Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-10
IT WILL BE BUILT.
Promoters of the Short Cut Railroad
10 Homestead Mean Business.
A LITTLE MORE LIGHT TURNED ON,
Pittsburg Spectators in the Same Boat
With Those in Other Cities.
THE NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE CITY

One OF the most important of the projected
suburban improvements is the Short Cut
Railroad to Homestead. 1t has been re-
ferred to more than once in this column
and is brought up again to afford opportun-
ity to say that there is no longer a reasona-
BILE doubt that it will be built
Mr.. Ira NJ. Burchfeld said yesterday: 81
am now satisfied that the road will go
through. The promoters have spent over
81, 900 in surveys and other preliminary
work, and as they are shrewd business men,
they would hardly do this without knowing
how they are to get their money hack Several
routes are under consideration, but think
the one through Calvary Cemetery will be Sc
lected."
The road will be of great benefit to the dis
tlict through which it will pass by aiding in the
development Of property, stimulating improve
ment, and opening up new territory to home
seekers. 1t will reduce the distance to Home
stead by nearly four miles, bringing that bor-
ough practically into the city, and opening up
to its citizens business opportunities, the want
of which they have long felt.
Treatment of IncIpient Fires.
A French savant suggests a new method for
ing the great expense at which many factories,
mills and stores have introduced pipes and
valves for extinguishment by water, he says:
"The most simble and efficient of all SUBJ
stances for fire extinguishment is sulphur.
This, by heat, absorbs oxygen and forms sui
phurous acid. the fumes of which are much
heavier than air. The quantity required would
be small, since 20 grammes Of sulphur can make
100 cubic meters of air unsuited to aid combus-
ton. Besides sulphur, which gives every salts
facton-both In its effects and from its low cost
we find similar property in another active
and cheap substance, ammonia. An automatic
sulphur extinguishing apparatus can be made
of various forms. One consists Of a large sheet
iron box of moderate depth and open at the
top hinged at one end or side to protected
ceiling and kept close up thereto by a cord or
wire connected with wire or strip. formed
chiefly Of cadmium, fusing at 144o F. Inside
the box is to be placed a considerable quantity
of cotton wadding containing much powdered
sulphur. On the heat of an Incipient fire melt
ing the wire or strip, the box drops short dis
tance; a simple device ar the same moment ig-
mites the cotton wadding and a strong cloud of
sulphurous acid gas is instantly evolved, ex-
tinguishing the fire by rendering the air unfit
for combustion"
The objection to this is that the appartus
might be set in operation by accident, in which
case it might cause a serious fire. But this
could be guarded against on the same principle
that electricity is rendered harmless-isolation.
The matter is of great importance, and every
new theory or suggestion should receive careful
consideration.
Business News and Gossip.
The Building Inspector had an easy time yes
terday. Only two permits were issued, one to
James Moreland for a brick addition to his
store and dwelling, on Penn avenue. Nineteenth
ward, to cost S2,5OO and the other to George
Atkinson for a chicken house. to cost SIS.
Plank walks are being laid in Brushton. Bet
ter late than never still holds good
A mortgage expert said yesterday: ''The
talk of Eastern money being cheaper than the
home article is all bosh. 1t is really dearer,
for it is expensive to place. Besides, those
who control it are SO particular in the choice of
property that it is but seldom all the condi-
tions can be met. A loan of $4,000 has just
been refused on a purchase money mortgage
on which $4,000 has been paid. Eastern people
want cream or nothing"
There were only 10 mortgages on the list yes
terday, seven of which were for purchase
money. The largest was for 1900.
]. j. Shanefelter has sold his membership
and retired from the Exchange.
Those who affect alarm in regardto to the sta
bility of the real estate market should bear in
mind that as rule property is bought for i'm
prsvement. This is guarantee of security.
Shareholders of the Bank of Pittsburg voted
yesterday on the proposition to extend the
charter for 20 years. So far as could be learned
the vote was unanimously in the affirmative.
Talk on Wall street yesterday was unfavor-
able to holders of stocks. Too many are want
ing to unload.
Movements In Real Estate.
1t was stated yesterday by the owners that the
Demmler property, on Sixth avenue has never
been offered at lower price than So, 900 foot,
Samuel w. Black & Co. sold aSchenley lease
hold, on Sherman avenue, Allegheny. fronting
for Sc, $50 cash.
Charles Somers Co. sold to G. Mates. for
]. O'Neill, the property No. S73 CHARTERS street.
consisting of a lot 24xl40 with
two-story frame building, containing store
room, hall and six dwelling rooms, for "a. 100.
Ewing & Byers sold for George M. King to
Joseph Mccall a new two-story frame house Of
five rooms and hall. with lot 20xl0O, located on
on easy payments
Black & Baird sold for T. A. Gillespie to 8.
Leech lot No. AZ in the Heron Hill Park plan,
Thirteenth ward, fronting 40 feet on Madison
avenue by 100 in depth, for 81 900.
George Schmidt sold to Joseph c. Znsmeis-
ter one of his new six-roomed frame dwellings,
with lot 30xl00 feet on Cypress street, for
s, 900 cash: also a lot in his Heron avenue
plan, between Wylie and Center avenues, for
$3.50 cash
Sloan d Co. sold lot 1854 in Kline Bros West