The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-15
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SALE or MARKET SITE


SALE OF MARKET SITE.
The city OF haleish. \. ., viii re
Mayor up 10 Monday. the nun day OF
August. 1913. at - . clock NJ, for the
sa!e OF the Market House ANA site To-
uon OF the city, SURROUNDED 10y -FOUR
notwithstanding, tEc principal
business street on the west. Whining
ton, the principal wholesale street, on
the north and south. This property
races % feet on FayctteSine street and
runs BACK 2i0 tcet TO Wilmington
Street.
Just across the street is situated the
Merchants National Bank. Just 10 the
south, within one hundred feet, the
Citizens National Bank. and within
ole hundred ana hltH feet on VIII
buiding OF the Commercial National
Bank These two last mentioned
1niidings cost upwards OF 100000;
three other banks. one OF when has
just been completed At a cost OF about
100000; the Masonic Temple. the
largest retail hardware, dry goods
gents furnishing and drug stores ana
the post-otnce building, now being re-
modelled at n cost on >26O,CO0. W!thin
hotels. the plans have been drawn FOR
the erection OF new courthouse TO
cost 100000 within this distance 1t
Raleigh has made more progress in
the past four years than amy other
city in North Carolina. II has 250v0
inhabitants, is situated in a magnin-
cent farming country. and has, Within
"a iadlum OF seNenty-hve miles, over
100000 people. ii has three railway
systems ana the largest hydro electric
distributing station in the state OF
North Carolina.
Raleigh is the educational centre of
he.
each year more than twenty-five hun
dred students from distance are IN
attendance upon its colleges and uni
This is positively the best real os-
tate proposition IN the state OF North
Caroiina' sale Is au'nori[eq ny spG
perfect No biu OF less than eighty
thousand dollars will be considered.
and ne purchaser must agree to erect
a building TO cost not less than one
hundred thousand dollars The city
reserves the right TO reject ali bids
Terms: Onc-third cash. balance in
one and two years. Delivery of build
ing not later than May l. 1914 under
the act OF Legislature: no interest VIII
he charged upon unpaid portion OF pur,,
chase price until delivery. City viii
receive rents until delivery. Certified
check for $4,000 must accompany each
bid To show good faith.
Raleigh. Blueprints showing Whole
situation sent on Application.
Office OF the State Highway Com
mission.
BIDS WILL RE RECEIVED Al THE
Henrico County clerks Office Rich
mond Va until II o'clock A. NJ.
Tuesday. July %. 1913. for the CON
struction of the following roads in
Henrico County, Va:
Three Chopt Road (macadam). one
mile.
(SraveD, 4.3 miles
End of Varina Road to Dutch Gap
Road (eraveD, Z mile.
New Market Road. Turkey Island
Bridge TO Dick Atkins (sravcD, 1886
miles.
Varina Road from J. IL Raney's TO
GarncttS store tgravcD. % miles.
Plans and specifications on file at
the clerks Office. Richmond. Va. and
at this Office.
Specifications furnished on appli-
cation to tho Undersigned
a certified check for $3.50 to ac-
company each bid for one road. or
check for $500 for two or more
roads.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
p ST j WILSON.
State Highway Commissioner.