The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
Building Record for Fe b. ruary Shows an Im-
 provement.
Sellers Not Now So Eager to Dispose of Property as
 Formerly.
Claus Sprecke1s Purchases Country Lands-The Records, Auctions,
 Sales and Notes.


 tie changed. If anything sellers are not so eager to dispose of property as a few months ago. but dealers report the difficulty of getting buyer and sell Ter together as having but slightly de- creased According to Magee's Real Estate Circular the total sales of last sum of $704,007.
 | In building the prospects seem to grow brighter. The record for last month was higher than for the month of February in any year since 1892.
 IN BLACK AND WHITE.
 The following were the principal | mortgages and trust deeds recorded during the week:
 | By the German Bank to the Freie | Deutsche Gemeinde von San Francisco, i s9000 for one year at z per cent, on prop erty in 50-vara lot 196, on north line of 1 O'Farrell, 103:11a west of Mason, west 34:4z by north 1876; by the trustees Of Annie A. Montgomery to ChIstiana H. s. and Emelia w. c. Wetzemann, S12,OOO for | two years at 712 per cent, on property In 1 50-vara block G, on the northeast corner 1 of Jackson and Drumm, east l2, north 40, west 20, north 20, west 52, south 60; by the Mutual Bank to Florence M. Keane, Slz,- l 800 for one year at 612 per cent, on prop
 
 northeast corner of Page and Buchanan, east, 65 by north l2o; by the Hibernia Bank to William Wolf, s214,4o for one yera yer h block & g ss5, ea on the e south corner of Sixth and Howard, southeast 105, by southwest 80. in Western Addition block i Franklin north 6:6. west G:6. north 25, east S:6; north 25, west 137:6, south 137:6, east, 1876. in 5o-vara block z55, on the | S.6 hV south 5O in Western Addition. block l54. on the northeast corner of Ellis and Octavia, north 120 by east 1926, In Western Addition block $12, on the 1 Webster streets, south 27:6 by west S1;3, i in 50-vara block 226. on the south line of Ellis, 1876 east of Jones, east 55 by south 1 the southwest corner of Buchanan and Fulton, south SIS, west 11l:6, south 32:6, vest esI.: 26: north p, l2o east 1S7;s, in Western 12o by north 165, in Western Ad- north 95, in Western Addition block 203. on the southeast corner of OFarrell and | Laguna, east 50 by south 90; by the Cali ! fornia Title Insurance and Trust Com pany to Anna J. Kittredge. s10 900 for one vara block 542, on the northeast line of First. 275 northwest of Folsom. northwest 1 60, northeast 1876, northwest 90, northeast ! 40, southeast 90, southwest 177:6; by the Humboldt Bank to Ruby A. Root, $17 ,500 erty in 5O-vara block 252. on the northwest corner of Jones and Geary, west 37:6 by north S7:6; by the Hibernia Bank to Ivy Kellett and Dora c. Brown twife of H Brown), $l4. 300 for one year at 611 per cent on property in 100-vara block 393 on the northwest line of Mission, 230 south west of Sixth, southwest 45 by northwest
 The following releases and reconvey. ances were for comparatively large
 From the German Bank to Babete and l Conrad Weller, s10, ,275, on property in fifty-vara block 309, on the northwest cor ner of Hyde and Post streets, west 6S:s | by north 37:6; from the Humboldt Bank i to Sophia A. and George H. c. Becke- dorff, 10000, on property in 100-vara block | Sixth streets, northwest 75 by southwest l 30, and on the west corner of Folsom and Russ. streets, southwest 50 by northwest l 100; from Henriette Brand (by attorney | to Adolph Eisenberg, S14 800 on property in Western Addition, block S09. on the south line of Post, S7;6 west ,of. Webster block 250, on the north line of Sutter, 161 east of Leavenworth, east 22:115 by north 1876; from the Hibernia Bank to Wash ington I. Taylor, s24,oOO on property in 5o- vara block 33, on the west line of Battery 9241a south of Pacific, south 113:1012 by west 1876 by north 6S:9 by west 47:6 by north 40:112 by east 1S5.
 WHERE CASH IS RULER.
 The Rancho Tequisquito, near Giroy, a part of the Miller Lux estate, has been purchased by Claus Spreckels through A s. Mcdonald of Oakland. The transfer is one of the largest made in California | for years, as the property consists ot 10000 acres. From what has been said by others it is believed Mir. Spreckels will devote the land he has bought to the culture of sugar beets. Both parties to the transaction refuse to reveal the pur- l chase price.
 Through Hooker & Lent Edward Phil i inS has sold JOSanh RnSapvaiey ha nf 25:9x137:6, with three flats al 1615-17-1s I Post street for reported price of s11 ,000
 J. V. Lawrence has bought the lot, 57: :6x S7:6. with three two-story houses. on the north line of Eddy. street, 55 east of Polk i from Mrs. Keans for s15,e00
 r Through Bovee' Toy & sonntag Marie land near Sunol. Alameda County. for slS,000. Ninety-two acres are in fruit and the remainder in grain.
 Sales of the lot, 27:6x127:S, on Jackson i street. near Scott. for $2550, and of the 1 lot, 25x106:3, on Cole street near Haight for s2325, are reported by H. E. Poehl-
 UNDER THE HAMMER
 At Madison & Burke's auction sale of last Thursday the highest bid obtained for the Grove street Theater property on streets, fronting 170 feet on Grove and 1876 on Polk. was s45,00o. Lot 102x10e with improvements. fronting on Van Ness avenue. McAllister street and Lo- i cust avenue. was bid in at s4025.
 AS advanced prices have been offered in | private 1t is unlikely that the bids will l be submitted for Probate Court approval
 Umbsen & Co. held an auction sale of real estate yesterday. The catalogue con- 1 sisted of offerings on probate account and l sales are therefore subject to conf1rma- | tion. Details as follows: Flats Nos. 270- l 272 Lexington avenue. north of Twentieth i street 25xS0, $500; cottage No. 209 Dia- mond street south of Nineteenth renting l for Sl1 month. 35x64, s1200: No. 22S Clara street, west of Fifth. renting for s15 a month. 2o1sxsO,. $500; No; 21a1 Mission street south of Seventeenth. comprising l stores halls. etc. 50x245 feet to Capp l street S15, ,25o: store and flat No. 252 Fourth street north of Folsom street, renting for s65 a month 25xS0 $S300: flats No. 1309- l 13091b Lyon street, north of Geary, 571sx | 2011a s4300: lot forming the southwest cor | ner of Golden Gate avenue and Baker street, s71zx97, 5000.
 BY THE CARRIER PIGEON. Daniel Einstein. the builder, is erecting | two houses on Lyon and Oak streets, tc 1 cost S7000: also a cottage on Fulton street l near Lyon. to cost $2000. The same 1 builder is preparing plans for a house of 1 three flats on Bush street to cost $6500 and for two dwellings near the park, to | cost SS000.
 McDougall Bros. are preparing plans 1 for a three-story and basement brick l building on Steuart and East streets, al 1 a cost of $40 900.