The San Francisco call., 1910-07-30
BUILDING BOOM
ON in OAKLAND
Many Modern Structures in
Business and Residence Dis
tricts Are Under Way

OAKLAND. July 29-With the rapid
development of the municipal improve
nients contemplated under the bond
issue, the progress of construction work
on the many new substantial business
blocks that are being built up in the
heart of the city, property sales of i'm
portance, and a continual demand for
modern dwellings. the realty market of
Oakland during the last week has sus-
Jained a healthy condition.
The contract for the erection of the
new fire alarm and police telegraph
building TO be constructed at the north
east corner of Oak and Thirteenth
streets, the first OF the new municipal
structures TO be erected, has been
awarded and the board Of public works
has called for bids on the construction
Of the municipal wharf in the Brooklyn
basin at the foot of Livingston street
in East Oakland. Bids are being in
vited for the construction Of 1000 feet
OF seawall or commercial quay, on the
southern water front from Myrtle street
TO Clay, and an extra frontage of $50
feet viii be added as soon as certain
land titles to the property to be used
are satisfactorily adjusted.
WHARF NEARS COMPLETION
The first section in the reconstruction
OF the Adams wharf. which will be used
by the American Hawaiian steamship
company, is nearing completion, and
when the wharves are finished a large
warehouse viii be erected on the prem
ises. The erection of the Southern Pa
cific company's new station at the pres
ent Sixteenth street site will begin at
once. The effect of these many i'm
prOvements, especially on the water
front, has been to increase real estate
values in the proximity of the improve
ments, the market having already felt
a decided impetus.
The Larkey business block in Four
teenth street, between Clay and Jeffer-
son. four story modern structure, has
been completed and is now ready for
occupancy. The big Heeseman building
in Clay street, near Thirteenth, is rap
idly nearing completion, and the con-
tract for the massive building TO be
erected for the II. c. CapweIl company
in Clay street, between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth. has been let. The FIVE story
class A building of the Young Mems
Christian association, at the northwest
corner of Telegraph avenue and Twen-
ty-first street, is under cover and ex-
cavation work is under way prepara-
tory TO the erection of a seven story
structure for r. G. Perry in Thirteenth
street, between Broadway and Frank
lin. The Wachs block in Thirteenth
street, between Washington and Clay,
is nearly completed. the eight story
addition to the Realty Syndicates build
ing in Broadway will soon be started,
and many other important business
structures are ready TO be commenced.
BIG PROPERTY SALES
One Of the large deals of the week
was that by which A J. Snyder sold the
northeast corner Of Twentieth and Mar
ket streets, a piece Of property 101 by
los feet, for $1,000, upon which now
stand three cottages, TO Michael Sahati,
who purposes to improve his new hold
ing. A costly residence designed for
DR.. H. S Kergan by Architect Charles
w. Mccall viii be erected in Euclid
avenue, commanding a splendid view
OF Lake Merritt. A contract has been
awarded for the construction of George
H Burnham's handsome two story home
IN Palm avenue. in the Adams Point dis
trict, and plans for many other resi-
dences of the more costly character are
in the hands Of local contractors.
Following is the summary of building
permits for the week applied for at the
board Of public works, as compiled by
Secretary Walter FaWcett: