The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22

Ine street. The lots on Steiner street, Just
below Pacific avenue, will be offered as
low as $110 front foot, while on Vallejo
and Green streets the prices will lange
from $40 to 500 per front foot. Those
who have little money on hand VIII bear
IN mind that this property formerly sold at
from $120 TO $500 a front foot.
The San Mateo Land Association is
offering for sale through the real estate
hrm OF 9. q. Knapp Il Go. beautiful tract
lying within the townsite OF San Mateo,
In lots OF desirable frontage. Beng within
easy walking distance of either Burlin-
game or San Mateo, and in the direct line
OF improvement of the latter place, with
broad avenues and drives conforming to the
natural topography of the land, with an
elevation that affords slightly view as well
as splendid drainage,lI IS unquestlonably
most desirable suburban property. The
town of San Mateo and its environments
have advantages which some other sub
urbs do not possess, the most prominent
being its accessibility to San francisco
without water transportation.
The time is at hand when the thriving
towns across the bay may expect 1ormld-
able competitors in San Mateo and her
suburbs for residence patronage. from
heads of families doing business IN San
Francisco Already there is fair settle
ment at Burlingame, and this promises to
future, while the investments IN San
Mateo for the past ten years have lnvarl-
ably yielded handsome returns. Last year
there were many home sites bought IN this
section, which have since been more or
less beautified with cottages and villas, but
no property ever sold down there can COM
pare in prospective value to san Mateo
Heights. The time is near at mana Whe en-
the Importance of this settlement Will
justify hourly trips by rail to San Fran
cisco.
John Kelso, the contractor, has Just
finished his big Sunnyside contract. 1t
will be remem bered this Improvement was
started over a year ago, including the
grading, curbing, matchmaking and other
work. Sunnyside avenue is 1G0 feet wide
and nearly mile long, in the well-known
Sunnyside Tract in this City. The work
has been going on almost continuously
since commencement, over year ago, ex-
cept an interval in the winter time, when
a little damage was done by slide and by
the rain. This thoroughfare has been en-
tirely paved and the work completely I'm
ished during the past three months:
A. ]. Rich & Co. have just effected
$40 900 lease on property ana improve
ments on the east line of Third street, near
Market and one for $2l, 500 on the north
line of O'Farrell street, at the corner OF
Stockton. Permanent tenants In both IN
stances were secured by complete re-
modelling of the premises, which may al
ford suggestion to few other landlords
of the City to repair and improve their old
buildings to meet the demands OF the
times.
J. j. OFarrell & Co. report sales as fol-
lows: Lot on east side of Noe street, near
Day, 56xSO, $1400; two-story frame on
south side OF Harrison street. between
Seventh and Eighth, 20x60, $500; lot on
east line of Twelfth avenue, between Ill
and l streets, 25x120, 5000; lot on south
west corner of Howard and Twenty-ifth
streets, 65x115, private; also half dozen
lots in block on the County road at the
terminus of the Mission-street electric
cars at prices ranging from 1925 to $525
apiece. In the city of Sacramento this
firm has consummated the sale of the
property known as the Huntington d.
Hopkins block, at 81 X street, to Lindley
& Co. for $25, 900. II is an old landmark,
being the stand where these railroad mag
mates first made their start IN business on
this coast.
Wendell Easton is expected home on the
18th of August. He is reported to have
succeeded remarkably we'll with his plan
for colonization. 1t viii be his endeavor
upon his return to secure choice col
lection Of California products to be perma-
nently exhibited in London. During his
extended visit in England Mr.. Easton has
delivered several lectures upon the re-
sources of the Golden State and, it is to be
hoped, proved himself to be an effective
advocate of the capabilities of California.
Travers & Lamb, real estate agents at
512 California street, report the sale of two
pieces of income property in the heart of
the City paying II per cent net per annum,
one for $4,000 and another for $12, GOO;
also the sale of two ranches adjoining the
City. The firm placed two loans in the
interior and several in Alameda County
during the past week