The San Francisco call., 1897-01-18

NEWS ITEMS.
Jacob Heyman reports the sale of 50x120
feet on the north side of Alvarado street, IOo
feet west of Hoffman avenne, for S1OOO.
Taxpayers who last year paid excess per
sonal property taxes are rather slow IN Gaining
at the Treasurer's office for their rebates.
There are still over 1000 taxpayers who have
not vet called, and the amount due them
reached over $2o, 600.
Sol Getz g. Bro. report the following recent
sales;
Lot 25x1OO feet on the south line OF K
street, 80 6 feet west of Ninth avenue, Tor
5000; 50x120 feet, west line OF Nlnth avenue, o
325 feet south OF K street, for $1,000; 25xlOO
feet, south line of street, 10Y 20 ieet east OF
Twelfth avenue, for $500; 50x12O feet, west
line of Forty-second avenue, 100 feet souIh OF
T street. for 5000; 50x1C0 feet, easterly cor
ner of China avenue and Athens street for
$3.50; 25x100 feet, northeast line OF Brazil
avenue, rs feet northwest of Madrid street,
for $3.50; 25x100 feet, north line OF street,
107 IS ieet east of Twelfth avenue, for $500;
32:6x100 feet northeast corner OF street
and Twenty-seyenth avenue, Tor $0OO; ZoXIZO
feet, west line OF Fifth avenue. 20 teet south
of California street, for $500; 25xlZO feet,
east line of Thirty-sixth avenue, 100 feet south
Of street, for 5000.
The property at the southeast corner OF
Stockton and Clay streets has been SOLD by the
Nfchon estate to B. Schmidt.
The Clarendon Heights Improvement Ciub
are to petition the supervisors to locate elec-
trio lights IN their district.
The Sunset District improvement Club have
elected Daniel Foley, member OF the organl-
zation, delegate to the Association OF In
proVement Clubs.
The Spring Valley Water Company are lay
ing its mains on Frederick street from Cole
street to First avenue and on StaEyan from
Frederick to Page. The rapid growth of that
section of the City has made demand for the
extension of the Spring Valley service.
Residents of the Sunset district have been
promised an entrance at Tenth avenue to the
Park. Tenth avenue, south OF the Park, has
recently been opened and put in frst-cIass
order.
The Market Street improvement Club has
elected E. B. Carr delegate 20 the Association
OF Improvement Clubs vice w. w. Rednall,
resigned.
The Eureka Valley improvement Club has
elected S. w. Norton, NJ. Mibach, H. c.
Drieschman, S. Wyatt and Edward Mcbride
delegates to the Association of improvement
Clubs.
In the district south of the Park the Callahan
estate is making some extensive improve
ments. They are leveling off the property be-
tween Tenth and Twelfth avenues in the vicin-
ity of II and l streets.
Baldwin & Hammond report the following
sales: Six lots in outside lands block as fol-
lows-Three lots on the east line OF Tenth ave-
nue.. 200 ieet north OF street, each 25X120, for
$2475; also the lot on the west line Of Ninth
avenue, 80 feet south OF H street, 25X12O,
Sl100; also Two lots on the east side OF Tenth
avenue, 225 feet south OF H street, 50x120,
$1700. Three or four cottages are now being
constructed on this property. Lot 25X1OO,
with Improvements consisting of ive-room
cottage, on the west line of Potrero avenue,
135 feet south of Twenty third street, $500;
cottage and lot, 30xl00, on the west line
OF Julian avenue, 125 feet north OF Fifteenth
street, at $500; cottage and lot 25X114, on
the north side OF Elizabeth street, 200 feet
west OF Sanchez, at $245O; lot on the north
line of Golden Gate avenue, 100 feet east OF
First avenue, size 29:11x137:6, at $500; five
lots on northwest corner OF Victoria and Gar
field streets, at 500 each; lot 10, block d.
Park Lane Tract, $3.50; lot on the east line of
Chenery street, 100 feet southof Charles, 25x
100, at $500; lot on the northeast corner Of
Shrader and Beulah streets, 25x11O, price
$2475.
This firm also reports the sale of the follow
ing, lots for account of the Crocker Estate
Company: Northwest corner of Cole and Fred
erick street, 25x100, $2400; lot on the west
side of Shrader street, 125 feet north OF Fred
erick, 25x131, $1475; lot on the east side of
Shrader street, 100 ieet north OF Frederick,
25x134, $1525; four lots on the north side OF
Fred erick street, 131 feet west of Shrader, 100
x137:6, $1575 each; three lots on the north
west corner OF Shrader and Frederick streets,
61:3x100. at $3.50; lot on the southwest
corner of BeuIah and Shrader streets, 75X
1868, $4,000; lot on the northeast corner of
Frederick and Shrader Streets Al :414X100, at
$500; lot on the west line OF Shrader street,
100 feet north of Frederick, 25x131:3, at
$1475. Altogether the sales of these two
blocks aggregate $71 $50. AT the lowest esti-
mate twenty-five residences will be Duilt this
summer on this property; many have already
been started. In the Castro-street Addition
ten lots have Deen sold in the past fortnight.
The Eureka Valley Improvement Club will
file petition with the Supervisors protesting
against the Almshouse tract as pesthouse
SITE A communication will be forwarded by
the same club to the Superintendent OF
Streets calling his attention to the condition
of the cesspools in the district, especially
those on Eighteenth street and Cor bett Road.
Won Rheln & Co. are out in catalogue of
properties to be submitted at auction on the
2Sth instant. A feature OF the Offering is
line of lots in the old Woodward's Garden
tract, fronting on Valencia Mission and lead.
ing cross streets, being good property for in
vestment or speculation. There is also large
improved corner on Sixth street, renting for
$500 month, that is sold to close up an
estate, and will probably go cheap. Flats
cottages. dwellings ana vacant lots are inter,
spersed to make up an attractive offering.
Grading for the foundation of the new Mis-
sion High School has been commenced. Six
fonr-horse teams, with scrapers are at work
leveling the block at Eighteenth and Dolores
streets, where the new school is to be built
Considerable earth will have to be removed
before the site will be ready for the laying of
the concrete foundation. There is bank
about six feet high on the Dolores-street side
of the block which will have to come down.
The frontage on Eighteenth street is two or
three feet below the grade, and the surplus
earth will be used to fill up this portion of the
block.
David Bush of G. H. Umbsen & Co. reports
the sale OF eighty acres of land for $4,000, in
Sonoma County, near Mark West Springs.
Charles Juergensen is the purchaser and Mrs
Elise Kohler the seller.
The merchants along the line of Stockton
SlreeI IN Lne northern part OF Lne CltY nave
organized an improvement club, which will
be known as the North Beach Improvement
Club. Efforts are 10 be directed toward I'M
proving The pavement OF Stockton street in
that district. Property-owners and store
keepers are eligible to mem bership.
The secretary of the Association OF Improve
ment Clubs has received a communication
from the United Paving Company, which was
recently organized, asking that the assistance
OF the improvement clubs be given to have the
Supervisors authorize the use OF asphalt Tor
street-paving The matter will be laid before
the street committee OF the association for
recommendation.
An auction sale will be held by G. H Umb-
sen & Co. on February l, when the following
property will be offered: The dwelling at
1912 Scott street, lot 25x90, belonging to the
Mary Sloane estate; frame dwelling and lot
% :2x114, at 1858, 1850 and 1862 Twentieth
sstreet, forming part of the Edward Simpson
estate; dwelling and lot 23X60 at Bernard
street, owned by the John F. McMahan estate;
lot 50x100 and cottage at 21 Ripley place, be-
longing to the Martin Dougherty estate; lot
30x150 on the south line of Ripley place,
$50 % west Of Columbia place, sold on account
OF Z. S. Matthews estate; lot 23x75 and i'm
provements at IL Natoma street. the property
the Mary Sheppard estate; an undivided
one third interest in lot 1SOX125 at
Ocean View, owned by the Joseph Clyde
and Pierce streets, 62 :6x137:6 six lots facing
on the north line OF Washington street and
the south line of Jackson, between Cherry
street and First avenue, by order of Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s bank; lot 25 :9x80 OH the north
west corner of O'Farrel and Leavenworth
streets; lot 50xS0, with improvements, at 916,
918 and 920 Harrison street; three-story
dwelling at 215 CIary street; property near
the Six-m1le House; d cottage and lot, 3Ox75,
at 934 Nineteenth street; lots on the south
line of Arm street, east of Mission: two lots,
each 25x137:6. on the south line of McAllister
street, west of Lyon, and lot and tenements at