The San Francisco call., 1899-12-23

S% EAL estate continues active. and
II all brokers report a growing in
lN quiry for good investment prop
y " critics. While large sales have
been comparatively few during
the past week there are a number of big
deals on the verge of being consummated,
and the ratification of agreements for the
transfer of several large pieces of prop
erty may be announced almost any day.
One thing that has had a tendency to re-
tard the closing of a number OF deals is
the desire of seller or purchaser not to
daily with serious business until after the
holidays. The last two or three months
have been very prosperous for real estate
men, and have more than redeemed the
lethargy of the summer and early fall
The largest, in fact the only large trans
actions of the week are embraced in the
purchase on behalf of the Crocker heirs
of two valuable pieces of adjoining prop
erty located near the water front. The
purchases were made in the names of
Henry T. Scott and c. E. Green, trustees,
and include the fifty-vara Meyer lot on
the southeast corner of First and Mission,
for which $129,5O was paid. and the ad-
joining fifty-foot lot on First street, ex-
tending through to Fremont street. a
depth of 275 feet. II. Z. Bothin was the
seller of the latter piece and the price
paid was $50 900. This is the same prop
erty that was last week reported to have
been purchased by Irving NJ. Scott The
negotiations were conducted by Shain-
wald Buckbee & Co.
90. D. Baldwin & Son have sold the lot,
S1:3x10O. and improvements on the soutn-
east corner of Sacramento and Scott
streets for S25 The seller was Mrs.
Agnes Holt, but the name of the pur-
chaser is not disclosed. Other recent sales
made by the same firm are as follows:
Lot on the west line of Broderick street,
75 feet south of Hayes, 25X96:l0. for $3.50,
Andrew j. Soule TO Richard d. Nichols,
lot on the south side of Chestnut street
6S:9 feet east of Polk, east 6s:9X1S7:6 5000;
southwest corner OF Devisadero and Sac
rssmento streets, 26:7Xll0, $500; three lots
on the north side of Lake street, S2:6 feet
west of Twenty fifth avenue, 75x10S $1725.
Sol GetZ * Bro. report the following re-
cent sales: 100XlO0 on the west line of
Forty-third avenue, 100 feet south OF ]
street. for $500; 25Xl20 on the east line of
Thrty-fifth avenue, 100 feet north of X
street, for $3.50; 25Xl20 on the west line of
Forty-fifth avenue, 100 feet south OF l
street, for S175; 50X120 on the east line of
Tenth avenue. $50 feet south of l. street,
for 1920: 25Xl20 on the west line OF Twen-
ty-third avenue, $50 feet north of Clement
street. for $500; 75xlOO on the north line of
California street, 40 feet west of Twenty
first avenue, for $500; 50xl20 on the west
line of Ninth avenue, 6S feet north of y
street, for Sll00 50x100 on the north line
of L street. 57:6 feet west Of Ninth ave-
nue., for 1890; 25x1O0 on the northwest line
OF Athens street, $50 feet northeast OF
Persia avenue. for 5000; 25xl25 on the south
line of Minerva street. 125 feet east of
Capitol avenue, for $l25; 50xlO0 on the
southeast line Of Athens street. 100 feet
northeast of China avenue, with improve
ments, for $50.
James L. Wolfe. proprietor of the
Building News and Record. is being con-
graduated on his good fortune in having
saved from destruction all his records,
subscription books and accounts on the