Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1888-01-15
CHICAGO S13
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L1NIIELD.}
Lots in the new town of Chicago Park
South MOnrovia) are now ON sale for the
nominal sum of $13 purchase price, and
$15 conditional, bonuses as follows;
$500 cash.
$500 February 10, 1888.
$500 March 10th, Provided the track is
being laid and part of rolling stock is deliv-
cred for the Monrovia and Chicago Park
$500 April 10th. Provided twenty-five
buildings are up or in course OF erection in
the town.
ing church and hotel are under course OF
construction. and street car line completed
and in operation.
So 90 on delivery of deed, together with
printed copy of abstract, subjest to COM
parison with the original.
Thus, if Improvements are NOT made pur-
chasers secure their lots ct $500 each, and
If improvements ARE made they then cost
less than acre property north, south and
west of tract.
How can do this? Listen: own nearly
1000 acres of land about nine and a half
miles east Of Pasadena and one and one
| fourth miles south of MOnrovia station, and
| adjoining Lucky" Baldwin's ranch, and
nearly joining the world-renowned Duarte
orchards. About 400 acres of this is
barley; part is an old cOrnfield; part is
wild, and there are two small orchards.
| | intended this for colony purposes, but
|
| the lovely city of MonrOvia, sell Off the lots
| at low acreage price, and make my money
out of the five and ten acre lots adjoining.
Many people consider town property en-
| tirely too high, and hesitate to pay as much
| for a lot as their house will cost, SO expect
this sale will result in the building Of a
| lively center surrounded by lovely homes in
| this loveliest part of the San Gabriel Valley.
The townsite is laia out on the decided por..
| ton OF the tract and is almost perfectly level
and nearly free from stone. Splendid fruit
land and no alkali A mountain wash finds
| its way across the tract. have reserved
| one hundred mason and builders lots for
wash bed, to which it will undoubtedly
some day be confined. SINE of the lots to
be sold are in the present wash, but guar
antee over one thousand of them to be beau
tiful rich loan (not 'dObe), almost absolutely
free from stone; the remainder, outside Of
the wash, are lighter soil, but smooth, some
what gravelly mot stony, and better land
than thousands of acres OF $500 per-acre
land in the same valley.
l do not guarantee that improvements
| mentioned above will be made, but l am
willing to forfeit over One-half of the in
significant $2S per lot if they are not made,
besides making sad failure OF my sale of
| adjacent land.
Lots are numbered from northwest
| corner in routine, for purpose of receipting
only. Twenty-three lots are reserved for
school grounds, churches, free library, no
tel and three business houses already agreed
upon. These lots are designated by letters
When all other lots are sold meeting of
lot owners will be called, a map of tract
placed upon the wall face in,
| a target-gun placed in the hands of some
| poor marksman, and when he or she sue
| ceeds in hitting said map the lot perforated
| by the bullet shall be lot one and will fol-
| low former routine of numbering excepting
one hundred reserved wash lots and lettered
lots This will preclude the possibility of
any unfair tie tment of purchasers, and
Will be the quickest way of deciding the
| matter. After the lots are thus properly
numbered Ill owners are particularly re.
| quested to at once plant trees in front of
| their respective lots, which in short time
will make Chicago Park park indeed.
| trees planted in front of lots outside of
wash; and taken care of for two years.
WILL BEACH.
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