Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-03
NEW BUILDINGS.
A Good Indication OF the
City's Progress.
RIG BLOCKS AND RESIDENCES.
A Fine Structure to be Erected
by ex-Sheritf Kays-COn-
structiOn Notes.

Every day brings the news of more
buildings going up all over town, ano
the carpenters, lumbermen, masons and
all others interested in construction work
are being kept busy. 1t is now reliably
stated that ex-Sheriff Rays will, during
during the summer, erect a three'story
brick building on the present site OF the
buildings Nos. "A and 46 North MAN
street. 1t will be composed of stores on
the first floor, and offices on the second
and third floors. The front will be OF
pressed brick, iron and glass. The
interior will be fitted with all the modern
improvements, including hot and cold air
pipes, giving each tenant any temperature
by an adjusting gauge. There will be fire
alarm system in each room, that will
automatically turn in the fire alarm when
the temperature reaches or goes beyond
100 degrees heat, with an indicator CIV
ing the number of the room and floor,
thus locating the fire at once. In addi-
ton, a patent fire.escape and water pipe
stand will be placed upon the building,
thus making it one of the very best con-
structed buildings west of New York.
NOTES IN TOWN.
The Vanderkuler building, south OF
Second street on San Pedro, is to be
built for a certainty.
A $4,000 eieht-room house is to be
erected for Mr.. L. 6. Love on the corner
of Main and Adams streets.
A fine brick store is to be erected on
the corner of Bellevue avenue and Upper
Main street by Mr.. ]. Mascarel.
The Garrison brick block, corner Ninth
and Main streets, is progressing slowly.
The walls of the basement are nearly
completed.
The plans are almost completed for a
brick block to be erected by Mr.. s. s.
Watson on the corner of Regent and
Seventh streets.
Mr.. Howley's fine residence on the
corner of Hill and Third streets, is to be
raised, and another story with brick
foundation placed underneath.
The plans are almost completed for
the Ferret brick block to be erected cor
ner Spring and Third streets, and bust
ness thereon will proceed at an early
date.
Plans are being drawn for a warehouse
for Baker & Meyers on North Los Ange-
les street near First. The size is to be
4ox11O feet, it will be two stories, and
will cost $4,000.
Work has been commenced on the
brick and frame four classroom school
house ami outbuildings at San Gabriel,
which is to be completed before August
21st. 1t is to cost So, 500.
The brick foundation is almost COM
pleted on the corner of Sixth and Hill
streets for the thres.story frame building
that is going up there. IT Is TO be used
as hotel or boardlng'house.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hollenbeck has don.
ated a lot, 2O7 feet square, on the hrst
street of Hazards East Side addition to
the Belvidere school district. The build
ing will be erected as soon as possible.
A two-story brick building is to be at
once erected Just south of the new cable
engine house on Grand avenue. The
first floor is to be used for stores, and
the second floor for families. The cost
is to be $1,000.
Contracts have been signed whereby
two Hinkle patent freight eleva-
tors are to be put in the
Eugene German building. The capacity
of each is to be $500 pounds, and side
walk ram elevator nine feet high
capable of carrying the same weight is
also to be furnished. The cost OF the
three appliances will be $3.50.
ROUND ABOUT.
The plate glass in the Allyn Block at
San Diego will cost 81 300.
The engine house at Santa Monica is
to be built by A. X. Goetz.
The brickwork in the new Redondo
Beach Hotel is to cost $6,173.
A contract has been signed for the
construction of large brick block in San
Diego by Mr.. Bakesto.
A bank building, with four stores and
offices. is to be put up at Riverside by
the Banking Company.
A brick block is in course OF erection
at Alhambra for Mr.. ]. s. Harris. II
will cost Sill 900, and is to be completed
by the LIST of July.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made to erect
a rectory for the All Saints Church on
Tenth street, Riverside, the estimated
cost of which ia to be SO, 600.
The opera house that is to be built at
San Diego will be three stories high
size 1OOx150 feet. 1t will be trimmed
with granite from the sweetwater
quarries.
Colonel Bates, of Santa Monica, is
authority for proposition by a New
York syndicate to put in an iron pier at
Santa Monica to cost $140, 900, if they are
guaranteed subsidy of $780, 900.
CHURCH NOTES.