The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
ANNUAL CHANGES OF
LOCATIONS KEEPING
REALTY MEN BUSY
Preparations for October l
Added to Activity in Sales
Market Keep Things
Lively
BY FRED CUMBUS

Many new firms on Realty Row dis
covered last week that there were
other angles to the real estate business
than mere buying and selling and as
consequence were compelled to be on
the job more than the usual number of
hours prescribed by the a. F. Of L.
In addition to the routine buying and
selling many of the realty men were
rushed with the settling of leases and
arranging for the occupancy of homes
and business properties for October /,
Numerous changes in locations of
business houses and locating OF new
businesses as well as the exodus from
one section of the city to another of
jewellers will start during the coming
week and plans for this, which consist
ed of drawing up of leases and other
similar routine work occupied much of
the real estate mems time during the
past week, excepting those, of course,
who are engaged only in the business
Of selling.
Realty sales. though small in COM
parison with former weeks were new
ertheless exceptionally good and sew
eral firms report the best week in sew
eral months. Three firms report a run
on farms for the week and it would
seem from the large number of sales of
good farm lands in the state that there
is likelihood that quite a number of
men will try to help reduce the Fl. c. of
L. during the next season.
ACTIVITY IN RESIDENCES
Residential building is still main
tanning the high average of August and
a number of new residences were begun
the past week.
An interesting statement on the hoas-
CT piU
Meyer of Meyer & Goldman several days
ago 1.-The scarcity of homes i'll Biz
mingham is not caused by the increase
in population as many people are in
clined to think, nor yet by the cessa-
ton of building by wartime restric-
lions, but to a great extent by the fact
that heretofore people were living, sew
eral families to the house, and after
the war decided to take a house sep
arately 1 could mention numerous IN
stances of this. The two former rea-
sons are to blame to a large extent,
but the last mentioned is the greatest
cause of the problem Mr. Meyer said.
]. Wilbur Cole. with John B. Reid
& Co announced that his firm had
made Is sales during the week. We
are selling property as fast as 1t is
possible to get listings," Mr.. Cole said.
Our farm land agent sold three or
four good sized farms during the week
and other members of the firm had
the most successful sale of city homes
in recent months"
Mcconnell, Anglin & White an
nounced the closing of score or more
of leases for downtown properties,
some of which have already been taken
possession of and others to be taken
over October l, or about that time.
H. r. Terry of the firm announced the
following yesterday: 1907 First ave-
nue. to Alabama Brokerage and FL
nance corporation; Partisan Bakery,
1919 Fourth avenue; Sycamore street
and Magnolia avenue by II. B. Oddell
as garage: grocery store, name not
given, 1712 Fourth avenue; 1524-6 Sec
ond avenue by r. l.. Johnsey gar
age; southeast corner avenue B and
Twenty second street, w. M Lee and
c. M Jones as garage: 405 Twentieth
street, north, to Sol Lindey and Sam
Friedman as Juvenile Store; 2113 Third
avenue to Federal Sign company; ia
Eighteenth street, to be used for Chin
ese restaurant southwest corner
Thirty third street and Twelfth ave-
nue., north, to Hill Grocery com
pany; 2017 First avenue TO National
Millinery company; 171S Third avenue
to HI. Braviman and o. L. Burke.
KEEPS ON THE RUN
THE Kiwanis club, as we'll as the