The herald., 1894-11-02
LOOKS LIKE A LARGE LIMIT,
No Bounds Placed on the Realty
Market.
Character of the Buildings Now
Being Erected.
People who Come Hero to stsy-The
City Improving at the Rate
of Thirty-fve Houses
u Week.

For several years past Southern Cali~
fornia in general and Los Angeles county
in particular have been given q good
deal OF advertising in the eastern centers
OF population, this advertising varying
from the private letter OF the man with
one lung, and that one not in good work
ing order, who was glad to Say that
climate had cured him, to the display at
the worlds fair which caused all the
world to wonder at the number and the
magnitude OF the resources OF the south
western country. This same advertising
has caused a steady influx of population,
both of invalid and pleasure seeker and
of men OF small or OF large capital who
have come to grow up with the coun
try" because it seems to offer better
chance for growth than the densely pop
ulated east, and promises better returns
TO investor or worker than can be OBJ
tained in the middle west, where the
natural resources are less diversified and
the competition sharper.
Yet during the past two or three
years the character OF the immigration
to Southern California seems to have
changed somewhat. in that very much
greater proportion OF the newcomers is
made up of people who have come with
the distinct intention of getting into
business and making home. Up to
the early months of boom days the typr
ical tenderfoot WAS either en- invalid
hoping to regain health by "a Jew
months residence. or q pleasure reeker
who was also frugal minded and so in
tAI fas al Faxrv nd
in the hope that the profits Of the in.
vestment might pay the expenses of the
trip. Perhaps not the least striking
advertisement California has received
grew out of the fact that the invalid
usually found the health he sought. and
the investor in land, even at boom
prices, received at least good percent.
age of che profit he expected. Without
doubt these facts have had their infG-
ence in determining the character of
California immigration, and year by
year. month by month. the number of
home seekers becomes greater in pro-
portion to the number OF touriete who
seek only to escape the inclemencies OF
the eastern winter, still retaining their
business interests in the east.
The character of the population has
decided the character OF the land i'm
provements and of the buildings erect
ed. More largely, perhaps, than in sny
other city OF the union dwelling houses
have been constructed for immediate
occupancy by their owners. The tourist
and the winter renter have been only
moderately we'll cared for, and the needs
of the permanent renter who forms 40
large proportion of almost every large
city of the east, have been pretty thor
ouahiy neglected until very recently.
In dwelling houses and hotels only
such buildings have been erected as were
thought to be necessary to provide for
the population 'iE sight" and in the
erection Of business blocks the came
conservatism has been noticeable. There
are many handsome store buildings in
Los Angeles, but not one OF them can
be seid to have been put up until there
WAS an actual demand for the facilities
which it would furnish. In other words,
the most distinctly marked character
istic of the building movement in Los
Angelica is itH restriction to actual needs.
The Builder and Contractor reports 81
building permits issued from the city
hall during the week, the average con.
tract price being about $4,000, and the
list comprising dwellings exclusively.
The business block OF D. Nj. TITLE, on
Broadway near Sixth street, ia receiving
its finishing touches. 1t adds much to
that part OF the city.
4 B. Curriers' new business block.
on Third street between Spring and
Broadway, is progressing rapidly.
Work has been resumed on the Irvine
block. at Third and Broadway, and is
being pushed rapidly.