The herald., 1898-03-17

winch nad Deen keyed up IN some very Sc
lect localities to speculative pitch, have
recently declined, so that there is oppor-
tunty now to buy at rates which will re-
turn very satisfactory profits in the course
of a few years.
| A Costly Tunnel
Eisen G. Hunt have submitted three diff
| ferent plans for the construction of the
elevator and tunnel for the courthouse,
and 1t Is very probable that one of them
| will be adopted. The favored plan is for
| the erection Of an outside iron shaft, just
| to the left Of the rotunda, at the east of
| the courthouse This will be protected on
| the top from the weather, and will be con-
| neoted with a tunnel leading to the center
| of the wall on New High street. This tun-
mel will be lighted by sort of a skylght
| arrangement The other plans were to
tunnel to the same elevator from the cor
ner of Temple and New High streets, or
to construct an open elevator in the space
| between the courthouse and the Jail, con-
Meeting with both by glass covered pas
sage ways. This last plan Is in anticipa-
tion Of the jail some day being converted
into a hall of records-Builder and Con-
tractor.
If this tunnel is really needed, 1t seems
pity that it was not provided for in the
original estimates, when no doubt 1t could
the large outlay now contemplated. There
certainly does not appear to be any neces-
sity for the outlay which has been sane
toned by the board of supervisors for the
conveniece of the officials and others who
have business to transact In the court
house. The plan is about as sensible as If
1t had been proposed to put in tunnel and
elevator for the teachers and children
going to the high school.
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Building Permits, $1,000 and Over
M Lissner, owner. Murphy & McLen-
nan, builders; four flats Of seven rooms
each, southeast corner OF Ninth ana Olive;
| $60O0
w. S. Witherbee, owner. G. Stierlen,
builder; two-story 9-room residence, north
east corner of Seventh and Rampant; $4,000.
W, W.,o H Slack 1nwer; .1aSo 1Mostory residence
Mrs. Rawson. owner,W. Rommel, build
| er; addition and repairs to southwest cor
ner Of Second and Main; slS25 ..,s
o. J. Sutton, owner, p. j. Bolin, builder;
dwelling, Griffin ave-, near Downey; $1,000.
| ]. w. Owen. owner, K. r. Brainard,
| builder; 2-story frame residence. Wall,
near Tenth: $1,000.
d. Aldrich, owner, same builder; 2-story
frame s-room residence, Wall, near Tenth;
$1,000
r. E. Wheeler, owner, same builder; q
story residence Sixteenth near vernon;
A. T. Newton, owner, Henck & Roberts,
| builders; dwelling, Fifteenth. near Central
M. +. O'Dea. owner, J. L. Deane, build
| err; three 2-story frame residences, north
east corner of Flower and Twelfth; $500
each.
ings, Jefferson near Thirty-fifth; $500 each.
Thos. Vigus, owner and builder; 2-story
Groom residence, 92O Westlake ave.. $4,000
Fourteen permits under $1,000 each, $492O.
Total, % permits, aggregating $33,145.
Last week, "a permits, aggregating $l41,-
$50.
Some items relative to uncontrolled new
work and improvements in progress are
contained in the current issue of the Build
er and Contractor, and are given below
John Parkinson Is preparing plans Tor
Mrs. Kate c. Miller of 1O-room 2-story
residence to be built ON West Sixth street,
near Westlake avenue.
Blick &. Moore are preparing plans for
Mac D. SNOWFALL Of a 2-story Groom resi-
dence to be built on North Raymond ave-
nue. near Washington street, North Pasa-
dena.
Plans are being prepared for the Los
Angeles School of Osteopathy of a large
2-story frame building, which will be used
as a school for the instruction OF pupils.
The location of the new building will be on
Figueroa street.
Krause & Jenkins are preparing plans
for Easton, Eldridge & Co. of two addi-
tional cottages, to be built in the Menlo
Park tract.
Eisen & Hunt have prepared plans for
r. X. Rule of a 10-room 2-story residence,
to be erected at Terminal island.
Greene & Greene of Pasadena have pre-
pared plans for Mrs. M. A. Bennett of a
2-story 8-room residence, to be built on
North Los Robles avenue, Pasadena.
pared plans for H. M. Black of a Groom
cottage to be erected on Mary street, near
DeLacy street, Pasadena.
Plans are being prepared for the trustees
hal nrvNI, v,rf nt Do 1nv,
for new building to be erected on the
site of the one destroyed by fire some
months ago.
Sixteen sets Of plans were submitted to
the trustees of the First NJ E. church in
response to their call to architects. The
first meeting for the purpose Of examin-
ing them was held on Saturday evening.
Each architect is allowed thirty minutes
| set.
The condition of the high school building
has been looked into, and the chairman Of
| the building committee has made report
| to the board of education, in which he
says that he found the foundation of the
interior wall so rotten that the stairway
was positively dangerous"
| The report that the Christian Scientists
have in prospect the erection of church
building upon their property on Seven
teenth street, near Figueroa street, is pre-
mature Nothing has been done at the
present writing that would suggest the
idea.
Work on the paving of South Los An
geles street, from Second to Fourth streets,
will commence in few days.
| The bridge committee of the city council
| has reported in favor Of building two new
bridges, one across the Arroyo Seco at
Wall street and the other across the river
at the Los Feliz road.
| O o O
Henry Clews, in his circular Of the 12th
instant, says that Wall street shows little
or no recovery from the collapse into
which 1t has fallen under the influence Of
the Cuban situation. The investment de-
mand for securities, though encouraged by
the low average of prices Is compare
lively nominal In the speculative market
there Is an absence of outside active OPP
orators The uncertainty about the final
outcome of our relations with Spain holds
general buying In absolute suspense, and
favorable factors appear to have but lit
tie effect. On their Intrinsic merits, rail-
road stocks are certainly cheap at current