The San Francisco call., 1896-02-03

ABROAD 1t is said the following number OF
| miles OF asphalt is laid in certain cities: Lon
don "a. Paris 26, and Berlin S3. In all three
OF these cities great quantity of wooden pave
ment is laid. 1t is, however, not increasing in
] favor on account OF the high cost of mainte-
nance. Statistics show that asphalt is less slip
perry than granite or basalt blocks.
In the early part of 1894 inquiries were sent
out to 100 cities asking about the projected
| work IN street paving. The cities were all over
10000 population. Replies were received from
seyenty-tive and it was found that they con-
templated laying as whole about 2SS 900
yards OF asphalt and 524, 900 yards of brick.
Most of the work contemplated has been done.
During 1896 it is stated that New York City
will expend about 81 900 900 for asphalt pave
ments and about $3.50 900 for stone. Asphalt
| is favored for all streets where the people are
not welded to the idea of stone blocks, and in
| fact this is the principal reason why so many
streets are paved with stone blocks nowadays,
! the people wanting them. They have nothing
! but durability to commend them, and few peo-
| pie look further than durability. They are
noisy, dirty and costly. 1t costs one-third less
| to clean asphalt than stone.
The majority of pavements in Eastern cities
are laid under guarantees OF from five to ten
| years.
REVIEW OF THE RECORDS.
! The following ebstract from the records
| shows the largest real estate loans made
last week and the security accepted:
| BY the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society,
| for one year, at 612 per cent, 500. 600, on the
undivided hall of the northwest corner of Mis-
sion and Eighth streets, 275xl75; Dy Eliza j.
Wright, for one year, at q per cent $4,000,
on the northwest corner of Fillmore and Grove
! streets, 112 :6x137:6; by the Eureka Benevo-
lent ASSOCIATION, for two years, at 619 per cent,
$4,000 on property on south line OF Pine street,
/ 90 east OF Octavla, 55X120; by Hibernia Savings
/ and Loan Society for one year. at 612 per cent,
| $4,000 on the northwest corner of Oak and De-
! visadero streets, 13l :3xS2:6; by the same
bank, for one year, at 61a per cent, $4S, 900 on
| property on the south line of Bush street,
137 IS east of stockton street, 4510x137;6 IS; by
+ l.. Wemple, for ninety days, at 1414 per
in Gon
County and the southwest corner of
! Ninth and Howard streets, 266 :4XlO0;
by the German Savings and Loan Society,
on lnstallments at per cent $4,000 on prop
| erty on the east line of Van Ness avenue, so
north of Hayes street; by the Hibernia Savings
an ana Loan Society for one year al 61% per cent,
$4,000 on property on the southeast line OF
Mission street, $50 southwest OF Eighth, 25x
so; by the German Savings and Loan Society
property at the southwest corner of Castro
and Twenty-tourth streets, 228xS0 and by the
same bank for one year at 81 per cent, $4,000
on property on the south line of Ellis street,
131 10 east OF Laguna, 27 7:6X120.
The largest releases from mortgages
granted the past week were by J. j. Rauer,
$14 $40, to JACOB and Lizzie Lutz, on prop
erty on the south line of Fulton street, ITO
Savings and Loan Society, $4,000, to
Joseph Ross on property on the southwest
line of Third street, 100 southeast of
Market 25x75, and property on the south
line of Ellis, 1915 east of Jones, 27:6x137.
Transfers were placed on record the past
week to the number OF seyenty-seven, IN
Guiding the following deed of property
from the Pacific I'm provement Company
to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
of date of November 25 last:
Lot on south corner of Fourth and Channel
streets, southwest 1929, southeast 120, north
northwest 40; southwest line of Fourth 80
southwest OF Hooper, southeast 40 by south
west 1876; southwest line of Fourth street.
80 SOU uthwest OF Irwin, southeast so by south
west :6; south corner of Fourth and Hub
bell streets, southwest 1877 :6, southeast 120
northeast TO Kentucky, north 81 912, north
Kentucky streets, south 210 by east 100; north
west corner of Sixteenth Center and Tennes-
see streets, north $50 by west 100; lot bounded
by Sixth, Yuma or Eureka streets, and Charter
line OF 1850, being all of block 34912, lying
north OF Charter line; southeast corner of Santa
Clara and Kentucky streets. east 200, south
south deg. 45 min, west 16 %
south % deg. 45 min, west "a, north
137 :514; northeast corner of Santa Clara ave-
nue. and Kentucky street, north deg. 80 min.
west 21S, south 68 deg. Is min, east 63 a.
north 80 deg. 80 min, east 1929, north 4
deg. 80 min, west so, north 80 oeg. so min,
! east 80, north deg. 80 min., west 100, north
50 deg. 80 min, east 80, south deg. 80 min,
east 26 ., south ~ deg. 30 min, west 65:5,
south 4o deg, west 40 ;1O73, north S5 deg. 80
100, south 80 deg 80 min., west $50; all in
terest in lot on northeast corner of Tennessee
and Santa Clara aveneu. north 400 by east
100; Potrero Nuevo block 315, bounded by
Santa Clara, Iowa, Mariposa and Pennsylvania
avenues; southeast corner of Mariposa street
200; all interest in Potrero Nuevo block 342
bounded by Santa Clara, Indiana, Maraposa
and Iowa.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Improvements in the suburbs are en-
couraging.
The opening of the Sutro electric road to
the Cliff House marks new era for Rich
mond
The work of bituminizlng Van Ness ave-
nue. from Union street to Bay, seven con-
secutive blocks, is progressing rapidly.
Several hve-room cottages are going up
on Hoffman avenue in the Heyman tract
a committee of real estate men have
been appointed to appraise the value of the
land to be condemned in opening Lyon
street from Pacific avenue to the bay.
G. G. Bemis, the real estate broker, has
Just finished thousand feet of bituminous
sidewalk on Twenty-seventh street be-
tween Guerrero and Dolores, on Army be-
tween Church and Dolores, on Church
between Army and Twenty-sixth and on
Church between Twenty-fifth and Jersey.
During 1895 Easton, Eldridge & Co.
built ninety-five houses in Los Angeles,
but five of which are left on their hands.
A few days ago they let contracts for ten
more houses, one of which is for the con-
struction of business block to cost
$4,000.
The homeopaths are going to erect build
| ings for college and hospital purposes at
the southwest corner of Sacramento and
Maple streets.
Flfty-two building contracts were re-
corded in January aggregating 1851, ,9O6, as
against a record of fifty for the same period
year ago amounting to $250,37
Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. will hold an
auction sale on February 13 of miscella-
neous and probate properties. Some of the
most important pieces are:
The dwelling, 2422 Bryant street, and lot
on Dore street, near Harrison, belonging to
the estate of Thomas o. Day; the two-storv resi-
dence of the Mary Morchio estate at 739 pine
street; lots on Clay street, near Laurel and
Maple; lot and house, 2l10 Van Ness ayenne
near Pacific; renting property, 1O11 1Ol3 and
1015 Golden Gate avenue; the residence 72o
McAllister street; q cottage at IL Clement
avenue; dwelling at 934 Nineteenth street
and the store, with twenty-five rooms above
at 1885 Folsom street.
The following sales were made by M
Speck q Co. during the past week:
Lot 81 :2xS7 Is feet on the south line of FIlio
street, 80 0 feet west of Hvda efran+ 80