Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-31
MORE RAPID TRANSIT.
Birmingham, Knoxville and Allen
town Shortly to Be Brought
TO PITTSBURG's CENTER,
And Offering Another Good Chance for
Southside Development.
ADVANTAGES OF A HOME IN KNOXVILLE

ADVANTAGES OF A HOME in kNOAVlLLE
1t will be but short time until an cleo
trio railway will deliver passengers from
Knoxville into the heart of the city in from
20 to 80 minutes. On the 23d of June an
application will be made to the Governor
for a charter for an intended corporation, to
be called "The Birmingham, Knoxville and
Allentown Traction Company The in
corporators are H. Sellers Mckee, Edward
e. Denniston, John P Ilsley, Murray A.
Werner and James A. Chambers. The line
will be built from the borough of Knoxville
to the incline, and connection with the
Birmingham line will be made by means OF
the incline.
In the vicinity of this great, active city
there are many beautiful locations for
handsome homes for its toiling thousands.
While there are many such locations, there
are few indeed that are as easy OF access, or
that have the advantages of water, gas and
Improvements necessary to make them In
habitable as the beautiful borough of Knox
vile, that cannot be excelled, perhaps not
equaled, by any of the beautiful places
in the vicinity of Pittsburg as an
attractive, desirable and lovely place
to live. In many of its respects it is mar
velously located. The splendid natural
views that are presented from every point
IN this much favored town are marvels OF
rare loveliness. From almost every point
in the borough the eye can look over miles
of most beautiful country, dotted with
towns and pleasant homesteads, embowered
in the midst of enticing foliage, scene that
one never tires of looking upon.
A Place Of Wonderful Beauty.
It is impossible, in any description that
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the wonderful beauty Of the place.
Strangers visiting the place for the first
time universally exclaim: How beauti-
fulp' "What a lovely placer 'Is it not
grand?" This, and more, reader, you will
think and say when you have seen Knox
vile in all its beauty.
Knoxville is ot,,only beautiful-it is easily
accessible. 1t is only N miles from the
postofice, in the heart of the city. Think
of. this, reader, you who have looked out
upon the dingy brick walls of the closely
built, uncomfortable city-that it is only ~
miles from the seat of all your discomforts
toa place possessing the beauty and COM
fort of the country and all the conveniences
of the city at the same time. The borough
is easily reached in from 10 to Is min
utes from the Southside market house,
by way of the great Knoxville and Pitts
burg Inclined Plane from Bradford and
South Eleventh streets, and with the pro-
posed new electric railway the time will be
lessened one-half
Not an Out f-The-Way Place.
Knoxville is not an out-of-the-way place.
There are other localities that have no
thsroughfare through them that will always
be back and out-of-the-way places. 1t lies on
the line of the two most important highways
leading into the city, namely, the Washing
ton and Brownsville avenues. These are the
two main highways traversing through rich,
prosperous and populous districts of the
county, over which thousands of people are
constantly travelling. These important
avenues passing through Knoxville will
have the effect Of materially advancing the
value of property adjacent to them
in short, property in Knoxville is front
property, such as that on the portant
streets In the city, and not back out-of-
the-way property that never advances in
value.
Knoxville is delightfully."- pleasant and
healthy place to live in the summer time, as
well as in the winter. 1t has a gentle e1-
posure to the southwest, and the prevailing
winds which in summer time blow from the
southwest, laden with the breath of the
wooded groves and broad. green fields, are
delightfully."- pure, fresh and invigorating.
Many persons who have removed from the
city to this delightful place, sickly, delicate
and weak, have in q few months time be-
come strong, hearty and happy, with the
glow of health upon their countenances, and
rosy-cheeked children meet you at every
turn. ~
Some improvements of the Place.
Knoxville has splendid Improvements.
The streets of the borough are handsomely
laid off, and are being paved as rapidly as
the means of the borough will admit. They
are bordered on either side with splendid
shade trees Good, clean, dry walks are
maintained throughout. The houses all set
back uniform distance from the street,
and are surrounded with handsome
presenting pleasing and at
tractive appearance. The houses on
principal streets are all built of brick, with
Slate roofs and fine verandas; there are no
frame houses ON such streets, the effect be-
ing to make the property on such streets
extremely desirable, and to cause it to rap
idly advance in value. =
City water is supplied to all the streets in
the borough.
The Philadelphia and the Manufacturers
Natural Gas Companies have their pipes on
all the streets of the borough. The streets
are splendidly lighted with natural gas sup
Great attention has been given to the
public school. The borough has one of the
finest stone school buildings in the State,
and the school is supplied with abundant
and efficient teachers, is well graded, and
compares favorably with any in the State.
Churches for Many Denominations.
The Presbyterian Church owns a neat
building at the corner of Knox avenue and
Jucunda street. 1t is in very
flourishing and prosperous condition.
The Methodists have splendid
brick edifce, q model of neatness and dura-
bility, and have young and vigorous Or
ganization The United Presbyterians own
q beautiful chapel on the borders of the
borough, and have a growing and prosper
GUS congregation The Lutherans have Just
completed a handsome $40, 900 brick church
and parsonage on one of thelmost beautiful
locations in the borough. The Epis-
copalians have purchased line
lot and will build during the pres
ent season a very handsome chapel
The First Christian Church has bought two
eligibly situated lots and will also build
handsome church. The Baptists are at
present negotiating for location, and will
in all probability build this season. The
Catholics have fine edifce in the Thirty
first ward, within short distance of the
borough.
There are number of very good grocery
and provision stores, frst-class butcher
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