Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-05
A NEW TOWNS DEBUT
CharlerOi Starts Its Career
With a Flourish.
MANY BUYERS AFTER LOTS.
The Big Plate Glass Plant to be
Finished by November 1.
AM
my BUYERS AFTER LOTS.
GAY SCENES Az THE OPENING SALE


the Monongahela river, made its formal
debut to the world yesterday when Miss
Agnes S. Mexican, the first postmistress,
commenced to handle the United States
mail, and NJ. j. Alexander, the bustling
manager, put up the city lots for sale. That
the success of the undertaking is assured
can best be gagged BY the results OF the day.
Out of J, OPS lots, 800 were sold, or the pro-
ceeds netted S155, 900. When Mr.. Alex
ander closed the diagram in the evening, he
leaned back and said: "Well, l have built
many towns, but never saw such sales on
the first day. 1t took us eight months to
accomplish at Jeanette what we have done
here to-day"
Building town in Western Pennsylva-
MIA is not altogether a new thing, but it is
not at all common. There is not a house in
Chaleroi yet, outside OF the land Office, the
postoffice, the open restaurant and the beau
tiful NJ. C. Kean mansion on the hill over
looking the river.
A BEAUTIFUL SITE.
Off in the distance, on bend in the No.
nongahela, is Belle Vernon, a thriving
town. ChaIeroi itself is most beautifully
situated on a level plain between the river
and low hill, beyond which is another e1-
panse of pretty country and fallow fields.
But it was the crowd of BUYERS present
that was most attractive. They came from
the interior of Ohio, Latrobe, Greensburg,
Jeannette, Pittsburg, and from many places
in the Monongahela Valley. The streets
were marked off with a plow furrow, and
earnest men went over the plat carefully
and discussed the situation. The pleasant
view of the river and the surrounding coun-
try caught everybody. The expected
gang of tramps and spectators was
not on hand, and it is safe
to say that nine-tenths of those
who invested intend to locate in the town.
Contractors, builders and cellar diggers
mingled among the buyers. and man
bought lot and let the contract to build
almost in the same transaction. One gentle
man invested $4,000 in lots, and has made
up his mind to put $4,000 more in houses.
An OLD man with long white beard wanted
a lot for butcher shop but didn't know
where to locate. He hung around over the
diagram all day until the good-natured
crowd got tired OF his hesitation. The little
land office was jammed with buyers study
ing the plot.
The scenes at the open restaurant were
most amusing. A shed had been hastily
built, and one end was left open. The men
sat down at the tables with their overcoats
on shiyering with cold.
OLD OIL DAYS RECALLED.
'This reminds me of the old oil days"
remarked q manipulation of the grease. The
restaurant keeper and his wife, Lii, as he
called her, got ratified as the rush continued,
L = r
up thing the diners concluded that the
woman was all right and he was all at
fault.
The citizens of the infant town are already
booming it for the seat of new county to
be created out of portions of Westmoreland,
Fayette, Washington and Allegheny. They
claim there is sufficient territory, and that
many of the towns are too farremoved from
their present county seats. The four coun-
ties converge along the river, and the dis
tance from Bellevernon to Uniontown is "a
miles, to Washington 90 miles, and Green's
burg is from 80 to 40 miles to the eastward.
They are certainly hummers, and it won't
be their fault if agitation will not ac-
compiish ii.
W. D. Hartupee, the engineer who is
building the plate glass works, and DR.. A.
T. Chandler. Secretary of the company,
were present at the sale. Both gentlemen
were pleased with the bright prospects for
the town. Some work has been done on the
plant, but operations on an extensive scale
will be commenced in a short time. Mr..
Hartupee said:
''We expect to have the works finished by
November 1, and the plant will employ
from 900 to ], 200 men.
MACHINE CONTRACTS LET.
'As soon as L can have boarding sheds
and tents erected l will put about 800 men
at work. Ali the contracts for the plate
glass machinery have been let to a ST. Louis
firm. About $3.50, 900 will be spent on the
machines alone. The very latest and best
in the business will be obtained, and, when
finished, the plant will be the largest and
most complete plate glass works in the
United States. All the most improved
machinery in the grinding, polishing and
casting hall departments will be introduced.
The factory, when complete, will be 969 feet
long, and will have 100 pots. The Crystal
CITY works has 81 pots. and is the largest
single factory at present"
Manager Alexander has removed to the |
new town and has taken up quarters in the |
KcKean mansion. He will stav there in |
the future and attend to the sale of the lots.
Mr.. Mexican, the father of the Pittsburg
postmaster. is known for his good old
Scotch hospitality, and more than one Pitts !
b1-roer foolr ADVANTAGE of biS l-ipdDase ro,