The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
REAL ESTATE MEN
ARE GETTING BUSY
ANTICIPATE LIVELY MOVEMENT
DURING THE NEXT SEW
A..
ERAL WEEKS.
BUSINESS NOW BETTER
MORE DOING SINCE MAY 1sT THAN
ALL WINTER -- FRANK VI.
BoxLEY BECOMES FIRM
MEMBER.
BUSINESS NOW BETTER

Generators In local a nd neaFby-feal
estate are now looking upon the sit
uation with a greater degree of opti-
mistfc expectation than in several
months While a number Of them
are always OF the optimistic turn OF
mind there are several who have re-
.sarded the last few months as par
ticuiarly dull. though but few have
actually admitted such to he true.
Now, however that there has been
more business in the last two weeks
than during the preceding four months
for many of them, practically all the
local dealers are 70 he found in
cheerful frame Of mind.
The activities of the week just
closed have been greater than those
Of Immediately preceding weeks, and
the forecas, made by Richmond real
estate men yesterday is that business
will be good from row on. The pre-
dicfion ia based on the number OF re-
cent smaller sales and the number OF
inquiries made for both city ana su~
burhan residence property and for
farm property within a radius OF
twenty-five miles.
Activities Varied.
To meet the activity that is an
tfcipated real estate agencies are
broa dening their operations; AT least
to be opened within the next few
weeks; sales in those which have been
opened during the last year or so
are more frequent. promotion ~ Wig
orous, and in some quarters additions
are being made in agencies.
Among the business additions not
ed during the week are To be men
toned the preparation OF num-
her az operators To apply for char
ter for stock company which Will
promote what will be known as Lin
coin Heights Just outside the pres
ent city limits. on the Rappahannock
electric railway, and the change in
| The Arm formerly known as the A. j.
Chewing Co.
4 business Change
In the latter case. Frank Mans
reid Boxley, who. fer the last
fourteen years has assisted
that company az its secretary.
has been made member Of
the firm which is 10 be known as
Chewing A. Roxley Mr.. Boxley IL an
experienced real estate man ar'd is
popular with men on the local e&-
change He Is son Of Or James
Garland RoxIey. Of Mansfield Louisa
county, Before assnciatine himself
with MIR Chewing Mr. Boxle> was
4dentifsed with the FIRM Of Carpenter
Il Boxlee Bros contractors
The Lincoln Heights development
liz OF about thlrty-oine acres, on the
Mechauicsville turnpike, and after the
proposed annexation lis effective, VIII
be within the city of Richmond The
contra ctor secured by the promoters
yesterday began the work of cutting
out and LAYING streets, cutting the
section IN into city blocks.
Sales Are Brisk.
Sales Of the newly opened Bright
wood suburb also soon to he an
nexed were brisk yesterday.
Four caah sales III city property
were negotiated yesterday for an ag-
cregate Of $50. 00o. by Pollard &
tBagby The properties were in Full
ton on Church Hill and In the West
end Cash sales reported during the
week by this agency totaled Sl.ooo.
Many inquiries were received during
the week by the farm department of
1.-The agency Most of them came from
the Middle West. though letters were
received from the Canal zone. and one
came from Moscow.
Chewing & Boxley report the fol-
lowing sales: not North Fifth street.
sf55o: 1903 NorNa Fifth street, So
900; West jackson street. si.s5o:
6e3 North Kinney street. 81 400. l1ol
TAYLOR street, $1,000; 522 North Han
cock street. S2,025; II and 10 SoHW1
Linden street s2,375: land on Thir-
ty-second street, 81, 500: land on
Boulevard and Moore street. $3.50
land on Brook avenue, $4,000, land
on Floyd avenue. $4,000. two dwell
iings on North Second street s4.050.
904 North Eighth street, 1878.