Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-16
CoraOpolis' Great Gusher Proves an
Irresistible Magnet for Manu-
facturers, Who Are
FLOCKING FROM NEAR AND FAR.
T. Campbell Will Establish Big Branch
Window Glass House in the
Lively Borough.
OTHER INDUSTRIES SOON TO FOLLOW.
Natures Lsvshhsss Causes Considerable Annoyance to
the CitiIsns

Allegheny county is something like an
expert checker-player, who is willing to lose
one man to gain two or more.
The county, as stated in yesterdays DIS
PATCH, is about to lose portion of the
works of George A. Macbeth & Co., who is
travelling afar in search of natural gas, but
where one leaves two step in to fill the gap,
and are willing TO squeeze little to get into
the push.
The location OF a natural gas we'll, and
one of the greatest, it not altogether the
largest, ever struck within the county limits
has proven a magnet with irresistible attrac-
tion for manufacturers who appreciate the
value Of an exhaustlesS supply of fuel that
does not discolor the ware made by its heat
aud does not need hauling to the mills,
shoveling into the furnaces, nor a constant
stirring and punching to ensure perfect COM
bustion. Natural gas is still supreme, and
Allegheny county is its chosen dominion
and the recipient of its kindcst favors.
Coraopolis Right in the Front.
Coraopolis seems to have gotten there at
last, though the fact that it has done SO can
not be accredited TO some of its citizens most
interested. 1t has been common remark
that the town would never come to anything
until there were some frst-class funerals,
but fate seems to have otherwise decreed.
An important meeting was held yester-
day afternoon in the Office of Attorney W.
T. Treadway, on Diamond street, at which
deal was closed between representative cit
izens and the T. Campbell Window Glass
Manufacturing Company, by which the lat
ter purchases five acres of ground in the
upper portion of the village, subject to the
ratification of an agreement by which the
citizens are to donate 81, 900 for the grading
OF the ground, the contract to be ratified at
a meeting to be held in the school hall to-
morrow evening.
The Terms Practically Agreed To.
Mr. Treadway saws this portion of the
work is already practically done, but a
meeting of the subscribers to the fund is
necessary to close the work of making the
guarantee.
The factory will give employment to about
$50 men, mostly skilled. The.furnace will
be 3O-pot one, of the most approved modern
style.
The striking of the second great gas we'll
in the neighborhood has done much to give
an impetus that is making things crack in
Coraopolis. 4 pottery company is negotia-
ting for a site and several other manufactur-
ing concerns are dickering for locations
The last we'll is in j. K. Jolly's property,
and it is so large as to be terror to the in
habi:ants. People living several squares
81 mt how IN oh
the fires in their houses. the atmosphere be-
ing so full OF gas that people who blow hot
and cold are regarded with suspicion. +. f.
Nesbitt's family were shivering yesterday,
and Frank came to the city, so that he could
ind place to get warm. One family whose
children were sick were forced to remove
them to house at a considerable distance,
and it is said suits for damage are imminent
If the owners of the we'll do not soon find
some way to shut it in.
Deafened by Excessive Prosperity.
Not only is there danger of an extensive
confagration, but in fully half of the vii.
lage no business can be done except by
writing, as people cannot hear one another
veil. The pressure is said to be in the neigh.
borhood of 200 pounds.
The village for some days past has beer
little else than a real estate mart, and lot,
change hands at advancing prices so fast tha
their Jrs.rsfer can scarce be traced. 1t is sail
that at least 200 houses will be built mex
season.
The next triennial assessors will likely III
elected by small property holders. and ther
some people will be ground between the uppel
and neither millstones, as the men who hav,
built the houses say they are tired of valua
Iion which puts their lots at valuation some
thing like 20 times as much as that of some o.
their neighbors.