Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13
BIG PROGRESS
IN SIX MONTHS
FIRM SETTLES TWO ENTIRE
COMMUNITIES
SELLS OVER $f,25o,ooo WORTH OF
cLosE-IN PROPERTY
Builds and Disposes of Beautiful Buns
gaows and Residences in All
Parts of the City and
Suburbs

Reviewing business for the past six
months, the Burck- Gwynn company
reports business above complaint. DUr-
ing the period mentioned the firm has
established two new, thriving COM
munities in places where six months
ago there was nothing except lhe at
tractive locations on which the present
communities are situated The first is
Lawrence Burck's Cottage Home tract
on Western avenue, Fifty-ffth and
Fifty-sixth streets where fifty or
more nince bungalows were b-ilt and
are now occupied.
This community has it's ow store,
substation postoffice, fire house and
apparatus, and has formed a commun-
ity improvement association, which
has secured for this section everything
desired.
The second new community built UP
by this firm is located on Huntington
drive, the new and beautiful boule-
ward between Los Angeles and Pasa-
dena, on the four-track Short Line
electric railway, and now shows thirty
or more very attractive bungalows
where only a few short months ago
there was nothing but the beautiful
open valley This Immunity also
boasts of it's own stores and other
community improvements of all kinds:
In addition to these two special
points of activity the firm has built
| six very handsome bungalows in Up
per Rampant heights, situated on West
First street, Coronado street and RAM
part boulevard. These houses were
built for Otto Steinen. ]. P. Mott, Mrs.
Francis T. Graham, d. 3. Rose, ], G.
Gardner and Willie V. Camp.
During the same period the firm sold
lots in this tract which will be inn
proved with homes later on, to Horace
G. Kellogg, Belle Margaret Hutchings,
P. ]. Horsch, jr.. Esther ]. Scott, G. A.
Gibbs and A. e. S. ~1eney.
Builds High Priced Houses
In the southwest the firm are part
owners and selling agents for the most
| beautiful property south of Adams
street, called Burck's Golden tract, sit
uated between Vermont avenue and
Hoover street, from Fifty-first to Fiji
tv-ninth streets. Sales in this tract
for the period have been made of from
one to ten lots each to the following:
Charles HI. Easton, Lottie M. Fritz,
E. w, CLANCY. Oscar Thonell, A. l..
Cerro, r. M Cook George S. Welch.
J. S. Best. T. 7. Todd, L. A. Bailey.
= May N. Heady, Fred r. Edmison and
T James A. Moionnier.
This community is building UP fast
. twelve or fifteen beautiful bungalows
! having been built in tho tract durine
!. the past six months. The section also
: has its community Improvement asso-
cation. which mas lately SICSeSdcd ~
securing many favors from the city
I, fathers in the nature of schools fire
protection, better mail service and
other things. while during the past few
weeks. or since about the middle OF
August. tt firm has secured some very
beautiful prorerty on Long Beach ave.
nue. near Fifty-eighth street Car
service there is also good, brineing
passengers from the tract into the bus
mess portion of the city in twelve to
fifteen minutes.
At this point the firm has lately sold
for J. p. Conn. Josenh Poncini. VIII
Taylor. o. A. Miller. James McSherry,
e. L. Stevens and J. w. Baxter.
New Tract Fills Up
While these activities in concen-
trated sections were going on, the firm
has built residences running into large
and high-priced buildings for the fol-
lowing persons:
George H. Chase, 2S42 Orange street:
Lee Phillips. 1913 South Bunker Hill
avenue; Mary L. Stringfellow, South
Pasadena: Mrs. Bird B. Loonis, 1888
Orange street: Mrs Julia Tryon, 1927
Harvard boulevard; F. w. Hughes.
Walnut Lawn: James r. III. Wagner,
|, Cudahy ranch.
/, During the same period the firm has
had unusual success, or luck, In their
down town business sales department,
, in which the actual total of sales for
the past * months run little over
81, $50, 600, including the sale Of the
building on the northeast corner OF
Third and Hill streets. known as the
Pacific Mutual building, twice within
ninety days. The first time to Phillip
l.. Wilson for $543,000 and the second
time to the w. H. Obear Investment
company for 100000.
All branches of the firms business
have been active and steadily increas-
ing, and Mr.. Burck of the firm says
that If money could be obtained easily,
at nominal rates, their building opera
tions would ~ tripled In other words,
that the amount of business done Is
only limited by the supply of money
obtainab1e at nominal rates of interest.