Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-17
LANDS AND HOUSES.
Reasons Why Capitalists Should Put
More Money in Buildings.
RIGHTS OF AGENTS AND OWNERS
Speculative Interests Still Dragging Their
Slow Length Along.
THE NEWS AND GOSSIP OF TIE oIrI.

Aue ueHano tor houses contlnuet, not
withstanding the number being built. The
larger the population gets the greater will
be the demand. People are being attracted
to Pittsburg by reason Of the magnitude of
its industries and by its natural resources
developed and undeveloped-and houses
must be provided to shelter them. This
steady influx of population will increase or
diminish just in proportion as the industries
expand and diversity, and any person at all
conversant with the growth and enlarge
ment of the immense manufacturing estab-
lishments here can easily figure for himself
the extra number of people to be taken
care OF.
Mr.. Kennedy, Of j. P. Larkin 8 Co., said
yesterday. "We could rent 100 houses If
they could be had" Baxter. Thompson q
Co., W. A. Heron & Sons, Black & Baird
and others. who make house-renting spe-
cialty said the same thing. These gentle
men have no use for houses unless they have
people to occupy them. Their testimony is,
therefore entirely disinterested and reliable.
| APiea for Fair Play.
There is complaint among real estate Dnen
| about the refusal of owners Of property to
| meet the disposition of buyers. Many cases
have been reported lately of owners who. hay-
! ing put their property in the market, are dis
posed to withdraw it when the price asked il
offered. This destroys confidence, imperils
business and infiicts a loss on deserving agents,
who have gone to trouble and expense to secure
| the attention of buyers. In some cases the
| property Is withdrawn in the hope of saving
the commission by . private deal between the
principals.
This is regarded as unjust. The agent, like
the laborer, 10 worthy of his hire. He first
solicits the sale of the property and then ad-
vertises and brings to it the attention Of buy
ers who had probably mover heard Of 1t, and
in any event did not know 1t was on
and every fair-minded person should
show regard for these essentials by
promptly complying with their agreements.
All reputable agents are under heavy expense
in the proper conduct of their business, and in
the prosecution of it are fully entitled to that
which they honestly earn. Some people 60
upon the principle that agents are not essential
to transfers, and that property would be bought
and sold without them. That is true, to an ex-
tent only. but the transfer would be very lim-
tied. The agent has his list Of buyers; he makes
q business of it, and saves the buyer the trouble
and time involved in going from house to house
| for something to suit him; besides, he has de-
scription of all kinds of property in various To-
cations, knows just what will buy 1t to q cent,
| and has the terms at his fingers ends The
gathering Of this information costs money and
| time. and this Ia as essential to . sale as
proper title.
The owners or sellers OF property are also
benefited by taking advantage of the facilities
at command of an honorable agent, and they
are many. The man offering his property for
hos hi "a sfrA NA 4a
and cannot afford to be chasing around alter
buyers. He knows nothing about that business,
and an attempt to acquire that knowledge takes
his mind off more profitable matters. He may
have versatility of talent and may sell, but IL
he stops to count the cost and the disadvantages
he labored under he will find that he had better
have paid two prices to some reputable agent.
Every man cannot be q salesman; it requires
special talent, an even philosophic temper and
pleasing address, and in addition, those who
succeed must have the confidence OF the people
and be Of known integrity. These oombina-
tions command money. and those who are not
willing to accord it do = very great injustice.
The real estate agent has come to stay. He
has got his business down to q science, and
those who do not recognise 1t must be content
to jostle along in the old way and on old planes,
for they can only get what the live, active
hustlers do not want for themselves.
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/ Business News and Gossip.
Considerable improvement In business was
noted during the last half of the week. This
indicates an early fall movement
Center avenue has been paved from Penn to
| Negley, from which point curb is being placed
to the cut at Heron Hill.
The power house of the Duquesne Traction
Company at Ben Venue is assuming shape,
the foundation being about finished.
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the corner Of Westminster and Lilac streets
There were 80 mortgages on file for record
yesterday, the largest being for SS5. .000 given
by Emil Winters to @. Q. Dellenbach. Seven
teen were for purchase money.
Rapid progress is being made in the work of
grading and filling Negley avenue. The ap-
proaches for the bridge at Roup are almost
ready
W. K. Given has completed plans fer hand.
some residence on Pacific avenue, near Lib
erty street, work on which will begin soon
The foundation for the school house at the
corner of Cypress and Osceola streets, Twen-
tieth ward. is about finished. This building
will be one of the finest
The mill district on the Southside is receiving
| large share of attention from home-seekers,
| 1t is no longer dead territory.
The store and dwelling of J. w. q. smith, at
| the corner OF Liberty and Eveline Streets is
receiving the finishing touches. It wiz cost
$4,000.
Seventy-two new buildings were authorized
| last week at an estimatd cost!of s3S7, $780, This
number has been exceeded but four times dur
ing the year. Activity is equally marked in
the surrounding districts of which no record is
kept. Pittsburg is growing.
Mr.. A. e. Byers, of Ewing 4 Bysrs, is on deck
again after a ten days outing in Canada and
| on the lakes.
Next Wednesday will end the agony as to
the placing of the new stock of the Westing-
house Manufacturing Company, amounting to
S. 600 600, and 1t seems probable that every one
Of the new shares will be taken.
Movements In Real Estate.
A good inquiry, mainly for suburban lots,
and moderate movement were the features
of the market the past week. Little progress
was made in the large transactions previously
mentioned as 'hung up" and they cannot be
pushed until the principals return from their
vacations.
A handsome residence in the Oakland dis
trict changed hands yesterday on telegraphio
order from Atlantic City. The purchaser Is Q
Wood street merchant The price was $4,000.
Two 50-foot lots on Rebecca, near Liberty
street found purchaser yesterday at $1,000.
Reed B. Coyle d Co. sold for G. M. Corbet to
w. H. Warner a lot in the Twenty-third ward,
fronting 25 feet on Monongahela street by lUO
feet to 2o-foot alley, for $500.
Black & Baird sold to Mary Helen Todd for
Sarah Mclaughlin lot No. 202 in the Baum
Grove plan, on Amber street, Roup station,
the west half of lot No. 6sS in Homestead
Borough, 30xIl0 feet, for $500; also, sold to
Patrick Duffy for ]. Wal er Hay lot No. Al. in