The San Francisco call., 1898-06-29
LARGE SALES A NOVELTY
SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT PER CEPTIBLE IN BUILDING.
A General Review of the Records, New Building Contracts, Re cent Sales and Other
 Notes.

The lapse of a week has done little, if anything, toward improving its character istic dullness and the threatened stagna- ton of few months ago seems now to be a reality. The only department that seems to have any indication or sem blance of life, whatever is the building Numerous contracts were awarded during the past week, many of them involving d larger value than the usual.
 The number of large mortgages IS still on the increase, the record Of the past week involving an aggregate or nearly $500 900, while the number of releases and reconveyances is still correspondingly smaller.
 REVIEW OF THE RECORDS. three rec m mortgages and trust deeds recorded; amounting to s26O. 7OS. For the same pericd forynine releases and reconEexanGoes s5g ne passed The principal mortgages and trust deeds are as follows: By Antoine Borel to Ruffino hundred block. 3s7. situated on the northwest erly line of Bryant go feet northeast or Set- enth northeast 92:6 by northwest 2l5 on the easterly line of Sanchez. 200 feet south of rhir- tieth, south 50 by east 125, block 26, FaiI1nount ciety to George W. McNear s45,OOo for one year at 61a per cent on property in the 5O-Vara block 54 situated on the easterly line f Mon-- gomery street, s7:6 feet north of Pine, north 40 by east l37:6; by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society to Peter E. Donnelly, S9O00, for one year at s1k per cent on property in West ern Addition block 1S4 situated on the south erly line of Pacific. 2I:6 feet east Of Laguna, east GO by south 122:2i5; by Mary A. Bailey to Daniel D. Callaghan S60, 900 for four years at l-S per cent year, on four descrlPtIons cisco Theological Seminary to the Westminster Presbyterian Society of San Francisco, Sl4O0O Western Addition block 2S9, situated on the southeast corner Of Nebster ana Faee' east 72:6 by south 1876.
 The principal releases and reconVeyances were recorded follows:
 From the dd HbePnia nd saynsS g ana Fre oa9 s 600 on property situated in the 50-vara block l2Z, situated on the easterly line of stockton street, 1l3:6 feet north of Ellis; from the German ana Savings Loan Society to Mary and Louis Jun ker. Sl3,000 on property in the Western Ad- dition block 224, situated on the southeast cor ner of McAllister and Buchanan, east 55 by south 120 from the German Savings and Loan SlO OOO on property in the Western Addition block 505, situated on the northwest corner of Geary and Devisadero, west 100 by north l25; from the Savings and Loan Society to Fannie NJ. William and Fannie L. Rabe, sl2. 500 on ted respectively on the southerly line of Clay, 60 feet west of Montgomery, west 50 by, by south h Wetmore place, west PAS by north 60
 NEW BUILDING CONTRACTS.
 Northerly line of Seventeenth. 27O west of Castro west 26 by north 1601 by southeast @ b@udnF% % o%ner S%qvn Mrs F R. " Manne me archis tect, NJ. J. Lyon; contractor, George Elder; Fifteenth and De Haro-Alterations and con structions in connection with new north wing to present building; owner, sanitary Reductlon siz35i 35HS' ''''''' tions to present building and the erection of g. new stable; owner Edward Leopold; archi- tect and contractor V. R. Grant; cost, Slo25 Concrete, stone and brick work, cement, iron, terra cotta, cast and wrought iron excava- owners F. and A. Baruch; architects, Percy & Hamilton; contractors, Peacock & Butcher cost S1o 600.
 Southwest corner of Clement and Ninth ave- nue, yves 326 by south 1O0-All work except dwelling and stable; owner, Frank de Cur toni; architect. w. H. Armitage; contractor, A. Dahlberg; cost. s326O.
 Fourteenth-All work except painting. mantcls shades and gas fixtures for one-story frame building; owner. Hugh Cavanagh uIhitect J. T. Kidd; contractors, Johnson & Secor; ccst Southerly line of Pacific, sixty feet east of Bartlett alley, south 57:1h by east 25:6-All work for a two-story brick building; owner Bartholomew Brignoli; contractor, D. Straub Westerly line of York. 25O feet north of Twen- ty-second north g by west 100-All work ex- cept mantels, chandeliers and shades for alter ations and additions to g frame dwelling
 Chenery and Palmer-Two-story frame cot tages; owner. architect and contractor, A. Christensen; cost s32o0.
 Westerly line of Michigan, between rwen- tieth and Twenty-frst, 100 feet from Twentieth. 50 by 75-RepaiTs to partly burned portion of the Union Hotel; owner Mrs l.; Schultze; ar
  Northwest corner of Post and Laguna, north 50 by west 62:6-PlumbinG, sewers etc, for a three-story frame building; owner, Mrs. Rose Kahn; architect, J. J Laferme s9i9a contractors, Schanz & Grundy; cost. $1l79.
 OUT OF TOWN.
 A high school and library building is to be erected at San Rafael at an estimated cost of Sacramento-yYarden AuI of the Folsom Prison has been authorized to have a chapel and assembly hall erected according to She specifications forwarded to the prison directors months ago
 PaIo Alto-Plans have been accepted for Ire campus and bids for the erection of sarue will be opened about the middle of July The esti- mated cost Of the buildings is s2So coo.
 Petauma-Camm & Ackermann have been awarded the contract for building warehouse structure will be 60xl92 and there will be an addition 4sx4s building will be of wood.
 Bakersfeld-Trustees of Beardsley School District have called a special tax election fo1 July G. It Is proposed to raise @ Sl209 to be used improving school grounds.
 Golton-A. G. Stearns intends to build and equip large large packing IShas oEsY house and s.vn,+, street report the following sales: House and lot on Bancroft way, Berkeley, to Mrs. Hanna
 Lot in Scenic Tract. Berkeley, to Mary E Moore, sToO.
 Tract. to Fannie l. Springsteen. 5000.
 Three lots in Snyder Homestead Tract Berkeley, to Charles Gamble and Warrer 'ra'eS' s''V' RANDOM NOTES.
 H. E. Poehlman, c' estate agent, has re moved his office to the Clunie building, 50; California street
 Alexander Forbes Oakley the architect, ha. removed from his office in the Johnson build ing to room 67 Of the Flood building.
 The finishing work for the reception of the done by Mahoney Brothers, the carpenters.
 Mrs Henry Falk, formerly Miss Edith D Solomon, has purchased the residence and lo at 2707 Jackson street from Julius Radston. Th' lot is 27:6 by 127:sA, and the price paid wa. sl0OOo Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. were tht
 Extensive repairs are being made to St Vincent's Church in Vallejo, which was dam aped by the earthquake. A great part of the tower has been torn down and is being recon strrlcted and the brick cornices and pinnacle: being replaced by Thomas J. Welsh, the ar chitect' with galvanized Iron. all tightly bound John l., Bellani has declared s5o0o homestead m the southeast corner of Maple and Sacra HienSI HaII,e and Thomas w Rollet have aban 5onad their homestead the north side o Tonohard street 1876 east of Fillmore. anC Charlotte M Haynes her homestead rights or thn east side of Taylor street. T:6 south o Clay s h, .ho r,o,..a c,- oonarning the sale by the estate of Charle: G Soiir Tarriij to F E Heethal of the premises or &ba southwest corner of Valencia and Hermann streets, for s36 GOO. ., |,
 Confrmatory action has also been taken 1T the sale by the estate of Anna Giusti to H. Tte Tiovd for sf0OO0 of the property on tht .outbaasf corner of Hilbert and Leavenwortf