Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 31

SUNDAY MORNING -OAKLAND TRIBUNE- APRIL 1913. "ST VALLL ftJBLE RT LL OLD CO 'nam VA.et'Jr'-AVV.Wi,. IT" i 1 it, 4 MANY CHARMING VISTAS OF OAKLAND'S HILLSIDE RESIDENCE SECTIONS ARE OBTAINABLE. THE ACCOMPANYING VIEW IS ACROSS LAKE MERRITT LOOKING TOWARD VERNON HEIGHTS AND EAST PIEDMONT. BLAKE-MOFFITT HOLDINGS WARMBELTlCLEARINQS USE HOMElCOST OF BUILDING FOR TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER PROPERTY SHOW A PRODUCED MARCH ALMOST MILLION Southern Pacific Company Buys Seventh RISES GAIN GOODS Unusual Showing for Eatly Part of Year; and Webster Corner Following are the bank clearings as re The exhibition of Alameda county made Occasionally a Jury verdict Is of ma.

Week's Total, $162,858 ported to the California, Development terlal Interest to a lance number of people outside of those directly concerned. This Board- by the several clearing house cities bard and a half block facing Lombard for the week ending April 3, 1913, showing the amount of Increase or decrease The cost of, building for March approached one million dollars and is an between Laguna and Octavia. -Among the larger property transfers is true In the case of the verdict returned In the superior court last treek, awarding Mrs. Sarah Jane Kelsey $52,000 Instead of $35,000 offered by the city for a site for from the amount of clearings for the cor products, which Is being planned by the manufacturers' committee of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce, will give a splendid opportunity for bringing the people of the east bay shore cities to a fuller knowledge of the capacity of the manufactories of Alameda county for providing dally family wants. There "are approximately 14,000 establishments In Alameda county engaged In Indication of the activity of the new year Valuable Oakland and San Franclsoo realty In soon to be put on the market by the Blake and Mbffltt heln, In order to effect a complete division of theli property Interests.

The estates have been In probate court for a number of ported during the past week Is the sale responding week of 1912: San Francisco, $48,664,665, decrease of the new Lockwood school building. before the season's rains have ended. actual figures are $917,022.30 The only of the Vue de Lao apartments. Third avenue and East Sixteenth street, to Mrs. M.

Skldmore of Berkeley, by Charles Much Interest has been aroused among Los Angeles, $22,918,408, Increase of Oakland, $8,693,492, Increase of Sacramento, $1,848,689, Increase of San Diego, $2,780,105, months In 1912 In which the construction contracts represented a larger sum were side Keith avenue, opposite McMillan; $3000. Frank K. Hott alterations. 858-360 East Twelfth street; $130. Dr.

Edwards, alterations, 1130 East Twenty-elghth. street; $76. Mrs. B. A.

Milnor, alterations and additions, 3003 Telegraph avenue; $575. II. L. and L. M.

Bronson, Z-story 9-dwelllng, north side Walla Vista, 180 feet east of Art me avenue; $4500. Z. Shlbats, 8-story (-room dwelling, east Me One Hundred and Fifth avenue. 4000 feet south of East Fourteenth street; $2200. S.

M. Faker, repairs. (38 Fortr-slxth MacOregor, the builder. The sals was negotiated through Salinger's real estate manufacturing. These factories turn out July, the -month in which the Kahn store nearly 400 classes of produots and of real estate men and property owners in the district east of Melrose by the verdlot in the Kelsey case.

Using the valuation of the Kelsey property as an index an Increase of $1000 an acre in value has taken place in les than a year. The tract was appraised last June by a office, A. K. Perolval representing both buyer and seller. The sale price was ties.

Mnt of nmdnntT Most of these products 300,000 varieties. decrease of Fresno, $903,981, decrease of Stockton, $1,864,552, in-crease of San. Jose, $742,927, Increase of $152,946. was Issued and November In which per 65,000. are used doily In the 60,000 families 11 lng In the east bay shore cities.

The mits for extensive work en schosl buildings and the new city hall were granted. The summary of permits for March follows: Planting a tower support by tfie Pacific railroad company In the slde- board of Oakland reaj estate operators at years. There are three valuable pieces in Oakland, a large corner pleoe at Broadway and Fifteenth street, another large corner piece at East Twelfth street and Fourteenth avenue" and property at Eighth and Broadway, known as the Blake A Moffitt building. Not many years ago this building contained the offices of many professional men now very proml- nent in CaliXoThia, All these properties are to be sold at publla auction. The Ban Francisco properties will be handled by Speck St Co on April 15.

The 0,000 families, 800,000 people, consume annually more than twice the amount of manufactured products turned out by th $35,000, or $2000 an acre. Negotiators for in front of the John T. Doyle prop street! $350. the purchase dragged along until con No. of borne factories.

ASTERiMERS ARE erty at the northeast corner of Seventh and Webstr streets has resulted in the demnation suit was filed In February, Although the city held out for the price Class, of Buildings. Permits. Cost. All local people do not confine their sale of the land and a two-story bulla offered, the Jury in Judge Wells' court, enureiy to local manuiaciures, 1-story dwellings ........123 $214,089.00 1-story dwellings with stores 3 lng to the railway corporation. The price paid was $17,500.

The area of the lot Is mainly, -perhaps, because they do not after viewing the property, decided to fully appreciate, the fact that the home awasjd an additional $1000 an acre. 25x75 feet. It is understood that the 1H -story dwellings Is 44,564.00 1-Story dwellings 26 88,354.00 READY BUYERS factories are producing articles of the The property lies In the center of the Oakland properties will be offered for sale sale enabled the railroad' to keep the rapidly growing warm belt district east of 1-story dwellings wlta on April 14 by the Laymance iteai eal matter out of court. Fa-are as Melrose and the rapid rise in values has tate Company. same class and of the same quality as, If not superior to, those brought In from eastern cities.

If all of the 300,000 people of the east bay shore cities made It their i Alfred 1-story 8-room oottage, south side Fortythird street, 310 feet east Of Orovs street; $1600. C. K. Fltes, 1-story (-room bungalow, south side Navy street, 103 feet east of Broadway! 260ll. Taylor 2-etory f-roora dwelling, east side Hanover, 250 feet south of Brooklyn avenue; $3500.

V. N. Lelte, addition. $205 East Twenty -sixth street; $1.60. 8.

W. Hall, 1-story -room dwelling, northeast corner Perkins and Van Buren; $4490. W. Brash, 1-story 7-roora dwelling with store, west side College avenue, 26Q feet north of Forrest, additional east; $500. B.

A. Pleasants. 1-storv 4 -room bunra- been brought about by the enormous Their locations and descriptions stores 1 3-story flats 4 M.IOO.OO 3-story flats with 1 4,600.00 2-story apartments 1 10,000.00 Acting- on behalf of the California Realty Federation, State Senator Breed amount of residence building In the large rule to buy, quality and price being number of subdivisions opened In little more than a year. of Oakland has lnduced the Senate Judiciary committee to pass out with fa City Supervising Arohltect J. J.

Dono Realize Benefits of Investment in Greater Oakland Realty. vorable report the measure designed to follows: Southeast corner Broadway and Fifteenth streets, 101x125 feet; three-story frame building. Northeast corner of Broadway and Eighth street, 124x150 feet (irregular); four-story brick building, known as the Blake Moffitt building. Southwest corner of East Twelfth street and Fourteenth avenue, 125x75 van announced yesterday he would complete immediately the specifications for the new Lockwood school In East Four establish a state advertising board and to regulate the real estate brokerage business in California by licensing realty operators. This license fee would go Into a state advertising fund, which 5- story apartments 7 181,570.00 6- story brick apartment 1 60,000.00 7- story brick hotel 1 $5,000,00 1-story stores 4,400.00 8- story brick school building 1 M.461.00 Reinforced concrete school building 1 48,800.00 1-story office bulld.tngs 3 1,576.00 Corrugated Iron workshop 1 150.60 Brick store room 1 60,00 teenth street, between Sixty-sixth and Sixty-eighth avenues.

low, west stile Forty -first avenue, 85 feet Among the number. of spring buyers dealing through the offices of The Realty home made goods to the exclusion of outside-made goods, there would be kept In circulation in Oakland and In the east bay shore communities every year fully $25,000,000 that now goes' to build factories, pay workmen and maintain other lines of business In eastern cities. This Is Illustrated by the fact- that in Oakland are now located three manufactories producing an article osed in every household In the community daly. These factories turn out a product that Is superior to anything brought from abroad. It is attractively put up for.

retail trade Completion of the plans for the new would be disbursed for the purpose of nonn at East street; $1200. Mrs. V. Davis, addition. 3925 RhodK Syndicate are several who came here fronjJ feet (irregular); one-story brick building, 'advertising the! resources of avenue; suu.

building has been held up pending trial of the condemnation proceedings instituted by the city against Mrs. Kelsey, owner of the 17 $-10 acre tract uoon which the new Corrugated Iron I 660.00 street! jk. induct, addition, 1501 Tta The choicest realty in San Francisco i Tlle measure which received the corn-Is" the original Blake Moffitt Paper mittee's approval was amended by a Company location a frontage of fifty I special committee before securing action feet oh Sacramento street near Leldes- represents the consolidation of three Steel frame and oenoreta $150. Mr meter house 1 .0. laundry, LOO) school is to be built.

The return of a 811 I dorff, running clear mrougn io wmonr- Dma it will go before the senate known verdict during the week giving Mrs. Kelsey $52,800 instead of the $35,000 offered clal; an entire block between Stelner -v i- eastern siaies ana nave Deen so roroimy Impressed with the natural advantages of Oakland as to Invest In either residence, business or factory properties. The majority are men of moderate Income seeking to secure holdings within their means which will Increase proportionately with the development of Oakland. "The ability of this company to sell any of Its properties on easy terms," said Sales Manager P. W.

Morehouse, "makes as Senate Bill No. 1299 by the. city, has opened the way for the yet one large eastern noncern dealing-this, same article brings Into and tributes In Oakland every week speedy construction of the building. and Fillmore, Chestrtut and Hyde, which In Included in the site of the Panama Pacific Exposition; two other big pieces on the southwest corner of Oongtf and Lom- The new Lockwood school Is to be an $10,000 worth of Its goods. One of the prnclpal objects of the Ala l.OVttVU 700-90 J.WO.00 attractive structure of mission architec- Ne'flson A Anderson, coal aTied.

north side Hopkins street, 100 feet cast of Frultvale avenue; $500. T. A. Rogeraen, 1-story 4-room eottags, west side Twentv-ftrst avenue. 88 feet meda county products exhibition Is to ure, one story In height, and built 760.00 early California P0s'ble for Investors to secure almost around a courtyard In An entire section making a number of specific exemptions was incorporated In the bill.

It exempts employes regularly employed in real estate broker's office Other than solicitors and salesmen; any person while buying, leasing or selling his own property; attorney a-for legal services rendered In realty transactions; escrow holders, executors, administrators, commissioners or other officers appointed by a court of competent Jurisdiction: trustee when acting in the discharge style; The wings Ttr to be arranged "ing they desire, in a manner suit freight office 1 Factory I Warehouses 1 Greenhouses t7 Work shops, tank frames and barns Garages, shed and stables 19 Racing coaster (concession Idora Park) -A. Alteration) additions and repairs north Of East Fifteenth, street; $1000. house a social center meeting place for help correct this condition and keep moncy iOomj "that it may-be" circulated bereuid help to swell the business of local merchant, and tradesmen. This can be accomplished by showing people the kind and quality of goods Oakland factories are turning out. the school district, a cafeteria for the (,671.00 10.000.00 UO.48I.30 pupils and other attractive innovations.

FIRE PROTECTION FOB WATERFRONT Ban Frnjicisco-UaKiana Terminal RR, 1-story warehouse. Chestnut street freight yard; $1600. N. Cortes, alterations and additions, (825 street; $1061 E. J.

Coleman. IrStory 4-room oottage, I (Continued on Page 33). of their trust; persons holding power of "We have had several outside buyers with a small amount of available cash express surprise at the low terms made on our Vista Del. Mar subdivision. They had been under the impression, before reaching Oakland that the steady growth of the city placed the values and terms of property on such a basis that 1 little short of cash would swing anything really IMPROVEMENTS III 407 $917,023.30 Total mission1 is exacted.

The license fee for BUYS 3 LARG TOTAL WTJMBER OF PERMITS AND all others connected with the real estate business will be $10 for the first year and $5 for each subsequent year. It is expected that $100,000 would be TOTAL "COST. NO. of Permits. Cost.

desirable. "They are not slow In responding to the ALAMEDA, April 5. The complex problem of affording adeauate fire pro- KENS IIUbTON Now construction $41 $806,641.00 raised the first year from sucn licenses. HAVEMSCOURT IS opportunity we offered In Vista Del Mar tectlon to the Alamelaj. waterfront ana0f tni8 amount ten per cent would be Alterations, additions and RANGES repairs 110,481.10 paid into the general fund of the state and ninety per cent expended for general solved if the plant drafted by City En Total 407 gineer I.

N. C. Chapman Is adopted. aaVerOBins; purposes. It Is estimated 160.000 would be collected the second OflE fEilR OLD Permits for the week ending Wednesday evening last represented a total cost of The summary follows: and found that the money they had been raying as rent covered principal and Interest on the homes we are building en this property." One of the most attractive Inducements of Vista Del Mar Is tho feature of transportation, the tract being but thirty-five minutes from San, Francisco by either Key Route, which passes the property, or Southern Pacific electric one block east, BUILDING IM RICHMOND $60,444 DURING MARCH Acreage to Be Added to gateij Farms; Reservoir Almost Complete.

Choice Sites in Fine Tract Are Sold for Home Building. BERKELEY. April S. The "Dodge ver Mehr- Company reports a good number of sales for the month of March In Kensington Park. Among those were two year and would increase gradually with the growth of the state each year following.

The bill would become effective on and after October, 1913. A board to known as the state advertising board and consisting of five members would be appointed by the The members would serve without compensation other than traveling ISO. OI Class, of Buildings. Permits. 1-story dwellings 20 1-itory dwellings With stores 1 1 4 -story dwellings 1 t-story dwellings .10 Anniversary to Be Celebrated With Barbecue Today.

Chapman proposes to lay bout 1400 feet "of 8-Inch pipe, Install needed hydrants and a. big pump for $5000. At present Inadequate fire protection makes Insurance rates In the factory and warehouse sections almost prohibitive and these high rates undoubtedly are largely responsible fa holding back the rapid development of the choice factory sites along the Oakland harbor front on the Alameda side. The installation of fi'ra mains, hydrants and a pumping plant would undoubtedly reduce insurance rates materially. The Eagles and Moose lodges" are working steadily on their building projects and will probably be housed In hanlaome clubhouses before the close of 1913.

A. J. Rich A Col announce- the purchase this week of three large ranches choice pieces of property sold for building sites to residents' of San Francisco, z-srory nats 8-story 1 8-room apartments. 1 Reinforced concrete 1 Cost. $29,640 1,800 1,000 16.0H4 6,800 8,070 48,800 1,000 1,600 415 600 626 47S RICHMOND, April 8.

According to the The anntvenary of Opening of Nickelodeon .1 Warehouse 1 Workshops 3 expenses. i who will build within the year. A great chairman and viM-chalrrnaft. Three Ideal of work has been done on the parks the members would be of a J9 and gardens lying between the curbing lltical party and ail would be experienced and ntw and fl0wers In Selano county, wHlch will be added to the acreage of the Solano Irrigated Farms. Inc.

The properties purchased aggregate over 2000 acres, consisting of the Keys, Freitas and Woods ranches, all of which report of City Architect Ogborn, submitted to the council last night, the building permits issued by him for and dur- Havenscourt. the Jjlg warm belt tract of the Wlckham Havens Incorporated, end the success of the sales In the properties Barn real estate crone ui )fZZ i Planted and handsome street Tank frames will be made he cause for a celebration The street work throughout the lng the month of March amounted to $40, years' Business ntu.i.. trees. have been held In one ownership for Sheds The new Charles S. Neal block on xne new aries and barbecue at Havenscourt today.

The would hold office for six years. in. dlatrtct la npUy nearlng completion and '444, which was not a bad con additions and great many years. The total price Is raid Alteration repairs au.v. hnnl WOUIO BBVO the magnificent drives have been opened jstderlng that March was) a stormy month 31.669 100 ,43 1 and will be immediately occupied by neCessa.ry advertising experts.

Garage Total to be In the neighborhood of (200,000. The Keys ranch belonged to the late James H. Keys, who was a large land owner in Solano county. The Fmltas ranch has a large number of natural gas wells, which are now used by the city to the general public. and apt to retard Duuaing operations ma.

Arlington avenue Is being rapidly Jterially. ware 448 permits, the pushed along the hillside and within a largest being to John Geriach for a ne short time will connect with San Pablo hotel on the west side. There are a ............91 $162,858 owners of the bl(r bungalow park have extended Invitations to their clients and friends to participate in th evlpbrati-m. Transformation has been effected property during the year, and worth of property was sold duriag j.i months. Attractive bungalows bave Krn Vnti or are fn course of cr.ftstrucriin the tract has been made conspicuous such improvements as pk pi-ai'-s planted In )ans, shrubs, fiuwtrs, The detailed list of permits follows: Henry Steinbeck, shed 769 Lydia street; avenue, the main boulevard through tho number of buildings scheduled for the 8ulBun for beating and lighting.

The group i iiuuwiireji wuv the eaUre building Into a large general market. Work Is now progressing rapidly on both the new municipal light plant building and on the new postoffloe. A movement to make aa artificial beach alonr Ran Leandro bv for the bene The northwest corner of Twelfth, and Castro streets, 100x100 feet, the old First Hebrew synagogue property, has been sold by E. Weil to F. Roweu.

a capitalist from Medtord, Ore, for $50,000. Rowell recently purchased the Arco apartments on Madison street, near for $83,000. and expects to make nuruwrn pan ui me coumy, i "is win ui ufmm Woods ranch Is on tne line or trie Oak glva a direct outlet along the foothills, the year 191J will exceed by coanderable I jBd and Antiocb Railway, which brlnps p. orni.h fire reDalrs 1224 Wood which 111 in a imi nmm neca cmvtni. jin muini nui una i me I rim u( mil whiii iwuiig i im fiog repairs.

enormous amount of improvement nasi be true as to noma pieces, and tne Dig line or tne ueauana ana Anuocn 10 snout Tent-avenue Baptist Cliurch Mas I De true as 10 nome pisces, ana me Dig i line OI me umubo iia wiuwa aaoui n.ntlirt fit of the children using the Lincoln-) oeen going on luruuguoui itua wnuie avenue ana jasiland other piiint miuI is- Influx of newcomers Into all parts ef 117 miles nortneas troraer Tenth the city makes the erection of hun- Solano Irrigated i Farms. will have dreo. of dweuing. necery. The new 'J jvl nm olklrBHlrs'aTd trict.

uinuu v. I wen lv Miitvt ot -inreui ami enne- playground Is being fostered by play- Oakland. He fund kf St. pirns' EE la JWtei a Oakland. 11 rtre 1- The owners of Kensington Park if.rl Nickel IS to reinoata UiuVing preparations to rt taeir hand- factories have imported targe numbers Jhan 'four months.

This 'story 8-room dwelling, south side Perkins I hHVe Artnun from tha East whu ura ten Vnn Ruren: i tha two-story dwellings and by raising them, ibuiux. um mutt i. us wumwuv iv. wnr. nrtn in nirarr rnnniiioni i l.

l. wv i 40 minute -f i three-etory store and fiats have -placed In the bands of the In their various crafts and these, aleo. aboUt two years. The canal is nine Wlckbam Havens, Itentions, 633 our-1 way with a I construction of two low-priced bulkheads and the making of a shell and sstnd beach can be easily carried out at slight cost. This will furnish Ideal wading, bathing and boating; facilities.

and Webster I imrt nmmlnent architects in the district I with their families, have to bo provided I miiu lems. savenrv-flva fat wlda and I teen th street: $110. Francisco and tour sterM. i orders tot and specifications. ith hundreds of homes.

'seventeen feet deep. A. llman. 3-story $-room dwening, north JOaJuand, tmiu. aijww.