The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-26
NEW INDUSTRY
FOR OAKLAND
Curtiss Wright Jr. of Car
thage, Mo-, to Establish a
Big Manufacturing Plant
WORK ON THE STREETS
City Has Expended Nearly
$25O,OOO in Improvements
During the Last Summer
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
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Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1O16 Broadway, Sept. 25.
An extensive manufacturing indus
try, which will give employment to
many workmen, is to be established in
Oakland within the next sixty days,
the company having been already or
ganized, with a capital stock of
100000 Curtis Wright Jr. of Car
thage, Mo-, is the promoter of the new
enterprise and the other members OF
the company are all prominent bust
ness men. The company, through Mr.
Wright, has obtained the Pacific Coast
agency for the manufacture of an i'm
proved steel bed spring and the neces-
sary machinery for the plant has al
ready been ordered from the East.
Mr. Wright has an option on suit
able building for a factory on the
water front in the business section OF
Oakland. The new factory will at
first give employment to between fifty
and one hundred men, but as soon as
operations are we'll under way the
working force will be. increased per-
manently to nearly 200.
More street and sewer work has
been done in Oakland during the past
summer than has ever before been ac-
complished in the same time. Charles
F. OFT, Superintendent of Streets, will
this month issue $4,000 individual
assessments, covering an expenditure
OF $25O,0OO. All these assessments are
for improvements to streets and
sewers. The property assessed for
these improvements includes more
than 100, OOO,O00 square feet.
Secretary Edwin Stearns of the Oak
land Board of Trade says that several
of the Knights Templar, who came
from Eastern States to attend the con-
clave in San Francisco and who visited
Oakland during their stay across the
bay, have since purchased homes In
this city. One of the Knights has pur-
chased property on Webster street, the
value of which is $4,000.
The Oakland Meat Company is to
have a building of it's own at the
stockyards in Emeryville. a contract
has just been let for the erection of
three-story brick structure, which will
cost about $4,000.
There has been a lull in the Oak
land real estate market during the
week. as nearly all of the real estate
dealers have been. devoting their
energies to working for the success of
the improvement bonds. There mas
been a steady demand for houses for
rent, however, and agents find it al
most impossible to accommodate the
steadily increasing numbers seeking
homes in this city. Cottages and flats
are in greatest demand among rent
ers, but there are also many inquiries
for houses of from eight to twelve
rooms.
The work of developing the new
Santa Fe tract in Lorin is being rapid
~ completed. 1t is expected that the
tract will be thrown open to pur-
chasers about the end of October. This
tract is situated between Sixty-third
and Sixty-sixth streets and extends two
blocks north from Shattuck avenue
Streets are being cut through the tract
in both directions and two steam roll
ers, with a large crew of men, are lay
ing the macadam. Sidewalks are be-
ing laid on all the streets and the
ground on the lots has been broken
and smoothed ready for building.
The Board of Trade of Fruitvale has
ordered $500 maps of the district
printed for circulation among home
seekers and real estate men. OF these
maps $500 will be of convenient size
for the pocket and 1000 will be large
office maps. The cost of printing the
maps will be 1925 and they will be
cover the expense. 1t is intended that
the small maps shall be used as adj
vertising features by the real estate
firms handling Fruitvale realty.
IRvINGTON, Sept 25.-The gym
nasium, the last of the new buildings
ar Anderson's Academy, is now fin
ished. The addition of this structure
makes the equipment of the academy
complete The building is large one
story frame structure, we'll lighted and
ventilated, provided with large locker
rooms and shower and plunge baths
and fitted with modern apparatus 1t
was designed by Architect Gottschalk
of San Francisco and erected by Ir-
vine & Griffin of Irvington.