Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 47

SUNDAY MAJtCH 30, 1930 4-51 DafclanO Crffiune EOI DEliS Oakland California Towel Go. in New Home Thi up-to-date commercial laundry contains many novel featuiW Above) Drivers' loading nlaf- ME 1KV liJ OAKLAND IS TMLCBW MS COMPLETE In Central Oakland The Financial Center building, Oakland's fine office structure, installed Ray oil-burning equipment to provide the quality in heating service demanded by its clientele, according to Building Manager T. Snyder. OFFICE form; (center main wash room; (lower) main wash room aisle, With hoppers that carry the work direct from the sorting tables to the washers. I a I ON INCREASED AT LOW LEVEL PL1IIT HERE Only 4 Per Cent of 82,391 'S" v-' -'li Financial Center Building Sought by Many Tenants.

Firm Stands With Leaders of U. S. Commercial Supply Laundries. Residences Are Unoccupied- "Indications of prosperity Dnklnnd'c business center miiiHnlvinr." states Thomas Less than 4 per cent of the 82,391 homes of Oakland and the Eaatbay communities are vacant, placing this city near the very top of the list of American communities having the lowest percentage With the completion of Its new building, occupying the entire block on Twenty-eighth street between Filbert end Myrtle, tho Oakland California Towel company now boasts one of the moat up-to-date plants of Its kind in tho west. Of the one-floor-and-mezzanlne type nlf Sill! I si of resident vacancies, a survey conducted by the Real Estate board yesterday revealed.

construction, witn a spacious upp The board's survey, directed py finnr. the mam work roomia pien ifnllv minnlied with large Windows, President Fred T. showed that Oakland's prosperity stands i ilf ft KB lr IV trg FT I 1 Snyder, manager of the Financial Center building, Oakland's splendid office structure in the downtown section. "Inquiries for office space from prospective tenants are on the Increase. Many of these "inquiries are from firms not heretofore represented in this city.

"The quality of the service given to occupants of the Financial Center building Is becoming better known In discriminating circles, continues Snyder. "The excellence of this service is shown not only in major features, but in a hundred minor details also. "For instance, in our heating; system, (although the entire building is adequately Served by one laree heating unit) a double instal I 'eft II if rr FL lr- li unaffected. It was announced and le considered modern a well as most sanitary, A description, of There Is no surer way to test a 1 II LU Vr tfe hft I i the nlant reads: city's prosperity pulse than through the number of vacant homes," said "The interior of "the plant Is 'nalnted a pastel green, giving a j- li if ff rr ll trc tt? i a President Wood, "and the low per maximum of light. 1 centage of vacancies in this city is Cm EKPrfcfc "Founded in 1(03, under the an indication that people continue management of J.

N. Borroughs, If i i this firm has grown until His now to regard Oakland as a better place In which to live and in which to prosper." recognized ae one of the leading commercial supply laundries of the it was shown that of the sz.sui lation of Ray oil burners and steam homes, 7015 are located in Pied mont, 6284 in Emeryville, 19,221 in Frultvale district, 8084 in Ban Leandro and the remaining scat boilers was made to ODViaie any discomfort due to maintenance operations. Thus, even In case of the ordinary cleaning of boiler tered throughout the Oakland area generally. Urn Li -Ml CX, ') i pi il it I WWKSSfillH ff Iff 'I i it Wfef if -W fill il i li Hi United The firm specializes In the manufacture of all types of service garments, linen supplies, Including uniforms, towels, napkins, featuring especially the Borroughs additional roller towel used -in stores and offices. CABINET SHAPE! "Thla roller towel Is the Invention of J.

N. Borroughs and has a national distribution, with more than forty distributors throughout tubes, the second unit assumes tne load, and sends the same uniform heat to the floors above. Each of the Ray burners and each of the boilers are duplicates in size, each being capable of supplying HOME CENTER. Oakland has been known for many years as a great home center of the nation," said Wood. service we insist upon.

With Oakland's development as "The same precaution has been an Industrial city, with the expan the Pacific coast. The firm also -maintains a cabinet shop in Emery taken in the elevator equipment. One more car than la at any time necessary to maintain the regular sion of our vast waterfront and the building of huge piers, and the extensive growth of its business district, this city's homes have taken vlllo, where the cabinets for this 'service are manufactured, i "One of the principal features Is on an added worth. We were not born a boom city, the fact that each article passing through the plant travels the short but a reliable and sound growing est possible distance, a straight line community. The values In residen tial property have steadily In between the receiving ana loaaing creased with the city's vast expansion.

Owning your own home In rooms. Soiled linen, coming into the laundry. Is unloaded In a series of hoists or elevators that run along this land Is Jndeed an asset." President Wood and his assocl the north side of the building. headway, has been Installed. "It Is to such features as these 'that the Financial Center building owes Its prestige and the reputation gained for maximum service to Its clientele." i Industrial Conference First of Kind in West A Pacific coast industrial conference will be held In San Francisco on May 2 and under the auspices of the San Francisco Real Estate board and Chamber of Commerce.

The conference will be led by George C. Smith, chairman of the industrial property division of ates of the Real Estate board are now preparing to launch their pro These hoists take their loads to the mezzanine, where the work Is marked and Sorted Into steel shoots, gram, destined to aid in the stimulation of home buying throughout have grown during ths past eight which lead directly to the washers below. The work then moves across i i tho Eastbay. years. "Another piece of property on At a meeting held In the Hotel the plant through extractors and It i i i 8- II Realty Act Analysis Answers Queries What Is the California Real Leamington, Wood outlined his Grand avenue was sold In 1924 for i I II presses or Irons, to the distributing program, which calls for an exten I90l0 and shortly after I sold It sive advertising and publicity cam ths owner placed it on the market.

It changed owners four times in paign, and it won unanimous sup Among those at the meeting were James L'Hommedleu, Harold four months and the fourth time, after a home had been constructed, making the land and building cost $27,000 originally, it sold for 1 Austin, E. B. Field. F. F.

Porter, C. Fred Hawkins, W. fl. Wallace, Fred T. Kaiser, E.

Carl fiuelberger, Morris Schneider, Alexander Allen, William Bradley. Leslie Hall, J. VMO. Three months before It was Estate Act? This and eighty-seven other questions are answered In the California Real Estate magazine In a question and answer analysis of the act prepared by Herbert L. Breed, attorney for the California Real Estate association.

Among the queries propounded and answered are: Who must have a real estate license In California? Who may operate under a li five years old, it sold for 1140,000, the national association of Real Kstate boards, and it will be the first of Its kind ever held In the went. Smith Is an Industrial realtor, with headquarters In, 6t, Louis, Mo. resident H. Daum and George Martin, chafrman of the industrial division of the California Real Estate association, will participate In the program, the former's address being on "Meeting Industrial Location Requirements and now the owner refuses tables, from which the bunnies go Into the drivers' bins along the south side of the building. MAKE OWN KOAP "In order to provide Itself with the very best soaps, bleaching material, and soft water, the Oakland California Towel company maintains Its own soap making and bleaching department, as well as the latest type of water softeners.

Two hugs water-tube boilers supply the with an adequate mount of steam at all times. "The hot water system Is an Unusual feature of thla plant. An Instantaneous heater, consisting of a steam-heated Jacket around and through which cold water Is forced within a large insulated pipe, fur uuo ior It." Stubbst Fred R. Caldwell, Real Estate board managing director, and Sales reported through the board, made by the Suelberger-Dun- 11. A.

Hlckock. During April it Is planned to have 20 modern homes on display ham and Include a lot on the east side of Grand avenue, between Lake park and Mandana, .1 1 x' i siii.siissiMlssiwsais.l wsj Maaw r.rnni irinri-wirnin -rrriTriiTroiJ PssssssaWSsssSsssjswssswSlWMWsslSSt -mnTTTiTslinii HI Hill I III sssJMssMsfJssssMSa, cense Issued to a co-partnership? and Why the Industrial Realtor sold In 1921 for 12100. and five Who are exempt from the li Should Be Used." throughout the community. These are to be open to the general public, and placed on the market at a value which wil lbe based on the worth of the property Involved, he years later for $63,000. cense requirements of the act? The meeting will be attended Under what circumstances may representatives from eight western "To show the Increase In sules In Oakland the following comparison states.

said. of sales is made," the board re a brokers license be revoked for a violation of the act by his salesmen or employees? Zura E. Bells, sales manager for nishes the supply of uniformly heated soft water for the washers. What are the penalties for act ports: "A lot south of the Federal hotel on Bi cad way sold in 1906 for $1000 per foot, and recently brought $6500 per foot. A lot on "The plant obtains Its water sup the Fred Wood company.

In a comparison of real estate values here yesterday, said there is a need for new homes ranging from the ing as a broker or salesman without a license? ply from a well directly under the ASSESSMENTS. Preparation of the assessment for the fiscal year 1930-31 commenced on March 8. Assessor Kennedy states that general assessment conditions will be much the samAi On what grounds may a real building. A seventy-rive thousand gallon concrete water storage tank, $12,000 to $20,000 class. estate' broker or salesman li 1 cense be suspended or revoked? HUEDESIGi also directly under the floor of the building, holds sufficient water to ADVANCE IN PRICE.

"Eight years ago I sold a piece the southeast corner of Fifteenth and Broadway, 100x125 feet, sold on June 6, 1913 for $378,000, and not long ago brought more than $700, 000. A lot on the northwost corner of Fifteenth snd Franklin streets sold In 1916 for $1000 per as last year, except that he Is not( From whom may a salesman ac Fred Snook Named Sales Manager having this year the problem occa-f of property at Lakeshore and Ex- cept compensation In the real supply the washers at all times, WASHED AND DRIED estate business? elslor avenues for and a "The washing, after being sorted, Reprints of the analysis have year ago I again sold It for sloned by removal ow the water company properties from the assessment roll, which he faced a year ago. "On," said Bells. "This Is an lndl- lrtha-'ta thirteen direct, motor foot and was disposed of re I OF HOMES been made and are available from ths state association. driven, metal-lined washing fit Ion of how some (property values cently for $4500 per foot.

chines, one of the most complete batteries of washing machines Installed In the Eaatbay, Six drying C. K. Forner, president o'f the Fornercrete Waterproof Aggregates company, announces the appointment of Fred V. Snook to be sales tumblers, in addition to small hake-out tumblers, have also been California cities are famous the world over for their- beautiful homes. Here Is to bs found the manager of instsiiea.

"The firm employs one hundred and seventy-five persons, It Is stated; and maintains a fleet fof forty delivery cars, nineteen of these be Playgrounds and. other public recreation areas have been set aside in 278 real estate subdivisions In 24 states, according to ths Playground and KecroaUon Association of America. "The plan has assumed the proportions of a national movement, declares the association, pointing out that both the sulidtvider and the community are benefitted. "An average of 7 per cent of the my highest tybe of architecture In both appearance and convenience, according to J. M.

Abott, president of the California Building-Loan League. Abbott said: "For the sake of the city and the Indi the con-piny, The mills and plant of ths For-it to company have been enlarged In order to care for the i eased ing used lor receiving and delivering. Some of the employees have been with the firm for mors, than twenty years, states Borroughs. vidual citizen, every effort should be made to maintain this leader Borroughs further states that they manufacture and rent fortv-flve ship. Newcomers and vlsito different types of articles for use Judge the beauty of tho 'city largely by attendants In stores, offices total area has been set aside for recreation purposes In subdivisions THINK THIS OVER II Insurance will not lessen the chances of your being liste3 among the casualties of 1 930, but it will lessen your financial loss in event of injury, and will protect your loved ones in case of violent "death.

You can and should protect younelf and family with the by its residential districts. Every citizen should.be Interested In the buildings, etc Under this system It comprising acres. At least 71 developments have re is possiDi to nave these garments appearance of his home. -t home-builders can served 10 per cent or more for play -manufactured In various color com blnatlons and sizes to fit the wear le am much from the nation-wide demand of -their products, and a capacity of eight tons per day Is now assured, it is statod. a 1r Realtors of New York state and North Carolina lead with play r.

For thla purpose the firm maintains a large cutting sewing room devoted to this kind of iorlr. areas in 34 and 22 subdivisions respectively. Among the' cities, architectural competition In small house designs conducted recently by the Home Owners' Institute. Three designs were awarded prizes from 8000 entries submitted by prominent architects representing Ten women are kept busy In this (treenshoro. North Carolina, takes oepanmeni making uniforms, tow.

la, napkins, to." first place with IS subdivisions, and Kenosha. Is second with 15. describes' i "Parka, athletlo fields, children's 18 regional districts of the United Fornercreta States. Perhaps the greatest value playgrounds, tennis courts and golf courses are among the recreation Products to be Shown Water- pr I ng 7XED SHOO. or the contest was the Insight gained Into the trend1 of thought spaces listed, That the small sub- Aggregate as ths culmination of along modern small home lines.

years of experimental research to By New Industries Everything from salad oil to Then, too, It directed the best find in natures minerals a sub architectural minds of the countr stance that would be a positive In toward the small home, rather than surancs against deterioration and divider can afford to set aside recreation spaces is Indicated by the fact that or more than one-half of the subdivisions whose acrenge Is known, comprise 100 acres or less. "The prevailing plan of maintenance Is deeding the play area to the larger, better paid projects. OOoOO corrosion or rcinrorclng steel, concrete and plaster products, by water $12.5 "The English type predominated contact. among the designs submitted, ac cording to Abbott. Many interest Fornercrete products are made the municipality or township, which Ing features were disclosed.

A in any desired color, and being fadoproof, are In great demand for exempts the land from taxation living room fireplace was In cluded In eoch of the winning exterior and Interior building fin and relieves the operator from the responsibility of upkeep and super; vision." plans, i A number or the entries ishes, Snook states. noaia will te included In the fifth annual New Industries exhibit to bs held at' Hotel April If early entries may bs taken as an indication. Forty industries that came to Oakland In 1I2 have already signified -their intention of placing displays in the exhibit and within the next two weeks, sixty mors are expected to enter according to Le-roy Ooodrich, chairman or New Industries committee, which is sponsoring the exhibit. States where no state tax Is lev. led on real estate are: Pennsylvania, New Tork.

Virginia, California, and New Jersey. The Virginia tax was lifted by action of the 12I legislation. included a basement fireplace while many hfcd bedroom fire Accident Insurance Policy places. Most designs called for a "Ths syhdlvlder of today bss learned that It Is to set aside land for playgrounds In his communities In the same way that he Designs in Marble At Sunset Mausoleum separate breakfast room, rather than small nooks. Small kitchens allots certain nrens for streets." predominated.

Electric refrigera The mntched marble in Sunset tlon was provided by more than 50 says W. Burke Harmon, president of the Harmon Foundation. "To my knowledge no subdtvlder has fol per cent of the designs. Mausoleum continues to attract attention. Visitors marvel at the de Noticeable was the tendency to lowed such a plan without being signs that are created on the walls, place the garage in the basement or near the street.

This leaves tlie ceilings and floors by matching the natural velnlng that is In the marble. rear yard completely free from landscaning, with flower- gar amply rewarded, both by tho Immediate economic return and by the natural satisfaction thst comes to all who see important human work well done. In one panel of KseallPtte, a dens, etc. French marble, a perfect flfrure of 'Surprising was the number of Through a series of awards porches' and balconies provided by these plans. In addition to the (The Policy that Furnishes More Insurance Better Insurance and Greater Protection) ONLY $1.25 PER YEAR Issued Exclusively to Readers of The which have been administered by Gensler-Lee Firm to Enter Boston Field a Quaker lady Is outlined.

In another wall of Pavonazzetto an Italian marble, there is a color combination of pale pinks, faint greens and golden browns. convenience of several porches, greater beauty of exterior design the Playground and Recreation Association of America, the Harmon Foundation has been nblo to en is gained. The contest proved thst courage a large number of suhdl- There Is a Corridor of Alabama originality in the design of the small house Is obtainable, If suf- marble which has a great variety of designs. The carvings and the moldings In the columns and cornices of iicient study be given It." Launch Campaign vlders to test for themselves the value of creating adequate play spaces In their real estate developments." i Prosperity Foreseen Jewelry Company Will Span Continent With Stores. marble are of much Interest.

Sunset Mausoleum. In Its scenic setting In the Berkeley hills, is On Law Qbservance To stress the Importance of re open for public inspection every porting traffic infractions, a cam- aklanli day In the year. Including Sundays and holidays. It is located at the head of Fairmont avenue off San I'ablo, and at the end of Sunset Drive off Arlington. of education has been launched by the Kastbav Safety council among service clubs of the community.

Need of more strict enforcement and observance' of the traflc laws. 0 By Valley Realtors Honesty In all deals, scientific methods, no hlKh-prcssuro sales, and more advertising n-ere the points emphasized nt a recent meeting of the Fifteen I pistrlct of the California Real Kstste association, over which Leslsv.TtfV-lor, regional vice president, presided. The theme of the sesjHon. which ws held In North Hollywood was Pales." Robert C. Davis, president of the localr board, opened the meeting.

Frank C. Nye. reglonnl vice president, was a speaker on handling exclusive liming. Harry 8. Klsaell.

Springfield. a member of the hoard of directors and the Ftory of the council's efforts in that direction will be explained once a month to the various clubs by members of the board who are affiliated with them. Entering the New England market for the -first time, the Oenaler-Lee Jewelry Company will open the thirteenth store of tha nationwide system at 14S Tremont Boston, cn April 7. With the Boston store, and two others In Philadelphia end New Tork, Oensler-Lee will serve, the Atlantic seaboard states. Stores In Chloago and Denver span the continent to California, where the other eight Gensler-Lee units are situated.

The California stores are In Kan Francisco. Los Aneeles. Oakland. Sacramento, Bakeref ield. Hanta Barbara, Ymno and Richmond.

The Gensler-Lee Jewelry Company, with headiisrters In Sin Franrlsro. is headed hy c. J. Gf ns-ler. president, and Ralph C.

Lee, secretary. Negotiations for the lecce of the nw Boston location were conducted by Budj Ro-en-hrrt director of sales and For information, without obligation, write or phone Insurance Department LAKESIDE 6000 OAKLAND TRIBUNE New Manager for Paint Department Richard HiUUird. director of sales of The Farafflne Companies, announces the resignation of K. R. Ue tiraf.

who for many years has been manager of the paint department. De Craf becomes vice-president and general manager of the Southern Asbestos and Ma Kinesis Corporation with headquarters at Los Ancelcs. brK. Bishop has been made manager of the paint department of The Taraffine Companies; following several years work with The Parnffine Companies, durln'i which time he has represented them throughout the country. New Superior Judge Was Former Realtor R.

M. Rankin of Willows, newly named Judge of the superior court of (Jlenn county, was formerly a realtor of Orland. according to the California Real Kstate association. He was president of the Orland Real Kstate board, then an active unit of the state association In 1921 and 19:2. of the National Association of Real Estate HonrrtH, has recently-been sppolnted mm lllor to the t'nlted States chamber of commerce for the National Association of Real Estate ISunrds.

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