Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 20

OAKLAND TRIBUNE hALS BlG MAN SHOW NEW HOME FOR EXCHANGE STARTED 1 3 COUNTY RUSHES WORK MANY NEW PLANS 11 A new apartment hoiiae, a large number -of dwe.llnps, and extensive construction rrmltii of vertoua sorte are shown on ths week's building permits. The Announcement of more than rrdlnary Interest, received in the nem-Si titet th Builders' Exchange had planned to move from ita present quarters to Fifteenth and Franklin streets, was 'followed this atari la. work oft thai. building. With O.

W. Fletter, a director of the exchange. In active tha workmen commenced 'operations, and tha new structure will be erected In what the building men jipwt to be record 'time. With the completion of the new building one ot the most extensive campaigns ever started by a building organization ia projected to gain new memberahlo. ex- iii in Hiss )i i Tir -i ft Hi imr-i (nrBr i i nil 1 1 Ti 1 tn' nr rrrrn rir rft rrffisn nf SSW.jj kZ.MSAMf mniai iwi it iiiwiiiMiiijpwpiwwawiwwiu i inwnujn.iji"wWvmini mim ihwwidip ji.

iwm ijiif i.wmi.wMBiiua urn 11 a WORK ON THE NEW COUNTY DETENTION HOME, SHOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE THE SUPERSTRUCTURE, FOUNDATIONS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK ON DETENTION HOME TO BE MODEL OF LATEST DESIGNS EXCHANGE PLAN UNFAIR, IS JUDGED HISTORIC DIN GEE ESTATE SOLD; TO BE HOME AGAIN The old Dingee homestead, the mansion. lie Installed an wood, 1 nestling In Hays Valley. Just expensive collection of rare art works, over the first range of the Piedmont He planted a wealth of tropical trees hills, has been purchased by Dr. and and plants throughout the gardens. Mrs.

Nelson Mortimer Percy of Lin-, Statuary was set along the paths that Chlca- I swung across the estate. Fish ponds With the sale of "Fernwood" Is and lily were built! The whole recorded the most significant sale of estate bloomed like an oasis In the residence property In Oakland in the desert The new building, which will be one of Considerable progress has been made In the past two weeks on the new county Detention Home. The foundations are In and preparations have been made for the erection of the wood moulds Into which the concrete walls are to poured. Supervisor John F. who has taken a personal Interest tn every step of the work, and who supervises 4t dally, declares that every detail so far has gone without a hitch.

New Street Connection Is Planned by Council RICHMOND. Oct. Another connection will soon ba made between imniarv follows: Clans of Fulkllngs i l-story dwellings "lW-tory dwelling S-atory dwellings S-story apartments brick garage -lory office ilunif hnujti FermTfs OB IB S.S.'O.OO 6.000.00 6,605.00 75.00 1,976.00 1,006.00 8.M0.00 818.00 i uok nouaes Ptetil crane 1 lank, frames Garageir? f-heds J'nrna 1 Alterations, additions and repair Total I.IWO.OO 425.00 100.00 t.tVM R. Crow, alterations, 1397 E. Twenty telgbth street; $76.00.

Jean DuDitauler. l-story garage. I aouthwert corner Laguna and Da-muts. irreet: iKfl.Ofl. E.

W. Barrett." 1-storv 5-roora dwelling. i rorth aide California, 660 feet west of 'taanla: 12000. H. Mleley, alterations, Nlnta 1 avenue; 165.00.

F. R. Jordan, 1-story B-roora dwelling, west sldejAyala 80 feet aouth of Rose i F. R. Jordan, 1-story.

6 -room dwelling Iwest side Ayala 120 feet south of Kose 'street; J2o00. W. Kuhle, 138 Ninth street; JM.00. N. Marauls.

1-storv 6-room dwelling. side Forty-first avenue, 320 feet of Santa Rita; 11800. Mr. F. Bacca, repair, northeast cor i'ner Twelfth and West: 8218.

Lilly E. OmoJ alterations, 66 Hobart; $60. Mrs. Alice Phillips, addition, 714 Fifth ifltvemiel 1700. Mr.

J. Lawrence, alteration, 438 f. Vernon street; $160. I D. Ranerl, 1-storv 2-room dwelling-, west eide Market.i&O feet south of Forty-i-eecond street; $400.

L. M. Brandt, addition, 671 Sixty-second street; $250. C. Qulgley, lstory garage, north-I eajtt corner Lakeshore and Mandana I boulevard: $160.

W. 8. Young, 1-story f-room dwelllnir, lwth side. Sixty -third street, 32J faet 'west of Colby; $1800. Mr.

S. A. Morgan, 2-story 11 -room Mwellinsr aouth aide Ocean Vietw drive. feet east of College avenue; $3320. St.

Anthony's Church, alterations to rhurch, north side East Sixteenth street tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth avenue; $1200. Geo. Ferguson, 1-story 4-room dwelling, romheast corner Ninety-sUth avenus ana Cherry street; $900. Mrs. D.

A. Stivers, brick chimney, S40 xtv-thirn atreet: 150. A. Phillips, alterations, 1702 ElghUenth avenue; $125. Emll 1-story shed, west side Forty-wwenth avenue, 90 feet northeast of Tenth street; $150.

J. N. Yullle, 1-story parage, south side Thirty-fifth street. 159 feet east of Tele-6rph avenue; $200. P.

A. Soderstrand, 1-story trw-age, west eWe Chestnut, 100 feet north Twenty-fourth stj-eet; $50. Mrs. R. Cohen, 1-story 6-room dwelling, north side Thirty-second street, 75 fast east of Linden; $1600.

Jo. Fllttner, 1-story 6-room dwelllnr, west side Thirty-ninth avenue, 160 feet ooiith of Kat Fourteenth atreet; $450. Frank and Avery Scovllle, 2-story brick -west side Piedmont avenue, too W-t north of Broadway; C. Helneman, alterations, west aide Nlne-tv-fourth avenue, 160 feet aouth of East Fourteenth street; $450. Chas.

V. Young, 1-story 2-room dwelllnir, Brown avenue; $300. Joe Davelle, tank frame, northeast corner 100th avenue and Longfellow; $268. Mrs. J.

Rawlelah. reualrs. 734 Fortieth street; $30. w. J.

Gamble, 1-story shed, aouth side Twenty-third street, 100 feet west of liroadway; $50. R. Franks, reshlngllng, 717 Sycamore Street! $50. E. A.

Janssen, 1-story rarare, south side Ocean View drive, 60 feet aast of Colletre avenue; $100. J. Guletl, wagon ahed, 417 Forty-eighth Street In rear; $175. A. Klers, 2-story 7 -room dwelling east side Banta Clara, 400 feet north Perry street; $11000." Jos, Neto, addition, 518 Kannady street; Ben.

Staudenmeysr, addition, 2251 East Fourteenth street; $400. Barton's Pharmacy, tile) floor, toll Col-lope avenue; $250. Mrs. Wright, reahingllnn, 1177 Sixteenth treet; $115. J.

Celllhan, reshlnrllnf, 1117 Eighth treet; $S0. Orrln Merrltt, 1-story 8-room dweHlnf, Smith side Marlon avenue, 150 feet west of Thirty-eighth avenue; $859. o. a. u.

I. l-story hunk house. south side East Eighteenth street. 200 leet east or second avenue; 8uu. 6.

F. 4 O. T. 1-atory cook house and dlnlmr room southeast corner East JiJphteenth. atreet and Third avenue; $720.

8. F. i O. T. l-story bunk house, routh side East Eighteenth street, 300 feet west of Third avenue; $500.

S. F. O. T. l-story bunk house, southwest corner Telegraph avenue and Fifty-first street; $375.

S. F. T. l-story cook house nd dinliijj room smith sld Hollv 15 foot went of avenue; $376. P.

R. Bsrth, 1-atory shed, north aide Mangels, 175 feet east of Twenty-third avenue; $50.00. Arthur Tashera, l-story garags, 835 VvBlsworth avenue: $125. D. Glllman, flra repairs, changed to l-story 6-room dwelling, 1074 Eighty-first venue, additional cost; $510.

Hans Jensen, alterations and repairs, 2216 Adeline street; $250. Axel Llnd, l-story 4-room dwslllns; west r'de of Adeline street, 10 feet north of 3'iilrty-second street; $1458. A. Boyaon, reshlngllng, 786 Eighteenth Street; $65. P.

O. Boyd, l-story offlca, northeast corner and Hudson street; $75.00. Piedmont Bulldlna Association, nl tlnns, southeMt corner Thirteenth and Clay streets; $160. C. E.

Warren, l-story 6-room dwelling, rorth side Evans, 120 feet west of Everett; $2750. Norman Ellsworth, l-story garage, 65 Monte Vista avenue In rear; $100 Mrs. Flood, reshlngllng, 1007 Sixtieth atreet; $76. R. Michel, l-story 4-room dwelling, rortheaat comer Sixty-sixth and Usrsogi $1000.

C. E. Wordlow, l-story -room dwell-lng, northwest corner Twenty-third avenue and East Twenty-eighth street: $2000. J. Chambers, l-story 8-room dwell-Inp east side View atreet, 875 feet north of Mather; $2000.

A. T. 4 8. F. steel crane, west ride Jackson street, 110 feet South of i Irst street; $6500.

Oakland Invest. 1-stnry 4-room dwelling, northwest corner Thirty-ninth avenue and Kannlnj? street; 81600. J. N. Emerlns, l-story garage, south-went corner Brookdale and I'artlett; $75 R.

W. Tutt, tank frame, 1712 Nlnety-Bfcond avenue; $450. M. S. Vail, reshlngllng, 2240 Sevsnth avenue; iiv.

J. 6. Johnston, l-story 2-room dwelling y9 Ford street in rear; J225. Walter Packard, l-story, (-room dwelllnir, went side 108th avenue, 194 feet of Bancroft: Walter H. Packard, l-story 8-room wdjing, east side 118th avenue, 120 i.ii-i soiun or voaaire; jzsuo.

H. Scarborouah. IVi-atorv 5-room dwell lt' south side ellington 600 feet west of art Imtilevard; J2500. J. McGurrln, 2-story barn, north side J'rty-first street, 33 feet -ast of m.

Johnson, reshlngllng, 262 Wayne avenue: 1 1 no. -1," W. F. Howlett, alterations. 3409 East ''-nth street firs t.fead' s.

O. J300. f-. alterations. 2S4S l-etory garage, 829 For years the Dtngee home was the scene of social gayeties of surpassing beauty.

Then came a disastrous fire, a little more than ten years ago, that swept the residence away. It was never re- 4end-tha scope the and increase its useruineas to the ouliaing men. A builders' bureau covering every posalble contract In the county will be planned with Secrfttary Davie in actlva charge. Director Flatter and President llllam Makln have also, outlined a number of office changes that will make the Exchange an absolute authority on all building operations. "Our aim ia to have ths word of the Exchange final on ay building mattera," said Fletter.

want it to be known that when the Builders' Exchange glvea out announcements as to building condl- 1 tlone that these announcements are tha work of thebeatxperta In their Una. 1 The Exchange has had the beat season in history. In a few months wa have succeeded In paying off all the organization' debts, have arranged for our new building In a proper location, and will enter It without a debt to hinder our progress. A large number of new contractors, and also a number of material men, have been added to tha roil of th membership and plans for a vlgorQua membership campaign during the wlntif have been outlined to further awell tbfi list The officers of 'the Exchange will announce tha details of this next month. Plans are aim being made for eo -opera- Won other building, realty, archl-' teet's and commercial organizations.

Post Offioe Is Gauge of Growth BE Jt PILE Oct. 9. Tha Berkeley postofflce and Its business furnished th chief indications of tha general prosper" ity of the city during the past week, tihr" only was the handsome now atructura. built by tha government at Mllvia and, AUato-h way occupied, but Postmaster Clarence 8. Merrill announced flgurea for the month, quarter and year that gava renewed evidence of federal wisdom in ratelng the structure.

According to Merrill a gain of almost per cent In tha bualness of the postof-' flea Is Indicated In the statement of receipt for the year ending with September 10. The gala has been steady for several years past, but the twiv.m.i Juat closed ha exceeded rec- ve amo tne quarter and tha month. ror thl" SePtember were I14.004.78 aa compared with $12,713 Si in September. gain of for the month. The quarter ending with tha month showed returns of $43,728 01 aa compared with $39,227.49 for the corres- "'ding with 8.p- ly th t0t" compared with $los u3ir for the year ending with September, ish.

snu ui n.o per cent. The new postoffice occuplea a lot 176x 160 feet and is 126x96 feet In dimensions, having a floor space of $5,910 square feet lha basement lit occupied by a larce modern heating apparatus and stora ISUSift with the postofflce occupying 'ft, entire first floor. The eeo-ond floor will be occupied by federal offices, the Public Roads and irrigation commissions being the first ta Ior quarters there. These are now housed at the University of California. PROPERTY VALUABLE.

The property on which the building stands cost the government tot the building $135,000 was spent and an additional $16,000 for equipment. The-foundation Is of brick, above which ia llmeatone coping. The general structural materials are brick and stucco with mar-1 ble columns. The interior is finished in-' oak. and building business throughout fh city hae been briak dur.

ng me week. There has been a heavy demand reported again for rentals, though there Is a falling off in the exceptionally COOd IradA In now prire and in exchanges. Sever! sale! have been reported from the several residence trar-ta HnHn i- weu aa or inside property. The following permits are of recent Is- euatwe from the office of the building Inspector: NEW PERMITS. Bancroft way near College, addition, Aj Stand'.

hilJivif. 'Vtlci Mll lob Tunnel Road renoim f. 1 JLiutfle owner; Ji'60. i'arkmae-4Ilo ftovea t7ft GleilWOOd 1 ...0, uugary owner; $1200. Euclid, 2-story 6-room owner; ItooS.

2146 Woolsey. reoa ra. Souths, owner; Is'ot' alt'eratl'0M', Charlotte Hunt Webster near Pine, alterations AJ Manshort owner; $100. Alvarado roau, garage, Bruno She-rock, owner; $200. Cha9 OaKland Contractors to laKe Part in Big Celebration Oakland builders are planning prominent part in the celebration linildppa flaw Df in 1 mlttees from headed by Secretar vJ 7, 5 1 President mUn ii' namPrf been assist tW.

aileors toy tn day. Oakland 8 wl" Oe" great parade which Vm? 'n tn deonrtSflo'n 1 of the building house. The floats will takexup th en" tire construction foundations and ending with thelfur" nlture; the parade. fn, Wrtamr, every dkai! in the' cohstru non 01 a ouuaing. shTn vrd.ehal '-arffe Ships at Oakland rroSt has1startd mother water-front boom, and the builders expect Jt figure shortly on several bits of w5 In this neighborhood.

lnrethPItbIern financ'ns one of tei? planneI for Oakland ha binf'' ac5ord1" to news oelved by local contractors; this to fin IwT," Certaln capitalists vs finished their negotiations. The In Mrtan- tn Property Is Vx, Pected in a few weeks, negotiation, being now under way th (Sixtieth case in a series of recent real estate decisions affecting agents and owners, sum marized for The Tribune by Attorney Carlos G. White of Oak-a land, lecturer in law at the I'ni-. versify of California, and member of the firm of Dunn, AVhite Alkeh). Before the development in Kn gland of that branch of the law that is now known as equity It was not possible to compel a man to literally perform a contract.

It was one's legul privi- lege to refuse to perform, and there- uiinn niv ro k. mo uuiiofico sioned by the breach of tha contract. However, when tha courts of equity arose, It became the established rule 1 in auch courts that contracts for the conveyance of land should, If Just and equitable, be specifically enforced. If the contract was In all resDeeta fair the one who had rt' the one who had agreed to convey land was commanded by tha chan cellor to make the very conveyance he had agreed In the old-established comm-en law courts the fairness of the contract was of no concern. All the law retfulred was the existence of a con tract.

If a man contracted to sell property for half Us value, and then refused to do so, he was required to pay as damages the loss thereby oc casioned to the other. The court of equity, however, da veloped from the fcustom of the king order justice done in special cases wherein tne legal remedy was de-, recuve. No one had a rieht to de mand the exceptional remedies which tha king's chancellor, acting in place of the king, had the power to grant or reiuse, and, therefore, the rem- me central aiacaonaia-avenue eecuon jca. This report Is an Important and of the city and the harbor section. extremely valuable addition to the list of The council, bfVin? ordered esti-f publllatlona dealing with the problems mates- from the fty engineer on the connected with the development of Amer-cost of constructing- a viaduct tinder ican 'or'n Jf'- rMUJ! of tha Santa at Sixteenth street, Ms LoU(rn, vho has written extensively on preparing to carry out the lmprove- financial and banking problems and who ment as soon aa the estimate "is filed.

unusually well qualified for making Twenty-third street wi.l be from the northern limits of the city The questions oohntcted with the de-to the harbor line within the next velopment of foreign banking facilities few months. This 80-foot paved thor-l ro Yhlch ve paratlvely little study until recently in oughfare -will carry a large amount of I the United States. Yet the permanent ex-trafflc. At the corner where it I tension and development of American for- yusi uecaue. it means that a new residence section has been established a country home section wjiere extensive acreages will prevail.

urthermore. it is an indication that the trend of summer home buv- "la tonio to central California i easterners wno Purchasing summer estates thera part of the state have that this part of California is Just as adaptable for this purpose. E. B. Bull, associated with David H.

Mcaughlln in tha management of the R. Is'. Burgess Company's local of fices, conducted the sal The prop- erty was owned bysth Realty Syn- uicate. PROPERTY EXTENSIVE. There are some thirty-eight acres in the property purchased by Dr.

and Mrs. Percy. "Fernwood was for years a show place of Alameda county. It was originally owned by Colonel Jack Hays, that stirring char atjter of the pioneer days, former sheriff of San Francisco and former United States surveyor-general for the state of California. Colonel Hays' widow turned the property over to William Dlngee in exchange for extensive holdings on the'south ah or of Alameda, L4ngee, president of the old Contra Costa Water Company, controlline acreage throughout Alameda county, was attracted to the Hays Property by ita unusual climatic con- ditions, the property lying In a ter-1 rninal belt of even temperature.

The na.iuiu.1 oeauuea ot tne place, the rock iormauons, the. trees and shrubs, also" appealed to the millionaire. Dlngee Immediately proceeded to improve "Fernwood." He reovy ances unless the difference Is so great as to 'shock the conscience of the "Whatever may be the rule in the ToSratton Is. undo rTIt tlnct rround fnr denvln; formance DETERMINATION MADE. ti v.

uDboiuiiiiiui: wiiemer me con sideration is adequate the court Is not guided solely by a comparison of th price agreed to be paid with tha value of the property to be conveyed. This Is a factor, but it Is to be viewed by the court in conjunction with all the other facts and circumstances of the case A price which V.aI"e the caae A nrin I 1 1 11 "UH oeen fixed by the lree agreement of the parties acting with full knowledge 6 cndtlns, an the contract 'Z'Z 1 1,1 rcf'ecis, a reasonable approximation to eaual. i edles of the court of equity, the chan-jvast the finest of Its kind in the United States will house every accommodation for ths work of Probation Officer Ollle Bnedlgar's office. The lower floor will contain the administrative offices and the upper floors the rooms, dormitories; and other 'conveniences for handling the youngsters to be kept there. The Juvenile Court will be on the first floor.

Will Give Data on South American BanKing The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, will publish in the near future a report on Banking Opportunities In South Amer- trada ftr 'ar8ly dependent upon the proper organization and establishment of American banking facilities abroad. Tha report on "Banking Opportunities In South America" is a very extensive study of the development and organization of German and English banks In South America. It, presents in a detailed way lnfor- German and EnBllsn banlo) ln South Ami. nd th. nw succenaea which have heen attained.

On interesting feature in the report Is connected with the question of the control of Oerman banks In South America by central banks in Germany. The, four German banks in South America are owned almost or quite entirely by one or more of the great German banks, although each South American bank is distinctly a separate corporation with its own management. The affiliations between the home and South American banks are as follows: The Deutsche Ueberseeische Bank ia owned (except for a small portion -of the capital stock) by tha Deutsche Bank and has its home office In Berlin. Tha Brasillanisch, Bank fuer Beutsqlijajid. is owned by this Kiskbntogese'llschaf and Norddeutsche Bank whlch Is Itself controlled by the DlskontogaselUchaft) and has Its home office In Hamburg.

Tha Bank fuer Chile und Deutschland Is a sister institution to the Braslllanlsche Bank; it also is owned by the Dlakonte-gesellschaft and has its head office In Hamburg. The Deutach-Suedamerikan-lsche Bank Is owned and controlled by an allied group made up of the Dresdner Bank, the SchaafThauaenlsche Bankvereln and the National Bank fuer Deutschland. GERMAN BANK ACTIVE. Of tha four Oerman banks In South America only one is remarkable for energetic and successful extension. Although these four banks were presumably designed primarily to advance the business interests which organised them, they have had a powerful Influence on the investment of capital and on trade.

Another Interesting phase of the banking problems connected with South American development is the fact that personal and social relationships are a very Important factor In the question of bank. Ing operations and banking methods, and the personal and social side of the business relationships are extremely Important. This has had a. very definite effect uron lecurinar or oritdit mrnrmnt nn and in the ion. run tt cn h.

i .7 uuvuau acuumni- ance-and from reneral i.r.nnal I aiuiA 4 i built. Din tree moved iwiv returned; GARDENS REMAIN. But the beauties of the gardens remained. On every hand remnants of the romantic past were present. Vine-covered stone buildings, cool stone walled cellars, cement-ltned fish and lily ponds, substantial sidewalks, scores upon scores of rare trees, shrubs and flowers.

"Fernwood" lies in a thermal belt of even and moderate temperature. It Is always pleasant there. -It was this rare climate that appealed to Mrs. Percy on her visit to California a few weeks Then she was attracted by the beauty of the entire acreage. She returned to Chicago, consulted with her husband and ar- rived in Oakland about a week ago to complete me aeai.

Her husband Is one of the beet-known surgeons In Chicago and Is recognized throughout America, "Doctor Percy and I. will return "to Oakland early in January to go over plans for the future development of said Mrs. Perry the Hotel Oakland yesterday Milan. while I ran only say that we have jPurcnased the old Dlngee homestead." Tne purchase price is not known, non8 ot the parties to the transaction having given out the figures. It is cer- ine pnee must run up into many-thmisands ofdollars." BUILDING PLANS DISCUSSED BY J.

OWNERS Several large building -it was announced this week by architects, will shortly be placed before the Builders' Exchange and the contract ors or tne east Day region, these lh eluding a number of a' apartment houses, a new theater and several structures of importance. It ignlflcance, also, say the build- at one of the largest structural other Is of ers, that steel fabricating works in the West Is even now erecting a. i 4i I to be on the ground of expected build The recen? sale the V'" university or California bonds is also taken as an indication by tht builders while a number of large pieces of work are even now being rushed to com- riau field for new building, and vuuuiiig, anq already manufacturers are seeking the must, vuiuaoie oi tne factory sites that will be opened for bulldlne- h. subdivision of this property. News of several new staamsliin In negotiation for berthing plaxes on tn Oa.Wan4 estuary, and of the bullj- crossea Macdonald avenue the city paid 6000 for a small strip needed In the widening, the size of the strip giving a value of M0.000 an This gives an idea of the advance in property here.

The belt railroad being constructed Nicholl es tate and the Rich-, mond Pressed. Brick Works will be 1m operation in a few more weeks. The bricltf company, having secured this road, is making Its plans for enlargement. Gaining connection with the Banta Fe, the plant can receive clay by rail from the mountains. BARXYARD TURN'S COURT.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 8. Tony Pal-agreen, charged by Stephen Furman with stealing four chickens, was released' on condition that he drop the chickens at a point somewhere -between the homes of the two men, the chickens to decide ownership by selecting their roosting place. ments, east side Linden, 139 feet north Tenth street; 15000. 8.

A. Potter, alterations, 5808 Edgerly Street; $1000. Harry Behtole, tank frame, 752 High Street; $100. Mr, DuBrutz, roof repairs, northeast corner Twelfth and Jefferson streets; 950. Herbert Smith, reshlngllng, 1077 street; $H0.

I. A. Kellogo, l-story 8-room dwelling, north side Hearst avenue Kit feet east of IJncolu, alterations, 1131 Second avenue; Gilbert Loken, alterations, 1134 Second avenue; $329. Paul and Rose Schmidt, l-torv 5-room dwelling, east side Minnesota avenue, 433 feet north of Foothill boulevard; $1520. N.

A. Marstlsy, roof repairs, 415-417 Fifteenth street; $75. P. Acrtiso, roof repairs, 1415 Franklin street; $40. William H.

Coogan, l-story 8-room dwelling, north side Sixtieth street. 815 feet eat of Grove; $2000, 1-8tory 4-room dwelling east side Lighty-fourth avenue, 60 feet south of street; $10.00. Beck' 415 Brush JR- PenneM, alterations, 280 Seventh jck Kutech, arif'tHn 191o Xti i motr.nana, l-story 7-room 3U0 Oeori- Miller, roof rei-aira. muus XUiU.uih auJ Alice ausauf Sii ceuors court, were given, not to I every seeker, but only to- those whose claims were not only legal, but also Just, fair and equitable. The foregoing why It 1 possible today to get damages for the non-perforrriance of-certain.

contracts, which the courts recognize as valid in law, but not such equitable. Just and fair contracts as to entitle one to the exceptional remedy of specific performance. CASES CITED. In the case of Haddock vs. decided by the Supreme Court of Call- "Pteerh20' 191B- parties, the record shows, made, a lerai and blfidmg contract to ex- change certain lands located in Los Angeles county.

The plaintiff, Had-i dock, offered to rurrv nut Viio Ta i 4 the exchange, but the Knapps, de- ienaants, rerused to complete the transaction. Haddock did not sue for the damages allowed by law, but sought from the court to obtain an equity decree requiring the Knapps to convey the very land itself. At the trial before Superior Judge William M. Finch of Glenn county, sitting as special Judge in the Supe rior court at Los Angeles, findings of fact were made to the effect that the Plaintiff's land was worth but tmo and that the land of the defendants was worth $2500 over and above encumbrances. The court further found that the consideration was not adequate and that the contract was not fair, reasonable and Just as to the defendants, and Judgment, accordingly, was given, refusing to compel the defendants to convey the land.

The Plaintiff judgment, and Justice of the ctm (- oupreme court in deciding the, ap-j nn i i 1 enas uiaparny oeiween tne the property to be conveyed ana tot cnnittiU ration avr I .,.,4,1 7.. fur "refusing eyeclfitf ''perform-I 'ha, not fixed TJZTL th1ed Wheat any speciflo" degree of variation ItTthL nV1 HneW lio-In White vs. 'Wilson the foundlltlons of the new ounty the court denied specific almost readr for performance of a contract to convey tne nex' un" ln the work erecting for $14,000 a tract worth $16 000 est ward and Infirmary this court holding that the bu'ldlnSS in the state, other, facte xf the. case, when taken he PasslnP of the old Emeryville into consideration with this differ- rare track leave In its wake an ence. might show that milder the pRr- .3" niai uiiuui mo par- tlcular circumstances disclosed the cons.aeratlon was not adequate.

i In the case at bar cannot be said that there' was atVy tha i in oenying roner sought. TheJudgraent Is af- 1 arnieJ," liitoi-cslea..