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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 108

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Oakland Tribunei
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Oakland, California
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SUNDAY DaklanD JANUARY 30. 1927 4-M Speed Is Advised Artistic Standard CHANCELLOR hew standard selected. LIGHTING inniiTPiiPT Chancellor Ams Open This new apartment building ia located at 456 Fortieth street dear Telegraph avenue. pletely finished and ready-for occupancy. Leo Schwortzreich is the builder and owner, It is com- For Gear.

Shifting ijt shjftlhg geArS tfie change iron first to i should P4 made when the car te movlrji; between seven and eight miles as hotr, and the' change front second Id ntR-fi is executed when going between, 1 1 ARMS APTS. TO for the lighting of downtown Oakland. The casting contract for these standards' has been awarded to the Best Steel Cast-ing company of Oakland. amily of 11 Tour In Auto arid Truck "Mr; ahd "Mrsi Stunde-beck, recently settled In the Humboldt district of Canada, with nine children, ranging In age from 2 to 19 years. They cam with several thousand dollars In cash and effects and farm equipment valued at $3B00J" They made the trip from their home In Minnesota In a passenger automobile find a motor truck on whlcll was built a house large enough to hold the big family, whidh Is the modern style of' covered wagon or Jjratrle schooner in which settlers of today make their migration; OPEN TODAY A -1 land II miles art hour.

i -i iu ii i ii nu i WA Leo Schwortsfeich Has Large Building Program for Eastbay. BeBt Steel Casting Co. Is Chosen, In Keen Competi Announcement la mad of the tn C.act iYiM itrirr formal opening today of the Chan for Oakland, standards eellor Arms Apartment at 141 Fortieth street, of Which Leo A- lb 1 I 'fcl Sehwortsrelcn la the owner and TAnnouncement hM just een BUTTON-LOCKS builder. Schwortsralch, formerly wiae of the awarding in connec- operating In Ban Francisco, now Ion with Oakland's downtown Illuminating system; of a contract conducts the PaciflO Coast Build A FEATURE of the CHANCELLOR ARMS APTS. is the Tapestry Wallpapers iuppliei by MARCUS MERRICK.

601 14th cor. Jefferson Lahnii 97S7 i. to the Best Steel Casting' Company ing Company In Oakland and has already completed six larsj struc for the casttnp of the lighting tandarfls to be installed. tures in the Eastbay. with a sv enth close to completion.

1A the local concern obtained the contract in. competition with firms it Short period or elahteen months. from Seattle to Los Angeles, and Among these are a build Ins at irora tne The Hardware Forty-ninth and Clark, the Berks-lev Court Apartments, the Athot standards will he 20 feet In height to the light centers, and are made of cast Iron. They will lie surmounted with two 15,000 Apartments; the Alcatru Court, 6ne of the finest Improvements of dS-if lis if liHRS sflos? tufi! Iff HI S5S SSS 88! ii 8 818 For the Beautiful Chancellor Arms Apartments Furnished by Alcatraz, a beautiful corner apart encased in globes of ment at Alcatraz and Dover; the Chancellor Arms and a duplicate rrppled alabaster. This type of light Is one which Is said to give Of this building Id the lake district The new structure opening today a.

maximum or liiummatlon oon wls-tent with economy of opera' MMBR has many features both of eon tion, and should make Oakland's Sit struction and ornamentation de rived from ideaa gained by Bohwortxreloh In hi New York decorative experience. An ornate entrance Is shaded by a Marquise of newest type in coloring, and leads to a lobby of impressive decorative scheme. Compo easting has been used effectively, in which delicate tones and shades of oolor are blended. The building office Is lowntown street lighting system superior to that of any city In the United States, according to C. K.

Hardy, superintendent of the eiec-Jbrical department of this city. Three, hundred and fifty-three standards are to be Installed In Oakland's business district, the design having been selected by a rep--resentative group of businessmen la conjunction with Hardy. 3 -The district to be lighted deludes: Broadway from Seventh to Twenty-fourth streets, Washington Tenth to Fifteenth streets, Harrison from Twelfth 'to Twentieth streets, Telegraph from Broadly way to Twentieth street. Eleventh from Franklin to Clay streets, twelfth from Fallon to Clay streets, Thirteenth from Franklin to Clay streets. Fourteenth from Franklin located to the right of this entrance, hallways are of extraordinary width, eight feet, and are i two and three room furnished apartments, and will contain every GREAT ACTIVITY heavily padded and carpeted.

Illumination Is by the latest type modern convenience and appoint' NEW UIM niDTmruT rnn of concealed fixtures In subdued ment. There will be a basement garage with accomodation for seventy-five automobiles. One of An outstanding feature of the building ia the community recep the features will be a spacious IS REPORTED IN Terrace-Garden and lounge rooms overlooking the lake. Maid service and special catering will be in tion room, itnianea wrtn goia ana bronze panels, mirrored columns, heavily beamed ceiling arid molded compo. This la Intended for the use of lessees as a banquet hall or ton i mull i run LAKE KflfllTT BROADMOOR cluded in the accommodations.

Each apartment will be wired for radio. Architect W. H. Weeks has so designed the building that every i to jenerson gtreei-s. j- Work on the casting of the standards is to be started since the contract calls for 'the completion of their installation within six months, the Best Steel 'Casting Company states.

dance floor, and will accommodate about fifty people. 5 apartment commanar a laKe view. There are eighteen three ana CHANCELLOR ARMS APARTMENTS Vr. 456 FORTIETH ST. COMPLETELY FINISHED READY FOR TENANTS 3 or 4 rooms with breakfast room.

Beautiful spacious lobby and hall-i- 1 "Qlipecoratetl assembly room for baui- quetsdances, accommodating iifty. The most apprdved modem acilitiei. JTransportation at door S. and Stekm Heat-r-Hot Water INSPECT THEM TODAY IiEO 6GIORTZREICH WiSlER ANb BUILDER "With the extension of Madison street assured, the Hadden property Broadmoor Park Is the center four-room units, each With breakfast room, with two-tones finishes throughout. Wall papers of dining rooms and living rooms are of Imported tapestry flocks, paneled and of a great deal of activity, the JB.

B. Field Co. report, stating: "The win have three street frontages, affording a beautiful unobstructed view of Lake Merrltt. The property was recently sold to the Hadden interest by Leo J. Leaser for this apartment house development.

selected to harmonise with the Uehtlnc scheme tones and wood ill work. Hammered iron and crystal Announcement has Just been made by Leo J. Lesser local organizing fcgent, that contracts have been signed by Dr. David Hadden and Edith B. Hadden, authorizing Architect W.

H. Weeks of this city to, prepare plans and specifications for a six story concrete apartment bulWing to erected on the Hadden property at the northeast corner of Lake and Madison street extension. Lesser States: "The building, will be devoted to extension of Bancroft avenue has created much Interest and tha new high school Is rapidly nearlng completion. An early start on the construction of it. Mary's eollegt Is WASHINGTON, D.

The de-j. partment of commerce announces that, aooording to data Collected at the biennial census of manufactures taken In 1926, the establlsh-itnenta engaged primarily in the manufacture of- wall plaster, wall board and floor composition re-i, ported, for 1925, a total output 'valued at $90,967,045, an Increase i ot 28.2 per cent as compared with $73,800,539 for 1923, the last pre-t ceding census. haitelters are of distinctive ap- oearanee. Bay windows nave been The site has a-frontage, of nearly two-hundred feet on Madison street extension, and seventy-five feet of frontage both on Lake stree and Lakeshore Drive. The around.

effectively introduced in the design anticipated. of the living rooms. All of this means increase in Bedrooms are cneeriui witn furnishing and' building will, represent an Investment of $500,000, blended finish of Copenhagen value for adjoining properties. In Broadmoor Park many fine homes have been completed and more :3 stippled work. Large oloseta are completely finished, and have built-ln-dressers.

Bathrooms are are building. The Better Homes Corporation, which built the Car- tiled and are equipped with shew ers, curtains and rods, and raedl mel stone Home, is starting a new English type home this week. Sev. cine cabinets with mirrors, pea eral other homes are planned for estaled lavatory, ate. Kitchens have refrigerators and numerous bullt-lnstr tile sinks with swing the near future by builders and property owners.

There has been an active demand for homes andH faucets. Inlaid linoleum, etc. WE homesites In Broadmoor Park, as the improvements have all been Rentals are available either fur at easBjMwawaaNRMBBBMavvBxasNSsiswMajiani completed and the electroliers are nished or unfurnished, furniture being supplied by Baa Berger, lighted every night, is a rinisnea local furniture dealer. produot." Furniture and Stoves Supplied for the Chancellor Arms Apts. by Sam Merger We have, arranged to supply urnilure 1 and furnishings to apartment builderi at racifealjy at-tory cost Thif arrangement includes stoves waltbeds, and furniture of all kinds.

LOCAL PRODUCT HAS EXTENSIVE DISTRIBUTION Not Where Improvements Axe Going to Be But Where They Actually Are SAM BERGER OaUdhd 7263 1826 San Pablo flhctenslve dlatrlbtitlon of an Oak- land-mada product, ths sales of whlch have heretofore been con fined for the most Dart to bulk 1: IN users, Is planned for the Immediate futore, according to N. R. Morris, president of Flasn-A-Way Products Corporation, a4 wove street, manufacturers of Flush-A-Wav. a liquid solvent for the cleaning- of Electric Lighting Equipment Designed and installed fey Leo Greenhood jElectric Co. '2088 Broadway Near 2 1ft, toilet bowls.

From a sme.ll and unknown or ganization at the time of its found- Ins in June, 1924. the Flush-A- 1 WaT Products Corooratlon has de veloped lit approximately two and a naif years to the point where national distribution on a large seals 1 anticipated for an early date. X1- laKe local davertising WALL BEDS for the CHANCELLOR ARMS APTS. supplied hy MARSHALL STEARNS COMPANY manufacturer ej AD-AROOM BEDS 411 19th Street' Oakland t236 YOU KNOW when you select a homewte here that there will be no unlooked-for ajessment. Improvements are completed and paid for.1 You only buy your lot once.

campaign, according- to Morris, will start early this week, Beekina the foundation for the future of its product upon the favor of tne Bulk users, tne corporation has won friend amon many of Aslt the dinner about pur prices and service the larg-er commercial Intests of the state, Morris claims. He points out that Flush-A-Way has been carried around the world on the Broadmoor Offers You Complete Paved Streets boats of the Dollar Steamship Line, which been using the product for sanitation almost since its first Introduction, and has reached other sections of the globe through its in PUrnqrimit fg) 1 7TI baqmmgor use by sucn additional steamship lines as the Matson, Pacific and Panama-Mall. -7 Concrete Gutter Concrete Curbs Cement Sidewalks Practically all counties and cities In California, Morris state, are using- the company's product exclusively, and the United States government has placed it In federal buildings in many sections of the eoantry. Preparations for national marketing of Flush-A-Way are now "WIRING lor the Chancellor Arms Apts. 1 by-' J-eydecker ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR 926 Lincoln Ave.

ALAMEDA Phone Alameda 1393W Water Mains Sewers Electricity -Gas Electroliers going on at a rapid rate, according to Morris, who hopes to build up a nation-wide distribution preparatory to extensive advertising. Large shipments, he says, have already been made as far east as Boston. Painting and Decorating W. H. Bowers Painter and Decorator 440 Rich St.

Humboldt 7168 Two years hence you will drive thru it with ypur friends from out of town and is thb most beautiful residence district oiiFNortli and the popularity of the product among local nousenoiders, wnicn nas grown largely "by word- of mouth" over the past two years, testifies, he claims, to its probable national acceptance. In exDlalnlnur the use of Flush- A-Way, Morris said: "It is a well-known fact among health authorities that much sickness can oftn JamesWo6diUjiisti be traoed to an apparently clean bowl because of the tnat, though to the casual aye the bowl la spotless, there la an unsanitary condition under the flushing rim, due to deposits of oalelum of lime. Visit this beaubful- home district with its splendid climatethe center of Oakland's eastward development' How To Get There Drive or take street car out E. 14th street to button then north to Broadmoor Park, or Southern Pacific Electric train to Dutton Aye- eb. FIELD CO.

Tract Office: Dutton Ave. at Bancroft Phone Stm Ltandro 1137 ai orris explained tnat tuen-A- Decorative Tile Installed by ABRAHAMS 4252 Piedmont Ayk Phone Humboldt 6000 Hardwood Floors in the CHANCELLOR ARMS' installed by BUILDERS FLOOR CO. We pride ourselves in fine appearance 1 355 5 1ST ST. Pied. 5733 Way being a liquid can be easily brushed on to this hitherto Inaccessible region, cleaning It Instantly and maintaining the visible portion rAreyonietdng slip the optwrtuniff to own bomeslte hert already total $583,000.

Drive out and see this inagnificentusx in the making. Ask about the ew terms of i Ci purchase: Drive out Park Boulevard to St-James Drive tract .1. 1 I-' office or telephone Andover 2281. R. B.

Mitchell in charge. Li EOlviME DIEU CO J15 fOURTBsHTH STRBBT. OAKLANp, CAIUOENIA TBUPBQMB lAXBBIOB 97OO' of the bowl in a spotless condition and. in addition, keeping the trap clear. Following the application of Flsn-A-way, Morris states, the bowl, as the names implies, is flushed to elear away the deposits which have been freed by the chemical action of the product.

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