The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-04-29
MRS. CRAFTS WRITES FROM
CALIFORNIA.
April 10, 1921.
9124 East 25th St,
81

Los Angeles, Cal.
Dear Opinion Friends
Since nv last letter have been to several
other points of interest and met some old
friends and made new acquaintance.
We have been to Long Beach to see
Eva Metcalf and after quite search lby
having wrong number) found her. She
seems to like California. She was up to
Los Angeles shopping one day last week
and met her in town by appointment and
we had a nice visit while shopping. 1t
sure does seem good to meet some OF our
old Vermont and New Hampshire neigh
bors out here.
Had short call not long ago from Ed.
Rogers and son also Tom Hunkins' folks
came up and spent Sunday with us three
weeks ago and Lawrence Hardy calls
occasionally.
We have been to Venice and Santa
Monica beach resorts and they are very
beautiful. One of the beauty spots of
Venice are its many canals lined on both
sides by flowers and boats may be seen
as one crosses the graceful bridges that
span them. While there we rode to
Ocean Park on the little car that flies up
and down the cement walk connecting
Venice, Santa Monica and Ocean Park,
and we had the pleasure of listening to
two out door concerts by the band at
Venice. 1t was fine. The pleasure re-
sorts here are very numerous and as one
goes into the different theatres and sees
the immense crowds in every one 1t al
most seems as though the managers were
getting a good share of the money In
circulation. Yet if you could see the many
buildings going up you would conclude the
city was growing some. There is only one
month in the history of the city when
more building permits were issued than
in the month of March 1921, and that
was last September when tremendous
efforts were made to relieve the housing
famine. For so many people come here
from the East for the winter, 1t was al
most impossible to get house room and
we see many tent houses. A good share
of the people here come from what we
call the West but here they call 1t from
the East. The building record of March
is considered even more remarkable than
last September for now that the housing
shortage is somewhat relieved, most OF this
construction is a healthy growth showing
that Los Angeles is expanding with huge
strides. There were 2,S66 permits issued
to noon March 81, 1921 with more eX-
pected during the closing hours of the
day and these were for a total of So, az, 49O
mostly invested in new homes. Building
inspectors forecast that building will
reach tremendous and unprecedented pro-
portions in the next several months.
MANY persons are holding back from
building awaiting further drop in price
of building material which is rather high
lust at the present time. The record for
the three months of the year ending March
81 were 1924 permits with valuation OF
SI3.I59,S74. Totals of the months OF jan
uarv and February, 1921 were So, l3l go
and So .30l,7l4 respectively. Last year S
record for the first three months show a
total valuation of 10,549, 444 and March
1920 was So, O76, 763, a gain for the quarter
of 1910, 430 and last September the record
month showed 3,5l5 permits issued for a
cost of 81, 23l, 440. SO you see Los Angeles
is growing some and the travel and traffic
are so congested they are building a
tunnel now under one of the streets to
help relieve it.
: The bank clearings gain for the hrst
quarter showed gain of SIG, az, 252.6l,
the total for the three months this year
reaching SI,O43, $50, 3S1.57. The clear
inps this month as compared with those
of March last year showed an increase OF
$40. 90, 79l.l IA, about 10 per cent. The
total clearings for the first quarter of
1921 and 1920 were.
Clearings lyZO
Jan. $685., 46S, 296l9 S3l6, 2S3, 2O9. 40
Feb. 304 ,3OS, 625.36 227, 692, 30. .6s
Mar. q 73,773, 46O02 332, 500, 66S. IS
liz 81, O43, 55O,3sl.57 s926, SSs, 1856
LIST Quarter