The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
REVIVAL EVIDENT
IN REAL ESTATE
THE MARKET rapidly RECEIVERS
FROM THE INERTIA OF THE
HOLIDAY SEASON.
MANY SMALL SALE
MOST or THE AGENTS ENJOYED A
GOOD BUSINESS AND ALL OF
THEM ARE OPTIMISTIC
OVER THE OUTLOOK.

There was a revival of activity in
the Richmond real estate market last
week which, coming after a period
q holiday inertia, BODIES good for
the future While the week WAS com
naratively quiet with number OF the
agents, many of them had good btsi-
ness in the way OF small transfers.
practically only one reporting sales
Cf moment.
There Is marked activity in the sec
ton known as railroad valley" north
az Broad street. inspired, as has been
told before. by the c!tv's determtna-
ton to carry Fifteenth street through
and open up the valuable property
therea bouts Six factory sites were
cold in that section the past week
and GOO feet the previous week and
Green & Redd. who are negotiating
these deals, say that after the street
ia cut through this will he the busiest
misunderstanding srCt7UTT around IN
Richmond, the sites Whereabouts Of
ferine transportation ConTenienses
that are not to be found elsewhere
Holiday DuIlncss Over.
Real estate m n say the holiday
6ullness is buried in the annals Of
the past now. and that from this
time on the loca! rr5l estate mark ct
viii show an activity that has not
uecn equaled in the citys history In
Cuiries are good and with little FUR
taer loosenlng CT money things viii
begin TO hum in earnest.
Perhaps the most interesting sale
If the week was the transfer OF
Glen Alien, the country seat OF the
late Captain John Cussons, by
Miss Eliza beth Fletcher TO William II
adams, OF Richmond the price paid
being sos, 0oo. The property s 10
Gated on the Richmond. Eredericks-
burg and Potomac railroad, fourteen
niles from the city, and embr aces
E43 acres. Very little of Il Ia cleared
land. but it Is one Of the prc1tiest
Estates in Virginia ana real est4ye.
estates in Virginia and real estate nlca
SAY Mr.. Adams aat bargain.
Some Interesting Deals.
Pollard & Baghy made a number OF
interesting sales IN the business dis
triet. the largest OF which was It's
feet on Broad, between Shafer and
Harrison. for ss7,500 S f. Pad
aett was the purchaser. The same
arm also pulled off these sales: Sixty
six feet at the northwest corner Of
, Tenth and Broad streets 10 w II
Adams. for I.5o0 the four-story
brick store. 8 East Broad street. TO
7, Gafnett IAnh+ Tor $bt,oUHs sixty
Eve feet and eleven inches at the
southeast corner n Ryland and Broad
streets to Thomas r. Bryan. for
sS4.50o: the professional Building. 9"
on Fifth street. between Franklin and
Grace. to II. $ Walierstein, for $57.~
BOO; SIT East Franklin street to F
NJ. Collier. for $4,000. and lis North
Eighth street for Davis Perrin to NJ
Il F'lorshein2. for $4,000
Good Week Generally.
Golsan e. Nash negotiated deals ag-
gregatinT about $4,000 during the
week. which included q $4,000 farm
IN Nelson county City sales reported
bv this firm were l2e feet on West
cary street. wnfc1 brought s4,sUes
nifty feet sn Cleveland avenue. 81, 500:
two Jackson ward fats. $500; No.
10 North Davis avenue, $4,000; No.
IL West Grace street, $4,000, and
four Washington Terrace lots.
Robinson 4 Phillips also report q
good week, with marked activity in
small residence property. They report
the sales OF Jackson ward house
ana ground for $4,000: Jefferson Gar
fen property. $4,000; two houses on
CLAY street. $500; two houses on
Cary street, 81 900; fats on Mum
ford street, $4,000: ground on Han
over avenue, *3,aoo: house and
ground in Forest Hill. SIS 900. They
were also Interested Jointly in a num-
her Of deals negotiated through other
agencies