The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-04-24
THE REALTY MARKET
Increased Inquiry for City Prop:rty-Many
Sales Reported

The real estate men have not been SO
much affected by the prevailing lest
tival season as the builders, and strong
inquiry has prevailed during the week
with many sales reported. AS has been
the case for some time past the inquiry
is largely for property suitable for i'm
mediate improvement, though there
seems an unusually strong demand for
lots lying near the outskirts of the city
in the recently annexed sections. and in
vegions recently made accessible by the
extension of electric lines. The town
Vt Sherman, ON the line of the Santa
Monica road, shows transfers that re-
'emblc boom times, except for the fact
that the buyers are not purchasing i'll
the hope that tomorrow or next day
somebody will come along and buy the
lands at an advance. Lerch & McMan-
non are dealing in lots at Sherman and
report the following sales:
To Mr.. Elwood. lots l an 2, block B; to
". Fl. Poor, lot 5, block b; ito Fred T..
Burton lots s and 9, block b; to D. Nc
Fadder. lots l and ., block C; to L..
Quint, lots 6, Z and s, block c; also lots
j. to Is, block G, and lots 10 and 20 in
block 3. Charles NJ. Meeker has pur-
chased lots 10 to %, block c. and intends
forthwith to begin the erection of a
number of neat cottages to be sold on
the installment plan.
one of the most important real estate
transactions that has recently occurred
has been closed through the agency of
Clark &: Bryan. Dr. j. Fl. Ut1ey trans
forred his title to IS feet on the
east side of South Main street between
Eighth and Ninth streets to DR.. John
r. and Francis Haynes, for the consid-
Grafton of 900 spot cash. Drs. Haynes
will make additional improvements and
will remove their offices to this location.
d. Brown & Co. purchased lot Is, block
Z, Urmston tract, on Saturday and on
Monday disposed of it to William NJ.
Sheldon for $3.50, an advance liz two days
of $780,
Weinlke & Zerbes have sold lot "a,
Lock II, Wolfskill orchard tract, to
William Paul of San Diego for Mrs En-
ma Burns. The price paid was $14OO.
Theodore Wiesendanger has sold to j.
Il. Washburn, a recent arrival, house
ard lot at No. S3S Stanford avenue for
$3.50.
Cortelyou & Gifin have made sale
Tor the First National bank to Miss N.
i. Gonzales, of lot /, block /, Buena
Vista tract for $500 She will build.
They also sold lot 377 of the Alexander
Well tract with a cottage upon it, to
Mrs. NJ. Melville, for the sum of $1,000.
j. s. Heron was the former owner.
Easton, Eldridge & Co. report sales of
the Following lots in their new suhdivis-
ION, Menlo park: To Mrs. Oliver, lot
3, block G; to John Stout. lots 20 and 81,
block f; to J. Long lots Is and 49, blocl.
q; TO G. f. Dollinger, lots 10 and IA,
pIock A. to +. Block, lot %, block L; TO
n; n: Miller, lots IL and II, block b; to
w. +; Robinson, lot Z, block B. Nearly
oil Of these lots are to be built upon
soon. W. F. Robinson, who is recently
from New York, has commenced the
construction of a $1,000 house. This
makes total of sixty-ive lots. The
MorM Oh laying cement curbs and side
walks is in progress. gravel for streets
already graded. is contracted for and
VIII pc applied as promptly as men and
teams can do the work.
smith Brothers have sold lot 5 of G.
"; Smlthrs subdivision Of block A, to
John f. crouch for 5000. Mr.. Crouch
proposes to erect a six-room residence
a. once on this lot. The firm also sold
Tor Joseph d. Bourgeois to G. W. Smit,,
lot lo2 OF the Rochester tract, near Ri
olso' San bsrnardtno county. There are