Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-21
REALTY IS MOVING.
A Big Deal in Lawrenceville for Mar.
ket House Purposes.
CONTRACT FOR SIX FINE HOUSES.
A Building Company Negotiating With an
Ex-Reyerend for 100 Acres.
THE DRIFT OF LOCAL SPECULATION

vile real estate was consummated yester-
day. Thomas McCaffrey sold about hall q
square on Penn avenue, near the FORKS OF
the Road and close to the Howard Pubic
School, for $4,000. The owners were Mr.. l..
Vilsack, the Scott heirs and Mr.. Tappy. The
the present. 1t is understood that thoy will
erect market house on the property, for
which there is as much need as there Is IN
East Liberty or Oakland.
w. c. Stewart yesterday let the contract
to William D. Beatty. for six houses IN the
Ardshiel Terrace plan, Murray Hill avenue,
Shadyside. They will be of brick and stone
handsomely finished, and cost $50, 900 or more
Ground will be broken to-day. The houses
are to be finished and ready for sale by
March l.
An ex-minister of the gospel is negotiating
for the sale of 100 acres on the line of one OF
the principal railroads. and close enough to
the city for subdivision. A building COM
pany will probably be the purchaser.
Business News and Gossip.
The contract for the NJ. E. Church build
ing at Williamsburg has been let, and work
will begin at once.
Philadelphia Gas was away down yester-
day, but the holders showed wisdom by
keeping out of the market.
London was moderate buyer of stocks
yesterday and prices were stronger.
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern second
week of July increase $l6l. From January l,
increase s., ,07s.
Over S5O0,O0O in gold will go out to-day.
The shipment is under the new arrangement
of the Bank of France to issue paper money
against gold and loan the shippers the
money at l per cent.
Electric stock is being sent to New York
for tran nsfa ba
This gives brokers deal of trouble.
On call yesterday 95 fiat was bid for Birm-
ingham Traction bonds and the stock offered
201Is; 72115 was bid for Electric scrip; 3sH was
bid for Manchester.
The Bridgewater Gas Company held its
annual meeting at Rochester yesterday to
elect bord of directors.
The President of the Electric and Manu-
featuring Company, as reorganized, will be
George Westinghouse, Jr., or Charles Francis
Adams, most likely the former.
Pittsburg maintained seventh place among
cleS ring house cities last week.
A per cent dividend has been declared on
the Atchison incomes.
Crop news continues encouraging, and SO
do railroad earnings These are the great
bull cards.
The Building Record.
Permits for the erection of the following
buildings were issued yesterday:
Mrs. Sarah Grace Logue, frame two-story
dwelling, 22x32 feet, on Brereton street, Thir-
teenth ward. Cost, $500.
Michael Wolforth, brick two-story store
and dwelling, 2OxS2 feet, corner Fifty first
and Butler streets, Eighteenth ward. Cost,
s3OO0
Josephine Gerster, frame two-story dwell
ing, 22x32 feet, on Mawhinney street, Four
teenth ward. Cost, 81, 100.
Albert Vokach, frame two-story dwelling,
22x32 feet, on Mawhinney street. Fourteenth
ward. Cost, $2,l0O.
Maria A. Ransel frame one-story kitchen,
sxl2 feet, on Shamokin street, Twenty
seventh ward. Cost, $50.
James Mitchell, frame addition one-story
dwelling S1so feet os3 on soa Atwood street.
John Boyd, frame two-story dwelling,
17x30 feet, on alley rear Howley street, Six
teenth ward. Cost. $3.50.
Michael J. Rolleran, frame two-story
dwelling, 9ox32 feet on Second avenue, Four
teenth ward. Cost, $l,400.
James Murphy, frame two-story dwelling,
9Oxaa feet, on Carson street. Twenty-fourth
George Jenkins. frame two-story dwelling.
I7x9o feet, on Morris street, Fourteenth
Henry Winkel, two frame two-story dwell
ings, 20x30 feet, on Wright's alley, Twenty
sixth ward. Cost, "A, 300.
Thomas Uhlan, stone nd brick two-story
dwelling 2lx5O feet, on Stanton street. Nine
teenth ward. Cost, $500.
Jos. S. Finch & Co., brick seven-story ware
house 39sx14O feet, corner Second avenue
and Mexican street, Thirtieth ward. Cost.
$4,000.
John F. Owens, frame two-story stable,
22x46 feet, rear Boquet street, Fourteenth
ward. Cost, $l,500.
J. H. Zimmerman. frame two-story dwell
ing, 20x30 feet, corner Fifth avenue and
Grazier street, Twenty-first ward. Cost,
sl,95O
Charles wilkcowitz frame two-story dwell
ing, 22x32 feet on Wandless street, Thirteenth
ward. Cost, 5000.
Movements in Realty.
S. A. Dickie & Co. sold for Alexander
Jaydman to John West a property on
Bryant street, Nineteenth ward, East End,
lot 5Ox124, with two-story and attic frame
house, for s., 800.
John X. Ewing & Co. sold for Mrs. Mary
W. D. Watson to Mrs. B. Greves four lots, 50
xl50 each; on Sycamore street, in the Wat
son subdivision, East Bellevue, Pittsburg,
Fit. Wayne and Chicago Railroad, for $500.
Peter Shields sold for the Schenley Park
Land Company to Mrs Ella Free two lots 25
xlOO each, on Lydia street, for $500; also to
Mrs. B. Burke lot 25xl0O on Lydia street,
for S400.
A. j. Pentecost sold lot 227 in Valley View
plan, Bower Hill station, CHARTERS Valley
Railway, with u one-story frame dwelling,
for S345.
A. z. Byers & Co. sold for Albert W. Gar
lick to Charles F. Miller lot No. 16S, in the
Northside Land Association (Limited) plan,
West Bellevue, fronting 81 feet on Harrison
avenue and extending through 100 feet to
an alley, for S425 cash.
Reed B. Coyle & Co. sold lot No. AZ in their
Glenmawr Park plan ut Haysvilie, Pittsburg.
Ft. Wayne ana Chicago Railway, fronting 80
feet on Riverview avenue, and extending
back ITO feet, preserving the same width OF
so feet throughout, for 500.
Black & Baird sold for NJ. F. Lewis to
Thomas Z. Kerr lot 143 in the Alta Land
Company plan, on Duquesne Heights, for
$40 cash.
Thomas McCaffrey sold for P. Kroft to
A. Wolforth the property on the corn er of
Fifty-flrst and Butler streets, Eighteenth
ward, a triangular lot having erected
thereon three large business houses and