Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22
REAL ESTATE RECORD.
and COURT CALENDAR
tcrdny's Transfers Indicate
Growth of Demand In
Suburbs.
WHITE MARSH FARM is SOLD


County Brings 100000 ut Auction.
Real Estate Exchange Wants Gas
Ordinance Changed.
White Marsh. one of the most famous
salt water estates in Eastern Virginia
I was bought ut auction on Friday By
Jay Colder. OF Glcn. Falls. New York,
for $4,000. The sale Is one OF tho
largest made through local real
estate agency in some time, the deal
having been engineered By II. y.
Chafiin e. Co.. Of this city.
The estate contains 100 acres In
Gloucester County, and was sold at
public auction on the premises after
extensive advertising. Mr.. Colder Is
q widelyknowp stock man. and pro-
! poses to develop White Marsh as
modern stock farm. specializing In
draught and saddle horsses 1t is under
stood that he will make the place his
home. and give the enterprise h!s close
personal supervision. 1t 10 the old
Tabb homestead, and has II wealth OF
historic interest besides being Il finely
developed trac, OF farming land The
mansion house Is more than 200 years
old, and is large and roomy. II has
Haen Won preaer'eu. ana me- "iamy
i modern improvements. The sale was
4nadc under the direction OF j. l..
Brown. of Charleston. w. Va, and $. S.
i. Patterson, OF Richmond, trustees APP
pointed under deed OF trust from
L. B. Hawkins and wife.
HOLIDAY SEASON
At THE season OF the year. less than
five weeks before Christmas, very little
i l.. Inn IN, N
,,ata ,,e,o In Tho ,r,v Of big salcA
Anen,. hnpnv.r arc not disposed TO
,ssn's' uo" .nr,o co,,
dttions are expected to continue un.i,
after the holiday season has come ana
gone. Home-seekcrs and investors also
are Citing still until after the "Yule-
tide" season is over.
Th,t yaarn. IN no tbc opinion of the
nn,;raa ,an ,ransfera of nronerty viii
! StrIi -. ,na1n ani ,;.cda viii continue
10 he recorded in The usual way, bc =
c 80 90 ,hern J ~ ;, iw,ys sornething doing
G 20 'nc eI ~ EnaIrn.s and there
~ III. ,,-nh,,,,i,.n ,b.t snwcroI sales Of
Tair bnurcs YIN he made before the
a Az, ms 80 49, ,.w city rnsiiences
IFS VI VA 49,, 49, ~ MAI week. hut
,hn solcu IN surSurhan lois still hold
tho centre OF the stage These sales
we're tnade mainly IN the Sor.n N,r h,
mona territory .IH u' ~ s,,,rh,ro
speciaI@e IN inc hnluitn tH,,n -, T., this
line was reported by one agent wnlch
.rtv hsine in Gintsr PARK.
. ... ue.ne :" "
~ ~ ~ coon DEMAND
Local agents, who handle farms; tay
that the state OF Ienn.sse. " Ee..,ns
m t' INN os ~ E.,s,.rm 80 nd EoUtbern
$50. ,yi,h ,be intention OF uurchas-
soc. IL seems. arc offerirg every Induce
-, ~ c,n IN hrins5 the Western
hSvers TO that state. and are a,dver,is-
imE farm lands in that territory very
wttcnsiyn,v II yyilI be Remembered by
SANE that ouiy n few years ago, Vir-
,,fnia was In the "iimc light" in THE
,nnnv former Western farmers are now
: ,Iiiers az the soil in this state In those
nnvs. the railroads ofYered home seek
crs from the Western states special
.xcurs,on rn.e which allowed them
MANY OF time TO 20 around With the
local agents and inspect Virginia farms.
The ticket now offered for sale by
rho Western railroads to the western
farmers desiring TO locate IN the East.
only allows about elgns u..Hs IN a .,S
Saste,h 49,, ~, I" fr al nnS MANI
u ,,bn "" 10 cn,ne get awnv or are forced
VINO 90 c9ine, e 49,. hayc haen shown
10 return o, ,hI- jiIiirn o." Man. Of the
n n, Iarn 10 r ,,,o.e buvcrs are now
.fosso ir,p - CanoJa and Il IA under.
I soihg tito oan'u.; W" 80 -nro thcrc
$1,000 ,iiat HtahS nv 49, ~ s,im,rars in
my io ,hvas,.ri, States caIse many Of
~. sarn,n~s 70 ynrI; hack East.
mo ihi n'ei' w
TEST CASE ~ NoOnntSD rcy,n
HEIGHTS CLOSELY WAiShEp
Local agents who have the hand
ling OF Suburban real estate tracts.
LOOK upon the d!ncuity between the
nrnmoters OF the woodland Heights
,, nd ~. ,6;o,ninr territory.
pHSpt ny liz of Richmo,,ds in regard
-. .nu u. .ra ~. not the CITY will have to
10 80" 49, and Severance rights through
DuS ma.et az" W"odinnd ifeiUhts as "a
me sa,ee'a ~ 40 nrohn hlv that the same
9ifsc,IiIv NIGH, arise elsewhere in the
osner suou r, % Einhmnnd II ia under
stoou ''' NC eccure,i leTal advice az
II. NO.. .,:i'e,hcr Inc citv viii have TO pur-
chase it's water and sewerage rights
through the streets of the recently an
nexed territory. This Is the first time
in the history OF Richmond that just
such case has been presented, ana
much depends upon the ultimate So
luton OF tho problem.
nvpnsH ,unTrnAtY CONDITIONS
of MUNICIPAL GAS PLANT