Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17
IMPROVEMENT IS STEADY IN
EVERY DIRECTION
MANY RESIDENCES PLANNED
Keeping Pace With the Larger Build
ing Enterprises in the Business
Section of the clty-Archi-
tects Are Busy

any direction from the chamber of
commerce on any line you may select,
and next to the crowds on the streets
and in the stores that line the princi-
Pal thoroughfares will be noticed many
evidences of activity, indicating that
Los Angeles is a live wideawake city,
bustling with prosperous business en-
terprises. every month putting on ad-
ditional metropolitan. airs in modern
fireproof buildings, in addition to in
creasing the number of attractive
California homes in the residence dis
tr1cts in almost countless numbers.
Home building seems to be the aim
and purpose of every man who can
buy lot, while investors whose faith
i'll the future of Greater Los Angeles
has been immensely strengthened by
the assurance of unlimited water sup
ply as shown by the recent vote of the
people, are simply falling over each
other in making purchases now and
letting contracts for the erection Of
business blocks and other buildings.
In the Business Center
Rapid progress has been made on
the Levy cafe improvement and on the
southwest corner of Main and Third
for the bank and Office building; on
the Laughin reinforced concrete struc-
ture facing Hill street; in the Zahn
building; on Mrs Van Nuys struc-
f,,r No cfr q
on Broadway; on the o. T. Johnson
building on Broadway; on the DR.. Hay
ward improvement, corner of Sixth and
Spring. while good progress has been
made in the construction of the Tenn
pie auditorium and other important en-
terprises.
New Federal Building
Senator Flint has received the pre-
ljminary plans for the new postoffice
building to be erected at cost of over
$1,000,000 on the Downey lot, corner of
Spring and Temple streets. The plans
are incomplete and were forwarded for
the inspection of the Los Angeles fed
eral officials. The improvement will be
floors will be for the use of the postal
department: The third floor for the
federal courts and judges chambers.
The fourth floor will contain quarters
for the marshal, district attorney,
clerks, commissioner. grand jury, etc.
The upper flors will be for the geolog-
ical survey. land office, forestry bu-
reau, etc.
1t is stated that the department has
two sets of drawings in contemplation;
the adoption of either will be based on
the final appropriation. Should an ad-
ditional appropriation be secured a
more elaborate and massive scheme
may result. The present appropriation
is $S50,000, and with the amount OBJ
tanned from the sale of the Main and
Winston street property added to it, q
million dollar building will be erected.
Plans by Architects
The following new improvements
have been ordered, as reported to the
Builder and Contractor by various ar
chitects:
Dennis dI idio III oiN
story and basement brick structure. TAX
14o feet, on the east side of Hill street,
between Sixth and Seventh streets, for
the Houser estate. The building will
be of steel frame to the top story, with
pressed brick front and plate glass win
dows. The first floor will be fitted up
as store rooms, the other floors for
rooming purposes.
Austin & Brown-Plans for a two
story frame dwelling for A. w. Nash.
to be erected on the corner of Wiltshire
boulevard and Virgil avenue; also
planse for two-story residence for G.
#. Hamilton, to be erected at Holly
wood.
S. Tilden Norton-Plans for three
story mission style building of six four
room flats for John D. HIM, to be
erected on the corner of Beaudry and
Fremont avenues, same to be provided
with all modern conveniences.
H. NJ. Patterson-Plans for a two
story seven-room residence for J. A.
Lewis, to be erected on Juliet street,
near Twenty-fourth street; this archi-
tect is receiving estimates for the con-
struction of the chapel for the Third
Presbyterian church on East Adams
street.
Charles e. Shattuck-Plans for two
story residence for A. G. Brown, to be
erected on Arnold street, near Garland
avenue.
Westburg & Burke-Plans for two
story frame residence to be erected at
Hollywood for P. l.. Lindholm. Esti-
mates are being received for the i'm
provement..
F. M. Tyler-Plans for two-story
English style residence for Mrs. A.
Smith, to be erected on Cambridge
street near Western avenue.
%. E. Goodale-Plans for a hand
some bungalow for DR.. E. X. McKen-
zie.
Hunt & Eager-Plans for residences