Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-13
Ready for Action

James Knox Taylor, the government
supervising architect, has advertiser
for sealed bids for the construction OF
the United States postoffiee ana court
house building to be erected by the
government on the Downey lot, north
west corner of North Spring and Tenn
ple streets. The ground has been
cleared for the million dollar improve
ments for several months. Bids for
the work will be received up to May IL,
and will be opened shortly thereafter.
The indications are that the contracts
will be let in a month or six weeks and
that operations will begin sometime
during June or July of the present year.
Sale on West Sixth
Peter Warner and H. L. Wonder
Kuhlen yesterday sold through Ait
house Bros. to X. M. Spooner, a lot on
The south side of Sixth street, 5Ox10O
feet. for S2S,0OO The lot is improved
with a one-story frame structure:
other sales closed by Althouse Bros.
were:
to e. l.. Blanchard, lot on the north
west corner of Western and Linden ave-
nues size 120x150 feet. This is in the new
subdivision of Westminster square,
where there is q great deal of activity
at the present time. The new sixth
street car line will pass through this
tract. The buyer will improve with
a modern residence. Consideratloh'
s4S50.
Mary A. Cummings to Jane q; Spang-
Ter. a lot on the east side of western
avenue, 800 feet south of Twenty ninth
street. Buyer will improve with
modern home. Consideration, $lOoO.
James H. Woods to a local investor
an eight-room modern residence at 1910
West Twenty-third street between
Budlong and Normandie avenues, with
lot 5Ox135 feet. The new owner will
occupy same as home: Consldera-
ton, $4,000.
F. M. Phelps to Amelia Weckesser, a
lot on the south side of West Sixth
street, 25O feet west of Figueroa street;
size 50X120 feet This is an excellent
location for an apartment house which
the buyer intends at a future date to
erect on the lot. Consideration, $1,000.
New Produce Building
The excavation is in progress for a
large two-story and basement whole
sale produce house on Central avenue,
alongside the switch track OH the east
side Of Central avenue, halfway be-
tween Second and Third streets. The
brick building when completed will be
occupied by the Loeb-F'leischman COM
pany, wholesale fruit and produce deal
ers and members of the Los Angeles
produce exchange. The building will
be close to the Central market house,
about which nearly all the leading pro-
duce dealers now have their places of
business. Mr.. Fleischman is in Europe
at present but will return to Los An
geles in time to personally look after
the details OF the construction work.
Einhth Street Hotel
J. Z. and Robert Marsh father and
son, have received the plans for a
notable improvement to be made on a
lot 5Sx95 feet, in West Eighth street,
between Hill and Olive streets. The
improvement will be a seYen-story and
basement hotel building of brick and
steel with ornamental front of pressed
brick and terra Gotta, and will contain
106 rooms and fifty-siX bath rooms.
Elevators and other modern equipments
will be provided.
Improvement Notes
William r. Burke has arranged to
erect three-story brick store build
ing and rooming house at 101-103 San
Pedro street, on a lot 44X110 feet At
present there is a two-story building on
the lot. The new building will have
pressed brick and steel front, with store
rooms below and siXty-siX rooms on the
upper floors.
Extensive alterations are to be made
by Hart Bros. at the Lexington and
Rosslyn hotels on South Main street
The hotels will be connected and con-
Quoted under one management.
w. w. Wood will erect three-story
apartment house of twelve three-room
apartments on the northeast corner of
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