Arizona republican., 1914-02-22
OAKLAND NEW
 SUBDIVISION
The Work of Improvement Starts and no Acres in West Phoenix Are In cluded in Extensive En- terprise Near Capitol

Growth and improvement in the Vl- cinitv of the state Capitol which has been so manifest in the past will soon receive a further impetus, and one that is stronger than any that have been witnessed before By far the greatest improvement undertaken in the devel- opment of the property in that section is now under way, by Greene X Griffin in the North Capitol Addition, or as it is better known, the "old Country club Grounds"
 This new subdivision, which is now in a state of preparation and has not as yet been placed upon the market, is to be known as the oakland addition and will include all of the old Country club grounds North of Van Buren street between 17th and 18th avenues and part between 16th and 18th av- enues. Some idea of the magnitude of the enterprise may be formed when it is stated that the entire tract will contain 110 acres and the first division of that large tract will consist of forty acres. When the work that has been commenced and is now in progress shall be completed the tract and each lot will be improved ready for and only awaiting building construction. These lots are larger than any that have been mapped out in any other part of the Capitol section of the city being so feet in width by 145 in depth, thus allowing ample ground room for any type of residence that may be de- termined upon.
 That a new highWater mark in West Phoenix development is to be set with the opening of the Oakland Addition can be seen by a visit to that section and observation of the work that is in progress. Pipes for gas, city water and sewerage are being laid and wires for electric lighting and telephones. Lots are being graded as well as streets laid out and graded and cement curbs and side walks put in. There is ten feet of parking between the sidewalk and the curb which will be further beauti- fled by the planting, alternately of fan palms and balm of Gilead trees, the one to lend summerlike appearance in the winter and the other to insure am-
 
 growth and spreading qualities, these trees to be planted in the center of the parking during the present week. Thus the beauty of the streets that traverse the Oakland Addition will be much en- hanced.
 Another striking feature of the inn provement to be made will be the use of Pergola entrances. A highly at tractive design has been adopted and when finished will tend to give to the Oakland a distinction of appearance not possessed by other West Phoenix residential tracts
 Restrictions relative to the class of building materials to be used in the construction of residences on this tract will have the advantage of a tendency to the keeping down Of rates for premiums of insurance. for the erecting of frame buildings is barred, brick. stone and concrete be- ing specified as the type of mate rial required for construction. Thus the resident who erects a practically fireproof building himself will not have his premium rates raised by a neighbor building nearby with in- flammable material. The restrictions further run to minimum costs in construction in $500 to $2000.
 The agents state that no effort has as yet been made to market the lots, as the Improvements are under way and not yet completed, but that this has not prevented an active de- mand this early that has resulted in several sales and still other reserva- tions. The dimensions of the lots, sixty feet of frontage and the greater than usual depth as well, they con-