The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-09
TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK
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been prime movers the past year in needed
internal and interior enterprises. In the
City they have organized Improvement
clubs which have acted as leaders in the
development of the suburbs, and been the
champions of several measures of munich
pal reform.
a number of the most influential men
have given the If support to financial enter
prises of the interior of the State which
will eventually help San Francisco, the
financial center of the coast. Improve
ments in City, suburbs and country go
hand in hand. all tending TO build up a
great commonwealth and a great city;
and no class has worked with more unity
of action or fidelity of purpose the past
season than the real-estate brokers.
CURE FOR HARD TIMES.
Under the above caption Thomas Mage,
in his Real Estate Circular for this month,
writes:
1t would be appropriate TO ask those people
and their name is legion-who never cease
complaining of the hard times, what they have
done 10 make them better. II the times were
irreparably dull-that is, if nothing could be
done to make them better-then the case would
be hopeless. but almost lnnumerable projects
are in sight awaiting work and money for their
development each OF which would aid the
farmers, tend to create better prices for land
~
farming and mechanical population.
The dull times of the past six years and the
loss OF city trade from notorious railroad dis
elimination resulted in the creation of one
great project only to aid the City and State
the San Joaquin Valley Railroad-whlch is
already built for a distance OF twenty miles
south OF Stockton, and is being rapidly pushed
toward its destina ton, Bakersfield. That road
will be of incalculable benefit TO the City and
State, but there are many other projects call
ing for money and work which should be
bod l11t pi0cr
done or is even proposed now to be done.
The inveterate grumbler is generally
very rich man who has made his
money from the risks taken by and the work
and enterprise of others. When he complains
he should be called on either to put up money
10 develop the State or have pick and shovel
offered him with which himself 10 give his
personal work. None of US deserve to live in
such richly endowed State. The majority of
US came here dead broke or next door to it, and
have made more money than our merits, work
or usefulness entitle us to- Complaining is the
last thing we should indulge in, for all of our
troubles can be removed If we will honestly
and periodically give the time, work and
money for their removal. In crying out about
hard times we are simply proclaiming our own
meanness laziness, dishonesty and lack of
civic or State patriotism. Let US work and put
our hands INTO our pockets, If we want to have
better times.
TRANSFERS OF WEEK.
Deeds were recorded last week to the
number of seventy nine. The most impor-
tant of late transfers were the following:
By the Bank of California to Henry F. Fort
man, lot in the Western Addition, 1877 6x120,
site of the Captain Connolly residence, at the
low figure of S42. 900.
By Eugene O'Rourke and Margaret Nolan to
Richard Garnett, late of Chicago a lot 30XS0,
with old frame improvements, at the southeast
corner of Fourth and Jessie streets for $40, 900.
In 1913 the 100-vara square at this corner, OF
which this lot is part, was sold for SO. The
same piece of property sold for $4,000 in 1853,
Ir-hi q in &c "a Gn QST WI nv a
NJ. Speck & Co. was purchased by the O'Rourke
family for $1,000, which shows an appreciation
in value OF nearly $1,000 e year up to the pres
ent time. In the near future Mr.. Garnett pro-
poses to erect a ten-story building of modern
design for office and store purposes:
BY Vanderlynn Stow, Albert n. Drown and
W. W. Stow and Ann E. Stow, to Rebecca How
ard, OF the property on the east line of Larkin
street. 70:6 north OF California, 36;6x100,
for $1,000
By R. H. Lloyd and W. S. Wood to George L.
and Mary A. Carroll and John Abrams, prop
erty on the southeast line of Mission street, IS
southwest of First, 80x96:3; property on the
south line of Fifteenth street, 80 west of
Sharon. 25x100, and property on the south
line OF Fifteenth street, 125 west of Sharon,
25x100, for $72, 900.
LOANS AND RELEASES.
There were seventy-nine real estate loans
made last week, amounting to $4]3,950.
The following abstract from the records
shows the principal amounts and the Sc
curity accepted:
The most notable loan of the week was by
Levi Rackliffe, Treasurer of the State of Cali
fornia, of 100000 to the California Safe De-
the southeast corner of California and
Montgomery streets, 1877 6x6S g (under
the act authorizing corporations to act
were: By the Hibernia Savings and Loan
Society for year, at 612 per cent, SIG, 900 to
Marie E. Newlands on property at the south
81 :6xS2 IS; $4,000 to NJ. S. Wilson on property
on the south line of California street. 81 g east
of Webster, 75x137 IS; $4,000 to Mary A. Mes
lex and John b. Harmon on property at the
northeast corner of Kearnv and Pine streets
81 :6x6S g; $4,000 10 Jean Lacoste on property
on the west line of Taylor street, 1877 IS south
of Francisco south II IS, west AZ: IL, ETC., and
property on the north line of Lombard street,
1877 IS east of Taylor. east 29:SL, northwest
16:43l, ETC.; and $4,000 to S. R. and Lenora
Krouse on property on the east line OF Howard
property on the north line of Sixteenth street,
81 east of Guerrero, 24xS0.
The releases from mortgages recorded
last week numbered fifty-one and repre-
scented $198, 240 The most important were
the following:
BY Louise and Joseph Bee $25, 900 to Marie
Z. Newlands on property on the southwest cor
1915; by Robert Mills $4,000 to George Nc
Henry on property on the south line of Post
STREET, lOf % east OF buchanan, 20
by Nellie Kenna, guardian of the estate of
Ester B. and Thomas f. Smith, 500, 800 to
Francis j. Sullivan on property on the south
east line OF Mission, 1S5 northeast of Seventh,
northeast 365. southeast 160, etc.; southwest
corner OF Minna and Russ, southwest IL south
80, ETC.; southeast corner of Minna and Russ,
12OxSO; northwest corner of Sixth and Mis-
sion, SOxS0; property on the northwest line of
Mission, 80 southwest of Sixth, 50xS0; prop
erty on the south line of Sacramento
100 east of Drumm, 81 6x45 10; northeast
corner OF Davis and Commercial, 5Ox54 g !;
property on the west line Of Polk, 81 south of
Fulton, 40 :6x137 IS: southwest corner OIL Pa
cific and Dupont, 275x137:6; southeast corner
of Oak and Webster, 1877 :6xl37 IS; northeast
corner of Page and Webster, 1877 :6xl37 IS !;
property on north line of Page street 1877 g
east of Webster, 90xI37 IS: property on the
south line of Fulton street, 1875 east
of Devisadero, east 100. south l47 etc.
and 50-vara lots 1 to 5 in Western Add
ton. block $50; 50-vara lots and ) in West
ern Addition, block 49, 50-vara lots and Q
in Western Addition, block $40; 5O-yara lots
l, 2, 3, 5 and g in Western Addition, block 81 / ::
50-vara lots 1, q and in Western Addition
block 512; 50-vara lots 3 and in Western Ad-
dition, block 529; 50-vara lots /, 8 and 4 in
Western Addition, block $50, and $40, 900 on
the same property as above, excepting all in
terest in Western Addition blocks 44S to $50
$40 to 512 529 and $50, and by the German
Savings and Loan Society, $I2, 500 to Dudley c.
Bates on property on the west line OF Octavia
street, 90 north of Bush. 30x100.
AUCTION NOTES.