Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-07
FAR FROM FINISHED.
Nearly Four Hundred Building Per-
mits Taken Out This Season.
DIAMOND STREET IMPROVEMENT.
Real Estate Continues to be a Very Lively
Interest Hereabouts.
HOME MONEY PLACED ON MORTGAGES

The total number of building permits
taken out this year to date is 367, at an esti-
mated cost of $751;, ,250. Fifty-eight were is
sued last week. How does this agree with
the recent statement of growler that
"Pittsburg is fnishedr The rapid growth
Of the city and its beautiful suburbs is a
matter of pride to every well regulated cit
lzen. Only few GROWERS look upon 1t
with alarm. 1t is not beyond hope that they
will awake some day to sense Of their utter
worthlessness to the community.
A valuable piece Of property on Diamond
street changed hands yesterday. The purchas-
er is in favor Of widening the street. and
planked down his money with that end in view.
In this connection 1t may be stated, as coming
from good authority, that the value Of property
on that street has appreciated 10@20 per cent
since the widening project has been under dis
cussion.
The number of mortgages placed on record
the past week was 40, representing loans
amounting to over 81. 100000. One was for $685.
600, one for 100000, one for $4,000 and two for
$4,000 each. Nearly all of this was furnished
by home capitalists.
An entire block on Fifth avenue might have
been sold yesterday-but it wasn't. Some peo-
pie may accept this as an indication that the
real estate business is in the dumps. If they
do they will make mistake. The record OF
sales published during the week IN The DIs-
PATCH shows that it is a very lively interest. II
all the transactions were reported they would be
of magnitude to surprise the public. The de-
mand for improved land for building purposes
fe
being gobbled in large and small parcels in all
directions. 1t is safe to say that over quarter
of million dollars was invested In real estate
in Pittsburg and vicinity the past week. This
does not include several deals of which neither
location nor figures could be learned. If this
be stagnation, let us have more OF it
Gustavus Oralson, Swedish builder. who is
in the city taking notes, is well pleased with
Pittsburg architecture, and especially with the
interior finish Of a majority of the houses. He
thinks our builders show good taste in their
choice Of hard woods for this purpose, but is Of
the opinion that combination of various
woods, worked in together, produces better
effect than can be obtained from one kind,
Hard wood is very largely used In Sweden for
interior finish.
The total number of strikes in March was "A,
of which only one succeeded. The total num-
ber of persons involved was Il, 2,ll2
The Pittsburg Real Estate Record copies
from The DISPATCH and comments thereon
as below: "a whining man or woman is un-
fitted to assume the direction of any enterprise
where important interests are involved" A
wilmer is nuisance even in q lazy mans camp.
Unimportant interests can't support a wilmer.
There Is no place within the pale of civilization
that is not positively injured by winners.
The following decision is of interest to Pitts
burg steamboat men: In the case of the City
of Salem versus Reed the United States Dis
trict Court for the District of Oregon held that
the regulation contained in section 4.465 of the
United States Revised Statutes forbidding a
steamboat to carry more passengers than al
lowed in her certificate Of inspection applied
to such boats engaged in carrying passengers
on navigable water of the United States be-
tween ports Of the same State only.