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The Fisher Body Company also built its large plant. At the close of the year came the announcement that the Westinghouse Company would build its plant in Emeryville. Among the large permits of the year were the following: Pacific Gas & Electric building, $318,500; Fox Theatre, $350,000; East Bay Market, $175,000; Oakland Bank, $750,000; Physicians Building, $375,000; Roos Brothers, $300,000; and the Hepburn Electric Code building and garage, $300,000. The new permit for the Tribune Tower, representing an improvement of $500,000 was taken out during the close of the year.
THE 1923 BUILDING RECORD
Among the larger buildings erected in Oakland in 1923, with the owner, location and cost of each, might be mentioned the following :
Dr. Wakefield's seven-story concrete office building, near Seven- teenth and Broadway, costing $300,000.
The completion of the twenty-story tower and office building of the Tribune, costing $400,000.
A one-story factory at Sixty-ninth Avenue and Foothill Boulevard, by the Chevrolet Motor Company, costing $212,000.
The Catholic school at Thirty-fourth Avenue and East Fourteenth Street, costing $214,442.
A two-story brick addition at Santa Clara and Grand avenues, by the City of Oakland, costing $140,000.
A three-story concrete garage and hall at Twelfth and Broadway, by M. F. Smith, costing $149,000.
The seven-story office building at Fourteenth and Franklin by the Actico Building Company, costing $340,000.
The two-story brick and concrete factory at the foot of Seventy- eighth Avenue, by the Victor Talking Machine Company, costing $130,000.
An additional cost of $184,000 to the three-story theatre and store, Broadway and Nineteenth, by the Fox Film Company.
A four-story concrete store and loft, at Nineteenth and Broadway, by Smith Brothers, costing $90,000.
The two-story cannery at Ninety-eighth Avenue and the S. P. R. R. by the Nielsen Packing Company, costing $150,000.
The four-story Fabiola Hospital, Broadway and Moss Avenue, costing $175,000.
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The three-story concrete warehouse at Twenty-second and Adeline, erected by John Breuner, costing $180,000.
The six-story concrete store, Sixteenth and Broadway, by Kahn Brothers, Inc., costing $275,000.
Midgley Company's two-story concrete stores and loft, Sixteenth and San Pablo, $110,000.
DuVal Robinson's two-story concrete and tile stores, Eleventh and Clay streets, $104,484.
A. F. Edwards, four-story concrete office and store building, 510-18 Seventeenth Street.
City of Oakland, a concrete wharf at the foot of Market Street, $250,000.
Montgomery Ward Company, eight-story reinforced concrete store building, East Fourteenth and Twenty-ninth Avenue, $500,000.
National Lead Company, corroding plant, Tenth Street and Forty- seventh Avenue, $85,000.
City of Oakland, school building, Park Boulevard and Hopkins Avenue, $76,066.
H. B. and E. B. Lyon, store and office building, Nineteenth and Broadway, $80,000.
A two-story brick school at Twenty-first and Grove streets, by the St. Francis de Sales Parish, $75,000.
The Advertiser Building, Inc., a five-story concrete store and loft, Thirteenth and Madison streets, $65,000.
The Central National Bank, a two-story concrete and tile bank, at East Fourteenth and Fruitvale Avenue, $75,000.
R. E. McMann, six-story brick stores and apartment, Twenty-third and Webster streets, $60,000.
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., three-story brick addition, Forty-fifth and Telegraph Avenue, $57,000. Also a three-story brick building, Foothill Boulevard, near Thirty-fifth Avenue, costing $57,000.
California Packing Corporation, brick factory, First and Linden streets, $62,250. Also a warehouse on Filbert Street, $31,500.
Bank of Italy, two-story bank and store building, College and Shafter, $50,000.
Lurie Company, office building, Thirtieth and Adeline streets, $50,000.
H. C. Holmes, office and store building, 14th and Madison, $50,000.
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Oakland Bank, bank, Twenty-third Avenue and East Fourteenth Street, $45,000.
Oakland Bank, bank, East Fourteenth and Forty-fifth Avenue, $40,000.
W. E. Travis, garage and shop, Market and Twenty-first streets, $65,000.
Allen King, theatre and office building, Twenty-third Avenue and East Fifteenth Street, $45,000.
Alameda County, jail, $105,000.
Whitthorne & Swan, store, Tenth and Washington, $38,343.
Whitthorne & Swan, store, Eleventh and Washington, $47,000.
C. L. Gruno, loft building, Fourth and Alice, $40,000.
Mrs. E. Herron, store, Nineteenth and Telegraph, $35,000.
R. Whitehead, office building, 1514 Franklin Street, $29,380.
Lenore C. Moulin, theatre, Foothill Boulevard and Seminary Ave- nue, $55,000.
J. F. Hassler, stores and hall, Broadway and Nineteenth, $80,000.
J. R. Karlin, laundry, Twenty-third Avenue and Boehmer Avenue, $44,000.
R. H. Cross, stores and loft, Broadway and Twentieth, $60,000.
Maud Munro, three-story loft, Nineteenth and Telegraph, $35,550.
H. N. Turrell, stores, Seventeenth and Franklin, $35,000.
Midgley Company, office and loft, Fifteenth and Washington, $85,000.
Mutual Creamery, bakery, 425 East Eleventh Street, $21,387.
Salvation Army, warehouse, Sixth and Webster, $27,000.
Foster & Kleiser, office and shop, Twenty-second and Market, $30,000.
Post-Enquirer Co., addition and alterations, $30,000.
Pioneer Soda Water Company, factory, Tenth and Webster, $26,500.
Gimbal & Schlueter, store and office, East Fourteenth and Thirty- seventh Avenue, $40,000.
C. J. Heeseman, addition, Thirteenth and Clay, $75,000.
H. C. Holmes, stores and loft, Fifteenth and Franklin, $25,000.
Mills College, swimming pool and dressing room, $22,000.
Grant Miller, funeral parlors, East Fourteenth Street and Twenty- fourth Avenue, $30,000.
A. S. Lavenson, stores, Clay Street near Sixteenth, $34,000.
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Apartment houses, ranging in cost from $20,000 to $70,000 wer erected in various sections of the city, and included those built by A W. Meyer, Twelfth Street, near First Avenue; J. C. Cannon, Madison and Fifteenth; G. P. Guyot, Park Boulevard and Brighton; F. E Adams, Tenth and Madison; E. B. Leonard, Thirty-third Street and Park Boulevard; H. Aronsen, Fourteenth and Adeline; G. Merlino Thirty-eighth and Grove; L. A. Viereck, Lenox and Grand Avenues Jeannie Stratton, Sixteenth and Grove; W. L. Harback, Bellevue anc Grand avenues; W. E. McChesney, Park Boulevard, near Wellingtor. Street ; F. M. Dunn, Fortieth and Grove; L. Jensen, Piedmont Avenue, near Fortieth Street; Aurelia Reinhardt, Fifty-fifth and Grove; Myron N. Routh, Mather and Terrace streets; and Solomon Brown, Sixteenth and Market.
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH CONTINUES DURING 1924
Oakland's building permits for 1924 again set a new high record- reaching $31,145,921. Building operations included the erection of 3,860 new homes. Post office receipts reflected the growth of the city and the prevailing good business conditions in reaching the new high level of $1,391,140. Many new firms located in the East Bay during the year, the list including the following companies :
Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co., American Chesterfield Mfg. Co., American Thermophone Co., Bender Ice Machine Company, Berkeley Brass & Foundry Co., Berkeley Lumber and Mill Co., Bofinger & Klingler, Bogard, Austin and Williams, Braun Corporation, Breuner's Mattress and Overstuffed Furniture Co., California Animal Products Co., Camfield Radio Mfg. Co., Chicago Lumber Co., Clean Out Mfg. Co., Coast Blue Print & Photocopy Co., C. H. Colson, Inc., Conset Mantel & Tile Co., Eagle Body Building Co., Edison Radio Mfg. Co., Elgin Sheet Metal Works, Fairfax Furniture & Cabinet Shop, Flan- agan Machinery Company, General Electric Wire Drawing Plant, Gen- eral Electric Station KGO, General Petroleum Company, Globe Regis- ter Co., Goelitz Candy Company, Granitized Concrete Products Co., W. F. Haley Company, Higgins Manufacturing Co., Stanley Hiller, Inc., Hopkins Street Cabinet Shop, Hubbard and Company, Illinois Wire and Cable Company, International Sanitary Mfg. Co., Jackson Mills, George Kerry, Kieckhefer Container Co., Label Press, Law-Ed Art & Engraving Co., MacDonald Metal Products Co., Mckesson Furniture Co., Michel & Pelton Co., Monotti & Larimer, Moore-
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McKevitt Mfg. Co., National Egg Case Co., Neill Shirt Co., New Metal Products Co., Newbegin Fire Appliance Co., Oakland Em- broidery Co., Oakland Show Case Co., Oakland Ticket Company, Oakland Wood Cabinet Company, Oehm & Sons, P & M Products Co., Pacific Concrete Products Co., Pacific Furniture Co., Pacific Glass Company, Pacific Lock Joint Pipe Co., Pacific Malleable Castings Co., Patricio Wicker Works, Rees-Boorman Mfg. Co., Reliable Mfg. Co., Richfield Oil Co., Rose Baking Company, Sam's Sweet Shop, E. F. Seward Planing Mill, Shu-Bright Company, Smith and Miller, Smith Bros., Smith Lumber Company, Specialty Mfg. & Distributing Co., Standard Auto Trunk Works, Standard Die & Specialty Co., Thermex Company, Tonodyne Radio Laboratories, Trutnau Company, United Automotive Corp., Victor Talking Machine Co., W. W. Radio Shop, Montgomery Ward & Company, Ward Baking Company, Watsonized Products Company, Welded Products Co., Welsh and Black, Western Sulphur Co., Westinghouse Electric Mfg. Co., John Wetmore, Wilbur and Post.
CHAPTER XXI
1928, THE PRESENT YEAR
54,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN-MILLER GIFT TO UNIVERSITY-SWAN AND WHITTHORNE BUY STORE-COLBOURN OUSTER FAILS-ANOTHER ART "WAR"-GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW CAPWELL STORE-FERRY "PERALTA" MEETS WITH STRANGE ACCIDENT-FINAL REUNION AT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE-DISCUSS INTERCOUNTY TUNNELS-LAST PIPE LAID FOR NEW WATER LINE-NEW BABY HOSPITAL DEDICATED- COMMUNITY CHEST RAISES QUOTA - BERKELEY CHURCH OBSERVES FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY - STRINGHAM APPOINTED ON UTILITY BOARD-NEW LADIES' RELIEF HOME FOR AGED DEDICATED-PORT IMPROVEMENTS.
54,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN
Fifty-four thousand students assembled in the Oakland schools January 9 for the beginning of the second semester. Five new schools were opened at that time, and twenty-five additional teachers were added to the teaching force of the public schools to care for the added growth. The old Grant School at Twenty-ninth Street and Broadway was officially abandoned at that time, and the pupils there distributed between Grant No. 1, at Hampton and Fairmont streets; and Grant No. 2, at Twenty-ninth and Summit. During the calendar year just closed Oakland's school building program represented expenditures totaling $2,970,960, according to Don Rice, business manager of the school board. These improvements were made under 1924 bond issue of $9,600,000. The new buildings opened were the Lowell Junior High School, at Twelfth and Market streets; the new part time high school at Third Avenue and East Tenth Street; Grant No. 1; Grant No. 2; and the new one in Toler Heights, at Thermal Avenue and Scott Street.
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MILLER GIFT TO UNIVERSITY
Another gift to the University of California was announced on January 26 when Dr. Harry Miller, research associate in chemistry at the noted institution told of the donation of $10,000 for the construction of a large clock on the campus in memory of the late Albert Miller, former regent and prominent business man. The gift was made by Dr. Miller and his brothers, C. O. G. Miller and H. M. A. Miller, promi- nent Bay capitalists. Plans specified a twelve-foot clock of "kiosk" de- sign, to be located directly opposite the main entrance of California Hall. Albert Miller was appointed a regent of the university in 1887 by Governor Bartlett, and was later reappointed by Governor Stone- man. He died in 1900 while serving as a regent.
SWAN AND WHITTHORNE BUY STORE
One of the important business transactions in Oakland during Jan- uary was the purchase of the Upright Department store at Washington and Thirteenth streets by Sherwood Swan and W. R. Whitthorne, for- mer operators of the store which bears their names. They also an- nounced the purchase of two stores in Sacramento. It was announced that Upright's would be known as Swan's when the partners took over the business on February 1. They also secured long-time leases on ad- joining property, one hundred feet on Washington Street, one hun- dred and fifty feet on Thirteenth, and fifty-four feet on Twelfth Street. It was also made known that Swan, as owner of the Tenth Street Mar- ket, had associated Whitthorne with him in that business. The story of the Swan and Whitthorne activities began in Oakland in 1916, when they established the firm which still bears their names. This was con- tinued until 1926, when that department store became merged with Hale Brothers. In their business extending over the ten-year period they increased their sales from $500,000 to over $6,000,000. In that time they increased their floor space from 22,000 square feet to over 80,000 square feet. Their reentry into the Oakland field was substantial evidence of their faith in the future of the East Bay section.
COLBOURN OUSTER FAILS
The suit in Superior Court brought by C. S. McMullan, a tax ex- pert, some time previously in an endeavor to oust from office Frank
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Colbourn, Oakland commissioner of public works, came to an abrupt end before Judge Fred V. Wood on January 24. McMullan, through his attorney, R. H. Countryman of San Francisco, had sought to obtain the removal of the commissioner on a charge that Colbourn was re- sponsible for a deficit in the city treasury of about $100,000 for the fiscal years 1925-26 and 1926-27. He alleged that the commissioner had failed to do his duty by casting his vote in favor of various appro- priations and approving contracts, thereby expending the city's money in "excess of the amount provided for." Colbourn was named a defend- ant because he was the only member of the council who was an official at the time the alleged shortage was contracted and was still in office. After a lengthy argument, Judge Wood ruled that no grounds had been shown to indicate that Colbourn acted otherwise than in good faith and that there was no showing that there was paid out more money than the budgets of the periods provided for. The demurrer of City Attorney Preston Higgins was sustained.
ANOTHER ART "WAR"
The sixth annual art exhibit, which was to have opened in Oakland February 1, brought forth another "war" between local artists and the library board. The conflict developed after the appointment of a "jury of reconsideration" composed of four artists and five laymen. The artists contended that the selection of the jury constituted lay censor- ship. At a special meeting of the library board on January 17 a reso- lution was adopted, brief and to the point : "Whereas, our artist friends in Oakland seem to be unable to agree, be it resolved that our contem- plated annual exhibit be indefinitely postponed." After this action Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt, president of Mills College, offered the use of the college art gallery, and the annual exhibit was held there at a later date in February.
GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW CAPWELL STORE
Ground-breaking exercises for the mammoth new H. C. Capwell store at Twentieth and Broadway occurred February 15. H. C. Cap- well, prime mover of the huge enterprise was in far-off Algiers, Africa, on a tour of the world; but the ceremony could not await his return. Seats for several hundred persons had been arranged on the vacant ground, but they were not sufficient for the crowd that gathered. A. S.
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Lavenson, for many years associated with H. C. Capwell, was chair- man of the day. The congratulatory address was given by Mayor John L. Davie. E. B. Field, president of the Oakland Chamber of Com- merce; Joseph R. Knowland, publisher of the Tribune; R. A. Carring- ton, publisher of the Post-Enquirer; E. A. Vandeventer, publisher and editor of the new Times; and A. B. C. Dohrmann, president of the Emporium-Capwell corporation, delivered addresses. Mayor Davie turned the first shovelful of dirt, and Cebert Capwell, son of H. C. Capwell, started the steam shovel, termed for the occasion the "Spirit of Oakland." Another new chapter in the growth of the Eastbay re- gion was written with the exercises which commenced this large struc- ture, which it is planned to have ready for opening in August, 1929.
The growth of the Capwell store is but a reflection of the rapid rise of the Eastbay. In 1889 Capwell opened a small store on Wash- ington Street, near Tenth, in the old "Crellin Hotel" building, then the leading hotel of the city. This was named "The Lace House." He started with one clerk and one boy for general utility service. Two years later he found it necessary to move to larger quarters in the Blake Block, on the southwest corner of Twelfth and Washington, and just completed. It was at this time that A. S. Lavenson became associated with Capwell. By 1911 the store had grown to demand larger quarters, and they secured the ground for their present location at Fourteenth and Clay. This store was completed and occupied in March, 1912.
FERRY "PERALTA" MEETS WITH STRANGE ACCIDENT
One of the most mysterious and strange episodes connected with the ferry transportation systems of the Bay region occurred Friday evening, February 17. The boat involved in the incident which threw the Bay cities into a state of excitement with the appearance of extra edi- tions of the newspapers a short time afterwards, was the Key System's Peralta, the newest, largest and fastest boat operated by the company. It was on the 5:15 trip, at about the peak hour of heavy traffic, and it was estimated that about two thousand nine hundred passengers were aboard. Officials of the company claimed that the boat had a carrying capacity of over four thousand, and that it was not overloaded on this particular trip.
When the boat had reached a point this side of Goat Island and was . approaching the Oakland side on its trip from San Francisco, its nose dipped into the bay and several feet of water struck the crowd gathered
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up front. Or, according to other conflicting tales, a tremendous wave crashed onto the foredeck causing a panic which resulted in some twenty-five persons or more being plunged overboard. Whatever the direct cause, there was great excitement. Capt. W. H. Melsome, in command of the Peralta, ordered the engineer to stop and reverse, and this course undoubtedly saved the ship and its load of passengers from a more serious disaster ; as many believed that full power ahead would have soon driven the boat into a nose dive. In the wild scenes which fol- lowed lifeboats from the Hayward, near by ; a tugboat; and aid from a couple of fast boats sent out by the watchful eyes of the navy from Goat Island took part in the rescuing work. Nineteen men and women were saved from watery graves. First reports of the missing placed the num- ber to be at least a dozen, and possibly more; but in the next day or two these dwindled to five.
Many passengers publicly critized the actions of the crew of the Peralta following the accident. Incompetency was charged, and even faulty ballast in the water tanks of the boat was hinted at. On the other hand members of the crew testified at the government hearing and investigation which was held the next day that the plunge was a mystery of the seas; that "something supernatural" and some "phan- tom of the seas" caused the "wall of water" to surge over the bow of the boat. Passengers, however, testified that the bow of the boat gradually sank under the water for a period of as long as four minutes; and that the water was calm on the bay and that there was no large or "freak" wave.
FINAL REUNION AT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE
The final reunion of the alumni of St. Mary's College in the old site on Broadway was held February 19, when prominent graduates from many sections of California gathered to exchange greetings and enjoy reminiscences for the last time at the "Old Brickpile" prior to the removal of the college to the new site at Moraga. The day opened with the annual communion of the alumni in the old college chapel. The Rev. Father Edward J. Doran, who attended the college as a boy, celebrated the mass. Post-communion breakfast was served in the old mess hall. Then the alumni, headed by their president, Sheriff W. J. Fitzgerald . of San Francisco, journeyed to Moraga to inspect the new buildings under construction. After returning to the College in Oakland, they had lunch at 12:30. A baseball game between the varsity team and an
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alumni nine took up the afternoon, the 'varsity men winning 5 to 2. Dinner was served at 6:30.
California's gifted and beloved poet laureate, Ina Donna Coolbrith, died at her home in Berkeley, February 29, at the age of eighty-five years." She was one of the west's famous poets, and her works were ad- mired by thousands. The 1919 state legislature conferred upon her the title of "loved, laurel-crowned poetess of California." She was a pio- neer of the state, and had served as an early librarian of the Oakland library. "A Perfect Day, and Other Poems," and "Songs from the Golden Gate" were among her literary productions.
Despite a building slump throughout the nation, Oakland made a very creditable showing for February in the way of permits. The total for the month was $1,348,380, according to A. S. Holmes, build- ing inspector. Permits were taken out for eighty-four new one-story dwellings, aggregating $272,200; and for twenty-five two-story homes, costing $180,600.
DISCUSS INTERCOUNTY TUNNELS
Approximately a thousand persons, representing every district and community of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, gathered at the Hotel Oakland on the evening of March 1, to attend the meeting of the East Bay Regional Planning association. The topic discussed was the construction of tunnels through the foothills separating the two coun- ties. The three tunnels deemed necessary to link the East Bay metro- politan area and Contra Costa county closer together were the Shep- herd-Redwood Canyon route; the Broadway tunnel; and the Thirty- fifth avenue tunnel. George Shelden, president of the East Side Con- solidated Improvement clubs, outlined the five proposed ways of financ- ing the cost of these improvements. This subject, a matter of discussion in these two counties for years, undoubtedly will meet with some final determination before another history of the county is written.
Ground was broken for another new theatre in Oakland on March 2, when Mrs. Henry Duffy, actress, turned the first shovelful of dirt for the new Dufwin theatre at Seventeenth Street, between Telegraph and San Pablo avenues. This new playhouse, to cost $500,000, is being built by the Income Properties of California, Incorporated, with a 20- year lease to the Henry Duffy Players. E. B. Field, president of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce, gave the official welcome of the city to the theatrical company. Mrs. Duffy was formerly Dale Winter.
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LAST PIPE LAID FOR NEW WATER LINE
The laying of the last segment of pipe in the great line to carry water into the East Bay cities from the Mokelumne River was com- pleted March 10. Officials of the East Bay Municipal Utility District and of other civic organizations made a trip to Wallace to witness the completion of the pipe-laying work. The new pipe line, exclusive of the Walnut Creek and Lafayette tunnels, is eighty-eight miles long. The entire project from San Pablo reservoir to Lake Pardee, the main stor- age reservoir in the hills, is ninety-three miles. Taking into considera- tion the size of the pipe, which is fifty-three inches in diameter, and the length of the line, this is said to be the largest pipe line project ever com- pleted in the world's history. Construction work on the line was com- menced in September, 1925. Upon the completion of the Lancha Plana reservoir the East Bay cities will have a water supply that will be a big factor in the future development of all cities supplied by it.
NEW BABY HOSPITAL DEDICATED
Dedicated to the care of the county's children, of any creed or race, rich or poor, the new 500,000 Baby Hospital at Fifty-first and Dover streets, Oakland, was dedicated Saturday, March 17, and thrown open to public inspection the following week. Hundreds of patrons of the hospital gathered at the laying of the cornerstone. Robert M. Fitz- gerald, member of the Board of Directors, presided. The invocation was delivered by Rabbi Rudolph I. Coffee; and Dr. Ann Martin, chief of staff, and Mrs. George C. Jensen, past president under whose admin- istration the structure was built, spoke. The benediction was delivered by Rev. Father Thomas O'Connell of St. Augustine's Church. The new structure, two stories in height, is equipped to care for eighty-five children up to fourteen years of age. The hospital is not operated for profit, and is an outgrowth of the first structure built in 1914. East Bay citizens donated the funds for the construction of this new addi- tion to the hospital facilities of the county. Mrs. H. A. King was presi- dent of the organization at the time of the dedication services, and she and Mrs. W. B. Seabury, honorary vice president, also participated in the program; as did Mrs. S. M. Marks, past president; and Mrs. Charles R. Lloyd, first vice president.
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