The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
THE BANK CLEARINGS

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THE RANK CLEARINGS
The building permits granted in
greater Oakland during the month of
May have represented an outlay Of
S1.0o0.0O0. During the last week the
bank clearings for the city were ST.
97S,267-70. showing an increase of $780,
600 over the bank clearings for the
corresponding week OF last year
Several important builders contracts
were recorded at the county recorders
office during the last week. including
the following: B. A. Rathjen TO c. c.
Charleston. Jefferson and Fifth streets
Sll,760i Lyon storage and moving COM
pany to r n Burgess company Twen-
ty-ninth and Grove streets. $4,000:
Victor H Metcalf to William Davis
Adams and Perkins avenues. S1O,5I2. 1
Several important mortgages were
also recorded during the week They
We're: Peralta apartment company to.
the First trust and savings bank.
northeast corner of Jackson and
Thirteenth streets. $50 900; Charles
Chubb TO Esther X Chichester, Six
tieth and Adeline streets, So, 800; Hall
warehouse company to the Bank of
Pleasanton. Third and Adeline streets
$4,000
METCALF RESIDENCE
One Of the handsomest residences now
IN course OF construction in this city is
the one TO be built by Victor H MetcaIf.
former secretary Of the navy, and man
ager Of the Union savings bank in this
city. The site is on Vernon heights. at
the southwest corner of Perkins ana
Adams streets, adjacent to the homes of
Senator Perkins, Tyler Henshaw ana
other wealthy Oaklanders. The con-
tract for the building is in the hands OF
william Daviss The cost will be sIO,50O.
The famous old homestead of c. w
Haight has just been subdivided by
George W Austin, and is about to be
put on the market in building lots
1t Is located on the west side of Tele-
graph avenue, with the entire frontage
between Parker and Blake streets in
Berkeley new street will soon be
put through this residence property and
the lots viii be sold off at low prices.
The Telegraph avenue frontage is fine
business property. as it is only one
block TO that busy little new coming
center where the Dwight way and Tele-
graph avenue cars meet The sur
rounding property is built up now and
some Of the finest homes in Berkeley
are located ia this immediate vicinity
There are only 25 lots in all. and Austin
expects to sell the entire tract in less
than so days.
The George ". Austin company re-
ports the following sales:
REAL ESTATE SALES
Stanley smith to Pauline Generaux. fine
building lot in the north side Of Fifty-thrd
street, 100 east Of Dover 40x135. The pnr-
chaser is now building very beautiful. modern
home upon this lot.
Stella Ish 10 Mrs J. NJ Davidson lot stu
ated on the west side Of Farmonf avenue near
Bsyo Vista; modern, 1i5 story home Of seven
william and Ella F. Rancour to o. Bergsten
northeast corner Thirteenth avenue east ~
conS SiSff rofc e,+-
large lot. 92Kloo. together with stock Of gro
ceries and business
II. $. Mckean TO I. T. MullaIv southeast
corner Of East Ninth street and Fifth avenue
two fats aud large, vacant corner.
Mrs. J. z. Smith OF Sacramento to Eliza Kage
street. $50 feet east Of Park
Ellen Bradshaw to William T. wollitz. two
story house OF seven rooms about 34xIl6 on the
west side of Market street between Thirty-third
and Thirty fourth
Wickham Havens. president of the
new firm Of Wickham Hayens Incor-
porated. reports that a number Of new
homes have been started by purchasers
OF property from him during the last
week. in accordance with the house
building proposition which he has re-
Gently offered to his clients.
EAST PIEDMONT STATION
The waiting station for the streetcars
at East Piedmont heights has been
made most attractive by the putting in
Of a lawn, palms, flowers, etc. side
walks are being finished all over the
tract
notwithstanding the fact that the
new building proposition has been ad-
vertised but little over two weeks.
the results have far more than justi-
fed the prediction of great returns for
such a liberal offer
THE CLAREMoNT HOTEL
BERKELEY, June I1.-Announce--
ment that the Claremont hotel associa-
ton would start work shortly to com
plete the big csrayansary at the head
OF Russell street in this city has ere
ated boom here. especially noticeable
in the Claremont district. where many
handsome homes are in process of
building According to the plans Of
the association $500 900 will be spent
on the claremont hotel and this an
nouncement, coupled with the widening
Of Claremont avenue and the building
of the electric line through the county
tunnel 10 Walnut creek. will give de-
cided impetus to building Operations
not only in the vicinity of the pro-
posed improvements but throughout the
city, which will be greatly benefited
by them.
MANY HOME SEEKERS