The herald., 1894-01-01

plate glass front, of the store rooms are
12x24 feet in dimension. the largest yet
used in this city.
best material, workmanship and archi-
tectural talent have been called into re-
quisition for this building, but its con-
hand and watchfulness outside the
province OF the architect and owners.
70 Superintendent OF Construction W.
H. McKillican is therefore due much
credit for the successful carrying out OF
this undertaking. Among other testi-
moniale of his popularity and capacity
might be mentioned such of our edifices
as the Etileon, Johnson, Hall, Emms
and Shatto residences, ID. Freeman's
residence at Inglewood, his block in
this city, and the Union Hardware and
Metal company's store and warehouse
on Los Angeles street, the latter being
the first building in Los Angeles to re-
ceive especial rate of insurance ON &C.
count Of substsntiaility. To the Brad
bury building, however, with all those
who have been connected with its con-
struction, they can point as the
strongest evidence of their genius and
workmanship, while too much appre-
citation cannot be given the wealth and
enterprise of those who have added to
the city's advancement.
Mr.. George H. Wyman, the we'll
known architect, who, previous to COM
ing to Los Angeles, was with Mesars.
Peters and Burns Of Dayton, O., srchi-
tects OF national reputation, they hav-
ing planned all the buildings for several
of the soldiers homes, among them
being the Santa Monica home. One Of
the buildings at Santa Monica designed
by Mr.. WymanIis the dining hall. Here,
through his genial bearing and exact
ness in business he hssImany clients
and it Is Mr.. Wyman's intention upon
completion of the Bradbury building to
open Offices for general business in his
line, and with this building as an evil
dence OF his skill and ability, should re-
ceive his portion Of the architectural
work of this locality.
THE BAKER IRON WORKS.
Another twelve months have passed,
and the new year finds the Baker Iron
Works running with about 81 many
large orders ahead as ever. At present
they are only running 70 hands, but
during the rast twelve months they
have been working at times as many as
800 men.
In Southern California they represent
the following well-known houses:
Henry R. Worthington Pump Works
of New York.
Atlas Engine Works, engines and
boilers, Indianapolis, Ind.
Otis Bros. s Co., passenger and freight
elevators, New York.
They make q specially OF furnishing
water works complete for cities and
towns. also for irrigating.
The following are some of the plants
furnished by them:
One hundred and fifty-five Thousand
dollar pumping plant of 500 horse power,
for the California Picsche Gold Gravel
Mine company, at Yuma, Ariz.
Sixty thousand dollar waterworks for
the city of Santa Ana.
Water works for Long Beach, Pasa.
dena, Whittier, Soldiers Home, Santa
Monica, and Nestor, San Diego county.
Another branch OF their business ia
the heating of public and private build
ings. They have put in come go com
plete plants in the past year, including
some of the public schools of Southern
California, the United States postoffice,
Throop University, Pasadena; State
reform school, Whittier. and the Sol
diers' Home, Santa Monica.