Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-18

The local real estate market cx-
pcricnced the most crratic week OF
the fall season during the six days
which ended yesterday. business was
uneven throughout the entire period.
and OH some days the local courts
were kept very busy. while on others
there was very little to do. The volume
Of transfers com letcd last week was
about the same az that of the previ-
GUS period. but the amount of money
spent for property in and about the
cit. WAS below that of the foregoing
period.
Thursday was the busiest day of the
wctE and over nifty deeds were re-
corded on that day. Sixteen property
transfers, representing total of over
100000. were completed on Thurs
day. when the deeds recording the sale
of several valuable pieces of property
were placed on record. The remain
ing deeds were trust and release deeds.
The largest single transaction of the
week was "A deed of gift. which in
,ludcd property valued at $4,000. j.
j. HaIlou. Jr.. and Alieinc l.. Ballou
were the princi pals in this deal. The
former transfers to the latter a lot
of land located on Monument Avenue.
having "A ironta &c of forty-fvc feet on
The north line Of Richinond's leading
residential averluc The transaction in
cludcd Improvements known 27i2
Monument Avenue.
EAST MAIN STREET.
PROPERT BRINGS GOOD PRICE
Property located on East Main Street
brought good price when Sichan T..
Darhanian AMI ais wife transferred
To Ernest W. doore a lot of land and
Improvement known as l7lS East Main
Street for SIS 300 The property has
a frontage of twenty feet on the north
line Of Main street, and extends back
TO It depth Of 80 feet.
Isaac Thalhimcr and others figured
in Two large transfers when they sold
TWO lots located on North Fifth Street
for $4,000. Moses Thalhimer was the
purchaser of one OF the lots. which
fronts on the west line Of Fifth Street
for a distance OF thirty-nnc feet. and
extends back depth of over l2S feet
The property is located thirty eight
feet south of; Marshall Street.
David May Ras the purchaser OF the
other lot of land. which has front
age OF thirty mine and one-third feet
the ives; i3ne Of Fifth Street and
extends back for depth OF l2S feet.
This lot OF itnd is located seventy
seven feet south of Marshall. Each of
the lots was sold for Sl7.50u.
There also u'cre several large deals
completed whereby valuable lots Of
land in the residential section OF Tn.
city changed hands. 1moEcue e. West
ana her husband and Edgar Allen. Jr..
figured n IN. largest transaction. with
the exception Of the Ballou transfer.
Mrs. West AMI her husband transferred
TO Allen three lots OF land located on
Monument Avenue and Floyd Avenue.
The Monumcrct Avenue property has a
frontage OF ~, feet on the sou.h line OF
this avenue. land extends bnck for a
depth Of 1870 feet. The property is To-
Gated At thu. east line OF Sheppard
street. Two lots o. land and improve
ments. know n as 3i20 and 32i2 Floyd
Avenue. werH. included in the rransac-
ton.
Henry =. Beck and w. j. Gilman were
principals in Il large deal whereby the
former becomes the owner OF propcr,y
located on West Main Street for sll.-
500, This d'nal included improvements
known at 315S-G0 West Min street
The property has frontage Of forty
nine and nvc-sixths feet on the north
line OF Mant street. ana extends back
for a depth IF 1875 feet
In additi on To these transactions
there were Al number OF SMALLER deals
completed
There wax a gain in the number Of
building permits issued during the
week by Building Inspector Butler but
'here was d dear;h of new permits
while there seems TO he an abundance
OF repair work permits However
there are several large new work per
mits on the table waiting to be passed
upon by tie Building Inspector