The San Francisco call., 1904-04-25
OAKLAND HOMES
ARE IN DEMAND
Investors Are Buying Prop
erty and Erecting Homes
in All Parts of the City
DEALERS ARE SATISFIED
Market Improves With Good
Weather and an Excellent
Year Expected by Agents
DEALERS ARE SATISFIED
Oakland Office San Francisco Can

1118 Broadway, April "a.
| A steady increase in the demand for
improved residence property has
marked the last week and local real
estate dealers are we'll satisfied with
the condition of the market. Building
operations have increased in proportion
to the sales of property, and homes,
apartment houses and business blocks
are being erected in all parts of Oak
land and the surrounding towns.
One OF the largest recent transactions
is the purchase bv A. J. Snyder of
large tract on Telegraph avenue, be-
tween Thirtieth and Thirty-first streets,
from Isabella c., May, Cecilia c.,
| D'Audigne and James V. Coleman.
The tract includes lots to 40, and the
consideration is understood TO have
been about $4,000. Mr.. Snyder has
lately transferred lot on Telegraph
avenue, between Twenty fifth and Syc-
amore streets, to Kate Winzell of Me-
vada. The tract has a frontage of 40
feet on Telegraph avenue, and the pur-
/ chase price was $12, 0e9.
| Another important transaction was
| the sale, by Mrs. Charles Weidler, of
lot on the corner of Broadway and
Twenty fifth street, to A. e. Fox, pro-
prietor of the Jersey Creamery. Mr..
of building 100x11S feet on the prop
| erty which, when completed, will be
| occupied by the Jersey Milk, Cream
and Butter Company. The building
will be one story in height and will be
| constructed especially for use as d
creamery and will be fitted with mod
| ern appliances. The sale was made
through the Office of Taylor Bros. &
| Co.
WORK PROGRESSES.
Work has been commenced on the
new building of the Sunset Telephone
| and Telegraph Company, on Franklin
| street, between Fifteenth and Seven
| teenth streets.
The California Bank, building, at the
corner of Twenty-third avenue and
! East Fourteenth street. is almost COM
pleted, and a number of other business
| buildings are being erected in that vi
1 cinity.
An important event in the industrial
development of Oakland is the moving
of the main office of the Pacific Steel
| and Wire Company from San Fran
| cisco to the company's mill at 1OOl
| Twenty-second avenue. The change
was made on account of the increasing
business of the company on this side
of the bay.
The Berkeley Real Estate Exchange
has elected the following officers for
I
| rier; vice president, w. c. Moran; sec
retary. Robert Baird: treasurer, NJ. P.
| w. Albee.
s. M. Dodge & Co. of this city have
| recently issued a series of souvenir
postal cards. on which are engraved IL
Illustrations of various parts of the busi-
| ness centers of Oakland, and. several
thousand of them have been distributed
to tourists to send to their friends in
the East. Henry A. Dodge reports
good market and a lcrge demand for
improved residence property ranging in
price from $4,000 to s6500.
DEALERS STATE BELIEFS.
Following are statements from promi-
| nent real estate dealers regarding the
business of the last week:
H. b. BeIden--we have had very active
inquiry for residence properly SINCE asS. s tns
negotiated the following recent sales; Lot on
Forty-third street, near Grove, for Mrs Alice
IiTwenty-fourth street. near Chestnut. for Mrs
| Albert Powell to August Menke: lot on Thirty
gee to James Perkins. lot on Thirtythird
street near Market. for Willim J. Dtngee
| to c. NJ MacGregOr; two lots in the King
Tract. lFruitvale for Mrs Alice Pawson to n
| A. Pleitner; lot on Mead avenue near Market
| street, for the Mead heirs to Joseph Morris
| A number OF other sales are now pending
| which will be closed this week.
We have been instructed to close out the
| Oakland interests OF the Jones heirs, consisting
| of six improved and two unimproved properties
on Jones street. between Grove street and Teie-
graph avenue; two acreage properties in Fruit
| vale lot on Thirtyfourth and Grove streets
and piece OF business property on San Pablo
! avenue which we have just placed on the mar
| ket at prices that will undoubtedly attract pur-
chasers. -.
There is apoarently no decrease in building
Operations and the Beden Building and Invest
ment Company now has on hand the follow
ing contracts: Two-story house on Sycamore
street. near Telegraph avenue; cottage for
Charles CUNNINGHAM. on Ninth and Powell
streets. Golden Gate: cottage Tor Ramon A
Merel on Fifth and Union streets; two-story
sixth and Park streets. Golden Gate; and cot
tage for Joseph Morris ON Mead avenue near
Hammond & Hammond. Alameda--ws have
several deals hand which Will be closed
had many Inquiries for improved residence
property There is a large demand for this
from $1,000 to $4,000 Everything at present
indicates that 1904 will be drst-class year
Neads a Bell Oakland-The market has
never been better than during the last two
weeks. and think this good growth VIII con-
tinue. The principal demand IN our oInes &c. Is ~
for improved residence property at from Szoeo
to $500 -
healthy in spite of the fact that prices OF
E'ys,itvole urcr erty have advanced nearly %
per cent in the last twelve months. made
eleven sales last week ana maze twenty-five
'hs Moran ~ & Swain Weather has in
,arfered somewhat with the market during the
last two r1onths but since fine weather has
hagun things look bright for a good year. We
have many inquiries from people IN San Fran
from Eastern people, the demand being princi-
paIiy for homes. worth from $500 to $4,000.
I Alameda Land Company-The market is i'm
nroving ard we have inquiries from Eastern
people who seem to prefer Alameda to Los
paI business is in improved property. ranging
in price from s25o0 to $500. The recent
od po1stshi thinx as tbey have waked peoeIe up to
the fact that az last the citizens of Alameda