Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
REAL ESTATE RECORD
AND COURT CALENDAR
Times Much Better Than They Were
Month Ago, Says Secre.
tary BOykin.
TRADING MUCH INCREASED
Building Operations Are Larger Than
for Some Weeks - Transfers OF
Past Week Aggregate S380.442.
Several Large Trades Recorded.
The Weeks Record

II - deeds Of trust i44,I5S |
VI ~ EeIenHe dcedS. lSS,T34 |
III - buiidtaE permits. ....... I20ri50 |
Fire losses ................ 800 |
Times are very much better than
| tney were only month ago and bust
ness Is improving steadil: day By day
said F. NJ. Boykin. secretary OF the
| Richmond Real Estate Exchange, yes
| terday. II have been III close touch
with the realty men the past few day.
ana they all tell me that business Is
much better ana that the prospects 10,
the coming season are extremely
| bright.
| There seems to be no great amount
OF trading in large property these days
most oil the business being confined TO
small moderate priced property In
most cases every large deal that looks
Ike - bona tldc sale on the surface IA
IN reality n trade between the partfea
ana some times this is not known for
several days after the deaf is closed
i and then the other half of the trans
action shows up.
n "Withou, n doubt. the prospects for
local realty look, at this time. TO be
the brightest witnessed in MANY
| months"
SAME OPINION ~
VOICED BY AGENTS
! rms same opinion was voiced va.
terday by the majority OF the agents
! interviewed. only two agents dissent
ing ihese simply said that they were
agents. The view OF the agents I, mi
~ corroborated by the transactions
inhde anu gent 10 record in the courts
curing inc past week. The sales Of
city property alone numbered eighty
! three. and aggregated sS6S,44a show
ing considerably larger total for the
SIN days than any week for several
months past Previous weeks have al
so shown steady gains in business.
thother feature OF the business last
week was the fact that the mortgages
!; "hiic nearly az numerous al the sales
| amounted TO orly SlIi,t4S falling far
| below tho total OF the sales The re-
iehses Were not 80 numerous but ac-
sfegaten SloS.1St q larger total than
the deeds Of trust. While there /. III
the ngures show for themselves the
normal condition OF tie market mo
| the class OF business being t-ansac;ed
SEVERAL EXTENSIVE:
TRADES ARE RECORDED
There were several trades made dur
/ ing the week, the largest being closed
only yesterday. which involved sos. 900
angus y. Swinls sold to Phillip e.
I9;ubank lot fronting o1O feet al the
northeast corner of Broad Street ana
Altamont Avenue, which was valued n,
$4,000 Eubank conveyed to SWIM;
several lots at the southeast corner OF
Nineteenth and Main Streets These
last lots were valued at $4,000. and
| front about sixty five feet
fhe Gintrr Park Land Corporation
sold number OF lots during the week
IN what is known rs "Ginter Pari:
Isrrace They brought an avcrag" o..
ABOUT $500. Ada Il. Moore sold w r
Hood & Co. a tract of 3SO..5 acres sit
uatcd on the north side OF the WilI<er-
! son Road in 'lencico County. rhe tract
was part Of the BROAD Meadow
! farm and sold for $4,000
| The II. r. Wilson CORPORATION SOLD ,e
w. J. Whitehurst a lot fronting forty
rfe"t on the cast side OF Dooiey Avenue
between Floyd Avenue and Main street
for $500 Whitehurst sold to tho
concern iifty-hve feet on the west side
of the Boulevard. between Main and
| Cary Streets. for $500.
BROAD STREET STORE
SELLS ron si5.o00
Another interesting deal was made
with many sides. Hugh Denoon aud
wife sold To Regina Nelson the brick
store at East Broad Street The
lot fronts twcnty-one feet, extending
back to an alley III feet seven inches,
and sold for $4,000. Regina Nelson
sold 10 Henry $. Wailerstcn !; lot
fronting eighteen feet on the north
side OF Broad Street. just west of Mon
roe Street which was valued at s26,-
600 Wallerstein sold to III. VI. Stuart
the brick stores at II and IS North
Eighth Street. valued at $4,000 and
$4,000. respectively.
| The Appleton Land Corporation sold
to j. u. Jones. trustees. fifty nine acres
in Henrico County, divided into sew
eral tracts. The property Is located
on the south side of the Broad street
Road and sold for $4,000. The Man
chester National Bank acquired from
the same concern IL tract Of 5O.GS acres
Of land OH the north side OF the old
Deep Run Turnpike, in Henrico Coun-
~, paying $4,000 for the property
BUILDING OPERATIONS
! SHOW BIG INCREASE:
building operations during the past
week were exceedingly good the
building for the six dnys representing
an expenditure of more than $4,000.
| This large total for the week was
caused parity by the Issuance OF a per-
I nit for the school building to be erect
ed by the city on the east side Of
! Marshall street. between Virginia and
Orleans Streets. Fulton HIll. Tnis
/ building. two stories high. of brick and
concrete construction. will be of mod
ern design costing $4,000 The Leigh
Street Baptist Church, IL was announc-
ed. will build two-story brick addi-
! ton to the church on the east side OF
Twenty-fifth street. between Clay and
4 tSeiHb sotitcAS, tuit VIII cost SlS,bJU.
The Capitol Realty Company will
build three two-story brick dwellings,
in the West End that will cost $4,000.
/ One dwelling will he erected at the
northeast corner Of the boulevard and
| Grove Avenue and the other two on
the boulevard between Grove and
| Hanover Avenues.
! Announcement was made during the
week by the Richmond Cold storage
! Company OF plans for tho erection of
n modern fre-proof ive-story brick
cold storage warehouse and ice manu-
! featuring plant on North Eighteenth
Street, near the corner OF Clay Street.
The project will represent nm expendi-
turc Of between 100000 and $4,000
for the building and equipment The
building will be one of tho largest
erected in this city for commercial
! purposes In many months. The Phil
ia. Kelly warehouse on Eighteenth
| Street has also been acquired by this
| company and Will be converted into a
warehouse used In connection with the