Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 61

4 SUNDAY MORNING 0 AKL AND TRIB UN MAY 1G, 1913: CI OUT-OF-TOWN DEVELOPMENT SHOWS BIGGER ACTIVITY SHALL OH ES i IN PERMIT 0.000 NE CHURCHES LISTS 1 Small homes were the principal Hems In -this week's building permit the fat 4 jL that election day detracted from business J. -V- 4 OS. V- -t -t, i -r- Jlif.K fli it7 rst Lr" Xiii'-'J x. BERKELE SEES BUILDING PROGRESS -liliUKKliktr Mfty-lfc WliHe plans -continue to be talked of for the Improvement of the block from Center to University as a continuation of the proposed "untversily entrance park, the improvement of Shut lilt avenue and other streets In tlie concerned continues. Latest of the improvements planned Is tho remodelling of the Chime of Ula atreU which is to be considerulily enlarged and con Verted Into a tirst-clHss building.

The name of the owner of the structure as It Is pnHxw.1 to be altered is withheld In the building permit which has been secured preliminary to commencement of work at once. An addition la to lm made to the structure to afford roiiili'TtTTiT ul tlioTutef for walls will be removed and supplemented, by others to make new divisions. New fixtures and conveniences are to bo Installed, Including an autnnvitlo elevator. The alterations will cost, with tlie about Much activity In the building line Ls being evidenced by the municipality at the. present time.

Hids are to received May. IS, for the new North Berkeley-school to be located at Hose street and Shattni'k avenue and to be built at a Work Is Rufhed San Pablo Bay Plans on MtSIiOT, M.y The extensive, hsrt.or development suing forward In Khii l'al lo hay at the iioithrm edge of Ukh-mond to be -fillowd, It is ald, by" construction of a Hue from the Houthern" rsiiftc across the factory land ana ttwit will he developed by the slilpplng farlli-tles to he mvlded. Mni-e and mure there are Indications that corporations probably lnrliiriing the Richmond llt Kallroctd rompan a la nth IT tin ports 1 nd (ii trial and shipping i1t'vuhpment at this location." The fact that the government Is appropriating large soma yearly to keii Pun Pablo liny dredged oa depth euf-rtclent for the litrueat voasels ia One bl the incentives fr private corpora lions to prosecute the harbor work that hiis been alerted. On tha Inner harbor slle. work goes ahead without riclay.

The Healy-Tlbbltu Construction company haa driven enough cluster (illei to show the outline of Wharf No. 1 of this project and it looms as one of. the turfceat on the bay. yThe conrrat piles are lie-il'ly all reKily.B:a timbers and other innlerlal will leon the site of the work 111 a few days. The by the Kli hmoild and San ltafxcl HVrry and TritiVBviiiriatlciv company, owners of the new niito' ferry, that It will begin work soon on steamer for ihe aenice Is tken as tmihii proof 11ml the new ferry was really established as an entrv fur the" Northwestern I'acirio Itkllnxid into Kichiiioml and the 1'jibt Bay section, Upbuilding of the 1000 feet of trestle" between the present nd of the rail rileimliui from Hair Rafael ii nil the ferry slip at Point Kan Quentln AVlU cost little.

Thei-e Is already electric rail connection with the slip on the Htchmond sld. and construction of less than a tulle of track paralleling this would bring con-nection with the Belt KeJlroad and the Southern Pacific and the Santa Pe at the Standard Oil refinery. Nearly 10,000 fnst of the new freight trackage being laid by the Santa fa company In Its terminal yards in this city has been coniplutod. lulls are being unloaded for the additional freight track, age in the yards of ths Southern I acllic company. This truckage Is to ho laid as the company Mulshes its new passenger Ktatiim mid freight buildings, which are Hearing enmplnllnn.

The old switching tracks In' front of the former passenger depot will be removed. The Cirant of this 'size to be eiecieil In Richmond la so riear coniplellon that there is no doubt it will be ready for occupnncy at the opening of( tha full term. This school is at Clinton avenue and Orand Boulevard, central to a section of the city that la growing fast. The foundation Is being put In for a four-story steel snd brick apartment house in Roosevelt avenue, three blocks from the new school. The building improvements 1n thlB section are all on a flpRt-clasH Kleht of the loading business men of nichmnnd are 'to start erection this month of fine residences on the scenic hill section sloping up from San Pablo svenue st the extension of iiooseveu and Richmond.

Poulevard. One $10,000 home Is Just being finished on this site. Nearly $100,000 worth or im-pi'OVfirents. Including street paving, sewers and' water mains are to be put In at once. MAKES WOODEN LEGS FOR CRIPPLED DUCKS BKNZONIA, May 15.

Tou can. not tall lien Lewis, who Uvea over lieu-luh wiiv. Ihnt kindness docts not PUT. Last fall Ken was over on rsns 1-eJte duck hunting. lie found In the reeds a wounded mallard.

One had been hot. until It was hanging by a thread Of skin. Hen iimnutnted the Inlured leg. fed the mallard and iheforo long it was hopping around -tlio barn lot witn tne apmasuu ducks "1" I oter Hehbecame attached to the blfn and made It a Wooden leg with a paddle on the end so It could swim better, necuuHe with one loot It usually went In a rircle. In the fait the mallard flew southward.

rwn iiuiUKiii nil mora ui uiimi when ihe msllarrt returned with seven Oakland's Two New Churches, to Be Erected at a Cost of $90,000, The-fionstruction of One Is Already -Undar Way. Above, the Second Church of Christ, and Below, the Seventh Church of the Same Denomination, WM. ARTUt'R N1CWMAN. Architect. cost of $37,000.

It will contain six rooms HYiit an auditorium with a central heating system, and an exterior of cement plaster of metal lath. Plans have just been completed for the structure by ths board of architects. For the Houth Berkeley school, plans hav been drawn, contracts let and the blinding permit applications filed. It la vxpeoted work on this structure will be commenced before the end of the month, -It Is to be located in the block between and Oregon streets sdJoiiUns Urartt street and will' costr $77,000. Bids have also been secured for the now West Berkeley library building whlcH is to be erected on Sun Panto avenue near University- Contracts are shortly to be let by the council.

The building will cost about $7S00. There has 'been a recent notable revival of Internet In residence properties, both Improved and unimproved. In different parts of the city and a larger than usual number of sales. In the older seu-tlons ofi the city there has been much-recent building of houses of middle and a ready market has been found for these by builders- It ls expected that, with the 'return of "fair-'-weather, 'thla building will be at once largely and the building' department haf heard. of numerous structures whlcha'ra plan ned for early erection.

Fair weather has also brought a return of. Interest In the tract properties and several sales during the past week: are told of by dealers In these properties. In several of the important tracts the sales have been as follows: Regents' Park tract. 12; Claremont properties, Berkeley Heights, other Northbrao tracts, Cragmont, North Cragmont. Birtiset Terrace, Albany, 3.

Among the building permits which have been recently Issued are ths 2425 Virginia street, Sigma Phi Fraternity, l-story, 4-rooin addition, $1000, J. Pendleton owner. Onkvale avenue, garage, $300, J. owner. Uilman and Ktannage, alterations, 1U9.

T. Whltten. owner. Klghts and Addison, tank. $1I, E.

E. Tnsfiln, owner. Marlsopsa near Los Angeles, 1-story, -room house, Alfred J.Pottor, owner, 500. Alcatras and Kills, alterations, $3000, li. Young, owner.

Perby and Mabel, $300, It. l'eake owners. Iti9 Carlton street, alterations, Mrs. Boudder, owner. Mabel near Derby, alterations, $150, F.

W. Peaks owners. Chapel near Bancroft, lft-atory, f-room dwelling, $2000, A. M. Morris, owner.

WEDDED 21 YEARS, BUT DIDN'T KNOW "HUBBY" I PIITIAP KIJHA, MarW. I i i. tha miMca, for vears as a no torious swliKllar and gambler, Mrs. Ootid- 2- '-s Ws-ejA. -ei; i- yi- 4 activities during the end of the cam palgn being declared by builders pally responsible.

The summary of the permits is as fol-I lows: Classification-fit 1 irnl la 1 Ptory Dwellings 3 Ptory Dwelling 1 Story Wo rehouse TOaragrs Alters Hons, additions I repairs 2 6, 5on.no 1 75, 00 2 220.09 and 13 8,980.00 1 31 $317100X0 The.ptalld permits follow. I J. S. Wales, 1 story 5 room dwelling, west side 89th avenue 625 ft. north Bayo 1 street: $126.00.

J. M. Bartlett, alterations, southeast corner Forty-eighth and Telegraph "Jjoo.oo. R. C.

Hlllen, 1 story IS room dwelllns, least Fide Colby street, 350 ft. north-Alea-r traz svenue: $200. R. Q. Oenney, repairs, southwest corner lEeleventh and Webster streets: Ji.O0..

Elks Club, alterations, 414 Fourteenth I street: 1400.00. John Blschoff, 1 story 6 room rtwell- trig, north side Kixtry-thlrd street, 2S7 ft, west CoIIhkb ave. $2,100.00. G. McWUIUmson, 1 alorjr warehouse, south side Foothill boulevard, "30 feet west I of Forty-first $75,000.

A. B. Chase, 2 story 7 room dwelling, east side Peralta 40 ft. north of Montana street: $.1500.00. Julius A.

Deluchl, 1 story. 5 room dwelt I Ing, north side K. Nineteenth ft. 230 ft east Twenty-second $1850.00. J.

McCarthy, reshlngling 1724 Thirteenth E. Childs, fire repairs, 807 Washington; $400.00. W. Montgomery, 1 etory 5 room I dwelllns. south side Kich 661 Webster i.

street; $1060.00. W. S. Sampson, alterations, 1708 Filbert $400.00. R.

Phillips, 1 story 5 room dwelling, south side Forty-fourth 30 ft. west ol i $2000.00. W. T. Veltch, addition, 689 Walsworth avenue; 1100.00.

N. Neary, reshlngling, 3778 Rub 565.00. R. 1 story 6 room dwelling, routh side Walnut, 124 ft. cast Renwick; $2000.00.

Hamilton Estate, alteration, 482. Thlr-teefith $150.00. G. W. Hillegass, alterations, 723 Broadway; $00.00.

A. Hammarberg, story room dwell-i lng west side Santa Clara, 337 ft. south Chetwood $2400.00. A. Hammarbera, 1 story garage, west jdde Panta Clara, 337 ft.

south unetwooa A. fct. WIIKinson, ThoiCM $330.00. Muller, fire repairs, 3107 Filbert $250.00. T.

Domoto, addition, 6000 Melrose $2000.00.. John J. Cook, addition, south elde Nor-mandia 170 ft. east of Morcom; $600.00. Hy Mason, addition, 38U Webster $75.00.

Frank Barnet, alterations, southeast corner Eighth and Fallon streets; 7oO OO. LHkbbelU-t story garage. 1640 rington st; $70.00. Robertson eV West, brick oven, 461-463 Fifty-ninth st.j $2200.00. D.

McKellups, 2 etory 8 room dwelling, east side Edgewood, 40 ft. aouth Holly- alterations, 467-469 Eighth $100.00. Property Acquired Be-fore Divorce Decree (Forty-elahth ease IrTa series of recent real estate decisions affecting agents and owners, summarized for The Tribune toy Attorney Carlos Q. White of Oakland, lecturer. In law at the University of California and member of the firm of Dunn, White i situation of ronslderable interest from a legal standpoint is shown In the case of Brown vs.

Brown, dectdedV hy the Supreme Court on April 7, 1X15. The California taw provides that In case uf the dissolution of a marriage by a decree of divorce, the community property of tha parties shall be divided equally between the parties except where rii- Ouhn a. White. yorcL1s granted or sitreme cruelty-nd inB otnar ground, In the court may matte a division which sTiall te Just and fair in view of the facts clroumstances of "for aw Iq provides, first, lor an Interlocutory or preliminary de- entlf.i'i LI nS the is entitled to divorce and. aecond.

or denre at least ye' later finally granting the divorce. In the case jof Brown vs. Brown, the dvorca WBS befmn on May 1908 upon the ground of wtlful negtect on the part of the husband. The complaint alleged that there was no community property. 1 On Jupe.

22. 1008. the Interlocutory Be-cree was entered in favor of the wife "S.1...11!08. Bmontha after the Interlocurtry decree; tlie husband acquired, 800 acres of land. It was not cnulred by gift, devise or descent.

I On June 25, 1909, six months later, a final decree of divorce was entered at the wife's request, and nothing was said In this decree respecting the 800 acres or any land. I Mr Brown thereafter died, and the case In hand arisea out nf a suit brought tv the termer Mrs. Brown against the dmlnistratrlx of Mr. Brown's estate for the purpose of having It declared that was owner of an undivided one-naif Interest In the 800 acre purchased oy Mr. Brown during the period between the time of the Interlocutory decree and time of final decree, upon the theory that such property was community property.

Judge Peter J. Shields of the fiuperiov Court or Sacramento county ruled that the former wife was half owner of this property, notwithstanding the fact that nothing waa said about property rights ju iiiiBi urciree, ana tne representatives of the husband's estate appealed to- the Supreme Court from this Juds- ment, PLAINTIFF'S CLAIM. "The plaintiff's claim is based in part." says Justice Shaw In the Supreme Court's 'ipinion, "on certain rules of law which have been settled by former decisions of this court. with respect te the rights of a husband and wife, respectively. In the property of the other, an interlocutory decree of divorce does not lever the marriage relation and they remain In that relation until the final decree of divorce Is pronounced.

"The theory of these cases seems te iin vnn, uiicd so fnr as the termination of the marriage rfiiaiion is in .1 mere step in the proceedings. Where the tins I decree of divorce makes no decision cf the community property, the parties 'imoeme tenants In common of such prop- Uttj. If the eaus divorc wa4i niUier 1 rwHwmalhtrila. everv cm. wlih tllflf ItmrTfrirTlTifh- rjhiurle F.

Qondlor Itao Dean, TWO GREAT EDIFICES TO RISE PJacing of the contract for one structure, and starting actual construction of another the Christian Scientists of Oak-tend this week came to the fore as "Oie city's heaviest building operators among congregations. Second and Seventh Churches of Clirlat, Scientist, are under way, one to cost $76,000, and the other something over $20,000. The second church, the larger of the edifices, is to be a particularly elaborate structure. The new edifice, to be con structed of brick and stee), at Thirty-fourth and Elm street, one block east of Telegraph avenue, Is to be novel arjjqng the city's churches. It will be thevfarth-est north of the new edlfloes constructed In which realty men terra Oakland's "church district," and already excavations have beon made and tha work of filling In for foundations commenced.

The new church will seat 1300 In the auditorium and 650 In the Sunday school. The architect, William Arthur Newman lias designed this building In the modern renaissance style, with the exterior facing in light colored pressed brick, terra coi la trlmmlngrs. granite steps and buttresses and Bedford stone columns In the portico. The entrance vestibule open Into an ample vfoyer which leads Jo the auditorium. The library and offices of the "church officers will be finished In oak and have hardwood floors.

Beautiful art glass windows, a fine organ to cost $7500, oak pews the most comfortable type, and the latest improvements in heating and ventilating wil be Installed. When completed this will be one of the finest edifices of this denomination on the Pacific Coast. Contract has been awarded for the construction of Seventh Church -of Christ, Scientist, to be located on the church property on Harrison boulevard between TWenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets, facing the new city park. The plans are by Architect Wm. Arthur Newman, and are designed to seat 700 at present, with provision; for.

'eiilftfgemeeit Which will soon be required to seat 1200. The accommodation for services now being held in Ebeli hall have proven insufficient and larger quarters are. required. The architect's plans, In keening with this denomination, show a building very free from the conventional designs of ahurch edifices. with a rustic exterior, bVick steps and buttresses, and just a touch of RngUsh Gothic charming In Its feeling.

The entrance foyer and auditorium have been treated simply and paneled In gray woods, with maple floor and oak pews. Accommodations have been provided for directors, readers and ushers, and repre sents an of oer 120.000. Work Is to be rushed so that the building may be occupied In June. When completed and the and shrubbery have reached to the main verge, which carries the words, "Ye Shal1 now the Truth, and the Truth Shall Make Ton Free," It promises to be one 'of the prettiest church homes In Oakland. cruelty nor adultery, each will thereafter be the owner of an undivided one-half of the community property without further order of the court, but If given for either of snld causes, tha respective interests of the psrtles In the community property left undisposed of Is subject to the determination of a court of competent jurisdiction In a subsequent action or proceeding "That property acquired by the husband otherwise than by gift, devise or descent after the action is begun and before the final decree la community property Is manifest from a consideration of the law defining such property the marriage status remains Until the final decree.

Such property acquired after the Interlocutory decree and before final decree Is acquired 'after marriage' and before Its termination and is therefore community property. There 1s nothing In the statute that will pustify any distinction. In this respect, between property acquired before the suit is begun and that acquired afterward during the existence of the marriage relation, or to sanction the theory that the Interlocutory decree affects the character of the property acquired afterward and not disposed of thereby iimnuEUT i fftiaiirn BRIDGE PLANS ARE MAKING HEADWAY lof swore before vice-cnanceuor ing. In Camden court of chancery, tner- she had lived with her husband for $1 years and always thought him to be traveling salesman. Mrs.

Oundlof's husband Is now servlnsj a five yenr nentenco In fling Bing prison for-swindling. Major Edward Pendleton of Atlantic Ctty, Palm Beach and New York, claims also to have heen a victim of Oondlof In the sum of $50,000 by a wire-tapping scheme and confidence! game. The major is suing to recover some of his losses by acquiring firoperty at Atlantic City which formerly belonged to Oondlof, but which is now In Mrs. Oondlof's name. NO NAILS OX PLATFORM HANCOCK, May 15.

A unique gift to 8t. Joseph's convent at Hancock Is a new platform' for tho chapel altar. Ths platform contains 800 0 pieces of wood, mostly of ma-hogany and bird's-eye maple. It was made after working hours by the employes of a Hancock furniture factory. Its manufacture required three weeks.

The elurk evidently "informed 'iSsm-fll Men's kindness and Drought them up to benionia. Hen has been busy making wooden legs and Improving on the paddle foot by making rubber wcus. WOMAN 3X0 MASTER. 8EATTLK, Muy IS.Mrs. Nellie L.

Rpoorman having- obtained a pilot's license for the waters of Puget Sound, Hrltish Columbia and Alaska, has been appointed master of the steam tug Hero, of which her husband Is mate, It was announced here recently. reduced to 10 per cent of the present loss of time. The government of the United States has spent to date over $4,000,000 In dredging and Improving the estuary. Mayor Frank II. Bartlett of Alameda, pointed out In a number of speeches that the increase of property values in downtown Oakland and In Alameda and especially about tho Inner harbor of the two cities would be sufficiently great to eliminate any burden oh taxpayers through the construction of a new bridge.

The estimated cost of the Pfhenter bridge Is not including lafltt. or damages. This Is about one-twelfth the cost of ths tunnels previously proposed. i Il tv Ml J-JII $30,000 SITE FOR HOME IS SOLD Another stately mansion for the Hill district of Oakland la assured by the sale this week, at a price said to approximate $30,000, of one of. the choicest villa sites in Crqcker Track to James L.

Lombard, president of Lombard Son, Investment Brokers of San Francisco. This Jand haa been owned for sometime by Jennie C. Skinner and was sold by her through the Instrumentality of Julia Morgan the architect. Miss Mor gan has already oomplete plans for the residence which will cost between forty and fifty thousand dollars, rivaling the beautiful residences of Kichard Avei, Arthur IL Breed, William H. Barbour, and Mra Avjy Moore which surround It.

The house will be essentially In an English country house style of architecture wlth'sharo peaked roofs and brick cAlmtliiyB.tae1t'' unutood'-that Mr. and Mrs. Lombaid. while traveling abroad, discovered their Ideal of a home In one of the modern English country places and that Miss Morgan has followed closely this design in the hotuw for which ground Will be broken within a week or so. The Lombard mansion will occupy the center of the alte which measures 211x $60 feet.

It will command not only a view of San Frsncisco bay from Alvls to Point San Pnblc, but on clear days from this site, lit. Hamilton on the AV'th and Mt. 8t Helena on the north may be seen. Directly west Is a similar silo ownad by the Walton N. Moores of San Francisco.

It Is understood that Albert Fair haa completed plan for a residence to cost about $36,000 to be erected there In that near future. Never In the history of Oakland and Piedmont haa building been so active lithe section between the head of the lake and the Crocker tract lying along Man-dana Honlpvard. Aiiout one-third of a OAKLAND IS HOLDER OF RECORD Once more Oakland has broken all records for hulldlng construction, standing in the forefront, not only of the cities of the Paoofio Coast, but among the larger cities'" of the United States. Building operations since the beginning of ths war have bcun subnormal, In Oakland as elsewhere. But the official record for.

the month of April show that Oakland has shaken off the Influence of hampering conditions and is now running far ahead In point of new construction of the same month a year ago befure the war broke out. In April, 1914, the building permit for the month, In Oakland, amounted to In April. lBlfi, the month Just past, building permits In Oakland amounted to a gain of With the achievement of this splendid result building conatruction, Oakland leaps to the very flrst place among the cities of the West, where building construction Is still below normal. Kan Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle andPnrtlaiid all showed a falling off for the month of March. Oakland's wonderful gain of over 25 per cent places her In a unique position, Indicative Of present and future prosperity.

When It is considered that the great Influx of Kxposltlon visitors was not expected until toward the ftrjut of June, whilo the immense crowils will conra during the N. A. convention In August, it can easily be seen that within a few months conditions In Oakland are likely to approach those of a big boom. Among tlie building permits for April which make, up the magnificent total of over half a million dollars, are sixty-eight one-story buildings valued at ten one and a half story buildings, valued at twenty 8-story buildings, valued at and three apartments amounting to Among the buildings for which permits will be asked within a short time is tne Shredded Biscuit Factory which will run to between and This ajfil -start ft Abo UMPUt-sjf May. with Not a nail was used, the thousands bf blocks, some only an eighth of an Inch square, being bound, together by the use of glue, Inlaid in ths plat- form are tiny pieces of wood form- Intr an anchor, cross and heart.

sssssttBt 1 The movement for tha erection of a single mammoth generating bascule bridge to replace the present bridges at Webster and Harrison making headway. The harbor oemmlttee of the Commercial club, of which Jno. R. Scott is president, has recently called a special to consider the pin us of the 'proposed bridge. Mr.

Ueorge 8.. Hill, bridge engineer, was present to explain the technical features of the construction. A resolution as, passed authorising a committee of three to get In touch with all the Interests concerned with a view to the holding of a general meeting In the near future. The Downtown association, representing $12,000,000 worth of taxable values have gone on record with a resolution asking the supervisors aotlvely to take up the question of building a new bridge to replace the two old ones. A.

-committee composed of L. C. Campbell, H. Porter Oil' and President Uerge, have taken up wltii tlie legal department of the board of supci'Yifcors, questions relating to the respective powers of the city and county in this matter. Tlie Alameda Improvement club, at a recent meeting, passed a resolution asking the City Ciiiniil of Alameda to urge immediate action.

The bascule bridge of the Schemer type as proposed would, it is stated, reduce the present delays to pedestrians, vehicle and train' trafiic across the bridges from II '4 hours a week to 70 minutes a week, cr 10 minutes a duy. This is effected, first, by giving the bridge a clearance of J5 feet Instead of only five or six feet as at present, which would permit the passage of 75 per cent of all the craft without the opening of the This alone eliminates 75 per cent of the delay. The remaining 21 per cent of the delay is more than cut In half by the quicker action of the bascule type of bridge. The present bridges require 64 minutes on the average. the bascule bridge reuuli- minimum of sixty Allowing-v two minutes as a.

maximum (he delay i' ions msu u'i iUC present month will also far outstrip the lecbrd, for ths sam month la 1914. This Gozy Bungalow" $3500 Terms $1C0 Cash, 30 For Month XEW, SIX ROOMS, SLEEPING PORCH, NEAR CARS AND S. P. STATION. $3.00 COMMUTE.

LARGE LOT OWSER, BOX B071, TRIBCXE. "Under the rules stated, we think it must be conoedejj'that, i plaintiff is seized of an undivided one-half of trila property. The judgment It I affirmed." I dollars worth of homes costing anywhere from $i000 to are now In course of erection In this region af parks, boulevards and wide-epreaKllng views over bills, city ul ba,.