Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-19
WORK IS RUSHED
ON NEW HOUSES
COLLEGE TRACT IN MIDST OF
BUILDING BOOM
STREETS ARE BEING IMPROVED
AND PARKWAYs MADE
Owners Adopt Novel Method of Erect
ing Buildings Only on Every
Other Lot, Preventing
Speculation

one of the busiest places in Los An
geles. from a building and improve
ment standpoint, is the College tract,
owned by the Los Angeles Investment
company. This tract Is located at For
ty-eighth street and Gramercy, Wilton
place and Arlington avenue, on the
Grand avenue car line. In this tract
the company is rushing all improve
ment work, as well as the building of
homes, as fast as its large force of
worlunen and mechanics can perform
the labor.
The improvement scheme as adopted
by the Los Angeles Investment COM
pany includes wide streets, which are
treated with the petrolithic paving pro-
cess; wide cement sidewalks, curbings,
shade trees and palms set out, lawns
made and Sowed to grass houses set
back a specified distance from the
street line, giving to the streets a uni
form appearance and giving a wide
parkway and lawn in front. All rear
yards are fenced. complete system
of sewerage Is now being completed;
electric light and telephone lines have
been installed.
In the building up of this tract the
company has adopted the novel ida of
building upon every other lot only, for
the present. Each purchaser of a home
in the. tract will be given an option on
the adjoining vacant lot to purchase
the present price.
Must Buy Lots for Homes
No lots will be sold in the tract UNI
less house is to be erected, except In
the case of a purchaser of a home de-
string to purchase the adjoining lot.
This prevents any lot speculation and
assures each purchaser of a home that
his home will not be surrounded by
weed-grown vacant property.
The company is having small parks
laid out and set to grass, flowers, palms
and shrubbery, and has set aside $4,000
to be used exclusively in beautifying
the tract, to maintain parks, parkways,
streets and make lawns. Every prop
erty owner in this tract shar in the
benefits of this fund.
The enterprising firm is making OF
this tract one of the beautiful
home sections in the city. 1t Is build
ing many new modern homes, and re-
ports ready buyers for the homes as
soon as completed-many being sold
before completed.
An exceptionally heavy summer de-
mand for these new homes is reported
The following houses are now being
completed upon the tract:
For j. A. Powell, a six-room bunga-
law at 1881 Wilton place; for A. j.
Toolen, a five-room cottage at 4521 VIII
ton place; for p. I. Murphy, an eight
room DuHSdlOW dL tolV ~ Pte~~f
for A. B. Marshall, an eight-room bum
galow at 4S13 Gramercy place; Tor u.
]. Lambert, a fve-room bungalow at
4501 Gramercy place; also three SIX
room bungalows, one eight-room mousse
one five-room bungalow.
Sales in Last Few Days
The following houses have been sold
the last few days upon this tract:
James Wilson, five-room bungalow
at 4527 Gramercy place; F. W. Grant
a seven-room bungalow at All Ora
mercy place; Mrs Julia e. Pangle, a
five-room bungalow at 1920 Gramercy
place; ]. H. Skolfield, a six-room bum
galow at 461O Gramercy place; Mrs.
Rose Berry, a five-room bungalow at
45t9 Gramercy place; Mrs. Elizabeth L.
Westpha1, a five-room bungalow at
4511 Gramercy place.
The company also reports the follow
ing contracts signed last week for new
homes on the tract:
For p. B. Gunckel, five-room bum
ealow at 4513 Wilton place; for VIM.
Z Dooley, a five-room bungalow at 442l
Gramercy place; for Otis Ivy, a five-
room bungalow at 1888 Gramerey place;
for William Slaughter fVe-room
bungalow at 5013 Gramercy place,