The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-24
BIG DEALS Put OVER.
IN WEST END OF CITY.
Clay Street 10 to BE Opened From
Tildcn Street to Acca Road and
IIounfor Avenue Closed.
Montague Manufacturing Company
Acquires About Six Acres Adjoining
Its Plant From West Broad Street
Land Corporation.

The West Broad Street Land Cor.
poration figures In two large real
estate deals In which negotia tons,
pending for several months. were
closed In one Of the deals. a trade
between the corporation and the city
of Richmond. the city closes Loumor
Avenue and acquires land for the
opening of Clay Street at a width of
sixty feet from North Tilden Street to
Belleville Street. and from Bellville
Street to the Acca Road. known as
Loumor Avenue. In the other, the
corporation sells tract OF about six
acres to the Montague Manufacturing
Company that It may extend, it's plant
to keep pace with the rapid growth
of it's business.
The West Broad Street Land Cor
pora ton. of which A. l.. Mcclellan is
president. and Fl. II. Bruce Is score
tary. yesterday dedicated 10 the city
of Richmond the land 10 open up
West Clay Street. from North TiIden
Street TO Belleville street. and from
BeIleville Street to the Acca Road,
now known AS Lournor Avenue, In ex
change for this land the city has au-
thorized the closing of I,onmor Ave-
pue from Broad Street TO clay Street.
thus allowing the land formerly used
Tor TINS avenue. 10 TeN@ff 70 the OWL
ers of the property on each side.
Loumor Avenue has been little more
than an alley. having been only
twenty-four feet In width, and the city
authorities feel that a very good trade
has been made, as the strip of land
dedicated for Clay Street is sixty feet
in width. which conforms with the
width Of the remainder OF clay Street,
bel weer North Tilden Street and the
Boulevard.
Gives Better Highway.
The closing of this portion Of
Loumor Avenue and the dedication of
this extension of Clay Street has been
before the City Council in one form
or another almost ever since SCOTS
addition was annexed to the city on
November 5, 1914, and the ordinance
specifying the conditions under which
these changes should become effec-
tive was approved on September %.
The deed for the necessary land to
extend Clay Street was turned over
to City Attorney Pollard yesterday.
com pietinx the transaction and put
ting the city in legal possession Of
this land for use as a public street
and highway
For several weeks past contractors
have been at work grading the streets
in SCOTS addition. and the grading
of the newly-safseaed- section Of CLAY
Street has been included by the Ad-
ministrative Board in the contract that
IL now being executed. An ordinance
was introduced at the last meeting of
the Board OF Aldermen requiring the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Railroad Company to remove
the side tracks now located in this
extension OF Clay Street within thirty
days, and as soon as this ordinance
has been approved and the railroad
tracks taken up. II Is understood that
this street will be graded and put into
good shape for the use OF the public.
The West Broad Street Land Cor
poration yesterday sold to Stewart NJ
Woodward for the Montague Manu-
featuring Company the triangular
tract OF land bounded by North Til
den Street, Loumor Avenue and the
newly-opened section of Clay Street
It Is understood that this tract con-
tains about six acres and that the con-
sideration was approximately $4,000.
This land adjoins the six-acre tract
now occupied by the Montague plant.
and the two tracts have only been
separated heretofore by the section of
Loumor Avenue, which has now been
closed and allowed to revert to the
owners of these tracts. II is under
stood that the entire property will be
thrown together and used for the
Montague plant which will give a
total of twelve acres in ono enclosure.