The herald., 1895-07-04
AMONG THE DEALERS
The Realty Harket as Evidenced by Sales
and Buildings

| The Realty Harket as Evidenced by Sales
and Buildings
| The realty market is reported by the
| dealers in dirt to be only moderately
active, but there are good many real
estate men in the city and to keep them
all busy drawing up deeos would require
an activity something more than feverish.
| Sales continue to be made and nearly
every prominent dealer has half a dozen
or more trades in prospect which promise
| sufficient profit to tempt him to neg lect
little things.
Among the items of interest in real
estate lines. including sales of unipmrov-
ed land and prospective building are the
following:
At a meeting of the directors of the Los
Angeles Athletic club on Saturday night,
proposition from Henry P. Wilson to
build for the club a handsome club house
on South Spring street. on the lot owned
by. Mrs. Wilson, adjoining the Orient
lodging house on the north, was unani-
mously appoved by the clun. The plans
drawn for this building by Mccarthy &
Mendel have been accepted. The build
ing will be three stories high. in Ienals-
sance. The frontage will be 80 feet by 100
feet depth. The material will be pressed
brick with terra Gotta trimmings. The
columns supporting the grand entrance
will be of polished granite with carved
st one capitals. The entrance will he
tioored with tiling. TIL. rear part of tie
building. awhere the gymnasium is locat
ed. will be four stories high. 1t will cost
about $40. 900. The construction will be-
gin at once. The athletic hall will be the
full wiath of the building and 100 feet in
length and will be furnished with run
ming track.
F. A. Hutchinson has sold for Joseph
Martin his house and lot on Olive street
iust.south of Seventh to W. S. Young for
$500.
c. E. Day has sold five lots in Ocean
Park this week. Two new cottages Will
be commenced Monday for purchasers by
Nj. Dav.
The Fulton engine works has been put
ting In concrete foundation for its new
foundry. This establishment has devoted
its chief attention to jobbing work, but
with fully equipped foundry it will be
able to enlarge its field of usefulness.
Lee A. Connell has sold his lot in the
o. W. Childs tract to 7. A. Scolary for
$S25. Mr.. Scolary will improve this prop
erty for his own residence.
HWalter E. Brown has removed to
205 West Third street, where he will con-
duct the business of real estate and land
brokerage with his accustomed prompt
ness.
Esen & Hurt have let the contract for
a two-story cottage for Albert Crutcher.
deputy city attorney, to be built on
Twentyfourth street. near Hoover, to
cost about $1,000 complete.
Gowen. Eberly g. Co. report the follow
ing sales: A house and lot on West Ninth.
near Pearl, to A. Crawford for $500;
also house and lot on Flower street,
near Second. to c. Smith for $4,000.
Articles of incorporation of the Puente
Land and Water company have been filed
with the county clerk, the purposes of
which are to acquire, own, use ana dis
pose of water bearing land and water
rights, and sell water, lay pipes and build
bitches to carry water, to build reservoirs,
etc. The principal place OF business is
Puente, and the directors are J. W. Hud-
son. Victoria r. Hudson. W. r. Row
land, Thomas Rowland ami b. +. Row
land. The capital stock is 500. 900.
divided into 1900 shares of a par value
OF IS each.
A broker of this city is negotiating
loan of $3.50, 900 for a San Luis Obispo
rancher on $4,000 acres of land, which
viii. be used to improve the land. The
money is promised out it will be eastern
money coming through local represen-
tative.
The foundation work OF the Coul ter
church is com mpleted and is one of the
most substantial in the city, being of
dressed stone in front and cement
throughout the building. The basement
rooms will be well protected.
a. -f'' i<biCihoh 10 pans IOT
a two-story double house which will COLI
tain sixteen rooms. The appointments
will be tirst-class in every particular. 1t
will be located OH Seventh street, between
Flower and Pearl. The owner is d.
Gottheif. The cost of this building will
be about $4,000.
A. A. Irish has effected the exchange of
four lots in Riverside six lots in Acton
and two lots In Los Angeles. valued at
S25o0 the property OF W. Z. Judson. for
two houses and lots in Saginaw, Mich.
The Baker Iron works shipped the big
cooker for the condensed milk factory at
Buena Park on Saturday. 1t weighs 15.-
900 pounds. a shaker to dgitate the milk
was also shipped. A twelve.foot cooker
Tor the brewery, costing about $4,000, is
being built. The usual run of jobbing
and architectural work keeps this concern
busy.
The bids on the Soldiers home build
ings were all TOO high. The bids for the
erection of large kitchen and barracks
at the Soldiers home were opened on
SATURDAY and it was found that the bids
for the two jobs all ranged about $40, 900
in excess of the appropriations. They
were all rejected and ordered to be re-
advertised. The lowest bid for both Jobs
was $lo,36l, and the appropriation was
S3'. 800, and the contractors will have to
try again.
For further building news read the Builder
and Contractor.