Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28
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JILL WAHIN6
ON WASHINGTON
CONTRACTORS ANXIOUS TO
BEGIN WORK
Douaan & Bingham VIII Hurry Con-
structlon Of New Postoffiee
Buildine-Warehouses on
New High Street

The contractors for the new post
office building, Dougan & Bringham'
are still waiting on action by the de-
partment at Washington regarding the
selection of the different materials to
be used in construction Of the building.
AS soon as the supervising architect
decides on the brands Of cement to be
used for the concrete foundation walls,
piers. ETC., work will proceed on the
trenches. No decision has been reached
regarding the selection of the sand
stone to be used for facing the upper
stories of the building. The firm con-
template doing the general mason
work themselves and to that end VIII
establish a yard for the purpose
Architects Dennis & Farwell have in
preparation plans for five-story re-
inforced concrete warehouse 60xSS feet
TO be built on New High street near
Republic street for the f. w. Brann
company. 1t will be equipped with an
elevator and an automatic sprinkler
system Another structure of mill con-
structiou will also be erected adjoining
the above described building, TO con-
tain toilets, store rooms, etc.
Plans for Other Work
Local architects report plans for new
work to the Builder and Contractor as
follows:
G. c. Rittenhouse is drawing plans
for a four-story and basement to be
constructed on Bixel street, between
Sixth and Seventh streets for Frank
Mortimer. II will contain 100 rooms.
divided into forty suites of two, three
and four rooms each. Patent wall
beds. hot water for heating and a
private bathroom are features of every
suite. An outside balcony is also pro-
vided for each apartment. There Will
also be a roof garden. The structure
will also be provided with an up-to-
date electric elevator. The exterior
will be plastered.
The same architect is also drawing
plans for a two-story brick building
50x1OO feet to be erected at Ventura
for William Maguire. 1t will contain
stores on the first story and lodge room
above, 1t will have plate glass and or
namental brick front. 1t will be known
as the Pythian castle.
A. Dudley & Co. are drawing plans
for one and one-half story siX-room
reinforced concrete residence to be
constructed on Central avenue between
Second and Third streets, Glendale, for
c. F. Parker. 1t will have oak floors,
slashed grain pine trim, beamed CELL
ings, built-in buffet, plate glass win
dows, etc. On the second floor there
will be large billiard room, with en-
trance to a roof garden.
c. H. Ashby has drawn plans for a
four-room bungalow to be built at
South Pasadena for Mrs. Z. NJ. San
derson.
Also a fve-room cottage of modern
design to be erected at South Pasa-
dena for George Miller.
f. M. Tyler is drawing plans for a
two-story frame residence to be built
at Sixteenth street and Third avenue
for r. A. Scott, to contain first class
conveniences.
modern five-room bungalows to be
erected at Sixth avenue and Jefferson
street for Edward Haynes.
He also has plans prepared for a
two story eight-room frame residence
to be erected at Twenty-second street
and Arlington avenue for ]. D. Nc
Cauley. 1t will have hardwood floors,
plate glass. beamed ceilings, clinker
brick porch, furnace heat and rustic
and shingled exterior.
F. P. Burnham is preparing plans of
a two-story frame residence to be built
at Athens on the hill for Henry G. Wat
kins. 1t will be of the Grecian style
and contain eight rooms.
He is also making plans Of two
story eight-room frame residence to be
built in the West Adams district for
Otis Jones. Both buildings will have
all modern features.
He is also preparing plans for one
story concrete block business building
to be erected at Corona for Hildreth
Bros, publishers of the Courier 1t
will be 26x100 feet and fitted up for
newspaper work
The same architect is making plans
erected at Red Bluff 1t will be faced
with red brick and have Colusa sand
stone trim. The building will be erected
from funds donated by Mrs. Elizabeth
Craft of that city and will cost about
$1s,O0o
Principal Building Permits
Below are the leading building per-
rnfts granted during the past week:
Temple street, 500-06-Mrs. Louise
Denker, Mason opera house, owner /;
Kitcher e. johnson, builders; three
story, -eight-room hotel, $4,000.
Hope street, 5S9-41 South-Mary NJ.
Trask, 1929 st. Andrews place, owner
w. H. Enders builder; three-story,
twenty -four-room apartment house,
$4,000
st. Louis street, 800 North-Church
of the Ascension, city, owner; w. j.
Robins, builder; two-story, eight-room
residence. $350o.
San Julian street, 1149-55-Cohn &
Goldwater, 21O South Los Angeles
street, owners: ]. Mcneil, builder;
three-story building, $50, ,000
CASTELAR, street S3S+Franco-A Amer
lean company, at lot, owner; r. A.
Brown, builder; one and a half story
stable $4,000.
Maple avenue, S23-James Wilson, 157
East Thirty-fifth street, owner and
builder two-story livery stable. $SOO0
Grand avenue. 2716 South--Mr. Gar
dener, at lot. owner; w. Clark, builder,
alteration of residence. $2945.
Western avenue, 3016 South-W
Bowen, 111S West Eighth street, owner
and builder; one-story six-room resi-
dence, $4,000.
Bonnie Brae street, 800 South-P. d.
French Sixth and Figueroa streets,
owner; G.. +. Shoden, builder; one
story five-room residence, s2100.
Hoover street, zoos South-D. p. Trof-
ton, l20ls South Spring street, owner
and builder, two-story ten-room resi-
dence, $1,000
Wiltshire boulevard, 2926-F. b. Ber-
ner, 1856 South Hope street, owner; G.
BOnnefeld, builder; tWO-story nine-
rrOom residence, $6459.
Westmoreland avenue, 967-S. b.
Goldsmith. 107 North Spring street,
owner; w. w Watts, builder; two