The San Francisco call., 1904-09-11

terrupted temporarily, as in most
other lines. In the end the great
gathering of people in this city at
tracted by the knights Templar con-
clave and the coming meeting of the
odd Fellows will result in great ben
eft TO San Francisco. On all sides
there was evidence of interest in the
realty market when business was fair
ly resumed yesterday. Thomas Magee
& Sons in their Real Estate Circular
say:
Judging b. the contracts closed in
August and measured by the contin-
ued strong inquiry for properties OF
nearly all kinds. we may look for an
active market this fall. There are
plenty of buyers and sales would be
even more numerous if there were
more good business properties to Of
fer. Investments of $4,000 TO $780,
900 are in demand, with light supply.
Residence property is the subject of
many inquiries, as is usually the case
this time of the year.
Vacant houses and fats are being
tenanted at an astonishing rate. More
people than ever before actually give
UP houses and flats in the spring and
move to places within easy reach Of
San Francisco, like Mill Valley, Ross
Valley; San Rafael, F'ruitvale, Ala
media, Berkeley, San Mateo and va
rious other places for three or four
months, or even longer. every year.
During the summer San Francisco
has many to Let signs. which disap-
pear at this season of the year.
Lots in outlying sections which
have not been salable for years are
now salable, but not at high prices.
Owners who distinguish. between lots
being salable and prices advancing,
which are really two separate ana
distinct conditions, can now sell va
cant land which has been held Tor a
number of years without a chance to
sell"
The large deals of the week have
been previously mentioned. One was
for two blocks of land on Mission
Bay sold by the Hearst estate to the
Southern Pacific Company for $3.50
600; the other for six and a half
blocks sold by the Sutro estate for
S15S, S,O0e. TO a syndicate, the block ly
ing between Forty-sixth and Forty
eighth avenues and d and II streets"
BUYING IN RICHMOND.
Two sales Of properties of the AL
vinza Hayward estate are reported.
John F.. Speck and F. ]. McGlinchey
have bought the southeast corner of
Sixth avenue and { street. 200x145
feet. for $4,000, the price having
been advanced by bids from $4,000.
Mr.. McGlinchey has also bought the
northeast corner of Fulton street and
Fifth avenue, S2x1O5 feet, for $500.
Thomas Magee & Sons have resold
for William Gruenhagen the Wander
bilt property on the southeast corner
of Washington and Davis street. 91:S
x137:6 feet and improvements. to
Aaron and Solomon Miller for $S2,-
600. an advance of $1,000 above the
price paid by Gruenhagen.
Archibald Gunther has sold the
northwest corner. of Front and Jack
son streets. with two-story building.
on lot 45:1Ox137:6 feet. for $4,000.
John w. Finn has bought the resi-
dence and 2S:9x137:6 feet on the west
line of Hyde street from the estate of
Winfield s. Jones for $4,000.
The estate of jeremiah Lowney has
sold TO Jacob Gordon the 25xS5 feet
on the southeast line of Mission street
100 feet from Seventh, for $l2 900.
Oscar Heyman reports the following
sales: Southwest corner of Forty
sixth avenue and c street and the
southeast corner of Forty-seventh
avenue and c street, each S2:6x1O0
feet. $4,000; south line of A street,
1896 west of Forty-fourth avenue
25x125. on the west line of Chenery
street. 175 feet north of Randall. for
$1,000; 25x97 feet on the west line of
Eleventh street, 130 feet north of Har-
rison, s425O.
The following properties have been
sCld by Sol Getz & Son: Lot 50x12O
feet on the west line of Seventeenth
avenue, 26O feet south of r street, to
c. A. Ballinger; west line of Forty
eighth avenue, 212:6 feet south of l.
street. to c. Z. and w. F. DoeIl;
southeast corner of Forty-eighth ave-
nue. and S street to w. NJ. Burns; 25x
120 feet on the east side of Forty
eighth avenue, 1926 feet south of L
street, with improvements, to w.
Botsford; east line of Forty-eighth
avenue, so feet south of street, to
John Mccormack; on west line of
Forty-hfth avenue, 100 feet south of
H street, to H. Kroney.
LANDS OF INTERIOR.
The country department of the C..
N. Wooster Company has sold a stock
ranch of. 100 acres, near Napa, for
$4,000 for L. n. Knight to T. NJ.
Speedy; the Rowland ranch at Nor
gan Hill to George Koenig, for 1920;
fifteen, acres near Petaluma from
Horn to Calderwood, for $4,000; three
acres at Fair Oaks to /. w. Helms. for
$3.50; fifteen acres near Redwood
City for the Santa Clara Valley Land
Company to J. ]. MCGOWAN, for $500;
1872 acres on Howell Mountain for the
Shula estate to Thomas Longmore. for
$1,000; ten acres each in the Catherine
Dunno ranch to J. Petran and Paul
NJ. Gilbert, for $500 each; 2ss1s
acres in the Irrigated lands of the
Boggs ranch in the Sacramento Valley,
for s2s,s4O; s7Ss acres in the suvdivi-
efor, ~ villa lotS af y Padwoo (sifu n