The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
APARTMENTS ARE
IN GREAT DEMAND
houses of This Character are
Needed South of California
and East of Polk
Realty Men Point Out Kind of
Investment That Would
Be Profitable

Inc question OF apartment houses in
the district south OF California street
and cast OF Polk street is being agi-
tated by real estate men. as they assert
that most Of the inquiries in their Of
fees during the last few months is
Where shall we Hve?"
II Is claimed by John II. Speck and
others that steps must be made toward
builoing in the district mentioned.
Speck says that the man who viii put
Up a first class apartment house in this
section viii be able to make money
and that there viii not be the slightest
difficulty in securing good rents He
further says that well 10 do business
men would patrOnfze apartment houses
Of the better class, especially If they
were near 10 their places OF business
There IS also q large class of people
who dislike the idea Of having TO use
the streetcars during the rush hours.
and though able TO lease houses IN the
Woutlying parts Of the city. do not care
= 10 encounter the difficulties of going
down town. Women. too. are averse
70 living far from shopping centers,
and. taking all things into considera-
ton, man runs no risk in building a
first class apartment house IN the dis
trict mentioned.
No RISK TO BUILDER
In discussing this matter Speck said:
The reason, so far as I know, for
houses Of this character not having
been built already is owing TO the fact
that men who viii rent such houses and
run them, are not in position, fnan-
cially speaking, TO afford the expense Of
furnishing these places as they should
be furnished. What should be done is
Tor the owner Of the property to build.
fcf1 4 -, ~l-sr
This is not a difficult proposition It
was done before the fire. and could be
done now, and with profit TO the land
owner.
If this IS not done the business Of
running these places viii devolve
eventually upon the furniture houses
They are in a position TO furnish such
places. and can hold the house respon-
sible for the settlement Of their debt
This Is one way out Of the difficulty.
There is positively no gamble in the
matter. There is not day that people
dc not ask for information regarding
apartment houses. and those that are
running close TO town have a long
standing list
IT looks now as if people did not
care for private hotels or lodging
houses. bat solely for apartment houses,
and ! know OF families who have gone
across the bay 70 live until such time
as there viii be apartment houses
ready for occupancy in the district
south of California and east of Polk
streets.
UPTOWN HOUSES
Apartment houses are being built in
other sections Of the city. and il is un-
derstoOd that work has been COM
nlenced on 9 large apartment house on
zhe site Of the temporary Emporium in
Van Ness avenue Apartment houses
are springing up also in other parts of
the city. and among those who have
entered the list OF apartment house
builders is Charles ". Gould, who has
let contract for apartment fats which
are To cost Szs. .00o. These are TO be
built in Vallejo street between Cough
and Octavia. These fats will be of six
rooms each. and the feature of the