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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1891
Page
11
Veterans debate Rock Point versus city venues for Grand Army Day with concerns over crowds and facilities. Proposals include exclusive grounds, reunions and a ball, plus potential Pittsburgh relocation to boost business and tourism.
Tomana Pa August 22. It is expected that not less than 5000 veterans will attend the reunion here next Thursday. The Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers and Reserves along with multiple regiments will march in the parade. A special train will depart at 6 PM on the West Penn Road to Allegheny City so veterans can return home the same night. General William Bakely of Pittsburg will attend the camp fire and respond to the toast of Our Cavalry.
The Past Department Commander Denniston received a testimonial at a Major’s Fast Ent home event last Monday evening. Attending were Department Commander George G. Heyer, Chaplain Jayres, Post Department Commanders Stewart Hazzard Cortin and others, with regrets from Warner Beach Taylor Golin Tyson. A ceremonial table and a design from Comrade J H Davidson of Philadelphia formed the centerpiece, presented by Comrade Raseard. An elegant luncheon followed as the Grad Amy Band played.
The report covers a Grand Army of the Republic meeting at City Well where W I Reed faced scrutiny for politicizing the group. The article lauds the unit rule as a qualified success aiding Pennsylvania’s delegation and notes some members called the initiative a failure.
The One Hundred First and One Hundred Third Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers plan a large reunion at Indians on Thursday. They will escort from Pittsburg to the Clawson House where headquarters will be set for the day and hold a business meeting at the M E Church. The Grand Army Band will accompany the excursion with trains from Union depot and West Penn to Allegheny. Members urged to attend in uniform.
Veterans from Northwestern Pennsylvania join a Franklin parade and campfire as the Roundhead and Seventy eighth Pennsylvania groups plan reunions in Butler. Other notices include National Encampment efforts in Minneapolis and Washington and invitations to Pottsville dedication with generals and governors attending.
Union Vevrran Legion No 6 discusses hall location and attendance. Members Uomwnane Hrxer Kress and Captain Thompson report actions at Rock Point and Gettysburg references. Encampment No 6 attends Washington County fair with many towns represented. Pension awards announced for Charlotte Speer and several soldiers from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts units.
A real estate deal closes for the John Logan property adjoining Highland Park with John Fite purchasing for $45,000 and plans to develop large residential lots with strict building rules. The week also reports transfers in the Recorder's office, church property purchase by B'nai Israel, and multiple building permits and mortgages affecting Pittsburgh's East End and surrounding districts.
A long list of real estate transactions and building permits. The auctions include lots at Kensington with multiple buyers from Pittsburg and surrounding towns, large cash payments noted for several parcels, and prices ranging from a few hundred to over a thousand dollars. The Building Record records numerous new frame and brick dwellings with costs from about 1,000 to 5,000 dollars across wards including Nineteenth Twenty-second and Thirteenth.
The market reports buyers retreating for a potential panic, with total weekly sales at 532 shares and several gas and traction stocks active. Declines appeared for Luster, Centraction, and Pleasant Valley while Philadelphia Gas held steady. Rumors of rate increases and supply uncertainty frame cautious trading as tractions face legal and competitive hurdles.
The New York and Chicago markets opened under pressure but rallied with railroad shares leading gains and Cordage rising. Frost in the corn belt triggered a late pullback with most advances negated, while the bank report showed a cash loss and reserve depletion.
Clearing House activity rose sharply with nearly a million dollars more in exchanges than the prior week and better than the same week in 1689. The New York bank statement showed a reserve drop of over three million dollars but remained 214 million above the legal requirement, suggesting a cautious but improving financial landscape nationwide.
The report shows a broad decline in stocks and a shift in liquidity with reserves decreasing by 5.51 million, loans rising 1.38 million, specie and legal tenders falling, deposits down 2.55 million while circulation expands. In New York yesterday money on call was easy with no loans, prime mercantile paper steady, 60 day bills 3 6 and demand 4 8 4.
Fragmented text lists various financial, railway and railroad terms and references. Mentions Rosen Consols, Parific BS, Iron M, Gen ean, Louisiana, San Fran, Tex, Pac, Westista, Mutual Union, and RioG with scattered rates and headings lacking context or full names.
The report lists weekly and daily bank clearings and balances across cities including New York Boston and others. It notes money rates at 4 percent, currency exchange discounts around 600 and 20 to 25 cents per 1000, with varied weekly totals and year over year comparisons.
Oil trading on the local board remains productive with about 50,000 barrels changing hands in the week. Prices stayed near the top, with regular oil touching 66 and 65. Savings on futures reflect a market buoyed by revived demand and uncertain staying power. Daily averages and shipments rose by roughly 100 barrels, while New York and Antwerp show mixed closes.
State Factory Inspector will return to Harrisburg from Europe early next month. A Scottdale man fractured his shoulder by jumping from an engine. Horse thieves operate nightly in southern Westmoreland County. A Canonsburg resident died after being struck by coal cars. Excelsior Oil Works at Freedom was seized by the sheriff for unpaid purchase price. Westinghouse built a new bridge across the Ohio is open to travel. A man fell while rolling a sugar barrel on an incline at Ninevah, dying under the barrel. A Youngstown woman suffered eye injuries and mental collapse after her other eye burst. A four and a half foot blacksnake was found packed with hay around bottles in Rochester. Charleston and Erie River Railroad projectors secured a $150,000 subscription guarantee from Senator Cameron for a Pittsburg line connection to the Tasawon Vale to tie the Inland.
A Berlin firm develops a coin operated telephone box using a nickel slot system. It charges per call rather than yearly rentals, with coin testing, refund options, and a magneted cash box that records and pays out after each completed connection.
A French pamphlet by SL Rene Resuche analyzes theater fires worldwide, noting 73 fires in 1999 and 0 in 180, with Paris theater receipts rising until 1884 then declining. It argues fire fear reduces patronage and proposes movable outside doors or double iron plates with cork that drop or swing open to create external balconies for rapid egress.
Professor Trowbridge outlines two electric driven flight concepts. The telpherage approach uses an elevated electric railway for small package transport. An airship powered by a motor fed via trolley-like wires could travel free of roadway constraints. A light storage battery and lighter motors would advance electric aviation.
An accident on the London Underground lift left a man decapitated after contact with a cross beam while boarding a lift. English papers contrast British safety rules with American practice, noting strict crowd limits and no rushing between lifts and trains, urging calmer, safer procedures.
In San Francisco a large telegraphers group celebrated a new office and staged a live test. They sent weather questions to Portland New York Washington Seattle Tacoma Nova Scotia and London. Replies ranged from three to six minutes with phrases like weather fine misty warm calm cool and cold.
Experiments in electric forging show ultra fast steel shaping. A 1 inch by 12 inch bar melted in 45 seconds with no room temperature rise. A steel spike and a screw were formed by machines at high speed, turning and finishing pieces in minutes.
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