Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-23
AFTERABAY WINDOW
A Woman Kicks Because the House
She Lately Rented Has None.
RUMORS OF SEVERAL BIG DEALS.
How an Old Citizen Missed Making a Great
Fortune in Bloomfield.
THE RIDGE AVENUE RAILWAY SCHEME

Disagreeable weather made things rather
quiet at the real estate Offices yesterday, and
some of the agents spent the time swapping
jokes and, telling stories. One of them re-
counted the case of a woman to whom he
had rented a house at Shadyside some time
in April. A day or two ago she paid him a
visitand demanded bay window, the house
having none. She said she had always been
accustomed to bay window, and felt lone
some without one. Several rumors of i'm
portant deals were flying around, but could
not be definitely located. One was to the
effect that business property on Liberty
street, between Sixth and Tenth, had been
sold for $4,000. Another involved the
transfer of property ON the lower side of
Fifth avenue, between Smithfeld and Grant.
Black & Baird sold another lot on Boquet
street, Oakland, showing there is movement
in that direction. Twom more of the Maplewood
lots were disposed of by j. R. Cooper q Co., a
Southside lot was sold by Allies q Bailey and
one on Ellsworth avenue by ]. F. Baxter.
Sales were made also by Samuel w. Black &
Co. and by James w. Drape & Co. The latter
firm placed two mortgages on suburban prop
erty.
A well-known gentleman, who was born and
reared in Pittsburg, said yesterday: when
was boy Of Is what is now known as Bloom
field, in the Sixteenth ward, was a farm with
rail fence along the Philadelphia pike now
Penn avenue. A friend of my fathers urged
him to purchase this farm, which he could
have done for less than $500 an acre; but, al
though be had the money he declined with
thanks, for the reason that the property was
inaccessible, there being neither streets nor
roads which would give free access to it. This
was about 1850. The same property is now
compactly built over, has good streets and all
other conVeniences, and is worth 100000 an
acre at least The farm in question Joined the
Winebiddle tract on the east and the Wool
slayer on the west. Schuetzen Park is one of
its distinguishing features. The fine new Gem
etery gate, newly completed at a cost of $4,000,
is just across Penn avenue from the center of
the tract"
The citizens kick against the proposed rail-
way on Ridge avenue, Allegheny, is having the
desired effect, and If it does not head off the
scheme entirely it will give its promoters con-
siderable trouble and involve them in large ex-
pense. Several Councilmen discussed the mat
ter yesterday. All OF them expressed strong
opposltlon 10 tne project, one OF them sald ::
"a would as soon think of giving the corpora
tion the right of way through the parks as
along Ridge avenue Besides, railway is not
needed there, the two in operation in the i'm
mediate vicinity affording all the travelling
accommodation the public needs"
The Braddock farmer should arise and pro-
test. Agriculture is the most important in
dustry in the United States, and yet the farm
ers have but meager representation in Con-
gress, much below that of the British House of
Commons or the French Chamber of Deputies,
as the following statement shows: British
House of Commons-Total number of men,
bers, 60; agriculture. 1872; industry, 16l; COM
tnerce and trade, III; professional men, 107;
army and navy, 66; office holders. A. French
Chamber of Deputies-Number of Deputies,
$50; professional men, 27o; office holders, 95 in
dustry, 81; agriculture, Y; commerce and trade,
g. United States House of Representative
Number of Representatives 325 of Territorial
Delegates 8, total 3SS; professional men, 264; in
dustry, "a; commerce and trade "a; agriculture,
81 To make the showing still worse for the
farmers, it should be observed that they form
far larger proportion Of our entire population
than is the case even in France, and altogether
more than in England