The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-29
REAL ESTATE.
AN Effort Will Be Made TO Hold
the Citrus Fair in This City.
The Exchange Room to Be Fitted Up at Once
Negotiations With the Board Of Trade.
Sales Reported-Local News.

Colonel T. B. Ludlum of Palermo, agent
for the Pacific Improvement Company, was
in the city yesterday on real estate business.
He left on exhibition in the office Of Nc
Afee, Baldwin & Hammond some very fine
samples Of seeding oranges, which were
picked from twenty-year-old trees at Orc
vile. These trees are each carrying from
5000 to 5000 oranges of superior quality and
favor.
He also stated that the young orchards at
Palermo are looking remarkably healthy.
The Colonel is of the opinion that the next
fair of the northern citrus belt will be held
in this city, aad steps are now being taken
with that end in view
COLONY LANDS.
Paul 3. Hay OF 32S Montgomery street,
general agent for the John Blown Colony,
No. 3, of MADEIRA, Fresno County, reports
the sale of many tracts of deeiduous and
small fruit land, and adds: 81 have put
my advertisement in three morning daiIies
and an evening paper, and l must say that
have received better returns from The
CALL than l have from any of the other
papers. So rapidly have sales been made
within the past ten days that it is estimated
that there will not be an unsold tract in the
entire subdivision of the Chapman ranch by
the end Of the year. The entire colony will
be set out TO prunes, peaches, apricots, figs
and pears, as well as to raisin grapes, to
which the first colony was almost wholly
devoted"
THE ExCHANGE-RooM.
Directors of the San Francisco Real Estate
Exchange have appointed a committee for
the purpose of making the necessary i'm
provementS in the exchange room prepara-
tory to occupancy, which it is expected will
take place about the first of the year and
not in February, as previously reported.
Manager Townsend stated that negotia-
tons are pending which may result in
securing the Board of Trade in the front
portion OF the exchange-room.
SALES REPORTED.
OFarrell & Lang have sold so feet on
fremont avenue, near Frederick, from
Jerome English to Mr.. Warren, for $500.
b. NJ. Gum has sold the lot 45x9o, on the
corner of California and Sansome streets, to
E. l.. G. Steele for S25o,00o. The binding
has for many years been used as banking
establishment by Wells, Fargo & Co.
Travers & Parsons, real estate agents, AIT
Kearny street, report the sale of the north
east corner of Twenty-ffth and Capp
streets and improvements to J. S. Morgan;
lot 1i5 :6x65 feet The firm have some other
choice corner lots in the Mission. which they
expect to dispose OF in a few days.
LOCAL NEWS.
General r. p. Hammond Of McAfee, Bald
win d Hammond, who has been confined to
the house for the past two weeks by illness,
was in his office yesterday.
While the real-estate representative of a
morning contemporary was IN the Office of
O'Farrell e Lang, day or two ago. three
buyers entered the office at intervals carry
ing with them Cuttings" Of real-esta!e adj
vertisements. He made earnest inquiry as
to which paper the clippings were taken
from and was informed that all three were
from The CALL.
BUILDERS CONTRACTS.
II. j. Techau with Samuel Il. Green, car
penter work, on northwest corner of Mar
ket street and City Hall avenue; $1,000.
L. j. Dnnnigan to James Glackin. to build
on Napa street, between Missouri and Con-
necticut; bonds, $1,000; A. g. Dicken and
Ben Hobert. sureties.
n. X. Masten with j. j. Dunn, to build on
north line of Clay street, 1877 IS east of Blu
chanan, east 34:4@x127:SA $500; bonds,
$500; +. Joost and c. S. Holmes, sureties