The morning call., 1892-04-12
REAL ESTATE MARKET.
Prices Continue Firm, but Trading Is
Rather Slack.


Prices Continue Firm, but Trading Is
Rather Slack.
The condition OF the real estate market is
not altogether satisfactory. Prices con-
tinue firm, In fact, too firm 20 insure an ac-
tive market. bu; trading during last week
was very slack. However, the outlook is
much better for this week, and a better
showing will be made. provided owners
decide TO accept reasonable prices for their
holdings.
AUCTION SALES.
McAfee. Baldwin & Hammond will hold
special auction sale in the Real Estate Ex-
change, on the 21st inst, of some choice
park front lots. The property Is the Watson
block, bounded by Ii and Hugo streets and
Second and Third avenues. 1t fronts the
park. and IS just south of the chldren'S
playground. 1t is especially attractive by
reason Of being the point at which visitors
will stop 10 &c to the Fairgrounds, the deer
park and the muSic-stand, as the steam
dummy Is soon To be taken off to make way
for cable or an electric road. \ o less than
three companies are building roads into this
section Of the city, appreciating- The rapid
settlement that 10 sure TO follow. The
terminus of the Page-street cable Is at First
avenue and Frederick street, only One block
from the property that McAfee. Baldwin 81
but one block further. A prominent attrac-
tiOn will soon be added TO this locality, as
AdOlDh SutrO has selected il as the site for
his library and museum. Easy terms viii
be the feature OF the sale, aud the firm an
nOunces that no reserve prices will be placed
Oh the lots.
To-day Easton. Eldridge & Co. will con-
duct most interesting public sale If real
estate at their salesrooms on Market street.
The offerings consist of 100 choice Sunset
Heights residence lots fronting Stanyan,
Sullivan, Willard aud Lolita streets and Bel
mont and Woodland avenues.
On Saturday, the 10th. the same firm will
run grand excursion TO the famous III ONE
Ranch" of X. c. Sargent, adjacent to the
growing town Of Lodi, and fourteen miles
from Stockton, where they will sell by public
auction 2OO0 acres IN small fruit farms Of
ten-acre tracts and upward. The price Of
round-trip tickets from San Francisco has
been fixed at 81 90.
AGENTS SALES.
Edwin X. Asip ~ Co. report the sale OF
22O0 acres of grain land in Solan0 County,
near Winters, To j. NJ. Merrill of Oakland
for $50 an acre. Besides several large tran
sactions about closed. the same firm report
the sale OF an S00-acre tract two and
half miles from Latroba, FL Dorado County,
10 c. A. Brigham, Mayor of Redding, for
$4,000.
Rothermel & Co. have sold house and
lot, 25xll2 Is, on DeviSadero street. between
HAYES and Fell, S1O,5O seven lots in city
land tract, 500; corner lot at Lakeyiew
$3.50, four original lots. 2l7x100. in Abbey
HomeSte ad, $500; five lots at Ocean View,
az Sl2j 10 $50 per lot, and 40 acres near
Ukiah for Sl400.
Sol Ge'z x Bro. report n change for the
better and q more active market, with the
following sales during the past week: COX
10. on east line of Twenty first avenue, 2J1
feet north of X street, for $500; 50x120. on
the west line Of Twentieth avenue, 800 feet
south Of street. for $500; 50x120, on the
east line Of Thrty-eighth avenue, $50 feet
north Of j street. for 500: 100xl20 on the
east line Of Forthwith avenue, 2J0 feet north
OF 0 street, for $1,000.
Julian X. Brandon reports the sale of the
northwest corner or California ana Polk
streets, 81 :3XS7 g. with old improvements,
estate Of John Feldbusch, to Thomas L.
Gegan, for $4,000.
George ID. Sbadburne Jr. has sold lot ok
100, on east line Of Sanchez street, near
Twentv-fourth, for $500; 25x90, on south
line OF Iwenty-ninth street, near Doug lass,
s215; l6O acres in Napa County, $1,000.