The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-19
! ACTIVITY is DELAYED.
Wet Weather Affects Realty
Transfers.
so THE WEEK WAS QUIET.
Still There Is Nothing DiSeOuraging
in Prospect.
AUCTION OF THE RYER PROPERTY.
Prominent Brokers Have Arranged for
Auction Sales to Begin the Year.
Recent Transactions.
70 THE WEEK WAS QUIET.
AUCTION OF THE RYER PROPERTY.

| Nothing of particular Importance has oc-
CURED during the past week, and, as rule,
real-estate agents state that the weather
! has to great extent interfered with the
consummation of various deals that have
been contemplated by all classes of invest
ors. This means the postponement to a
later date of the revival of activity in real
estate business that has beenlooked for
with the opening of the new year.
There is nothing, however, discouraging
in the outlook, for the reason that a very
wet winter has always been the forerunner
of a prosperous year, because, while few
localities may suffer from too much rain,
the farmers, taken collectively, have inva-
riably had larger crops and realized better
prices after a season OF copious rains.
Bright prospects for the country mean
confidence in the city, and confidence is
the one thing now most essential to the re-
vival of trade.
An auction sale that has excited general
interest among real-estate dealers will take
| place in the salesroom of G. II. Umbsen 81
/ Co. next Wednesday. Such property is
rarely offered to the public at auction in
| San Francisco. There are but two prop
critics on the catalogue. One of them is
the southwest corner of Third and Market
streets, having a frontage of IS feet on
Market street and 20 feet on Third. The
| improvements consist of a four-story brick
building. The other piece is situated at
| the northeast corner of Stockton and Mar
ket streets, lis on Stockton, 20 on Market
/ and 1879 on Ellis. Both belong to the
estate of Washington NJ. Ryer, and will be
| sold subject to confirmation of sale by the
Probate Court.
Easton, Eldridge & Co. will offer for sale
at auction next Tuesday a miscellaneous
assortment of Western Addition residences
and lots: 1907 Folsom street with improve
ments; 1921 Clay street; Preside Heights
residence; a dwelling on Broderick street,
near Fifteenth three lots on Church street,
near Market, Precita Valley lands; resi-
dence 833 Castro street, and Richmond
corner lot, situated at the northeast corner
of Lake street and Thirteenth avenue.
0. +. Won Rhein 81 Co., Shainwald, Buck
bee & Co. and Baldwin & Hammond have
catalogues in preparation for auction sales
to be held next month. These catalogues
will cover a varied class of properties, in
Guiding suburban villa sites, town lots for
residences, outside lands and investment,
business and dwelling properties.
Quite heavy transaction in downtown
property took place this week. The seller
is Robert McMurray and the buyer Claus
Spreckels. Mr.. McMurray bought the
property about five years ago, when realty
was passing through boom period, from
the johnson estate for sol 900. He sold it
| for $50, 600. The lot is As :10x97 :6 feet on
the west side of Battery street, 81 IS feet
south of Pine, and is improved with brick
| building.
Thomas Magee sold 1915 and 1917 Polk
street, consisting of three-story frame
building divided into stores and lodging
house. for $50, 800. The lot included in
this price has a frontage on Polk of 80 feet
and depth of ITO feet.
The California Title Insurance and Trust
Company has introduced into its business
the searching of records and making and
continuing of abstracts of titles for attor-
neys and others. The well-known reputa-
ton of the company should be a guarantee
of reliability of records and titles given out.
O'Farrell & Co. report the following sales:
Three modern flats, renting for $72 so a
month ON Ashbury street, near Waller,
with lot 25x106:3 feet, $500; two lots on
the south side of Page, near Webster,
"a :6x137 IS feet, $500; lot 50x150 feet on the
southwest side of Francis street, north
from Mission, 5000; lot 25x100 feet on Mis-
sion, near Francis, $1,000; lot 25x100 feet on
Twelfth avenue, uear II, 5000; lot forming
the southeast corner of Vallejo and Blu
chanan streets, 100x100 feet sold at good
figure.
Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. report sales
as follows: Northwest corner of California
and Cough streets to Louis Gerstle for
$50, 900. The lot is unoccupied and is 70
feet on California by 127:8:3 on Cough.
Southeast corner of Union and Fillmore,
34x87 :6, $500; southwest corner of Fulton
and Shrader, lot 26:9x100 with residence,
$500; lot 26X114 with flats Twenty-fifth,
near Castro, $500; lot 50x100, north line of
Point Lobos avenue, near Seventh, $4,000;
lot on west line of Eighth avenue, near
California, 25x120, $1,000.
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