Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 32

I 7 VOL. CV OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1926 NO. 53 A OAKLAND. CALIFORNIA. SUNDAY.

AUGUST 22. 1926 ELECTRICAL ArtisticResidence ior-SmithReserve Designed by Architect Hamilton Murdock. A large building program it outlined for this parV-like, scenic, subdivision of the Realty Syndicate company. This area is one of the most magnificent wooded estates of the Eastbay, and commands a famous panoramic view. RepprtiBigVoIumei.oLB.usm J.

L. D. KEPPYf (left), general manager of the Ward Heater Co. and SAMUEL SPROAT, president of Jhis large California concern, who report a huge number of installations in the Eastbay, and outline large future program. BIG ILK DF BUSINESS Ml 0 DUCTS EXPANDS MOTOR GO.

Northern California Execu Concern Has Branches, Agen cies in 38 States and Abroad; 1100 Eastbay Installations Made in Yeax tive and Manufacturing Headquarters of Corpora California Company Making Automotive Trade History Program Calls for Additional Plants, Machinery i) 1 sr tion to Be in Oakland till A record 'for expansion of a manufacturing and distributing concern Is contained in the hls tory of the Ward Heater manufacturers and distributors cC the Ward Oas Furnace used lir the Ward System of Home Heat- lr.g. According to Samuel Sproat president of the Ward Heatef" Company, the business of the con The fast growth and expansion of the Kielber Motor Truck company are discussed in a recently publlo survey, which states in part: "Back lrt 1896 Paul Kleiber began manufacturing- buggies. The demand for buggies in those days was Just as brisk as is the demand for motor cars today, and the public exacted just as much of a quality product in the form of buggies as it now demands and gets In the form of passenger automobiles. "When Paul Kleiber started making buggies he formulated a policy that he never swerved from. This was quality both in workman-ship- and parts.

In following out this policy, Paul Kleiber. soon established -an enviable reputation in his business. When motor vehicles became an important transporta Icern has doubled in volume every The Electrical Products Corporation, which consolidated with the National Electric Sign Company of Oakland some months ago, has again found It necessary to increase its facilities in connection with, its expansion program. More space is being taken over In their plant at Thirtieth and San Pablo for the general executive offices and further development of the new Claude Neon Illumination, it is an nounced. Officials state: "In anticipation of Increased business from the new Claude Neon 'Lighting the corporation was recapitalized for $1,000,000, and.

stock issued to provide for expansion. The direction and personnel of the National Electric Sign Company in Northern California remained as previously, with W. E. Joost in charge of local activities. Last January the capacity of the plant was more than doubled, and i If six months during the past three years and from all indications this year will pass all previous record; for sales.

The gri.ss business- of last year increased over one onrt three-quarters million dollars, ana this year has already shown an In crease of 48 per cent over the same period last year, It is set forth in a recent survey, reading: "The rapid growth of the Ward- tion Tactor, the name of 'Kleiber Home Planning at Estudillo Estates With the aid of paper strips, prospective buyers are measuring and planning their future homes in this Fred T. Wood subdivision in San Leandro. 1 business from a small beginning has been largely due to the far quality arew to nis ractory a large, trade in the repair and replacement of motor trucks. sightedness and ker, business sense alter eight months of operation under the new organization it has again been found that further of Sproat, who took hold of the af "At this time Kleiber realized the future of the automotive indus space and facilities are necessary, fairs of the Ward Company about eight years ago. Up to that timi the.

company had been progressing "The present expansion program has been necessitated largely by -slowly and Sproat, knowing the Teir Expansion Plans Paul Kleiber (left) I president of the Kleiber Motor Truck company and builder of motor trucks ihd passenger automobiles for maijy years and pavid A. Coplin, fiscal agent for the who is handling the-sale of treasury stock of that company. the development of the San Fran- need for a simple, economical ana efficient home hearing system saw the possibilities of the Ward Cir Cisco and adjacent territories, the manufacturing for which will all bo done in Oakland. Executive of culating Air Furnace, using gad as flees for the entire territory will likewise be centralized in the Oak' the fuef. The furnace was placed in the hands of leading gas and heating' engineers for tests, criti.

land' plant when the changes now in process have beeiv completed." cism and Improvement. Over two years were spent in this work, cer tain changes in design were made. and the furnace tested under se mmwm park vere conditions in- different sections of the country. fThe tests at Parco, try and carefully studied all of the vehicles brought into hia plant, noting 'their advantages -and defects with particular relation' to the requirements exacted from- motor vehicles operated on the Pacific coastvj. This Intensive study, combined" with the Pacific 'coast representation for a large eastern manufacturer gave Kielber a broad insight of the automotive industry.

Finally, in the course of his experiments, he became convinced that he could produce a superior motor truck finally adapted to the needs of the western territory, it was that- in 1913 the Kleiber Motor Truck company was launched with a capital of The Kleiber truck twas an immediate success. Fleets of Kleiber trucks were purchased by such concerns as the Standard, Associated and Shell oil -companies, and today the business expanded until today there are thousands of Kleiber trucks in operation throughout the United States, and orders are coming In rapidly that -the huge million-dollar "factory of Kleiber's on Fol'som- between Tenth and Eleventh streets Wyoming, under the direction of the- Producers' and Refiners Cor i ELECTROLIERS porauon, during a period wnen in thermometer registered 40 degree Colorado and Kansas, where the outside temperature was 6 to 10-degrees below aero proved that the Ward Circulating Warm Air Fur NSTALLED BEiNG nace was equal to av weather con- ditlon In the country. Many other, tests of the furnace were made until Sproat had proved to his satis i k' 1 "Street work In Broadmoor Park Is being rushed, preparing for the opening of the Carmel Stone faction thartheVWard Furnace Could not be Improved upon for home It was then that' Sproat began the development of a ispressett -to. im tne xtemahd- "Two years ago the company be PCFfBIIlM gan manufacturing a passenger automobile which employing Uie complete nome neaung service, redeveloped an efficient sales organ-, ization and a trained Installing force and proceeded upon the pol-, icy of -making- every sale satlsf ac- tory, backing such sales with PLf WID FOR REIMS'IET California Unit Largest Body Of Realtors same high standards of efficiency and workmanship, as the Kleiber truck, has proved an outstanding success. "In adidtion to its San Francisco manufacturing Kleiber company owns and operates an extensive factory Los Angeles and produces a full range of motor trucks as well as its new passenger cars.

"The company's assets today are estimated, at $4,000,000, With an BlC PLANT- HEHE IIDEL11IE Home," says Howard Field of jthe 13. B. Field Company, owneca and eubdivlders of Broadmoor Park. He added: artistic electroliers, bronze-finished standards surmounted by French lanters, have arrived and are being Installed rapidly, When they are all liprhted at nlsht, Broadmoor Park will be transformed into a fairyland. "With the materials going in for street work and home construction, the property presents a.

scene of marked activity. "Broadmoor Park is an attractive investment because of its many advantages. "It has a very pleasant climate; beautiful trees; is -located In the golf and country club and close to schools, churches, shops, banks, and the site of -the new St. Mary's College; direct transportation to the business centers, of Oakland and San Francisco, is afforded; there are also building restrictions; a money-back guarantee on street improvements; level homesltes. It is off the main thor positive guarantee to the buyer.

The company now has branches and agertcies ia 38 states of the union and in rome- foreign -coun trie which are constantly. Increasing in numbers an 3 volume of business, The local branch located In the -Building Material Exhibit at Fourteenth and Madison streets opened' In 1924 by J. L. D. Keppyi recently appointed general manager of the, concern.

The Oakland office made 1089 Ward Installations' last season. and, -according Keppy, it is expected that the sales will run over 2000 installations this year; Ward Furnaces are now. inr stalled In every district of the FasU bay. MeSsE COSGRflVE'S IN SPACE LDGJTED NEWLOGATION The Pacific Southwestern Broom outstanding capitalization of Oakland realtors are laying their plans, for an, active participation in Company has begun the erection of $2,900,000, and the company, has plant on a two-acre tract at no bonded indebtedness. Eighty-first avenue near East "A million dollars worth of Fourteenth street, which will be treasury stock Is now being offered by the company with a par value ready for occupancy within ninety days.

the annual convention of the tornla Real' Estate Association at Del October. Cos Williams, chairman of the public speaking Jc6mmittee of the Oakland board, is training Eastbay of $10, and the money will be used to erect additional plants and to The president, August 'Rosenber- install the necessary machinery to A SURVEY has just" been com-pleted by the National Association of Real Estate Boards showing that the California Real Estate Association is the largest state organization of reaItorN in the country in point tf the number of local boards, according to word received by Fred R. Caldwell, president of the Oakland board, from "state 1 association headquarters. The survey- shows that there are 109 real estate boards, in California belonging to the state association. This is far in excess of the number of local boards in the Florida association, according to the report The California association has taken in eight new boards during the past few months and more than 1400 new members as the result of a state-wide membership drive.

The total membership of the elate organization, according to Caldwell, is now more than ger. Is also president of the Atlantic Southwestern Broom Company, Cosgrave's women's, specialty manufacture and finance the new passenger car and speed truck of Baltimore, and the South the Kleiber' company." western Broom and warehouse California ranks first amona. all of the states of the Union in coI5P! merclal fisheries. Company of Wichita, the oughfares, which makes It quiet and secluded." store, which has been established in Oakland for twenty announces that the store is now To-cated in new quarters at- 533 Fourteenth street. The new location la In the center of the downtown shopping district of Oakland, and close to such' establishments as Capwell's, Taft A Pennoyer, Sherman, Clay- raert" -store.

Itself is of the Jensen, the Pacific coast distributor of Sharpless Separators and Milkers, has selected the Howard Warehouse at the foot of Market street as the Oakland ware-bouse in whlch a large stock of machine is stored-. Jensen's rfffice is at 2.01.0 Hopkins street, where a stock, of spare-parts for -the entire Pacific coast is Other warehouses are located at San Francisco. 'Portland, Ogden and Seattle. shape, having frontage both on Fourteenth street and on Clay plant at Baltimore being the largest firm manufacturing rooms In the United States. i- Household, warehouse and whisk brooms of all kinds will, be made iii and distributed from the Oakland for the-last year's.

nd has been selling direct from the Wichita plant. It is now planned to cover the western territory, from New Unit Of Co At Denver -t According to N. R. J. Cosgrave1; Mossbacher's and Kohler Chase, manager of the.

store, the newlo- cation Is expected to afford convenience to its patrons The new store has been fitted orators' for the Talk" contest, and Earl D. Leonard is reorganizing Oakland Real Estate Board Glee- cftib to sing Oakland's praise at the. gathering of realtors from all parts of the state. The real, estate convention this year will be an imposing affair, according to reports coming from the association headquarters in Los Angeles. Many notables from California and other states are listed on the program of speakers.

Including Robert Jamieson of Birmingham, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards; Herbert U. Nelson of Chicago, national secretary; Will Cox, president of the California Bankers' Association; Paul Shoup, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad; Charles P. Stearns, president of the Pacific Southwest Bank, and many others. up with all the. latest improve Electrical" Acorn Produces Great Oak "The old 'Peart Street in New York was the first electric power plant in the United States to sell currents-' It began; business September 4, 1882-, with customers enough to use'i 400 incandescent lamps.

One of the first nubscrib-ers was th" firm of Drexel. Morgan Company, 'predecessors to the present Morgan banking hopse. Thf-first year's business saw an income of about $10,000 a month. From this beginning the central station Industry grew In forty-two year to cover the country with plants and property valued at and with an annual revenue of $1,470,000,000. equipment and arrange-! account of' its, central location.

Seattle to San Diego from the Oakland plant. ments in KERN GROWS 'VALEN CIAS. The population of California in 1920 was the eighth largest state inne Union. The Valencia orange crop in the Jasmine district of Kern county is SEVENTEEN PROMINENT A A FAMILIES estimated at 7000 boxes. The crop was about all marketed before the G.

J. Gensler, president of the Gensler-Lee Jewelry company, who now conducts five Jewelry stores in California, announces that a new store in "toenver, Colorado, Will be added to the chain. Gensler said: "This new store has been leased and will be opened early October. The chain store idea stands for efficiency in management, with the result that the community la benefited. Chain stores in the past few years have developed with marked rapidity, proving logical from an economio standpoint.

middle of June. HAVE SELECTED HOMES IN While still a new Idea in the jewelry field, growth in this line promises to keep pace' with the, chajn expansion in other commodities." The firm of Gensler-Lee has stores at Oakland. San Francisco, The state of California shows one THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. of the lowest infant mortality rates in the country. Of the II cities of the United States Showing lowes Woods, mate Richmond, Sacramento and Los Infant mortality rates, six are in California.

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