Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-13
DRIFT OF REALTY.
A NOTABLE HsZELwOOD II RESIDENCE
PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS.

A Number OF Small Houses to Be Erected
in That Suburb - Other Sales and
Schemes Of Consequences.
The Adams property at Hazelwood
changed ownership yesterday at price
close to $4,000. The lot is 161x20O. The
house, q good two-story brick, was occupied
for many years BY Mr.. John Adams, who
was pioneer glass manufacturer of the
Southside.
Ira M. Burchfeld is interested in q
building scheme Of great Importance to
Hazelwood. Several gentlemen connected
with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in
this city have purchased tract Of land
from Mr. Burchfeld with view to the
erection of number of small, but comfort
able houses which will be sold at moderate
prices. One of lhe promoters of this enter
prise contracted yesterday for four of these
low ed by others The number which will be
erected will depend upon circumstances,
but the plan contemplates 40 or 90
Mr. c. l.. Reno closed two transactions in
the East End yesterday. He sold for w. H.
Wilson 50xl2s feet on Highland avenue to
Edward House, DR., and for the same owner
to the same buyer 50x9S feet on Grafton
street, both sales aggregating nearly $4,000.
some houses. Another sale on Highland
avenue was made by w. c. Lyme to Mrs. GIL.
moro, of Sewickley, lot 50xl50. The consid-
Grafton was $l2. 500 This property was pre-
sumably bought for speculative purposes.
Lfggett Bros. yesterday closed the sale of
farm for Charles Cappell for $500. It is
situated about a mile from Fair Oaks sta
tion, on the Fort Wayne Railroad, and con-
plements included in the sale, the price is a
little less than $l35 an acre. sale in the
same neighborhood about q year ago was ut
the rate of 500 an acre.
There is strong talk that the Toomey prop
erty, about seven acres, at Haysville, on the
Fort Wayne Railroad, will soon pass into the
hands of the railroad people, who will i'm
prove 1t as a summer resort. This is the
site of the Ellenova Springs Hotel of 20
in this quarter. Reed B. Coyle & Co. have
sold 20 in the last two weeks. nearly all of
which will be improved by the buyers.
Seventeen building permits were issued
yesterday, representing 25 buildings. all esti-
mated to cost s4s,sl6 The most important
are: William Shaffer, brick dwelling on At
lantic avenue, Twentieth ward, 81, 800; Harry
Ro0k SIX prick dweiings ILL a on Juliet street
brick and stone dwelling on Shady avenue
Twentieth ward. 81. 500; Mrs. NJ. S. Moreland,
brick dwelling on Forbes street, Fourteenth
ward, 81. 600; j. A. Warden, frame dwelling on
Arabella street, Twentieth ward, 90, 400; E. H.
Houghton, frame dwelling on Emerson ave-
nue., Twentieth ward, 81, 400; James Nesbit.
Thirteenth ward, $s. .000 Baptist Mission AS
sociation, mission chapel on Wylie avenue,
Thirteenth ward, 81 900.
Major A. ]. Pentecost is receiving bids for
the erection Of ten more houses at Valley |
view, on the CHARTERS Railway.
Nimtck Terrace, between Williamsburg
and Brushton, of which Z. K Chamberlain |
Is agent, was put on the market about q
week ago. and already "A lots have been dis |
posed Of to people who intend to build:
ing tin plant on his land near Marion City,
Ind. He has contributed $l5, 900 to the CAPT |
tai, and the same amount has been sub |
Ground has been broken for store on |
Lookout avenue, Eureka Place, Oakland. 1t |
will be the pioneer business house in that |
quarter. |
Black & Baird have leased to burial case |
manufa cturing company, Ior three years, q |
room in the Ferguson block at an annual |
reptal of 5000. |
A gentleman who visited Mt. Washington |
yesterday counted 40 houses in course Of |
construction.
A. ]. Pentecost sold eight lots and a frame
house in his Valleyview plan, Scott town.
ship, to Andrew 8. Miller, for $3 600; also
sold, in the same plan, house and lot to
John NJ. Monts omery. for 81, 500.
Larkn Kennedy sold two lots. Nos. 146
and 147 in the Blair Land Company's plan, at
Blair station. to George Branert, for $725
John K. Ewing & Co. sold to William
Thompson a lot 24xlA on Ellis avenue. in the
$50
Black Baird sold to John d. Hughes lot
407 in the Alta Land Companys plan on Du-
Quesne Heights for $22 80.
Peter Shields reports the sale OF lots Nos |
l3 and IA, being 25xl30 feet, and 20xl30 feet
on Gertrude street, in the SchenIey Park
Land Company's plan, Twenty y-third ward,
city, for 1000.
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