Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-01-28
THE AUCTION SALE.
1873 Lots on the Hills Sold
for sS5,777.5O.
THE PRICES AND PURCHASERS.
The Cable Roads Booming That
Part of the City-Eastern
Men Getting in.

The Los Angeles Improvement Com
psny held their second great auction
sale on the grounds out at the western
tsrmini Of the cable roads yesterday.
The day was fine and the hills had al
ready become quite free Of mud. SO that
getting around was not difficult. Free
tickets for q ride were furnished ana
crowds went forward to zee tho country
from the slightly hills. speculate in lots
to make them richer and enjoy good
breath Of the sweetest air in the world.
On some trips as many as fifty persons
went out and by noon the bills were
black with people. Twas q very pretty
sight 10 watch the clouds sweep across
the great mountains, to look over the
great plains stretching away to the sea,
and ali as green Is emerald, with
orchards, grasses foot high and grain
fislds where tine blade Is high enough to
completely oover the ground. The
Second street cable line has now all its
cars in operation, making trips every
ten minutes, starting at 9 A. N. and con-
tisuinQ until ii p. M. At frequent in
tervals three dummies each with its car
attached were to be seen ct once between
the top Of the hill at Bunker lille Ave
nue. and the top Of that ct the Diamond
street terminus near the Ellis Villa. This
gave the scene very lively effect.
The sale began at about / O'Clock and
eon.'nueo until aItst - sne s.se'no n
nar. Iii .sr Z. = lunch -. .srvsd al
~ Waltsr Ea~hsii 81 NewbsiI aons.
San E,s,c;sco handjed the hammer. and
c-;sd m th~ IL. in M ususllv Animated
.tvis io.;no M time in needless bar-
.ca,ss ~ wear out the patience Of the
-ijI;nosst buver and losing money for
owners bv long winded taIk. M. New
hail knows his business too well for this.
Hs trusts to the intelligence Of his au-
d;snce and merely acts a. their month
niecs 70 cali their bids.
Dnr;nc the ale I28 Iots we're disposed
NJ ~ nr;ces ranging from sIO0 to $3.50.
and averaging SIZE 81. The principal
buyers we're +. J. Osborne, NJ. W.
Dodd. ]. r. lowell, ]. D. Fyke, p. M.
ecott. D. ShonQ. e. Sorabjse, G.. X.
Red r. N. Mitchell. M. q. shaw, 3.
a Bronaden. j. r. Gronss. VIM, B.
Gi;dden II X. Preston. james Lewis.
Mrs a q walters. &c. Burliugams,
John Heaiv !. g. Mc(}Iaueblin. q. A.
Fnd;h a. lain lawrence. D' P. Hutch
;nson I uomneII q Fl. sehram- j. H.
Bisncbsrd- d. N. sutherland. Chas. M.
esi.son and hobart Thatcher.
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THE Sal. ssoAS
Corner Of Texas and State streets, inn
mediateIy north Of the terminus ct
Diamond street, st Lot l, Block !.
-Four lots were sold here. and four more
back OF them, on Welcome street, from
the corner Of State street northwsrd.
These eight sold a. follows; Lot l. $3.50;
lot 2, $3.50; lot 8, $3.50; lot 4, $50; lot
Is, $40; lot IA, $40; lot Is, 500; lot
1e, Sl25.
On Court street, in Block =. lots sold:
10, 500; l6, 4l85; II, el47.50; is,
500; 10, SOS. In the same block,
on Cortez street, Z. 8. 9 and 10 sold for
500 each. In block d, the other side
Of Cortez street, they sold ID, WOO; ID.
4l45; ~, $40; 10. 800; 10, e206; IA
and IL, S2l0 each; 8, corner Texas street
and Cortez. 1856; s, t425; 4, 1896.
Crossing Temple street, at the terminus
Of the new cable road in block d, along
Temple street, lots sold: "A, $500; 20.
500; %, $50; 81, $40; 20. $40; 10.
$50; Is, 4355; IL, 1856; Is, 1910. In
the same block. ON Lake hh0re avenue,
sales we're; lot IA. $50; ID, S2x. so; IL,
ii and 10. $50 each; Q, tl45. Lots
on Palo Alto street. In block a sosds
10, el36; IA. 4l76. La the same block,
on Texas street. sales we're; ~; corner
fslo Alto). yoo0; IL v4oO; vzcO; :.
9H0; z, G45O; D, and =: wv each; ..
4iO; :, Aio. IN block .: vest Of
Texas and one block north OF temple,
lot 4 brought 1910; >. and ], 400
each Tbs next block north, ~. sales
were; LOT Y, yoo0i .. $soO; = vVo; o.
W.; 0, wv; =. siso, and ! Si1V.
Returning TO- the Diamond street ter.
minus OF the Second street caose roso
sales were made IN block ", south Of
Diamond street and west Of Wilmer. lot
l, $40; 2 500; .. T0; $50.
Across an alley back Of these and facing
on Wilmer street and running BACK 70
tho grounds OF the Ellis VIA, ioH soid'
Q and Y. yU0; 2 and =, xSoO; y. $50;
70 and $4iO; " large corner iosh
&oD. East OF wilmer street along
DIAMOND, aoove me cso,e rcso GUY, 10.
9. block ~ e ccrnerb sold for tSSv
ana o. ssU y zIos ., : sno 2. w
each; =, wy; ! tcorner Luces avenasb
$50. In the same BLOCK on Wilmer
street, east SIDE. iot ~ so'a iof 10y; II
y and u, szsV; !. ana 10. 800; 10
$3.50; ~, $S4o' Along L1oas svenns,
IN same piock, lou 70 sna prougss
in.s 80 cor.sr s;issr ssrsst and Inca. ave.