The morning call., 1892-10-14

Thirty Dollar a Month Street.
dlton; twelve to fifteen rooms; exterior
decidedly aristocratc; ample grounds,
lawn and flower garden in front; thor
oughly modern, with window in 'front.'
and probably front or side veranda;
aTchItecturaly new and novel and beauti-
full. Interior - Polished floors for rugs;
tinted rocco finished walls; electric bells
and apparatus for incaBdescent lighting;
splendid and costly chandeliers; costly hard
wood mantels; servants rooms; stained
glass in the hall windows, reception-rooms,
servants rooms, stable In the rear and all of
the modern Injuries and conveniences. brand
new, or only year or two old. Price 500
a month. For 500. $50. even for S75 houses
very nearly as good can be secured. And
all of them within thirty minutes cable
ride from Kearny street.
The second class is til com Portable,
roomy modern home for from $50 to $40 a
month. Such house as no man need be
ashamed to dwell in. These are found in
both the Mission and the Western Addition.
with this difference, however. In the Mis-
sion such house is apt to be about ten
years old, while in the Western Addition
they are seldom more than couple of
years old. But the age is usually compen-
stated for by tue ample grounds surround
ing such houses in the Mission. A 500 house
in the Western Addition is built on 25-foot
lot as a rule.
In the Mission especially the older
houses are surrounded by front, side and
back yard. They are seldom built on a lot
less than so feet front. and very often
occupy the sunny corner of 100-foot front
lot which runs back from $50 to 200 feet.
San Jose avenue in the Mission and Golden
Gate avenue in rheWestern Addition contain
many fair samples Of these homes Ex-
teriorly they are neat and usually freshly
painted, but not much TO brag of in the
way of modern residence architecture
Many Of them are as much alike as two
peas from the same pod. Inside they are
first OF all roomy and homelke. They boast
the modern convenences, such as laundry,
gas bath, hot and cold water, etc, but lack
the !uxuries of polished floors and rococo-
finish walls. They have from seven to ten
rooms They 60 fast and are seldom vacant
for any length OF time. just now they 60
like hot cakes.
The third class is the fat. In this city
there's nothing between the cottage and the
fiat; that is nothing to rent The thou
sands OF small homes OF the outskirts Of
the city in almost every direction are owned
by their tenants. The flats are occupied by
all classes and conditions of men. From
$50 to S45 is the price They are Usually
modern and generally boast Z bathtub and
hot-water attachment to the kitchen range.
In the Mission, f1om Ninth street west and
south, you will find most OF the fiat houses
They are good investments for capitalists,
and just at present are In even more de-
mand than usual. The nearest modern-flat
house is within fifteen minutes ride of
Third and Market streets, and the farthest
not more than half an hour.
The last class Is the cottage. This is
sprinkled all over the city at about 80 or 45
minutes ride from the business center. 1t
hourishes most, however, in the Potrero
certain districts of the Mission and In the
extreme portions of the North Beach,
Taken where it flourishe5 most, at the
Potrero, and you fnd its widest conditions.
rom IS to SIS is the price there a month
on can get very good four-room cottage
not NOR than 40 minutes ride from Market
street for GA Those for SIS have bath
and gas an d a good sized garden. All cot
tages have some sort of garden. All of them
have hot water faucets at least, and some
of them boast even the laundry. They are
mostly occupied by laborers and working
men whose salaries range from $50 to 500
month. There's many comfortable. home
like little cottage In San Francisco. The old
story about 'love in a cottage" is not yet
threadbare. 1t seems to wear we'll in this
city.
Now, word in general.
First OF all, there's certain small class
of resldeDce-houses not in the category al
ready named On the Barb, y Coast and
south of Market street, fro Seventh to
East IL fourishes most. Tenement-house s
pay excellent profits to inv ;stors, but one
can't brag very much of the convent noes
they afford. They're cheap; that's he main
point about them. and the tenants usual ly
guard the key to the woodshed more zeal
ously than that to the front door.
There are some really good tenement
houses, but only ''some." The best rent
tour rooms for say S12; those when
are not best can be occupied from say %
month for two rooms to $40 month ior
four rooms, according to altitude anu con-
vepiences afforded. The plumbing is hoe 'he
hest. and their greatest credit to Dan FRAN
cisco is their very limited number In COM
narison 10 their prevalence In large cities IN
the East.
The three story house In San FRANCISCO is
q thing OF the past. One and two stories
and basement Is the rule everywhere, and
modern builders follow it strictly.
Oakland and Alameda, with Fruitvale,
Brooklyn. Melrose and Piedmont. are all
suburbs and residence places for many
thousands Of business and working men,
who cross the bay daily to San Francisco.
Sausalito and Belvidere also pour in their
little quota Of business men every day to
augment the thousands who work here and
sleep elsewhere.
In the daytime San Francisco has popu-
latlon of 100000 people; at night 400, 900.
OF the latter perhaps 10000 are transients.
visitors. travellers and people from the in
terrier. j. Ii. GRIFFEs.