The San Francisco call., 1910-04-23
EVENTS THE COUNTIES BORDERING ON THE BAY OF FRANCISCO
FIGURES PROVE
OAKLAND'S gain
Records Show Good Growth and
Favorable Comparisons
With Other Cities

OAKLAND. April 22.-Oakland never
appeared to better advantage than dur
ing this week Weather conditions
were delightful and the thousands OF
strangers attracted by the Grand
Army encampment We're given the best
OF opportunity to enjoy some of the
natural attractions Of the city.
The real estate men were busy with
sight seeing and prospective purchas-
ing parties of visitors. The business
men generally entered into the spirit
of the occasion and the future results
must be good. for the city was at its
best.
Oakland is to take a position among
the first five or six cities Of the United
States in point Of the value of the
building permits issued during the
month of April This will be an
assuged fact when the report of next
week shows that the normal weekly
average has been maintained.
This high record OF building opera
tiOns this month has been made by
the granting of permits for two OF the
larger buildings that have been
RldA4lttl ADL NOlSLL uEAAOll AL4lS StdSOll.
These added to the usual average of
the building is sufficient TO put Oak
land among the top notchers.
The building permits for the week
show a valuation OF Sl,131404. The
total for the month viii be well above
the S1.500.000 mark.
The effect of a succession of such
monthly records can be nothing less
than a confirmation TO the outside
world of the claims made by Oakland
people that this city is entitled to
high rank among the municipalities
that are showing the greatest perma-
nent Improvement.
In the building inspectors report for
the week it is shown that the total
number Of permits issued was 79 and
the average was $4,000 TO building.
Eliminating the one large structure
that figures in this report at a Valua-
tion Of SS70. 900 and the average of the
remaining buildings is about $4,000.
ln the so principal cities Of the United
States the average value Of the build
ing permit is about S3,50O. In this is
included the city of New York, where
the average goes up TO $4,000.
These figures show that Oakland,
even after eliminating the permit for
the last week which may be classed
as extraordinary, ranks Wei in the
average value Of buildings.
ne present month Is SIdIunS OAK
land on a great building era with the
most favorable conditions. The let
ting Of s40O 600 of the contracts on
the Oakland cOmpany's hotel, the an
nOuncement of the completion Of the
engineers preliminary work and plans
for the municipal quay docks. 2,750
feet long, and the calling for plans for
new municipal buildings are the begin
nings Of things in this direction. These
beginnings are tangible evidence that
the promises of the municipal admin
istration and Of private firms and cor
pOrations that large construction work
would be pushed to completion during
the current year are not empty words,
but are being carried out TO the letter.
While the value of the larger con-
struction operations is swelling the
totals. the activity in building in the
residence section continues and SLOWS
z healthy increase over the record for
the corresponding period Of last sea-
son.
Following is a summary Of building
permits applied for at the board of
public works for the week, as com
piled by Walter B. Fawcett, the secre-
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