Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24

| Sale of Church Site.
It was mentioned few days ago that
trustees of the First Presbyterian Church
in Mansfield borough were looking for 6
! site upon which to erect q building large
enough h to accommodate the growing men,
| bership. At congregational meeting held
| subsequently the site on the corner Of
Washington avenue and Main street was
| decided upon, and the trustees were directed
to secure it at once. This they have done
| at cost of $4,000. Plans for the new
church edifce contemplate structure to
cost between S25, 900 and $50, 900 Work on
it will commence as soon as the prelimina-
ries can be settled. The site chosen is con.
sidered the best in the place for church.
ADowntown Dicker.
It was reported Yesterday that @. 81. Love
had closed transaction in downtown prop
erty involving $780, Being asked FOR de-
tails, he admitted the report was correct,
but refused to give the location further than
that it is on one of the avenues below Smith
field street. If one should guess Second
avenue it is likely he would not be far out
of the way.
Light Turned on at Last.
The property on Smithfeld street, sold a
few days ago by Black & Baird and indef-
nitely reported at the time. is No. 533 and
the exact consideration $4,000. 1t was
sold for G. j. Young to Stanislaus Zock, the
Wood street caterer. 1t has since been
leased for term of three years. The price,
little over s., 800 foot front, is the best
yet realized in that locality, but majority
of owners are asking $500. The amount
of property on the market on Smithfeld
street above Fifth avenue is exceedingly
limited, and it is still scarcer on the lower
part Of the thoroughfare.
An East End Residence Sold.
Mr.. A c. Garfield yesterday closed the
sale of his residence property in the Baum
Grove plan, East End. The consideration
was 81, 800 1t consists of q lot 40x110 and q
good frame two-story Queen Anne house.
A Liberty street merchant is dickering for
100 feet in the same plan, with view to
the erection of fine stone residence.
Business News and Gossip.
Real estate brokers were satisfied with last
weeks operations. The market was active
all through.
A permit was issued yesterday to Ed
Greiner for frame dwelling on Virginia
avenue Thirty ward, to cost 81 700.
Number of permits issued during the week,
II, representing 81 improvements, the esti-
mated cost of all being $50.
After call yesterday there was a sale Of 100
shares of Birmingham Traction at 2015, and
the same price was bid for 80 more. Du-
quesne was steady and quiet.
Prof. SlOane'S row of IL houses at Hazel
wood will be ready for occupancy in short
time. He is one of the faculty Of Princeton,
N. J., College.
Solon have closed a loan Of $4,000 on city
property for five years at per cent.
The first break in railroad rates this year
will take place on January "a, when the 15-
ant Iuba rq -, pa N
oils to Peoria will be lowered to 121S cents.
An opposition to the Whisky Trust has
been Incorporated at Philadelphia with q
There was talk yesterday Of a whirl OF
some kind in Electric. The affairs of the
company would seem to justify an upward
movement.
George b. Hill Co., have backed Birming-
ham all through the rise. They bought It
yesterday at the top of the market.
The production of anthracite coal for the
first nine days in January was 67l,S tons, a
decrease of 3l6,790 tons from last year.
Whitney Stephenson sold ST., 900 Pitts
burg and Birmingham Traction bonds at
9551z.
Movements in Realty.
Ira n. Burchf1eld sold for John F. Hosack
two lots on Lytle street, Hazelwood, for
81 900 cash.
Baxter, Thompson Co. sold lot on the
north side of Lytle street, near Hazelwood
avenue, Twenty-third ward. fronting 45 feet
on Lytle street and extending back 137 feet,
for price approximating $l,5OO; also lot No.
"a, Ruch place plan, Thirteenth ward, 'front.'
ing p feet on Kirkpatrick street and extend
ing back 100 feet, for $3.50
Denniston, Elderkin & Co. sold for Thomas
j. DOYLE to j. Frank Lowman, lots Nos 10
and 20, on Harvard street. 22x7 feet, for
50, 900; Tor j. W. Kirker to Walter E. Seeley, q
lot on Angle alley, 20x60 feet, with house
of three rooms, fop ST. 200; for Mary A. Nc
Millen to Clark F. Warden, three lots on
feet to an alley, for So 300; for W. W. Reed to
Mrs. P. Wilson, lot No. 81 in the Speer Dallas |
plan, 25xl30 feet, with a frame house OF six |
rooms and two finished attic rooms, for |
s, 500. |
]. B. Larkin 6 Co. sold lots No. lol, lo2 and |
lob, Blair plan, Blair station, to George |
Husack, for sl,o5o
John K Ewing & Co. sold for D. e. Beatty
to j. c. Elliott, two-story brick house Of |
six rooms hall and attic, with lot l9x70, be- |
ing No. Sc Robinson street, First ward, Allie
gheny, for So 500 cash.
A. c. Byers & Co. report indications favor
able for brisk market in Allegheny real |
estate. The inquiry tor houses "to rent" is
also Unprecedented. There is a large de- |
mand for business locations on Federal and
Ohio streets to rent.
The Burreil Improvements Company re.
port the following sale Of lots at Kensfng.
ton: Joseph L. Mccormick, Washington, Pa,
lot 3s and five feet of lot 81, block a. for
81 147 50 Frank L. and John I. Cain, Pitts
burg Pa, lot "a, block 13, for $637 so: Islam
M McElfresh, Drenen P. O., lot Is, block IA,
for S637 80.
NJ F. Nipple & Co. sold for William M. |
Bell for 81 600 two-story seven-room frame |
/ welling with lot 5Ox lf0 ON the south eide