UF. A I. ISSTATK ACTIVITY
Arriving in the city:
This was the most active day in real estate circles since Williamsburg began noted as the location of another public plant in East Williamsburg. The average sales this week have been ten lots a day, four have been let for the erection of six store buildings in East Williamsburg, which is owned by Morton & Thalheimer & Co., of Richmond. Two of these stores have already been rented.
The Willard Farm, recently purchased by S. L. Graham, cashier of the peninsula Bank, of Williamsburg, and F. S. Blanton, cashier of Schuylkill, Bros. Mining Co., of Newport News, was sold today to Messrs. Bayfieldson and Burdette, of West Point, representing a corporation. The price paid was understood that the original purchasers gave $5,000 for the tract, which is admirably located, and contains nearly 200 acres.
The Powell Trust Company is grading a 100-foot boulevard through the property known as Brenton Park, opposite the Chesapeake and Ohio depot. This is one of the most attractive subdivisions yet opened here, and it will soon be put on the market. Buildings are going up in several sections and the demand is far in excess of the supply.  There is not a vacant residence in Williamsburg, and there are many families waiting for houses. 