The herald., 1894-11-23
LOCAL LOTS AND LANDS
Ancient Farms Which Did Not
Pay.
The Movement in Agricultural
Lands.
Lss Angeles Builders Show Continued
Aeti tivity-Buildings In Progress OF
In Contcm plation-rhs Real
Estate Outlook.

Il 10 not easy to estimate the extent
Of business involving agricultural lands,
partly because the word ''lot" in deeds
conveying property OF this description
may mean one acre or . thousand. and
partly because both buyer and seller
seem to have peculiar fondness for
deeds which give "s1, in gold coin OF the
United States" as the consideration.
There is. however, q good deal OF move
ment in country real estate, and very
evident tendency towards increase OF
that movement.
For some years past. and indeed mp to
the collapse Of the boom, California
farming by the incoming population
WAS largely restricted to three classes OF
agriculturists: First, the enthusiastic
capitalist who bought thousand or so
acres OF ground and hired crew Of men
to work it, setting it out to walnuts or
oranges or olives-and that's about as
far AZ he vent, fog the tremendous ex-
penses of the first two years proved 40
discouraging that very many tracts 80
planted we're afterwards neglected and
the trees allowed to die or to make the
stunted and proftless growth which Is
all that can be expected from trees not
cultivated. The second class was the
equally enthusiastic but less wealthy
one-lunger who bought piece Of land.
builta showy she'll OF house. planted
his land to something or other and
then sat down in his front door and
waited for somebody to come along and
buy his placetat four times the original
cost. The third class was made up OF
men who simply bought farm land for
the purpose OF ceiling at an advance
without making any improvements
whatever.
Now it will take careful search to
find Q man who bought land-and paid
for it--during the time OF the boom. who
has failed to make good returns on his
investment; and Q man must borrow
better lantern than Diogenes carried II
be expects to fnd any man who planted
trees 10 years ago and found the trans.
action losing one.
Whether the old methods were good
or bad. they are the seed from which has
sprung the present California system OF
agriculture. Big tracts are still cutis
vated, but the work is being done by
men who have learned to devote land to
the purpose to which it Is best adapted.
as the beet regions OF Chino, and the ap-
Ticot lands OF Santa Ana, and the olive
orchards recently set out in Antelope
valley. The email tracts are no less
quick to respond to intelligent cultiva-
ton, and whether water or "elbow
grease" be 20 means OF coaxing trees to
bear fruit, the results year by year be-
come more satisfactory as approved
msthods are supplemented by n willing
ness to work.
This season promises to see the in
crease of the fourth class OF California
farmers the men upon whose efforts
will depend the fame and lasting pros
perity of this western country; men not
OF large means but OF sound heads, not
given to undue enthusiasm and not
not afraid of work.
The newcomer OF this fourth class is
now coming from the cornfields OF Iowa
and the wheat farms OF the Dakotas,
and be promises to come more numer-
ously as the revival OF business through
out the country gives MIN the oppor-
tunity to get out Of the inhospitable
climate of the middle west without too
great pecuniary sacrifice.
CITY BUILDING.
list OF permits for new buildings issued
during the week to the number of AZ.
In character anG cost the buildings COW
cred do not vary greatly from rhose
lately under construction, being for the
most part for dwelling houses costing in
the neighborhood OF $500, the most ex-
pensive being an apartment house on
Grand avenue near Second street, to be
huilt for r. j. Waters at cost OF $1,000.
WORK IN PROGRESS.
Phillip Eichholz is building resi-
dence for NJ. 7. Collins on Alameda
street, near jackson.
o. J. Kessler is building cottage for
o. u. Ball on Seventh street, near San
Pedro.
A. J. Crawford will build two.story
residence for Willard NJ Sheldon in the
Harper tract.
o B. Taylor has the contract for cot
tage for Alice Randall on Twenty eighth
street. near Maple avenue.
Thomas Mullen is building cottage
fo- H. l.. Shugg on Wolfskill avenue. be.
tween Sixth and Seventh streets.
A. W. Scott Ia building cottage for
Matte E. Hathaway on Twenty. fifth
strcet, near Maple avenue.
Schultz & Sears are building q cottage
for ]. F. Hicks, on Crocker street. be-
tween Sixth aud Seventh streets.
George S. Simpson has the contract
for two-story residence to be erected
on Santee street, near Tenth street.
William G. Calhoun 10 building two.
story dwelling for Clara B. CARPENTER,
on Severance street, between Adams and
Twenty-eighth streets.
The Globe cornice works will do the
galvanized iron work on the w. F.
Whittier building, on Los Angeles
street, between First and Requena
streets.
A. F. Parker has the contract for q
$1,000 residence, to be built on corner Of
Bellevue avenue and Waterloo street,
for Charles Copman and Clara E. Rob-
bins.
Safsll & Wright received the contract
to build $4,000 school house in the
Rosedale school district; also cottage
for L. J. Christopher, on Los Angeles
street.
WORK IN PRosPECT.
Architect John Austin is making plans
for Deputy Sheriff Will Cline for Hvs-
room cottage, cost 1890; also Q fve-
room cottage for Mr.. Clay, to be erected
in the vicinity Of Westlake Park, to cost
$500; also two and a half story resi-
dence for Julius Hauser on the corner OF
Grand avenue and Eighth street, cost