Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-09
SOME BOSTON IDEAS
To be Incorporated in a Fine DWELL
ing to be Erected Here.
ONE BUSINESS MANS MISTAKE.
Women Knocked Out by Decision Of the
Maryland Court of Appeals.
PUSHING THE DIAMOND STREETHOUsEs

Black & Baird, No. 95 Fourth avenue,
sold to F. E. Alden, of the firm of Longfel-
low, Alden & Harlon, the Boston architects,
yesterday an elegant residence site, being
160x161 feet, on Lindon avenue, above Penn.
The price was 81, 800, or $50 front foot.
These lots have just been put on the market,
this being the first one sold. They are all
large, the smallest being $50 feet front. Mr..
Alden, who is successor to the late Archi-
tect Richardson, of Court House fame, pro-
poses to erect at once stone residence of a de-
sign not hitherto seen in this city. 1t will en-
body the latest Boston ideas in building and
cost about $4,000.
Business men sometimes do rash things.
Here is an instance. The owner of a hotel
site in an East End suburb, on which there is
good two-story brick house, advanced the
rent at the beginning of the month from $500
to $500 year. The tenant refused to pay it
and made preparations to move. The owner,
falling to find suitable person to take the
place, proposed to the tenant that if he would
remain at the original rental he might have the
property on as long lease as he desired, the
owner also agreeing to pay taxes and keep up
repairs. The proposition was accepted, and
lease for 80 years properly executed and signed.
The lessee considers that he made several
thousand dollars by the transaction. He could
sell the lease at a big advance. The owner is
now kicking himself for his hot haste.
"a
gentleman connected in an official capacity
with one of the leading building and loan asso-
Citations on the Southside said yesterday that
they were in prosperous condition ana grow
ing stronger every day. Working people are
beginning to realize their advantages as saw
ings Institutions and as the best and quickest
means of acquiring homes. AS a general
thing, he added, they are honestly and econom-
ically managed.
1t is probable that the Williamsburg water
works project will develop into bigger thing
than is generally supposed. If present arrange
ments are carried out, not only Williamsburg,
but nearly the entire valley will be supplied.
Pipes are now being laid to Wilmington and
| Turtle creek. Water will be pumped from the
Allegheny river at first, and afterward from a
reservoir, the construction of which will be be-
gun as soon after the pipes are down as possi-
BILE. The pressure will be sufficient to throw
water over any house in the borough.
Bermuda would seem to be good place for
land speculatprs, the average price being $50
an acre. Here that quantity of land has sold
good speculation at that. Evidently Bermuda
is not in the swim.
As an evidence that the value of wilkins
burg property is rapidly appreciating, it is
stated that building lots on Wood street have
recently been sold at Sl25 front foot. Ten
years ago they would not have brought So
This is not a boom, but the legitimate outcome
of demand backed up by hard cash.
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A recent decision of Judge Robinson, of the
Court of Appeals at Baltimore, virtually
clouds the title to nearly one-third of the
property in Maryland. The decision is one in
regard TO the holding of property by married
women, and the transfer to them Of titles and
was rendered in the case Of Levi VS. Rothschild.
1t virtually makes all property held by mar
ried woman, no matter how acquired, RESPONSE
BILE for the debts of the husband. This has
caused the rejection of hundreds of mort
cages. 1t is probable that a test case will be
carried before the Court of Appeals to clear up
this difficulty.
Work is progressing on the new buildings on
Diamond street as if the widening scheme had
been settled in the negative. The stone walls
follow the old lines, and are being pushed for
ward with \surprising rapidity Commenting
on this gentleman said yesterday: ''They evil
IDENTIFY mean to compel the wideners to go deep
down into their pockets or abandon the idea.
If it Is the intention to make the improvement
something should be done at once. Every days
delay adds to the cost"