The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
The Plymouth Hotel Sold to Frederick Till
 mann Jr.
A. M. Speck & Go. Consummate Two GOod-Sized Trans
 actions.
w alter s. Dean Disposes of His Stable Property on Geary and Leav-
 enwOrth Streets.


 auspiciously in the real estate world and several large transactions have re- gently been consummated that will have most encouraging tendency on those investors troubled with a timid heart.
 Last Friday afternoon the sale of the property on the northeast corner of Bush and Jones streets, by Louis A. Berteling to Frederick Tillmann Jr., was placed on record. Madison & Burke acted as the brokers in the sale and the price paid was in the region of $60,00G. The property fronts 1876 feet on Jones street and 60 on Bush, the improve ments consisting of the Plymouth Ho- tel, four-story building, and three flats on Jones street, worth about S30,000. The rentals amount to about $550 month.
 Two of the largest of recent sales have been conducted by A. M. Speck & Co., One consists of a lot 137:6x137:6, on the northwest corner of Golden Gate avenue and Steiner street. The improvements consist of eight houses of seven rooms each, with bath and basement. The property was sold by the Sharon Estate Company to Edwin H. Mozart, the milliner at Sixth and Market streets. and the price is given at $45,000, a pure cash transaction. Mozart will make certain improve ments and hold the property as a source of revenue.
 The other large sale conducted by Speck & Co. was of the property on the north line of Ellis street, 55 feet west of Jones. The lot is 52x120 to the rear street and has on it the foundation for an extensive apartment house, costing over $5000. Joseph Hume, the canning man, was the seller, and the buyer was s. l.. Sly, an Oakland speculator. The selling price of the property was about S35, ,000 it being almost a cash trans action. Sly will make extensive inn provementS at once.
 Another good sized sale is of the property on the southeast corner of Geary and Leavenworth streets, by Walter s. Dean, to a customer of ported price of S30,000. The lot fronts 56:6 feet on Geary street and 110 on Leavenworth, and has on it stable with hall above, bringing in a monthly rental of S175.
 Dealers do not predict an immediate appreciation in the values of property for the year on account of the fact that SD property IS HOW OH InS ket, but this will come in time. There is no doubt of the fact that last year was an improvement on the year pre- ceding, so far as the volume of busi- ness transacted was concerned, and the outlook now is very favorable. Build ing improvements have certainly been disappointing, but the reasons for this unfavorable fact have of late disap- peared largely and better news will T. l1r 1.o% o1e
 The inquiry for country property is something tremendous, both for homes and stock ranches which shows that the general upward trend of the mar ket extends over the whole State.
 IN BLACK AND WHITE.
 The records show the number of mortgages for the week 60 be fifty-two, aggregating the sum of $144, ,329. For the same period thirty releases passed to record, amounting to S122,991. The following were the principal mort gages:
 By the Hibernia Bank to Bartolemeo R. Prince, sS000 for one year at 6is per per cent on property on the northeast corner of Fulton and Laguna streets, 55 X1D; same to Francis D. and Mary l.. Griffin, $6000 for one year at 61z per cent on property on the east line of Van Ness avenue. 6S south of Union street 35X125; Humboldt Bank to Annie Vredenburgh, SIS, 900 for one year at per cent on prop erty on the east line of Van Ness ave- nue, GO north of Turk street: Hibernia Bank to Agathe l.. Villegfa, S6000 for one year at 6i5 per cent on property on the north line of Turk street, Sl east Of Stein CT; F. w. M. Lange to Franz B. ", or Frank and Pauline Siebrecht, S6O54 on property on the north line of Vallejo street, 110 east of Larkin; same to Ma thaniel J. Brittan for one year at 619 per cent, on property on the southwest cor ner of California and Davis streets, 13T :6 x137:6; same to Louis, Benjamin and Lil- lie Meyer, Tillie Blumenthal, Becky Wolf. Marie Zobel and Susie Goldberg, $13000 for one year at 6ia per cent on property on the southwest corner of Sixth and Mission streets, 25x75.
 The following releases were for comparatively large sums:
 From the Pacific Loan Association to Isadore s. Alderman. $20 900 on property south of OFarrell street, 3OxlOs; same to Isadore H. Alderman. S20,O00 on same property: Hibernia Bank to Gerhard F. Hanekamp, s1o,oOo on property on the northwest corner of Page and Franklin streets, 110x60; same to John G. w. Schulte. $70e0 on property on the north west corner of Pierce and Haight streets, 137:6x137:6; same to Daniel Scales, S600o on property on the southeast corner of Du- pont and Green streets, 6S:9x64:6: Daniel Meyer to Annie G. w. and Letitia Hen fFH Fe stre street G isfs west % of Ashbury. I iox OK 137:6; Hibernia Bank to Louis A. Bertel- ing, $25, 900 on property on the northeast corner of Bush and Jones streets, COX 127:6.
 UNDER THE HAMMER. The record of last year for auction sales was a good one. The outlook for the pres ent seems to be still better. Three firms have already catalogues for the latter | part Of the month prepared and 1t is likely that several more will enter the arena before the month closes. All those scheduled have been mentioned previous ly in these columns, If the prices offered gre satisfactory there can be little doubt that auction sales will grow to be a spe- cial feature
 RANDOM NOTES
 Nine stores in A. W. Wilson's new building on the southwest corner of Turk and Taylor streets have been leased by A. M. Speck & Co. for terms of three and five years.
 The College of Notre Dame on the east side of Dolores street, north Of Seven teenth. will soon he enlarged by the ad- dition of four-story building, and con- tracts have already been let in the sum of | S39, ,6S1. J. w. Smith will do the carpen- try mill. tin and galvanized iron work | for s23 9SS; the largest of the other con- tracts is for the hot water heating by Holbrook. Merrill & Stetson in the sum of $S,597.
 It Is confidently expected that the new Hall of Justice will be completed some time in the twentieth century. The con- ofo tn m 10 cta fror ,-l-