Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-28
ENLARGED FACILITIES
FOR WILLIAM AND MARY
College Board OF Visitors Votes to
Erect Now Dormitory Mt
Cost OF $4,000.
REAL ESTATE SHOWS ACTIVITY
Investors and Spectators Have
Their Busiest Day Since Coming
OF Du Points Put Williamsburg on
Industrial Map.

! WILLIAMSBURG, VA, April 27-The
board Of visitors OF william and Mary
College was in session here yesterday,
erect n dormitory building to cost $40
900 at the corner Of Boundary Street
and College Avenue. This building will
be erected In four units, and when
completed VIII cost $4,000 and will
| afford quarters for 100 students The
| college has outgrown It's quarters, and
1t is necessary to have moro ROOM
The new dormitory will he erected this
summer and will be ready for Occur
pancy when the next session opens in
September.
Tho new williamsburg post Office
Will be completed this week. and the
first delivery OF mail in the new quar-
ters will be made on Monday. Tho new
Office Will be the first up-to-dat post
Office Williamsburg ever has had. It Is
equipped with all modern conveniences
and Will enable tho force TO take care
Of tho postal business which has grown
TO large proportions recently. The
present quarters are wholly inadequate
20 handle tho business even now. and
when tho Du Points get their full force
OH II Will tax the new quarters TO take
care OF it. One new clerk will be put
on May !. hut il is believed that tho
force soon will have TO be Increased
further.
Tho guarantors OF the WILLIAMSBURG
Chautauqua met last night and elect
ed officers. Rev. r. Ruffin Jones was
made president OF tho organization. a
! position he has flied acceptabIy for
the past three years. The chsutauuua
opens hero June and Will continue for
seven days. The tent this year will he
pitched on Palace Green
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY
RAPIDLY INCREASING
This Was the most active day In real
estate circles since williamsburg be-
came noted as the location of an
other Du pout pl1nt In East Will
liamsburg tho average sales this week
have been ten lots a day. Contracts
have hcen lot for tho erection Of
six store buildings in East Will
iiamsburE. which is owned by Morton
-. halh'mcr & Co. of Richmond Two
OF these stores have already hcen
rented.
The willard Farm. recently pur.
chased by S. l.. Graham. cashier Of
the Peninsula Bank. Of williamsburg
and r. s. Elantou, cashio- Of
Schmeltz Eros Rank ,ot Newport Ncws.
was sold to-day 10 Messrs. Davidson
ing corporation. The price paid Was
$4,000. II liz understood that tho ori-
firal purchasers gave $1,000 for tho
tract. which is admirably located, and
contains nearly goo acres
Tho Powell Trus, Company is grad
Ing a l0ofoot boulevard through the
property known rs Rruton Park or
posite tho Chesapeake aud Ohio depot.
This is one Of tho most attractive sub
divisions yet opened here. aud II viii
soon he put on tho market. Buildings
are going up in several sections and
tho demand is far In excess Of tho sun
ply. There Is rot vacant residence
in Williamsburg, and there are many
families waiting for houses.
Work on tho buildings az the Di
Font plant Is being pushed KS rapidly
as possible. The fact that all ma
teria' has To nc transported over lari
necessarily DELAYS operations. u Is re-
ported that a fleet Of motor trucks will
no put on between Williamsburg and
the plant to convey material Two
large trucks and dozens Of teams arc
engaged daily In Tho work of getting
supplies to the new plant.
NORFOLK CAPITALISTS
MAY OPEN NATIONAL BANK
Norfolk capitalists arc contemplating
opening national bank IN the old