The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
REAL ESTATE
MARKET REVIEW
Few Transfers of any I'm
portance Recorded Dur
ing the Week
Attention at Present Largely
Directed to Country Lands
for Grain Raising.
THE OCEAN SIDE HOUSE SOLD
Mrs. H nrietta I Selby Loaned $40, 900
by the Board OF University
Regents.
THE OCEAN SIDE HOUSE SOLD,

prospective buyers are looking over the field.
The value of the land for such purposes has
also materially advanced, as it is calculated
that each advance of 10 cents a GENITAL in the
price OF wheat represents an increase of SO an
acre in the land that produces the grain.
Nothing in the history OF our agriculture is
more striking than the remarkable increase of
wheat-growing on the Pacific Coast, especially
in California, where the crop in 1850 was only
II 200 bushels. most of the grain consumed
being at that time brought from Chile. Both
soil and climate here are most favorable to It's
culture.
Not alone the farmers and savings banks are
benefciaries of the condition of affairs but
every class of society, directly or indirectly.
REVIEW OF THE RECORDS.
There were nine ty-nine deeds recorded dur
ing the past week Among the most important
were the following:
From c. w and Elizabeth c. McAfee to Wells
FARGO & Co., of the ortheast corner of Devfsadero
and Green streets, l03:l1ax137:6 feet the south
x3O6:3 feet; from George D., Carrie c. and Frances
ONeill to Jasper n. XII ip, of the southwest cor
ner Waller and Scott streets, 32:6xll5:3 feet,
for $12, ,225: from Thomas J. and ary L. Powers
to Andrew Downey, OF the northeast corner OF
Fulton and franklin streets. 50xSO fee; from X.
c. and Eudora T. Chambers to Wells Fargo Co.,
OF the southwest corner of Frederick and VIII ard
streets south 275 feet, west 100. north 1878
west rs south 81 g. west ga A northeast to South
Frederick street and east 2z6:11; also the south
east corner of Pine ana Jones streets, SI:6x121:6
feet, and lot 200 feet frontage on Fulton street,
east of First avenue, with an Irregular depth OF
1875 and loo feet
The mortgages numbered seventy-nine, ag
gregating $169, BAL the larger ones being as
follows:
By Henrietta L Selby to Regents OF University
of California, $4,000 on property the north
side of California street, S7:6 feet east OF Front.
east 50x137 ;S fee for three from october &.
Rayfeid to E. B. Ryan, $1,000 on outside land
block 1920, bounded by U and streets, Forty
seventh and For.y eighth avenues for three years
at per cent per annum; b Gertrude Rayfield TO
Charles II. Warner, $1,000 on property on the
north line of California street, 200 feet west
at per cent per annum by Pierre g. Somps to
Edward ]. lie Bre on, $1,000 OIL property on north
st corner of Mission and Twenty second streets,
west 125 north a6 TO- west 125, north SO :5 north
east $50 south 1928 feet, for one year at per
and Loan Society. $4,000 on property at the south-
east corner of ulton and Cough streets, 3lxS2:6
feet, to January is, 1898. at per cent per
num- by Maria a. MesIins TO Hibernia savings
and Loan Society, $1,000 property on the south
side of Geary street, 1875 feet west of Laguna,
55xl37.6 feet for one year fron, October H. 1896,
at 61a per cent: by Richard NJ. DoaIe to Hibernia
Savings and Loan Society, $3S5O on properly on
of But hanan, west 25x137:6 feet, for one year
from October IL, 1896, at Ole per cent.
The releases were ihiriy-four in number and
for total of $65 1898 Nearly all were for q
small amount. Among them were the follow
ing:
From the Hibernia Bank TO F. F. and Amelia
W. Coffin, $4,000 property the east SIDE Of
Van Ness avenue, 102 :S14 feet south OF Pacific
street, 25x1L0 feet: from +. Ryan to Zilia and
Clifton e. Mayne, $1,000. on Outside Land block
1920: from German Bank to Charles S. Capp
$500, property at northeast corner OF FORK
and Twenty-sixth streets, north las, east 100,
south 1875, to The northwest line Of Serpentine
avenue, SOUTHWEST 10 the north line of twenty
sixth street, west 1913 to beginning: lot on the
west line Of Hampshire street, 1926 feet south of
Twenty fifth street south 53xl0O feet part of lot
Ill, Preciia Valley lands.
The building contracts numbered ten and
represent $67 024.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
The residents OF Ocean View are to petition
the Supervisors Tor electric lights throughout
their dis trict. The Supervisors will also be
asked to order the Spring Valley company TO
lay mains on SickelS avenue, from Mission
road to San Jose avenue, ana to erect hydrants
at convenient points.
Alsip d Co. report increased inquiry for
farming lands throughout the State, with the
demand for grain land, both for lease and
sale receiving more attention.
Several me m bers of the Falrmount Improve
ment Club are objecting to the proposed rails
ing of the grade at the intersection of Chenery
and Charles streets for the purpose of accom-
modating the grade OF the sewer nowin course
of construction on Chenery street.
Five lots sold Dy Jacob Heyman during the
week, on Eliza beth street, above Hoffman ave-
nue., brought $500 each.
There will be special meeting of the Point
Lobos Improvement Cub next Tuesday even
ing. A committee was appointed at recent
meeting of the club to tender an invitation to
the candidates for Supervisors and Street Su-
perintendent to be present on the coming oc
casion.
Four eenth street, west of Castro, is now i'm
psssable, and the property-owners of the Park
Hill Tract are agitating for street improve
ments and better drainage facilities. Two
years ago the rains washed away almost the
entire r9aaTay s and q th GarTed hi u the macadam
leaving the thoroughfare in its present condi-
ton.
Burnham & Marsh reJort the following re-
cent sales: Lot and improvements on the
south side of Pine street, between Webster and
Fillmore to Dr. Mann for $1,000; lot on the
north side OF Fulton street, 130 feet east of
$3.50. $3.50 1'Ai01' . 'es' MIS- l. merriam i0r
The regular annual meeting of the Califor-
mia League of Mutual Building and Loan AS
sociations will be held tomorrow at 10 o. clock
in the Mills building, in the Office of Charles
E. Naylor, secretary of the league. As this
will be an imporSan convention, all assoeia-
tions in California that are member of the
body are requested to send delegate who
may participate in the proceedings.
The entire of the new Spreckes building on
Market street, opposite Grant avenue, has been
leased by G. Fl. Umbsen & Co., the agents. The
greater part OF the lower floor will be occupied
as a market; the second floor has been rented
to two tenants, to be used as cloak and mil
linery establishment and the top floor will be
used as photograph gallery.
The total amount of taxable property in the
City and County OF San Francisco, according
to the assessment roll delivered to the Tax
Collector py the Auditor, is placed at S442
069,716, of which $3.50, 401, ,154 represents
real estate and Improvements and $91 1858 562
personHl property and money. The total
amount OF taxes to be collected is Sc, ,9O1.
378 ~, of which So, ,090. .699 SO is for City and
County purposes and $1,810,679 08 for the
State.
The tracks of the San Mateo Electric Railway
Company oD Chenery street are being moved
close up to the sidewalk, so as TO permit the
laying OF big pipe sewer from Randall street
to the Sunnys,de Tract. The Chenery-street
sewer will be the main outlet for the sewage
OF the entire district, and as soon as it is laid
the owners OF property on ad jacent streets ex-
pect 10 put in sewers. A petition asking that
the Official grade be established, as prelimi-
nary step to the work of putting In sewers and
grading the streets which will follow, was re-
Gently filed with the Supervisors.
ocEANsIDE HOUSE SOLD.
About the most important sale of City prop
erty effected during the past week was the
transfer OF the Oceanside House property. 1t
was made by Easton. Eldridge & Co. and the
price realized was $21,0 900. The property in
question occupies all of Outside Land block
1920, having frontage of 240x6OO feet on
the Ocean boulevard. The building on the
property was remoieled four years ago at an
expense of about $20, 900, and although little
care has since been taken of the place and
making allowance for the depreciation of the
property value in the neighborhood, the pur-