Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
REALTY GOBBLED UP.
Two Warehouses on Water Street
Change Owners for Big Money.
FIREPLACEs A COSTLY LUXURY.
Pittsburg About the Only Place Where
They Meet With Much Favor.
WESTINGHOUSE MACHINE CO, RUSHED

A number of important deeds in real
estate were closed up yesterday, but only
one was in shape to be given to the public.
Henry A. Weaver & Co., sold the two three
street, having frontage of "A feet and a
depth of 100 feet, to First avenue, for
3O,OQO. The names OF buyers and sellers
are withheld at their request Another
firm reported five sales. aggregating about
$4,000, but declined to give particulars.
A broker remarked: "There is quite a
rivalry between the East and West Ends in
regard to improvements The former is
ahead at present, but the completion of the
California boulevard and two electric rail-
ways will give the latter such an impetus as 20
compel its competitor TO hustle"
LII he who makes blade of grass grow where
none grew before is benetactor, what title of
distinction should be applied to the man who
! VIII reduce the cost of house building in Pitts
burg? This is matter of great Importance to
citizens of all classes. After reading the com
munlcation in THE DISPATCH yesterday,
signed Contractor" gentleman who handles
large amount of real estate and manages a
Il read the interview with the Fourth ave.
nue. dealerin regard to building in Philadelphia,
as published in THE DISPATCH with great in
terest; for it contained some points that were
new to me. 1t was not an arraignment of Pitts
| purg contractors or capitalists, but suggestive
OF new ideas in building, the adoption of which
would, In my opinion, be advantageous to
Slttsburg. One thing is beyond dispute-we
| need more houses to accommodate the people,
and the cheaper they can be built, TO secure
good work, the better.
Contractor' appears to have a poor opinion
OF Philadelphia houses. He says that some of
them have only two freplaces. and that the
rooms are small. 1t is not necessary to go to
Philadelphia to find houses with only two fire.
places. l have been renting with that
number of freplaces for several years. and the
tenants find it very comfortable, and there are
others that 1 could mention. OF course they
have heaters, and so they have in Philadelphia.
might add that some of the houses in Phila-
delphia have no freplaees at all, not even
chinneys. This is great saving in space cost
of construction and fuel. The average fire.
place costs about $40. Those of fancy pattern
cost from $3.50 to $780, and even more So it is
easy to see that the fewer the fireplaces the
cheaper the building.
'The idea of filling house full of fire.
places, one in every room, Is an old one, and is
being abandoned everywhere except in Pitts
burg Furnaces are cheaper and more salts
factory I am not defending Philadelphia
houses or contractors My interest is in Pitts
burg. But am always thankful for hint or
suggestion that may be of value to me, no mat
ter where 1t comes from. 1t would be unreason-
able to expect Pittsburg contractors to build as
cheaply in all cases as is done in Philadelphia.
for conditions different, but the time is
coming when the cost of building will be prac-
tically the same here as there and the avoid
ance of multiplicity Of. fireplaces and rooms
large enough for banqueting halls will assist In
no small degree to bring about this much de-
sired result"
The business of the Westinghouse Machine
Company is growing at marvellous rate. Dur
ing the past five years its buildings have been
extended from the square in Pittsburg origi-
nally occupied by the Westinghouse Airbrake
Company until they now occupy ~ blocks of
contiguous property. Machinery has been
added (rnuch of it quite recently until now
the limit has been reached and there is no
space for more. No additional property is avail
able in the vicinity, and to keep pace with the
constant growth of the business the company is
engaged in erecting three-story warehouse for
finished engines, repairs etc., which will be
provided with steam hoists, overhead cranes
and all known appliances for the quick and eco-
nomical handling of heavy weights.
In addition to this, the company is taking on
a complete new force of workmen, SO that the
establishment will henceforth be operated con-
tinuousIy day and night Their monthly stock
bulletin shows that on August there were 2S2
completed engines in their warehouse, and 2lS
engines in progress through the shops. This
makes a total of $50 engines, aggregating % 500
horse power. Orders for the past six months
how ro6 nj
month more than the output; for August their
sales amounted to so engines, aggregating 4O35
horse power.
1t is announced that a company already in
operation at Litchfeld, Ill, will pipe fuel and
Illuminating gas into East st. Louis. Mr..
Henry O'Hara a capitalist of st. Louis. who is
prominent in the enterprise, says they have a
process for manufacturing gas from Lima, (OD
oil, which costs N cents a gallon. This amount
of oil renders over l,000 feet of gas. They have
eight miles of pipe down, and are furnishing
families at a rate which for lighting large
house, and supplying three stoves with fuel
takes but S54 per annum from the proprietor,s
pocket.
The plant they are putting into Litchfeld
will cost some $50 0OO From this they propose
to lay an eight-inch gas main to East st. Louis.
81 miles, and deliver their product there at |
prlCe lar DelOW IndL WHICH CQ0 company now
power there can do. They claim that they can |
give light and heat to the city at 5 cents per
loo feet of gas or could give it away for a |
long time and scarcely feel it, the production |
costs so little.
The curious calculator has lately been reck |
oning up the cost of the London strike. He |
estimates the loss of dock revenue and in |
creased expenses of the dock companies at |
the combined total of .000 the strikers loss
in wages at 9225, 600; the loss to the shipping
trade at the enormous figure of 67O0.0OO; and |
the loss to merchants by the non.delivery of
goods the deterioration or destruction of car
goes, and the necessity of fulfilling contracts
at enhanced prices, at 100000. Other inciden-
tai losses sufficient to bring the total waste
of money involved in the strike up to nearly
two million sterling, or, in ronnd numbers, $lO.-
O0O 600. But it is believed the benefit to organ
lied labor will by far outweigh the cost.