The San Francisco call., 1896-10-26
REAL ESTATE
MARKET REVIEW
improvements That Have
Been Brought About by
United Efforts.
Polk Street Property Owners
Want That Thoroughtare
Cut Through.
THE NEW JEWISH HOSPITAL.
List of the More Important Transfers
That Have Been Recorded
During the Week.
THE NEW JEWISH HOSPITAL.

The most notable event in City real estate
matters during the past week was the lighting
OF Polk street, SO fittlngly ceIebra ted Saturday
night This was brought about by the ener-
getic efforts of a few of the more enterprising
property owners and merch snts on that thor
oughiare, who recently organized themselves
into IN improvement club. Among other inn
provenents projected by this club is the ex-
tension OF Polk street through the Union
street hill north to the bay
There scarcely is section of San Francisco
that does not bear unmistakable evidence of
substantial Improvements brought about this
season through the agency of an improvement
club Improvements that may be traced di-
rectly 10 such organizatio are the bituminiz-
ing of Folsom street, the lighting and extern
sive grading in the Potrero and the extensive
improvem ents of Castro, Fairmount, Sunny
side, Lakeview, Ashbury Heights and Rich
mond districts
REVIEW OF THE RECORDS.
There were ninety-five deeds placed on rec
ord during the past week. No transfers OF any
importance we're effected.
The mortgages gage .an numbered ninety-two and
aggregate $230,727. Among the most i'm
portant are the following:
Blythe Hibernia Bank to O. w. Nordwell, $4,000
for one year at per cent on property on the
west of Fifth, S0x200 feet, and on the southeast
line OF Cary street, 375 1eet southwest OF Fifth,
25x8O feet; by the German Bank to j. p. Larli-
zan, 5000 for one year at per cent on property
on the northeast corner OF Fifteenth and Howard
streets, SOx1z feet; by the Humboldt Bank
Christian heis, $4,000 TO January / g. 1898, at
per cent, on property in Potrero Nuevo, on the
northeast corner OF Solano and Tennessee streets.
1U0x245 feet, and on the east line of Tennessee,
feet south OF Maiiposa, 62xl00 feet by theGerman
Bank 10 Christian keis, $l2, 600 for one year at
per cent on property on the west line OF Dupont
street, $685. feet south of California, 6S:9xl37:6
by the same to Christian and Fanny l.. Rets,
$4,000 for one year al per cent on property on
The south line of California street, 49 feet east of
Powell, east eS. south 37:6, west 117:6, north
1885, east so, north "a, west J. north l00 by
George Middlemas TO Moses solomon, $4,000 for
one year at per properly IN lots 3, A, 10
-. 22 to 80. block IL Famount Tract: by the
Fidelity Building and Loan Association TO Edward
and Rebecca +. Marks 1880 for ten years at
per cent per annum on property on the east line Of
Devlsadero Strees, ou 1eet south OF 1oloen 1ate
TO Quong Yee, Wong Chak and Chan Kai 10000
for three years at l per cent mont h on property
on the south line of Washington place, 1914 feet
south of Jackson street. "a :4x90 feet
The releases numbered Ill, and were for
total of $69, ,026, among them being the fol-
lowing:
From the German Bank to John and Gabriel G.
Traynor S55OO on property on the south line OF
Golden Gate avenue, 100 feet west of Deyisadero
street, 26x1GU feet, and the sou, heast line of
Folsom street, $40 feet southwest OF Fifth. 25xS5
feet; from the security Savings Bank to Edward
and Rebecca e. Marks $55O0, and from Louis
cas- line Of Devsadero street 90 feet south of
Golden Gate avenue, 25x1O0 feet; from Peer
Klein 10 stephen and sophia Baird $4,000, on
property or the southwest corner of Sonora and
Union streets, 20x57:6 feet: by the German Bank
to Arthur l. sobey $4,000. on property on the
northeast corner OF Twentie.h and Jt s5ie streets.
81 :6xS5 feet.
Matters in the building line frightened up q
little during the week. There were eighteen
contracts recorded, mostly for new work, of
the total valuation of $47 ,69S
NEWS ITEMS
A two-story frame building to be used for
missionary purposes in connection with the
Episcopal church is to be erected on Second
street, between Howard and Folsom.
The Western Loan Association will hold its
annual meeting November 16 at 214 Pine
street.
David Bush of. the country department of G.
fruit place near Los Gatos for $1,000, and
seventeen and half acres improved at Oak
vile, Napa County, for $500.
The Alameda Land Company have recently
placed on the market large tract OF beet
sugar land near Alyiso
S. Ducss {; Co. report the following recent
sales: Lots 1885 to 1887 in Gift Map 2 for
$500 each to Z. r. Snellgrove; lots 1907 to
1910 in Gift Map 3 Tor $500 each TO ]. Crime;
lots 1926 TO 1890 in Gift Map Tor 5000 each
TO Mary Brown; lots in the Excelsior Home
stead for 5000 each to Sol Getz & Co.
Property along the line of H street,
from Seventh to Thirteenth avenues, have
petitioned the supervisors to lay plank side
walks along the south side of that thorough
fare.
A number of improvements have recently
been made in the block bounded by Ninth and
IL
sold by Baldwin & Hammond.
A number OF property-ownerS in the settle
mcnt between Thirtieth street and the county
line met recently TO devise ways and means
for securing sewer system for that portion of
the CITY, 1t was decided at the meeting to
prepare petition asking the Supervisors 10
order the City Engineer to provide system of
sewerage for the district south of 1hirtieth
street.
recent donation of $50, 900 from 'roness
Hirsch to the Mount Zion Hospital Association
hQc 1xr IT,
treasury for the purpose of building that
active measures will soon be taken and the
commencement OF Jewish Hospital building
in Richmond may be looked for in the near
future. The association owns lot on the
southwest corner OF SIKH and Point Lobos
avenues, extending west to Seventh avenue,
and having uniform depth OF 225 feet. The
inten ton was to build this lot a hospital
under the control of Israelites, conducted for
the benefit of the deserving poor and ailing,
irrespective of creed and nationality.
Notices OF intended street work have been
posted along the line of Oak street from Baker
10 Stanyan, and also along StaGyan street
from Oak 10 Haight. The order calls for
bitumen TO be laid and also for the laying of
curbs and stone sidewalks.
The citizens OF Richmond are anxious that
the Market-street Railroad remove their
unused rails on various streets throughout the
district. The greater part OF the rusty iron
along Point Lobos avenue mas been taken up,
put the petition from the property-owners 10
the rallroad company, requesting that the un-
used rails on First avenue and also the unused
cartracks for five blocks on ID street be re-
moved, has not yet been complied with.
Fontana & Co., the recent purchasers of the
WOODEN Eiii property near the foot of Van
Ness avenue, have contracted with Warren d.
Mol1oy to make some extensive Improvements
in the property. Besides the building of a
wharf $50 feet long and the construction of q
bnlkhead, two ifty-yara lots will be lied In.
Work will commence at once and cost about
$4,000.
The Southside Improvement Club held a
meeting during the week at which reports of
the various subcommittee relative to the
bituminizing and electric lighting of Folsom
street were read being favorable 10 the early
completion of the illuminating of Folsom
street, from Steuart TO Sixth.
NOTICE OF MEETINGS.