Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-02
CITY REAL ESTATE.
Points for the Consideration of Nom
Resident lnquirers.
A DEAL CLOSED ON FOURTH AVE.
Picture Of the House Hon. John DaIzell Is
Building in Washington.
FEATURES OF MONEY AND SPECULATION

| The condition of the realty market il
well understood by local owners and buy
ers, but. for the benefit of outsiders writing
here for information on the subject, it ma,
be stated that it is fairly active and full o
| good points. Speculation is at compare
! lively low ebb, purchases as rule being
made purely and solely for permanent in
vestment Unless indications be wholly
misleading matters are shaping themselve.
Tor an aggressive movement on the part oi
investors. This is indicated by recent pur
chases in the Squirrel Hill and Highland
Park districts. There is scarcely a real es
tate agent in the city who does not talk
hopefully. Owners are firm, and there i,
not the faintest sign of break anywhere
along the line
A Deal on Fourth Avenue.
A transaction in central real estate was
concluded yesterday by w. A. Heron &
Sons, the outcome of which will be another
large Office building. They sold for nearly
soo,o a business property on Fourth ave-
nue., but declined for sufficient reasons to
give the exact location. It may be stated
however, that the property is in the Second
As indicated, the purchaser, who has on
several previous occasions backed his belief
In the future of the city in the same sub
stantial manner, will improve with an office
building, but perhaps not this year.
Da'zelrs Washington Home.
The house which Hon. John Dalzell is
erecting in Washington, D. c., is thus de-
ecribed in the star of that city: "The resi-
dence which Representative Dalzell is
building on Eighteenth street just north of
Q street will be good example of brick
architecture. There will be some stone
used, but the principal material will be
brick in combination with terra Gotta The
walls will be only two stories in height,
covered with heavy roof, with deep over
hanging caves The entrance will be OIL
level with the street, the front steps being
inclosed and leading up into large central
hall. The rooms on the first floor will open
upon this hall, which will contain large
platform staircase leading to the upper
floor All the details of the exterior and
interior will be plain and simple, and the
house. as whole, while quiet in effect, will
be pleasing and attractive. The wide 'front.'
age OF some 40 feet will give an opportunity
for the treatment of spaces, which count tor
so much when well used."
Special Features of Trade,
Mrs. Hanelly has let the contract for a
handsome me'residence at Hazelwood.
Six permits were issued yesterday for the
same number of improvements, all small,
the aggregate being s., 200.
J. w. Otferman is preparing plans for q
Catholic church in McKeesport.
Frazier Maloney have handsomely i'm
proved the property purchased by them
cemetery.
Several fine properties in the Heron Hill
district will bo improved in the near future.
Lots in that quarter are selling atisfactury.
Henry S, Kline has purchased q house and
lot on Pitts street, Williamsburg, for $4,000.
The lot is 33x1l2
Boggs & Buhl will to-day begin an addition
to their store on Federal street, Allegheny.
They purchased the ground two or three
months ago through the real estate agency
of John X. Ewing & Co.
The Standard Oil Company yesterday pro-
the following: 1--WE desire to ad-
wise that this company has conveyed its
property to the Atlantic Refining Company,
|. 1892. be done under the name of The At
lantic Refining Company, Pittsburg Depart
ment.' The business will be conducted un-
der the same management as heretofore
At the last stock call yesterday Mexican
Tin Mining was offered at so.
A. T. Byers Co. report good demand for
lots in the Ridgeview Land Company's plan,
Eleventh ward, Allegheny.
AOOVlOn8l fOlnts In h6aIty.
The following transfer has just been re
corded: James Caldwell estate to Catharine
Q. O'Leary, lot in Nineteenth ward, 7Ox222
Negley avenue, s2o,50O
W. B. Smithson, auctioneer, sold for A. z.
Byers & Co, real estate agents. the property
No. Ill Fayette street, Allegheny, for S. OOO
John Delmarth was the purchaser.
John X. Ewing & Co. sold to David Hast
ngs, Jr., for j. and S. McNaugher, in their
plan, Tenth ward. Allegheny City a lot 221%
1ss on the corner of Linden avenue and
Lombard street, Tor 81, 400.
Peter Shields sold another lot being No.
ZIG. 9Ox9O feet, located on Nantasket street.
ward. for $500.
Reed B. Coyle & Co. sold four more lots in
heir Glenmawr Park plan at Haysville,
Pittsburg, Fort: Wayne and Chicago Rail-
way. each 30xll0 feet. on Merwyr avenue,
81, &c. 81 and 9S for $500
Black Baird sold to George Dobbie, lot |
No n in the Gillespie plan of Heron Hill /
IN the Alta Land Company plan on Duquesne !,
Heights, for 500 80.
J. E. Glass sold for A. c. Watkins, lot IS in |
he Aliqutppa place plan No. 2, for s4OO.
Morris & Afsbitt sold to S. L. Brumbaugh, |
OTIS Nos. 8 and 81 in Oakland place plan, tor |
he estate of Adam Jacobs, deceased, for |
j, ,6O0
IN South street, Williamsburg, for 81, ,25o cash.
A. q. Byers & Co. sold at auction sale the
property No. III Fayette street. Fifth ward.
Allegheny, being pressed brick residence
If ten rooms with all modern conveniences
rhe purchaser was MI. Frederick Dillemuth,
If Ellsworth.
George Schmidt sold to William Krauss a
OF on Wandless street, 20x4S feet, for S4O0
A. 2. Byers & Co. sold another lot for the
iidgeview Land Company to John F. Rice
,eing No. l04 in their plan, Eleventh ward,
25x14l, for $3.50.
S. j. Fleming sold No. 1909 Susquehanna
treet, Brushton. Twenty-first ward, frame
louse four rooms, lot Is 100 to 2O-foot alley,
o John Wesley, for ST. 500 cash, subject to
treet assessments.