The herald., 1895-08-15
Lots of Them Will Be Sold in
the Next Few Days
IT WILL BE A RISING MARKET
Intending Purchasers Should Take
Advantage
The City Is Violating Its Own Ordinances,
ami the nayor's Residence Is in
the List

yOnd the reaCh OF any Dub mlllloHalres.
The board OF fire commissioners yester-
day, at their regular weekly meeting,
considered the following report, submitted
BY City Building Superintendent Charles
L. Strange:
TO the Honorabl Fire Commission, City
OF Los Angeles:
Gentlcmen-I herewith present list of
buildings throughout the city that are
not provided with fire escapes according
to ordinance. These are old buildings.
some of which have fire escapes which do
not comply with ordinance. The follow
ing is a list:
Bixby block, Spring. between Seventh
and Eighth streets; Hotel Worth. Sixth
and Broad way; Brown block, Spring, be-
tween Seventh and Eighth streets, No.
sos South Broadway; Z. ". Jones block,
streets: Wiley block Broadway. between
Fifth and Sixtn Nadeau hotel, First ana
Spring, fire escapes do not extend to
roof; Los Angeles National bank, First
and Spring; Wilson block, First and
Spring; Phillips block, Spring street. fire
block, Spring street; Ponet block, 147
Nortl, Spring; BumilIer block, 147
North Spring street; Tenn pie block
Spring and Main: Howes BLOCK, 226 West
First street. Darling block, 229 West First
street; Forester block, 237 West First
street; Times building. First and Broad
way: Reddick block, First and Broad
way; Z. B. Millsr block, l39 South Broad
way; California bank. corner Second and
Broadway: Y. M. {. A. building. Broad
Second and Third; Bicknell block, Broad
way, between Second and Third; Boston
Store, Broadway. between Second ana
Third. fire escapes do not extend to roof;
Donegan building, Broadway, First and
Temple: Robarts block, Seventh and
c. Charnock block, Fifth and Main;
Lankershim block, Main and Winston:
Excelsior Laundry. Los Angeles and
Winston; Ponet block, Los Angeles and
Fourth; Cotton block, Fourth and Los
Angeles; Westminster hotel, Main and
roof Van Nuys block. 32s South Main;
Thorn bl ,ck, Third and Main Hellman.
corner Third and Main Roeder block.
14i South Main; Odd Fellows hall, Main
street: John Lang block, Main, between
Second and and IT Third b, ,,Fs Pencil slo hall hall:
Tnegmss ng1s Goss. ssA 2ls So South Main; Bixby
block. 2l1 South Main: Wilson block, 1891
South Main; Hellman block, lao South
Main: We'll block, 14s South Main; Nc
block. Court and Main; V. Ponet, 135
North Main; Harper q Reynolds, l54
North Main; U. S. Hotel. Main and Re
ouena; Lantranco block, 21S North Main
Ducommun block, Main and Commercial =:
Matfield block, 3OS North Main; Grand
Central hotel. Main street; Kellogg block.
$50 North Main: Baker block. Main end
Arcadia; Hellman IL Childs, 351 North
Main: Rose block 365 North Main; Hoff-
man house, Main street IA bbott block. Az
North Main; Pico house, Main and Plaza
Vickery block, Main; Sentous block. North
Main; Jacobs building, 643 North Main ;
DAVIS building. Fifth and Hill; Pinks
block 635 North Main; Pellissier, block,
Seventh and Olive; Hotel Lille. Hill !;
Eurka stables. Fifth; Holl beck hotel;
block, Spring street: between Second and
Third, frs escapes do not extend to roof :;
N. T. Polaski block Spring. between tSa,! n
Spring, between Second and Third; Los
Angeles tbeater, Spring; Music Hall.
Spring: Ramona hotel. Third and Spring
Breed block. Spring, between Third and
Fourth: Lankershim block, Spring, be-
tween Third and Fourth, fire escapes do
not extend to the ROOF; Willard block.
Spring, between Third and Fourth; Gar
land block, Spring; between Third and
Third and Fourth; Salisbury block,
Spring. between Fourth and Fifth; Zahn
block, Spring, between Fourth and Fifth
Baker block, Spring, between Fourth and
Filth freeman DlOCk. SlACD anu CpTlHS F,
Macy block. Main and Macy; kerckhoft
d Gunner mill; Tononi block. Main and
I'd; Clinton block. Main and Ord; Raw
son block, 75S Upper Main; Eames block.
$50 Upper Main, fire escape in bad condi-
ton; Woodhead block. Main and College
Grand View Lotel, College and Buena
Vista; Patten block, 81 New High; Block
No. 800 New High; building corner Tenn
pie and New High Fulton block, POI New
High; Abstract building. Franklin and
New High; Bellevue terrace, Sixth and
Pearl; Lockwood building, Sixth and
Pearl: Spencer building, Sixth and Pearl
San Julian hotel, Fifth and San Julian
Hotel Pullman, Fifth and San Julian
the Somerset house, 2l4 Fifth
Howell block. 1872 Los Angeles; Dupuy
block. 321 East Second; Collmer block.
233 East First; Allen block, 24O East First
building at l18 East First Newell build.
ing, 347 East First; Plant house, Second
and Los Angeles; Wilson block. 116 East
First; Crane building. 126 North Los
, Angeles; Whittier building, l34 North Los
Angeles; Phillips block, No 3 North Los
Angeles; W. P. Fuller block, North Los
Angeles; kerckhoff building. North Los
Angeles; Mclaughlin, North Los An
geles; Hass- Baruch building, Los An
geles and Also Jenette block Alameda
and Commercial; Hafen house, Whining
Purcell hotel. 325 East Third; Peln
house, Fifth and Central; Arcade hotel
Fifth and Central; Clairmount hotel
321% West Fourth Harris house. 80.
South Hissl Hotel Lincoln. Hill street
California 81 West Second Neur block
West Second; Argyle. 423 West Second
Los Angeles hotel, 31S South Los An
seles Alpha house, Third and Los An
geles; Sunshine flats. Second and Spring
fire escapes do not extend over roof.
Besides this large number OF buildings
there are probably many more whlel
should have fire escapes.
| respectfully request that your honor
able board give me proper authority tt
enforce the ordinance relating to fire es
capes. and suggest that an ordinance b.
passed requiring all buildings over thre
stories in height to be provided witt
stand pines for use of fire department, t,
be located near fire escapes. so that thi
work may be made complete at one time
There are 142 buildings in the abov
list, and not included are the high school
normal school court house and last, bu
not least, the city hall itself. The llote
Lincoln, on Hill street near Sec md
which is the residence of Mayor Rada
and his family. is on the list. and so j
the Times building. on the corner o
First and Broadway.
On motion of Commissioner Netter tn
chief was instructed to proceed at once t
enforce the ordinances on fire escapes
ana the dwner Of each of the abov
buildings will be so rotified The othe
recon NJ endations in the building super
intendents report were ordered referee