Part 111
REALTY DEALS
FAIRLY ACTIVE
[THE PICKWICK SOLD FOR
$185,000
OPERATORS SAY THE OUTLOOK
IS BRIGHT
Old Established Business Firms Make
Improvements and Arrange for
Modern Furnishings and
Conveniences
With the advance of the summer sea
son and the rapid settlement of out
standing obligations both In business and
tract properties, realty agencies in close
touch with local conditions assert that
everything points to a very active and
profitable season In the entire realty
field, beginning the latter part of August
Lor the first week in September. Notwith
standing the fact that many of the deal
iers have been at the beaches or in the
ftinountalns for recreation and rest, the
■offices of the agencies are open for busi
ness with about the usual number of de
nmrtment agents in evidence, and tho rec
rord of the past week Indicates that a
"number of good deals have been nego
tiated, while it is stated many others of
Importance are pending, with assurance
that the papers will be signed up and
money paid during the present week.
Pickwick Apartments Sold
One of the most important deals of the
past week was the sale of Pickwick
apartment house on the west sldo of
Grand avenue, between Eighth and Ninth
streets, negotiated by Mines & Farish,
which firm last week closed the deal for
the Belasco theater on South Main street
The Pickwick property was purchased
from Emily C. Hardaway by F. and Rosa
Elchenhofer, the consideration being $155,
0, the purchasers being represented by
the Arthur W. Kinney company.
The Pickwick is one of the finest apart
ment houses in Los Angeles. The lot is
80 by 163 feet, improved with a five-story
stone and brick structure, yielding a
monthly rental of $1600. Two years ago
the building was erected at an outlay of
$110,000. There are 210 rooms In the build
ing In suites of two and three rooms.
Changes in Business
The building permits statement for the
past week shows that no less than 110
permits were granted for alterations to
buildings in various parts of the city.
Included in the list are radical changes
In the Interior and exterior of the former
location of the Niles Pease Furniture com
pany In the 400 block on South Spring
street, which Is to be occupied by Harris
& Frank, the clothiers. The entire first,
second and third floors are being over
hauled and rearranged for the clothiers
who are to occupy the structure and make
an elaborate display of their goods. Ele
vator service will be provided.
The old llotchkiss theater building,
north of the Hellman building. Is being
remodeled and improved for the opening
of the fall season. A new entrance has
been provided, completely divorcing the
playhouse from tho saloon and the res
taurant. The theater will open soon un
der new management.
The rooms in tho Douglas block lately
occupied by the Blackstone Dry Goods
company are being refitted for the use of
Desmond, the hatter and clothier, who
will soon vacate the quarters in the Ra
mona block. Desmond will occupy all of
the available space on the ground floor
In the Douglas block.
In the near future the Palace market
■will vacate the corner room in the Lan
kershim building, on the southeast cor
ner of Third and Spring streets, to take
possession of the corner room in Ramona
block to be vacated by Desmond. The
market space in tho Lankershim building,
Including the restaurant on the east and
the Tannhauser saloon room on the south
■will be used for the new home of the
Merchants' National bank. James Jef
fries, who recently bought the Tann
hauser saloon, has secured a new loca
tion at 326 South Spring street. That
room has been vacated by Dewey and it
Is being fitted up for the new business.
Other notable alterations are in prog
ress in different parts of the business
district. Provision has been made for an
entire new front for the Catalina hotel
property on South Broadway. The first
floor is to be occupied by a business firm.
HUNTINGTON BUYS ON
EAST SEVENTH STREET
FRONTAGE SELLS AT $1075 A
FOOT
Another Fine Lot Added to Holdings
of Railway Magnate — Dr.
Joseph Scott Selects
a Home Lot
The lot on the south side of East Sev
enth street, 60 by 125 feet, between Los
Angeles street and Maple avenue, has
been purchased by Henry E. Huntington
at a reported valuation of $64,500, or at
the rate of $1075 a front foot. This lot is
another in the group of Mr. Huntington's
holdings in the vicinity of the Pacific
Electric building, to which a large addi
tion is soon to be made for the perfection
of the interurban railway service. With
the extension of the Seventh street car
line east across the river and the third
rail Improvements on Central avenue it
would appear that In the near future
traction cars will be coming into the
Pacific Electric station from, the rear.
Other Realty Deals
Joseph Scott has purchased from Lee
A. McConnell, through the agency of
Crook & McCann, the corner of Catalina
street and Wilshire boulevard for a con
sideration said to approximate $io 000
Th.' lot is 115 by 165 feet In size. Mr
Scott Is said to be planning to erect a
handsome house on the property.
The Althouse Bros, report sales as fol
lows:
E. G. Gilbert to George Giles, an im
proved lot on the. southwest corner of
Washington and Hobart boulevard, 150
feet on Hobart boulevard by 160 feet on
Washington street; consideration $15,000.
E. Cornwell to W. H. Durkie, an unim
proved lot on the west side of Manhattan
place, south of Pico street; lot 75 by 135
feet; $3750.
E. M. Larson to a local Investor, a six
room bungalow at 2911 Hobart boulevard.
The hoVise Is modern and contains oak
doors, etc; lot 50 by 135 feet; $4800.
Los Angeles Sunday Herald.
GENERAL WENTWORTH BELIEVES THAT THE HOTEL WENTWORTH IN THE NOB HILL SECTION WILL BE FINISHED ON ORJGINAL PLANS AND THAT ALL OBLI.
GATIONS WILL BE MET
NEW APARTMENT HOUSE
TO HAVE ROOP GARDEN
COSTLY IMPROVEMENT NEAR
THE ANGELS' FLIGHT
Modern Building of 110 Rooms for
Mrs. H, W. La Chat, Corner of
Grand Avenue and Fourth
Street
J. R. Keel & Co. have had plans pre
pared for a class B apartment house, to
be constructed on the Bouthwest corner
of Fourth and Grand avenue for Mrs. H.
W. La Chat. It will be 60 by 100 feet and
five stories high, with basement and sub
basement. It will contain 110 rooms sub
divided into one, two and three room
suites, each with private bath. Steam
heat, patented furniture, modern plumb-
Ing, elevator service and other up-to-date
features are specified. The front will be
taced with buff and cream pressed brick.
A banquet and assembly room will be
located In the basement and a roof gar
den and sun parlor on the roof.
Architects Crane & Norberg have drawn
plans and will superintend the work of
raising and adding another story, 44 by
70 feet, to the two-story frame residence
belonging to the Westlake School for
Girls, on Alvarado street, just south of
Sixth street. The new addition will con
sist of a living room 18 by 2*. feet, dining
room 24 by 28 feet, reception hall with
Ingle nook fireplace and kitchen. The up
per stories will be divided Into sleeping
rooms. Tho first story finish will be
slashed grain pine, with floors of po.ished
oak. The ceilings will be beamed. All
the work will be done by day labor under
the supervision of the architects.
Other New Work
Included In other new work reported to
the Builder and Contractor Is a two-story
brick warehouse, 100 -y 133 feet, to be
erected on the corner of Aliso and An
derson streets lor C. H. Clayton, to be'
used by the Madary Supply company.
Plans were drawn by J. Lee Burton. The
building wll be of heavy mill construc
tion and have cement floor on the first
story, and composition roofing. It will
also be provided with two electric freight
elevators.
Charles E. Shattuck has made revised
drawings for a large thlrteen-room frame
residence to be built at Casa Verdugo for
George Mitchell. It will contain all mod
ern conveniences.
A syndicate of Long Beach men repre
sented by Engineer L. S. Alunson, have
made arrangements to erect twelve Vene
tian residences at Naples that will cost
from $4000 to $6500 each. They will be
built on the Rlva Alta canal. Mr. Mun
son will also make plans and supervise
the construction of eight steel and con
crete bridges to span the canals, also one
120 feet long to span the San Gabriel river.
Chief Inspector of Buildings J. J. Back
us has been Instructed by the city coun
cil to prepare the necessary plans for an
annex to the city hall. The new struc
ture will be 4ft by 146 feet, three stories
high and of class C construction, with a
court betwen the present structure and
the new annex, entance to new building
being by means of a bridge. It will be a
loft building and will be subdivided to
meet the needs of the various depart
ments which It will house. The tax col
lector will occupy the entire lower story;
the civil service commission, electrical
department and several minor offices the
second door, and tho third floor will
probably be used by the Los Angeles
anueducY The building will be faced
with red pressed brick and have large
front windows.
Sale of Business Property
The McCarthy company report tne saie
of another house in Greater Los Angeles
?rac "a new modern six-room bungalow
at 6509 South Park avenue, to W. S. Ames
of the Los Angeles Railway company, for
?2 TOe company also reports several new
houses in the course of construction in the
Greater Los Angeles and Florence Heights
Tracts and that demand continues for
these small homes on easy terms.
The Robert Mitchell company report the
fO Fo O r W Grace e E. Gilbert to Walter M.
Campbell the property at 1250 Magnolia
aveZe eight rooms, lot 70x140 feetrcon
sideration $sooo.
For Simon P. Buskirk to Mrs. H. L.
Yeys 1863 Winfleld street, eight rooms,
'°For XI R\ fee WhHe°to Estell. Henschel
Webb, 1002 South Bonnie Brae, ten rooms,
lot 50x150 feet to alley; $9500.
For William McCarrell to W. T. Thorn
ton, 1614 Van Ness avenue, seven rooms,
lot 40x140 feet.
For R. G. Brown to Frank P. Russell,
1317 West Thirtieth street, six rooms, lot
50x145 feet; $4500.
For Robert Mitchell to Clara May
Woods, lot 7i), South Vermont Avenue
tract, 50x145 feet, on Claudlno avenue,
near Vermont, five-room cottage; $2100.
Knlcker— Curious creature, man.
Bocker— Yes, after he gets old enough
to have cold feet he wants to be a bare
fcoted boy again.— New York Sun.
TWO INVESTMENT DEALS
IN INDUSTRIAL SECTION
W. A. Oder has sold to Sarah A. K.
Willis, through the house and lot de
partment of the Wright & Callender com
pany, the property at 1415 to 1427 Char
ming street, for $13,500. The lot Is 200 by
135 feet to an alley and Is Improved with
seven houses. Mr. Oder also has sold to
Mrs. Willis the property at 930 Staunton
street, 40 by 120 feet, improved with a six
room house, for $2850. Both of these
properties are in the Industrial district
and were bought for an investment. Other
recent deals made through the same
agency are as follows:
J. Q. Warfleld to W. A. Oder, lot 30 In
the Venice Gateway tract, 40 by 120 feet,
$660. Bought for investment.
John G. Warfleld to a local investor,
three acres in Bells, known as lots 12, 14
and 28 of Grider & Hamilton's subdivision
of Bell's tract, $2000. Bought for invest
ment.
ASKS PERMISSION TO
ERECT REDONDO WHARF
Capt. Amos A. Tries of the United States
engineer office has given notice that an appli
cation has been made by the Los Angeles
Wave Power and Electric company to con
struct a pier Into the ocean near Redondo,
about 700 feet south of plar No. 3 of tho Re
dondo Improvement company.
Mapa on file in the engineers' office show the
exact location, and parties who may have ob
jections to the proposed Improvement are In
vited to inspect <he aforesaid maps and draw-
Ings.
RESIDENCE PROPERTY
SOLD ; VALUE $30,000
The Robert Mitchell company report the
following sales of business property:
For Emma Ebey and Guy A. Shipley to
Samuel Perluss, 312-316 Omar street, two
seven-room houses, lot 50x110 feet; con
sideration $10,500.
For Anna V. Green to Robert Mitchell
company, 3312-3316 Central avenue, two
cottages, lot 80x120 feet; $9000.
Also the following sale 3 of property:
For the Tv Junga company to W. K.
McDanlel, block 49 of Tv Junga ranch,
containing 47.86 acres; $7500.
For W. K. McDanlel to Tv Junga com
pany, 151.64 acres located In Long valley,
Boise county, Idaho; $6000.
Robert Mitchell company to Anna V.
Green, lot 3, block 33, Corona, containing
ten acres; $6500.
Bought Budlong Avenue Home
Among the recent sales reported by Will
C. Prather & Co. is the purchase by P.
J. Gross from Lucy Jorros and Julius W.
Krause of the northwest corner of
Twenty-eighth street and Budlong ave
nue for a stated consideration of $5000.
The lot has a frontage of fifty feet and
Is improved, with a two-story eight-room
house.
Petition Asks Pardon
By Associated Press.
MADRID, July 13.— A petition sipned by
many prominent persons, Including Mar
quis Vega do la Arlngo, a former pre
mier, has been presented to King Alfonso,
asking a pardon for Nakens, Mata and
Ibarri, who were recently convicted of
being concerned In the plot against the
king on his wedding day.
Polish Colony Settlement
The statement is made that a tract of
forty acr.es south of Vernon avenue and
east of Alamanda street has been pur
chased by a syndicate with a view to
establishing a Polish colony on the land.
Thone who are at the head of this project
expect to bring about 1000 families to this
colony within the next year.
POPULAR BEAUTY HOME IN LOS ANGELES
SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1907.
LOCAL BANKING NOTES
AND INSURANCE LAW
OVER $1,200,000 PAID OUT IN LOS
ANGELES
Manager Gist's Definition of Bank
Clearings — Savings Banks In.
surance Is Now In Force
In Massachusetts
The term "bank clearings" Is not gen
erally understood by the people. The
meaning Is explained by James B. Gist
of the Los Angeles clearing house briefly
as follows:
"The term 'bank clearings' signifies the
total amount of business passing through
the clearing house. For Instance, all the
checks accumulated In the forty-seven
banks and trust companies of this city
are cleared through tho twelve members
of the Los Angeles clearing house once
every business day. The exchanges are
the checks, drafts and other negptiable
instruments drawn on the various mem
ber banks and affiliated banks, and re
ceived in the course of business on de
posit by other members and exchanged
at the clearing house. The exchanges are
effected In about five minutes, the aver
age business passing through the Los An
geles clearing house being about $2,000,000
dally. This figure would be known as
bank clearings."
An earnest of the prosperity of Los An
geles Is the sum of $1,200,000 which was
paid on July 1 in Interest to depositors
and dividends to stockholders In her vari
ous banks. This amount represents the
earnings upon deposits of over $113,000,000,
over $40,000,000 of which Is in savings
banks to the account of the working men
and women of the city. Three of the sav
ings banks alone carry over 74.000 ac
counts, with deposits of nearly $33,000,000.
On "dividend day," as above indicated,
depositors drew out about $900,000 and
stockholders about $335,000.
Governor Guild of Massachusetts has
signed the bill permitting savings banks
of that state to engage in the life insur
ance business, and institutions enough
have promised to give the plan a trial
to guarantee a fair test of the experi
ment, If nothing more, says the New York
Financier. The new bill is very restrict
ive in character and practically limits the
insurance to be issued to the industrial
class— that is, the maximum sum permit
ted is $500, or an annuity not to exceed
$200 a year. Furthermore, the banks are
not permitted to employ canvassers or
collectors, the aim of the measure being
to provide facilities for protection at or
nearly cost price. Credit for the new
scheme, at least in its Introductory feat
ures, Is due to L. D. Brandels, whose ar
guments in pamphlet form and otherwise
have received wide attention. Briefly, tho
contention made by Mr. Brandels was
this: The cost of management of existing
industrial Insurance companies ate up
over 37 per cent of the premiums paid,
whereas the cost of management of the
Massachusetts savings banks was less
than Vi per cent— l.47 per cent, to be
exact. It was not contended that the
extra cost of Industrial Insurance, as
heretofore sold, was due to misappropri
ation. Rather the high ratio was trace
able to the necessarily costly work of so
liciting, collection and other charges that
might be eliminated were the banks to
engage in the business. The banks will
not try to force a large volume of insur
ance as competitors in a common field,
but they will supply it if their customers
desire, and at prices which will bring the
payments very near actual cost rates.
GOOD BUNCH OF SALES
REPORTED BY AGENCY
Sales reported by J. C. Settles for the
past week:
John Simon to Sarah K. Robbins, lot
21, 40 by 127 feet, between South Park ave
nue and San Pedro street, facing the,
park; $1400.
David H. Geiger to Emma Osborne, a
six-room house between South Park and
McKlnley avenue, on Forty-eighth street,
lot 40 by 163 feet, block A, McKlnley
place; $1800.
J. C. Settles to W. A. Oates, lot 7, 47
by IGB feet, In block 5 of the Seventh
street tract, city of Wilmington; $600.
Mrs. U. M. Poates to Henry L. Teifel,
five-room house on Fifty-second street,
lot 50 by 161 feet, between South park and
Walrath street, lot 13 in block B, Park
place; $2800.
Carl Strakeljahn to J. T. Trobridge, a
two-room house between" South Park and
McKinley avenue, 40 by 165 feet, lot 34,
block B, McKinley place; $1050.
A. P-. Husted to Thomas W. Sadler,
two-room house between South Park and
McKlnley avenue, on Fifty-first street,
50 by 150 feet, lo* 36, block D, McKlnley
place; $1500.
NEQRO PAYS $5 FOR
TELLING THE TRUTH
DECLARES HE CAN'T DISGRACE
NAME OF WASHINGTON
Accused of Hauling Garbage In an
Open Wagon, Thomas Father.of.
His.Country Admits Guilt
and Pays Fine
■'Ah cannot tell a lie. Jege," Bald Thomas
Washington to Justice Chambers yesterday
when arraigned on a charge of carrying garbage
in a rubbish wagon. "I'm guilty, yor Honor, 1
rlspect the name of Washington too much. Dey
ole mammy in South Carllny whar Ah was
born used ter tell me about Oeorgo and de
hochlt an dat cherry tree what he cut down.
I'zc too patriotic to disgrace de namo of
Washington by tolling something what ain't
F The patriotic negro looked yearningly at tho
Justlco as If to so If his "patriotism" and hon
fsty would grease the wheels of Justice so that
he might slip through unharmed. The court
appreciated Washington's truth telling, but
said It was a misdemeanor to haul garbage In
an open wagon. He fined Washington $5,
which the negro raid.
th'e S man S was still mumbling to himself, "Ah
couldn't tell a lie. No, suh, Ah cOouldn't tell a
lie to de Jcge."
NEVADA BANKS MAKE
FINANCIAL SHOWING
Nine banks in Nevada which have re
cently made public statements of their
resources and liabilities and which handle
the major portion of the mining camp
bank business of the state have resources
of $25,H93,315.47. In these nine banks, which
Include In their business the cities of
Reno and Carson, and the camps of Gold
field, Manhattan, Tonopah and Blair and
the town of Elko, aro deposits aggregat
ing $16,619,457.19. These figures do not in
clude tho resources and deposits of the
banks In Ely, Winnemucca, Bullfrog, Rhy
olite, Falrview, Wonder and Vlrglna City,
from which no public statements have re
cently come to hand, Nor do they in
clude the resources and liabilities of any
private banking institution In the state.
"Don't you think that doctor comes
cf loner than he needs to?"
"How should I know what his needs
are?"— Life.
BUILDING OF HOMES
' ACTIVE IN LOS ANGELES
TWENTY PERMITS A DAY FOR
DWELLINGS
Total for Second Week in July 260,
Authorizing Improvements Valued
at $354,000 — Numerous
Alterations
Home building .during trie past week,
according to the statistics from the of
fice of the chief Inspector of buildings,
show that nearly 125 new dwellings were
erected, or am average of twenty a day,
the total being about the same as for
the same period last year. Two permits
were granted for class B structures and
five for class C buildings, none for steel
frame or reinforced concrete construc
tion. The brick alterations number fif
teen and . the frame alterations ninety
five, the total permits being 260, author
izing improvements for $354,135, against
2 76 permits for the same period in 1906,
valuation of | the Improvements for that
period being $533,292.
The improvements by wards show that
during the past week the Sixth and Fifth
wards were leaders in the number of
permits granted, with the First, Third,
Second and Ninth wards in the order
named.
lnspector's Classified Statement
Below is the tabulated statement of
improvements In Los Angeles for the
past week:
Permits. Value.
•Class B 2 (5,996
Class C 6 106,450
Class D, one story 91 87,b27
Class D, one and a half story 12 28.40)
Class D. two story 20 88,400
Churches 1 400
Sheds .' 19 2,460
Brick alterations 15 9.920
frame alterations 95 24,582
Totals 260 $364,135
lmprovements
Following Is the showing of improve
ments by wards during the past week:
Permits. Value.
First ward 33 134,553
Second ward 22 27,411
Third ward 26 137.MD
Fourth ward 17 18,755
Fifth ward 56 61,353
Sixth ward 62 31,189
Seventh ward 14 28,607
Eighth ward 9 3,150
Ninth ward 21 11.6U5
Totals 260 $354,135
Principal Building Permits
Following were the leading bulding permits
granted during the past week:
Grove place, 3519— J. Skinner, owner; A.
li. Grlbllng, builder, two-story twelve-room
residence, $8100.
Coronado street, 208 North— Upper Heights
Syndicate, owner; Burck-Gwynn company, one
and a half story seven-room residence, $2900.
Cnronado street, 147 North— as above,
$2800.
Boylston street, 417 South— C. F. Stamps,
owner; J. J.'Cochran, builder; two-story thirty
flve-room apartment house, $10,000.
Pasadena avenue. 2031— T. P. Codlngton. own
er; C. Blglam, builder; two-story nine-room
residency. $3500. i
. Forty-seventh street. 401-411, East— J. H.
Braly, owner; H. Johnson, builder, three-story
store building, $20,000.
Fedora street, 904— P. W. Bryan, owner:. P.
Wuck, builder; two-story, seven-room residence,
$3500.
Thirty-first street, 1031, West— Mrs. A. M.
Whlstln, owner: A. Flck, builder; two-story,
tweve-room residence, $3500.
Broadway, 633, South— Mary A. Preuss, owner
and builder; one-story, one-room store room,
$6200.
Twenty-seventh street, 1116-1120 East— J. I*
Dowden. owner; William J. Collins, builder;
two-story Blxteen-room flats, $3200.
i San Pedro street, 633 South—.!. F. Halzllp.
owner; H. A. Cole, builder; one-story store
house, $2250. ,
Forty-sixth street, 829, West— Carrie Madison,
owner; W. C. Miller, builder; llj-story. six
room residence, $3000..
Andrews boulevard, 605— P. Burke, owner;
Alta Planing Mill company, builder; two-story,
twelve-room residence, $14,000.
> Forty-first street, 1200, West— J. W. Holder,
owner: O. K. Henshuw, builder; one and one
half-story, eight-room residence, $3500.
Eighth street, 1915. East— Bishop & Co., own
er; Brandt, builder; one-story, one-room power
house, $2000.
Fortieth street, 644 West— W. H. Goodnow,
owner and builder, two-story eight-room resi
dence $3000.
Sunset boulevard, 2800— Los Angeles-Pacific
Railway company, owner; Pioneer Building
company, builder; one-story one-room station,
$2500.
; Tenth street, 1530-1532 West— 1,. Cornish,
owner; H. Aufdemkamp, builder; one-story
three-room store building, $3000.
Avenue Nineteen, 141 South— Miss R. B. May
er, owner; J. P. McDonald, builder; two-story
seven-room residence, $2800.
Kensington . street, 1112 — T. Karsten, owner
and builder; two-story nine-room residence,
$4000. ■■'.•'.
Forty-ninth street, 462 East— Louise Rinker,
owner; one and a half story eight-room resi
dence, $2600. , .
Sale of Dairy Ranch
, Steele's I<a Mlrada dairy ranch, con
> slsting of 295 acres at La Mlrada, near
• the McNally ranch, has been sold to S.
1 W. Heals of Whlttier for a reported eon
| slderation of $120,000. The sale was made
, through the agency of the McDonald &
> Stott company of this city. James A.
' Seelye was the owner of all of the stock
1 of the corporation, owning the land of
) Steele's La Mlrada dairy, and the trana
,. far of th» property was made by. him.
Real Estate and
Classified Section
WAVE MOTOR
NEW WONDER
VALUE OF FRED STARR'S
DISCOVERY
OCEAN WAVES HARNESSED FOR
POWER
Los Angeles Capture* .First Prize In
Utilizing the Greatest Invention
of the Age — Commercial
Plant Established
Ben Franklin by the use of his kite and
a key discovered the power of lightning,
followed by Edison and Tesla giving to
tho world a priceless boon In the con
duct of commercial affarls. Now comes
Fred Starr of Los Angeles with his mar
velous invention, the wave motor, by the
use of which wonder of the twentieth
century the oceans of the world are con
verted Into mighty power houses to turn
the whpeln of Industry and reduce the cost
of operation of lighting plants, factory
machinery and other enterprises to a
minimum.
Fred Starr, confident that his wave
motor Idol would revolutionise power de
vices, after thirty years of work and pa
tience has lived to witness the realization
of a complete wave motor commercial
plant.
Mr. Starr Is a first-class mechanic. H«
spent about twenty years in the Pullman
car shops near Chicago puting the fine
Interior hard-wood finishings in the Pull
man sleepers.
Starr saw that a wave motor to be a
success had to be so constructed that It
would not only stand the worst storms of
the ocean, but it must be so sensitive that
it would take the power from the smallest
ocean swell; consequently he has pat
ented a machine that Is "giving every
ripple and surging billow a commercial
value."
In 1906 Mr. Starr built a working model
at Venice. California, that produced 110
volts. 16-candle power electric lights— as
beautiful and steady as were ever made —
no flickering up and down, but steady,
white lights. •
The Venice plant has been disman
tled and the company has now actually
commenced the construction of a commer
cial plant. •
The Los Angelas Wave Power and Elec
tric company has leased from the Re
dondo Improvement company land on the
ocean shore with privileges of building a
pier Into the ocean for the first commer
cial Starr wave motor plant. This plant
will be constructed about 700 feet south
of pier No. 3 of the Redondo Improvement
company at Redondo, about nineteen
miles from Los Angeles.
Merits of Wave Motor
"Wo have principles covered by our pat
ents that, in my judgment," said Mr.
Starr, "after thirty years' work on wave
motor inventions, absolutely prohibit any
other person or corporation from building
a successful wave motor for seventeen
years from the dates of our patents.
"We have two patents thoroughly cov
ering the wear plates, both issued in Jan
uary, 1907.
"Without the wear plates no wave mo
tor." said Mf. Starr, "can be a success,
and no one can use the wear plate but
the people I am associated with, conse
quently we have the only successful wave
motor that can be made for seventeen
years from last January.
"We now have a model wave motor In
our office at 224 H. W. Hellman building.
"This model Is built approximately one
twelfth the size that our 100 horse power
unit of the commercial plant will be at
Redondo, so that anyone seeing our office
model gets a perfect idea of what the
commercial plant will be.
"We are glad to show our model," said
Mr. Starr, "and all Its parts to any one
desiring to see it. We have an honest,
bona fide and successful wave motor, with
nothing to conceal, but with everything
open to inspection by business men, en
gineers, mechanics and all who desire to
see It. Our wave motor Is so simple and
easy to understand that a child can un
derstand it, when he sees it work. The
more skilled the engineer or mechanic
that comes to see it, the more positive
and the stronger is the Indorsement.
"Some of the best mechanics and en
gineers have seen our office model and I
have asked all of them to criticise It,
saying to them: 'It is criticism that
makes the Inventor a success, and not
compliments. 1 And lam happy to be able
to state that since I perfected and com
pleted tho model now in our office, not
one criticism has been made, but many
congratulations have been given by able
engineers and mechanics as well as lay
men."
Range of Patents
The Los Angeles Wave Power and
Electric company has been organized and
controls the Starr wave motor inventions
and patents for six counties, viz.: Los
Angeles, Orange. San Bernardino. River
side, Santa Barbara and Ventura.
The company has the following well and
favorably known officers and directors:
Fred Starr, president and director, who
is the inventor of the Starr wave motor;
J. C. Beach, vice president and a director,
of Los Angeles, is a mechanic and build
er: J. H. Bacon, secretary and treasurer,
nlso a director, is an Investment broker;
W. E. B. Partridge, one of the directors.
Is an engineer and machinist and presi
dent of the American Engineering and
Foundry company, one of the largest
foundry and machinery manufacturing
companies In Los Angeles; Fred Pilgrim,
a director, is also an engineer and me
chanic and president of the Pilgrim Iron
works, extensive manufacturers of ma
chinery in Los Angeles: O. H. Mason, one
of the directors, is a mechanic and pro
prietor of the Up-to-Date Pattern com
pany, one of the largest pattern manufac
turers in Los Angeles.
A large commercial plant of 50,000 horse
power capacity will cost to construct $50
per horse power, or 12.500,000, and the
annual earnings of such a plant, selling
power at wholesale, would be $1,500,000. If
the power were sold at retail and at less
than one-half of the present average
price of electricity It would pay the com
pany 100 per cent annually.
INVESTMENT PURCHASE
ON EAST FORTY-SIXTH
' Ernest W. Hotchktss has 'purchased;
from the Bargain . Realty * company,
through the agency of the Cornell com
pany, the northwest \ corner of '& East >
Forty-sixth street and • Wadsworth > aye- \
nue for a reported ' consideration of $3200.
The lot is 50 by 152 feet to a twenty- foot
alley, and Is Improved with two houses,"'
one of four « rooms : facing ;i Forty-sixth f
street, . and the ■ other ' of . five ' rooms, on
Wadsworth . avenue. ; .The •" property was «
bought for an Investment. ;,' t ■-■^'.'•'.''^s.
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