The herald., 1898-11-13
ENGINf-HOUSf SIZES
WORK OF CLASSIFYING THE BIDS
COMPLETED
ALL KINDS OF PRICES ASKED
Cheap Lots, Dear Lots, Job Lots and
Other Lots-Finance Committee
Snubs the Salary Question

nleto0 the WOTk Ol CldsSlAs lib WV AA-s ~ -
offered to the city for fire engine mouse sue
that were presented to the council las
Monday. The task OF compiling this list
which has been classified into districts
where sites are asked for, has been consid
erable, and has required the additional hell
of two expert deputies from the city as
SCISSORS office.
The table completed yesterday will form
the basis on which the board OF public works
will consider the various offers incident tt
thu purchase of the sites as provided tol
under the recent bond act.
The total number of lots offered is 10.
and covers twenty OF twenty-five tire dis
tricts in the city. The prices vary from SOU
for an unimproved lot to S35.0OO tor the
Hill street engine house on Hill street near
Fourth All will be taken up by the board
of public works at it's next meeting Friday
On Monday another feature of the improve
ment of the fire department under the re-
cent bond act will be presented to the coun-
Gil in the form of recommended report
Of Fire Chief Moore, asking the council to
advertise for three sizes of fire engines
Among the offers to be considered are
seven lots in the East Side district. The
prices vary from Si00 for lot on Manitou
avenue between Griffin and Johnston
streets to $500 for lot on Downey avenue
between DAILY and Workman streets.
District No. constitutes the oil terri
tory in the vicinity of Edgsware road and
Temple street. There are eleven sites Of
fered in this district. Mrs. E. Hunter puts
in the lowest priced lot. She asks $500 for
a 4Oxl4Ofoot lot on Douglas street, between
Court and Temple streets. The most ex-
pensive. lot is offered by H. w. Hellman; !;
he asks $500 for lot on Temple street,
between Edgeware road and Douglas street.
Cook & McCollum offer a 50xl50-foot lot
and a one-story brick building, 36x75 feet,
for S3000
In District No. 4, bounded by First and
Fifth, Los Angeles and Olive streets, two
offers were made One is an offer of
lot, 40xl00 feet, on Fifth street, between
Main and Los Angeles streets, for $4,000.
The second is lot 3Oxll5 feet on the east
side of Hill street, between Third and
Fourth streets.
District No. is the same as No. 4, but
the city here asks for both lot and build
ing thereon for engine house purposes.
Three offers were made, the lowest, $4,000
for a 00xl65-foot lot on Olive street, between
Fourth and Fifth streets: the highest, $685.
600, for the complete engine house and lot
on Hill street. near Fourth. now occupied
by the fire company.
In District No. 6, the Westlake- Park dis
trict. there are nine lots offered. the prices
ranging from $1,000 to S5000 The latter
price is fixed on lot. lOOxl4O feet, situated
at the southwest corner of Rampant and
Seventh streets.
Seven offers are made in District No. I,
west of Seventh street and east of Broad
way. The lowest price asked for lot is
$1,000 on Santee street, between Ninth and
Tenth streets. The highest-price lot offered
is on Ninth street, between Main street
and Broadway, for which $4,000 is asked.
Ten sites are offered in District No s,
bounded by Pico and Washington streets,
and Figueroa street and Maple avenue.
The prices range from $500 to $500.
In District No. 9, the southwest, near
Hoover and Washington streets, there are
eight sites offered, prices varying from s4Oo
to $25OO
In District No. 10 there is but one site
offered, a 50xl50-foot lot at the southwest
corner of Eleventh and Georgia streets,
for which $3.50 is wanted.
In District No. H. three sites are pre-
sented; $3.50 is wanted for a lot. 5Oxl46
feet, at the corner of Constance and Six. /
teenth streets. The hghest-priced lot of |.
fered is located at the corner of Pco and
Toberman streets, for which $500 is want |
ed.
There are many property owners who
have lots for sale in District No. r. to
Judge from the twenty offers made. The
lots offered are located in the vicinity of
Adams, Jefferson and Hoover streets and
Vermont avenue. Prices range from $500
to S2SOO.
Eleven sites are presented in District No
l3, near Sixteenth and Bush streets. prices
ranging from 5000 to $4,000 for single lots
In District No. II, ten sites are offered,
some of them with buildings thereon The
prices range from S760 for lot to $1,000
for two narrow lots located at Sixteenth
and Flower streets.
Fourteen offers are made of sites in Dis.
trict No. Is. This is the district bounded
by Maple avenue, seventh Alameda and
Sixteenth streets. Prices vary from $500
for lot at Eighth and Tennessee streets
to S5400 for a Seventh-street lot between
San Julian and Wall streets.
Six lots are presented in District No.
II, in the vicinity of Central avenue and
Adams street, The lowest price asked is
$500 for lot, 50xl50 at Central avenue
and Thirty-fourth street, the highest price.
S2i00 for a lot, 5Oxl52, at the corner OF
Central avenue and Thirty-sixth street.
Seventeen sites are offered in District No. .
Is, the railroad district The least sum
asked is $50 for 25-foot lot on Boyd street.
between San Pedro and Omar streets. The
highest price, $1,000, for a 60xl75-foot lot at
the corner of Los Angeles and Boyd streets.
In Districts No. . and l6, where engine /
houses as well as sites We're advertised for. /
there were no offers, but in the Plaza dis |
trict, the present engine house and site on |
Main street were offered by Minnie White
and Merced Abbot for Sl6,600 which is |
regarded as one of the lowest propositions
made to the city
Several peculiar circumstances were noted !
in going over the bids. In one case. the |
property owner and agent each placed an
otfer for the same lot, with considerable |
difference IN the price. In other cases. two
or more agents offered the same lot at diff |
ferent prices.
THEY FOUGHT SHY
Finance Committee Passes the Salary