Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-10
LAND DIRT CHEAP.
Good Building Lots offered as Low as
Five Dollars a Foot.
NATURAL GAS COMPETITION.
How to Compel Delinquent Debtors to Walk
Up to the Captains Office.
HOMES FOE ToILERs At JoHNsTowN

HOMES FOR ToILERS At J0HNST0WN
Those who maintain that all the cheap
land around Pittsburg has been bought up
are not we'll posted. At Aspinwall Place
lots are selling as low as $3.50, or s. a foot
The dearest are only $50 foot. Good lots
are offered in many parts Of the East End as
low as $500. The same is true of the West End
| and the Southside. The fact is there is an
abundance Of good and cheap property in the
| market but as there is an active demand for it,
values will necessarily move up. Therefore
| delay may be costly to those desiring to
purchase.
Some of the natural gas companies of Pitts
burg will soon have to face extensive and we'll
| organized competition. which may seriously af-
feet their earnings. The gas line owned by
Park Bros. d Co. will furnish several other
Pittsburg firms with fuel for the next three
years. The Equitable Gas Company, composed
of a number of Pittsburg iron and steel Arms,
has part of its line in operation and is making
contracts with number of firms not in the
company. Oliver Bros. & Co. are pushing the
construction of their big line to the Bellevernon
field, and will have it completed by October l,
when they will have an independent supply of
fuel.
Secretary Mckinley, of the Philadelphia
Company. states. according to the American
Manu- fGctureT. that they are renewing many
contracts at a material advance On the old
rates, securing new dwelling house consumers,
and are rapidly introducing the meter system,
which will effect a saving of gas and at the
same time increase the revenues. The drop
ping of a few big concerns that have contracted
with new lines will leave all the more for the
smaller consumers and assure a good supply
during the winter months. The advisabillty Of
building a line to the Bellevernon field has been
discussed by the Philadelphia Company, but in
all probability it will not be pushed this year.
Hello George, where are you goingf Are
you running for a wagerf
Not exactly, but something better. You see
Jim and were lookingAt lot at Oakland
yesterday. accidentally heard that he made
an arrangement to meet the agent this evening
and make an offer for it. have concluded to
buy 1t, and want to forestall Jim by getting
there first The agent is out there now. Jim
and are good friends. but won't allow him to
get away with me in bargain IL can help it.
Here comes the car. Good-by.
This man will die rich if he lives long enough.
!. He fully realizes that delays are dangerous,
and that the true policy is to strike when the
iron Is hot.
The Cambria Iron Company has just made
public a plan, which it has had in contempla-
tion for some time, in regard to the erection of
cheap homes for its employees on suitable sites.
This company owns a large farming tract of
land ON Yoder Hill. Just west of Johnstown.
The top OF this hill is ,75l feet above the level
of the sea, while the Pennsylvania Railroad
station is only l.ls4 above the sea level. It
will thus be seen that one danger, that of
floods, can never trouble this place. 1t is pro-
posed to build an incline plane from near the
center of the town which will reach the lots in
a little more than half a mile. Here probably
500 acres can be laid out in pleasant building
lots. from which access to the mills will be
easy.
The deeds will contain stringent provisions
prohibiting the sale of liquors, and arrange
ments will be made for locations for religious
and educational buildings. The scheme is
looked upon with much favor. and will help to
solve the problem of the future of Johnstown.
Street improvement in wilkinsburgis almost
at a standstill for want of money. The coun-
Gil neglected To levy taxes for the work last
spring. and an empty treasury is the result.
None of the fireplugs have been put in, al
though water will be turned on in about two
weeks. These are works of necessity, and
should be completed forthwith. Conservatism
ia a pood thing in its way but IL should not be
nracticad az the exnanse of the nubI;c
One of the most important departments in
conducting business is that of collections. The
following remarks on the subject. coming from
practical man, are worthy of attention:
Those who don't pay promptly always take
advantage of any uncertainty in the ring of
your demands. and have plenty Of excuses
ready to put you of with. Very few but will
begin to hustle if you come out with a strong L
must have 1t You may have asked them be-
fore, wishing they would pay it or when can
you pay IT. but when you get to place where