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PART IT
FIGUEROA HOME
CHANGES HANDS
STAMPS RESIDENCE SELLS
FOR $35,000 :
PRESIDENT ST. VINCENT'S IS THE
BUYER
Grand Avenue Property Acquired for
$20,000 Will Be Cleared for Erec
tion of Apartment House «'.
Costing $40,000
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Althouse Bros, report a big demand
for • houses and choice residence lots
during the past thirty days. A list of
their sales follows:
C. F. Stamps to Rev. Joseph S.
Glass, president St. Vincents' college,
the handsome fifteen-room two-story
house at 4001 South Flgueroa street.
The house is one of the show places
on Flgueroa, containing fifteen large
and well arranged rooms. Reception hull
is 25x46 feet, living room 20x30 feet,
finished ln oak, dining room 25x30 feet,
finished in Tabasco mahogany with
beamed ceilings. Walls are hung with
heavy imported tapestry. Built-in
buffet is one of the pleasing features
of the house, being large bevel plate
laid In copper and studded with Incan
descent lights. Library and den are
models of convenience apd comfort.
Breakfast room Is finished in delft
blue, There are five large bedrooms,
three baths and shower located in sec
ond floor. Attic Is finished for billiard
room and servants' quarters.
Lot Is 162 feet on Flgueroa street
and 190 feet on Forty-sixth street, be
ing the southwest corner. The' grounds
are highly Improved with Choice shrub
bery and fruits of all kinds. Summer
house, fernery and handsome two-story
garage with driver's quarters are pro
vided. Consideration, $35,000.'
Martha B. Cleveland, lots 11 and 12,
block B, J. D. Blcknell's addition, to
Augusta Johnson. Consideration, $2500.
Elegant Gramercy House
Gertrude Strauss Weaver to Calvin
*W. Brown, her elegant home of nine
rooms, at 1829 Gramercy place on
lot 60x178 feet, for $9500. Mr. Brown
Intends making some changes and will
£ occupy purchase for a home.
f Rosa Etchlnhofer to W. G. Terry, lot
84. Westminster Square tract, being
northwest corner of Western avenue
and Fifth street. Lot Is 60x150 feet
and sold for $2600. Dr. Terry Is having
plans drawn for ten-room two-story
house, finished In hardwood, to im
prove the lot. costing about $10,000.
Augusta Johnson to Martha B.
Cleveland, lot 1. block 633, north end
sub, consideration $1750. She will Im
prove with handsome bungalow.
J. H. Hillock to Luther M. Marston
and wife a nine-room, new and modern
house, located at 2299 West Twentieth
street. There are many pleasing fea-,
tures in this house which are out of
the ordinary. Mr. Marston is a retired
physician from the east and has bought
for a home. Consideration, $9500.
George W. Ooode to Elizabeth R. Lo
gan, lot 15, block i, Jefferson street
park tract. Lot will be Improved at
once. Consideration, $2000.
J. B. Althouse and J. S. Dodge to H.
11. Cox, lots 35 and 36, Westminster
Square tract. Lots 60x150 feet each,
on St. Andrews place. Mr. Cox will
Improve both lots with one twelve-room
two-story house, costing about $5000.
Will Build Apartments
J. S. Glassell to C. F. Stamps, the
northwest corner of Grand avenue and
Waal Thirtieth street, being fifty-three
feet on Grand avenue and 250 feet In
depth, on Thirtieth street, improved
with two houses. Mr. Stamps will
move the houses off at once, and now
has plans ■ drawn for a handsome
apartment house of fifty rooms, of
pressed brick and ■ terra cotta trim
mings, with all of the very latest con
veniences. Apartment will • cost be
tween $35,000 and $40,000 and will be for
lease when finished. Consideration,
$20,000.
W. Hampton to August Freese, three
lots on West Twenty-seventh street,
south side, 170 feet west of Flgueroa
street. Lots 60x170 each, for $9000.
Bought for an Investment.
. Arnold and Dodge to Hazen B. Good
rich, lot 112, Westminster Square tract,
St. Andrews place, near Linden avenue.
Lot 60x150 feet, the price being $2000
cash.
Mary McFadden to Arthur Long, lot
on El Mollno street, In West Ninth
street ■' Heights tract. Consideration,
$2250. Mr. Long is having plans drawn
for a seven-room one and one-half story
house.'
Helen Winters to Rosa Burbank, lot
on Hobson street, near El Mollno. Con
sideration, $1500.
Harry Flanders to George Heldrick,
a lot 60x165 feet on east side of West
moreland boulevard, 360 feet south of
Sixteenth street. Consideration, $3000
He has plans for an eight-room two
story house to cost $6500.
Frank Winters to Walter Pomeroy, a
lot 60x165 feet on east side of West
moreland boulevard, 200 feet south of
Sixteenth street. Consideration, $2500.
Bought for an Investment.
Clarence Hopkins to Fannie Edwards,
bungalow on Twenty-ninth place near
Western avenue, on lot 40x130 feet, for
$4750. He will occupy the house.
- Robert Ward to F. P. Ledet, two and
one-half acres in Westminster, Im
proved with two houses, fruit trees, ar
tesian wells, etc' Consideration, $3000.
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embody the best modern ideas in
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be three stories In height, with a large
open court, affording light and air to
the Inner apartments. * The corridors
of each wing terminate .in > balconies,
and above the main entrance porch is
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PATTON & LONGLEY, who are
handling the Inglewood rancho,
report that the sales since the
property was placed on the market
eight months ago amount to $300,000. In
addition to the sales there have been
sixty houses built by the purchasers,
and each week Is adding numerous
residents to the list.
The population of the city of Ingle
wood, Including the Poultry colony and
the Inglewood rancho, has doubled in
the last eight months. This increase
has made It necessary to Install addi
tional machinery to operate the new
domestic water plant. Harry Lee Mar
tin, manager of the Inglewood Water
company, says the new machinery ls
being Installed rapidly and ls complete
in every detail, which Includes a 200
--horsepower Corliss steam engine, a
Triplex pump with a capacity of 1800
BUILDING PERMITS
DURING SEVEN DAYS
Both In numbers and value the build
ing permits issued this week exceed I
thus,- issued in the similar week of
last year.
There were 168 permits granted this
week, valued at $244,155, as compared
with 134 in 1908, valued at $190,683.
The list is as follows:
Stylo of building— Permits. Value.
Plan C 7 $36,128
Class D, 1-story , 72 70.950
Class D, IW-story" 6 14.150
Class D, 2-story 10 43,043
Public buildings (city) 4 66,871
Sheets 11 979
Brick alterations 6 2.610
Pram* alterations 61 10,460
Demolitions '. 2 64
Grand total 168 $244,165
Following Is a report by wards from
August 1 to August 6, Inclusive:
' Ward— Permits. Value.
First 13 ' $14,416
Second 16 6,160
Third 10 36,096
Fourth _ 14 37.100
Fifth 43 61.250
Sixth 44 27,455
Seventh 14 66,271
Eighth 4 1.824
Ninth 11 4.614
Total '. '. 168 $244,151
Saturday's Permits
Following are the permits Issued from
the office of the chief Inspector of
buildings yesterday, classified accord
ing to wards:
Ward— Permits. Value.
First 4 $ 4.200
Second 1 $00
Fourth 5 14.460
Fifth 4 6,845
Sixth - 650
Eighth 1 1.500
Total " $27,346
Ruby street. 4116— Davis, owner; Charles
Davis, builder; one-story, two-room residence;
$100.
Thirty-fifth pla\-c, 1632 West—Mrs. Marsters,
owner and builder; one-story, two-room resi
dence; $60.
Jasmine street. 670-Dr. K. Howard, owner;
G. Howard, builder; two-story, nine-room resi
dence; $5500. ' ' •
Crocker street, 1154-60—Magnet Laundry com
pany, alterations; $250.
rjramsrey place. MS—O. Schoonmaker, owner;
Los Angeles Construction company, builder;
two-story, ten-room residence; $3000. '•
Thirty-seventh place, 1217—M. Fouson, own
er; Los Angeles Construction company, builder;
one-story, nine-room residence; $2650.
Avenue Thirty-three, 415-421- Bauer, owner
and builder; pottery kiln; $1000.
Central avenue, 119 North P. Daniel, owner;;
Fink & White, builder; five-room store; $1500.
Fifty-seventh street, 638 West—H. Tullson,
owner; P. J. Leavert company, builder; one
story, four-room residence; $135.
Fourteenth street, 1600 East—J. Brown,
owner and builder; store: $300.
Manhattan place, 1506—Edward Conner, own
er: P. Westbery, builder; alterations; $400.
Seventh street, 316-20 West— Huntsberger,
owner; D. Aaron, builder; one-story, j three
roo mstoreroom; $4000.
New York street. 166— Home Builders, owners
and builders; two-story, eight-room residence;
$2700. >.
lq Budlong avenue. 6010— F. W. Totten, owner
and builder; one-story, seven-room residence;
$2800. . ...
Amethyst street. 636—C. Peans, owner and
builder; one-story, four-room residence; $100.
Hobson street. 1053—C. Koerner, owner and
builder; one-story, five-room residence; $1350.
Hoover street. 1358 North— O. Looken, owner
an.l builder; one-story, five-room residence;
$800. I ->
a large balcony accessible from four
apartments. '• , ! .
The building is now nearing comple
tion at Sixth and Burlington, Los An
geles. .It will be frame ; construction
with plastered exterior on metal lath,
and cement : moldings and ornaments.
The foundation will be reinforced con
crete, this work now being under way.
A' partial basement will provide, boiler
room for the steam heating plant,
vacuum claanlng system, a truck and
laundry ; room. • The first' floor - la' pro-
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 8, 1900.
gallons of water a minute, and an air
compressor which has a capacity of
1700 gallons a minute.
The plans have been completed for
the erection of the new grammar
school building to cost $30,000. It will
be located two blocks north of ' the
high school on Grevlllea street.
White Wyandott farm has secured a
contract with one of the largest gro
cery firms in Arizona for the delivery
of 800 cases of eggs a year. •.
Those building are:
Dr. H. A. Putnam, nine-room resi
dence on Mango street, at a cost of
$8000. The grounds as well as the
building will be complete in every de
tail and will be one of the show places
on this popular street.
Mrs. Lois Ely, a six-room bungalow
on Spruce street, to cost $1600.
W. F. Blackledge has completed his
five-room cottage ln the Walnut tract
on the corner of Spruce street. It will
Los Angeles Investment Buys
713 Acres in the Southwest
BY A SERIES of purchases from
the Title Insurance and Trust
' company and , twenty-two other
owners, the Los Angeles Investment
company has bought land in the south
west aggregating 713 acres. This, to
gether with 230 acres previously pur
chased, gives the company a total of
943 acres In that vicinity. The price
paid ranged from $2500 down to $225 an
acre. . .
The larger part of this land takes In
the top of the hill Just west of the city,
extending from Forty-ninth street
south to Florence avenue. This prop
erty Is one of the most beautifully lo
cated suburban residence sites in the
county, most of it overlooking both the
ocean and the city.
The land will be subdivided Into
about 3000 lots, and the plans call for
about forty acres of sunken gardens
and paries. One hundred foot boule
vards will be laid out through the prop
erty, connecting Los Angeles and .Ven
ice, and from Hollywood south to In
glewood and Redondo. The rest will be
REALTY CONVENTION
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
OAKLAND, Aug. 7.—The Oakland
Real Estate association is making
great preparations for the state con
vention of real estate men, to be held
here August 12 to 14. •
An elaborate program has been ar
ranged, a great banquet will be held
and Important business will be trans
acted. It Is estimated that between
2000 and 3000 real estate men will as
semble.
An invitation has been extended by
Oakland to all real ' estate men,
whether members of the federation or
not, so that a great many outsiders
will probably be there.
The following committees have been
appointed:
Ways and Means Committee Hubert
Bryant, chairman; E. B. Bull, Thomas
E. Hayden. W. E. Brown. N. M. Cross
ley, C. A. Tyrrel, W. J. Leimert, C. F.
Cole, R. J. Montgomery, R. IA. Jack
son and K. H. Nickel.
Banquet Committee—E. B. Bull,
chairman: George W. Austin, F. J.
Woodward, Roosevelt Johnson and C.
F. Cole.
. Reception Committee— Hubert Bry
ant, chairman: R. A. Jackson, O. E.
Hotle, H. L. Holcomb. C. A. Tyrrel,
George H. Vose and R. J. Montgomery.
Finance Committee—W. J. Lay
mance, chairman; Wickham Havens
and A. H. Breed.
Convention and Entertainment Com
mittee—Frank K. Mott, chairman: E.
B. Bull, vice chairman: W. J. Leimert,
C. A. Tyrrel and G. W. Austin.
Automobile and Transportation Com
mittee—G. B. .M. Gray, chairman; F.
F. Porter, M. T. Minney, N. M. Cross
ley, Frank J. Taylor and Hugh M.
Cameron.
Publicity Committee—G. - C. Barn
hart, chairman: J. M. Perkins, K. H.
Nickel, T. E. Hayden and F. A. Will.
William Richards, 220 Pine avenue,
Hollywood, has begun the erection of a
one-story brick warehouse, 50x160
feet, at 1560 Industrial street for - the
Dorsey estate, Hollywood.
vided with an ample lobby and thir
teen apartments. ' The lobby will be
finished In hardwoods with beamed
ceilings and paneled walls. Each of
the upper floors will | contain -fifteen
apartments of three-room. ' two-room
and one-room suites each, with kitchen
and private bath., A public bath will
also be provided on , each floor. | Prac
tically every apartment has a bay wfn
dow, the rooms being 12x15 feet without
the bay window. A sun. 1 parlor is
planned ' for' a part *of . the : roof, j ant}
cost $1200.
G. A. Wetherby has let the contract
for the construction of his new six
room bungalow on th? corner of Wal
nut street and Redondo avenue, to cost
$1500.
D. M. Parkhurst Is building a five
room cottage on Damask avenue near
Plymouth, to cost $1000.
A- F. Monroe is building a five-room
cottage and garage on Damask avenue
and South road.
- Sales for the past week were: Anna
Norman, two acres on Palms street,
corner of Myrtle avenue, $1250; G. L.
Domuth, one acre - on the corner of
Patton -street and Oak street, $475;
Alice M. Brain, one acre on Lennox
aven%e, $600; C. F. Clark, one acre on
Myrtle street, $650; Arthur W. Watler,
one acre on Eucalyptus street near
Lennox avenue, $500; C. C. Chamber
lain, one acre on Eucalyptus avenue
near Lennox avenue, $500; Henry Day-
laid out In winding driveways, and a
pavilion and observatory will be built
on the'hlghf st point of the hill.
H. F. Wilson and C. L. Mowder. land
scape engineers, are now at work mak
ing topographical and. relief maps of
the tract, and it is Intended to engage
the great landscape artist, Charles Mul
ford Robinson of Boston, who planned
the "City Beautiful" of Los Angeles
some time ago as landscape adviser.
It is Intended to build in the neigh
borhood of 200 residences, costing from
$5000 up. The most comprehensive and
far reaching restrictions will be placed
on the tract, an endowment fund of
$100,000 for perpetual care of parks will
be made, and all business buildings will
be. planned and constructed In a com
prehensive civic center, with artistic
architectural unity. Instead of the .usual
ramshackle, haphazard suburban busi
ness sections now In existence. '
The Investment for land totals over
$250,000, and it is calculated that lt will
require almost $10,000,000 to carry
through the enterprise. Work will be
started probably ln the spring.
OCEAN PARK VACANT |j ]
PROPERTY DISAPPEARS
OCEAN PARK, Aug. 6.—The great num- I
ber of permit, granted for the month of
July In this city apeak highly of the growth
and progress of building operation.. From
the more thickly settled sections of the
north end, vacant lots are disappearing
rapidly, while many houses dot the beach
to the south of the city limits.
The permit. Issued are as follows:
. S. A. Hoffman, 4-rqom cottage at Sixth
street and Hose avenue, $700; cottage of
three rooms on Indiana avenue for G. 11.
Tay of Pasadena. JS00; house of five
room, at Fifth street and Rose avenue for
Charle. Ward. $800; two portable houses
for the Kinney company, (500; house of six
rooms on Ocean Spray avenue for H. M.
Largo, $1100; house of six room, at How
land and Ocean Front for Mrs. Hick, and
Mrs. Booth, $1800; house of five rooms
at Howland and Speedway for Marie Frits?,
$1.00; house of five rooms on Brooks ave
nue for H. E. Beer of Los Angeles. $1450;
house of five rooms at 35 Paloma avenue.
Mr.. A. W. Foster. $700; six portable
houses for the Kinney company, costing
$f%O each; house of five rooms on Llnnle
avenue for Lucile B. Pendleton, $1500;
house of six rooms on Aldebaran canal for
Florence Wllhelm, $1700; three-room house
In rear of 17 Ozone avenue for Mrs. J. Bun
gay, $500; house of five rooms on Dudley
avenue for Lilian Hoo.es, $1050; house of
seven room, on Superba street for C. B.
Van De Mark, $2000; rest home. Grand
canal, for Civic league, $1500: house of six
rooms. Westminster avenue and Speedway,
for Alta Planing Mill Co.. $1500; house of
four rooms, Rialto canal, for C. A. Davis,
$350; house of five rooms. Horizon avenue,
Mrs. H. B. Eaklns, $1000; house of five
rooms, Carroll, and Speedway, A. W. Scott,
$1400.
WRECKERS REMOVE
LAUREL APARTMENT
The Laurel apartment house, a two
story frame structure on the west side
of Broadway just south of Seventh
street, is to be demolished.' A class C
building is to he erected on the prem
ises at an early date. John H. Nor
ton is the owner of the property. Plain
have been arranged for.
this will also be used as a dancing pa
vilion. The remainder of the roof will
be used as a roof garden.
The building sets back thirty-five
feet from the street, affording with
the open court ample lawns, which are
to be improved with flower beds and
shrubbery. The' enjtire Sixth street
front will have a pergola built of
natural wood with bark retained. The
completed building will cost approx
imately $55,000. Frank C. Hill, Wilcox
building. Los Angeles, is the owner.
lln, two acres on the corner of Ingle
wood avenue and Wlnton street, $900;
C. Severence, one acre on Oak street,
$450; Mr 3. H. Lagorquist, one acre on
Grevlllea street, - $475; Roy Basham.
one acre on Palm avenue, $375; N.
Amatusco, two acres on Willow street,
$1300; Mrs. Viola Draper, one acre on
Patton street, $475.
M. G. Hilty, one acre on Palm street,
$325; Frank Morris, one acre on Ken
wood street, $300; Mrs. Susie Loar,
three acres on the corner of Wlnton
and Kenwood, $800; D. A. Bays, one
acre on Oak street, $450; Mrs. Alma
Hoffman, three acres on Oak street,
$1350; Mrs. A. B. Conway, one acre on
Oak street. $450; Adam Windllng, two
acres on Oak street, $900; E. J. Bays,
one acre on Oak street, $450; J. F. Lew
is, two acres on Cedar street, $900; W.
T. Phillips, one acre on Oak street,
$450. <'
CONSOLIDATED REALTY
CONTRACT IS AWARDED;
$220,000 AGGREGATION
The general contract for th; comple
tion of the Consolidated Realty com
pany's six-story and basement rein
forced concrete building at the south
west corner of Sixth and Hill streets,
has been awarded to Weymouth Cro
well, from the office of Architect Har
rison Albright, Laughlln building, and
to date he has sublet the following por
tions of the work:
The plumbing and heating to Thos.
Haverty Co.; electric work to Foulkes-
Gaylord Co.; elevators, Llewellyn Iron
Works; painting, R. Arenz Co.; sky
lights and metal work. California Cor
nice Works: mall chute, L. R. Bedell,
agent for the U. S. Mall Chute Co.
The marble and tlle work and hard
ware have not been let. J
The general contract amounts to
$220,000. I
Completes Santa Ana Plans
The Milwaukee Building company Is
completing plans for a two-story brick
office building for the Abstract & Title
Guarantee company of Santa Ana. The
lower floor will be equally divided for
a store and offices for the company;
the .second story to be equipped for
apartments. • The cost will be about
$15,000.
It's as easy to secure a bargain In a used
automobile, through want advertising, as It
used to be—and still ls—to secure a horse
and carriage.
Bank Your Money
in Beaumont Land
Every dollar you invest will be safe and every acre you buy productive. As the town grows your
land will grow in value and from the apples and cherries you raise you will be independent, in
the meantime you can grow enough potatoes between the trees to make bread and butter.
'f\ V^£r^) Here's What $20 a Here's What the
JIUI acres Month Will Do Land Will Do
flWf^^^Ct You can buy five acres of fine {^J^S^Sg
UJ\ AX_L U-J«q_tlJ-\ 3PP y land'. wlt. h $100 to $200; apples, $150 to
V^H^U BJ;J~"k 0 ) water, for $750 and pay for it | 700; pea ches, $75 to $150;
\_^issjj3&Vr '■-. '*. at $20 a month, with only 6% Pears, $150 to $350; potatoes,
Acf es Month Will Do Land Will Do
mmSmm You can H buy h five TV* «? itSSS! Stt££
U^inoivrtAnU applC and V landlWlth $100 to $200; apples, $15( to
t aTduatikco water, for $750 and pay for .t | 700; peaches> $75 to $
H - "' at $20 a month, with only 6% p e ars, $150 to $350; potatoes,
/§§ *JftV5A, interest. $100 to $150.
(MflwA Here's How You Market Your Crops
J|:•:•:•; Ewi!__^sY Beaumont's on the main line of the Southern Pacific, has six trains a
'.'*;«:« ' $ _-n*i\ clay, three tee Los Angeles, and three to tho East.
ft**! OT^*^** "■' ■ At nine, In the morning you can snip a crate of cherries or apple* fc,
hm .sJ-S-^f^A ' Los Angeles an.l have it on the commission market at noon, ami a check
H -^S_f V\ MX Ari„ona.an<* New Mexico markets on the east pre but five to eight
WSS 3S3£_«&-. &X hours away and are paying higher prices than Los Angeles for Beaumont
__§_■ J'r^s_N2l& _,'\ fruits ami asking for more than we- can ship.
P: 4^l^a\ Here's How You Save on Freight
_M_«^,.^_S3^__i-_^Jl^^*^\ Keillamls. hy wagon, is 2% hours' drive, and San Bernardino four
M^lMi^^^uWHv^aMteßM hours, mill both are buyers of our cherries, apples, potatoes, hay and grain.
Here's the Prices We Get
Cherries 5c to 8c lb. Apples, b0x....51.50 to $2.50 Hay, barley, oats $15-$l7
Potatoes lc to* l.c lb. Onions 1_ to 3c lb. Pears 2_c to 2_c lb.
That Beats Oranges— Because
Oranges are a luxury. Take twice as much water. Take six years to bear.
Are shipped thousands of miles Trees cost five times as much. Drop off the trees.
Then Again, Listen Here
you can't grow anvthlng between the rows of young orange trees-they an But you can make % HvlOß
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OKLAHOMA MAN
INVESTS IN CITY
PAYS $25,000 FOR WESTLAKE
PROPERTY
HOME SEEKER BUYS ON NEW
HAMPSHIRE STREET
Style as Outlined Is French Renais
nent Home Sells at $16,000.
Other High-Class Houses
Change Hands
Giles & Kelts, managers of the house
and lot department of the Wright &
Callender company, report a more act
ive demand for high-class residence
property now than at any time during
the past two years,
The following Is a list of sales made
by this firm last week:
Susan V. Dunham to [„ C. Parmen
ter, the twelve-room residence at 1033
Westlakc avenue, on a highly improved
lot, 125x150 feet; consideration $25,000.
Mr. Farmenter is a banker from Hold
enville, Okla., and buys for an invest
ment.
August Royers to Henry Ragatz, lot
7, block A, Westminster place, on the
west Kiel.: of Western avenue, near
Fifth street, 60x150 feet, $2375. ,Mr.
Ragatz will build Immediately.
D. M. Shanks to Louis Helnlnger.
the nine-room residence at 1644 Wilton
place, lot 50x178 feet, for $4800. Bought
for a home.
F. J. Carlisle to Mary F. Reynolds,
the beautiful nine-room residence at
639 New Hampshire street, lot 60x140
feet, for $16,000. The lower floor of this
house is finished in solid oak and ma
hogany, and is altogether one of the
most beautiful homes ln the city. Mrs.
Reynolds buys for a permanent homo.
Anna Leland to J. F. Carlisle, the
northerly 41 feet of lot 4 and the south
erly 25 feet of lot 3 in block 7, Copenha
gen tract, for $4000. Sixty-six feet on
the west side of New Hampshire, near
Sixth street.
M. P. Gilbert to Minnie M. Hartlgan,
lot 89 Wellington place, for $2500. The
buyer will improve immediately with a
residence to cost about $7000.
C. D. Wagner to W. P. Logan, ' the
modern seven-room bungalow at 2164
West Twenty-ninth place, for $4500.
Bought for a home.
E. H. and Mary E. Sprague to F. J.
Carlisle, lot 9 and the south 20 feet of
lot 8, In block 8, Copenhagen tract, for
$7000. This lot is 70x150 feet, on the
west side of Vermont avenue, just
north of Wilshire boulevard. Mr. Car
lisle will improve Immediately with a
residence costing $20,000.
Elizabeth R. Marley to a local invest
or, property at 1059 South Bonnie Brae,
lot 50x150 feet, for $7500.
Louis Hinkleman to Fritz Werner,
the new and modern eight-room bunga
low at 1614 Wilton place, for $6500. Mr.
Werner buys for a home.
James J. Mahoney to H. G. Spauld
ing, lot 9, in block 3, Wilshire Boule
vard tract, for $8400. This lot Is 70x120
feet, on the east side of Coronado, 70
feet north of Seventh street. Bought
for an Investment.
City Work at Long Beach
The city council and board of pub
lic works of Long Beach have instruct
ed their city engineer to make plans
for the laying of several miles of new
outfall sewer, the old sewer having
been found to be defective and insuf
ficient. Larger pipes will be used, and
several new districts will also be add
ed to the city sewer system. The work
will cost about $25,000.
PAYS $150,000
FOR ACREAGE
SUBDIVIDER BUYS NEAR WIL
SHIRE BOULEVARD
$50,000 IN IMPROVEMENTS WILL'
BE EXPENDED .
Property in Choice Residence Section
on Wilton Place and Fourth Street
Is Acquired by the McCarthy
, Company
The McCarthy company has ' pur
chased from the Westminster Lanil
company, and already started improv
ing, forty acres situated in a choice
residence section bounded by Fourth,
and Fifth streets and Wilton place and
Norton avenue. Grading and street
improvement contract has already been
entered into with R. H. Mc'ray for
$50,000, and the work. begun. The,
property will be placed on the market
as the McCarthy company's Van Ness
avenue square, cut into 180 select build
in- lots, none less than fifty feet, prop
erly restricted.
Constant demand for higher grada
building lots with adequate home re
strictions for $5000 homes determined
the McCarthy company to swerve
around from its base of operations in
the southwest to include Wilshire dis
tricts.
L. L. Robinson, vjce president of tho
Columbia Trust company and Walter
G. McCarthy are Interested in the deal,
and th 3 latter will have the handling
of the tract in the McCarthy company's
office.
The price paid for the forty acres
was $150,000.
Sales of Portable Houses
H. J. Bralnerd. manufacturer and
builder of sectional and ready mado
portable houses, 507 Chamber of Com
merce building, reports many callers
and much activity in the disposition of
his houses. He lias sold a three-room
bungalow to E. W. Wheeler, Somerset
Acres, and a cottage to Mrs. Young of
.Alhambra. He is shipping an office,
building to the Outer Harboor ami
Wharf company, San Pedro, and is fig
uring on many large contracts, includ
ing buildings for a prominent gun club
and several buildings for one of the
leading oil companies. He has a model
of his house in his office, showing tha
construction.
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For City Officials
REDLANDS, Aug. 7.— C. Wells
has agreed to erect a suitable office
building to house the city officials of
Redlands. it will be a two-story, brick
building with plastered exterior and
especially fitted to meet the needs of
the public officials.
Prepares to Gin Cotton
Joseph R. Loftus Is in Imperial val
ley, buying a cotton gin, which ho ex
pects to have in operation In October.
It will be located at El Centro. Mr.
Loftus Is also platting Meloland ranch
Into five and ten-acre tracts for orange
culture. -
Gets $11,000 Contract
The Milwaukee Building Co., 317
Wright & Callender building, has been
awarded the contract for the;jW«tton
or a two-story fen-room residence at
tisi Catallna street, for E. W. Smith,
of Venice. The cost will be about
$11,000. ..—
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