Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
POINTS IN REALTY.
The Big Twentieth Ward Will Carry
the Banner This Year.
SOME NOTABLE IMPROVEMENTS.
Report That the Harrison Lot Was Bought
for Hotel or Opera House.
THE ALIERToN DEAL BROKEN OFF

The years record will show that the
Twentieth ward is fairly entitled to the
banner for the number and value OF its
improvements, in which it easily leads all
others. The improvement of Howe street
has contributed materially to this result.
Nearly all of the improvements are of a
high class. To particularize little: E. H.
Meyers is putting the finishing touches to his
| fine, handsome stone and brick dwellings, on
South Neglev avenue. They will be ready
( for occupancy by the end of the year. On
O'Hara street, four houses of similar kind
are approaching completion. Quite a
number of fine dwellings of the
Queen Anne order are going up
on Ellsworth avenue, on the
White estate Murray Hill avenue has un-
dergone complete transformation within
the last four months, due to the erection OF
Is or 20 high-class dwellings by the Yoder
Land Company and Mrs. W. c. Stewart.
One of the finest residences in this ward is
that of Mrs. Mclean, on Fifth avenue.
corner of Ivy street, and nearly opposite the
residence of W. G. Park, which will soon
be completed. 1t will cost in the neighbor-
| hood of S75, ,oOO
A person looking over this ward from a
point near Judge Kennedy's residence is
astonished at the number of new houses,
completed and under way, which he sees
spread out before him. They run into the
hundreds.
A building attracting much attention
just now is that of John r. Mckinley, Esq.
1t is not in the Twentieth ward, but COM
mands good view of the western part of
it. When he undertook the improvement
OF this property hilltop sites were in bad
repute, and his friends told him he was
making mistake, but it is now conceded
to be one of the most desirable residence
properties in the entire East End.
1t appears that the report of the sale of
the Harrison property, on Penn avenue, ad-
joining the Kuhn building, was substan-
| TALLY correct, after ALL but the deal has to
run the gauntlet of the Orphans Court.
The lot is 6312O0 to Shakespeare street.
Those who ought to know place the consid
Grafton at about So, ,O00 1t is understood
Kuhn Bros. we're the purchasers and that
their object is the erection of hotel or
opera house.
There is no property for sale in what is
known as the Club" of East Liberty. Own
ers are holding it for rise. The deal for
the Allerton property, 40 acres, in the
Eighteenth ward, has been broken off The
price, 81 900 an acre, was all right, but
terms could not be arranged.
Business News and Gossip.
DR.. G. G. Reimer, who died on Thursday,
was not dealer in real estate, but large
owner Nearly all of his property was i'm
proved and productive.
Van Gorder & Lloyd report an abundance
of money at per cent. and good steady
movement in realty. They anticipate brisk
business in the renting line next spring.
Mr.. Spohn, the Southside druggist, is
putting up four large frame dwellings on
Stanwix street, near Gascol.
The process of rehabilitating the Butler
Chemical Company has been completed aud
arrangements perfected to secure the serv-
ices of frst-cla.s chemist to manage the
concern. The plant will be in full opera
tion in all departments in short time.
''Old Hutch" has withdrawn his appli-
cation for membership in the New York
Produce Exchange. He thinks it takes too
much red tape to become member.
Owing to the large amount of money re-
quired to move and carry grain. some Chi
cago banks have advanced time money to-
per cent
Three building permits were issued yester-
day-one to Edward Maui for three-story
brick business house on Carson and Twenty
fifth streets, to cost So, 600; one to Henry
Poeckler, for brick two-story dwelling on
Trent street, Thirteenth ward, to cost s., 500.
and one to John NJ. Addy, for frame ad-
dition to dwelling on Heberton avenue,
Nineteenth ward, to cost 81 200.
Managers of the Real Estate Savings Bank
for the ensuing year are: James S. McCord,
r ID ~
Nimick, John w. Chalfant, James B. Scott
and George Z. Painter. James S. McCord,
Chairman, and Charles r. Fenderich, Sec
retary and Treasurer.
Considerable gold was received in New
York from Europe yesterday, and $500, 900
more was reported on the way.
Rufus Heron, of W. A. Heron & Sons,
is in New York.
Negotiations are pending with James W.
Drape & Co. for piece of downtown prop
erty for which a positive spot cash offer of
over $50, 600 has been made.
Movements in Realty.
1t was learned yesterday that the sale of
the Leonard property to Joseph Horne &
Co., had been closed so far as preliminaries
were concerned. 1t is likely that details
were arranged in New York yesterday. The
Speer property is not involved, but the
church may be.
Reed B. Coyle & Co, sold through the
agency of George Schmidt to u business man
of this city. q lot on the west side of Bo1uet
street, Oakland, being l25 feet front by LIS in
depth, for price approximating $4,000, OF
SEQ per front foot.
John X, Ewing & Co. sold to William
Teller for Mrs. NJ. W. ID. Watson, lot 5Oxll0
with a two-story frame house of four rooms
at Jacks Run station, Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne
and Chicago Railroad, for $500.
Black & Baird sold to Patrick Lynch lot |
No 63 in T. A. Gillespie's plan OF Heron |
Hill Park, fronting 25 feet on the west side |
of Madison avenue by depth of 100 feet to |
Karnack alley, for $500.
The DurreH Improvement Company re- |
port the following sale of lots at Kensington: |
Charles Forssen, Pittsburg, lot 4, block 5, for |
5000; Mrs. Barbara Redman, Allegheny, lot |
IS block g. for 81 ,O62 50; Joseph T. Berberich. |
Allegheny, lot s5, block s, $1,062 80; John
Bush, Pittsburg, lot l27, block 6, Tor S575; f. |
P. George, kensington, half lot A. block s.
for $500; Thomas Grey, Pittsburg, lot 40.
block 8, $3.50: George W. Fimee, Parnassus.
lot 5. block 3, for $3.50.
James W. Drape & Co. closed negotiation
for u house and lot in the suburbs, for S. 900;
also sold two houses and lots near Center
avenue East end, for 200: also two small |
houses and lots in Allegheny, for S4OsO.
Allies Bros & Co. placed a mortgage of S. 900
on Sarah street property, Southside for three
years at per cent.
S. A. Dickie Co. sold for L. A. Hope to T.
II. Drummer lot on Kelly street, Brushton,
nv for