Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 41

PAGES 41 TO 48 OAKLAND, CALIFO' 4L, SUNDAY MORNING; JULY 161911. VOL. LXXV 1 1 -I 7 1 I ft 0 1 ft SURE i if 4 fKV i 'A i' hit yt -n'47-( il I 1 -w-f Hr-t li 11 -t ii It jv. jj? 1 Kt r', JJ a' prominent S. P.

Official 'Buys Millions of Dollars Worth of Public Improvements Are Under Way. vaiuaoie msiae business Lots. Residence Sites Along SurfacQ Lines Meet With Ready Sale. 1 i Buildings Erected Last Year Had Aggregate Value of $6,370,015.67 BERKEIjKT, July 14 The- movementj among speculators to acq re business and residence property in- the vicinity of 'the new local electric lines Pacific and Key Route-companies, 'Is bM ing. manifested.

An Interesting fact In connection 'with two of the most recent sales, which were! announced- today by 11; P-. Albee.a! AKLAND enters upon the fiscal year that opened July 1 under the most satisfactory financial and civic conditions, and with broker, is that the purchaser In both lrr-stances was W. general manager of the Southern Pacific Company, who' is a resident of He has nurchased throurh Albee. front "aeiisilta I RFSTQRIWG HOME BRICK AND STEEL STRUCTURES. No.

of Permits. Cost. 2-story class bank 1 $225,000.00 "t'wa "TJ ll'lv4-r'l- --htiAH 'J-. 1o M.TS), Office building all portents favorable to the pres- cnt fiscal twelvemonth being the most prosperous in the city's history. Municipal and private improvements having a total value of nearly $11,000,000 are in sight at the outset of the period and be-f6re its close a large majority of them will be well advanced.

Then, again, the new municipal charter modern and comprehensive in all its ramifications is now operative and is proving a potent agent in advancing Oakland's interest and the cause of local good government. Building operations are being prosecuted to the value of about 150,000 per week. Public im 2-story store 4 -story store building. 7-story buildings with stores 2 -story dwellings 2-story dwellings with 1. 40,000.00 '-v rw 1 7 rinpvnpriTnnur'n fe 1 EIHE DESFHOYED y-f si- 'ii! a D.

P. Brown, the northwest corner- of Telegraph avenue and Prince street, near which a station of the Ellsworth stretj line of the Southern Pacific wm be located. The lot, which" 1s for business purposes, is 5xlQQ feet' in, r-'' Scott has also bought from the Unlver-. slty Savings Bank. through the sams agent, southeast corner 4bllfornla street and Berkeley 'way, measuring hQ 12S feet.

A station on the Southern Pa clflc's new electric line on California street Is to be located In the sams block. The consideration in both of the sales has been withheld. Residence lots along the lines of the wo railroad companies are also selling ant. notably in the northern part of the city. Building in the business and resldenoe Btores 1 4.800.00 I It 1 i 11.1 3 9,550.00 51! 4 5 1 A 1 900.71) I .3: u.

Thomas W. Cushing Is Building Beautiful Residence in Piedmont. 1 story stores 2- story factories 1 -story foundry 1-story garage 1- story warehouse 2- story warehouse 3 story warehouse Steel tank frame A AAA An i i 4 io.ooo.oo IE 1-1 21 -'-J, il 90o.oo I it. If I il i I VI REINFORCED CONCRETE. 5-story apartments with stores 4-Ktnrv Viotl 3-story lodgliSg house with sections is snowing os, the summer Permits for the construction Of buildings have been Issued, as follows: One-story six-room dwelling, Orant street near.

Rose, for IT. Peaks; cosB 11750. One-story, five-room, dwelling, Orant near Ross street, for F. R. Peaks; 'coat 11800.

I stores 1 -story stores 15.000.00 2o.ooo.oo i 'a' i 34.861.00 tl ''X- 4-story school buildings. A residence is being built on 11.1-hla.nd sueedniont, f6r Thomasity'. Cush-ing. This building is located on the same site, and as nearly as possible on the foundations of his former home, which was destroyed by fire. Milwaln Brothers, the architects, have designed the exterior in Italian renaissance.

The front steps and entrance porch are to be of Carrara marble, made in Italy and sent' to California all ready to go In place. Tne entrance between the two side wings will be, carried out In the Doric order. The outside walls will be finished ln-rdtrgbi cast cement In 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1-story crematory and columbarium 1 story sub-station 2- stiry warehouse Pumping plant Store houses Foundations One and one-half -story. elght-roorH dwelling. Oakvale avenue, for 1 EyelsrJ cost, S3500; ss.ooo.oo "85.OOO.00 22.G0O.0O 10,000.00 2,960.00 S33.00 FRAME CORRUGATED IRON AND STRUCTURES.

Machine and boiler build One-story, five-room cottage, -Oregon near McQee street, for M. lloeng; coat 81700. I One-story, five-room frame dwelling, Josephine near Rise street, for Springer; cost $1850. Two-story, eleven-rfbm flats, Benvenua avenue, near Russell street, for C. Ooodall; cost 13800.

r-, offlc o-roir nrt All wnnftt will enrrrmA vrltVi v-' A iflo-00 with "store lrstory offices 18 t.95.0i red terra- cotta jtUe. The living room, opening off the recep- I i hal, be finished in mahogany. -i t- I ne side Is devoted an open fireplace 1-story club room inga 2 1 -story freight and' pas-, senger depot 1 1 story factories 8 2 story; fire house 1 1-story planlns mill ,2 1 and 2-story warehouses 8 3- story brewery 1 Motordrome 1 provements such "as the parking city lands, the grading and curbing of streets, -the extension xof sewer systems, are being prosecuted to at least a corresponding value each week, while improvements of a quasi-public nature tend to add a value of at $75,000 per week to the grand total, which approximates $375,000. All portions of the city share in this era of good times, the business men view the future with confidence, and prosperity reigns. With all signs favorable for continued and greatly increased commercial and civic progress it will 'not be amiss to take a backward glance at past performances not, however, with a view to making invidious comparisons, but for the purpose of ascertaining just how well off.

the people of this city were during the last fiscal year. Building- operations during that period represented- an expenditure of S6.S70, 015.67, that being "the balance struck by Max Mantel, statistician of the building branch of the Department of Public 'Health and Safety, at the close of business on June SO. last. A total of permits to build were Issued during the last fiscal year, nearly two-thirds of them being- applications for new Following Is a summary ot the class and value 'f the buildings erected: ,833.00 V.5OO.0O Jl.900.00 V. a.

40 o.oo i -i 623.00 it seats built in on each- side. Bade living room is a large billiard a wainscotted to the tops of the TRACTION LINES BOOST PIPElT'f loor-i and finished with a heavy beamed .11. 1 1 i 1 Ultll- bakeries .1 1 oom wppen on a large enclosed sun porch. 3 Jf. ,400.00 1-story nlckelonedona 1 -storv laundrv The reception stairs and dining room.

are. all of oak, which is? 1 inr.f- ing 1 00 Oarage and repair 1 2,500.00 Shed s. -1 400.00 2-story warehouse 2 1.700.00 FRAME STRUCTURES. 1- story dwellings' 1132 1-story dwellings 190 469.372.20 2- story dwellings 246 879.404.20 1 story flats 1 2,950.00 2- story flats 42 203,510.00 1- story dwellings with tores 8 18.182.00 3 story flats 3 80,300.00 2- story dwellings with stores 4 9.150.00 2-story flats with stores 10 53,000.00 2 story apartments 2 13.615.00 3- story apartments 3 83.950.00 4 story apartments 4 201,150.00 4- story apartments with Btores 1 85.000.00 2- story apartments with stores 2 26,423,00 3- story apartments with stores 4 70,800.00 1 story stores 89 49.560.00 2- story stores and offices 1 3.S00.00 1 -story school house 1 1,662.00 5- story school bouse 1 7,000.00 1-story church and hall 1 10.000.00 1 story churches 2 9,247.00 2- story churches 2 16,000.00 1-story tnuslo 1 1.254.00 1- story gymnasium 2 8,280.00 2 story lodge room building 1 4,000.00 2-story lodge room building with stores 1 17,460.00 will be finished to match thef urniturs -story garage 1 ii 1.0V0.VU 1-story saloon 1 "1,000.00 1- story creamery 1. 31,500.00 2- story signal towers 3 -story, signal towersV.

1 1 -i X800.00 The breakfast room, is designed aHong itniple lines and wfU be finished in white Prove Potent Agent in Populating the Outlying Sections of the 2-stoTy'field houses Sidewalk coyer Bleachers 1- enamel. i -story axitator '1 ff ,00.00 Vi'T 400.09 i 250.00 -I 2,944.00 6.744.85 1-story engine 1 1-story boiler room 1 Hot houses 21 Summer houses and, stables 1.....187 "Workshops tank frames and bams 114 Alterations, additions' repairs 1601 i'he second story Is entirely finished in white There a large den lnd sleeping porch On this besides the bedrooms. In the third' story will be located the servants', quarters, also a large hall for dancing or theatricals. The house will be equipped with four complete bathrooms, which will be finished with the walls. Oak and maple flooring will be used throughout th entire-house.

The building when complete will cost approximately 1 i Mi ji.i ii i arks. STnhEys qets divorce. final decree of divoreo has been granted In the" si)erior ta ilaudle B. Stevens from Kred Stevensv- oa tbe- ground of extreme cruelty, uTho court -also, awarded to the -wifo'i tha custody of tha minor. cwid.W: -Xi-k ji for of both the Dimond cars and the Fourth avenue Una by the excursion lata to the popular outing point of Pl-mond Canyon has resulted In the sals throughout the summer season of sites for reasonable-priced homes In the Fourth avenue terrace and the Fourth avenue terrace properties of the Wick ham Havens is 1 j- Formerly it was necessary to go to thi foot of Diraond Canyon- from DlminI station, -but since the extension of the Fourth avenue cars through the Four! It avenue heights tract, that was opened this year, many walk through the termed properties' into the canyon and down along, the road at the bottom to Pimond returning a different Thus they become acquainted with th bungalow lots In 'Fourth avenue where the restrictions- permit of.

homes at small OPOG RAPHYOF DOUBLE KILLING IN COURT. HIGHSIDE, July 15. A double killing- occurred In the court here when Constable A. Heath and Justice J. Be atty were shot to death.

James Kills, former deputy sheriff. Is under arrest charged with the deed. 5 CHANGED Nice Cosy Homes and Verdant Lawns Supplant Shacksi and Brambles. -j i "Ig MMMaaaiaaaBsaaaaaaMMaaaaaaaawaaiaa 'jz L-JL The rapid of Oakland In the last Jew years la emphasfxed by ths region In the neighborhood of ths Fortieth-street station ofi jftie Key Boutel Where mqch cfj this "was open fluids few years ago. and wher there were two rears go many unsightly there has grown' up a section' of thickly built a Attention Is called to this expansion by the sals by George.

Vr A.nstion of four of fiva cottage, built by Joseph Hinch. Tneyare located on street near Grove. Hinch -states that he wUl build twenty; mom In this- locality. as, he finds a demand for five-room i cottages, with ihe advantages quick transportation to both Oakland and S.n Francisco. "Ths assurance of th Biwninr nr Jtf I.

-l; 'ferson street through to San Pablo, ave nue, for which the legal details have been computed, has added Interest to- the summer market. George XST. Austin eaya: mere ou neeit considerable Inquiry inn. .1. j.

i gy 1 as to values and the ownership property In the section affected by' She opening f-4hi street. Hany shrewd Investors have figured out the transformation that will result, from the extension "to San Pdfclo i of Washington ind to-gtether with the, completion of the city hall the 'Capwell Costing Residence of -Thomasi Gushing in the Fashionable Section, vimatey Mifwaih. BrosT-Architects. Cleverly designed Craftsman Cottage of J. A- Connor at CO S3 Laurel Place, 11.