The herald., 1895-12-04
DECEMBER BEGINNING WELL
Big List of Building Permits So
Far This Month
....-.--...- - $50. --3as-
STRANGE'S REPORT lS94.95
The Building Superintendent and His
Eloquent Data
There Were s4IS Permits. issued Last Year
for New Buildings Whose Aggre-
gate Was S3,sS5,S3S

Of permits for new buildings. Among
those thus far issued during the present
week are the following:
To +. Johnson, for u three-story brick
on Broadway, between Third and Fourth
streets. TO cost SIS, 600.
To Mrs. ii. NJ. Del Vale, for a $4,000
residence on FigueToa street, hotween
Thirty sixth and rhirty-seventh.
TO Catherine Oulal. for $500 dwelling
on Star street, bewte Sixteenth and Sew
entsenth streets.
To H. j. Cramp. for $1,000 dwelling on
Sentcus street, near Winfield.
To W. A. Silverthorp, for 5000 dwell.
ing on Thirty-second street, near Griffith
avenue, and $1,000 residence at 1902 Cir
ard street.
10 S. NJ. Ryan, for a $500 residence on
Westlake avenue bewte.n Ninth and Tenth
streets.
To +. II. Lang, for $40, 900 apartment
house on Tenth street, near Grand ave-
nue..
10 Mrs. A. NJ. bert for a $500 resi-
dence on Tbirtieth street, bcWteen Grand
avenue and Figuerna.
10 Nolan Il smith, for q SIS, 900 block
on Spring street, between Eighth and
NlDt III streets.
To !. Fletcher, for 5000 dwelling on
Towne avenue, between Third and Fourth
streets.
To j. 5. Smith. for $4,000 dwelling on
Clover street.
ToA X. MoropuIous. for $4,000 build.
| ing on Third street, between Spring and
Broadway.
| Building Superintendent Charles II.
/ Strange Is the first municipal otficIal in
| the iield with his annual report. The
document will not be submitted for some
little time yet. In rough draft it will
read as follows:
To the Honorable, the City Council of
the City of Los Angeles:
Gentlemen In conformity with the
! laws by which the operations OF this de-
partment are governed. | have the hUnor
as superintendent of buildings of plac-
ing III your hands the annual report of
this department for the year 1894 ), con-
tanning complete summary OF such mat
tcrs as retain to building improvements
and other matters connected with the
duties 81 this office. ..-. ---. .s-
The building operations for the past
year have ipcrnased-in- volume and cost
from those of tho previous year in the
history of-ttiis- city. This, in connection
with the fact Of the business depression
through the country, IS very crafty ing
Anotner thing in connection --Sith the
buildipR i'm provenents worthy us tten-
tina IS the fact that the operations were
equally brisk in all classes OF buildings
aaG distributed throughout the city.
The construction OF dwell ngs has per-
haps exceed ell in importance the amounts
OF brick business buildings, Which are
more forcbiy brought III oar attention
by the blockaded streets in the business
| center. The vast number OF dwsili Dgs
! erected within tue past year indicates the
enormous increase IN pou tiation.
Another feature OF the building activ.
| ity which should not be overlooked, is
the fact that mortgages recorded are less
than one-half the amount OF real estate
sales and building construction.
The following is a comparison OF this
year with past years: 1891 and 1892. S79
permits were issued for n cost of about
81, SIS 900: 1892 and 1898, 1872 permits
were issued for cost OF about 81 $50. geo;
1893 and 1884. 793 permits we're issuer
for a cost OF about -, 32b, u00; 1894 and
1895. 2415 permits were issuse for cost
OF 81, 49, S36
New buildings. 1909; alteration. and
rebairs, Al; sheds and stables, 1873; re-
movals. l54; mum Der of permits, 2415;
cost of buildings. $685., o33; fees.
S3092. 40.
buildings erected and the cost of each
class:
1864 new dwellings. flats and
tenemcnts. at cost of. 50, l65, $50
81 brick buildings, al Il cost OF I 1871, $50
4 fire engine houses ......... 1900
10 churches ................ 49, 500
! hospitals and infrmaries... e3,t00
Additions, repairs and mis-
cellaneus ................ Sol. las
s., ss5, s3s
II new school buildings and
additions to school builh-
ings. o3s, 900
Central police station. $4,000
81, 2O3, SsS
To the large number OF buildings for
which permits have been Issued should
be added the municipal buildings which
have been built and are now in course of
constructions Eleven new scIool build
ings and additions TO eight old school
buildings, at a cost of s23s, 900; the new
central police station. at cost OF $50,
600; making the total cost nf buildings
commenced this year S4 2O3, s3s.
Besides this should be added the new
Billiard building, costing 100000, for
which permit was issued last year, and
but little or no work done on tho same
until the beginning OF this year, making
a grand total for the year OF "a, 303, s3S.
The fees received for building permits
for the year amount TO $3092. 40 com pared
with S20j6. 90 Tor last year.
Besides the unusual amount OF work
done by this department. | have prepared
the plans and specifications for the new
school buildings, at a cost to the city OF
about Sll00; also plans for the central
police station, at a cost OF about $780,
Besides the cost of preparing the above
plans, have been allowed one assistant,
At a cost OF about $500, to assist in super
intending tbs new buildings.
Tho plum hlug inspector, another
branch of this department., has been
equally busy. On May 18th, according
to my recon mendation, an ordinance was
passPd charging fees for plumbing pr.
nits.
The tabulatcd statement of the business
transacted through this Office during the
mast year does not show all the official
duties that devolve upon this depart
ment. During the year great share o.
what is daily transacted is of an advisorf
nature, of which no accurate record can
be kept.
The general result OF inspection has
IN 49,