Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-01
WILL TURN A LEAF.
One Business Man Tells What He
Proposes Doing This Year.
A STEP THAT ALL SHOULD TAKE.
Good Prospect of a Radical Improvement in
the Building industry.
POINTS OF THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS

POINTS OF THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS
Leaves without number will be turned by
business meE as well as others to-day. One
of the former said yesterday: 81 will turn
a leaf tomorrow. L intend to stick closer
to nv business this year than did last.
was on deck all the time, but engaged in
several outside interests, which divided my
attention and weakened my resources.
fad that one thing is about all the average
man can success 'ully manage"
This is truth in uutshell. The maj orIty
of failures are due 10 attempting too much.
The man with many irons in the fire runs
great risk OF having some of them burned. 1t
pays 10 stick TO ones business.
More Building This Year.
The close of the year tiuds The city ''hard up''
for houses boston Philadelphia and Chicago
are admittedly overbuit, but the contrary rs
true here. With all the building of the past
and previous wears it is impossible TO house all
the people who arc seeking to locate in this
citv. Even citizens are sometimes left out in
the cold and compelled to double un with
friends.
There is ground for believing thst The new
wear Will witness a change in this matter and
steps be taken TO bring the supply within re-
snectabie distance OF the demand. 1t has
been mentioned that two companies have
been organized to build 500 houses
between them and may do better. The initial
steps to form another company TO build 200
were taken yesterday. Individual building
promises TO be on a larger. scale than ever
before.
Car,Isalists have become convinced that
houses are the best investment, particularly
where they can be sold or rented before CON-
pletion. and will be large builders ibis year.
Altogether there are about 1000 houses pro-
vided for, which Will be commenced as soon as
the weather will permit. This is good begin
ming. but the number should be qC2drupied to
even approximately meet the emergency
He Had Enough.
That distance lends enchantment to the
view is shown by the following incident. A
prominent business man on Fifth avenue had
been wishing for an o j-fashioned snow, such
aS was common when he was 4 boy. 1t came
the other day. What followed is best told in
his own words: when / woke in the morning
and found the snow about two feet deep felt
like a boy of Is. Ii was exhilarating. and
vlsIo 5 Of sleigh rides with pretty girls fitted
through my mind Wen, ate my
breakfast and started for the street
car station. 1t was glorious. the short
walk through the snow. When reached the
They had been showed up. This necesstated
tramp of 4 mile. | made the journey, but the
snow was not half so beautiful as before. In
iaCt il was positively disagreeable. l want no
more boyhood SHOWS.
y ,hink it is the same with everything else.
Old and midGle-aged people are apt to think
things were better when they were boys. but
when tested it is nearly always found that
the new ways are The best"
Business News and Gossip.
Turn your leaves to-day, and stick to what
ever yoa resolve to do. if its right.
The sale IF the Richmond property was noted
IL this column six weeks ago. The papers
passed on Tuesday.
Yearly settlements are now in order. Local
disbursements on this account will approx
mate 8 nO0,tOG
Wood is still the popular material for houses
but brick Is making good progress. Stone
about holds its own, the record showing %
houses of this material the past year, against 81
in ISS9
Officers Of The Exchange viii be elected to.
morrow. There VIII be practically no opposi-
ton to the slate.
The record of the stock market for the year
SHOWS that while reliable dividend-payers more
than held their own, all others submitted to
concessions. Water will evaporate.
\ wholesale dryGoods dealer said yesterday
that his business the past year was 50 per cent
heiter than in 1889. This is rather below the
average OF Improvement taking the city
through.
Two building permits were issued yesterday
one 10 {. w. Mctiinu, for frame two-suory
store aud dwelling, 21x50 feet, on Finance
street, Tweatv-ti1s- ward 10 cast 5000. and the
other 10 A II. Collins for a brick two-story
stable, l5xl7 1eet, on Butler street, Fifteenth
ward, 10 cost $500.
The largest Of 35 NOR CAGES on file for record
yesterday Was Tor 5000.