Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-01

""ie there was no extensive trad
lug last week. the business on the real
| estate market was considered good for
! the middle Of the summer season. when
! trading is always dull There was lit
Tie or nothing doing yesterday, and
round OF the agents brought forth the
iact that many Of them were out of the
| wy WINE they never close up shop
! the heads Of the firms and the sales
! men manage to get out of town for tho
| week ENDS, either to the maintains or
| inc seaShore during the warm weather
| The trading for the entire week was
| almost devoid of features There vas
ono auction sale of valuable propertv
| mat created some interest and some OF
| inc agents engineered through a few
| trades, but there was little real bus;
| ness transacted other than for , fou
suburban lots. For this class of nron
erty the demand is almost as good Mt
| ohe season or the year as at the other
ana the sales develop steadily and
oue huch eHort on the part of the
agents. for nine times out of ten tho
purchaser has already decided on what
| ne wants before ne even approaches
| the real estate men, and all that re-
mains is to draw the deed and send II
TO the place of recordation.
| MODERN HOUSES ARE:
! IN GOOD DEMAND
| The September vacancies are heinz
| hlled, and, according to reports ,noder.
ate priced houses with modern inn
ProVcments are showing good results.
| one Of the larger offices reported thai
| houses renting from s35 TO $40 per
| month were showing exceptional re-
| SUITS this year. 1t was stated that in
previous years there was a better do
mana TOT houses renting for slightly
Tess IMAM this. and the upward trend is
proving most pleasing to the agencies
me sales of city property for tho
week amounted to more than $3.50. OOo
| with Henrico County property near the
city aggregatins nearly $4,000. The
mortgages fell behind that Of the sales
numerous
The brick store property at Clio East
broad street. fronting twenty four feet
| was sold at public auction being Bid
| IN lot $4,000 by Arthur L. Straus. who
IS SAID TO have represented the bond
noiueIs, as the property was sold under
q deed OF trust. This sale created some
| interest. although the purchase price
| was considered extremely low bv reaI
estate men. The deed conveying the
real estate as we'll as all of the per-
sonar property of the Kline Motor Car
Corporation, which was sold at nuhIic
auction last March, TO the Kline car
corporation, for $4,000, was placed on
| record.
SOME GOOD SALES
IN RESIDENTIAL SECTIONS
Elizabeth B. Whitlock sold to James
* Gordon two lots on the south side
OF Monument Avenue. just east of Allen
avenue. The lots front 80 and 1926
1eet, respectively. and sold for sIOOOO
wallace G. Saunders sold 10 Eugene T.
Long farm in Henrico County about
two miles below the city for $4,000.
inc property consists OF 13S "a acres
and is situated on a county road lead
ing from the River Road to the New
| ouloccasson Road. Annie L. Grady sold
TO Emma a. Liebert twenty -one feet on
| the south side of Marshall Street lust
east of Gilmer Street, for $4,000 B. H.
Melton sold to James y. Davis twenty
| tnree leet one inch on the north side
| or Floyd Avenue, west of Dooley Ave-
nue.. The consideration was S4,S5O
| An interesting trade was made be-
tween w. ]. Gilman and Mrs Ellen Ford.
| involving $4,000. Gilman conveyed to
| Mrs Ford the brick dwelling, 26O9 West
Grace Street, fronting twenty nine feet,
which was valued at $4,000. Mrs Ford
| transferred to Gilman n lot with all i'm
provements fronting hfty-nine feet on
| the west side of Belvidere Street, be-
tween Main and Cary Streets, on which
valuation of $4,000 was placed
BUILDING OPERATIONS
SHOW ACTIVITY
Building operations for the week
show up large, aggregating as they do
more than 100000. This was caused
! by the issuance of permits to the CITY
| for school buildings. The new Ginter
Park school. which will cost s63430
was authorized. and permit was
| issued for an addition to the Frank
, lin School, located on the Midlothian
! Turnpike. between Thirty second and
| Thirty-frst Streets. South Richmond
The Ginter Park school will be located
on Chamberlayne Avenue, between
iMaplewood Avenue and Myrtle Place and
will be n two-story brick structure. The
! addition to the Franklin School will
cost SPLIT.
the School Board last week let con-
tracts for more school buildings The
contract for the new Moore School was
f, let to Davis Brothers & Co. at their bid
| of S17,649To, which was the lowest sub.
mitted. The contract for the new Fair
mount school went to p. j. White &.
Son at their bid of S2S.950. These con-
tracts are for the structure alone, and
subcontractS have already been let for
a part of the fixtures.
| While the damage ut several fires had
not been determined yesterday by tho
insurance adjusters, the fire losses for
the week increased materially. Accord
ing to headquarters reports there were
losses at six fires amounting to 5000,
ed. The fire at the storerooms Of Hunt
| err C. Sims. 1924 East Main street last
Sunday, resulted I'm loss of sI756.o4