The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25

east 20, south 68:415
The re eases nun osrnG thirty-nine and were
| for a total of $139, ,951, among which were
| the following:
| From the Hibernia Bank to Moses. Gusta-
| vns, Nathan and Abraham Rosencranlz, $lo,-
| 600 on property on the east line OF skin
| street, 70 feet north OF Bryant, 75xlb0 feel'
| from the German Bank TO Jane Burkneao,
| 10000, on property northeast corner OF flne
and Laounh streets, 22:11X91:S feet; from
| the Hlb,rnia Bunk to Quo. Leonard ana
| August Lang, $12 600, on property OF me
north line OF E lis street 26 feet west OF Weo-
| ster, west 1l2:6, north 120, east 40, South %,
| east 81 IS, south 6S; from August kIahn 10
FANNIE ). Downing (marglnaD, Sll ,S4o on
property on the southeast corner OF lWehaHN-
fourth and Castro sire IT'S south ia by east oo
| by the Hibernia Bank 10 Simon Slesel, Sl9 oOo,
| on property on the southwest corner Oh flerce
and Sutter streets, south o1:6 by west 81 20 ;
| from Edouard J. LIE Breton to Juan de Clrhat
| $4,000 and $500. on four pieces OF land as IN
deed from lie Breton to Costa and from the
same TO Arthur Cirna, $4,000, on the same Sc
curity; from the German Bank to Daniel w.
| and Marietta L. or Mary L. Parkhurst and
| Sarah A. Hoag, $4,000, on property on the
north line of Liberty street, $50 feet vest OF
| Guerrero, west rs by north la, and on the
north line of Liberty street, 275 feet east of
Guerrero. east 80 by north 115; and from the
Hum boldt Bank to Christian Refs, $4,000,
on property on the northeas corner OF Soiano
and Tennessee streets, north 245 by east 100,
and OH the east line OF Tennessee street, SO
feet south of Mariposa, south 62 by east 100.
NEWS ITEMS.
petition will De filed by the Ashbury
Heights and Stanyan street Improvement
Club this evening with the Supervisors, ask
ing that body to grant the Market-street com
pauy franchise on Masonic avenue, from
Page to Oak; on Clayton from frederick to
Carl, and on Carl from Clayton TO Cole Inc
Market-street Railroad Company has acted
iavorably upon the request OF the improve
ment clubs in the neighborhood for the con-
sOlidatIon OF the Carl and Frederick street
lines, and the citizens in the district VIII
make the request to the Supervisors 10 further
the intentions of the railroad company The
two electric roads will be operated as one
system as soon as an additional franchise can
be obtained for three blocks which are neces-
sary in order TO combine the routes
A contract has been awarded Warren d Nal
ley for the grading of Polk street. between
Greenwich and Lombard, at 80 cents per cuolc
foot.
H. E. Poehlman reports the sale of lot 40x
120 feet on the northwest corner OF vallejo
and Laguna streets tor $500; also lot 150x
S315 feet on Mission road near China avenue,
for $3.50.
The congregation of Calvary Presbyterian
Church have decided to purchase site ior
new building, and the lot, 100X125 feet. at the
corner of Jackson and Fillmore streets. III al
proba lties is the land for which they will
bid. This implies the sale OF the lot Ct Geary
and Powell streets, as it is stated by members
of the board Of trustees that the new building
will not be erected until the old site has been
disposed OF.
Burnham & Marsh Company report the sale
OF The two flats on the northwest line OF Ches-
ley street, 225 feet northwest OF Bryant 25x
rs, for $1,000 sold for r. R. Murphy to Mich
aei O'Keefe; also lot on northwest line OIL
Shirley street, 80 feet southwest OF Falmouth,
% 5xS5, for William McQueene to Dennis Bros
nan, for $2150; also property on the north
line OF Fourteenth street, 143 feet east OF
Guerrero. 10 Louis Fiscner for $500.
&. H. Umbsen & Co. will hold their
next public sale on the LIST proximo. The cat
alogue for the occasion will be made up OF
property to be sold by order of the Public Ad-
ministrator by order of referee
Charles ]. Campbell G. Co. hold an auction
sale to-day OF Cay property at the tlrm's sales
rooms, 224 Montgomery street Some Rich
mond lots, improved aud un1mproyed, let
near the panhandle of the park, Western Ad-
dtion cottage and fine home on California
street will be among the offerings.
The property-owners who are included
within the Feli-street sewer district are at
present trying 10 devise ways and means Tor
There are about 600 owners OF property whose
land is affected. Three years ago the lot-own-
ers combined 10 fight the assessment on the
ground that it was illegal
They each paid 81 per lot TO their attorney
for fighting their claim. The assessment was
declared illegal by the courts. Now the prop
erty-owneTs have been informed that the lien
will not be released until they pay $40 per lot
or produce a receipt showing that they paid
So per lot into the defense fund. The books
with the receipts showingThe names OF those
who paid are missing. The property-owners
hope TO find the books or dev.se some means
OF arranging the matter so that they Will not
be put 20 further expense.
The residents OF Hoffman avenue, Twenty
third and Douglass Streets are agitatlng tor
better lighting and Will file petition wi tn
the Supervisors asking that three electric
lights be given them in the district.
An auction sale will be held Dy Easton, Ed
ridge e. Co. on Tuesday, February 2 when the
following properties will be offered: Lots
IS :9x53 70 and improvements on the south
east corner OF Broadway and Mason street; lot
26:9x120 and Improvements at S22 Post
street; lot 5Ox75 and flats at 49, 3315 and 35
Moss street; .ot 25x103 and dwelling at 2l6
Ashbury street, near Fell; lot 25X137 70 on the
south line OF Oak street, near Devisadero; lot
60x52 IS on the southwest corner, OF Pacific
and Jones streets: lot 22:6X110 at 2627 Suffer
street, near Lyon; lot 75xlOo on Lisbon street,
near Italy avenue; lots q :6xl12 70 on the west
line of Pierce street, south OF Vallejo, ana lot
22:11x100 on the east line OF Pierce street,
north OF Fibert.
ket-street railroad company to issue transfers
to the Larkin-s treet line. The Market-street
company has seven lines crossing Larkin
street and the merchants think that 1t woulo
be no more than right for the company to
grant transfers. rs it is deriving the benefits
from the electric lights at the crossings.
The Clarendon Heights Improvement Club
is 10 present petition to the Supervisors ask
ing for appropriation of $4,000 from the
next tax levy for the opening and grading of
Seventeenth street through Mount Olympus,
so as to make good road between the Park
and Mission district. There VIII be 50-foot
cut, and the frontage is not valuable enough
to pay tor the improvement, but the property
owners will put the street in good condition If
it is graded.
Won Rhein & Co.'s auction next Thursday
has miscellaneous catalogue, calculated to
be of interest to all classes of buyers. The
large corner, 75x125, on Sixth street is hne
business investment. The McAllster-street
lot, 40x137:6, is admirably adapted for q
dwelling or flats. line OF some twenty lots
on Valencia, Mission, Jessie, Stevenson and
Thirteenth streets, together with some income
paying fats, are the grounds formerly
known as Woodwards Gardens. The Darolle's
French laundry property, with its large
grounds, viii take the eye of laundry people.
The Dolores-street lots become important be-
cause thew are diagona)ly across from the new
Mission High School. Richmond district is
represented by neat cottage and stable on
Third avenue, near California street; the Mis-
sion by line of lots on York and Twent tysixth
streets and Serpentine avenue; the park by
flats on fremont avenue, renting Tor $52, and
the northern part of the City by cheap house
and two cottages on the corner of Greenwich
and Montgomery streets and some houses on