The San Francisco call., 1896-10-06

the Roman Catholic church Star of the
Sea, has set the pace for future improve
ments in the lovely valley beyond the
cemeteries by starting the erection of a
handsome residence on Eighth avenue
adjoining his church.
The contract for the building has been
let to Contractor P. Mahoney of Oakland
for $4,000.
The plans were drawn some time ago by
Architects Shea & Shea, and the brick
foundation has been laid by Matthew
Brady upon substantial basis, sufficiently
strong to sustain a much larger building
tnan the twelve rooms now about to be
erected. But as Father Coyle said:
I'VE are not building this house for a
day or year, but for at least a half of a
century, as by that time the Richmond
District Will extend out to the ocean,"
evidently this prospective view is in his
mind, as he has recently bought two large
lots on Ninth avenue back of the church,
upon which he will erect schoolhouse at
no distant day. Within the past three
years the population has increased three
fold.
This building, however, is not the only
one that IS being erected in the Rich
mond district.
A. +. Fors, is putting up $4,000 house
Lobos avenue and Clement street, upon q
55x120 foot lot.
Francis BRAGG is erecting $500 cottage
OF SIX rooms on California street, between
Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues.
Mrs. Minnie Armstrong is expending
$1,000 on the erection of a seven-room cot
tage on Twelfth avenue, between Clement
and California streets.
Samuel L. Thornton is about TO build q
three-story house on Fourth avenue, be-
tween Point Lobos avenue and A street,
at cost of $300O
Mrs. Anna f. Dixon will have a fve-
room cottage on Eleventh avenue, be-
tween Lake and California streets, on
which she Will spend $25O0.
Robert Allen will invest $4,000 in the
erection OF two-story house ON Fifteenth
avenue, between Clement and California
streets.
T. Fl. Parker, real-estate agent in the
Richmond district, has had an offer for q
hfty-vara lot alongside the Maria Kip Or
phanage at an advance far above the price
heretofore asked for similar property in
the district, but the owner declined, al
leging that the lot will be worth twice as
much within few years.
The Southern Pacific has at last awak-
ened to the numerous protests made by the
Lobos avenue, and has set gang of men
to work removing the ola unused street
railroad track from that thoroughfare.
Fifth avenue, between Lake and Cali
fornia streets, has been graded and mac
adamized by Greedy & Kenny.
A sewer has been put down on Twelfth
avenue, between Point Lobos avenue and
A street, by the same contractors.
A street, between Sixth and Seventh
avenues. has been graded, severed and
macadamized by Contractors Sharon &
cHugh. This is the section adjacent to
where the blind sewer is permitted to
stand in consequence of the obstinacy of
the directors OF the French Hospital, who
alone hold out against the improvement
and the necessity OF continuing the sewer
alongside of their property from A street
to Point Lobos avenue on Sixth avenue.
The heirs of the Hamilton estate have
come into the line of progress and signed
their consent to permit Felix McHugh to
put the sewer in, but the French Hospital
property remains impassive to the re-
quests Of the other property-owners and
the management declines to sign the con-
tract by which the sanitary condition of
the hospital would be improved. Twenty
first avenue, between Clement aud Cali
fornia, has been graded and severed. In
addition to all this notable improvement
the old Bay District racecourse has been
filled in and is now one plateau of white
sand. The only landmark by which the
old familiar site can be recognized is the
grand-stand building.