Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-09
ON THE N0RTHSIDE.
Material Progress of Pittsburg's Pro-
gressive Neighbor.
STATUS OF CALIFORNIA AVENUE.
Building Operations Restricted, but Every
Ward Shows Improvement.
THE POSTOFFICE SITE STILL A SECRET

| pied by Pittsburg people, and OF no CONNER
| cial consequence They have acquired tnls
impression mainly from the fact that when
Alleghenians go abroad they register at the
hotels as from Pfttsburg. If, therefore, they
are misunderstood and misrepresented, they
| have only themselves to blame. But ALE.
gheny is big place, whether outsiders know
| 1t or not, as an hours ride on Pleasant
Valley OF Manchester street,'car will dem,
onstrate.
A large share OF public interest on the
Northside, at present, is centered in Cali
| fornia avenue, about which much has been
| said and but little is known. This great
| highway was visited yesterday, and some in
| teresting facts in regard to it brought to the
| surface. 1t is graded and ready for the ties
| as far down as Jacks Run, where the city
| ends and Bellevue borough begins. The
bridge over Woods Run is finished, and
Pleasant Valley cars are running over it.
The bridge at Jacks Run has not been COM
menced, although the contract was let sew
eral months ago. With this hindrance out of
the way, work on the avenue will be pushed
with great vigor. 1t is thought it will be
finished as far as Bellevue and cars running
| within a year. 1t is proposed to extend the
avenue as far down as DiXmont.
Apropos of this subject, MI. John X.
Ewing, of John X. Ewing & Co.. said yester-
day: 1.-The completion of this avenue will
open up one of the finest residence districts
to the East End of Pittsburg. Among the
properties which it will develop may be
mentioned those of Davis, Watson, DR.. Ran
kin, and Bayne. Among those who have
built, or contemplate doing so, i'll this locali-
ty are Mrs. Slack Davis, Samuel and William
Walton, nephews of Joseph Walton, the Coal
King, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore and Samuel
Ritchie, of the New York Life Insurance
Company"
As in other districts, land values vary ac-
cording to location and the views of owners
Being a high-class neighborhood-large lots
and expensive buildings-there is no
"cheap" property, in the ordinary sense OF
the word.
Of Allegheny generally it can be said that
it is quite as prosperous as its big neighbor
The bulk of the building is centered in the
Perrysville and California avenue districts
but every ward shows improvement. Mr.. A.
view when he said: 1--WE have a good de-
mand for property and have sold S225, 900 worth
of lots in the Ridgeview Company's plan on
California avenue within the last ten days.
The outlook for busy fall, now that the
strike is over, is very encouraging"
In regard to the poStof11ce site, very little
seems to be known on the Northside. There
is considerable talk, but it is indefinite and
hazy. The deal is being worked very quiet
ly. Those who ought to know say it will be
somewhere on the Diamond.
They Made Mistake.
Nearly all the property in Cherry alley
that changed ownerships during the big
boom in that quarter year or so ago is
again on the market, showing conclusively
that the Pennsylvania Railroad was not in
it. The movement is supposed to have been
in the interest of small syndicate of fnan-
ciers, their object being to turn it over to
the railroad at a big advance, or to profit by
the widening of the alley of which there
was considerable tall talk at the time. These
projects having gone glimmering they have
for fha arfXr SO mn for an
couraging a.boom.
Under the Hammer.
Major A. J. Pentecost sold at public ven
due at the Court House yesterday for the
trustees of James Marshall, deceased, 16 con-
tiguous lots and a brick building known as
the Franklin foundry In the Tenth ward;
also four lots of ground in the same ward,
Patterson plan; also six lots in the Twelfth
ward Patterson plan-the whole being
knocked down ut 81, 600 He also sold lot
of ground in the Twelfth ward IA feet on
Railroad street and extending to the river,
for $50 800; also 66 acres in O'Hara township
for SIC, 600; also piece of ground on Stock,
acres in Penn township, Butler county, for
$4,000 The purchaser in each instance was
J. H. White, the well-known attorney.
The Ferguson Block.
Messrs. E. NJ. and Walter Ferguson have
taken a new departure which is worthy of
largo imitation. In order to enable the
public to obtain a clear comprehension of
their fine Office building on Third avenue
they have issued through the Pittsburg
Photo Engraving Company full descrip-
ton of it, with illustrations and diagrams of
the several floors, giving an accurate view
of the structure in whole and in detail. This
will be a great convenience to occupants
and others who may be called there on busi-
ness. THE DISPATCH has on several occa-
sions called attention to this elegant build
ing, and will merely add on this occasion
that in its construction the greatest possible
care was taken to insure safety from fire, to
give perfect sanitation and to afford easy
communication, for which purpose three
high-speed passenger elevators are in con-
slant operation. The Messrs Ferguson are
to be congratulated on the successful issue
of an enterprise which constitutes one of the
principal architectural ornaments of the
city.
Business News and Gossip.
There is quite a demand for business
stands on Federal street, Allegheny, with
none in tho market
A. z. Byers Co. will soon open new sub
division on California avenue, to be called
the Grande Pointe plan.
The greatest want of Allegheny is houses,
both for business and residence. All the
real estate agents over there are overrun
with applications which they are unable to
fill. Capitalists seeking good investments
should make note of this.
W. j. Robinson yesterday sold ten shares
of Keystone Bank stock at 50.
The Maiden Electric Company has de-
clared quarterly dividend of per cent,
payable July l5 to stock of record July 10.
Continued bad crop prospects and a de-
cline in the price of roubles and the rate of
exchange caused a further serious fall in
Russian securities on the foreign bourses
On call yesterday SSH was bid for Man.
chester; 20 for Birmingham, offered 2015; l5%
for Duquesne, and So, 900 Hand Street 5S
offered at par and interest.
A corps of engineers has been engaged for
some days past on the preliminary work
connected with the bridge about to be con-
structed over the MonongaheIa river under
a charter recently secured to join Elizabeth
and the new town of Blaine with West Eliz-
abeth. The completion of this much-needed
bridge will be followed by the laying of an
electric road connecting the two Elizabeths
and Blaine with McKeesport and Duquesne,
six miles below.
John NJ. Oakley & Co. have issued COM
pendulum of the Chicago grain markets in
neat and convenient form. 1t is valuable to
investors.
Since the close of 1887 English capitalists
have invested between $500, 100000 and $780,
100000 in the United States.
Hooking Valleys earnings for June, which
amounted to $3.50 753, show an increase of
81, 1862.
By reference to our advertising columns it
will be noticed that the transfer books of
the Westinghouse Electric and Manufa etur-
the 18th, inclusive. On the latter date the
stockholders meeting will be held.
The Building Record.
Permits for the erection of the following |
buildings were issued yesterday:
Mrs Sarah Smith, frame two-story DWELL |