Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25
BELlW0OD FARM IS SOLD
BE CUT INTO MANY TRACTS;
OTHER REAL ESTATE DEALS
,Warehouse Property in Fuchmona /.
Oemand-A Connection
Track May Solve Problem.

Wcather conditions last week Were
estate business and :ewer than the
usual number of deals were brought
20 70, the closing POINT and fewer new
\ the week before.
A However. there was much inquiry
than the usual inquiry FOR cuisines,
\ property: II cevelopcS. ;hat thcre Is
right now than the agents can meet.
All Kinds of warehouse space is in de-
nana ana not Few business men are
SUCH Is the demand for such property
8auat some OF the real estate agents
4 ana cannot NEE, the demand are su5-
Eesting that the powers tina: De so a
+. All of The connection track that so
= long was the go between for the Nich-
m nnd ,, ssrrG,d;i.eri,s,Sssbnrf and rotomae
Moro Warehouses May lie Result.
Some OF the agents have suggested
that the ;rack from Main street or
IRON Cary 10 the Byrd street depot hc
aiiowed TO remain. 1t is argued that
with this trackaSc already There and
,he edlct gone forth that they are TO
reinhin there, the much needed ware
houses would soon Ue BUNK along tha,
i.ackaSe, and. they argue. there Is no
eetter section OF the city for them.
having the mater or renloyat undsr
sconsideration IS to De held tomorrow
afternoon at 3 O'Clock and the agents
ana others Interested nave been in
Nlted 20 attend this meeting aud pre-
sent their views
While the duitness in the real estate
realm. so Ear as city property is con-
cerned. was the occasion OF remark
sSst week: the agents who make a
active enough business There is mum
inquiry Ter good farms large and
small small. contiguous 10 Richmond. James
n iSs farms are in active demand and
ttnere is also much inquiry for upland
,Saa that are convenient to Rich
faonS: that IS to say in Chesterfield.
SoWnat5n and Amelia Counties on the
south Side and Hanover. Gooch!ard
Louisa, lienrico and other counties on
Famous HOLLYWOOD Farm Sold.
Several sales of this class OF prom
erty were reported last week. but in
most. cases the details were witmeld
OF the deeds. The largest OF thcSs
sales was made by the real estate
arm Arm Of 2, r ~ " Whi;shurst : Company.
larger part OF the famous Eeiiwood
Farm Farm in Chesterfield County, nine miles
from from n, ESieh 3!;,o That Is, nine miles
the Bellwood Farm cas-. Of tha Rich.
mond and Petersburg Turnpike and
Riv vsna'1 1ioi from an-os the pix to James
chased by Henry Z, l.i,chford I 9es-
Pres ID Of re o!d dominion rus;
Company. OF Petersburg SIR. Ben,
wood retains the main residence and
some 400 acres OF the famous farm
fying on the west sire OF the pike
The price paid for the 100 arrns
Snd the improvements thereon has not
peen divulged as /, Is understood "a hc
inc purpose of the purchasers 10 Law
on the tract into small farms. irprnye
tnem, build on them II necessary and
oHer them for sale. thus deveioninr
mat quarter into i dozen or -rnra
twentieth century. intenSivelL- clrti
waited small farms.
How To Tackle Virginia Lind.
James Rellwood came 20 Virgin,
from Canada in 1887 and bough; thc
men unknown farm from Fred scott
ano otheFs, paying Cor il what would
nov De considered a very small price.
and ne and his sons commenced al
anSe to improve il. They established a
oa a and stocked the place with fine
catiie The Bciiwoods were expert
farmers and they knew ,ust VIVA!
90 with so-cal,ed worn out" Virrinis
land Later they added by- nurrh.s
90 the tract until they owned 100
InSy nave made every foot OF II as
rich as ever were the low cron,ie =,
the Nile, and they irave made rnnner
every year from the products w
they have sold the greater por,,o1 -,
1t for Eoodly fortune and r.:;red a 81
INC rcmainder 10 take life easy S,ch
Is farming in Vireinia-wfien oon
an nov No wonder farm lands
Know a mo, selling higher than ever