The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-02
REALTY STILL
IS MARKED BY
PROGRESSION
Many Sales Made Dur
ing the Week.
ACTIVITY ON EAST STREET
MORE DEMAND FOR WATER
FRONT PROPERTY.
a Complete Review of the Records.
New Building Contracts, Re
cent Sales and General
Notes.

Realty is still finding a good market,
both in the city and throughout the
State generally. Sales are increasing
gradually, as those DESTROYS of buying
become more fully convinced that an
undoubted change for the better is
rapidly succeeding the old and long ex-
istent business stagnation which has
been such hindrance to progression
during the past two years, and which
has kept real estate at a deplorable
standstill.
The particular section of the city,
however, that brokers are looking to
for an extensive Improvement in the
near future is that situated in the
vicinity of the water front 1t has been
rumored that one of the large trans
continental railways is seeking access
TO the city by the purchase of the North
Pacific Coast Railway Negotiations
for terminal point directly on the
water front bounded by Lombard, Bat
terry, Sansome and Green streets, which
will serve as a depot for freight pur-
poses, are said to be now being made.
A certain credence is given to the
rumor by the recent purchase of a large
piece of property by an Eastern man
for an estimated price of $4,000.
In addition to this probable advent of
another railway into the city, every in
dicatiOn is in favor of a rapid and COM
plete change in the entire waterfront
property. Large business firms, actual
ed by the certainty that this section of
the city is destined to be the most
valuable and active from commercial
standpoint, are one by one vacating old
quarters and are moving closer toward
East street. This theory is substan-
tiated by the recent removal of the
firm of Levi & Co, one of the largest
wholesale grocery firms on the coast,
from their old quarters on the southerly
line OF Market street to the junction of
Market and Sacramento streets.
The birth and organization of the
North Central Improvement Company
is another instance in proof of the
growing Importance of this part of the
city. The owners of property within
the section of the city under the juris-
dlctlon of this new company are con-
Vlnced that realty will from now on
steadily Increase in value if the neces-
sary street and building improvements
are made to facilitate the proper hand
ling Of a rapidly increasing commerce
REVIEW OF THE RECORDS.
During the week there We're fifty-three
mortgages and trust deeds recorded
amounting TO an aggregate value of Sl62-
$50. For the same period thirty-eight re-
leases and reconVeyances passed to record
in the total sum Of STATS.
The principal mortgages and trust deeds
are as follows: BY Idella L. Stone to
Mary w. and John C. Moody. $500 for ten
years at per cent on property in Mis-
sion block 81, situated on the westerly line
of Howard street. 247:6 feet south of
Twenty-first; by La Societe Franchise to
Martin and Babette Tiedemann, $4,000 on
property in the Western Addition block
l52. situated on the northwest corner of
McAllister and Cough streets, west 30:1
by north 100; by the Hibernia Savings and
Loan Society to Charlotte L. Snow SO 600
for one year at 6l2 per cent on two pieces
of property in Mission block 10, situated
respectively on the easterly line of Mis-
sion street, 221:6 feet south of Twelfth
and the southerly line of Mission street,
265:1012 feet south of Twelfth; by A P.
Hotaling Sc Co. to Cora A. Morse, S32, 500
for five years at per cent on property on
the southerly line of O'Farrell street 1876
feet west Of LeavenwOrth, west 1876 by
south 1875.
The principal releases and mortgages
were recorded as follows: From the Ger
man Savings and Loan Society to John
H. Wise, $4,000 on property situated on
the northwest corner of Washington and
LeaNenworth streets, west 1876 by north
1876; from the Hibernia Savings and Loan
Society to Cora A. Morse, $27 900 on prop
erty in the 50-vara block 2S3, situated on
the sOutherly line of O'Farrell street, 1877
feet west of Leavenworth, west 1876 by
south 1876 from the Hibernia Savings
and Loan Society to Ann Callaghan, S14,-
VlO on property IN the one nuDQreQ DOCK
367, situated on the northerly corner of
Fourth and Welsh streets, northeast so
by northwest 125.
NEW BUILDING CONTRACTS.
Southerly line of Mission street, 1861
feet east of Ninth. east 39:5k by south
so; all work except sewering. plumbing
etc, for a three-stOry and basement frame
building; owner, r. Ward architect, T.
J. Welsh; contractor, S. \. Born; cost
$1,000
Southwest corner of Berry and Seventh
streets. southwest go by southeast 240;
all work for a one-story frame cannery
building: owners, Cutting Fruit Packing
Company; architects, Percy g. Hamilton;
contractor. F. II. MasoW; cost, $40. 800.
Ncrtherly lire of Mission street, sos feet
east of Fourth, north S4:6 by east 80 by
by north 1856 by east 81 by south IS by
east 10 by south IS by west 40; electric
plant for ST Patrick's Church; owner,
Archbishop Riordan; architects, Shea 6,
Shea; contractors, Wybro-Hendy Com
pany; cost, Sll50.
Westerly line of Wood street, Sc feet
north of Point Lobos avenue; all work
for q two-stOry frame dwelling; owners
Mr. and Mrs. Thornton; contractor John
Flaherty: cost, $3.50
Westerly line of Sixth avenue, 20S:S feet
north of California street, north % by
west 100; all work for a two-story frame
dwelling; owner, Agnes 7. Thorne; arch
fleets and contractors, Marcuse e. Rem
mel: cost, 1920
Easterly line of Devisadero street, 70