The Washington times., 1922-10-08
BUILDING IN
Los ANGELES
Building Permits for the
Fiscal Year Aggregate
slo7, ,sis,i5s
Gain Over Previous Year Ap-
proximatss FifN-four
Per Cent

Building permits issued in Los
Angeles durink the fiscal year ),
ended June 80 total t<sS4. with
an aggregate valuation Of s1o7.-
: sis,iSs, by far the greatest twelve
honthS record ever made In TINS
city.
Compared With the previous
fiscal year. these permits show An
Increase Of 43.7 Per cent In num-
bsr and SIS Per cent in tctai val
uation. ,, @t..-t s1
II the buildings for which these
permits were issued were pieceo
sids by sids. they would make ,
line ssI.i7l fest or approximately
Iss miles. In isngth.
These psrmits include those TOR
dwellings and mats which would
accommodate SI,soS families
Dwellings, ana flats for which Per
mits were issusd during the pre-
vio,,s fiscai year would accommo-
lats only l4.sl3 families.
Ror1osotn0 u the offtotal reD0vt
q J. J. Baoews. oAtsf tSspector 81
AUttdlnos. % the Boord Of fvSAo
Works. for the Hsoa1 vssr Ssss
closed: W. gE
By J. ]. BAckue
osss i.spsss.s e s.''s',s' q A
X ENTIImxUN-I have the honor
= 70 present herewith . report
~ Of fhs activities Of your De-
psrtmsnt of buildings during the
fscal year 1ss1-isaa. sending June
20. 1879:
During this fiscal year there have
beam issued 44.66< building permits.
with IN estimated valuation OF Slo1,-
ol1.1tA This u an increase OF Sa1
Dsr csnt over the number OF psrmits
1S1l and an increase Of Ss.s Per cent
over the valuation
This year has bsen the greatest In
the history Of the city In the, erec-
ton Of dwellings, flats and apart
ment houses to relieve the shortage
Of housing accommodations In this
city-I1.4 psr cent Of all permits L.
sued were for such buildings and
SAT- per cent Of the total estimated
valuation was expended for this type
Of construction.
Permits were issued for 17.64s
single and double dwellings. with an
estimated valuation Of $46.S3s,2 ,267.
These permits do not include hun
dreds OF garages and sheds that were
temporarily erected or converted to
dwelling uses until such time ~ the
parties could obtain more suitable
quarters.
Permits were also Issued for Ga
two-story nat buildings Of three and
four apartments each, with an esti-
mated valuation Of S7.1S7,S4s; and
for 2oS apartment houses with an
estimated valuation of $5,0l7,627.
There were also issued sixteen per-
mits for hotels or lodging houses
with an estimated valuation Of Sl,-
sS6,ss5.
Permits were issued for various
kinds Of factory buildings to the
number Of fifty-nine, with an esti-
mated valuation Of $s17. .08s; and Ill
permits were issued for miscellane-
Gus Industrial buildings with Q val
uation Of 32.o27,1s1.
In addition to these. 10S permits
were issued for workshops, both
with and without power. having q
valuation Of $36o,210.
The factory buildings mentioned
above do not consist In all cases of
an entirely new industry, but are
buildings added. In many cases. to
existing plants used for the manu-.
facture Of various articles.
Permits for motion picture studio
70 ~ -
one, with q valuation Of S241.350.
were issued during this fiscal year.
One hundred and thirty permits
were issued for warehouses, with q
valuation Of $1,77s,06o: and seven
permits were issued for wharyea
with a valuation Of S137.240.
The valuations given for these
buildings do not by any means rep
resent the total Investment in these
enterprises, as such valuations do
not include machinery, fixtures or
equipment. which In many cases
amounts to more than the value OF
the structure itself.
An idea Of the amount OF build.
fngs erected during the year may be
conveyed by considering these build
ings as placed one against the other
in q straight line. without making
allowance for the different stories
and heights Of the buildings.
The total frontage for all build
fngs and additions for the year
amounts to- 8s1.174 feet. or approx
imately 1853 miles Of buildings. This
frontage Is subdivided into 5sI, ,o6o
feet for new buildings. 226, ,ses feet
for sheds and s1,14s feet for add
tons.
plumbing permits to the number
OF h5.47s were issued for the year.
This Is an increase Of approximately
Ss,s per cent In number, as com
pered with the previous fiscal year
Of 1s2o-1s21.
Plumbers licenses were issued TO
the number Of 1878. licensing plumb
ers and firms engaged In the busi.
mes. Of nlumbin~ and gas fittius.
Plans were filed In tits office by
the public for the erection and al
tersticn OF buildings to the number
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