The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 63

HERE'S FIRST LINK IN MAJOR SPEEDWAY PLAN HOMESITES 50 TO 60 FT. FRONT On San Gobril-San Marina Boundary Som Ai Low Ai $775 Hundreds ol navr homei W. Directly actoti from bcautilul Sdn Gabnal Country Club. Improvmnli All lots lully improved. all utilitio Including lewsrs.

NEW 5-ROOM HOME $4650 Till 2, F.H.A., J250 down. 420 San Marino Avenue. AND INDUSTRY Thee Law Prices Petiible Became We Are Cleiing Out Our Remaining Interest in This New Tract. i A I I f- 1 I i A 1 -sk. 5.

I J. I "4 I -iJs- I ti "--wj I tjj? LAi uT4a dydK avd -itsr SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1940 CALIFORNIA SUBDIVTDERS N.W. Corner Del Mar Longden San Gabriel Work Under Way at Cahuenga Pass Activity on Historic Route Marks Significant Step in City's Transport Development By Charles C. Cohan Cahuenga Pass, nature's traffic link between San Fernando Valley and Hollywood, is today the scene of extensive road improvement a part of the proposed express highway from downtown Los Angeles to Hollywood and beyond. Down through Cahuenga Pass came Gaspar de Portola's expedition in 1769, showing the way to the site of what was destined to become the mighty metropolis of Los Angeles.

Down that pass in the 1840's came armed forces to engage in warfare more picturesque than sanguinary. Through it went Gen. John C. Fremont. Along it in '49 went searchers for gold wending their way from El Pueblo de Los Angeles northward.

In the '50's the pass was the pathway of a strange procession a of camels from Smyrna, a unique attempt to solve the transportation problem of the then un- Southland Starts New Year PART -I A' a 4 BOW i -v 4" fi "''V -c-C With Sharp Gain in Building 9. 12. January's New Construction Totals $17,656,369 for Gain of $1,439,031 Over 1939 Period Southern California started off the new year with a first month's building volume that registered a large increase over the parallel time in 1939. Seventy-eight Southland localities reported authorization last month of new construction amounting to $17,656,369, a gain of $1,439,031 over January last year. vnr PSDESTKIA 6 A building spurt also was recorded in West Coast and Southwest points outside of Southern California, yet the Los Angeles figure of $5,485,374 is practically equal to the combined totals of seven other Pacific Coast key cities San Francisco, Seattle, Oakland, Portland, Sacramento, Berkeley being $5,485,917 AT.

26870 CO. 31711 $5000 CASH WILL HANDLE FINE TWO-STORY BRICK BUILDING I cat in liv business center. Large corner lot 125x140, 5 store rooms rented to desirable tenants. Main tenant suo cessful agent for nationally known product. 8 attractively furnished apartments.

TOTAL OVER 22.500 SQ. FT. FLOOR SPACE ALL RENTED A property with a good income and an excellent future. CALIFORNIA TRUST CO. C.

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7211 Open for Inspection in Hollywood Country Club Estates Where Discriminating People Buf. Beautiful, new 6-room, 2-bedroom home at 13026 Dickens Street. FEATURES Natural finish knotty pine den. Fireplaces in both living room and den. Ideal kitchen with modern snack bar opening into den.

Unusually wide hall. 60 ft. 140 ft lot. Price $7350 Attractive term See Geo. W.

Dickerson Alto visit "Hsum in th Sun" Dicksai St. and Von Noord At. FRANK H. AYRES SON Tract Office: S.E. Corner Ventura Bird.

Coldwater Canyon Avenue. BUSINESS CORNER READY FOR DEVELOPMENT located at the southwest corner of Orange and Market Streets in North Long Beach adjoins Carmelitos Federal Housing Project-now under construction. 1257 FOOT BUSINESS FRONTAGE PRICE $15,000 Monday Phone MAdisoa 7811 COLDWELL CORNWALL BANKER 10AM CORRESPONDENT FOB AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 523 W. 6th St. MAdUoo 7111 4322 Wilshir Blvd.

WEbil.r 4101 6636 Hollywood Blvd. HEmpslead till THE H.O.L.C. (Home Owners Loan Corp.) Has authorized us to sell their Residential Income Small Citrus Groves and other properties located in Southern California counties. These properties are in almost any price range, and on low, easy terms. Better Buy Now on These Low HOLC Terms.

10 Down 4V Interest on Balance 15 Years to Pay For complete information on all HOLC Hornet call Associated Contract Brokers Corporation Mt SOUTH HIU STREET TRISTTT Wf and Tacoma their aggregate Represented in the Los An geles total is residential construction to the amount of $3,244,817 for 904 permits, divided as follows: Single-family dwellings, 828 Tabulation! howing building activity throughout Southern California and elsewhere on the Pacific Coast and in the Southwest outside of the Southland will be found on Page 2. permits, $2,862,951: double dwellings, 76 permits, apart ments, 36 permits, $168,000. The unincorporated territory of Los Angeles County again I irrigated Southern California arid regions. All these and other historic happenings as well as its impor tant modern usage as a chief Southland artery have made Ca huenga Pass significant in the development of the Los Angeles area and the rest of Southern California. Now the pass is the scene of activity that means an other wide forward step in its traffic value.

Men and machines have start ed gouging out the course for the new roadway in Cahuenga Pass to make it the first link of the proposed Hollywood Park way. Envisaged is a high-speed freeway that will reduce to 12 minutes the driving time from the downtown district to Holly wood Blvd. and Vine St. CONTRACT AWARDED Construction of the freeway is a development of the future, yet given impetus by the first-link work started during the past week in Cahuenga Pass. The detailed plans for that section were prepared in the bridge and structural design division of the City Engineer's office.

A contract for the work was awarded by the city to J. E. Haddock, of Los Angeles. Some idea of the magnitude of the entire freeway project may be had from the cost likely to be involvedsome estimates place it at 820,000,000. The Cahuenga Pass link is financed from three sources the city, the P.W.A.

and the State, the latter's interest resulting from the fact that the pass is on a State highway route. BKXKFITS ASSURED Whatever may be the fate of the rest of the freeway project, or whatever may be involved in getting it under way, the fact remains that the Cahuenga Pass road improvement is seen as of vast importance in furtherance of traffic between San Fernando Valley and Hollywood, and thus also Los Angeles, it also will serve as a great-lv improved means of ingress and egress for patrons of the Hollywood Bowl and Tilgrimage Tlay Theater. The new link, starting at about the juncture of Highland Ave. and Cahuenga extends northerly for a distance of approximately 4300 feet. The plan provides for two 48-foot roadways centered by the double trackage of the Pacific Electric separated from the roadways by curbing.

Starting at about the Highland-Cahuenga Blvd. a road subway is to extent! northerly to beyond a bridge that is to span the main roadways as a connection between service roadways on either side. BRIDGE HUMECTED These service roads will 'run along the slopes at' either side of the main roads. The viaduct a i the roads will be known as the Pilgrimage Bridge since it will be a means of reaching the Pilgrimage Play Theater, aswell as be of pedestrian convenience in crossing the main roadways. At convenient and safe intervals there will be crossovers at grade between the two principal roads.

At either side of the link will be a 12-foot sidewalk. Important in paving the way or the financing and launching of the new link were the energetic efforts of Amerigo Bozzani, male Highway Commissioner for Ihis district, and Councilman gteve Cunningham, chairman of the city's State and County Affairs Committee. Downtown Broadway Store Leased in $1,000,000 Deal Business Prepares to Expend $150,000 in Converting Property to Its Uses ft, V. Mm IS i. Loretta Young's Mother Buys Home The French Versailles-type home at 603 X.

Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, has been purchased by Mrs. Gladys R. Belzer, mother of Loretta Young, film star, from Harold P. Ullman, for a reported consideration of approximately $25,000. Dorothy Harrison of the -George H.

Prin-dle Beverly Hills realtors, represented the buyer. The seller was represented by the Harry Kem Co. Also reported by the Prindle company was purchase of the home at 505 N. Arden Drive, Beverly Hills, by Mr. and Mrs.

Richard Cbnnell from Robert Russell Bennett for a consideration reported as slightly under $25,000. Dorothy Harrison represented buyers and seller. New School Occupied The new $230,000 Sierra Vista Junior. High School at Mineral King, and Dollner Visalia, was occupied recently. IN HISTORIC AREA Cahuenga Pass, a major artery between San Fernando Valley and Hollywood, renowned in the history of Southern California, sees work launched on' important new highway construction.

Under way, as shown in picture at top, is the first link there in the proposed high-speed express highway from downtown Los Angeles to Hollywood and through Cahuenga Pass. The drawing, by Charles H. Owens, shows the plan of the new link. Two 48-foot roadways on either side of double trackage of the Pacific Electric will replace the present single undivided roadway that extends through the pass. City, State and P.W.A.

are financing the link. registered a large gain, with a last-January total of $3,858,002 as against $2,169,107 for Janu ary, 1939. A large part of this construction Is in areas immedi ately adjacent to the city of Los Angeles. San Diego, with an aggregate of $1,141,056, is second city in the list; Long Beach, with S65, is third and Buroank, with $797,328, is fourth. High up on the list are Glen-dale, Vernon, Santa Monica, In-glewood, South Gate, Beverly Hills and Alhambra, with other communities in this county also reporting large new volumes of building.

tion will cost more than $150,000, according to the report. The leased premises are adjacent to a corner store of the Owl Drug Co. BURBANK ADDS to schools Expansion of Burbank element tary school plants has been bo-gun under a $955,000 school housing program that. will take several years to complete. Specialized units for kindergarten-primary and health work, auditoriums, cafeterias and libraries, as well as ultramodern classrooms are being added to the George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley schools.

Bids for the enlargement of Burbank High School are being prepared. Contracts for the construction of a gymnasium. swimming pool and shop build ings at John Burroughs Junior High School are being studied by the Board of Education. Market Unit Started Construction of the fourth unit in a chain of San Fernando Valley markets has been started by M. S.

Jacobs. The store will -be lo- on Magnolia Blvd. at Screenland Drive, Burbank. Beauty and Business to Join in Notable Floral Project A downtown lease deal announced as calling for a total rental in excess of $1,000,000 over a period of 25 years was disclosed as the week was ending. The premises at 605 S.

Broadway, being the inside 40x150 feet of the building at the southwest corner of Sixth St. and Broadway, were leased to Zukor's, by the Apex Realty owner of the property. Announcement of the transaction came from the Phillip Lyon realtors, who represented the lessee. The Apex Co. was represented in the deal by J.

L. McAllister. Plans for the new store provide for merchandising use of the ground floor, basement and second floor, according to Jerome Lewis, general manager of Zukor's, Inc. The store installa- East Los Angeles Project Advanced Building permits amounting to $1,260,000 have been issued for the construction of the Los Angeles County Housing Authority project east of Mednik between First St. and Floral Drive, East Los Angeles.

The project will Include 105 multiple-dwelling buildings, a Wilshire District Properly Sold Among the larger realty trans actions of the past week was purchase of the Monterey Apartments at 754 S. Burnside by G. E. Kinsey from Mrs. Lu cille Ketchum.

The three-story, Colonial-type, 22-unit structure is one block from the Miracle Mile section of Wilshire and is valued at approximately $50,000, the report disclosed. The transaction was handled by J. N. Harris of the A. M.

Beaver office. Apartment House in Pasadena Sold The Michigan Apartments, a 3unit structure at 123 N. Michigan Ave. in Pasadena, has been sold by W. Hilton to Mary Go'f.

fin for a reported consideration of $50,000. The deal was announced by Samuel Bashlow of the A. G. Los Angeles real estate firm. carpet of colors that, it is expected, will form an attraction for many of the thousands of tourists.

Additionally, a section of the grounds will be developed as a botanical garden with trees, shrubs and flowers from all over the world. Russell C. Westcott, expert horticulturist, is now exploring Central and South America collecting much new material for this garden. Also to be created will be a large rose garden. Water Company Maps Extensions Anticipating continuation of new home construction in East Los Angeles; the California Water Service Co.

has provided a budget of $107,000 for the installation of mains, meters, pumping equipment and other improvements, it is reported. How to grow flowers suited to the Southland and how they look when grown this sort of education will be a feature of an extensive development now taking form here that will combine a large business enterprise with horticultural display to be known as California Flowerland. To accomplish this, 40 acres, a portion of a large bean field, have been acquired on National at Barrington by Paul J. Howard. An investment of will be represented in grounds and buildings.

The main business structure be of unique design with many innovations. The main room will be 100 feet in diameter with offices adjoining. There will be extensive greenhouses and lath houses in which flowers will be grown and displayed. Considerable acreage will be planted to flowers, making a continuous and fascinatine display throughout the year. The spread of blooms will be like a huge day nursery and an tion building.

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