Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 41

1 1 11 Tl ra i. sdEstat 14 CLASSIFIED PAGES eNews 1 1 1ML ESTATE NO. 40 PAGES 41 OAKLAND, 'CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 31. 1912. VOL.

LXXVII TG 6 48 ipijbssbwsjsbbbbbbjbbbsbbbsbsbbjbjs A 1 t- i 4 1 Districts, from the roof of and Hillside Residence rigm ana iasi-ueveioping THOUSANDS K- Wtl V- i Photographic view of LaKeside, East OaRland OaKland BanK of Savings Building, LaKe Merritt reMucntc uiMntim uieiugumnu iegiun in uangmuuu. FIND CHARMING HOMES MW BOULEVARDS WILL THREAD HILL DISTRICTS NOKlH mOAD WA SHOWS-IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT Building on Wide Artery Is Relive and Leases in All Sections in Demand tee Charming Driveways Planned; t5 Miles Length of System IN THE EAST BAY HIGHLAND SECTION One of the most rapid and extraordinary movements in the development of a city's residential sections has been in progress during the last few years in the settling of the suburban hillsides of Oakland by residents appreciating pure air, natural surroundings and marine views of unsurpassed grandeur. No city in the world has a more charming upland home region within easy access by street car and ferry system than has the metropolis of Alameda county. Wtjvjhe continued extension of transportation, facilities -tp. the thousand of i artistic homes in these suburbs have been constructed within a During the past winter, while the east has been experiencing blizzards and far-below-zero1 'weather, the districts of Oakland have been building up.

This spring and summer the construction of homes is to continue with unusual vigor, the home sections growing further into the hills and making further extensions of car lines necessary. Oakland is claiming increasing numbers of San Francisco business men as residents. Every month sees a large addition this city's population at the expense of the other side of the bay. The appeal of a restful and natural home environment is more potent to the "tired business man" than life in a house, hotel or apartments in the midst of a noisy iu It 'j 4 1 in center, Oakland undesirable improvements, ana the buyer of today, bs he wealthy or a man ef only moderate means, Is wltally Interested In the question of what claasuef Improvements may be allowed to go. up his home.

TRANSPORTATION AID. 5 An Important contribution to Oakland's rapid growth Is the Institution of service on the new crosstown Southern Paclflo electrlb which will mean greater transportation facilities and a consequent Increase In suburban population, Oakland merchants who are located In frame buildings have been unable to secure a renewal of their as the property-owners are 'all contemplating tearing down, the did landmarks to make room for larger and mors up-to-date brick snd concrete bulldins. The firm of McHenry Kaiser Is negotiating with three clients between the Hotel Oakland and Broadway, who own or control over 700 feet frontage of. bus- lness the Improvement of new modern tore buildings. 1 SELLERS NOT NUMEROUS.

"We received three letters this morning from San Francisco merchants who are desirous of secuitng leases on Broadway, north of Fourteenth street, one of which will spend $30,000 In fixtures and Interior finish," said R. IL McHenry. "Our hardest work right now la gutting something to sell, "Our firm bus tried' for tour months tn secure large acreage holdings between Melrose and Hayward, but property- owners realise that they can, double the'. price with the extension of the Sduthen 1 "art lc- nnd- ey-Route letrle- llnesr The month of March has beer our busiest since we have been In buslfness, and we have been covered to use the services iti uuir exir ineii. "Business property is having first call." are Important factors In lnjurtug Its speedy feale.

The character of the ImprovemintSi the wide lots, tho extremely low priens and exceedingly easy terms all ar matters worthy of the consideration ot persons dashing property for a home or Investment. P. W. Morehouse, secrttary of The Realty Syndicate, predicts responsive buying of this property within the' next few days. In eommeuting upon 'his sub-divUlon Mr.

Morehouse said: "The Fremont tract, white not over lurge, bus many exceptional features to commend it. Its location near Mills Obl-lege, on the new proposed extension of the foot-hills boulevard, and with the projected KeyRout extension running directly through It, Is one good reason why wa look for speedy sales. "Another feature that meets the favor of the wise Investigator, Is the charac- ter of the Improvements. We have anticipated the recent action of the City Engineer's1 office in raising tha standard of street and other Improvement and have put In streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and sewers of the most Substantial kind. "Every lot In this tract Is at least SS feet wide, and yet th frizes, havsjbeen, ptaced'at a very low figure.

'I'M Fremont tract enjoys ample rapid transpor-' tiition It ts reached by thnV car lines, providing quick communication with tlie business of IN BUSINESS noiei ai thla locality. The Joining of the two main arteries will form an oval drive way of unrivaled attraotlveness. Tho work on this and other portions of boulevard systems tinder contemplation is to be done Jointly by the municipality and private land owners. Another boulevard, which is to be six mileV in length, planned for con sirucuun uiruutsu umuauu. The driveway will start from Lake Shore boulevard, on the eastern side of Lake Merrltt, and will extend up Fourth avenue, past the F.

M. Smith estate and the Home Club, to East Thirty-fourth street, tHe next link in the chain. Thirteenth avenue, Hopkins street and Court-land aiveuue will then be utilized, the latter street bringing the boulevard to the Mills College property, through which, according to present plans, It is to extend and Intercept the western extension of the Foothill boulevard. TO JOIN FOOTHILL BOULEVARD. Another East Oakland boulevard planned is also to diverge from Lake Shore avenue In an easterly and is to be formed in part by tflandana boulevard.

It will extend through the Rather tract north of Home Club and along East Thirty-eighth street to Hopkins, Where it will join the lengthy boulevard already dcporibed, which extends to Hayward along the lower foothills. Pleasure drives a-plenty Oakland already has, but there Is much development of this kind to -follow In the hill where the grades are not too lug nnd where the marine views are un- surpassed. 1 Some of the Tavorlto thoroughfares in Oakland and vicinity now being enjoyed by travelers and recitation seekers are Telegraph avenue, Joining Oakland and Berkeley; the Tunnel road, Broadway, Orand avenue. East Fourteenth street and Foothill boulevard. ing onto the ground and by Monday the dirt will begin to fly.

The first street grading will probably be on the new Panhandle Boulevard the short cut Richmond. The Oakland Traction Company" have already started to double track' the San Pablo avenue car line from the county line north along Richmond -Annex and the greatest activity ever known In this dlstrlct'ls now under way. HOMES ON EASY TERMS ARE IM GREAT DEMAND An Increased demand for homes on tho easy terms and Installment plan Is reported by Oeorge W. Austin. The Increase of credit extended to purchasers 'has stimulated this demand to a great extent, and several sales on terms of from J100 to 250 cash and balance In monthly Installments of have been consummated by this firm.

The attention of buyers of industrial property has been directed recently to Emeryville, owing principally to the Pacific Coast. Biscuit Company's factory, which is at present under construction. About the most important transaction made through the office of Oeorge Austin this week the sale of a house and lot about 50x103 feet In size on the north side of Fifteenth street, between Castro and Brush streets, sold by Mrs. H. T.

navton to Leo L. JI: EM GOOD DISTRICT Sixteenth Street Shows Much Activity; Property Sells Three Times. "The demand on. Sixteenth street, owing to the Improvements now going on and those contemplated for the near future, tiCT-ca-nsedthtir -stre etHo be 'one of--1 moat active of any In the city, I). F.

Minney. "One property Intiiis vicinity was sold through my office three times In little over a week, each time at a substantial advance. Fourteenth and Seventeenth stroets are also very active. Among the very lat sales In this vicinity are the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Brush streets for the account of Mrs. Bnnnlck, tnrms private; same property for the account' of Mrs.

Lyon to Woodmen' of the World yall Association, price northeast corner of Seventeenth and Brush streets, account of I. Wollln to W. J. Eardley, price southeast corner Fourteenth and Brush streets, account i. P.

Rich to H. Minney, terms private; same property to J. Poujade, price house and lot on Nineteenth and Grove streets, account H. Ald-rli price $5500; property on East Fourteenth street, near Krultvule avenue, account of A. K.

Pelton, price $S500. I have al(o sold two other pieces on Sixteenth street, details of which will be given out In tha next two or three days. The past weok has been the. most prollfln of sales that my office has seen for four years." MANY LOTS ARE SOLD IN OWENS ADDITION RICHMOND, March 30. There has been much activity In the J.

C. Owens addition to Richmond during the past ween, and many lots have been sold. The future of this property Is so bright tlmt buyers are counting, en making large profits' on their money. From the tract a fine view Is obtained of the crty's harbor, where the deep water vessels find large docking facilities. The J.

C. Owens addition Is situated among Meal surroundings, and at the office of the company, 67 Market street, San Francisco, Manager Vander Zwlep reports tlutt sales this are exceedingly brisk. Ml Three new boulevards within the city liave been planned, and work be gun upon one of them. A city of boulevards, even though the I city be a lev! one, Is a Joy forever to 1 the automoblltft and the lover of the beautiful, but a city of boulevards In whlnh scenic thoroughfares wind through charmlwr hills, with fresh surprises and delights to the eye at every turn 01 me road, If the way be newly traveled, Ib far more satisfying to the pleasuro-seeker a-wheel or afoot. Oakland Is a city of both hills and boulevards, and the' two attractions are fast being brought together.

When the new highways and extensions of old opes have been completed the city will have within Its boundaries boulevards totaling more than fifteen miles In length. Of Immediate practical value will be the cross-town street, upon which work lit and which Is to connect Prand- Avenue -boulevard and Broadway at the northern end of the city. The link I which has been missing In the comple-! tion of a loop, partly through tho hills and partly on the level, Is a boulevard to be formed by the widening and extension of Mather street, running east and west, and making 'the connection, between the lengthy avemis which extend almost the entire length of the city. The southern main cross-town street con-Jieetlng them Will be Qrand avenue, THROUGH VALE AND OVER HILL. Grand Avenue boulevard extends from the northeast arm of Lake Merrltt nortn- through Pleasant Vlle-y almost to -Mountain View 'cemetery tha hpnd of the valley the extension westward Is to be constructed through private property owned by a land concern.

It will cross Piedmont avenue, where It will Join Mather street, and wind over the hill to Broadway. There has always been lacking a principal thoroughfare across the city In IE' Oakland Firm to Handle Half Million Construction a Job. ICIIMOND, March 30. B. J.

Hender- presldent of the Richmond-Annex has Just let a contract for "Im provements In his new subdivision, that runs close to the half million mark. Bates, Borland Ayers, the Oakland contractors, were the fortunate ones, to land what will be the largest contract of Its nature ver let In Contra Costa county. This contract calls for sewers, catcn-i manholes, oiled maca'dam paved streets, curbs, concrete gutters and ce- ment sidewalks, for the tiety subdivision iknown as which ex- 1- .1. Tlnl.t ivnua Buuui UIUI15 nan i-tiuiu ctvcuuo iu county line. Work Is to commence st once.

Friday an army of men with teams started mov CO IS 1 The actively on North Broadway In the construction of business JuiiUUngs ts indicative of Increasing Interest' onMhe part Of -'Investors, which 1s to have a foundation Justifying their fulth, in that part ot the The new Ctoss-town street car line of the Southern Pa-caflc has undoubtedly had much effect In reviving buildlnfc growth along the end 'of Oakland's main haziness artery, which has not heretofore received the benefit of commercial expansion. The. erection of Kahn arcade bulldlhg, with a lengthy frontage on Broadway; the rapid leasing of the Bauer apartment structure at Broadway and Nineteenth Btreets; tli beginning of work on a store bulidlng on Broadway adjoining the city hall annex, and'the erection of numerous new structures as far north as Twenty-Blxth street, have trebled traffic on the thoroughfare north of Fourteenth street far exceeding the expectations of the most optimistic regarding that section of the main business district. LEASES SOUGHT. The demand for downtown leases Is greater than It has been In the history of except at the time of the Sun Francisco disaster, when, of course, things were abnormal.

On Broadway there is nothing (or lease, while the cross streets from Eleventh to Fourteenth are taking rare of tenants who have secured their leases fur soma years to come. Washington and Clay streets are also In great favor, while Broadway, north of Fourteenth, almost to Twentieth, Is opining lip so rspUKy as to surprise the Trrrrre lunlnenw community. In every direction Oakland Is expanding rapidly. It Is, of course, nutuml that homesltes In restricted tracts are more In favor than scattered properties, where the homebuyer has no protection against NEW HOUSES IN FREMONT TRACT New Subdivision of the Realty Syndicate Attracting Much Attention. Ths building department of the Realty Syndicate have prepared plans for, and are erecting a number of attractive bungalows on various properties owned by ths Symllrate.

Among the new type bungalows, worthy of special mention, the half dozen being erected on the Fremont tract nre decidedly Every modern Idea that can be Incorporated In a moderately priced home has ben Included In these charming little houses. The Fremont tract Is the latest subdivision placed on the market by The Syndicate, and fmm all Indications, the sale of this property Is but a matter of few short days. The splemfl'd location nf the Fremont tract, combined with Its superb transportation facilities, the beauty of Its natural surroundings, and Its accessibility SHOWS USE Report of County Recorder Bacon Indicates Large Realty Trade. 1 A large Increase in the documents filed in the county recorder's office Is no-Uceable In comparing, the figures of the past, week andlTiosirTor ing week In Lll. The nunHwi' t'f dmu-merits for the! six days -Ending Wednesday last was 994 and the revenue therefrom $1538.50.

For the same week in 1911, documents 887, revenue $1351. The report of County Recorder G. W. Bacon for (he last week Is as follows: Amount. Deeds recorded ...379 Mortgages recorded ...:124 $3,347,442.43 Release of mortgages recorded 99 Deeds of trust recorded.

115' recorded. 80 100,429.61 R. N. Burgess Co. Does Heavy Business in Country Property.

'In the Mt. Diablo Country" tells the story which radiates from the new Oakland office of the R. N. Burgess company, 1538 Broadway. Even though thousands of new arrivals In California, as well as numbers of connected 8an Franciscans, are purchasing beautiful homes In jWkeley, piedmont and Alameda, many Realize that.

the near future will inevitably witness an- extensive-movement In the direction of ''country homes." "The MtDlablopountiy," In the neighborhood opWainut Creek, has been the center of activity for more than a year for the R. N. Burgess company. On the walls of the new office ar a REMTDEi! 1511EH SHOW STIRS INTEREST The proposal to hold a Land Show In Oakland In the new municipal ditorlum during the fall of next yeaj whlrh utis announced exclusively In last SUNDAY'S TRIBUNE, has awakened much interest amdng all classes o( boosters In the city, and particularly among real estate men R. S.

Mcllehry, a member of the Oakland -Real Estate Association, an organisation which has endorsed the project and will give it substantial support, attended the Los Angeles land show recently to gain pointers to aid in making the Oakland exhibition a success. Concerning huch displays Melle.nry says "Expositions of the products of the soil have been held In New York," Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago and I.os Angeles. Within three years they have je-eome. popular. The hunger of tiie people Is to get 'back to the "It has been proved that under modern conditions a small family can live well and Independently oh a few acres of Western soil.

"The questions of where, how and at what cost require answers In a public and comprehensive manner. 'A iJind Show Is a sjrhool. Every section of consequence la reprjSited by an Hrray-of-fts products. of cllmnte, conditions and opportunities, is supplied. "The Land Show alms torecelve, edu-cute and serve the new-comer by showing him exactly what this country has to offer and how it may be realized and made the most of.

Los Angeles this year had 100,000 pata admissions the first five days of Its land show, which lasted seventeen days." number of new photographs recently made by the famed photographer, Burr Mcintosh, who has recently come to San Francisco to establish his headquarters. AC.