The San Francisco call., 1896-11-02
The following is q record of the amount of
building contracts that have been recorded for
the first ten months of each year since 1890:
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


The Board OF Health has instructed the Su-
perintendent of the City AID County Hospital
to choose situation in the north ern part of
the hospital grounds for the situation of the
Pesthouse. Plans and specifications are to be
compiled al once for the new building
Shainwaid. Buckbee & Co. have effected
loan of $4,000 on the property at the south
east corner of Market and Guerrero streets
The property in question is to be improved
with six flats and three stores, to cost $12 900.
George A. Turner reports the following re-
cent sales in the Excelsior Homestead: Three
lots on the south line of Athens street 225
feet south OF Brazil avenue, 75x100 feet, for
$3.50; also three lots on the same street imme-
dlately north of the above, 75x100 feet, for
500, to I. u. Angle, 2. O'Connor and NJ. G.
Wise.
Grades are being established on East Park
street and Richmond avenue, in the Holly
Park district, q preliminary step toward
having sewers laid in those thoroughfares.
Thirtieth street will apply to the Supervisors
TO esta blish q sewer system with the necessary
outlet for the territory .ying east of San Jose
road to the bay and county line.
The residents of Ocean View have been given
q better car service over tn San Francisco and
San Mateo electric road, and in future the cars
viii leave Tiirtieth street for Ocean View
Colma and other settlements in San Mateo
County every twenty minutes during the day
until midnight.
The Frederick-street branch of the Market
street Railway will proba bly, be il operation
during the early part OF this week.
Valencia street property-owners and mer-
tu6utS Will OTRdDlZe III ln6 near future Tor the
purpose OF improving that thoroughiare by q
better lighting OF the streets. 1t is proposed to
suspend one lamp at the various crossings
from the junction of Market and Thirteen IN
streets to Twenty-sixth. better system of
sidewalks will also be given consideration by
the organization. Another aim will be to have
the street kept in good repair and well swept
The Fairmount Improvement Club met on
Saturday to devise means for securing bridge
over Miguel street A petition TO the effect
will be sent 10 the Supervisors to-day.
ShalnWald. Buck bee * Co. leDOrt the Ia of
the A. Aronson property, on the north line of
Post street, sdjoining the Pacific-Union Club
building. The price reaiiZed is said TO be
$50 OOO but the name of the purchaser bss
not yet been made public. The lot is 81 :6x
1875 feet and on it is three story and base
ment building The same firm has sold prop
erty at the southwest corner of Sacramento
and Webb streets Tor $4,000 The lot is 34x
rs feet
The TO lowing are the more important affairs
in street work during the past week: Property
owners filed a protest with the Supervisors
against the paving of Waller street, from
Buchanan TO Webster: against sidewalks on
Post street, from Lyon 10 Centra avenue:
against a sewer in Lyon and Chestnut streets.
and the formation of a district for assessment
purposes; against sidewalks on Eighteen tn
street from Valencia to Guerrero; petitions were
filed for perm ssion 10 pave by private contract
Castro street, from Sixteenth to Seventeenth
to bltuminize BAKER street, from McAllister to
Fulton; ior the grading and macadamizing of
str eet, from Seventh 10 Twelfth avenues; for
sidewa ks ON both sides of Elizabeth street,
from Sanchez 10 Castro streets.
The majority of the residents on Alabama
street from Twentieth street to Precita ave-
nue. have filed a protest with the Board of
Supervisors against the proposed laying of
sidewalks along that thoroughfare.
Property-owners have been granted permis-
sion to bituminiZe Bryant street from Division
10 Seventeenth street
Fig hth Ninth Tenth and Eleventh avenues
from II street south to the line of the San
Miguei rancho are to be graded and mac ada m
lied, and sidewalks are 10 be laid ON II street
from seventh to TnlrteeQth
Thirteenth street, from Castro street to Park
road, will probably be paved with basalt bl ock
committee that was recently appointed by
the Supervisors to investigate the condition of
the thorougnfare reported in favor of the
work.
w. g. Griffith, manager OF the country de-