The San Francisco call., 1896-11-02
REAL ESTATE
MARKET REVIEW
Personal Property Tax as
a Lien Against
Realty.
A Fifty.Vara Lot on Turk
Street Sells for
$235,ooo.
REVIEW OF THE RECORDS.
A Comparison of the Amount Of
Building for the First Ten Months
of the Year Since 1890

A question agitated among real-estate brok-
ers is that of adopting some system of legisla-
ton to correct the personal property tax evil
so that the lien of the tax may be confined to
the place of the resident instead of, as at
present existing as lien upon all the prop
erty of all persons of the same name.
Resl-estate agents in the sale of property are
often put to considerable trouble to clear the
title of land in q sale against which may ap-
pear number of liens for personal property
taxes for persons of the same name as that
in which the property they may be sell
ing stands on the records. 1t is the intention
of the brokers, if possible, to pass law at the
next Legislature combining such lien upon
those particular premises in which the owner
may have resided at the time his personal
property tax became delinquent
The most important transfer of city realty
for some time past was the sale last week to
A. W. Wilson. proprietor of the Poststreet res
taurant. of the 50-yara lot on the southwest
corner OF Turk and Taylor streets, for $685.
600. At the same time Wilson disposed Of sew
eral pieces of property on Mission, Fourth,
Hyde and O'Fsrrell streets for $135, 900. His
property was purchased by a Mr.. Voobe.
REVIEW OF THR RECORDS.
There were 73 deeds placed on record dur
ing the week Among the most important
transfers are the following:
The north line of Ellis street. go feet east OF
Webster, from the esta; OF William E. Peabody
to Gustave L. Page for $4,000; from Emanuel
NJ. Moser Jr. and Sigmund NJ. Heller. Carrie New
man, Sarah Bachman and Cla'a Ehrman to the
Union Trust Com pany of the hfty-vara lot on the
southwest corner of Jones and Turk streets: and
from the es ate of Moses Heller. Emanuel S .
Samuel A and Clara L. Heller, Mrs. Eva Kohn
and Mrs Carrie Fleishman TO the Union rust
Company of he same lot; of the fiftvvara lot on
the nor line of TurH sire I. 137 IS feet west of
Leavenworth; on the south line of Brannan 3S5
feet southwest OF Seventh and on the east line Of
Eighth street, 1S5 ,eet south OF Folsom.
The mortgages were forty-six in number ard
amounted TO $142, ,631. Among them were the
following:
BY Lemanda B. Peabody to Gustave L. Page
property the line of Ellis street 80 feet
east of Webster, east 90x125 feet; by the German
Bank TO Max Davis, $4,000 for one year at per
cent, on property the north line OF Pacific ave
nue.. 105 feet west of FRANKLIN, 34x127:lO1a fee:;
and heirs $50 900 for one year at 71s per cent or
property on the north line OF Washington street,
137:6 feet west OF octava, west 1875 by no tn
255:414: by the Hiberna Bank 10 Daniel Riley
las trustee), $Il 900 for 61a per cent,
property the northwest corner of Fourth
Minna streets, 30x75 feet; Ivy Grace F. Junes
TO Elizabeth F. Blankmau. $4,000 for one ear ut
per cent, N property the north line OF Il aight
street, 1925 feet west of BrodericK, 27:6x137 IS
feet
The releases numbered twenty-five and were
for total of $56,32 Among them were the
following:
From Lemanda B. Peabody to William F. Pea
body. $500, on property on the northwest corner
of Ellis and Hollis streets 93x125 feet; from the
Security Savings Bank 10 Margaret 4. and Michael
Van Ness avenue. 60 feet norlh OF Tnrk sr.6I
100 feet; from the German Bank to Morris Fred
eriek, $500, on property the north line of
California street, :3 feet west of steiner west
south 10 beginning: from the German Bank to
Edward A Younger, 5000, on property on the
southwest corner of Hayes and Scott streets, 75x
100 feet.
building contracts that have been recorded for
the hrst ten months OF each year since lS90