Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-10
A RUSH FOR SHELTER
Expected When the Fitting Time
Comes Around Next Spring.
TAFFY FOR PITTSBURG WORKERS.
Unsbated Activity in Real Estate and in
the Bailding Industry.
PLANNING FOB APARTMENT HOUSES

|
From opinions expressed BY nearly all the
real e,+.4a do,1ors nd ooarts it NAV he ac-
-, ,sI..;o. .h.+ -ont;,o
'ePseU @s IOresOne 0OHSAN'-A '-
will be unusually lively next spring.
Houses o,a so.,oa NOW and will be scarcer
S ~-S SN"t'S nv"
tnen. as there is constant lnno" oi P0P"-
lation, and everything will be picked up
more mopev es v;ll fine dwellings. but the
,ono.,I = ...nts ill he hA,d at
81 run %
"Oous present ngures'
although Landlords are SLOW ABOUT sign
ing the agreement Tor a change OF moving
day. it is thought they will give it their atten-
ton in time for adoption next spring.
As sign of the times, Messrs. Black 4 aird
have just broken ground for II houses on
Simen avenue, Boulevard place. They will be
frame, will cost S4. 900 each, and occupy separ-
ate lots In design they will show a departure
J from the Queen Anne style so popular here
abouts, in having hall in the center. They
will be completed by April L
The feeling among real estate operators Is
Uta that of a how With his first nair of hoots-
decidedly buoyant. Activity is visible all along
the line. All descriptions of property are in
demand Conditions and features are encour-
aging and healthful. The appreciation OF
values has been SO gradual as almost to escape
attention.
That the advance will be maintained there iS
no room to doubt. The prosperity of the city,
its rapid growth, and the fourishing condition
of labor forbid backward step. The destiny
of Pittsburg is onward and upward.
Shaking of labor. Mr.. Romero. the Mexican
Minister, while inspecting. along with the
other Pan.Americans. the operation Of wire
drawing at Oliver's mill. remarked to one of
the nronriators. mAnerican workinpmen sur.
nrise me. They have a manly bearing-an air
- so,F rasnao+ .,d eolF rolianca which ran he
seen in no other country. They are remarka-
bly, intelligent too capable of explaining all
the processes of their work. and prompt in the
discharge of their duties. With such men, no
wonder YOUR country is leading all others in
manufacturing. The United States is the only
nation without serfs."
Pittsburp workers. are accustomed to such
compliments-and thew fully deserve them. too.
Tbev will not blusb therefore. when they learn
what Mr. Romero has said of them.
AAs
Money is made for man, not man for money.
II a man have a good thing in view and lacks
capital of his own to push it. he should borrow.
This has been done and is being done by the
best and wisest men. There is an erroneous
idea, a false pride concerning borrowing. The
most successful and Independent men in the
country have not hesitated to borrow. They
have done it in business-like way. They
lacked the means to press praiseworthy
projects, and borrowed money, which they re-
money from savings bank to build a home
does wise thing. The man who borrows from
building and loan association to secure him.
self a home does Just what he ought to do.
There is no disgrace in borrowing money. The
disgrace lies in not paving it back
49,
Tho Iarrsst Transaction IN East End nronartv
for a lonc t1me If not the LARGEST vet mad. has
inst been consummate,L It VAS made on a
cash basis and amounts To many thousanda of
dollars
w q. stavart sold for Jobn r. and Jonas Fl.
Messrs. Mellon brothers. another larpe norton
of the Baum Grove nronertv. beine the tract
bounded on the north by Coral ayenue- on the
sontb nv Cantar avenne on tba sast bv Noolav
avanua and.on the vast nv Fairmount avenpe
,ros+ - 80 .d;o;ni,c +ha ,,lo- 90 Io.s ~
80 soId hr 1chT r R.~tor ana "a tho o1,o;oos+
--so-t,, =, a. on+iro trao+ IT, S,-o,'.S -
P.oPoy - w - 80" - sUu0 -
s nIsu "nu Oo'eleu "iSN no0o, ta0eS .no oou.u'
eaes anu c"nAlus lug VIC" u 'ne en'Es
valley:
Ne9iey avenue - no" paVeu anu severed
ana the MELONS VIII immeolasely commence TO
sewer pave ana improve an otner avenues
through TINS property ana Sell Iotsi tnrough
their agent John 4. Baxter.
tne movement ior .ne lntrouucU,on Oh apar'-
ment houses N a-Ss'Igts S Ts, 70 'AAlns snaPe.
Arcnleecls Als.oh anu S[e preparing
plans ~, one %niSn "iA 1ne ~
cauon Oh tne puluinE' winch VIII DC In tne
upper part ol tne city' nAs peen oetermlneo
upon' Dut VIII not pe snnounceu Until tne pro
1ectors are reAoy 70 pesir ope[Slons' wnlcn
Wll Dc carry next sprins' tWO Otner buildings
Oh tne same Aluu are ~ oOnooll llEtAuon'
fhere Is NO reason "n1 they snouiu NOT De al
popular IN 1i'1souis 40 ~ Osuor ~ oINies' OIeYe-
aaS
Mount Airy the land which Mrs. Scheuley
has donated to the city for a park is only 20
minutes drive from the Court House. The
nearest point Of the park to the city is at Bo-
quet and Joncaire Streets which intersect with
Forbes street and Fifth avenue. about two
miles from the City Hall. On one side it is
bounded by the west fork of -Four Mile run and
BY the Junction Railroad. On another side it
IS confined by Forward avenue, which is To-
Gated on Four Mile run, and reaches to within
800 feet of Second avenue
Tho property of the Murdoch heirs adioins it
ON one side. and Judge Magee and MI. Hocb
ara the owners of lands which lie adiacent
Pittsburc builders should not entertain the
+Lo country II shonld enconraro +bouo -
80 a., ho,a Men, - ,ooes ..eDI "
Anon AIo VA 49, - N ooo to,,SH. HIS
o''ASeu ~ .1cS y. - 49, 80 90 - n".o Deen