Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-04
REAL ESTATE RECORD
.i' AND COURT CALENDAR
Fifty-Seven Transfers Are Sent to
Chancery Court, .iggrc-
eating 1907 ,295.
NJ ARKET SHOWS ACTIVITY
Large Number OF Building Permits
Issued for Structures I'm All Parts
rs of City-Agcnts See Brisk Bust
ness With Coming of Spring.
The Weeks Record
Featuring the local real estate mar

sSS Featuring the local real estate mar
: ket during the past week was the
fact that although tho property trans
;Sfers recorded in the Chancery Court
sswerc much smaller in number, the
+ amount OF money expended for prop
erty WAS far greater than that OF. the
week prev iouS Tile trading. for tho
most part, was IN large properties.
deals for which have been pending
for some time.
by the News Leader was formally
closed, when tho deed for this tract
of land was placed on record in the
Chancery Court on Monday. The prop
erty is situated on tho north line Of
Cary Street and extends back on the
east line Of Ninth Street for a depth
of 1873 feet. The purchase pric. was
said to have been SSj.oun. Thomas =
Winston and others had previously
purchased tho site from the Kosher
estate for S46,0Do.
LOCOMOTIVE WORMS 10
ENLARGE IT'S PLANT
e The Atlantic Construction Company
and the American Locomotive Com
pany figured in "a large property trans
fer when the construction company
transferred TO the locomotive company
"a largeNtract- of land in the Bacon
Quarter Branch valley for a price said
Ito have been S46.5"o. The lot Of land
begins on st. James street and extends
along this street for a distance OF 3I9
feet. The tract OF land is one of the
largest In the section and will hc
used by tho locomotive works for en-
larSing it's business. The Council has
been asked 10 close certain streets.
so as TO throw the whole tract into
. one area.
Despite, the fact that the largest
deals were for properties in the bust
ness section of the city. several large
transfers OF land in the residential sec
tton were placed on record during the
/ week. Especially was this tho ease yes
tcrday. when property transfers tina
amounted to $4,000 were recorded in
the Chanccry Court.
Nellie ). Airport and Robert Il. All
port figured i'll tn. largest transfer
of property in the residential section.
when the former transferred to the
latter property fronting OH the souti,
line of Monument Avenue for "A dis
4 tancc of thirty-two and onc-half feet.
between Meadow Street and Allen Ave-
nue.. The purchase price was $4,000
WEST AVENUE HOME
Is SOLD ron sI0.anO
Property on West Avenue sold for
$4,000. according to a bargain and
sale deed placed on record YESTERDAY
in the Chanccry Court. The land was
purchased by Chatham Tim. Inc. from
Helen {. Rudd and included improve
In addition Ia this lot OF land iva
pieces or property on Floyd Avenue
We're sold for price reported to have
~-ocen $1,000. This deed was also placed
on record in the chanccry Court YES
terdaE ana included improvements
known as Zig and 2llS Floyd Avenue
Records of deeds in the chnnccry
court show that the local real csta,, !,
market is gradually rccovcrinc from
inc depression of tho long winter
months. Several big deals arc mend
,hs' ana they VIII more than likely
De completed before the close OF this
week
building permits issued during the
week just closed show a decrease from
inc foregoing week. hut permits is
Surd Tor tho week amounted to over
SloV.uoo This is very good. consider
ing tho fact that the week before was
exceptional Tho number OF permits
issued was twice that Of tn. pracediur.
week. and represents a larger nun,hnr
oi smaller structures