The San Francisco call., 1899-06-10
NEWS OF THE REALTY WORLD.


There have been no unusually large sales
reported during the week just ended, but
nevertheless it is known that several big
deals have been practically consummated
and others are only awaiting the prepara-
ton of the deeds before being given to the
public One deal involving about 800 600
has been closed, but the deeds have not
been delivered, owing to the necessity of
securing the signature Of one of the own
ers, who is at present travelling in China.
The document has been forwarded to him.
valuable piece of property on OFar-
rell street is also reported to have been
sold for something like $4,000, but while
the report comes from good authority the
deed has not yet been signed. Business
in small outlying residence property con-
tinues fairly satisfactory, and nearly all
the architects report plenty OF orders,
which would seem to indicate a busy sea-
son for the building trades. Inc sudden
falling of in real estate deals lmmedi-
ately after the recent furry IS explained
by the following article which appears in
the MAY number of the San Francisco
Real Estate Bulletin, published by
Thomas Magee & Co., Just out:
The Improvement in real estate sales
and prices, which began after the
heavy rains of March, has received a
decided check This check is due to
the fact that owners of business prop
critics have been sent up into the sky
of high prices by solicitors, who prom
ised them the most eXtraVagahI prices
for their property if they would only
give it to them for sale. In no case
have these promises been realized, but
their effect just the same. mas peen
to arrest transactions and make buy-
ers keen their money in their pockets.
There have been more tranSacuonS
lately in residence property, Paclnc
Heightsward than in business prop
critics. Sales have been duIl IN other
dwelling portions of the city west
ward. Mission property OF all xmas Is
very dull of sale. There is some IN
ouirv for factory and warehouse prop
critics. but at low prices only. The to-
tal number of sales last month was
only 294, of the value of $1,l3I,S23
The report that a syndicate has been
formed to erect mammoth noIel puliyilS :
on the Baldwin Hotel site is believed 10
be true by many brokers, but until some
thing more definitely known there VIII
be found plenty of doubters. That some
such solution Of the question OF the dlS-
posal of the property is imminent is con-
ceded but it is pointed out that all Such
schemes are liable to go by the board un-
less success is assured by putting up the
who will admit that the coin is yet IN
sight. Hence the announcement may, af-
ter all, prove only flash in the pan.
Boardman, Hooper q Co. report the fol-
lowing recent sales:
Lot on north line of Sutter street
OI
lot on the nOrtherly line Of Sutter
street. 7:6 east of buchanan. 5oxll2:6,
for $1,000; lot on the south line OF OAK
street, l62 west of Lott 39Nl3'; ., terms ms
private; lot and improvements, I9lI
Pierce street, near Pine. two-story
house of nine rooms and bath. lot
23XS7:6, for $780, lot on south line OF
Frederick street, 275 west of cole,
75Xl37:6, for $4,000: lot on north line OF
Vallejo street 37:6 west of Devisa-
dero, 27:6X137:6. for $4,000; lot on north
sO.E Of
Scott 25x110. for $4,000; lot on north line
Of Page street, 165 west of Lott, 21:6X
1875, for $4,000; lot on southwest corner
of Sanchez and Twenty second streets,
71:6Xf05, for $4,000: lot on north line OF
Union street, 80 west of DeVlsadero,
30X137:6, for $500; cottage, l07 Califor-
MIA street south, lot 25Xl00, for $500;
lot on north line Of d street, @Z;6 west
of Thirty-siXth avenue, 15Xl00, for
$1,000; lot on north line Of d street, 90
east of Thirty seventh avenue, lot foX
100, for $1,000; lot on east line of Ninth
avenue, $50 north Of * street. 25Xl20,
for $500; lot on east line of Twelfth
avenue, 250 north of Point Lobos ave-
nue. 25X12O, for 800; lot on west line of
Paris street, 225 south Of Brazil ave
nue.. 50Xl00 Excelsior Homestead). for
$500; lot on. west line of Paris, street,
175 south Of Brazil avenue, 50Xl00 (EX-
Celsior Homestead), for $500.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York has begun the work of mod
ernizing the two buildings on Sansomc
street, adjoining its own structure on
the corner of California and SansOme,
which it purchased about six weeks ago
at a cost of $50, GOO
One hundred mechanics liens, aggregat-
ing SCI pa. We're nied during tbs mouth
of May In the same period one hundred
and one releases, amounting to $29,195,
were filed There has been gradual fall
ing off in the number and value of the
liens filed during the past seven or eight
years, which is largely due TO the COM
mcndable action of the various surety
companies which make a speciality of
bonds, in settling accounts on the quiet
and thus preventing the filing of liens.
Easton. EIdrdge & Co. will sell at
auction next Saturday eighty-four resi-
dence lots situated in the Kimball Tract
in the town Of San Luis Obispo.
Following is a list of the real estate
transfers recorded during the past week:
Hibernia Savings and Loan Society to {. c.
Mohun, lot line of Haight street, lie L
OF OctaVia. Z 27:6 by y 120 $4,000.
j. b. Renstein to Bert SchIesinger. lot on
SW corner of Green and Laguna streets, S %
by W 100, quitclaim deed $40
Josephine DeImue to Ethelind V. Danglada.
lot \ line of Clay street, 224: W of Cen
tral avenue. W 30 by 127:sh; $40.
Louis and Rose Lipman, Carl d. and Libby
A. Salfeld and Anglo Californian Bank (Lm-
ited) to John and Bridget ParneI lot on E
line of Stanyan street, 90 OF Beulah. 20 by
George j. Hughston to George E. Durham.
lot on w line OF Folsom street. so of Egh-
teenth, n 122, w 1926, u, Il 22:6. 80. e
Hi6ernia Savings and Loan Society to Chand-
Ter W. Burgess, lot on S line Of Eighteenth
street. Il E OF Hartford, 25 by Is; s1o50
Kilian Gies to August and Mary E. Gies, lot
on " line Of Douglass street, SO OF Eliza
beth, S % by W 1875; 5000,
Margaret O'Leary to John D.. Margaret F.,
Anna NJ, Emma and William OF 'Leary Alena
Cor Elena) O Connor (wite OF j. O., Lille
Leon Cwiie of NJ. s. and Sarah j. Berkeley
Cwife of T G.), lot on e line of Jones street.
77:6 of Post, 25 by f 90:6 gift.
George Camper to Ellen M Norton, lot
f line of LarkIn street, so n of Turk, &c by
f so; S125.
Pauline c. BulIard to amelia F. Counsman,
lot on corner OF Harrison and First streets.
SW 43. Sc 100. SW 80, Sc rs, NE 7S, NV IT'S;
jeremiah Haggerty (by B. P. Oliver, com
missioner) to Hibernia Savings and Loan So
ciety lot on " line OF Potrero avenue 20 n
of twenty third (Nevada) street n % by w
100; Sl1S2.
William w and Carrie f. Rednall to An
drew l.. and Line Gram, lot on w line of Utah
street S7:6 5 of Mariposa % by w 100: SO
Alexander 3. S. Seely to Mrs. George A
Schearer formerly COrnela Y. Seely). lot on
y line of Clement street, 5l:6 W of Fourth ave-
nue. w % by 100 (qutclaim deed); $50.
Cornella Y. Schearer (Seely), wife of George
A. to George A. Schearer, same: $40.
Charles and Sophia II. Hitchcock to II. L.
Clement street w 1875 by S 100; $40.
w II. Mulcahy to Joseph D. Flaherty, lot
on Sc corner of Eighth avenue and street
S 100 by S2:6 SO
Willard V and Marie l.. Huntington to
CHRISTOPHER e. Newman, lot on S line Of A