Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-06

The great movement and improvement
on Main and Upper Main streets seems
to be taking shape Of an important char
acter. Mr.. vickery, the capitalist, who
purchased the corner lot opposite the
Pico House from Mr.. John Widney, will
erect an elegant building thereon, to be
occupied as a savings bank. The build.
ing will be Of brick, three stories high,
and very ornamental.
Mr.. GARNER. who owns the lot next,
north of this, will erect on that lot
large mercantile building this season.
Both buildings will be placed back on
line with the Signoret buildings, and an
effort will be made to have the little brick
building next to the church moved back
on line with the proposed new buildings.
Money can easily be raised to pay for
moving the Church Of Our Lady Of
Angels, about thirty feet to the rear.
That will complete straight line for
Main street TO Marchesault street.
But the most important movement will
then begin with the widening Of Upper
Main street by the voluntary act Of the
property owners. They will tear down
the present buildings from Msrchesault
street to College street and erect brick
buildings in place Of the old, but the
new edifces will be set fourteen
feet back Of the present west line Of the
street, giving fourteen feet to the width
Of the street. This project is in able
hands and will be proud movement for
the First Ward. 1t will be source Of
profit to the builders, an ornament to
the city and an honor to the names Of
the men engaged in the great undertake
ing.
With Upper Main street widened by
this addition to the present width, and
Main street cut through to the Los An.
geles river and row Of spacious ware.
houses and manufactures extending
across from Main to Upper Main street,
from the Plaza to Alameda street. the
commercial facilities of Los Angeles will
be ample and fine. That part Of the
town is near to the junction Of the rail
way center, which always governs the
heavy trade Of an inland city and its
manufactures. and will be convenient
for the great trade that is growing up in
the north part Of the county. The men
engaged in this enterprise are full Of en-
ergy and know what they are about.
Such men as A. o. Porter of Pasadena,
and some heavy capitalists from Michi-
gan and Minnesota, are associated with
A. H. Judson, Esd, and Messrs. How
ard w. Mills. Z, S. Fields, A. E. Pome-
roy, George d. Rowan and Others in this
great work. which will require millions
Of brick and add immensely to the asses
sible property Of the city. This great
enterprise will give the building boom
another impetus that will be felt and be
o source Of attraction to capitalists and
manufacturers from abroad. The picture
of this improvement is exhlarat-
ing and encouraging. and one Of
the unerring Indications Of the great
future queenly City of the Angels.
These men are on the right tack. They
see the coming greatness of this favored
city. with its half million of people, and
the capital of the New State browning its
beautiful hills, and realize that now is
the time to make the crooked straight,
the rough places smooth. and have tie
marrow paths enlarged. All honor to
the brains and courage that have started
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