The San Francisco call., 1906-09-03
ALAMEDA COUNTY
REALTY ACTIVE.
Last Month Proves to Be
a Record Breaker for
Transfers In County
MANY SALES MADE

fers OF Alameda County real estate
have been recorded rhan ever before
in the history of the county This is
proved beyond doubt by figures fur
nished by County Recorder Grimm,
| which show that in the last thirty
days 15 per cent more had been paid
| in fees for recording than was paid in
! the month of July, which was the
record month in the history of the
/ Office.
| A large number of the transfers re-
corded last srnonth were those of
property in the business district of
/ Oakland, which, since the first of June,
has been steadily expanding in all di-
rections. Old buildings which for years
have stood as landmarks of the city
have in the last three months been
| torn down to make room for modern
business structures which are now in
course of construction and will soon be
completed.
Not alone has the activity of the last
month in real estate been confined to
Oakland. Alameda, Berkeley Fruit
vale and other suburban localities have
received their full share of the general
prosperity, and real estate dealers in
| these communities all tell the same
/ story, more business than we can
! handle" and their declarations are
borne out by the many sales recorded
Especially is this true of Emeryville,
! r
all these places large tracts of land
which a few months ago were lying
vacant are now built up with modern
| homes or have been secured by large
manufacturing companies factory
and warehouse sites.
LARGE DEAL IN BERKELEY.
One of the largest deals in Berkeley
real estate of recent years has just
been closed by Ferrier, Brock & Co.,
l. IL
| is for the present withheld, have just
purchased the Alexander tract of 11s
acres. which lies north of Berkeley,
being bounded on the north and east
| by the county line, the west by
| Laurel street, and on the south by the
| city limit OF Berkeley. 1t is the inten-
tion of the purchaser to at once sub
divide the tract and place the lots on
the market.
Another large industry has located
/ permanently in the college town. This
is the Yosemite Photo Engraving Com
pany, which has just begun the in
| stallation of a complete plant Cen
ter street, near Shattuck avenue.
Charles w. Clough of Berkeley, who
is one of the largest stockholders in
the company, declares that when COM
plete the plant of the Yosemite Com
pany will be second to none on the
Pacific Coast
| prominent Alameda business men
are making an endeavor to interest
Eastern capital in project to restore
| the old Neptune Gardens, at the foot
of Webster street, and to make the
place, which in time past was one of
the most popular pleasure resorts in
the neighborhood of the bay. a West
ern Coney Island. NJ. E. Miller,
weIl-known real estate dealer of Ala
media, is now in the East negotiating
| with several capitalists, who have been
interested IN the proposed restoration
of the gardens.
| Through the offices of the Ruddell
Real Estate Company of Fruitvale a
tract of five and a half acres has been
sold in the last week for s12,500 and
the purchaser will at once subdivide
the property and place 1t on the
| market.
The w L. Busk Company of Berke-
ley reports a number of large sales
last week So much has the business
of this company increased of late that
it has been found that the present
quarters of the company at 2549 Shat
tuck avenue are too small, and they
are to be enlarged to double their pres
ent size. The new Offices will be hand
somely fitted in mission style.
ACTIVITY IN OAKLAND.
4 good example of the activity of
the Oakland real estate market is fur
nished by the report OF sales for the
last week made by George w. Austin,
which follows:
House and lot on Harrison street
near Second, for Wilheminia S. Sente
TO Miss ]. Jirkowsky.
House and lot on Twenty-fourth
z. w. owen.
Lot on Telegraph avenue and Merri-
mac street for Dennis Johnson to AL
bert Rowe.
House and lot on Thirteenth avenue
for w. A Hunter to Mrs. E. E. Ranc.
House and lot on Thirteenth avenue
i Hunter to c. A. Boyer.
Two houses and lots on Ninth and
CYPRESS streets for the Tarr estate to
Sarah A. Dick.
House and lot in Golden Gate for f.
]. Cediey to j. j. O'Rourke.
House and lot on corner of Twenty
first and Grove streets for ]. H. R.
Franklin to Gladdng, Mclean & Co.
Lot on Adeline street, near Tenth,
for Sam Bell McKeen to G. Lundin.
Four houses on Ninth and Jefferson
streets for w. Morgan to Michael
O'Gara.
Lot on corner of Telegraph avenue
and Sixty-frst street for Thomas A.
Hopkins to o. Fl. Hull
House and lot on Eighth and Alice
streets for a. V. Long to Michael Kelly.
House and lot on Telegraph avenue.
near Thirty, second street. for J. Gather
House and lot on Market street. near
Thirty ninth, for Mrs. Ellen A. Songey
to A. Sarabia.
Large lot on Adeline street, near
Twenty eighth, for Clara West Jones
to Kelly & Meahan. proprietors of the
Yosemite laundry.