The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27
FIRST AUCTION
IS A SUCCESS
Realty Bond and Finance
Company Sells Oakland
Property Under Hammer
GOOD PRICES REALIZED
Hamilton Hall, an Old His
toric Landmark, Purchased
by Christopher Maher
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1915 Broadway. June 26.
The first auction sale of real estate
which has taken place in Oakland for
a number Of years was held yesterday
by the Realty. Bonds and Finance
Company at the corner of Sixty-f1fth
| street and Shattuck avenue. Seven
teen lots were disposed of and the
prices received mark the sale as the
success of the present year. The lots
sold were all in the immediate neigh
borhood and the prices paid ranged
from $3.50 to $3.50.
The auction began early in the
afternoon and a large crowd attended
the sale. The bidding was brisk and
in some cases went up in jumps OF
800 at a time. Following are the
purchasers of the various lots and the
prices paid for the property:
Lot 1, Daniel Kortsen. $6O5- Lot ?. north
east corner of Sixty street and Shattuck
avenue. Theodore Swift $3.50 Lots 3 and 4.
Mrs. R. II. Topper. $3.50 each. Lot 5. D, L.
and s. George McKinnon, S2To each Lots 0
and 10, William Schmidt. s275 each. Lots II
Peterson S275. Lot IA. j. S Mcdowell. $275.
Lot 10. Sarah B. Beckham $365. Lot 40. c. NJ.
Beck $2o5. Lot AZ, southeast corner OF Sixty
sixth street and Shattuck avenue. c. NJ. Beck,
S64c. Lot 43, C. NJ Beck $500 Lot Al. Mrs.
". H. Spigner $3.50. Lot As, northeast corner
Of sixty-afth street and Shattuck avenue, Wolf
HAMILTON HALL SOLD.
One of the most important sales Of
real estate made during the year is
that of. Hamilton Hall, an old land
mark of Oakland, which is located at
the corner of Thirteenth and Jefferson
streets. The property was purchased
by Christopher Maher, capitalist Of
this city, who resides at 562 Eighth
street The deeds were signed by
Jewett C. ellison and Carrie G.. Gilson,
who have owned the property for
eighteen years. The purchase price is
understood to have been about
$4,000.
Hamilton Hall has a frontage of
100 feet on Thirteenth street and los
feet on Jefferson street. The old build
ing has been closely connected with
the history of this city for thirty
years, it having been occupied by the
Oakland High School, a normal school
and churches Of several denOmina-
tions. 1t is at present the home of
the First Christian Church of Oak
land.
PLANS ARE UNKNOWN.
The purchaser has not yet made
any statement as to his plans. but IL
is expected that the old structure will
soon be torn down to make room for
a modern business block.
Harry G. Williams. who recently
purchased the building at the corner
of Nineteenth street and Telegraph
avenue, which for many years was
used as a brewery, is renovating the
structure. which. when the improve
ments are completed, will be used as
hotel building. Williams intends to
add a third story to the building, the
two upper floors of which will be used
for the hotel. while the ground floor
will be devoted to stores.
ACTIVE FRUITVALE.
The Board of Trade of Fruitvale
has inaugurated a campaign for the
general Improvement of Fruitvale.
and among other things the board will
make an earnest endeavor to induce
the Contra Costa Water Company to
lay larger water mains in the thickly
populated parts of the district in order
that Fruitvale may be furnished with
a more adequate water supply in case
of fire. The Board of Trade has also
voted to use every effort to secure the
establishment of a bank.