The morning call., 1890-06-28
REAL ESTATE.
Another Extremely Light Week
Among the Dealers.
q Building Prospects Excellent = Sales Made
During the Week-Transfers and
Contracts Recorded

come are not OF an encouraging nature The
inactivity has In no way affected prices There
mas only been falling off in the sales and
dealers who have good property In their hands
for sale are holding 1t back until the summer
quietude Is over. The spring just past has been
an unusually lively one in the way OF transfers
OF hrst-class and valuable property, both in the
city and adjoining counties.
The volume Of new work In the building trades
has increased, ana now there Is no likelihood OF
It's failing OF until the winter months at any rate
even If II does then.
Among tile agents for renting houses the state
ments ale made that business is generally good
and that there are fewer houses for rent this
year than for several years past. Rents are MAIN
talned at good figure throughout the city, and
although there are many desirable houses on The
lists OF the various agents. there is a steady and
growing demand especially for houses in certain
parts of the Western Addition aud the outlying
districts OF lhe Mission,
A GOOD SIX MONTHS
According TO Magee's Real Estate Circular tile
sales for the first six months of this year are
more Than double as regards value than those Of
Two years ago. and GO per cent in excess Of tile
ngufeS 1Or Tie same time last year. The sales OF
ibis year up TO date Will aggregate about $751;
10000. In 1889 the total up 10 June 3Oth was
81 sis, 500, and in 1887 they aggregated
Mission property has advanced in price con-
slderaDly OF late Around POtiero avenue there
IS a great zeal CT Improvement going on IN the
stieets. his avenue is one Of The wide streets
OF the city, and is the only outlet southwaid
-Ifom lie cly by land.
Tie people at lie South End are organizing
Improvement clubs, and nearly every property
oWner is enrolled upon the books OF some club.
spring business IN The auction line has been
very lively This season. Offerings have followed
one another In quick succession, aud all classes
OF plope Ity have been bought under tue hammer.
Many blocks ana Tracts have been subdIvided
and sold of at auction, as that was deemed The
best way OF dispoSiug Of 1t.
Won RHEIMS SALE.
va auh aft ~ no
sale OF y. /. Won Rhein Co. on Thursday aud
some excellent pieces OF property were dis
posed OF. Among them were lie following:
a lot 30XSS, the west side Of Valencia
street, south OF Sixteenth. with Il story and bay
window fiat, renting fur $50. was sold tUr S15,-
be- HE southeast corner lot, 15N9O, oil OEar-
re aud Laguna streets, uuimpi owed, brought
5000, and just half that price was paid Tor The
panhandle building lot, 81 :6Xl57 IS, on the south
side Of Oak street, wesT OF Clayton, \ house OF
two fats, renting for SCI 90, Oh The north side Of
Page stIeet, west Of Pierce with a lot 25xloO
sold f0G $500 For LOT 5OXS5, on Sixth street,
OetWee Harrison and Bryant, Will frame I'M
prOvements. renting Tor S65, the sum OF S14. 500
was given, ana in tile rear OF this property. on
Park avenue, a lot 2oAIJ, with house renting
for $50 mouth, sold IUr S34U0. house OF Two
fats and lot 23X 50. on Clemenrina street, be-
tween First and Second, was disposed OF Ior
$3.50, and lot 25X1O5, ON Sanchez Street,
south OF Eighteenth, sold for $3.50. For the
Second-streel business property between Folsom
aud Clemeutna, 35NSO, Irregu al, house OF sixty
rooms, renting Tor Sl75, u bid Of $4,000 was
received, and The saIe was made subject 10 cou-
sale, exclusive OF this II, amounted 10 $50, 100.
OTHER GOOD SALES.
The same hIm also sold during tie week the
following property: A lot on lie northeast cor
ner OF Howard aud Nineteenth. 6OX122:6, for
$4,000; the property south side OF Bush, be-
tween Franklin aud Cough 55Xl2O, for Sl1 600,
and The lot aud Improvements, 1SX76:6, ON lie
southeast line Of THIRD, near Jessie for $4,000.
Easton, Eldrdge & Co. Will oeeuiy their new
Teal-estate exchange, 63S Market street, next
week. Tie new quarters have been enlarged
and Tehtted. Their hrst public Offering in Tie
new rooms Is announced for Tuesday, July 18Th.
MISCELLANEOUS PROPERTY.
The firm held AN auction sale last Tuesday.
The old frame houses, zoo 10 EOS Ellis street,
near Mason, we're sold as Whole for $3.50. hey
are twenty-five wears Old, aud are 10 lie replaced
by fouI-stoly building Win stores on the
ground floor ana roOmlng house above. The
Existing buildings must be removed IN leu days.
An eigIt-ioomed house. 23l Third street. which
Is also 10 be replaced by substantial building,
sold for $3.50.
+. b. Wide has returned from a sIx-months'
tour OF the state ia The Interest of EastOn, FL
bridge & Co. He has closed all spring aud SUM-
Incl business and perfected arrangements for
lie fall.
The Brander residence at San Rafael viii be
sold at auction Saturday. July 9th. The
grounds cover an area OF eight acres and are
IasIeiully oTnamenIed.
The interest of the estate OF Francis W. Tracy
10 piece Of property On Taylor street, east OF
Jones, VIII be sold al auction some time next
month.
MORE CONTRACTS.
ShanTald, BuckDee & Co. have make the fol-
lowing sales during the week: Northeast cor
ner LeaYenwOIth aud Turk streets, improved,
lot BLAST, $50, 600; 50-vaTa on southeast cor
urT Laurel and jackson Streets unimproved,
$4,000; lot 5Ox12O, on west line OF SanSOme
street, between Greenwich aud Lombard,
The lecture hall of the Cooper Medical College
has been rooted In, and The hall Itself will be
ready for occupancy IN about TWO months.
The contracts fos the erection OF sixteen
houses on Lyon street, near tSee were ere, let Ihis
Will be alike. The style OF architecture Will be
union OF tile Queen Anne aud old Colonial.
Tie first steps toward the erection of the
Croker building, on the Post and Market gore.
have been taken. Posts Tor tile support OF
high board fence around the property are being
placed, and The public will soon be aecoId ed the
privilege Of peeplng through the cracks at the
WOrN men on lie inside.
O'EaTrell Lang are preparing Tor an auction
Sixteenth, belonging to the Varuey estate.
The Carnall- ltznugh. Hopkins Company re-
port the sale of a lot, 23Xll5, on Chattanooga
street, for $500; TWO lots on Eighth avenue,
near street, for $500; one lot on Clementina
street, near Ninth, for Sl1OO, ana one lot on
California street, near BrOderick, for $4,000.
Tie Arthur X. Briggs Company is preparing
for the sale in tracts Of the Eureka Ranch,
located In San Luis Obispo County, between
TempetOn aud Marguerite. The ranch embraces
$500 acres, OF which 500 acres have already been
sold.
Much Interest is being taken in the sale OF lots
by McAfee Baldwin & Hammond IN The Oak
Grove Tract al Monterey. Many society people
have already selected lots.
THE RECORD OF TRANSFERS..
Among the principal transfers Of the week
were the following:
AshbuIy aud San Miguel Rancho as northwest
boundary, northwest 44:3, southeast 300,
southeast 81, northeast 1874 northwest 3:S to
beginning; Adolph SutrO To Mrs. Eugene \.
Geary street north line 1875 east of Polk,
east 27:6x12Oi Mary A. Edwards to James III.
Ward, for S17,0O3.
OFarreli aud BrOderlck streets, northwest
corner, west I1oX112:6; Daniel Sheerin 10 Fred
erick Kronenborg; consideration $40; price
about $3.50 front foot.
LaTkn and Pine, northwest corner, north
137:6XI37 IS; Florence "A. Eyre TO Domingo u.
de AInerton; consideration $40.
Cough, west line, 81 :6 south OF Fulton, south
49xI37:6; Henry NJ. BLACK 10 Oscar Roemer;
consideration s1oi price about S12o front
foot.
20Ux4OO, being POtTerU Block 10Y; r. {. John
sou, by executors 10 A. +. Morrison; S935O.
JACKSON ana Laurel, southeast corner, south
127 :5X137:6; Caroline a. Shook TO Charles Alt
sehul; consideration $40; price $1,000.
Clay and Spruce, northeast corner, rast 1877 :6x
127 q, and south side Washington 1874 east OF
Spruce, east 1877 :6xl27 %; Albert Meyer TO En-:
ma Joseph: consideration $40. The former sold
for $1,000 and tie latter for $4,000
BUILDING CONTRACTS.
The summary of building contracts for the
AIIemania street, near observation-disclosures three
story frame aud one tHo-story framei owner,
MTs Siiadi: architect r. II. Daley; contractor,
Frank Shadt; cost S6OOO.
Baker street, near Pine-Two-stOry frame;
oWner Caroline Hirscb; architects, John & Bal
cynski; contractors, Wells & Joslin; cost, $500,
California street, corner OF Hyde-Biiek build
ing for car and engine house for the California
street Cable Railway Companyi architect, III. e.
MACY; Drick-wOrk, McGOwau & Butler, S74 200;
carpenter-work, o. E. White, 1866; erected
boiiers, San Francisco Tool Company. Total 10
dale, Slo5,065.
CheIery street. near ThIrtleth-AlteratIons
owner. Annie Mitchell; architect, r. A. WOrden;
contractor, T. e. WOrden; cost, $1,000.
Dolores street, near Twenly-iouIth - Two
story frame; owner, Hennig IhOde; architect.
III. iieilIuss; contractor, K. w. Kern; cost $1,000
DevisadeTO street,scofner Oak-Addltional con-
tract on John Lutgens house; contractor. q. Z.
MoIehouse; cost, $500.
EMS sheet, near Taylor-AlteTations; owner,
Louise Schussler; architects, Sal1eld Kohl
berg; contractor, A. Discber; cost, $1,000.
Fulton steel, near BrodeIck = One-story
frame; owner. Nelson j. Adams; architect L. J.
Welsh; contractors, Patterson Ackersoni cost,
Fillmore street, corner Wildey ayenue-Addi-
tional contract ON Il. Schmldts h0usei c0nlIac-