The San Francisco call., 1906-08-27
MANY BUY HOMES
IN OAKLAND.
Newcomers Induce heir
Friends to Purchase
in the Alameda City
ADVERTISE TOWN

OAKLAND, Aug 26.--One of the best
possible advertisements of Oakland real
estate is being furnished by newcom-
ers who have recently purchased homes
in this city. These new residents of
Oakland, almost all of whom are from
the East, delighted with conditions in
this city, are writing tosfriends in their
former homes and advising them to
follow their example and locate here.
The effect of this .gratuitous adver-
tisement is already being felt by Oak
land real estate dealers, who are daily
receiving letters from Eastern people
making inquiries as to the prices of
property in Oakland In a number of
instances correspondence Of this kind
has been followed by quick sale of
Oakland property.
SELLS SEVENTY LOTS.
w. j. Laymance president of the
Laymance Real Estate Company, has
reported that during the last week he
sold seventy lots in the Highland Park
Terrace tract, the averages price paid
for these lots being 500! Many of
these lots have been purchased by
newcomers to Oakland
]. Fl. Macdonald & Co. have reported
large sales of Oakland residence prop
erty, their total sales for the last week
amounting to nearly s100 600. One of
the largest transactions of the week
closed by this firm was the sale of
factory site at the foot of West
Twelfth street, in West Oakland, to
the California Paint Company, of
which o. S. Orrick is president.
More than 100 permits for the erec-
tion of new buildings were issued by
Building Inspector Towle last week,
nearly all of the permits being for
the construction of new homes
Another large manufacturing indus
try is to be located in this city which
will give employment to hundreds of
men. The United Iron ! Works, for
merly located in San Franciso, has Sc
cured a factory site at Second and JEFF
ferson streets. where one of the most
complete plants on the Pacific Coast
will be located. The plant will have a
frontage of rs feet on Jefferson street
and 200 feet on Second street.
MANY SALES REPORTED.
George w Austin reported the fol-
lowing sales for the last week:
House and lot on Ninth street, near
Kirkham, to H. S. McKeen for s2750.
House and lot onsF ouTteenth street.
near Wood, for Frank H. Graham to
Mrs Anna Roebrecht for s1400.
House and lot ~on Apgar street to
Mrs A G. Lowney. through Hammond
& Hammond of Alameda for $4,000.
House and lot on Thirteenth avenue,
near Twenty nth street, for Nathan
Hurt for s25o0.
Lot on the north side Of Apgar street.
near Grove street. for e. N. Walter to
Store onNEast TwelftR street. near
Fifth avenue, "A. VsgLong for $4,000.
House and lot on Eighth street. near
House and lot on Twenty fourth
street, near Linden. for T. S. White
to e. w. Owen for $4,000.
House and lot on Thirty ninth street,
near West, for J. A. Martin to ]. F.
Kohler on private terms.
House and lot on Poplar street, near
Parmlee on private terms.
House and, lot son Thirty
street. near San Pablo avenue. for j. j.
Moore to George Turner for $1,000.
Sixth, for Mrs. Marrow to j. Somps on
private terms.
NEW REAL ESTATE FIRM.
A new real estate firm has located in
this city having opened offices in the
Bacon block. The members of the new
firm are II. S. L. Farr, d. F. Belden
and T. P. Strong. The firm will be
known under the name of Strong,
Belden & Farr, and will conduct gem
eral real estate and insurance business
1t is already member of the San
Francisco Real Estate Board.
]. T. Hollenbeck recently purchased
the interest of o. II. Hull in the real
estate firm of Elrod & Hull of Fruit
vale. The firm is one of the oldest and
best known in this city.
Wickham Havens. one Of the best
known real estate dealers of Alameda
County, has just issued beautifully
illustrated pamphlet entitled Plain
Tales From the Piedmont Hills as an
advertisement of property in that sec
tion. A simple paragraph explaining
the pictures is all the advertising mat
ter printed, the pictures telling their
own story.