Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-03
TREND OF TRAFFIC.
An Active Movement in Realty Down
the Fort Wayne Road.
FINE IMPROVEMENTS TALKED OF.
4 Scotchman Sends to Pittsburg for Points
in Office Buildings.
FEATURES OF MONEY AND SPECULATION

The prospect of improved Iocomotion is
stimulating real estate down the Fort
Wayne Railroad. Lots in Reed B. Coyle
& Co. s Glenmawr plan, at Haysville, are
being picked up at hAely rate. They dis
| posed of 65 during the month of April, and
of 100 since the plan was put in the market
last July. This means $50 houses sooner OF
later. About two years ago the tract known
as the Bayne farm, situated in Bellevue,
was purchased by local land company for
| 500, 000 It has since been subdivided and
christened Sunnyside. A great deal of it
has been sold off, and a number of fine i'm
provements will be made during the sum-
mer. The inquiry from home-seekers has
received fresh impulse in the last few
| weeks by the assurance of the completion
| by fall of the Bellevue branch of the Pleas
| ant Valley Railway.
Getting Points From Pittsburg.
Pittsburg stands high abroad as well as
at home. The advanced architecture of the
city is furnishing points to builders on the
other side of the Atlantic. A few weeks
ago Black s. Baird received letter from
David c. Thomson, one of the proprietors
of the Dundee (Scotland) Courier, asking
for information in regard to the principal
Office buildings here, for use in the con-
struction of one for themselves. The in
formation was forwarded, and yesterday
the firm received the following acknowl-
edgment: ''The descriptions received are
just what We want They will be very use
full. The new site we have acquired is that
of the present postoffice, which, with the
adjoining site belonging to my paper,
covers about 5000 square feet. The shape
of the ground is rather different from that
of the Ferguson block, as we have streets
on three sides and expect to lose little or
no floor space for an air or light well. The
new postofice is to be built in the same
block, SO feet or thereabouts from our site.
hope to be in Pittsburg before we COM
plete our plans"
The Building Record.
Builders did not turn out in strong force
yesterday. The pace has been rapid for
several weeks, and a brief lull would not
be surprising. Six permits were issued for
the same number of improvements. aggre-
eating s5,64s The most important are:
George Evans, frame dwelling on Manton
alley, Thirty-frst ward, 81, 1000; Philip
Gallagher, frame dwelling on Miflin street,
Fifteenth ward, 81 ,450. The estimated cost
of the other four is 81 ,599.
Williamsburg will decide to-day whether to
90 forward or backward. A complete sew
age system, as proposed, is an absolute
necessity.
1t was mentioned few days ago that coal
land within is miles Of the city could be
bought for $3.50 an acre. Yesterday another
owner made an offer of large tract at $50
an acre.
The May disbursements Of interest and
dividends will be considerably larger than
they were last year.
The contract to build a s25, 600 depot for
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at
Beaver Falls has been awarded to M.
II. c. Boyd has had plans made for a pala-
tIal residence in Greensburg. McCollum
Ely are the architects.
1t is authoritatively denied that the Read.
ing Railroad has acquired ownership or con-
troll OF the Buffalo, Rochester and Pfttsburg
There is possibility of traffic arrange
ment, but thus far nothing has been done
even in that direction.
j. H. Walters is erecting $4,000 business
house on Franklin street. Johnston, Smith
Robinson are the architects
The directory of the st. Nicholas building
shows that it is occupied by 1l5 firms and
individuals.
ry,,I Henry Ahlers so,as has acquired from J: H.
cha-d place. Knoxville. at q cost OF $1,000.
The Carnegie Company is grading streets
and putting down sewers on their Poor
paratory to putting it on the market.
The directors of the German National
Bank announced the regular semi annual
dividend of per cent. The Monongahela
National declared one of 3,also semi-annual
The Southside Gas Company yesterday
elected the following Board of Directors:
George Trautman, Martin Maloney, George
W. Elk,ns, John S. Dickson, Joseph G. wal
ter, William H. Alldred, Remsen " Messler,
Robert B. Brown and Samuel T. Bodtne.
The Manufacturers Bank, of the South
tnrdo fnd tl,af foil
President, Edward Hogan; Directors, d. o.
Snnningham. August4s H; Kelsey, John G.
Brickell and Philip NJ Pfeil.
The annual meeting of the Wheeling
Natural Gas Company was held in Wheeling
yesterday
Jonn i; Barbour, Jr.. of Rea Bros. & Co..
was on Change yesterday after an absence
of several weeks, during which he was in
search of health. He found it.
Additional Points in Realty.
S. J.Fleming has just effected an exchange
of improved property in the Twentieth
ward for unimproved lots in the Nineteenth
ward, the consideration for both being close
to $4,000. MIR. Fleming has deal on hand
for acreage in the Twenty-second ward
Involving S25 900.
The following transfers of county property
appear in the court records: Herman Will
liams ct ux.to Thomas J. Williams, lot in
Mifilin township, 60xl00 Sixth avenue, 50, 500.
Thomas j. Williams ct ux to Albert Will
liams lot in Miff1in township, 6OxlOO, Sixth
avenue. 50 500. Annie A. Ramage to Jacob
Brenkel, lot in Ross township $780,
Thomas McCatfrey sold for Park & Howard,
No. % FrankStown avenue, lot 20xl00 leet
with brick store and dwelling, to William
Corbett for So, 100 cash:also for R. Liddell q lot
4Sxll0 feet on Butler street extension, to J.
B. Hill for $500 cash; also tor ]. Lehman, 4, ,562
Friendship avenue, lot 24xl20 feet with two
frame dwellings to Jacob Seib for So 200 cash:
also for Thomas Maxwell, Pearl street, lot
40X1l5 with a frame dwelling to Rev. George
Altman for So 800 cash.
A. q. Byers & Co. sold for Frank Hucze-
stein to John H. Stratman a vacant lot in
the Fourth ward, Allegheny City, fronting
25 feet on Liberty street and extending
through ITO feet, for So, ,s0O
Black & Baird sold TO c. H. jackson lot No.
4 in r. Ii. Hays plan OF Valley View Place
Addition, fronting % feet on the West side
of Rebecca street by depth of 100 feet, for
$3.50
e. B. Hard sold on Fourth avenue, Cora
opolis, a lot 50xl50 feet for C. B. Gracey to j.
r. Moss, consideration private.
Peter Shields reports the sale Of lot No, |
227. 25xl35 feet to 20-foot alley located on |
Stanley and Alma streets in Schenley Park |
Land Company's plan, Twenty-third ward,
1or$l50 cash.
A. z. Byers Co. sold for the Ridgeview
Land Company to George Clark, lot No. 81 |
in their plan, Eleventh ward, Allegheny, |
on line OF the Pleasant Valley fronting is |
feet on California aven ue extending through |
l59 feet to Massachusetts avenue, for 50, leo.