The herald., 1895-11-21
REAL ESTATE and BUILDING
The Weeks Work Done by the
Contractors
THE PERMITS TAKEN OUT
Activity aud Conservatism Shown Along
Construction Lines
Reports OF SHES nade by Real Estate
Dealers, and improvements to
Be rlade by Purchasers

burning operations Tor the week ended
| yesterday, as evidence by the records of
the building superintendent office, do
| not vary greatly from the record of the
Irtvious week, icing one short of the num-
b"r OF permits issued during the preced-
ing week, while the aggregate estimated
cost OF the new buildings is $4,000 greater.
Sixty permits were issued, the aegregats
cost being 800, 542. The nun Der of stLres,
lodging houses and other structures for
the use of the publ, IS small. The
charm, to put it classically. or the
hoodoo, to put it accurately, which has
so long held pack the development Of
Main street Is broken by Ii. Newmark,
who took out permit for the erection of
three-story brick buiIdin for stores
and offices On Main street, between Second
and Third. the cost of tbs building being
given as $26, 900. Another brick store is
that to be erected at this corner of AL.
bany ard PIco sire is by c. II. Jon ss
The building will he q com bin alton store
and dwelling. and will cost 5000. J. H.
Blanchard is at work under a permit to
put up bricK stJre building on Third
street, between Spring I'd Broadway, at
cost OF $1,000, and B. Balerino will de-
vote $4,000 to the construction Of one
story brick on Alameda street, between
Alameda and Figuaroa. II. J. Stoddard
took out permit to make alterations and
repnirs to a brick building on Spring, be-
tween First and Second Streets at an
outlay OF $500. These may be sufficient
to fill the demand for stores. Offices and
downtown rooms. In addition to the
large number of buildings throue bout the
business section now nearing completion.
In the matter of flats aud houses built
to provide for the needs of the expected
tourist, II. W. Mills has taken out a per-
nit Tor the er elton of a set of two STORY
flats. to be situated on Grand avenue,
between Fonrtn apd Fifta streets, an to
cost $4,000; II. 'Hollsnbeck will build
two-story double dwclin, on Boyle
avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets,
at an outlay of $780, and f. J. Steel. by
Easton. Eldlidgs e. Co.. will put up three
dxellin! houses on GLADYS avenue, be-
tween Fifth and Sixth streets, al an ag-
gregate cost of s4275. The remainuer
OF the list is mada up OF dwelling houses,
and though most of them are cheap an
unpretentious structures, there are u few
OF handsome design and high cost. J. G.
Gianden will expend $500 in the build
ing OF residence on Westlaks aven ne,
bewteen Tenth and Eleventh streets, and
J. 2. Stockdale will invest $4,000 in a
house to live in, on San JOAQUIN street.
near Fifth. Mrs. Goodwin will build a
$3.50 residence 0 savoy near Cemetery
avenue. and b. V. Duq4e is pro resi- n <
with tue most expensive residence for
, which e pc nit was tagen out lurin the
week. a twJ-sturv structure 10 be erected
on Hope street. o, tween Tent and Elev-
enth streets. at an outlay OF 5000
There are numerous buildings. varying
in cost from $1,000 to $500. and still
lar-er namber costing small-r sums. but
calculated - make oomfo table ahd at.
tract We homes. Most Of these houses are
TO be built foi occupancy by their owners,
and very large proportion Of the owners
are newcomers, who have brought with
them funds suffio ent for their imme-
diate needs and until they get into bust.
ness in the growing community.
1t is currently reported that q good
deal of San Francisco capital is finding
its way to the southern metropolis to be
invested In buildings for rent. 1t is
probably true. nut it nevertheless is a
fact that the great majority Of dwelling
houses now in course of construction is
built with eastern money brough. by
newcomers. Oh all the hundred and
fifty houses for which permits have been
Issued during the past two weeks tnere
are not half dozen cases whsre two lor
more houses are owned BY a single indi-
vidual or firm. and those few cases are
slmos in var ably home firms VINO have
made regulations and gained standing in
the local business world.