The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-07
Though Last Week Was Not
Up to Recent Weeks Aver
age 1t Was a Good One.
BUILDING OPERATIONS
ARE PUT UNDER WAY.
Large Number Of Good-Sized
Deals Are Now in the Max
ing and Coming Week Prom
ises to Turn Up Business.

While real estate sales shown In
the deeds going to record in tho
courts during the first week In March
were not 40 numerous or go large a.
during any OF February's weeks. real
estate men in Richmond express eat
isfaction over the general situation.
The week. while good. was dull in
comparison with the last few weeks.
but reaction had been looked for In
many quarters, after the big month
OF February. Forecast Is made that
next week will be productive Of many
more and considerably larger deals.
The week started in at a good clip.
the deeds appearing for record and
the amounts involved were greater
on the frs two days OF the week.
the remaining days were gutter In
the courts, though there was large
activity outside, and there are a good
number OF sales now IN the making.
building Is Active.
Building operations which reached
q high mark during tho month OF
February. continued brtssly during
the week. more permits being APP
piled fer and granted in the last six
days than In many of the weeks of
the fall and winter.
Two large projects were entered
upon In the way of building constxuc-
ton during the week. and permit WaA
granted for the construction OF .
warehouse TO cost about $4,000. One
piece of work begun was on the brick
residence 10 be built by Davis Broth
ers on Addison Street. This will ccR
about sa5, 900. Another operation pvt
under way by this concern was that
OF placing the foundation for the
apa rtment house on Stauart Avenue,
which is going up at a cost OF &30. 0aO.
| Fleming Il Christian Co, whoiesalA
groccrs on South Fourteenth Street.
viii build a four-story brick ware
house for their own occupation, at
the corner of Fifteenth and Franklin
Streets.
Good Farm Demand.
While building activity In the city
il going along at more brink pace
than In many months, considerable
attention is being turned In the direc-
ton Of the country. In quiry for good
farms Is satisfactory to the farm
agents. and builders are finding some
work In the repairing or rcmodeling
Of farm buildings. Some now build
ing I'm the rural dAtrict. 10 also under
way.
Tho loans business, too, L. fiournish.
Ing. many such transactions having
been negotiated during the week. This
money secured. in nearly every Casa
il to be pu- to work imprcvin9 real
estate. Money is easier and . much
better businers tone generally IL re-
fiected.
Among the larger loans handed
was that secured by the West Broad
Street Corporation. through the
American National Bank. The lean
was $4,000. ana vaA made on prop
erty of the corporation on 0a1tcn
Avsnue. 1Ilden Street and near the
Belt Line.
Among Recene DeaisA
The Richmond. fredericksburg and
Potomac Railway acquired additional
property near its freight terminals In
the latter rart Of February. deeds
transferring II having been filed dur
ing the week. bringing tho dea1a tn
light Thirty feet on Clay Street ~
the corner OF Duncan Street were
bought from James CasiSie for -. SEQ.
and ninety feet adjoining on Clay
Street. from James T. Sloan for
$500.
Among other recent deals wa xAeS
sale of a brick residences and thirty
feet on Park Avenue near Harrison
Street, by T. j. Walker to George
Bryan for $4,000: b. III. Blakey. Il
Mrs. Imoyen Walters. tos feet ~
Boulevard and Stuart Avenue 1of
$4,000; James A. Cabell 10 Minnie o,
Miller. two brick tenements, 8 ana Z
South Cherry Street, for 1e.So0:. D. a.
Donahue to Samuel L. Kelley, lot n
Robinson and Cary Streets for $500:
and Marion s. Branch TO F.. G. TAlley.
lot on Stuart Avenue near Davis for
zoe.