Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
SAN DIEGO,
UP-TO-DATE

more than $1,SQ0,000.
The permits issued for the same pc
riod last year totaled $1,300,000, show
ing an increase for this year of over
$5OOOO0 or a gain of nearly 40 per cent.
At the present time there are under
construction thirty-seven business
buildings in the various sections OF
the city, consisting of store and office
buildings, hotels of various classes.
apartment houses, county ana state
buildings, warehouses and garages.
At the corner of Fifth and d streets
the American National Bank building
is now attaining its ninth story OF
steel and concrete 1t will be eleven
stories high when completed and VIII
cost $3.50 000
The finishing touches are being put
on the Timlkln building, an eight-story
reinforced concrete store and office
building containing every convenience.
This building comprises eight store
rooms on the first floor and 2O3 offices
above all but two of the stores are
already occupied, as are also q large
number of the offices
The u. S. Grant hotel opposite the
plaza on D street has just been com
pleted at a cost of over $1,0O0OOO. 1t Is
a beautiful building, ten stories In
height and occupies two-th1rds OF an
concrete and absolutely fireproof, with
every facility for comfort and conven-
ience.
The Crane hotel on Sixth street is
we'll under way and will be when COM
pleted six-story structure of steel
and pressed brick, up to date in every
detail.
The Masonic temple at the corner of
Fifth and Ash streets, the brick work
of which is about completed, Will cover
a space of 10000 square feet, four
stories high and with full size base
ment below. The total cost will be
100000.
The knights of Pythias have begun
excavating for their new home at
Third and r streets. This building
will be 50x100 feet five stories high
and will cost $75.000
At Third and B streets Palmer Bros:
& Fulkerson are erecting theater at
cost of $4,000. 1t will cover
ground space of 100x150 feet. The seat
ing capacity will be 1900 and the
building will be thoroughly modern
and up to date. 1t will be when com
pleted one OF the finest on the Pacihc
coast.
Ground is jlst now being broken for
the Grant Hall apartments at the cor
ner of Third and B streets This build
ing is to be erected by u. s. Grant, Jr.'
and NJ Hall. 1t will be six stories high.
occupying 1OOx1OO feet of ground
| space and will cost about $150O
At the corner of Fifth and C streets
Mayor Grant Conard is erecting
building 5Ox100 feet to be five stories
high, to be occupied by S. M. Bing-
ham and ]. G. Maline for the Boston
department store
on Fourth and A streets the Jew
eft hotel a three-story moderate priced
hotel, has just been completed at cost
Of $35, 900. an
Diagonally across the street a 100
room modern family hotel is being
erected by Frisbie & Barstow at COST
| OF $4,000.
At Fifth street at the corner Of
IJpas a hotel and apartment house, oc-
! cupying 1O0x1O0 feet of ground space,
three stories high, is being built at
cost of $4,000.
The hail of records, two-story rein
forced concrete building, is pelng erect
ed bv the county at cost of $4,000. II
adjoins and will be part OF the
At the corner of Third and C streets
William Jerslaw is erecting three
story pressed brick store and hotel
! building at a cost or $ZO'UVV.
At the southwest corner or Elghtn
and r streets the Timkin Investment
company is erecting store building
10Ox1O0 feet at a cost of $22,OOO.
on the west side of Second street, ad-
Joining the new Elks' home, the Union
Title and Trust company. Is excaVaI-
ing preparatory to beginning the erec-
ton of a three-story reinforced con-
crete building to cost $4,000.
| A fourth floor is being added TO the
! county hospital at a cost of $4,000.
! The Fletcher Solman's building at
Sixth and D streets is receiving an aus
dition OF two more stories at a cost OF
S40,O 900. The entire building will be
used by the Barnet Stine company oe-
partment store. -
The ground floor of the Brewster
hotel at Fourth and c streets is pc
inng remodeled at cost OF $30OOO. Inc
entire space of 10Ox100 feet will be mod
ern stores when the work is completed;
Six large garages are being erected
in various parts of the city.
About a dozen flats and apartment
houses are under construction. TWelVe
residences costing over $1O GOO each .dnd ana
more than 400 costing from SSOO 10 $oVoo
each are being built.
PROTECTED BUILDINGS
Plans are now being prepared for a
six-storv department store to occupy
one-third of an entire block on 5 street
between Fifth and Sixth streets. The
building will be erected for George w.
| Marston. e,,.4, -
C streets DR.. r. r. Burnham anu
| Leighton cAAS
store and hotel building to occupy
| ground space of 100X150 feet and to cost
sos. .0OO Plans have been prepared Tor
| this structure and the work of remoV-
ing the old buildings has already been
On the corner of D and Second
streets John D. Spreckels Will begin
| soon the destruction of an old frame
! building 75x200 feet, to make way for
q six-story reinforced concrete office
building. which will conform to and
he mart. of the Union building built
hv him some two years ago. This VIII
make the building 75x200 feet and one
| Of the handsomest buildings in the city.
Never before in the history of the
city has there been such a grand tear
| ing down of old buildings and con-
| struction of new ones as at the present
time. The city is undergoing trans
| formation and those who knew San
Diego of two years ago will hardly
! recognize 1t in another six months.
The Santa Fe railroad is clearing
ground for the erection of new
| freight depot to be built of reinforced
| concrete and to occupy space quar-
| fer of a block wide and two blocks
long. They are to begin also the erec-
| tion Of a new passenger depot where
| the present old building now stands.
The new depot will be two stories In
height and 300 feet long. The two
! buildings will represent an expenditure
of more than a quarter of million
| dollars.