Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26
HILL Street LOT
TAKEN FOR CASH
SITE FOR EleHT-ST0RY OFFICE
BUILDING
Hamburger Realty and Trust Com,
pany VIII OCCUPY the Corner
Roon--sales In Industrial
and Other Districts

frontage was given publicity last week.
Parties Interested report that the de-
tails have been closed for the sale to
the Consolidated Realty company OF
the northwest corner Of Ninth and Hill
street for $1,000 net. The lot, which
is s5x159 feet in size, was sold by w. l.
Hollingsworth g. CO., acting for syn
dictate composed Of s. L. Bernstein,
Milo Baker, Stella Weaver, A. M. f.
Mccullough, Mrs. A. Hammond, Bunlce
L. Smith, Belle Warner Jack, II. w.
Frank, w. I. Holllngsworth and o.
Sweet.
The Consolidated company purchased
6b by 100 feet west of this lot several
months ago, on Ninth street, and con
seduently It now owns frontage OF
Ok feet on Hill street by 224 on Ninth.
The title to this property was placed
by the syndicate in the Hamburger
Realty and Trust company and the
latter will execute the deed to the Con-
solldated Realty company.
The Consolidated Realty and Trust
company plans to erect an eight-story
building on the lot 1t will be OF hre-
proof construction and the estimated
COST NbONfNVN'
The building will cover the entire area
of e5 by 224 feet. The corner will be
occupied by the company as its offices
and there will be stores in the remain
ing part of the ground floor. The up
per floors will be used for offices and
apartments
The officers of the company are d
X. Trask, president; D. A. Hamburger
vice president; F. Jordan, secretary
and H. w. Hellman, treasurer. The
directors are Simon Maier, e. p. Clark
L. j. Christopher, DR.. j. K. Carson
John T. Jones, John T. Byrne, w. F.
james and w. =. Demming. The COM
lpany is a mutual one, all profits going
to the stockholders. Under the guid-
ance of these gentlemen, who have
given their time and attention from its
Inception, the resources of the COM
pany have increased over 20 per cent
in less than year. The company
IS formed for tie purpose of purchas-
ing business property, improving 1t
with up-to-date structures, and out OF
the rents paying its stockholders divi-
dends 1t is not to sell any of its real
estate, but to hold IL and with the in
crease of the property the stock of the
company is to be enhanced.
This building when completed will be
one of the handsomest in the city and
will further ornament it to the great
satisfaction of the citizens of Los
Angeles. 1t marks one of the group of
handsome structures to be erected In
the new commercial center of this city.
The Hamburger Building
Work at Eighth and Broadway is
going ahead as fast as conditions will
permit. The piers that sustain the
steel frame are being cast and as soon
as they are solid will be capped with
steel. About one-half the steel re-
quired for the frame is in the yards of
Lewellyn Bros, being galvicated. The
architect promises to have the steel
erected up to the second story in ninety
days.
A contract has been let for close to
100000 for glazed terra Gotta to inclose
the face of the building. and archi-
tecturally and artistically the building
will be one of the handsomest in the
United States.
Water has been tapped at 35O-foot
level and about twenty inches secured,
enough to supply the building for all
purposes.
Contracts for other materials are
being made daily. D. A. Hamburger,
the president of the company, leaves
for the east this week to personally let
several contracts for materials that
cannot be obtained here.
The building will be pushed to COM
pletion as fast as men and money can
do it, and A. Hamburger & Sons expect
to be in possession doing business next
year in the handsomest store west of
Chicago, one that every resident can
feel proud of and that will stand for
I'll
qualities of Los Angeles people.
Site for New Warehouse
Interest among investors centers to a
large extent in the East First street
industrial section. w. b. Merwin &
Co. report the following sales:
Lot 100x207 feet at the southwest cor
ner Of Vignes and Ducommon streets,
improved with six cottages, renting for
800 per month. Price $155 Mrs. z. 1.
Mitchell is the seller and A. Levin and
L. M. Harrison the purchasers. They
contemplate the erection of a ware
house on the property in the near
future.
Other Realty Deals
Clara E. Hewey has sold to Philip
Duffy lot 64x212 feet, improved with
a 12-story house, 142 West Jefferson
street, for $4,000, The sale was made
by Strong & Dickinson, who also report
the sale of a lot at Alamitas bay for
$4,000. Mrs. f. e. D. Hopkins to F. S.
Lang.
A fine apartment house, to be known
as the "Wyland." is being erected at
5S9-543 South Hope street for Mary M.
Trask. a daughter of Francis Murphy
1t is 54x119 feet and three stories and
basement. There will be 65 rooms.
Cost of building, 100000.
The G. G. Cohn company reports the
sale for Amilia A. Whitfield and Dr.
Whitfield to Abe Morris. 21s West Fif-
teenth street, being a lot 50X140 feet
improved with an 11-room two-story
house and being 40 feet west Of Hill
street, for $11. 900.