Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07
FEATURES OF TRADE.
An Qtd Timer Furnishes Interesting
Real Estate Items.
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OAKLAND FARMS In THE LONG AGO.
How the Pioneers We're Harassed With
Poverty in Lands.
WEEKS TRADE AT LIBERTY YARDS
OAKLAND FARMS In THE LONG AGO.
WEEKS TRADE AT LIBERTY YARDS
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
THURSDAY. June G. 1899

OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
THURSDAY. June 6. 1889.
ia recent talk with Mr.. Chadwick, the
Tweuty-frst Ward dairyman, ellcited some
real estate items which will no doubt be OF
interest to the readers Of THE DISPATCH.
sIn the year 1sO5,' said Mr.. c., my
grandfather came from England to this
city and purchased a tract of 169 acres
where Oakland now stands from Squire VIII.
kins, the father Of Judge wilkins, one time
Minister to Russia.
The price paid was SO per acre.
Ny father, who was then a man, thinking
that the Oakland tract was not large enough
for two families, removed to a farm in West
moreland county, where was born. In the
year 1873 father inherited the Oakland tract
and moved his family at once TO this city.
where he pursued the farmers calling till he
finished his course.
On the Oakland hill sides / had some tough
experiences in boyhOod plowing and reaping.
In the year 1886 my father sold the tract then
comprising l6l acres, for 100000, to Charley
Taylor, the pioneer real estate operator OF this
city. Mr.. Taylor made clear S35OOO in the
deal, but when the last deed was drawn 1t is
said he had no money left. That amount Of
profit was immense in those days, equal to i've
times the same amount now.
An Abolition Enthusiast.
Charley Taylor was an enthusiast on the
question OF the abolition of slavery and spent
time, money and energies in efforts to promote
this cause.
Hence he died comparatively poor. The
value Of the property he purchased on specula-
ton at Oakland would now be estimated by
millions instead of thousands. Atwood Clark,
Asa Childs, Fahnestoch, Eichbaum and Jones
were among the purchasers from Taylor, and
for time the Oakland suburb was known as
the Third Church Colony. Speaking of old
time values of East End lands, Mr.. Chadwick
said he had heard his father tell how General
O'Hara was always land Door, and that he had
at one time offered his Four Mile Run tract in
the Twenty-second ward, now talked of tor
park purposes, at So per acre.
A moderate estimate of the value of property
owned in Pittsburg and Allegheny by General
O'Hara's granddaughter. Mrs. Schenley, places
its value above Sl500000l QUERY: Does the
heir to what was only part of O'Hara's estate
have any musings IN her splendid home on
Hyde Park, London, over the worries of her
ancestor over his poverty in Pittsburg lands
and his difficulties in satisfying the tax col
lector?
Liberty Live Stock.
Owing to light local receipts of cattle stock
suitable for this market held up fairly well with
last weeks prices. The kind wanted for our
home trade are light, smooth butcheung stock
weighing from LOCO to LOO pounds. Heavy
beeves are not wanted at Liberty. Shippers
have discovered this fact and very few are
coming.
The closing up of channels of communication
has had depressing influence on hog and
sheep markets. As the bulk of stock in both
lines changes hands here for the Eastern mar
kets, markets have been slow. Yearling sheen
and spring lambs have not been in oversupply.
Prices this week are hardly a fair criterion to
markets. as Pittsburgs experience in live stock
lines is exceptional
Following is the reportof weeks transactions
at Liberty yards:
RECEIPTS.