The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22
Exchange Scored Point,
and Asked No Odds Of
Bad Weather.
SUCCESSFUL SALES
WITHIN THE DOORS
Suburban Properties Active, and
So Are Farm Lands--Big Sales
in Rural Districts-Building
Operations More or Less
Active-All Agents
Are Optimistic.

The wisdom OF having auction sale.
Estate Exchange. instead OF irving 10
nave them out on the ground. whore
tho property may DO ai.ow or rain-cov-
cred, was mado apparent last week.
ON tho day OF tho moYt remarkably.
nnowntorm that ever camo down IN,
Virginia pike In the month OF March
oi any year since calendars were in
vented tncrc WAS successful sale of
property In tho exchange. 4 sale tina,
could rot have taken place on The
ground because tho ground was all
covered UP with snow. and tho reecv
stun was sti!l falling. Under the con-
dtucns. had the sale been advertised
10 take place on the ground, there
would have been nothing doing. hut as
u was there was much go.r- OIL. Nv
actual count. thirty-sovcn people at
tended the sale in tho exchange. ami
theS were men who came tnrro for
Observation-Disclosures, merchants home
makers. builders nnd other folks who
had money to invest. The bidding, was
spirited, AND tho sellers got "A sat!e-
factor price Tor the ground they Of
iercd for sale j. Thompson Brown &,
70. were the agents who advertised
nnd pulled OF this sale in spite OF the
snowstornl. Tile bg.c.s dwelling
lo4 south Second street. Was tie prop
CrtY offered. and IL was knocked out
To John l. Eatclln. FOR s2.4oo. on an
other day this same arm sold on tie
floor ~ the exchange a Church ilill
dwelling and "A Thirty-scccnd Stree,
!pt both of which properties attracted
tho attention OF many buyers. brought
satisfactory prices. aud til. selling was
done under comfortable office cond-
.sIn leo a.,
last weel. ia the exchange. ard Brown
s 20. aui TWO other agencies announce
sales T. talSc place there this week.
jutiE ms hs the experience o: last
week and by III" common senGc Of the
proposition, THESE 'salvs VIII lie well
attended. and tho time will come ere
!o9- when all " the auction sales OF
r.ai cStutc VIII he made indoors, and
the Haunting al tho red Has and the
iir,,inl or the bcll oui on the grounds
w.i be things 81 the past.
Dnd Weather, but Good business.
81 course, the unexpected bad wealth
~ 81 the past week had deterrent CT
icct on the real estate business. and
II max be that the snow storm which
was q surprise to everybody and a
double rectihcd astonishmcnt to the
icul estate men, curtailcd the spring
business that was looked for.
Nevertheless, the agents. or most
az them. were up AND doing. and not q
iittle Office business was done. / hg
urcd out from the best information AZ
hand that something like 100000
worth OF lots were sold to home max
cra, and some OF thom-possibly the
mos, Of them--nlready have houses Oh
thom; and II t. tile purpose OF The
buyers to build houses on tho others
as soon AS the weather opens up and
We have spring in fact, instead ri by
the almanac.
Suburban and Farm Dealings.
The agents who deal III suburban
properties say the outlook 10 very tine.
and that they have all Kinds OF deals
tho string. waiting only for the
spring TO open and the grass 70 begin
to grow. to be contaminated.
The many agencies which deal mostly
,u farm lands say business with them
IS active. and there IS no doubt that
numerous farms near TO Richmond
Eave recently been sold, some OF tho
big deals having been consummated last
week. The valuable Bransford place.
IN Chesterfield County. just out from
the charming village OF Bon Air. chang
cd hands last week, or at least so il
Is writ on the records that aye still
in the desk OF the agents engineering
the deal: but the writing has not vet
gotten to the recording court clerk
and in tho meantime the AGENTS.. II.
Chaftin * Co.--arc reticen,. They adj
init that deal has been made. but
for good and sufficient reasons they
withhold facts and figures
Announcement is made that the busi-
ness OF ~ W Rowe & Son will be
continued as heretofore. and Under the
same firm name and style. Bruce
Bowc one OF the members of the firm.
being In general charge of the husi-
ness. The offices are at 10 North
Seventh Street