The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-24
REALTY DULL; BUILDING
ACTIVITIES increase
Though Average Daily TRANSACTIONS
Recorded Arc Little More Than
$4,000. Optimism Holds.
LARGER BUILDING PROJECTS
Plans Are Filed With Building De.
parfmcnt i'm City Hall For Much
New Work-Contract For Fulton
School Given at $4,000.

Comparative inactivity IN the iocA
real estate market during the last weak
Is regarded hy well informed nASn IN.
realty circles as insignificant, ana they
point out that while the weeks shcT-
ing iii the recordatiop of papers In TINS
courts is nor SO great as in recent
weeks there is activity in various quar-
ters, which will bring TO light during
the next few weeks. The total deals
recorded during the week amount to
about $4,000. marking the reaction
that followed the long sustained heavy
trading OF the summer and early tall
weeks
While there was q duiiness. not en-
tirely unexpected. In realty. there was
a marked increase in the activity along
building and construction lines. Dur-
ing the week there were sent to the
office Of Building Inspector Butler and
placed on ile plans for several siruc~
lures of considerable size and value
Residence buildings oitnnn,hered thesA
designed for business purposes, though
there are to come Shortly from the Of
Aces of the architects plans for husl-
ness structures now contemplated by
property owners and business pVomot-
ers.
Replacing Lost buildings.
During the weel; there was another
building loss. In the collapse OF the
storehouse of the Mayo Milling Conn
pauy at Tenth and Byrd streets The
structure owned hS tho J, n, Vaughan
estate is to he reconstructed on
larger scale. the loss tn the cofr
munity though no, 90 the Swners. VIII
be more apparant than real During
recent weeks there have beer losses
by collapse and FIRE. which will soon
be replaced. Among these are the
buildings wrecked by the Shockce
Creek foods in lower Main street, and
the structures destroyed in the treH-
shaw warehouse fire.
Contract has been let by the city
for the construction ct the now pub
lie school building al Marshall and
Union streets, Fulton. TO J. r. Nuckols.
whose bid was So, nao- The new school
will be two story structure and VIII
contain twentS-four rooms and an
auditorium,
Plans placed on file In the city build
ing department during the week In
clude those of Dir. II. S. Mclean for
two-story brick dwelling on the south
side of Monument Avenue, between
Allison Street and Davis Avenue. to
cost about s1a.5on, and those OF this
Virginia Realty and Construction Com
pany. to build two-story brick tene-
ment OF Ave dwellings or the north
side Of Floyd Avenue, between Vino
Street and Alien Avenue. at cost
OF s14, 600. and a two-story brick tenA-
ment OF six dwellings on the north
side OF Hanover avenue. between Rob-
inson and Mulberry Streets. at cost
of $ls.50o.
New Buildings Authorized.
Among the larger building projects
authorized by the building inspector
during the week are those Of Mrs. o.
NJ Ouar1es. who VIII build a two-story
brick tenement of two dwellings, on
the east side of First Avenue, between
Milton and Highland Streets. Highland
Park at cost of $4,000: Davis 4 Archer.
who will build two-story brick tene-
men; of two dwellings on the esa side
of Vine Street, between FLOYD and
Grove Avenues. AT cost Of ss.20a. ana
Mrs. Belle D. Rady, who will build
detached two-story brick store and
hall on the south side Of Roberts Street.
between North and Barton Avenues.
at cost OF $4,000.
The daily average in realty transact
tons was slightly above 100000. with
n range OF from $4,000 to $4,000 We'd
nesday the most active day Of the
week saw the latter figure reached.
The Last three days OF the weeie e,efe
wore dull than any period OF equal
length In many months. the daily to-
taf III TRANSACTIONS notntHE bSipW tf3A
100000 mark good feature of the
dealing was that nearly all the trading
was tn small property, the 5000 or
larger deal being an exception.
Weeks Larger Deals.
The largest of the weeks deals we've:
Virginia Realty and Construction
Company to William f. White. As feet.
three and three-auarter inches on the
south side of Floyd Avenue. Just west
of Mulberry Street. being 27o5 to 2-oT-A
Floyd Avenue. for $4,000,
A. L. Boulware, trustee. at auction.
TO Eugene Robinson. 10 feet. two ana
one-ouarter inches on the east side Of
Eighteenth Street between Marshall
and Clay Streets, being a warehouse
occupied and formerly owned by tbs
Phil G. Kelly Company. for s1i.s73-ts.
J. A. McDonough to A. l.. Stratus and
f. n. Gunst, twenty feet at the South
west corner of Plum and Main streets
$1,000
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