The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-26
ACTIVE DEMAND
FOR IMPROVED
REAL PROPERTY
Many Buyers Seeking
investments.
A FEW BIG DEALS CLOSED
AGENTS ARE WELL SATISFIED
WITH THE OUTLOOK.
Temporary Falling Off in the Number
of Sales Recorded Not Due to
Any Reaction in the
Market.
A FEW BIG DEALS CLOSED
AGENTS ARE WELL SATISFIED
WITH THE OUTLOOK.

The real estate market has been very
quiet during the past week, but while
actual transactions were light the de-
mand for improved, income-producing
property continues active, with num-
Der OF goOd-siZed deals on the verge of
being consummated. The sale of the
TUbbs mansion on Jackson street, near
Steiner, which was concluded early last
week, was the largest single transaction
noted. Shainwald. Buckbee & Co. also
closed a deal by which Rudolph SpreCk
els becomes the owner of a triangular
piece of property with a frontage Of TAG
feet on O'FarrelI street, with a depth of
1915 feet and having a 60-foot frontage
on Elwood alley. The big piece of
ground was owned by number Of par
ties and part Of il was secured some time
ago. The transfer of the . Farrell street
frontage, however, was not made until
Monday. The entire purchase represents
an investment of SIS 900 1t is the pur-
pose of the new owner TO erect a first
class building on the property, although
it may be some time before active opera
tons are begun.
Nearly twenty building permits have
been taken out during. the past week, the
amounts involved aggregating between
$50 600 and 500 900. This is in addition to
several big buildings that are soon TO go
up. including the new Opera-hOuse on
Geary street and the big store and office
building on the corner of Geary and
Stockton streets. The latter is to be
erected by c. {. Black, the capitalist,
who owns the property, and the work of
tearing down the old buildings that now
cucumber the site is progressing rapidly.
The lot is lHXl37, and Nh Black will put
UP building that Will be a credit TO the
city and the location. The FOUNDATION
win he put i'm for q ten-StOry building, al
though il is probable that the structure
at present contemplated Will not be over
.-r-- fr, haTu rh will OF a hp11
$4,000. w. 49, '' 49,
The new building to be erected by
Henry Kahn on Ellis street, between
Powell and Mason. viii cost in the neigh
borhood Of S175 zoe.
A. J. Rich * Co. yesterday executed a
leasehold of the store and basement at
the corner of Grant avenue and Geary
street TO r. y. Davis of Sacramento.
The lease is for five years at monthly
rental of 500. The lessons are Davis
Brothers. no relation TO the lessee.
Loans have been fairly good during the
past week. but only one for an unusual
~ large amount was recorded. that or
the German Savings Bank of $6l 900 to
John and Hannah Mcdonald on the prop
erty at the northwest corner Of Devisa-
dero and Eddy.
Isaac Tpham has purchased from the
estate of Mary Irwin the lot and i'm
urovements on Market street, Hal west
If Franklin street, for $2l 500. Thomas
Magee Sons have sold a tWQ-stoTy pIlch
building On Main street. south of Mission,
Easton & Eldridge disposed of the fol-
lowing pieces Of property at auction yes
Lot and improvements on Diamond
street. 1882 south Of Seventeenth, 24;lOx
l25. for $1,000.
Lot and three flats on McAllster street,
1913 west of Lyon. 25X137:6, for $3.50.
Lot and improvements on Alabama
street. 2lO feet south Of Twentieth street,
Lot on Twenty-ffth street, corner of
San Bruno avenue, 25x10 for $4,000.
Lot and improvements north side OF
Geary street 165 feet east Of Webster,
Russell & surrhyne report the following
e House sa and lot Is South Park, 22:6xg7:6,
House and lot 216 Sanchez street. near
Market, S25O0.
Lot on north line Haight street, n feet
east of Baker. 50x110. $3.50.
Cottage and lot on east line Of Steiner
street. between Eddy and Ellis, H:6x6S:9
Lot on east line of Capp street. 50 feet
south of Nineteenth. 25x97:6. $17OO.
Cottage and lot on west line Of Church
street. between TwentY-third and Twen-
ty-fourth, 32:6x117:6. S2400.
Lot 75xl0o, on Fourteenth avenue. be-
tween NJ and n streets, South San Fran
House and lot on the north line of Fol-
som street. between First and Second,
25X100 $4,000
Cottage and lot. Twenty-ninth street.
near Sanchez, 25x114, $500.
Cottage and lot on the north line Of
Green street, near Laguna, 296x137 g,
$500.
House and lot on the north line of Page
street, near Fillmore, 25X100 5000.
Lot on Twenty-fourth avenue, near
Clement street 25x120, $3.50.
Lot on the south line of Greenwich
street. near Buchanan, 25x137:6 500.
Cottage and lot on the south line Of
Austin avenue, between Franklin and
Cough streets, 25XG0, $3.50.
Lot On the southeast corner of Oak and
Ashbury streets, 73x137:6, $4,000.
The above firm will SELL at auction on
Tuesday next eight choice pieces of prop
erty. including a building on Sixth street,
which is rented for S2oS per month; ee-
CANT residence on Pacific Heights; choice
building lot on Mission street; business
corner on Golden Gate avenue. and an
other on Post street; residence on Wash
inEIon street: unimnrnNsd corner ON Eddy