Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 93

A. DECEMBER 8, 1929 M-3 Piedmont Lake Apartments Otto Rinkert. builder and owner, just completed thii rtructure at 743 Warfield avenue. buUdin contains three and four-room units, equipped with Marshall Stearns wall beds, Simplex burner steam heating ystem. electric refrigeration, and Crawford electric range.

At the Oakland Airport Showing a CaterpillarSixty grader and tractor spreading decomposed granite at the Oakland airport 1BTHT ID nU-UK-Hi EMU SALLE iniDTiicmic 1 4 )JJ SJ uuiui.ums if EN TODAY hTHN I ML II 1 TO VIEW I Twelve Units Produce Resi- i-Mwn '-7 p-w i. ti New Residential Unit Just Finished By Max Bakar Has Latest Features. II iff i ih i ilj I 1 His 8 "i 1 JiU" I 1 Vmtitti-ii iir "nnnir liliiililM-ltLHii- ljj Tj r- 1 1 I PS I ..4 1 im'm 1 dential Charm of Individual Home. Today marks the opening of another apartment in the Grand-Lake hum hv OttO uinirici, www Rinkert. The new house Is to be known as the "Piedmont Ike apartments, and 4s located at 748 tr.iAi av.mi.

-timt above the Orand-Lake theater. Rinkert ittntS! "The Piedmont Lake apartments, twelve units, was de signed and built to represent as nearly as possiDie mo iuiuui character of an Individual home. The floor levels are and the arrangement of stairs and ball-ways gives unusual privaoy for an apartment duuuiuk. rangement of each suite, the same Idea is apparent. There are doors which open from the dressing closets Into the bathrooms, and the bedroom closnts also Have addN tional doors permitting entrance from the pass halls.

The doors to each apartment are provided with small -wickets, an Idea popularized in home, construction. BEDROOJWS LARGE "All the apartments have large bedrooms, the three room units with dinettes of very generous pro- a fmir room units substituting a regular dining room lor tne oineno. nu. enameled, have simple' cabinet am wnnlnnecl wit.ii electrio refrigeration, and the fast- heating Crawlora eiocina reus" Kprwell. All rear apart ments have Individual open porches, convenient in many wayn, vided.

The bathrooms are ruliy Mnnorlnp Tilo COIU- pany and are steam neatea. iu tlia nuima hallways are of polisnea LOCKS flUB or nf the latest nar the Marshall RteHrns company, and spring mattresses are provided for extra Bchlage- locks' through-- Mtmmi Hardware company, are another i steam heating and hot water system-installed by Aachen Is tided by a Simplex burner. TUe elective Installation and the artistic lighting fiituros are by the Ulmond Electric tympany. "Apartments are available either furnished or uniurnisiiou, vj Pi.ni. trains' and.

local cars aro Hfnnvenient, and the Grand-Lake shopping district is oiiiy iu onv.v blocks distant." Tunnel Water Route To Open During Apr. Hook-up of pipes for Jlokelumne watpr between Clarotnont- tunnel ar.d the local distribution system is nniir helnir made, accoromg 10 Frank W. Hanna, chief engineer and general manager oj Bay Municipal Utility Completion or tnu worK win ukc iuock nr ten davs. although all structures necessary to the opera- tlpn of part 01 tne jvioaeiumne water project tvlll not do reuuy tfl ahmtf Anrll 1 Three tlf tv-four-men pipes will tvnm tha flltAm fit the part of the Claremont tunnel under the canyon where the Sacramento Short Line runs and Into the one pipe connecting directly with the Sequoia aqueduct leading to East Oakland, another for the Wild' Cat aqueduct for Richmond, El Cerrito and parts of Berkeley, and the third for the cen- Hfatilrt tf Onlclnnd. The opening of the Claremont tunnel for use in April will permit the Mokeiumne water to flow into l'Tnat HflV (lis.

trlct by a more direct route than is now possible. I I nn mm. mi in oanrflowiwnu? i lUII ll IIUUIIL.U neconetructlon of the street car fe 1 Ti nm iinir niDinc isr I Piedmont ii rm a 1 1 1U III I II II II II 1 1 IT r-iv limits to the i north line 014 The Chateau Salle, located on the pide of Alma street. Just BdUth of Exoeleior boulevard, has been completed by Max Bakar, the owner and builder. The apartments emprise eighteen units of two, thrpp nnd five rooms, and are available furnished or unfurnished.

Bakar. points out many advantages from the standpoint of location, and construction. Bakar etates: location of Chateau Salle is a. neighborhood well known for its esfolliMit residential eharaeter, possessing exceptional local transportation facilities by the Excelsior bus, and the- Park boulevard car Jlne. Oakland high school Is lees nan five minutes' walk from the apartments.

"The building- Itself is tastefully (decorated and Is of thorough construction. A marbled asbestos vestibule elves a dignified approach, and the air of refinement it carried out In the decorative ensemble throughout the building, Bach apartment Is finished In Individual style and color schemes. (Antique mahogany la used for the general woodwork i "From trie standpoint of convenience, there are many commendable features, such as a pass-ihall In each unit from which every individual room may be entered. Wall beds are of the Marshall fetearns Clos-a-dor type. There are peyeral electrio convenience outlets In each room.

All bathrooms have outside windows and are fin- iHhaA In ttla Thk lnrfrnr apartments have separate cabinet fnowers. A xeaiure 01 mo living oom is the large decorative fireplace. There is Kelvinator electric refrigeration, a steam heating system by W. H. Picard.

Standard electric ranges Installed by Zar-Iwell, tile work by Superior Tile, and builders hardware such as RhhItM tnrkR tw thA Himnn Hard foraye company. Paints and wallpa- 'Wf was from Friedman company. The beautifully" finished Ford, floor specialist, and financinl details of the building loan were lupervised by E. F. Gray.

Realtors to Attend Commerce Confab Harry 8. Klssell of Springfield, Ohio, i'irst vice-president of the 1 Asaocintlnn of Ileal Estate Iktards, and Herbert U. Nelson, the Associations executive Brcmur will represent the National Asso Mtitlnn nt tho ennforence of lead Inn: business men, which has been railed hv the chamber of commerce ef (lie United States at the request hf I'resHlpni iioover. Chateau Salle i li f7r Alma npar 5 676 Alma near Excelsior Blvd. Open for Inspection A beautiful apartment build- 4 ing of French architecture, 2-3-5 rooms furn.

and unfurn. All conveniences, steam heat, 4 4 refrigeration, etc. 4. An Address of- 8 Distinction rj 'A 5 Inspect Chateau Salle today 5 nil iir 11 uiiiiiiuL-i r. Aenuv venue is 1 w.

tha ww HvKtem Transit L'pv HvKtpm Transit D.W;Colman7 who has returned to the original W. Colman store on Twelfth street. P. Tolmnn. who fnr-'thn past IS years has been connected with tailoring establlsftments throuprh-ont California, has returned to the original Colman Store on Twelfth strict.

In returning to the old location Colman states that he has taken over the supervision of both fabrics and workmanship. Ernest Flores will build and own a $42,000. three-story, sixty room apartment house on the east side of Falrmount avenue, 150 feet south of Stanley. HEAT and lots of it 5 Our knowledge and broad ex- perience in every phase of resi- dential and apartment heating. A coupled with our insistence of A customer satisfaction, is at A your service.

4 A Wr iri'ill alaJlu aJohe MOM in 4. Ya 0 Am 4 your heating problem. Picard, Inc. PLUMBING" MATING- 5656 College Ave. OL ympic 9208 Apartment Financing for th CHATEAU SALLE arranged by E.

F. GRAY LOANS 1,404 Franklin St GL encourt 4385 STANDARD Electric Ranges and the complete electrical installation for Chateau Salle by WW'S iS. 'SSi I A IMfvK). I COLMAN Ml AT OLD STORE WA 17 0 OBE SPEHT DAILY Oakland Is spending $1700 every day in the year In the construction of garages, according to figures compiled by the Texaco Travel service, which has Just completed a nationwide survey covering 85 of the chief cities of the united eiai.es. nnrinff tvi a first ten months of the year there have been construct.

ed 847 private garages, cubuiib a total of $210,028. "In addition," tfce report stales, "many garages have been con structed as an Integral part of homes. These do not appear in tno figures available for garage con struction. They constitute, how ever, about one-fifth or the garages constructed In Oakland, and bring the total expenditures for private garages In the city to approximately $260,000. "In the same period, there have been 46 public garages constructed at a cost of $3311,000 and 18 new service stations.

Continuing this average for the remainder of tho. year, it la -estimated tnat the total expenditures in garage construction for 10 will pass the $701M00 mark." The figures show also that twre have been 20 new garage businesses launched in Oakland in the last 10 months, and others are in contemplation. Attached garages, the report states, are becoming more popular in this district, and "many apartment houses contain from two to a dozen garages as an integral part of the building. This is especially true in the construction of hlllsldo homes, where the land contours make such construction eminently practicable. The first telephone commercial exc hange in the United States was established at Bridgeport, Con necticut, in 1878.

The Distinctive Sun-Tested WALL PAPERS were selected personally by the owner MAX BAKAR from M. Friedman COMPANY j. )MPANY TORES Berkeley 3 STOKtS Oakland. Fruitva A 43 i 'r aatu Salle 4 4. C.

XS SUPERIOR TILE PRODUCTS CO. 41 4. LEADS COAST Oakland again led the Pacific coast during; October In the gain made in the volume of merchandise sold at retail, according to a survey made by the research statistical department of the Oak land CnamDer or wmmntc. i volume for October, 1929, was 8 per cent greater than the same month or 1928. seauie aavnnwu 2.9 per cent; Los Angeles, 2.8 per cent; San Francisco, .1 per cent Portland lost 1.

Pr cent; Salt lAke City, 6.9 per cent, and Spokane, 11.1 per cent. The average for the seven western states was .8 per cent gain. For the firBt 10 months of this year Oakland showed an average monthly gain of 4.9 per cent over last year; Seattle came next, with 3.8 per cent; Los Angeles was third with 8.S per cent; Ban Francisco neijti with 1.6 per cent, and Tort-land made a. gain of 1 per cent. Other cities showed a loss.

The twelfth federal reserve district had an average gain per cent, which. Is less than half of Oakland's gain of 4.9 per cent. Htooks -maintained by Oakland stores recorded an unuBual increase of 26.4 per cent over Oakland 11)28 and 9.6 per cent over September of this year. stores during, the first 10 monthS of 2.54 times, as against an average atnnir fnminvr in waKio-iiM. of 2.45 times lor tne seven ivooi-ern states.

Real Estate Market Gains Six Points Tteal estate market activity, for October shows an Increase of 'Six nlnf In lh which lndlCBtOS it over- the September index' for real estate activity October activity ty Mie flglire 85.8, aenbrdltKf to'th Indeiof. real "estate market activity compiled monthly by the National Association of Real Estate Boards. The index figure Is based upon official reportsof the 'number of deeds recorded In 64 typical Real estate activity for the year 1926 Is taken am the base year in computing the monthly figure. Census Figures Contain Data Whefe does the Immigrant go when he reaches these ehorca? The question of not Just how many, but also what 'type of population Is is one whose answer would be of practical interest to realtors and Industrialist. Accordingly, the board of directors of the iVntional Association of Real Kstate Boards, in their recent quarterly meeting In Chicago, voted to appoint a committee to confer with the U.

S. Census Bureau in an effort to secure the codification certain census statistics, which will be helpful to real estate men. Ticture of man firing furnace Kith: GAS FUEL For care-free comfort, convenience and deintineM there's do beating systeai like thee modern ones that burn gu fuel. Ttey cost little to initaJl Require practical! no servicing or attention cn your part. They're entirely automatic.

With the mixed-natural gu fuel and our lower; heating rate, operating cost are reduced an average of. JsText tpring, hen straight-natural ga if aerved, operating coU will be still lower. Phone or call at our cce for drtaiU oa ga-red heating equipment. iii 'fir: 7, Anartments 743 Warfield Ave. 3s and 4s Furnished and Unfurnished i Every convenience-Steam heat, bot water, electric refrigeration, electric ranges.

Rentals, $65.00 up. including all charges but Greatest Hardware Values Oakland in That's why. we furnished the hardware on the Piedmont Lake Apartments. Simon HdweV Co. 639 and 808 Broadway Electric Fixtures and Wiring for the PIEDMONT-LAKE DIMOND ELECTRIC CO.

2100 HOPKI THEKT uitiale 6J6I Plumbing Inslallalion for theViedmonl Lake ly F. H. RGEBER Plumbing Contractor 7818 Hillside St. SWtetuiood 1239 'Arlislic Tu for tho Piedmont SUPERIOR Tile and Product 3743 KEOVINATOR There la no aubstitute for experience In the manufacture or Installation of electrio refrigeration equipment. Kelvinator la the j.

mmnnry, inM- sit company. According to Lundberg, the highest type of 122 pound rail construction will be installed. "The nf mm rnili on Han Pablo avenue and the repaving by the Key system 01 uu San Pablo avenue in reality the first section of a program of such work to be unaenaiieii uy uu. r.Q nn San Pnhln avenue," Lundberg'says. "We will continue to rebuild other portions aiong wu street just as soon as nnances available." L'bh TlnMn rACOn- etructlon work Is under the direct supervision ot ll.

P. Ben, vice- president in cnarge ornii' for tho Key System. Th SIMPLEX full automatic OIL BURNER installed in' the Piedmont'Lahe A pts. by the Heating Service Co. Distributors 71-St- HOlliday 6198 Certified Steam Heating and Hot Water Systems for thtt Piedmont-Lake A pts.

by W. A Aschen 2611 Coolidgc FRuitvalc 4553 CRAWFORD ELECTRIC RANGES for ths Piedmont I-l Apartments from ZARWELL ELECTRICAL CO. 2622 Central Ave. ALimeis 3842W Special Wallpapers for PIED510NT.L,KE from, Chris Nelson. Paints and WalUtaptrs 2259 E.

1 1th Su FR utivaU 0156 Plastering rlEDMONT-LAKE I. wnrk-li oroceedlng i 1 1 tha naw ltntail Center IAIINIV Garage, being built on the soutn side of JJJievemn sirem, Broadway and Waanington Dy uai- rett Uilp. The building, wnicn is owned uj the Retall.Center uarage is scheduled for completion In tn8 early spring of 1930. Parking space ior dred automobiles will be provided on the three floors and the roof, with ramp driveways leading to and from the storage The ground floor frontage on Eleventh street will be devoted-to retail store space, provision being made for five stores. The space behind'-ttre and the remainder' of the building wlll.be devoted entirely to parking and automobile services.

cost of the building when completed Is approximately $150,000, it Is said. Local Plant Pictured In French Catalog A 18-page booklet, profusely Illustrated, printed in two colors, and bearing the name Oakland, California, on nearly every page, has Just been received from Paris by the Magnavox cdmpany, 4250 Horton street, rt was prepared to-adver-tise the company's product by distributors in France. It contains numerous pictures or thcflnterior of the plant and describes the virtues of the Magna-yox Dynamic In French For a Demonstration in your home or our office Phone OAkland 2480 the I 1 pioneer electric refrigeration ror aomestio use. oince in been giving continuous and satisfactory service. III X.

aW HEATING Installed in Chateau Salle Apis. HOT- KOLD SHOP OF OAKLAND Domestic and Commercial Electric Refrigeration 2090 Broadway LAkeside 7020 GAS-COAL-OIL FURNACES Introduces "SPEE-DEE-HEET" (FURNACE MAN) Puts life into your furnace Speeds the Heat Press the switch immediately the entire house becomes filled with live, circulating warm air. Installed in Old or New Heating Plants MARSHALL STEARNS WALL BEDS selected for the PIEDMONT-LAKE APTS. and THE CHATEAU SALLE SPEE-DEE-HEET offers you Lowest in Price 4 and again we get the 4 i Drefeience in hardware 4. for the CHATEAU SALLE I JM Quick Heat More Heat without Expense Completely installed, ready to ZARWELL 4.

Cf A wa 4 I Simon Hdwe. Co. f4 f. AM Va Va aw iiai 5 ALmmeda M2W T. go, anc id the cost including installation is very 'low Investigate! 639 and 808 Broadway CABINETS i i -i-rr ill Ct 1 tor LMaV 1 Lrtu rti-L-L.

It'll 11 udunaT WA Hiz'ZZ'J. i Hardwood Floors i for the A 0 CHATEAU SALLE I rA A I JM Rigid Asbestos Shingles and the hfarbelized Asbestos Veilibul of CHATEAU SALLE by BAY CITY ABESTOS Inc. 1S3 Tenth St. GLfrf-jrt InslalkJ fcu by CONCEALO FIXTURE Inc. Tactic Ca axt titcrmc Comtattt i R.

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