Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
RUSHING WORK
ON AUDITORIUM
GOOD PROGRESS ON NEW TEN
PILE BUILDING
Contractors Make Fine Showing on
Other Big Struetures--Arehi-
teots Report Many Plans
for Costly Buildings

Rapid progress Is being made In the
construction of the huge Temple audi.
torium ana business block on the
northwest corner of Olive and Fifth
streets. The basement Is completed
and the building Is up one story above
the level OF the sidewalk The con-
tractor has large force of men at
work on the improvement. and as the
material Is on the ground 1t is eX-
peCted that the entire building will be
completed within the prescribed time
limit, six months.
Local architects have been invited
by the International Savings and EX-
change bank to submit plans for the
ten-story bank and office building to
be erected on the southwest corner of
Spring and Temple streets. This will
be one of the big improvements for the
north end section.
One of the leading architects stated
off-hand last week that his firm had
plans ordered for over one million dol
lars of Improvements in Los Angeles
for the coming year with more coming
the coming year to be the greatest
season of expansion in the history of
the city.
Plans by Architects
Among the principal plans for new
improvements reported by architects
to the Builder and Contractor are the
following:
c. f. SHILLING has In preparation
plans for a three-story apartment
building to be erected on West Third
street, between Olive street and Grand
avenue, for Ii. G. Mines. 1t will con-
tain seventy-five rooms, besides private
bath rooms, which will be provided for
each suite, the house being arranged
into two and three room apartments
A steam heating plant will be installed.
Hot and cold water will be piped to-
every room. patent wall beds and
other late improvements and conve-
niences will be incorporated into this
structure
The same architect is also preparing
plans for four-story apartment house,
S0x160 feet, to be constructed for u. K.
Brainerd on Olive street, between
Third and Fourth streets. There will
be over 200 rooms in this building, di-
vided into suites and single apart
ments: every room being provided with
steam heat, hot and cold water, gas
and electricity, patent household fix
lures. and all the latest modern inn
provements that go to make first
class building of this character.
Mr.. SHILLING is also drawing plans
| for a two-story, nine-room frame resi-
dence to be built in Highland Park for
DR.. M. II. Chamberlain. 1t will have
polished oak floors, hot air furnace
heat etc.
Also a two-story. eight-room resi-
dence for DR.. j. Lee Hagadorn, to be
erected on the southeast corner of Six
teenth and Cimarron streets 1t will
have polished floors, furnace heat sani-
tary plumbing and other conveniences
of first-class residence.
The same architect also has on the
boards drawings for two large shops,
each 50x10O feet in size. for the Pa
cific steel and iron works of this CITY,
to be erected at Sixteenth street and
Santa Fe avenue. One shop will be
used as a boiler factory and the other
as a pipe factory. A two-story office
building will also be erected on the
premises.
The same architect has drawn plans.
and is now reviewing estimates, for
two-story, ten-room residence to be
built on the east side of Occidental
boulevard, near Sixth street, for Mrs.
Julia G.. Roth. 1t will be of frame
construction with sandstone trim
mings, cement porch, hardwood floors
throughout, beam ceilings, furnace
heat automatic water heater. etc,
NJ Paul Martin and N, d. Parker
have drawn plans for a twO-story,
nine-room frame residence to be built
on Twenty-fourth street, between Main
street and Grand avenue, for Mrs. A.
l.. Butler. 1t will have rustic and
shingled siding, plate and loaded glass
windows. 1t will have beam ceilings
in reception hall, library and dining
room, with paneled walls in dining
room and large pressed brick mantei
in library. Furnace heat and extensive
plumbing are also specified.
Architects Train &s Williams have
made drawings for Fred Barman
Bros. & Co. for their new cigar stores
in the Hotel Alexandria, corner Fifth
and Spring streets. They will occupy