Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-31
STILL ON THE HUNT.
The Department OF Awards Spends
Another Day in the County
LOOKING FOR A POOR FARM SITE.
Six Pieces of Land Along the honOngahela
River Viewed.
AR0UTE LAID OUT FOR TO.DAY'S TRAVEL

The city chiefs spent yesterday climbing
over hills and tramping through mud in
their examination of sites along the Monon-
gahela river offered for the City Poor Farm.
The party started out from City Hall at 8
o'clock in the morning, accompanied yreal
estate agents representing each piece of
property offered in the Monongahela VAL
ley. A train was taken at S:15 at Try street
and the first stop was made at the Kenney
farm, in Mifflin township. 1t contains $50
acres, offered at S4oO per acre; or, if $50 acres
are taken the price will be $780, This prop
erty was offered at 5000 last July. It is a
beautiful property. and were it not SO ele-
waited would stand an excellent chance of
becoming the city's property.
Viewing the Large Farm.
The next stop was made at Blair station,
in Jefferson township, where the S. P. Large
tract, containing 347 acres, is located. The
price is S93, 500 for the whole tract. The To-
cation of this property is peculiar. Twenty
acres of fine bottom land lies along the river
front and the balance lies on the hill above,
separated from the bottom land BY strip
about 1000 feet in width, which is owned by
another party. The Large heirs have an
easement, however, which permits their use
of 5O-foot road through the strip and which
will eventually become a street. The land
in general is very good for farming pur-
poses
After viewing the Large tract the visitors
tramped to the William Glue farm, also in
Jefferson township, containing 400 acres, at
$500 an acre, or 25 acres will be sold at 5000
i, al U,-ln2
farm last summer ut $3.50. About 100 acres
of it is very fine bottom land, and the bal
ance is good upland in fair state of culti-
walton. The visitors were we'll impressed
with the tract and it will probably receive
its share of consideration.
A three-mile tramp brought the party to
Elizabeth, where they crossed the river to
West Elizabeth, and walked thence to the
tract offered by Charles Somers, in Eliza
beth township. The tract contains 286 acres
and is bid at $3.50 per acre.
Not Suited for Poor Farm.
While very fair farm, the tract has only
ZOO feet of river frontage, and runs back in
narrow strip to the main farm on the hill.
Chief Elliott expressed the sentiments of the
visitors when he said it would never make
good Poor Farm cite.
After satisfying themselves to this effect
the visitors turned back to Elizabeth
borough, where, at the old log tavern, they
enjoyed good dinner and talked over what
they had seen. An hours rest was
taken after dinner, and the party took
a train on the Bellevernon road to
Buloa station, in Forward township, where
is located the 340-acre tract offered by Sny-
der, Silby & Co., at S15Q per acre. The
tract consists of three farms of AZ, 146, and
147 acres respectively, and has frontage OF
1000 feet on the river. 1t did not take long
for the party to decide that this property
was not adapted to the purpose of Poor
Farm, and they started for home, crossing
over into the county OF Washington and
taking Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston
train for Pittsburg.
Six farms will be visited to-day, the party
starting out at 8 A. M. and going out on the
Allegheny Valley Railroad, along which
are the properties offered by F. j. Glass,
james Boyd, W. II. Alexander, W. A.
Tomlinson, James w. Drape & Co., and
Mrs. James Mckay.