The San Francisco call., 1904-11-28
Real Estate Men Report an
Increase in Demand for
All Kinds of Property
BARKER PARK is SOLD
Berkeley and Alameda Deal
ers Are Well Satisfied
With the Present Outlook
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1916 Broadway, Nov q.


that there would be a marked increase
In business have been fully realized.
There is hardly a firm in the city that
has not had all the business that could
be handled during the last week, de-
spite the fact that Thanksgiving week
is generally rather dull. All parts of
the city seem to find favor with pur-
chasers and renters, and many in
quiries have been made for centrally
located business property.
Dealers in Berkeley and Alameda also
report increased activity since the cleo
ton. In Alameda the demand for cot
tages continues to exceed the supply,
and it is expected that as soon as the
winter is over there will be a build
ing boom in the Island City" Much
street work is being done in North
Berkeley at present, for the purpose Of
opening up new building tracts. A
contract has just been let by the
Northland Development Company for
street and sewer work to cost $4,000
The Syndicate Investment Company
has just secured Barker Park, one of
the finest residence tracts in FruitVale,
which has already been snbdivided into
building lots Nineteen Of these lots
were sold last Thurday. Barker Park
is a part of the F. l.. Barker property,
above the county road. The price paid
for the tract was s35, 900, and the value
or the lots already sold approximates
$40, 600
William j. Laymance president of
the Laymance Real Estate Company,
reports an active market with splen-
did outlook for the winter. He said;
We have sold during the past week for John
w Phillips the well known capitalist. and E.
ID Pond A SilNerstein the tWO-StOry DuSl-
block and lot 25x1O0 feet on the north line
OF Eighth street 125 feet east Of Washington,
We have also sold suburban tract OF unim-
proved lots in the neighborhood of $lOVOo 10
another local capitalist. This property is be-
ing purchased to be held by the buyer as an in
vestment az he has great faith in the future
value OF Oakland suburban property
We have also sold for Mrs. NJ McGann 10
George Roeth another well known capitalist,
the southwest corner OF Sixth and Clay streets.
size 75xlO0 feet, with improvements. for $500
For Professor George c. Edwards TO ". A.
Pattiani an eight-room house. with lot 4Ox1OO
feet, situated ON the north side OF Twenty-nrst
street 200 feet east of Webster, for $4,000.
We have also leased two Of the handsome
new homes i'm this same block at $40 per
month. This proves the fact that new houses
find ready tenants While these houses We're
built for the market. the rentals paid such good
interest that Professor Edwards leased same
Several sales OF cheap houses and lots ind-
cate that the man of moderate means Is very
much in evidence There is also large class
OF buyers who are hard to accommodate-peo-
pie who are wanting income investment prop
critics II is difficult to find this class OF prop
erty because the present owners have such
confidence in their holdings that they will not
place the same In the market.
prominent Oakland banker remarked TO me
yesterday that there must be great many
new people coming into Oakland, as he cannot
remember a time when there were SO man!
new bank accounts opened. This speaks Wen
for our cty And not only new residential
people are coming to Oakland nut new DUST
ness firms are looking toward our ialr city:
,eaI faa
Willowvare Company, a wholesale concern
This company has taken long lease on wv wv
story brick building on washington street,
near seventh We have also leased two OF the
stores in the new c. ii. KING Dulldlhs AZ
Twelfth and Harrison streets. one 70 +. NC
Mullen for FIVE years for wholesale ana re-
TAN hardware business and the other TO X
Price for three years for wholesale ana re-
tail candy business ...o,s,,,.
the soliciting of students by the Poiytechnic
Business College, which has leased the oi,, onree
upper floors of this new building, is so encour-
aging that another story may be adueu 70 ihe
building. Mr.. King has expressed ms "I.llns tsS
ness TO make this hve-story UuI9lhe siiouIu ,
they require the added space ne says ono ne
reaiizes the great importance of 1000 or lZOO
students coming from the States OF Washlns
TON Oregon and California, means TO this city;
J;,e nTesident OF the Continental Paint and
Varnish Company, which company was recently recently
located by us informed me that he was well
rieased Nth Oakland as a manufacturing and
distributing point, and that ne was setths
some splendid business from san 1rdneiso3 an to9
and Pacific Coast firms he Hlso a saiu te -. 10 ~
negotiations for some large oiNei' ~ '
South American countries.
A F. Cornwall, secretary OF the Il.
P Vandercook Company, sald'
The real estate outlook is much better since
the ele4tion We look forward to an exceed
inqly good winter trade, as there Is strong
demand for small properties ranging IN price
from $500 to $4,000, and situated near car
lines or locastrains
large number of Eastern peope are S nlaS
ing inquiries about Oakland and its surround
ings with view to locating here IN the heal ,
future The demand for good cottages and
many instances we are unable TO MI the WANTS
OF customers.
A. l.. Kreiss of the firm of Kreiss q
Horswill, who have just opened
general real estate office at NO. l0tV
Broadway, reports a prosperous pc
ginning and gives 1t as his opinion
that the realty market at the present
time is in better condition and has a
liyelier and steadier trend than 1t had
this time last year. he also reports
the following sales for the past week:
Lot on Shattuck avenue, 90 feet soutn
of Ashby to DR.. Faulkner; lot on
north side of Thirty-first street, east
, of Grove, to Mrs. Joseph Rattray Tor
Ernest Roeder; also, $1,000 apartment
house southwest corner OF Bancroft
way aad Telegraph avenue, Berkeley
to Mrs. A. A. Hutchins for I. Bril-
liant.
The East Oakland Real Estate
Dealers Association met wednesday
evening at the office of Albert
Schmidt and formulated plans for
permanent organization. Rules for
/ the selling of property by agents were
discussed. but no definite action was
taken. B. H. Welch, d. w. La For
tune and T. w. Jeffress were appoint
ed to draft an agreement relating to
organizing the association, and w. r.
Plunkett, Hugh Cameron and Albert
Schmidt were appointed a committee
on membership and organization
Another meeting of the association
will be held at the same place, 1872
Thirteenth avenue, on Wednesday.
ALAMEDA, Nov 26.-With the po-
litical campaign over. local dealsrs in
realty look for a quickening IN every
department of the business. The de-
mand for modern cottages to rent con-
tinues as strong as ever and the sup
ply as short as formerly. Flats,
apartment houses and the larger two
story residences are not sought for in
Alameda as they are In other cities
When people come here to live they
want, to get close to the earth and,
l.