The San Francisco call., 1895-07-29
Better Demand Than There
Has Been for the Past
Sixty Days.
AUCTION AND PRIVATE SALES.
Success Attending the Purchase of
Home on the INSTALL
ment Plan.


sales are not numerous, prices are main
tanned that have been considered high.
Evidences of the dull times have so far
melted away that natives ''to the manor
born" are able to grasp the fact that values
must necessarily increase with the Clty's
steady and stable development.
most gratifying increase in the acquisi-
ton of homes by the workingmen has been
noted. The workingmen of America are
distinguished on account of owning more
homes than their brethren in any country
in the world. This is becoming especially
true of San Francisco. Beautiful, tasty
and modest homes of all kinds are spring
ing up everywhere.
It is surprising, but positively true, that
only 2 per cent OF the people who embark
in the venture of home-buying on monthly
payments ever fail-only two out Of every
hundred. The losses of houses partly paid
for is due to many causes, chief among
which are unforeseen circumstances, death,
sickness and dissensions in families. There
have been few instances where the hus
band and wage-earner has fallen into the
habit of intemperance or has lost his en-
ploYment through the failure OF the house
he is with.
The employe who has taken the respon-
sibility to build or buy his own home IN
ninety-nine cases in a hundred becomes a
more conscientious laborer for his en-
ployer, so as to be sure of promotion, or at
least retention, and number of instances
could here be cited where the employers
on hearing of the employees efforts have
promoted him so as to help him along.
When it is known that majority of the
ventures in business are failures and that
98 per cent of the ventures in home-build
ing are successful, it may be imagined that
the home-buyers do not leave stone un-
turned or spare themselves an effort which
Will aid them in achieving the goal. The
fact that man undertakes to make his
own home is guarantee that be is in one
respect good citizen.
LOANS AND RELEASES.
The most important loans of the week
were made by the Hibernia Savings and
Loan Society at 6H per cent, as follows:
$4,000 for one year, on the ffty-yara lot on
the north line Of Jackson street, 1877 IS west
of Hyde street; $4,000 for one year, on
the property 45 :10x137 IS. on the southwest
line of Spear street, 1884 northwest of
Mission street; S12, COO for one year, on the
property 81 :6x100 on the northwest corner
of Baker and Grove streets; and by Louise
Dorm, $11, 800 for one year at per cent, on
lot 40x6S IS, on the south line of Pine
~
The largest releases granted during the
week were: By private parties, $2S ,000 on
an irregular shaped lot in Western Addi-
ton block No. 494, on the north line of
Broadway, 234 :61l east of Broderick by
the Regents of the University Of Califor-
mia, $4,000, on an irregular shaped lot at
the southwest corner of Golden Gate ave-
nue. and Taylor, in tifty-vara block 229;
by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society,
on the property 25x90. on the southeast
line of Market street. $50 feet northeast of
Ninth street; and by the same bank, SILL
900 on the property 240x2SQ, on the south
east line of California street and Eighth
avenue.
BUILDING CONTRACTS.
The following building contracts were
recorded during the week ending July q:
P. A. Peshon, owner, with Dahlberg d Lund
(eontraetors), architect none, all work tor a
two-story frame building. on west line OF
Cherry street. 102 :S14 north of Sacramento,
north 25 by west 110; $500.
George S. Conrey, owner, with B. ]. Taylor
(contractor) architect none, all work for one
story fve-room frame cottage, on east line of
25 by west 100, outside lands 73; $3.50.
Herman Goecken, owner. with George Lake
(contractor), architect H D. Mitchell, all work
for two-story frame building, on east line of
Fourth street, 25 north of Brannan, north so,
east 80, south So west so; $4350.
D. 7. Macarthur, owner, with Casper Zwierlein
(contractorl, architect contractor, two-stOry
frame on east line OF Locust street, 100 south
of Sacramento, east 81 by south 32:71s; $3400
Mrs. NJ. Hoehstadter, owner, with Richard
Sinnott, contractor, NJ. J. Lyon architect; all
work for a two-story and basement frame build
ing on the north line of Broadway, 1877 west of
Cough street, west 33 by north 137 IS, Western
Addition 165, $4,000.
James Mahoney, owner, with P. J. Brennan.
contractor, J. Z. Craft architect; all work for
alterations and additions on southeast corner
of Bryant street, 66 southwest of Center place,
southwest 25 by southeast so; $139S.
Adolph Sutro with Campbell G. Fethis, con-
tractors, Lemine & Cooley architects; sashes.
bridging, etc., for three-story building on old
site of old Cliff House; $2770.
NJ. +. Dempsey with Henry Munster, to erect
q two-story building on Bartlett street, near
Twenty-second; $2400
Horace D. Hill with Heating, Leonard Ran
som, concrete walk, ETC., on northwest corner
OF Sacramento and Lyon streets.
G. E. Thompson with James Mooney, con-
tractor, Martens & Cofey architects; to erect
tWo-story building on lot on west line of Pierce
street, 137 6 north of Union street. $2495.
c. Westphal with A. 6. Johnson, contractor,
A. G. Lutgens architect; to make alterations
and additions on three-story frame building
on lot on south line OF Fell street, between
Steiner and Pierce; S315S.
Bridget McDermot with F. A Blanchard and
]. B. Clark, contractors; John I. Kidd, archi-
tect; all work for a one-story frame and rough
basement on East York street, 222 :6 south OF
Twenty-irst, 25&100; $l575.
Heating, Leonard & Ransome, contractors
with P. H. Jackson, sub-eontractor; Henry
SchulZe, architect; sidewalk. lights, etc, for
the Safe Deposit and Trust Company; $3.50.
r. B. FOrman with James A. Smile, con-
tractor; w. ]. Mathews, architect; alterations
on the north line of Washington street, 1877 :6
east of OctaVia; $1997.
Horace l. Hill with James A. Smile, con-
tractor; Walter ]. Mathews, architect; work
on dwelling on the northwest corner OF Sacra-
mento and Laguna streets, 136 :6x72; $40, ,775.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
At the session of the Board of Superyi-
sors this afternoon bids will be considered
for the erection of two-story eight-class
school building on the south line OF Haight
street, between Masonic and Central ave
nues.
In all probability the contract will be let
during the week for the erection of the
First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley.
The estimated cost of the building is
$4,000. 1t will stand on the corner of Els
worth street and Alston way and measure
in ground dimensions 100x125 feet. The
auditorium and Sunday-school room will
be connected with folding doors which
may be thrown open should the seating
capacity of either portion be oyertaxed at
any time: The designs for the ediffice by
Samuel Newsom are in the Eliza bethan
English style OF architecture
Marcuse d Remmel have closed a deal
for 200 feet of frontage on Pacific avenue.
near Sherman street, in Alameda. where