Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-27
LANDS AND HOUSES.

A Good Market for Medium-Pricsd Struc-
tures, but Others slow-Good Property
Tied Up by Legal Restrictions-East
End Attracions-special News and
Gossip
There is no particular scarcity of houses
in Pittsburg at the present time, but it
should not be inferred from this that the
city is overbuilt Houses are intended to
meet the wants of all classes of people. The
large majority Of buyers are of limited
means. They want cheap and medium
priced houses, costing from 1000 to S., 900.
The demand for these keeps pace with the
supply. On the other hand, the market for
high-priced properties, being more re-
will be seen that while this one may be
scarce the other may be in oversupply.
This Is about the situation in Pittsburg.
little trouble to sell or rent pretentious
structures, such as adorn the fashionable
avenues of the East End, are slow OF sale.
Builders should bear this IN mind in making
plans for future operations.
The natural and architectural beauties of
the East End must be seen to be appreciated
at their full worth. Such display of wealth
and taste as represented by splendid resi-
dences and grounds cannot be duplicated in
the leading citizens of Pittsburg. There
are no ruins in this part of the city
Everything is new. Along the handsome
avenues. at frequent intervals, piles of build
ing material denote that the march of i'm
provenent has not been stayed. Fine homes.
many OF them of stone, are going up in all
SiIr directions Ten years ago this district was
Rapid transit has wrought the change.
Between Pittsburg and East Liberty there
is q large amount of vacant land, varying in
dimensions from ordinary building lots to
large tracts. This is puzzle to some peo-
pie. With such o demand Tor residence and
business sites as is known to exist, they can
not account for these open spaces. The eX-
PLANTATION is simple. This ground is owned
around by legal restrictions that it cannot
be put on the market until somebody dies or
comes of age. Owners would gladly sell, but
owners are waiting for a rise, and in others
they want the property for their own use,
and will improve it as soon as their circunl-
by death within year or two have been
sold off and built up
A. ]. Pentecost is closing an important
deal in Tenth ward, Allegheny, realty.
Howley Locffier will break ground next
week for 25 brick dwellings, costing about
S. 900 each, on the Ursuline Academy prop
erty recently purchased by them.
j: c. Reilly has removed to THE DISPATCH
building on Diamond street, opposite his
former quarters. He is now better equipped
than ever before for handling real estate
and satisfactorily.
A property on Water street. a few doors
above Smithfield. is in q iair way to change
ownership. If successful a large warehouse
will be erected i'll place of the existing
structure.
market. He thinks there will be good fall
trade.
George Schmidt is building an Office on
Aliquippa street, Eureka place, for the con-
venience of lot buyers in that plan.
Three permits were issued yesterday for
the erection of the same number of build |
ings, all estimated to cost $3.50.
Water and gas mains are being laid on |
Greenfield avenue to supply the numerous |
houses recently completed and others in |
course of construction.
neat frame houses on Boggs avenue, Mt |
John K. Ewing & Co., sold for J. and S. |
to Nathan Hirsch, a lot 25x105 |
on the south side of Linden avenue, Twelfth |
ward. Allegheny, being No. 233 in the Nc
Naughor Plan, for $500, on monthly pay
ments.
D.. w. Williams lot No. 2l5 in Melons Plan
of the Bank OF Commerce at Brushton, 'front.'
ing 40 feet on the North side of Grazier
street, near Harriet. by l3S in depth, for
the lot at once. t->
report the following sales of lots
1t Kensington: David A. Trachenberg and
Jacob Charles Smith. Pittsburg, lots ls
block 9, and $50, block ls for s675; George F.
Tins. Kensington, Pa, lot II, block l6 for
s729; Frank F. Long, Kensfngton, Pa. lot SO.
block 8, for $3.50; Eugene NORM, Jeanette.
Pa, lots 1l0l 1402 l403 and l4O4, block %, for T
3 $50: Joseph Yuler Hove, Jeannette. Pa,
lot l4O5, block %. for $637; Desiren visslet,
Jeannette, Pa, lots 14l2 and l4l3, block 20 for
j, 400 block % for $5s7 50; Alexander and Chas
E. McCrow, Kensington, Pa, south 10 feet of
lot 26, and north Is feet Of lot ~, block 5. for
II $50: Alexander krusfe, PittsburK, south
smith, Bellevue. Pa, lot q, block /, for
1850