Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-15
SALES AND SCHEMES
OF Recent Occurrence and Origin in the
Real Estate Line-Building Progressing


| or Recent Occurrence and Origin in the
Real Estate Line-Building Progressing
Satisfactorily.
According to report, an entire square,
nue., in the Mayfeld plan, Tenth ward,
Allegheny, was picked up yesterday by
| three prominent business men. The price
was not stated. Each of them, report
added, will build handsome brick resi-
dence. John X. Ewing & Co., the agents,
intimated that the story was about correct.
| Ira NJ. Burchfeld has about cleared up
all the deals in the Twenty-second and
Twenty-third wards, upon which he has
been engaged since March last. They in
clude the Howley purchases footing up
about $50, 900, and a number of others of
less magnitude. The aggregate of these
transactions, including those OF Senator
| Finn and associates, amounts to upward of
S4OO, 900. Mr.. Burchfeld said: ''The last of
| the deeds will be made over BY the middle of
| August or sooner, when the full story of
| the deal will be given. 1t is the largest on
record in rural property. There is now no
| obstacle to the building of the Homestead
Connecting Railway, upon which I have
been unremittingly engaged for nearly four
years.
Land values in East Bellevue are looking
up in confident expectation Of the early in
PRODUCTION of rapid transit. The Pleasant
Valley people broke ground there yester-
day. -Four acres have practically changed
hands at trife less than $4,000 an acre
the highest sale ever made in that locality.
Owners, as rule, are not anxious to sell at
prevailing figures.
Michael Maloney is taking bids on seven
houses on Fifth avenue, near the market
house. Mr.. Vilsack, the brewer, will soon
begin the erection of four nice dwellings on
Negley avenue, East End. Architect
Bickel prepared the plans. Ground will be
broken next week for three frame houses on
the hill back OF Lucy Furnace.
There is strong talk of the property on
the northwest corner of Penn and Negley
avenues changing hands for business pur-
poses The lot fronts 223 feet on Penn by
125 on Negley. It is held at about $50
foot front on the frst-named avenue. The
consummation of this deal would start
new business center.
As showing rapid absorption of lots in
the Twelfth ward, Allegheny, John X. Ew-
ing & Co have just put on the market two
new subdivisions TO be called the Falk and
little plans, fronting on California avenue.
The first sales were made Yesterday, four
lots going at the rate of $50 foot front.
The same firm is dickering OH behalf of
small but wealthy syndicate for about ten
acres in the same ward on the New Brigh-
ton road. If negotiations turn out success
fully, as is probable, the tract. will be i'm
proved in the same manner as Boulevard
place in the East End.
Building is progressing satisfactorily for
the season. Fox & Co. are finishing a row
of II or more attractive houses on Rippev !
street, near Beatty, Nineteenth ward. o. |
II. Robertson, Esq, is putting up very |
handsome residence on Regan avenue, In |
gram. James Newell is taking bids for a |
frst-class dwelling on Stanwood street, same |
place. Mr.. William Walton has completed |
and occupied fine house on Smith avenue,
Watson plan, East Bellevue, and his |
brother Samuel has broken ground for a
building OF the same character nearby. |
The Reighard houses, mentioned a short
time ago, are under way.
Five permits were issued Yesterday for the
erection of six buildings aggregating $751;
450. The largest are: st. Johns Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Church, brick church on
Forbes street, Fourteenth ward, $4,000;
Bell & CALDWELL brick dwelling, on Den
niston avenue, Twentieth ward, IS, 900; A.
Z. Haas, two frame dwellings and stores on
Frankstown avenue, Twenty-first ward,
"a, 200.
1t is expected that the project for the
erection of Heptasoph temple in this city
will soon pass out of the paper stage. Sub
scriptions to the stock are coming in liber-
ally.
The Denham property, on Highland ave-
nue., recently purchased by Prof Andrews
and others, is being prepared for the erec-
tiou of number of neat residences.
Ground was broken yesterday for first
class dwelling on Mulberry street, between
franklin ana Rebecca, Williamsburg. Two
The lot at the corner of Highland avenue
and Callowhi!l street, owned by W. G. Lyme
and sold to Edward D. and Harriet A. Gilt
more, of Sewickley, ior Sl2 800, has frontage
Of $50 feet instead OF so leet us reported.
The sale was, therefore, at the rate OF Sl2o q
foot front and not $3.50 as stated.
The report that the ToOmey property at
1aysville is about to change ownership is
denied.
Charles Somers & Co. sold for j. Fl.
rrescher to Henry Capen and J. Mcneil, two
ots, each 25X100 feet, being Nos. and in
block No 2, in the Walls improvement Com
Dany's plan. for 81, 500
Peter Shields sold u modern four-roomed
house, with bath, etc., all severed, in WILL
am Flinn's Greenfield avenue plan, Twenty
,hird ward. for 2,00o also lot No. 22O in the
schenley Park Land Company's plan, for
800
A. j. Pentecost sold lot No. in his Mar
shall avenue plan, Tenth ward, Allegheny, |
.2xl48 feet, for $3.50.
The Burrell ana Kensington Improvement
Companies report the following sales OF lots
It Kensington: Fred Wagner, Kensington,
Pa, lot 95, block l3 for S762 so; Mrs. Margary
jasey, Pittsburg, lot l,4A, block %, for