The morning call., 1891-01-24
REAL ESTATE.
City Hen Investing i'm Country
Villa Sites.
Fruit Lands in Neighboring Counties in De-
mand-A Specimen Sale of Napa Realty.
Changes in Local Firms.

The reports of country real estate agents
are quite fattering this week. A healthy
movement in small tracts suitable for fruit
lands and brisk inquiry after such invest
ments have kept local men who deal largely
in Out-of-town property busy. There was a
big demand for farms of limited acreag
within two hours journey from the city,
but no transfers of any great Importance
were made. Indeed, there are very few
buyers for large tracts.
Mark Lane 81 Co. say that city mer chants
and professional men are Of late displaying
a lively interest in these small pieces of real
estate for country villa sites, which are be-
ginning to dot the adjacent valleys and hill
sides from the Marin shore around to Contra
Costa County and through Alameda County
to the Santa Clara Valley, closing the circle
with San Mateo. Fruit trees are generally
set out in those holdings, where, in time,
the shrewd purchasers have a delightful
suburban residence surrounded by trees
that bear great varieties OF fruits, grape
vines and Towering shrubs.
INTERIOR LANDS.
C. H. Street IL Co. have beeHSseling Sims
te eoana aroamd tie BAY and repor
faYorablY of the demand for land in Sono-
ma, Santa Clara and the big interior valleys
A fruit ranch was sold near Napa City this
which was considered a very good price for
the property. Taking this price rs basis,
fruit lands within certain radius of San
francisco are estimated as having a fixed
and sterling value, which shows a promiS-
ing condition of affairs in this particular
quarter.
Moore & Foster are surveying and laying
out colony tract about twenty-five miles
south of Red Bluff. 1t Will be subdivided
into small farms and then put upon the
market.
O'Farrell & Lang will sell by auction next
Monday at noon a lot y :6X120, with I'M
provements consisting OF saloon, at 50
Fulton street, and two flats of four rooms
each az 81 Birch avenue.
NOTES AND SALES.
p W. Selby, of the late firm of Seby &
Wooley, is doing a general real-estate and
house-renting business at New Mont
gomery street, under the Palace Hotel.
The San Francisco Syndicate and Trust
Company has moved Its office (322 Mont
gonery street, to the residence of e. +.
Mayne, corner of Page and Lyons streets
The real-eState department of the business
is continued at the old office.
The Carnall-Titzhugh-H Hopkins Company
reports the sale of ten acres in Getz Add
ton to LakeView for $50, coo.
John Pferr reports the sale of a lot 30x1OO.
with two-story dwelling, on Larkin street.
between Sacramento and Clay, for $1,000.
y. ID. Baldwin, J0Ost & MerteuS sold the
northeast corner OF Stanyan street and Bel
grave avenue, 25X100, on Clarendon Heights.
Tor $3.50; also lot on Seventeenth avenue.
near street, 25x120, for $500, and n lot on
Eighteenth avenue, near Il street, for $500.
Shanwald Buckbse 81 Co. sold a five
vara lot on Jackson itreet, west of Locust.
for S10,500, and another on the northwest
corner Of Laurel and jackson streets for
S11,O00.
McAfee. Baldwin & Hammond sold a
house and lot on Washington street, near
Broderick, the residence having eight rooms
for 5000. DR.. NJ. +. Bowes was the buyer.
EaStoD, Eldridge d Co. report the sale of
store ana fiat on the northeast corner of
Ridley street and Elgin Park for $1,000; the
northeast corner Clement street and Fourth
avenue 576xl00, for $500; lot "a :Sx15O on
Seventeenth street, near Castro, for $500;
lot 25xS0 on Prosper street. near Market. for
$500, and a lot on Thirty-eighth avenue.
near Il street, for $1,000.
BUILDERS CONTRACTS.
c. A. Barnes with r. Doyle tS Son. to
build on south line of Twentv-fourth street.
70 west of Howard, west 40x30:2 Sill
William A. Piper with Henry William
son, plumbing on the corner of Merchant
and Kearny streets, south 6S :9x4l Is: S1I31
f. b. Mastick with Frank Happensberger
to erect Lick statuary for new City Hall;
100000
A. Donohue with S. Fl. Allen. sinking
well on north line of Market street 52;I%
west OF Market; S. 80 per lineal foot