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HISTORY MADE
IN ONE YEAR
WHAT THE TREES OF TRADE
GAVE LOS ANGELES
Summary of All of the Good Thlngi
That Came to a Good People
In • Great'
As you yawn thla morning and look
out upon the flrot dny of the new year
1f.05. from behind your curtnln, . you
can give thanks that Franklin, Hat
fi>ld and ,T. ■ Pluvlus worked in triple
l.arnes*. na the wetness to the'nmount
of 1 1-2 Inches hem come to gladden
the hraria of all mankind. I Rive all
honor to Franklin, nnd a. small sllco
to HatfleM for hl» effort nt least, but
I, thank old man riuvina the moat, «a
hV did Ihe business. There* nothing
1 kc having a friend at court, and Loa
Angplea rertnlnly had a' friend at the
Supreme Court beyond th« rim of
clouds above Old Baldy.
Blf any old wretch llvea In Los An
geles who does fall to Rive thanks to.
flay for all the flubatantlal »nd mate
rial blessings with which he is en
vironed, I Just hope somebody will
pour a pint of ground mustard into his
boots, co he may have a hot old dan;"e
find have a taste of what la in store
for so base an ingrute. Of course we
ian't all be happy, but for gooa.;r<"*
sr.ke be happy one day in the year
and , let that day be this one.. Don't
linger with the Italian fruppe. fov it is
searching and finds you out and don't
let it be frozen eggnog either, for you
may cackle too loud. Toot 1 your hora
and give thanks that it's no worse.
That'll be plenty. If you turn over
i.ew leaves keep them clean, and if
you make any resolutions cut out the
i;menduienta and let the resolutions
pass by a unanimous vote.
But say. that's all right as far as
you are concerned in a general way,
but did you evw stop to think what
IJiO4 has done for Los Angeles? All o(
us know that prosperity has showed
its genial nose down the local battle
line, and that no great wreck engulfed
the leaders in trade and that the good
Lord sparad scores of the bsst men in
the world who ever hustled to make
any city famous, great and powerful.
And, for our sweethearts, mothers an<i
v;ives vie bless them for rising to blesa
the son's of men of whom they are
proud.
Getting back to earth again I am
enabled to tell you that last year
7080 permits for separate construction
itcirs iware issued and ■ that these
called for an expenditure of $13,409,062.
Think., of that, will you, that in this
imperial city while all were hustlimr,
over one million dollars a month was
bting put into brick, stone and frame
t.utldtngs. And, the best of it is that
almost ECOO homea were erected in this
hustling city of your adoption. Now
why don't you toot your horn? That's
a city of its own, and a good siz'.'d one,
led, and bigger than some of you de
certed to come west.
But of all the. big things that Los
Angeles did produce during 1904 are
the bank clearings. These are fairly
busters and run Into the twelve figures.
Any city that can boast of $345,343,
856.35 In clearings in a measly twelve
months Is a city spelled In caps and
don't forget that. Just add one more
note In the key of G on your horn as
you toot.
Real estate has been lively I will
admit and so will you, all the year, but
I'll wager a cockle shell to a watch
that you did riot dream that even at
the ridiculous nominal figures that go
on reeorl that this total for the year
would reach $28,651,798. Well, that't
the total, and its ofllcial. As $10 Is the
usual liguj-e used suppose you take an
average of $50, and on my basis I figure
that the total transactions in real es
tate during the year has reached $88,
462,456. How does that strike you for
the record of a town located in the
southwestern part of these United
States and almost at the Jumping off
place as your maps will show at thatv
. That sounds good I know, but tho
best index to local expansion and the
growth In population is the returns in
post offleo receipts. My friond Matt
Flint has complied a table that shows
that Ihe receipts for the year closing
yesterday for the Los Angeles post
ofllce reach $099,681.28. an increase of
$102,1-10.22. That Is v proud record to
make, and as Flint says shows more
clearly the material growth than does
any other factor. And the days are
]u»t dawning, and with this day of the
birth of a new year is there not much
to toot a horn for. So toot loud and
long, and t\n the run goes down give an
extra blast.
So long fur the old year, as I cuter
again a new era next Sunday with you.
May all of you good fellows who hdVil
been good to me live long and prosper,
and here's to all Ihe good fellows who
hftvu been good to you. H. J. 11,
Small Deals Bunched
Frank Huiersky & Co. report prop
erty sales as follows:
J. Kanliuin to Solomon S. Htrong,
lor Investment, lot at southwest corner
of Park avenue and Oranga Grove
,' place. $1500.
Mrs. )!. I'rlzgent to Mrs, ' Joule Stnf
lurd, fpr Investment, lot'at 12H Birch
jilreet.'-wlilt five room cotttig*. $2UOO.
J. L. HK'dislonoHkl to C. H. Clark, Jive
iiio.ui, niodtMii cu!'"yje at 5;'5 liust Thir
iv-ilfih atreet, ,<#M)O. HjMifl
Largj Sale of Lots
.Stm/ig & Oli'klUtfou .jeport $30,000
worth:; uf lut* »oia In Hu. U. Hill*
PART IT.
BEAUTIFUL AND LUXURIOUS HOME
OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE STYLE
A REBIDENCE OF MODERN lOEAB AND ARTISTIC FINISH
! In this glorious climate of the sunny
southland, which allures the rich and
lowly from ail parts of the world,
there are thousands of beautiful homes,
fashioned to suit the varied tastes of
the owners, but all are constructed with
special reference to the climatic con
ditions of the Golden State.
Many of the more Imposing resi
dences show traces of the styles of
architecture prevailing in the different
sections of Europe, and these ideas of
the masters so deftly woven into the
homes with the new creations of the
American art of building by. our own
architects contribute in no small de
gree toward giving the dwelling places
of the wealthier class of people of Los
Angeles an Individuality that is not
found in any other city on the face of
the globe.
The accompanying illustrations of the
exterior and a section of an Interior
view of the luxurious home of Mrs..
Marie A. Wllcox at 1100 West Adams
Independence tract. The following list
Includes the week's buyers:
Emma Swart No. 38, ut $500; J. M.
Goeiifert 15, ut $600; J. A. Lavoie and
wife, lot 33, at $450; Mrs. J. Nemos,
01 and 02, at $800; L. N. Da vies, 31, at
$800; Howard T. Walght and wife, 44,
at $550; Win: Uorn, 34, at $JSO; Anse
lem 11. de Grieve, lot 13, at $600; Eva
line T. MiuUruder, ?8, at $suo; Kstellu
F. Mudell, I! 0, at $450; Jda A. Thiele, 30
at $550; I-ea A. Fiske, part of lots IS
and l'J, at $575; Margaret J. Petty, 03
at $400; Chester A. Bowman, 27
at $550; Miss F. Klngery, 24 at $500;
Arthur XHetH, 25 and 2fi at $1,100; J.
F. Tenth, L' 9at $500; Anna N. Lane, 21
and 22. and imrt of 20 at $1,600; Miss
Meed, i>art.s of lots 39 and 20 at $57,1.
This tract is close In, ml choice level
lots anil neurly all purchasers tiro
now erecting houses or intending to
build. The lots averages 40 by 160. Tho
tract is only three blocks east of 'Cen
tral avenue at Thirty-fourth street and
one block west of the Long Beach elec
tric line on Kast Ninth street. Ilunt
lngton'a new trolley line will soon be
running directly through the center of
the tract.
In Strong & Dickinson's southwest
tract:, Henry .Mai linger, 5 ut/)550; J.
Green, 40 at $450.
In CrfiiHhaw'B Arlington Helglita:
A. M. (iuldlnger, la, 17, 18, 19, block
28 at 12,000; Charlei N. Drown, 14,
block rj, at $650.
In Southern Paclflo Shops tract: 11.
li. and JJuttle Atmur, 20 ut $275.
In Central Arlington Height* tract:
William T. Wooilh. 6, block 23 ttt $1,350.
In Htroug & l>li Mnsoii'.s Fleueroa
atifcit trad: Uo»a H. Clemens, 2UI at
$350.
. (.'has. A. KlUer has purchased from
Michael J.euliy 18 1-8 nerv» JuHt uouth
of Twentieth street, between Central
h venue uml Alamedu MtiVt-t, for $35,000.
Thf tjint will be DubitlvldeU U>lv -1W
LO9 ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY i, too.?.
A PORTION OF THE PORCH
street are given as a type of the finer
class of homes In our city. This per
fectly homelike dwelling which is of
the Italian Renaissance style of archi
tecture, is a two story structure with
stone and rough plaster finish and oc
cupies a corner, lot 150x150 feet In di
mensions.
The approach is by means of broad
and winding concrete walks which
lead the visitor through the spacious
and well-kept grounds to the wide
porch facing the Hoover street side of
the house. This porch, which is as
large as an ordinary living room, faces
the east and north and is picturesquely
ornamental. Four columns with ar
cade effects at the top support the roof,
and the floor Is partly covered with
rich rugs, while scattered about are
a number of inviting chairs and foot
rests for the use of the members of
the family and guests who may desire
to enjoy the warmth of the forenoon
sun. Trailing vines und growing plants
add to the beauty and attractiveness
lots averaging 40x140 feet, facing on
Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty
second streets. Mr. Kldqr's plans call
for over $100,000 worth of improve
ments, consisting of modern streets and
a series of modern houses to be sold
on installments or rented."
This tract, which was bought by Mr.
Leahy thirty-seven years ago, and has
been his home for over thirty-two
years, is about tho last of the close-In
tracts that have escaped the grasp of
the city homeeoeker. When he pur
chased this ranch two miles of orange
ranches separated it from the city;
now the city extends mllea beyond It
and the buelnegs house und factory are
already on ils north boundary.
WESTCHESTER PLACE
Another Handsome Home Spot Near
the Country Club > .
Robert Marßh & Co. have purchased
the nine acres immediately adjoining
the Country dug 'terrace on tho. east,
from Mrs. Ida Wege'rer, 'Alice A.' Hardy
and Susan JI. Hardy, formerly- known
us the Hardy Home place,' for $25,000,
which with the recent purchase of .the
ten acres adjoining from C, IS. Anthony
Is to be subdivided Into exclusive resi
dence lots to be known as Westchester
place.
AVestchester place when completed In
to be restricted to two-Btor^ 1 houses, to
cost not less than $5,00Q, 'which will
make Mils one of the moist elegant
biibdivJslons In the city, Thin tract in
inunction with Uii! adjoining Country
club terrace, which 1» being handled
by the same firm, represents ' a totul
i>i $350,000 worth of property that Hob
ert Alareli & Co, have subdivided and
now 'have on the market for residence
purposes on I'lco tstreet.
H.v the uiiiiiiniiii.il of this lust piece
they httve HccuifHl ft tract that from
IlftlUUtl luvutlui) and point of bounty
of the inviting nook, which- is In fact
the outer reception hall of the man
sion.
The broad entrance leads the visi
tor into a wide reception hall, which
opens Into the large parlor, the library
and drawing room, all of liberal dimen
sions with lofty ceilings, Other rooms
on the first, floor Include a den, the
spacious dining room and conveniences
for home life. All of the floors are
of polished oak und each door and
window is of polished hardwood finish.
The upper story Is divided into eight
lurge bedrooms, connecting bathrooms
and dressing rooms. The floors are of
maple nnd the finish of the rooms of
repose are most artistic, while th n dec
orations of all the rooms of tho divell
ing are enriched by pleasing and har
monious effects. ; ■'. \\
In all Los Angeles it is doubtful if
any. family dwells In a more com
modious or luxuriously appointed homt
than the owner of this elegant estab
lish ment.
has never been surpassed in Los An
geles. This property lying on an emi
nence overlooking and adjoining the
country club grounds, has a view of
the mountains and the surrounding
country that can never be obstructed
and is in every way unsurpassed.
Everything that can be done to make
this tract desirable and beautiful, us
wide streets, broad sidewalks and mag
nificent gateways, will be done by the
owners. ■ ';•.' ; -,'
Handsome Home Planned
Kefcrence was made in lust Sunday's
paper thiiUC H. Baker of the C. 11.
Huket"*tshoe company had bought lots
105 end 106 in Hubert Marsh & Oo.'s
Country club terrace tract. Mr. Halter
lms juHt bad I'luub' completed for the
erection of a $6,000 mission style home.
He Is now receiving bids for the con
tract nnd will begin building within ten
days.
From his plans it looks as if this
house will be one of the prettiest of
the many pretty mission style houses
In Los Angeles und situated as it will
be on a beautiful elevutlon overlook
ing the mountains and the valleys, It
will be one of the show places of the
southwest. /
, Hubert Marih & Co. also report the
additional following sales In their
Country club terrace: To J, C. Brown
ley, lot 88, for $1200; Ida Malcoin, lot
85, for $1200; Y. C. Jloynton, lot 18, for
$1200; D. B. Kdwurds, lot 17, for $1200;
Win. S. UUon, lot 16, for $1200, and
Jaini'rt "Watson, lot 4, for $1200.
The street work In this tract la be
ing rupldly pushed to completion and
tho four beautiful fctUevvuys htivc been
completed.
lluruliig \\\h>i\ uml Lviitiu-r
With oil.- in w pyroumMiy nm. luih-h U an
tii'Untlu jili'datiru Ihul uui- une r. hi enjoy
wllli littlu ««;i«im.i. r,,i,,:-.-.t uk'u» o( all
kiiuU mill wouilun utiiHu. for burning, ux
well »H tivtiyii* t« wuik (rum. tfuiibw't*'
Vml A. Cv.
Lots 1 Lots
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$DjU Up I pDOU Up
Bowen & Chainberlin's
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Apply Your Rent Money on the Purchase of a
Own Your Own Home
.Buy in a Tract Fifteen Minutes from the Heart of the
Citj', on three car lines, in a section that is rapidly building up.
OUR TRACT HAS EVERY IMPROVEMENT —
Fronts on a Boulevard 80 feet wide — old Main Street, which is
macadamized to Vernon Avenue, one-half mile past our
Tract. Double track laid to Vernon Avenue and will be in opera-
tion in 30 days. Buy in our Tract and you will be in
The Path of the City's Growth
Go out and look the Tract over. Take Redondo caro
to Fortieth and Figueroa or Maple Avenue cars to
Fortieth. Two blocks west to Tract. .". .'. .'. .'.
Bowen & Chamberlin Strong & Dickinson
440 Douglas Building 135 South Broadway
Members Los Angeles Realty Hoard
Lots „_ _...^_^.__J ots
BAY SIDE TRACT
ON PACIFIC COAST
FIFTY ACRES BOUGHT BY NEW
INVESTMENT. COMPANY
Capital of Company, $75,000; E. J-
Louis, President; C. L. Cham,
berlain, Secretary— Plans for
Home and Pleasure Resort .
The New Bay Investment company,
with offices in the Grant building, is an
incorporation with a cupital of $75,000,
of which sum $56,000 is paid up. The
gentlemen forming the company believe
they are on the ground lloor with about
the best tract of coast 'and bay front
age to hi found on the! Pacific slope.
The property owned by the company is
what will be known as the Bay Side
tract, lying a fraction over a mile east
and south of Newport Beach, which Is
one of the favorable .resorts on the
coast. With a frontage of a mile and
a half on the ocean and a similar dis
tance on the bay side, the new tract
possesses advantages not enjoyed by
any other coast resort within an hour's
ride of Los Angeles. Tho tract stretches
its shapely length down Into tho spray
of the ocean on one side and extends
along the Inlet on the other side, form-
Ing a graceful peninsula, not unlike the
appearance of the state of Florida, only
on a smaller scale", From the lower
point of tho fifty-acre tract,. which tho
company acquired at an outlay of $50,
000, there extends from the ocean a nav
igable waterway fifteen to twenty feet
deep and of varying wicUh, reuchlng far
inland past picturesque. Islands and
nightly ground for homes, J«'oiv years
freighters. and -yachts have used the
waterway for commercial and pleasure
purposes, and capitalists and sportsmen
have acquired holdings within sight of
the Hay Hide truct which have greatly
advanced In value. The pretty IsltmO
near by Is the property of ex-Congress
man Waters, Assemblyman Amerigo, of
Orange county, nnd other gentlemen of
wealth, who have invested largely in
Improving the resort. Henry H, Hunt
ington in a large landholder In thut re
gion.
The officers and directors of tho New
Bay Investment compuuy are! Presi
dent, IS. J. Louis; vice president, t'. Mc-
Nelll; treasurer, W. M. Heott; Mecrttury,
O, I* Cliaiiiln rluiii; J. I. Oreeley, C, 13.
Qroat and V, W. Harding. Tho charter
Issued fur the .company provides that
the company muy efigage lit tin; piu>
chase of land, water rights, wharf
building, provide jiluces of amusement
and engage in general Improvement. It
Is the purpp»e,of llje, company to sub
divide ami Improve 4 large portion of
U)« U'iut u-l once into lots SOxITO- fvet.
Take a Pleasant Holiday Ride on'the
PACIFIC ELECTRIC to
Buy some Beautiful Lots there
Jlnd see them Make You Money
Wishing You a Happy New Year, \
toe are very truly
Huntington Beach Company
332 Byrne B!d«., Los Angeles
Phone \MJ ihi^T I%!^^ rhone
Sunset 3346 V- ¥ il^ llUl^ Home 1 943
Give Your Rj>entals and s
Collections of Your Rent to
Alexander Rental Company
MANAGERS OF RENTAL PROPERTY
.\ 329 West Fourth Street .\
We sell no Real Estate, but give our entire attention to rentals
*"^,Y.i'''''T~''tA'ND COLLECTIONS OF RENT —-•—----—
with the Intention of mnklnti Hay Side
tract one of the famous resorts on the
coast.
President Louis, In speaking of the
property, said: "This .purchase pos
uoases In a larger degree than any other
great natural advantages in the extent
and sufety of the surf bathing. In boat
ing. Hailing and other facilities for sea
side pleasure. Tho fishing IB jjood.ut
all times. The Huntington Hetich car
Hue Is to be extended to and through
the tract. The distance from Lou An
geles In tlnm by cur line will bo übout 60
minutes. The Los Angeles iloilt club U
figuring on putting up a bout huuae
valued tit $10,000, and In the Ufi*>' futuru
It is expected (hut un appropriation
will be secured for a fine government
harbor in the bay section."
Acreage Is Sold
llarbert & Butturworth luive" closwl
v deal for tho purcluiHo of about ten
acres on tho corner of Downey avenue
Olid MlstMi boulevuid, for v .HUlh "!»•
j.roxlmatin's $10,000.- The firm Will at
ence Hulnllviile and improve this tract
and place it upon the market. •
This sume Him ivports , having sold
during the la*t vveoka dossen lots'; ln
Huntington Park annex, which is
Hcross the city Una on the Long Hoach
road. The total .aggregates about
$4000, :i ■■;::?'','*
This firm has also sold within. the
last few days fU I«t9 In their new San
(labricl orange' grove tract, which ' tlwy
tu ii placing upon the market at $40u
fich for hulf-acre lota, Including wu.
ter. • ■
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