Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-02
AN EAST END DICKER.
A Merchant Picks Up Block of IS
Lots on Frankstown Avenue.
CHRIST CHURCH PROPERTY DEAL.
Probability That 1t Will Be Sold in Parcels
Instead of as o Whole.
LITTLE WASHINGTON LOSES A PLANT

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LITTLE WASHINGTON LOSES A PLAN
s. A. Dickie & Co. yesterday closed .
good-sized transaction in East End rea
estate. They sold for Melvin & Smith to 6
well-known Pittsburg merchant block Of
ground on Frankstown avenue, consisting
of IS lots in the Melvin & Smith plan, hav.
ing total frontage of 552Hx135 feet to q
24-foot alley, for $25, 1862, or s45 foot front.
age. The ground will be improved with
several handsome dwellings,
Prospect of a sale.
There is a good prospect of the Christ
Church property changing hands in short
time. There are persons wanting to buy 1t
in lots of Is and 80 feet fronts, and as better
prices can be realized in this way than by
| selling it as whole, the subdivision plan is
now being considered by the church people
Among those anxious to secure part of the
property are several business men, who
will build at once if they succeed in pur-
chasing 1t is expected that dicker for so
feet, or two 25-foot lots, will be closed in q
few days.
Ask for q Receiver.
Washington, Pa, has Just taken step
backward which could have been obviated
by the citizens rising to the demands of the
occasion. The stockholders of the WASH
lngton Glass Company at a recent meeting
adopted resolution asking court to ap-
point a receiver to wind up the affairs of
the concern. Failure to secure subscrip-
tions in sufficient amount to place and keep
the company on its feet was the cause Of
this action. While this is unfortunate, the
industrial and commercial position of the
handzome and cultivated borough is strong
enough to Withstand the loss. Washington
is the headquarters for nearly all the oil
operators Of Washington and Greene coun-
ties in Pennsylvania and the Eastern Ohio
and West Virginia fields. The Offices of the
pipe line company for the South West field
are located there; also ten machine shops
and manufactures of oil we'll tools, sucker
rods, etc. Three large oil refneries are in
active operation near it. The present pop
ulation OF the town and suburbs is about
1900 and they are growing steadily. An
average of over 100 dwelling houses per
year have been erected during the past dec
ade Quite number of the residences cost
from $1O, 900 to $50, 900 each. A dozen or
more handsome business blocks have been
erected during the same period.
Up With the Times.
Refectorville, on the Castle Shannon
Railroad, is a progressive place. About
dozen lots have changed hands there in the
last few days Building is quite active.
Mr.. Mum, OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, is putting up four dwellings and
plans are being prepared for business
block. Application has been forwarded to
Washington for postofice. This section
is filling up very fast with . substantial
class of people. Building lots are cheap,
tion Of rapid transit, which will eventually
penetrate every quarter of the Southside,
will greatly augment the population and
put values on a level with those in other
localities where improved transportation
has been introduced.
Business News and Gossip.
Yesterday was typical March day. Cen
eral trade was slow, but business on Change
was brisk. ".'"'
= The residence property of James Gabby,
on North avenue, Washington, Pa, has been
sold for 5000.
The Peerless Coal and Coke Company, R.
C. Luther, President capital $50 900, has just
ssss
month were 26, 66S shares OF stock and $l34.-
600 bonds, against Is. .0o9 shares Of stock and
as 600 bonds in January.
-. I. W. Carnahan has sold to W. j. Steen %
acres, with coal privileges, in South Fay
cite township. for $2,7A
Five permits we're issued yesterday for
buildings and additions ms aggregating 5000.
At the last call yesterday 2SX was Did for
Duquesne Traction, offered at "a, and 25ll
for new Electric. Birmingham Traction was
offered at 25H, and U. s. Glass; common,
1T 7213
Architects differ in their forecasts OF build
ing operations this year. but all admit a
permits issued last month were in excess Of
those for February, 1891.
There was good market yesterday for the
800 share lot of Pleasant Valley changed
hands in the forenoon at 24L.
August Belmont & Co. will to-day ship
$5o9 600 gola to ETrope s,r sI Total ordered since
G. S. Campbell and associates of McDon-
aid, Pa, have applied to the Comptroller OF
the Currency for authority to organize the
First National Bank of that place.
The Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and
st. Louis Railway Company has declared a
per cent semi-annual dividend on the pre-
inst.
The annual election of the Munhall Valley
Land Company, of Homestead, Pa, was held
Wood street, and the following board of
directors was elected: James W. Drape,
President: James d. Glover, Vice President;
Joseph vest, secretary: FreQ Schuchman,
Treasurer, and Jacob Roth. The affairs of
the company are in a flourishing condition,
and numerous sales of property were re.
ported.
Movements in Realty.
There was an error in the report Of the
sale Of the Delaware Insurance Company
building to the Real Estate Savings Bank in
this column yesterday. The number is So
Fourth avenue, not 81, as stated. The con-
s1deration was 900 cash. The sale was
made by W. A. Heron & Sons.
John K Ewing sold the property No. 81
Madison avenue, Fourth ward. Allegheny,
for Miss NJ E. Scott to Charles Herman. 1t
consists of two houses, one brick of six
rooms and hall, and one frame OF four
rooms; lot 20x91 to an alley. The consider
alton was 5000 cash.
Hoffman & Baldridge sold a now frame
house of nino rooms, on Kelly street, Will |
kinsburg, with all modern fixtures, lot 2syI22 |
to an alley for $4,000.
Black & Baird sold for John Herchen-
roether to Charles STREET. a lot Of ground in |
Spring Garden borough, having q frontage |
of about 50 feet on Spring Garden avenue by |
q depth of l50, more or less, for $500 cash.
Peter Shields sold lots Nos. 206 and 207, each
30x9O feet, located on Nantasket street, in |
the Greenfield avenue plan, Twenty-third |
ward, to Hugh Donaldson for $500. He also /
sold Broom house, with about an acre of |
ground, for the Schenley Park Land Com |
pany to q prominent business man, the |
terms for which are private.
ID w Farreft sold TO n. A. Taveen a we'll.