The San Francisco call., 1907-06-17

Schmidt SHILLING investment company
Postmaster George Schmidt will be one
of the large stockholders in the con-
Germ, which has been incorporated with
a capital stock of 100000. George w
Shilling, his new partner, has been q
prominent and successful operator IN
Berkeley for several years. They have
a number of big projects under way,
notable among these being the Boule-
ward Gardens tract. comprising hun
dreds of acres of villa sites past the
county line on the way to Richmond
This tract is to be put on the market
soon and the inquiries regarding 1t in
dicate that the sales there will be
large
Raymond Bailey has given UP his
office in the old Berkeley national bank
building to take a desk in the Mason
McDuffie offices. The latter firm is
handling his West Berkeley properties.
E. L. Coryell has established him.
self in new Offices in the building for
merly known as the Acheson hotel. at
University and Shattuck avenues, as
have also Patterson, Smith & Co.
Work on the demolition of the old
Berkeley national bank building has
been begun. In its place will be erect
ed class A structure of 10 stories.
The bank has temporary quarters in
the Wright block.
Professor H. w. Fairbanks has
bought five acres in the Cragmont
tract, on which he is erecting a $4,000
house and library building.
Wood & Tatum have opened offices
at 2219 Shattuck avenue, where a gen
eral realty business will be conducted.
A. M'@Allen, a well known business
man. with a large circle of friends on
both sides of the bay, will be the man
ager of the new firm.
ALAMEDA, June 6.-The Alameda
real estate exchange, although in ex-
istence only few months, has proved
itself power in promoting the inter-
ests and welfare of the city both at
has planned extensively to advertise
the city throughout the East IN maga-
zines and other publications
The exchange is quietly conducting a
campaign looking toward the abolish
ing of unsightly billboards and adyer-
tising deadwalls within the city limits
and has taken up the matter with the
city council and city attorney. The
realty mems organization also has
placed itself on record as being OPP
posed to the copper smelter that the
Guggenheims purpose erecting near
Baden, in San Mateo county. 1t is
feared that the fumes from the plant
would drift as far this city on a
southerly wind and prove a menace to
vegetation. The exchange has agreed
to unite with other Improvement or
ganizations in this county, San Fran
cisco county and San Mateo county in
the general protest that is to be made
against the projected. smelter.
The Alameda land company is going
ahead with its plans for the erection
of a three story apartment building to
occupy the entire triangular block
bounded by Central and Alameda ave-
nues and Morton street. The structure
has been designed by an Eastern archi-
tect. The building will face on the
three sides of the block and will have
large triangular court.
With the decrease in the price OF
lumber there has been noticeable in
crease in building and many lot own
ers who have deferred building be-
cause of the high price of lumber have
signified their intention of beginnine
the erection of houses.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
northeast corner of Santa Clara avenue
and Willow street by Mrs. A. Schwartz