The San Francisco call., 1906-04-02
TALK Of STRIKE
CAUSES A LULL
Threatened WalkOut of Car
men, Combined With Bad
Weather, Affects Market
LARGE SALES ARE FEW
Real Estate Men Report Many
Inquiries From Outsiders
for Manufacturing Sites
LARGE SALES ARE FEW

OAKLAND, April Possibility of a
strike of the carmen of the Oakland
Traction Consolidated. combined with
the continuous bad weather of the last
week, has caused a marked lull in the
local real estate market, and but few
large sales of Alameda County prop
erty have been recorded. although there
has been almost the normal amount of
small business.
During the last month there has been
marked increase in the inquiry for
factory and warehouse sites along the
Oakland water front. almost all OF
which has come from outsiders who
are desirous of locating in this city.
One real estate man now has commits
sions from three Eastern capitalists to
secure as soon as possible suitable To-
cations for factories which can be
easily reached by at least one rail-
road.
Among the largest sales of city and
suburban real estate recorded during
the last week are those of the Atlantic
House. on Franklin street. near Ninth,
for which $4,000 was paid by a local
capitalist; Odd Fellows Hall. at Twen-
ty-second and Grove streets, which
was sold by Fred Campbell for $4,000
to an Oakland man. and a tract of
twenty acres on the San Leandro road,
which was sold by A. F. Briggs to A.
f. and M. Connett for $4,000 This sale
was made by the Bay Cities Realty
Company, and Che purchasers of the
tract will at once subdivide it and
place it on the market.
The work of laying its underground
cohduits will be started by the Home
Telephone Company during the coming
week. It Is understood that the first
work will be done on San Pablo ave-
nue.. The conduits are being manufac-
tured in East Oakland.
Within the next two weeks another
of Oakland's landmarks will have dis
appeared. The contract has been let
for the demolition of the old Tubbs
mansion, between Fifth and Sixth ave-
nues and East Twelfth and East Four
teenth streets. in East Oakland. and
the work of tearing down the house
will be begun within few days. The
block on which the house now stands
has been purchased by the Home Real
Estate Company, and as soon as pos
sible they will subdivide 1t into build
ings lots and begin the erection of mod
ern homes on the property.
c. M McGregor has just secured per-
mits for the erection of two large
apartment houses In East Oakland, and
the work of construction will begin as
soon as the weather settles. The new
buildings will be erected at Third ave-
the structures, which will contain thir-
ty-five rooms. will cost $1,000, and the
other will contain ninety-six rooms and
will cost $4,000.
George Sully. who for some time has
been associated with H. D. Irwin, whose
real estate office is located at Lorin.
has gone into business for himself and
has opened offices at 1914 Adeline street
in South Berkeley. Mr.. Sully is well
known in Berkeley. and he already has
a large list of desirable property. His
new offices are handsomely finished in
Mission design in weathered oak.
L. w. McGlauflin, a well-known real
estate man of San Francisco, has just
opened Offices at 140S Park street. in
Alameda. He is making a speciality of
the Oaklawn tract. and also hasa large
list of choice Alameda property. The
new Office is under the management Of
c. NJ. Cadman.
Hedemark & Bradhoff report the sale
of $45, 900 worth of property in the last
seven days. On half the lots sold build
ings are already in course of construc-
tion.