The San Francisco call., 1905-02-13
TO CELEBRATE
COUNTY UNION
Contra Costa and Alameda
Plan Good Time When the
Electric Road Is Built
MANY SALES ARE MADE
Development Continues In
ALI Sections ON the East
ern Bay Shore District
MANY SALES ARE MADE
Oakland ONCE San Francisco Call.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1016 Broadway, Feb. L.
| Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
| which are already known as sister
| counties, will be drawn still closer to-
gether during the next few weeks oy
| the Inauguration OF a regular street
railway service between Oakland and
! Richmond. The East Shore and Su-
: burban Company, which will unite the
/ two counties, has already nearly COM
pleted it's system, which will extend
from Richmond to the Alameda County
line. at which point 1t will connect with
| the Oakland Traction CompanyS sys-
1 tenn.
| Recently another company was or
! ganized for the purpose Of operating
/ a line from Richmond to Siege, where
/ it will connect with the East Shore and
! Suburban Company's system. Tne
name of the new company is the Edch-
| mond, Siege and Oakland Electric Rail-
way Company Last Tuesday Harry
Ellis and John r. Nystrorn applied TO
| the Board of Supervisors of Contra
| Costa County for franchise for the
new road. 1t has been announced that
| an entirely new system will be used In
| the operation OF the road, neither over
head nor underground wires nor the
third rail being employed
|
The people of the lively town Of
| Richmond are agitating the celebration
of the day when that city shall be
united with Oakland by electric rail-
way. 1t is proposed that something be
| arranged similar to Santa Fe Day.,
| when the railroad Of that name entered
Oakland, and they want the people OF
| Oakland to unite with them in a pro-
| gramme for the event
| daQlaTa nrndiCt
extensive developments Of suburban
property.
II. G. Parsons Of the firm Of Williams
| & Parsons, who have offices in both
Oakland and Bakersfield. will come to
| Oakland shortly to attend to the firms
interests in this city, while Mr.. Will
liams will go to Bakersfield for
| while.
j. TyrreIl, the agent for the Fire
| mans Fund Insurance Company In
| Oakland, has opened his new offices at
1910 Broadway, where he will handle
| line of real estate as well as insurance.
| ALAMEDA, Feb. 12.-Many transfers
! of local realty, some of considerable
magnitude, have been made recently.
| An increasing demand for modern five
| and six room cottages for rent and
| purchase and a quickening in the
| building line have encouraged the
agents who deal in building lots and
homes to look for prosperous days to
| come.
Charles Adams & Co. of Bay Station
report the sale of the premises at 1927
Sherman street to c. l.. Daingerfeld
( of Honolulu. The purchaser bought the
| property as an investment and in
| tends to speculate extensively in Ala
media real estate within the next few
/ months. This firm also sold to Mrs.
Annie Gunter of Tonopah a six-room
| c0ttouo az 1006 Paoifia auanna
MANY SALES MADE.
| Hammond & Hammond effected the
| following sales: The w. II. William
| son property on the south side of San
| Jose avenue, 200 feet west OF Willow
| street, to Mrs. Mary j. Moran of San
| Rafael; the fourteen-room residence of
| T. T. Harris on Santa Clara avenue
west of Lafayette street to w. E.
Schwerin; the southwest corner Of San
Antonio avenue and Oak street to
! Scheuerman Brothers; the four-room
cottage on Haight avenue. 16O feet
west OF Eighth street, to Charles E.
| Newland.
| Captain j. S. Hanley negotiated the
1 transfer of lot on Sherman street
near San Antonio avenue to DIR. W.
r. Bacon, who will soon build thereon.
| He also sold the residence property at
S271 Briggs avenue to w. G. Dudley,
| on which the purchaser will build.
| They also sold to l.. P. Tuttle a new
| cottage ON Taylor erected by the West
| End Real Estate Association Tuttle,
| in turn, sold the property to DIR. III. NJ.
| Pond The latter has also bought a
| block of lots with a frontage of 200
| feet on Haight avenue from Adolph
/ Hecker.
/ George Lewis & Co. report the sale
| of a rooming- house on Lincoln avenue,
| between Park and Everett streets, to
| Mrs. J. A. Rogers. Renting with this
| company has been very active during
| the last three weeks.
| E. Judd & Co. effected the transfer
| of the Savage property TO Mr. Hotch-
| kiss of Santa Cruz. This firm has in
| stalled many tenants in rented homes
during the last three weeks.
The Alameda Land Company reports
the following sales: Southwest corner
of Buena Vista avenue and Lafayette
! street; the st. James Hotel, southwest
| corner of Santa Clara avenue and
| Chestnut street, to j. J. Ormsby; lot
| On Park avenue to j. H. Young This
firm, has closed a contract for the erec-
| tion of five cottages on Sherman street,
| near Morton-street station, and is now
/ completing the construction Of a one
| and a half story house on Lafayette
street, near Buena Vista avenue.
william Bufour & Co. are pre-
1
street This firm recently sold to Frank
p. Bosworth a lot 50x140 on Buena
Vista avenue, on which the owner will
(! build.
Hawks & Mehrtens have sold to A.
w. Young lot on Taylor avenue
LAND SALES AT FRUTTVALE.
4 FRUITvALE, Feb. 12.-Here is what
some of the dealers have to say con-
cerning the local realty market:
II. A. Pleitner-There is at present a strong
demand for acreage on which Chickens nav
be raised. This demand is mostly from San
believe to that fact that many who are am,
| ployed in factories In the summer time are
| now idle. Practically all of the rentah1s
! houses in Fruitvale are occupied -Four and
five room modern cottages near the station
bring from SIS to SIS a month. am plan
! Boulevard tract along Talcott avenue to sell
| Henry Barkmeyer-Sales with me are in
| creasing and / have two large deals in process
OF negotiation. one being that Of an improved
piece OF business property. am also blaming
| to begin some buildings soon
Charles #. Lee-We are selling rnanv lotu
in the Boulevard Tract on Talcott avenue and
are opening up streets in that beautifrII Local
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