The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18
REAL ESTATE
MARKET REVIEW
Encouraging Reports Given
Of Sales and Building
Affairs.
Effect Produced in the Interior
by the Good Price of
Wheat.
The Larger Transactions and Auc-
tions-Review of the Records.
Random Notes.


cellent prices now obtainabIe for wheat
and the prospect for fine crop of cereals
and OF citrus fruits, there can be little
doubt that times in this State will soon
start on the up grade at a good rate.
And with good times there never fails 20
come an Improvement in the real estate
line.
One of the most favorable indications is
the fact that when any good piece OF land
is offered for sale some shrewd buyer is
always in the vicinity ready to mesh it.
II the ajority of them did not think that
they can never buy cheaper and that
prices are soon going to advance this
could hardly be true. Wendell Easton
has Just returned from a business trip
through the interior of the State and the
report of this prominent real estate broker
is verv encouraging indeed Of the condl-
ton of affairs in The interior, and espe-
ciaIly of the San Joaquin Valley and the
Southern citrus belt.
That times are improving is positively
shown by the sales of real estate that are
beng made. For instance the Peoples
Home Savings Bank sold recently several
parcels of realty that not single satisfac-
two years until the accepted ones were
made. The bank has also disposed OF a large
tract OF country property which it was forced
TO carry on account OF the poor prices offered
Tor real estate in general
John L. and Ida j. Moody and Z. A. Leigh
have recorded deed conveying South Beach
block 81 to the Standard Oil Company The
property is 240xS25 feet and is bounded by
seventh, Eighth, Irving and Hubbell streets.
Blocks in that locality are worth at the pres
ent time all the way from 10000 to $50, 900,
and although the price is not mentioned in
this transfer 1t is reasona bic, at least to sup
pose that the minimum was received. II is
currently believed that row OF one-story
warehouses are to be built and The property
used Tor storage purposes. The block is pecU-
liarly fitted TO be utilized, he rails OF the
Southern Pacific pass along the SeYenth-street
frontage.
The news in the building line is good Not
only is business property being improved in
this respect, but a number of residence lots
are being improved with handsome and spa
cious structures right along. Several OF the
most important are mentioned elsewhere in
these columns.
REVIEW OF THE RECORDS.
During the past week seventy-seven mort
cages passed to record, agGregating the sum
of $164, 16l. At the same time forty releases
were recorded the sum total being 500, ,467
The f)llCwinE were the principal mortgages;
BY the Hlbernia Bank to Catherine L.
Hickey, 5000 at 81 per cent on property on
the south line OF California street. ea st of Bat
terry, 27 :6x9l g feet; by the California Title
Insurance and Trust Company 10 Robert and
Agnes Dalziel, $l5, 900 for one year at 612 per
cent on properly on The southeast lire OF Mis-
sion street nor tneast of Twen iy-second, II AK
so feet; by the Hum boldt Bank to Charles B.
F. and Mary l. Scho, S4400 until February IL,
1899, at per cent on all OF block TO- West
End Map 2, and properly on corner Sherman
and Wyoming streets; Zoe street near Bry-
ant, and Fifteenth street, near Church;
by he HibernIa Bank TO Wilhelmine or Nina
Stroeken, John G. w. SHhulIe and Wilhelmine
per cent OH properly on the west line of Frank
lin street. ortn OF Page, 60x100; by he Cali
fornia FILE Insurance and Trust ompany, 10
Emllv +. and I. B. Currier, $4,000 for one year
al 61a per cent on property ou the southwest
corner OF Clay and Maple streets, 1877 ok
127:S4; by the same to o. d. Baldwin, $4,000
Tor one year az per cent Oh property the
southeast corner OF Clay and Maple streets,
137 :6x127 81 by the same to Adolph and Dina
Ei-enbach, $4,000 Tor two years at 81 per cent
on property on southwest corner OF Union and
Laguna streets. 81 :6X100 feet; ny the same to
R. C. and Mary de X. Foute, $500 for one
year at 81 per cent on property on the west
line of cough street, north OF Sacramento,
27:6xl06:3 feet; by Hibernia Bank to First
English Lutheran Evangelical Church. $1,000
for two years at 612 per cent on property on
south line of Geary street. east of Octavia,
55X120 feet; by Louis Metzger to +. H. Eich-
baum, $500 for one year at per cent on
property on northwest corner of Devils adero
and Waller streets, 40x100 feet; Ly tue
Hibsruia Bank 10 +. 5. Clprlco, $4,000 for one
year at 81 per cent on property on sou tn line
of Oak street, west OF Masonic avenue, so :3x
137 Is feet; by the Safety Mutual Building and
Loan ASSocia ton TO James a aud Mary J. Nc
Cormick, $4,000 for six years at per cent on
property on south line of Twenty first street,
east of Castro, 50x114 feet
The following releases were for compara.
lively large sums:
From La Socieie Franchise to Letiha W.
Judson, $4,000 on property on south line of
1872 80; Thomas E, John F. and George W.
duff 10 Mary NJ. Pfeiffer, $4,000 on property on
north line of Fifteenth street, west of Julian
avenue, 25X95; Horace &. Platt TO Jere ].
Drlscoil, $1,000 on property on north line of
Sutter street, west of Broderick, 81 :6x110;
Hibernia Bank to Sarah Z. Hendricks, $4,000
on property on south line of Liberty street,
west of Guerrero, S0x114; same TO Florence
7. Savage, $12. $50 on property on west line
of Powell street, north of O'Farrell 21:1015x
70; German Bank to Jacob Gordan, $1,000 on
property on southwest line of Seven tn street,
northwest OF Mlnna; same 10 William and
Adaline Harris, S4S00 on property on north
line OF Twenty-ftth street, east of Castro, 55x
ia.
BUILDING CONTRACTS.
The following contracts for building I'M
provements were recorded during the week:
Hos pital for Children, ETC., with Daniel
Sweeney. three-story brick on northwest cor
ner OF Mamie and California streets, north
1927, west 81 IS, ETC., for 1872.
I. A Berming nam with K Fahy, inside fin
ish on north line of Hancock street (No. 54),
for 500.
on west line of Harper street, 1875 south OF
Tnirti~th, south 35x100, for $500.
NJ Harmulh with q. Peterson. two-story
frame on west line of Maple street, 1902 81
north OF Sacramento, north 25x137:6 IS, Tor
$3.50
Catherine Sullivan with A. de Lair, altera-
tion of cottage into two flats on north line
of Twentv-fourth street, 130 eet east OF Cas-
tro east 25x114, for $4,000.
George IL Burnett (cwner) with John Fur
ness (contractor), James E. Wolfe (architect),
carpenter work, etc, for n three-story and
ba semenr brick building on north line of Turk
street, rs west OF Mason, fol 1858.
Sarah A. Lauson, owner, with Allan de Lair,
contractor, F. b. Wood architect, TO erect a
two-story frame building the east line of
Capp street, 80 north OF Twenty-tourth;
$3395.
Hyman Brothers Company, owner, with B.
F Ellis contractor, Percy Hamilton, architect,
alterations and additions to a four-story brick
bnildlng on the west line OF Third street, b.
tween Market and Mission, A Third street;
$4321.
r. g. Cockrill, owner. with w. Hyde, con-
tractor. 10 erect a twc-story frame building on
west line OF Broderick street, 105 i south OF
Sacramento; $2700
Charles H huffman with Thomas H. Day e.
SONS. TO erect d dwelling house on west line OF
Bnchanan street, 1877 Is north OF Broadway,
north % :6x9l :6 Ior the sum OF S4550, vii
bon6 for Sl137 so; James A Wilson and !. Nc
LachlaD, surelles ,,..
= n Fell with W +. Kenny to build cottage,
with rough basement, on the west line of Third
eyenue. $50 feet south of Lake street, west
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