Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-15
REAL ESTATE RECORD
AND COURT CALENDAR
Sales on Local Market During the
Past Week Aggregate
$8O5, $40.
AGENTS ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC
Much Attention Is Given to Septem-
Der Rental Property-Real Estate
Exchange Moves, Pending Com.
pletion Of New Home.
The Weeks Record

me trading on the local real estate
market during the past week was well
UP 10 inc average that has been set
ior business transacted for a single
week Al this senson Of the year In
TACT. the totals for the week show that
considerable properly was transferred
In the main valuable real estate
making the aggregate for the week
the highest that has been reached for
the past two months
ohscttinE this. however, is the fict
that there was extensive dealing in tho
nature OF trades. properties of the same
valuation being exchanged. and IL is
said In real estate circles that in most
case: really little or no money wn,
involved.
AGENTS LOOK FORWARD
TO SEPTEMBER REVIVAL
The agents are in optimistic mood
and look forward to much better bust
ness about the first Of September. They
are extremely busy with rental prop.
erty. and SO far as sales are concerned
most OF them are sitting tight In the
boat" There never was great amount
OF business transacted during the sum-
mcr months, and this year Is no excep-
tion.
The records of the courts show that
the transfers of city property for the
week amounted to more than $500, 900
which was a large increase over that
Of the previous week. In Henrico
County lands there was also some &C
ttvity, but 1t was not as marked US in
cages aggregated about the usual to.
tai. bat the release deeds underwent
marked decrease both in number and
amount involved.
CITY CONTRACTS FOR
DOCK STREET IMPROVEMENT
The week was not without Its fea-
lures. both In the way Of sales put
across and improvements that are "a
he made by the city that will be OF
much Importance to real estate. James
T. Sloan sold to the Richmond Prop
critics Corporation a strip OF land run
Ming along the south side of Dock
Street. from Fourteenth to Seventeenth
street, which was owned some years
ago by the William r: Trigg Ship Com
pan?. The consideration on this sale
was reported as being $4,000.
with this sale made. an agreement
was reached between the realty con-
Germ and the city by which r. twenty
foot strip Of land was dedicated to the
city for the widening of Dock Street
The Administrative Board then award
ed the contract for this work, which
1t is estimated will cost the city $55, 900
and which, according to City Engineer
Boiling. is one of the most important
projects that the city has executed
for some time. The contract calls for
the construction OF a concrete retain
ing wall and the building OF n covered
hume. The fume created by the wall
ing In Of the dock will be covered with
concrete and paved, giving Dock Street
uniform width of sixty feet. Con-
crete bridges at Fifteenth and Seven
teenth Streets will also be constructed
over tho dock.
RUPERT SELLS HOUSE
AT BOULEVARD AND FLOYD
II. G. Rupert, who is selling out his
real estate business with the intention
Of going to California for his health.
sold his residence at the northwest cor
ner of the Boulevard and Floyd Ave-
nue. to Mary O. CulDeper for $4,000.
r. r. Pearman sold the brick fats at
2414 and 2i14-A, fronting Stuart Ave-
nue.. fronting thirty feet. to George
Curry for $1,000. w. ]. Gilman sold
to w. Fred Richardson a lot fronting
fifty-nine feet on the west side of Bel
videre Street, between Main and Cary
Streets. for $4,000.
James L. O'Keeffe and the Virginia
Realty and Construction Company
traded West End property valued ut
$4,000. OKeefe sold to the realty
concern the brick fats at 2424 and 26:6
Stuart Avenue. OH which valuation of
$4,000 was placed. In exchange he
received the brick nats at 370l and
2703 Floyd Avenue. This latter prop