The San Francisco call., 1906-04-09
SELL OUT TRACT
IN SINGLE WEEK
Fruityale Property Is Dis
posed OF at an Unusually
Rapid Rate to Residents
HOME SITES IN DEMAND
New Enterprises Bring in
Their Train a Steady In
quiry for Small Holdings

OAKLAND, April S.-The selling out of
the Redwood Park tract, consisting of
138 lots in Fruitvale, in a single week
after placing it on the market has brok-
en- all the records of rapid sales of Ala
media County real estate, and the Grubb
Real Estate Company, through whose
offices the tract was placed on the mar
ket, report that even more lots could
have been sold with ease had they been
available. Lots in the Redwood Park
tract were advertised TOR sale for the
first time on Saturday. March 81, and
yesterday the last lot in the tract was
sold.
Nearly all the lots were purchased by
Fruitvale people, who either intend to
build homes of their own at once on the
tract or to hold thes property for raise
in value. w. 7. Grubb, president of the
Grubb Real Estate Company, said today
that the real estate business in Fruitvale
is more active at present than it has
been at any time within the last ten
years. He declared that the principal
factor in this condition has been the re-
cent locating of several large manufac-
turing enterprises in Fruitvale. The
company will place another large tract
of land located on the line of the new
Following is a partial list of the lots
sold in the Redwood Park tract last
week by the Grubb Real Estate Com
pany:
F. W. Lipps, lots 123 and 1924; James Col
lings 125 and 1875; Thomas johnson, 12T to
l30; w. Graham, 131 and 132; Mrs. A A In
nan S 1ss to 1885, g ssaTT ls5 and m Ss lss :, J.
e. F. Rerart. Ill and 112; E. Leschinsky.
11o; G. Grubb. 12l and 122; Chris Eiferle. IS
Eiferle, 104 TO 107: f. w. Lpps. 1f9 and 100.
NJ. A. Ferrel. 10 and IL; Chris Eiferie, 20 to
81; Jacob Prentmann. 80 to 81.
A number of the lots in the Redwood
Park tract were also sold through the
offices of the Gardner-Frick Company of
F'ruitvale, who report that every lot sold
by them was transferred to resident
of Fruitvale.
The San Jose Cement Block Company
has recently fled articles of incorpora-
ton in Alameda County and has estab-
lished an Office at 1924 F'ruitvale avenue.
This company has just completed the
erection of q factory at Putnam and
Washington streets in Fruitvale for the
iilaIitlfactexeAsof concrete hollew blocks
for use in the construction OF all kinds
OF buildings. Contracts have been Sc
cured to furnish blocks for the construc-
ton of handsome residences in Fruitvale
for p. II. Zappettini, a well-known San
Francisco banker. and DR.. Armstrong,
also Of San Francisco.
Oakland real estate dealers report that
while there have been few unusually
large sales of property in the last week
the number of transfers of residence
property has been greater than that of
the corresponding period OF any year in
the history of Oakland. Two of the largest
sales of the week are reported by George
W. Austin, these being the transfer of
the Fashion Stables on Broadway, be-
tween Seventh and Eighth streets. which
was purchased by Louis Schaffer. who
for several years has occupied the prop
erty and of the new three-story brick
building on Franklin street. between
Ninth and Tenth, which was sold TO H.
T. Gear for Ralph w. Kinney.
In discussing the present condition of
the real estate market today Mr.. Austin
said:
notable fact concerning our business dur
ing the last week Is that nearly all our sales
OF small residence property have been made TO
workingmen who are tired of paying rent and
are determined to secure homes OF their own.
Many of these purchasers have been employees
OF large local corporations. but about one-third
are newcomers to Oakland.
No particular part of the city has been
especially favored by these buyers. who
must, of necessity, locate as nearly as
possible to their places of employment.
Here are a number of the sales made
last week:
Lot 125x100, with old improvements, on
Third street, between Washington and Clay,
for Mrs T. Matthias to J. II. Dieckmann Jr..
for $12, $50; lot on Apgar street. between West
and Grove, for E. ~. Walter to L. Erickson.
for SIS per foot; lot on cIarenont avenue, for
A. V. Long to Mary NJ. Lacassie, on private
terms; lot on Forty-thirc street, near Grove,
for J ]. ONein to ]. NJ Chase on private
terms; house and lot on West street. near
Fortieth. for J. 5. Myers 70 Mrs. A, j. Hill,
for $3250; house and lot Waisworth ave.
rue. near Pearl street, for j. p Simonsen and
j. C. Nielsen to P. Shally. on private terms;
house and lot on northeast corner OF Eighteenth
and West streets. for H. Scharman TO T. H
Collett, private terms; house and lot on
corner of Eighth and tAdeline streets for S650O;
business block corner of Twenty second and
Grove streets, for Enterprise Hall Association
l. o. o. F., to A. F. Baumgartner who has
resold ii to Tyler & Henshaw: vacant lot on
Telegraph avenue near TwenIy-sxth street.
for Henry East to DR.. %. d. Hamlin; store
and flats on corner of Twentieth and Curtis
streets for Mrs. NJ. Lacassie to r. NJ. Ruther-
ford,5for S65C0.