The San Francisco call., 1909-09-11
SALES INDICATE
REALTY VALUES
One Market Street Lot Changes
Hands and the Price Is
$4,000 Front Foot
Other Important Transactions
That Show Increased De-
mand for Property

The most significant transaction in
local real estate in the current week
involved a change OF ownership of a
lot in the southwest line of Market
street. 200 feet southwest of Sixth, by
the Schroth company to an unnamed
purchaser for 100000. Two broker
age houses were concerned in this
transaction. Thomas Magee & Sons
acted for the purchaser and the Fer
guson- n-Breuner company for the seller.
A fine. building, so it is reported by
Aiagee & Sons, viii be erected by the
purchaser. The deal carried rate of
valuation of $4,000 a front foot. The
lot has frontage of 25 feet in Market
street and a corresponding frontage
in stevenson street. The depth between
Market and Stevenson streets is 100
feet.
This is the largest sale for some
time. although a deal for $4,000 went
through in business property in Au-
gust. This transaction resulted in the
transfer of the northeast corner of
California and Davis streets. 45:1O feet
in California street and 9l:s in Davis
street, with an L of 22:l1 feet
OTHER LARGE SALES
The other sales of a representative
sort that have recently taken place are
reported by Thomas Magee & Sons TO
have been attended with sale prices as
enumerated below:
south side OF sutter street. 1886 feet west
OF Jones. GS9xi37 g. sold. in trade. for sooooO;
the southwest corner Of Battery ana Ireeh
streets 93:sxl3T.G. sold for $4,000: the north
west corner Of Pacific street and Pacine aliet
Hotel Dixie. 42x91-6, sold in trade on OASIS
~ S45 600 and the southeast corner OF lay LOT
and Beach streets, 13a;6xl3I q. sold Tor ss.oVV:
In the 100 vara section the northeast side Of
-rtg-5 s--ea+ ~ feet northwest OF Mission.
20x77 G. sold for $40 600; the southeast side OF
Mission street. I7I.3 feet southwest OF First.
y feet front in Mission by 160 feet deep. with
\ frontage Of 30 feet inches in Minna street
in rear. sold for S29.5oo. and two-ffths in
- feet 10 iorhes southwest OF New Moutgom-
ery street 6S-9 feet front in Mission street by
30 feet deep with 20 foot outlet rear al
ley sold for $1,000 In the Western Addition
the residence and lot at tbe northwest corner
~ Washington and Locust streets. 4I-6x121 =.
iSold for S3l 200; lots % and 80. In Presidio
terrace. sold for S25 600. and fhe south side Of
Lewis STREET. 74s-9 feet east of Iaguna. s5x200.
more less. sold TO the United States govern
mcnt for s2o.OJs. In the Mission the largest
sale recorded that Of the south side of
Fifteenth street - feet east Of Cspp. 30xSQ,
with six fats. for Sl3. .0eO-
FOR NEW CITY BUILDINGS
Attention is called TO the signifca nee
OF the actual municipal participation
IN the work OF rebuilding san Fran
cisco by the announcement that is
made by City Architect RixfoTd that
founda tioDs have been laid FOR build
ings of the new city and county hos
pital and that the s-eei for the con-
struction Of the main group Of such
buildings viii. under contract. be in
this city on the first Of next month.
The city architects Office is busy In
the preparation OF plans for the school
houses that remain TO be erected. each
to be a substantial and ornamental
structure, embodying the best ideas in
construction and the greatest degree
OF convenience TO the thousands of
school children who will. with a small
army Of teachers. be their tenants.
The city and county hospital is to
be the greatest work in the Immediate
future The cost of the city and county
hospital structures win be about
$4,000, 900
The hospital site includes the large
area described by q. frontage of S6e
feet, with depth of $50 feet On this.
as soon as possible, now that the plans
for the details have been completed
by City Architect Rixford. there will
be erected three main institutions
a general hospital, hospital for the
treatment of infectious diseases and
a hospital for tubercular patients.
FINEST IN COUNTRY
In addition 10 its activity as a builder
the city appears as an acquirer and
owner of real estate on quite large
scale in connection with the hospital
investment When the supervisors
learned that the site of the old hospital
in Potrero avenue was too small for
The modern plant they directed that
additional land two blocks, between
san Bruno avenue and Vermont streets
should be acquired. A part of this
was secured by private sale Con-
dennation proceedings were also en-
ploved. The general expectation is
maj The san Francisco city and county
hospital will be, when it is completed,
the nncst OF its sort in the United
states
Among the structures which will be
built are a receiving building, ward
buildfngs administration building,
nurses home a service building, the
group OF buildings for infectious dis
eases. the group for mild cases of
4uberculosis and the groups for more
advanced cases of the same character,
amorgue a and stable. The buildings
will be in the Italian renaissance style
Of architecture. The exterior viii be
Of brick with terra Gotta trimmings.
The grounds viii be laid out with
lawns and flower beds. The general
hospital which will be four stories
high. viii have room for more than
ZOO beds in an emergency.
Firm Negotiates Many Sales
G. III. Umbsen & Co. report the fol-
lowing recent sales:
For Mrs Mann, lot in east line of Tenth
sxenue 275 feet south Of Point Lobos avenue,
terms uflvate: Richmond investment company.
iof in the east line Of Seventh avenue. % feet
south OF Lake street. 23x1Oo. for 1890:
Charles /. Haskell. lot in the east line OF
srrentv seventh avenue 100 feet south Of Clem-
cuf street 5OxI01 Crregulari, terms private;
Heilman & Koenig. lot and improvements in
I,eavensvorth 25x127:6. for S9.s16; J. d.
Sfrerkess lot in the east line OF Twenty FIRST
axeuue 100 feet south OF street. 25xl20.
$50: Frederick r. Drinkhouse. lot at the
southeast corner Of Vallejo and Steiner streets.
a6.6x70 for s.. 20: Nellie J.. Sawyer. LOT at
Southwest corner Of Seventeenth avenue and II
street 32:6xi00 for $500; Rose Lazarus. lot
4, sos,th line OF Sacramento street S2.6 feet