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The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
lomPAesIs GENERALS sRAs5ArLANTIaus

DIRECT LINE TO HAvRE-Paris-
sailing every Thursday instead OF .A6Ns
Saturday, 10 a. M. from Pier AZ.
North River, foot OF Morton ST.
First class to Havre. $40 and upward Sec
ond class 10 Havre. sf5 and upward. GEN
ERAI, AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND
CANADA, 81 Broadway Hudson buildias}.
New York J. T. FUGAZI & CO, Pacific Coast
Arenfz s MONTGOMERY avenue, San Francisco
tickets sold by all Railroad Ticket Agents-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
COURT DECISION
WAS FAVORABLE
FOR COURT STREET INCLINE
RAILWAY PROJECT
PLANS FOR ANGELS FLIGHT
The House on Top Of the Hill to Be
PergoIa style-Enterprlse
VIII Enhance Value Of
All Property
PLANS FOR ANGELS FLIGHT

The members of the Observatory
Improvement company that planned
the tower enterprise and incline rail-
way at Court street. Off Broadway
several months ago, has at last Sc
cured a favorable decision in the SUI
perior court and the injunction has
been dissolved on an agreed stipulation
providing for a change in plans for the
construction work.
officials of the company state that
within a short time handsome open
cars will be running up and down the
hill for the accommodation Of the pub
lie. The closed frame building at the
top of THE hill, where the observation
tower Is to be erected, will be recon
structed. The building will be of the
pergola or open style, this change
meeting with the approval of the prop
erty owner on Olive street who was in
strumental in starting the injunction
proceedings.
Property owners on the hill as far
over as Hope street and north to
Sunset Boulevard assert that the i'm
provement will add considerably tc
property values, as the railway will
save much climbing up Broadway
Temple and California streets, and will
be at once of great convenience.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
CITY Property sold

John c. stedman g CO. report the
following sales:
For Charles P. Folkerth to John y.
Walters, lot 6, block e, Harvard
Heights tract. 5Ox125 feet, south side
Cambridge street, $50 feet west of Ho-
bart Boulevard consideration $3.50.
For S. A. Reed 10 Dickey Hender-
son, lot 20. Angelus tract, 50x171, east
side Arlington. 200 feet south of Six
teenth street; consideration $3.50.
For B. @. voigt to Pearl Gleason, lots
81 and SS, in Angelus Vista, 115x17s feet
southwest corner West Eighteenth and
ST. Andrews place; consideration $4,000
For B. F. Hand to DR.. q. H. Garrett
lot 9, Angelus tract, 5Ox11 feet, east
side Arlington, 14O feet south of West
Eighteenth; consideration s125O.
Also for various owners, eight lots in
Hermosa beach; consideration $S700.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
PROPERTY BOUGHT FOR
HOMES AND INVESTM ENT

Althouse Brothers report sales as fol-
lows during the past week:
West Ninth Street Heights company
to A. r. Jeffries. an unimproved lot
on the east side of Normandie avenue,
150 feet north of San Marino street;
lot 50x12S feet. Mr.. Jeffries will i'm
prove with fine mission style house
to cost $6OOO Price, $780,
wv. c. Harris to F. B. Crosier, a six
room bungalow, lot 5Ox1S71s feet on the
northeast corner of Budlong avenue
and Thirty-eighth street; $4,000.
West Ninth Street Heights company
to P. Curran, an unimproved lot on
the east side of Hobson street. $50 feet
south of Ninth street; lot 5Ox12S feet.
Mr.. Curran will improve with a two
story frame residence to cost $4,000.
Price, $1100.
Henry Kolkhurst to w. Wilson, an
unimproved lot on the south side of
Twentieth street, 450 feet west of Ver-
mont street; lot 1OOx1S5 feet. The new
owner will improve at once with mod
ern cottages. Price, $1450.
West Ninth Street Heights company
to e. R. Riley, an unimproved lot on
the west side of Normandie avenue,
100 feet south of Ninth street; lot
50x12S feet; an investment; $1150.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
SUNNYsIDE PARK ADDITION
DISPLAYS GREAT ACTIVIT'

Emil Firth has in the past few days
sold to various purchasers 219 lots in
Sunnyside Park addition. The lots
sold for 5000 to $325 and averaged $27O
the total consideration being s59.1SO
This tract covers eighty acres and ex-
tends from Figueroa street to Vermont
avenue and is situated one mile south
of Slauson avenue about twenty-three
minutes ride from down town over the
Gardena branch of the Redondo cleo
trio and the San Pedro electric lines.
The lots are 50x1se feet in size and have
alleys. The streets are oiled and i'm
proved with cement curb and walk and
water is piped in four and eight-inch
mains to all lots. The land is high,
level and well drained. Although the
water plant has just been completed
there are already twenty-eight houses
under construction, and the tract pre-
sents a veritable beehive of industry.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
SALES IN PICTURESQUE
BOYLE HEIGHTS SECTION
TWELVE MINUTES RIDE BY CAR
FROM BUSINESS CENTER
Euclid Terrace, PaIoma, cresta del
Arroyo and Other Beautiful Addl-
tions for Handsome Homes-Active
Inquiry for Lots

w. H. Workman and other agents in
control Of the many beautiful building
sites in the Boyle Heights section,
where splendid views of the mountains
are obtained and where the pure at
mosphere is all that could be desired,
report active inquiry for lots in Euclid
terrace. a particularly beautiful addi-
tion in Paloma tract, the new Paloma
addition, La Mesa addition, and in
Cresta del Arroyo tract. All of the
tracts are being improved at consider
able expense, and many OF the streets
have been well oiled and curbed in a
substantial manner
The extension of the electric railway
line from Indiana avenue to Fifth street
completes ideal railway transportation,
as the business center of the city can
now be reached by two lines within
twelve minutes.
The lots are selling in the several ad-
ditions at from $500 to $3.50. A large
number OF substantial dwellings have
been erected and many more are
planned.
Homeseekers appear to have been
thoroughly aroused as to the beauty
ana healthfulness of Boyle Heights as
an ideal home section. and many are
now buying lots at what are considered
bargain prices.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
Rounht FOR Investment

A. T. Jergins & Co. report the follow
ing sales closed by the firm were made
for investment:
A. j. Stamm to T. M. Wolf, lot 50z
1856 feet to an alley improved with Z
twenty-room apartment building, stu
ated on the east side of Figueroa street
about 500 feet south of Pico. Consider
alton, $4,000.
F. ]. Whiffen to Walter Artman. lo
5Ox15O feet, located on the west side o
Figueroa street, about $50 feet north q
Pico, with small improvements thereon
Consideration, $4,000.
Sales at San Pedro
A. T. Jergins has sold to Romon Sc.
pulveda. through A. T. Jergins & Co..
lots II and 12. block II. of the townsite
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

is quite ornamental, marble and tile
being used in a tasteful manner. The
stairway is OF marble and iron, and
high speed elevators are installed for
the use of the guests
There are thirty-six rooms, each Tx
15 feet, on the upper floors, and nine
bath rooms are distributed on the floors
for the use of patrons. All Of the rooms
are provided with up-to-date conven-
FENCES, steam heat, hot and cold water,
combination lighting fixtures, hotel
annunciators and the three-story bay
windows on the east side afford excel
lent ventilation and ample sunshine.
The walls of the building are heavy
enough to bear another story, which
may be added within a year.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
ocEANo BEACH
HAS BRIGHT FUTURE

e. B. Van Buskirk. superintendent OF
construction for the Oceano Beach syn
dicate, has returned to Los Angeles
from Oceano for a few days and Ia
enthusiastic over the future Of this
great beach. In reporting to the syn
dicate, he is quoted as saying:
''I certainly thought you people were
overrating this beach but 1t is unques-
tionably the finest stretch of strand and
beach have ever seen. One can drive
for eighteen miles over hard, white,
clean sand beach. and 1t should make
the greatest automobile course this
side Of Palm Beach. Fla. With new
railway across the country from
Bakersfield, thousands Of people will
undoubtedly take advantage OF the
short cut from the hot interior valleys
to this fine beach, and in time it should
be one Of the greatest resorts on the
Pacific coast and known to the whole
world"
The Oceano Beach syndicate reports
continued sales OF lots and that inn
provements are now under way.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

ranged for hotel purposes. The front is
of handsome blue brick, made in Los
Angeles.
The plans for the building were
drawn by Architects Train & Williams,
who describe the structure as Of the
French renaissance style Of architect
ure. The building is finished through
out in imitation Flemish and antique
oak.
In the basement, which extends under
the walk, provision is made for the
steam heating and hot water boilers,
the elevator machinery and the storage
rooms. On the first floor is large,
well lighted store room with plate and
Luxfer prism 'front.' also cigar room
The entrance to the hotel at the right
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
BAY CITY BATH HOUSE
TO BE REBUILT AT ONCE

The new pavilion and bath house on
the ocean front at Bay City was
burned to the ground last Tuesday
night I'VE shall rebuild on large,
better scale as soon as we settle with
the insurance companies" said Mr..
Stanton. "and the catastrophe will in
no wise be allowed to interfere witheour
plans for the development and improve
ment of Bay City. In-the meantime
the new still water bath house at Ana
helm Landing, Bay City, is open for
business. Trading in lots at Bay City
continues active.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

Of San Pedro, located on the north side
of Sixth street. Consideration, $17,5oo.
This property was bought as an invest
ment by Mr.. sepulveda, who has been
a resident of San Pedro for many years.
He will improve with pressed brick
block.
The same firm also sold to Matt s.
Robertson, for Stephen Buhr. lots %
and 80, in block SO Of the townsite Of
San Pedro. being the southwest corner
Of Eighth and Palos vefdes Size Of
grounds, sOx110 feet. Consideration,
$1,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
HAMBURGER PREDICTIONS
Claim That Business Center VIII Soon
Be Shifted to Ninth Street

be Shifted TO Nintn street
Declarations made by the Hambur-
ger Realty and Trust company in au-
thorized announcement will cause gen
eral comment. The company asserts
that seven years ago the Angelus hotel
lot sold at $s33.3S foot, and that it is
doubtful If the owner would sell now at
$4,000 a foot. Spring and Broadway
frontage around Fourth, 1t is stated, is
held at $4,000 foot.
1t is asserted in this connection that
with the erection of the Hamburger
buildings on Broadway and Hill
streets, Eighth and Ninth streets. the
center of the city will be shifted to
Ninth street. and that property down
at Ninth will be worth $4,000 a foot
within year.
The company also call attention to
the attractive features Of the Hambur-
ger tract in the Hollywood district that
are selling at $500 to $500 each.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
oriqInaI sunnysIde

Emil Firth has secured from DIR. c.
Edgar Smith eighty acres of the
Original Sunnyside," which he is now
having subdivided into one-quarter and
one-half acre lots. This property is on
high ground with gradual slope to the
east and extends from Vermont avenue
to Normandie avenue. The Gardena
branch of the Redondo electric line, re-
Gently acquired by H. e. Huntington,
and the San Pedro electric line pass the
property.
The tract will have the same high
character of substantial street improve
ments as Sunnyside Park and Sunny
side addition and will be put on the
market at popular prices and on easy
terms of payment.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
RESIDENCE PROPERTY
Activity In Various Parts Of the City
Realty at Good figures

Realty at Good Figures
A. c. schaefer has paid M. A. Rey-
nolds $4,000. through Brearley & Bene-
dict, for lot, Skies feet, on the west
side Of Flower street, 15O feet south OF
Tenth street, improved with two two
story frame dwellings.
William Garland, a capitalist, has
sold to local investor lot, 95x120 feet,
on the southwest corner of Pico and
Hill streets, for $45,000.
E. ]. Stanton has sold to w. s. Ar
mold lot. 1OOx150 feet. on the west side
of Burlington avenue. 120 feet south of
Sixth street. improved with frame
dwelling; consideration, $4,000. Mr.
Stanton has also purchased from Mr..
Arnold lot. 62x140 feet, on the south
east corner of Grattan and Ninth
street, improved with a two-story
frame; consideration, $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

The new Melrose tract adjoining New
port has been subdivided into ninety
lots. running from the ocean strand
and the railroad and bay or Santa Ana
river. making a line Of ninety lots of
double frontage, and already improve.
ments have been made upon this tract
and houses started, and It BIDS fair to
be one Of the popular stops along the
Newport line.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
ERECTED ON WEST FIFTH |
Improvement Completed for Miss
MInetta M. Gephard-Hlgh Speed
Elevators and Modern Con-
venlences Provided

One of the recent substantial i'm
provements in the business section was
the erection of a four-story pressed
brick block on the south side Of Fifth
street, between Broadway and Hill
streets, by Miss Minetta M. Gephard.
The building is known as the Sax
onia," the three upper floors being ar
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
Hi md sIxteanth

d. Mahoney is reported to have sold
to local investor through Breariey q
Benedict and Black Bros. lot e0x120
feet on the northwest corner OF Six
teenth and Hill streets, improved with
two-story frame dwelling. Consider
alton $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

bought for an investment. Lot ?. block
"A, s2250. Lot 3. block II. $1,000. Lot J..
block 1s. 1880. Lots ., 8. s 8, z, 8, .. 10,
block 10. $3.50 each; bought for specuia-
tion. The company states that the total
sales in the tract to date amount to
10000
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
RESIDENCE LOTS IN
WEST TERRACE TRACT

Mckenzie & Co. report the following
sale Of lots in the Mesa Land company's s
recently opened tract and known as
the West Adams terrace: Lot 8, block
5, $780, the purchaser intends to erect
home. Lot IL, block 5, $500; for
home. Lot 2, block IL, $500; bought
as an investment. Lot 4, block II, $4,000;
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

We could get along with less mourn
ing for our sins II we had a few more
real funerals over their remains.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

Some men think that the Almighty
only gave them sense enough to prove
that he had none. tAf
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

Piety is no more than nice little
Line OF patter
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-07
TRAMP HELD
UP A WOMAN.
Merry Fellow Caused Much An
noyanca Near WestOn's Mills
Got Nights Lodging.

Sbecid/ 10 fHE E0fH1H.S Ne9oS.
New Brunswick, Feb. IA tramp
who heI | up Mrs, christopher Kenne.
| Nv Mt Wsstons Mills, Saturday night,
| and then visited the local police sta
tion and told n hard luck story about
being held up himself by tramps along
the Pennsylvania railroad here and
robbed, is being sought for by the
police WHO are eager to give him his
deserts after fooling them in such Il
cruel manner Mrs. Kennedy, who is
about twenty five yeats old, WAS pre-.
pairing to ONE to this city when she
answered q knock at the door and
found a burly looking tramp there
who demanded n cup Of coffee. He
left ugly and when Mrs. Kennedy later
started for this city the tramp laid for
ner and she fled into the home of
Frank Boudinot with the tramp in
close pursuit. She slammed the door
in his face and the tramp boldly went
to tlIs rear aud asked for and got a
cup of coffee. Charles Apologize
arrived about this Tins and gave the
n licking for chasing the wom-
Inter a tramp answering this
escrlption asked for aid ut the police
station here and told the story stated
above. He got n nights lodging.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-07
RESOLUTION FAVORED
A LIMITED FRANCHISE.
Asssmb'yman Colby Scared The
Legislators Last Night and Mat
Ter Was Postponed.

Trenton. Feb. i:-Assemblyman
Everett Colby created q sensation in
the assembly last might by iltrodUc-
ing a concurrent resolution that the
granting Of public franchises in per-
petuity is wrong in principle and con-
.trarv to public policy. The resolution,
while merely It declaration ana max
ing no provision for action, was n
novelty 10 the New Jersey Legislature,
and lie lawmakers handled it as they
would a redhot poker.
1t WEE introduced with the consent
OF Leader Dufield and was expected
II 80 tntpugh without any trouble,
but it struck n snag and its adoption
was postponed. The resolution in foil
follows:
go Whereas, q strong and urgent
sentiment is growing counter 10 the
lgcueral practice of municipalities
granting - rublic utility corporations
perpetual ana unlimtt!d franchises,
and without proper compensation to
said municipalities for such grants;
aud
"Whcreas, tho general principle
upon which snch grants are ma tc is
Fundamentally wrong i'll theory and
fact, and is so recognized by the best
Authorities upon municipal govern
mcnt and administration and
"Whprcas, this problem, vital as it
is to the welfare Of every community,
should receive the most careful consid-
erafion OF the peoples Representatives
in Legislative session assembled now,
therefore, be It
"Rczolved, the senate concurriug.
that pending possible Legislation and
the iiral, fair and c%quitabl3 adjust
ment oflaIi interests involved, it Is the
sentiment Of the senate and general
|asScmb,y Of this state that all fran.
chisos granted in perpetuity to public
utility corporations are wrong in
principle, anticipating conditions
impDssiola to fJracast aud deprivinz
future generations of their inst rights,
and aic, Therefore, unfair and wrong.
and in every respect contrary to
public policy"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-07
a STOP INQUIRY.
Injury to judge Hooker viii Hinde
Investigation.

ALBANY. y. V. Fob. THAT the
serious injury o. Supreme Court Jus
tee Warren Il. iooScr in the railroad
accident near ttica last Saturday
morning may lead 70 Ike indefinite
posrjoucmcHt of tho assembly judiciary
committees Investigation of the
charges against Ike Justice is admitted
by .Asselnb!yAAn Fish "f Madison,
chairman Of the committee.
The letter OF Justice Hooters Sccrc-
t1ry 20 chairman Fish said that the
justice was on his way to New York
t, - counsel WrcH the accident or-
currci! n"l in view OF HIS condition
REQUESTED u~ortpoucrlcnt Of the matter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-07
War on subway >lgns In xrw York.

War on subway Nigns In View York.
NEW YORK, Feb. =. Justice Davis
III the supreme c0Irt has issued two
temporary iniunctionS restraining the
rity from removing the advertising
signs. slot machines and newspaper
stands from the subway stations. The
city authorities notified Tie officials of
illc marlborough company on Saturday
chat they must remoyc all signs from
thc subway or that they would be re-
moved 10y force.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-07
GREACEN GREW
HAD STRUGGLE
The Well Known Steam Lighter
Is Fast in Ice in
Newark Bay.

captain Patrick Dougherty, of the
steam freight lighter s. b. Greacen,
the latest acquisition to the fleet OF
thu Stephens & Condit transportation
md Forwarding Company, had Il mar
row escape from drowning in the
Passaic river late Sunday afternoon
in an endeavor 10 rescue from the
stream his cook, George Brady, who
had fallen through the ice while try
ing to make his way ashore for n
fresh supply of provisions. The ice on
The edge Of the narrow hole thr ough
which Brady disappeared, gave way
beneath the weight of the captain.
Just as ho was preparing to render as
sistance to the imperiled man, and he
vas preoipltated into the frigid water.
Both men were rescued within q few
minutes in o thoroughly exhausted
condition, Brady being found thirty
feet upstream from where he had
rome overheard, being carried there
" the tide, which had just started on
he flood. In his struggles to escape
rom the fate that threatened him
Brady broke a hole in the thin ice
thoye him with his head and managed
0 keep afoat until other rescUers
reached him. Dougherty was tisbed
at ny members of the crow Of the
f~reightrr Pioneer of the same line,
title the worse for his unreasonable
ucking.
The Greacen aud Pioneer started
saturday afternoon loaded with a mis-
,allaneous cargo Of freight for New
York and expected to reach their piers
n Manhattan before dark. Just after
they passed the Lehigh Valley rail.
road bridge, however, they encoun-
c red pack ice in such quantities that
hey were unable to proceed, and after
prolonged effort to fight their way
trough, abandoned the trip. In q
short time both vessels were frozen III
paId and fast, an embrace that they
;ould not loosen, although they made
epeated efforts to do so.
The river below The Lehigh Valley
abroad bridge today is impossible
lecause of the heavy drift ice Tint has
ccumrlated there and navigation he
ween this city aud New York has
cen suspended. The Nanticoke,
Pioneer and Greacen are still i'm
Tisoned in the foes ut that point, and
from present indications they will be
creed to remain there for some time
" abandon their trips to Manhattan.
An effort was made this morning by
me three vessels to fight their way
through the pack, but they were
forced to abandon the struggle, One
f the boats is reported to he disabled.
The other transportation lines out
If Newark will not attempt to reach
New York with tn cir vessels until
conditions on the river improve. At
he office of the Merchants Express
md Transportation Company it was
said that it was useless to expect to
get a boat through TO the Kills today
aud that no attempt to send a boat ont
would be made by them until probably
Wednesday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-07
HIGH TIDE.
NEW YORK HERALD WEATHER
FORECAST.

In the Middle States and New England
today partly cloudy and clearing weather
will prevail, with slowly falling tempera-
ture, probably preceded by light snow in
the northern districts in the morning,
and fresh to light westerly and north
westerly winds, On Wednesday fair and
slightly colder weather will prevail, with
fresh and light westerly winds, and on
Thursday fair to partly cloudy weather,
with slight temperature changes, proba
this section.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-07

FTSAN. Ma lchuria. Feb. 1.-Gcncral
Sir Ian Hamilton Of the British army,
who has been observing operations at
the front and who has been recalled to
take command of the southern military
district of England. has left for Japan.
On his way home he will stop In India
to confer with General Lord Kitchener.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-07
Germnn Mine Owners stand Pat.

BERLIN. Feb. 7.-Gernian mine own
crS have refused to meet the operatives
to discuss differences, and the govern
ment has introduced a bill reducing the
time Of a working day in heated CALLER
Toe
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-07

1t is to be hoped that struck jury
will strike hard enough when the cleo
tion case is turned over to them and
that justice will be done in a manner
that will hereafter assure every citizen
a tight to vote.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-07

DR.. Frank Crowther is in demand
in all sections of the county by clubs,
lodges and all kinds Of organizations.
The doctors popularity is growing.
Even with his comparatively snort
residence here, it is safe to say he is,
today, one of the best known men in
this section All this will come in
very handy when lie get into politics
in dead earnest.