Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-03
THE NEEDS OF TRADE
Beginning TO Be Recognized in the
Downtown Districts.
THE OLD STRUCTURES MUST GO.
Comfort and Thrift Characteristic of all
the Outlying Districts.
FEATURES OF LOCAL SPECULATION

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bulging out in all directions. One BY one
the outlying districts are falling into her
arms Braddock and Sewickley mark her
eastern and western limits. The interven-
ing territory is thickly settled. Commerce
| and manufacture keep pace with the growth of
population.
| The new districts are well laid out, as a rule.
and present the pleasing aspect of CHEEKY
homes and handsome grounds. Comfort and
thrift are impressed upon all their surround
ings. 1t has been the subject of frequent re-
mark that the suburbs of Pittsburg are unsur-
passed for natural beauty. Art has added to
| their attractiveness. Rapid transit has over
| come the objection of distance from the main
business quarter. There is no spot in America
| that Offers superior attractions TO home
seekers.
| The growth of the suburbs in the last few
years has been almost phenomenal Less than
20 years ago Millvae and Shadysids were I'm
the country now they are in the heart OF the
| city. The tide of population has surged far
beyond them. Then building lots were sold for
| a song and chromos thrown In; now they are
held at from $50 to $50 a foot front, and are
going off like hot cakes at that All classes OF
| people are represented among the buyers. 1t
is the ambition of almost every citizen to es-
| tablish home in the suburbs.
| 1t was stated at the outset that there was
/ room for Improvement" This refers to the
| older quarters of the city, where the demands OF
business for larger and better Accommodations are
becoming more urgent everv year. The majority
of buildings on the older streets have fulfilled
their mission and should be replaced by modern
| structures.
OF course this cannot be done at once There
are difficulties in the way in the nature OF
| leases and grades that must be removed before
the work of tearing down and rebuilding can
| become general But this does not make the
necessity any the less urgent. This work must
| be done before Pittsburg can assume her
| proper rank among the great commercial cities
| of the country. This will take time. but it is
| matter of such supreme Importance that it
should be kept before the people. All great
reforms and Improvements are brought on by
agitation.
The numerous transfers of property in the
| business quarter of the city within the last
| year or two show that the Importance of max
| ing better provision for business is beginning
to be recognized. Nearly all the buyers are
men of means and have or will improve their
holdings by erecting such buildings as the
times demand. There is scarcely a downtown
street of any Importance that has not some
thing to show in the way of betterment Ex-
ample is contagious. The hardest work is to
break the ice. Now that the first step has
been taken it is easy to believe that the good
work will go on without material interruption
until all the antiQuated and inefficient struct-
ures that impede business and mar the appear
ance of the city shall be replaced by ware
cient capacity to meet all demands that may be
made upon them.
Business News and Gossip.
The following notice was yesterday sent out
to members of the Real Estate Auction Beard
by Secretary Alexander Lesgate: Real Estate
Auction Board opening Thursday, 10Th inst.
at o'clock. Property to be offered on that
day will be listed in the order in which applica-
tions are received"
There is demand for property on lower
Smithfeld street, with very little on the mar
ket.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Yesterday took out a permit for a freight
house. on Water street, to cost $4,000. Busi-
ness must be improving to justify railroads in
enlarging their facilities for handling it.
The Fitzsimmons property on Fourth avenue
could be sold any day at about $500 a foot
front. The building is of little value.
The grip has curtailed building operations in
all the surrounding districts. In many cases
work has been entirely suspended.
The industries of Washington, Pa. are to be
augmented by a charcoal factory. The product
will be marketed in Pittsburg.
An sO.acre farm near Warren, O., is about
changing owners at S75 acre. 1t Is owned by
Mr.. Bidwell, of this city.
American securities in London weakened a
little on early news of the Italian furry, but
they soon rallied, as it was hard to perceive
how diplomatic war could injure American
resources.
An attempt is to be made to return to the
cash system of trading in oil.
Clearing House exchanges seem to have
risen above the s., OOO,OOO mark TO stay. This is
rift in the clouds.
News of the death of Mr. Oliver Lemon
Cashier of the Iron City National Bank, cast a
shadow in business circles yesterday. He was
one of the best known fnanciers in the CITY,
The Bank Clerks Association will have charge
of the funeral.
T. C. Barring the eminent London financier,
is dead.
l. F. Baxter, who has been down with the
grip was able to visit MS office yesterday.
Mir. Alexander Leggate thinks the only way
to settle the moving problem is 10 make
monthly contracts. People could then change
quarters at pleasure.
]. B. Sneathen has sold his property in Lin
coin township to r. 7. Carothers for $4,000.
The Building Record.
The following permits for the erection of
new buildings were issued yesterday:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. iron
one-story freight house, ll0x620 feet, on Water
street, Second ward Cost $4,000.
Thomas Saw, frame two-story dwelling, 1Sx32
feet. on Bristol street. TwentY-third ward.
Cost, 81, 200.
James Grindle, frame two-story dwelling
l4x3O feet on Susquehanna street. Twenty
first ward. Cost. $1,000.
NJ. NJ. Garland, brick two-story dwelling,
20x44 feet, on corner Maple avenue and Cherry
alley Thirty-tirst ward. Cost, S.. 600.
Lawrence Madden, frame addition one-story
kitchen, l0xl2 feet, on Sc1oto street, twentieth
ward. Cost, Sl25.
Emily P. Thomas, frame one-story shop,
lSx39 feet, on Eccles street, Twenty-seventh
ward Cost. SOU.
R. F. Mcbride. frame one-story dwelling
l4x26 feet, on Whitney street, T Fourteenth ward
Cost. $50.
a. K. Duff brick three-story stable. 2Sx 40
feet, on Bingham street, Twenty-eighth ward.
Cost, s., 235.
Movements in Realty.
Reed B. Coyle & Co. sold lots Ill and liz in
their Marion place addition, fronting 81 feet on
Sylvan avenue and extending through 165 feet
10 Speer street, for 81, 500
Black & Baird sold for the Peoples Saving
Bank to John P. Gangwish, Jr., a tract OF land
at Ingram station, on the Panhandle road,
fronting on Catherine and Andrew Streets and
containing about ten acres, which will be sub
divided in lots and built upon at once; also sold
to Andrew MCLEAN for d. 3. Thomas, a lot on
Blaine street, Oakland, being No. in the N. G.
Arthur plan, for $780,
Baxter, Thompson & Co. sold for Miss S. D.
Miller lot No. As. McCltntock place plan, 'front.'
ing "A feet on Elyslan avenue and extending |
back l09 feet to 20 foot alley, for $500 cash.
NJ. +. Ripple d Co. sold for 7. {. Dickson to |
Karnis DozBkewsy lot No. 3D. in the Dickson |
plan, situate The corner of Hancock and |
Lawrence streets, Thirteenth ward, for 5000.
Sloan Co. sold lots Nos. and in P. b. Nc |
Williams plan, Nineteenth ward, corner |
Klncaid street and Atlantic avenue, to James |