Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-23
$500 AN ACRE


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Another Tract in the Twenty y-secont
Ward Brings 5000 an Acre-Record o
the Week and Total Sales.
SATURDAY, Oct. q
Two important transactions have just beer
consummated. w. Z. Stewart sold tor Theo.
dore r. Hostetter, through Reed B. Coyls
& Co, Eve acres of land fronting on Shady
lane Squirrel Hill district), distance o
500 feet. for So, 500, or e. 500 per acre. The
purchaser will plot the property at once.
The other deal closed was also the sale o.
of an acreage tract in the Twenty-secont
| ward. Black & Baird sold the property
nine acres Of vacant land. for George n
property is situated between Edgerton and
Forbes avenues. A portion of the ground
fronts on Forbes avenue q distan ce OF about
200 feet.
Notes OF Gossip.
John K. Ewing Co. are about concluding
negotiations for the sale of an old Landmarks
in Allegheny. When tho deal is completed
and made public it will cause no little sur
prise among spectators and the older resi-
dents. The consideration Is about $4,000
and it is expected that tho deal will be com.
pleted in few days.
1t was reported to-tiny that the construc.
tion of a very fine bridge to span the large
ravtne known as Spruce's Run, ut Ben Avon,
will be commenced shortly. An improve
ment such MS this would certainly benefit
property owners and residents in this
vicinity, and would make the drive from Allie
gheny City to -Dixmonta q level and much
shorter one.
sum has been received by Hon. Thomas NJ.
Marshall for that portion of his property
which fronts on Perrysville avenue, Allie
gheny. Mr.. Marshall declines to sell his
property under any circumstances. In
creased activity in realty situated along
Perrysville avenue is reported.
Building Permits.
A permit was taken out to-day by Messrs.
Heeren Bros. & Co. for a seven-story brick
and stone business house on Penn avenue,
between Eighth street and Maddeck's alley.
The building will have frontage of 80 feet
on Penn avenue by $50 feet in depth and the
depth of the foundation walls will be Ii
feet. The estimated cost is $4,000. Messrs.
Moeser & W tlson are the architects. Other
permits issued were: Dawson Gallery. five
between Webster avenue and Thir-
ty-third street: cost, $500 for all.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a one
story brick electric light plant above
of the Church of the Advent, one-story
frame church. Hallingford avenue and
Neville street. cost So 800. Charles LanZ, q
between Thirty-third Street and City Line,
cost s., 500. Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, a two-story frame dwelling, Seven
teenth street. cost s.. 500.
Reports From the Brokers.
W. A. Lincoln sold for NJ. G. Mcconnell q
choice lot on Pacific avenue, having q
frontage of 20 feet and depth of 1873 feet to
2O-foot alley. for 81. 800 cash, to Eugene F.
H. l.
near future with handsome residence.
Reed B. Coyle & Co. sold for the Fidelity
Title and Trust Company two lots, Nos. 22911SS
and $50, in the Watson place plan, Allie
gheny, fronting 100 feet on Natchez street
by les 26 feet to Modoc street. Tor 81, 400; also
plan, Nos. 81 and q, fronting s311 feet on
Pacific street by l27 feet deep, for 81. 500
Blacks& Baird sold to Louis Eckert lot No.
Allegheny fronting 40 feet on Davis avenue.
corner OF Kansas alley. by l2o feet in dep til,
Samuel. W. Black & Co. sold a DOT loxl2o
feet on Darrah street. Oakland, near Ter
race street, in the Sylvan Terrace plan, for
s.. 500.
Baxter, Thompson & Co. sold for John K.
Ewing & Co. and Mrs. NJ Grier the property
on the northwest corner Of Franklin and
Congress streets. consisting of two three
story brick houses, with a lot about 26x50
feet. for S.. $50 cash. The purchaser bought
John K. Ewing Co. sold to D. NJ. Marsh
all, lot No. %, fronting on Grant avenue.
Allegheny, in the Frederick G. Rohrkaste
plan, situated in the Tenth ward, Allegheny,
James W. Drape Co. report the sale of q
house of eight rooms and three lots, 72x100
feet, on Howe street. East End, for $500.
Also sold collateral interest in a farm and
suburban residence of $u,0OO. and q lot at
Mansfield for $500. -.
Moore Kelly sold through Peter Shields
for Henry Lo1terman modern eight
roomed frame house, with lot e5x9O feet, To-
Gated on tho westerly side of Achilles street,
for $500 to Miss Mary Wallace; also sold
place plan, for g. co., also sold for Mrs. Mary
kielhecker to Prot. Il. f. Thuma, lot, cor
ner OF Dennlston avenue and Howe street,
for 81 Quo.
Skivington, Pedder & Co. sold through the
agency Of Davies & Van Gorder tor j. II.
Riggs, of Rochester, n. Y, to George B.
Kelly, is acres OF land in Sterrett township,
adjoining the eastern borough line of Will
held for the present.
Messrs. Piper & Clark sold for J. B. Hynd.
man his property fronting 80 feet on Bryant
street, near Highland avenue, for s., 900 cash;
also sold for W. H. Williams to Mr.. Bianten-
berger, lot No. q in the Williams plan,
40xl0O feet, for s., 400.
A. z. Byers Il Co. sold for tho Ridgeview
Land Company to J. Howard Stephenson
lot No. Al in their Grande Pointe plan,
Eleventh ward, Allegheny. having a 'front.'
age of 80 feet on Westminster street, and
extending through l20 feet to a 20.foot alley,
for 81, 200
George Schmidt sold three more lots on
Puebla street, in his Eureka place plan, Oak
land. to S. p. Thompson, for s., $50 on easy
terms.
NJ. +. Nipple & Co. sold to David e. Fritz,
for $3.50, or $95 per front foot, q lot 90xlSl
1eet on the south side of Wallingford street,
Twentieth ward. A fine residence will be
erected thereon.
The Burrell and Kensington Improvement
Companies report the following sale OF lots
at Kensington: James Baird, Homestead,
Pa, lot 90 block g. Tor SS25 cash; August
Wie!and, PittsburY, 10 feet south lot 26 and
IS feet north lot &C. block 5, for $l,45O cash;
Frederick Wieland, Pittsburs. lot 49. block
z ior $3.50; John Stevenson, New kensing-
ton, Pa, lot 45. block q, for $S77 cash; j. n.
Dean and j. r. Ackeman, Homestead, Pa,
lots Is and I6, block q, for SI,60O Calvin G.
Dean. Fayette Springs. Pa. lot IL. block 81.
for $3.50 cash: Jonn N. Weddle, Braddock,
lots 265 and s66. block 26. 81. 9s9: Martin Rose.
New Kensington. lot 37s block 25, $646 10
cash; Henrietta Bailey. Allegheny lot 379,
block Is, s646 20 cash; John n. Kritschganm,
Brady's Bend, Pa, lots Sll and Sl2, block %,
$l,160
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