The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10


| WORK lot three-story frame, stores and tene-
| ments, on southeast corner of Taylor and Post
| streets; cost, $4,000.
| Lauritz Knudsen and Else Nessen, owners,
| win a. Nlegandt and E. Lassen, contractors;
architect Laurltz Knudsen; all work for one
| SIory frame building on northwest corner OF
! 1880.
carrie NJ. P. Coleman owner, with ]. R. Will
| cox, contractor; architect, A. Page Brown; all
Wofk LOT stairway and dining-r0om alterations,
| on suffer street, near Jones; total, $14,790.
Antonio GotelG and Amerigo Suacci, owners,
with fellce Corigino, contractor; architect, E.
| flcasso; all work for three-story frame build
| ing on northeast corner of Montgomery street
ana Hodges alley; total $1,000.
contractor; architects, Townsend & Wyneken !;
| plumbing and gasftting for three-story
| frame building on northwest corner of Steiner
| ana y Farrell streets; total, $1525.
Orrln +. White, contractor, with the Pacific
| Coast Lumber and Mill Company, sub-con-
tractor; architect j. II. Littlefeld; mill work.
cost, $15OS.
simon Newman, owner, with John Furness,
contractor; architect James E. Wolfe; altera-
| $1645.
| Charles Clark with Casper Cweerline, to build
three two-story frame buildings on the south
| $11 ZOO
S. Mckee with L, W. Westerlun and c. Holm
gren, TO build one-story frame building on
the west line of Twenty-fourth street, 80 west
OF Alabama $17O5.
Mrs. Abbie NJ. Parrot, to build seven-story
prlck building on the southeast line OF Market
street, 275 northeast of Fifth; $10,1
Luke Burk with g. c. Blair, to build three S7
story frame building on the east line of Polk
street, 70 south of Hilbert; $4,000.
1t is estimated there are ten houses being
built in the Western Addition, ranging in
price from $4,000 to 100000, and fifteen
houses the cost of which will vary from
$1,000 to $4,000.
Numerous and valuable building i'm
provements are going on in the Richmond
district, and the citizens of Paramount are
enthusiastic for additional development,
while the fact that South San Francisco
and the Potrero are waking up is shown by
the business activity, building, street
work and improvements of all kinds.
The West Oakland Mutual Loan Asso-
citation met last Thursday evening. Secre-
tary A. Sbarboro read his quarterly report,
which shows the receipts for the past
three months to have been $28, 600. Five
thousand four hundred dollars was loaned
out and $4,000 was used to pay up ma
tured stock of the seventh series to the full
amount of $500 per share. Reports show
that this association is now twenty years
old, having been organized in July, 1875 !;
that during this period 1t has assisted over
500 of its members to procure homes for
their families, aggregating $1,000,000; that
during this long period of time it has fore
closed only one singh mortgage, the prop
erty taken costing the association 81, 1858,
which property has just been sold for
50, $50, leaving a deficit to the association
of only $18, which is the only loss this as
ISOLATION has sustained in twenty years.
A meeting of the San Francisco Mutual
Loan Association was held last Wednesday
evening. Thomas ]. Welsh, presiding at
the meeting, stated that the shares of the
third series had now matured to the full
value of 5000 each; that there were 800 free
shares, requiring $50, 900 to pay them up {;
that $4,000 would be set aside every month
with which to take up these shares, and
the privilege to surrender would be put up
at auction from month to month until all
the shares would be cancelled. He offered
the first $4,000, which was taken at an
average premium of u per cent, that is to
say, the shareholder who desired to obtain
his money Immediately paid SIS premium
for every $1,000 which he received. Those
not receiving their money are entitled to
interest until all are fully paid. The
amount paid on the shares now matured
was $l27, the earnings being $73 per share
making an average interest OF over 10 per
cent per annum.
RECENT SALES.
David Bush, of the country department
of O'Farrell IL Co.. reports the sale of a
large orchard and vineyard near the town
of Martinez, also nice suburban home in
Alameda County. Both were cash trans
actions.
Victor D. Duboce, of the city department
of Easton, Eldridge & Co., reports the sale
during the week of $4,000 residence on
Ashbury Heights to ]. f. Halloran, also
the southwest corner of Page and Schrader,
50x11O, to Col. Doolittle, who proposes to
erect desirable fats on the property.
The sale of the lot on the west side of
Van Ness avenue, Sc IS feet north of Pacific
q 10 L for
$4,000, has been confirmed by the Probate
Court. The property formerly belonged to
the estate of Jonathan D. Stevenson.
Jacob Heyman reports that 125 lots out
of the original 80 in the Heyman Tract
have been sold. This tract is one of the
most desirable subdivisions on the market,
all the streets being graded, gas and water
pipes laid street curbing done without any
assessment upon purchasers, and for the
additional reason that it is the only tract
being sold off in lots which is within the
City limits.
Fair prices were obtained at the Hinkley
sale, conducted by 0. F. Won Rhein & Co.,
last Thursday. Four thousand nine hun
dred and fifty dollars to $3.50 were received
for each of the six new houses on the east
line of Cole street, between Waller and
Frederick Six lots in the same block
went from $1750 to $1S75. The residence
on the southwest corner of Broadway and
OCtdS Iet AIt .OA iUO SOltt lOI Flt,OOU, Will jill
'if," and the property at 1905 Stockton
street, renting for $75 per month, brought
$6500.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The recording during the past week of
the deed from Mr.. Ullman of Chicago to
the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, the organi-
cation engaged in building the new race
track near Lakeview, has renewed public
interest in that enterprise. A vast amount
of work has already been done upon the
new track, principally grading, but il is
understood the contract for the buildings
will be let in a few days. Every thing
must be in readiness for the initial meeting
of the club this fall. An increased de-
mand for the property in the vicinity OF
the track is reported by the McCarthys.
Percy B. Travers of the firm of Travers
& Lamb, 512 California street, has severed
his connection with the firm of George D.
Shadburne Jr Il Co.
An adjusting department for the Cali
fornia Title Insurance and Trust Company
has been opened on the second floor of the
Mills building. This has been found
necessary, owing to the increase of the
business of the title insurance company.
1t expedites the settlement of complicated