The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
CUSTOMS MEN
ARE SUSPENDED
Three Revenue Officials
Charged With Bad
Conduct.
Accused Of Releasing Two
Smugglers After Ca
rouSing.

The not very edifying spectacle Of Gus
toms inspectors carousing in saloons with
two smugglers whom they had under ar
rest, and allowing their prisoners freedom
for two days, has been called to the at
tention of Customs Collector StrattOn and
the offenders have been suspended from
duty pending an investigation which will
result either in their eXoneration or their
dishonorable dismissal from the service.
The suspended inspectors are E. c.
Broderick, A. NJ. Clifford and John B.
Peppin Jr. 1t was reported to Acting
Customs Surveyor st. John that the ac-
cused officials nad arrested on Saturday,
November 30, John and Joseph Alexander,
longshoremen employed on the Doric, for
smuggling q quantity of silks and silk
hats purchased by them from Leong How,
the sailmaker on the Doric, and that they
oio not surrender their prisoners into the
CUSTODY OF the proper authorities until the
following Monday. 1t is charged also that
Immediately after making the arrest and
selling the smuggled articles on the per-
sen OF one Of the prisoners they went
with the smugglers into several water
number OF "healths," all of which is al
legged to be conduct unbecoming officials
Of the revenue service or of any other
service.
Collector Stratton will begin the inves-
tigatton next week and will report the
facts to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Q !. @
R. Rankin to Levi NJ. Kellogg, for 5000; lot 25
xlOO, ana house. on the south line Of Pine
street Sl:S west of Webster, from William G.
Hoag TO Oscar c. Cappelman, for S2700; lot 25x
12O with three fats, on the south line of Oak
street 1l2:e east of Octavia, from the estate of
NJ de Longuel to Hermann T. Sahlender, for
$3.50; lot 2ox5o. with two-story brick building.
on the northeast corner OF Dupont and Adler
streets, from Daniel Sullivan to D. S. Weaver,
for 5000; lot 45xl0o. on the southeast corner Of
Lake street and Tenth avenue, from the Cali
Iornia Land and Granite Company to Hans
Woln. for $500; lot 25xlOO. the north line of
Carl street, 50 east of Willard, from Mary B.
1o2:s, on the northwest corner of Sacramento
and Lyon streets, from William K. Van Allen
to George z. Ames for $500: lot 25xl37:6 on
the south line Of Clay street, S7:6 west of Ma
for 5000. ''''
Sales of the following described prop
critics are reported by the Won Rheiu
Real Estate Company:
Lot on the west line of Kearny street, I17:s
feet south Of Union, 20xS0 feet S4500; lot on the
east line Of Mowry alley, north Of Broadway.
Union place 1906 feet south Of Union street,
z91ez feet. $3.50 lot on the east line of Mowry
lot on the west line Of MOwry alley, s0:6 feet
north Of Broadway, 27X67:6 feet SI100, lot on
the west line of Stockton street south OF Lom-
bard, zlxS7 feet. S2400; lot on the west line of
Twelfth avenue. north Of K street. 102xsS feet.
Coop the Slocum stable property on the
north line of Post street, 1886 feet east
from Hyde, for $4,000. The lot is about
SOx275 feet, being of irregular shape.
the Greenberg estate 75xSO feet on the
west line of Seventeenth street 30 feet
south from Mission.
Market-Street Values.
Thomas Magee & Sons, in their Real
Estate Circular, give an example of in
f1a
real estate on Market street in this city.
The Circular says:
James L. Flood last month bought for s12o, 900
the frame building and lot on the northwest
Stockton. The lot has frontage of p 1-6 feet
On Me5ket It 9y & depth ;t Of 81 s2s rs and 7d 25 feet
that street This property adjoins on the south
west the gore lot on Market Stockton and
Ems. owned py MISS rlooa. rev safes better
illustrate how San Francisco has grown and
its best real estate increased in value than the
history Of this small parcel of property. which
December II. 1s62. by A. and H Wolf to Sarah
Jane Hull for $500. 1t was resold on July 90
1866. 70 John Grant, an old and hale pioneer
still living here, by Asa Hull and wife for
S10,5O0. Mr.. Grant built fair two-story frame
improvements covering the land. The building
tenant. Thomas Magee sold the property
June 3, 1870 for Mr. Grant to NJ A de La
veaga. for s6l, 500. and resold it again on Feb
ruary 13 1871 for So, 500 to the late Charles G..
Mason. discoverer Of the Silver King mine Of
The rent Of the property now. as We have SAID
is $3.50 month from tenant When sold
for SCI SOD in June 1875, il renting for S425,
and when IL was resold in 1871 for S72,500 the
rents were the same Now when the property
resells for Sl20, COO it is renting for only s125
month more than that. The explanation Of
the big advances in price and the comparatively
stationary condition of the rents. is due to the
reduction of interest rates. and the desire OF
investors not so much for high rates of in
come as for certainty and steadiness. Market
street secures the latter better than any other
Etreet.
New Buildings.
A four-story brick warehouse. on plans
by Fred II. Meyer, will be erected by
Sampson Tams and D. L. Randolph on
the west line Of Spear street, 1884 south
from Market street, to cost $4,000.
The heating apparatus to be placed in
Market street will cost $1S,440- Oil will be
burned for fuel
Timothy J. Sheehan will build on the
east line Of Baker street, 10 feet nortn
from Haight, three-story and basement
frame building, to cost about $780,
c. r. Marwedel has contracted for the
erection of a two-story and basement
frame building on the north line of Lick
alley, ninety-fve feet west from First
street, to cost $23OO.
L. Peterson will build a two-story and
basement frame structure on the south
line of Twenty-ffth street, east from
Guerrero.
Isaac Anderson Will erect two flats on
the west line of Steiner street, between
Waller street and Duboce Park, the out
lay representing expense amounting to
$50. 600.
Mrs. Nina Neller and Leuis c. Buck