The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 3, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1896. T0 PLAY IN HIS NAME, A Benefit for the King’s Daugh- ters’ Home for In- curables. PLANS FOR A NEW BUILDING. The Charity Company Will Give “7-20-8” at the Columbia in Aid of the Home. The Columbia Theater, the scene of so | resident of a college in Tennessee. Before 4 rmitting the visitor to leave with the impression that this 16-year-old youth may have seen three score summers, he assures him that he has exceeded his three score years and ten by twelve years, and calls upon the matron to corroborate his statement. Thereisabright mademoiselle who has lost her sight, but not her exuber- ant spirits ana a slight, quiet old lu,dy who likes to tell about her achoolma;ter s pnn‘- ing speech: ‘‘Five years you have spen wi‘t:hl;ne and I lmve)uever had to find g:ul: with you.” The home is supported by lifse member- ship of the inmates, who by paying the sum of $500 secure the guarantee of a bome for life and a respectable burial, and by the monthly rates of §25. For two years the State paid_$8 per month for the support of indigent inmates, but that help was withdrawn when the Legislature be- gan its course of retrenchment. The home is out of debt and has a snug balance to its account in bank. It has reached this desirable condition after making many improvements in the old building, as well as furnishing it through- WHAT SOCIETY IS DOING, A Fashionable Church Wedding Announced for This Evening, MISS CATHERWO0D ENTERTAINS The Jewett Tea—Second Concordia Informal—Entertainments An. nounced—Personals. There is to be a fashionable wedding at Present King’s Daughters’ Home for Incurables, Formerly the [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] City and County Hospital. many successful benefits, will soon repro- duce #7-20-8” in aid of the King's Daughters’ Home for Incurables. The charity company, which made such a suc- cess of the play at Oakland recently, will | give a repetition of their performance and the Metropotitan Orchestra will donate its i services. The only King’s Daughters’ Home for I ables in the United States is that which occupies the oid building at 217 Francisco street, nnce the City and County | , later the Scandinavian Heme. yrior to passing into the hands of the King's Daughters, the Oid People's Home. Oniy these whose lot it is to battle with disease the remainder of their lives are eligivle to refuge within its walls. The King’s Danghters’ Home and St. Joseph’s Hospital are the only institutions devoted to this purpose in the City. San Francisco has 8000 daughters of | royalty. Daughters of the King of Kings they are, and they have taken his name and wear a silver cross on which isin- scribed the legend which is the motto of their lives, “In his name.” Some of these daughters are in the dewy dawn of life. Some there are who have children of their own who are also King's Danghters. But whether their brows are covered by brown or silver hair their ruling purpose is the same—to relieve distress wherever found. The organization is not an old one. | Probably two decades would measure its | life. It'was borne in upon some helpful spirit that many smell bodies would make a better working force than one laree, un- | wieldy one and the practical unfolding of | that plan has been the formation of well | nigh innumerable circles of ten members | each, who are pledged to labor ior the alleviation of human ills. They choose such names as “Fidelity,” “Consolation” and ‘“‘Hope,” whose sound is an inspiration, and work bravely, qui etly, patiently for the accomplishment o their laudable purpose. They rise above | all considerations of creed or sect and la- bor in the spirit of truest altruism. Two of these King's Daughters were talking one day less than four years ago of the rule that banishes incurables from hos- pitals after three months’ treatment and of the pity of it. “Why can we not have a home for incurable: asked one. “We can,” was the confident answer. It was but'a woman’s resolution, growing ont of a great need. Yet it has borne speedy fruit in an admirably managed institution that provides home comiforts and atmos- phere for sixty-five men and women. When the Crocker Home was removed to its present location, in 1892, the old building was donated to the King's Daughters’ Home, which was then buta name. The officers incorporated and opened the home, in which 200 invalids have been cared for within three years, Many of them were aged, and have since passed on to the mystic bourne where, perhaps, youth and its joys may have ‘been renewed. There 1s that abont the home which jus- tifies its name. The visitor forgets he is in an “institotion.” There is to be found | there the intangible something that sug- | gests family Jife. There is not much evi- dence of wearing pain. Usually the pa- tients’ condition is that of serene waiting for nature to issue her final decree in their cese. Yet there is nothing funereal about the atmosphere, Cheerfulness is the keynote of the genuine harmony of life a1 the home. There are no wards with their dreary monotony of suffering. Every inmate has his ‘or her own room, which is his or her castle. The treasured accumulations of years make these rooms a bright spot of reminiscence, in most instances, and the individuality of the occupant is permitted free range in the adornment with per- sonal effects. There is a cozy reception- room and the dining-room has less of dreariness than the average boarding- house refectory. The unanimity with which the patients assure the visitors of their happiness as members of the big family is striking. “We are in a home, not a prison,” said a neat, happy-faced old lady, who, 'with her hus. band, occupies a room where color and cheer and sunlight have an abiding place. “I never was happier in my life,” de- clared a bed-ridden invalia, with ashen hair, gnarled by warping rheumatism, but a face that reflected a peace that manya storm-tossed soul would envy. The personnel of the home is interesting in the highest degree. Clad in a handsome dressing-gown and leaning back luxurious- ly in an easy chair was a handsome old man, who seemed entirely harmonious with his surroundings. Heis the last leaf on a fine old family tree, and here his brother Masons have p!aced‘him until such time as death shall detach him. “I am 16,” averred a small but sturdy old gentleman, who walks with the vigor of youth and greeted lady visitors with old-time gallantry. He was an educator of the old school. out. Therefore the King's Daughters’ Home does not come before the public in the attitude of a pauper. It is amply able to support itself, but it is ambutious to re- place its outgrown quarters by a hand- some home, and to that end desites to enlist the generosity of San Franciscans and of King’s Daughters far and near. _ The old building is overcrowded by its sixty-five inmates. If every application forentrance were granted the big family would be more than doubled. Forty ap- plications have been refused within a few months. 2 Assistance to this institution means aid to one of the most worthy charities of the City. The constitution of the order re- quires that one charity patient be admitted for every ten who are able to pay. The ratio stands av present one for every six. The new building with the lot contem- plated in the officers’ plans will cost $50,000. The nucleus of this sum is yet small. The appeal to public generosity the ladies make in their presentation of the play at the Columbia is one that de- serves liberal response. The secretary is sending out also the fol- lowing circular in the hope that the sum of contributions thus secured will be a substantial addition to the building fund: You are cordially invited to become an hon- orary member of the King's Daughters’ Hos- | pital and Home. This institution is a most worthy charity, caring for poor, aged sick people. Being non-sectariaa, ail are welcome. Fee, discretionary with subseriber. We must have & new Home and we ask you all to kindly help us. Mges. RICHARD BROWN, Recording Secretary. 217 Francisco street, San ¥rancisco, Cal. The officers of the home are: Mrs. J. G. Clark, president; Mrs. E. M. Cofer, vice- president; Mrs. Richard Brown, recording secretary; Mrs. J. B. Lowe, financial secre- tary; Mrs. Fred Diserens, treasurer. CHINESE THENTER BACKET Angry See Yups Bombard Quon Ying Lock Players With Bad Eggs. A Small Panic Created at a First Performance by Factional Jealousy. Although Chinatown still retains her oriental garb and exhibits a plentiful array of pigtails, she is nevertheless be- ginning to give evidence of some salient features of the Western civilization. At the Chinese Theater Saturday night, during the initial performance of the Quon Ying Lock company of players, which has recently come from New Or- leans, there were a few moments when oriental pandemonium reigned and anti- quated American eggs salled through the air in the direction of the stage. The Quon_ Ying Lock tronpe is made up of players from the Sam Yup Company. The theater was crowded to the doors and by 8 o’clock there was hardly a square inch of standing room left. The audience, it seems, was largely sprinkled with the bel- hgerent See Yups and these are accused of creating the disturbance which took place shortly after the play began. The tomtoms and kettle drums and shrill sounding fiddles and flutes began their usual overture. Two performers dressed in scarlet and tinware walked in before the audience. There was some- thing in their stride, however, that worked painfully on an excitable grm'llp of See Yups seated near the stage. The latter aroze and without any explanation or apology began hurling the eggsat the two gaudily bedecked players with the same abandon that has been observed in civil- ized audiences on similar occasions. Policemen J. B. Hightower, O. B. Mer- rick ana J. Clifford were 1n the theater al- most as soon as the disturbance began and succeeded in thoroughly quieting the furor. There were no arrests made. Po- liceman Ciifford stated that had there been a panic in the theater the loss of life would have been very great, as the regulation limiting the audience to a number suffi- cient to fill the seats was entirely disre- garded and that every aisle was packed. ‘The building has but one exit. Last evening the See Yup men showed an inclination to resume hostilities. A large crowd gathered in front of the theater, biockading the sidewalk and ef- fectually preventing any one from entering the theater. Word was sent to the Califor- nia-street station, and a posse captured twenty-two of the disturbers. The prison- ers were charged with obstructing the sidewalk. They were released on bail, —_————— Forty-five years was his term of service in training the young. At one time he was The cinnamon gardens of Ceylon are said to have an area of 12,000 acres. St. Luke’s, the pretty little church on Van Ness avenue, this evening, the con- tracting parties being Miss Isabelle Grant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Charles W. Grant, and Edward Pond, son of ex-Mayor and Mrs. Poud. Dr. Brewer, an old and esteemed friend of the bride’s family, assisted by Rev. Mr. Moreland, pastor of St. Luke’s, will per- form the ceremony. Miss Fanny Grant, sister of the bride, will officiate as maid of honor. Albion Whitney will be best man, and Philip Thornton, Alfred Clement, Henry Wilson, Charles Farquharson, Charles Grant and Samuel F. Pond will be the ushers. A reception for members of the bridal party, relatives and a limited number of intimate friends will follow at the resi- dence of the bride’s parents, 2017 Lyon street. To Miss Jennie Catherwood belongs the honor of introducing on this coast that de- 7 il ! {L\\ Grant Edward Pond and Miss lsabel Grant, Who Will Be Married This Evening. [From photographs.] :he Berkshire. The ladies haye many riends in this City who are exerting them- selves to the utmost to make their visit a Ppleasant and enjoyablé one. 3 Sanford Goldstein has returned from his Eastern visit. he young ladies of Sausalito gave an evening dress leap-year ball last Wednes- day evening in the Pacific Yacht Glub house, the first of its kind this season. The clubhouse was artistically decorated With bunting and Chinese lanterns, and the paintings in the rooms were twined Wwith smilax.” The yachis near the boat- house showed their colors. The event was strictly invitational. About 150 couples participated. The ladies who had charge Of the affair were: President, Mrs. Charles Phelps; floor manager, Miss Fannie Hughes; floor committee—Misses Emily Taylor, Isabelle Coughlan, Ida Wosser, ate Gorman, Jennie Baraty; reception committee—Misses Effie Urquhart, Kate Becker, Emma Meyer, Mamie Schnell, Grace Miller, Mae Wade, Annie Ludolph; commiitee of arrangements—Misses Edna Hopkins, Aggie Wosser, Nora Whaley. Late arrivals at Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, include Charles Webb Howard and valet, Daniel Meyer, Rear Admiral and Mrs. 1., A. Beardslee, Lieutenant and Mrs. George N. Stoney, children and nurse; Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Reid and daugheer, M. H. R. Harris, John Taylor, Miss J. F. Daniels, L. L. Hart, Jay W. Adams, William Marcey, A. M. Weinrath, George Kirkman, Dr. F. W. Todd of Stock- ton, Mr. and Mrs, Frank M. Wilson of Berkeley, and Mr. and Mrs, E. 8. Chur- chill, Miss Churchill, Miss Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. WilliamD. Greene and child and Mrs. Margaret Greene of Napa are also registered. . Many were the dancers who graced the baliroom floor at Union-square Hall last Friday night in response to invitations issued by the Verdi’s Cotillon Club. The grand march was under way at 9 o'clock, and was under the leadership of Frank J. Williams and Miss May Kelley. [t was made up of pretty though intricate i ures, after which dancing was in order and con- tinued until midnight. The special feature of the eveninfi was the dancing of the cotillon by the ladies and gentlemen present, whose grace in execution won encomiums from the spec- tators present. The success of the affair is due to the efforts of the following members: F. J. Williams, R. Carlson, J. Griffen, J. A. Melsaacs, W, Taber, F. C. Beck, H. Han- sen, E. Lange, J. J. Small and George Heinz., A very successful leap-year surprise party was tendered Mr. and Mrs. M. F, Donleavy, at their residence, 1136 Howard street, last Saturday evening, January 25. While Mr. and Mrs. Donleavy were attend- of the house, and after a little time spent ing the theater the company took possession in decorating they sent a message to sum- mon them home.” There they found a jolly crowd of old friends to greet them. Pretty proizmmmes, on which were arranged twelve dances, were distributed as sou- venirs. With an excellent band dancing was indulged in until a late hour, and a | bounteous repast was served. The success of the party was mainly due to Mrs. J. Crowley, Miss Louisa Baldridge, Miss Kate Crowley, Miss Birdie Gorman and Miss Ella Carmody, well known among their many friends as very charm- in% entertainers, he G. H. 8. Alumnz Glee Club has seut out cards for a hop, to be given at the auditorium of the Giris’ High School, cor- ner of Geary and Scott streets, on Tuesday evening, February 11. Miss Blake, Miss Boston, Miss Herrin, Miss Klopstock and Miss Prosek areon the reception commit- tee, and Miss Cornish, Miss Osmers, Miss | Metrovich and Miss Slone will have charge of the floor. | California Council No. 1, D. of L., has issued invitations fof its first anniversary | party on Friday evening, February 7, at Union-square Hall. Thne tentn annual entertainment and ball of the San Francisco Printing Pressmen’s Union will be held at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street, Saturday evenirg, February 8. A grand ball will be given in aid of the Stockton-street Synagogue on Sunday g’efling, February 16, at Union-square all. Pacific Parlor No. .10, N. 8. G. W., has issued inyitations for its first invitation party at the new hall of the Native Sonsof the Golden West, Mason street, between lightful function known as an English hi§h tea. he second of a series of these Sunday teas was given by Miss Catherwood yester- day at her elegant and commodious resi- dence on Gough street. The English high tea differs materially from the usual tea, inasmuch as the num- ber of guests is limited and there is no re- ceiving party, The tea is brewed by the fair hand of the gracions hostess, and all servants are dismissed. Music, a most delightful accessory, was one of the fea- tures at Miss Catherwood’s tea, and about fifteen friends enjoyed that charming young hostess’ hospitality. Mrs. J. H. Jewett will give a tea to-mor- Tow afternoon st her residence on Bush street complimentary to Miss Cheesman, whose engagement to Lieutenant Schoe- maker of the navy was recently an- nounced. _The first of a series of dinners to be glven by Mrs. Emanuel Heller at her resi- ence, 824 Post street, wiil take place on ‘Wednesday evening. 7 The second of the series of informal en- tertainments arranged by the Concordia Club will take place on Thursday evening at the club’s handsome quarters on Van Ness avenue, Much secrecy is maintained regarding the nature of the entertainment, and not a little curiosity is manifested by the invited lady guests, whose invitations bear the mysterious injunction, *Be pro- vided with an ample supply of nickels.” Mr. and Mrs. L. Schwabacher are once again occupying their handsome residence on Clay street that has just been com- pletely renovated. Among the many im- brovements is the addition of an elegant ballroom. Mrs. Will Tevis has recently been enter- taining 4t her home in Bakerstield Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hicks and Miss Emily Hager. Mrs. 8. B. King and the Misses Laura and May King of Portland are guests at Geary and Post, Friday evening, ¥ebru- ary 14. g‘he Vaudeville Club will give a grand entertainment and ball at California Hall, 620 Bush street, on Monday evening, February 5. An excellent and varied pro- gramme will be presented, to be followed by dancing, Court Golden West No. 20, Foresters of America, will celebrate its ninth anni- versary with a grand invitational affair at Odd Fellows’ Hall, Wednesday evening, February 12. Golden Gate Council No. 34, Young Men’s Institute, will_give its ninth an- niversary ball at Odd Fellows’ Hali, Tues- dny evening, February 18. Company D, League of the Cross Cadets, will give its ‘annual entertainment and dance st Union-square Hall, Thursday evening, February 13. The iriends of the well-known pianist and orchestra leader P. W. D’Arcy will tender to him a benefit soc1al on this Mon- day evening, the 3d, in Union-square Hall. Dancing will be kept up till 1 o’clock. Mrs. Joseph “Abrahamson and daughter will be at home the Jast Thurscay of the month at their residence, 1209 Octavia street, The engagement of William John Fo- garty and Miss F. McLaughlin is an. nounced. Krupp guns are certainly not desirable neighbors, even in times of peace. The inhabitants of Essen suffermnch in nerves and house property from the trials of the heavy guns close by. Many houses and Walls show large fissures from the shocks, and others are actually unsafe. At the latest experiments all ({a doors and win- dows in one quarter of Essen flew open at every discharge, while one house had gz‘za pannn? glass broken, each worth REALTY MARKET REVIEW, Letter From the Consulting En- gineer; of the Merchants’ Association, JANUARY'S BUILTFING RECORD. Hahnemann College Building—A Local Firm’s Operations in Los Angeles. Although the real estate market isquiet, the past week furnished a number of sales at fair prices, and negotiations are under way for a number of deals, some of which are of considerable importance. The veriod of financial distrust has passed, and real estate has come again to be considered a stable commodity. This is, in a measure, owing to the fact that a large percentage of the involved owners of realty have been sold out, and the greatest obstacle to re- covery in times of depression thereby re- moved. Itis just such people who swell the list b rced aucti. les i | e of the fo ction salesin dull | Visafero, steeats. 151 9% times. Mortgagors, who considered it a great loss and misfortune to have property forced upon them fifteen months ago. ex- press themselves differently now, since the market has turned and values are once more slowly on the ascent. There is not a person of middle age in any city in the Union who has not seen long periods of depression in which real estate could scarcely be given away, and have also seen as many periods in which there did not seem to be balf enough real estate to supply the rush of buyers, who, 1n the latter instance, frequently paid the most extravagantly inflated prices for vroperty, allowing but a small-margin of profit possible. At such a time as this, when there is not the least inflation, when property is valued at what it is actually worth, an excellent opportunity is offered for investment, and people who have ready money on hand should get out of the regular rut of invest- ingon a rapidly advancing market, and Rm their spare mieans into pronerty which as not yet become higk priced, but is cer- tain to be with the inevitable return of good times. STREET IMPROVEMENT. As street improvement is destined to play an important part in the future of real estate transactions in San Francisco, the following communication from Ernest McCullough, consulting eneineer for the Merchants’ Association, will be of interest: The chief things to be desired in a_good povementare deanliness and durability. Clesn- iness above all else. Nothing does so well as asphalt or bituminous rock in this respect, as such pavements are perfectly sanitary. Stone blocks are so0 noisy that brick 15 sup- planting them in many cities. As a rule that material is used most exten- svely that is obtained tity in_the near vicinity. So in the central States we find a great deal of brick used, for large beds of clay are close at hand. In the southern and northern central States, wood is largely used,as timber is plen.iful. ,In the middle eastern States stone is largely used, as quarries are close at hand. Cities which have no timber, clay or stone near by, are largely paved with asphalt. California cities are paved extensively with bituminous rock Ex. Pediency has so Trgely governed in past vears, t is dificult to chenge people’s minds as regards the comparative value of pavements. 1t is becoming customary for cities to investi- gate the subject of paving materials, and the consequence will be the survival of the fittest, Asphalt and bituminous rock have a pre. ponderancy of good points in their favor, and brick s & close follower. Until all cities have testing laboratories in charge of competent men pavements will not be all they should. The inspector, as he is understood to-day, is & ward of the politician and not & useful factor. Good testing of ma- terial and guarantee of all work done for a term of years will secure good work. After the work is accepted it must be maintained and there is where San Francisco is weak. The streets are not maintained properly. A concrete base is necessary under all pave- ments. If Market street i3 paved I would recommend that eight inches of concrete be 1aid as a base as far as Second street and six inches the rest of the way out. Up to Battery street granite blocks could be laid if the people preferred _them, - although asphalt or bi- tuminous rock will stand all right. The rest of the street could be paved with asphalt or bi- tuminous rock. Itis needless to say the work shouid be well and carefully done and under a five years’ guarantee. A Teal estate man in New York City figured that if Eighth avenue were paved with asphait from Fifty-ninth street to One Hundred and Tenth street the 224 building lots on the ave- nue would be built upon at an average ex- enditure per house on each lot of $15,000. his would make the total productive ex- enditure $3,360,000, which, assessed at Bail ita value and taxta af 5 por sont: route vield the city a revenue of $33,000. The city couid borrow $130,000, the money necessary to pave that part of Eighth avenue with asphalt, at 3 per cent, so that by accomplish- ing this work it would be a gainer to the ex- tent of $29,000 per year. It is in_order for some real estate man to do some figuring of the same kind on the Markst-stract propo- sition, During 1894 the various pavements used in Eastern cities were in about the following proportion: SETHE e £lele]z Crrres. g g_ g S' Washington. 50.46] . 2.40 2.01/ 0. 38.08| 0. New York 11.47], Philadelphbia. 114 6.8 124.4 Boston 1.44| 0.08,17.35| By pavements is in all cases meant what is termed 8s & rule permanent pavements. All the above cities have other pavements, such as macadam and cobble, which are always tem- porary and are replaced whenever funds are available. The above figures are for the period ending about July, 1894. During the same time the number of miles of permanently paved sircets in various cities s given as ollows: . CrrIEs. A.Wo_“ e CIE g Chicago. Clevelan Buftal Milwau Indianapolis Memphis.. St. Louis. . As to comparative quantities of the various materials which are used in various cities in the United States some information may be gleaned from the reports of city engineers for the last two years. For example St. Paul, from the result of experience, places asphalt first and brick second in favor, after experience with both. Milwaukee favors brick, asphalt and wood in the order named. Indianapolis during 1894 laid 3.99 miles of asphalt, 4 miles of brick and half a mile of wood. At the end 0f 1894 Erie, Pa., had 17} miles of paved streets, about half of them paved with asphalt and half paved with brick and stone. Louis- ville, Ky., in 1893 had about half a mile of stone pavement and nearly five miles of brick. Syracuse, N. Y., has about 44,000 square yards of asphalt. Newark, N. J., 1aid during 1895 about 48,000 nflxuo yards of sione and 3000 yards of as- phalt. Altoona, Pa., has over seven miles of asphalt d not quite a mile of stone, about half & mile of brick and a little cobble pavement. Philadelphia has over 873 miles of paved streets, 502 of whicn are granite and asphalt, the asphalt predom- inating. A conceried lan was drawn up to pave €ertain streets with stone and alternate streets with asphait. The peoixle on man streets petitioned for asphalt. The Health oi ficer of Philadelphia is said to have stated that the death rate from consumption in that city was 31.93 per 10,000 in 1880, and in 1894 it was only 22.04 per 10,000. He attributes this to the increased area of sanitary payement laid during that period, which %flve cleaner streets. Bingham- ton, N. Y., in 1894, had 58,000 yards of wood, X rds of Asphalt 'and 3500 yards of brick. Kansas City, Mo., duflnf 1894 laid 23; miles of asphaltand 13¢ miles of brick. At the end of the year there Wwas under contract 2,4 amiles of asphalt. New York City at the end of 1894 had 300 miles of stone blocks, 63 miles of asphalt and 22 miles of macadam. Omaha has 10 miles of brick, 21 of asphalt, 23 of stone and 23 of wood. Denver during 1894 laid 65,000 yards of stone blocks and 300,000 yards mosteasily and in quan- | of asphalt. Philadelphia during 1894 put down 10 miles of stone, 6 miles of asphaltana 4 miles of brick, Abroad it is said the following number of mules of asphalt is laid in _certain cities: Lon- don 24, Paris 26, and Berlin 3. In all three of these cities & great quantity of wooden pave- ment is laid. It is, however, not increasing in favor on account of the high cost of mainte- nance. Statistics show that asphalt is less slip- pery than grauite or basalt blocks. In the early part of 1894 inquiriés were sent out to 250 cities uskin% about the projected work in street pnvini. he cities were all over 10.000 population. Replies were received from seventy-five and it was found that they con- templated laying as & whole about 288,000 ards of asphalt and 524,000 yards of brick. 0st of the work contemplated has been done. During 1896 it is stated that New York City will expend about $1,000,000 for asphalt pave- ments and about $250,000 for stone. Asphalt is favored for all streets where the people are not wedded to tha idea of stone blocks, and in fact this is the principal reason why so many streets are peved with stone blocks nowadays, the geople wanting them. They have nothing but durabiiity to commend them, and few peo- ple look furiher than Qurability. They are noisy, dirty and costly. 1t costs one-third less to clean asphalt than stone. ; The majority of pavements in Eastern cities are Iaid under guarantees of irom five to ten years, REVIEW OF THE RECORDS. The following ebstract from the records shows the largest real estate loans made last week and the security accepted: By the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, for one year, at 635 per cent, $29,000, on the undivided half of the northwest corner of Mis- sion and_ Eighth sireets, 275x175; by Eliza J. | Wright, for one year, at G per cent, $10,000, on the norchwest corner of Fillmore and Grove streets, 112:6x137:6; by the Eureka Benevo- lent Association, for two years, at 4 per cent, $6000,0n property on south line of Fine sireet, 95 east of Octavia, 55x120; by Hibernia Savings | and Loan Society for one year. at 65 per cent, | #8000 on the northwest corner of Oak and De- | 82:6; by the same | bank, for one year, at G4 per cent, $48,000 on property on the south line of Bush’ street, | 137:6 east of Stockton street, 45:10x137:6; by E.L. Wemple, for ninety days, at 14if per cent, $6000 on property in San Mateo | County and _the southwest corner of | Ninth® and Howard streets, 266:4x100; | by the German Savings and Loan Society, on mnstallments at 7 per cent, $6000 on prop- erty on the east line of Van Ness avenue, 50 | north of Hayes street; by the Hibernia Savings | and Loan Society for one year at 63« per cent, | $4500 on property on the southeast line of | Mission street, 150 southwest of Eighth, 25x | 80; by the German Savings and Loan Sotiety | for one year at 7 per cent,$125,000 on the property at the southwest corner of Castro | and Twenty-fourth streets, 228x80, and same bank for one year at' 615 per cent, $6000 | g property on the south line ot Ells street, | 137:6 eust of Laguna, 27:6x120. i The largest releases from mortgages | granted the past week were by J. J. Rauer, | $14,340, to Jacov and Lizzie Lutz, on prop- | erty on the south line of Fulton street, 110 east of Pollk, 27:6x12¢, and by the Hibernia | §, Savings and Loan Society, $35,000, to | Joseph Ross on property on the southwest line of Third street, 120 southeast of Market 25x75, and property on the south line of Ellis, 82:6 east of Jones, 27:6x137. Transfers were placed on record the past week to the number of seventy-seven, in- | cluding the following deed of property from the Pacific Improvement Company to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, of date of November 25 last: Lot on south corner of Fourth and Channel streets, southwest 282:9, southeast 120, north east 145:3, northwest 80, northeast 137:6, northwest 40; southwest iine of Fourth, 80 southwest of Hooper, southeast 40 by south- west 137:6; southwest line of Fourth street, 80 southwest of Irwin, southeast 80 by south- west 137:6; south corner of Fourth and Hub- Dell streets, southwest 137:6, southeast 120, northeast 10 Kentucky, north 62:914, north- o southenst corner of Merrimac and Kentucky streets, south 210 by east 100; north- ‘west corner of Sixteenth (Center)and Tennes- see streets, north 150 by west 100; lot bounded by Sixth, Yuma or Eureka streets, aud Charter line of 1850, being all of block 349}, lying north of Cnarter line; southeast corner of Santa. Clara and Kentucky streets. east 200, south 150, wes: 100, north 50, west 85:8, south 4 deg. 45 min.,, west 16:9, south 24 dex. 45 min., west 24, north 137:5%; northeast corner of Santa Clara ave- nue and Zentucky street,north 4 de west 278, south 68 deg. 15 mi north 85 deg. 30 min., east 43:215, deg. 30 min., west 50, north 85 aeg. in., 50, north 4 deg. min., west 100, north 85 deg. 30 min., east 50, south 4 deg. 30 mi east 26:5, south 72 deg. 30 min., west 65:5, south 48 deg., west 40:10%, north’ 85 deg. 30 min., east 46:21¢, south 4 deg. 30 min., east 100, south 85 deg. 30 min., west 150; all in- terest in lot on northeast corner of Tennessee and Sknta Clara aveneu, north 400 by east 100; Potrero Nuevo block 315, bounded by Santa Clara, Iowa, Mariposa and Pennsylvania avenues; southeast corner of Muariposa street and Penusylvania avenue, south 250 by ecast 200; sll interest in Potrero Nuevo block 342, | bounded by Santa Clara, Indiana, Maraposa | and Iowa. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. i Improvements in the suburbs are en- couraging. The| c&pening of the Sutro electric road to the Cliff House marks a new era for Rich- mond. The work of himminizm%Vnn Ness ave- nue from Union street to Bay, seven con- secutive blocks, is progressing rapidly. Several five-room cottages are going up on Hoffman avenue in the Heyman tract. A committee of real estate men have been appointed to appraise the value of the land to be condemned in opening Lyon street from Pacific avenue to the bay. C. C. Bemis, the real estate broker, has just finished a thousand feet of bituminous sidewalk on Twenty-seventh street be- tween Guerrero and Dolores, on Army be- tween Church and Dolores, on Church between Army and Twenty-sixth and on Church between_Twenty-fifth and Jersey. During 1895 Easton, Eldridge & Co. built ninety-five houses in Los Angeles, but five of which are left on their hands. A few days ago they let contracts for ten more houses, one of which is for the con- struction of a business block to cost ,000. The homeopaths are goine to erect build- ings for coliege and hosnual purposes at the southwest corner of Sacramento and Maple streets. Fifty-two building contracts were re- corded in January aggregating §561,906, as against a record of fifty for the same period a year ago amounting to $250,377. Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. will hola an auction sale on February 13 of miscella- neous and probate properties. Some of the most important pieces are: The dwelling, 2422 Bryant street, and a lot on Dore street, near Harrison, belonging to the estate of Thomas O’ Day; the two-story resi- dence of the Mary Morchio estate at 739" Pine street; lots on Clay street, near Laurel and Maple; Jot and house, 2110 Van Ness avenue, near Pacific; renting property, 1011,1013 and 1015 Golden Gate avenue; the residence 729 McAllister street; a cotiage at 17 Clement avenue; a dwelling at 934 Nineteenth street, and the store, with twenty-five rooms above, | at 1335 Folsom street. % The following sales were made Speck & Co. during the past week: PE Sl Lot 27 :2x87:6 feet on the south line of E1i: street, 83:5 feet west of Hyde street, and im. provements at 695 Ellis streer, consisting of our-story frame building, the deed being exe- cuted by Caleb A. Burgess and Mary F. Bur- 1s. Frances E. Crane, $16,000; lot 25x 7:6 feet on the east line of Hyde street, 112: feet morth of Geary, and two-story’ frame building at 612 Hyde Street, $8500. This 1ast. mentioned property was sold by J. L. Gibson ‘o M. E. Christal, 8 well-known London physi- | cian and surgeon, who intends to convert the | property into a residence and private sani. tarium.” The doctor will immediately proceed to make extensive alterations on the building. A. Sbarboro makes the following report of the San Francisco Mutual Loan Asso- ciation: During the past three months $22,000 has been paid for matured shares. Thlfassoclnnmn has obtained judgment for $6600 on the prop- erty on Van Ness avenue, near Jackson street, mortgaged to the association by E. W. Goggin. The property will shortly be sold by the Sherif | and ls expected to bring double the amount of the judgment. he San Francisco and Oakland Mutual Loan Association at its last meeting placed several new loans. During the past month this associ- ation called on the shareholders holding first and second series stock who could make use of their money to voluntarily surrender the same in order to reduce the surplus of the money on hand, and succeeded in taking in over $25,000 of stock in this way. The Italian-Swiss Mutual Loan in the past three months received $42,000 for interest and installments from 1ts members, made loans amounting to $5000, paid $20,000 to its with- drawal members and has $15,000 on hand Which {tisready to loan on good security. Fell Down a Ladder. David Hartsough, the water-tender at the electrie power-honse at Eleventh and Channel streets, slipped while descending a steep lad- der shortly before midnight Saturday, and fell & distance of fifteen feet. His right leg and ankle were broken. As he lay helpless his neck and tace were burned by steam escaping from a neighboring wastepipe. D0CTO FIVE POINTS 10 FIVE \ Drawn Game of Football Bee tween the Emmets and San Franciscos. FIRST MATCH OF THE SEASON, Revival of the Invigorating Sport on the Recreation Grounds in Golden Gate Park. The invigorating and scientific sport of Gaelic football is not to be permitted to fall into innocuous desuetude. At the opening of the season three or four games were played and then thiere was a sudden cessation. The inconvenience of playing on the recreation grounds at Golden Gate Park without proper goal posts or lines and the annoyance caused by the spectators per- sistently crowding among the nvlayers, were the principal reasons for stopping the games. In future all these drawbacks will be avoided, and the sport will soon be as popular as ever. Yesterday afternoon a game was played on the recreation grounds between the old-time rivals,. the Emmets and San Franciscos. It was not so distinguished for briiliant play as many previous games, but that was accounted for by the lack of practice. A fair-sized crowd _was_present and seemed to thoroughly enjoy the sport, At 3 o’clock the teams lined up as fole lows: mets. San Franciscos. nern .Weish ‘Hannigaa Mellotte Position. | Dunne Hughes Farrell The play iasted for an hour and a half. The referee forgot all about halftime, and at the close both teams were almost ex- hausted. The San Franciscos assumed the offensive almost from the start and kept the sphere dodging in_the vicinity of the Emmets’ goal. e times within as many minutes Steve Welsh and Tom Daly kicked for goal, but Lynch was on the alert and stopped the ballin time. The sixth try by Welsh was more successful, and the first goal was scored. The Emmets, encouraged by Palmer, started in to even up matters, and some pretty piay was the result. The San Franciscos played a stubborn defense, and it was not till near the close that Creede passed to Palmer, who shot the sphere through goal. The game closed with the score 5 {0 5. Palmer, Creede, O’'Dowd and Sugrue did_splendid work for the Emmets and Mecinerny, Welsh, Daly and Hannigan distinguished themselves for the San ¥ran- ciscos. DURRANT HOPEFUL, Ho Still Keeps Up His Spirits and Looks Happy. Theodore Durrant is still healthy and hopeful. He spent considerable of his time vesterday afternoon conversing with members of the Salvation Army and others who visit the jail to minister to the spirit- ual needs of the inmates. He seemed to be in the best of spirits and laughed and chatted-as though his doom were a mattér of years instead of days. Durrant still feels aggrieved at the treat- ment lie.is receiving at the hands of the newspapers. He says he is in good health now, and has in no wise given up hope. He is busy writing most of the time. 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