The San Francisco call., 1909-07-24
COLLEGES BUILD
UP COMMUNITIES
Stale and Stanford UniverSi-
ties the Making of Berke-
---,
ley and Palo Alto
Rich fasteners Settle in Cali
fornia for Its UnriyaIed
Educational Facilities

% So11c Ol 1oG ClIS , IcaA SS1&te men
.whsn discussing the growth OF Cali
lsorziz IL the history OF the better
GLASS Of immigration into this part of
the state IS considered II win be
learned that the universities at Berke-
ley and at Ps2o Alto have been power
Tul Incentives 10 attract rich home
builders
Real estate men point to the won
derfuI increase in the population OF
Berkeley, and assert that the univer-
Development In Psio Alto the enor-
nous increase is attributed to stan
ford university, for these two towns
are said 10 have made a greater
growth in the last few years than any
other two towns in the state.
BERKELEY ATTRACTS RICH
In Berkeley it is not only local peo-
PIE who are settling and building, but
there has been within the last few
months a big influx Of eastern money,
and several large and costly houses
have been erected there by eastern
people. who have come to make their
homes in the state and have been at
tracted TO Berkeley because of the ex-
cepuOnal educational facilities afforded
by the university.
The fact that the state university is
rated so high on the Atlantic coast is
the inducement which has drawn peo-
pie 10 live here and to buy and build
1t is reported that no less than IL
houses have been built within the last
Few months by eastern people in
Berkeley. 1t is asserted also that
these are merely the forerunners of a
still greater number of houses to be
built by capitalists who are coming to
make their homes in the college city.
ATTRACTED To THE NORTH
The northern part Of the state seems
TO be coming into its own. All these
years the south has drawn the rich
from the east TO Los Angeles and to
Pasadena, but recently many Of these
wealthy people have come north. and
have learned for themselves that in
THIS part Of the state there is a eli
mate which is the equal of that in
southern California. with the district
advantage that within few minutes
ride from the country a person can be
landed in city which for amusements
and business has not its equal outside
OF New York.
For many years the people of the
east imagined that only in the south
III pa NA -llC SLdlt tOulQ OUTDOOR
sports be enjoyed in midwinter. when
The fact is the winter climate here is
better than the summer climate and
outdoor games can be played both in
country and in city with as equal fer
vor in January as in June
The east is awakening slowly to a
realization of this and the result is
that rich people are beginning to come
here and buy The son Of Senator
Clark long ago declared his preference
TO this part Of the state, and has a fine
home in San MateO. Judging from the
inquiries that real estate agents are
receiving, San Mateo county will have
several rich people settling there
One Of the recent arrivals ia this
part Of the state is Alfred G. c. Hahn
who has purchased the home of Mrs
Hugo D. Keil in Menlo Park for
$4,000 This is the old Captain
GoOdall home and one of the hand
soonest Of the country places. II is
sale TO say that the new owner will
attract other capitalists TO San Mateo
county The sale was made through
BALDWIN & Howell, who say that Hahn
intends TO spend a great deal of money
IN beautifying the place and viii re-
model the home to suit his fancies.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
What the state university has done
80 III t0AliALA around Berkeley n
. lord university is doing for Palo Alto
and vicinity. AS the state ,,niversit1,
mas attracted other educational estab-
nshments so has Stanford. and there
are several girls schools al PaIo Alto
which have assisted in bringing peo-
pie TO the town. Not far from PaIo
Alto is the picturesque town of Los
altos, which viii be built up rapidly
because II is near TO two great educa-
inc ffrr<s
new Santa Clara college, which is To
be an handsome and expensive struc-
ture
Palo Alto. which, not so MANY Yea rs
ago, had only few scattering houses
is one Of the best built up of the
smaller towns in the state MANY men
doing business in the city make II
their permanent home. This class of
people do not pay rent They buv
and build. It is the same with Los
Altos, and California will have within
the course of a few years three towns
supported by a population attracted
there by the presence of the unfversf-
ties.
Year by year increases the number
Of men who. having made moderate
fortune in the east, are seeking rest
from the extremes Of climate Many
OF these men have not relinquished
business entirely, but have had their
business merged into a trust and exer-
else nominal control, which necessi-
tates their presence in the east once or
twice a year.
In the past this class of small cap
italists went to the southern part of
the state, but recently they have been
coming north, and they find the climate
as favorable here as IN the south, with
better educational advantages
Each man coming here is certain of
bringing one or two more with him,
and far seeing real estate men assert
that within three years there will be
an enormous population at Berkeley
and also on the peninsula of eastern
people who have made their homes
here for the purpose of having their
children attend the universities.
SAN FRANCISCO THE GAMER
The upbuilding OF Berkeley and the
peninsula with class of people as
described viii materially benefit the
city. Real estate men are undoubtedly
right that the state university and the
Stanford university have attracted a
large number of people from different
parts of the state TO live there. and
also from the east but it can not be
denied that San Francisco is as much
Of a temptation as are the two uni
versities.
There Is q glamour ahonf cay I7ra,,