Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 57

rr volume civ CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY ,21, 1920 NO. 52 A. BIG VOLUMEOF Country REALTY BOAR LAUNCHES DRIVE to be bu3t on large 'mm an between FootMl boulevard and: Saquoyah Golf Club. Am ottwlv piogra of Aopmrt FOR BUNG a corporation wfa kh it headed by CL former CMCUttvt 01 KNOLL CLUB TO BE ERECTED PAST MONTH Construction Figures' ShW Large Gain For January Compared Witt 1925. January building permits In 420 cities promise a larger volume of building In many parts of the country this spring than was Indicated at this time last year, according to the national monthly building survey of S.

W. Straus made public yesterday, A gain of nine per cent this January Is comparable with a loss of 8 per eent last January. While tha new year thus begins with a total volume greater than for any previous January, the general report la somewhat spotty. In many states the issue of permits was considerably less than during the same month last year. The 420 cities covered In the S.

W. Straus survey Issued $259, 810,715 of building permits as compared with $247,079,605 in January J925. The 25 leading cities had a gain of 16 per cent comparable with a very 'slight increase last January. The 25 leading cities also reported 68 per cent of the total. At the same time these Increases were not evenly spread among the larger centers of population.

New York, Detroit, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and the cities of the South, which are still holding their building actlvtles practically represent the gain for the country. Chicago, Washington, Boston and other cities which wera very active last January, this year showed decreases. The South, 78 cities in 12 states reporting, had a gain of 69 per cent. In the East 128 cities had a gain but only on account of New York City's gain of 16 per cent, all boroughs participating. In 111 central cities, including Chicago, there was a loss; in 86 Pacific Western cities there was a loss despite gains in San Francisco and Seattle.

Los Angeles had a loss of mora then $4,000,000. Tha states which showed January gams were New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Arkansas, Flor- Ida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Idaho. Realty Educational Work Wins Praise Having found that the State Real Estate department shares directly in tha good results of tha educa i CD. SECURES HEW a bmfMmmr burner agency flTTRflCTIONSOF MERRIWODD MELROSE HIGH: HAS HQWIEOF FOR MEMBERS Aim Is to Keep State Associa tion in First Place as Larg-. est Realty 'Determined to keep tha California Real Estate association, In first place aa the largest of all state real, estate associations In members of the Oakland Real Estate board -will launch the drive new members this week, it Is announced by Fred R.

Caldwell, president of the local board. Tomorrow night the achievement committee of he board, headed by Chairman Earl B. Leonard, will meet in the board's headquarters In tha Porter building on Fifteenth street and work out definite plans for the campaign. A similar drive for members Is to-be carried on In every city and town In California during the next few to bring the membership of ike California State Real Estate association -up to 6000. For the first' time in many years' the California Real Estate association has lost first place as the largest and strongest state, association of realtors-in the United The Florida association passed the California organization in membership recently and now California is out to win back first place by Increasing Its membership to 5000 in next few months.

Every local real estate board In the state has been given a definite quota of members to recruit. Oakland's goal has been set by the state association at 90 new members. This will bring the local board'a membership up to S50 and make it one of the largest boards In California, according to Bevlns Austin, secretary. When Harry Culver, president of the sta real estate association, was in Oakland as one of the guests at the local board's' annual inaugural banquet recently. Earl Leonard, chairman of the achievement committee, pledged the support of the Oakland board In the state-wide membership drive and promised Culver that his committee of Oakland realtors would guarantee to raise the quota ef 90 new members set for this district.

Tomorrow night this committee will outlina a definite campaign for the drive and will start In Tuesday morning to recruit the new members, it has been announced. The city will be divided into districts and teams of workers headed by captains in each district win call upon all real estate men and women who are not members of the local board, and nrn them tn Join, Working with Leonard on the achievement committee are the following members of the Real Estate board: E. Bruce McCul-lom. Harrv F. Blnhm Gr.

Arthur J. Goard, Gailor a McCullough, J. R. Dunn, J. Louis Lelnlng.

William A. Fear C. Soule. Fred Carstens, Mark R. Monze.

Harry C. Knight, Henry W. Arnold, Zura ti. and Clyde M. Shrader.

The combined exnort and Imnnri merchandise trade of the United States with the Far East for aggregated $2,015,199,000, as com pared wim for 1924. a gain ef $411,149,000 or per cent. Of this total value 1117 1 ot 000. an advance of $1,111,000 (less than one half of one nar cent represented exports and $1,161,. OM, 000, an increase of 1410.

6. 000 p'cenC cred to'C Dement commerce. DIRECTORS. RAJUtT a. ANDEKSON r.

a aiown tlM LA VI AC A f. A. DDfSWOU L-B. FAT a A FOISTEUI JAMES H. LHOMUIDIZO fff EASI 'DIRECTOR.

RAJUtT ATtDCaSON 1 1 i of the) Port ood memH. The opportunities which Oakland offers for homeseekers are particularly well marked In Merrle-wood, according to the Realty Syndicate Company, owners and developers of that subdivision. Mer-rlewood Is especially attractive, because of its woodsy character and remarkable view of all Han Francisco bay. It is said. The company states: "A roster Of the residents of Merriewood Includes many pro fessional1 and business people, as well as a number of artists and actors.

The homes, which nestle quite thickly now among the pines and oaks ot the first five units, pro vide actual proof that Merriewood people "have ideas' and take great deal of time developing them and working them out, not only In the designs of their homes, but also In the Valks and gardens around them. For all their Indi viduality and charm, Merriewood homes are low in price. Con venlencea which have been added in the sixth unit in the way of built-in cabinets In the kitchens, and more complete equipment In tha bathroom, have greatly In creased the eomfort of these homes. They are well served by two lines of fast transportation which operate along tha east slds and along tha south and west sides of the property. The location othe property la also a great advantage, since It Is Just back of Piedmont and within fifteen of downtown Oakland.

Tha climate of Merriewood has proved a great attraction, for the reason that It Is open to the sunshine but protected from the cold winds." In at least 11 California cities and towns campaigns will be con ducted during Better Homes week, April 15 to May I. with tha aim of adding to the attractions of the American home. This number -obably will be Increased, according to a communication ta r.n. rorala Real Estate association from James Ford, executive director of tha Better. Homes In America organization In Washington, who save that new local chairmen are being appointed every week.

in niiiiM niini uii iuiii I UN Urdu 1 1 ll iff lilllllf IIIIIIMI bliW Ml WlHi'' WMmfm. L. PoBtFormer Executive of Post Health Foot! Inter-esta, Heads Large Enterprise Above Boulevard Br WHXIAM J. McOORMACK. A new country etub, named for Its sotting among rolling hills on which are scattered hundred of ak trees.

"Oak will short If be; under construction on a big tract of land lying; between the JToothlll boulevard and the Be tonevah Golf Club. The grounds, are nearly seven slles from the heart of downtown Oakland by motor, and will comprise 110 acres devoted to the club- souse and golf links, with accessory ortlng features under consldera-on. Keeping the touch of Old Bpaln that Will remain with this land through its ownership, more than century ago, by the Peralta family, the clubhouse has been designed In truly Spanish style. Over the grounds that once had hundreds of heads of cattle, belonging, to Xi 1 Maria Peralta, gracing throughout the year, Willie Lock, widely known golf architect, will lay out an eighteen hole, golf eourte. The Oak Knoll Country Club, upon completion, will repre-.

gent an Investment of about a half million dollars. Including the club house. Its accessory entertainment features, and the actual landscap Ins- and building of the golf course. Slen widely known In the business and sporting world are directing tne activity or tnis new organization, including Carroll L. Post, the former head of the huge Post health food Interests, and who is president of the Oak Knoll Inter ests; Marion jszeu, vice-president.

and Roy Phoebus, secretary-treasurer, both- of whom are widely Known in California and Oakland Realty circles; W. J. McCormack, architectural engineer; and I. Blair Evans, counsel. a It was the vision of Carroll L.

Post that picked this Oakland spot for the newest and finest Oakland Irolf course. Post, a widely traveled man, who has practically spent hit life In the Interests of "better health, declares that "In all the world It would be hard to find a pot which goes so far toward as embllng in one location so much natural beauty." The big clubhouse planned for Oak Knoll will cover, roughly, a apace of ground 269 by 160 feet, Including a great lounge room. wealth of lobby space, elevated sun porches, women a and men lock rs, a giant-sire and matchlessly quipped kitchen, and servants' flimrtara mm wall aa hiiorA natM that will be within Itself a veritable fairyland or foliage, tiled walks, With an artlstlo old Spanish fountain and pool in Its center. The regular membership will be limited to 600. To these will be accorded full playing and voting privileges.

A sub-main floor, made possible by the gentle slope upon which the clubhouse Is to be built, will house ample locker room pace, and the architects declare that this feature Is Intended to sur- iass. In accommodation, any like ocker space given to golfers. They will lnolude big lockers conveniently built, various types of showers, and a magnificent plunge. With a great open hearth fireplace, the patio outside ends abruptly. Another big open fireplace Is designed for the great lounge room, and this, with other ffeeta built Into the room, will transform It Into one of the great' fcaUa of Medieval Spain.

Apart from this room will be located the womeni' lounge room, and adjacent are the tf renting rooms, lockers, and tub and shower The main dining room and! Significant Ladtrihi, Aiews showing not strnctur FicW Deputies Check Real Estate Licenses H. B. Riley, field deputy working out of the Los Angeles office of Commissioner J. R. Gabbert of the State Real Estate Department, left Tuesday, February for San Diego, to check up on brokers operating.

along the southern California Seaboard, according to J. H. Richardson, deputy In charge. On Friday, Commissioner A. Sanborn went to the Imperial val ley where Commissioner Gabbert on Saturday addressed tne arm Lands conference of the California Real 'Estate association In El Centro.

Field deputies are now seml-an nually checking on every licensed broker. smaller dining rooms are located on the main floor and close to the kitchen, and will form a vital part of the club a dally social activities. with private dinner parti after noon teas and moonllgnt dances. Actual construction of the club will be started very soon, according to the construction Around the clubhouse 'will be grouped bow Hug greens, chlldrens' playground, and ample motor car parking space, wta easy approaches. p' piaxctoaa Cart hkM Irm AkraMa arlkat H.

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Gabbert has written to Har- rison Lewis, chairman of the as- -sociation's educational committee, to express his appreciation of what has been accomplished. "The educational work of the state association," said Gabbert, "has coma, to mean a great deal to the California Real Estate department, on account of tha fact that a' large percentage of tha applicants for broker's licenses who appear before the commissioner or deputies for examination are found to be well qualified as a result of Rhodes-Jamleton 7 company has secured the agency for The Irqn Fireman," an automatic coal burner manufactured by, the Automatic Stoker Sales company of Salt Lake City, tUah, it la announced. "This- is perhaps the greatest advance In combustion of the are," says G. L. Richards of the Rhodes-Jamleson company.1- "It promises to revolutionize the' coal business In California, -as It has in the East.

The automatic control of the Iron Fireman eliminates all waste. "For instance, with a' steam boiler operating at 100 lbs. pres sure, the vaporstat, which Is furnished with the Iron Fireman for such a setting, automatically shuts off the stoker at "106 lbs, pressure and starts it again "When steam falls to 96 lbs. likewise, the, tem perature In buildings may be auto matically maintained at any de gree." Main -offices of tha Rhftdes Jamleson company are located at the foot of Broadway. "Because statistics show that at sixty a large percentage of people are dependent upon their dally earning, or their children for sup- din.

InZoVZ: 1 Income to tha man of sixty," states W. 8. Oould, secretary-manager of the Cosmopolitan, -who has pre pared a savings chart for- the thrifty man or woman. This chart shows that If a young man ef twenty puts $1.10 a month In building and loan at per eent he will have a monthly Income of bo a month when he Is sixty. By Investing $10.40 a.

month he will have aa Income ef $100 a month when he's The man of 15 may have an Income of $50 a montn by investing- 114.10 month la building and loan. And If he wishes to have an Income of lioo a month when he's sixty he msy put away IZf 55 a month In Dunamg and loan." There Is no country abroad of any size or consequence tnr which i motion pictures "made In America" ara not exhibited and In many of mem uie American "movie" com mands no to 90 aer cent tit tha howtrijfs, according to C. J. North, impairment or commerce. LOAM PROVIDES FOR 5 OLD AG educational courses given under tha auspices of your association." A complaint baa been filed with tha Railroad Commission by the Derby Estate Company of Oakland, against Southern Pacific Company, asking tha commission to establish a grade crossing from the Industrial tract of complainant to 4 Frultvale avenue, 400 feet from tha intersection of Elmwood avenue.

BAY iMhTnriXICTlDAKTrLsi DIRECTORS HJiWI LXST1B. W. MB Much of the real estate activity of 1925 In low priced subdivisions can be traoed to the exceptionally good employment conditions of Oakland, according to P. Mur-dock, president of Mur-dock. Incorporated, developers of Melrose Highlands, an East Oakland tract which is reported to have' been very successful among working men In search of a home of their own for.

small cost. Mur- dock states: "The buying power of steadily employed working men Is recognized as tremendous when they are given a chance to buy in convenient units. It Is only recently, however. that this class has had an oppor tunity to purchase the thing most needed a home. Melrose Highlands la said to have filled that need by offering homes completely finished inside and out for a down payment of 1100, and monthly pay ments of $1 a day or $30 a month.

This is a proposition which Is prac tleal for the man of small Jncome. He avoids paying out money in rent without return month after month. In a short time he has a home of his 'Own and the $10 he has been paying each month can be turned to some other purpose. At the same time, he has title to a house and a lot In a city where real estate values are Increasing rapidly. The value of such property Is far In excess of the average wealth amassed by -wage earners who do not become property owners.

The fact that local- working men realize this has led them. to buy In Mel rose Highlands in large numbers and la fast building up a degree of prosperity among them which promises to put Oakland In a class by Itself In that respect. "Melrose Highlands was planned from the first with working men's requirements In Experience had proved to us that the major' Ity of people of all classes want homes of their own. Wage earners were being denied that advantage by the money required, first 40 buy a lot; second, to buy building material: third, to pay the cost of car penter and other labor needed to put up the house; and fourth, to purchase bath room and other es sential equipment. "la Melroee Highlands wa take care of all those things on one contract and a man only pots up 1100 as a first payment.

Workingmen who have been all over the United ftatee state that they have never before been offered such a good chance ta get ahead." PLAN BOOK FREE! fleer plana. Interior aad ett trier vlewa. aew ballding Meea, deearatlag. beetles, eta A eery of tMe Ifl-aeae kwl glv I RE a ta reel-seats ef Oeklsad or vtrfntty Oet jrew efry at Lv Fireproof Weretea. (4te t4.

way, ae ml tie aeaaea later- It's free. trs rera t-. ae twee. rnt. rata a mi fi a i mi i INK VISITORS Thousands of people, It Is stated.

have walked across the giant con crete and steel bridge spanning Dimond canyon from Park boulevard and leading Into the new Walter H. Lelmert company's rest dent lal park, Oakmofe Highlands, now In course of, subdivision In Oakland. "Never before' have we found such Interest la the beginning of a residential said Harry Lelmart, vice-president of the Lelmert ompany. "Since the first work started on the bridge It has been difficult to pre vent people from risking life and limb 'to get across to the sunny. wooded acres on the ether side.

And slnoe tha bridge was opened to pedestrian traffic there has been a constant stream- of visitors. 'Automobiles of a Sunday line ap for blocks and their occupants then visit Oakmore Highlands In the trine J- Meanwhile we are rapidly sen- Inr the last of the Lakeshore Highlands bomesltes. Many are buying these remaining lots not nly for homes but for Investment. 'tealdentlal property, from an in vestment standpoint, has come into Its own In the Lakeehore district. Values are growing dally.

With new people coming to Oakland at the rate at tO.OOO a year, cloee-la residential property will seen be at a premium. "Tn every respect Oakmore Highlands measures up to the staniards set by Lakeehore High-lands Manv who did not lot-ate In La Lahore Hlg hlaeds have already made appllrattoa for homealtes In Oakmore. Development work la lng puttied rapidly to meet the growing demand or lota. Rnatbera 'Pacific, company haa applied ta the railroad eotimlmloa for aathertty ta move eomblnatlea paaargr end freight ehtter shed new looted at Central M'ne Sta-tla. haata caantr.

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