Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 4

OCTOBER SATURDAY EVENING, OAKLAND TRIBUNE SEE ABBVORf HEIRP: .1 lllilGii: T7TYT WEES ML fiAffl m'ms SAN PABLO AMEDA COUNTY AT 7 ARCADE HOTEL AT filt ING RUSHED TO COMPLETION IS NOW REALTY CONVENTION V7 1 -N 7 Country Trade, Tributary to Oakland, for Which Los Angeleans sseeteaeeesse a a a niumit iitun'mtniMiliiMit 3 1 Suburban Business Men Meet to Consider Aroexation to Are Reaching. v-: Inacoordance -witSi plaa cwbete puTsaed, meeting ofl refitments neldlin the Melrose scSool to eonsiSer the' jopostHon of annexation to Bar- keley. The meeting wastevttendec by a the constitution wu lost by of ten: to eight- r- i NEXT CONVENTION. The expected contest as to where the next convention ehoulud be held developed Into a contest of good wishes. San Jose was to have had the convention last spring but.

on account of the earthquake, was unable to entertain the proposed delegates. A Los Angeles delegate withdrew the name of that town as the place for the next meeting and named Oakland Tilt rMil conmuon in itw vi mm California State Realty Federation wss the most successful gathering of tho kind whlcli bai yet been held ami hM re-calved quite an amount of attention from the dealwrs In real eeute in thla city and vicinity because many Important eubjecta were introduced and received careful consideration, the delegates from Oakland and Berkeley taking a leading part in the discussions. Many of these subjects will be useful to the next Legislature. large of local residents, and Oakland MerchaatsjBxchange, tnolk3ng Sdwla Stearns, J.VC. Downey sbxd "Wilbur Walker.

Edwin Sieerns. of the Oakland Board of -Commerce, said that within five miles" of the Oakland erty hafl there arei-iflv distinct gmerunaents. for which -taxBitifeai jnugt 4 sine-the, Ban JBsandsco diiastei; the LOCAL MEN SECURE OFFICES. The president of the organisation was region oasneea increasaa cy xnou-eanda, wlti', Uttlev change sino then except that growOi oontirmaey called attention to ttie polltloal prg. tlge a.

large city iand oouaty sjvMdaa for the honor. J. T. Bell of this city said that Oakland would be glad to entertain tha federation but feu that San Jose should have it. An invitation from San Francisco to have the convention held there next year was read by W.

J. Laymance of this. city. The invitation of San Jose, however; was finally accepted with unanimity, Discussing some of the other features of the convention, W. Laymance of the Layraanos Real Estate Company said to THE TRIBUNES representative: FPR HARMONY.

"The Oakland and Berkeley delegation was for harmony from the first to the last. We did not seek office, but we got our share in the disposition of places, which were scattered throughout the State. We were very fortunate In se Francis Ferrler of Berkeley, but he did not run for re-election. Oakland, however, was honored by the selection of W. J.

Laymance of the Laymance Real Estate Company for the position of treasurer. F. J. Woodward of the Realty-Bonds Finance Company was placed at the head of the committee on legislation. J.

8. Nalsmlth, also of this city, was chosen chairman of the committee on colonization. J. T. Bell was elected a director, and IL D.

Irwin of Berkeley was placed on the legislative committer. AMENDING LAWS. "Besides the -several railroads taat now have their bermfcl la Osktamd. he continued. "B3il iias 4onght a slghJ r- -7H-rf vS -Nsti- iV ijt f-C'-1 timtin -f s- -U'A xu Wr i- Xl -ti 1 fry- -fz-7 'A'f'c fJt rrAi of -way in Alameda.

can grata tivelv that there ere in Oakland -ginesrg from cttli another Una sjsssi A ing light-ofl-wsy and sSt. "We are all city, to aa fafersw and aaM. a. Jooasi nun system ot gusjyumeng la roctB One of the acts recommended by the committee on legislation proposes an amendment to the civil code providing curing Herbert Burdette of Los Angeles a Rain for the position of secretary. He did not want the place, but we showered It on him because he is the best man in the State for the place.

He is a man pay taxes for city assessor, and eoOBH ty, assessor, and eUl offloA modi do not get -returns adequate to tor tne registration or plats or land, making it mandatory for officials to accept these maps if property submitted and preventing discrimination, now, it is cost. "We are all wcrktogor a city sM who Is well known ana aamirea nere in this city. When the Los Angeles people saw that we were not after office and county government. I am aattafleli that you can get more said, frequently practiced by trustees and vther governing boards. The repeal of the mortgage tax law was also recommended.

LANDLORD AND TENANT. A bin defining the relation between were disposed to meet them at least half way they said that the Oakland men were fine fellows that went quit a ways in making everyone feel that the by all coming into OaWsjna. It wott2S be an excellent thing tor all. We wCS leave no crtone unturneoV wSl tva every honorable 'mean to accomplUh1 this end." convention was a success. 1500 MEMBERS.

The opposition to iwaexevtten was "There are now about 500 members In, the and I am quite sure that by the time of the next convention we shall have at least 1500 members in all headed try George Taylor, the Mel-, rose real estate dealer, who spoka frtA length In favor ot lnoorponooa 6t Pruitvalsv chiefly beea nee ot the) taxation. He stated that 4axes on the JW00.M0 valuation. oouJd parts of the State." Mr. Laymance then spoke of the grea agricultural wealth of Fresno and other Interior counties and showed how -that great wealth was tributary to Oakland end ought to be brought here because that section was much nearer to Oakland landlord and tenant, setting forth the conditions under which ejectment should be allowed and giving landlords and tenants safeguards in the form of bonds, which ar not in common use at the present time, was referred to the main body. Still another subject was the passing of a State law requiring city superintendents of police to clean up all vacant preperty within the olty limits and charge tha coat of the cleaning to the owner of the ground.

COLLECTING ON ORAL CONTRACTS. Still ajtother subject wss a proposed amendment to the State law. making It possible for real estate men to collect commissions for the sale of realty on oral contract. J. 8.

Nalsmlth of this city opposed the imwiiriniiniiif devoted to a satisfactory municipal government, in an incorporated olty. Charles Lee objected to annexation on the ground that the police protection and other civic 'benefits -woxud not. Inhls opinion, be of aay great advan-' tage to the Frultvale dlstriet. thst it was to Los Angeles. a mom a tttnttn HM "Oakland business men," he said.

HMMMMMMMMMM' "cannot realize the importance of the great resources snd the richness of the Hostelry Will Contain 164 Rooms, of Colonial Style, With Furnishing littav 4rtiintlA rif thu fltat 11 Ml tVlrt7 take a. trln snd be shown those coun ties as the real estate men of Fresno, in narmony, ana Krojeciors nope to Complete It by for four days, by special tram and auto mobiles and carriages, demonstrated; to us delegates the wonderful resources of June 1st of Next Yea r. AGTIVITM1 Fresno county and their section. BUILDING OAKLAND. "With such resouroea in almost every hostelry of its siae.

ARCADE OWNERS 4 countr In the state, it is easy to see The Arcade will be owned by the Arcade-' Keaity Company, which orsran isatlon 'Is formed out of. 'memfe'e'rs the family, of George WMcNear. Sr. measure above referred to governing the yrelatlon between lsndlord and tenant. 'especially with reepect to the requirement lengthening the time to notify ten-ante of a raise of rent and of the change of the terms of a lease.

The present i Uv requires fifteen days' notice for a raise of rent and thirty days tor a notice to vsoate. The proposed change in each iaataace was sU months. WIFE'S CONSENT. Discussion regarding- the wife's consent law was brought -up by George Sully of Berkeley. He said that many sales were polled by the refusal of the wife to sign the deed, lie advocated a return to the old law permitting a man to beat Ma wife "with a club no larger then his thumb." LAYMANCE OPPOSES.

W. J. Laymanea of thla olty opposed and that gentleman is the pesident of how such, great cities as San Francisco was built and. will be rebuilt, and why Oakland, its merchants and Its business men should take advantage of and cater to this enormous volume of country trade, because she is destined to grow not only as -a residential eity, but as a city of untold and remarkable business activity. INQUIRES ABOUT OAKLAND.

"It was truly a pleasure to hear the favorable comment of the people in that ectlon and the inquiries about Oakland as a place of residence. Its remarkable the concern. Th vice-president is George The hotel has In this department pf" THE TRI-! BUNBT today, wUl be found an excellent view of the new Arcade Hotel which is now In course of construction at the gore Intersection of Grove street and San Pablo avenue. The deafen shows that the structure will be one of the most ornate buildings In this city. It will be a structure of ample proportions and willbe modern In every particular.

It will be devoted to mercantile purposes on the first floor, while the three upper floors will be utilized as a hotel. There will be on each of Grove street and San Pablo avenue-, a frontage of 192 south wall running from' San Pablo avenue 'to GrYve "street will have a length of 114 feet. For the present. the1 structure will be put up only to a height of four stories, but the foundation will be built with a view of sustaining a structure seven stories In height. RICH ARCADE From north to south In the Interior ot the hotel, there will be an, arcade 190 feet in length and 25 feet in width.

On either side of this passage way, which will be beautified wfth fresco and marble wainscot, a number of stores will open. Several of these stores have already been rented. P. haa obtained a long on one of them which is located near the point of' the gore and In It. will establish a grill.

Owens Starr, who are already es tablished In the restaurant business i on Twelfth street, will open another restaurant In aa adjoining store room In the Arcade. Several business men are negotiating for Esther stores In the place, but it is not deemed advisable to publish their names here so long as the matte? ts In abeyance. The Arcade Hotel will be what is known as Class A structure of reinforced concrete and will be of what la known as the continental style of architecture. The furnishing throughout will be in keeping with exterior ornamentation. In the5 hotel proper, there- will be '164 rooms 5 and all of these will be.

elaborately furnished and there will be more than rthe uatial number of finely-appointed bathrooms Business 'Places Succeeding Homes of Long Standing -in Oakland. been, leased by Clark Phillips well known hotel man of San Fran clsco, and the lease to him was made by the well established real estate firm of Kreiss Horswlll of this city. The cost of the hotel, including the roof growth and its great future. This means garden, which will be a very novel fea ture of the structure, will be Jiao.OOO Becond, Third, Fourth and Fifth streets, in the nW ChineseVdlstrlcl, are at present scenes of extraoadlnary bund-lng On the southwest oorner of Webster and Fourth streets a three-' story, addition to -the old structure that a great deal of money Is destined to come from that section into Oakland Investments. MARVELLOUS PRODUCTS." in the proposed Innwatlon regarding the rresent requirement that all realty con-traots for aale shall be In writing and that commissions ought to be collected on oral contracts.

The structure will be completed June of next year. being built, which i covers -then entire 50x75 feet. The adjeinlng property. 150 feet on Webster and 100 hirtl being leveled off preparatory MOHEY GOMES Mr. Laymanoe said that the convention should put itself on record as in favor of an investigation of the real estate laws of all the Stat as.

so that the laws here could be along the line of the bst public policy, but it should not be "It can hardly be credited to say that we viewed grapes by the carload, loaded as they would be loaded if they were so much coal, and raisins in the field in casload, stacked like timothy and all of them worth at the rate of 4 Mi cents per pound. No wonder that land which was a few years ago worth only $15 per acre is now worth from to $400 per tu iui erection oi a tnrea-story btuttneas .1 J1-tory oottag on the east side of Wchntw ainut laced in the position of attacking a Third and Fourthstreets, is. being trans- in Intended for the protection of the nubile until something betetr could be uilu. awno. i nearly ajt OX tD4 cottages formerly ooenpying the north side of Second street, between Alios and acre, we also were snown great neias of alfalfa growing on sub-irrigated land.

FROM TOiPl 0I1G WELL nve oeen raasea ana stores buht underneath. The foundation of a three-story business' structure is being laid to cover the quarter block, '160x100 feet, on the southwest corner of Second and Jackson streets. Second stset is H. Ramsey, Capitalist, Invests Many Sales Are Being Reported be ins traded from Alice to Jnckann am will be regularly macadamized, curbed. in the College Town, and Earnings in Palatial Modern Home.

And in lese tnan nve years tne ng ana orange wilt also be one of their most profitable crops. NEARER TO OAKLAND. "And yet, all of this is within 200 miles of Oakland's mercantile firms. We do not know the value of the great agricultural district which is equally, as profitable almost the entire, distance from Oakland to Fresno as I have described. "The Loe Angeles people have begun to see in this territory a vast field for their mercantile establishments, and while Fresno is S00 miles this side of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles men are '''SieJ' 777 Cf I il ft it lUULyjjy iti i' tujJsjjtJS ii a i 6ww uu aiupwii i uro.

Beveratnew -buslness in- Mnnu rtf mm'j Dealers Are Prosperous. tlon on Ailca street between Second anij Third streets, and on Harntjon, batweetfi secured. As has already been remarked." he said, "the real estate men of this State have thrived and grown rich under present conditions and the demand for written contracts requires no more of them than la required In banking and other lines of business. I shall certainly oppose this resolution: FIGHT OVER PROXIES. There was quite a lively fight, over the question of allowing the proxies of the tun Francteoo delegation used by President Ferrler.

The proxies were about to be used In, voting for new of fleers when a delegate from San Jose objected and quoted from the constitution showing that rote would have to be oast by the persons entitled to them. There was some debate as to whether this provision referred to the election et officers. TRY TO SUSPEND RULES. H. Ramsay, the Tonooah capitalist.

oecuno ana nounn streets, a. tnree-story buslrteas block TOxTC' feet is being built on the northeast corner ef FHfth BERKELEY, Oct. sixteen has. recently completed, at cost of over 120,000. a very picturesaue rural and Alice? streets.

This is one of thb delegates which the Berkeley Realty country seat on the classic slopes of strongest (wooden building erected KB the city. Exchange sent to the State Realty demand tor property ty invading the territory, subdividing and ueraeiey nijis ana A. LVdge Coplih is throughout -this section of the city Is the architect. Exchange Fresno, returned with colonising in small tracts and finding It a profitable field for Investment. iuuo scuvi iiuta eirar.

This piece of residence work is lo even a greater appreciation of the im "I hope that some day THE TRIBUNE cated on Piedmont avenue, at Haste as a representative medium of Oakland, street; portance of Berkeley as a center of will be laying down its wares in that Adjoining this on.Haste street, from real estate activity, The Berkeley highly profitable part of the state. J. T. Bell of this city moved that the designs by Tthe same architect. Is rfcVewa suspended for the purpose of al another very fine specimen of resi "ThJre is no more profitable trade for any community than the country or rural trade so much of which is now done by mall and the- rural free delivery dential, work near ing completion along quartet, which a'cCpmpanied the delegation, made a hit with the convention and put everybody in good humor.

low fue 8n Francisco delegation, to vote. Then there wa -another debate as to whether or not the constitution could suspended. The cbalr finally decided that euseenelon could be permitted on a of the postoflice. It is this trade that the lines of Mission and Spanish with cementine exterior, to cost over has made the Marshall Field and the George Sully of Berkeley made the ooo John Wanamaker stores of this country." two-thirds vote. The motion to suspend ii The house illustrated in THE TRI most sensational speech of any dele- pi gate when he advocated a return to the old law permitting a man to beat his BUNE is a bold of treatment that becomes at once quite consistent with (the grass, trees and suburban life OAKLAND COMPARED wife with el club not larger than his Not i a Vacant House Can Entering from a spacious veranda thumb.

He declared that in any case terrace, access -is gained to a large reception From this break off i Secured. in the Encinal "'CSty. dining room, main reception and draw-. the Jwif e's consent" law should be amended and'said that many sales are spoiled because of the refusal of the lng-rocsis, billiard parlors. musio rooms, etc.

7. On the upper floor are assorted sizes' of chambers with private baths and lavatories and all the 7 WITH LOS ANGELES Right Side otBay, Tidewater With wife ta sign the Oct, 0. -The population of "Alameda is nearftto thm XrLAoa tnrv' Real estate has continued active in the local market throughout the week. McLaughlin Sully have-closed a deal conveniences that go to make up a modern home. The practical end of things Is well cared for and the kitchen, butler's Jaundry, etc, are all models in their respective nnes.

Substantial, Growth, Without Artificial Boosting. A variety of woods, and inside rin- with R. Coopef Stockton, whish makes; them the owner of the former and property of the West lsl)ings give-, a charm to the interor. Folishea nara parquet uoors tnrougu-out lend to the sanitary complete Berkeley Banfc situated on University of boosting, It goes a little bit out of 'its The new Jurgens business and rooming structure on south side of Thir ixteenth street, between -Franklin and Webster streets oii ground floor of which will be located headquarters of VVinedale Company. avenue between San Pablo and Tenth The property is considered the way; and a problem has, arisen which ths real estate find hard to There is not a vacantVhouse In town, and what to do with "the people who desire to come here is the problem that is causing trouble.

Thedealers -would like to have the people stay In Ala Tnada, they -find) there are so few houses they find i It Impocslblft lo do so. In a number of Instances houses have been rented when the foundation was started 'but a. few days. There are a ness of things and on a whoie, tne building Is quite characteristic of Mr. Coplin's style In larger residential "We are all alike In this matter ef -j l-' 'artificial There is no de most valuable In West Berkeley.

Or A. C. Sanderson of Sacramento la no nylng the fact that the Los Armeies real estate agent has auquirea exceea gotiatlng for property in West Berke log skill by long practice In -boost The Los Angeles Times or a reecnt 4at contains ths toUawinr fa the real department: I -The Oakland TIUBTJNT5, In an Issue of recent date, makes aa Impressive difplay littles ltm regarding the appearance of some I Los Angeles real rstste dealers In that city. It is not urprlalng to us that some of the active men Interested In real estate tn this city should seek scope for their energies abroad. Things are exceedingly active at home, but, although ley, consisting of an acre and more up ing, whether his system Is artificial or natural.

There Is a good deal of art on which he will erect buildings for an In selling real estate, as there Is in selling anything else, and the sel extensive feed, grain and trucklne lers -In Oakland do not differ radical fy from those of Angeles In the way of morals. They may be in the this Is not a pent-up Utlca, It Is not way of skill. If the Oakland fellow rnouth to contain sll the surplus who wants to earn, or at least to ob at the activity In Los Angeles real estate as different from conditions prevailing here. Nothing has been said by the TRIBUNE to warrant such an assumption. In the TRIBUNE does not doqbt and has not doubted that the present progress and prosperity of Los Angeles are as genuine and well grounded as those whloh Oakland is now witnessing.

BOOM PERIOD. In its allusion to "an artificial system of boosting in Los Angeles county, the TRIBUNE had reference solely to methods which unscrupulous speculators adopted in what- has gone into history as boom period," when, for the sake of alluring unsuspecting investors, hotels which were never tenante'l were built "Boom time" methods haev been totally abandoned, -We are convinced that the southern metropolis appeals to the horns and business seeking world, as Oakland is, doing, strictly "on the merit of a favorable location, attractive en vironments and a superior climate, rtith the difference that Oakland has a tidewater harbor for deep' sea ships and commerce on Its water front, whereas that of Los Angeles is twenty-two miles off. The Times Is, indiscreetly at fault in reviving the moth-eaten fabrication that Oakland is situated on the wrong side of the bay. Recent events have demonstrated convincingly that it is on the right It is true that San Francisco and some other parts of the State- have only made the discovery within the past sir months and tain, a commission, could use a lit substantial growth and genuine prosperity' which has ruled in Los Angeles for the last twenty-five years with scarcely any Interruption. 'Substantial growth? There are coming Into the citv.

in -these- latter years, something like 30.0C0 new settlers a year. These all must hae provision made to house them. looks like pretty substantial growth. clearings through the Lcs Angeles clearing house during the- year were $160,000,000 more than In the previous year, or, 23 per cent increase. That property looks tolerably genuine.

During themonth of June last there were issued permits to build aggregating In cost $2,370,000. There were Issued last week in Los Angeles permits to Smild aggregating in cost Another sign of both growth and genuine 7 CFF ITS EASE. The Is awv bff its bae In tie art he certainly would not be behind in the use of It any more than nergy of the thousand or more bro-krs who are trying to make a living a more dealing in real estate. Uke the famous Matredonlan general. are all the time slghlr.g for new business.

He is now at the head of an enterprise of this kind in Sacramento, but wishes to locate In Berkeley, Human "Blood Marks, A tale ef horror was told by marts of hcroan blood In the home ef J. w. "Williams, a well known merchant of Bae, Ky He Vrites: "Twenty years ago I bad severe hemorrhages of the lungs, and was near death when I bqgan taking Er. Kings New Discovery. It completely cured res and I have remained well ever since." It cures "HemorsaKss.

Chronic -Settled Colds and Bronchitis, and is the only known cure for-Weak his fellow-agent in Angeles. An number of houses going up at the present time, but they are not for rent. Every available Inch of room for a residence" of any kind Is valued highly just now and th dealers believe that prices for ground will always remain at a good figure. The Realty "Dealers' Association bearing good fruit and members e-jrpreR themselves as rrectly pleased with thework it I doing. The city be srj'stcmatlcally advertised In jnd everything' Is b'fra other word about 'substantial growth and If the growth of Los orll's to conquer.

Eevn Oakland un Angnles is not substantial enough present circumstances may seem to some ef them. Bnt and the prosperity not genuine enough It will be hard to find a city where th -l the Oakland paper sners at the growth Is more, substantial and th of Ansa's real estate as r-nt from prevanirig on prosperity more genuine. Our fellow and towns which never figured outskiiM aown.nrr us ail ro arts thv are wcit iiil I tens of thiusanis of those who.e eyes si of the saying that Every, bottle sniarantpf 1 by n- able to cultivate. ar.J th-y have cu! ha ve been- rac itriy opened to the trn'h of real estate maps, out In waste ami desert I that was rr.a'-.v vd Ere hers. 'I valii's are based un a sub il row fa an genuine pro' Rvod Oeal of i but it wouTJ hi to e': nut obin res'il's vt re it t.ot ti.

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