The San Francisco call., 1906-12-31

clear to University avenue. instead of
stopping at Center street as terminus
The terminus always will help business
in it's neighborhood. and so the section
at Shattuck and University avenues is
getting the benefit of the tide of travel
that formerly ebbcd and flowed at Cen
ter street and Shattuck avenue. In
years to come the great entrance to the
university grounds will be at Univer-
sfty avenue. and then, of course. the
tide will flow even heavier through
that neighboI hood. and Center street
will lose more of it's prestige as a GEN.
trail section and an artery of trave;.
West Berkeley is to have a new man
ufacturing concern. the Pacific Guano
and Fertilizing Company having taken
out building permit for structures to
cost $4,000 The plant viii be the
largest on the coast and will occupy
land on Second street. south of Della
ware.
The Pacific Spring Bed Company. now
at Second and Jackson streets. In Oak
land. is to have a branch in West
Berkeley. the company having taken
out permit for three-story building
DR.. George F. Reinhardt of the uni
versity faculty has purchased the
Dwight Way House. a three-story.
brick building on Dwight way. between
Shattuck avenue and Fulton street
The building contains two storerooms
and twenty-four apartments The price
paid for the building is not stated
ALAMEDA PROSPEROUS
ALAMEDA, Dec 3O.-The opening of
several streets at the west and east
ends of the city has resulted In attract
ing the attention of home-builders TO
those sections. At the west end streets
are being put through a large tract OF
Do Ac Z,
street that once formed part Of the es-
tate of the late E. B. Mastick- This
tract is close to Mastfck station on the
north side local line of the Southern
Pacific Company, and because of it's
nearness to San Francisco compared
with east end property is much ia
vored by prospective home builders.
The tract is also on the line of the
proposed electric road to be constructed
by F. NJ Greenwood and for which
franchise has already been granted.
At the east end the proposed i'm
provement of Lincoln avenue, from
Everett street to Versailles. and the
Improvement of Pearl street has ma
terially enhanced realty values In that
vicinity This section of the city was
selected home sites by the early
settlers in Alameda because of the
balmy climate The Improvement of
Lincoln avenue will terminate at the
easterly end at the entrance to the
Large park-like tract owned by the es-
tate of the late A. "A Cohen. This
tract. together with the Sather tract on
Santa Clara avenue at the east end.
and the E. B. Mastick tract at the west
end, are the largest unoccupied resi-
Dental areas in the city.
Local dealers in houses and lots re-
port a holiday lull in business which
they expect will end with the beginning
Of the new year. Building Continues
active and over fifty houses are now
course of construction throughout the
city.
Combs & Fisher. meat dealers. have
arranged to have the work on their
proposed new two-story business block
to be erected on the north side OF Santa
Clara avenue, between Park and Oak
streets. commence Immediately. The
two local buildings now on the site
are to be moved to other locations A
W. Cornelius has been awarded the
contract for putting up the new build
ing.