anaheim-gazette 1913-09-04

MAY RESORT TO ASSESSMENT DISTRICT PROMOTERS OF STREET WIDENING ENCOUNTER OPPOSITION FROM PROPERTY OWNERS EMIL DREYFUS DEMANDS FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TEN FEET OF HIS LOT Realizing that if anything is ever accomplished in the movement started some weeks ago toward the widening of Center street between Los Angeles and Lemon it must be done without delay the committees having the matter in charge has been getting active the past week. A meeting of the committee was held at the office of F. C. Spencer Friday evening and it was decided that the only possible way to secure the improvement was to proceed under the Vrooman act by forming an assessment district, assessing the damages to each property owner, and each bearing his pro rata of the total cost. John Ziegler has charge of the movement on the south side of the street and Dr. F. H. Houck is the committee man for the north side. The promoters are seriously handicapped at present by the prohibition campaign inaugurated last week. Certain property owners who favor the proposition will not consent to do anything until the question is settled, and all are agreed that if Anaheim is voted dry the scheme will collapse like a toy balloon pricked with a pin. "It would make little difference to me," said one of the holders of real estate in the block, "whether the street would be $10,000, leaving a balance of $8,500 which the value of our ten corner feet on Los Angeles street exceeds the value of the back lot. In order to dispose of the matter amicably, we would be willing to reduce this to $5,000, so that, in exchange for our ten feet of corner on Los Angeles street and Center street, we would receive the back lot above mentioned together with $5,000 in cash. This offer is, of course, made without prejudice to any rights we may have, and is subject to withdrawal at any time before written acceptance and to our continuance, in the meantime, with the construction of our building. It is only proper that, should you consider this favorably, you should protect us also against claims of lessees and contractors caused by giving up the building operations on that part of the corner. Our contracts are already out and a good part of our material has been ordered and delivered. If you cause us to withdraw the front ten feet of our building, a considerable part of the material becomes worthless, and the contracts are in part broken. The contractors and material men consequently will require compensation, and it is only proper that, if we agree upon the above exchange, you should take over the responsibility of compensating the contractors and material men for the loss. In the same way it would be proper for you to take over the responsibility of arranging with our lessees the reduction in size of their premises, for we already have leases outstanding covering the corner ten feet of the building, including first and second floors and basement. You will note that I have discussed the above upon the basis of widening Center street ten feet. Your letter mentions widening the street to a "uniform" width and then again mentions widening it "six feet." The fact is, (so I am now under the impression) that to make Center street west of Los Angeles street uniform with Center street east of Los Angeles street, the widening must be ten feet, and not six feet. The Center street building line east of Los Angeles street is ten feet south of the building line on the west. Your plan of making the width of Center street uniform might have some advantage to property owners, but if you only want to widen six feet, leaving a break of four feet at Los Angeles street, so that the line of Center street is still not uniform, I do not see how it would be advisable for property... The promoters are seriously handicapped at present by the prohibition campaign inaugurated last week. Certain property owners who favor the proposition will not consent to do anything until the question is settled, and all are agreed that if Anaheim is voted dry the scheme will collapse like a toy balloon pricked with a pin. "It would make little difference to me," said one of the holders of real estate in the block, "whether the street would be ten feet or one hundred feet wide in the event of Anaheim's going dry. I pay over $400 a year in taxes and the property would not yield sufficient income to pay that should Anaheim be voted dry. My property will be for sale at any old price you choose to offer for it." The proposition is to make the street in this block uniform with East Center street. West Center street is only 67 feet and 9 inches wide while East Center street has a width of 89½ feet. To widen this block to make it uniform with East Center street it will be necessary to cut 12 feet from the front of the buildings on the north side and set the fronts back 10 feet on the south side. Property owners on the north side were unanimously in favor of the project a few weeks ago with the exception of Mrs. Mitchell, owner of the Falkenstein corner, whose sentiments were not known, but since the prohibition movement started some of them are hesitating. Still a majority of the frontage has been secured. On the south side Chairman Ziegler says the consent of one more lot owner will give them a majority of the frontage and insure action under the Vrooman act. P. Iriarte, who owns 40 feet covered by a brick building occupied by the Fairland theater and the Ideal poolroom, has signified his willingness to consent to the move if it is the wish of the majority on the street, but his signature has not yet been secured. Billy Franz is violently opposed to it and estimates the damage to his building at $3,500 should he be forced to cut it down. Emil Dreyfus, owner of the Los Angeles street corner, is also a stumbling block in the way and demands $5,000 for his consent. The following correspondence between Mr. Dreyfus and a committee from the Board of Trade explains his attitude: Mr. Dreyfus' Letter San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 19, 1913. Messrs. Chas. Eygabroad, V. U. Simpson, John Ziegler, care Anaheim Board of Trade, Anaheim, Orange County, Calif. Gentlemen: Your letter of August 16 widening it "six feet." The fact is, (so I am now under the impression) that to make Center street west of Los Angeles street uniform with Center street east of Los Angeles street, the widening must be ten feet, and not six feet. The Center street building line east of Los Angeles street is ten feet south of the building line on the west. Your plan of making the width of Center street uniform might have some advantage to property owners, but if you only want to widen six feet, leaving a break of four feet at Los Angeles street, so that the line of Center street is still not uniform, I do not see how it would be advisable for property owners to consent to a piecemeal and partial operation. It is going to be costly at best, and either it should be done right or not at all, it seems to me. Consequently I have based my proposition upon a widening of ten feet, in order that the widened street may be uniform on both sides of Los Angeles street. We consider any other proposition extremely inadvisable for any property owner to support. We would like to repeat that we offer the above exchange reluctantly, as it will be an injury to us under any circumstances to give up frontage on Los Angeles street, where lies the chief value of our property, and we are now tied up in improving it. Had a project for widening the street been gone about before we started in, it would have been a different matter. However it might have been heretofore, now that we are engaged in this new building, the cost of assessing the damages against the other property owners to compensate us if litigation becomes necessary would bring their liability to a considerable sum, as we are putting up a first-class building. We have been assured frequently by banks and other friends and by public officials of Anaheim that there was nothing in the matter of widening the street, and, on the whole it is still doubtful in our minds whether your committee represents the full sentiment of the people of Anaheim. However, we place before you the foregoing offer of exchange, and if it is the desire of the property owners in the vicinity to widen Center street, this proposition will furnish a practical basis for consideration. We are yours truly, E. B. DREYFUS. The Committee's Reply Anaheim, Aug. 30, 1913. Dreyfus Bros., San Francisco, Cal. Gentlemen: In reply to your letter of August 19th, will say that there has been a meeting called of all property owners of West Center街 at the City Hall in the City of Anaheim, Wednesday, September 3, 1913, at 8 o'clock P.M., for the purpose of considering the widening of West Center街. We are informed that a majority of the property owners have signed the petition for widening of said street, and have arranged with the city council to meet with them on the above date. This matter is of vital importance to the City of Anaheim, and also to the property owners on West Center街. The committee is overly anxious to have all property owners present at this meeting. Very truly yours, Cabaret dancing pans a popular resort—especially young men who have not danced to dance. Six or eight years pleasing appearance, apt tunes, were ready to do waltz or two-step with a telleman who would volunteer partner. This tent is particularly attractive to the young men. Kauffman's Jungle Zoo attraction on the ground where the animals are kept all the denizens of the town shown there are sufficient big tent an object of current interest. If you are not afraid to tent which houses Shepherd collection of serpents might sing. She sits in a tank reptiles of every description deadly rattler from the harmless gopher snake woven to the soil of California, all alike to her. Beckley recently imported from sagebrush, surprised her day by giving birth to Seven of them succumb fornia atmosphere but thirsty youngsters, about pencils and are thriving. "She" is one of these stunts which appears to large crowds. Just what happens is not clear but in a pit ten or twelve feet deep woman (or perhaps a man electric halo thrown aboard and shoulders), she spected through a screen at time is supposed to be in profusion but smiled when someone lowering a bottle of beer. The big balloon which sewers 2,000 feet into anchored in the center oval and does a thriving business spectators can view all county and a few miles o'ydon. It made its first air o'clock Monday night car number of passengers. The merry-go-round is safe of attraction where they find entertainment. It popular stunt on the groove beautiful ponies always fills many booths where o're sold appear in various enclosure and games of e-be found. The wheel off evidence and articles worlars can be secured for you are lucky. If not yo- Mr. Dreyfus' Letter San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 19, 1913. Messrs. Chas. Eygabroad, V. U. Simpsog, John Ziegler, care Anaheim Board of Trade, Anaheim, Orange County, Calif. Gentlemen: Your letter of August 16 is at hand. The widening of Center street could have been put through with much less injury to property owners five years ago than it could be done today. It is unfortunate that you let it go to this late date. As you know, we have begun the erection of our building at the corner, and have now our contracts out and our work well under way. Under these circumstances, we would prefer to have the line of the street remain unchanged, because we have had to adjust our construction to existing conditions, which cannot be changed now except to our injury. If you will compensate us properly, we will, however, not stand in the way of plans you and your associates may have. We will consent to the widening of the street in front of our lot provided you furnish us with the back lot upon the alley (being the unoccupied portion of Mr. Hartfield's lot adjoining ours in back) and reasonable bonus to meet the difference between the price of the back lot and our front ten feet. The back lot is worth about $1,500, I should say. Our corner frontage on Los Angeles street we figure at not less than the sale which was made on the other side of Los Angeles street a short time ago; namely, about $1,000 a front foot for at least the first ten feet. You are asking for the most valuable ten-foot frontage that there is in Anaheim. At $1,000 a foot on Los Angeles street, the amount consequently is Saturday morning about 4 o'clock an explosion at the Petroleum Oil Company's plant came near causing the death of F. P. Whittington an employee of the company. From what could be learned the safety plug in the boiler blew out—which is almost equivalent to the boiler itself exploding—scattering brick, cement and other things lying around the boiler for about 100 feet. Mr. Whittington happened to be in a position to get seriously burned about the face, neck, both arms, part of his back and legs. He was hurried to the office of a Fullerton doctor, who rendered temporary relief, after which he was brought to the Anaheim sanitarium, where he is at present doing as well as could be expected considering his condition when brought here. Honest goods at honest prices at Witman's. The merry-go-round is set off attraction where the find entertainment. It popular stunt on the ground beautiful ponies always fills many booths where one are sold appear in various enclosure and games of eagle found. The wheel of evidence and articles worn lars can be secured for you are lucky. If not you pocket only ten cents. Two thousand tickets for the gate the first night andcessions were doing a business. RAINE ON PROBABILITIES Glenn L. Raine has made good. If he falls down court an acquaintance wiling gates of San Quentin. Raine was in court Mon aged grandfather, J.B swore to the complaint that Raine, aged 26, before Judy Raine was charged with a check, given him by his son to $10. Th eyoung fellow had brought him considerin in the past. His grandfather it was time to bring Glenn sudden jolt. Judge Schenck conclu Glenn a chance, and the peder, to hold for three yeare ed. Raine promised to take self, refrain from drinking steadily employed. The off disposed to overlook any faded pages that Raine may ta should he fail to keep his VARIOUS SIGHTS WITNESSED AT CARNIVAL TWENTY-EIGHT SEPARATE ATTRACTIONS OFFERED FOR THE MANY VISITORS TWO THOUSAND ADMISSION TICKETS SOLD ON OPENING NIGHT, AND ALL SATISFIED Twenty-eight separate concessions are enclosed by the canvass walls of the carnival grounds at the corner of Chartres and North Philadelphia. The committee's assurance that nothing of an objectionable nature would be permitted on the grounds appears to have been justified. Nothing of especially high class is shown but those who attended claimed they got value received for their money in every tent which they entered. The chief attractions appear to be the Oriental theater and the Cabaret dancing pavilion. The theater is a reproduction of the vandeville shows which are so popular in the second class theaters of the cities. Song and dance and pretty girls in picturesque attire were the chief features but the girls conducted themselves decorously and even a large number of ladies in the audience were pleased with the entertainment. The Cabaret dancing pavilion is also a popular resort—especially with the young men who have not forgotten how to dance. Six or eight young ladies of pleasing appearance, appropriate costumes, were ready to dance either a waltz or two-step with any young gentleman who would volunteer to act as partner. This tent is particularly at- ORANGE AND VENTURA BEANS The San Joaquin ranch, the property of the Irvine Company, lies in Orange county and consists of about 100,000 acres, and of these 17,000 acres are planted to lima beans and 4,000 acres to black-eyes. The total bean crop of the county is worth $1,000,000. The bean field on the Irvine ranch is the largest in the world. But Orange county is only second to Ventura county in the cultivation of beans. Around Saticoy there are 11,000 acres of beans which will produce this year 190,000 sacks. The profits from bean-growing are very great, and account for reports of land sales like this: The Chaffee farm, 62 arces of bean and walnut land near Oxnard, has been sold for $62,000, or $1,000 an acre. The Chaffees bought the property six years ago for $14,000 and have brought it into splendid production. The new buyer is a bean grower of Ventura county who buys for investment based on expert knowledge of what the land will bring. It is almost impossible for an outsider to get a "look in" to Ventura bean lands, which are seized upon instantly by neighbors when offered for sale. The Goleta Bean Growers' Association has just let a contract for a warehouse to cost $10,000. OIL NOTES FROM MANY SECTIONS Ortega Well at Placentia Is Expected to Be a Good One The striking of sand on the Armstrong lease north of Placentia has strengthened the confidence of oil drillers in the Placentia district. They feel confident that oil will be struck on the Ortega lease and other leases in the neighborhood, and that this will stimulate a wonderful development in the Fullerton oil fields. During the past two weeks about 15 carloads of oil-well casing has been The Cabaret dancing pavilion is also a popular resort—especially with the young men who have not forgotten how to dance. Six or eight young ladies of pleasing appearance, appropriate costumes, were ready to dance either a waltz or two-step with any young gentleman who would volunteer to act as partner. This tent is particularly attractive to the young men. Kauffman's Jungle Zoo is the largest attraction on the grounds. Here is where the animals are kept and while all the denizens of the jungle are not shown there are sufficient to make the big tent an object of curiosity. If you are not afraid of snakes the tent which houses Sheba and her collection of serpents might be interesting. She sits in a tank surrounded by reptiles of every description from the deadly rattler from the desert to the harmless gopher snake which is native to the soil of California, and they are all alike to her. Beckly, a huge rattler recently imported from the Arizona sagebrush, surprised her keepers Monday by giving birth to 42 infants. Seven of them succumbed to the California atmosphere but the balance are lusty youngsters, about the size of lead pencils and are thriving. "She" is one of the mysterious stunts which appears to be attracting large crowds. Just what "She" represents is not clear but in the bottom of a pit ten or twelve feet deep reposes a woman (or perhaps a man) with an electric halo thrown about the head and shoulders, the spectators viewing it through a screen at the top. "She" is supposed to be in profound slumber but smiled when someone suggested lowering a bottle of beer into the pit. The big balloon which carries passengers 2,000 feet into the sky is anchored in the center of the grounds and does a thriving business. From it spectators can view all of Orange county and a few miles of territory beyond. It made its first ascension at 9 o'clock Monday night carrying a number of passengers. The merry-go-round is also an object of attraction where the children can find entertainment. It is the most popular stunt on the grounds and the beautiful ponies always find riders. Many booths where objects of art are sold appear in various parts of the enclosure and games of every kind can be found. The wheel of fortune is in evidence and articles worth many dollars can be secured for ten cents—if you are lucky. If not you are out of Ortega Well at Placentia is Expected to Be a Good One The striking of sand on the Armstrong lease north of Placentia has strengthened the confidence of oil drillers in the Placentia district. They feel confident that oil will be struck on the Ortega lease and other leases in the neighborhood, and that this will stimulate a wonderful development in the Fullerton oil fields. During the past two weeks about 15 carloads of oil-well casing has been unloaded on the Santa Fe at Northam station, three miles west of Fullerton, and just south of the Emory ranch. Part of this casing will be used for development work on the Emory lease and it is said some of it will be used for new wells to be drilled on other leases in that district. The Amalgamated No. 6 has sanded up several times lately, making frequent cleaning out necessary. The Thomas Strain well in Placentia is down 3,000 feet with the last 100 feet making a good showing. After having considerable trouble with the rotary, the Brand-Stevens Co. is changing to cable tools. The Cornerstone is putting in 6¼ inch casing. The Walker-Brand Oil Company is spudding in on well No. 3. The Hualde well had hard drilling from the start, but is making good headway now. At a depth of 3,500 feet in the Brand-Stevens Oil Company well the casing twisted off the two-inch drill pipe, and the drillers are fishing for the same. The Monte Cristo has cemented its well on the Armstrong lease at a depth of 3,590 feet, and will test out sand which looks good. Amalgamated well Nos. 16, 18 and 20 have reached the sand at a depth of 3,000 to 3,200 feet, and are expected in soon. Number 14 is now producing about 800 barrels daily. The North American has reached a depth of about 2,300 feet, and is getting past the pipe which was lost in the hole several weeks ago. The Petroleum Company well No. 5 on the Gilman lease, which was started July 27, is down over 200 feet, remarkably good time having been made with the rotary. CALIFORNIA ENTERS BILLION DOLLAR CLASS Increase of $300,000,000 In Raw and Manufactured Products During Year The value of California's raw and salted fish will be helped greatly by the operation. The salary of his office was not discussed and no recommendation was made during the agitation here prior to the passage of the act, when certain recommendations were made as to salaries, creation of a new department of the superior court, and employment of additional help in some of the county offices. MUCH ROAD BUILDING IN ORANGE COUNTY Four Contracts Already Let and Another Pending The next piece of county highway to be up for bids will be four and a quarter miles of the main road running north from Huntington Beach. This will be what is known as the second section of the Santa Ana-Huntington Beach road. The first section, that between the Santa Ana city limits and a point on West First street four and a quarter miles north of the Huntington Beach city limits, was the first part of the county system let to contract, and the contractor, C. E. Chamberlain, of Anaheim, is now at work upon that section. There are now four contracts let. Two of the contractors are well along with their work. These two are Chamberlain and D. A. Dontanville, who is building the Orangethorpe road. G..S. Benson & Sons have been held back from commencing the Tustin-Orange road because of inability to get material. Thursday the Board of Supervisors let the contract to 2.57 miles of road known as the Orange-Olive road. The contract goes to Withers & Crites of Los Angeles at $12,074.87. The highway commission faces a difficult situation, and it seems advisable not to attempt to let any more contracts until the situation clears up. The difficulty is caused by the fact that there is a scarcity of material, and consequently bids are likely to be high, and contractors taking the jobs will find themselves hampered by inability to get material. The Los Angeles sources are pretty well cleaned up for a time. Rights-of-way difficulties are also causing trouble. It is probable that the road to be improved next after the second section of the Huntington Beach road will be what is known as the Placentia-Olinda road, which lies between Olinda and the road between Anaheim and Olive. The question of sources of material will be helped greatly by the operation CALIFORNIA ENTERS BILLION DOLLAR CLASS Increase of $300,000,000 in Raw and Manufactured Products During Year The value of California's raw and manufactured products for the year 1912 exceeded $1,000,000,000, an increase of almost $300,000,000 in 1911. This is the startling declaration of A. L. Scott, president of the State Board of Agriculture, in the board's annual report to Governor Johnson, compiled by State Statistician George Robertson. The report was filed with the governor in the form of a printed pamphlet of 330 pages. Manufactured products in 1912 exceeded $500,000,000, according to the report. Orchard products amounted to nearly $100,000,000, farm products were $75,000,000, dairy and poultry products, $50,000,000, and the value of other crops, including the state's mineral production of about $90,000,000, and the livestock and viticultural industries totaled more than $275,000, bringing the grand total of California's raw products to $500,000,000 for the year. During 1912, the report states, the cotton and tobacco, which for several years had been in the experimental stage in California, developed in such proportions that the raising of those two crops now represents a substantial source of revenue to growers and its success is assured. RAINE ON PROBATION Glenn L. Raine has a chance to make good. If he falls down, he will court an acquaintance with the clanging gates of San Quentin. Raine was in court Monday with his aged grandfather, J.B. Raine who wore to the complaint that brought Raine, aged 26, before Judge Schenck. Raine was charged with raising a $1 check, given him by his grandfather, so $10. Th eyoung fellow's misdoings had brought him considerable trouble on the past. His grandfather thought it was time to bring Glenn up with a sudden jolt. Judge Schenck concluded to give Glenn a chance, and the probation order, to hold for three years, was entered. Raine promised to behave himself, refrain from drinking, and keep steadily employed. The officers are not disposed to overlook any further escapes that Raine may take part in, should he fail to keep his probation. P. J. WEISEL & CO. AGENTS FOR STUDEBAKER Automobiles Kisselkars, Menomonee Trucks, and Detroit Trailers. 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