Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-20
$4,000 FOR FIVE ACRES.
A Piece of Property on Wilkins Avenue,
Near Wiehtman Street, Sold for $4,000
Per Acre-Many Othef Good Transac-
tions Reported-The Weeks Record.


Per Acre-Many Othef Good Transac-
tions Reported-The Weeks Record.
SATURDAY, Nov. 19.
Another good sized sale in the Squirrel
Hill district has been closed. S. j. tFlem-
ing sold tract of land. containing five
acres, situated on wilkins avenue, near
Wightman street, Twenty-second ward, for
ELL 600, or $4,000 per acre, to w. j..
McClurg. The property has frontage on
improved at once. This sale shows won-
der1ul enhancement in the value of this
property within very short time.
Current Gossip.
Messrs. Ewing & Co. have closed the sale
OF very valuable residence property in
bellevue. the particulars OF which will not
pc made known until the delivery Of the
| nnal papers.
$. j. Fleming is negotiating for the sale of
% acres OF land IN the Twenty-second ward
10 several local capitalists which, If con-
summated, will exceed in value and impor-
tance any deal which has yet occurred in
| the Squirrel Hill district. The price asked
t tor tne properly and which will very likely
| De PAID is S252 OVO or 81, 900 per acre.
tract OF land situated on Perrysville
avenue, opposite she Ellsworth road, con-
talnl"g lO9 acres. will likely change hands
S50,0O0
Building Permits.
The following permits were issued to-day:
william keech, six-story brick house, Penn
avenue, between Garrison alley and Tenth
street; cost $4,000. Mrs. Lizzie Netf, frame
aooltlon, NO. Ia Shetland avenue: cost $500.
Late Sales.
Joseph P. Rankin Co. sold the DR.. J.
W. Sykes residence at Osborn, consisting Of
about 81 acres and large 13-roomed house,
for sls,24o. The purchaser, Mr.. Joseph G.
Lambie. OF Allegheny, expects to occupy
the property in the spring.
Jonn +. Sweeny reports another sale OF
the White properties on Heron avenue,
Heron HILL The purchaser is Mr. James S.
Vance, OF 2l1 Erin street, and the property, n
hve-room and finished attic frame, with mod
ern conveniences, on lot frOnting on Heron
avenue % feet and extending back 80 feet,
for $500. Another sale reported is that or a
4O-ioot lot on College avenue, near Alder, at
$50 per foot, for Z. 5. Thomas, of Lynn, Mass.
Mr. oweeny sold this lot q few mon this ago TO
the present seller &C $50 per foot. The
purchaser is breaking ground for fine
dwelling.
John K. Ewing & Co. sold to Mrs. Annie
NJ Smith for William j. Lightner q two-story
frame house Of seven rooms, hall and BATH
with o lot COX 100, on Lithgo avenue Second
ward, Allegheny. for $3.50. The above firm
soid this same property 10 Mr.. Lightner 90
s. A. Dickie & Co. sold for T. C. Hosack to
". Ii. Clo~ ct al two lots. each 25xsO feet, ON
Monticello street, for s4Oo cash.
.; d. Coleman & Co. sold Tor A: j. shauer
to Hannah V. SchmitZ, q lot, 50xl35, on Ben
nett street, for 81, $50 cash.
Baxter, Thompson & Co. sold for A. L.
watkins lot No So in his plan on Horton
avenue near Wylie avenue, Thirteenth
ward, size 29xl0J. for $500: also sold lot No.
346, Bank OF Commerce addition plan, Brush
ton station, fronting so feet on Mohler street
and loo feet to 2Ofoot alley, for $500.
Black Baird sold for Louis +. Falck to
G. ID. Simen lot No. Il in Falck's plan in the
Eleventh ward, Allegheny, fronting SO feet
on Davis avenue, corner of Massachusetts
avenue, by depth of los feet for s. 500 sh
NJ F. Nipple & Co. sold Tor Alfred Beckley
to q. L. Hartman, Esq, for price approxi-
mating 81. 600. lot No 26 in the Comingo plan,
having IL frontage of 80 ieet on the east side
OF Bellef1eld avenue, and extending back 100
Ieet, more or less, to Dithridge street, Four
teentll ward. This is the second lot sold by
the above firm for Alfred Beckley in the
same plan within the last ten days.
Snyder White sold Tor William Evans to
Robert Balmer 1oacres of ground wifi frame
house at Patterson's Mills, Washington
county, for 81, COO
A. T. Byers & Co. sold for Frank Hucke.
stein to the Benedictlne Sisters Society, OF
Allegheny, two vacant lots in the Fourth
ward, each fronting 20 feet on Church ave-
ST. 900 cash.
Reed B. Coyle & Co. sold for the Bellevue
Land Company in their plan of Sunnyside,
Bellevue, lot No III, situate on the corner of
Orchard and Rodgers avenues, for ST. 000
j. G. Allies & Co. sold to Katherine Mueller
tor j. C. Allies lot l5O in block Z, New Ken
sington, size 20xl20. Tor $4OO
The Burrell and Kenslngton Improvement
Companies report the following sale of lots
at kensington: William Crime, Pittsburg,
south half OF lot 90 block 8, s40O cash; Frank
Rohln, Pittsburg, lot 50, block g. S7GO Henry
Wotten, Pittsburg, north Is feet OF lot 81 and
south 10 feet of lot 5S, block 2, ST. l47 80; Miss
Rosalla Schaeier, Pittsburg, lo5 Al, block p,
1887 so: Menas & Edward Menken, Pitrsbury.
south 10 feet OF lot 80 and north 10 feet of
lot 81, block 4 for SI,Ol2 so: David L. Leslie,
Bellevue, lot 2Gl, block 26 SS77 80; William
Beighey. harmony, lot So, block 27, ior
S646 IS: D. i and j. B. Schultz Latrobe, lot
% and soi8h feet of lot o. block 5, for
81. 800: Sophia Reith, Pittsburg, lot COS, block
"a, $6tG IS; j.. Feldmyer, Pittsburg, lot 46,
block4, $3.50 10.