Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
THE GREATEST DAY.
Business Steps Down to Let Ardent
Patriotism Have a Chance.
EX-MAYOR WEAVER NAILS A LIE.
Plenty of Manufacturing Sites Around
Pittsburg on the Market, and
PRICES STILL VERY FAR FROM FANCY

PRICES STILL VERY FAR FROM FANCY
This being the Fourth of July-the ami
versary of the greatest political event in
human history-which created a nation and
sounded the death knell OF absolutism, es-
tablishing the doctrine of the equality of
man and of the responsibility Of rulers to
their subjects, and giving a powerful impe-
tus to constitutional government-this day
of days in the heart of every lover of liberty
throughout the world will be duly and low
ally observed in Pittsburg, Church, State
and municipality uniting with the indi-
vidual citizen to do honor to the great occa-
sion.
The banks, Exchange and all the prin-
cipal stores will be closed, business will be
subordinated to patriotism, and instead of
the usual scramble for filthy lucre, there
will be patriotic demonstrations, enthusiastic
oratoryand a good time generany-provided al
ways that the weather be auspicious and the
programme be carried out as arranged.
Ex.Mayor Weaver. of Pittsburg. Pa, saws
there Is no longer any land in that city availa-
BILE for manufacturing sites. The lowest price
of land situated for such uses is at least SIS 900
an acIe, and that is more than manufacturers
care to pay.
The above item, taken from the Financial
Record. of Birmingham, Ala, was shown to ex-
Mayor Weaver Yesterday, and ne emphatically
denied having made the statement attributed
to him. On the contrary. he stated that there
is a large number of manufacturing sites for
sale in and around Pittsburg and along the
lines of the various railroads at prices ranging
from $500 to s., 500 an acre.
He added: II cannot imagine how the silly
story got out as 1 have never been interviewed
on the subject, and certainly would not have
said any such thing If had been, as it is untrue
in every particular, and calculated to do Pitts
burg much harm. hope the correction will
have as wide circulation as the falsehood."
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Another real estate dealer said: ''The state
ment that all the manufacturing sites in and
around Pittsburg have been bought up or are
held at fabulous price, Is ridiculous. There
are thousands of acres of this kind of property
within a few miles of the heart of the city, on
railr Dads and rivers, with natural gas and coal
in abundance, and having the best kinds of
shipping facilities. Some Of 1t is rated as low
as $500 an acre; the very best sites can be
bought at 81, 500 70 s. 900 an acre. Land that is
suitable for building lots, of course, commands
a,higher price.
plants of any kind should investigate for them
selves, and not be Influenced by a statement
that was concocted by some person who drew
upon his imagination for his facts. Pittsburg
affords unusual inducements to manufacturers
in the way of cheap and eligible sites, natural
gas and an extensive system of rail and water
transportation to all parts of the country"
Byvirtue Of her location, at the junction of
ma
burg. already the chief manufacturing city in
the United States is destined to achieve still
greater prominence in the industrial world.
She combines greater geographical advantages
of position than ary other inland city. Distant
only from 800 to 400 miles from three of the
most important seaboard cities of the Union,
and but a days ride from either. for the pur-
poses of expectation and importation she pos
sesses many of the advantages of the cities
lying Immediately upon the seacoast.
Situated in the heart of the bisuminous coal
formation of the Appalachian field, and on the
edge of the natural gas belt and equally ad-
vantageously located as to the deposits of iron
ore, her economic relations to the staple mate
rials of the Central states are unequaled. As
the natural center of such an immense terri
tory she offers advantages to manufacturers
which cannot be equaled in the Union.
Beyond her advantages as a manufacturing
center. Pittsburg possesses another attractive
feature-she is the gateway Of the West From
her situation at the head of the Ohio such
commodities as have a preference for water
carriage, either on account of low freights or
to avoid much handling, will pass through
Pittsburg to reach the channels of distribution
in the West and South. This will be of greater
value in increasing the population of Pitts
burg her business and wealth in the future
than in the past, presenting another considera-
tion to the man Of capital, the enterprising,
far-seeing business man, and the skilrul, am
bilious mechanic, to locate in Pittsburg.
As already stated, the Tennessee river will be
opened in September to Chattanooga. in the
very heart Of the mineral district of the South.
The Memphis, Atlanta and Southern papers re-
gard this movement as the most important
made for many years, and as likely to have the
most far-reaching results in regard to freight
rates. in which Pittsburg has peculiar inter-
est On this subject Joseph M. Brown, traffic
manager of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
said the other day:
when the work is done and the river is
opened a steamboat can be loaded with sugar
and molasses at New Orleans. come up the
Mississippi river to Cairo, thence up the Ohio
river to the mouth Of the Tennessee, and thence
up the Tennessee river to Chattanooga before
discharging Its cargo; or a steamboat can be
loaded at PIttsburg with iron or any other
products, and can go down the Ohio river and
up the Tennessee river to Chattanooga without
breaking bulk. So steamers can come from the
head of navigation of the Mississippi river to
Chattanooga. Thus, you see the clearing out
of the shoals will be like opening the railroad
rate doors of the entire valleys of the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers to Chattanooga and Atlanta"
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Therewas good movement in the real estate
market yesterday, and several important deals
were closed up in addition to those reported
elsewhere, among them being an Oakland resi-
dence, the consideration for which approx
mated $4,000.
Several capitalists were in consultation with
a Fourth street agent in the afternoon, and the
presumption is that they were laying plans for
a larpe Investment in realty