Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 50

SUNDAY MORNING, OAKLAND TRIBUNE APRIL 5, 1911. 'ill kiLhlil ft 11 b-ILr-kiw-'- ID Hundreds of Artistic Homes Are Being Erected on Grand Avenue and in the Nearby Hills Northeast of LaKe Merritt. The Development of This Section in the Last Few 4 Years Has Been Marvelous. In the Foreground of the accompanying Photograph is a Section of LaKeshore ParK. The Northern End of Grand Ave.

in BacKg'round. a HK UMUhM Million Rose I HflMK HWk Million Rose unimv IILULIIIL RECENT REAL ESTATE DECISIONS AFFECTING OWNERS AND AGENTS LOCATION OF PLANT IS PRACTICALLY DECIDED Biscuit Company to Erect Show Place at ImUth and Poplar CLUB AT BEULAH pqseesslen of the property under the contract until the fire, which occurred on April following. The Insurance company defended the action mainly upon the ground that Ehar-man had not truly stated his Interest in the property and waa not its eole and un conditional owner, either at the time of Blooms Add to Piedmont's Glory The unusual raliifull of this sea-roii and this warm weather lias brought about a marvelous luxur. ianre of bloom In the Iledraont hillH. It hai boen conruted that at the present moment there are, eon.

ftenatlvely. a million roso blooms In Piedmont. Kven in small pronntis the nnnriwr of blooms runs in many eawn to five ail ten tliou-wind. In Mrs. It.

8, BouesteU's garden there aref 250 rose bushes with a total of 12.500 blooms. In Piedmont I'arfc there are a thousand bushes with 00.000 blooms. Along the boundaries of the grounds of It. J. Tyson Is arose hedge ot Cherokee roses which, it is estimated, lias a total of 50,000 tyooma at the present time.

In the (racdens of Wlrklmm Havens-there bushes and aliout 40,000 jfloomi while: F.C Havens has a larjre erftate with nearly 3000 rose bushes, which show a number of blooms almost beyond computation. A Rreat many peopto have visited Piedmont In the last week or ten days to view tho gorgeous profusion of rosea. T. Outleben, aecertary-treasurer. Hewett, Montgomery and Johnson are' the members of a committee on utilities; Gutleben, Elwood and ijeyer form the committee on by-lawa and Carrie Pratt Elwell asva committee of one, will attend to the publicity management.

SHOWS DECREASE Hold $10,453,500 in Excess of Requirements; Week's Uss, $11,884,450. NFW YORK, April A. The actual condition- Of Clesrinff-bonne hank-, anif tm.f rnmn.nU. for the week uliowa that they hold merv In excxa of leeal rrauirefiienta. Thla la a d-a of from laat week.

The statement follows- ACTUAL CONDITIOK. Loana. Increase, Stecle, Increase, $744,000. Legal tenders, decrease, New deposits, lDcrease, 107.000. decreaae.

$wV1. Eaiiki' cash reserve In vault, $335,924,000. Trust companiea' easTi reaerre 4n vault, -AKirregste 'rsah reaerve, 171.000. Ex'-eas lawful ri'sorte, decrease. Trust companiea' reaerve with clearlnfi -hotiae member, carrjllig 25 per cent caah reaerve, VIO.l'TW.tHlO.

Summiiry of atate banka and tnut companiea In Greater New Vork not included in clearing- maiT-iura, 7 Loana, Increase, Specie, IncrnaBe. $5.74.1,300. tendera. il.nsi.ico; decreaae, $154,100. Total 821,100.

'depoalta, increase, $7, STTDFAT IIEATTH BOARD. NEW YORK. April 4. A student board of health has been-organized In Columbia university. New York Citizens Organize to Secure Lights, Gas and Other The resldenta and property owners at iPfIdent; C.

Oarrldge, vice-president C. obtaining the Insurance, nor at the tlmejEeulah Heights, the foothill district ad-Burem. Court held that th.s de. to Mlils College, came together re- fense was aound, and that nothing could cntlv ani1 organized an Improvement be recovered: under the policy. I club.

Under the rules of law referred to by I Beulah Height ha been gradually the court In this decision, the purchaser building up without the aid. o( real estate of land under a valid contract is regard- boomers. Us close situation to the. college, ed as the equitable owner of the lapd, and Ha fine climate, beautiful view and quick the real party In Interest. The onJy legal- atreet car connection with Oatclland'a right remaining in the seller I fhe" right center being the attraction to homemak-to receive the balance of hla purchaae erl.

All thll home bulldInp hag been price, and. notwithstanding the fact that golng; on ln of the Qf c)ty water the record title snlll remains ln the seller or glia The rlub hopeg to Ram these until the payment of the prlce-eyid the utilltlea for the district and also to passing of hla deed, still for many pur- further the movement of sewering and poeea the law regards him as If he mere- paVing the streeta and having sidewalks ly held a mortgage upon the land for the Ial(J- The club's first efforts have been balance of that price, and, regarda the inT At th)rd meetIng purchaser -a the real owner. tst Tuesday, sixtf-aix slgnera had been It ia therefore important that whenever secured to a petition for water and a real property ia under contract of sale number of signatures for gas. These pe-that the Insurance company be Informed tltions will be presented to the Peoples of that fact, and that the true facta of. ater Company and the Pacific Gas and matler appear In.

writing upon tgt' fae of the policy. -The-official name of the new'organiia- The lead iMUtmnr. tlon 1. The Peul.h Height. Improvement ln preparation a.

rider fondojsement club, otflrers city-, to Improve eating houses andjthe system of entertaining visitors restaurants near the university. with lunches, and lectures on the i i i a i i 1 i. 1 ii a -j lH.Tr'flT Tf in rni-i tT ntr nrA UTir "isar ril. 14 VU I Ml4 A I li aU 1 I Li A til I I ll I 1 3 La La I I i II II A development of the1 week that means much: for Oakland ln giving this city' publicity throughout -the world was the announcement that the Shredded Wheat Biscuit Company had 'practically decided on a location In this city for Its great western plant 4. An option has been obtained and a deposit of $6000 paid on the two blooks of vacant land between Twelfth and Fourteenth, Union and Poplar streets, upon which the company is to build- an lmmenre plant employing 1000 people.

The greatest significance in connection with the coming off the plant lies In the fact that it will be made a show place, located amid pleasant surroundings, Ip a residence district, and on street car and Key Route ferry Unas, mak ing It easily accessible to the constant'1 stream of visitors always welcomed by the company. The buildings will be architecturally attractive, and the grounds as beautiful as the landscape gardener can make them, (The surroundings of the employes ln all departments, will be. sanitary and sightly-. All the modern features of the Niagara Falls plant-of-the company will be duplicated here, Including workings of the factory as the guests are shown through. This will place Oakland onr-tha-map- as -a.

-manufac-. turtng center, and the fact that he. company Is known- throughout the world wrlll add to the publicity value. of the factory. Several hundred thousand dollars will be spent.

In the erection of the plant and in the beau-tfTicatlon of the grounds. a a a An important sale of Inst week was that of tlve old St. Paul's Episcopal I Church property, at the northeast corner of Grand avenue and Webster streets, which was transferred to Fred E. Reed, a broker, representing out- of-town Investors. The considera tion was $85,000.

The old St. Paul's I edifice occupies- the east end of the property, which has a frontage of 125 feet pn Webster street, 240 on Grand avenue, and tho same on Twenty-third street. a Plans are being drawn for the erec tion Of a two-story and basement warehouse by the W. P. Fuller Com pany, on the southwest corner of inira and Jackson streets, at a cost or iou.uuu.

-me structure will be of reinforced concrete, and will occupy la site 75x100 feet. It will be one of I the largest and most substantial of itha. buildings In the new, warehouse district, east of Broadway. Work is i to begin In one month. 0 0 Los Angeles is followlne- Oakland I in -abandoning frame school ings, the electors of that city havine approved at the polls safer and more modern construction.

Brick and concrete has been adopted as substitutes for wooden buildings. None the school structures" erected' ln Oakland under the last bond issue have been of any other type than the most suDsiantiai. 0 0 0' TD 1 1 ,1 1 awuviiy in a large way has shifted to. the east-of-Broadway district Further evidence of- construction enterprise In that quarter win be seen ln the erection of the largest garage and automobile. Ijr hotrsertn-the-cityrwlth frontages Sn KasMs.

TXT W-A i-viM "ouBitjr ana iTinb: in itrAt (By ATTORNEY CARLOS O. WHIT1 Of Oakland, Lecturer In Law at tlnlver. alty of California, and Mombor of the Firm of Dunn, White A. Aiken.) A recent decision of vital Importanoe to thoM buying and eellina- improved real property under contracta ia the aaae of Bharman va. Insurance Compejiy, 47 CaJ.

I rc. lil. In which the California Supremo Court, alttlng; en banc, decided that the lnanirance company waa under no liability upon Ita policy, owing? to tho fact that the insurance bad been taken out In the name of the eeller alone, without reference to the fact that the title waa ub tact to the rtehta of a Durchaaer under unrecorded agreement of The court found that. the-plaintiff, Shar-man, bad obtained a policy for $1500 on the building In question, that the building- waa totally destroyed by fire, and that Ita value waa In of 11.100., Prior 'to obtaining the policy SharmaVn had, on April 30, made a written contract, agreeing to eel the $2000, of which 100 waa ped down, and the balance was to be paid monthly. On July )S the purchaser went lnto poasea-elon and paid the first month's Install-tnent.

On August 11 Shaxman, the seller, obtained the policy of Insurance, which waa In the ordinary form, and contained the usual conditions, among which Is the proviso that "the entire policy shall be void If the Interest of the Insured be oth. er than 'unconditional and eole ownership. Inasumch aathe purchaser had tiot recorded hla contract of frale. and the record title etood In name of Shar- man, the policy was taken out' ram alone, although the aoflclter for the Insurance company Knew the facta concerning the contract of sale. The pur-hacer made no further payments upon Ills contract of purchase, but continued In Total of Building Permits Issued Is Well Ahead of Former Years.

BERKELEY, April J. Fair days of last month boosted the figures of the building Inspector's columns to high water, mark, far either Jariierv or February, and making it the greatest March in Jli total figures fd rthe month as Just compiled ae with 111 butlrllnt permits iwued. The. figures for March of last year were ut this Inelurtea! As one Item the addition to the She tttiek Hotel, lust completed. cost J135.0Q.

"Deduct-lnar that on Item from last total made tlie figures for the month $19.850, over which those of this year show a MTVMS.Hnn Al ft 9nA Heal estate dealers all over the city are Jubilant this week over the better tone whlrh the market has aanume.d within, the past two weeks. The previous desultory call for houses, has disappeared, and in Us placehas come a audden and enerpetic demand which they are havhiif no easy 'time to satisfy. One dealer reported for 1arch total sales nf more than JJs.OOO and a second dealers flpjres ekiesely approximated theae. Tract jn-operttr both -norths, east-and aa.Ulb 'eoet of the older town lines show-: de nd building sites to a considerable num ber have been soli. Residence properties already built end occupied have not been fsr behind.

Ies lera) believe the new er is certain to laat throughout the spring and summer. BUY RESIDENCE. -C. F. Fteru, a promihent litfiber and fruit, man of the Interior, has removed to tills city and lias purchased the big realdenc of F.

R. Peaks or Kpruee atreet in far North Berkeley, gtera was r-uUy tvuMd on tb Eigtuni Coni IOJ1KETJ BERKELEY BRISK III I the building. The leas was made through the agency of the Frank 'K. Mott Company on the basis of an approximate valuation of J1000 a -front foot on Franklin street and $500 on Webster. The Franklin street frontage of the building will adjoin, on the south, the lafge photo play theater to be erected by the Franklin Street Theater Company, and will be.

Immediately north of the old First Presbyterian Church site. 0 0 0 Kealty transfers for the week ending Jarilfi2S totaled "306. The trust deeds Marf recowed amounted, to $254,598 and the mortgages, $22o, 8555. An. Important real estate transfer last week was that of the St.

Paul's Episcopal Church property at Grand avenue, Webster street and TwentV-thliv? atroat r. rS A VP TJ A vv i-iou itncu Keea, wno is neaa oi the-Frea E. Reed realty brokers, la representing outside Investors In the transaction. The actual purchasers are not known, but Heed states that they do not reside in Oakland. The property is particularly adapted to apartment houses.

Oakland Is in the fight to keep the Lincoln. Terminal; which Los Angeles la reported to be seeking to wrest with a large defense fund. There is little coubt that the great road will end at San Francisco bay. CHARGE TELEPHONE BOX THEFT SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. Louis js accused of havinb drawn Into his pocket the contents of a telephone box ln Wright's billiard parlor 82 Ellis street, early this morning.

He was arrested by Patrolmen Cummtngs and Badden and charged lwth burglary. He is charged with opening the box with a screw driver and taking $4.20 ln cash. saaUfl of course you have a chancel $5,000 first prize AT Five -SlOOQpzes7 2, Two $500 prizes Ten Jii $1 00 prizes for- Ideas and suggestions how to subdivide. Canal Subdivision (Richmond) We and furnish charts, maps full instructions Free. Enter Win one of these splendid prizes'.

Prize money will be paid In Richmond estate. Bettef than gold dollars. H. C. CUTTING.

a ST ma Boa- a i i v. ifii. iBJ lintuiinnnir km. (T i a i "7a' l7" wSaw infill W1H B.IU" moi ML Hvpc.v derVcontract of sale, and that the ioaa, if any, ahall be paid, first, to the seller to the extent of the balance of the purchase Plica owing to Mm, and secondly, the balance, if any, to the purchaser naraed Jn the contract. mission by Governor Johnson.

One of the striking new houses announced dur ing the week for immediate construction is that of Joseph M. Parks on Claremont ainue. Tt will cost $25,000, and Willi compare favorably with the many other! palatial homes In the district. Among the building permit recently i Issued have been the following: One-story i-room dwelling; Curtis street, near Francisco; 8. Peterson, owner; cost $700.

I Two-story 6-room dwelling; Claremont I near Eaton court; P. O. Boyd, owner; I Cost $4'5. Two-story 6-room dwelling 'Walnut near Vine street; B. F.

Sargent, owner; I cost $25011. One-story -room dwelling; McKlnley avenue, near way; Eaat Bay! Home Builders, owners; cost 11500. Repairs to one -story building at Virginia and La Loma; Wm. F. Home, owner; cost $1000.

-l. -One-story i-rooni' dWetling4, tin Ore gon street; Mrs. tioebel, owner; coat! $1000. i Two-atory $-room I court, near Oak Knoll; Charles Ft. Miller) owner; cost $6ii.

One-story 5-room dwelling: Btantbn near Ashby: United Home Builders, owners: cost $1100. One-and-one-half -story 7-room building; Mimierey avenue near Posen; Oscar ii-l Nelsen, owner: cost tn a.rvwtm 4wIllnaf flwIa-hT vra w- 1 Ban Pablo; J. Bredehoft, owner; cost $iko. One -atory room dwelling-; California I near Tyler street; Charles D. Keller, owner; cost $1400., One-story E-room dwelling; Dwtght way! near Ban Pablo; Union Investment Company, owners; Cost $900.

Alterations, repairs and miscellaneous. $5000. BOSSES VISITING WORKERS, CLEVELAND, April 4. Several Cleveland manufacturers have adopt ed the plan of visiting the homes of the men who- are absent from their work more than two successive days. Assistance is offered In the cas of sickness or other trouble, and If the workman Is d.lsftUsnel his complaints I are investigated.

Cleveland execu tives are In sympathy with the theory that as a rule an employe value In- create with. porUlnuity of employ- I I rfh 1 Je- j-rn i 4 1 iH I' 1LAJI 'JV" 1 1 I A T-r7M ixa mLJ. 'X ZK tl Till 1 L4 it tv i4 i mi si ii a. ii 'i The building Is to be erected by the San Francisco, CaX imperial Oarae and Supply Com- Member Richmond Industrial Commissi on pany. and will be a two-story, fire- proof structure, fronting 50 feet on Coupon: Send full particulars regard-Franklin street, near Fifteenth, and your planning So feet on Webster, with a length of 300 feet between the two thorough- -v ifares.

cost will be 125 Ortn Tf I v. I 1 I i will be built on property just leased by William and Lulu Leet to the gar- wiiLpeuiy tur a. term or ten years, 1 1 root 1 1.