Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 92

iwi.vWwiw.i jp i r. mini nvcw xvX' v. i sits 5 tw IS I I IT Illl II Ml 1 vl OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. APEIL 26, 1931 I. SI A I III in Y-r'W'YiriHiiinminiiiifrrTii PRODUCT SUPPLIED TO MINES OF WESTERN WORLD BY EASTBAY PLANT In the Livermore plint of the Coast Manufacturing and Supply company, safety fuse for mining and industrial purposes is manufactured and prepared for distribution throughout the western hemisphere.

The company's annual product is valued at $1,000,000. The firm has been in existence 64 years, and during that time has had only one accident. Views of the plant show: (Upper) Airplane view of the entire plant, which contains 77 separate buildings; left center, administration building; right center, tapering room where fuses are given celebrau'onNnLowJbn this June of the centennial anniversary of tha invention of theWety fuse, which has been a great factor in reducing accidents in all operations where blasting is performed. The firm employs 120 persons, all of the Livermore district. treatment; lower." main entrance to the plant, which covers 300 acres injet is of the reeling department, where the fuses are rolled onto 3000-foot reels.

vThe maximum capacity of the plant is 2,000,000 feet of fuse per day. The company is preparing to participate in the I aij Tl ACTIVE MARKET Bloadily Increasing anljvlty In the transfer of Kustbuv real exLate dating from the middle of February Ih xhouti Ijy (he otfii'liil reportH of Count U. C. Huron. More than Gt.H0 deeilM to Alanieihi uonntv realtv have been n-eonlert hetwi'en February IS ami April 15 of which MM iff n-irlv 4400 deal with real estate of I titt.

4 ii 'y jt i 3 4. I KJ5IW 4i AT Realtors and realty owners of the Eastbay cities are to meet with members of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce on Friday to hear Dudley Dean Watson, president, and Glen I). Wlllaman, secretary, of California Real Estate association, in addresses of especial Interest and significance to this community. Members of the realty boards at Berkeley and Alameda are to be In attendance. "The best buy in the United Slates," is the topic of Watson's address.

He has recently made a tour of, the slate studying realty conditions and has been in close touch with other state association executives throughout the country. He is convinced, he nays, that the title of his address accurately applies to real estate in California In general and to that of the San Francisco bay area in particular. Secretary Wlllaman 1 personally in charge of the legislative bureau at Sacramento maintained through the session by the real boards and property owner divisions of the state. He has been Intimately In touch with the effort to have enacted certain legislation directed toward tax relief for real estate. His address will be a report of that effort and the progress made toward the "square deal for real estate" In taxation.

BID FOR FAME Hemet. in Riverside county, makes a bid for fame by claiming to be the largest turkey egg center in the world. One Hemet individual alone has contracted to furnish 0rJ eggs to an Eastern hatchery this spring. I GATHERING I 1 Repima from real estate offices over the state Indicate that the market Is Increasingly active, according to the weekly survey of the California Real Kstata association. 1ho William Wilson "company of Pasadena consummated sales amounting more than $300,000 "In a sixty.

tiny beribriT Sale of" five San Jose residences was announced by Johnson Temple, San Jose dealers, Consummation of a lease and building contract Involving approximately $125,000 was an-' nounced by the Janss Investment corporation of H'estwood Village. Los Angeles county. Louis It. Lurle, owner and builder of the new nineteen-story I'a- rifle National building in San Francisco, closed a lease In-' volvlng large space in the huild-I lug to be occupied by the Home Kire Insurance company of New Vork. A.

It. Qalluway. of Wright Kimbrough, Sacramento, announced the salo of the Hotel Argus property In the capital city, by Isldor Morris to the Simpson Estate company for a consideration uf Company Buys Floor Space The Grunow Manufacturing company has purchased approximately -1000 square feet of floor space at 957, 63rd street, Emeryville, where It will engage In doing all types of wood carving, Including hard chesterfield legs and chairs of various kinds. Parlor chair frames and tables will also be manufactured. Both sides of San Francisco bay will be served from the above location, and the management states that all raw materials will be purchased from local sources.

William Grunow and Carl Mangles are partners In this enterprise. New Committees Are Announced Members of the committee on reserve credit and banking relations of the United States Building and Loan league are announced by R. Holtby Myers, league president. C. A.

Sterling. Capitol Savings and Loan association, Topeka, Kansas, is to head the group which Is one of the most Important committees In the operation of the league's pro-gra ACT! STATE hi "ciii ana, in viii iiiiik in it nui- vey of the Oakland Heal jtate Bonrd. A total of 94 deeds to rity i rciiiideil during tlie flrHt I vo weekK of April compared with from the Fame area during the I Inst two weeks of March. 64(1 dur- In? the first two wanha of March. I and 5S4 for the laflt two weeks of i Kc'iiuary.

IIIiiHtrate the upward I trend of the realty market In th i i l.ai'iTiv urban district, the board's aniilvslM shows. as to Kroprnphlc by the realty board In cooperation with Thomas Ilrothers, Mock book publishers, the figures for the first two weeks of April now transrers ns follow: Downtown coiium-rc Inl area Iv-luary to Twcnlv-nliilli hi net-Falloii to Market sli-eot, 22 transfers. ilistrict Ttrouilunv to I 'ark boulevard. Lake Mcrrltt to the I'lcdmont line, 33 transfers. I.nst Oakland F-tnary to TTopklns street.

Park boulevard to avenue, 12H trims-rer. Klmliurst Estuiyy to roouiiii iHiuicvurii, x-minary avenue to the San I-andro line, 73 tfansfnrs. Hillside district Grizzly Peak to Ijike Clia hot, north of Piedmont. Hopkins street, and oot-bill boulevard, 125 transfers. West Oakland and Knieryvlllc Kstuary to Alcalrn avenue.

Bay shore to Market and West street. 4S tnniw.fers. North )aklaniiwrcnty-nliitli street to the Berkeley line. Market and West streets, to the Piedmont line, 27 transfers. Piedmont, 14 Ira nsfcrs.

Sun I.eanilio, 20 transfers. Alain da Wc-l of Chestnut street. 21 transfers. Alameda, eust of Chestnut street. 85 transfers.

Berkeley area Ban-eroft way wiilhtvnixl to the Oakland line, 88 transfers. Berl eroft way to Kunii-o street, and the Albany line, 86 transfers. North Berkeley and Albany. 52 transfers. Hayward.

20 transfers. "Although reports from various real estate office to the realty ARE IN DEI! Those who predict further stand-dardlzatlon of American apartment units are wrong, says Oliver 8. Turner, Chicago, writing to tha National Association of Real Estata Boards. Tha trend will be juHt tha other way, says Turner, who is chairman of the pro'perty management division of the- association. People want to be as human la homes 20 stories above a city street as they can be In hi mes on a country Inne, and the growing army ot tenants will demand more "humanized" multi-family structures, says Turner.

Ho describes the spread of prop- crty management and says that th real estate organizations who are specializing in this work for owners of Income properties are dispelling the old legend of the cold and sympathetic landlord. And tha property managers, in addition ta being sympathetic and efficient, now want to have a hund in tha design fo new apartment structures) for even greater efficiency, according to Turner. He says: "Emotions, foibles, customs and humors must be accommodated in the proportion as they are important to Individual families in th flat buildings of the can no longer hand out tha nam set of rooms to 50 dilforent families and tell them to live lii them. The families certainly, are not th Sri mpr a nil-1 1 ttsw i not--f ind lhs same room arrangement suitable and desirable. "ttealty men whose business It Is to mannge modern apartment structures are now studying thia subject, MoT the brick and mortal-, but from the human angle.

Tbev realize that It Is better to da-sign' buildings that will suit prospective tenants rutljer than architects. They are going to find that this study of human desires will lead them Into new and interesting fields, "Realty property managers will study the human element as It affects the planning of new multi-family buildings. Variations of conduct, habit and desire will show-In tomorrow's architecture. Fop Instance, think of the differences) of habit In nationalities. Nationalities we eanjiay with certainty, flock to certain localities.

"Buildings' In such localities should be planned to give people what they want tn the way of living quarters. Soma nationalities love and appreciate good food. Give them large kitchens and lean closet apace. No economy will be sacrificed here. "There are other groups who care little for food and prefer to eat They like fine clothes.

Let them have huge closets, and cut down on the kitchen space. "Economy in construction and design, of course, will not be abandoned, but some economy may bs sacrificed, especially if it would ad. versely affect the structure's Income in the and "Urban centers have grown a rapidly recently that everyone la agreed that the city renter Is her to stay and that his number will Increase with the years. The apartment building is no longer a temporary abode for such families; it will be a permanent home, and should be made as nearly like a suburban home as possible." Seasonal Influence has less affect on the month-to-month volume of building operations in the Eastbay community than is the case In any other district of the United States, as Shown by an analysis of building operations completed by tha Oakland Real Estate Board. Uiu ft 111- I IT HERE Oakland Municipal Airport was approximately ten times as busy as thti average United Htutes airport during the year 19.10, according to a report of the Aeronaut! sal Chamber of Commerce of Ajrierica following a survey of 750 active Following are the comparative figures: Transport planes handled average airport 626, Oakland nir-port 4 638; transport passengers handled average 2051; Oakland 12.R48; transient planes handled vera He 275.

Oakland 3046; tran sient passengers handled average I 430. Oakland'4412: short hot) Pa- sengcrs 2893, Oak- land i.rfl(ij:ia.. gallons vi gaooiiiie sold averago Oakland gallons of lubricating oil sold average -1182. Oakland 6,703. 5tae Going Ahead Says Realty Qhief Declaring that this state Is constantly going ahead.

D. D. Watson, president of the California Real association. In a statement today said, "In every city I visit I find great projects under way, new homes, magnificent new buildings, churches, Surely we are not standing still. The people of California are builders.

"Our agriculture la Improving. A huge statewide water program Is under way. The Kennett dam Is under construction for the storage of water from the Sacramento river which la now running to waste In the ocean, spreading that water to the vast agricultural areas of the Sacramento and San Joaquin val leys. Work on the great Hoover dam has already begun, bringing water to our sister states In the southwest, and to southern California. 'Greatest growth and progress can be made by working together In the development of this Pacific coast.

Let's get the entire region, all of Its citizens, behind one hie massive plan, building up this western empire together." Building and Loan League Expanding The Increasing popularity of co operation In the home financing field is by the addition of 221 savings, building and loan associations to membership in the United States Building and lian league In the past nine months. It was reported by H. F. Cellarius. Cincinnati.

Ohio, secretary-treasurer of the leagjjo, at the regular spring meeting of the officers and directors in Chicago. The league had a total member ship of 1257 associations on April 1 of this year when the last official count was made. Cellarius reported. Illinois leads the states with J4j associations affiliated with the United States league and Ohio Is a close second with 136. Illinois is also credited with the greatest number of additional league mem bers in the period covered by the reiHjrt.

having added twenty-eight associations, and California Is next with twenty-one new -members in the. United States league duriBg that time. 1 vt. iJf Av teawOTwrfiiirifc mtjtt at at to is e. -i 14 ley, own their homes.

The entire working force is insured under group insurance, and recently the wage Incentive plan was Intro duced. whereby employees' earn ings are based on skill and dili gence. A modern first aid service and a dispensary equipped with modern apparatus for rendering first aid. Is maintained at the plant. During the sixty-four years of the company's existence, only one accident has occurred.

This, it Is pointed out. stands as. a record. HISTORICAL SURVEY The following Is a brief historical survey of the company's activities: "After "tfie production of gold from the placer mining commenced to diminish, attention was directed to quartz and In 1867 the demand for safety fuse was considered sufficient to warrant a fuse factory being hullt In California. In October, 1 867.

the first fuse factor, was established. It was built near Damon's Landing, Alameda county, on account of. the water transportation. The raw material was received, and the finished product was shipped from Damon's Landing, via San Leandro hay to San Francisco, and from there transported to the mines. "For forty-alx years th factory was on Damon avenue, afterward Sixty-sixth avenue, Oakland.

In 1912. property was purchased near Livermore for a factory site, and, on January 1914, the Coast Manufacturing A Supply company commenced operations In Its new plant at Trevarno near Livermore. This Mant Is probably the most advanced factory, devoted to the exclusive manufacture of safety fuse, in existence. Constant devel- tn (Continued on Page 9-M, Col. 4.) 2 3 -fi WATER MAINS A large crew of workmen-are now engaged In laying four-Inch water mains along the Moraga highway, according to reports to the Oakland Real Estate Board Water mains are being laid by the Pacific Pipe company of Oakland tt connect wells and tanks near a new subdivision.

TjIs follows assumption of re sponsibllity the highway by the State Highway Commission pre paratory to construction of the projected new tunnel. Director to Be Honored Marie MacDonald. of New Tork, director of physical-education for the American Turner Bund, will be the guest of honor today of the United German-American societies of the East bay. A reception will be given In her honor in Aahmes temple, Thirteenth and Harrison streets, and 2:30 p. m.

she will address boys and girls of Oakland high schools, Boy Scouts and Camp Fire glrU. She will be the guest at a banquet p. and at p. m. will be the principal speaker at a special prograin arranged for her.

Invltatjoni have been extended 10.000 'members of the organi7.a- tion. of which Morris N. Schneider nonorary president ana ouo Degen is president. to a Eastbay Company Large Maker of Safety Fuses board indicate a gradually increasing activity, the official report of the county recorder's office Is most dependable evidence." says the hoard's bulletin on the subject. "Deeds recorded are Incontrovert-able evidence of property transfers of which all ut a very small per- )centage are actual sales or exchanges." "Analysis of the transactions as reported to the realty board Indicates a daily increasing- demfHid for homes.

With the gradual return of general public confidence and betterment of employment -diiions. people are demanding better housing condition'. People of the East I my community have always prvfprred individual housing to I housing hut have accepted the latter through stress if financial, circumsianceea during the last two1 years. Rental agencies throughout the and realtor offices residences reporting to the board Indicate a belief that occupancy conditions for individual homes are nnlal.li- hifhnf nprCPflf- Closely Identified with the world's mining Industry In general and with that of the Mother Lode In particular, the Coast Manufac turlng and Supply company of Llv ermore ranks an one of the larg est and most advanced Industries, not only of the Kasthay Industrial district, but of all America. An enormous field of distribution, comprising the states of Oregon, Idaho, Montana Utah, and Arizona, as well as Alas.

ka, the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippines, Mexico, and the West Coast of Central and South Amer lea, looks directly to the Coast Manufacturing and Supply com pany for its supply of safety fuse for mining and Industrial purposes. The company employs, during normal times, 120 residents of the Kastbay area. Of this number two- thirds are men. all skilled opera tors who have been with the firm from one to thirty-five years. Due the fact that the company product in manufactured Under open patents, the compsvjunanu- fartures and designs its own ma chinery.

For that reason a large engineering staff is maintained and modern machine shop operated. LARGE OUTPUT The annual output of the com pany's products exceeds one million dollars. The plant of the company near Livermore comprises three hundred acres, of which six acres are exclusively devoted to manufacturing. The factory is a model establishment from every point of view, and comprises sev enty-seven separate buildings, fif ty-five of which are factory uni.s. Thomas Norria.

president of the Coast Manufacturing and Sup ply company, states that ninety per cent of tha employees, all of cent or tne employees, au oi hom reside in tha Uvermora val- IIW ll" age than at the time the board's housing survey was made at th" beginning of the year. At that time (his class of property reflected a )6 per cent occupancy 90 per cent is a normal status." Golf Tournament Dinner Planned Golf tournaments, special entertainment and dinner wilt compose the- program planned by Junior Chamber of Commerce for Wednesday. April 29. at the Oak Knoll Golf nnd Country ciuo. Golf will start iat 12:39 n.

nd dinner will -be served at 7 p. Prizes will be awarded tournament winner. Reservation may be made at th Chamber of Commerce. Bonnie Brae Apts. 824 Erie Street Now Open for Inspection Formal Opening May 3rd.