Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-08
BUILDERS AT WORK.
Lot Owners HHstling Around to Es-
cape the Landlords.
MORE HOUSES A STERN NECESSITY.
Strong Position of Pittsburg Realty as
Compared With Other Cities.
REACTION AGAINST THE sKY-SCRAPERS

REACTION AGAINST THE SKY-SCRAPERS
Although building operations have not
been fully resumed there is great deal go
ing on in this line Ground lost at the be-
ginning of the year is being recovered.
There is plenty of time to begin and finish
ordinary houses before cold weather. Many
lot owners are making extraordinary exer-
tions to get under their own roofs the
coming fall
The commencement of - houses by Prof.
Sloane at Hazelwood, was noted yesterday.
George Thornton will soon begin five at the
same place. Yesterday morning Mrs. Law
renee had ground broken for four on Leon
ard street, Brushton. Timothy Griffin is
laying the foundations for four on Boston
street. near Fifth avenue, Fourteenth ward.
In the course OF a short talk with Archi-
tect Offerman yesterday he said: Business
has picked up wonderfully since the strike.
am now satisfied we will have good aver
age year. There is plenty of time before
cold weather for ordinary buildings, but
large ones will not be undertaken. The
scarcity of dwellings compels people to
build whether they want to or not. This ex-
plains the activity in this industry so soon
after one of the greatest labor upheavals in
the history of the city,
Mr. Charles Langton, well known in in
surance circles, returned day or two ago
from an extended trip to the West and
Northwest. In conversation yesterday he re-
marked: "The country through which l
passed is prosperous in everything except
real estate. There have been so many
Blooms" out there that every city and most
of the towns have been oversold. The con-
sequence is shrinkage in values which has
In Chicago, St. pfI Paul, Kansas s | uity, Omaha Omaha
and some other places vacant houses are too
numerous to count. L wish we had few
hundred of them in Pittsburg, where there
are not enough to shelter the people,"
Considerable has been said of late concern
ing the tall houses in Chicago. Mr.. Langton
said that while he was there one of these
sky-scrapers, IA stories high, was condemned
as unsafe, and will have to come down. He
said the sentiment against very tall build
ings was growing. 1t is impossible to handle
them effectively in case of fire, while the
constant source of danger.
Business News and Gossip.
There is fresh talk of a large business
house on the corner of Fourth avenue and
Grant street. This property belongs to the
Wilkins estate.
The German National Bank building is ap-
preaching completion. 1t is one Of the prin--
cipal architectural ornaments of the city.
The contract for grading and masonry on
the Beech Creek railroad, between Kerrmoor
and La Jose, has been awarded to George 8.
Good s. Co., of Lock Haven. Pa.
Next Tuesday will be "Contango' day in
the London market. Contango means interest
to brokers for carrying unsettled accounts.
The Second Avenue Passenger Railway
Company yesterday filed its annual report
with the Sapretarv of Internal Affairs AZ
Washington. The report shows a capital
stock of $3G0OOO; number of passengers car
red last year, ls0s 993; receipts, SSs 492 AZ ex-
penditureS, SOL G94 AZ; surplus fund, 81, ,52S 81
No dividends were declared last year.
Twelve persons were in jured.
London prices were higher yesterday and
talk was bullish. New York was also
stronger. Advances extended to lL per
cent, led by Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
Sugar, Louisville ami Nashville, st. Paul and
Union Pacific.
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, fourth
week of July, increase, sl3, 743; monthly in
crease, s20,s6l. From January l, increase,
S24, ,l3l.
Philip Eichenlaub, of the Northside, will
soon begin the erection of S15, 900 dwelling
in Straub Morris Beechwood Park plan.
At the last call yesterday 100 shares Of
Manchester Traction stock was offered at
3S1d; 90 was bid for 100 shares of Citizens
as a feeler. Birmingham was
offered at 1874.
Colonade Row, near the Suspensionbrfdge
one of the landmarks of Federal street, Allie
gheny, will disappear in short time the
owner, Mrs Lucretia NJ. Martin, having de-
cided to tear it down to make room for an
elegant business house. Colonade Row was
built so or 60 years ago by the late General
and was in its day the finest pri-
vate residence on the Northside.
Reed B. Coyle & Co. sold for j. W. McGin-
ness to a well-known business man a lot 5Ox
100 feet on Bellefield avenue, Fourteenth
ward, for s., leo cash. The purchaser will
improve BY building line residence to be
Black Baird sold to NJ. E. Smith lot No.47. |
in the A. Roll plan, Twenty-second ward, |
on the corner Of Montrose street. for $500 |
cash.
straub & Morris sold for the estate of R.R.
Morris, deceased, to Ewing H. Shipler, ESQ.,, |
q lot OF ground 1l5 feet front by 240 feet sit |
uated on the Ridge, at Grafton, for $500 |
cash.
A. T. Byers & Co. sold for George N. Riley,
ESQ.,. to Beall and Steel, of Steubenville, O., |
ots Nos. los and lo4, in j. S. McNaugher;s
plan, Twelfth ward, Allegheny City, each
fronting % feet on Linden avenue and ex-
tending through los feet to an alley, for 81, 900
cash.
Jas. W. Drape & Co. sold a block of l3 lots
in the Ninth ward Allegheny, near Woods
Run avenue, for $l05OO; also house and lot
SCOUb SUTeeu, CITY, lOT IOu: also q |
small house and lot near Grazier street, East,
End, for 81 900: also an interest in properties
on Hiland avenue and in the suburbs. for
10000
Baltensperger & Williams sold to A L. Wat
1ins the property No. 81 Lithgow avenue,
second ward, Allegheny, consisting of a lot
0xl0O, with good frame dwelling of eight
'ooms, for $1,000.
George Schmidt sold for George NJ Schmidt
,wo lots on Allequippa street, being Nos 126
md l27 in Eureka Place plan, oakland, to
Mrs. X. Specht for 81 200.
Peter Shields sold for the Schenley Park
and Company to John j. Dougherty, a lot
Ox100 feet, on Lydia street, for $780,
Charles SomerS & Co. sold i'll the LorenZ
,lan, CHARTERS township, for Mrs. Frances
:. Gregg to James Patterson, lots Nos. AZ
md 43, each 25x95 feet, fronting on Frederick
treet and extending back to Forest alley,
or $500 cash.
The Burrell Improvement Company re-
port the following lots as sold at Rensing-
lot 81, block 2, $656 25 cash, Mary
Ann Leyburn, Pittsburg, lot 8, block !, for
$50 % cash; J. c. Reed, Brookville Pa, lot |
OF, block 8, for $a76 25; William Eichhorn,
-.ltrobe Pa, lot "A, block 8, for $500 cash; +.
PAUL Baran. Pittsburg, lots l33 and 134, block
/, for S4s7 90 cash; Miss Mary Garrett,
'ittsburg, lot p, block 8, for $3.50.
for S4sS IS; John Peppers, Pittsburg. lot l29,
,lock s, for $276 25; Blassius Zolar, Pittsburg,
OF l32, block s, for 1916 25: August Albricker,
Pit tsburg, lot Al, block a. for 81, 100 90; Will
am Walrabenstein, Pittsburg, lot l53, block
, for S243 IS cash; to Leander E. Vaughn,
Park, Parnassas, Pa. lot 1l5, block 4, 1885 90;
Tonn L. ketter, Pittsburg, lot 36 block Z,
70l % cash.
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