The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
Notwithstanding Cold
Weather, the Agents
Are Kept Quite Busy.
MUCH ACTIVITY
| IN THE WEST END
Some Good Sales Downtown,
Reticent Agents Let Out a
Few Facts-Enough to Show
How Things Are Going.
Various Suburban
Notes.

notwithstanding much cold weather.
and the cold spell is unusually tena
cious Tor this region of country, the
real estate agents of Richmond were
fairly busy the past week. They arc
busy all the time. as for that matter.
II they are not busy making sales
theF arc very active in office work
and planning for better things when
the sun shall again shine bright and
when the frozen streets and the worse
frozen suburban roads shall thaw out
Last week the transactions that were
actually made amounted to something.
IKE quarter of million dollars in
the city. and out in the suburbs and
.ne o.ner deals that were hung upon
the string, subject to future consum
nation, were largely more than double
that amount. Tho hanging of thinsa
on the string generally keeps the
agents Just as busy as the actual buy.
ms ana selling and SO. taking the
Two things together the real estate
men had a mighty busy time.
rms matter OF hanging things on
.he string some folks are inclined to
iaosh at 1T. but there must be start
10 everything. even real estate deal.
me hanging on the string" is often
the start that finally ends In transact
lions or gigantic proportions.
Actual Work Done.
But leaving all of that kind of bus.
mess aside there was really Soma srooL.#5
BUSINESS the past week. have heard
OF several right big deals, but few
o. when l can got the actual mar
. ,euiars ABOUT. One of these involves
ehe sale o: q whole block on cedor
street. or more properly speaking On
laws Avenue. to the aouth OF Main
street. The only information ohtain-
hoie is that the purchase was made hv
contractor who proposes in the early
spring TO erect q whole block of
houses on the purchased property.
ing people. ~
Richeson G CrutchfeId tell aho,,
some pig sales they mada between tho
coin waves. Among item was tbs
property. Nos. 153335-S7 East Frank
IN IN street, for which they got s17.5oo
ihey sold the property for H. s. wal
s.ein' put the name OF the purchas.
60, VINO bought as an Investment, ia
withheld. This firm also sold a good
ueai OF property on Meadow Street
ana In other parts of the city, which
made their weeks ,business foot up
about $4,000. ~
Many Sales BY Many Agents.
ana "a "a nose Company sold 517.1a-21
They also sold col, 2oa, eos oo7 amd
soS East Clay Street Cor $4,000, and
-o9 East Main Street for $4,000
foiiard d Bagby sold about s2o.Ooo
worth OF good Richmond dirt in vari-
Gus PARTS of tho city. but they arc
fetlcent as to particulars
N w. Bowe & Son hud GOOD hrsi
ness, and their sales amounted 10 $40
ooo' but they have no particulars 10
give out. ~
carneal & Son report good business
tor cold week. business that amount
Gu IN the aggregate to $4,000
w. z. Purcell. Jr., Company tell OF
several West End deals that footed nm
$4,000. up
j. a. Connolly 6 Co, made some largo
safes the past week, which they hest
tate 10 tell about, but they saw these
Sales ana some other big things that
are on the string indicats good enough
BUSINESS when the ground thaws.
-. a. latin d Co. sold considerable
property during the week Including
some valuable realty on East Main
street, between Twentieth and Twen-
tS-hrst Streets. which was bought bv
atrause Gunst & Co. who Will Improve
me stores and likely occupy them for
their own business
West End noometb.
AS already announced u these col.
hmns. Williams & Cease made for q
syndicate large purchase of land
fronting on the boulevard This syn
uicate has decided to put this propertv
on the market cut up iDto first class
building lots. Already several lots
nave oeen sold 10 people who propose
10 hu!ld at once. There are some prop
or restrictions that buyers will haya
10 regard. but they are IL no way OBJ
jcctionablc.
There were some other big deals
made In the extreme West End during
the Week. but because NJ the retI-
cense of the agents particulars are
lacking.
Selling Lots at Wholesale.
But speaking OF the Nest End: II
is not an unusual thing for Richmond
real estate agents to sell half dozen.
or even dozen lots 70 one man. but
when fellow is lucky enough to dis.
pose 0! ifty lots in one lump, It is
something outside OF tn: ordinary, and
worthy of public mentlcn. This was
the case last week with J. Thompson
Brown &c Co., who sold 10 a SPECTATOR
OF Richmond nifty lots IN the western
part of the city In one bunch. Tho
party buying these lots appreciated the
possibilities for future enhancement In
value. and purchased :hoT- purely for
speculation. BeyonG confirming these
facts. Messrs Brown & Co, did not
feel IT liberty to mention the name OF h
the buyer. but only tho bare facts. Con-
tracts. however, were signed and tho
deed will pass this week. s
The same Arm also reports several
sales of lesser Importance, j. Thomp-
son Brown & Co. also tell Of Increasing (
demand for real estate loans, which.
In their opinion, is u most excellent
sign OF renewed business activity On i4
being asked for particulars along this \
line, they stated they handled posi- =
lS 100000 or more In rsnl estate Sc
curitics for various parties In new 8