Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 48

Sffliwntmiimi OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 1, 1931 WilMllMWaiiUMKlwlaw; ntiww(ronwnimiuuiiui'JHw'nfrxiQi NEW STRUCTURE HOUSES F1FTY-YEAR-OU) EASTBAY FIRM The Oakland Laundry Company, at 730 Twenty-ninth street, has one of the finest plants in the United States in its new building, which replaces the structure destroyed by fire six months ago. The new plant represent investment of $500,000, Photos show exterior of building and scenes (Upper left) Huge steam generating plant, and (upper right) main floor of laundry, showing modern equipment used in laundry work; (center left) fleet of trucks required to collect and deliver the laundry output; (center oval) dry cleaning department; (lower left) Another main floor scene where snowy white garments are being pressed; (lower right) exterior of the new laundry home. The company was started in Oakland fifty-two years ago. il. ACTIVITY II REAL ESTATE MARKET TOLD PLANT.

HERE Survey of Transactions by Oakland Board Shows Renewed Property Demand 1 Oakland Company Has New Structure That Is Latest Word 'in Modern Styles i- Mors than one hundred resident of the Eastbay find 'round employment In the new. model plant of the Oakland Laundry com 9 pany, Jocated at 730 Twenty-ninth 3 street company has been In operation In this city for tne past I fifty-two years, and tho new struc tur replaces tho establishment which was destroyed fire ap- i proximately six months ago. Tho I new plant represents an investment I of $i00, 000. including the, laundry i plant-proper; the dry cleaning nlont ih InvMlmnnt In the firm' in? 1 lL Ijfm IIIIUUIIL lUllLtl Ct' lsnr'. -iJ it 1 fill 8 ti rTl II c' ii' 111 mmmmmUiif, Stin hi I REflLTY nil HOME HUH Hunt Still on For Oldest Residence in United States the homestead of two old Massachusetts families.

1 "The Thoroughgood house at Lynnhoven, Va on the banks of Lynnhaven bay M'as built In 1638 It 1 asserted, -by Adam Thorough-good Who came to Virginia In 1021 from England. Thoroughgood wns given a grant of land on which he built this He named his A gain in realty market activity reflected by current records of the. Oakland real estate board are shown also by a survey of realty transaction recordings made by thst Alameda Title Insurance company and by records of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company, re. fleeting telephone placements. eordincr to reports to the realty board made during the past In the northern California area, during the first seven months of the year, the number of telephones withdrawn from use exceeded the number of Installations by approximately 5000.

During the last tivo months the number of new Installations has exceeded withdrawn Is by nearly 5500. The shrinkage in telephone placements coverinp the first seven months has been more, than absorbed by new service orders of the last two months. The analysis of realty transaction instruments recorded covering tho same period of time reflects a similar trend of business. The ratio of instruments denoting sales as compared with those denoting borrowings registered a d- change as of the beqlnnlng of August and has steadily increased in favor of sales during the past 60 days, the realty board's report states. "Both telephone Installations records and the data showing re cordations of deedsf mortgages, trust dee is and kindred realty instruments are dependable indices of trend In the real estate market and are always recognized as barometers of business," says a realty board bulletin Issued yesterday.

"The findings to be drawn from the facts here shown substantiate current business reports from realtors affiliated with the realty board. of local records of business conditions with those of other districts of country clearly shows a notably nio healthy condition of business in California than In other parts nf the United Stales and a better condition In the Eastbay and the Suit Francisco bay area generally than Elsewhere on the Pacific const." Reel Estate Sr's Show Biff Increase Real estate Is figuring In many transactions of considerable slz over the state, according to the weeklv survey of the California Real Estate Association, which reports as follows: Oakland Home construction has registered steady Increase here this year, and prices on homes are reported to be Increasing. Lapuna Beach Harold F. Me. C'ormlfk, harvester millionaire, nurohaoed ten lots and a house.

The consideration was not made public. I.on-; Roach A T.os Angeles 1intc man has purchased the Hotel hrre for a consideration reported at $350,000. Los Angeles An aggregate of J2.880.772 wns Involved In 97 transfers of property in this city within a single week, Security Title Insurance and Guarantee Company survey reports. Sacramento The building program this city so far this year has registered a fraln ot 1205, the total for all of last year. The total for the first half of this year was-almost equal to the construction total for all of 1930.

Redlands The Smith ranch of 5000 acres and 100 sections of pasture under fence east of Cajon Pass has. been sold for $100,000. With it the new owners came Into possession of 1000 head of cattle. Riverside A thirty-five acre orange grove here changed handH in a deal reported to Involve $90,000 worth ot properties. San Francisco Leases Involving $200,000 have been completed for store space In the Chestnut street area recently rezoned for business.

Seven leases were closed for Fillmore street properties. One was to the F. W. Woolworth Company for the renewal of Its lease for sixteen additional years at a total rental of $216,000 fpr. the term.

The northeast corner of Nineteenth avenue and Irving street was sold to the Standard Oil Company for CHERRY SIHPmIkxt.s. During the season recently closed, San Joaquin county shipped 457' carloads of cherries which' br ught a return of $530,000 New 3-Piece Plumbing Set Complete to the roagh plumbing Only 46'5 ri. iieei oi irucas, in raaininoi office equipment and, other Item. 'The 'machinery, especially designed for use In the plant, includes equipment for: Ironing collars, a. large of; monol-meul washing machine a.

hand-' kerchief machine, a stocking mar a water softening plant, battery of "extractors" where excess water Is removed from garments. a number of "tumblers" where wearing apparel Is dried by-means ofj warm air, and "flat rolls" through which the flat pieces pass. In 'addition, there are various pressing machines, automatic typing and other equipment. i'- i 'WATER seventy-five thousand gallons of water are used dally in this estab-. liahmcnt.

The company-maintains Jta own wells from which the water is drawn, and treated in the water softening plant. One thousand gallons of soft water to each machine re used dally In the laundry pro- The den very" fleet of the company at present made up of fifteen large trucks, conducting a two-day. a twenty-four hour and even an eight-hour service, as desired by customers. Metal furniture; including metal helving, roller tables, as well as a wash room floor of non-skid usphaltum, are among unusual estures of the plant. The following are the officers ot he company: Mrs.

Jennie Calou, iresldent! CunlllO' Calou, gen-rl manager; Vincent Calou, mpervisor of identification; Ernest Calou, plant Superintendent; Fred '2, Mosley, superintendent of the drycleanlng plant! Jack Llewellyn, sales The company was established In t7 by Pierre Calou its original name being the Oakland French laundry, then located on San Pablo between and Twenty-ninth streets. GOOD VENTILATION The plant headquarters, Which eonf orm to1 the French type of architecture, were designed by the firm of Miller Warneke, Oakland architects. Particular attention was paid in arrangement and designing to the system of ventilation. Commenting upon operations In 'the new plant general manager Calou stated: "The new laundry is in alt respect: The washing machines are all made of tnonol-rxneul, becatmo this material will not rust, and is easy on clothes. Visitors are welcome, and a hostess 5 will show them over the plant.

More than twenty thousand people visited the plant in the first four dais following the opening. We are now taking the pupils of the Durant school through in groups. We have spared no expense In making our dry cleaning department most modern. In this1 department we tise the "Glover Continuous Flow system," in order that expensive evening gowns and futs may be cleaned perfect safety. MODERN PLANT "The plant extends from.

Twenty-ninth streett to Thirtieth 'street. From the Thirtieth street entrance, ous trucks drive Into a. large yard ma: unload into steel rolling bins; whiclv.ln turn are1 carried by eleva- torstathe sorting room above on the mxanta- I 7 From here, the laundry Is sorted 'and deposited In chutes leading to the main laundry floor, from where It is carried to the washing mai Xr-hrnes and later to the finishing departments, For the convenience of patrons, the drivers ot our trucks are identified: by their uniforms. visit to our'plant, with ft'clear, unobstructed view from the commodious visitor' gallery, is an edu-t-atlort in industrial progress." I i tfJPKK DING MllXIOXH. Ht stlmated that- 184.000,000 vill be spent, on state highways In California this year, and that the various counties will spend an dditloneF4.000.v00.

Now in i Our New Store Onr new display rooms offef the finest exposition of light-, log fixtares in Nortliern A complete new stock for residential, store and other requirrmentfe Architect! Builders Home Owner Get our eMimate on complete i' S. A. Ran Co, 323 WEBSTER STREET HOllldoy 3777 CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 31 Resolutions urging the. need of Improvement in home financing methods and commending the National Association of Real Estate Boards In bringing forward for consideration a plan for a central mortgage balk which would rediscount mortgages bn homes, were passed by the following state associations of realtors: Wisconsin Association of Real Estate Brokers, Illinois Association of Real Estate Bonrds, Ohio Association of Real Kstato boards, and the California Real Estate assncla- llon.

T'assaees of these resolutions evl-dences -growlns interest In the association's designed to make real esslate credit more liquid. Similar action had previously been taken by state meetings of realtors In the following states: Massachusetts, New York. Michigan. Virginia, North Carolina, and Indiana, The Pacific Northwest convention which met last summer and which was attended by from Washington, Oregon and Idaho, also took affirmative action. State associations representing approximately three-fourths of the 16,000 members of the National Association of Keal Kstate boards throughout the country' have, thus expressed their Interest In.

this fundamental proposal. A detailed study of this and other proposals to lighten tho burdens of the home buyer and the home owner with respect to cost of financing Is being carried on in the committee on finance of the President's Conference on Home Building and Home Own-ershlp which is expected to make Its report early in December. Citrus Fruits Are Second Largest Crop With shipments running heavy. California's 1930-31 citrus crop promises to go down as the second largest in the hletory of the state, having been exceeded only by the record According1 to carefnl compilation It Is believed that by the end of the season in October, California will have shipped 70,000 car of oranges, and grapejrult and 15.000 cars of lemons, the oranges and grapefruit being slightly less and the. lemons, somewhat more than the tonnaget Come to Oakland's The Xew World Lit Insurance company of Seattle, the removal of Us offices to the twelfth floor of the THIB- UNli! Tower firm occupies almost an en-lire floor.

The com-; a e-ports that th growth and. x- a nanslon of Its buslneiM volume in -the Kilt- tV. hv, rtlnlriot nva ths move, i I Thla-com- i I I Pany i whose T.I I home office i I la Beat- vr, oTKEromn, tie, it has over $51,000,000 life Insurance In force, with assets over ten- mil lion dollars, William T. Rutherford; agency manager Is In charge of, and a rfprcsented 1 the I pany. A 1 a i o.os-ffi?,,iiJ 11 U.

H. Hep fer. assist- mmmfvii-Y ant' or engagod i-in 11 ill news for the past In addition of life Insurance, the company reports that It has loaned to. home. ownsi'i In this community more than a' million' doHnrs.

that this branch ot the business will be continued In the future. During the past six months, the company has greatly' increased its Vies force. Oakland's Growth Inspires Comment "To 'really' know Oakland -you muB.tee it air; then. you gat an Idea of Us tremendous growth and the that has 'been 'William O. Harris Log Angeles.

Intel-ha tional prpldfit of Kl wants, "told Oakland Chamber- of C'onmrc officials Just before taking a plane at thq municipal airport far a flight hack' to. his home last week. Harris, who Is vice-president of the National Thrift Coqortlon of Amertcn, cftme here divt-1 slonal Ktwanla club meeting In Ban Matf-o Tjsday' -rrlght, slnd was escoi-ted there by -a delegation of twenty-five local KlwSinlans, Jn-ciiidlng K. J. Berry, district manager of Harris' corporation-'- i Sterilizer Company, Locates in Oakland Majsliary Sterilizer company has Jut its entire factory from Fresno to 1 43 Fourteenth avenue, Oakland.

Fo the, past few years this firnvhaa 'been manufacturing specially designed' and patented sterllixers for, dairy' equipment. The "ilalshary is well known, to dairymen, it is seated, 3. ilalMba'ry. owner and -main ager, statns Hnat- tnoreassd tnsli pfoxlriilty td'j'ra? better triuisnovtatlon; and rates imnortanf coast markets the reasons for Teasing 'Of factory space in w'v flee t. Vj I makeR-hliV'VW JJ 'f'f ters-atthls and i.kh 'J Ufvi i.n HiNi'ViMtoiiiKJ SCHOOL TAX Urging prompt action in the preparation and circulation of Initiative petitions for a constitu tional amendment- transferring school costs from real estate tax to the state, the "Oakland Keal Estate Board has appeled to California Real'KMate Association for Immediate organization of Its forces and those of Us allies among other statewide 'organizations representative of really Interests, "The' people ot the entire state are bitterly resentful of tho heavy nntl Increasing burden of Ihxph rcnl property now bears and of the out rageously inwiultablo Klmm ot tne general tax borne by real vslate, and ontlnunnco nf the present, stale of affairs Is definitely dnn- peious to society and to tho wel fare government," crny I'harlrs II.

-J. Truman, chairninn ot tne properly owner division, In ftn toffluiul letter to Culll'omla ileal Kstate Association, "The- rod lflg of revolution l.i tievcr' holstedvpVfr one's own home," snld Truman "ami the rent estate tnx. sltuallqii In ijallfornm as 'elstnvhere throughout the coun- Uy today, Is such us to be a very effective deterrent to homo owner It 1ms long horn that and annually aoeeiitiMted ns cost of government has increased and the Inequitable- share carried hy -the homeowner and other owners of realty hns remnlnod unadjusted. i "Although tho actual Value of real property amounts today to not more' than half the total value of all. taxable wealth.

It Is forced to pay approximately four-fifths of te general taxe. Real estate's share of the coHt of government of a decade or two ago was not so burdensome as today nor so in equitable and not so -generally and Intensely "In former times when real es tate represented the vn majority of all forms of taxable wenllli, none renewed Its the major por Hon of the Cost of government. However, nn, other forms of wen 1th developed, to a-point now equal to nun realty, our mctitinis of tax anon miiistantmily poreentofje of realty's Ux: obligation, continued. The result Is, inereaseil Kovernnienl.il costs have to fall upon real estate, while tho newer forms of tnxable property have eseuped in whole or in part. "The vnst majority of real property thus Inequitably taxed, of -and forms and the Injustice, of Our tax system thus runs directly to that class of citizens comprising the vast majority and the ones for v.

Ipme protection' and welfare government exists. A government which reels on Injustice cannot long endure. "Through the snlendld work of California's Real Kstate Associa- tlon and Its allied organizations, the intolerable tax situation of this state has been publicly and gen erally, recognized as a paramount Issue this. time. A first step toward; Its correction has been taken in proposul 'to transfer school costs to the state through the use bf the 'initiative petition.

regard the proposal as timely -and. we hold that anv deluy In, making, It effective Is extremely dangerpu to the purpose toward which it Is aimed and to the sta-blllty of government, We sltlietely 'proposed mjyg( gir iorweru immediately." Long forgotten' legends' (tnd stories of pioneer clustering, around the history, of venerable American dwellings, are -pouring Into the headquarters of the National Association of Reel Estate Boards, which recently announced search for the oldest domicile In this country. The association, reports: "Claims that at least ten houses are older than the Fairbanks home at Uedhnm. Massachusetts, long holder the title of the oldest home, have been submitted to the association, "The letters show the merit of presetting old structures, existence recalls dramatic episode nnd tales ot fortitude that would not be remembered If these ftruc-tures had been destroyed. "The old homo of Capt.

John' Billupp at Totenvllle. Mtaten Island, was built 'In 155K. more than 0 years before the Fairbanks house, It is asserted. Captain BlUopp, who sailed the seven seas in square ringers, made, it Is said, a historic race around-Staten. Island In his boat In' 1824.

completing tho ty'lp la 28 Honrs sailing time, "The old Httrdesty home, located few miles from Bridgeport, Connecticut, is also said to have been built 'In the ljth century. member of the 'family recalls 'seeing this home, with its long, v'wlde walks lined with six-foot brllltept flower "In Portsmouth, N. Is a house at 60S "Prospect in which there is lumber marked in the year 1617. There are three houses in Portsmouth said to have been built In 1628. "The old Htaats home located on Stoats Island In the Hudson river Is said to have been built In 1632 by Major Abraham "In Quanttco, Is a built of timber and plaster, occupied by the same family (or.

301 years since the original King's tiiant. It Is now occupied by two axed brothers and an aged tdster, arid Charles Conway. For three- centuries tle cooking In this home has been done In the open old crune and a solid copper, pot came from Kntrland before 10 and are still In dally use. "Aiiothwr home reputed' to be older than the Fairbanks. home Is located In Southhold, Xohg Island.

It Is claimed that It was built In 16.13 by Barnabax Horlon. "At 111 Locust street. Dowers, In the old home' of Daniel itite who, town records show, actually lived In Plymouth, in and who -moved to Danvers-In 1631, according to a letter--from tlovernor Bradford to MWnihrop; Iewcendants say that he built the house still' occupied by his kinsfolk In 1634,. which was two years before the Fairbanks house date. MOVED FROM SITE, "At Swampscott.

on'Para-dlse road, now. a erected for and occupied by John Humphrey, -first deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and his wife Lady Susan, daughter of the third Karl of This house wait built In 1834 though it has beewQioved from jts original' site in the. city, i "The Governor Cradock house at Medford, is said have been built In 1 i iv "Another 1 684- house a house nt Scltuate Masu.V. ji 'was. pallsade4; blocij and Announcement Is made 'by.

A. H. Breed A Bona, Oakland real estate operators, that the firm has moved Its" offices from the Latham Square building to a new location on the ground floor at 815 Fifteenth street, near Harrison. Horace H. Breed reports: "Our quarters are light and roomy but at the same time, sensibly compact.

"We Intend to develop a general brokerage department, ano will concentrate upon our own properties which Include the 10,000 acre Moraga ranch In Contra Costa county, fur-whl'-h we ex lun've sales Barents and owners' repren-4MVes. "In connection with the development and Improvement of homes on our properties, we have arranged a financing service that will' enable us to attend satisfactorily" to buyer' wants when planning the purchase of a home and "In our' Enctnals de Morasa. tract. which is located" on the, Moraga nlghway near Its Junction with the -Tunnel road, two homes are being built by the lot Kach of these' homes will cost and will be of the California Spanish type of teoture. Here the tamlll who are: to make their homes will enjoy: city conveniences while living In the country.

These conveniences include piped water, electricity, paved roads of generous 'width and transportation arteries which will bring one tS the center of the Enstbav business district In from 16 to 26 minutes." Planning Survey Is Urged by Realtors The planning committee of the California Real Kstate association has made a recommendation, endorsed by the entire stale association, to the department of commerce of the federal government asking' that studies and surveys having to do -with highway planning development. housing, zoning, partes and development and all of 'the other phases of city and community building ordinarily- designated as made on- the Pacific coast. According to Jack Beanmont, state such reports during the past ten years have been made' on the Atlantic seaboard, where conditions and problems differ materially from those In the west. Copies of the resolution adopted were sent to President Hoover John M. Dries, executive secretary, the President's conference on home building and home ownership, the secretary of commercev Senators Johnson and Shortrldge.

and to each member of congress from California. U. 5. Shippirifr Board Order Delayed Order of the United States ship-ping board calling for, discontinuance ot free split delivery has been again postponed, according to-word received 'by the traffic department of the1 Chamber, commerod. The delay is -eccasioned-by Injunction -proceedings pending decision Hy- (he district court for the foothern York, he.v.

"were- brrtught Jy several the respondent teamhiP lines. grant Norfolk County and the baj he called Lynnhaven after his home In Lynn, England. It is re corded that Thoroughgood amassed a great fortune and in 1637 was a member of the Council, wh.leh was the Colonial House of Lords under the regime of tlovernor Harvey. HOAX HOVSK "Many people called attention the structure Rf St. Augustine, Florida, on St.

Francis street, publicized for many years as the oldest home In the United States. The building Is said to date from 1565 when it was erected as a home for Franciscan Monks who hud' come to St. Augustine with Mencndez in that year. Controversy has raged concerning 'this house, and other material labeled "The St. Augustine Oldest House Hoax" has been received i df the association headquarters.

This -material states that historical records show that there Were no j-anclscan or other monks In Augustine In 1666, and that the site, of 'St. Augustine was "not then its present site, and that the material of which the house is built was at that time unknown. "Santa Fe, New Mexico, also has a structure claimed to be the old-eat home In the country, built about 1645. This is a square boxlike struoture, but is not a cliff dwelling. "The association has been asked whether the search would Include the very early cliff dwellings, some ot which have been designated as the first homes on the continent, but it was stated at association headquarters that the hunt, Is for a home built hy early settlers who had the same conception of the advantages of hoinejj.wnlng as still exists today.

"Among the other homes submitted to the association Is the home hi fireenland, New Hampshire, built in l63S by John Win-gat Weeks. This house was built of brick and used by the pilgrims at times as a retreat from the attacks of Indians. This home has always remained In possession of the Weeks family and at present the eighth, ninth, and tenth generations occupy the house. John W. -Weeks, secretary, of war, is a descendant of this family.

on this home was submitted by Jutia J. Weeks Whitcomb, aged 68 years: l- Guilford, Is a sY3Ve house built by Henry Whitfield, a minister, in 1639 or 1640. "Many people called attention to the Fairbanks home that appears to. have had national fame, and other letters described homes still standing that were built one hundred and two hundred years "In the stories contained In some of; the. letters describing pioneer courage that wept hand In hand with building these homes.

Is the a -resident of BluKon, Indiana, who recalls his mother building great fires to keep the wolves away irom their home in Jackson township, county? Indiana." y4: vvV. All claimi wld-. be carefully checked by the association before any selection Is made, Bargain Spot New Garage Doors Special 6 Lights Glazed 7x7 to 8x8 Pair EOS ROOFING PAPER $1.10 per roll 'J- -UONI Friedman Cn: i-mncu 22C0 E. 12th St WRECKERS FRuitvale 1561.