Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
REALTY MEMBERS
EARNEST WORKERS
YEARLY REPORT SHOWS GOOD
RESULTS
Address by President Leonard Merrill,
Business Advantages Gained by
Active Organization In South
ern California

AT the regular meeting Of Los An
geles realty board. held at luncheon at
the Hollenbeok hotel last week. Presi-
dent Leonard Merrill presented his re-
port for the past year. He said in
brief:
IF Los Angeles realty board has
been successful in establishing closer,
more friendly and more confidential
relationship among it's own members
and has succeeded in establishing itself
In the confidence of the public as an
organization and in so doing has placed
its members, as individuals, upon a
higher plane and received confidence
in the eyes of the public in general and
of the business world in particular
than the past year or the past three
years Of the life of this organization
has been well spent.
I'm my opinion. our board has made
large progress in these two directions
Not by tlare of trumpets or proclaim
Ing from 'housetops, but by quiet,
steady yet fOrceful effort, we have ar
rived at a period in our history of
which every member may, with becom-
ing modesty, feel proud. We have es-
tablished ourselves as potent factor
in the business world and are being
not only considered in the plans for
larger things for our city but counted
upon to do large share of the work."
Mr.. Merrill then referred briefly to
some of the leading events in connec-
ton with the board during che year
just closed, referring to several bust
ness advantages gained by the board
for its members. He mentioned the
action taken in denunciation of fraudu-
lent lottery real estate schemes, the
efforts to secure legibe street signs in
the downtown districts and the work
of the secretary as member of a
committee of the Municipal league in
the preparation of a plan for paving
most of the hill districts from which
soil and gravel is now washed upon
the business streets by every rain. with
resulting annoyance and damage by
dust. He also mentioned the boards
Endorsement of and interest in the
Owens river project and the conserva-
ton of water at the head of the Color
ado river.
Work of the Board
Addresses delivered at evening din
ners during the winter were referred to
boards life, such subjects as Munich
pal Civics" and Good Roads" having
been treated by Fielding ]. Stilson and
w. G. Griffith respectively.
The report went on to show the work
of the board abroad as well as at home
"a strong supporter of the See Amer
lea First movement which originated
In Salt Lake City, it's contribution to-
ward the work in behalf of the Fiesta,
its payment for telegraphic dispatches
to eastern newspaper ayndicateS de-
scribing that event. and it's prompt
relief work which resulted in raising
Los Angeles at the time of the San
Francisco catastrophe We're also men,
toned in the report.
Another report of public interest was
the prompt refutation of false reports
alleging impairment of the realty val
ues in this city due to earthquake
scare. In this connection Mr. Merrill
says: You are quite familiar with
the correspondence by telegram and
letter with the Denver real estate ex-
change and Denver newspapers con-
cerning these false statements and with
the courteous kilograms and letters re-
ceived from the Denver exchanL :"
The boards denunciation of the prac-
tice of certain real estate corporations
of selling lots in unrecorded tracts and
the resolution to report to the prose-
cutting officials any violation of the
law relating to this practice, were also
mentioned.