Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

apartment house at Fifth and Olive
costing over $4,000. Jcrauld 1ngle built
a two-story apartment house of thirty
six rooms on Fourth street, between
ELM and Fir. 1t is thoroughly mod
ern and cost about $4,000. The Savoy
apartments at Ninth and d were also
completed during 1910. They are To-
Gated in a two-story building, the
first story being fitted up for business
purposes while the second floor con-
tains apartments of three rooms I'm
ished in fumed and golden oak. w. ii.
Francis, the county clerk, has COM
menced the erection of an $lf,C00 apart
ment house on Ninth street, between
Ash and Beech. There are many
others which are worthy OF mention
did space permit.
BUSINESS BLOCKS
To the one-time resident of San
Diego who returns after an absence
of a year the changes in the business
part of San Diego are truly aston
ishng New buildings are to be
found on every side and the daily
papers are full of proposed new build
ings. Old-time landmarks are rapidly
disappearing and modern business
blocks are taking their place.
The Fletcher Salmons block on the
corner of Sixth and d streets has been
entirely remodeIed at cost of S23,OOO.
Two stories have been added. The eX-
terror finishing is in birch. The en-
tire building is occupied by the
Barnett-Stine Dry Goods company.
The Conard building at Fifth and c
is a two-story and basement building
of steel and brick. 1t is the inten-
ton to add four more stories later ON.
The present cost is 100000.
The Grer building is located on
Fifth, between e and F, adjoining the
Bank of Commerce building. 1t is
three-story white pressed brick busl-
ness and hotel property. The first
floor is devoted to business purposes
and the upper stories contain modern
bachelor apartments. The cost was
in the neighborhood of 100000.
w. L. Minear completed a $4,000
brick and stone office building on the
corner of Fourth and f about August
1, and it is now filled up with tenants.
L. McMurtrie and G.. ID. Barney have
erected a one-story and basement
brick building, so by 1O0 feet, on the
northwest corner of Fifth and a. 1t
is the intention to later raise the
height to six stories, and the founda-
ton was made sufficiently strong to
support such a building.
Mrs. Frances Brandt has erected
one-story brick business block ON the
southwest corner Vi Il lLlu anu a N' -
cost of 100000
The Jessop building is a one-story
and basement building of brick and
reinforced concrete situated on the
corner of Sixth and L. The cost was
about $4,000. 1t is the intention 10
later raise the height to five stories.
j. c. Rice built a laundry building
of brick during 1910 on Columbia, be
tween B ana c, for the Excelsior
Laundry company. The value of the
building is about $4,000
The Union building annex will be
similar in architecture to the Union
building. It will be six stories high.
cost 100000 and will be built of re-
inforced concrete. c. Pefey has under
constructing store building at the
corner of Sixth and G to cost $1,000.
The Thompson block is one-story'
100000. white glazed brick building
located at Seventh and f.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
The new training school for the
state normal was completed IN time
for the opening of the school year
1t is of reinforced concrete and cost
$50 900.
An addition to the court house is
nearing completion at a cost of $4,000
1t will be known as the Hall of Rec
ords and is a two-story reinforced con-
crete building located in the Court
House square at Union and streets.
A new police station was built dur,
ing 1910. The front is of plaster ana
the inside walls are of frame con-
struction. 1t contains lockers, gym
nasium and other features which so
with an up-to-date police station.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
The new Masonic temple is located
at Fifth and Ash. 1t is of brick, Will
cost over $4,000 and will be one of
the finest lodge buildings in Southern
California.
The knights of Pythias are erecting
a new lodge building at Third and Il.
1t will be a five-story temple of steel
and brick The first floor is given up
to store rooms. the second to bachelor
apartments and the upper three stories
to lodge purposes. The estimated cost
is $4,000.
CONTEMPLATED BUILDINGS
George w. Marston is planning to
commence the erection of a new five
story building the first of the year, IN
order to accommodate his rapidly de-
Velopins business.
|. is stated on good authority that
work on the Spreckels theater at Sec