Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

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southeast corner of Eighth and Hill
streets, and the Hamburger Realty and
Trust company have been brought to-
gether through the efforts of Elmer e..
Dunn of the firm of Del Vale & Dunn,
with the result that after four months
Of conferences a lease on the property
for fifty years has been executed by
Mr.. Kays and the Hamburger Realty
and Trust company. The amount in
volved is upward of $5OOOOO. A number
of people have tried to bring the par
ties together, but all failed save Mr..
Dunn, and much praise Is due him for
his persistency and for sticking to the
undertaking until he had terminated it
successfully
1t is matter of universal pleasure
to the entire community that the Ham
burgers have at last secured this cor
ner so that they can continue the mag
nificent building that they are now
erecting around the corner and thus cut
out what otherwise would have been
an eyesore to the public. The Ham
burgers have commissioned A. F. Ro-
senheim the architect Of the main
building to draw up plans for a build
ing to be erected upon the Rays lot
to be of the same height and exterior
appearance as the main building. This
particular building will cost upward of
$3.50, 900. The work of excavation has
already begun, and as soon as the
house now on the property has been
removed the lot will be ready for build
ing. probably by the first of January,
at which time the lease takes effect and
possession is to be given to the Ham
burgers.
Frontage and Area
When completed the building will
have a frontage on Broadway of 295
feet, 322 feet on Eighth street and
about 1874 feet on Hill street 1t will be
six stories above the ground, but the
height of these stories will equal nine
stores of an ordinary building. The
ground area covered by the building is
the second largest in the United States.
1t is estimated that the cost of the
main building alone will be $1,500,000,
and it will be the most complete and
up-to-date department store in the
United States.
Mr.. Bryan, the engineer who, in con-
junction with Mr.. Rosenheim has
charge of the engineering features Of
the building, has completed his draw
ings and specifications, and has bids
in his possession for all of the machin-
cry, vehtiating and heating plants,
wiring, electric lighting, elevators and,
in fact. all of the machinery portion Of
the building. The very latest appliances
will be used Mr.. Bryan is now in the
city and is in daily consultation with
the owners with reference to selecting
the best of each of the several kinds of
machines to be installed 1t is not
question Of price 50 much as it is of
getting the very best article of it's kind.
Mr.. Bryans experience extends to the
construction of some Of the largest de-
partment stores in the east, and in the
construction of this store all his in
genuity and skill have been brought to
bear to make this one the most COM
plete of all, and the latest devices and
will be installed.
Beautiful Exterior Finish
Owing to the possibility of getting the
Kays corner, either by purchase or
leas the work on the building has not
been pushed as rapidly as it otherwise
would have been, but now that all OBJ
stacles have been removed every eff
fort will be made to push the work, so
that the Hamburgers can be in their
new home as soon as men and money
can put them there. 1t is expected that
this will be about the 1st of June, 1907.
The exterior of the building will be
light cream glazed terra Gotta, and will
present one of the handSomeSt fronts
of any building in the world-one that
will be an ornament and in keeping
with the progress of Los Angeles.
AS one man in Denver put it, "The
Los Angeles people, before they take
their baths in the morning, poke their
heads out of the window and shout,
'Hurrah for Los Angeles, the greatest
growing city in the worldp Besides the
every citizen in Los An
geles has reason to feel proud that
they had the nerve to erect this mon
ster building, for 1t stands as monu-
ment to the business integrity, the
unity and progressiveness of its citi-
zens that made it possible.
Big Doings on Hill Street
The Hamburger Realty and Trust
company through the agency of w. l.
Hollingsworth & Co., have sold the
southwest corner of Eighth and Hill
streets, 60X159 feet, for the sum of $780,
000, or $2600 a front foot, Hill street
frontage. This property was purchased
for local investors. year ago last
September Mr.. Hollingsworth resent
ed this property to the Hamburger
Realty and Trust company for $1,000 a
foot, at which time it was considered