The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-11
REALTY MARKET REVIEW,
The Most Important Sales Re
ported During the Past
Week.
BUILDING AND LOAN ITEMS
MANY Noticeable improvements Going
On in Every Section of the
City.

There has been no material change in
the real estate market during the past
week. Inquiries from ali over the country
continue to pour in, showing that there is
no abatement in the anxiety of many in
tending settlers to know more about this
CITY and State. Railroad and irrigation
enterprises, now assuming shape, will aid,
of course, in bringing about lively mar
ket. There are croakers and growlers in
every community who never can see good
anywhere, but whose great hobby is TO 90
around with their ominous croakings and
try to discourage any forward movement.
They do not see "What good this will do, "
and assert that THAT will work undoubted
injury" and so on. They even go so far
as to try and let the outside world know
what great advantages are to be found in
other localities. Such moss backs will need
proof of their dulness and they will have
it. Their backward view viii continue
their best one, and they will be astonished
at the rapid increase of wealth among men
whom they now effect to think rash in
real estate investments.
How have any of the great cities of this
cou ntry risen to their prominence? How
have many hamlets in but few years be-
col large cities and manufacturing and
commercial centers? Not by complaining
not by refusing to encourage legitimate
enterprises; not by studying self all the
time, to the exclusion of other communi-
ties; not by niggardlinesS in these DAYS of
rife competition. Big cities are made by
men OF push and energy, through COM
blned unity of action. San Francisco is
blessed with some very enterprising citi-
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backs and silurians, will, in conjunction
with the new blood continually beng in
fused here, yet make this City and State
the most prosperous in the country.
Among the transfers of last week are
several business and prospective business
properties while lots in the additions are
steadily changing hands.
An i'm pOrtant sale of the first case was
the disposal of that portion of the gore lot
at Pine and Market streets, belonging to the
William K. Sherwood estate, to j. NJ Gun
bingham, a son-in-law of Nicholas Luning.
The property has frontage on Market
street of 1910 feet 1855 on Pine
and 500.05 on Front street. The consid-
Grafton is said TO be in the neighborhood
OF 100000, which is subject to the approval
of the Probate Court.
The second transfer of note was of lot
45:10X137 IS at % Market street, at about
$1,000 front foot. 1t was purchased by w.
NJ. Mccarthy, through Shainwald, Buck
bee Il Co for 5000. This property is to
be the location of new six-story brick and
stone building, to cost at least $50 OOO
Checks have been deposited by the Con-
tin entail Insurance Company and by cll-
ent of Attorney John Flournoy on the pur-
chase price of the Pacific Bank property at
the northwest corner of Pine and Sansome
streets. The directors will probably de-
eide this morning which of the prospective
buyers shall be declared the purchaser.
The sale hangs on the question whether
the bank directors are bound through the
acceptance OF the Continental insurance
Company of their offer to sell for $130 900,
or whether they are at liberty to dispose OF
the property 10 Attorney Flournoy's eli
ent for $4,000. The lot has frontage of
S7:6 on Pine and 1916 on Sansome and the
Improvements consist of a three-story old
style brick building.
MORTGAGES AND RELEASES.
There we're eighty-six real estate loans
made last week, amounting in the aggre-
gate to S244, 486. The following abstract
from the records shows the principal sums
and the security accepted:
BY Mrs. S. A. Aronsohn, $4,000 to Henry f.
Bruins Tor two years at 10 per cent on prop
erty at the southwest corner of Geary and
Scott streets, 55X96 IS; by the Hibernia Saw
ings and Loan Society, $4,000 to Cuneo &
OONNN-
property at the northwest corner OF Union
and Jasper, 6Ox70, and property on the south
line OF Sacramento, 1876 east of Powell, east
%, south 1875, west "a: ETC.; by A. c.
Helneken, 81, 900 to Lesser Crocker for three
years at 81 per cent on property on the west
line OF Stockton, 7o:11A south of Green,
81 :10x77 IS; by the Hibernia Savings and
Loan Society. $4,000 to Henry Wellbrock for
one year at 81 per cent on property at the
northeast corner OF Geary and Taylor, 20x57 Is
and by the Mutual Savings Bank of San Fran
cisco, So, 900 to Henry, Hannah and Oscar
Goodman and Bertha Loupe (nee Goodman
Tor one year att per cent on property at the
northeast corner OF Harrison and Spear, 275x
276 feet.
The releases placed on record the past
week numbered thirty-six and represented
S79,715. The largest granted were the fol-
lowing:
BY the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society.
S24 600 to Edwin Danforth on property at the
southwest corner of Broadway and Battery,
70x13I IS; also $4,000 to Ernest w. and Mary
Kaufman on property at the southeast corner
of Dodge ana Turk streets, 81 Is east of Larkin
south 97:6, east so, north 40, etc; and bv the
Provident Mutual Loan Association $4,000 TO
S. D., Stephen D. and Mary Chincovich on
property on the south line of Golden Gate ave-
nue., 62:6 east OF Lott street, 25x1O0 feet
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
There were seventeen builders contracts
filed last week, representing pledged out
lay of 500, 351 So.
The results of the auction sales la st week
by McAfee Bros. and Easton, Eldridge &
Co. were satisfactory. The cleanup by
the former was especially encouraging to
real estate dealers.
Clinton Day and A. Sutton are the
architects who have been elected to pre-
pare plans for the construction of the
Affiliated Colleges of the University of
California. There are three buildings to
be erected at a cost of not less than $25 900
on the site lately donated by Mayor Sutro
on Stanyan street. south of the park. The
building for the college of dentistry will
be four stories high and 100 feet in length,
the law college will be a three-story brick
also 100 feet in length, and the medical
building will be four-story brick with a
frontage of $50 feet.
The real and personal property of Gym
thia Hoff Shillaber viii be offered at auc.
ton at the salesrooms of A. j. Rich & Co.
at 1l2 Montgomery street, on Wednesday,
November 20. The catalogue is out with
full particulars of the Market street and
other business properties as we'll as the
personal effects consisting of costly bric-a-
brac slverware and stationery.
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