The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-31
REALTY MARKET REVIEW,
Inquiry for Both City and Coun-
try Property Reported
Better.
AUGUST BUILDING RECORD.
The Various Changes in Van Ness
Avenue During the Past
Decade.
AUGUST BUILDING RECORD.

IQeSe was some I'm prOvem6nt last week
in the inquiry, but the demand continues
to be mainly for small properties and
they are being sought for as a rule for in
vestnent purposes. The prevailing low
prices should be sufficient incentive to
create fairly active market, but for a
variety of reasons it apparently does not.
At some day in the not very far distant
future many jewellers in San Francisco
will recall the present time with feelings
of regret not unmixed with disgust and
will, to use a slang expression, feel like
kicking themselves for not taking advan-
tage of the many golden opportunities
for profitable investments in real estate that
can be found now in all arts of the City.
The inquiry for county lands is If anything
better than for City property and it is seldom
that the various firms having country depart
ments do not report sales for good prices Of
desirable fruit and farm land.
REVIEW OF THE RECORDS.
There were sixty-fve mortgages recorded
last week, aggregating 1892, 200. The princi-
pal ones together with the security given
were:
By William 81. Croker to Phoebe A. Hearst,
$3.50, 900 for one year on property on the
southeast line of Market street, 375 southwest
Of Sixth. southwest 80 by southeast 1S5; by
cent, 500, 900 on property on the east line of
Battery street, 80 feet south of Pine, south
81 g.. east 81 IS, north 91:s, west 25. south 80,
west 90 IS; also property on the southwest line
of Spear street, 1884 feet southeast of Mis-
| sion, southwest 1875 by southeast IS 10;
and property on the north line of California
street, IS feet west OF front, west 32:11 by
north 1877 g.; and by the Humboldt Bank on
property on the north line of Hayes street. 125
| feet west OF Franklin, west 25 by north 100;
and property on the northeast corner of Oak
and franklin streets, east 27:6 by north 100.
There were twenty-five releases granted last
week. aggregating $244,747. The principal
ones were:
$3.50, 900 on property on the southeast line of
Market street, 375 feet southwest of Sixth.
southwest so by southeast 165; from Mary V.
Baldwin to Louisa Breeze, $50, 600 on prop
erty in 5O-vara block %, on the north line of
California street, As west of Front, west 32:11
by north 1875, and from John E. Mason to
property in the Potrero Nuevo districts Undi-
vided two-ninths, southwest corner Solano and
Vermont, south 327, northwest to point on
south line OF soanS AZ west OF
| line Of Solano, 9 east of Rhode Island, east
1874 IS, southwest lob 10Y, northwest 1889;
undivided one-eighth, west line of De Haro,
point on south line of Mariposa, I'll west
Haro, south $50, to bsginning; UNI
Solano and De Haro, north $50, west $50,
southwest TO point on east line of Rhode
Island 9:5 north OF Solano, south to Solano,
east 200; undivided one-eignth, northwest
corner Carolina and Mariposa, west 200, north
SO %, northeast to point on west line Carolina
81 Il south of Santa Clara, south to beginning;
undivided one-eighth northwest corner Santa
Clara and Wisconsin, north 319, southwest to
point on east line Carolina 1919 north Santa
Clara, south to Santa Clara, east 200 undi-
yided ten.thirty-seconds, east line Wisconsin.
vided half, northwest corner Arkansas and
Butte, north 400, west 8, southwest to point
on north line Butte. 142 east Wisconsin, east
SO to beginning; undivided half, northwest
corner Napa and Arkansas, north 400 TO
Butte, thence along Butte 2e feet south
west to point on north line of Napa
vided ave-thirty-seconds, all OF Potrero
Nuevo block not heretofore described, except
that portion within boundary lines of Valen-
cia Ellis and Matthew Crooks'Eclaims; south
west corner Connecticut and Mariposa, south
1879 by west 100; northwest corner Solano
and Connecticut, west 200 by north 1876; un-
divided one-half northwest corner Connecticut
and Mariposa, north ESQ, west 100, north $50,
west 100, south 400, east 200; undivided one
half northwest corner Connecticut and Santa
half northwest corner Missouri and Santa
Clara, north 204 II. IT by west 200; undivided
one-half northeast corner Mariposa and Con-
decticut, north 200 by east 100; undivided
half northeast corner Connecticut and Solano,
north 400, east 125, south 100, west Is. south
800, west 100; undivided one half of Potrero
Nuevo block 232; undivided one-half north
east corner Missouri and Santa Clara, north
1899 north 877l degrees, east 135 IS, south
west to point on north line Stants Clara 1863
west Texas, west 73:9 to beginning.
Eighty-two transfers were recorded last
week
The number of building contracts fled last
week was eleven. pledging an outlay of
$31, 743 The particulars were as usual pub
iished in THE CALL at the time of fling.
AS shown by Wolfe's Building News and Re-
view, the total number of building contracts
filed during August was ninety-five, aggregat-
ing S414, 1884, The following figures are also
supplied by the same journal:
Number and value of building contracts for
& A Lii,