Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-18


lows: "The recent article in THE DISPATCH
on the decadence Of boat building in Pitts
burg brings to my recollection the time
when it was the principal industry. My
father was in the business from 1855 to 1874,
during which time 654 steamboats, were built
in the Pittsburg district. During the same
period about coo barges were constructed,
besides a great many keel and fiatboats. For
nearly 70 years Pittsburg was prominent for
steamboat building. Now it is practically
a vanished industry. Railroad competition
and neglect Of the rivers have des royed it,
If the Government would do its duty to
about one-third Of the population OF the
country by improving the Ohio river and
keeping it in navigablo condition, boat
building would speedily. revive. Boats can
be constructed cheaper here than at any
other city in the Ohio Valley, on account of
the cheapness Of iron and other materials
entering into their composition"
. So y
The European war scare over the Seizure"
of port, on, the island of Mytelene by the
British has subsidized, This, with the return
of gold from Europe, has strengthened the
business situation in this country, and rein
forced public confidence. Conditions are
bullish. and there are no reactionary symp-
toms. Pittsourg has her sails spread to the
good rate of speed. Nothing short of
univei sal calamity can put Pittsburg on her
back.
=. Business News and Gossip.
William Reed has sold to William F. Wise
81 acres in jefferson township, for s17, ,6l2.
Grain men say If there shall be no frost
this week the corn crop will be out of
danger. 81
Twenty good-class dwellings have been
started on Butler street, near the bridge
Electric was dull yesterday, but from the
firm front it continues to show it is evident
it has support. Eastern friends express
great confidence in its outcome
At the last caIl yesterday Birmingham
Traction was offered at 171S." p;
3. Maxon appeared to see money in Philadel-
lphia Cas- and Kuhn Bros. in Luster. They
wanted more than they got. a-..
At q recent auction sale OF stocks in New
York, American Exchange National Bank
brought 15l14; Bank of America, 205: Ma
tional Broadway Bank, 275: Third National
Bank, l041T. f'... -
It was stated yesterday that the Man.
chester road would be in full operation on
the electric system within ten days.
Mr. Reed B. Coyle will, it is said, shortly
be in a position to receive the special con-
gratulations of his friends. He is brighten
ing nm his recently purchased residence at
. The West End Street Railway Company is
making arrangements to extend its line up
the Southsde to the Smithfield street bridge.
This will give the company control of some
The break in CHARTERS Gas is attributed TO
selling by city bank holding the stock as
collateral, .-.,
The general sales agents of the anthracite
coal companies met and advanced prices
from 10 to 25 cents per ton, to take effect
October l. The advances are: Broken, 10
cents: egg and stove, 10 cents, and chestnut,
% cents.
wheeling and Lake Erie earnings, second
week in September, increase $3.50.
The Paris market declined on a rumor
that Minister Freycinet was dead.
Movements in Realty.
DenDiston, EIderkin & Co., Linn, report
the following sales: For +. LeMoyne to S.
Mcdonald 40 feet on Edwin street, East End,
extending back 120 feet to an alley, for s65
per foot; also, for E: ID. Robson, of ALE
gneny, to Mrs. Catherine Fisher four lots on
Butler street extension, having frontage of
100 feet and extending back 100 feet to an
alley, for $500 cash: also, for G. NJ. Alexander
two lots on Gerrett street, Twenty-fir
ward. East End, to Nathan Floyd, the two
lots having together frontage of 46 S. 100
and extending back 40 feet to an alley, for
1900, two-thirds cash, balance on time.
Black & Baird sold for Samuel Buckley to
B. A. Harris lot No. in James T. Steen's
plan of Duquesne Heights having frontage
of 2615 feet on Grandview avenue by depth
of l70 feet, for s., ,030.
Hoffman & Baldridge sold lot 50xaOo on
Beech street, Edgewood, Pennsylvania Rail-
road, six minutes from the station, for 8, 900.
Charles Somers & Co. report the following
additional sales OF lots at Blaine: w. j.
Florenstein, city, lot 81, in block Ii, $500: Au-
gust Freilland. Allegheny. lots 40 and 60 in
block 9, $4C0 and $3.50 respectively; SD.
Eckles, Allegheny. lots 90 and 100, in block 9.
$500 each; Robert Caruthers. Wheeling, w.
Va, lots s5 and SO, in block 8, $500 each; John
Simpson, Southside, city, lot 3S, in block 9,
S401: Fred Sedgwick, Southside, city, lot 80,
in block 8, s40O; Sarah J. Arner, city, lot So in
block Il, 500; George r. Steel. city, lot IS, in
IA and l5 in block 8. 800 each.
Samuel W. Black & Co. sold three lots on
Lytle street, Hazelwood, with one-story cot
tage, for price approximating q, 500 cash.
John K.Ewing & Co. sold to Samuel p
Harris, formerly prominent business man
OF Philadelphia, for Mrs. NJ. w. d. Watson
two lots, 50xl50 feet each, on Grant avenue,
in the Watson subdivision, East Bellevue,
Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railroad,
for 81, $50 cash. Mr.. Harris will build hand
some residence at once.
Baltensperger & Williams have sold for N.
street and Joels lane, Mt. Washington, con-
sisting of lot 112xl56 with a six-room frame
dwelling. for 6, ,600., - s..-
Baxter, Thompson a 20; sold ANOTHER lot
p feet ON Kirkpatrick street by us feet to
2O-foot alley, for $500. 5s
The Building Record.
Four permits were issned yesterday for
five improvements, the estimated cost aggre-
eating $751; -. -. ~
Harvey B. Chess. two cement two-story DWELL
ings, on Aiken avenue, Twentieth ward. Cost
N4 0Oo. E. Il. Engeman, frame two-story and
mansard dwelling, on Ruth street, Thirty-second
ward. Cost, q, 500. William Harris. frame addi-
kevet0ue.