The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
LOANS ARE SECURED
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Large Sums Are Raised for the
Betterment of City
Property
Building Permits for the Week
Represent an Outlay of
$I6I,322

There was slight diminution in the
number OF building permits issued this
week. though the cost involved reached
the respectable sum of $161,S1.
However, 100000 was added during
the last Of the week to the building g
fund of the city-Levi Strauss, by the
sale Of his building in Battery street
to the Hastings estate, which was done
through Hoag & Lansdale, secured
S425, 600 to use on his building on the
northeast corner of Post and Powell
streets, and a loan of $4,000 to the
w. L. Burbank realty. company to COM
plete the hotel on the northeast corner
Of Post and Stockton streets.
There will be no cessation in build
ing, for Baldwin & Howell have been
successful in placing several large
loans recently, and the money thus
raised Will be used in improvements.
Among the loans made by this flrm
are the following:
Elizabeth Hancock, on lot 60x10O, southeast
line Of Mission street, 125 northeast Of Fourth,
for the purpose of constructing A i've story
building which has already been leased, $9O,OOO
L. MeCreery. lot at southwest corner Of Mer-
chant and Battery streets and east line or
Of 100000 made TO the Central counties land
company, secured by 1900 acres OF land in
Lake county: II. 0tersen, lot 65x90 and i'm
feet south of Twenty-frst, 81, 900; Catherine
Byrne. undivided two-ifths interest in property
at southwest corner Of Kearny and Sacramento
streets, 1000; Mrs. NJ. Stevens. improved
property IN east line of Dolores street south
Of Twenty third, So, 900; James Fitzpatrick, lot
25IS5 and improvements IN west line OF Guerrero
street, 65 feet north of Seventeenth, So 200;
J. E. Duncan, lot 25x130 and Improvements in
Waller, s.. 500; J. B. Mahoney, lot 25x123 and
improvements In north line OF Fulton street, 63
feet east OF Stanyan, $1,000; B. Moran, lot
25x114 and Improvements in south line of
Twenty fifth street, 80 feet east Of Castro,
50, 600; l. NJ Desealso, lot 30xIS5, in west line
Of Howard street, 75 feet north OF Adair,
s., 200; p. r. de Turbeville. lot 27:6x105 and
improvements in south line Of Clay street, 120
west of Jones, 50. 900; John Welch. lot 75x75 in
south line Of Ripley street, 90 west OF Alabama.
$1.2O0; Margaret Summers, lot 2Sx1oo and i'm
proFements in south line Of Clement street, SO
feet east OF Fourth avenue 81. $40; James
Smith. lot 40x120 in south line of Oak street
40 east OF Fillmore, 81, 1,750; Lena Lovich, lot
25x100 and improvements in south line of Carl
street. 100 west Of Clayton, 81. 800; Mrs. /. 3.
Cheminalt, lot 40X120. in south line of 0'Farrell
street, 81: west OF Polk, 81 200; r. ]. Espel,
lot 61x96 and improvements in west line of
Noe street, 154 south OF Fourteenth, and lot
east Of Scott, So 600; Z. c. Horn, lot 27:ex
100 and improvements in west line of Cole
street. SO south of Alma $4,000: H II.
Christianson, lot 40x60 and improvements in
course Of construction, at northeast corner of
Green and Taylor streets, So, 900: A. NJ Skelly.
lot 34xl19. in west line of Ninth street 206
south Of Mission. s.. 1000; J. G.. Bennett. lot and
improvements, 25x140. in west line Of Carmelita
street, 80 south Of Waller. 81, 600.