Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-30
REALTY PICKED UP.
A Good Movement in Building Lots
in the City and Suburbs.
A GOOD WORD FOR THE FRACTIONS.
Ladies Make Strong Plea for the Privi-
leges of the Half Holiday.
THE FEATURES OF LOCAL SPECULATION

There was good movement in real estate
for the first day of the week. George john
ston closed deal of 1014 acres at Ingram Tor
$4,000. The purchaser will improve with
$4,000 residence. He also sold several lots
on East street, Allegheny, making p dis
posed of in that locality in the last two
weeks. Nearly all the purchasers will build.
The certainty of rapid transit is stirring up
things in that part of the Northside
A Leggate & Son offered the property, No.
&c sherman avenue, Allegheny, at pubic
sale on Saturday afternoon. Although the
attendance was large and considerable inter-
est was manifested in the sale, the auctioneer
was unable to reach the point which the
owner would accept. 1t is expected that
the next effort will prove successful.
The 'Burrell Improvement Company sold
seven lots at Kensington on Saturday ana -
yesterday, the whole aggregating $leooV.
Yesterdays sales were the largest OF any
one day since the opening.
Advantages of Rapid Transit.
The extension of rapid transit suburban
ward is bearing good fruit in making great
deal of new territory available for settle
ment. 4 few years ago nearly all the move
mcnt in real estate was confined to the lower
wards; all else was as inaccessible TO the
average citizen as the summit of the Alle-
was dead stock. Now large part OF the
population are domiciled from five to ten
miles from their stores and workshops, and
experience no Inconvenience in travelling
to and fro while land values have increased
enormously. No better argument than TINS
need be addressedin favor of the cable ana
electric roads. Having demonstrated their
value in building mp the city, they should
be encouraged in every legitimate way, ana
while compelled to respect private rights,
onerous restrictions should not pc placeu
upon them to hamper their operations
A gentleman said yesterday: 81 have n
few acres in an outer ward thnt nave oeen
holding some time for want OF 81 market. An
electric road will be running through the
tract in a short time, and will then nnd
ready purchasers If l do not concluGe 70
improve it myself. This is not an isolaGe9
instance of the direct benefit OF rapld
transit. There are many such.
A Plea From the Fair.
Quite a number of ladies are employed in
the various real estate offices in this city as
cashiers, stenographers. typewriters, book
keepers, etc, whose duties keep them
indoors all the time during working hours
They think they should be permitted to en-
joy the benefits of the halfholiday law. One
of them writes: 81 wish THE DIsP ArCH would
lay this matter before our employers. They
could let us have Saturday afternoons as
well as not; statesmen are always around to
attend to such business needs attention
1t would enable us to do our shopping before
night and have some little recreation IN the
evening. The rest would be beneficlal to us
as well as to our employers, Tor we woulo pc
so refreshed as to do more and better work.
Our employers are liberal and considerate
men and have little doubt that, their atten-
tion being called to the matter, they Will
willingly grant our request"
Business News and Gossip.
Real estate agents think business will pick
up after the holiday. The scope of the in
quiry justifies this opinion.
1t is now said "Old Hutch" will settle in
New York and open an Office there. He is
speculnting in cotton.
The NJ. Z. Church on Mt. Washington is
nearing completion. 1t will be dedicated
July II.
Room is being made at Shndyside for an
additional side track, and, possibly, q freight
house.
Mr. Charles Seibert, secretary and treas
urer of the Germania Savings Bank, of this
city, has resigned his position and will prob
ably locate on the Pacific coast Mr.. Seibert
has been thinking of taking this step fol
some time past, owing to the poor health Of
some members of his family, for whom q
more congenial climate is advised.
Gross earnings of 80 roads for the third
week in June. 1881, were s. 4Sl, 49, 1880, s. 363
159; increase, SllS,63S.
An effort is soon to be made to bring
Alaska coal into the Pacific coast market
Will Scent street car fares disappear after
tomorrow? is a question that n good many
people are asking. Either the Duquesne OF
the Pittsburg. Traction Company could cor
rectly answer if they would.
The number of new industries established
in the Southern States during the second
quarter of 1921 shows total of Sa2, against a
total for the second quarter of 1890 of 1850,
and the second quarter of 1859 of sos.
Duquesne Traction people claim to have
carried 5000 people Sunday and Sunday
night.
On July stock of the Philadelphia Com
pnny will be transferred by the Union Title
and Trust Company.
Railroad earnings-Lake Erie and West
ern, third week of June, net increase, 81, ,304
Atchison earnings, third week June, in.
week June, % decrease sIS, III. N ''' 1' WI
1t is stated one block of 5000 shares OF
Electric held in Pittsburg, will not be sur
rendered to the Reorganization Committee
The Building Record.
Permits for the erection of the following
buildings were issued yesterday:
William Witherspoon, frame one-story
dwelling Hx4 feet, on Millerood street
Thirteenth ward. Cost, $50.
W. j. Kemler, frame one-story kitchen,
lOx12 feet, Carey alley, Twenty-fifth ward.
Cost, 500.
August Stuckfeish, frame one-story addi.
ton dwelling, AXIS feet, on Lookout alley,
Thirteenth ward. Cost $500.
Anton Lebracht, frame two-story dwell
ing. lsxS2 feet, on Downing street, Thirteenth
ward. Cost, 1886.
John Schmidt. frame one-story basement
dwelling, 1Sx34 feet on Eureka street, Thirty
first ward Cost, 81, 900.
Martin Shellony, frame one-story dwelling,
l5x25 feet, on Hancock street, Thirteenth
ward. Cost, 800.
Charles Wagner, two brick two-story and
mansard dwellings, 26x30 feet each, corner
Park and Mayflower streets, Twenty-first
ward. Cost, $1,000 for both.
Movements in Realty.
s., A. Dickie & Co. sold fer H. Guy to
George X. Black, an improved property on
Carver street, Twenty-frst ward, lot 4sx7o
with two-story frame house. for 50 800.
Al Pentecost sold lot OBJ in Pentecost's
plan of Valley View place, Bower Hill sta
tion, CHARTERS Valley Railway, with small
frame dwelling. for $780,
Black & Baird sold for j. Walter Hay tc
| William NJ. Clurg lot No. Is in his Kenil
worth plan, Thirteenth ward, fronting d
| feet on Madison avenue and extending back
| a distance of 100 feet for $5l5 cash.
Allies & Bailey sold through Holmes & Co
| lot No. l. on Wilson avenue, Tenth ward
| Allegheny, IN the Mary Boyle plan of lots
| size 25Xl0O feet to an alley, to A. S. Burt for
$3.50 cash.
w. A. Heron & Sons sold lot 20xlO0 feet
on the north side of Dearborn street near
Winehiddle aycnue. Nineteenth ward haipo