Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-02
A PENN AVENUE DEAL.
A smithfieid Street Concern Dickering for
the Remainder Of the Christ M. e.
Church Property-A Few Other Big
Transactions Cooking-Gossip, Permits
and Sales,

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Church Property-A Few Other Big
Transactions Cooking-Gossip, Permits
and Sales.
THURSDAY, Sept l.
The remainder of the Christ M. E Church
property on Penn avenue, between Seventh
and Eighth streets, will very likely change
hands in a few days Negotiations for the
sale are on and from present indications the
deal will be closed within the time men,
toned. The price to be paid and
the names of the parties interested
are withheld for the present at their re-
quest. Quite an Improvements will follow
A fine five or six-story brick business block
will be erected and occupied by the pur.
chasers, who are at the present time located
on Smfthfield street near the City Hall. This
of the Smithf1eld street property OF the in
tending purchasers, which would certainly
realize large sum, being situated on very
prominent corner and having erected there
ona four-story brick business building.
Current Gossip.
City property is certainly in great de-
mand, and as result prices are stifrening.
Many orders have been placed in the hands
of agents of late by corporations and firms
in various lines of business for suitable
sites upon which to erect large business
blocks. In some instances q sudden jump
in prices has deprived the downtown sec
t1on OF several new attractions in the line or
large and handsome buildings, but few
sales. involving nearly $780, 200 each, are in
hand, and will likely be in shape for publi-
cation by the close of the week. The realty
in question is located in the heart OF the
city.
John F. Sweeny reports the completion of
II new houses on HERON Hill to be offered
for sale on the fnstallment plan The houses
are hve and six-story frames located on
Camn
The plan of lots laid off by j. Palmer
O'Nefl at Ben Avon will not be placed on
the market, Mr.. O'Neil having decided to
erect dwellings on the lots, and offer them
for sale when completed.
Ifa deal now in pretty good shape goes
through Grant street. south of Fifth avenue,
will soon be improved by a handsome seven-
story business block.
Building Permits.
The following permits were issued to-day:
Young Women's Christian Association,
brick three-story addition to the Y. W. c. A.
building, Collins avenue, between Broad
and Station streets; cost, $3,l50 Wade
Jennings, a frame two-story d W elling, Deary
avenue, between Larimer and Lin coin ave-
nues; cost, $500. Nicholas Feth, frame
one-story dwelling. 175 Brownsville avenue;
cost, S1425. Samuel Wall, frame two-storv
dwelling, Lytle street. between Hazelwood
avenue and Tecumseh street; cost, 81, 900. NJ.
Lowell street. corner Winslow street; cost
S2,S00 for both. j. T. Hudson, frame two
story dwelling, Alequippa street, near
Robinson street: cost, 81 500. Frank Kelch,
frame two-story dwelling, Downing street,
Dickson plan; cost, 81 ,280.
Reports from the Agenciea
John K. Ewing & Co. sold for sl2, 600 cash
to NJ. Brilles Co., the cigar manufacturers
of Allegheny, lot fronting s4 feet on the
west side of Fremont street and extending
back 100 feet to an alley. The purchasers
expect to erect a fine six-story brick cigar
factory to cost not less than $26 900.
Peter Shields reports the sale of lot No. 8,
25xl25 feet to l5-foot alley, located on Ger
trude street, Twenty-third ward, in Schen-
ley Park Land Company's plan. for $3.50.
Black & Baird sold lots Nos 287, 288 and 2S9,
In Schenley View place, Nineteenth ward, to
Wilhelmine Menning for $760.
c. II. Love sold four lots in the Hunter
plan at Williamsburg, No. to William
Fowler for $3.50. No. IL to Joseph Everett for
$780, No. II to Everett & Robb for $780, No. IL
to S. N. Robb for $500.
The Burrell and Kensington Improve
ment Companies report the following sale
of lots at KeDsington: Munnford Bros,
Kensington, lot 81, block 15 and lot 25, block
16, s., 200: John O'Donnell, Pittsburg, lot IS.
block 8, $7s7 So Mrs. Mary Wakefield and
Mrs. Mary Stretton, Kensington. lots II and
", block q, 81, 465 96.