The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-07
Everybody on the Job,
But Most Folks Are
Looking to Rents.
GOOD BUSINESS
HAS BEEN DONE
Greatest Activity of Past Week
Has Been in South Richmond.
Rumors That Virginian Rail-
way IS Seeking Entrance
to Richmond and Is
Buying Territory.

The rental end Of this shop /. ex-
oeedinsly busy. the selling end Is
little dull. and we expect it to remain
IN that deplorabIe condition until the
late summer or fail activities COM
mcnce in the real estate realm Look
lng on to that good time everything,
seems to be Cheering. and this snoo
locks for more real substantial bust-
ness the coming fail than it has ever
known in the twenty odd years of its
existence"
Thus spoke the head man Of one
OF the most active real estate agencies
III the city. and he made those remarks
n response TO general Interrogation
mark the man of news erected in front
OF him yesterday morning. This re-
spouse met the man Of news at several
other agencies and tne morning. and
IN fact the whole day. being Intense
" warm and any Kind OF an excuse be-
ing good enough for curtanment of
eff ort IT was thought wise enough TO
accept the above quoted remarks as
typical of the general situation IN the
real estate market. and .ct it all 20 az
mat And truly il Was typical.
Good Sales Nevertheless.
OF course there We're some sales. in
face. there Is probably not an auency
IN the city that did not make some
good commissions dung the past
week. but in the main the sales ycre
small, probably not going over $780,
900 in the aggregate
Inc greatest activity was probably
IN South Richmond II became whis-
pered about carly in the week INIT
several sales that had recently been
made on and about Seventh and nun
Streets had been made tothe Virgintau
halfway Company. concern that has
line Of railway that hits much of
Virginia, but does no, set como 10
Richmond OF South Richmond eitaer.
Rumors Galore.
There had been rumcrs in TIE air
Tor several months that the Virginian
is seeking an entrance into Richmond.
and it has become right sure that II Is
so!ns TO acquire that entrance by BUY
ing the Tidewater and Western mar
row guage line and extend It from
Moseiey Junction. through powhatan
and Chesterfield counties. to south
Richmond, The fact shat the COM
pany has within the past week made
investments in realty in South i.ioh-
ieond at and about the corner Of
Seventh and Hall Streets. and its
agents have made no secret or ,ne
fact that these purchase are for ter
uinal facilities. fot things on boom
over there.
The Boys Cauaht ON.
Not less than half a dozen Richrnono
realty plungers caught on oulcriv
and 1t Is said that their purchases Of
HUI street property aud the ont ous
they nave obtained on much moro
ground thereahouts would run away
up into the hundreds of thousands. hut
the most careful inquiry could not
pan out any absolute details How
ever the lact remains tnat the busiest
and most excited anon, the real cs
.nte agents lor week past have heen
those who deal in good old Aianches-
ter dirt The further fac. remains tuar
50 far as Hull and senevtnth street
property IS concerned. sales are be-
ing made, options are flying in tho
air, and. Incidentally nigh balls sre
rolling on the ground
Here Home
But over here In the old burg that
is on the North side OF the James.
the boys were doing something. True
Ii is that the biggest things eoinr
were in the matter Of rents. but all
the same there was some settings. es-
pecially in suburban property III
EinIer Park. Burton Heights. l.igh-
!ana Park Snttery Court Westhemp-
ton and elsewhere there was a great
deal OF business OF one kind and an
other Golsau & Nash -eIl mo they
made many good sales in Westhamp-
ton property the past ~cck, ana IL ta
nc wonder. for that property Is much
Right in town however. there were
some good sales made The new ara
ambitious concern of Ruppovt *
Schwab made u right good record for
new concern. They sold about S2u.-
600 of property V hich included two
houses on I-omoardy Street. house on
stuart Avenue and various properties
on other desirable avenues
Up Nroad.
BTOtd ana lSrDII urpHarfvy
SUI! continues to adyAnce IN value.
smith Ryan & co. hndlrg their three
story warehouse on Adams street
near Broad. too small Tor their in
CREASED business, and intending to
build elsewhere. found Il ready pur-
chaser through McCurdy & johnson.
in II. s Wallerstein VINO knows
what's what" in realty Wallerste!u
Paid something near $4,000 for this
property. This place. formed by the
junction ~ Broad. Adams and Brooke
Avenue, is destined 10 be- owing 10
its location and surroundings. one Of
the best retail business centres. and
MI Wellerstein. with MS usual fore
sight quickly realized this
The same arm also reports the sals
of the large dwelling. corner OF Grace
ard Meadow Streets. built b. +. II.
Siolz at $1,000.
Things are rather quiet this week.
remarked the young man OF tho
Charles A. Rose COMPANY but we
have pulled on few sales" Two OF
the sales that we pulled OF footed up
close to $4,000 the same being the
residence 2lia Park Avenue which
brought sil500. and some property
on North Fourth Street which panned
out something over 100000
The recent sale OF the building &c
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