the cross streets. SO
/ much was needed by the city for the
: proposed Improvement as to render the
| remainder of the lot practically use
less Allowances were therefore mado
MS follows:
\ a. a. Gum ...'..... ...... pS,foo
| A. l. Sharp. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $50
I Alice NJ. Sublett. ................ 500
! Lee Park Company, no claim.
H. r. Redd. ......... ........... 100
! Augusta A. Parker, ............. $40
/ Edgar Allan, 1920
: John B. Harris. ............ Is
/ w. F. and f. D. Fisher. .......... 1850
Morgan r. Mills. INSTRUMENTATION. 335
| C. II. Bosley. Observation-Disclosures. 335
Edgar Allan, Jr. Observation-Disclosures. l.160
Garrett and Crump. .............. 1,760
: Paul D. Howell. ................. 1870
David G. Taylor. Observation-Disclosures. 100
! Percy Smith Observation-Disclosures. $50