The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19

"HEreal estate market continues quiet,
and while brokers generally are con-
fdent of an early revival of the activ
itv which gladdened their hearts dur
ing the spring months, they candldly ad-
nit that the market is dull. very dull.
The largest transaction of the week. and
in fact the only one of big proportions,
was the sale of the Won SHREDDER property,
consisting of a four-story frame building,
occupied by stores and a lodging-house, on
Sixth street. between Mission and How
ard The sale was made through Madison
&, Rurle The name of the buyer is not
given.
Activity in business circles is more pro-
nounced. although by no means abnormal.
A number of fine business structures are
going llp. but no new ones of unusual oil
nensions are projected so far as is known.
In the six-story building to be erected
for Leon Kaufman on the south
west corner of O'Farrell street and Carlos
place granite will be used on the ground
floor. but the main exterior Will De OIL
pressed brick of light color The interior
finish will be all in natural woods, While
the vestibule of the entrance on O'Fatrell
street will be in marble and onyx. The
cost of the building will be at least &50cV.
Robert n. Carson has bought of Percy
ond Emile Reamish the vacant lot 35Xie9
feet on the east line of Van Ness avenue,
22.s feet north of Lombard street, for
s325O Mr.. Carson will erect an $4,000 rest
dence on the site. ,... 49,,
week four lots in the Albert Meyer tract,
which is bounded by II and L streets ana
Eighteenth and Nineteenth avenues, the
agereoate being $4,000. The work of laying
Iyafer mains through the tract was COM
menced Yesterday and will be pushed 70
completion Nineteenth avenue is the only
avenue south of the park that Will connect
House [
being graded between and l. streets.
and the city, which owns some school lots
in that locality has given contract TO
the City Improvement Company to grade
the avenue through its property. 1t is
expected that Superintendent Macl2ren
of Golden Gate Park Will open the Nine
teenth avenue entrance to the park be-
fore long.
tions in the Richmond district:
Jane Cassidy to Annie c. Weigner, lot
on west line of Tenth avenue, 10 feet
north of Point Lobos avenue 25x100 feet,
gift: John Hinkel and wife to James l..
Twenty-tfth avenue. 325 feet south of
Clement street: estate of John Wells, de-
ceased, to William H. Ash, lot lOOx20o
feet, on northwest corner OF First avenue
and c street; also lot of irregular size on
north line of First avenue, $50 feet south
east of D street; Willard V: Huntington
to May V Hlmmelmann, lot 50xl20 feet, on
west line of Sixteenth avenue, $50 feet
north of = street: a. and j. Lobe to
Achiile Roos. lot 25x12O feet, on east line
of Thirteenth avenue, $50 feet north of
California street
The estate of George II. Roe, deceased,
has sold to Charles r. and Marie J..
Gagan the lot, 47:6x1H:s14 feet, and i'm
provements, on the north line of Wash
street for SS075.
W J. Bryan has bought of E. McGary
and wife strip lol2 INCHES by l6O feet, on
feet southwest of Fourth street, for
building on that side, and has an agree
ment with Oscar Foss as to the party
wall on the northeast side of the lot.
Joseph L. Hess and wife have bought
of Merton S. Price the, lot and two-story
building on the northwest corner of
Buchanan and Sutter streets. 3Ox137:6 feet;
terms private.
Julian Smith and wife have sold to
Hugh McCrum the property on the north
line of California street, 1915 feet west
of Devisadero street, lot 27:6x531 feet;
terms private.
chased from Charles G.. Nagle the lot,
55xS5 feet and old improvements on the
southeast line of Howard street. AS feet
southwest of Eighth street; terms private
A meeting of the property owners on
Golden Gate avenue will be held some
time this week to take steps to have the
grade of the avenue cut down fifteen feet
between Jones and Hyde streets. When
this is done Golden Gate avenue will be
practically level from Market street to
Fillmore.
Seventeen building contracts aggre-
eating S95 ,7S5 were filed for record during
the week. c. NJ. Depew has contracted
| to erect three residences on the south
west corner of Pacific avenue and Cough
! street for R Spreckels for $4,000. Leon
Kaufman has entered into a contract
with, Thomas Butler by the terms of
which the latter agrees to erect a six
story brick building on the south line of
O'Farrell street. 1876 feet east of Mason,
for $4,000. Clinton Jones has entered into
a contract with Edward T Letter to build
a two-story brick residence on the west
line OF Oevisadero street, 66:S feet north
of Pacific avenue. for sl4S S3. Joseph II.
Sisson let a contract to Charles NJ De-
pew to build a two-story. basement and
attic residence on the west line of Buch-
anan street, 77:S feet south of Washing
ton street. for $4,000. Mrs: Mary Hyman
let a contract TO c. NJ. Lindsay to erect
two two-story frame buildings on the
north line of Ellis street, loo feet east of
Laguna street. for $3.50. William J. Bryan
Johnson to erect three-story and base
ment brick building on the southeast line
of Mission street, 1915 feet northeast of
Fifth street, for $6s4S Matte Boyd let a
contract to William Mcdonald to erect a
frame building on the southeast corner
of Pine and Lyon streets for $500 H. F.
Smith contracted with Fred Miller for
the erection of a two-story frame build
ing, to contain two flats, on the west line
of Folsom street, 195 feet south of Twen-
ty-frst street. for $500. The other con-
1878 to $1,000.
L. NJ King superintendent of the Mer-
chants Association. has made the follow
ing representations to his associa ation for
obtaining and maintaining a better sur
face for our streets in San Francisco as
a result of investigations of methods in
successful use in the East:
First-Admit asphalt vitrified brick
and asphaIted wood block pavement
under proper specifications and guar
antees In free competition with pres
ent pavements.
Secord-Change the specifications
for b:tuminOus rock paving so as to
require the use of a binder, and also
that the pavement shall be rolled
while hot with steam rollers of the
proper weight to thoroughly compress
the pavement and insist upon 10-year
guaraptees.
Third = Require that all business
streets when repaved with basalt
blocks shall have the blocks laid on
a concrete foundation and shall be
grouted with gravel and asphaltic
cement.
Fourth-Arrange IL possible so that
all pavements shall be guaranteed for
ten years with good surety bonds
FIfth-That the work of repairing
the basalt block and cobble streets
shall be done Systematically by divid-
ing the city into districts and keeping
men continually at work in each dis
har e;h