Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-11

rourth Oh July, when patriotism in
running AT high tide and attention To
the real business Of life is correspond-
ihSlE low, were clearly evidenced In
the operations of the local real estate
market last week Monday wac oct
aside as the day we celebrate" and
Oh course n" realty transactions we're
recorded on that day. nor would there
have been even had Uncle Sam not
declared that the court clerks should
JOIN IN the general celebration 1t was
the glorious Fourth. and the everyday
Things OF life were forgotten. Tues
DAY showed unmistakable signs OF the
annual relaxation. and not before
thursday did the market return to
AWNING IKE normal conditions
CITY real estate records for the week
ending yesterday clearly indicate a
prevailing demand for small property.
rms Is takn TO mean that there have
oeen FEWER speculations and more
nome -buyinR than has been the case
Tor some time. Property. ranging IN
value from $500 to $1,000, sold readily.
"hiie only one sale was recorded in
houses sold lay In the city's newly an
nexed territory
BACK TO THE SOIL
MOVEMENT IN EVIDENCE
Henrico County farming property
evidenced something more than nor
NAL activity during the week The
farmers are evidently beginning to map
out their programs for another year.
and are getting possession OF their
lands in time for the fall seeding. The
unusually good seasons of the late
spring and summer are proba bly, reviv-
Ing the back -to-the-soil" movement.
The aggregate sales OF the week re-
corded I'm the Chancery and Hastings
Courts were S1l4,14S, showing a cen.
siderable falling of when compared 10
the sales of the week before. The
amounts involved in the deeds OF trust
and the release deeds were correspond
inGly small.
Among the larger sales OF the week
were the following: Davis Brothers.
Inc. to Adolph Hartung. lot front
ing twenty-nine feet on the Boule-
ward. lt7 feet north OF Main street,
Tor $4,000. Ordway Fuller sold Ame-
Ha Ullman Grace Street home,
twenty mine feet east OF Addison Street.
for $3.50. f. n. Patterson transferred
his Southside property, fronting II:
feet on Everett Street, with a depth
Of $50 feet, to the George w. Helmc
Company, the consideration being So
600. Mrs. Mary Eta Brown sold Mrs.
NJ. l.. Quarles house and lot at 2Il7
West Grace street for $500. JEFF II.
Powell bought b. H. Melton's property,
fronting twenty-siN feet three inches
on Park Avenue, thirty five feet seven
inches west OF Addison Street, at
consideration OF $500. Addie Sprenklc
sold w. T. Terrence two lots. one front
ing thirty. the other fifteen feet. on
Williams Street, for $500.
SEVENTY-ACRE FARM WEST
OF CITY BRINGS S30.OO0
Henrico County turned out the big
Gest sale of the week, when w. ..
Burton sold his seventy farm on
the Clayton Road. about five miles west
OF the city. TO James o. and Thomas $.
winston 1t is understood that $780,
OlO was the price paid.
Building operations were abnormally
active during the week. Though fewer
permits were issued, the total amount
involved In the operations was three
times as large. This was due in large
permits involving unusual amounts.
one of these was to the city OF Rich-
mond, to build a schoolhouse in South
Richmond, to cost $2l,l46' and the
other to Dr. Beverly r. Tucker. To re-
pair and add to his sanatorium at Il:
West Franklin Street. at cost oil
$4,000.
With the losses from two fires not
heard from, which are expected 10
swell the total considerably. fire losses
for the week were much less than
normal, amounting to only 3l3i.