Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-11
A RUSH FOB SHELTER
Expected When the Fitting Time Comes
Around Nexf Spring.

Expected When the Fitting Time Comes
Around Nexf spring.
From opinions expressed by nearly all the
real estate dealers and agents, it may be &C.
cepted as foregone conclusion that renting
will be unusually lively next spring.
Houses are scarce now and will be scarcer
then. as there is constant inflow of popu-
lation. and everything will be picked up
early. Business houses will probably bring
more money, as will fine dwellings, but the
general run of tenements will be held at
about present figures.
Although landlords are slow about sign
ing the agreement for change of moving
day, it is thought they will give it their stten-
tion in time for adoption next spring.
Speaking of labor, Mr.. Romero the Mexican
Minister, while inspecting, along with the
other Pan-Americans, the operation Of wire
drawing at divers mill, remarked to one of
the proprietors: American workingmen sur.
prise me. They have q manly bearing-an air
of selfrespect and self-reliance which can be
seen in no other country. They are remarka-
bly, intelligent too, capable Of explaining all
the processes of their work, and prompt in the
discharge Of their duties. With such men, no
wonder your country is leading all others in
manufacturing The United States is the only
nation without serfs."
Pittsburg workers are accustomed to such
compliments-and they fully deserve them. too.
They will not blush, therefore, when they learn
what Mr. Romero has said of them.
Mount Airy, tho land which Mrs. scheuley
has donated to the city for a park ia only 20
minutes drive from the Court House. The
nearest point Of thr park to the city is at Bo-
quet and Jonoaire streets, which intersect with
Forbes street and Fifth avenue about two
miles from the City Hall. On one side il is
bounded by the west fork of Four Mile run and
by the Junction Railroad. On another side it
is confined by Forward avenue, which is To-
Gated on Four Mile run, and reaches to within
800 feet Of Second avenue.
The property of the Murdoch heirs adioins it
on one side, and Judge Magee and Mr.. Hoch
are the owners of lands which lie adjacent.
On the 22d inst a charter will be applied
for for the McKees Rocks Coke COMPANY.
The 1ncorporators are N. F. Sanford. of the
Sanford Coke Company; George s. Griscom.
formerly proprietor Of the Monongahela
House, and now an officer of the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie Railroad; H. o. Bonnen. of Youpes.
town, and Samuel Mathers and James Pick
ands. The company will mine coal and oper-
aLe COKE OF6uS AlOuR Iuo ElIESDurg and Lake
Erie Railroad, near MoKee's Rocks, where the
works of the Sanford Coke Company, which
the new organizations intended to supplant
are operating.
Cotton used to be king. Then coal was
crowned. Now coke is a candidate for regal
honors. An aristocracy of industry is a good
thing for any country to have.
Although trading in stocks was light yester- |
day a vast number Of figures was made. indi- |
eating disposition on the part of brokers to do
something if they had a chance. This they can |
get by rising to the level of the holders. 1t is |
easier for Mohammend to go to the mountain |
than for the mountain to 20 to Mohammend.
Pittsburg securities are on such a substantial
footing that it is folly to expect to get them |
dirt cheap"
The features Of the day were advances in
Electric and Central Traction, and declines in
Gas and Pleasant Valley Railway.
But as these incidents merely reflected the ebb
and flow of demand, they should not be taken
TO indicate . permanent movement. The
stocks that were down yesterday may be up To-
morrow. The drift is upward, although it may |
frequent checks.
The following table SHOWS the prices oractfve
stocks on the New York Stock ETcnanqe yester-
day. Corrected daily for THE DIsP1TCH by
WHITNEY STEPHENSON. Oldest PittsburE mem-