The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
MORE HOME BUYING
THAN IN MONTHS PAST
Coming Of the Exposition and Other Causes Start a
New Building Movement Gate Park
Environs and Peninsular Towns ALI
Share in Renewed Activity

or woman's. occupation. he or she can
manage somehow to get house on
small payments Then it becomes
great ambition to get the home paid
for, and this makes them saving, in
dustrious and the best kind of citi-
zens
The active buying of homes during
the last week two is very crafty
ing after the long period of dullness
It shows that people are becoming
aroused 10 the opportunities presented
at this time I believe it points the
way to better times from now on
NEW HOMES AT PARKsIDE
L. V. Riddle of the Parkside home
building company states that many
sales have been made in that district
lately. Some of these are resales of
lots bought for investment, on which
good profit has been made owing to
the general advance in values in the
Parkside district. The buyers nearly
all intend to erect fine homes.
oiin Berry, an attorney, has had
plans drawn for the erection of q
$500 house on his lot in Twenty eighth
avenue near Ulloa street. He will let
the contract this week.
Dr. r. @. Perkins has bought a
house and lot in Twenty-seventh
avenue from the Parkside home
building company. This company has
sold two houses built recently, and
Is making plans for the erection of
two more houses.
Corona heights, subdivision which
has been developed by Chandler &
Bourn, is one of the new residence
sections that is coming to the front
in the Ashbury district. One of the
la1 H.
there is shown on this page. The lots
have been laid out here with 32 feet
frontage and the added spaces around
the houses promises to make ii de-
Velop into very high class district
The elevation, 500 feet above sea
level, gives it comma nding view over
the whole city. The sun comes out
mere fully two hours before it breaks
through the mists of the lower parts
Of the city on foggy days These con-
slderauons and the low prices of land
are attracting many home BUYERS TO
this section.
Not only in the city but down the
peninsula as well. home seekers are
buying houses, selecting lots and pre-
pairing to build.
Burlingame terrace has become non-
ular because it has been so adn1irab lv
laid out with streets. curbs and side.
walks.
Inc natural beauty Of the locality ana
proximity to fashionable homes has
also had much-to do with the rapid
building up of this district. The home
OF j. 5. Forderer, at Burlingame. two
story cottage of very pleasing archi-
lecture, is an example of the character
Of homes that are being erected here
Hayward park. San Mateo. is another
suburban district that is building IN
with the best class of homes The new
bungalow belonging to William Gar
land has fine situation and the mason
~ pillars and foundation give it an
appearance of solidity
A walk or drive through HAYWARD
park discloses pretty homes on every
side.
There is every indication that a new
era of development for these peninsula
districts is at hand. The Southern Pa
ciflc is busy laying 80 pound rails on
the San Jose line and the Peninsula
electric line from San Jose to San
Mateo is being rushed to completion.
This. is to take care of the increased
passenger traffic and to relieve the
steam railroad, because of the heavy
freight and passenger traffic that will
be turned over to that line as soon as
the Dumbarton cutoff Toute is in full
operation.
Everything now looks bright for a
period of great prosperity among the
peninsula suburbs.