The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
MUNICIPAL WORK
IS MAKING SALES
Building Operations for Year
Show a Substantial
Increase

OAKLAND. Dec. 9.-While the week
was marked by no big sales or trans
fers Of real estate, the steady increase
in business went on without hitch
and the week has been one of the
best. the real estate men say, for a
long time The many improvements
being made by the city are having their
effect and many owners Of property
have put their property on the mar
ket while the number of buyers for
business sites has proved 10 be greater
than the sites which can be had. The
demand for residences continues as
heavy as ever. and a number of record
sales are reported.
With word received this week from
Congressman Joseph r. Knowland al
Washington that the appropriation rec
commended for the Oakland harbor i'm
provements is $4,000 the rivers and
harbors committee of the chamber Of
. commerce is taking steps to have this
sum set aside for the use of Oakland
at once The claim is made that at the
present rate Of progress the deepening
Of the Oakland channel will take many
years. while il this large amount can
be had in the near future work can be
rushed on the channel and it viii be
deepened by the time the Panama canal
is finished.
Work is being rushed on the south
side quay wall and two derricks are
now working on the piling which will
inclose the trench 10 he dug for the
foundation Of the section at the foot
Of Myrtle and Market streets TO shut
out the tide waters.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE
With the Southern Pacific building a
new system Of local rapid transit street
la
Oakland traction company making big
improvements Oakland viii have a
nsportation system which viii COM
pare with that of any city in the coun-
try. Oakland now has almost 200 miles
Of tracks on which electric cars are
operated. q mileage which will be in
creased materially when the Peninsular
line. now being built by the Southern
Pacific. is finished. The Southern Pa
cific has already expended $3,1l0,000
in acquiring rights Of way and for i'm
provement and construction the COM
pany has appropriated SS,64O00O, while
IL IS estimated that the completion of
the work laid out will cost S10,230, 000.
The big new building of the Poly
technic College of Engineering. at 1856
Madison street. is nearing completion
and is expected 10 be ready for occu-
patton about January J. It is con-
crete building Of the modified mission
style Of architecture and Will consist of
four floors. The first floor will be Oc-
cupied by the Office and shops of the
school the second by. the recitation
rooms. electrical laboratory. stationery
store; the thirwd floor viii contain the
principals Office and library. recitation
rooms. physical laboratory. large study
hall and assembly room. and the fourth
floor viii contain the chemical labora-
tory. assaving laboratory large draw
ing department, recitation rooms and
blue print room The site for the
building was secured through P. H
Macdonald & CO.
BUILDING IS ACTIVE
The building operations in Oakland
for the u months closing December l
represented an expenditure of $685.
1862. which shows an increase OF
S1042.9z5 over the total Of last year.
OF this total 1887 90960 was expended
in the annexed district and S5.707.S7
in the old city.
The totals follow: Fruitvale. 376
permits, valuation S409.5O4: Elmhurst
20z permits va aluation sI50.536; Melrose,
1S6 permits. valuation S210.3142O;
Fitchburg. 81 permits. valuation s45,474;
ClsremOnt 33 permits, valuation S127,-
SIS; Allendale. 50 permits. valuation
s39.323.50
The summary OF the building permits
issued month for month during the year
follows