Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-08
A MAMMOTH CONCERN.
Inside Facts Anent the New Plant
of the Fort Pitt Glass Works.
BEGINNING OF ANOTHER TOWN.
other Dickers and Tips in Which Mints of
Home Money are Involved.
THE NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE CITY

THE NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE CITY
As mentioned a few days ago the Fort
Pitt Glass Works of Dithridge & Co., on
Washington street, are to be removed to
North Jeanette, where a site has been Sc
| cured. The new plant will consist of six
stone and brick buildings, 140 BY 500 feet,
exclusive OF boiler and blacksmith shops,
and will afford facilities for doubling the
product of the present establishment They
will cost $500, 900 or more. The plant will
give employment to at least 800 men.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will run tracks
into all the buildings, giving special advan-
| tages for receiving material and shipping
| goods. Work on the buildings is in progress.
The contract calls for their completion by Au-
| gust Is.
Adjoining this mammoth plant the Fort Pitt
Land Company has laid out about 100 acres of
desirable land in lots, of which there are over
| 700 the smallest being 40x100. Streets are all
| so feet wide. Good water and natural gas are
| abundant. To give this enterprise start,
Baxter Thompson & Co., who are agents for
hthe property, will have sale on the grounds
on Saturday, June 2l, due notice and full par
ticulars of which will be given in The DIS
PATCH.
1t may be added that in addition to the Fort
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the same locality-among others: another flint
glass concern and a bottle factory, both of
So.
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oo LII, a aulilt.eu tnat tney are ABOUT CLOSING
up an SoovVV oea, IN uroah properly
One OF the brokers in charge OF the big COB
pie at farnassus reported tnat ne naa soia an
other farm to the syndicate at about S4oO an
acre. A MEMBER OF tne nrm OF W. A. derron
q Sons denied the statement that they mad
Just maze sooooo saie Oh CITY business prop
erty. Ihey nave mad an oner tor IL, put noth-
ing has been concluded. II Is on lower Penn
avenue. Only one prominent real estate broker
In the city holds the opinion That business Will
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Local News and GossIp,
,yi+i,ors of trsvo-+b .nd o.ber v,,,ev tovns
otNen Va s,, ~ Gnu ~ o.Nei ,"-o' so".o
irp measures for hurrvinp il mn
The biggest mortgage recorded yesterday was |
for 81, 800. There were 81 in all of which IL |
were for purchase money.
Dan Talmage's Sons Co.'s circular, Just re- |
ceIved at this Office estimates the shortage in |
domestic rice at 9O32t bushels, as compared |
with the crop of last year. They predict a |
speedy advance in prices.
Sales of local stocks on Change last week |
were 982 shares, against 5000 the previous
week. The only important price change was In
Electric, which lost ground.
About 1000 shares Monongahela Water Com
pany stock changed hands last week at 3093l.
A handsome residence in the East End
stands on ground occupied by grist mill about
rs years ago.
J. F. Stark sold so shares Philadelphia Gas at
3lA. J. Z. Forse bought 200 shares of La Noria
at l91&.
A decided Improvement is noted In the de-
mand for building sites down the Fort Wayne
Railroad. A new subdivision of about 800 lots
will soon be put on the market down there.
Mrs. Hugh Lafferty has purchased the Boggs
homestead-a Landmark in the Thirty-second
ward-for $4,000
convenience Oh residence is feature which
Pittsburg possesses to greater degree than al
most any other city. This explains the rapid
growth OF the suburbs
Movements in Real Estate,
Tbars WAS a good moyement in real as,oto
durinp the week. The inquiry was largely for
oitv business property and suburban residence
sites. An unusually large business was trans
acted in acreage, The following deals were
closed mn Yesterday:
Charles Somers q Co. sold for W. b Wallace
to Edward Robenstien a residence property at
Brushton station, Pennsylvania Railroad being |
t%o-s1ory famn ~ nouse =, sA aooms o0if, anu a..c
hoinr Nos 9e4 and oes aooh fron.-
;ro IN feet on Mines ayepue and in dentb In |
feet tn an alley for $500