The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29
Market Generally Much
More Active-Broad
Street Looms Up.
MANY FARM SALES;
ACTIVE IN SUBURBS
Famous Old Farms Change Hands.
Mr.. Trigg Goes to Stony Point.
Wcstcrner Moves to Mccklen-
burg-Ncw Yorker Buys
Old Home in Gooch-
land County

u cannot be aaid hat ;he real es
tate market IS especially active. nor
can Il he trur1tuily said that it is
very dull. Il has be"c ,iuil in tho days
past. nany DAYS past. TOO dutI and for
too long time 10 please the agents
OF Tho various classes. but all Of i've
atcnts. he they strictly the local kiEn,
or those who deal in subcrban prop
cIties or those who mako a specially
Of fsrui lands, arc lined up on TIC side
Of tho optiinists, ana al arc seeing
better things in Tho prcHrn' and in tn.
near future than they have been seeing
for INC past several months Bette
""athct conditions. ~ nothing else.
make them optimistic. bat there il
something else easier inuuey. for in
stance. and much more business OF the
real ktrd
Snlcs in The city for tho rast week
""r" confined very la-cei. 10 rczidaa.
Ual properties, SO Ia g. number was
concerned. and. Of cuuIsc oGt in the
suburbs the sam" wax thus These
RESIDENTIAL sales. irc!udiur hoincs al
ready built and lots upon winch hoinca
az soon 10 be huIi. ayrrcgatcd some.
'hina NOR. than $4,000 have
heard tina, some business properties
were also SOLD. and the aggregate II
ihese sales is not very far from the
"SEreEaie of the home sales AZ re-
corded abovc, but mary Of Tho men
VINO did the selling anu the mon who
did the ouyinS positivciy refuse 10
give am particulars until al OF the
papers have gone a. final record. and
,a't MAY be two or three weeks away.
renee iherr are but Few figures 10 b.
Eiyou.
~ Agents Sec u.
''e ~ TIC leading agencies. i'm sum.
ming W Things. ir response to an in
lHirF from tho man Of news. said
mere "as a much better feeling, all
around last Week ana more tra, 7 a..
lions closed than for aey.rol weeks
pasi ~ was added mat some bip
"'his' about which tho Interested
Dal'I"s are Vet moro o. le,a eilcu,
ana n"ncoiununical.ve. we're pulled off
ana several even bigger one. ycrc a.
N"n'cu Il peg o. TWO on chc string. ara
- iciSt TWO o. three OF these NAV bn
completed and made r,a.i, rnr n,,,,i..
announcement within the nAy. yce,
= iylne sign or the tinros. s,vs
""othor leading agent. is the incrcasir7r
injury Tor manufacturing and busi-
Hc". sites This agent ,clIs me in :.
'".uehNal KIND OF "a way that he Mas
"n 'he strins not less than four in
PuiFics Of this character. and ia. ~
owners OF the nropcr,. I'm, +. ,i,'
''hd the would bc BUYERS ~, ~ 80,
iiating line. cue "es"-
Farm LnndS Active
ne men VINO deal largely in r.,,n
iahdS and those who make :, s,.c,a.,,
va ora virginia homes in the rural 1;e-
,,r 81 me they are having all kind.
!nqiI'ies and are doing sight o.,
'ns'"eSs' The sale OF the mayniflcon,
place in Chesterfield COUNTY ia, -.
owned and made attractive b,. tbo 49,
~ }. r. Rransford has been sofa Ia.
y" u. ChaHin e Co. 'rhis trsnsac,,o,
~ hih'ed at a week ago. but at that
'''ne INC papers had not been sirnnd
hp ana tho money had not been passsd
~" INC zeal Is closed for good and
"'.;,, ana Is no longer secret that
Niiiiain Il. Trigg is tho ncw owner nj
ms splendid farm and country bom,.
~ $40 acres. Mr.. TriGg will make
stony Point; and that is tho name OF
INC place, his summon home.
ms same firm, r. Il. ChafIn <. Co.
made another big country sale After
much negotiations and a Tot Of sr-u
Ineniation they sold to William r Eur.
Ice the splendid old estate in C;oochlan,
county. near Rock Castle station. on
The James River division of tho Chcsa
peakc ard Ohio Railway, known as
punEenncss" II is famous old
se'ni-Co!onial estate Of something over
600 acres and having been in the
hands OF up-to-datc folks for the mas,
~ - ~ 10 III 4 IilEnIN I'M
proved condition. 1t is understood tina.
the new owner who paid something
over $4,000 for il. will further i'm
prove 1T and make il model Virginia
stock farm. Already he has arranged
10 move there an immense herd OF
highly improved Iioistein cattle Mr..
Ruriee is at present citizen Of New
York.
Good Man From the West
Another sale "A somewhat CT i,o,.
character was made last week nv W.
II. Harris. of Richmond Mr. Harris
sold the OLD Prcstwold estate in Neck
lenhurg County. containing over 100
acres. 10 y. j. Goddard. OF Illinois. who
proposes to make it his Virginia home
and improve tho property, converting
ii into great stock farm.
This property was the homestead Of
Tie Skipwith family, and has been neld
by them until now since the vcar 1IGC.
II is understood that Mir. Goddard
paid about $4,000 for the old place ana
lie is going. hereafter. TO be Viz
ginian.
Another farm sale was made by J.
Thompson Brown & CO. who sold q
broad road farm in TIcnrico County.
six miles from the city. to 81 new settler
and got the cash for it.
In Town Again.
Brt. coming back 10 town. P..na,s
the largest sale of city property made
during the week was pulled off by FOL
lard Bagby. who sold for Thomas
l.. Bryan forty-fve feet on the south
side Of Broad Street. at the corner OF
Madison. for $l.500 per front foot. r.
w. ;IcssberS was the buyer.
Gibbony Nuckolis sold the store
I'd fat No. 1G49 West Broad street to
&. T.. Sauer for S14,600 They also
made other sales of valuable proper
ties. mostly In the West End, some
being residential and some OF bust
ness Kind that footed up about $4,000
Or more.
J. Thompson Brown &. Co. sold vari-
Gus properties within the city limits
To the aggregate Of s20.DOc.
The records i'm the clerks Office show
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