The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
oPENING NEW SECTION.

OPENING NEW SECTION.
Having been for several years heavily in
terested in Central Oakland. I have opened
Telegraph avenue and Fortieth street. and will
co operate in handling the auction sale in con-
junction with A. J. Snyder Of 46I Ninth street
and the Realty Bonds and Finance Company
of Fourteenth street and Broadway Oakland.
have such unbounded faith in the future OF
Central Oakland on account OF its raphi-
cal location between Oakland and Berkeley
that have given up my office at 4e7 Ninth
10 Central Oakland property.
Central Oakland is also attracting much at
form high elevation I have lived there many
years and know whereof 1 speak. Owing TO
the fact that many OF the streets were not
graded until recently the prevailing impress
sion has been that the land was low. The
extension OF the sewer system and the grading
OF streets has fully demonstrated the fact that
Central Oakland averages 6413 feet higher
elevation than Fourteenth street and Broad
way, the rise being so gradual that II is hardly
perceptible to the naked eye The property
to be sold at auction ranges from LOG to lis
feet elevation.
While the section to the north Of Oak
land is building up very rapidly, there
is also a decided development to the
south, and H. A. Pleitner Of Fruitvale
reports the following sales in support
OF this fact:
Residence on Belleview street near Fruit
vale avenue to Mrs. Florence Dean Of De-
trOit Mich. cottage on Eleventh avenue. East
Twenty fifth avenue, Fruitvale. to Johanna
/ Quinlan; cottage on Fremont avenue to AL
On Pieitner's High-street tract three houses
/ are now in course Of construction on lots sold
/ respectively to T. 7. Burnett. John Moeller
and NJ. ]. Petche. There are more demands
/ at this time of the year than at the same time
in any preceding year.
BUSY BERKELEY.
BERKELEY, Aug. 6.-The tendency
among all late purchasers Of property
in Berkeley is to locate in the north and
southeast parts of town. The Wheeler
and Scenic Park tracts are the most
attractive in North Berkeley and the
Berry & Bangs Tract seems to have
been singled out as the most desirable
in Southeast Berkeley. In each of these
districts may be seen some of the finest
residences in the college town. Many
new ones are building and contracts
are being let daily for others.
/ Within the last sixty days the firm Of
w. ]. Mortimer & Co. have sold $19 900
worth of building lots in Scenic Park.
Upon all of these will be built substan-
| tial homes. Among the houses being
built in this tract is one for John Galen
| Howard, the supervising architect for
the university, who has designed for
himself home of most original design.
Besides this there is being built a mod
! ern apartment-house to be called Cleon
Court, upon which $4,000 will be spent.
In the Wheeler Tract Mortimer & Co.
is building for Professor Edward N.
Prouty home that will cost $4,000, and
for DR. w. w. Underhill of San Fran
cisco another that will cost $500.
The firm of Albee & Coryell has lately
sold ten lots in the Berry G. Bangs
| Tract, upon all Of which their owners
| are preparing to build. Through this
| firm Charles H. Goodall has purchased
| a lot on College avenue, between Stuart
-fv nfrIa
for p handsome seven-room home, for
which he has contracted. The firm has
also negotiated the sale of the J. w.
Erwin home at 2513 Benvenue avenue
to Professor Samuel Fortier of the Uni
versity Of California, who contemplates
making some extensive improvements
before occupying it.
ACTIVE IN ALAMEDA.
ALAMEDA, Aug. 6.-There has been
a lull in the local realty market during
the last week, but dealers look for a
squirt in transfers with the commence
| ment of the new month. Building con-
tinues to be livelier than sales. Several
firms engaged in erecting homes are
planning to do much work in August
Frank n. Dodd Of the Alameda Land
Company reports that his firm nego-
tiated the transfer of two large lots on
Sherman street, near Clinton avenue.
during the week. Two residences of the
colonial pattern are to be built on the
lots. The land company also disposed
of two houses and lots on Lafayette
street, between Buena Vista and Pacific
avenues, and started work on the con-
struction of a six-room house on Pa
cifc avenue, near Chestnut street.
Charles Adams & Co. of Bay station
have done considerable in the renting
line Of late and negotiated the transfer
of a house and lot on TAYLOR avenue
during the week, the purchaser being
Charles G. Dauser of San Francisco.
Hally & Co. are erecting a cottage on
Briggs avenue and have a number OF
transfer and building deals under way.
A. r. Denke reports three sales dur