The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-12
Outlook of the Mar
ket for the Future.
RECORD OF OCTOBER SALES
EXTENT OF VARIOUS PLEDGES
FOR THE PAST MONTH.
a. Glance at the Records, New Build
ing Contracts, Recent Sales
and General Random
Notes.

ana G6n6Ta1 HduQOIu
Notes.
Real estate at the commencement of
November indicated a slight Improvement
on the general sluggish condition of the
market, which has been its main charac-
teristic almost for a year past. mas
much as it has begun well, it is certain
the month will close with a brighter hope
for the future in realty. Although there
have been no exceptionally large sales
negotiated, nevertheless, the increased
number indicates clearly that the valua-
ton on sales is steadily increasing. Ac-
cording to Thomas Magee & Sons Real
Estate Circular, the sales for the month
of October in number amounted to rs
and in value to 1904 051.
Although this record falls considerably
below that for the same month in the
previous year, it cannot be taken consist
emily as criterion that the market is
depreciating. The present year has been
fraught with nothing but absolute lack
of progression, and considering this tact
the record of sales for the month Of Oc-
tober is considered large and an encour-
aging proof that realty is on the upward
instead of the downward trend.
According to the authority of the real
this impression is erroneous, although the
majority of bankers concede it to be a
fact. They claim that the monthly sales
are the best test Of judging the exact con-
dition of the real estate market. II they
do not increase it is utterly futile, they
claim, to say that the real estate Hdlhel
is improving.
The number of mortgages for the past
month amounted to 300, with an aggregate
value of $675, 1868. The releases ana recon-
VeVanceS numbered in the RECORDS AuU,
with a total value of $500 ,156. Inc largest
number of both releases and mortgages
was taken by private individuals. Inc
aggregate pledge assumed amounted 70
S2I475S Releases from various pledges
on property were valued at $2l6,fo2.
REVIEW OF THE RECORDS.
During the past week there were n a!.
mortgages and trust deeds recorded' amount mt
ing to aggregate value Oh SoOo,ooo I oI IIie
same period thirtyeight releases ana recol1T ,S
ances passed TO record in the total sum Oh s+|o
S54. 80. zza oua
The principal mortgages and trust deeds are
as follows: BY the Humboldt savings anu anu
Loan Society to Frank q. Norman, $1,000 for
years at 612 per cent on properly IN MS
of Valencia and Twentieth streets, north 1ol;O
by west 100; by LIE Grand Morehouse TO wa
liam = swift $500 for one year at 612 per cent
l n nronePty in western Addition block 21l, sit
uated on the northwest corner OF OAK anu ~ ~
tavia streets, west $50 by north "A; ny Tue
Mutual Savings Bank to Frederick b. anu ,:
NJ HuIting $1,000 for year at Ga per cent
on property in 5O-vara block 1ss, situated on
of Eddy, north rs by east 1875; by Michael
Flood trustee for Willie and Katie Keller un-
der the will of Jacob s. Beideman, To Goioeii
State Land Company, So 900 for one year and
eight days at Z per cent on property IN West
ern Addition block y, situated on tne nortH
west corner of Broadway and Larkln street;
by E. b. Pond and II. c. Campbell, trustees OF
the San Francisco Savings Union 10 LudoViGa NJ.
Bigelow $4,000 on property N eo-Vata ptot .h
165 and 1877. situated respectively on the 4oIln-
erly line or Bush street, 1876 east OF Mason,
east SIG by north 1876. and the westerly Hhe
of Stockton street 81 g south of Clay; by Jo-
seph Goetz to Lee Chong and Chong sing CheW'
s25 600 on property in 50-vara block 1l5, STU
ated on the northwest corner of Clay and Du-
pont streets. north 81 by west 60; by Henry r
Allen and Christian de Guigne, trustees OF the
Union Trust Company to Alvinza and Charity
Hayward $50, 600 on property IN one hundred
blocks s52 and 4l2 5O-vara block 124, Mission
biocL o. Western Addition blocks 100 and 1877
and 50-vara block IT'S. situated respectively on
the southeasterly line of Brannan street lSl;e
northeast of Second. northeast 1876 to Japan
and southeast 137 e; easterly corner of Brannan
and Eighth streets, northeast 206:3 by south,
Stockton streets, west to Powell, north 10
North Point. east to Stockton and south 10
Bay; on the southeasterly line of Market and
easterly line of Dolores, south "a, east $50,
north S2:S%, northwest 72:4A and southwest
IT'S; on the northwesterly corner of Van Ness
avenue and Lombard street, north 271.52 to line
of Lagoon lot 20, southwest along said line
45o,60 south 24.44 to southwesterly line OF ., La
COON lot Is, southeast along said line 15.Ss TO
Lombard east S76S7; on the southerly line of
Lombard street, S1:3 east Of Laguna; east $50,
south 100. east 3l;S, north on, east lOe:S' north
Is west 70. north 100; the northeast corner
of Taylor anG Bay streets. north 2l5 east 1875,
south T7:6, east 1871 ;6. south 1876 and west 2I5.
The principal releases and reconveyances were
recorded as follows: From F. Heffernan to
Frank CT. and Anna NJ Norman. s12, 900 on prop
erty situated the northwest corner of Va
lencia and Twentieth streets, north 1915 by
west 100; from the Savings and Loan Society
to Henry Fischer. s2S, 600 on two pieces of prop
erty in 50-vara block 223 situated on the north
erly line of Geary street. 62S east of Jones,
Savings Union to Ludovica NJ. Bigelow $4,000
property in 50-vara block 165.
NEW BUILDING CONTRACTS.
Northerly line of Jackson street, $50 feet
west of Larkin, west % by north 127:S1a-All work
for S-story frame building; owner, H. Galley;
architect, II. Godart; contractor. L. B. Per-
Northeriy line OF Seventeenth street, 145 feet
east of Folsom, east rs by north 1O0-AII work
ing; owner. the St Nicholas Laundry Com
pany; contractor. F. w; Kern; cost. $3.50.
streets, east SO by north 105-All work. in
Guiding improvements for a 2-story frame build
msfbe oWne Contractor s Rpch cost so oss
Southwest corner of Dwight street and San
Bruno avenue, west 90 by south 100-Au work
for a 1-story frame dwelling; owner, F II.
Dieckman; contractor, L. Medus; cost, $1,000.
Westerly line of Larkin street. 80 feet north
of Sacramento, north 30 by west 7S-Plumb-
ing, sewers, gas fittings, etc, for 9-story
frame building owner, George w. Harris;
architects, Shea & Shea; contractor, II. Will
hanson Company; cost, S1024.
Northeast corner of Greenwich street and
Jansen alley. east 31:71s by north 496-Al work
for alterations and additions to a 2-story frame
building; owners, A. & T. Schabagne; archi-
tect j. Godart; contractor, P. A. Antonelle;
cost. $276S
Easteriy corner of Mnna and Seventh streets
All work for a 2-story and q 3-story frame
building; owner. Thomas G. Taylor; architects.
Martens & Coffey; contractor, ]. b. Gonyeau;
cost, S1O,147.
Easterly line of Chattanooga street 129 feet
south of Twenty-f1rst, south rs by east 125-
All work except brick work for 2-story frame
residence; owner George Towns architect. W.
w Kendall; contractor, w. Plant; cost, 1920.
RECENT SALES.
The firm of Baldwin & Howell report the fol-
lowing recent sales: Lot rs by 1868, and i'm
provements on the southeast corner of Sacra-
mento and Lyon streets $450O lot and i'm
provements on the eastery line of Vicksburg
street. 1916 feet north of Twenty-third 1876
by 1176. $3.50; lot on the westerly line OF Cole
street 100 feet north of Frederick street, IS by
1884, s1700; lot and Improvement on the north
east corner of Hyde and Delgado streets. % by
626 $3.50; lot and two flats, 20 by S7:6, on the
southerly line of Page street, S7:6 feet west of
Lasuna. s6250; lot on the southeast corner of
Stevenson and Brady streets, 50:6 by sc, $4,000;
lot and four-room cottage the westerly line
of Vermont street $50 feet north of Twentieth,
$3.50; lot the westerly line of Central ave-
nue., 101 feet north of Jackson, % by 100, 1920;
lot and improvements on the southerly line of