The herald., 1896-12-18
People Are Busy Buying Christ.
mas Presents
A SMALL LIST OF PERMITS
And Most Of Thsm for Very Modest
H3m:S
Demand for Realty Is Steady-Reports
of Sales Made and of Improve
ments in Contemplation

The week ended on Wednesday night
was the dullest in the building line which
Los Angeles has seen for many months.
All told only twenty-nine permits were
issued by the superintenden of build
ings, and of these the largest was that
taken out by the First National bank
for the repair and alteration of the build
ing at 224 North Main street a t an outlay
of $780, The residence representing the
largest outlay is that to be erected for
Maria A. Lapham, at the corner of Elev-
enth and Georgia Bell streets, which will
cost $2100. There are three or four 9TH
ers which approach the sum last named,
but the majority of the permits issued
comprise dwellings of very modest pre-
tensions, or repairs to structures already
erected The list is as follows:
Eloise A. Williams, dwellings, Twenti-
eth, between Griffith and Central avenue;
$780,
G. w. Gordon, dwelling, Saratoga and
Marco: $780,
M. Hough, alter uilding, Broadway,
between First and Second $500.
II. H. Battle, shed, 521 San Pedro street:
$20.
Wilson estate. alter store. southeast
corner First and Main; $500
Miss M. E. White, barn, corner Twelfth
and Westlake avenue; $150
Stimson Bros, two-story dwelling,
Florida near Moore; $2100.
g. M. Stimson, two-story dwelling,
Lincoln, near Moore; $4,000.
George Kitchen, dwelling, Fourth, be-
tween Pearl and Fremont: $3.50.
Rose Marian, dwelling. Ceres avenue
between Sixth and Seventh; $500
Fruit Growers Express, warehouse
San Fernando street; $685.
u. II. McGraw, dwelling, Seventeenth
between Bush and Union avenue; $500.
Mrs. II. A. Woodward, dwelling, Twen-
ty-second between Central avenue and
Naomi: $1,000
j. H. Bohrer. addition to dwelling.
1926 Shenandoah; $3.50.
First National bank, alteration to 224
North Main street; $S75O.
II. e. Small, barn, northeast corner
Mathews and Michigan avenue; s1o0.
j.. Il. Clarke. dwelling, Twenty-seventh
! between Hooper and Orange; $1,000
l.. 7. Wall, barn. St. Louis between
Fourth and Sixth streets; 5000
M chapman. dwelling, Sotelo between
Basel and San Fernando: $500
A. j. Roberts, dwelling, Thirty-second
near Griffith; $500.
Mrs. Moss, dwelling, Centennial. near
Temple; $500.
Mrs. Moss, dwelling Centennial streat
near Temple; $500.
r. H. Reese, dwelling, Twenty-fifth
between Central avenue and Griffith:
$1,000.
c. ]. Cherrington. dwelling, Third be-
tween Breed and Soto; $500.
Maria "A. Lapham. two-story double
| dwelling, southeast corner Eleventh and
| Georgia Bell; $27O0.
T Nawtop 1u-oII;,,~
street between Central avenue and Ten
| nessee; $3.50
Theodore Lutge. addition to dwelling
zoos East First street; $500
| j. c. Kolff, dwelling. Towne avenue
between Ninth and Eleventh; $4OO.
Mrs. r. E. Beattie. two-story dwell
| ing, Bush between Sixteenth and Sew
enteenth; $500.
| Daniel Shepard. barn, Ingraham, be-
tween Wilmer and Vernon; S1O0
! r. Orsi, repair dwelling, Ill East
Twenty third street; s40O.
UNCONTRACTED WORK
Architects Waggoner & Preston have
prepared plans for Edward Booth, for
| a six-room two-story residence, to be
| erected on East Twenty eighth street
| cost, $500.
Architect August Wackerbarth has
| prepared plans for Edward Thomas, the
| plumber, for a two-story brick building
! to be erected on Temple street between
/ Centennial street and Baudry avenue;
/ cost $3000
| j. M Lewis, a recent arrival from Ala =.
| bama, father of M. B. Lewis, assistant
/ cashier of the State Loan and Trust
company, has purchased so feet on Spring
street, near Fifth, adjoining the prop
erty lately purchased by N. c. Madden.
1t is reported that large structure will
cover both properties.