Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
GOOD SALES
IN CITY REALTY
FINE RESIDENCE is SOLD FOR
$4,000
for $5e,e75-Ground Broken for
$4,000 Apartment-Brick
Business Block

Activity in real estate is noted by
the large amount of sales and con-
tracts made the past week.
One of the best city sales of the week
was that of the magnificent home of
w. G. Chanslor, located at Sixth street
and Vermont avenue, TO Henry Klein
for $4,000, the deal being made by the
Arthur W. Kinney company.
The house is of two stories and one
half, and is one of the best and most
beautiful residences in the west end.
The lot is 100 by $50 feet in size, situ-
ated high above the street, command
ing an imposing view of the mountains
and valley from Hollywood to the sea.
The house is built in the old English
style of architecture, with cobble
pOrches below and handsome gable
effects in the upper stories.
a handsome entrance opens into
large living room, beamed and paneled
in mahogany. and having a massive
sandstone fireplace. The dining room
and den are also finished in mahogany
and are paneled in leather and silk
tapestries, both rooms having all the
modern, built-in features in piano fin
ish. The lighting fixtures throughout
are all of exquisite designs and were
made especially for this house On the
lOWtI llOOi, Ill duulllOIl " Tie lOIC-
going, is a breakfast room, kitchen,
buffers pantries and servants quar-
ters. On the second floor are six sleep
ing apartments and two baths. The
third floor is all finished and contains
a large ball room. The grounds are
highly improved and an up to date
garage is one of the features of the
place.
The purchaser and his family will
opp11nV tbp residence in the future
Government Contract
A contract amounting to $59,275 for
supplying and installing all the in
terror wood work, sash, doors and
glass for the new government building
and postoffice now being erected at the
junction of Spring and Temple streets,
has been awarded to the Southern Cal
iforna Hardwood and Manufacturing
company. Securing the award of this
contract is quite feather in the cap
of Los Angeles contractors and building
material houses, inasmuch as the COM
petition of eastern bidders was unusu-
ally keen. Dougan. Bringham & Co.
are the general contractors on the
building.
Ground has been broken for an apart
ment house in the northeast part of the |
city. 1t will be on a fifty-foot lot on
the east side of North Hill street, just
north from California street. 1t will be
a two-story structure and cost about
$4,000.
Brooklyn Heights is getting many
streets improved and the gas COM
panies are planning extensions of mains |
into the more thickly settled districts. |
Many small houses are under way and |
residents say numerous inquiries are
made as to chance for buying a home |
by eastern visitors.
A &c 70 u
erected at the corner of College and |
Buena Vista streets. where a frame |
boarding house was burned several |
months ago. 1t will be two stories, |
and contain two store rooms, with liv- |
ing rooms above. 1t is said a permit |
will be applied for about April and |
work will be rushed
Another Improvement is to be made |
in the north part of the business dis
trict, at ord and Main streets f. Bes-
solo has let a contract for a two-story |
brick building to cost about $1,000 to the
POzzO Construction company, and work |
has started on excavations.
A lot on Magnolia avenue north of |
West Tenth street was sold by Jergins
& Co. to Mrs. Isabelle ]. Brown at re-
ported price of $2500. The location is
in Westmoreland tract. The buyer will
put up a house to cost about $4,000.
o. A. Vickry & Co. report the sale for
the Home Building company of a new
residence at 2670 Budlong avenue, in
one of the more fashionable districts.
The buyer was ]. Henry Lift and the
price reported was $4,000. The house
eleven rooms and the lot is 70
by $50 feet, and well improved. This
sale is considered by realty men as
showing that high class property is re-
ceiVing more attention than for several
months
The Prudential Investment company
has sold to Mrs. Bonibel White lot on
the south side of Leeward avenue west
IF Hoover street, at price of $1,000. The
buyer will erect a fine residence at an
early date.
j. F. Finley sold to Mrs. Clara Clai-
1orne siX-room house at 20S1 West
twenty eighth street, at $4,000, through
he Ripley & Lansing agency, which
also reported the sale to George Camp
)ell for r. r. Royce of the house and ;
OF at 2062 Twenty-ninth street at $4,000,
md vacant lot at Twenty-eighth and
Durango street for Mrs. Alma Wallace {