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REAL ESTATE AND BUILDING NEWS
PART II
BANNER YEAR
WILL BE 1910
FOR BUILDING
Month of May Promises to Finish
with About $2,000,000
Valuation
5 MONTHS TOTAL $10,371,198
Seventeen Days in Present Month
Show 664 Permits and
$1,440045 in Value
OPTIMISTIC attaches of the office of
the chief Inspector of buildings
Saturdnyenthusiastically predict
ed that from present Indications the
total valuation of authorized Improve
ments in the city of I,us Angeles for
the full month' of May would ho close
to the." $2,000,000 mark, if Indeed that
sum Is not exceeded by several hundred
dollars.
chief Clerk Mark Cohen and his as
sistants watch the building permits
closely and let none escape. This is to
be the banner year in the entire history
of IjO.s Angeles In improvement opera
tions. The grand total for the year, It
Is expected, will be nearly $25,000,000, or
$7,000,000 more than for .the year 1906
when the total aggregated $18,15R,fit8.
The official tabulation for the month,
May i to May 20, for the. seventeen
business days, shows that-664 permits
weer issued, authorizing improvements
valued at $1,440,045, as against 443 per
mits and $603,784 in valuation for the
same period in 1909, a pronounced in
crease, both as to number of permits
and total valuation.
Analysis shows that of the fi64 per
mits Issued twenty-one were for the
erection of business structures valued
at $574,145. and 301 permits for the
erection of new homes, valued at $643,
--496. ' The balance of the permits grant
ed, "842 In number, were for public
buildings, barns, k'if.-i* nd »lterai ,
valuation $222,404.
•It. will be observed that there. Is no
cessation in liomp-hnildinK. New
dwellings are being erected constantly
In all sertjons of the city, and as rap-
Idly as they are completed they are oc
cupied by permanent tenants. •
OFFICIAL TABULATION
Following Is the official report sub
mitted by the building department,
May 1 to May 20, 1910:
< ■!••»»— , r>rmli(i. Value.
A, reinforced conrretc 8 $33.1.000
O IB 239,145
TV 1-story frame Wl .T.'0.0J.1
T», IVi-Mnry frame 28 19.02.1
I). *-»»or.T frame 40 nil. IHi
It, S-«tory frame I Ml.ooo
Public building*, ■■■(> 4 29.RA8
Bhedn and barn* M 17,618
Brick alteration)) -SI i.-> i.; 7
Frame alteration! 203 104.ni1)
Demolitions 7 1,015
'Total* r,r,i f1.440,04r>
From Mar 1 to 20. 1909... 443 80.1.784
SAN
PEDRO
$3,000,000 was just voted by the people of Los Angeles for
the building of Public Docks. Warehouses, etc.. at San .
Pedro —the foundation to one of the greatest free harbors
in the world. The government has Just completed the
000,000 breakwater and has also appropriated over $500,000
for further improvements in the harbor.. The fortification
site has been purchased by the government at a cost of
$299,000. What more guarantee is necessary of the certainty
of San Pedro becoming one of the world's greatest commer
cial centers? Property within four ? blocks of the water
, front can be bought at $600 and up per lot on following
terms: $25 down, $10 per month. Take advantage of the
opportunity and see me at once. Prices are bound to go up.
CHARLES MASON
LOS ANGELES OFFICE, 202 SECURITY BUILDING
SAN PEDRO OFFICE, 117 WEST SIXTH STREET
Architects, Contractors, Carpenters and Builders use and
recommend Pioneer Roofing. dt's the roof that proves.
Sunproof and rainproof, needs no paint or repairs.
Pioneer Roofing is right for any —flat or pitched
—any building. Ask' for samples, prices and booklet.
Address Department 76.
PIONEER PAPER COMPANY ||f
210-221 South Ixii Ao*elm street, LOB ANGELES, CAT..
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Merchants Bank and Trust Co. ST
Branch: 209-11 c BroadwaY Trmn»&et§ a General Sank
?^outh.Bo<>T--«* v 209llS.Broadway. ln« andTrmt Builntia, A
Los Angeles Sunday Herald
GREAT LIMA BEAN RANCH
COMPRISING 17000 ACRES
PROPERTY OF IRVINE CO.
The planting of 17,000 aoren of bean*
on Hit* Nan •Imuiuln ranrh near Banta
Ann, owned by the- Irvine company, km
completed last week. The Held planted
to brant l« the lnrgpst In tin- world
owned l>j' one company. I'lnnllng I)rgan
April 20. A large part of the bean* I»
up, making a Knlrmlltl nlioivliik. and the
yield will he Irainriwp. fourteen thou-
Hanil oere* are In lima beam. 3000 in
hlimfceyf.
NEW MOTOR CAR LINE
FOR FERNANDO VALLEY
Opening of Lankershim and Van
Nuys Ranch Fixed
for May 25
Many important developments have
taken place In connection with the
opening of the Lanki-rshim and: Van
Nuys ranch, San Fernando valley,
which is scheduled to take plaoe
Wednesday, May 2R.
The tract Is so larffe, ovtir 47,000 acres,
that tho board of control has decided
to devdte the first week of the open
ing to taking Intending purchasers
Over the property, thereby, (riving
everyone an opportunity to make In
telligent selections, actual selling to
begin one week later on June 1.
OaaoMne motor cars will be placed
In operation by the Southern Pacific
railway, through the San Fernando
valley, commencing Wednejwiay, May
25, and the present schedule, will
provide two trains each day. This will
he the first opportunity tha public has
had to test the utility of these cars
in ac tual suhurhan use.
That this great property lying so
close to Los Angeles and practically
unoccupied has been the object of In
creasing Interest for nmny years Is
shown by the overwhelming demand
for literature and information, at the
offices of the J«os Angles Suburban
Jinnies company. Already two op
tions of booklets have been exhausted
and the mass of Inquiries and cor
respondence has compelled the office
force to ke^p long hours.
Monday the Barber Asphalt company
will oommenoe putting fh^ir equipment
on tho ground to build the thirteen
and a half-mile double boulevard, a
contract for which for approximately
one-half million dollars has been let
The giving: of disc/Mints to bona. fide
settlers who build satisfactory houses.
garages und barns has been a popular
innovatlon. Tt is stated that large
sales are already assured.
While daily excursions will be run
to th« ranch, commencing Monday,
selling will begin June, 1.
IN BRF.A CANYON
FUI..L/ERTON Fir,!,!"). May 21.—The
Fullerton Oil company has passed
through 350 feet of sand In each of
two wells it has under construction in
Brea canyon. One of these is down
2000 feet and the other 3000 feet; both
are expected to be finished within 200
feet more. Derricks are up for the
next two, which is the number that
the Fullerton's policy calls for being In
continuous operation.
SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1010.
Gigantic Beet Sugar Factory Is Now
Ready to Handle the Summer Crop
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PLANT IS LOCATED AT DELHI, NEAR SANTA ANA, BUILT BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUGAR COM
PANY AT AN OUTLAY OF NEARLY $500,000—HARVEST OF SUGAR BEETS BEGINS IN JUNE
How "Village" of Los Angeles Grows
Bank Clearings and Building Permits
Remarkable Expansion in Substantial Development in Five
Months Under Good Government Rule —All Former
Records in History of the City Are Broken
In these piping days of general prosperity in the "village" of Los Angeles, which has been tinder
energetic Good Government rule since January 1, 1910, it is gratifying to direct attention to the many
evidences of substantial growth shown by the great metropolis of Southern California. Best indica
tion of the expansion of any city is found in the bank clearings and the number of permits issued and
total valuation of improvements in the building departments. Comparison of the first five months of
1910 are all to the good .?- ; V''..":
■ BANK CLEARINGS GREATEST IN HISTORY
Following are figures taken from the books of the Los Angeles clearing house giving comparisons
for the first five months in 1910 with like period in 1909. . , '
• Month 1910 Month ' 1909
January $61,776,089 January : $48,851,66.1
February 59,080,658 February 47,619,248
March =... 73,350,265 March .......... 57,190,668
April 74,041,104 April 56,703,423
May, estimated —■.... 73,000,000 May „.... ... „....... 56,165,045
....-■; .
Total .. $342,248,116 Totals $266,530,047
;;.;j.V Increase for 1910 over 1909, $75,718,069.
The clearings for February, March and April, 1910. were the greatest, month by month, in the en
tire history of Los Angeles, due to the rapid growth of the city in population and the general expres
sion in industrial and commercial enterprises. Bankers and merchants state that Los Angeles is now
enjoying the greatest era of general prosperity in her history, and that the future was never brighter
for the achievement of results of tremendous importance to Los Angeles and Southern California.
r^"^-[ BUILDING ACTIVITY IS MARVELOUS
Compared. with the first five months in 1909 in the building history of Los Angeles, the same pe
riod in 1910 shows an increase of 1379 in permits and $5,959,2/4 in total valuation of improvements.
Following are the figures for 1910 and 1909;
1910 1909
Month Permits " Valuation ■'- Month' '. Permits Valuation
January ........ 759 $ 1,766,431 January ..........483 $.646,007
February 788 1,524,269 February 495 584,470
March 1053 1,719,921 March . '.......788 1,154,726
April 930 3,360,577 April 722 1,019,957
May (estimated) 950 2,000.000 May 623 1,006,764
Totals '........ 4480 $10,371,198 Totals 3111 $4,411,924
Increase for 1910 over 1909, 1379 in permits; $5,959,274 in valuation.
.. It is predicted that the year 1910, from present indications of building expansions, will close with
total valuations around $25,000,000, which, if realized, will be $7,000,000 more than in 1906, when the
total valuation was slightly in excess of $18,000,000.
Los Angeles is surely going a great pace under Good Government rule.
$5,000,000 IN CASH
FOR WATER POWER
Los Angeles Capitalists Engaged
in Big Enterprise in San
Joaquin Valley
Tremendous sums are invested in
Central and Southern California In the
development of water power. One of
the strongest corporations is tho Sier
ra Madre-San Joarjuln Kleetric compa
ny, whose qtockholdern are Lob Angeles
capitalists. The capital stock of this
corporation is $5,000,000, paid up, organ
ized for the development of power on
the Tulare river, in Tulare county. Tho
concern will operate in connection with
tho Pacific Light and Power corpora
tion and the San Joaquln Light and
Power company in supplying electricity
to the southern half of the San Joaquin
valley- Eight hundred thousand dol
lars 1 worth of work has alreaily been
done by the company, and $1,600,000
additional 1h to be expended within the
year on' the construction of dams and
an 8000-horsepower plant twenty-five
miles above Portervllle. From there the
Kern and Midway oil fields are to be
furnished light and power.
This plant, above that of John Hays
Hammond's Mount Whitney Power and
Electric company, will open an entirely
new field in power development. No
filing has been mnde on tho water for
irrigation purposes, and it will be
turned back Into the etream. Marlcopa
EDITED BY JOHN YOUNG
and Taft will be the first towns served.
W. O. Kerrkhoff Is pi-psirtpnt, Allan O.
Ralrh vice president, and L. M. Farn
ham secretary.
SALES IN BEAUTY PART
OF GROWING SOUTHWEST
The Lawrence ri. Burek company, 142
South Spring street, report the follow
ing sales for the past week:
Six-room bungalow at 920 West Fifty
sixth street, lot 40x128 feet, to Glen A.
Calkins, for $2976.
Five-room bungalow at R45 West Fif
ty-eighth street, lot 40x119% feet, to
Charlotte R. Johnston, for $2650.
Lot on West Fifty-eighth street, be
tween Vermont and Hooper, 40x119%
feet, to Mary Q. Brady, for $800.
Lot on West Fifty-third street, be
tween Vermont and Hoover, lot 40x170
feet, to Oarrlt Ilbrlnk, for $925.
Lot on West Fifty-seventh street,
between Denker and Western avenues,
40x122 feet, to Bickforrl & Wilson, for
$600.
HOTEL TO COST $100,000
FOR LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
The $100,000 hotel for Lookout Moun
tain park near Hollywood, is now as
sured, according to the promoters of
the project. Plans am now being
drawn and ground will lift broken in
a few days. Tho hotel will be located
on a knoll near the summit of look
out mountain and command the. finest
view of any hotel in Southern (Cali
fornia. It will contain about 184 rooms.
It will be reached by the drive up
Laurel canyon past Bungalow Land
and thence by privata road up this
mountain, this road being now prac
tically complete
GIGANTIC CONTRAC CLOSED
FOR USE OF CHINESE IRON
Western Steel Corporation to Im
port 72,000 Tons Yearly
to the Pacific Coast
One of tho greatest commercial en
terprises recorded for years in thn Pa
cific is the contract closed by tho
Hnngyang Iron and Steel company of
China for the supplying of 36,000 tons
or iron oro and a like amount of pig
iron from tlio great mines of the Tlyee
district, near Hankow, to the Western
Steel corporation every year for the
next fifteen yenrs. This contract was
closed in China by Herbert B. Law,
vice president of the corporation, and
•Robert Dollar, also a vice president of
the concern, who gave out the details
of the transaction upon their arrival
Saturday from the Orient, where they
have been fnr the last three and a
hair months. The tirst consignment of
pig-iron under tho contract reached
the Los Angles harbor at San Pedro
several days ago.
Verdugo Canyon Land Co.
Ha« Juat l»»ned the Moat Beautiful and Ar-
Uatlo Illustrated Booklet ever ' published U
Lot Antrim. Call or send (or one.
. JNO. A. PIRTLW r„ ,
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EVENING EXPRESS OFFICE
BUILDING IS PURCHASED
BY EASTERN INVESTOR
E. T. Karl, the publisher, lias sold
the Evening Express office building, a
tbree-stnry "id basement structure, on
the north side of Fifth street, between
Broadway and Spring street, to an east
ern Investor for *15.i,000, the sole having
been negotiated through the agency of.
Leo 3. Magulre. The lot Is 84x120 feet,
and the price paid was nt the rule of
$4500 ■ front foot.
The building Is to be vacated about
June 1 as a newspaper office, when the
Express will take possession of Its new
home at 719-781 South Hill street.
Mr. Earl paid SBO.OOO for the. Fifth
street property In 190%. and expended
about ?23,000 In making Improvements.
The profit of $100,000 In eight years Is
quite a handsome sum.
WATER SUPPLY CONTRACT
LET FOR ORANGE PARK
Contracts for the manufacturing and
laying of five miles of vitrified pipe for
the irrigation system In Orange I'ark
have just been let by the George C,
Peckham company, and work will he
started immediately. When the pipe is
all laid water will be furnished to every
five-acre tract in Orange Park, thus in
suring a great sufficiency of water, one
of the first necessities in orange lands.
Interest has been keen in Orange
Park. The George C. Peckham com
pany has been busy conducting parties
over the Orange Park subdivision,
which lies Just on the outskirts of On
tario. Sales amounting to $!ir,oo were
made last week. Mrs. Susan R. Ashley
bought lots 24 and SB, comprising ten
acres, for $3500. Pr. Clapp of Los An
geles purchased tracts 12 and 13 for
$3000. Ixits 8 and fl were' sold to Mr.
James of Los Angeles for $3000.
TWO PROPERTIES LEASED
AT $32,000 TOTAL RENTAL
The. Jesse H. Taylor company re
port havitig made, the following leases:
Fire year lease on storeroom locat
ed f.44 South Broadway t<> Ales
MendelFon Tailoring company, and
storeroom at 213 West Fifth street,
formerly occupied by Mendelson Tail
oring company, ha.-* been leased to
ri;)ii & Curtis as h. barber shop. The
total amount of rentals involved is
$32,000.
Tionk for Rotty Bray.
"^'^V *^:.:M"=s f?TSS
CROWN OF THE GOt^ft^s^-*''*'^
The Inner Harbor, land-locked and
fully protected, which Nature evident
ly intended here, is today urgently de
manded by the rapid development of
all the surrounding country.
A Watch
W Oceano Beach Or
iff) The waterway in the body of water which I 5»
/£«« will be developed into our Inner Harbor is 1 %
/|§£ already from •< to 20 feet deep and it will j^Mr
ImM require comparatively little work and out- f's §
W'f lay to turn *ms into an oceantraffic accom-' KJ |L,
Ur.j ; modating channel. f^Ssi
U Oceano Beach 1
# Is Growing H
tall -M, V~^ T T M. A. m. mv* L, I
m. We are not only continually selling lots and mo
H . lands but the town is growing rapidly. wj?
Fuv Substantial buildings are being put up x/v|l
§£&} business is on the increase and all improve- \VL
<™f* merits"? have a very permanent appearance. My
§ - Values Are §
JL Rising »
■y^E'"? Right now —this very week—is the tfis&U'
Ti'S-v^' time for you to look into and become i<
(convinced of the advisability of an in- i^>j^/:
vestment at OCEANO BEACH. We'll
make your Dollars grow safely and
surely. Drop around to the. office and
get Facts, Figures anil detailed in
formation that will make you wonder
why we're not making more noise
about ourselves.
FREE INTERESTING STEREOPTICON LECTURES
EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AT 8 P. M.
121 MERCHANTS TRU3T BLD67 207 30. BOWY.
Classified Section
SAN PEDRO FUTURE
OFFERS GREATEST
PROFIT IN CASH
Alluring Section on Coast for In
vestment in Real
Estate
MILLIONS TO BE EXPENDED
Government Appropriation for
Harbor and Fortifications for
Los Angeles Is Liberal
Possibilities for profitable invest
merits in San Pedro seem to he unlim
ited. The largo investors are naturally
looking toward San Pedro for the fol
lowing reasons: The United States
government has just about completed
its breakwater, at a coat of $3,000,000.
It has appropriated over $500,000 for
further Improvements in the inner and
outer harbor and has just completed
the purchase of a fortification site at.
a cost of $299,000, upon which it is pro
posed to spend at least 000,000 for
fortifications. The Union Oil company
or Miner syndicate is expending over
$1,000,000 In the outer harbor, filling in,
reclaiming and dredging , slips to ac
commodate deep water shipping. It is
also proposed to build docks and ware
houses. The city of Los Angeles has
just voted bonds to the extent of $3,
--000,000, which money is to bo expended
as follows: $2,000,000 to reclaim 146
acres in the so-called outer harbor.
This money will also be used for build
ing clocks and warehouses to accom
modate the deep water shipping; $1,
--000,000 to be expended in the inner har
bor. The Pacific Wharf and Storage
company, another large, corporation, is
expending thousands of dollars im
proving Its holdings in the inner and
outer harbor.
All this work is progressing daily,
an.l to appreciate the fact one must
see It.
The outer harbor of San Pedro is one
of the busiest spots in Southern < 'ali
fornlfl tnday. It is expected that close
i '> will be expanded in San
Pedro harbor in the next four or five
years.
The population of that section 11 in-
(Continued on rase Two)