Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
A NEW ROUND HOUSE
To be Erected at LawrenceVille and
the Old One Torn Down.
A GREAT MOVEMENT IN REALTY,
Hubbard Ak Company to Concentrate all
Its Works at Beaver Falls.
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES THE BEST

Many reports have been flying around
since tie Pennsylvania Railroad Company
commenced cutting away the hill at Law
renceville as to the object of the excavation
or work. 1t was learned yesterday that il
is to afford room for round house. which is
to be built there and the old one torn down,
so that the railroad track can be straight
ened and troublesome curve done away
With. The building viii be one of the best of
the kind on the road.
The movement in real estate is almost as
great as at the height of the season, March and
April. All the lots but one in the Hoffman
plan at Edgewood have been sold within few
days, through w. A. Heron Sons to West
inghouse employees, who will build on them this
summer. There is such demand for lots1n
the Cloves plan, at the upper end Of Edge
wood, that prices will probably be advanced.
Adjoining this plan on the east is the McKelvy
farm of so or go acres. This will be subdivided
and put on the market next fall. There is still
talk of q dicker for the Singer property at
Williamsburg, consisting of a fine house and SS
acres. If sold it will be subdivided into about
200 lots and thrown open to purchase. Both
the McKelvy and the Singer properties are
among the finest in the vicinity of Pittsburg,
and no doubt there will be great scramble for
lots when the announcement is made that they
are for sale.
The English locomotive Dreadnaught, which
was brought over by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for q series Of experim snts to deter
mine its merits in a fair trial with the Ameri-
can variety, has been sent back. Speaking Of
the results Of the tests, which were numerous
o,al ,,nh TT-sa 1t. e..
THE DISPATCH representative yesterday:
After fair trial, the Dreadnaught was
found to possess both advantages and disad-
vantages as compared with American locomo-
tives. She saves fuel and makes fast time on
long runs but she is slow at starting and is un-
able to get around curves without slackening
speed. She is not so substantially built as our
own engines, and is therefore shorter lived.
The workmanship is of the plainest sort, 30
that, in point Of beauty. she ranks far below
the American make: These drawbacks were
considered too serious to justify her adoption
as a model for American builders, and she was
accordingly sent home. While here she re-
manned some time in the machine shop where
the master mechanic took notes of her good
points, and they may be utilized in some way
in the locomotives hereafter built for our use."
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1t has been decided not to rebuild the Hub
bard ak works, destroyed by fire a month or
two ago, the firm having determined to con-
centrate all their works at Beaver Falls. where
they have large and prosperous plant. In
this connection, it may be stated tina. the
Frew and the Long interests have been with
drawn from the company, and that the grounds
upon which the works stood, consisting Of
about six acres. are for sale, the price asked
being $4,000 an acre. The company paid sl6.-
800 II years ago. Twenty thousand dollars an
acre was recently paid for ground in the imme-
diate vicinity.