The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-18
REAL ESTATE.
The Market Improving and Fair
Sales Repaired.
Good Feeling Prevails-Aetivity at Some
Of the Offices-Euction Sales-Property
Misunderstanding Contracts.

1t is something unusual to find any great
activity in the real estate market during
this season before the middle of August,
yet the past week has shown signs of i'm
proyement which have astonished few OF
the offices. Many inquiries for city prop
erty continue to come in, and the unani-
nous opinion appears to be that brisk
business may be expected in the near
future.
AUCTION SALES.
Won Rhein & Co. announce a sale for
Thursday next, the oath inst, of desirable
city property, particulars of which will be
found in another column, on the 22d, 23d
and oath insts.
Middleton & Sharon will sell on Monday,
the DIST inst, at their salesroom. by order
of the Probate Court, house and lot on
Hyde street, between Broadway and Vale
10, 1866 feet south from Vallejo street,
fronting 1877 feet by 70 feet, with the two
story and basement dwelling-house thereon,
containing seven rooms and bath - No.
1711b; also, three lots on Castro street,
ffty-vara lot on Broadway, southwest cor
ner 30 feet on Church street. lots on Six
teenth street, lots on State street and lots on
east side of WinsloW street, north from Pow
haitian avenue.
SALES REPORTED.
Won Rhein & Co. have disposed Of the
Old Peoples Home Building, furniture,
etc, ON Francisco street, between Powell
and Stockton, to the Home OF Aged DIS
abled Hebrews. The late Mrs Croker do
mated to the former the 50-vara lot on the
southwest corner of Pine and Pierce streets.
and commenced a handsome building
thereon. 1t has since been completed by
~. hn;r nd tha inn tnc Of a
present Old Peoples Home will, before the
close OF the month, move into their new
quarters.
McAfee, Baldwin & Hammond have sold
a number of desirable lots on Clarendon
Heights during the past week.
G. II. Umbsen & Co. are negotiating for
the sale of three very large properties,
which will, in all likelihood, be closed IN
day or two.
O'Farrell & Lang sold the lot and I'M
provements on Oak street, east OF Scott,
25X137 IS for $500: $50 Howard street, lot
25xS0, and northwest corner of Castro and
Elizabeth streets, 125x1l4, $500. Also
sundry small sales. amounting in the ag-
gregate TO $4,000. They report business
lively during the week and the market show
, ing signs of the old activity.
The Carnall-Fitzhugh-H Company
sold seventy-three lots at Surfside last
Saturday for S14,825. The sale was at
tended by many buyers. Also the north
side Geary street. between Polk and Lar
kin, with two houses thereon, lot q :6X
1871 Is, S12, 900; and the west side Seventh
avenue, between l and j streets, lot 5oxl2O.
$500.
They report very busy week with a mar
velous improvement in the market for this
season of the year.
TeVis g. Fisher have made number of
sales during the week, and speak OF the
market as showing signs OF improvement
The auction sale by Easton, Eldridge 81
Co. on Tuesday was attended principally
by purchasers, and the full catalogue was
disposed of, after some lively bidding, as
follows:
The nineteen-rOom residence at 21l5
Broadway, on lot IS :9X127:S, sold for
S33, 0O0, with an II.
The three-story eighteen-room residence
at 514 Suffer street, on lot 25:4X137 70, was
sold at private sale for S23,0 600.
Lot 25Xl00, on the corner of Waller and
Broderick streets, sold for $500.
The two adjoining lots, fronting on Brod-
erick street, % :6x100 and 29:6x100, brought
$500 and $1,000 respectively.
An L-shaped tract fronting 1906 feet on
Seneca avenue, 4l2 . feet on San Jose road,
567 feet on Oneida avenue and l60 feet on
Delaware avenue sold for $500.
Lot 20x97 e, fronting on North Park lane,
between Second and Third streets, improve
ments consisting of four-story eighteen
room building, was Knocked down at $500.
A store and fats on lot 25xT7, on the
northeast corner of Ridley street and Egin
park. brought $500.
A siX-roOm residence at 1913 Clay, on lot
81 :4X127:S, sold for 5000.
Lot 81 6x10l 70, on west line of Webster
street 100 feet north of Hayes, sold for
S5450
Two lots on the south side of Clay 81 feet
west of Locust, sold for s2025 and S2lOo
Lot 25x114, on the north line of Twenty
fourth, 100 feet east of Sanchez, sold for
! S1425.
Lot 81 :1Ox117 g, on east line OF Cherry, GA
| feet south of jackson, sold for S1975.
! Two lots on the east line Of Sanchez, rs
| feet north of Nineteenth, sold for S1025
Lot 25x7o on east line of California ave-
nue., $50 feet nor'2 Of Virginia avenue, sold
fol- $50
Lot 5Ox1f4, on Nineteenth, near Sanchez,
sold for S24s5. Total Of sale. S125, $40.
Shainwald, Buckbee 81 Co. have sold dur
| ing the past week the 75-foot lot on the
| south line Of Suffer street, near Cough, also
! two lots, each q :6X13T IS on the north side
| of Vallejo street, between Webster and Fill
! more
P. A. Dolan sold during the week lot
25x100, on | street and Twenty-eighth ave-
nue., for $3.50.
| days lot 25x120 on the east line of Sixth
avenue, south OF Clement street. Lot p OK
| 120 and improvements at 223 Fulton street
for $4,000 Lot 25x90 and improvements at
S5l Folsom street, 5000. Lot on south line
| of Twentieth street, near Folsom. 25x1l0,
for $500.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
The principal transfers recorded during
| the week are
L. Story to Fannie Leale. lot on the south
line Of Broadway, 123 Is west of Polk street,
| west 40 :10x137 IS, $1,000
Pierre PeIlison (by executors) to Joseph
Pellson, lot on the west line of Folsom
street, 90 north of Twenty second, north
| 60X122 IS also lot on the northeast. line Of
| Nevada street, $50 southeast OF Folsom,
southeast %, northeast 40, northwest 25
southwest 81; also lot on the northeast line
| of Norfolk street, 275. southeast OF Folsom,
northeast "a, southeast 16. southwest So,
northwest 10; 5000.
James NJ. Comerford to Katherine Mayer,
lot on south line of McAllister street, 1866
west of Parker avenue west %, north 95;6,
northeast %, south 1914. S4250.
CONTRACTS RECORDED.
There have been recorded during the
week contracts as follows:
W. n. Fletcher with p. A. Buell. & Co.,
mill work, south line of Market street, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth, $4,000.
Mrs. John Comfy with Charles Dunlap,
northwest corner of Mason and Ellis streets,
plastering, S3775.
Mrs. John Comfy with f. W. Kearn,
! 5000.
Mrs. John Comfy with Riley & Sons, brick
work, $3.50.
Mrs. John Comfy with John S. Miller,
| painting, S237G.
Mrs. John Comfy with w. F. Wilson,
plumbing, S440S.
John A. Zollver with L. NJ. Weisman,
northeast corner of Fillmore and Golden
Gate avenue, S12,3
Fred Humid with Jacob Klein, east line of
Broderck street. 100 north of Grove, north
25x1G0, $780,
L. Gendotte with Alex Mckay, north line
of Hayes street, 125 east of Lott, east 25x
137 :6 $4,000
3. Goldfish with w. II. Wiclersham, north
line OF jackson street. 237 IS west of Brod-
erick, $500.
Peter johnson with John Turness, south
west corner of Jones and Pine streets, 6S OK
% 10, SIG, 4S6.
John Boercke with Adam Miller, south
| line of McAllister street, 90 east of Steiner.
+ east 26X112:6, S7640.
Caroline Deloche with ]. r. Whalep.
southwest corner of Fulton and Octayia
streets, $4,000.
Building contracts for the past week.
which have not been recorded, amount to