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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 66

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Oakland Tribunei
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Oakland, California
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66
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SUNDAY fltaklanb Crfbutte MARCH 28, 1926 C. FINE ing on to the roof decks, where male foot may never be known, and the girls wilt have a truly good time among themselves. The formal opening of the building will take place April 16, when all friends will be urged to come and rejoipe with the girls and the association. Huge Output of 'J Electricity in U. The people of the United States enjoyed the benefit.

In 1926, ot 11,470,000,000 worth of electricity New Y. W. C. A. Boarding Home Just competed on Harrison street, overlooking Adams Park and Lake Merritt.

The architectural design is by Charles V. McCall and his associates. Charles T. Davis and Miss Julian C. Mesick.

The structure was erected by Villadsen Brothers general contractors. BUILD GIRLS' the total, current output of the IS COMPLETED electrical Industry. 'i Careful estimates place the con EX TENDING TRADE. Oakland and Eastbay districts have established trade relations with thirty-one countries, according to report of foreign trade. sumption of pencils every year at" one billion, says the American Tree Ascoclatlon.

8-M BOARDIfJG IE JIH fir EMMiiWit'iMTHiTiii mm inriiwMniiiiwrtiintMttNttnMytiWh'Wtf HOI blue Iriangle Club Now New Structure Is Ma ft or piece of Architecture and Con- struction; Fine Location. Completed, Meet Growing Needs of Community. A Money-Making Advantage The Blue Triangle club is the thir) home for girls built in Oakland hy the Young Women's Christian Association, and' Is in to the growing need of the community. The boarding home at 149 Franklin street, housing 50 girls' was opened in an. I was followed the administration building on Webster street, opened in 1A15 to house another 100 girls and women.

The demand for more rooms hy girls vviio appreciated the homelike atmosphere of these buildings, moved Mrs. Miles Another Ideal has bppn rp.ilizort by the Young Women'!" Christian Association in the ooinp'vilnii of a new boarding home on Harrison street, overlooMi'R Va-k and Lake Merritt, to iho present Nineteenth and Krnnklin street home. With all its other a .1 vr r. as to Bite, the new structure is within eaey walkine ilist.ince of tlie business and phr.pjiinir districts, thus combining with a park location and "home" The buildinp. a wide P-shape i 1 Iflltilill tAm W- HEN you tan eliminate 7 out of pro duction Operations von havp rhp advantaeo.

0 over your competitor and you are in a position to make money. x. president, and Miss Alice I Hrooktnan. general secretary to I (take preliminary steps toward' ad- ditional. space.

Ground was )rok- THAT'S why we decided to locate our woolen mills in the Bay district. YOU CAN SHARE this money-making opportunity with us if you act NOW. The earnings should he large. with court facing park and lake, is 100 by 116 feet in area, is four stories hlph, with a sun room. 60 feet long in tower.

The structural frame is heavily reinforced concrete, specially designed to withstand earthquake stresses, with ex ii rsM-ui. sue on uray Day, and the cornerstone of tlie building was laid on Sunday February 14, The building now completed will house IPO girls, and it Is the earnest hope of the man-igenieiit that it will be a rpfli home in its truest meaning a place where Kirls may live and love ftKfs rijriVT li I nU i tra heavily reinforced interior transverse walls connecting the may receive encouragement, ad-- Structural frame. The bir.Idins: is carried on 176 wood piles, driven to refusal in hardpan to depths arying: from to 6 4 feet. Mail the coupon 10JP for free illustrated booklet, "Everybody Wears Clothes." vice ana sympathy. The ground flour has beautiful ana spacious dining and living rooms, library, and guest dining LIS INC Textured Agra stucco in a warm i bnff color, with srill and corbel easting's of the same, topped by an Italian Romanesque cornice and tile, form the chief exterior wall 1 wnere girls may entertain either m-ivatelv Or fr.

nm eon TUn SBSJSBBSJSSSSjisSaWMSSkMaZl fifth floor includes the nrlva sitting room and sun parlor, open- Arms isiswnnnMn General Offices: RAY BUILDING, OAKLAND California Woolen Mills, Ray Building, Oakland, California. Please send me your Free Illustrated Wears FOR SMALIi FARMS. The 3000-acre Loma Vista ranch, twenty miles southeast of Bakers-field, will be subdivided into 40 and SO-acre tracts for diversified used throughout the exterior with pleasing and satisfactory results. Atrra Waterproof Stucco is a Portland cement product treated for water proofing: and hardening, and contains no lime or other injurious adulterations, and can be had in various colors producing fine lasting effects of any desired texture finish." Uncertainty In the British coal trade continues to dominate the British economic situation. The report of the coal inquiry commission is expected to he submitted to the cabinet early in March.

No definite hint lias been given as to the recommendations that the report will contain. A considerable slump in Creat Britain's foreign trade was recorded for January. STUCCO OSEO Name Railroads use about 130,000,000 new wood ties every year. There Addrew treatment. The first floor oontains a Stxil toot living room, a library, lobby with public and private business efflcee, two piano practice rooms, ruests' private dining- room and kitchenette, a main dining room, seating 166 guests, kitchen and serrice rooms, including furnace, Jaattor's and storage rooms.

Tbe bedroom floors contain a tal af 169 rooms, fourteen of which are double, the sssoclatlon believing that the small single rooms are more practical and desirable. Secretary's, housekeeper's sad convalescent rooms on the mossanlne and second floors and trunk rooms on each floor, with a larga, moderate-speed automatic electric elevator, complete the en- tire scheme. Heat is furnished by a low pres ties under every mile of are 3000 track. An extension of time until Si ep- 20,000 YARDS OF A. J.

Hillam. of the Agra Waterproof Stucco Products company, reports a growing demand for these products. Hillam states: "Ih the recently completed Blue Triangle club of the T. W. C.

A. Agra Waterproof Stucco, in a warm buff color, was jtemher 30. 192 6. has been granted by the Railroad Commission to the Southern Pacific company in which to construct drill tnfek at prude across Railroad avenue, near Elmhurst station, in the citv of Oakland. SUPER-LOCK LATH "PlaMoulMade" Congratulations Charles H.

J. Truman General Manager Undertaking Co. sor steam neaung piant witn pip-anff arranged in two circuits; a storage tank system supplies ira-le hot Water and an incinerator with openings on each floor, cares for dry waste without re-handling. The building should be seen and asAtrsed to appreciate the many A recognized water-proof, sound-deadening material I'sed as a base in flic construction of Blue Triangle Club of the Y. W.

A. PLASTOID PRODUCTS, Inc. 318 Builders' Exchange Jersey Milk, Cream Butter Co. 695 37TH STREET Extends Congratulations to the Y. W.C.A.

JERSEY MILK and cream is used exclusively in the caterteria and dining hall of the Y. W. C. A. tKtle service details and arrangements aiding In efficient operation.

The finishing touches, unifying and gracing the whole have been added by the interior furnishings, selected and arranged by the Y. W. C. A. building committees.

The building was designed by Cfearles W. McCall, architect: Ohsxlea T. Davis, and Miss Julian OL Mesick. associates. It was rested by Villadsen Brothers.

In corporated, general contractors, with offices In the Tribune Tower, Oakland, and In San Francisco. TILE CURTAIN WALLS AND BRICK WORK BY J. C. SELTENRIGHT BRICK CONTRACTOR 1126 Ninth Avenue 3fern 3940 The new home of the Oakland Y. W.

C.A. has chosen RAY-FLEX washable and non-cracking window shade material to insure a maximum of serace and beauty. Ray-Flex a shade cloth of unusual durability and artractivenesj is made in Oakland by the PACIFIC SHADE CLOTH CO. 183 Peralta Street Oakland, California. Another Agra Waterproof Stucco Job The entire exterior of the Blue Triangle Club of the Y.

W. C. A. is finished with lOae of tbe most Important quee-rtona before a great Industry Is the production of the paper In which newspapers are prlnte Newsprint Is a forest product. It is made from pulpwood, says the American Tree Association.

It takes sixteen acres of spruoe trees ot make the paper for one Sunday edition of a metropolitan news- MBBaBBBVBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSSBBBBBa Agra Waterproof Stucco A Portland Cement Product Treated for Waterproofing and Hardening. a 5 M-Call MANUFACT URED BY THE DUTTON-LOCKS CH fl S-T Dfi VIS MESICK- 1 3cc.ri Agra Waterproof Stucco Products Co. Factory, 1610 Kirkham Oak 3029 Office, 357 12th Oak. 2930 one Teleph Lakeside Lakeside 1293 1299 Contractors for HEATING PLUMBING VENTLATING SYSTEMS TILING fiLCHiTECTULfl i 3 JL Lf LAL fMCJNEEUHti MtCHflMICfiL- I Co list mess the i BUTTON lAQIKlttlHO- 1 SL 113-119 Tenth OAKLAND the Knob to lock fust turn tho to Unlock Installed in the new T.W.CA. Building by BREAD Is served exclusively in the Oakland Y.

W. C. A. It was selected for its food content, for quality, and IN rest UAiUJWAHX CO. 1 13th, 14th and Sis.

Congratulations BLUE TRIANGLE CLUB OF THE Y.W.CA. An organization doing good work and keeping in step with progress of the city. SHINKWIN'S MARKET 5696 San Pablo Are. ELEVATOR QUIPMENT furnished and 0 1 installed by I SPENCER ELEVATOR CO. a i 1CC180 SEVENTH ST.

San Francisco Congratulation BLUE TRIANGLE CLUB OF THE Y.W.C.A. LaiUer Quality Ice Cream Co. yorTuxity WILLIAM NAT FRIEND President Albert Brown Undertaking Co. offer cor.gr rulation and bel wisr. to the Young Women's Christian Ass'n.

upon the occasion of the ccupation of their ew home at Twenty-third and HarHwa 5tu GOLDEN SHEAF-REMAR COMPANY ronoi roaoi.

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