Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-29
NEARLY $500 AN ACRE
rad Tor Nile-Acre Tract on the Corner
OF Homewood and Negley Avenues
A Valuable Residence Property In the
Twenty-First Ward Sold-Gossip, Per-
mits Etc

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Twenty-First Ward Sold-Gossip, Per-
mits, Etc.
WEDNESDAY, Sept %.
Squirrel Hill came to the front again to-
DAY with another acreage sale. The sale of
realty in this vicinity within the past fort
night has certainly been astonishing, espe-
cially in that section overlooking the Shady
side district, familiarly known to old resi-
denters and real estate agents as the 'Bench"
or Ridge" which is said to be one of the
handsomest residence districts in the city.
The property sold to-day was that of Levi
lie Wolf, containing nine acres on the
corner of Homewood and Negley avenues.
| VIC. Stewart is selling the tract to S. j. Mac
ierron, Esq, who is one of the heavy stock
| holders in the Squirrel Hill railway, for S40.-
OO2 or fraction over 4,44 per acre. The
(which will be 50xl5O feet and will be sold
| subject to building restrictions. Under no
circumstances will any of the lots be sold to
| spectators. Mr.. Macferron recently pur-
CHASED the Armstrong property, which con-
talns nine acres, located on the corner of
saady lane and Forbes avenue, and will plot
| and sell it in a like manner.
| A Good Sale.
W. A. Heron & Sons closed sale to-day of
fine residence property situated on Penn
| avenue, Twenty-f1rst ward, to prominent
business man, who will occupy the premi-
seq. The property comprises about three
niths of an acre, with fine dwelling OF IL
rooms and grounds containing fruit and or
namental trees, etc. The consideration was
81, $500.
A Little Gossip.
An offer OF $780, 900 was submitted to and
refused by Mr.. Thomas Whitman for the
remainder of his property, seven acres,
fronting on Forbes avenue, upon which is
erected large dwelling. 1t is said that the
ground could not be purchased for $lo0O0o.
1t is rumored that the Duquesne electric
line will parallel the Squirrel Hill Railway
and run to the Homewood Cemetery in the
spring.
A new land company composed of local
capitalists Is being organized, and a charter
particulars and names OF parties interested
Will De in shape for publication in a few
days.
Building Permits.
A permit was taken out to-day by Colonel
j. NJ. Schoonmaker for the erection of three
two-story prick dwellings on Alder street,
between Shady avenue and Emerson street,
cost, 200 tor all. Other permits issued
were: Mrs. William Steinmeyer, a two-story
tween Neville and Morewood avenues;
cost, $40 600. W. H. Will Jams, a two-story
brick dwelling, Stanton avenue, corner
CHS Chislett street, cost. 5000. p B. McWiIl-
ings, Atlantic avenue, between Dear
born street and Penn avenue; cost,
"A, 800 for both. James 7. Todd
two two-story frame dwellings, Coal street;
cost 81, 800 for both. Daniel Bingham, a two
story frame dwelling, Harvard street, be-
tween Beatty street and Euclid avenue: cost
$500 George Gogolin sooo frame addition
man, a two-story frame dwelling, Twenty
hrSt street; cost $780,
Reported by the Brokers.
S. J. Fleming sold to J. c. Dick, Esq, lot
50xl4O feet OH Enfield street near Mariepoe
street. Ben Venue, for 81 800. Also sold tor
]. c. Dick, frame house of six rooms with
a lot 27x7O teet located on the northeast
corner OF Broad and Euclid streets, Nine
teenth ward, Tor $1,000.
j. E. Glass sold for the Columbian Land
and Improvement Company, In their Home
wood Park plan, to w. +. Brimner, lets Nos.
4S and 40, 25xl2O feet each, for ST. 600
W. A. Heron & Sons sold piece of land
containing about two-thirds OF an acre. on
Wicklitfe street near Fitty-fourth street.
Eighteenth ward, being part OF the Bissell
tract, for 81 l25.
Larkin Kennedy sold for the Blair Land
Company at Blair station to Mr.. Peter
Karenbauer two lots, being Nos. 1874 and 1885,
for $500 cash. Also sold to Mr.. John NJ
Heidenrich in same plan lots Nos. l36 and
l37 for $500 cash.
- sale IS reported OF lOt NO. Y IN Ba1r u
Woods plan. Thirteenth ward, fronting 20
ieet on Wylie avenue by lO4 feet in depth,
for 81 600 cash.
A 2. Byers & Co. sold for Mrs. Martha A.
Very to James a. Hartley, q frame house
of five room, hall, etc, with lot 45xlS0
ieet on Pennsylvania avenue Clifton sta
tion, for 81, 970
Black Baird sold to Mrs Isabella
Gallagher for James H. Lindsay, lots Nos.
Ito, Ill and liz in the Seeley plan, Nineteenth
ward, fronting 75 feet on River View avenue
bv depth OF us Ieet to Seeley street, Tor
$3.50
James Y. brape & Co. report the sale of a
nOdse and lot in the East End, near Dallas
station. Tor $5,000
The Burrell and Kensington Improvement
ComDanies report the following sale OF lots
at Kensington: Mrs. Martha Hail. Pittsburg,
lot $50, block 81, $765; Mrs. Mamie B. Garlick,
Tarentum, lot 94S, block 80, $53S 80: Patterson
B. Robbins. New Kensington, lot 46, block
o. 1856 SO; Nicholas Dunlas, New kensinc-
ton, lots 11l9 1l2O 1l21, ll22, 1923 1l24, lips,
1l26 and ll27, block 80, for SO, 060 Mrs. Rosenna
S. Denmarsh, Pittsburg, lots 79O, 79l and 1872
block %, 81, ,997 80; William Beriet. New Ken
sington, lot- llO2, 1loS, 1l04, llO5 and 11O6,