Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 19

OAKLAND TRIBUNE APRIL 7, 1906 All OF OAKLAND IN OREAT Extensive Tracts Within and Outside City Boundary Subdivided Into Lots and Finding Purchasers on Cash and Installment Plans Systematic Canvass of Fruitvale in the Interest of Move to Incorporate as Town of the Sixth Class Huntih'g for Site for Factory Which Will Give Employment to Four Hundred Men Plenty Work for All Local Mechanics on Newf Buildings in Course of Construction. I SATURDAY EVENING IDS REALTY "7- i DEMAND if i i for property of all descriptions continues 1 Three-story buildings. Stable. 1. Sheds.

5. Stores and flats. 2. Auto sheds, 2. Alterations, 17.

A on the corner of Old County road aaA Redwood road. This tract has only been on the market since last Saturday and -ready they have Bold 112 lots out of It the tract. There never has been fit the history of Fruitvale such confldano) shown by local people In the taking almost the entire tract. The demand for realty this week has been th. best in ten years.

The new manufao-Turing Industries that have located Fruitvale promise to give employment thousands of people, who will have to' accommodated with homes. The following is a partial list of buyers through th Grubb Real Estate Company: W. Lipps, 123. 124. 119.

120; James Colling 125, 126; Thomas Johnson, 127. 128. 13s. 130; W. Graham, 131.

132; Mrs. A. A. man. 133.

134, 1S5. 136; S. -EL 191 138; J. H. FerreU.

8, M. G. FerrelL 10. 11; W. Vielhauer.

68. 64; B. F. ReraJ I- material. place for "long and storage batteries and the manager's office.

On the third floor will be established the switchboard. Interiorly, the building -wrill be very pretty. The plane have been prepared by Walter Mithrwi, the architect. BUILD HOMES. W.

A. Donaldeon and IU C. Monk Intend to build homee for themselves near the northweet corner of Fourth avenue and East Fourteenth street, where they have recently purchased 275 feet fronting on the latter and 75 feet oa the former thoroughfare. Of this amount they will Mil all but a frontage of US feet, and on this they will build two commo ass aggL-ti a -u mi I WH Imfrffl HI HI HI IHI tlJEHltlf HI KB IB1 TBI Iftl Sffib A 111 tot: sacs itwjlkuhi iters huswie. tub.

mspusAssuES BE ERECTED BY THE KING'S 111, 112; E. Lechlnsky, 110; G. Grabb 121. 122; C. Eiferle.

75, 76, 77, 78; Georg W. Warren, 79, 80, 81. 82. 83. 43, Eiferle 104.

105, 106, 107. REAL ESTATE IN THE COLLEGE TOWN gest months -In the real estate business) in the history of Berkeley Is anticipated during April, the month having started off with a rush. Already some big sales are reported, of a magnitude that until the last twelve months rarely were, noted In the realty market here. One of these big deals was the tranav fer of the property known as th ol4 Glasscock property', in the foothills, near -the Claremont district, formerly owned by James Coffin of San Francisco, which, has passed into the hands of a syndloat of Berkeley men; whose names are not now revealed. I The sale, was mads through Phllo- Mills, and $50,000 ohaaged hands in the deal.

The property con-slsts of 200 acres. The land "Will bo cut up into -acre lots, for suburban home sites, and as such will undoubtedly be in demand. The tract will be benefited by the building of the new $200,000 tourist hotel at Caremont, which 1 Is now under way, and! the Key Route's tenston also will aff eot the district. E. L.

Coryell has started eveSt the Urm people by his report that' during th month of March, a rainy month at that. his i sales of property aggregated nearly $250,000. Slnoe Jan-uary he has handled and sold property vhIuaA at SK97 700. TT hoH Vinfl tA tflTW two big automobiles to handl his -customers is arranging to buy an other. Automobiles are now so fashionable that every live dealer figure on using one In his business.

J. M. Foy Is putting money "Into property around Center and Mllvia streets. -He has bought from H. M.

Waterbury the northeast corner or mh via ana Gmm tfer streets, 60x135 feet, for $9000. Mr. ELEVATION OF THE PROPOSED ra)s For the purpose of raslng a sum of money to be applied to the erection of handsome and serviceable new shelter for their wards, the board of directors the King's Daughters' Home for Incurables Issued Invitations to an Easter reception, which was held at the home, 3900 Broadway, yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance' of people who take an interest in the home and In suffering humanity generally. Many of the guests came provided with means to contribute toward the fund sought for the purpose of rearing the walls of the new structure to the cause of charity and humanity.

The condition of the home and the circumstances connected with it were set forth in a quiet manner by the several lady directors who acted as hostesses- The formal address- was as follows: "It is a well known fact that our accommodations are totally Inadequate for our present needs and purposes, having $1778.67. March-r-Documents, 8293; receipts, net Income, $1983.97 RECORDS, 1905. January Documents, 1942; receipts, expenses, net Income, $438.07. February Documents, 2038; receipts, expenditures, net income, $573.22. March Documents.

2410; receipts. expenditures, net income, $1118.17. RECAPITULATION. The following shows the actual in crease in business during the months mentioned: Documents January. February and March of this year, 9238; last year, 6490; Increase.

8J48. Receipts This year, last year. increase, $3670.90. Net to county This year, last year, $219; increase, $2639.55. At the same time, the cost of doing the work was only $1092.15 over that of the first quarter in 1905.

REVEN VS. PROFITS. The best month in the amount of the receipts of the office under Mr. Grim was June, 1899. The receipts were then $1980.50.

During the past month the net revenue alone to the county was $1985.97. THE WEEK. The record of trartfers for this week is as follows: Friday, 132; Saturday. 87; Monday, 205; Tuesday. 172; Wednesday, 111; Thursday, 80; total 787.

This is an increase over that of last week, when the transfers numbered only 683, a difference in favor of the present week of 104. RENDER OAKLAND EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL Oakland Is tp be beautified and the duty of beautifying it in suggestion, at least, has been aslgned to Charles Mul-ford of Rochester, N. The work of carrying out Mr. Robinson'9 suggestion will devolve upon the administration and the people. Mr.

Robinson has been shown the city by Mayor Mott with a view to enabling him to determine what he thinks should be done to appreciate, to the utmost, the beauty which nature has lavished upon this section. WHAT MUST BE DONE. Mr. Robinson is as yet a stranger here, but he has a faculty of grasping the situation and within a very short time deciding as to what should be done to make Oakland even more attractive than she I. M.

Van Slyke, corresponding secretary; Mrs. A. J. Knight, financial secretary; Miss Jennie Coop, treasurer, Mrs. F.

H. Lawtpn, custodian Lord's fund; Mrs. G. A. Willard, Mrs.

T. A. Williams, Mrs. Everett J. Brown.

Advisory commlttee James A. Johnson, John H. Stevens. Charles E. Cornell, Dr.

John Fearn, Dr. T. A. Williams; matron, Mrs. K.

J. Simmonds; physician. Dr. T. A.

Williams. Miss Julia Morgan has prepared the plane for the new home of the society. It will be a massive structure 'three stories in height. It will accommodate 100 patients. It will be located on the property of the society on Broadway.

Persons who can appreciate the good which this society is dolngnay send their contributions to the fund at any time and the sooner they are received the more they will be appreciated and the more they will serve tol encourage others to do likewise. without the slightest regard to the natural features of their site, and a hund red are plain or ugly when on such a site they might have been rendered splendid. If the task that lies before the people today were only the construction of a beautiful city from the very beginning. if they plot It on paper and its problems were only engineering, It would be easy to assure its magnificence by the choice of site. A dozen considerations, how ever, of which beauty Is the last, de termlne a oltys position.

Today In the United States the problem Is not to choose a site, but to make the most of that now oocupied. Mr. Robinson is the author of several interesting volumes, bearing upon the Improvements of cities and town. His report on Oakland will be read with a great deal of interest. A REALTY SALES BY LOCAL DEALERS George W.

Austin reports sales as follows: Lot 125x100, with old improvements, Third street, between Washington and Clay streets. Tor Mrs. T. Mathias to J. H.

Dieckmann $12,500. Lot on Apgar street, between West and Grove streets, for E. N. Walter to L. Erlckson, for $25 per front foot.

Lot on Claremont avenue, for A. V. Long to Mary E. Lacassie on private terms. Lot street, near Grove, for J.

J. O'Neill to J. M. Chase, on private terms. House and lot on West street, near Fortieth, for J.

'fe. Meyers to Mrs. A. J. Hill; $3250.

House and lot on Walsworth avenue, near Pearl street, for J. P. Slmonsen and J. C. Nielsen to P.

Shally; on private terms. House and lot on northeast corner Eighteenth and West streets, for H. Scharmah to H. Collettt on private term House nd lot on corner of Eighth and Adeline streets, for $6500. Business block on corner of Twenty-second and Grove streets, for Enterprise Hall Association I.

O. O. Fl. to A. F.

Baumgartner, who has resold it to Tyler Henshaw. Vacant lot on Telegraph avenue, near Twenty-6ixth, for Henry East to Dr. O. D. Hamlin.

Store and flats on corner Twentieth and Curtis, streets, for Mrs. M. Lacassie to R. M. Rutherford; $6500.

i "The realty market the past week has 6een exceptionally good and the demand very brisk," said George W. Austin. "The demand, this week, has been noticeably greater than at any time in the past three weeks, which is due, of course, to the fact thatt the weather, for the past few days, ha been pleasant and "people can get out of doors. It Is a fact that, as soon as the weather clears up for a i day of two and the sun cornea out warm, there Is a great influx of out-of-town I people, the large majority being from San Franoisco, seeking homes or investments of some kind. People of all i classes seem to have become enthused over the idea of being property-owners and thoso who In the past have been contented to rent, are now buying homes of their own.

We get calls every day from people who have, by hard work, managed to save a few hundred dollars, and wish to invest it, making a small cash payment, with the balance in monthly Installments. You can say for me right here that the market at the present ttme is better and in a more healthy oondition than at any time before and that the coming spring will see the liveliest real estate market that Oak land has ever known. Our sales this week will compare favorably with any past week, and although we have made no particularly large sales, the week's business will aggregate In all probability about $60,000. BELDEN PERCIVAL. Belden Perclval report sales for past week as follows: House and.

lot, Central Key Route Tract, to Francis Shaaley; $2600. southeast corner of Filbert and Sixteenth streets, to Mrs. 2. Osborn; $1625. House.

and lot. Central Key Route Tract, to Wachtel; $2700. House and lot in Central Key Route Tract to G. P. Byrd; $2950.

Lot on Twenty-seventh street; between Grove street and San Pablo avenue, to L. S. Humbert; $2000. House and lot in Central Key Route Tract, to E. H.

Hurrell; $2700. House and lot in Central Key Route Tract, te-Oscar F. Whitney; $3000. GARDNER-FRICK CO. The Gardner-Frick Company, 468 Tenth 6treet, report that the demand for lots lri their new tract.

Redwood Park, is greater than Ithe supply, and they are now looking for more acreage. The Redwood Park Tract Is at the cor ner of the Old County road and the Redwood road, only two blocks from Fruitvale avenue and three blocks from the East Fourteenth street car line and contains 139 lots. Before the county surveyor had finished a tracing of the map blue print had been taken off to satisfy the crowd of buyers. Seventw- one lots were sold In three days. land has long been sought After by various "realty firms and the Gardner-Fricfc Company are to be congratulated on their success in securing it.

Prices will advance on the remaining lots Monday morning, and it is said by the salesmen that but few lots will remain at that time. In addition to the business done In their own property, the firm report an active inquiry for god investment property and acreage suitable for subdivision and small ranches. BAY CITIES REALTY CO. Bay Cities Realty Company reports sales as follows: Twenty-one acres on San Leandro road, adjoining Kinsell Tract, near Elm-hurst, for A. F.

and M. Connett, to A. F. Briggs. The tract will be subdivided into lots.

Also several lots in the East End Tract Twenty-third avenue. W. E. BARNARD. H.

Barnard reports sales as follows: Four lotsi northwest corner of Franklin and Fifth streets, comprising 100 feet on Franklin and 75 feet on Fifth street. This property has been bought by a syndicate of teal estate men, who believe in the prospective rise in value of property below Seventh street. Several large sales on lower Franklin street and Broadway have recently been made, thus indicating public confidence. This property is now offered for $12,500. J.

H. MACDONALD CO. J. Macdonald Company report sales closed within the past two weeks as follows: For J. M.

Holmes, to J. J. Hanlfln lot 50x100, -and dwelling, Walsworth ave imaa vista Terrace. For Francis Cutting to Fred H. Lord.

northwest corner of East Twenty-eighth street and Valleclto Place, 136x220. This lot Will be improved. For Thomas Prather to Mrs. Minnie Beat, 50x125, on Euclid avenue, High land; Subdivision of Adams Point For Mrs. A.

H. Morrison to Dr. E. von Adelung; 50x100, on San Pablo avenue near Meade avenue. For Trustees of Bowdoin College to R.

S. Kntght 5x160, Oak street, near Lake street. For J. M. Bartlett to C.

B. Gould. 200 xl75, east side of Broadway, 75 feet south of Twenty-ninth street. For Trustees of Samuel Merritt Hospital, to Arthur E. Corder, 45x160, Oak street, mar Fifteenth street.

For Mrs. Thomas Prather to E. H. Furth, lot 50x130. Palm avenue.

Highland subdivision of Adams Point. For Mrs. Thomas Prather to Laura C. Hall, lot 40x150, avenue, Highland subdivision of Adams Point. For Thomas Prather to Margaret M.

Schremerj lot 40x130, Palm avenue Highland Subdivision of Adams Point. For Trustees of Bowdoin College to Frank A. Leach, 75x160, Oak street near Lake street. For Trustees of Bowdoin College to Mrs. A.

H. Morrison. 68x160, Oak street near Lake street. For Gustave Vandenpeereboon toH. E.

Seller lot 50x150, on East Oak street, near Peralta avenue. Lake View. For Guatave Vandenpereboon to Ludlow- Hubbard, 50x150. on East Oak street near Peralta avenue. Lake View.

1 For Mrs. Thomas Prather to M. W. Upton, 40x125, Park View Terrace, Highland Subdivision of Adams Point. For A.

F. Baumgartner to Tyler Hen shaw, southeast corner Grove and Twenty-second Streets, 60x86, Improved. REDWOOD PARK TRACT. W. T.

Grubb of the Grubb Real Estate I Company report that during the past nve. oays ins company told fifty-six lot la tho Redwood Park tract, situated in of PROPOSED STREET SIGNS FOR OAKLAND After years of- study of the subject ad all kinds of discussions regarding a grievous annoyance the Board of Public Works has, at length, recommended a street sign for use In the namlnar of the at re eta of thla citv. Ten or twelve years ago, perhap' street signs were ordered put up In thl5J city in response to a demand which was! made from center to circumference. They were pretty, in blue and white, but. If one of them can be found alive or doing duty at the old stand, it must have had a fortunate experience in deed.

All the rest of them met an Igno minious fate. The field and the letters were made respectively of blue and white glass enamel. They formed at tractive targets for the sticks and stones of boys and persons who were not boys, who took a pleasure In breaking the enamel when they found that it could bo done with as much ease as a pane of glass could be shattered. Besides, the signs were simply nailed to houses and fences, and, when youths desired diversion, they found it in wrenching these signs from their fast enings and did with them as their hoodlum Instincts suggested. At all events, those signs have gone.

As a consequence many an old resident does not know the names of the streets in the neighborhood of his home. When stranger cornea to find an address or a friend, a very large percentage of the people of whom he inquires know little more on the subject than does the stranger himself. NECESSITY. The r.eceSsIty for new street signs Lis, therefore, pressing and the Board is acting in the emergency. Herewith is presented a view of the design recommended to the Council The name of the street is a stencil cut out of a metallic shield behind which is a strip of metal covered with enamel.

The closed places on the stencil are of blue enamel, but of such a nature as not to be frangible. There is name1 stencil on each elde of the white strip so that the name of the street may be eert no matter from what direction the person may approach. The same ar rangement--is made with -the name of the cross street at the Intersection. The name stencils ire fastened to iron frames nd these frames, which cannot be in ured save by a sledge hammer, may be fixed to a trolley pole or house corner, or a metallic sianaarn specially yruviuen for them at all Intersections where neither trolley, telegraph or telephone pole may not be found. These signs may be read before one approaches an intersection because they are designed to extend a couple of feet from whatever they may be attached to.

1 ONE THOUSAND CROSSINGS. The Board recommends that these tgns be erected at 1000 intersections in this city, which would mean 4000 signs. These would, cost $2500. Each cluster for either a pole or house attachment costs $2.50. With a steel standard for upport, the cost would be four dollars.

If a stencil should be injured in any way, it would cost only seventy-five cents to replace it. QUARTERLY SHOWING OF RECORDER'S OFFICE THE TRIBUNE has, from time to time, taken occasion to show that the office of the County Recorder is the pulse of the real estate system In this city. While, from week to week Is shown an ncrease in the number of documents In the main, realty transfers which are recorded, it is only by a comparative satemcnt that the office In question shows the great advance which the real estate business has made dur ng the past three months. Of course the comparison is made with the same month In 1905. DOCUMENTS, ETC.

This comparison shows that, during January, February and March of this year there were filed of record nearly 3800 documents more than were filed during the corresponding months of last year. This means an average increase of nearly 1300 documents each month. This is unprecerented In the history of the recorder's office In this county It might well be doubted but the bffoks of 'Recorder Grim substantiate the showing. The increase is about 33 per cent. The Increase, during the same time in receipts was nearly $4000.

The net income to the county over and above expenses la nearly $3000 more than It had been during January, February and March. 1905. ECONOMY. At the same time the expenses of running the offloe with Increased business was little more than $1000 over what It had been In the first three months In 1906. MONTHLY SHOWING, 190.

The showing made by the office daring each of the three months mentioned la 1908 and U0. In the matter at the number of documents filed, the receipts and expense of the office and the net Inoomo to th county over aad above the expenses. Is as follows. January Documents, 2948; receipt, IHI4; xpense. net Income.

$1004.17. Tebniary Document. 2997; Receipt. MUMS; net lncomsv a of Foy- has Just sold to C. L.

Hugglns, form er town engineer, iana on tna east aias of Fulton street, opposite Klttrsdge. for $15,000. M. P. W.

Albee has negotiated th sale of the ooutheast corner of Dwight way and Shattuck avenue, to Redmond C. Staats, the attorney, for $25,000. Staats is acting as agent for olleat action. J. L.

Barker sold the land. Th new owner" of the property Is to erect handsome three-story business block thereon, tearing down the buildings now standing there. The new building Will cost about The land consists) of a. lot 60x110 feet. Values In that vi cinity are going up with a rush.

Recently! the opposite corner to this oner feold by Mr. Barker went for $20,000, as reat advance on its price six months ago. 5R. A- Berry and V. Wehe's business booming.

Their sales average up Into the thousands daily, and the firm ha clients that are planning to make ibig investments In the neighborhood of th hew postofflce at Bancroft way and Shattuck avenue. I i Down in West Berkeley real estat -is active. Johnson and Son report a lot of sales there. The Heywoods have sold four dwellings on adjoining lots to Frits Bruns. William Binder, an architect from San Jose, Is to open an offloe In West Berkeley.

REAL ESTATE IN THE ENCINAL CITY, ALAMEDA, April 6. The outlook In oct realty never looked better, and th opinion among the far-seeing ones her i that the Isle City is on the eve of pro- iperous times is fully shared by dlsoera- dious, modern and beautiful places of abode, for which plans are now. being prepared. MONSTER CANNERY, The largest canning concern in this section Is now being rapidly rushed to completion on the south aide of the Southern Tactile Railroad track at the Intersection of Twenty-eighth avenue. The structure will be 690 feet long.

In one-half of It the preserving and canning will be and In the other half the product will be The greater part of 'the building will be of brick-The enterprise will represent an outlay of $15,000. It will give employment to 800 hands. The enterprise Is owned by the Code-Portwood Canning of San Francisco, and this firm Is now securing workers -so as to be able to open the place on the; time scheduled. May 8. It Is understood that operatives will come, from all sections to work In this rlace.

FRUIT VALE'S D.EPOT. A new depot Is In course of construc tion for Fruitvale. It Is sltauted at the point en the north side of the Southern Pacific tracks several hundred feet west of Fruitvale avenue, where the track of the west-bound trains strike the main local line. It will ee a much more ornate structure than that now In use, much nesrer Fruitvale avenue. It has a frontage 'nf 50 and a depth of 24 feet, Th office will be In the middle of the structure and will have a bay window bymeans of which the agent may be able to see trains approaching from direction.

On the east side of the ofrtte there will be a waiting-room for ladles and gentlemen. On the west side will be the bagagge-room. AH the rooms wll have large windows. The structure has been put In Its present location so as to accommodate passengers 'for both Alameda and FrUltvale. The old office could not do that because It Is situated near Fruitvale avenue end distant from the curve over which people must ride In going to and coming from.

Alameda via thee First street line from the brokdgauge mole. There will be an sreade on the side of the building which faces the track and over this thpre will be a projecting part of the roof. ORNAMENTAL LAMPS. The project of erecting beautiful cast Iron standards for electric lighting of Broadway and Washington street, the standards and lamps to be of the style which appears to such great advantage around the office of the Contra Costa Water Company, Is progressing In a satisfactory manner. It Is being encouraged by the merchants on those thoroughfares who will pay the expense i of purchasing and Installing the standards.

Eighty-five per cent of the men' In business on the streets In question; have signed an agreement to stand, pro-rata the expense referred to. It Is the Intention to have three of these standards-with ten slxteen-oan die power lamps in each block. This style of lUumlnatlon has been Bug gested by Angeles, which Is now a marvel of brilliancy by night. IMPROVEMENT BY WARDS An analysis of the work to be done In the various wards as a consequence of these permits Is more than ordinarily Interesting. It girts an average value to work In each ward of $13,636, although of course, some" of the wards hare less than that amount actually credited to them.

As a whole, however, the show Ing Is much better for each of the wards than It has been for a long time. This Is especially true of the Third, which for several weeks has shown little If any activity.1 This week, on the contrary, It Is credited with Improvements to cost I4M0. The First Ward-usually In the lead, yields to the Fifth Ward, while the Sev enth Ward makes' a showing equal al most to the best tt has recently made, 72s ward showing Is as follows: First Ward ,....113,220 Seoond Ward 1,274 Third Ward- 4.130 Fourth Ward M7I Fifth Ward 41,164 Sixth Ward S.1S0 Seventh Ward f.3W The kind of structures aad work pro vided for la as fotlowsl One-story- eottagea, 13. On aad a half -story ottages. 4 Tw-tonr octtag, a NEW HOME FOR INCURABLES TO DAUGHTERS.

frequently to refuse those who are wor-' thy and deserving of a home in this institution. "Our proposed new home is to be of brick. I slate and concrete, and consequently will be fireproof. We hope' to accommodate nearly 100 patients. "The street work now under way Is very extensive, and for that with the new building we will need to raise from forty to fifty thousand dollars.

"Maf we not look tt you Tor an Easter offering for this important work? "We iknow that the gold and sliver all belong ito the Lord, yet we are the stewards of it. and we are told that 'Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto; The officers and directors of the home are: lIrs. Matilda Brown, president; Mrs. Ci O. Clay, first vice-president; Mrs.

A. 'H. Hills, second vice-president; Mrs. H. L.

Corson, recording secretary; Mrs. is at ithe' present time to home people as well as to those from Generally speaking, he holds to the idea that the foundation of a beauty plan would be boulevards and a chain of parks connected with a boulevard around the lake. 1 WEST OAKLAND. Mr. Robinson was first given a chance to see.

the bay shore In the vicinity of thelj Sixteenth street depot, with the hopo that he might suggest a plan which would jmake that section a beauty spot which SwOuld impress itself upon the attention of the visitor in passing through the city to and from San Francisco. It is as yet too early for Mr. Robinson to give even an outline of what he would consider ought to be done in the respect mentioned. There is no doubt, however, that he lsNQualified to act In the premises, and the general impression isfthat if his suggestions are carried out, the purpose of the administration to beantlfy the town will be attained SALIENT POINTS. Mr.

Robinson does not pretend to tell all that can be told of the work for beau- I DESIGN OF SIGNS, RECOM-f MENDED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE DESIGNATION OF OAKLAND i STREETS. ty in this city. He tries, however, to pick the salient points, to declare the best that has been done along every line, and how and when and where it was done. encouraging by showing what is attainable by what has been attained. He holds that there la no one panacea for the ugliness, dreariness of monotony of toWn3 and villages, and that there is only one road to victory." There must be parallel conquests by highway and footpath, by field and.

ward, by hill and dale. I TH SITE. Mr. jRoblnson holds that the site is a primary, consideration In the Construction jffa beautiful city or village. The town ffself can neither secure nor prohibit fity beauty.

A dozen cities, he saws, make some pretense of spjendor TURE IS NOW OCCUR! ED, ii 1 -tu---. .2 A ing -speculators and men of capital IB other cities. VOutside of San Francisco I consider Alameda at this time offers the best field Investment to be found any-, where about," said a prominent citizen across the bay to au OAKLAND TRIBUNE representative. "It is a elty which Is going ahead now with great strides, and a boom in real estat certain. There is going to be a steady advance in the Isle City or several years.

After that it may reach tt -limit for a time. If I were asked wher to place money for a good safe Invest ment I would say 'Go to Alameda. The Taylor Lumber Company, it la stated. Just-about closed a deal for the purchase of seven acres next to'th Alaska Packers' Association on the Ala- meda estuary shore, the purchase pric being $35,000. or $5000 per acre.

Les than a year ago this property might have been secured for one-fifth the price. Th lumber ieople, it is understood. Intend i Ml nn V. iu eiei uife jinn vii GnaMiljtnr. arrAl thfl hflV ftfA AliV to the opportunities offered here, and stories are told of some deals whloa made a handsome margin of profit, on withii.

a week's time.1 Ala-meda is sure to profit, and that in th. near future, by the coming in ox rail-; roads, and a new ferry system, with' rapid tiansit, seems now assured for this city. 3 i- Ui jlLV TTli ill I V-- jrmrayowis, i About Rheumatism. There are few diseases that inflict more torture than rheumatism and there 1 probably no disease for which suob -varied and useless lot of remedies have been suggested. To say that It can be cured la, therefore, a bold statement make, but Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which enjoys an extensive sale, has met with great success in the treatment of thla disease.

One application of Pahi Balm will relieve the hundreds of sufferers have testified to permanent cures by its use. Why suffer1 when Pain Balm affords such quick relief and ooejbs but a trifle? For sale by Osgood corner Twelfth and Washington streets and corner Seventh and Broadway. If you desire a good appetite and wish, to enjoy every meal you eat, take Lash's Kidney and Liver Bitters. Special Inducements To permanent roomers at "The Teddy. S.E.

corner Franklin and tta fcot aad cold running water; transient FINE BRICK BUILDING Or H. KING AT THE. SOUTHEAST CJKNttH Of WEBSTER AND TrilR-TEENTH STREETS ON WHICH FOUR MORE STJ5RIES ARE TO BE ERECTED. THE WHOLE STRUC- 1.