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1he ReoJta Bl e Book af Calilorrlia 379

the year to_dale Apri l) amounts o $?.M1,420 hich s $1,288.241

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l?HH.g:"Xl#$2,287.240 s against he month ot March, 1923, $1,9?4,6I8:?;;t;:ner month up uo hat time. The granting of the p"".ii" ioi *e i"*lrng^tsea.h ecurity rusL& Sav;ngs ank buitding or 91,200,000sone.or che recnt targe permits granted. The building witlt fullequrpment nd ixtr/res will mean an investnent of more han $l.boo._000. According o figures compiied by the Southwesf B;i&;-;;iUontraclor, Los Angelcs. or the monbh oI March long Beach isprlfed-!9co]rgamong he cities oI rhe southland, Los Anailes leadine$.ith 917.279,758. ne-family d$ellings tor ttr" monutr i maict tetIn numo.er t permils. 138 being ssued, oral ing BI3,4b0. Two_fam-lry ower|lngs ame nexl,$ith seventFpn otaljng 924,000. ADartmentswilh fifteen permits torating $100.000, rivari e"ire"" *iit "i;"1;-rnepermrls otal,ng $30.000, nd ive faftories ojai ins$40.000. Irne. resent alro estabtished uring the frrsl hree monlhs hould em^arntalned-forhc year of 1924. he total would be morp han g2S,_000.0i0. The toral or '1923 was sl ighjly ess haD g24,000,000.

tn i1s ocation nd r l imcte Long Beach as remejtdous atural$1X"li,xJ.i",l.l:"f,'fJ;fr:"#,il,J:*ff'liH";:ij"":f:*lhsandy bath'ng bpach, shpttered by t.he famous Catalina tsland; a;;;tvmllcs oJtshore, aDd with a elimate tempefed by a warm Japanese cur_Fert wnlcJr s\deeps by its shores, Irng Beach was blessed w.ith moretnan rts share of nalural advantages to stan. Hovever, Nalure piledon rn-e.goo(t hngs by sloring one of re greatest oil deposils in theworrct .rn he bark'yard of this foflunaie city: aiso by grvins i t aspren_dLd aturat harbol jn which the shipping ot the world oDe davwrrl drop anchor. Around this harbor some of lhe Erealest industri;linstitutions of the.country are rapidly uiilizing spa"ce,i/ith the r;ui;mar _r,ong.lJeacrr s last becoming a gTeat manufaclurjnc and com_mercral center as wpll as ihe leading pleasure rcsot-l- of Jhe pacific

. Long. Beach.. as rhe C-ou-nb.y's layg|ound. affords every varietyol }ecrealton and sporf and all kinds of amuspmenis t the city 's parkiand pleygrounds. which can ba cn.ioyed ver\ day i the vear. as thefriflE?r1,1"..^**"""

sixly.rive esress n rhpsummar nd ifty_fiveIrng Beach also boasts the largest amusment zone on the pacific

coast. The farnoxs "Pike', or ,,Wailkof a Thou"r"d Li;h1;,;;;iii;anuspmcnt zone s called. s L-nown ll over lhe world and is made uD0l countless oncessions nd cmusemenl ealures.

Irng Beach s also a beautjful residpnjial city, boastinq some oftle finesl homes n the southland. i th neally a'trundrea-mites fpaleclstreel-s nd alleys. Jl is the bome of one of thc finest hostehiesrn lhe worlct. as well as many olher high-class hotels and aDartmenthouses. It is only twtnty miles from Los Angeles over the UnionPacific,Southe.m Paci6c, and Pacific Electric Ra-ihoads,

"a,"tt * tvnve paved boutevards.

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