Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

apartment house at Fifth and Olive
costing over S9000 Jeraud Ingle 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 nm
ished in fumed and golden oak. w. ii.
Francis, the county clerk, has COM
menced the erection Of an $11,COO 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-tme resident of San
Diego who returns after an absence
of a year the changes in the business
part of San Diego are truly aston
ishing. 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
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
is a two story and basement Dulldlns
of steel and brick. 1t is the inten-
ton to add four more stories later on
The present cost is 100000.
The Grier building is located on
TTiftb botyUco, and r nd 0iOininp 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 SZZ,UuV
brick and stone office building on the
corner of Fourth and F about August
l, and it is now filed up with tenants.
L. McMurtrie and G. ID. Barney have
erected a one-story and basement
brick building, 80 by 100 feet on the
northwest corner of Fifth and a. 1t
is the intention to later raise the
height to six stories, and the 1ounda-
ton was made sufficiently strong to
support such a building.
Mrs. Frances Brandt has erected
one-story brick business block on the
southwest corner of Fifth and a at
cost of $4,000
The Jessop building is a one-story
and basement building of brick ana
reinforced concrete situated on the
corner of Sixth and /. The cost was
about $1,000. 1t is the intention TO
later raise the height to five stories
]. 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 1t will be six stories mgh,
cost 100000 and will be built of re
inforced concrete. G. Pettey mas uhdef
constructing store building at 1dn tlie
corner of Sixth and G to cost $4,000.
The Thompson block is one-story,
$4,000. 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
$50 000
An addition to the court house is
nearing completion at a cost of SoO,oOo.
1t will be known as the Hall OF Rec-
ords and is a two-story reinforced con-
crete building located III lIlt N'bl I
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 T..
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-
veloping business.
|. is stated on good authority that
work on the Spreckels theater at Sec