The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-11-30
HOW We ARE GROWING,
The Local Movement in Real
Estate.
Activity Among Home
Builders.
Structures In Progrsss or in Prospect.
Demand for Hsal Estate by
Seekers After = Com
Portable Cline.

With the approach Of the rain season
and the indisputsble arrival Of winter in
the east, the climate seeker and storm
avoider begins numerously to arrive in
Southern California. So far a. q judg-
ment may be made thus early in the
season. the ranks OF the tourists include
something more than the usual proper
ton OF people who have come With the
intention OF staying. Already the real
estate market has begun to respond to
the increased demand for suitable lots
for homo building; and among the
names O.! purchasers OF lots in Two or
three tracts, which have OF late been
fairly advertised. will be found q satis-
factory proportion heretofore unknown
in the city. The demand seems to DO
almost exclusively for middle class lots
that 10. lands in good neighborhoods.
reasonably convenient to schools,
churches and street cars, and ranging in
price from $500 to $500. The high
priced lot, valuable by reason OF some
special protection from or exposure to
the salt sea breezs. or on account OF ON
unusually attractive view, still sells,
but less numerously. while the slowest
selling Of all city real estate, just now.
ia the "cheap" lot. which Ia cheap
either by reason OF undesirable location
or on account of inhabitants not gener-
ally regarded as likely to prove pleasant
neighbors.
There ia q noticeable increase in the
demand-to speak more accurately, per-
haps, there is much greater sslebility-
for lands outside of the city limits along
the line of the newly extended electric
road. From Highland Park to Gar
vanza, on the fat and on the hills, are q
Thousand cosy hooks which might be
developed into almost ideal homes. the
chief draw back now being that it takes
two car fares to get into the city and
two more to get back again. 90 that,
though the lots may be obtained for
little money, the preference is still given
to lands nearer to the center OF the
citv's business activity.
During the week AZ permits were is
sued by the city superintendent OF
buildings, of which number four wore
for the removal OF buildings. two for
etores, and each OF the Others for
dwelling house. This falls short of the
seven houses per day which the records
have set as the average for q month or
two past, but exceeds the five . day
which was admitted to be q very salts
factory showing for the year past.
The average cost OF the buildings for
which permits were taken out last week
is less than ueual, being q trife over
$1,000, the highest priced ones being
those of E. A. Miller, First street, $4,000 !;
Mrs. H. F. Whorton, corner Ninth and
Alvarado streets, $4,000. and seven other
dwelling houses at $1,000 each.
WORK IN PROGRESS.
W. H. Florry 10 building q cottage on
Kelly street for W. H. Thorp.
HI. Willard is building cottage on
Belmont street, near Bellevue avenue,
for DR.. Babcock.
r. E. Moore is building cottage, for
HI. J. Woollacott, on Union avenue, cor
ner Washington street.
jacob & Fink are building an addi-
ZION to Mre. M. w. Gardner's residence,
on Olive street, near First street.
o. j. Davis is building a dwelling and
barn on Twenty.seventh street, near
Central avenue, for Henry Wildry.
s. @. Kronnick will erect two-etory
residence for Lizzie V. Grier on Mon.
mouth street, near Adams street.
Alex. Marcoux is erecting q cottage on
Eighteenth street, between Toberman
! and Oak streets. for ]. w. Luthe.
T. H. Newton is building cottage for
Sarah A. Pearson on Georgia Bell street,
between Tenth and Eleventh streets.
Sylvester Grant has the contract to
build q two-story store and tenement
building on Amelia and Lazard streets.
Sinclair & Beer have the contract to
build q cottage for B. ]. Donahue, on
Denver avenue, between Ninth and
Tenth streets.
d. P. N. Little has the contract for the
iron and steel work OF the Currisr build.
ing, to be erected on Third street, be-
tween Broadway and Spring street.
d. F. Donegan was awarded the con-
tract to excavate the lot on Broadway,
between Second and Third streets. for @.
w. r. Ford.
The Los Angeles Flaming Mill comp any
were awarded the contract for the car
penter specifications for M. L. Polaski &
Cos new store on Spring street, adjoin-
ing the Hollenbeck hotel.
WORK IN PROSPECT.
The Builder and Contractor makes
note of the following contem plated i'm
provements:
Architects Bradbeer & Ferris are pre-.
pairing plans for s. X. Lindley Tor a
cottage OF six rooms on Twenty fifth
street.
Architect Fred R. Dorm is making
plans for residence for DR.. j. NJ.
White, to be built in the Bonnie Brae
tract; it will have CRATES, NANTES, plate
and stained glass and all modern i'm.
provements and will cost $1,000.
Architect John Austin ia preparing
plans for Mr.. De Frain, for Elk room
cottage to be erected on Central avenue,
cost $500.
Architects Mccarthy & Mendel are
preparing plans for an eight room cot.
tage for Mr.. Roach, to DO built on
Twenty first street, near Grand avenue,
to cost $4,000.
o. Poolsy has bought four lots in the
Wells tract on Cushman street, on
which he intends to build several six-
room cottages.
A large block containing stores and
fats will be erected on tho northeast
corner of Pearl and Seventh streets.
Mrs. G. Bumiller Hickey has pur-
chased three lots on Burlington avenue
for building purposes.
Judge j. L. Murphy has purchased a
lot ON Bonnie Brae street with the inten-
tion of erecting a dwelling hcuse
thereon.
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