Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-14
THE BIGGEST WARD.
Some Of the Prominent Features of
the Schenley Park District.
LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL OWNERS.
Land Values Much Too Steep for People
With Shallow Pocketbooks.
HOUSES UNDER WAY AND PROJECTED

HUUSEO UNUEh WA1 AND fRUJEO1LL
The Twenty-second ward, in which Schen
ley Park is situated, is the largest ward in
the city, and there is more unimproved
ground in it than in any other. 1t is only
within the last two or three years that any
general movement has been made to de-
velop this fine territory. The elimination
of the park project was the first impulse.
| This was followed by the Squirrel Hill Rail-
road scheme. These enterprises attracted
the attention of capitalists. Property soon
began to change hands, and many handsome
improvements were made on Squirrel Hill
and in the vicinity of the park.
Among the largest land owners in this
district are the Murdocks-they own about
200 acres; Thomas Wightman, the glass man.
ufacturer, SO to 75 acres; J. E. Mckelvy,
the well-known attorney, George 1. Whit
| ney, the stock broker, both of whom pur-
chased several years ago in the belief that
the city would expand in that direction;
| the result shows that their foresight was
correct; George W. Guthrie, the attorney, 33
acres; Mary E. Parkinson, 30 acres; Sanford
E. Clark, the coal man: J. p. Smiths heirs:
Thomas Phelps, ex-Delinquent Tax Col
lector; Mrs. Elizabeth I. Stewart: Ira NJ.
Burchfield and Captain Sam Brown. Mrs.
Schenley owns considerable land adjoining
the park, but the bulk of her holding is in
| the Fourteenth ward. Transfers of Twenty
second ward property in the last two years
| foot up over s., l,000000.
| Improvement has been slow in compari-
| son with the other quarters of the city, but
| it is beginning to attract attention Among
park are those of Captain Harry Brown, the
| coal king; Martin Beehner and Jacob Fos-
ter. Two fine houses are going up on
Wightman street, near Forbes Five acres
no Shad 1a nrd
| changed ownership a short time ago at
about $4,000, and the purchasers will begin
| the erection of two first-class dwellings at
| once. At least 30 houses are in the paper
| stage, but as nearly all of them are large
their erection will probably be postponed
| until next year.
| sidered reasonable in view of the high char
acter of the location, its contiguity to one
| of the finest parks in the country, and the
| certainty of rapid transit in the near future.
| As high as $4,000 an acre has been paid.
| David Murdoch sold two acres year or so
! ago for sls,0c0. 1t could not be bought at
anything like the same price to-day. Lots
50X200 have brought 5000. There is really
no cheap property in the park district. The
lots are large, and improvements are ex-
pected to be on the same scale.
Business News and Gossip.
1t is rumored that Harry Alden, who is in
the city, is negotiating for the Keller prop
erty on Smithfield street, adjoining Brim-
stone corner. 1t is held at about $50 900.
The top of the Duquesne powerhouse stack
could be seen through a clear atmosphere
yesterday. The company is using Lima Oil
for fuel.
Financiers as rule think financial
squeeze impossible this year. Enough gold
will be returned from Europe to maintain
the market in an easy condition.
Rea Brothers & Co. are fixing up their Of
fee in the Exchange building. 1t will be
one of the finest.
A Fourth avenue business man said YES
terday that if he were guaranteed water and
rapid transit he would begin the erection of
100 houses on Squirrel Hill at once.
+ The ejectment suits against alleged squat
tiers on Homewood Cemetery property will
be tried the coming fall. People involved
say they have no fear of the result.
1ti expected that the opening of Califor-
mia avenue will mark the beginning of new
order of things in the Woods Run district
Shanties will have to give away to a better
Stockholders of the Boatman's Insurance
Company held a meeting yesterday and in
dorsed the decision of the directors to wind
up business. The risks will be turned over
to the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Com
pany, of England. The Boatman's was organ
lied in 1866. The capital is $250GO0.
Pittsburg is again ahead of Baltimore and
Cincinnati in the Clearing House returns.
For Panhandle first mortgage coupons rs
liz was bid.
The Building Record.
Permits for the erection of the following
buildings were issued yesterday:
John Daub, brick onestory addition Office,
4o19o feet, on Smithfield street, Third ward.
Cost, 5000.
Mic Ulrich, frame one-story addition dwell
ing. l2x13 feet, on Greenleaf street. Thirty
fifth ward. Cost, SIS
William Bauersmith, brick two-story and
attic dwelling, 2sx47 feet, on Rebecca street,
Twentieth ward. Cost, s6 600.
NJ. NJ McCready, frame two-story dwelling,
l6x3O feet, on Beionda street, Thirty-second
ward. Cost, Sl.050.
c. W. Gallagher, frame two-story dwelling.
l4Xl6 feet on Webster street. Thirteenth
ward. Cost $500.
Philip Siebert, frame two-story dwelling,
2OxS2 feet, on Jones avenue, Thirty-second
Peter Ammon, frame two-story dwelling,
20x32 feet, on Boggs avenue, Thirty-second
ward. Cost, Sl.15O.
Josephine Loreless, two frame two-story
stores and dwellings, S0130 feet each on Lin
coin avenue, Twenty-frst ward. Cost, 81, 900
each.
kitchen. 12xl6 feet, rear 13l Twentv-fourt
street, Twenty-f1fth ward. Cost, SlO0
Standard Oil Company, brick one-story
brick Bnt;k,s shop, Sass feet on Allegheny Valley
eighth streets, Eighteenth ward. Cost, $500.
Movements in Realty.
Samuel W. Black Co. sold for Roger s.
Kennedy, a merchant of st. Paul. Mimi,
about eight acres of ground in the Nine
teenth and Twenty-flrst wards, for SIO.6Oo
cash.
S. A. Dickie & Co. sold for H. H. Huber to
H. L. Holland, the property southwest cor
ner of Frankstown avenue and Fifth ave-
nue. lot 30xl2s, with three-story brick store
and dwelling, for $500.
Ira NJ. Burch6eld sold half An acre on !
Squirrel Hill for H. W. Hopkins, of Washing |
ton, D. c., to a well-known business man, for |
s., 200 cash.
Black Baird sold to Harry F. Grover for |
sons plan at Grafton, on the Panhandle |
50xl00 feet, for $3.50.
Reed B. Coyle & Co. sold to Captain Free |
land lots Nos. 8, p and % in their Glen Mawr
Park plan, at Haysville, Pittsburg, FIT Wayne
and Chicago Railway, being 3Oxl10 feet each,
j, F. Glass sold for A. C. Watkins nine lots
in the Riverside plan, in the Twenty third
ward, at the special sale on Saturday after
noon; also sold lot No. 81 in the AlIiquippa
place plan for $400.
Peter Shield sold for the Schenley Park
Land Company to John j. Dougherty two
lots corner Lydia and Gertrude streets 5Ox
100, for 5000: also sold S. Liberman lot 25x
100, on Haldone street, for $4O0 on monthly
payments.
Mugaw Goff Linn, sold to j. H. McNIillen
two lots, each 25xll5, at Oak station, Pitts
burg and Castle Shannon Railroad, for S245 |
The Burrell Improvement sold SIX lots at
kensington on Saturday ut prices ranging
from S225 to $46s.
Chnrles Somers Co., placed mortgage
Of SlO,O ,OO0 for three years at per cent on
block at Irwin, Westmorelaud
county, Pa; also mortgage for 50 500 for