He founded the First National Bank in 1875. The Los Angeles City Fire Department was formed with salaried employees. The new City Hall was erected on 2nd Street. A railroad rate war encouraged a flood of immigration from the Eastern States and created the Real Estate Boom of the 80s. Portrait of Edward F. Spence, 1885. He served as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1884-1886.
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