The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1895, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1895. WEEKLY FRATERNAL INDEX, Summaries of Grand Lodges That Met During the Week. COMPANIONS TO MEET TO-DAY. A Change Made In the Place of Meeting of the Supreme Lodge A.O. U. W. Name. * saaquaT £q jusnbuieq A.0.U. Chosen Friends. W. of the World. [Official assessment notices fraternal society will be published free of cost in_sbove table. Send them, with any other matters of importance, by Friday, addressed ty Editor MORNING CALL, San of any legitimate 0dd Fellows. From May 14 to May 18 inclusive, the California Grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F. con- vened in Assembly Hall in Odd Fellows’ building. There were 654 officers, delegates and past grands present, representing 340 lodges out of the 358 in the State. In the concluding portion of his report for the year Grand Master J. H. Simpson stated : “There has not been the increase in the membership which has heretofore been the rule in this jurisdiction. This has. been due, I believe, to the business depression from which all classes of our population have suffered. - It is, however, satisfactory to know that we have done better than many other orders. But we have many reasons for rejoic- ing. There have been six subordinate and seventeen Rebekah lodges instituted. The Mrs. K. M. Flynn, Supreme Chief Com- panion, C. O. F. permanent homes of lodges have been in- creased in number by the dedication of seven new buildings, which have been dedicated to the uses of our order, and | three more are near completion.” | He aiso reported that_three subordinate lodges had been consolidated with three stronger ones; that another consolidation was under consideration, and that one Re- bekah Jodge had surrendered its charter. | In an elaborate table submitted in connection | with the report of Grand Secretary George T. | Shaw it is shown 1tk are 358 lodges the State, with an e membership of viers. During e in the | total m six, and | is attrib od of financial strin- gency which then prevailed. The total amount paid during the year for the relief of members by subordinate lodges | 58,469 50 and for members of the Re- | s $2317. There sre now State, with an aggregate m: —=a net gain of 734 for the yea Great Interest tiached fo the reportof the trustees of the newly dedicated 0dd Fellows' Home at Thermalito, whieh provided rules for admission 1o the home and for its government. The election. of officers resulted as follows: Grand master, P. F. deputy grand mas- 197 Rebekah lodges in the bership of 13,817 . shey ter, J. W. Warboys: grand warden, A. M. Drew: grand secretary, George T. Shaw; grand treasurer, Moses Gree nd representativi 2 Maguire, J. grand trustees—C. O. Burron, C. W. Moulthrop, Josiah Gleason. The appointive officers for the next term are: Hiteheock, grand chaplain; S. E. More- grand marshal; J. C. Grider, grand conductor: Rich, grand guardian; M. P. Forbes, grand heraid. The finance committee reported that the Odd Fellows’ Home will need a sum of money for this fisal year which will necessitate an assess- ents per capita on the membership of this grand jurisdiction, and a resolution im- Pposing such per capite tax was passed. Ata meeting of the trustees of the 0dd Fel- lows’ Home Saturday they organized with the following officers: President, Charles N. Fox; vice-president, William H. Barnes; resident di- rector, A. F. Jones. Trustee Jones and Super- intendent Bartlett were constituted an adm sion committee to pass upon the applications for admission to the home. Arrangements were also made for the immediate furnishing and lighting of the home. Harbor Lodge No.253 and Sunset Rebekah Degree Lodge No.109.0f Oakland united in a celebration of the anniversery of the order in Fraternity Hall, on the Stn inst.,the meeting having been postponed to that date on acconnt of the members being {nterested in the Fabiola fete. A new lodge of the degree of Rebekah, Atbens Lodge, has been instituted in Oakland and will meet'in Grand Army Hall. The char- ter list numbered upward of fifty. Harbor Lodge number 253 of Oakland will confer the first degree at the next session. Veteran 0dd Fellows. At the nineteenth annual meeting of the Veteran 0dd Fellows' Associatlon on Monday evening last new. officers for the year were elected as follows: President, E. H. Black; vice-president, Willi . Dryden: secretary, W. H. Barnes; { Daniel Sewell; board 'of directors—H. Winn, Burton, George W. Dixon, Robert 1. F. Crosset. There are now 879 names on the roll., includ- ing those of 118 members who have died. By an amendment made to the constitution and by-laws the period of membership in the order was raised from twenty to twenty-one years to qualify for admission to the association. Ancient Order of Foresters, From no less than ten States and Territories came delegates to attend the sixth annual ses- sion of the Ancient Order of Foresters’ Subsidi- ary High Court of the Pacific Coast,which began its sessions at 102 O'Farrell street Tuesday last and concluded it on Thurldlg. ‘When High Chief Ranger 8. McMullin called the meeting to order there responded to the rollcall 165 delegates, representing 163 courts outof the 180 in this jurisdiction, which em- braces California, Oregon, Washington, Ne- i Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Arizona, Idaho and the Hawaiian Republic. The High Chief Ranger delivered his annual address on Tuesday, in the course of which he said: ! The year justclosed has been a remarkable one in our history. Itiswith pleasure that I am able to report a gain of sixty-four courts since the last High Court meeting. One of the recommendations made to the Bupreme High Court was that hereafter dele- gates to Subsidiary High Courts must be past chief rangers. According to the report of High Court Secre- William F, Foss the order was formed here in November, 1885, with sixteen courts, n&n- senting a membership of 1846. Since that data 114 eourts have been instituted, repre- senting & membership of over 6000, giving & total of 130 courts with a total membership of about 8000. By acclamation it was decided to hereafter observe Bunker Hill day, which occurs on June 17, as Foresters’ day, throughout the Pacific Coast jurisdiction. Los "Angeles was chosen as the place for holding the next Subsidiary High Court. The following named were elected officers for the next term: High chief ranger, W. Cashman; high sub-chiet ranger, M. Boehm: High Court secretary, M. P. Light; High Court treasurer, John Henderson; High Court senior woodward, P. 1L Savage: High Court junior woodward, Ir. E. J, Case: High Court senior beadle, George J. Monck; iigh Court junior beadle, G.S. Robinson; High Court audit- . McLennan, G. W. Lunt and H. Beaver. High Court trustees—Thomas by, San am- iade, Nevada: W. E. Etting, San Francisco, High Court board of arbitration— W. E. Kimball, William N. Kennon, George Peter- son, D. E. Besecker, San_Francisco; F. S. Farnen- decz, San Jose: Joseph Snyder, Grass Valley; Dr. J. Mcl. Morrison, San Pablo. It was decided to divide the jurisdiction into State districts for the better convenience of the visiting board. and the following were ap- pointed to carry the measure into offect: H. Beaver, San Francisco; J. Poujade, Carson City, Nev.: George Costen, Seattle, Wash.; T Creer, Utah; George L. Campbell, Colorado. Outgoing High Chief Ranger Samuel Me- Mullen was presented with a handsome regalia of the order by his fellow-officers, the presenta- tion being made by Trustee-elect J. Poujade, ex-Lieutenant-Governor of Nevada. Companions of the Forest. The Supreme Circle of the Companions of the Forest will be held here on May 20. The ses- sion will be an interesting one, and, according Mrs. F. R. Roy, Supreme Grand Secre- tary, C. O. F. to the statement of Mrs. K. M. Flynn, the su- preme chief companion, steps will be takea to place the order on & different financial basis, S0 that esch circle will be ebsolutely co-opera: tive, assuring to each member equal benefit when entitled to § Delegates from sixty circles throughout the State will be in attendance. Considerable in- terest is being taken in the forthcoming elec- i flicers. The present supreme chief 1 K. M. Flynn, has positively declined to serve another term, but hy i have proved so valuable that it is un refusal 10 accept & renomination sidered. In the event thei Mrs. Flynn posi- tively declines to run, Mrs, M. Asher, present supreme sub-chief companion, will ‘unques- tionably be the choice of the convention for supreme chief companion. For the position of supreme secratary there is no opposition to . R. Roy, who has filled that office for eral years. Committees have been appointed by the var- jous circles to give the visiting delegates & royal welcome to the Cit; A. 0. F. of America. A.Orfila, grand chief ranger, has appointed the following committees: amuels of Court of Golden v of Court Inter Nos, Henry obin Hood, A. Hoffmann of V. rance of Court San s of Court Hubertus, o, P. J. C i of Court Independence n of Court Marin. All other committees in accordance with the law adopted at the San Jose convention will be appointed two weeks prior to the next session from the delegates elected to attend said ses- ppli . H. Bremer, G.8.; W. Sol Peiser, G. R. 8. Vellage, G.'S. C. R d R. R. Dunstan, . Laws of —E. L, Forster,G. J. B.; John Heenan, ., and C. H. Bremeér, G. 8. The commissions for the various deputy grand chief rangers will be issued shortly and | all courts will be notified of the appointments made in due time. Herman C. Fisher of Sacra- mento, W. D. 8, Harrington of San Francisco, tlias Holden of San Jose and C. M. Dexter of Riverside have been appointed as deputy grand chief rangers at large. s. M. B. Campbell, grand chief companion ympanious of ‘the. Forest, officially vis- ited Sacramento Circle 6_in Sacramento last Wednesday evening and Yuba Circle No. 101 “n Marysville on last Friday evening. The nd chief companion will also_visit True end Circle No 258 in Chico on Wednesday, May 22; Sutter Circle No. 125 in Sacramento on Friday, May 24, and Woodland Circle No. 209 in Woodland on Saturday, May 25. A new circle will be instituted in Yuba City. e eighth annual session of the Grand Cir- cle of California Companions of the Forest will convene in_American Foresters' Hall in San Jose, on June 5, 1895. Nearly one hundred delegates will be present, representing about fifty circles in this State. A, 0.0.W. By order of Supreme Master Workman Lewis L. Troy, the twenty-second stated meeting of the Supreme Lodge of the Ancient Order of Judge D,J. Toohy, Grand Master Work- man A. 0. U. W. United Workmen will be held at Chicago, IIl., instead of Atlanta, Ga., and will convene Tues- day, June 11,at 9 A.M.,in the drillroom of Apollo Commandery, K. T., 78 East Monroe street. Reduced rates of one and a third fare from all poin'ts have been secured. The Oakland drill team will be given a ban- auel in honor or their victory in winning the TSt &rhe at Los Angeles, on ‘Wednesday even- ay 22. . W.One Thousand Membershi Club. of Alameda County receives new mem13 bers at almost every meetinfi. Recorders of lodges are requcsted t0_send in the names of any of therr members who have introduced a candidate into the order since the 1stof April. There are no dues or other expenses attached to membership, and the object of the club is to increase the membership of the ofder in Ala- meda County by 1000 befo; of the Grand ] Lodge. R ot The uniformed"drill team of Pacific Lodge §:,§r7e::' been igyfliu'd 1',0 Iciaufm- the workman reeon a candidate in Keystone Lodge next Tuesday “evening; also by 1ot Lodgegoei San Frai -on the fourth Tnesxay evening of this month. > T. A 0.D, Vasco da Gama Grove No. 43, held a public installation of officers last Sunday evening. F. J. Cunha, P. A, acted as installing officer. Octavia Grove No. 103 was instituted at Guerneville last Sunday by J. H. L. Gerckens, N.G. A., assisted by J. H. Knarston, G. S.; D. P. Brown, G. G., and Past Arches J. F. Rossi, C. Gianettoni and Arnabaldi ot Galileo Grove No. 37. There were twenty-nine charter mem- bers. J. H. Knarston, G. 8., visited St. Helena last Friday evening to make preliminary arrange- ments for the next session of the Grand Grove, which will be held there next month. Rebekahs, ¢ The session of the State Rebekah Assembly, which continued from Tuesday until Saturday, was attended by about 260 delegates out of the 287 entitled to seats. The election for grand officers resulted as follows: Mrs. Fannie Benjamin, grand president: Mrs. Marion ' Greenwood, grand. Vice-president: Mrs. Mary E. Donoho, grand secretary; Nrs. Anna M. Liese, grand treasurer. The officers appointed for the year are: auctor; Srs B, G Deviger latdo useatiny s : Mrs. D. C. Savage, inside 3 Mrs. R.A. Cosner, chapiain. i Before adjourning the ladies of the nuemb}iy presented Grand Master Simpson with a hand- some bouquet, in the center of which nestled a pretty gold watch, with an inscription com- memorative of the session and containing wishes for his success in the order. The pre- sentation was made by Grand President Mrs. Greenwood. The most important matter in connection with the session was the gmnting of & charter to the assembly by the Grand Lodge, I. 0. O. F. Knights of Honor. The deputies of this City met with the grand dictator at the office of the grand reporter on the evening of Friday, the 10th inst., and or- ganized by electing Grand Dictator Archibald chairman and Deputy W. A. S. Nicholson sec- retary. After mlkln? arrangements looking toward the holding of a series of public meet- in¥ the meeting adjourned until the evening of Friday, May 24, at the same place. Grand Guide Learned and Deputies Kipps and Balart visited Liberty Lodge on the even- ing of Monday last. he Supreme Lodge will convene at Jaegers Hall, New York City, on Tuesday, June 11, at 2 o’clock P. M. According to the statement issued by the Grand Lodge of California the order has paid over $50,250,000 in death losses since its or- ganization in 1873, $1,603,500 being paid to beneficiaries in this State. A delegation of grand officers visited Leland Stanford Lodge on Friday evening last. Sub- jects of general interest to the order were dis- cussed. "An enjoyable evening was spent. Benefit certificates of four newly initiated members were received. Grand Dictator P. L. Archibald and Grand Reporter Curry were present; also the following district deputy grand dictators: Brqthers McGlauflin, Jen- nings, Nicholson, Sommers, Balart and Kipps. Hermann's Sons. At the seventh annual session of the Her- mann’s Sons Grand Lodge of California held in California Hall in this City last week from Monday to Wednesday inclusive, eighteen lodges were represented by about seventy dele- gates. The report of the grand secretary showed that the prevent membership of the order in the State is about 2000, a net gain of Mrs. M. Asher, Candidate for Office of Supreme Chief, Companions of the Forest. 350 during the year. During the same period about $10,500 was paid out for sick benefits and about $3000 for funeral expenses. The capital of the combined lodges now aggregates 200. The officers elected for the coming year are: Grand president, Ludwig Scharenberz of San Francisco; grand vice-president, John P. Krempel of Los Angeles; nd secretary, P. N. E. Lampe of San Francisco (sixth term): grand treasurer, Charles Trautmann of San Francisco (third term); grand trustees—R. Rechenbach of San Francisce W. Luddeke of Oakland, P. Scnoor of Berkele grand guide, M. Schueider of San Francisc finance committee—F. Fortmann, Peter Kruck: and Jobn Woehrlein, all of San Fra—eisco; grand inside guardian, 8. Hoffmann of San Francisco, and grand outside guardian, &. Strablmann of San eg0. Masons, The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will attend the Water Carnival at Santa Cruz in a body. They will have their own cars and will be the guests of the Nobles of Santa Cruz. Among the features of their entertainment will be a lunch in the redwoods. Alcatraz Lodge No. 244,F. and A. M., of Orkland will confer the degree of E. A. Mason on Monday evening, May 20, in Masonic Hall, West Oakland. Sojourning’ brethren are in: vited to be present. Chosen Friends, The next initiation by the initiatory team will he held in the hall of H. W. Hutton Coun- cil No. 10Saturday evening, May 25. Social Council No. 46 will hold an open meeting in their hall, 320 Post street, Thurs- day evening, May 23. ‘Webster Council No. 202, Alameda, will give sn enticrulnment and dance Saturday evening, une 1. At the reauen of the Grand Council Supreme Councilor H. H. Morse has conferred the rank of Past Grand Councilor of the jurisdiction of California on Thomas H. O’Brien, Past Grand Assistant Councilor, for valuable services ren- dered to the order. $16,500 will be During the month of Ma; aid to the beneficiaries of deceased members n California. Order of Pendo. Among the delegates to the American For- esters’ Grand Court session at San Jose a week ago were Councilor Phil Schmitz of Fresno Council No. 15, and Friend C. F. Kolster of Citrus Council No. 13 of Los Angeles. Supreme Councilor Mathews is visiting his friends in Iowa. Deputy Supreme Councilor T. Wilson Car- rico is doing good work in Texas. He has the foundation iaid_for several councils, which will be instituted in the near future. He has ordered two more sets of supplies. Equitable Aid Union. ‘The Rose Festival of Oakland Union No. 624 was a great success. Grand Army Hall was crowded and the visitors were treated to an excellent programme. There will be initiation at the next session. Three I’I)pliclllon! were received at the last session. The charter closes on Junel. N. D G W. Alta Parlor No. 3 held a memorial service in Pioneer Hall on last Wednesday evening. Order of the World. Silver Star Lodge No. 284 gave a highly suc- cessful entertainment in Stanford Hall Wednes- day evening, which concluded with a dance that was continued until 12 o’clock. An Absent-Minded Parson. A distinguished preacher, of somewhat arbitrary manners, was engaged to preach in Belgrayia, and purchased a new hat for the occasion, says Pearson’s Weekly. He was met outside his residence by a young man who w: guide him to the church. His guide, aff what the parson thought a rude stare and emile, said, “I beg your pardon, sir, but your hat’’— “Oh, yes! never mind the hat, but mind your own business,” the parson inter- rupted curtly; and the young man was si- lenced. The people they met stared and smiled, too. “Strange, how many People notice when one has got a new hat,” thought the par- son. The church was reached, and the ‘worshipers approaching nnturafiy turned to observe the noted preacher. The vicar met him at the vestry door to welcome him, but hesitating, said, “Par- don me, canon, but pray why do you wear your hat so?” The tile was doffed, and the outside ound to be still cover.ed with white paper, gwhich the absent-minded divine had not removed. REVIEW OF REAL ESTATE, The Strength of the Market Is Shown by the Auction Sales. OUTLOOK FULL OF PROMISE. Many Improvements Under Way. Bullding and Loan Assoclation News. Had as many auction sales taken place atany time during last year, or the two or three preceding years, as within the past two months they would have tended to weaken the real estate market. The success attending the many recent sales has demonstrated beyond a doubt that business in the real estate line is in- creasing and prices are on the advance. No sale of the past ninety days would have been attended with such a marked success during the past four years. Nothing succeeds like success, buyers make buyers. It can, therefore, reason- ably be expected that sales will be increas- ingin volume and within reasonable time reach the old-time mark of the years that preceded the financial depression. Real estate agents report that a number of buyers, who purchased within the last ninety days, have been on the market for the past two years. The inference is that buyers are realizing that prices are certain of advancement, and that they must in- vest in property at once or pay more for it in the future. In every line of business there isa feel- ing that the days of depression are over, and this is certainly the sentiment in real estate circles. Whileevery one knowsthat the prices of three or fouryears ago cannot be obtained, it is, nevertheless, true that a better figure can_be secured to-day than at any other time since June, 1893. COMING AUCTION SALES. On Wednesday, May 29, at 12 o’clock noon, Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. will sell at public auction at their salesrooms the property belonging to the Pioneer Woolen Mills Company. This Jlroper(y comprises about _five 50- varas adjoining the Black Point Military Reservation at the head of Van Ness ave- nue. The building is a 4-story brick build- ing, built in a most substantial manner, and it fronts the entire length of the block, nearly 400 feet, with a depth of 60 feet. It would be suitable for almost any manufac- turing purpose, and at the present time is much easier of access than ever before, as the Board of Supervisors has ordered ali streets graded from the head of Montgom- ery avenue to Van Ness, so that heavy teams can drive around the seawall by way of Montgomery avenue right to this property. The purchasers of the realty will have the privilege of buying the engine, shaft- ing and boilers, all complete and in place, or the same will be removed. The title is perfect, having been exam- ined by the California Title Insurance and Trust Company, who are prepared to issue a policy of insurance guaranteeing the title to the purchaser if desired. Thirty days will be allowed to examine title and to complete purchase. A WELL SELECTED CATALOGUE. Next Monday G. H. Umbsen & Co. will offer at auction a well selected catalogue of improved and unimproved city prop- erty. Notable items upon the list are: Three houses of eight rooms and bath each and lot, 57:6x93, at 628-30-32 Eddy street, renting for $129; an elegant two-story resi- dence and lot, 125x114, at the southwest corner of Twenty-fourth and Dolores streets; four good two-story houses, one of nine rooms and “three of Six rooms each, at the southeast corner of Twenty-fifth and Bartlett streets, renting for $8750; a nice two-story bay-window residence of eight roams and bath and lot 37:6x85, at No. 323 Nine- teenth street; an elegant two-story and base- ment bay-window house of nine rooms and bath, lot with lovely garden, 30x103, at No. 1120 Gough street; a cottage at No. 326 Twenty- fifth street and another on Columbia Heights; three lots on Duncan street near Noe; three in the rear on Euteka, south of Eighteenth, and four lots on the southwest corner of Noe and Alvarado streets. SPECIAL CREDIT SALE. On June 8 the same firm will offer at auc- tion, on the ground, 200 lots in Fitchburg, which is the second station east of Fruit- vale, on the Southern Pacific line from Oakland. Quick transit is afforded the residents of Fitchburg by the electric cars to San Leandro, Oakland and Haywards. The terms of the sale are one-fifth cash, the balance in six, twelve, eighteen and twenty-four months. REAL §STATE CLEARANCE SALE. A clearance sale of real estate will be conducted by Von Rhein & Co. on Thurs- day, June 6. William Hinkle, who for years has been known as a builder, having accumulated a competency, is about to retire permanently from business, and has directed Von Rhein & Co. to sell peremp- torily six new houses, three blocks south of the Hark panhandle, on Cole street, south of ‘Waller; also, fifteen lots fronting on Cole, Shrader, Frederick, Clayton and Tremont avenue, as well as three houses, well rent- ed, on the southwest corner of Leaven- worth and Sacramento streets. These houses are of neat design, containing eight rooms each and all modern conveniences of the day, and must be seen to be appre- ciated. The terms, one-fifth cash, nce in one, two, three and four years, will make it by no means difficult for a man of modest means to secure such a house, and as the instructions are to sell, bargains may be anticipated. A fine marine-view residence on the southwest corner of Broadway and Octavia street, now renting for $110, will be included. RECEIVER’S SALE OF JEWELRY. On next Thursday at 1 o’clock P. M. Easton, Eldridge & Co. will offer‘at auction to the highest bidder about $50,000 worth of diamonds by order of a pledgee. The varied collection will be on exhibition at their salesrooms Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. BUILDING AND LOAN NEWS. The annual report of the Home Invest- ment Building and Loan Association shows a profit for the year of $504693 ora total profit for the five years of existence of $21,118 51. The shares of the first series on which $60 have been paid show an_earning of $18 54 making them worth $78 54; the secon series, $69 96; third, $60 65; fourth, §51 68; gfih's $43 11; sixth, $27 14, and seventh, 2178, The officers for the ensuing year are: Hon. J. F. Sulhvan, president; John C. Bateman, vice-president; M. I. Sullivan. attorney; W. If Gagan, secretary ; Bank of Daniel %\ie er, treasurer; directors—James H. Barry, Dr. John Gallwey, John Kenny, Thomas R. Curtis, James O’Connor an T. P. Crowley, The association has made loans amounting to $250,000. To-morrow evening the first annual meeting of the Safety Mutual Building and Loan Association will be held. The report of the secretary, C. A. Buckbee, will show the following Tecord of the year’s business: The receipts from dues for the Year amounted to $16,340, from premiums 901 and from interest and fees $705. The oans and mortgages amount to $18,469 and rthe total earnings are $1,606 90. expenses of carrying on the business of the association amounted to only $502 55. Two series of shares have been issued, and on the first series shares twelve install- ments have been paid, and the earnings amount to 84 cents per_share, or 13 per cent. On the second series the six install- ments have brought in a profit of 21 cents per share, or at the rate of 12 per cent. The affairsof the association have been experted and found to be in a pros- perous condition. ‘The fifteenth annual report of the Union n Association, submitted atv the stock- Areceipts of the year to have holders’ meeting 'last. Tuesday, shows the 'been $161,- 14969. For the redemption of stock $83,- 153 57 was expended, and $11,600 was paid out on mortgages. The assets are figured at $225,755 24, of which $201,650 is in mort- ages. The value of the shares is given as ollows: Fourth series, $200; fifth, $18552; sixth, $15905; seventh, $132 59; eighth, $108 84; ninth, $8791; tenth, $69 93; elev- enth, $5386; twelith, $3936; thirteenth, $25 68; fourteenth, $12 48. The following officers were elected: President, Isaac Upham; vice-president, R.F. Osborn; treasurer, Daniel Meyer; secretary, Leon Dennery; directors—H. G. Meyer, Henry Wadsworth, R. Chartrey, J. ¥. Dunn, E.H. Rixford, J. W. McDon- ald and G. J. Becht Jr. BUILDING CONTRACTS. The following building contracts have been recorded during the week: Elizabeth Taylor, owner, with J. . W. Saun- ders, contractor: architect, Charles R. Wilson; all work on a one-story frame building on Ellis street, near Buchanan ; cost, $1465. Ray Wertheimer, owner, with Gardner & Boyden, contractors; architect, J. E. Krafit; all work on a two-story frame building on Pacific avenue, near Webster street; total, $6838. Spring Valley Water Works, owners, with A. E. Buckmann, contractor; construction of a tunnel 3100 feet long from a point near the southwest shore of the southern branch of Leke Merced to the bluff on the shore of the Pacific Ocean: payments, §4 40 per lineal foot drifted and finished and $9 per 1000 feet for timbers used; limit, October 15, 1895. Abbey M. Scott, owner, with Rhody King- rose, contractor; architect, none; excavations, concrete, cement, brickwork, etc., for a two- story frame building on the northwest corner of Jackson and Pierce; total, $4450. Mrs. Margaret Hooper, owner, with P. J. Brophy, contractor; architect, none; building ; gtory under & house at 309 Waller; total, C. J. Kaighin, owner, with Petterson & Pers- son, contractor: architect, B. A. Brown; all work for & two-story frame building on Devisa- dero, near Page; cost, $6430, R. J. Taussig and Adolph Eisenbach, owners, with Leonard B. hmid, contractor; archi- tects, Salfield & Kohlberg; all work except gas- fitting and plumbing for two-story frame build- ing on Sixteenth, near Valencia; total, $6850; same, with Clark & England, contractors, gas- fitting and plumbing; total, $1150. Henry Smith, owner, with C. Larsen, con- tractor; architect, C. F. Robertson; all work except foundation’ walls, concrete and cement work, mantels and gas fixtures for a two-story and basement frame building on Howard, near Twenty-second; cost $4000. La Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance Mu- tuelle, owners, with Gray Brothers, contrac- tors; architect, Emil Depiérre; artifi¢ial stone sidewalk from Point Lobos avenue to A street, including the corner of A street and Fifth avenue; also granite curb full length of block including corner; also basalt blocks for three driveways for French Hospital: cost $1150. John Crowley, owner, with P. Maloney, con- tractor; architect, T. J. Welch; all work except painting, brickwork and excavation for a three- story frame building on Hayes, near Laguna; cost $4300. ! John Valsangiacomo, owner, with Edweard Mooney, contractor; architect, A. J. Barnett; all work for a two-story frame builaing on Fair Oaks, near Twenty-third; cost $3250. Estate of J, Ivancovich with R. A. Vance, contractor; architects, Pissis & Moore; sewers, glum\»mg. gasfiting and conductors for brick uilding on southwest corner of Davis and Washington streets; cost, $1894. Henry Hock, owner, with Weinoehl & Franz, contractors; plans by owner; all work except excavation, brick and cement work, for frame building on Laurel street, near Webster; cost, 30. Stewart Menzies, owner, with Campbell & Pettus, contractors; architect, J. C. Pelton, all Work on six two-story frame cottages on Sec- ond avenue, near California street; cost, $10,238. Augusta K. Gibbs, owner, with Knowles & Elam, contractors; architect, W. W. Polk; all work except cut stone and plumbing for stable on Jackson street, near Scott; cost$3118. Same with John D. McGilvray, contractor; cut stone work, setting and cleaning down; cost, $1200. Knowles & Elam, contractors; Nichaus Brothers, sub-contractors; architect, none; all mill work on Gibbs' House, on Jackson, near Scott; cost, $4750. Herminie Donahue with Magner & Galla- gher, to erect a three-story frame building on north line of Green street, 163:84 feet east of Mason; cost, $4130. Mrs. C, H. Berlin with Dahlberg & Lind, to erect a frame building on east line of Cherry ;";fie;?’; 100 feet north of Sacramento; cost, Claus Wreden with C. B. Schmidt, additions and alterations on building on west line of Scott street, 63 feet north of Turk; cost, $2465. Joseph Garibaldi with David Ross, to erect a three-story building on west line of Union street, 108-10 feet west of Powell; cost, $3877. Otto Gruddel with H. Behrens, carpenter work, etc., on north line of Eddy street, 62:6 feet east of Broderick; cost, $1675. D.J. Murphy with William J. Field, to erect a three-story building on northwest corner of Steiner and O’Farrell streets; cost, $10,470. BUILDING NOTES. The third order of columns is being raised on the City Hall dome. An electric Crane elevator is being placed in the Langham Hotel. The corner of Point Lohos and Fourth avenues is to be covered with a three-story building to cost not less than $5000. J. J. Welch is drawing plans for an eight-class school building on Haight street, between Masonic avenue and Lott street. Construction estimates on the Parrott building are as follows: Carpenter work, 200,000; iron work, $200,000: floor fire- roofing, $100,000; partition fireEroof.ng, 25,000; granite work, $25,000. These fig- ures include only the structural work. Much-needed improvements are being made in the Flood building on Market street. Rapid elevators of modern design are being put in. Ex-Supervisor Menzies let a contract last week for half a dozen two-story resi- dences to be built on Second avenue, be- tween California and Clement streets. Improvements are to be carried out on Clement street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, to cost not less than $14,000. A new store on Twenty-sixth street, be- tween Church and Sanchez, is being built. On_Folsom street, between Twentieth and Twenty-first, two three-story buildings are being erected. On the north side of Sixteenth street, between Valencia and Guerrero, four three- story buildings are to be built by Taussig & Eisenbach. ‘W. 8. Gage has let a contract for the erection of a two-story dwelling on the north .side of Washington street, near ‘Walnut, to cost $7253. . Plans have been drawn for three two- story frame buildings on Alameda avenue, east of Chestnut street, to cost $7800. Jacob Heyman has commenced the erec- tion of another very neat residence on Al- varado street, in the Heyman Tract, which is sold on monthly payments. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Western Land Company report the- sale of forty-three ten-acre tracts out of sixty-four on the market, located a short distance this side of Fresno, on the line of the railroad, for $150 each; and the sale of 640 out of 1280 acres in twenty-acre tracts, also near Fresno. The only advertising through which it was offered to the public was a five-line advertisement in the classi- fied country real estate column for three Sundays in the San Francisco CALL. By cable from London it is learned that Wendell Easton has succeeded in placing $250,000 of the debenture bonds of the Pa- cific Coast Saving Society, through which society the money will be loaned. These bonds, issued under a special charter, are the first debenture bonds of the Pacific Coast to be floated in a foreign market. Similar_good success attends Mr. Easton’s efforts in other matters which he went abroad to negotiate. Through his hands Easton, Eldridge & Co. have been placed in charge for a number of yearsof the Cali- fornia investments of an English company, amounting to over $1,000,000. C. E. Knapp and F. M. Butler, represent- ing the San Mateo Land Association, are preparing a beautiful tract of land, lying within the town site of San Mateo, for sale in lots with fifty feet frontage and upward. This property embraces sixty-two and a half acres of the Bowie estate, situated on the north side of Belleview avenue and ex- tending from the county road to D street, crossing the railroad. It lies from fifteen to twenty feet higher than the town of San Mateo, and on the road to Burlingame. The vroperty will be laid out with broad driv . ‘and avenues, ornamented with shade trees, giving it a park-like appear- ance. It is under the splendid sewer system of the city, and will be furnished an abundance ~of pure water for all vn‘}gmes, including lawns and gardens. ithin the week a company with $25,000 capital stock has been organized to erect an electric-light plant to supply San Mateo, Burlingame and Belmont with incan- descent and arc lights, Many of the im- srovements, public buildings, private resi- lences and magnificent drives, as well as ints of natural beauty in and around San. Mateo and Burlingame, will be contained in a scenic descriptive souvenir now being" edited by E. McD. Johnstone and illus- twrated by the Union Photo-engraving Company of this City. Property-owners in the neighborhood of Bay street are preparing a petition to the Supervisors to Lave that much-neglected thoroughfare improved. The Devisadero-street Improvement Club proposes to have Devisadero street, be- tween Geary and California, swept by hand twice a day,and to have arc lights sus- ended at night at the crossings of Devisa- Hcro and Geary and California and Sutter streets. The Southern Heights Improvement Club is working in a quiet way to perfect a plan for the removal of the unsightly hill along Kentucky street at the Potrero. The question of ownership of improve- ments valued at $200,000 on the Lincoln Schooi lots at the corner of Fifth and Market streets will be carried into the courts by the lessees. ——e. A COAL-DEALERS' TRUST, The Compact Strengthened by One Hundred More Signatures. The Effort to Increase and Maln- tain Prices Now Suc- NEW TO-DAY, TEA TIME=-- TOPICS-.. Doubtless you have a tea table, perhaps more than one, but have you the most charming and useful adjunct to the “Five- cessful. The compact of the dealers and retailers to establish a uniform rate on coal entered into some months ago seems to have won over those smaller concerns which hesi- tated to enter the combine at the time it was first suggested. One hundred dealers have now signed the compact. The in- crease of $1 a ton on foreign coal to the consumer is the result of this new rate. By foreign coal is meant all the coal im- | ported from British Columbia, Australia | and England. Coos Bay coal will remain | at the same figure. The wholesale dealers have said all along that they have lost money by the keen competition that has existed for years and the trust is formed, they say, to protect them from failure. There is a hue and cry for cheaper coal, especially at this time when a general effort is being put forth to stimulate manufacturing interests in City and State, but the wholesale mined to put on all the traffic will bear and have done so without asking any | questions or making an explanation. | Retailers have been slow in faliingin | line with the increase, but since the 100 dealers signed the agreement to stand by | the new rate there is an indication that | the balance will soon follow. As a result | the most powerful coal trust ever estab- | lished here is now launched. E ————— Facts About Tempering Steel. A French engineer has given the sub- | ject of tempering steel careful study, and | 1n a communication to the Society for the Encouragement of National Industry an- nounces that in all steels investigated tem- pering produced analagous modifications; augmentation of tensile strength, diminu- tion of the elongation, angmentation of | the resistance to flexure and to a blow. The amount of these modifications yaries varies notably with the chemical composi- tion of the metal, and with the nature of the tempering bath, but in all cases they | are almost com?letely produced in a nar- | row interval of temperature, about 1202 degrees Fahrenheit. In a general way it may be said that if the metal is not heated | up to this temperature there is danger of not tempering it, and that in heating | above 1380 degrees Fahrenheit, or at most | 1470 degrees Fahrenheit, there is no im- portant gain. This result. which is very important from a practical standpoint, shows that the elementary phenomenon of tempering is very simple, and that the difficulties to conquer come principally from the dimensions of the pieces to be tempered, which often render the trans- formations incomplete.—St., Louis Globe- Democrat. ————— The ‘“‘witch tree” of Nevada and South- ern California exudes or exhales a phos- | ghorescem substance which makes every ranch, leaf and section of its bark visible on the darkest night. PAGIFIC HEIGHTS RESIDENCE. North Side! OT 70x127:6, AND VERY FINE RESI- | dence of 13 rooms and all conveniences. View one of the finest on Pacific Heights. Owner now a non-resident. PRICE, $37,500. OFFER SOLICITED. VERY CHEAP. Locality between Gough and Laguna and Wash- ington and Pacific, APPLY TO THOMAS MAGEE & SONS, | 4 Montgomery Street. 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