Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-04
READY FOR A WHIRL.
Historic Grant Street Catching the
Spirit Of improvement.
ORIGIN OF TIE FAMOUS BATTERY
Home Securities and Pennsylvania Oil
Develop Additional Backbone.
THE NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE CITI

did injustice to that ancient and historic
thoroughfare. The name is derived from
Colonel Grant, who was defeated there and
thereabout by the French and Indians
more than $50 years ago.
Although somewhat isolated by the
"hump" from the railroad and chief busi-
ness centers, it has almost kept pace in
Improvements with other streets that are
more prominently in the foreground. That
tits giving out symptoms of fresh vigor may
be seen in the many important improve
ments which have been completed within a
| comparatively short time. to say nothing of
Others that are under way or projected,
Among the more important structures on
| this street may be mentioned the Court House,
one of the finest buildings of the kind in the
United States, the Dalzell law building, rapidly
nearing completion, the Hamilton d Lemon
block, English Lutheran and st. Peters Epis-
| copal churches, St Pauls Cathedral and epis-
| copal residence, and a number of Others
The most noted of the landmarks, of which
| there are many. are the Battery and Connolly's
| Hall, which have been the scenes of many
turbulent political gatherings TheBattery owes
| its name to the fact that at an early day it was
free ball alley in opposition to similar en-
terprise owned by man named Gormley, but
who exacted pay for the sport. This alley was
on what was then known as Fourth Street road.
now Old avenue. The brick wall of the Isaac
Bolton row was Gormley's battery. The free
concern used the wall of Denny Donovan's
house for its battery, and this in time gave the
name to the locality, which it still retains.
The original Battery was located on the
south side of Webster street, east of High, on
what was known years ago as Coal lane. As
ground around it became valuable new and
cheaper location became necessary, and John
Duffy who will be remembered by many old
citizens, took advantage of the change thus
made necessary to divert the Democracy to his
hostelrie, and in the course of time he' appro-
priated the name as well as the prestige of the
old grounds.
Along in the forties, the father of the late
BARLEY Campbell had a brickyard opposite
the Cathedral, and was offered lots on the street
in exchange for his product at 500 each. The
hill was then 30 or IS feet above the present
grade. Grant street is so situated as to offer a
convenient outlet to the crowded business
quarter of the city, and win in time assert its
right to be classed with the progressive and
bustling thoroughfares further down town.
That it affords good field for investment can
not be questioned
Business News and Gossip.
Permits for the erection of new buildings
were issued yesterday to the number of a
round dozen. The most important was that of
g. H. Dauler for seven-story business house
Smithfield street to cost, 81, 800. Others
were:
Charles Goldbech, frame addition two-stofy
store and dwelling, l2xI6 feet, on Penn avenue,
Twelfth ward Cost, $3.50
Oriental Glass Company, brick two-story fac
tory, 4Sx6l feet on corner Eighteenth and
Sarah streets, Twenty-ninth ward. Cost s., 800.
Gottfried Goldberg, frame two-story base
ment and attic dwelling 7x32 feet on the bill
above Gregory street, Twenty-seventh ward.
]. L. Davidson, frame two-story and attic |
dwelling S3x33 feet. on Terrace street, Four |
teenth ward. Cost, S3.000
Miss Olive Turney, frame twostory and attic |
dwelling. 3Ox3 feet, on Amber street. Twentieth |
ward. Cost 5000.
Mrs. Slain. frame addition two.story store and |
dwelling. 20xl6 feet, cn Keystone street, Eigh- |
teenth ward. cost, 81, 900.
Samuel Smith, frame two-storv store and |
dwelling lSx4O feet, on Greenfield avenue,
Twenty-third ward. Cost. $1,000
Ann Shannon, frame two-story dwelling lSx |
80 feet, on Howell street, Second ward. Cost, |
s27OO
George Baur, frame two-story dwelling, l6xS2 |
feet, on Rebecca street. Nineteenth ward. Cost, |
S945
Charles Herbster frame addition one-story |
dwelling, 6xl2 feet. No. Industry street,
Thirty-frst ward. Cost. $50.
William ]. Lust. frame two-story and attic
dwelling. I5x36 feet Sis Armand street, Twenty
first ward. Cost So. 600.
Edgewood borough expects to place her $780,
0Af ahnal hNa1 A Grr.
property worth s20 900 as security
President Campbell, of the Homestead
Building and Loan Association, says the affairs
of that concern are in way affected ny the
suits brought against Secretary Jarrett. as his
operations were on his individual account
The Council OF Brushton borough at meet
ing Tuesday night let the contract for electric
lighting to the East End Electric Light Com
pany for three years. Grades of streets were
established and sidewalks ordered down at
once.
Several bitches of recent occurrence in the
sale of real estate should impress upon owners
the importance of placing their property IN
the hands of one agent firm.
Of IS mortgages on file yesterday one was
for $4,000. one for SS4, 500, and one for $4,000
The rest ranged from s., $50 to $780, Nine were
for purchase money
The price realized for the Fifth avenue and
Chestnut street lot sold by w. A. Heron &
Sons yesterday, was at the rate of over $500
foot. This is pretty good figure for unim-
proved property. and shows that business in
terests are improving out that way.
The annual report of the Northern, Pacific
Railroad for the year ended June 30 1890,
shows gross. s22,6lo,5o2; operating expenses,
slS OSs lS6; net earnings S. 52l 1885, miscellaneous
increase, 81 070, SlS; total net increase, SlO592-
1884,
Sproul q Lawrence sold 81 900 Monongahela
Bridge Company 5s at lU5 and interest. An
drew Caster sold a small block of United Coal
AND Coke Company 6s at par and interest.
Movements In Real Estate.
It was learned yesterday that deal in busi-
ness property, among the most central in the