The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-01
Business Good All Over
the City and Away Out
in Suburbs.
LARGEDEALS MADE
STRICTLY ON QUIET
Reticent Agents Keep Tight
Lips-The Boulevard Looms
Up in Popular Eye-Many
Improvements and Hand
some Residences Going Up
on Broad Thoroughfare.

The past week In the real estate
realm was not = dull one Dy any
means, but the aggregate OF business
closed up was probably not as large
a. the week previous. Ii being the
last week Of the month. many OF the
agents occupied the bulk of their time
clearing decks. winding up deals
that had already Deen made and get
ting In good shape FOR the active bust
LESS they see ahead for the month oil
december. a month in which II Is the
custom TO do all the business In three
weeks. TO the end that books may
be closed by toe dawn OF Christmas
There was no little activity on the
boulevard all during the week. That
part of this charming thoroughfare
attending from Broad Street TO the
Reservoir mas doomed up large in the
popular eye. While the fight for the
extension OF the city limits westward
3 going on there are many people
who are looking 10 the BouleVaro
youthward as the coming site OF some
OF The handsone.t and largest Rich
rnond homes. The city fathers seem &c
see that this is 10 be mighty at
tractsve residence section. and street
improvements are being made accord
ingly. Much money Is being spent In
curling and guttering and beautiiy-
ing all along the handsome and wide
street Many lots are being bought
by men who propose 70 erect hand
some homes Indeed, several have been
built, and others are going up rapidly.
Among the latter are the paIatia'
homes OF Harry VI. Smith. Jr-, n &
Baskerville. Charles Ivey. Alexander
Birchard. Mr.. Davis and Others
Other Active Regions
But the activity was not confined TO
the beautiful Boulevard II was all
abou. in the West End. and there was
a good deal Of selling and tradine
and specuiatirg going on along Monu-
nent Avenue. and the streets parallel
ing and crossing the same hucn
trading was also noticeable In the
northwestern part OF the city. where
iot5 for homes OF factory operatives
are stiil in demand.
On Broad street and in the DOWN
town regions there was the usual &C
tive inquiry for business property, ana
some good sales were made. and valu-
able properties optioned. bu: the agents
are unwilling to give particulars about
deals In business sites until the deeds
90 10 record. and then said particulars
are 10 longer n-~sy-
Pollard d Bagby closed up a large
sale in the early part OF the week
when they sold TO Jonathan Bryan
the valuable property AT the northeast
corner Of Sixth and Grace Streets.
fronting - feet and a fraction Oh
Grace Street and II: and a fraction
on sixth. The consideration was
$3.50. 900.
The Boulevard Looms Up Great
Charles 4 Rose Company made sales
IA various parts OF the city amount
ing in the aggregate TO nearly 49,
geo. among them three houses at the
northeast corner OF Sixth and Stock
ton streets in South Richmond for
$4,000. zoo feet at Seventeenth and
Albany Streets in south Richmond for
$500. Nos sci. 52s and SIS Goddin
street for 5000. No. sl6 East Broad
street for $4,000 and several smaller
transactions aggregating over $4,000.
W. VI. Miller & Company report good
sa-Ss Of vacant properly in the West
End which. added TO their sales OF
some second Street ground and a Floyd
Avenue home. ran their total up TO
$4,000.
Gibbcney & Nuckois, who confined
their activities largely to Boulevard
rroperty, made the remarkable record
* selling nine large building lots on
mat ;horoughfare for a total Of S27.-
900 Their other sales were down
town and in the suburbs. and aggre-
gated about $4,000.
Deal. All Around Town
J. T. CarnsaI G. Son spent the most OF
the week winding UP the numerous
large sales they made the week previ-
Gus. but got time to engineer two
right sizeabie deals amounting 10 s45,-
600. and two or three smaller ones not
amounting 10 so much
Charles 2. Ruehrmund reports good
business for the week. with sales OF
West End and South Richmond proper
- that had been hanging on the string
.or several weeks.
Green & Redd tell OF numerous very
gratifying transactions in the West
ind. and also OF several sales Of farm
lands not far from Richmond. but tina;
j. all they will tell about them for the
present.
C;olssn & Nash sold eleven lots on
Washington Terrace and four in West
hampton
Cover e. Smith sold the handsome
new home recently erected BY Jons-
than Bryan on the Hermitage Road 70
L. l. Barnes for $4,000.
Robinson & Phillips report good busi-
ness on stuar; Avenue and far West
Grace street. In which localities they
xold several homes
Good for the suburbs-
The dealers in suburban properties
asy they have no complaints to make.
Tor they find the seekers after homes
"a TIE quiet shades OF Ginter Park
rsarton Heights. wrisht's Park. Forest
Hiii. westham. Highland Park. Battery
court and other nearby suburbs. num-
erous enough TO keep them quite busy.
and many sales 70 home builders are
being put 90 record
Julian c. Anderson & Company re-
port the sale % quite a number Of
lots IN wrfght's Park and they say
every sale was made TO a home builder.
no spectators being In evidence last
a