The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25

enson street, between Third and Fourth,
$55l5; Reed Bros, architects
Same with Pacific Rolling Milling Com.
pany, STEEL cast and wrought iron WORK Tor
same, $6421; same architect.
Martin T. Cooney with Cornelius M. Lee, TO
erect one-story frame building on north line
Plymouth avenue, $50 east OF Patton street,
$3.50; no architect
RANDOM NOTES.
Considerable street work is outlined on the
Potrero. Iowa street, be tween Twenty-second
and Twenty.third, is to be graded, causing the
removal of over $4,000 CUBIC yards OF earth
Seven blocks on Mariposa street, extending
from Mississippi to Kentucky, are TO be
macadamized. This viii open up another
the Mission.
The Precita Valley Improvement Club will
petition ior the opening OF Alabama street
from Kiple to Cortland avenue.
The middle 50-vara lot on the south side OF
Fell street, between Franklin and Cough, is to
be covered with buildings arranged as hats.
feet TO the north line of Hickory avenue. I'm
provements will front both streets. The
owner is Mrs George Whitiell. The buildings,
comprising twenty-four fats, are calculated to
cost over $4,000.
Flats to the number of sixteen are also to be
built on the southeast corner OF Vallejo and
Laguna streets, the property being owned by
Ellen Schmitt. The outlay for this improve
ment will be about $4,000.
At a recent meeting of the residents and
property-owners of Noe Valley Mission Zoo
FarK CluD was organized. +. l.. haCkuey WAS
elected president and J. B. Niderost was
chosen as secretary. Stirring speeches were
made on the occasion by Messrs. Hackney,
Wells and other prominent residents, each one
presenting the distinguishing features and
natural advantages of the Blue Gum Tract
over all other sites submitted The club is
very enthusiastic over the Mission park and
zoo matter and proposes to work earnestly 10
secure the desi1 ed objects
More school accommodations are badly need
ed in Noe Valley. In addition to the school
building at Jersey and Noe streets four stores
have been rented at different spots for educa-
tional purposes, and yet there are many chill
dren unable to attend school because there is
no room for them.
corner OF Bush and Sansome streets is listed
for sale in the auction-rooms of Umbsen & Co.
on the I'd OF November.
The Mccarthy Company is building num-
Der OF small dwellings on its property In Sun
nyside in San Francisco and also on the Fruit
vale tract in Fruitva.e. Among the houses III
course OF construction are the following: In
the Sunnyside district, four-room cottage at
10 Spreckels avenue, to cost $l150; a four
room cottage at AIS Forester street. to cost
S1200; a four-room cottage at l6 Flood avenue,
TO cost $l275; seven-room house at AZ JooSt
avenue. 10 COS $500; seven-room house at
215 Joost avenue, to cost $4,000. iii Fruit tvale,
two fye-room cottages, to cost $1,000; two
four-room cottages, 10 cost $1,000 and $l2OO,
and four-room cottage TO cost $1,000.
The Bay City Electric Light and Power Com
pany has leased for ten years, with the privi.
lege OF purchase, two lfty-yara lots on the
east line of Hyde street. between Jefferson and
Beach streets, formerly occupied by the Selby
smelling Works. The chimney is to be util-
ized, the wharf rebuilt and the premises
otherwise prepared for the generation OF cleo
tricity. Among those back of the pro ject are :
William Clutf, o. F. Won Rhein and William f.
Harris.
a branch Office has been opened by Easton,
Eldridge e. Co. in Redwood City. The firm
proposes to subdivde and sell numoe Of
large properties the peninsula 1t will
begin with that OF the late Miles Sweeney,
which consists Of 1000 acres, exclusive OF
that portion reserved by his daughters for
residence, and will be sold in parcels of 100
acres or less.
Officers have been elected by the stock
holders of the Golden West Building and
Brenner; vice president Joseph We'll; treas
urer, Daniel Meyer; secretary, Sol J. Levy, and
additional directors IS. W. Levy, Leopold
Well, B. Haligarten and ]. Newman.
COUNTRY LANDS.
A decided change for the better has taken
place in country property. Farms are in de-
mand for fruit culture and for general agri-
cultural purposes, and the different sections
of the State being now canvassed with
owners are unusually liberal. taking small
amount cash, with the remainder payabie
over q term OF six or eight years, payments
be ing guaranteed by contract TO turn over a
certain proportion of the annual crop yield.
This encourages buyers aud stimulates pur-
chases. Within the past week or 50, Easton,
Eldridge q Co. have sold over &c, 1000 acres
under such conditions. The land sold was n
portion of the Warner ranch, situated near
Waterford, Stanislaus County and the prices
obtained ranged from $25 to $32 per acre.