The San Francisco call., 1897-02-22

erect a handsome residence on the site.
Joseph Poheim is to build handsome resi-
dence on the southwest corner of Washington
and Locust streets which will cost in the
neighborhood of 900.
John Dunn has contracted for the cree ton
of two-story and basement frame building on
the east line OF Taylor street. 1875 leet south
of Clay.
Contracts have been recorded for alterations
and additions in the premises OF Charles +.
Quinlan on the east line of Mission street, 24O
teet south of Twenty-second.
cottage costing $500 is to be constructed
on the east iine of LOtta street, so feet south
of Parnassus avenue, by Ida II. Lutgen.
Harris Samuels mas let contract for q three
story building on the south line OF Busn street.
62 % feet west of Mason.
J. Silve stein is to make some alterations
and additions TO his premises on Eel street,
137 :6 feet west OF Laguna.
A two-story and basement frame building is
to be constructed by William I. Martin on the
west line of Masonic avenue, 1859 ieet north
OF Frederick.
The residents of Eureka Valley are to request
the Supervisors TO extend the City water mains
a ong Corbett road from Clara avenue 10 Ash
bury street
One hundred and thrty-ive acres of the San
Miguel rancho have been purchased by syndi-
cate OF local cspi talists, whose intention 1T is
to convert the tract into park and geological
garden.
will be planted over the land which begins at
the intersection of Thirtieth aud Diamond
streets, extending west 10 Stanford Heights,
tion.
petition is being circulated among the
property-owners along the line OF First avenue
that Will be presented 10 the supervisors TO-
morrow afternoon and which protests against
the pro posed work OF laying bituminous pave
ment, granite curbs and patent stone side
walks on First avenue from Fulton TO jackson
streets.
The Park Commissioners having signifed
their willingness to spend $1,000 to improve
Point LObos avenue, the mem bers OF the
RlRhmnnh decided
ing to leave the future OF the road in the
hands of the Comm issioners.
The Vnlencia-str- ct cable roadbed from Mar
ket to Twenty-elghth street IS being replaced
where needed and put in f frst-class condition.
The reconstruction of the roadbed OF the same
line on Market street from Jones TO Valencia,
viii be commenced next month.
The Superintendent OF Streets is in receipt
OF a comm unication from the Merchants AS
sociation informing him that the placing of
street names on each corner is not enforced.
The Merchants Association states that there
are $50 corners in this City on which there
are signs OF any character whatever by
which one may be guided.
The following were elected officers during the
past week To the West OF CaStro-street I'm
provement Club: r. W. Anderson, president; I;
W. j. Nixon, yice-pres dent; c. E. Judson,
second vice-presiden and corresponding sec
relery; Charles OSgood, secretary; Thomas
Hume, treasurer; Armande Harze, sergeant
at arms.
Madison & Burke will sell the property OF
the Mary B. Pease estate on Wednesday at pub
lie auction.
Easton, Eldridge Co. have postponed their
local auction sale from tomorrow 10 the I'd OF
March
on the 9th of next month the same firm
Will sell al auction on the premises 1000 acres
OF the famous Chino ranch. There has also
been placed in its hands for sale the townsite
lots OF the Water and Milling Company at
Johannesburg, situsted near RandsDurg, but
unlike that place, amply supplied with water,
piped through the town.
An auction sale will be held by o. F. Won
Rhein e. Co. on Thursday. The offerings Will
comprise desirable line OF business and
dwelling property on Fourth, Ellis, Leaven-
worth, Bush, Valencia, California, Kearny,
Green, Church, Tehama, II and Erie streets
and Twenty-hrst avenue.
Charles J. Campbell will hold auction
sale tomorrow. In addition TO the southwest
corner OF Pacific avenue and Webster stree /
and the gore at the northwest corner OF Mar
ket and Sixteenth streets, the catalogue con-
talns Paclhc Heights residence lot, q Geary
street residence, Western Addition cottage
ana dwelling and cottage in the Mission.
Kentucky street, from Fourth to its inter
section with Railroad avenue, and Railroad
avenue, from First TO Eighteenth avenue, are
in filthy condition. The gutterways are a
mass of black slime in many places and there
Is g coating OF mud fully three inches thick in
places on the top OF the block pave ment. IL is
said that the street sweepers have not visited
Kentucky street since it was paved, three
years ago. There are no cesspoo.s on this
thoroughfare, from Napa street TO Railroad
avenue, nor are there any on Railroad avenue
from First TO Tenth avenue.
The residents of Ocean View and LakeYiew
want more lights in their territory and intend
TO petition the Supervisors to give them eight
additional arc lights al the following point Is (:
Hearst and San Jose avenue, Mount Vernon
and San Jose avenue, Orizaba and Sycamore
streets, Randolph and Mount Vernon avenue,
Randolph and Victoria avenues. Randolph and
Stanley, Randolph and Palmetto, UnadilIa and
LouisDurg streets.
The Sixth-street merchants wishing to at
tract the trade of the Potrero and South San
fran nj TgnN hfCfr - klQvl bat
street Railroad Company to construct an cleo
tIict road on Sixth street, from Market to
Townsend, TO connect with the Kentucky
The merchants believe that if the present
system were changed to al electric line and
the tracks extended 10 the Potrero they would
be more prosperous.
In the Noe Valley dstrict there is much
building in progress at the present time. Four
new houses were commenced last week John
Lorder has begun the construction OF a cottage
on Douglass street, between Alvarado and
Twenty-third. Jacob Heyman is laying the
foundation for a dwelling on Twen ty-third
street, between Douglass and Hoffman. John
Lynd is building a residence on Alyarado
street, between Douglass and Hoffman. John
Oswald is putting up house on Twenty-third
street, between Douglass and Hoffman.
Boyee, Toy & Sonntag report the following
recent sales:
Lot, 50x13 81 IS, on the north line OF McAlIis.
ter street, 81 IS east OF Larkin, from the Pray
ter estate to L. W. Mccarthy, Tor $27, 500; lot
75xl00, on the west side of Larkin street, 100
1eet north OF Fulton, from Mrs. J. c. Rob nson
to John Tamony, for $15, 900; lot 25xI20, on
the east line OF Fiftn avenue. 120 fee south OF
Lake street, for $500; lot, 25x137 IS, on the
south line OF Vallejo street, 1904 east of
Franklin. for $1,000 and the double plat and
lot 25x137:6, at 2729 Pine street, Tor $4,000
The sixth annual report of the Argonaut
Mutual Building and Loan Association shows
assets of $66, ,905 60, included in which are
$52 900 i'll mortgages and $5622 80 in re al
es tate. The new beard OF directors is com
posed OF: Geor e w. Dixon, presidents; Dr.
A. L. Lengfeld, vice president; Sig Baumann.
A. Ortion. E. Messenger, NJ. ]. Blackman and
NJ. Wiener. The book value of shares is as
third, $55 So; fourth. $40 So; fifth, $25 95; !;
sixth, $12 81. The seventh series is now open