Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-18
Another and an Excellent Outlet
From the East End to the Down.
Town District Soon to be Had.
TIE FORBES AVENUE EXTENSION,
From Boyd to Diamond, to be Pushed as
Rapidly as 1t Possibly Can be by
the Board of Viewers.
NOTICES TO BE SERVED AT ONCE,
And When the improvement is Made the Dusussne
Company viii be Solid.

Aouu VI tue DuDllC lOT hnotneF re-
spectacle outlet 70 the East End from the
lower part Of the city will soen be granted.
The work will cost about $50, 900, and every
property holder living on Forbes street as
far east as 1tomewood avenue will he
assessed, according 10 the value Of their
property. 10 pay for The Improvement AZ
soon NJ II IL opened the Duquesne Traction
Company will lay iis tracks along The new
street
Within The nest week The Hoard Of
Viewers will serve notice on The residents of
Che ground whose property must be taken
inf The improvement ~ tAeals their houses,
Notices will AlHo he heHt 10 those whose
property will he benefited, n Wing them the
ptapt amount NJ thelf assessment ~ pay idf
Che slfepI 1'hs members ~ the board are
nov BBltiaR the fhlshiRa touches N The
matter, aud The notices will hH seRt out
about the first ot neat week, The property
10 bs affected by the cut IL A. fellewsl
WHERE ~ Will Nun,
The city end Of Forbes avenue now runs
10 boyd street. aud the former thoTeughiare
faces the ground owned by II, II, Hartley,
the smithfeld street merchant, Standing
on Mr., Hsrtley's ground are two frame
carpenter shops and q frame shed, The
street will be run right through portions of
these buildingsj only corner on each will
be left standing. Back of Mr.. HaTtley's
ground, snd on Watson street. is a three
story brick house owned and occupied by
John McNulty, the liveryman. The street
will cut right through Mr.. McNulty's
house and John RusselPs two houses, on
the same street. will suffer like fate. Mr..
Russell owns another house around the
corner on Shingiss street, and exactly one
half of the lot on which it stands
will be taken. Across Shingiss street,
the new thoroughfare will NOW down
half of the Reyman Brewing Company's
supply depot, which stands on ground
owned by the Schenley estate. Thence it
will run through several vacant lots back of
houses on the south side of Old avenue,
leased by Charles Campbell; then through
another lot, until it reaches a frame house
at the corner of Try street, owned by the NJ.
Patch heirs. 1t will tear corner off the
Patch house, and then will gobble up all
but a little corner of brick blacksmith
shop on Try street. leased and operated bY
John Bollam. Next to this shop is another
frame house, leased by the same gentleman,
which will also have to go. The street will
then run across Try street, and little alter
alton will have to be made at the mouth of
the Panhandle tunnel. 1t will then run
past the old Criminal Court House and into
the mouth of Diamond street.
THE GRADING TO BE DONE
Considerable grading will have to be done
on the new street All the property al
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owned BY Mrs. Schenley, and the ground is
away below the level of Old avenue. At
Shingiss street fill of fully 20 or 25 feet
will have to be made owing to the situation
of the ground.
One thing, deplored by m any of the hill
residents who have to pass along Old ave-
nue., is that the new street will not wipe out
all the old shanties on Mrs. Schenley's
ground and which have been an eyesore for
years.
+. O'Leary, Jr., of the Board Of Viewers,
was found in his Office yesterday working
on the plans for the improvement Of the
street. When asked when he ex pected the
city 10 begin the work Of opening il up, he
said: "In less than two weeks the work
will begin. The only thing not finished yet,
in our department, is clerical work. We
will notify all the people affected by the i'm
provement, and will have the notices out in
few days"
present time7" was asked.
"well, the original ordinance 10 open
Forbes avenue into Filth avenue met with 10
much opposition that In order TO get the
thoroughiRre opened, and at the least ex-
pense TO the taxpayers. II was decided by
Councils 10 abandon the Fifth avenue idea
and have Forbes avenue terminate at tho
mouth OF Diamond street About q dozen
wears ago or moro, mn ordinance went
through Councils 10 open tho street 10 Fifth
avenue, but the people whose property
would be- benefited objected 10 the improve
Inent The project would coat about
$500. 900, and by this change the improve
ment will not cost more than $4,000.
OWNERS or THE GROUND.
'The ground 10 be taken IL owned by Mrs
scheniey, u. II. Hartley, John McNulty
and John Russell. With the exceptions Of
the houses on McNulty's and RuSsell's lots
the buildings are not worth much. ex-
poct TO acc tho ground broken within two
weeks"
As soon NJ the street is opened the Du-
auesne Traction Company will put down Its
tracks. The question Of how this road will
get down town has been something Of o
mystery until now, although the officials Of
the company say the route has not yet been
fully decided upon. II ~ authoritatively
stated that the road will run one track down
High street 10 Sixth avenue, using the
tracks OF the Central Traction Company,
thence 10 Wood street and 10 Forbes treet
by way Of Diamond. Track-laying on the
latter street will begin shortly.
The statement was made yesterday that
Che Pittsburg Traction Company was about
20 buy out the Duquesne company. 1t was
shown 10 MIR George Rice, Vice President
of the Duquesne Company, who smiled and
said: Anybody that will take the trouble
to look at the way our road 10 being oullt
needs no argument TO convince them that
We are not putting down road for the pur-
pose of selling out TO competitor. We
are building our road to stay down, with
the intention of operating it, and we will
operate it by the end Of October"
ROUTES OPEN TO IT.
''What streets will you use to get down to
Ehe heart OF the city, Mr.. Rice?"
"The matter has not yet been decided
anon by the company, but we will get down
all right. There are several ways OF getting
10 the heart of the downtown district. We
could come down Sixth avenue and up Dla-
mond street, but it will not be very long
now until we decide upon the matter. There
is no hurry, and we are concentrating our
energies to the road built out through Soho,
now"