The herald., 1895-08-01
Record of Building Operations
for the week
SOME COMPARATIVE FIGURES
The Largest Business 10 the History OF
the City
Some Of the Real Estate Sales Reported-Im-
provements Proposed or Now In
Progress In the City

July has heretofore been considered as
dull a month as any in the year in the
building line: The holiday Sc ason takes
anywhere from 1000 to 10, 600 people to the
various seaside and mountain resorts,
and judging from the cities Of tents at
Santa Monica. Catalina and elsewhere,
and from reports from the mountain re
sorts. a full complement of citizens has
this season sought relief from business
cares or household duties by spending a
few days or weeks by the salt sea waves
or on the banks of the mountain streams
But the city has grown SO large that the
absence of a few thousand people cuts no
appreclable figure in business circles, and
seems not TO diminish the crowds OH the
streets. During the mohth OF July bust
ness has moved steadily along in building
lines. and the month shows an amount of
work altogether unparalleled IN the his.
tory OF the city.
During the month Of July 246 permits
for new buildings were issued, the total
estimated cost Of the proposed structures
being $637, 619 AS compared with the
building record for July OF the preceding
year, the number of permits issued is ex-
actly twice that of July, 1894, and the
as great. the figures for July, 1894, being
123 permits, covering buildings of the es-
timated value of $233,42S Tho largest
menth's business in building lines in 1894
was that OF November, in which permits
were issued covering buildings to the
amount of 1885, 0S6. which is considera-
bly, less than half the value of buildings
commenced during the month just closed.
During the week closing yesterday the
number OF permits issued fell short by
considerable of the record set the week
before, but the aggregate value of the
contem plated buildings is larger by sew
eral thousands Of dollars. Sixty-four per-
mits wero issued, the value of the build
fngs represented being $156, $40. There is
somewhat moro than the usual rropor-
tion OF business blocks, though there is
not really high cost building in the list.
The building representing the heaviest
investment for which permit was taken
out is three-story brick to oe erected by
=: A. Garvie at theIcorner of Seventh and
Olive streets, at cost of $26. 900. Another
large building is that to be put up by
George S. Patton on Broadway, between
Fourth and Fifth streets. 1t will be OF
brick. three stories and basement, and
will be devoted to store and hotel pur-
poses. The estimated cost is $50, 900.
Clark d Bryan took out a permit for the
construction OF one-story brick Building
on the southeast corner of Nam and
Washington to cost $4,000. The building
Will contain eight store rooms.
Among the permits taken out yesterday
was one by Annie NJ. Johnson for
three story frame building, for lodging
house, on the south side of Second street,
between Los Angeles and San Pedro
streets. This is the site of the recently
collapsed Leland hotel, and though the
cost of the new structure is but $4,000,
there is quite numbe of people inter-
ested in seeing that il shall not tum BILE
down. either during the process of con.
struction or after it is complete
Flats and tenement houses are not SO
largely represented in the list of build
ing permits as has been usual of late. but
the wants of the seekers after temporary
homes have not been neglected. Two per-
mits have been taken out for the erection
of double dwelling houses by Mrs. NJ. J.
Schallert, to be built at the corner of Or.
ange and Loomis streets, at cost of
S4500 each. Tho location is high and
breezy, commands beautiful view and
is still very accessi BILE. Mrs. Julia Cald-
well also took out permit to build an
apartment house, at the corner OF Tenth
and O'kay streets. at cost OF $4,000.
The. list OF high-class dwellings this
week is rather long one, the most pre-
tentious one for which u permit was
issued being that to be occupie by o. L.
johnson, on Orange street. between Lu.
cas- avenue and Wilmer street. The new
hpuse will be one of the handsomest resi-
dences in the city, as it will also con-
mand one of the most magnificent views
Of valley, mountain and sea to be OBJ
tanned anywhere in the city. The csti-
mated cost of the house is $40, 0J0. JOS
eph Maier has also taken out permit for
q handsome residence to be erected on
the southwest corner of Sixteenth and
Figueroa streets, at cost Of $500. Mrs.
II. :. Fudickar took out a permit for the
erection Of $1,000 dwelling. at the cor.
ner OF Grand avenue and Pico street.
The remainder of the list is made up of
less pretentious and less expensive struc-
lures, and, as heretofore most of them
are for residences of people who are
building them.
Taken as a whole, the building opera.
tions Of the week may be taken to indi-
cate a steady growth Of population and
steady increase OF buslness-and it also
indicates that inside of two years school
house facilities are likely to BIZ just as far
short of the demands of the community
as they are now while the citizens are
waiting for the construction of the new
buildings