The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-25
REAL ESTATE.
Prices Continue Firm, but the
Market Lacks Activity.
City Improvements Nesded-Auction Sales
Builders Contracts-sales Rsported-frans-
fsrs- MOrtgages-offe Dgs-Notes.

H. p Sonntag of the firm OF Shainwald. Buck
bee s. Co., who returned TO the city Wednesday
from short vacation, was asked his opinion Oh
the present state OF the market He replied as
follows:
The market Is usually judged by the trans
fers recorded and if we take the weeks dotngs
into consideration should consider it Inactive.
but prices are stiff and the outlook is good.
There Is every reason TO believe that the Santa
Fe will, before many weeks roll by, commence
building toward San Francisco. When that be-
comes an assured fact l want TO say that San
Francisco must move with her improvements.
The city should at once issue S2o,0o0,0O0 in 313
per cent bonds, payable in fifty years, so that
the Improvements could be carried out thor
oughIy by establishing frst-class sewerage
system and make proper street improvements
also improve the city squares and parks, build
good road way around Ocean Beach and make
such other improve as would make the
city attractive and In Keeping Will IT'S afcnl
tectural progress
1.-THE bonds should be made available atspar.
Tie increased values OF properties, improve
ments and proper streets, provided the money Is
expended judiciously, would Increase the value
OF assessabe property within five years at least
S5o,0oo,ooo, and In ten years to double that
amount After the first five years the interest ON
the bonds will be practically paid by the In
crease in the value of property, without increas-
ing The ale of taxation. In len years further
Increase would not only pay the interest on the
bonds, but the larger portion OF the principal as
well.
'tThe day has come when the pioneer must for
get The sand hills and we must all feel that San
Francisco IS destined to be one or the greatest
cities i'll The Union, II only proper Steps aie taken
10 assist nature and make The Improvements
our present position demands
AUCTION SALES.
Robert j. Mercer, 5l3 California street, an.
nounces a sale al auction Of selected business
on SnN Wednesday, July 3oth, at noon. The
properties are situated on Stockton street.
Diamond, from Twenty third to Elizabeth,
Stanley place, Fifteenth street, Union, Pierce,
corner jackson and Spruce, Lincoln, Jes-
bard and Leayenworth streets, Bay. Rlne0n
court, Arlington street, Mateo aud Randall. Full
particulars OF these properties VIII be iound IN
the advertising columns OF yesterdays CALL
and on the 27h aud 29lh INST IN the same
place, also by reference to catalogues, diagrams,
etc, to be found at MIR. MERGERS ONCE.
The properties which Will be offered are in
good locations and viii in all likelihood conf
mand the attention Of buyers.
William J. DiBGet, Oakland, and Easto0,
Eldridge 4 Co., San Francisco. VIII offer at pub
lie auction TAT the salesroom OF the FORMER IN
Oakland. on Saturday next, July 26th. al
O'Clock IN the afternoon, Oakland. Alameda and
Berkeley improved and unimproved real estate,
lull particulars of which Will be found In an-
other column The properties are all desirable,
and considerable interest IS manifested IN the
sale.
diusue, "hiSh eH0t eApc1t " Oh "NOu' tNS
e. b. Umbsen & Co. propose to offer a mixed
catalogue about the middle OF August.
SALES REPORTED.
The CarRall FitZhugb- Hopkins Company has
sold ten lots on University Heights at prices
ranging between S175 and $3.50 for each lot;
house ana lot on Geary street between LaF KIN
l2O, 5000; cottage aud lot on east side OF
Eighth avenue, between and streets, $3.50.
o. ID. Baldwin. Joost and Merlens report sales
within The plSt few QaVS as tOlI0XS. southwest
corner OF Clay and Spruce streets, 273Xl27 :o14.
North side of Washington street % west OF
Spruce, 125X127 :S14. On north side OF " ash
iuston street, 1O3 west OF Spruce 15X127 $40.
Northeast corner Of Sanchez and Elizabeth
streets, 65X111:6, and house and lot on Clara
street, between Fourth ana Filth.
EastOn, Eldridge & Co. are about closing sale
of $4,000. aud have made sales OF house ana
lot On Clay street. near Hyde, $500, ana one on
Suffer street for $500. They report The market
quiet, but no fall In prices.
TeYis g. Fisher have had fair business week.
They are fencing IN the western addition OF
Blocks 172 and l73 aud portion OF the western
addition Of Block III Of the property situated In
lie Fort Mason Tract. In that district, dheety
In front of Fort Mason, west of Van Ness
avenue north of Union and east Of Fillmore
streets, the streets surrounding Tie blocks
owned by Them will shortly be severed and
macadamized, after which they Will be offered
for sale. Lombard street. from Van Ness avenue
TO the Preside Reservation, Is nearing compile
ton, ana the United States Government will DO
the maeadamIzmg, after which II Will be one of
the best drives 10 The city or its neighoorhood.
Canaan, Lyon u telt nave eHecteu several
sales OF Alameda and Sonoma properties during
The past few days, and report prices stltening.
The California Laad Association has been sell
ing considerable property south oI the Golden
Gate Park and at Sunset Heights, near the park.
They report an Improvement IN the market ana
inquiries Tor good Hat houses.
OFaITell Lang have been busy during the
week attending TO small sales and negotiating
for two OF three large ones, which are not as yet
closed.
David Stern & Sons sold a house and LOT on
Howard street, near Thirteenth for $40. 600.
Two lots on A street, $1,000. and Il house ana lot
on Folsom street, between Fourth and Flfth, Tor
Louis Lander, 22sla Montgomery street, dis
posed Of four cottages on Sanchez street, near
Twenty sixth, also a twO-story house on COlltng-
wood street. near Eighteenth. He IS building
two houses on Hartford street near Twentieth,
and one on Sixteenth street, above Market
2. a. DOlan sold a house and lot on Bryant
street, between TwenIy-ffth and Twenly-slxth,
Tor $500.
CITY OFFERINGS.
Tie Carnall-l ilZhugb-Ho Company are
Offering art OF Block 6G5, between Eighth and
Ninth ay euues, fronting the Park; and they Will
shortly subdivde the property known as Lake
view, containing about $50 acres. There are
many inquiries for portions OF the tract and tie
sale is likely to he an Interesting one.
e. Ii. UmbSen & Co. have long list OF very
fine city property for sale, al prices from $500 TO
r. C. Morloy, 1873 Montgomery street, has
line OF city residence properties at prices from
$1,000 to $4,000.
Downey & Gambs nave many choice pieces of
property and desirable vacant lois IOf SAFE, III
prices hanging up 10 $4,000.
COUNTRY PROPERTIES.
W. Il. Mathews, 512 kearny street, reports
fair demand for iruIt lands aud orchards In the
home counties They oiler special bargains I0ur
teen miles from OdNlaud 4l6 acres OF fruit
laudS, Sl5, 900; also 204 acres OF nut lands
forty miles from san francisco, 100000, and 2o5
acres of flisl-class alfalfa lana in Mendocino
So 600; also choice fruit lands at various
points within n radius OF thirty miles OF San
Francisco from $40 to 500 per acre.
n Epit ptt SnIann
County. $50 per acre, and acreage properties as
follows: One hundred and sixty acres. level
Sonoma Valley. $1,000; $40 acres IN MERGED
County, S12 80 per acre; 1877 acres in San Luis
Oblspo County, SIC per acre; 2250 acres in San
Luis Obspo County, SIT so per acre.
c. Il. Street & Co., 4l5 Montgomery street,
have a complete list OF country propertles-2,-
100000 acres suitable for stock, dairy, grain,
fruit and for general farms, resorts, etc. Send
for catalogue.
+. w. Laee. Flood Building advertises
school lands 81 80 TO So per acre. Send stamp
Albert E. Crane. 40 Montgomery street, has
some desirable country property for sale, which
Will be found IN another column.
CONTRACTS RECORDED.
Frank S. GuglielmettI, with Thomas Robins,
to build on northeast line Of TreHty-Bnth street,
10 feet northwest of / street, northwest 1916 by
John Nightingale Jr., with Western Iron
Works, wrUught-iron, on northwest corner of
Van Ness avenue aud Market street, north 80
3-16 feet west % feet. south 55:9 feet, north
east "a feet, S29l4.
John Nightingale, with OCOnnell & Lewis,
casI-ron, same S295U.
John Nightingale. with J. j. Conrad, brick
work. same. $1,000.
Fritz Hing, with A. Duebel, to build on Nine
teenrh street, $50 feet west of Sanchez, $3.50,
bonds S2700, James J. MckinnOn and Henry
Sanders
john Mitchell with j. E. Goorner, to build, no
location, S270O.
L. c. Wordep with Mary A. Byrne, alterations,
oil and 9l3 Capp street; SIlo0.
j. Maloney with ID. Currle. additions, on east
line of Sixth street, 80 south OF MInna, south
25x75; S193S.
c. Dix with Wilson s. johnson, 10 build on
northeast corner OF Fillmore and filDert streets,
north 1877 :GX137:6; S3Sl1 40.
j. Dupas with l.. Medus ct al. 10 build on
northeast line OF Broadway and Powell street;
$500.
john PeraIia with d. Fraser ct al, TO build on
west line OF Powell street, 107 &c south OF Union.
south 80, west 1876, north "a, east 81, north
80, east 20; $500; bonds, $1,000; }. j. McKin-
non and L. ". Serrell. suIeiies.
California Academy OF Sciences with Ransom
G. Cushing, TO build balconies south line of
Market street, between Fourth and Filth; Sox
275; $3.50.