The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 25, 1901, Page 17

BUSINESS LOTS CHANGE OWNERS Downtown Localities Be- ing Sought by Keen Investors. —— Building Boom in Progress in Berkeley, and Rents Rise There. —— One of the leading transactions of the eck In realty was the sale of the noyth- corner of Sutter street and Grant 3 "This is subject to the robate Court, the prop- E & part of the estate of Mrs. n G. Hunter. The brokers, Madi- & Burke, decline to name the pur- The frontage is 30 feet on Sutter nd 40 feet on Grant avenue. The ts consist of a four-story and ck_bullding, which includes | Temple Bar and also offices in the tories. The property now pays a of $33 per month. David Hunter he lot in 1852. The new owner hold the property in its present shape nvestment. ther transaction of some size was sale of the property on the south- line of Mission street, 215 feet north- from Sixth, known as the St. Paul's man Church property, %ogether with piece in_the rear abuiting on_ Minna by John A. Fredericks and O. B. | gell to W. P. Morgan. The two lots e & total frontage of 67:6 feet, with a denth of 160 feet. The price was $45,000. v building will be erected by or the exclusive use of the | | | an ! C Tht 1 mage Througn the agency of Bovee, Tos & Kemmore Edition—$1 Books 20c. 3 nntag. Bivictil by Beokies: About 20 titles printed on deckle edge paper, oS%ies are reported by Sol Getz & Bro. | K p LT F TR Prairic— Cooper Pioneer—Cooper Robinson Crusoe—Defoe Scarlet Letter—Hawthorne Thrift—Smiles Self Help—Smiles Tour of the World in Eighty Days—Verne Wkea a Man's Single—Bartie Duty—Smiles south line of L street, $1300; 25 ‘wenty-first ne of Mon- th avenue, tage, east uth lin P Origin of Spec buckram, gilt top; published at $1.00; during this sale.. 20@ Twenty Thousand Leagues Un- der the Sea—Verne Edmund Dantes—Dumas Lady of the Lake—Scott In the Golden Days— Lvall Imitation of Christ—a’ Kempis Gold Elsie—Marlitt Micah Clarke—Doyle Mysterious Island— Verne Nicholas Nickleby— Dickens THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1901 a~d bindings. priced to suit instances we ha Silent Pete, Oti New Robinson Crue Playdays, Jewett. . Ice Que 1, Ingerso! Eijih Kellogg’s Books, vol. Edgar. .. Modern Mephistopheles, Alcott. Cossack Fairy Ta'es, I lustrated. My:tery of the I-land, Kingsley. Zig-Zag Stories, Butterworth, College Library, Farrar ‘Wright. e . 3 Lucy C. Lillie Books, vol. .. Wesselhoeft Books, vol. Church’s Books, vol. W. O. Stoddard’s Books, vol In the Days of Chivalry. Oliver Roscoe, Green, . . Sign of the R=d Cross, Green Trowbridge’s Books. = ‘Walrus Hunters, Ballantyne bound in polished 1ike prices. Pub. Sale which enables us td quote the lowest prices ever named by a retal house for these editions | . o Vincenn:c. f":‘;‘: l;fl;; The assortment includes copyrighted and standard works of Fiction, Riographies, History, Hawthorne’s Works, per vol....$1.00 250 Sciences, Juvenile Books, etc.; in fact enough books and enough variety to stock an ordinary book store. e ‘::.kf.fm'.i ;;-Z gg: Oniy a few of the titles can bs enumerated- in this space; but whether you want a single book, a Set Of | stima's Poems, per votume, $1.50 48¢ books ¢r an entire librarv, no mat'er what your means may be, you will find in this sale editions myé";‘;:‘;: <3 S them. Sale begins Monday and lasts until this special stock is exhausted. In MaNY | Taine’s English Literature... .. .$1.50 448G : Vice of F 3 ve but one or two vo.umes of a title. Better come early. s o e Tl A fi: fthe Swamp, Catherwood$1.25 S8@ andard Books 25c¢. Sefs of Books. |{cyiieSen . - . ney’s Works, vol_..§1.25 48@ Eub 5% | This scries of standard works by popular authors is prinicd from large | Lesther Stocking Taies, § vol. Marcells, Mrs. Ward, 2 vols.... §2.00 480 48c| lypc on good paper and bound with gill tops, in hand- 2 Dickens, 15 vols., cloth binding. :‘Y Lady yob&dv: h:nmfl' $1.50 480 zgg seme cloth binding. During this sale—per vo'ume. . 50 Dickens, 15 vols., half Rusia binding. . ‘75| Can T‘h{“; bo:!:,nP:r:r: i:i: fi‘.: e ety s e e BT | Like Another Helen, Horton..$1.50 850 480 | Abv: Constantin Gold Elsle (Marlitt) A gfalx of Blus Eyes | Dickens, 15 vols., buckram binding, gilt top. . A s -$1.5 G (Hard: d g J Cardinal’s Snuff Box, Harl 3 St e Boys (Thompsom) P 2nd Preludice (Aus- | Blio, 12 vols., personal cditon. . ... $6+28 | Mch Lady, ustrated, Poge.. $1.00 F@O $1.00 :;c g;e g:;nedrmn;; (Shu;(nel){ i Amysf;fly Norseman nmeane-l of &' Bachelor | Scott, 24 vols., cloth binding, gilt tops.. .. Marse Chan, illustrated, Page...$1.00 480 ;:g: 285 | oo "€ Heroes and Tero Wor- Rbinsen Crosom ety |~ vsnisenessressioneinress $10.25 | Bigclow Papers ilus, Lowell. $1.00 300 B Z%g| Culit Eistery of mug. anip ry( San Crtme T Scarlet Letter (Haw- Home Reference Library, 10 vols., ha'f Russia | Waiford, E len Olney Kirk. . . §1.00 302 50 g 48c | Clolster_and the Hearth _(Hugo) Self-Help (Smiles) o fall sheep binding. --86.25 | Bernicia, Amelia Burr... fro0 300 5 ;c 54 cénx:u-g:)(s“a) H(o}la);y - Roman Emplre Sek!xn.r)ne and Lilles (Rus- s' 50 Bi i Tommy and Grizel, Barrie....81.50 8G@ . n) il ot e e Savrola, Winston Churchill, ,,.$1.25 600 450 | Eoimion M i lof Bamehivek, st Nows Silace ot Dean Mattena | Sl e R | oty T Mt o S gt e ERELOE Dy SiRnYme, | On Sale, 48C. |4 pem o Thow Eniv 352 480 300 | T Seemsier Gfig Miyagman Ready Giar- Tollers of the sea (elugs) | Cicero Danpiecs et e e 48: gonovuxi "(,Ly(l;‘l) ; Micah Clarke (Doyle) Westward Ho! (Kingsley) | Henry °l: “;I':i'" ll;' s‘us‘ Hundreds of other niles. ream e arvel) The Moonstone (Collins) ‘We Two (Lyall) Henry the Na igator ‘cter Stuyvesant R T 50| 2V nlin L SRR T B MR comouny | T D Sor $5.25 for a $10.00 30¢ | . Erers (Marlitt) ‘Whittier's Poems Philip Sidney Co'umbus chtlonar ut — Comy extra g'a’z Moon (Verne) bach) Zenobla (Ware) ¢ | Savanarola Etc., Btc., supplement and new pronouncing gazettcer of 48¢c American Family Physician—1go: ciiton, | Told By Two—New book by Marie St. Felix, author of A | the world; with colored plates and thousands 30¢| Evein detail the causes, symptoms and treatment of all discaser, | Little Game With Destiny, published at Soc, cale price. 3&@ | ©f cngravings; bound in full sheep; with pat- published at $4.75, for............ SR $1.48 | Mrs. Lincoln’s Peerless Cook Boox— | co* thumb index; while $5 25 Webster’s Enc . ofopedic Dictionary— | Containing over 250 choice recipes, sale price. . ....... §@¢ | limited supply lasts... . o Enlarged and revised to date by the Rt. Rev. Samue! Falows, | Dre Chase’s Recipe BoOk—An invaluable collec- | Together with Harvard Dictionary Stand. . _ bound in half Russia, double thumb index , ..$2.88 | tion of over 1000 practical recipes, published at $2.50, 08 Z&G | »ov.rnernnnsrnsn s ..$7.50 “essles 17¢ PPy P : Hurd’s Writing Papers Less Than Half Price. The biggest values 1n Stationery ever offered in this city. ~Hurd’s Writing Papers and Envelopes, worth from 15c to 30¢ per 24 pieces, in bond, kid ies—Darwin Letiers reatest of We have secured a large stock of much-in-demand books at a figure Juvenile Books. Boyhood of Great /Men, etc., Witch Winnie Books, Champhey$1. 50 Under the Red Flag, King. .. . §1.25 Stor'es of American Literature, Hundreds of other good titles at Black Rock— Authorized edit'on; cloth ding, Soes i Ridpath’s History Of the United States-$;. oo ciition 8¢ An English Woman’s L-ve 17 | oK Sales i Copyright Fiction, finich and Irish linen, in such popular tints as heliotrore, lilac, azure and old 30c large number of emall lots to be closed out, beginning Monday. Paper—24 theets for @@, Envel rose; in octavo, commercial, lopes—25 for 9@s , to Emma of Twelfth Ladies’ Neckwear wwes 2 Half Price L] the south t west from e 700 lot on the pieces of 6§ feet, stylish d_street, N eckwear, git trimmed Jabots, Stocks and Scarfs, ma- terials and styles too varied for particular de scription, ding Sales Recorded. all very = larger sales of realty that pretty and on record during the week desirable, . on special 80 feet, on sale Mon- 220:5 feet . for $50,000; Pa- day only, 0 the Packing east “corner of ll:llf , 182:216x36:6x | 3L Fitzgerald | price. Raphael, 42x House Furnishings, Monday Specials. 3 quart ‘ Straight T Saucepan —Made ng circulated and signed of besten- b dents of the Sunset dis- ame'ed tr Market Street Railroad o « tension of the electric | wi(h’ ng to the Affliated Col- to Ninth avenue, thence | bandle and cover, regularly goc, avenue to N street. It would on special sa'e Monday only 33c - Positively Last Days of Clothing Sale. The Clean-up of the Summerfield Wholesale Boys” Clothing, 2t §7¢ on the nollar' ends next S: made, stylish and seasonable clothing at about cost of materials. Men's $10.00 Suits, $4,35., Boys’ $7.50 Long Panls Svits, $4.9 aturday night. Come in and verify our assertion that we are selling: $15.00 Svits, $8.95. 5. ¢ Men'’s Boys’ $3.00 Knce Pants Suits, $7,98. Best Photographs That Can Be Made About Half Price. Not half our regular prices, but about half what you have always had to pay tor the highest class of work. We have adopted this scale of prices for the most artistic and best work that can be turned out: Card de Visite, 24x33 in., on heavy bevel- ed edge mounts, dozen. .. ... ....8$1.00 Mantello Size, 4x6 in., on heavy beve'ed edge gray mounts, dozen. $1.50 Cabinet Size, all style mounts, dozen. $2,50 Pure Groceries at a Big Saving. Best Dry Granulaled Sugar—Monday only. 20 ibs $1.00 Pineapple — Extra o X street. It would | R on special ta'e Monday only. ... Singapore, sliced, > [the ma e i e ot 3 quart Lipped Saucepan—Made of best en- the Jarge size - made and amecd ware, with handle, regularly joc (24 -1b tins); - each, on special sale Monday on'y 19¢ regularly o o s Bone Napkin Rings—Pure white bone, num- Mo g bl Ko bered from 1 o 12, just the thing for large day only < has been lét by H families and boarding houses, regularly 15¢ 15¢ Feh e between K and cach, on special ra'e Monday. . .. 100 Armour’s - & Sliced e Sunset district regularly 25c, on special sale Mon- i The Star Brand, largesize tins; special he beginning of dayy the get. . 7c Monday...... 20c¢ or which the P Special Sale of Fioss Pillows. ned the first | be erected for this f Board of has desi, for the fire One transac- d on How- ; AL 1d New Mpnt- | %, Uon leads to 'm““ three_stories another. We I e The en- #0'd you 1600 it on Hunt | & cuchion tops 1d_Savings So- e pital stock from day, to mor- of this is | % rou we are going to offer you 1000 nge that than $i00,000, ended by the Fioss Pillows to put them on. pil'ows for the cu prices. state Ge- part of the money e been rapldly accu last few years in Cal- th 6oc size—24x24 in.—Monday. . ... 75¢ size—26x26 in.—Moncay. . .. Williem H. Crocker has loaned $125,000 | o 8c All puressilc floss, full weight and fu!l size. to General Thomas J. Clunie for the im- provement of the southeast corner of| nRERERRRRRRR RRRE : i 5 i GRAPE-NUTS. Not enough n tops, you say; but they are all that we cou'd get to sell at thee special ; | § 5 i‘ ; g R. S. V. P. Sa't—Monday; package.....JQ@ Soda Crackeps—Fresh and crisp, Monday, 3§ boxes (about 10 Ibs)... . 39@ Coffez—Our 30: family blend, very fine. sve- cial Monday on'y—Ilb 25¢ Chu'ney — Culifornia Packing Co.’s tome brand, Monday, bott'e............. Tomato Catsup—California Packing Co.’s home brand, delicious, regularly 25c a bottle, Monday 5¢ Port or Sherpy—Full quart bottles, regularly 40c, on special sale Monday only, 4 bottles.... 1«00 Good Kentucky Whiskey— Monday, porbottle, .. ... .. 49%¢ Old Tom Gin—G:nuin: imported. regu- larly $1.00 bottle, Monzay . . gc Assorted Cordials — Imported, put up in fancy decanters as shown in illus- tration; peppsrmint, anisette, rose, curacao, regularly §1.25, on special sa'e Monday while supply lasts, bo:tle. ..89¢ A Dress Goods Bargain. We offer to-morrow, another lot of that pretty Granite Weave Suiting that is now so much in demand. Not more than 800 yards in this shipment, but in all the new Fall shades or reseda, old rose, castor, mode, brown, tan, three shades of garnet, royal, French blue, and two pretty shades of navy blue; on special 43c sale to-morrow (Monday) only, per yard New Black Goods. Our Fall Stock of Black Dress Goods is almost complete. The bulk of it is now on our shelves. We believe that department store prices for the most exc'usive styles and best qualities will induce you to buy your new black ley’s famous goods having qual mert. dress here. We carry only the best make— Prie: a large representation and other makes of almost e 52-inch Granite Suiting, all-wool, perfect dye and finish, yard 46-inch Satin Prunella, all-wool, perfect dye and finish, yard, 44-inch Melrose Suiting, all-woo', perfect dye and finish, yard. . . ., s2-inch Panama Sacking, an absolutely new weave, all-wool, yard 50-inch Priestley’s Imported Cravenette, all-wool, perfectly wate Sale of Biankets and Bedding 100 pairs only of 11-4 fine grade fancy gray cotton Blankets, 64 inches with neat borders, a warm covering for double beds, into robes, dressing sacques, efc., worth $1.50 per pair, our price, Monday only Elaached Sheeting—One of our rcliable makes, of good undressed bleachsd shee ing, full 72 inches wide, 2 cases on special sale Moniay on'y, per yard i5¢c Bed Sheets—The good heavy quality, beached, in two sizes on'y: For sing'e beds (54 inches), cach..... 35¢ For doub e beds (81 inches), cach. .. 524 e Fine White Blankets—Wel wide, and fine enough to make $1.08 pair Extra Fine White Biankets— Lamb’s wool, test California make, fully 6 poun’s we'ght, a special good $ 5.95 va'ue, per pair.. CGomforters—Hand-tuft=d, _fine white filling, silkoine covered, large ..... 98¢ asscrtment of patterns, each 3 2 Hygiemic Qamioriers—Filkd made, fully 70 inches wide, a little cotton | Wita genuine Australian wool, very hand- in the 31D, Dbord: ligh v: d dur- wpindi v, e $3.50| ooy v i b g 00 = : Princess Doris Another Week Although this wonderful little Japanese girl’s engagements demand her presence in another city, we have with difficu'ty made arrangements to prolong her stay in the big store for ancther week. She will sing new songs and intro- duce another pretty dance. Attraction Hall, daily from 11 a. m. to § p. m. Admission Free. F EMPORIY GoldenRule Bazaar.M CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST--AMERICA’S GRANDEST STORE Stock, and all broken lines of our own carefully sslected Men’s and Don’t put off until too late this not soon-to-be-duplicated chance to buy well- Men’s $20.00 Overcoats, $71.45. Etc., Etc. Music Rolls 39c¢. Colored Pegamoid. Another lot of 500 of thoss Pega- moid Music Rols, which went so rapidly at a recent sale; “they will wear better than leather, arc washable, and come in very pretty shades; they were manufactured to retail for $1.00 each; theyare yours to-morrow while quantity lasts, each B P € at Little Noftions 7.5 Brush Binding, per yard 6@ Finishing Braid, picce 5@ Kid Curlers, punch 4@ to 250 Corcuroy, all co'ors, yard 5@ Rubber Cuffs, pair 25@ Cube Pins, 100 count, cach 5@ Spool Ho'der and Pin Cushion, cach 25@ Safety Pins, card 3@ Darning Cotton, 3 spools tor @ Stocking Darners; each 20 Hump Hooks and Eyes, card 24 @ Taps Measures, cach §@ Fancy Frilled Elastic Supporters, pair 20@ Sid> Combs, shell and amber, pair 250 Ideal Skirt Supporters, each 0@ Crockery Specials For Monday. Highly glazed English Semi-Porcelain Tea Set, like picture; 25 pieces, for 6 persons; deco- rated in pink, light green and deft blue with scene of old Dutch windmill; regularly $2.75 t, ial Mon- 2.75 per set, special Mon $1.98 depanly o ol e o dn s Round China Tea Pot Stand—Go'd edge, with figure and flower decoration; regu'arly 20c each, on Monday . . . . 12¢ Lemonade Set—Shaded pink glass, new fancy shape pitcher, with six tumblers or six lemon- ads mugs, on silverine trayy regular price $2.35, special Monday on: 7 3 $1.39 For pickles, horse radish or honey; cval shape, nice clear glass; would be chess at 20c each; -12¢ % | | : | | | § | | i § § | | | | | ; | | Titian, gavotte, polonaise, First Empire, Mignon and Oxford shapes; & $2.50 Shoes $1.87 For Monday Only: We have but 168 pairs of these v, dsome, well - fitting Vici Kid Lace Shoes for ladies, which we will place on sale Monday only at the above price; some have cloth tops, some kid, medium weight and ex- tension sole, patent leather tips; 2 good, satisfactory $2.50 Walking Shoe; all sizes; to-morrow Another of our popular lace sales for Monday, 7%4c and 1oc values for 5000 yards of Imitation Cluny, Medici and Torchon Laces with Insertions to match, widths from 134 to 334 inches, in a very large assortment of new, pretty and desirable patterns, not a piece less than 73c per yard, the larger part of it Ioc goods, on special sale Monday only, all nf the uniform price, per yard 50 Basket Sale. These pretty and very wseful Cantonese Baskets, in 12 different sizes (from 4 to 12 inches in diameter) will be placed on special sale Monday only, at a * third or more less regular prices. They can be used for work baskets, flowers or fruit. They can be very tastefully cecorated. These are the prices for Mondays sc size 1oc size.. 6c zecsize. . 12¢ 3sc sk 15csize,. 8¢ 2scsize. . I7c 5oc size, Be AR W e e e e T e S e e e W A M RN RN WA AR AR WA RN W A R W AR R R A AR AR W AR W e 37 Golden Gate avenue and Leavenworth | street. Berkeley Is Booming. Berkeley is having a buflding boom that | has been improving verious sections. Re- cent activity has been largely manifested at North Berkeley, or Berryman. In the last few months there have been extensive street improvements under way from Lor- in to Berryman. ese have been fol- lowed by the cxtension of the building area. In some sections houses are rented for long periods before they are com- | pleted, and the tendency is upward for rents. Real estate dealers have flocked into the university town, and their signs | and placards ara to be seen in all direc- | tions. The north end of Berkeley has been benefited greatly by the extension of | the line of the Telegraph avenue electric road, which runs up Spruce street and | down Oxford on a loop. This has prac- | tically placed the section, that was former- | 1y isolated, in immediaté touch with Oak- |1and and San Francisco. Formerly the | dwellers in_North Berkeiey were com- pelled to rely upon the local trains of the | Southern Pacific Company for passage to this city. During a part of the day and | at_night these trains from Berkeley run [only hourly. This was a disadvantage 2 y he beauty of the higl A novel way of opening a package of | that, T8 DI O imate ‘were not suffl- food is shown on the Grape-Nuts pack- | Tlon"to overcome. The electric road has age, where a line indicates that a slit| ow conferred upon the north end of ehould be made with a knife, and the | Berkeley that hich it needed to make it package squeezed, which makes it gap |popular. Several very fine residences are enough to pour out what is needed for a | Tanned to be erected in the near future. meal, then the package automatically | Meauwhile the street improvements are closes, preserving the contents from the | E0INg ahead o - 2 Spruce | Street, which is the continuation of the moisture of the air. | county Toad -that leads in from the hills As a rule, Grape-Nuts packages are not | of Contra Costa County, is about to be kept on hand very long in any family, but | paved, adm}‘thc qrzevl: th(%:_ l’:;nl;ee;e:;heg it is well to know how to keep the contents | over and hunted over of the package in prime conmtiiee: Grape- | about to be spanned with a costly bridge. Nuts Food is ready cooked, very crisp, end can be served immediately with a lit- Sold at Auction. , Eldridge & Co. report the fol- tie good cream or milk. This feature is | | Baston, Eldridge 4 of great advantage to those who appre- lowing sales at auction: . 1620 d 1622 Fulton clate ease and convenience in preparing | oo g breakfast. EMPLOY AN EXPERT In Food Selection when you Bat GRAPE-NUTsS The Most Perfectly Made Food for Human Use. TO KEEP FOOD CRISP. street, two nine- for houses with lot 50x137:6 feet, $9500, obje the south subject to confirmation; two lots on line of Pacific street, west from Taylor, 28:10%x 137:6, $1950 and $1975; Nos, 1110 and 1112 Harrison street, 85 feet southwest from Seventh, the lot being 25x80 feet, for $4750; No. 1769 Post street, 113:6 feet east from Webster, lot being 24x114:6 feet, for $4530; lot 25x137:6 feet on the north line’of Fulton street, 206 feet west from Lyon, $2000; No. §21 Hampshire street, 219 feet'south from Twentleth, lot 25x100 feet and four-room cottage, for $1500. The building contracts in this city dur- ing the present month number fifty-two to date. The larger of these were for eight flats in a two-story frame buflding on Sixth avenue, south of C street, to cost $12,000, for A. M. Speck; for brick work for two additional stories for the Starr King building on Geary street, for the Whitney estate, to tost $21,695; for a two-story frame dwelling on the mnorth line of Pacific avenue, east from Baker street, for Leon Lewin, to cost $8350; for a three-story frame building, to contain six flats, on the northwest corner of Fillmore and Washington streets, for Margaret A. Foulkes, to cost $12,000; for two three- story frame buildings on the south line of Sacramento street, east from Fillmore, to contain six flats, for Mrs. Lizzie Lo- bree, to cost §10,850; for a five-story and basement apartment house at the south- east corner of Jones and Post streets, for the Schmiedell Estate Company, to_cost $17,063; for a six-story and basement brick building for Minnie P. Shotwell, to stand on the south line of Eddy street, west from Mason, to cost $14,600. The struc- tures represented by other contracts have, generally speaking, represented less costly flats and small homes. On the list are also contracts for the beginning of quite costly structures. Among these is a con- tract amounting to $9340 for brick work, setting granite and terracotta and set- ting of gron work, except first story steel beams, for a six-story brick building for A. W. Pattiani on the north line of Ellis street, west from Jones. The Sacramento Bee will have a new building in Sacramento. The cost will be $20,000, approximately. A contract was recently let in Los An- geles for a six-story brick building for the Conservative Life Insurance Com- pany. The structure will cost something over $100,000 and must be completed, un- der the terms of the contracts, by April 1, 1%02. In the contracts is a clause which has already occasioned some discussion and is destined to incite more. This pro- of the superstructure of-a Government building at Boise, Idaho. A hint of sump- tuousness in official life is conveyed by a call for propositions to place in the United States custom-house at Portland, Or., cer- tain quartered white oak furniture, golden vides that a bonus of $20 per day shall be gald to the contractor for evety.day that e lessens the prescribed period of con- struction, and that a penalty of $100 shall be paid by the contractor for every day after the contract time that the building is incomplete. The Building News and Review takes up the cudgel in favor of the bonus and says: ‘The question of giving a bonus Is one that has been argued since the very first days of letting work by contract. If an owner is very par- ticular to insert in a document that the con- tractor shall forfeit so much per diem for every day the contractor shall exceed a certain date to have the structure completely finished why ought not the same owner be willing to allow & bonus if the work is done ahead of time? Take a large brick building, for instance. The contractor, by using improved methods and adopting the very latest ideas in regard to dis- tributing materials at different stages of the work, may have the building ready for occu- pancy a full month before the date set for com- pletion. If the building be rented or occupied by the owner a saving in rent alone would amount probably to $1000. Then why not give a goodly portion of this amount‘to the con- tractor for performing his work in a_ faithful manner? Of course the other side will argus that the work could not have been done as well as it a greater time had been taken. these days of lynx-eyed architects, fallacy not worth arguing. Try the bonus plan a little more frequently and note the general happiness all around of those who work on building. The owner gives a bonus to the co tractor and the latter “‘divvies” with his worl men. Buildings %o be constructed and im- rovements to be made on public build- ngs on the coast form quite an imposing list. The bids for the construction of a hospital at the Presidio will be opened on the 27th inst. by J. M. Marshall, in the Phelan building. Kallespell, Mont., is call- ing for bids from contractors in this city for the construction of a schoolhouse, of which the estimated cost is $30,000. Bids are also invited here for the construction oak finish. Redding is about to provide itself with a brick high school building, and the bids will be opened September 7. Ernest M. Haen of Sacramento is the architect. Competitive plans and specifi- cations are desired for the erection of a modern hospital building on the grounds of the Veterans’ Home at Yountville. The Commercial Bank at Merced calls for bids for alterations upon its banking house. Bids are asked for the mechanical equip- ment connected with heating, ventilating and elevators for the new postoffice struc- ture in this city, at Seventh and Mission streets, and_for completing the interior finish of the United States courthouse and postoffice in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Realty. Several fair rized sales of realty have recently taken place in Los Angeles, from which estimates of present values may be derived. The California Hotel property, situated on the northeast corner of Sec- ond and Hill streets and adjolning the building- of the Sunset Telephone Com- any, having a frontage of sixty feet on econd street and 120 feet on Hill street, has been sold by Ada A. Bram to J. C. Fitzpatrick for $45,000. M. L. Gerstle of the Alaska Commercial Company has sold to Miss Anna F. Leach a lot having a frontage of 126 feet on Grand avenue and 165 feet on Tenth street, the consid- eration heing $18,000. John A. Bullard has sold to Fannie E. Howe a portion of a lot 119% feet on Spring street and 136:6 feet frontagf on Sixth street for the sum of $6500. The property sold contains a sub- stantial brick nusiness building. Elizabeth Y. Gordon has purchased the property known as Glenmary, at Hg&hland Park, from Sarah F. Judson for $6500. Go and hear Dr. C. C. O'Dopnell discuss the topics of the day,at 2 p. m., City Hall square. He is the logical candidate for Mayor. . DANES WILLING T0 CLISE SHE Uncle Sam May Soon Own West India Islands. —_— COPENHAGEN, Aug. 24—A prominent politician in the councils of the Ministry told a correspondent to-day that the sale of the Danish West Indies, it was confi- dently expected, would be consummated before the close of the present year. The King and the new Cabinet have concluded that it is absolutely necessary for Denmark to dispose of the, islands, and a majority of the Rigsdag favors the sale, as does also the public. The only dissatisfaction, the correspondent’s infor- mant further 'said, arises In connection with the price ($3,750,000) being considered too small. However, the final approval of the Rigsdag is believed to be assured, and it is expected that legislative ratifica- tion will be given in Washington in De- cember. WASHINGTON," Aug. 24.—The Copen- hagen dispatch summarizing the satisfac- tory state of negotiations on the American acquisition of the Danish West Indies is substantially in line with the information which has come to Washington from time to time. The negotiations are still pend- ing, ‘however, and it cannot be said that they have reached a stage of finality. The figure named in the Copenhagen ad- vices, namely, $3.750,000, is approximaitely that under which the negotiations have proceeded. The satisfactory views ex- pressed at Copenhagen are favorably re- ceived here. McClellan Arrives at Colombo. COLOMBO, Ceylon, _Aug. 24.—The United States transport McClellan, from New York, July 10, for Manila, has ar- rived her DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Priee Lists Mailed on Applieation. BILLIARDS, POOL AND BAR FIXTURES. St. Germain Billlard Co.. lats Jacob Strahle & Co. (est'd. 1852) 409 Market st.: upon im= stallment or rented; also beer apparatus. COAL, COKE AND PIG IRON. J. C.WILSON & CO., o ene Teamn eea Telephone Main 1364 FRESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS. BOYES & (0. Shipoing Butchers. 104 Clay. Tel Main 1294 OILS, RICATING OILS. NARD & ELLIS. “mmlchvm st., S. F. Phone Main 1713. LUBRICATING OILS, ENSIGN & McGUF- FICK. 23 Spear st.. S. F. Tel Main 5320. Pionecer Dry Goods Store. Sells Ladies’ and Children's Hose Sc a ; Ladies’ Linen Skirts, 3ic; Men's Fine Shirts, worth $1, for 40c, at 105 Fifth street. PRINTING. E C AUGHES. msimomescow PRINTERS, BOOKBINDERS. D £l mm'm San Fraocisca.