The San Francisco call., 1910-10-29
SHOP WORK RUSHED

The suburbs of the city on the north
will profit greatly by the completion Of
the Pullman company shops at Rich
mond. The last work IS now being done
on these structures and they VIII be
completed in time for the removal 10
Richmond before the winter rains of
the Denver plant.
That suburb of Oakland which has
felt the most stimulus from the Pull
man shops Is North Berkeley. Hen
derson & Tapscott, owners Of the North
Berkeley terrace, announce a phenom-
email sale Of home sites in that tract,
the only hillside residential site ad-
jacent TO the shops.
The owners have improved the tract.
grading streets. installing water mains
and laying cement sidewalks
The first load Of steel for the Realty
Syndicate's new structure has arrived
and actual construction of their splen-
did new 10 story building. which is to
cost between S25O.000 and 100000, has
commenced.
The building when finished will be
occupied by all of the commercial in
terests in which F. NJ. Smith is inter
ested, namely the Pacific Coast borax
company, the Tonopah and Tidewater
railroad company. the Oakland traction
company, the Key Route railroad COM
pany. the Leona chemical company and
the Realty Syndicate
Market conditions are reflected in
the following:
e 3. Bull. manager of the Frank K.
Mott company, said:
Those clients of ours who pur-
chased Grand Avenue heights prop
erty from US a year or so ago when we
first placed it on the market are more
pleased with their purchases now,
since the construction of the new car
line. which continues along the
Pleasant valley end Of Grand avenue,
instead OF branching off at Perry
street When we sold this property we
promised the buyers transportation
facilities and while the construction
work has taken longer than we anti
cipated it is at last an accomplished
fact. and We feel that our promises
have been faithfully kept.
I'VE are still holding back our Hum
boldt county orchard properties, to
complete a scientific laying out of the
thousands of acres which we bought,
before making q single sale. The
railroad. which has a right Of way
through the lands for over Is miles.
has picked out strip of 10 acres upon
which freight and passenger depots
viii be constructed and ample facili-
ties for yards, shipping corrals and a
division roundhouse provided.
For the outlook there is nothing
10 be said but optimism. Our pros
poets in Oakland are such as TO make
this section the envy of the rest of
- the entire state"
SEES BRIGHT FUTURE
Mr. Laymance Of the real estate
company said:
October is proving a banner month
for Rock Ridge. So far the total sales
for the month have equaled those OF
August and September together and
those were by no means light months
Last Sunday was a record breaker in
number of sales for the beauty of the
day brought many people TO the prop
ertv.
The contract for the paving OF
Broadway from the Country club to
ocean View drive has been let by the
Oakland city council to the Blake &
Bilger company. This firm will put a
large force of men to work at once
and expects to finish the entire pave
ment within four months. This means
a broad, well paved highway direct
from the business center OF Oak
land TO Rock Ridge.
DOWNTOWN GROWING
George w Austin said:
There is no mistaking the solid
bottom to the downtown market in
Oakland realty, for I have been in
touch with a few deals that are proof
in themselves nave IldOe lnree
loans Of $4,000 total this week or
Oakland real estate in the downtown
section, and know of a San Francisco
investor who has refused an offer o,
$4,000 for property in Eleventh street
near Market.
I have just concluded deal for B
!. Kleigel for a dwelling in Thirty
first street between Grove and West
TO Joseph Dannhaus, a wealthy ner-
.f,, 1f Y1d "a
been steady inquiries regarding ware
houses and other property on the Oak
land ewater front"
The East Piedmont heights extension
81 the Mickham Havens company has