The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
RAIN AFFECTS
REALTY MARKET
Dealers Report Slight De-
preston on Account of
the Inclement Weather
MEETING OF BOOSTERS"
Real Estate Men Will Aid
New Organization in It's
Work for Improvements
Oakland Office San Francisco can.

Ills Broadway, March 13.
The Oakland Boosters" OF which
organization many of the prominent
real estate dealers are members, will
hold meeting at the Reliance Ath
letic Club building next Tuesday even
ing, for the purpose of arousing gen.
eral interest in the movement for the
Improvement of this city. Invitations
have been extended to all the inn
provement clubs in the city to attend
the gathering of the Boosters" and
a rousing meeting is expected. The
first subject taken up by the club will
be the proposed bond issue for public
Improvements.
Local real estate men have taken n
united stand in favor of the proposed
bond issue, for they realize, probably
benefit Oakland will derive from the
improvements named in the PROPOSE
ton. Regarding the proposed i'm
provements the following interviews
were obtained:
Harry A Dodge: The bond issue is the most
important proposition ever placed before the
J. s. Naismith: The proposed improvement
would raise real estate values everywhere in
the city.
show home seekers that Oakland has some
civic pride and that If they settle here they
are locating IN a i've city.
HOLDS SOCIAL MEETING.
The Oakland Real Estate Associa-
ton held its first social meeting and
luncheon yesterday afternoon. About
thirty-ffve members of the association
attended. A communication was re-
ceiyed from the Press Club, inviting
the members of the association to be
the guests of the club at a lunch next
Saturday. The invitation was unani-
mously accepted.
There is very little change in the
local real estate market. values and
rents holding about the same as in
February. Dealers report many in
quiries for business and manufactur
ing sites, mostly from people in other
parts of the State and in the East
The bad weather of the last two weeks
has had a slightly depressing effect on
the suburban market, people not
caring to go out in the rain and mud
to look at residence property. This
depression, however, was expected by
the dealers and caused no uneasiness,
and real estate men are satisfied that
as the spring market opens fairly
every dealer in Oakland, Berkeley and
Alameda will have all the business he
can handle.
VIEWS OF DEALERS.
In spite of the bad weather, several
local dealers report an active week.
J. P. Hale of Hale & Company, Berke-
ley, said:
Several important sales of property in North
Berkeley have recently been made by our
Office and we have many inquiries for resi-
dence property in the Scenic Park Tract, the
Wheeler Tract and Hopkins Terrace. All these
locations afford fine views of the bay and are
eagerly sought by prospective investors From
the present outlook this year should be the
best in the history of Berkeley
A. ]. Snyder said:
Despite the inclemeney of the weather dur
ing the last month the following sales were
made during that time
House and lot on Myrtle street TO Mr..
Davoust: pair of fats Filbert street to Mr..
Ruedy: lot on Albion street TO Mr.. Dougherty
house and lot on Wasworth avenue to MI MT.
Bacon; corner lot in Lorin to r. p. Dey; 1O0x
100 NV Telegraph and Sycamore streets, TO Mr.,
James; house and lot on West street to Mr..
Mccarthy; lot on Albion street to DR.. Meek;
62x100 on Twenty-ffth street to Mr.. Murray
NV Telegraph and Twenty-fifth streets, 60x1OO,
to Mr. Coakley: n Twenty-fifth, 60x100, to Mr..
Rowe: n Twenty-ffth 40x100 to Mrs Wyatt;
n Twenty-6fth lot to Mr.. Coakley; Syca-
more 60x1Oo to Mrs. Wyatt; s. sycamore, 4ox
o. A. Lane; lot No. 81 in the Snyder &
Montgomery Tract. to Mr. Walsh. ] predict
that the real estate business Is bound to share
in the prosperity that will mark Oakland $
immediate future.
E. F.. Laymance of the Laymance
Real Estate Company has been in Los
Angeles for the last few days. He was
elected a delegate from Bayo Vista
Tent. Knights of the Maccabees, to
the convention held in the southern
city from Wednesday, March 8. to Sat
urday March IL.