The San Francisco call., 1910-09-17
Big IMPROVEMENTS
MARKREALTY BOOM
MsnicipaI, Corporation and Pri-
vate Ventures Show Faith
in 0akIand's Future

OAKLAND. Sept I5.-Important
among the many municipal. corporation
and public Improvements that give evi-
dence OF Oakland's growth and prosz
perity and indicate future development
IN the realty market is the work Of
widening the space between the cleo
.-tric railway tracks in Broadway be-
tween Fourteenth and Water streets,
now being carried out by the Oakland
!, Traction company
Y When the tracks that are being
shifted were laid on the roadbed OF
the former San Pablo avenue cable car
line the intervening space was ample
10 insure public safety. Modern de-
Velopment and increase in traf1c as
. the result of growth in population
made il necessary TO relegate the OLD
cars 10 the scrap pile. The largest
and latest types Of trolley cars were
installed and We're so broad that there
was no room for any one TO stand be-
tween the tracks without risk OF haV-
ing his limbs crushed by the foot
boards OF any two cars that might
pass at the same time. In the interest
OF public safety il became imperative
that the tracks should be shifted far
ther apart and the traction company
ordered the improvement
A large force of track layers has
commenced the work in lower Broad
way and the old rails viii be sup
planted by new ones OF finest man
ganese steel.
BUSINESS BLOCK BUILDING
Activity in business block building
IS noted east Of Broadway in Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets. where
the r. A. Perry block, the big Oakland
hotel. the Polytechnic engineering col
lege building and other projects are
well under way. The buildings men
toned viii represent an aggregate eX-
penditure of approximately s1.250 GOO.
The hotel structure is farthest along
in construction, the massive steel
frame being partly in place.
Broadway win not be outstripped in
the Improvement and building race.
Many firms are busy planning either
the erection of modern busines blocks
: or the remodeing Of their premises.
Ia rticulariy is this noticeable in the
upper end. where the Realty syndi-
cate and Security bank are about to
begin work on two important building
enterprises that viii add 10 the list of
sky scrapers.
WATER FRONT AND PARKS
Values near the water front continue
10 ascend by reason of the municipal
improvements under way there and
the operation of the Western Pacific
compa ny Property holders are cling
ing 70 their holdings. fOreseeing future
profits. and many buildings and i'm
provements are planned by firms that
realize that the time has come for a
step forward.
The park commissioners have or
dered that the two triangles formed by
the curving Of Eleventh and Thirteenth
streets into Twelfth from Fallon
toward the Twelfth street dam, be
. parked at once. and this viii mark the
beginning Of work IN the beautiflcation
OF the Lakeside district
= Demand for modern private dwell
+ lngs continues strong. The number OF
building permits applied for at the
board of public works during the week
shows a substantial Increase, while
p the total amount involved is S7S.43l
more than that OF the previous week.
The first. fifth and seventh wards again
lead in building ventures, which shows
the phenomenal rate at which the out
skirts OF the city are building up. Fol-
1rzsvf~er * le summary