The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-03
REAL ESTATE AND |.
BUILDING news
Agents Becoming More Talka-
tive--Improvement in Business
Makes Them Open Up.
COURT CLERKS BOOKS SPEAK.
Over 1900 Transfers in April
New Concern Comes to
Help Solve Problem.

estate realm the agents will not talk
very freely to q man of news, and "
must be said that for the last few
months the men engaged in that line
OF business in and about Richmond
have not been very loquacious. Again,
tho agents have way of keeping rath-
or mum when their transactions are
on the small order, that is to say. they
do not like to talk much unless they
: have something big to tell No mat
ter how great may be the aggregate
I OF q weeks sales. they do not like to
be talkatlve about them unless some
one single transaction calls for $4,000
or more. Then they Will fill up O..
whole column for the news man IL ne
will give that much space. For sew
eral months past the majority of tho
transactions have been on the small
order, the large sales being rather far,
between, but the agents have been.
hustling. perhaps all the harder, be-
cause of the so-callcd general dulinesS
in the real estate market, and their
sales for the month of April have ag
gregated pretty big things. s
Records Talk When Agents Won't.
The court records abundantly prove
this statement. In the office of the
clerk OF the Chancery Court of the
deeds. showing that many transfers of
real estate within the limits of the old
city. At the same time EOS deeds were
recorded in Part H.. Of the Hastings
Court. showing that number of realty
transactions In South Richmond. In
the office Of the clerk of Henrico
County Court 364 deeds were admitted
to record, nearly all OF which were
of lands and houses i'll the immediate
suburbs really Il part of Richmond.
The total Of deeds recorded in April
wEs 1916. The records will sometimes
talk when the agents prefer to keep
mum. and this time they tell very
pleasing. story.
Anothn: pleasing and altogether en-
couraging fact that developed yester-
day il that tho agents Or some of them
are beginning to show quite dispo-
sition TO talk. nnd that is II good sign
of the times, for. as above stated, they
will not talk unless they have some-i
| thing good to tell.
Some Things Leaked Out. ST
| II. Seldom Taylor ~ Son report the
| sale OF the residence No. 1913 Park
! Avenue for $4,000, the sale being made
t" Bishop Collins Denny. CT the Methoa
| dist Church. who will occupy the hands
some place rs his permanent residences.
This nrm also reports the sale of Nc
1901 Park Avenue for sS.o50. This is.
q thrcc-story brick dwelling. They,
also sold vacant lots on Park Avenue
and Grove Avenue footing up $1,000
Richeson & Crutchield tell of nuns
erous small sales and one pretty good
one that footed up over $4,000.
Amos X Co. sold over $4,000 worth
| of good residential property. Bowles
! Il Jones Co. found their sales book
footing up ever $4,000. j. ID. CoolS
& Co. We're willing to dispense ins
formation that showed they made corc-
| missions last week on the sales OF
properties costing the purchasers over
| $4,000. Golsan & Nash We're rejoic-4
| ing over their success in selling a.
Hanover Avenue home for $4,000. q
| Grove Avenue residence for $4,000 and
NeSthampton acreage and building
lots shat aggregated Sl1,G00. making
| their total sales $4,000.
j. w. Lord & Co, report the sale OF
a half dozen small farms located not
many miles from Richmond. and they
were sold by request Of owners at auc-,
ton. Mr.. Lord thinks that is the best
way TO sell farm lands anyhow.
Many other agents got In some right
good sales. and all of them are busy
hanging things on tho string for fu-
ture development. and one told me he
had been as busy as q whole hive OF
lees all the week making loans on real
| estate. and that is another good sign
OF tho times. a Very large number
of the residential transactions that
We're pulled OF last week and very
many of those hung upon-the string
, We're in property in the charming
suburbs.
TO Help Solve Problem.
a new real estate concern has come
upon the scene of action, and unless
something that Is impossible for hui
man mind 10 toresee Shall happen, it
is going to do great part towards
solving y serious problem shat the
Chamber OF Commerce and other ora
ganizations looking to the good of ip-s
dustral Richmond have been study
ing over Cor many moons. 1t Is tho
Rappahannock Land Development
Corporation, u company closely tdenti-
fed with the Richmond and Rappn-
hammock River Railway Company that
is soon to be running regular trains
from Twenty and l. Streets to
the Pamunl<ey River. The Rappahan-
mock Land Development Corporation
has acquired valuable lands in tho
north eastern part of the city beyond
Church Hill and far on beyond the city
Limits along the line of the new rail-
way. which they have laid off In proper
shape, and are offering special In
duccmcntS to people looking for man
ufaeturiEs sites The company has ac-
uuired In all about 200 acres. and has
laid II oil with The view of attracting
manufacturers who want trackage ia
cillties and where there is ample room
To build modern. we'll equipped and
comfortable homes for large numbers
OF working people and their fomilies.
This is the character of development
which this new company has in view
ana proposes to carry out. The track.
age facilities they have To offer, equal
to any In or around the city, tho beau
tifully located grounds for home huildl
ing purposes for employees OF large
manufacturing establishments must
prove attractive to people looking for
Industrial sites, and It Is predicted
that the Rappahannock Development
Corporations and the Richmond and
Eappahannock River Railway CONF
pany, working hand in hand along
these lines. will do great things fos
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