Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-10
POINTS IN REALTY.
Police Judge Leslie Joins the Great
Army of Improvers.
END OF THE MYERs-WILSON DEAL.
Extensive Building Scheme Under Way in
the Williamsburg District.
FEATURES OF MONEY AND SPECULATION

Police Judge A. H. Leslie has purchased
through the agency of j. G. Reilly, from
Charles McKenna, ESQ.,, the vacant lot,
125xl65, corner of Pacific and Liberty
avenues, for 81 200, upon which he will at
once begin the erection Of several handsome
dwellings, to help meet the demand for this
class of houses in that quarter.
The Myers-WiIson Deal.
W. A. Heron 8 Sons closed the sale,
and delivered the papers yesterday in the
transaction between Mrs. f. R. Myers and
A. H. Wilson for the property corner of
Penn and Dallas avenues, Twenty-second
ward. The lot is 156xsOO feet, and the con-
sideration is said to be about $4,000. Mr..
Wilson will lay the property out in nice
sized lots, the plan Cor which is being pre-
pared by the above-named firm, who will put
it on the market next week at very attractive
prices. This is one of the best residence
quarters in the eastern part of the city, and
is being built up with comfortable homes
with amazing rapidity.
A Williamsburg Schema.
A few Williamsburg capitalists, who are
awake to the possibilities of that district,
are figuring on the purchase of two or three
acres of ground near Penn avenue, south of
the railroad, with view to the erection of
a number of nice, moderate-sized dwellings,,
for sale or rent, as may be subsequently de-
termined. The project is still IN the paper
stage, but there is fair prospect of a iavor-
able issue. The rapid growth of wilkins
burg and its environs, and the scarcity of
houses Of the class indicated, would seem to
Justify such an enterprise as the one in ques-
tion, if not one of even greater magnitude.
Yesterdays Building Permits.
Nine permits were issued yesterday for
ten improvements, all estimated to cost
SIS, 1875 The largest are: Mrs Magdalena
koeghler, frame dwelling on Harkins alley,
Twenty.sixth ward, 81, 200; Pittsburg Lawn
Tennis Club, frame clubhouse on Craig
street, Fourteenth ward, $1,000; John
Moore, two frame dwelling gs on Second ave-
nue., Twenty third ward, A,750; j Zones New
hagen, brick store and dwelling on Carson
street, Twenty-ftth ward, $1,000.
Special Features of Trade.
The Messrs Kaufman are solving the
Fifth avenue hump problem for themselves.
At the last stock call yesterday it was an
nounced that the Fisher Oil Company had
contributed 500 to the C'l City and Titusville
flood fund, making total contributions by
members of the Exchange to date, sl2l4.
No credit should be given to any report of
a change of ownership of the Liggett block.
The property on the northeast corner of
Penn avenue and Wood street, Williamsburg,
has been re-sold to a Fourth avenue real es-
tate broker. He proposes to cut it up into
los suitable for business purposes, all except
ing the corner to front on Wood street.
The fire loss of the United States and
Canada for the month Of May amounted to
S9, 9,4S5 600, against Sl6, $50, 395 for the same
month last year.
Installment mortgages are doing q great
deal to encourage home-building in Pitts
burg. The system should be extended.
Pleasant Valley bids fair to reach the par
mark in a day or two There was but little
of the stock on tap yesterday at 245s@24Ac.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Directors of the United States
Glass Company, Senator N. B. Scott, of
Wheeling, was elected to fill the unexpired
term of the late William P. Shinn, and
George Beatty, of Tifin, O., that of D. C.
At the last Stock call yesterday 100 was bid
for Citizens Traction SIS.
Additional Points in Realty.
The following transfers appear in the
court records: Andrew r. Sloan estate to
Guy P. McCandless, lot in Seventeenth ward,
1s6x1S7, Forty street for sl6,sC0;
Joseph T. Colvin ct ux to August Munsch,
lot in Sixth ward, Allegheny, 4sx1So, Locust
street.for l4,5O0.
John X. Ewing & Co. sold to Samuel H. and
David Ii. W olf Tor Charles Marlatt two
story brick house of five rooms. with lot 1s1
IS on West End avenue, Second ward, Ale
gheny City, for 81. 200.
Black & Baird sold to William Arm1tage
for Frederick Noack frame dwelling on the
corner of Eckert and Bakewell streets,
Eleventh ward, Allegheny. on private terms.
John f. Sweeney sold for L. B. Arnold a
house and storeroom on Boggs avenue, Mt.
Washington. on two lots, having frontage
of "a feet each on Boggs avenue. a paved
street. and extending back l07 feet to q
street. The purchaser is d. Z. Baer
c. I. Beeckman has sold for the Larimer
Land Improvement Company, on the Grand
View Place plan. at Larimer station, Penn
sylvania Railroad, 25 lots to A. L. Watkins
for $5 COO.
The Burrell Improvement Company re-
ports the following sale of lots at Kensing-
ton: James Dickey, lot 43. block 4. 1897 so;
Timothy German, lot LISA, block 90. $40;
Mrs. Rosalia Schaefer, lot 81. block q, 81, lOJ:
James Dickey. lot 264, block 26, $685. Timothy
B. German, lot 1,169, block %, $40.