The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
TAKE HIGH PRICED REALTY
ON LEASES AND WILL BUILD
Business Men See Opportunities for Profit in Using Land
Owned by Others When 1t Is Situated Central Parts
OF San Francisco Where Tide of Travel Steadily Flows

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erect costly buildings thereon, and
generally active demand for medium
sized properties IN this city and the
extension Of the interest more strongly
% the growing and charming suburbs
o. San Francisco VIII attract the at
tention Of the present observer % the
progreSs that is making n the local
realty market
Country lands are selling better than
for a long time Colonies are growing
and people from abroad are coming Il
as purchasers OF colony lands at fair
prices The prosperity Of San Francis
GO has had a good enec; on the coun-
Try, and the interior has added 20 the
good prospect for the metropolis Of the
cosst- Auctions are resulting well The
Offices OF the brokers are nreouented
daily BY inquirers for properties. The
only reason that there are not more
large properties IN this city for sale Is
that there Is a general belief that cen
trzl rea1 estate is as reliable q source
OF steady income and increasing earn
fngs as any to be found Hence the
prices are stifiy held and owners are
not anxious 90 close out what they
have, even at the present prices.
Sha3nwald, Buckbee e. Co. have leased
on private terms for the Pope Estate
Company the lot fronting SIS feet on
the northwest line Of Market street
at the gore with Sacramento and run
ming through to Sacramento street,
next east Of the Levi building. for TWEEN
" years. 10 be used as the site Of
hotel They have also leased from the
Pope Estate Company the northeast
corner OF Eighth and Howard streets.
le5 feet on Eighth street and 275 feet
or Howard, for twenty years 10 the
Metropolitan Laundry Company as the
site for a $4,000 building TO be erected
by the laundry company: also the John
II. Spring building, at 113 TO 129 New
Montgomery street for FIVE years, the
parties being Ingerson & Glaser, the
Riggers' and Stevedores' Union, the
Globe Engineering Works. the John
Douglass Company and F. c. Wulzer:
also the Mission street side OF the
Crossley building TO the Northern Com
mercial Company. and a store and
basement IN the same building 10 Hunt.
in the Scott & Van Arsdale building.
OF Mission street, between Third and
Fourth streets. 70 the Standard Wall
Paper Company for five years.
The Behlow Estate Company has sold
the northwest corner OF Howard and
Second streets. 74xs5:71k feet, for about
sS5 000
c. F. Humphrey. through the agency
4 80,
Holcornb Land Company for So. 900
6S.sxl3T:6 feet and three-story build
ings on the south line Of Eddy street,
1885 feet west Of Polk.
Shainwald. Buckbee & Co. have sold
for the Anglo Californian Bank and the
Wolf family 20 Louis Friedlander end
r. X. Houston the property at Pa Sui
ter street. north line. z7:6 feet east Of
Grant avenue. 20 feet on sutter street
and 37:3 feet on Berry street, with I'm
prOvements that rent for $500 a month.
for 100000.
Hawks & Shelton have sold for II. D.
and j. L. Hawks 27x137:s feet and
house on the west line OF Larkn street
IS feet north OF Chestnut. for s17.5
G. II. Umbsen & Co. have sold for
Mrs. Sarah y. Morris 20 A. J. Raisch
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street. 20 feet west OF Cough, for 5.l00.
The same brokers have also sold for
Isaac Eliasar 10 a client 27:sxS7:e feet
and improvements on the west line OF
Franklin street, IS feet south OF O'Far-
rel, for $4,000.
OTHER LEADING DEALS.
Thomas Aiagee & Sons have sold for
the account Of Rose COhn. by Moses
A Gunst. her attorney in fact. the
residence and lot on the northwest cor
ner Of Bush and Hyde streets. Il has
q frontage OF 40 feet on the northerly
line OF Bush street. by depth OF 1S71z
feet on the westerly line OF Hyde street.
and has on it large and substantial
residence. The price is about $4,000.
For about ss5. 900 the same firm has
sold for Morris Meyerfeld Jr the build
fng Nos. 1878 Polk street, west side.
between Pine and California, with
frontage OF 3z1k feet by depth OF S3s&
feet. and three-story frame building,
stores below and fats above; also the
residence lot on the north side Of Val
lejo street. 1874 feet east Of Broderick,
thence east 50 feet front by north 1874
feet deep. for Edward Everett; 10 DR..
Samuel A. Boyd for $500 for Edward
c. Young residence lot on Vallejo
street, 10 feet west OF Steiner, 27:6x
1876 Good residences will be erected
by the new owners OF the last two
lots mentioned.
Thomas Magee & Sons have also sold (
for A. s. Mann the southeast corner
Of Clement street and Twenty second /
avenue. 4kxlOo feet. to A. L. L. r. Fulda
for $1,000. also 2Ox57:s feet and three
story building on the north line Of
Lewis street. between Taylor and
Jones. for Edward Stesrns. The price
was s5125.
Through the agency OF Madison &
Burke. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A Hart
have bought eight pieces OF property
adjoining their former holdings on the
northwest corner Of Sacramento and
Mason streets. which gives them a 30
vars on the corner, and some proper
ties on Ewell street. in the rear. The
corner is diagonally opposite the new
Fairmont Hotel II is reported that a
handsome residence viii be erected on
the corner.