The San Francisco call., 1910-12-03
BUILDINGS GOING
UP everywhere
City and Suburbs Feel Steady
Demand for Realty and
Homes

OAKLAND, Dec. .2.-In spite of the
approaching holidays The realty market
continues as active. as it has been for
"a month and more mast. and many
important transactions and new. con
tracts for buildings are reported. One
Of the. Buildings TO be completed is that
Of the Young Mems Christian associa-
t5un sat The northwest corner Of Tele-
a~spl avenue and TIventy-hrst street.
a. a. cost OF -S250;0O0. all Of which
money WAS furnished by public sub
eer.p1ion ih Oakland.
The framework Qf the Hotel Oakland
was completed this week. and with the
ether Duil0ing work property IN the
district Tying east of Broadway viii re-
ire "a decided impetus. Because OF
rre Increased assessed. valuation Of the
Esealty la tais neiglfborhood. many Of
-re cheaper buildings viii be torn
. .owr. and better structures reared.
The work on the Oakland water front
going ahead. and with the appro-
priatiou or sf50,0O0. recommended by
President TAFT gr1ch Is expected. This
Slsnl. however, IS not SUFFICIENT to com
3, plere the work Of deepening ;the chan
re. and the commercial interests of the
citE are,now considering the matter Of
making a. special appeal TO congress
fer sufficient funds for the harbor i'm
Drov7ments They Evish the work com
r'ete5 before the opening Of the Pan
.r r1a canal.
.2FIKHEsD To BE REPAIRED
Tne new plan for improving the
western water front TO comply with the
~ w .5ulkhead line established, with the
. consent Of the war department. has
been approved and the board Of public
works has requested. the Realty Syndi-
Gaze, which owns tile land above the
-rov tide .ofs1S52 70 submit its plans for
the construction Of the Key Route mole
and the proposed wharYes fronting on
the key Route basin. Bids are now
being advertised D. for the construction
~ the rock~bulkbead between the Key
Route pier and the. Southern Pacifc's
Oakland mole.
The. downtown district remains act
s5e-e and progress continues TO be made
ln sam Pablo avenue. A one story
frame building is in course of erection
IL the block north Of Twenty second
street This wiz be used as a free
market. II viii contain 100 stalls, Of
(which 60 are already rented. The dis
trict south Of Seventh street. is also
advancing steadily and property in this
section has gone UP in price. consid-
erahly In the last few months one
Inanufactory has spent nearly $1,000. 900
sona its plant at the northeast corner
of First and Alice streets. This con-
cera owns all Of the. frontage Of the
block in the east eside of Alice street
from First To 'Second. and $50 feet OF
the frontage in. First and Second
streets. An offer of $4,000 for the
simmons estate property, with a front
"a ge Of 200 feet in the east side Of Har-
rison street and 225 feet m the north
frontage Of Firstestreet, was recently
refused. The price asked is $4,000.
A few years age this. property could
have been bought at $50 a front foot.
SUBURBS BUILDING FAST
II the suburban residence districts
many new structures are going up and
the building Of homes is going On apace
in all portions Of the city. The real
estate men report many sales and many
contracts for fine residences have been
let
The. building permits applied for at
the board Of public works for the
month Of November We're 305, calling
for an expenditure of s351,557 The
building permits for the week Were
60. with a. total cf S72,970
The summary of the applications for
building permits for the month: