The San Francisco call., 1906-11-24
RICHMOND AND MISSION

The Mission and Richmond districts
continue to attract people who are de-
sirous of building small homes. Rich
mond takes the lead, and it is reported
that in the Spreckels division, in blocks
303 and 304, forty lots out of sixty
four were sold inside of two weeks.
This inclines J. D. Spreckels Jr. to
open up another tract Lots have also
sold rapidly in the Glen Park tract, and
twenty eight lots were sold on time by
the Hibernia Bank on its property near
Noe and Twenty ninth streets.
A big movement is reported in the
Potrero, especially about Utah and
Twenty-fourth and Twenty fifth
streets, and prices are advancing rap
idly A large number of Italians are
buying at Bay View. South San Fran
cisco, and are going largely into mar
ket gardening.
Shainwald. Buckbee & Co. announce
the sale of Western Addition block No.
5s5. bounded by Hayes, Fell, Baker and
Lyon streets. It faces the entrance to
the Golden Gate Park Panhandle. This
block is known as the Van Bergen
block, having been in that family over
thirty years. The block will be re-
membered as the site of the Velodrome
and from the fact that an airship was
in the course of construction there for
a number of years. The purchase price
is said to be 5000. 600. The name of the
purchaser is withheld.
c J. Mcleod & Co. have issued an
attractive catalogue, which viii be
found of great interest to those seek
ing investments.
Mrs. Nellie p Moulton will build an
eight-story concrete building on the
lot 2Sx62k feet on the northwest cor
ner of Geary and Williams streets. 1t
viii be an apartment house, each floor
being divided into suites of two or
three rooms. The main entrance will
be on Geary street. The architect is
! S H. Woodruff.
Baldwin & Howell report the follow
I ing sales and leases:
Frances Howard, for $4,000, the lot,
| 62 Z XI00, southwest corner of Eddy
and Scott streets, with two-story build
| ing, consisting of stores and flats, rent
/ ing for $3.50 per month.
Fifty-year lease of the lot, S71z xS7 u
northwest corner of Hyde and Geary
streets, upon which was formerly To-
( Gated the Hotel Sequoia, to a local syn
dicate. The total rent for the term is
nearly 100000. It is the intention of
the lessees to construct a modern hotel.
Lot 6S:9x13715 on the north line of
Golden Gate avenue, 1871 feet west OF
LaSuna, with improvements, under
lease for FIVE years at $3.50 per month,
for Mahony Brothers for $4,000.
l. - Il =
x62, north line of John street, 81 feet
east of Mason, $1,000.
Alice McLain to Annie Gordon lot 25x
120, west side of Tenth avenue, 125
feet north of L street $3.50.
S. B. Huot to r. G. Hamilton, lot 371H
Xl20, west side of Forty-second avenue,
1871 feet south of Point Lobos, $1450
Thomas Lundy to H. A. Pless, lot S0x
100, southeast cornsD of Twenty-second
and Vicksburg streets. $500
Farnsworth Estate to Isaac Grant.
lot 25x1eo,. south side. of Parnassus
Abbie r. Wood to E. McMurray, lot
25x120, east side of First avenue, 731
feet north of Point Lobos. $1,000.
@. Beach to L. T. Fawke, lot 30x73,
south side of H street. so feet east
of Fifteenth avenue, $500.
Z. Martinoni to c. c. Kinsey, lot 27x
122, east side of First avenue 81 feet
north of California $4,000.
J. W. Mullen to T. @. Norman. lot 25x
100, south side of H street, 571k feet
east of Eleventh avenue, $4,000.
@. H Beach to z. II. Winterson, lot
30x76, south side of H street, 90 feet
east of Fifth avenue, $4,000.
Hattie Simon to Eugene j. Keller,
lot 50x125, west side of Forty-fifth
avenue, 175 feet north of Fulton, $1,000
b w. Cameron to A Rosenbolz, 25x
120. west side of Fourth avenue. 100
feet south of H street. $4,000
The old Hayward mansion at San
Mateo has been sold to the San Mateo
Hotel Company for S125.O0O. The build
ing will be added to till it has 500
rooms, and will be called The PENN
sula.'' The place is an ideal one for
a hotel, as it is surrounded by fifteen
acres of ground. which is in a high
state of cultivation.