The San Francisco call., 1903-01-18

new Fairmont Hotel on the block bound
ed by Mason, Powell. California and Sac
ramento streets alter the old-time look of
Mob Hill, or the Flood Office building give
z new outlook where the old Baldwin
Hotel used to stand. Change and forward
progress are the signs of growing San
Francisco, and these signs are at once
encouraging to the California people who
are building up the city by investing their
money here in fine permanent improve
ments.
No extraordinarily large contracts for
building have been recorded during the
last week, but the total values represent
ed by such contracts are respecta BILE.
amounting to a little less than a quarter
Of a million dollars. the exact figures be-
ing s241764. There have been fewer sales
put on record or announced by the brok-
ers who deal in realty than in some
earlier weeks, but this is explained to be
merely a coincidence on the part of sew
eral large buyers in whose deals the final
steps failed to be taken. The market is
strong and all the brokers are busy and
hopeful for the future OF the market.
Some of the representative sales of realty
in this city in the past week are given
below:
Through the agency of Benjamin NJ.
Gum & Co. the McNutt sanitarium, on
the north line of Suffer street, east from
Van Ness avenue. with land S6x120 feet.
has been sold to the California Safe De-
posit and Trust Company, as trustee, for
500, 900. Dr. McNutt holds lease for
three years. with privilege of renewal for
two years more. The land adjoins the
Crocker property. which is on Van Ness
avenue and Sutter street, originally
bought for hotel site.
The sale of the Swedish Lutheran
Church property, on the southwest line
OF Mission street, has finally been closed
at s24,500. The lot is 40x160 feet and is 15S
feet northeast from Ninth street. The
brokers were Easton, Eldridge & Co.
Through the agency of Madison &
Burke, Patrick Finn has sold S0x100 feet
and a three-story frame building on Mis-
sion street, 10 feet north from Twelfth
street. for S26. coo.
Two adjoining lots on the south line OF
Post street. having together frontage OF
40 feet and running back 20 feet to Ade-
laide place in the rear. with old improve
Inents renting for SIS per<month, the lots
being 91:S feet west from Taylor street
have been bought by Charles Schlesinger
for $4,000.
Joseph D. Grant and z. B. Pond have
transferred to the Crocker Realty Com
pany the Acknowledgment proper
ties. on Market street. These properties
when they were sold to Messrs. Grant
/ The supposition is that the Crocker Real
/ ~ Company win put up costly improve
ments on the land acquired, possibly a
continuation or extension OF the present
! Crocler building, on Market and Posi-
streets.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company oi
/ New York has come into possession of 8;
/ feet adjoining it's old property on Califor-
MIA and Sansome streets. with a depth
varying from 66 to SO feet, which will be
improved handsomely
Chatfeld & Vincent have sold for An
! ton Christensen and John c. HowIett
5JxlO0 feet and three-story improvements
or the north line of Beach street fol
s13, 500.
David Bush & Son have sold for Wal
lace Bradford 27:6x10O feet on the west
line of Spruce street, thirty feet south
! from Clay street, for $4,000.
Sales are reported by F'lorin L. Jones 6
/ Co. as follows:
Northeast corner Of Vallejo and webste,
I streets 3OSl3o feet, for DR. Hartland Law tc
Z Mrs catherine N Buneman. for SIG. 900; for
( MIS- Josefa Espinosa TO a. r. Fredericks the
northeast corner Of Clay and Webster streets
I 6oAiOZ. Tor $500. G. II. Umbsen e. Co. were
/ concerned IN the aforementioned transaction.
! = number OF sales have been made By
! Baldwin Howell south of Market
street and also in the Potrero district
among which are the following: