Show handsome quarters being built for braun brau n the mining review is informed that negotiations have been completed whereby F W braun of los angeles the extensive dealer in chemicals assay office and mill supplies has acquired about an acre of ground in the indus industrial trial section of that city upon which is to be erected a superb be reserved for the manufacture of high class physical chemical and scientific apparatus pa ratus and for a scientific glass blowing department of which at present time there are none on the pacific coast adjoining the main building in the rear will be a two story warehouse g lp III id r 4 I 1 L nit belr in as r FC U r 0 V r 7 or T nr p cr r F v J ta A rt r 7 A i view of building and plant to be built by F W braun at los angeles building and plant work in the construction of which is to be pushed as rapidly as possible the property in question has a frontage on third street of ninety feet and a track frontage of feet on the santa fe railroad an alley extends across its entire width at the rear and there is also a side street frontage of approximately feet on this ground says the los angeles 7 evening news which is on the southwest corner of east third street and the santa fe tracks mr braun intends to erect a plant for the conduct of his extensive business the buildings which are expected to be ready for occupancy within twelve months are to be of the highest class reinforced concrete on the third street frontage will be erected a four story and basement building feet in the basement will be stored those commodities that require to be kept at uniform conditions as to temperature and moisture the main floor will be about four feet above the grade to permit light and ventilation for the cellar this floor will be finished in modern counting room style and will be devoted to the accounting purchasing and sales departments the second floor will be the assembling room for the f illing filling of orders for go goods that are ordered in other than original factory packages the third and fourth floors will feet with a track frontage fron tige of about feet this building will be equipped on the east side with a loading platform for the convenient handling ra of merchandise directly to and from the cars and on the west side with a platform for the handling and shipment of goods by wagon in the rear of this warehouse and also having track tra ck facilities will be erected a modern manufacturing building fully equipped equip ped with every device for producing economically his large line of laboratory labora 0 tory machinery and apparatus the manufacturing building will have what is known as the sawtooth construction roof which is one of the ira im advances in the design of manufacturing fac turing buildings in ii this class of building appearance and symmetry are sacrificed to the idea of practical usefulness the object being to secure as perfect and equal illumination as possible over the entire floor the essential feature of the sawtooth construction consists in forming the roof in broken sections the roof proper having an inclination of about 15 degrees the glazed portions an inclination of about 50 degrees the plant also will include in addition to the above an iron and brass foundry and a sheet metal and wood carving department another interesting feature of the plant will be the installation of something that is not now in use anywhere in the west namely a series of fire proof chambers with steel storage tanks for commercial liquid abide and industrial alcohols alcohol sand and ammonia thus making it feasible to bring these commodities modi ties from the place of production in tank cars to be transferred on arrival here by pressure pipe service directly into the storage tanks thus reducing the cost of transportation and handling to a minimum this business to be thus well provided for was until a few ago a portion of the wholesale business conducted on north main alain street under the firm name of F W braun co the aggressiveness of this concern together with the need for a supply house in this locality for the distribution trib ution of the commodities handled by F ct y 3 wa 7 R san francisco house of F W braun W braun has resulted in an enormous mercantile concern mr braun is also the owner of valuable patent rights covering useful and popular laboratory appliances ances used in chemical and metallurgical metallurgic aI laboratory ineth methods work and judicious business have developed a worldwide world wide demand for his big manufactures everywhere that mining are carried on operations F W braun probably no one is in better position to form a correct estimate of the trade conditions of this section than F W braun who was the founder and general manager until jy july last las of 01 the ne wholesale lale business established in 1888 and conducted until january 1 1903 under the firm name of p F IV V brauni braun co when it was incorporated the firm title being changed to F W braun company his extensive business relations during these twenty years have kept him in close touch with conditions in every department tributary to los angeles and it is gratifying to note that he has decided to invest in such a large way in this city and the confidence of one so well informed thus shown in the future of los angeles should have a good effect As reported in this paper at the time the long established firm of F W braun co was segregated in july of this year and those lines relating to assay and chemical ap scientific nd physical laboratory supplies chemicals and commodities for mining metallurgical and industrial uses being taken over by F W braun who is now occupying temporary quarters at east third street the san francisco house the san francisco house of F W braun is completed and it is a splendid structure this is a five story reinforced re concrete building which is situate on the corner of mission and st anthony streets in this mr braun has just put in a very large and complete stock and he is ready to fill all orders from cities north of san francisco and from territory which is naturally tributary to the golden gate |