The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-05
All Of the Agents Enthu-
siastic Over Regional
Bank Victory.
MANY GOOD THINGS.
AND MORE TO COME
Suburban Property and Farm
Land Sales ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Park III NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Sales in Suburbs Very
Satisfactory-Notes
Here and There.

~ have been rs busy as a Dee. doing
nothing all tho week; / mean nothing
that has paid any commissions N-o
have boon excited all the week about
| the regional bank proposition. and re-
joIcigg with tho other folks about
our splendid success in landing the
bank for Richmond. l thirk it is 3
good thing for the real estate business,
and. let tell YOU. there is going to
be something Going now in u very
short while. and you will cease 20 com
plain OF dun times"
Thus spoke one Of the leading real
estate agents VINO talked 60 the man
Of news yesterday. | believe he told
the real estate situation very much In
q nutshell. All 81 the agents and All
of tho people VINO proposed or are pro
posinE % invest in real estate have
been waiting FOR this thing TO happen.
and now that it has happened, all to
the glory and TO the credit of Rich
nond. II IL believed that business in
the real estate line is going to he
mighty active from now on
Something Doing.
rs matter o. fact. 1t WAS Il little
more active last week than it has been
to' several weeks past. perhaps in an
ticiDatiOn OF this regional bank propo-
sition. Tho sales last week amounted
TO something over a half q million dol
lars. some business property changed
hands. but the major part of the sales
We're IF residential and suburban prom
critics. Perhaps the largest sale OF the
residential Kind was made by Gibbons
~ Nuckclis, who tell me of sales here
ana There that amounted in the aggre-
gate to over $4,000, the biggest of
Which was Il lG0-ioot lot on Monu-
ment Avenue. near the corner of 'Cildcu
Street. and for this they got $50 per
front foot j. Thompson Brown &. Co
tell OF somo residential sales, but they
are Withholding particulars
Carneai y: Son sold some good stun.
nut they viii not tell much about It,
| Ihey say they lave ali kinds OF things
on the string, kinder waiting Tor the
bank proposition, and that being now
settled in favor of Richmond. they ex-
pect TO have = big report for next
| week.
y dozen other agencies talk much IL
the same way. and they arc enthusiasts
Tic oyer the regional bank victory
and well they may 10
The leaders in suburban property
are enthusiastic. The auction sales or
the past week were in every way SAT
lsiactory to the sellers and presumably
10 the buyers.
The Planters Land Company. of
which charles Wright is the general
manager have moved their offices from
The American National Bank Building.
TO lilo East Main street and they dn
say they sold about three farms last
week by way of initiating their new
offices
Ginter Park, that always looms up
well in this column. Is getting back
In the limelight Mr.. F'unsten tells me
that the prospecSt for building out.
there are particularly bright rs the
April sun comes out bright While the
late season has della yed building opera
tons to considerable extent. get the
opening OF spring will see marked i'm
provemcnt along this line
y residence is bsing built on Semi
| nary Avenue, near Westwood for
| James g. Barker. j. w Brauer has
just started the foundation for a home
| on Hawthorne Avenue. \ residence
| for w. l.. Tyler. on Moss Side Avenue.
Is under way. ". : Rhoads is build
ing for investment "a dwelling on Haw-
thorn Avenue, near Walton, and il Is
reported that, while his house is not
quite completed. ii has already been
sold To party, who will move there
in very short time and make IL his
home. d. Il. Hrowder. Jr, WHO re-
Gently purchased a lot Oh Seminary
Avenue. between Laburnum and Ma
plcwood Avenues. has started the cree
ton OF al very attractive home, and
expects To move in IL during the early
summer.
The Wort. of improving the streets,
contract for which was recently award
ed by the town OF Ginter Park. has
been started. ana q large force OF men
are now at work on Chamberlayne
Avenue. connecting the various lots
with the gas. water and sewer mains.
The construction of the pavement will
be started within the next few weeks
Cnamberlayne Avenue and Brook Turn
pike are TO he paved with asphalt laid
III five-inch concrete bed. thus max
ing the pavement both permanent ard
'esirahle. iIawthorne. Seminary and
! Noble Avenues arc also to he repaved.
ana the curning and Puttering are now
being put down on these streets pre-
oaratory To paving them. sidewalks
have recently been laid in front OF
aii>of the lots in t;iutcr Park. and as
soon as tile street Improvements have
h'en CONNECTED, ii viii be one Of the
neatest and most up-to- date suburbs
10 be found anywhere
The fire engine house. the equipment
Tor which has already been purchased
Is nov under construction. ana Will
be completed soon.
Roland Park.
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