The San Francisco call., 1897-03-08

street from Folsom street to Potrero avenue
are from two TO six inches above the roadway
and make the street dangerous for traffic and
pedestrians, and the rain has turned the
macadam on the street into red mud and
siush. The property y-owners nave pettioned
the railroad company to remove their unused
tracks that they may repave the street, but
the company has refused thus far to do SO:
The northern and western suburbs OF the
City are at present in course OF evolution. The
Fair extension on the north side OF the City S
being pushed ah cad and when completed Will
add at least 100 acres 10 the Die part
of Sal Francisco. Work on the old Bay Dis
trict racetrack on D street. beyond the Odd
Fellows Cemetery, is progressing, ana beiore
much longer will no doubt be covered with
homes.
The experience of the property-owners in
the San Miguel Rancho in fighting the Noe
heirs in their recent claim TO large por1on
OF the territory promoted them 10 lnlrouuce
the bill in the Legislature compelling any
person who brings suit to quiet title to give
bond for costs and for the passage OF when
they are fighting hard that 1t may hecome
law. The Noe heirs sought to dlsposscss over
$500 people of their homes after being IN
possession for many years. Ihe properly
owners have decided to prevent the bringing
of such suits in future if possible
The members of the Legislature outside OF
San Francisco, it is said, OBJECT to the bill on
the ground that ii would make it very incon-
venient and expensive to those who desire TO
bring bona-fde suits to remove CLOUDS from
titles or finally settle estates, which is often
done by action to quiet title.
Considerable damage has been occasioned
by the recent storm to the streets that nave
been graded and macadamiZed III the neigh
borhood of Ninth avenue and street. Ap-
peals have been made by the property.owners
10 the Supervisors praying for relief, whlch oc-
casioned visit by Mayor Phelan to the dls-
trict during the past week. Sewers are neeced
in many places, but owing to the uncertain
status of the recent survey of the district no
sewer has been constructed.
City officials that paid visit to the district
were eager TO save the streets accepted by the
City, but were confronted with the fact that
sewer must be built to accomplish their des lgn
At the next meeting of the Street Committee
OF the Board of Supervisors the scheme for a
sewer system in the district will be discussed.
The realty belonging 10 the estate of the late
Mrs. Julia Morrison is to be sold at auction on
Wednesday next at the salesroom of Bovee
Toy g. Sonntag. The principal pieces TO pc
disposed of are the premises at 632 and 634
Sacramento street. A Al by 1896. and rent
ing for $210 a month"; aud the lot and inn
proyements, renting At 800 month, at $40
Valencia street In addition there are lots
on LON bard, Fillmore, Greenwich, Chestnut
and Laguna streets ana an interest IN the
Rickett claim.
Charles ]. Campbell will sell at auction on
the 29th instant a line of miscellaneous par
cells of City realty.
list OF residence property will be offered
at auction by Easton, Eldridge d Co. on Tues
day next. 1t includes French flats at 1435.
l437, 1439 and 1441 McAllister street; two
cottages at 2217 and 222l Jackson street; flats
at the southwest corner o: Sacramento and
Walnut streets: flats Mt 444 and 446 Seventh
street; a two-story residence at 1O2O Castro
street; lot on the northeast corner o. Army
and Noe streets; II large lot on the north line
of Twenty-second street. 152 3 east OF Sanchez;
two lots on the west line OF Laguna street, 80
and 90 feet north of Lombard; two lots on
Fifteenth street, near Market; a lotion Twenty
fourth street, near Folsom. and lots at Ash
bury Heights and Ocean View.
George A. Raymond, who has been well
known in the business community of San
Fra n
nection with Shainwald. Buckbee d Co. us
manager of their country land department,
W. G. Griffith has given up his position with
the firm.
Near the town of Famosa, in Kern County,
several owners of large trscts of land adjoin-
ing each other have united in corporation
and adopted a rather novel plan for the i'm
provement and sale of their property.
The prime object OF this association is for
the purpose of uniting their interests in one
large body and cultivating as a wnole the land
in question, subdividtng IL into small tracts
and then selling it off in subdivisions OF few
acres each. While of unu ual advantage 10
all of the individual investors, it is probably
more so to the groCers in the offer made for
the handling and preserving of fruit.
While the land is sold outright the purchaser
has the privilege OF having it taken care OF
and the fruit harvested and preserved by the
association, of which body he becomes men,
Der upon the purchase of his tract. In this
way for the retailer, the expense OF the
grower the Gamer and the wholesaler will,
when figured out, show a big saving over the
usual costs of canned goods.
The uniqueness of the plan OF operation of
this association is that all fruit grown on the
tract by the different owners is preserved be-
fore shipment by canning and drying pro-
cesses. An experienced fruit Gamer and
chardist has been placed in charge of The
preservatory and orchards now p anted, about
500 acres. By this method the owners secure
the com bined growers and Gamers profits
Cor their own benefit, and nonresident own
ers have the same ADVANTAGES of cheapened
cost of production as though the land were
under their own supervision.
Sol Getz & Bro. report the recent sale of the
following property: Lot 5Sx12O feet, SOUTH
west corner street and Ninth avenue, for
$3.50. lot 25x120 feet, east line Tenth avenue,
$50 feet south of X street, for 5000; lot 25x
100 feet, north line California street, 80 6 feet
west Of Twenty-third avenue. for $500; lot 26
x120 feet and improvements. west line Nine
teenth avenue, 1913 feet north of California
street. for $3.50; lot 26x120 feet, west line
Nineteenth avenue, 172 feet north of Califor-
mia street, for $500; lot 25x12O feet west line
Eleventh avenue. $50 feet south of street, for
$500; lot 25x1OO feet, south line street,
1915 feet west of Ninth avenue, tor $500; lot
25x120 feet, west line Filth avenue, 175 feet
north OF Clement street, for $500.