The herald., 1897-12-23
OFFICE OF THE HERALD,

month shows a decided Improvement
over the same period in November. which
was itself in advance of the prior month.
Dealers are in better spirits and are
anticipating a fine business after the
holidays. The figures for the month up
to and including the 21st instant, COM
pared with the same days Of November,
are as follows:
Transfers.
December. S64: amount, s614.475.
November. S74; amount, $522, DOL
Mortgages
December, 357: amount, $5OS,s79.
November, 1888; amount, s42S, sos.
Releases
December. 253; amount. $685., Ass.
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Among the more important transac-
lions reported during the past week may
be mentioned the following:
Clark & Bryan have sold the Spencer
property, later owned by J. @. Story and
located on the east side of Olive street,
between Third and Fourth, for $1,000. The
property has frontage OF 120 feet on
Olive street. The same firm sold the
northwest corner of Hill and Ninth
streets for the sum of $4,000. This prop
erty is to be improved.
Martin & Kurtz have sold q Pasadena
lot 60x205. together with dwelling, to H.
l.. Oarrctson for $4,000.
J. II. Harvey of Salt Lake has bought
2 lot on the east side of Pearl street, be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets. for
$4,000. The lot Is 100x150 feet in size. This
sale was made through Clark & Bryan.
Alice Gage will build two-story resi-
dence on Burlington avenue, between
Seventh and Eighth streets, costing
about $4,000.
The Southern California Railway
company has purchased lots and s.
block F.. of the Also street tract for
$4,000. The company proposes to make
railway improvements on the property.
Cortelyou & Giffin have sold a lot on
Dora street, in the Mob Hill tract, to j.
W. Vaughn for $4,000.
William H. Tuthill, manager of the
Singer Sewing Machine company in this
city, has bought q house and lot, 31h
feet. on Kohler street for $4,000
Richard Livingston purchased lots 30
and 30 of the Beaudry Water Works
tract for $225o
= Kelsey & Foster have closed the sale of
lot 1. block Z, of the Wiltshire Boulevard
tract for $4,000. This property has a
frontage Of ninety feet on the Wiltshire
Boulevard.
Richard Altschul has sold for Martha
C'Hara to r. Courreges a house and lot
on Burlington avenue. between Orange
and Seventh streets, for $4,000.
Easton. Eldridge & Co. sold to o. Mes
singer lots Q. 4, and portion of lot g.
block Is of subdivision of the Sunny
Slope estate No. 3, for the sum of SS00O
DR.. H. K. Macomber of Pasadena pur-
chased about 1Sh acres of ground in the
Grogan tract, Pasadena, fronting 565
feet on Colorado street extension, for
$1,000. The purchase was made as an in
vestment.
James p. Davenport closed the pur-
chase of lots 149 and $50 of Clark & Bry-
ans Lone Star tract for $3.50.
Conrad Scheerer has completed the
construction Of the reservoirs at Corona
Riverside county, and is now putting in
10000 square feet of cement foundation
and asphalt flooring for the Weiland
Brewery company. located on Vine
street, between First and Second streets.
The contract price for the work is $3O0O
The Bradley Fertilizer company has
let the contract for the construction of
one of its buildings for the sum of $500.
The purchase Of its eight acres of land
has been augmented by the purchase
through the agency of Conant & Johnson
of an additional eight acres of land di-
rectly across the tract from the original
purchase. The price paid was $1,000.
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The board of directors of the chamber
Of commerce call for sealed proposals
from owners of desirable sites who wish
to provide new quarters for the chamber
and to erect and rent the same to them
Except the first fioor) for period of ten
years from September /, 1899. The pro-
posed building must have light upon at
least three sides, and also have:
Flrst-General auditorium Of 10000
square feet.
Second-Intermediate gallaries sur
rounding four sides OF same, 10000
square feet.
Third-Rooms for general offices, SUBJ
divided to suit, 1900 square feet.
Fourth-Central portion of general
auditorium to have an uninterrupted
height of at least thirty feet to the low
est point Of skylight, which shall have a
glass area of from 40O0 to 5000 square
feet.
This will call for an unusually large
building, with a floor space greater in
fact than Is contained in any building in
the city, and one that very few sites of
sufficient proportions are left in the
business portion, except the Temple
block; but as this location might be con-
sidered as being too far north, we may
go to the other extreme and suggest the
Main and Tenth streets hotel site.
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The Builder and Contractor mentions
among other notes of improvement the
following:
Work has been commenced on the
three-story apartment building Of Judge
8. G. Hubbell, on Stockton street, near
the California street school,
Is Eisen & Hunt are preparing plans for
the San Gabriel Power company of
sub-station for the distribution of cleo
trio power, to be erected on the corner of
Third and Los Angeles streets.
RIB. Young has prepared plans for
the remodeling and adding second
story to the building on the northwest
corner of Eighth and Maple avenue for
DIR. Ybarrondo.
I, Thornton Fitzhugh Is preparing plans
for q two-story residence, S5x35 feet, to
be erected near Fourteenth and Rich
streets; he has also on the boards plans
OF story and half dwelling, which will
be built In the same neighborhood.
Architect 7. ]. Mccarthy has prepared