Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-27
Business News and Gossip,


There was no change yesterday, so far as
could be learned, in the affairs of Rea Bros.
| & Co. They still expect to resume.
1t was stated yesterday, almost officially,
| that the Duquesne Traction Company had
decided to adopt Scent fares to East Liberty
and7 cents to Williamsburg. The latter is
| slightly lower than the Pennsylvania Rail-
road rate.
| Mrs. Sarah A. Morgan has purchased a resi-
| dence site on Craig street, 1O0x1S0 for $40 OOO
| and has begun the erection of an elegant
| stone and brick mansion.
Mr.. j. II. Coleman, well known in real
| estate circles has gone into business for
! himself at 62l2 Penn avenue.
Friends OF the Birmingham Traction road
| deny that the company is losing money, and
produce figures to back up their words
The Westinghouse Airbrake Company has
declared a per cent dividend, payable on
and after October 10. This makes 2l per
cent in dividends paid by this company this
year.
1t was announced yesterday that 81, 500 900
OF the Union Pacific collateral notes would
be offered to the public a t 921S. This was un-
derstood to mean that the inside difficulties
The Wall Street Ncscs inquiries: Has the
Westinghouse reorganization scheme gone
to sleep?
1t is said that none of the railroad or gas
stocks held by the late William L. Scott, of
Erie, will come upon the market for some
time at least
L
tTate it's lake coal and iron trade at Erie
The past week records the largest run of
cattle at the Chicago stock yards ever known
nearly 81, 600 head.
Movements in Realty.
W. C. Stewart sold for the Yoder Land
Company los Nos II and Is in the Ardsheil
Terrace plan for 5000 to Mrs. Catherine
McKennon and Mrs. Mary Eva Stewart.
This makes $4,000 Mr.. Stewart has realized
for the company from the sale of lots in this
plan in last 80 days. Five more houses,
ranging in price from $1,000 to 81, ,OO0 will be
commenced on this plan this week.
Baxter, Thompson Co. sold for W. J.
Premier, Esq, lot. on the east side of At
lantic avenue, Twentieth ward, 5Oxl3l to a
well-known business man for So 600 He
will improve with handsome brick dwell. :,
ing. They also sold lot Mo. 29 Ruch Place
plan, fronting q feet on Kirkpa trick street
by 90 feet to 20-foot alley, for $3.50; also, lot
No. 40i, Butler Place plan, Eighteenth ward,
fronting 20 feet ON Morningside avenue by
100 feet to 2o-foot alley, for $500:
4. J. Pentecost sold through the Baxter
Thompson & Co agency to j. c. Lowe, q lot
50xl50, beyond Charles street, on Perrysville
avenue, for 81 400.
Denniston Elderlzin & Co. report the fol- |
lowing sales: For DR.. B. F. Reynolds, of |
Verona, Pa, to David A. Mccormick, lot PIX |
107, in the Midland View Place plan of lots. |
in the Twenty-first ward, with a new two, |
story frame house of six rooms, for 81 900, |
900 cash and balance SIS per month and in. |
terest; also for George B. Drake of Beltz-
hoover borough, to Mrs Britta Chaffey. of |
Allegheny, lot No. L. in the Wes plan of lots,
Twentieth ward, 25x120, for $3.50; a house will |
be erected on it at once; also for c. W. Law
son to W. III. Denniston, two lots on Beecher
street, in the Twenty-frst ward, being to-
gether 50xl35: also for f. NJ. Johnston to
Major A. J. Logan, lot No. l9, in the Kirker
plan of lots on flannel street. Nineteenth
ward, 20xS4 feet for $500 cash.
A. y. Byers Co. sold for Colonel John j.
Young, to Rev. 1. N. Hayes, pastor of the
Buena Vista Street Presbyterian Church,
the property No. 81 Taylor ave-
nne, Second ward, being brick house of ten
rooms and all modern conyeniences with
lot 41xs0 feet to a so-foot alley, for s9,bG0
john Z. Ewing q Co. sold for =. &. Rohr-