The San Francisco call., 1907-02-11
Large Transfers Made
in Oakland Realty
Renewal of Activity in Alameda County
and Extensive Sales Reported

! in shape for public sales is a task that
calls for the best brains and skill of
I the promoters.
The Ferrier- Brock Company has en-
] gagged superintendent McLaren of
Golden Gate Park in San Francisco to
/ lay out the landscape features for the
hillside land which the Berkeley De-
velopment Company has bought. and
viii be put on the market in a few
weeks.
: The Alexander tract in which George
Schmidt. Wickham Havens and others
are interested. is being made ready
( for sale purposes, and the Rockridge
tract is also undergoing the same pro-
cess. Mason & McDuffie are closing out
the last of the Dwight Way Terrace
property.
CoryelL Hackley & Young. installed
I'm their new Offices on Shattuck ave
nue., are preparing for a number OF
deals OF unusual magnitude. the details
I of which they are to announce in the
near future.
The Reed Realty Company is giving
I boost and that section has stiffened in
! consequence.
Needham Bros. will be in their new
Shattuck-avenue Offices next week, and
I Shilling & Co. are already installed
DeKay Co. have enlarged their plant
because Of a great increase of bust
ness.
ALAMEDA, Feb. 1o.-Combs & Fisher
have begun the work of clearing the
site for their new two-story business
/ block TO be erected in Santa Clara ave-
nue., between Park and Oak streets.
The two old structures that occupy the
location are TO be moved to the corner
Of Oak and Bank streets. the building
that occupied the latter corner having
been moved 200 feet east on Bank
street The greater part of the ground
/ floor Of the Combs Fisher block is
/ TO be taken up by the firms meat
/ market. The second story will be made
/ into apartments
Delaney & Randlett have purchased
the Lnwood Palmer property in Broad
way. north Of Eagle avenue The land
| has frontage on Broadway of 700
/ feet This firm also, has purchased the
I tract at the southwest corner OF Paru
street and San Jose avenue and plans
1 TO cut up both tracts and erect homes.
Lewis & Shaw report the sale Of
four residences during the week This
firm has made q marked success in
I disposing of the lots in the Oak Park
! tract
Barker & Adams, agents for the Mas
tick tract, opened recently at the west
end, report that work is to start soon
on six homes in the tract The price
of lots in the tract are $3.50 and up
ward. The tract is close to Mastick
station on the north side local line and
seventy-four trains pass there daily.
The projected Greenwood electric line
will run through the tract
Five building lots on Regent street
were sold during the week by Scott
81 Judd TO buyers who plan to build.
i Other sales made by this firm during
the week were as follows. Lot on
Park avenue, lot on Broadway, three
! lots on Encinal avenue, lot on Santa
Clara avenue and three lots on Pacific
avenue.
The Halsey-Wehn Company reports
the following transfers: Lot and i'm
provements on the south side of Pa
cific avenue, 23S feet west of Ninth
street, to ]. H. Cattran: lot on corner
of Pacific avenue and St. Charles street
10 E. J. Lloyd; lot on west side of
Chestnut street, 100 feet north of Eagle
avenue. to c. E. Wehn.
w. B. Pollard reports the sale of the
following properties: Ross Taylor
Realty. corner Central avenue and
Regent street: five residence lots to
T. ]. Davis, E. P. Furey. I. w. Nc
Glaufin, Ralph Davis and Smith An
derson; two lots of the A G. Mason
property to J. P. Hanson; the Gerald
residence on Chestnut street to Stephen
Otis.