The San Francisco call., 1910-12-17
TRADING IS Brisk
DURING Holidays
EtarbOr improvements and Other
Municipal Work Boost the
Property Market

OAKLAND. Dec. 1.-THE realty mar
'.et continues brisk with many new
sales and transactions reported The
h.a factor In the upbyilding of the
-itr. one which is generally recog-
azed is the municipal work which has
e'rcaGy been done and which viii be
Dose within the next few years.
The improvement of the Key Route
lssIn VIII mean that the water covered
lud and marsh on the western front
ri'l be converted into factory and
rErehouse sites. This MI viii give to
Tie city ono Of the best and cheapest
Ea.hors in the west Four hundred
a.les of reclaimed land at $4,000 an
acre viii become the property Of tie
fGu1icipality and can be rented at 4
-aat profit as manufacturing and
He-ehoUse sites. The land value is es-
-tf7ated al $4,000 600. The city viii
Gattlou its harbor TO the extent OF
$500 frontage feet of improved dock
.-e facilities. tapped by three trans
tartineatal railroads, the Southern Pa
,He, the Western Pacific and the
santa Ee.
The work done by the city on its
streets and on new municipal buildings
l- also note worthy and is helping in
fEe boom Of city realty. Along with
t.fs work are the big Improvements
hcine made bX the corporations.
STEEL WORK COMPLETED
OF Tie buildings now in the course
ot construction rapid progress is being
made In raising the frame OF the eight
STORY addition TO the Realty Syndicate
lIcrk, while the structural steel work
oa the Hotel Oakland has been COM
plcted. The cost OF this structure.
"a fei irs
mated at Sio00,800. while an enormous
sum VIII be expended in the furnish
il1s
chief among the high class resi-
Ceuces is the 100000 home that Louis
.itus has ordered built upon his 200
iledmont acres. In addition to this
magnificent residence many homes are
being erected in many parts of the
Cry. especially in the annexed district.
The demand for homes has been re-
markable and architects and builders
are being kept busy.
Tie 90 lots I'm the Cieary tract in
LimhUrSt near the scenic boulevard
and adjacent TO Toler heights, are sell
ing rapidly. The bungalows being
erected owing TO building restrictions,
cost 81 500 and over and splendid row
of residences are going up there The
Gc velOpment OF the suburban carlines
are adding 10 the value OF outside
property and there has been a great
increase In value on lots within the
- 81 year.
The new bond issue for school pur-
poses. which is soon to be voted on.
provides that S248S9O0 be sDent on
n"w buildings. sites and Fairgrounds.
~ llle OaklanG's school system is rec
egmized as one of the best, with this
additional money much viii be accom-
plfshed. The aDportionment OF the es-
tlmated expenditures for the carrying
out Of the proposed improvements is
as follows:
FricL school. s. 500 Grant school. $500
s-te tA.-aust, s"o-nut. Nlawsol
S'looi, ss4tHt Neguoia school. $500. Laure
school. 500: Lonsfellor school. SD 0OO: Allen
dale school, 5000; lockwood school. $4,000
EsF school. Si6.wo. Piedmont school, $1,000
Cole school. $4,000: Prescott school $4,000
tompbinS school. SJe. Goo: Duraut school. $50.
nin- GARFIELD school. $4,000. Lafayette school
$4,000 Highland school. $40 coo: FImbtrs-
school. $1,000, Meirosc school $4,000: Fruit
rale Srhoal No. T. $50. .g0o. Fnftvale school No
SlooV1 Nauzauita school. l2.0o0. total oi
S4.o5'o. The Buildings additions and i'm
rsVements To grounds bring the total 10 So
AYES REALTY BUSINESS
A. j. Snyder has sold all his inter
ets in his real estate business to 7. f.
Do 'ter, who viii move into the Snyder
+""s and take over the lease January
-+tf. snyder i'm future viii give all
line tn las oil properties and re-
ef rom the real estate business
% years Of service. starting with
tler in a small office in Ninth
Sre near Broadway. His investments
al estate have always been for
r-1 tie and he has long been recog-
ritFa as one Of the most prominan;
reai estate men in Oakland.
building permits for the week
-ta cd AZ, calling for an expenditure
cf -s.f15. The seventh ward leads
l9 permits. tie hfth ward being
second with s.
TIE summary is as follows: