The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
IN THE REAL
 ESTATE WORLD Lately the Market Has Taken Its Cue From
 Sleepy Hollow. A Few Large Deals Break the Monotony to Some Ex-
 tent.
Six-Story Structures on Third anc Stevenson Streets-The Records,
 Sales and Notes.

Affairs in the real estate line are | nearly at a standstill. Only now ana then Is the Sleepy Hollow effect de- stroyed by transaction of any partic- ular importance. Buyers for some un- explained reason seem to hang back The building record for the week was poorer than the week preceding. SeV- eraI large deals are being engineered by few brokers, but they experience considerable trouble in their consum- nation.
 TOLD BY THE RECORDS.
 The number of mortgages and deeds of trust recorded during the week was smaller than usual. The only mortgage of $S5 900 for one year at per cent, made by the German Bank to Ellen and George $. Fife on property in 5O-vara block 95, on the northwest corner of Pine and kearny streets, north 72:6 by west 45:5. One trust deed in the sum of s2,000 900 was executed by the California Northwestern Railway 200O bonds of 5000 each, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, on the railroad, rights of way, depot grounds, rolling stock. etc. of the rail road company. The releases and recon veyanceS were all for small sums.
 HomeSteadS were declared as follows: By Charles M. Stoltz, upon the southwest corner of Eighth avenue and California street, $4000; Emile Luttr1nger, upon the north line of Eighteenth street, 2O2:1OA east of Guerrero. $2150; Oracle T. Dietz line of Twenty-second street, 255 west of Sanchez $3000. M. V. Thomas has abandoned his homestead on the property on the north line of McAllister street, S1:6 west of Parker avenue.
 SOME REGENT SALES.
 Julius Platshek has sold Mrs. Jane Reilly the lot, 40x87:6, with four-story building, on the northwest corner or Leavenworth and Eddy streets, for s85,- 900. The building contains two stores and a lodging-house and rents for $4O0 a
 Mrs. Gaston Ashe has disposed of the Bolado property on the north line Of Sut- ter street. 37:6 east of Mason, for about $25 900. Miss Isabella Levy was the pur- chaser. The lot is 50xS2:6 and has on 1t two houses.
 The suburban residence of Louis B. Parrott now in Europe, situated at San Rafael, has been sold to E. w. Mccarthy, Seven of the thirty-five acres are in gar den and on the land are commodious res- idence, stables, etc. Bovee, Toy & Sonn- tag were the brokers.
 enbaum has sold to Edward Diak the lot 135:4s4 xS5:6, with ten flats, on the east line of Hoff avenue, between s1z Sl9teenth Sd0 ana Seventeenth streets, for $15,000.
 The Mccarthy Company has recently finished four more small homes in the Fruitvale Terminal tract, near Fruitvale to T. F. MediciS. The same company is building five new houses in Sunnyside, and reports the sales of several lots and three four-room cottages.
 RANDOM NOTES.
 By order of the executors of the estate of Joseph Gordon, deceased, Grim & Co. are offering for sale the property belong ing to the estate on the corner of Ellis and Glasgow streets. Bids are subject to the approval of the Probate Court.
 The bid of $42, 900 made by David Rich for the Moxley property, on the corner of has been refused and his deposit returned.
 For $3S00 Darby Laydon & Co. have se- cured the contract for constructing a wharf 275X60 feet, at the foot of Hyde
 On Third street, from the south corner of Stevenson to the Winchester House, having a frontage of 130 feet, the depth being 60 and 75 feet. the three owners will erect three six-story brick buildings, at an aggregate cost of $135, ,O00 David Keil, whose lot, 60x60, adjoins the Winchester House, has already had plans drawn for a structure of granite and brick. to con- tain three stores and a 160-room lodging house, at cost of about $5000O. F. and corner of Stevenson street. have had plans prepared for a $60 900 structure. Charles Meyer, who owns the intervening lot 25x75, on Third street. will erect a s25,00O building. KeiIs premises have all ready been leased through A. J. Rich 6. Go. to Edward Rolkin for ten years for $S4 GOO.
 J. P. Pichon will build a two-story frame structure, to cost $6000, on the east line of Octavia street. south of Me- Allister.
 Mrs Elizabeth A. McCord has had de- signs prepared for three flats on the north line of Fell street, between Lott and Masonic avenue. The cost will be SS000.