The San Francisco call., 1895-10-07

proposition that will benefit the whole State.
The benefits of the Corral Hollow Railroad are
more local. What we need in California is
diversified farming, and this can be brought
about by no less than two things-railroads
and irrigation.
REVIEW OF THE RECORDS.
There were 106 real estate loans made
during the week ending Saturday, October
go for the previous week. The principal
amounts loaned were the following:
By the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society
for one year at 615 per cent to John Mccarthy,
$22,OOO on property al the southeast corner OF
McAliister and Devisadero streets, 137 :6X
137 IS; to Francisco Z. de los Monteros de
Smith, 81 600 on property on the south side
OF Geary street, 220 west OF Octavia, 76:512x
40, and to August Browning $4,000 on prop
erty on the southeast corner OF Pine and Lar
kin streets, 50 :6x50. Another large loan
made by the German Savings and Loan Society
TO ID. +. Emeric, $25, 900 tor one year at 612
per cent on property on the south line OF
Geary street. $50 east of Franklin, 81 :6x120.
The releases from mortgages recorded
during last week numbered siXty-seven and
represented $298, ,485, while those granted
the week previous amounted to $149, ,145.
The most important were the following:
BY the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society
$4,000 on the property of David and Frances
II. Wooster, on the northeast line of Mission
street, 30 northeast OF Fourth, 30X16O; $40,
600 on the property of j. Macdonough, at the
southwest l6O, northwest 1875, northeast rs,
etc; S11 800 on the property of Michael Py
ser, on the north line of Jackson street, 162 :6
west of Leavenworth, 35x133 :6; $4,000 on
the property of Joseph Norton, at the south
west corner of Polk and Pacific streets, 90x9O
and $1,000 on the property OF Myron f. and
Eugene Sanford, at the northeast corner of
Washington and Webster streets, 51XS0.
Other releases were: By the Regents of the
University of California, $4,000 on the prop
erty of jeremiah Lynch, at the northeast cor
ner of Taylor street and Golden Gate avenue,
northeast %, northwest n %, north 79, west
81, south 70 and southeast 95713, and by
Charles q. Taylor $4,000 on the property of
Emily J. and Michael Howard. on the north
west corner of Twenty-fitth avenue ana D
street, 240x600.
There were 127 deeds placed on record
during the week, the most of which were
for nominal amounts.
The building contracts recorded num-
bered nineteen, aggregating $57, ,651 while
those of the week previous amounted to
$3S, ,259.
There were 104 building contracts re-
corded during the month of September,
representing total outlay of 1852, 100, as
against 119 contracts for August amount
ing in the aggregate TO $467, $40.
The building contracts for the first nine
months of 1895 amount to 81 ,693, ,848, the
largest outlay for the corresponding period
of any year since 1891, which represented
1854 800.
Sales for the month of September
amounted to $802,313. Mortgages re-
corded in the same period footed up
81, 305, ,461.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
G. H. Umbsen & Co. expect to hold an
auction sale on Monday, the 28th day of
October.
William Lange of the firm of William
Lange &5 Co. will arrive to-day from four
| months trip abroad.
Easton, Eldridge & Co. report the sale of
| 800 acres of the famous San Marguritta
ranch for $50, ,000 or little over $50 per
! acre.
On Thursday, October 18th, the annual
meeting of the Pacific Loan Association
will be held at P. NJ, in the Mills build
ing.
David Bush of the country department
of O'Farren 81 Co. reports the sale of the
Hamilton ranch, near Red Bluff, belonging
to the Bank of Tehama County and CON
sisting of 1040 acres, to a Mr.. Mclean of
San Jose.
C. a. Ruball, the English engineer, who
has been in California for the past five
weeks examining properties for London
syndicate has concluded his reports and
taken his departure for home by way of
Los Angeles. He sails from New York
city on the 10th of October.
Proposals for the construction of a sewer
for Preside Heights have been submitted
to the Board of Supervisors, the consent
of the government having been secured to
have it built through the military reserva-
ton. The sewer will not run north to the
bay, but will run in northeasterly direc-
| ton from Locust to Union street, where it
will follow streets to the bay.
The Superior Court has confirmed the
sale of the property of the st. German
estate on Stockton street to James Kitter-
man for $4,000.
]. G. Barker of the city department of
]. ]. O'Farren & Co. reports the sale of
! thirteen lots IN their block on the exten-
sion OF the Mission street electric car lines
and that there is quite number of neat
residences going up on the tract.
The turning on OF the electric lights on
Cheney street a few evenings ago was cele-
brated with procession of 300 or 400 peo
pie marshaled by John Mclaughlin. an
enterprising citizen of that thoroughfare.
Successful attainment always stimulates
to further efforts, and the remarkable sue
cess of the Fairmount improvement Club
In obtaining the important improvements
recently made in that portion of the City
has encouraged its members to undertake
other projects which must add greatly to
the desirability of their neighbors for home
builders.
Another factor in the improvement of
the district, is the enterprise of the Castro
street Land Company, the owners of 100
acres of land, OF which Baldwin & Ham
monn are agents. During the past eight
months they have spent large sums of
money in grading, sewering and macadam-
izing the streets in portion of their hold
ings, before the placing of some 200 lots on
the market.
The expenditure of this amount of capi-
tai in street work and the selling of lots for
homes, will be great benefit to the neigh
borhood. The advantage of these lots
where the streets are complete, have at
tracted considerable attention from home
seekers.
A. NJ. Speck & Co. have issued neat
little publication entitled Real Estate Own
ers' Reference Book and City Guide. 1t
contains map and description of the prin-
cipal streets of the city, information es-
pecially interesting to strangers and
couple of good articles on needed city i'm
provements.
o. F. Won Rhein & Go. will hold an auc-
ton sale on Thursday, October "a, COM
prising two trustee sales, one by order of
the Savings and Loan Society, the other
by order of W. J. Adams; also two pro-
bate sales, with the addition of miscella-
neous business and residence properties