Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 65

SUNDAY Ctlbunc JANUARY 31, 1926 BIG EXPANSION OF THE PEOPLES LARGE DE New Mutual Company Warehouse Established at the foot of Sixth avenue to provide for increased business. i In Melrose Highlands View of the attractive homes now rapidly filling this section. REPORTS 11 LARGE Below: Some of the newcomers. EXPRESS GO. TRACT HOMES Special Machinery Installed to Afford Best Service, Executives Report Firm Founded By Louis A Alborelli Now In New Building.

4-M 1 5SAD0R MAND MELROSE I BUS NESS GROWTH Many Improvements Being Made In Tract Opened By C. P. Murdock, Inc. A big expansion In all depart ments Is reported by the Peoples Express Company of this city, Louis A. Alborelli.

Its president, states that the company is now operating thirty powerful express "Some months ac-o. we selected Oakland and the Easthay district tin a lite for our laundry. This was after a thorough survey of every sizable Pacific Coast city. We have spent Jl on. rtOO in modern, up-to-date laundry, with its 10,000 square feet of space, and truscan class construction.

After only eicht months of orn-rMon. we re now employing over 35 people with business increasinc steadi'y." Thus reads a statement hy win trucks between Oakland, Alameda Berkeley and San Pranelsco. 'LJ The Peoples Express Company is nov located in Its new building at The continued demand for homes In Melrose Highlands, as shown by the activities reported by C. P. Murdock.

Incorporated, developers of the property, Indicate that this property may be closed out within a few months. The company state' "As rapidly as pipe trenches can i dug through one part of the tracts new homes are put up In another part and require a similar service. A large fleet of trucks is kept In almost constant operation, rocking streets, filling depressions or hauling building material. "In the few months that Melrose Highlands has been on the market approximately one hundred homes have been erected or contracted for. These homes are erected by the company and sold, along with the lots, on a flat contract which does not have to be renewed at any time during the period In which the house is being paid for.

In this way the purchaser is relieved from the expense of re newal fos and given complete protection. "Everything possible has been done to make auelrose Highlands Kelson, vice-president of the tMMWMWWW.MtMWWMWL IHillMIIIIIII lfllll I JI'lW 'IMIM I Ambassador Laundry located at Twenty-eiphth ar.d Magnolia streets. Nelson Hdded: "We have installed special machinery to ctve the best possible service. We ere mtified at hearty response and cooperation extended to us. Th public shown its appreciation of our free mendinc department, of our hich- z-ii cjieventn street.

The company was founded in 18R9 by Alborelli who for a number of years, conducted a horse-drawn hauling business. These horse-drawn vehicles were afterwards replaced bv a. large fleet of powerful trucks. China's foreign trade in 1925 equaled the previous year despite civil wirs, famine in four provinces and strikes and boycotts In mosL Important trading centers, according to cable to Department of Commerce. New Plant of People's Express Company Located at 290 Eleventh street, Oakland.

Louis Alborelli is president of this long-established loc al concern. The California Wire and Cable Company, a California corporation, has just taken over theplant of the Illinois Wire and Cable Company at 1001 81st avenue. The home office of the new owners Is In Orange, California. an attractive proposition for work. lng men, states Earie S.

Beatle. sales manager of C. P. Murdock, jrrade finish work, of our hand-iron department for delicate laces and other fabrics." Earl G. Stel.

president of the Ambassador Laundry company, said. "We find that the housewives value our quick, three-day servfee. an well as our reasonable prices. Kvervthing points to a banner year." Both executives report that laundrymen throughout the west are viewipg Oakland and the East-bay district with interest. Thev point out that the remarkable rrowth of the whole Eastbay is interesting capital in various sections of the country.

Incorporated. or the Salesman who says- TRACT 0 ME WILL BE OPENED HOMEBU LOING SPR tinued Gould. "And In these 4767 Cosmopolitan Mutual Building and permits issued for homes is the Association. v. i i "But building and loan associa- story of building and loan associa-' tlons do more than build homes.

tions. A large percentage of the They encourage individual thrift homes built in Oakland were by paying thp saving man or o-made possible through hiiiMing mar. per cent on their funds and and loan. A goodly percentage extending to them withdrawal ere due to the services of the i privileges." INPOTR Grading of the approaches to the 1150,000 concrete and stel mm ERATED 4 Loans for Building Construction Up to $200,000 Bond Issues Underwritten Above $200,000 REFINANCING Realty Mortgage Insurance Corp. J.

M. HendcrMin, I'resldent 720 Syndicate Oakland San Francisco Phone Oak. 6623 Sacramento Approximately 4787 homes were built or started in Oakland during 1S25, according to a survey of building permits Issued by the department of public works, made by W. S. Gould, secretary-manager of the Cosmopolitan Mutual Building and Loan Association.

"These homes are A-alued In excess of $18,000,000 which gives one a fair idea of what home development means in Oakland." con bridge spanning Dimond canyon s'. the head of the Park boulevard car line, Oakland, which will be the tnain entrance into Oakmore Highlands, the Walter-H. Leimert Company's new residential development. Is now under way, according to Harry E. Leimert.

a vice-president of the company. "Our subdivision engineers and expert street builders are now figuring out the actual plotting of the new tract." said Leimert. "They are working with the idea In mind to maintain all of the natural beauty of Oakmore Highlands possible. Native trees and shrubbery will be conserved wherever truch a move is in keeping with maintaining the scenic beauty of the tract. 'The tame high standards of flevelopment that made Lakeshore Highlands the most talked of residential park in California and set the pace for other home tract d-velopments will be maintained in Oakmore Hichlands.

Sensitl building restrictions will prevail nd at the same time prices nf home sites will be such that the purchaser may be assured nor on" ft a desirable home site, but of a knowledge, that there is an oppor YOU KNOW the salesman who goes to his home at night with his nerves and his mind worn to a frazzle. Most of them feel that way after meeting and dealing with so many people each day, week in tunity for a real Investment in hi? purchase. I "The ertnlon ef the Fa'V boulevard car line across t' bridge will bring OaV-more Highlands within a fw minutes' rr rid of downtown OaklanO. Wr Mrpect to place the tract, on the market early In the spring. I have already received thousands of and week out.

No wonder they say, Let me rest. vSend them to Merrievvood to rest. As they come home, let them look out over San Francisco Bay glowing with the sunset colors. Let them catch the tonic fragrance of the pines and watch the millions of lights come on. They become new men right there before your eyes! Early morning finds' them up with the birds full of pep happy ready for the day.

The salesmen now living in Merriewood can testify to these advantages of the community. Their families are even more enthusiast for they can enjoy their beautiful surroundings all day. Best of all, any salesman and his family can have the pleasure of calling a Merriewood home their own. Very little cash is required at the start, and the monthly payments are only $30 including interest. Improvements in the new house designs tor the 6th Unit Include built-in cabinets in the kitchens and complete, modern bath room equipment.

A 4 tor 1 if inquiries from prospective Oak more home owners." CLYDE S. S. GO. You can see all these things anv dav as the houses are APPOINT tScenes such as this S' 3t $2450 Pays FIRM AGENTS San Francisco transporta- Sl I JOY everything sides of Merriewood. TOiOk JLvUU ITLUUSC and Labor 1 COME OUT TODAY MAKE IT A HOLIDAY Further recognition ef the ra-rtflo Coaat and the Bay citlee In particular, has been extended bv eastern eteamship Mne, according to the announcement of Cyrus A.

Anderson, Padlflo Coast Manure. Turner A. Compsny, that his effiee has Just been favored with the agency of the Clyde Pteamship Company. The Clyde Line is old established line, operating a weekly passenger end freight service from Nev York to ports In Fanto Domingo and Turkep-lle nds. California canned goods aeetn to be consumed in tie by the natives ef the West Indlea, and the Clyde Line are endeavoring to put themselves In doe touch with the shippers.

Th office of Davies. Turner Company also agenta for the Ward tln with a regular weekly eer-vlc from New Tork to Cuba and Mexico, and the New Tork Porto Rico 8. 8. Company with a semi- Low introductory prices and easy terms for the first unit of the Highlands of Oakland, the wooded, scenic subdivision, fronting on Tunnel Road, are setting a new sales record. For the Mnall down payment of only $45 you.

can buy a big, woode parcel, inthe coming residence section of Oakland. All experts are agreed that the future gTowth of Oakland will be In these wonderful uplands, the finest of any city in the west You should buy now today at these low prices. You will never again have the opportunity now offered you. ASK TO SEE THE "TRAIL OF THE DONS" Realty Syndicate Company Tract Office Thorn Road Telephone Humboldt 2850 4058 Piedmont (40th and Piedmont) Telephone Humboldt 2700 10th Floor, Syndicate 1440 Broadway Telephone Lakeside 1600 By auto, drive out Park Boulevard or Moraga Avenue to Thorn Road which runs right into Merriewood, Tear out the map to use as a guide and watch for the Merriewood arrows. By street car, take Piedmont 'A' car on Broadway and get off at 40th and PiedmontTransfer there to Montclair bus.

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