The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-26
BUSINESS ACTIVE
 IN REALTY CIRCLES, /
 REPORT DEALERS
Many Sales Recorded and Some Big Leases Pending. , Record Price Paid for
 Suburban Property

The mast week was the most active oe in realty circles since September scores of smaller sales being re- corded, besides several business deals Along realty row the feeling IS gen eral that business property Is fast ln- creas;ng in value and that brlsk market in store leases is in prospect Sale of more than $S0,000 worth of husiness property in Fairfield was an nounced Saturday by the Jemison Real Estate and Insurance company J. M P. Otis, manager of the Falrlisl1 branch of the company. closed deal for the sale of lot and two-story building at Gary avenue and Cra"lolu street for $45,000. the purchasers oe- ing Drs. J. N and ". M. Carmichael pioneer physicians of Fairfield
 The purchase price sets record TOT subul ban business property in the DIT mingham district, representing $99O per front foot, the lot being 5Oxloo rect in area.
 Ruffin Smith, vice president of The Fairfield Land company, also reportsu the sale of business and residential property totaling s6000o. The pul-a- ing occupied by, the Bank of Falrtletd' and owned by the Fairfield Land com pany. was one of the pieces of prop ertv changing hands. It sold for $So,- GOO, The bank has a lease on thls property for a long time, however.
 The Jemison Real Estate and lnsdr- ance company reports the following additional sales for the week;
 Mrs. Fannie w. Johnston to Charles T. Lehman and the Central Ice com pany, lots l. ?, 3, 4, block 114-G, be- Ing the northwest corner of Avenue A and Twenty third street, for consii- eration of $1s,0o0. This property WI be used for the enlargement of the plants of Lehman and the Central lce company, which adjoin these lots
 Mrs Sarah G. Bouchelle to John B. Reid. residence at 2177 Eleventh ave- nue, south for S4500.
 H. s. Brown and A. J. Cohn. resi- dence at 17o6 Fifteenth avenue. south' for s5250.
 to Mrs. Ruth Weinstein, residence at sos St. Charles street for $3500.
 The Jemison Real Estate and Insur- ance company, cooperating with Smith Cullom x Co.,, announces the sale of Fannie w. Johnston to pr. J. 1. D. S. Davis of lots and 5, block lo7, being plot 1O0x14O on the south side of Avenue B between Twenty-first and Twenty streets. for a consider a1ion of SIT 500. or $175 foot.
 Other agencies were busy closing contracts for all kinds of real estate. w. B Leedy & Go. reported that ha. a dozen trades of considerable magni- tude had been made in their office Ch nounced.
 I. c. Beatty of the Birming ham Realty company was all smiles over the situation as regards high-class residential property. MT. Beatty sx- poets 8 banner year in the two de- velopments which he IS now especially pushing.
 Rumors that several big apartment houses would soon be constructed here have not yet been confirmed by those reputed to be interested, but the de- mand is so strong for dwelling space that such investments might reason ably be expected in short time.
 William L.~5White, president of Will liam l.. White & O., declares tha business in his office has been ex tremely satisfactory during the pas week. "We closed trades on foul houses and had several good prospect: almost to the buying point Saturda. night" said MT. White.
 Alex Montgomery. Bert Throckmor ton, Frank Butler. Nat Barker. Franl Clark. Fuller Kendrick and other en ergetic young hustlers reported ban ner weeks. practically all of then agreeing that the past seven days wa the busiest they have experience since September 1.
 H. A. Moseley declares that his fore is running day and night in an en deavor to keep up with the deman' and finds buying brisker now than i was even before the rental season
 At the office of J. I. Yancey & Go everything has been astir all week an several big deals are now in proces of completion by this firm.