Source:Park-land-purchases

"Park land purchases: Statement showing how Highland grew to its present proportions." Pittsburgh Press, Sept. 26, 1896, p. 4. Newspapers.com 141587444.

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PARK LAND PURCHASES.

Statement Showing How Highland Grew to Its Present Proportions.

Director Bigelow has prepared a statement showing in detail the purchase of land for Schenley and Highland parks. As to Highland park it shows the great amount of work performed by the director in the acquisition of that beautiful pleasure ground for the people. The statement follows:

Land purchased for Schenley park—1889, Mary E. Schenley, 100.67 acres, $125,000; 1890, Mary E. Schenley, 19 acres, $75,000; total, $200,000.

Land purchased for Highland park—1890, McCune & Balph, 9.962 acres, $11,494; 1890, H. Sellers McKee, 15.987 acres, $16,720; 1890, James P. Quinn, 10.632 acres, $12,759; 1890, M. S. Scaife, 8.81 acres, $4,562; 1891, W. A. Hoeveler, 17.28 acres, $27,086; 1891, C. B. Seely, 3.80 acres, $5,037; 1891, Stella H. Kennedy, 8.224 acres, $10,000; 1892, A. G. Duff, 1.101 acres, $566.60; 1892, People's Saving bank, 28.807 acres, $58,104.30; 1892, E. M. Bigelow, two lots C. B. Seely's plan, $621.10; 1892, T. W. Gale, two lots C. B. Seely's plan, $700; 1892, Margaret A. Cribbs, one lot C. B. Seely's plan, $600; 1892, David Z. Brickell, 1.102 acres, $1,000; 1892, George D. McIlvaine, three lots C. B. Seely's plan, $1,200; 1892, R. W. Bayley, two lots C. B. Seely's plan, $400; 1892, M. Dunlain, 2.76 acres, $3,000; 1892, O. M. Irvine, one lot C. B. Seely's plan, $500; 1892, Samuel D. Roach, one lot C. B. Seely's plan, $350; 1892, John A. McKelvey, one lot C. B. Seely's plan, $350; 1892, John Shoup et ux, one lot C. B. Seely's plan, $1,800; 1892, James H. Potter et ux, four lots C. B. Seely's plan, $1,150; 1892, H. W. Potter et ux, one lot C. B. Seely's plan, $400; 1892, G. M. Potter et ux, one lot C. B. Seely's plan, $400; 1892, George T. Hetzel, one lot C. B. Seely's plan, $400; 1893, John Fite, 4.96 acres, $68,845; 1893, Charles Lockhart, 27.707 acres, $65,336.92; 1893, George W. Doll, one lot, $500; 1894, R. J. Coyle, Jr., three lots C. B. Seely's plan, $1,200; 1894, Thomas H. Phelps, one lot C. B. Seely's plan, $400; 1894, Wm. Flinn, 14.036 acres, $118,396.05; 1894, James McHugh, two lots Seely's plan, $1,000; 1894, Francis L. Swift, three lots Seely's plan, $1,200; 1894, Annie Strothers, one lot Seely's plan, $500; 1894, John A. Strothers, one lot Seely's plan, $400; 1894, Adolph Loeb, one lot Seely's plan, $400; Thomas Marshall, two lots Seely's plan, $800; 1894, Frank G. Paulson, one lot Seely's plan, $400; 1894, Mary C. Mayer, one lot Seely's plan, $400; 1894, Henry Pritchard, one lot Seely's plan, $410; 1894, Elizabeth Walton, one lot Seely's plan, $410; 1894, Charles Schwan and W. H. Glynn, four lots in E. C. Kuhn's plan, $4,800; 1895, George Campbell, two lots in C. B. Seely's plan, $800; 1895, Herman Decker, four lots C. B. Seely's plan, $2,000; 1895, William Walton, one lot C. B. Seely's plan, $250; 1895, J. G. M. and Henry Potter, nine lots in Seely's plan, $4,500; 1895, Curtis G. Hussey estate, eight lots in Seely's plan, $3,200; 1895, Caroline Jones, 37.82 acres, $29,500; total for Highland, $464,851.37.