The morning call., 1890-05-31
REAL ESTATE.
The Past Weeks Doings-.A Lively
Time Under the Hammer.
Private Business Equally Bright Pleasantly
Planned Country Excursions-City
Sales Ahead.

The past weeks private business In real es.
tate has been pretty severely put to the test
with the big competitive onerlngs-the heaviest
yet OF the 80 srason-under the hammer That
II has so bravely stood the ordeal goes more aud
more to demonstrate the Inherent strength of the
market, prices being always well considered
In matters OF finance money shows no appre-
clable change except 1t be TO a stlll welcome
easing tendency.
OF the weeks loans there Is nothing extra
large 10 record, the biggest being SOC, 900 loan
10 the Archbishop on church property by The
Hibernia Bank for Two years at per cent, on
the Roman Catholic Cathedral at the corner of
Van Ness avenue ana OFane street, others
varying from $4,000 TO $4,000.
The extent of The May business-and the
month may, win present holidays, now be con-
sidered as closed-accOrdng 10 the Criterion,
amounts 10 7o3 sales, representing an aggregate
value of s3,264,2 57, thus topping the list for
four years. In this connection the largest score
is placed opposite the Western Addition, which
claims out OF the total mentioned 90 sales of
money value OF S1,297,7S0, outside lands taking
second rank with total Of 1921 265, repre-
sented by the incoming from 159 sales.
UNDER THE HAMMER
The week just closing has more than main.
tanned The reputation OF the season iu the Dusi-
ness done aud the values obtained in The auction
room.
Oh hciudS, al DONee, 10y U CO.'S sale Of city
property, three building lois, "A :9X150 f. onliug
on Seventeenth street, west Of Castro, sold for
$500 10 $1,000, with three rear lots OF same
dimensions fronting on State street, fetching
Sl275 10 S14U0. No. 1926 Post street, Il good
house on lot 25Xl37:6, near Webster, was
knocked down for $1,000. A T-shaped lot, with
20 ieet frontage Oh Fourteenth street, west of
Valencia, 20 1eet Geep, with lot at back and in
rear 7UA22O, brought $1,000. No. 2S Dorland
street, on lot 20 6x1l6, cottage property fetched
S3076. The southeast corner of Octavia and
Chestnut streets, 236:7X2O6 %, unimproved, sold
for 5000 24xS0 lot ON the south side of
Folsom street, l47 feet east OF Fifteenth
fetched 5000. Tie total amount sold footed
up $4,000.
HE same day also witnessed G. II. Umbseu
q CO.'S successful sale Of portion OF the Don
ahue estate at Irving Hail. The Oue-Inird In
Ierest IN the four story brick and Iron building
at AIS 10 40 Montgomery street, subject TO a
S4SOO he interest Income, starting at 81 eco
bid, climbed ahead TIL k. II. Sprague was an
nOunced Tie purchaser for S2S,UOO cash. Block
647, IL south San Francisco, aud Block S44
bounded by hirty-secUnd and Ihit lelh ave
nues and and streets, were Knocked down to
ively spot cash. l.. h Fulda, President of the
California AthelIc Club, was the purchaser OF
the corner lot, 81 GX1lO feet, on SeveUthavenue
ana street, Ion $1,000. or the lots ON Seventh
avenue month, $3.50, $1,000, $1,000, $780,
Sl325, Sl2l5, Sl21o, $1,000, $1,000 for two,
$3.50, $500 and 1875 Ior Two were the prices
obtained Tor fourteen, three adjoining lots
23Xl!0 fetching from $40 to 500. lie
u
sold ior $3.50, while that Oh The corner OF Z
sheet aud sixth avenue, 25XluO, realized
Sl425. The lots adjacent on the wesI, each
Z0Aloo, sold Tor 500 10 $3.50. On Sixth ave
nue., south OF { street, eleven lots, each 25X11o,
fetched 1870, $40, So25, s9l5, $3.50 lor Three
each, 1929 for two each, aud SlO25 west 10 an
adjoining lot 3Oxl2O bringing $1,000. Tie
total amount realized al The sale was sS7 ,G7O.
On tuesday Easion Eidudge scored big
reported as changing hands under Ihe hammer.
The lot 99:9xlGO, ON Howard street, running
back TO NalUma, with four stores Oh ii, fetched
s69,5oo. For the northeast corner Of Vallejo
and Sdnsonr, unlmprUyed. 1877 6Xl2S.6 $40
500 was obtained. The brick buildlDg On IA
clhe street, On lot 4I:9Xl31 :6, with frame
building III rear, running back TO Charles street,
was Knocked down fol SIS, 600. For The AS ok
l27 - residence lot on the south side of Jackson
street, east OF Cough SS45O was paid For the
1878 lot. southwest corner OF Paciuc ana Nc.
COIIulck streets, with store thereon aud tene-
ment, SlO,S5O WAS PAID with S47UO paid for the
southeast corner, 43:9X5S:9 oil Jones aud Vale
10 streets, With improvements. Tue Iwo-sIory
frame house on lot 22X6S %, on The east side Of
stockton street, lust south OF Clay brought
$1,000. 12UA3UO lot on san Bruno avenue,
north OF Eve, through TO California avenue,
fetched $500 \ LOT. 6OXl27:6 on tile north
side OF Union street, 1877 70 west of Leayenworth,
brought $3.50, While a twO-stOIy frame build
lug On Polk, south OF broadway, on u loI 34x
100, realized $500. lie northeast corner OF
hearny aud Union streets, 27:6X67 IS, fetched
$4,000. The 3Ux6o lot, improved, on the north
side OF oregon street, ana east OF Trout, was
sold for $3.50. Another lot OF same size, with
teuements on the east side OF Stockton street
north Of California, brought $4,000. The o.
yaia northeast Corner OF Jones ana Nor Il Point
was sold fui $1,000.
ON Wednesday McAfee, Baldwin & Hammond
held an impol tant sale, onering ten iols IN
The block bounded by Page. Octavia aud Lily
ST. Gets, AL OF which called satisfactory prices.
The 4OX9o lot on the corner Oi Octayla ana Page
streets was bought by Thomas Dillon for SIO,-
zoo, The 3U&90 lot on Oclavia and Lily Sting
Tor s145U he two Intermediate lots, 25X95,
fronting Oh Oetayia street, brought respectively
$4,000 ana $3.50. For The six lots on Page BAGS
10 Lily avenue, each 25Xl2O prices ranged ilom .
S445O TO $4,000. The net results OF Tie sale
Gu Thursday tie CarnalrFlz hugh HoT,fs2++--,,s
Company successfully offered -a~-Catalocue OF
Tne iIs 80 ~ 6oek Sunset Heights.
aud stIeei+h %nocked down Tor 1870. the
y@cOlntf u Eighth avenue ana stIeet fetching
$3.50. For lHe intermediate lots, eacn 25XlOU
from 1855 10 SI145. 1he 32:GX1Oo corner on
X and Ninth streets sold Tor $3.50, tie corner
OF Il and Eighth streets, OF equal dimensions
bringing $500. The sixteen lots fronting
Eighih avenue, each 25Xl2o, sold AZ from $3.50
10 Sll40, the corresponding lois on Ninth avenue
averaging about $3.50 apiece.
Al Won Rbein < Co.'s auction sale on the same
day large crowd was present. At the begin
ming Mr.. Won Rhein announced 10 The gathering
that the first four pieces were subject to APP
proyal, one owner being absent two being sold
under order OF court and QUE owned by cUngre-
CATION. These conditions being announced The
following prices were realized:
Lot 67;Gxl20, on the east line of Mission
street, between Fifth and Sixth, S52 ,O0O IoI
77;6X107 IS, on the north line Of MeAllistrr
street, PAT &c west OF Leayenworth, S7I 600; lot
20X59:6, 209 CONNER cial street. near Kearny
$1,000; lot 60XlOO, with l. 4SX37 IS, 2IS Lon-
bard street, between KeaIny and Dupont $4,000;
for the southeast corner of Castro and Hi
streets, 26:6xSo, $3.50 was paid, and six adj
joining lots brought from Sl2O5 TO Sl475; lot
25xS0, 3o1a Gilbert street, brought s2975; a
lot 6ox112:G, on Howard aud Nineteenth streets,
went with an IF at ,750.
The sale of Block loco, Sunset Heights on
Wednesday, by w. Butterleld, said block being
bounded by Thirtyfourth and Thlrty-hfth ave,
aNdly anI ~ gFr -
visions, brought from 500 TO S145 tor Inside
lots, with corners commanding from Sl7O to
1910, that on q and Thirty-fourth streets being
evidently the buyers pick from standpoint OF
values.
To-DAY's OFFERINGS.
A specially tempting bill of fare, or rather
bills OF iaIe, are spread before the eyes OF the
real estate gourmand to-day
The mueh-talked-of, long expected Wellesley
jolly icnic is expected. Adjoining Redwood
Cily, and with splendid natural advantages OF
climate, location and short distance from the
city the change to pick up villa sites. judging
flom the application for tickets, Is likely 10 be
awaited OF beyond expectation.
Another pleasant excursion VIII be that to Los
Gatos. where Middleton g. Sharon have a sur
prise In store for those who imagine 1t possible
TO exaggerate the charms of that district. Three
miles beyond Saratoga and ten miles from
San Jose, Los Gatos to-day has reached a pitch
OF prosperity that is of itself sufficient guaran-
tee for the investor, leaving out OF consideration
the desirableness OF the neishborh0Od.
MILL VALLEY PROPERTY.
very important event for Marin County has
la tely occurred in the sale of the Throckmorton
ranch, OF 1900 acres, TO Joseph G. Eastlaud
| Albert Miller, Lowell White, Thomas Magee
| William Coleman, President of the narrow
| gauge railroad, and others. These men have
built one short railroad aud are now building
wagon roads through the ranch. They intend 10
| build both wagon roads and railroads through
| the ranch, especially a railroad, TO Bolinas
| They have water enough at Mill Valley, three
| miles from Sausalito, 10 supply 5000 people
| without further DEVELOPMENT aud with an ex-
IN
supply 10000 people. They have already built
| roads some seven miles in extent, with very easy
grades, and they propose TO build many more in
| and around Mill Nalley-one OF the finest and
most sheltered spots in the State. nifty minutes
| from the c!iy by ferry and rail Three hundred
acres oil this land IN Mill Valley to be sold ut
! auction on Saturday next in acres aud lots
| Then new town Will be made and new life Will
| be Infused into one Of our best counties which
| has been kept In nearly unprogressiye state by
| large ranches.
| Then William j. Dingee Is to the fore with \