The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1901, Page 31

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1901. BUSINESS LOTS ARE IN DEMAND Second Sales Show the Drift of the Market for Realty. chasers Are Also Seeking Out Choice Sites for Homes. co can hardly be better illus- n nsaction which has week. uth line, the di- feet, has just been ng as broke two weeks the lot to the former owner. A number have been made by the brokers, four of which are reported 1ave aggregated $115,000. e of these properties is the fifty-vara southwest corner of Franklin and F streets. Thbe lot will be subdi- vided end resold. A lot on the north line f Turk street, at No. 120, west from Tay- r street, 27:6x127:6 feet, with old improve- ments, has changed owners. Unless there & resale the old improvements will be down and & six-story-end-basement tive, based on the present rapid growth and future bright prospects of this city. Ehainwald, Buckbee & Co. have sold the residence of Mrs. 8. B. Welch, on the north line of Pacific avenue, between Steiner and Pierce streets, with lot 46x 6, being No. 2510 Pacific avenue, to Mrs. amuel G. Buckbee for $27,500. As a part Property on the southeast line of Mission eet, 176 feet northeast of Sixth street, 4ix80 Tor $24,000, woid for account of John Pforr e Peter Dean Company; for the California lo Insurance and Trust Company Freud, ot on U uthwest corner of Vess avenue and Bay street. 112:6 feet by cet, for §11600. The brokers have made sev- | other transactions amounting up in the gbborhood of $100,000, details of which are ¢ yet ready for publication. Other Deals Are Made. r of O'Farrell and Gough, line of O'Farrell, §2:6 feet ss an L of 12:6x a feet west from Gough, 27:6x1 3 line of Gough, feet south from O'Farrell street, 30x35. The same brokers have sold the lot on nion street, 24:¢ feet 7 feet, for $1750. purchased a lot street, with old 137:6 feet east :6, for $16,000. nd Frank Mahon have tin 65x127:8 feet on the of Washington street, west Gough, i a handsome resi- A. J. Rich & Co. brokers. Through the same Schwartz has bought from the heirs 70x128:6 feet on the ess avenue, with an L heast corner of the site a twenty- I be erected. The is reported by 500. 7:6 feet north from Bran- Brothers for $8000. Upon d 2 factory for the manu- re frames. es have been effected by For the sum of $140,000, rears, Tobias Brillanti oom, five-story hotel the Luchsinger For $78,000, dur- Louis Audat will room, story buflding of k to be placed upon the street, between Taylor 6 feet west from be bullt by Louis has leased to 8. ars, at the rate of 1 buflding on the street, between Taylor ased to Julius Levy ng at 106 First street, or the term. Leases and Sales. ntag have just leased ew building going sion and Anthony y & Co. The con arters on Battery me, but more room was < decided to move to Mis- report the following h avenue, 2x120, on « southwest corner for $1200; Z5x120, venue, 100 feet north h and H street south, heast line of London ue, $400 ine of Van Nes ave- avenue. from O. D. 5; lot 20x80, GRAPE-NUTS. MISCHIEF MAKER. A Surprise in Brooklyn. can save a baby shing and easily d little folk “When baby was Brook i heat and the fact that his cth were coming, but, in reality, the je thing was starving, his k mnot day after he had cried bitterly for 1 suggested that my wife try ? She soaked aucer with a Nttle warm milk. This baby ate so ravencusly that she fixed a second which he likewise finished. It was not before he forgot all about being d has since lived almost ex- on Grape-Nuts. To-day the boy ong and robust and as cute a mis- maker as a 13-months-old baby is to be. ve put before him other foods, have none of them, evidently to stick to that which did him BO in his time of need—his old friend Grape-Nuts. this jetter any way you wish, for wife and 1 can never praise Grape- t= enough after the brightness it has household. These state- verified by any one who many Use t to our ments can be wishes to make a visit to our home.” ¥. ¥. McElroy, 26 South Third street, Brookiyn, 2 Grape-Nuts is not made for a baby ! d, but experience with thousands of bies shows it to be among the best, if not entirely the best im use. Being a scientific preparation of nature's grains, it is equally effective as a body and brain bulider for grown-ups. nd for business properties in | A lot at No. | been sold twice. Each time it has paid | street, the | tion ¢f the lower floor | 100 feet south of | the southeast corner | Hoav- | eorge | 0ld he began to grow | was at first attribut- being sufficient nour- | two | CUSTOMS MEN ARE SUSPENDED Three Revenue Officials Charged With Bad Conduct. Accused of Releasing Two Smugglers After Ca- rousing. O S ) The not very edifying spectacle of cus- toms Inspectors carousing in saloons with . and allowing their prisoners freedom for two days tention of Customs Collector Stratton and the offenders have been suspended from result either in their exoneration or their dishonorable dismissal from the service. The suspended inspectors are E. C. Broderick, A. M. Clifford and John B. Peppin Jr. It was reported to Acting Customs Surveyor St. John that the ac- cused officlals had arrested on Saturday, November 30, John and Joseph Alexander, longshoremen employed on the Doric, for emuggling & quantity of silks and _silk kats purchased by them from Leong How, the sailmaker on the Doric, and that they dié not surrender their prisoners into the custody of the proper authorities until the following Monday. It is charged also that immediately after making the arrest and seizing the smuggled articles on the per- scn of one of the prisoners they went with the smugglers into several water front saloons and drank an indefinite number of “healths,” all of which is al- leged to be conduct unbecoming officials of the revenue service or of any other service. Collector Stratton will begin the inves- tigation next week and will report the facts to the Secretary of the Treasury. R. Rankin to Levi M. Kellogg, for §000; lot 25 x100, and house, on the south line of Pine street, §1:3 west of Webster, from W' Hoag to Oscar C. Cappelman, for §2 120, with three flats, on the south line of Oak street, 112:6 east of Octavia, from the estate of | M. de Longuel to Hermann F. Sahlender, for $7750: lot 20x50, with two-story brick building, on the northesst corner of Dupont and Adler streets, from Daniel Sullivan to D. 8. Weaver, for $6000; lot 45x100, on the southeast corner of Lake street and Tenth avenue, from the Cali- fornia Land end Granite Company to Hans Wolff, for $1500; lot 25x100, on the morth line of Carl street, 80 east of Willard, from Mary B. Presson to T. B. Draper, for $152: lot 37:6x 102:8, on the northwest corner of Sacramento and Lyon streets, from William K. Van Alen to George E. Ames, for ${700; lot 25x137:6, on the south line of Clay street, 87:6 west of Ma- ple, from John McGaw to Thomas A. Keogh, for’ §2000. Sales of the following described prop- erties are reported by the Von Rheln Real Estate Company: Lot on the west line of Kearny street, 117:6 feet south of Union, 20x50 feet, $4500; lot on the east line of Mowry alley, north of Broadway, 82xT1:9 feet, 32500 on_the west line of Union place E feet, <8 the west line of bard, 21x37 feet, lot on the Tweifth avenue, north of K street, $550. est line of 2x98 feet, Edward A. Kiel has bought from John Coop the Slocum stable property on the north line of Post street, 137:6 feet east from Hyde, for $46,000. The lot is about 30x275 feet, 'being of irregular shape. George T. Marye Jr. has bought from the Greenberg estate 75x80 feet on the west line of Seventeentn street, 30 feet south from Mission. Market-Street Values. | _Thomas Magee & Sons, in their Real Estate Circular, give an example of in- | terest concerning the increase in value of real estate on Market street in this city. The Circular says: James L. Flood last month bought for $120,000 the frame building and lot on the northwest side of Market street, 131:2 feet southwest of Stockton. | west the g lot on Market, Ellis, owned by Miss Flood. Few saies better illustrate how San Francisco has grown and its best real estate increased in value t Stockton and . 18 A. and H. Wolf to Sar: Jane Hull for It was resold on July 20, 1866, to John Grant, an old and hale pioneer still living here, by Asa Hull and wife for $10,500. Mr. Grant bullt fair two-story frame improvements covering the land. The building was _refitted years ago by the present tenant. Magee sold the property on ah 9, June 3, or Mr. Grant to M. A. de La- veaga, for 0, resold it again on Feb- ruary 13, 1877, for $72,500 to the late Charles G. Mason, discoverer of the Silver King mine of Arizona. Mr. Mason's son is the seller now. The rent of the propert | 1s 355 a_montu from { for $61,500 in June, 18575, it was renting for $i25, and when it was resold in 1877 for $72,500 the rents were the same. Now, when the property resells for $120,000 it is renting for only $125 a month more than that. The explanation of the big advances in price and the comparatively stationary condition of the rents, is due to the | Teduction of interest rates, and the desire of investors not so much for high rates of in- come as for certainty and steadiness. Market street secures the latter better than any other Ftreet. now, as we have said, ne tenant. When sold New Buildings. A four-story brick warehouse, on plans by Fred H. Meyer, will be erected by | Bampson Tams and D. L. Randolph on the west line of Spear street, 183:4 south from Market street, to cost $60,000. The heating apparatus to be placed in the Mutual Savings Bank buflding on Market street will cost $15,440. Oil will be burned for fuel Timothy J. Sheehan will build on the east line of Baker street, 110 feet nortn | from Halght, a three-story and basement frame building, to cost about $7500. e, erection of a two-story and basement frame building on the north line of Lick | alley, ninety-five feet west from First street, to cbst $2300. L. Peterson will bulld a two-story and basement frame structure on the south of Twenty-fifth street, east from 0. Anderson will erect two flats on west line of Steiner street, between er street and Duboce Park, the out- | lay representing expense amounting to 000, Mrs, Mina Neller and Louis | will erect a two-story and basement | frame residence on the north line of Union street, 126 feet west from Polk, to | cost $6400. D. J. Sullivan has arranged to p! three-story frame dwelling on the s line of Fourteenth feet west from Valencia street, to cost $360. The Citizens’ Building and Loan Asso- ciation has removed to 219 Montgomery street On the morth line of Page street, 103:¢ fect west from Clayton street, Robert McMillan will place a three-story and bascment frame building, to cost $9000. C. Buck | November a Light Month. | G. H. Umbsen & Co., in their Real Es- | tate Record, say of the transactions of the last month: November counts among the light months of the year in the record of the transfer of salcs. This was chiefly owing to investors holding back in the election perfod and for some days following the announcement of the success of the Union Labor party candidates for Mayor and three members of the new Board of Su- pervisors. At first there was a feeling of un- | certainty and then one of distrust, but these soon passed after the reassuring declarations of the incoming Mayor and a calm review ot the municipal situation. The latter half of the past month developed some activity, and, it more were not done, it wag due as much to the disinclination of holders 'of business and semi-business properties to accept offers as for buyers to make them. However, some of the best prices ever paid for these classes of real estate in San Francieco were received in No- vember, such as the $4000 a front foot given Jnion Trust Company for the premises on Montgomery street adjoining its bank build. ing, and_figures given for Market street prop- erties. The prices pald for most other pieces of realty were in general above those which have heretofore prevailed. Little has been do- ing on the eastern end of Mission and adjoin- ing and cross streets as land there is highly held, but it is known that offers have been made far in advance of those of the earlier part of the year, while the disposition to pur- chase south of Market street and, west of Third is making itself more and more dpparent. Ex- cept in a few of the optlying districts values are advancing with the indication of maintain. ing their forward movement. two smugglers whom they had under ar- | has been called to.the at- | duty pending an investigation which will | Marwedel has contracted for the | HARRY GREGORY GHARGES FRAUD Seeks to Prevent Dis- tribution of Uncle’s Estate. Says Henry Campbell Is Not Entitled to Represent Heir. Harry Gregory of Wayne County, Mich- igan, applied yesterday to the Superior Court of this city and county for a stay of the distribution of the estate of his un- , George D. Gregory, who died in this ity in April, 189, leaving an estate valued | at $44,698, consisting of property at North in bank and a number nctes, The petitioner claims he has that Henry Campbell, his brother-in-law, of promissory ory estate which was coming to the father of the petitioner, and that Campbell claimed such right by virtue of a pretend- ed conveyance. The petitioner says that-if his James Gregory. who is entitled to one- eighth of the estate, executed such an in- strument he did so before he knew of the extent of his brother’s estate. The peti- ticrer therefore asks that all further pro- ceedings be stayed until his right as the heir of his father, James Gregory, be passed upon. The records of the Superior appointed special administrator of the least two payments, one for $500, the other for $i50, were made to Henry Campbell on account of the interest of James Gregory, father of the petitioner. The estate was herdled by Judge Coffey, who signed two ordcrs directing the partial distribution of the estate, and who passed upon all the ciaims presented against the estate. Greg- ory, in his petition, alleges that if Camp- bell possessed any document givirg nim the right to assume charge of James Gregory’s share of the estate that it was obtained by fraud and that he has good and sufficient reasons for claiming that 1o such conveyance was ever made. - PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. H. B. Gates of San Jose is at the Palace. A. H. Ashley, District Attorney of San Joaquin County, is at the Lick. H. B. Strauss, purser of the transport Sheridan, is staying at the Russ. J. E. Minor of Stockton is staying at the Palace. He is accompanied by his wife. F. M. McPheters, owner of the stage lines around Truckee, is a guest at the Russ. Frank Dulmaine, a prominent mining Grand. Charles G. Bonner, a raisin dealer of Fresno, is among the arrivals at the Grand, dent of Los Angeles, is a guest at the Palace. C. C. Clark, superintendent of the Church mine in El Dorado County, is at the Lick. Rosa, is down here on a short visit and is staying at the Grand. R. G. Pacheco of Albuquerque is at the Palace. He is in the employ of the Gov- ernment and is en route to Manlla. Dr. Thomas Flint, accompanied by his wife, is down from San Juan and is spending a few days at the Palace. John A. Ljubibrotich, proprietor of the Marsion House at Watsonville, 1s here on headquarters at the Russ, e e PRINCIPALS INSTRUCTED REGARDING PROMOTIONS Promote Pupils on Term Stand- ing Alone, The Board of Education issued a circu- lar of instructions yesterday regarding promotions of pupils in the public schools. Principals are authorized to pro- sider it best for the i schools. The circular say: Examinations for admission to the high schools shall take place as follows: Monday, December 16, 1901, at 9 o'clock a. m., language, 100 credits; Monday, December 1901, at 1 o'clock p. m., spelling, 50 credits: Tuesday, December 17, 1901, at § o’'clock a. m., history, 100 credits; Tuesday, December 17, 1901, at 1 o'clock p. m., geography, 100 credits; ‘Wed- nesday, Decgmber 18, 1901, at 9 o'clock a. m., arithmetic, credits. Eight grade puplis of the following schools will be examined at the Lowell High School: Pacific Heights, Spring Valley, Hancock, Washington, John Swett and Adams Cosmo- politan schools, At the Girls” High School: Richmond, Jean Parker, Hamilton, Hearst, Clement, Crocker. At the Mission High School: Horace Mann, Columbia, Fairmount, Mission, Monroe, James Lick and’ Everett. At the Polytechnic High School: Frankiin, Longfellow, Lincoln, Irving Scott and Denman. Eighth grade pupils of all other schools wiil be examined at the High School most easily | reached, as the principal may determine. fonoraries in B.. elghth grade, are to be excused on December 13. Puplls are to be excused upon completion of examination each day. erest of their — e Killed by a Fall. Charles Spichel Jr., a clerk employed by Faber & Co., grocers, dled in the Buena Vista Hospital last Friday night from in- juries received last Thursday forenoon. Spichel, while engaged in arranging stock in the basement of the grocery at 119 Taylor street. slipped and fell a distance of ten feet to the floor. He was picked up unconscious and removed (o his home, 1436 Dolores street, and afterward to the hospital. Spichel was a son of Charles Spichel, one of the proprietors of and Berry streets. —————— News in Army Circles. It has been definitely settled that the Hancock will safl to Manila by way of Honolulu and Guam and those who are to sail on her are hoping to spend Christ- mas at the former port. Lieutenant L. A. Edwards, Artillery Corps, has been as- signed to the discharge and detention camps on Angel Island. It is expected e this country in company with the eenth Cavalry. ADVERTISEMENTS. Cures Rheumatism A 50 GENT BOK FREE! 1f yon have Rheumatism, try “Gloria Tonic.” A 50 cent box free to all who ere willing to give this precious.; fall trial. Mrs, Mina Schott of Marion, “For 13years I suffered from rheumatism. pletely cared me.” Fully #ons have been cured through this wondes specific aniong them persons whom the best 492".. called iocurablo. The most elaborate, illustrated book on rheumetism, which will tell ‘about freo with trial box. " Address - JOHN A. SMITH, WILWAUKEE, Wis,, '3'3,.,‘ Beach and In the Western Addition, $5392 | learned ! has been collecting the share of the Greg- | tather, | Court show that Edwin O. Tucker was | Giegory estate in April, 1889, and that at ; man of Grass Valley, is a guest at the | Bradner W. Lee, the well known resi- A. B. Lemmon, an attorney of Santa | a short business trip. He has made his | School Board Authorizes Them 'to | mote on term standing alone if they con-, 16, | the Pacific Box factory, corner of Fifth | ;hal a large detachment of casuals will | ¢ Christmas buying is in full swing now. Early buyers are | sure to make the best selectious. Don’t neglect 1t until the last moment, be- cause hasty choos- ing is sure to nave some ear marks oi haste, and this 3ives | the recipient a rather disagreecable impree- sion, to the cirect that your gift was an afterthought. 1on’t rish us. Give us time to send out your gifts in the very best possible condition. Price $4.00. Weathered | Oak Taboret, measur- ing 20 inches high and top 16 inches in_ diam- eter. Very strongly built, Golden Oak ADVERTISEMENTS. On account of its durability and useful- ness a piece of furniture stands in the front rank of worthy and lasting presents. Add to these features the element of beauty, possessed in a high degree by modern furniture . pieces, and you have a gift thatis surely ideal. Our seven immense floors are now literally teeming with the choic- est line of gift goods that the manufacturers have produced. Come in and look around— come without a thought of buying, if you wish, for you'll be | Goods bought just as welcome. We now will be stored can only give you a ‘v\-ltho\\\l'tishcc::emu”lt: FEW hints in this ad- ! l)'ou g d vertisement—the store ivered. will give you thou- sands. —_— e ———— Price, $3.50. _Golden Oak Taboret, 18 inches in height: top 14 by 14 inches. Also In imita- tion mahogany at $3.50. 13 Inches in height; top 15 by 15 inches. Price, $22.50. Weathered Green Ash Li- brary Table. A new finish in an odd de. sign. Top is covered with leather stained to match wood and measures 24 by 35 inches. Height of table 20 inches. Price, $8.50. = s e e Price, $7.50. _ Golden Price, 311 Mahogan- rice, Oak Arm Chair, with poi- Alipper Chalr, Wil resh: vt/ 264 Birch Music Cabinet, ized " Brrch agunic "Caty ished wood seat = and Jes ey Ol 10 socbey.fnm 1 inches high and 20 et e Coutatus high, restful arms. oo 2o, oupt. SEBLEMRIINE 0 inches wide. Contains six inchies wide. = Contains Also in imitation ma- S 14 sitation” mabdonsy adjustable -shelves for e el e mlosly hogany ag $7.80. Rocker i 4 cur B LR et tor Sokx s % St most any B | to match Gak Chatr, §7.50. Price, $25.00. Weathered Green Ash Writing Desk. A decided nov- elty in @ new finish. Measures 2% inches wide by 42 inches high. The writing surface measures 14 by l 34 Inches and there are six pigeon- holes. | | | { 1 Price, $16.50. Quartered Oak Cen- Price, $1.50. _Golden e ter Table, finished golden brown. g FPrice, 315.50. ORIl | B e e 50 Price, $20.00. Golden Oak_Boudoir Thie Is o beautitulty finished table ARSI S Ol Qukc Chiffonier, . & e of . carving on having y polished surface. Top - B | plate ‘mirror 10 by 10 Puk, ‘with ornaiiontal carview. e it S Ll g e e B ered cushion seat. ‘A very inches deep. Has | B B e R LR R ey height 20 inches. comfortable affair. | mirror 12 by 18 inches. | pogks. . Six feot < our sl nupher of Hipton T L Iotih, ¥ inclxs feet wide. Price, $45.00. Goiden Ouaic Bachelor’s Cabinet, 55 Inches high and 27 inches wide. Consists of two cabinets. containing shelves, air-tight tin box and revolving stand which will hold seven bottles. There are a drawer A charming little book case. K . It I8 six feet 2 inches high and 3 feet 4 inches wide. by 14 inches. compartment contains five adjustable shelves. Price, $15.00. Golden Oak Shaving Stand, € inches high by 19 inches wide. Contalns swinging mirror 10 by 16 inches. Price, $7.i0. Golden Oak Book . Case, mounted on good casters and having four adjustable shelves. Cur- tain is not ineluded in price. Price, $37.00. Golden Oak Extension Table, highly polished. Size of top when closed 48 by 48 inches; when extended, $ feet long. One of the new ‘designs in round tables and delight- fully pleasing. (Svecessors to California Furniture Co.) to 977 Markel Streel, Opposile Golden Gate Avenue.