The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1907, Page 5

RealtyMarketAwakensWith the Return of Sunshine Several Large Deals Mark Week's Report n o erect a four-story s z The Friedman estate has already | s one-story building. east just side of the as pronounced to Anna R. P bought by the Pacific e Company and will A. Borel street the | The will also ! On the| corner of nto streets w American Bank, and on the northeast ento and Montgomery, will be the building h is to be occupied by al Conservative Life Company. It will be a ten-story build- T The Bruguiere estate will also 1prove its property It is reported that the Swiss-American Bank has | feet from the Barroilhet nd will build a permanent e structure, will adorn lhei of Montgomery and the meidells and also improve | d t has been announced that the Par- rott estate wiil improve all its prop- es. The Emporium building on tory re- eet will be rebuilt and it is rstood that a le years is to be made for $3,000,000. tern firm e for twenty-five The will SUBURBAN PROPERTIES £ Board & Co has appointed excl agent for nown as the Baltimore This MORE CONFIDENCE FE Coleman who are fa- Marin autie e of the n atiful distric: cated about midw, Madera e > county anyon. It is bea boded with groves red- t of e and othe 3 a s at once in P laid their pipes in £ - in front of the prope - 3 7. trict has been o t ur, and bonds are to be sold for rpose of sewering Up to date about t Lots 11 and 12 in block D, lots 8 and 9 in blo E, $1100; n block B, $875, and lot 4 in $800. There are many other considering lots, and it is ex that the sale will be very active. an Bros. & Co. have also been le agents for the Forbes Estate vision No. 2, located on the north side of the county road, or Fourth street, just west of the town of San Rafael, and sales are being effected in $625, lot 13 at $650, lots and lot 16 at $1600, ions are active with a num- £ BIG Speck & Co. SALES announce the following the account of Thomas Crowley uk H. Woods trust, e Fra r $17,500, the lot on the 88:9 REVIVAL OF BUSINESS President A. P. of a store and two fats. & Co. represented the seller in this transaction. The property on the northerly line of Haight street, 30 feet west of Plerce, x87:6, im- oved with three fiats. The consideration in imately $16,000. e account of C. J. He; s v build- | Monferran, be bullt|J. Donahue, for $2500, the lot on the northeast s | account of M ontgomery and | \jorris and assoc Il be the Italian |of $130.000, her ranch at Mayfleld, containing | nent real estate man of Palo Al the Pacific | purchase of the property above s Insurance | acquired title to about 300 acres additional. e Bank of Italy, which will [Jowing leases: | streets, | floor and three lofts above. | east corner of Fifth and Mission streets for the | southeast of Brannan, | above. | st | feet on_the northerly line of Jessie street, be-| | | | for $6500, the nine-room residence | situate on the easteriy line of Central avenue, 100 fect north of Fell street. The lot is 25 by oot | T the ‘nccount of Mrs. Fanny Neuberger, for 00, the four-room coitage and lot on the thwest line of Natoma street, 391:6 feet | ortheast of Sixth, lot being 21 by 80 feet. For the account ‘of Miss Cassie Whelan, to P. orner of Carl and Willard streets, 30x100 feet. The firm consummated the’ sale for the . Charlotte F. Clarke, to J. J. ates of Palo Alto, for the sum about 700 acres. ~Mr. Morris, who represented the purchasers in this transactfon, is a promi- to. and the syn- dicate ‘which he represents, in additi ribed, have 1t is their intention to develop this large tract, | contalning approximately 1000 acres, by the | construction of a strect rallway from Palo Alto, | and the property will be placed on the market in subdivisions. NEW LEASES The same firm announces the fol- For the account of Christian T. Froehlich to the Century-Klein Electric Company, a four-story and basement building on the lot 77:6x60 feet, on the northwest corner of Second and Minna containing two stores on the ground The lease is for a perfod of ten years at a total rental of $78,000. For the account of E. R. Lilienthal to Willlam M. Phillips, the corner storeroom and basement in the three-story brick building on the south- FIERGE STORM RAGING I INTERIOR ALASKA Much Suffering at Valdez and Fairbanks From Snow and Cold WIRES ARE DOWN Northem‘ Mining Camps‘ Are Experiencing Un- usual Weather SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—Lieutenant Colo- nel W. A. Glassford, in charge of the United States Signal Corps, received word from Valdez today that a ter- rific storm was raging in that vicinity. At Valdez the snow is seven feet deep and the wind is blowing a gale. At the summit of the trail between Valdez and Fairbanks the snow is six- teen feet deep and all traffic between the two towns is entirely stopped. The operator at Valdez also stated ‘that the wires between Valdez and *Fairbanks were down near Thompson's Pass. The weather was too cold for the linemen to venture out to repair the line. It was feared that much suf- fering would occur at both Falrbanks and Valdez and also at the roadhouses between the two places. e BRID FALLS FIVE FEET perfod of ten years, at a total rental of $36,000. | For the account 'of Mrs. Julie Kobn to Louis and Jules Marty, the three-story frame building | on the southwest line of Fourth street, 98 feet | The lot is 24x100, and | the building s to have a storeroom on the | ground floor and thirty-eight rooms on the floors | The lease is for the period of five years | at e total rental of $18,500. For the account of W. 0. Watson to | August | | Beser, the corner store and basement, 795 Haight | street, for a perfod of four years, at a total | rental’ of $2880. For the account of Henry.Timmermann to the | erling Furniture Company, the lot 16:8x75 | tween Sixth and Seventh streets; the lease Is ! ;n;rxobe period of ten years at a total rental of | 2400. For the account of Isaac Anderson to J. H. fardo, 101 Steiner street, for the period of vear and eight months, at a total rental of r the account of Alexander Bond to Major Neflson, the store at 1754 Haight street riod of two yebrs and nine months, at 1 rental of $1320. They have leased to C. onroy the lot and bullding _on the line of Third street, 112:8 feet northwest of Folsom, 25x87:6, r the period of five years, at a total rental of £8700. For the account of I Smith, 103 Steiner stree year and eight months, $1100. _For the account of Anna C. Borgfeldt to Mary Yarbrough, 1323 Ellis street, for the period of one vear, at a total rental of $540. For the account of the M. Sheftel Company to C. Smith, 1916 Pine street. for the pe- of one year, at a total rental of $500. r the account of the M. Sheftel Company to V. Thibault, 1914 Pine street, for the pe- d of one year, at & total rental of $600. MAKE MANY LEASES Thomas Magee & Sons report an act- ive week, particularly in their leasing department. The following leases have been made by them: For the account of Walter E. Dean to the United Merchants’ Realty and Improvement Com- pany, ground foor of bullding being erected on ac Anderson to Milly for the period of one at a total rental of | E | gore corner of Market, Turk and Mason streets, l This week's sales | transaction is reported to have been ap- | for a period of five years, representing an out. lay on the part of lessee in rent of $200,000. For the sccount of August Schaefer to the Thieben-Gordon Hotel Company, the second, third and fourth floors of the four-story class A building being erected on the south side of Howard street, 95 feet west of Third, for the term of ten years for the total rental of $44,580. For the account of William 0'Connor to J. Downey Harvey, lot on the west corner of Howard and Twelfth strects for a term of two and a helf years for $7500. For the sccount of the Cherokee Company to F. E. Amann, store on the south side of Golden Gate avenue, 161 feet west of Van Ness, for a term of five years, for $7500. For the account of the Bankers” Investment Company, as follows: To Edwards, Christianson & Goodwin, store on the Geary-street side of the Blythe block for a term of three years at the total rental of $5500; to J. J. Gildea, two additional $tores on the Grant avenue side of the Blythe block for a term of two years at a rental of $8500; to J. J. Cowglll, store on the Grant avenue side of the Biythe block for the temm of two years at the remtal of $2400; to McCann & Supple, store on the Grant avenue side of the Biythe block for a term of two years at a rental of $2800. For the account of Harry M. Lichtensteln, offices and stores in the Hansford building un der three-year Jease to the following tenants Alameda Union Sugar Company, three offices at $5400; Hakalan Plantation Company, two offices &t $3670; National Ice and Cold Storage Com- pany, two offices at $5210; Honolulu Sugar Com- pany, two offices at $4500: Pacific Tank Com- pany, three offices at $5480: Cameron Brothers, one office at $1890; Price Cereal Company, one office at $800; E. P. Stone, one office at $1080; T. H. Davis & Co., three offices at $4140; Voogt three offices at $3050: Graham Paper y, three offices at $000; P. L. Rust & oné office at $9 Oppenheimer, Asher & cme office at $900; Osgood & Howell, Hatfield & Co., three offices at $4580; son _Navigation Company, two offices at Shroeder & Fisher, one office at $1610 Alpine Crane Company, one office at $1590 Mzaldonado & Co., three offices at $4500; D. D. iphant, two offices at $3060; Dieckman & two offices at $3960; Shattuck & Des- iwo offices at $1S00 See, Charles Sonatag, ome office at two | PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 15—Five workmen were injured, two perhaps fatally, by the collapse of a bridge on which they were working just be- fore noon today. A A A A A A A AN NN | fice at $1080; Grezg & Buck, one offiee at $800: E. P. Rau & Co.. one office’ at $450; Somers & Co., one store at $6480: For the acc Josiah Stanford to Clark Bros. Co., two story &nd basement building on the northeast side of Beale “street, 275 feet southeast of Market, for a term of five years at a total outlay of $21,000. For the ac Inited Cigar e Coomer of Harrisom and Ritch streets, one year at a total rental of $1800. For the account of Timothy S. Sheehan to the B. and W ngineering Company, lot on the northwest line of Sheridan street, 100 feet southwest of Ninth, for a term of two years at a total rent of $800. 5 o lcased for tlielr own ac- 2t of Frank Mandel to the ! | The firm has a { count thirteen of in their building on the { north side of ¢ street, 50 feet 5 Inciies | west of Kearny to various tenants, representing a yearly rental of $3000. ACCOUNT OF SALES They also report the following sales: For the account of Morris V. Samuels to the nt Company, lot on the south- Second street. 200 feet northwest street, 25x180, for the sum of ner of Potrero avenue and Six- 75x100, from the Wilson Estate t of firm, for $15,000. + of Bushnell Photo Company, Washington street, near Thir- to a client of the firm of Oskland, for the sum of teenth_street, Company to cli For the accor for. a_holding on Oakland & C teenth, Macdonald $35,000. ‘or ihe account of Leomore Colligan to V. L. e ot on the north line of Green street, east of Polk, for the sum of $3350. account’ of James 1. Coleman and ¢ F. Magrane. Iot on the west line uf e Mireet. 50 feet morth of Chestaut, for m of $1100. e account of James W. Coleman and Andrew F. Magrane, to John J. MeGovern, lot on the southwest corner of Francisco and Oc- avia streets, 25x110, for the sum of $1450. For the account of Johm-Quinn to Christine Paynter, lot No. 3 in_block G, Park Lane act No. 1, for the sum . Traet Mhe ‘wcconnt of May Byron to Leopold Weinsteln, lot on the east side of San Bruno avenue, 375 feet north of Silver avenue, for . $450. e R O ceount of William Prigham to Leo- pold Weinstein, Jots Xos. T and 12 fin block 789" of the South San Francisco Homestea Raflrond Association, for the sum of LOTS FOR HOMES Sol Getz reports the following sales this week: Lot 25x100, 67 For th Podest: b east line of Forty-nine avemue, petween Q and R streets, to Bessie H. Crozier; | lot e eh06t north line of T street, between Forty- | ifth and Forty-sixth avenues. with improve- . Hagerup; lot 25x100, north line of J street, 57:6 west of Twenty-eighth avenue, %o Robert W. Swanton: ot 50x120, west line of Fortleth avenue, 230 morth of S street, to Fred Dorgelob; lot 255100, northwest line of Edinburgh street, 50 nortneast of Japan avenue, to Robert J. Drake; lot 25x100, northwest line of Naples street, 175 northwest of Brazil avenue, fo Fellx G. Simpson; lot 25x120, east line of Forty-third avenue, 2( north of J street, to | fi ments, to M | Virginia Ryerson; lot 50x120. east line of | conren avenue, 160 morth of J street, 0 | wil M. Tate. | " Lanary C. Babin Company report the | 1ease of the New Western Hotel, corner | of Washington and Kearny streets, to | the Eastern Outfitting Company for | ive years at $27,000. They also report | the following leases: . A. Dubols to E. Maiville, 748 Commercial sticet. three vears, at $4500; L. Schults to Bob | Martin, 806 Kearny street, five years, $6000: | B. and J. Artigues to C. H. Vitalini, second story, Montgomery avenue and Adler, five years, t ;Y. Yokota to F. Gommet,' 633 Pacific treet, five years, $6000; E. Stoupe to Sue Hoo | Fong ‘et al., building on northwest cormer of street” and Spofford alley, ten | Clay years, 53 up before thers wre @ great being ut that ce 2 num alifornia City end bave th ep on work- 1 We must bave mor The man | i= tbe man we want buy oid brick mow. | A1 Bave bee | 1 was speaki ent builder the | other day and m now on three sh all the | Jarge bu work would be a continuous He says it has been nis experience the men do_better and | fester work between the bours of 6 p. m. and 2 & m. than et eny other time. They will | three shifts, 1 am told, on the new House, and you will see within a few | - e spectacle of & city being buflt in frantic baste. | T wil Jeave for New York next week and | 1 sm going to learn for myself what the East- | ern people really think of us, I may continne | my trip to Forope snd will do what I can to | advertise Californis BUSIEST STREET IN CITY Montgomery street, north from Cali- fornia to Washington, 1s probably the busiest section in town. It is being built up on both sides with large and permanent buildings. There is only one vacant lot on the street, all the r ie leased and preparations being | made for building. On the west side | 4s the building occupied by the San | Francisco Savings Union and owned | by the Parrott estate. Next to this is | the large buflding, which is nearly | completed, being put up on the prop- erty of the H. Woods estate, with a | frontage of 68 feet. Then on the gouthwest corner of Montgomery and | ! Sacramento streets is the Rosenfeld Jot, which will have an eight-story building. It has been lessed to the DUnited Cigar Stores. On the north- west corner of Sacramento and Mont- gomery streets the Parrott estate has commenced to build, and next is the Hooker estate, which will also build. The finest bullding on the street will be that belonging to the Sub-Treasury. The Government has purchased 137% feet square, and- the structure will have an entrance on Montgomery street as well as on Commercial street. The people from wham the lots have been purchased have been told to remove the debris, &s work is to be Commenced shortly. The Behlow property 1s also to be improved with & one-story build- ing. The Underhill estate will put up a six-story building on the northwest corner of Merchant and Montgomery streets. A Pissis is remodeling this bullding; C. M. Josselyn i also build- Cascade Beer qlt is daily likes it. measures up to the highegt possible standard of excellence. It is brewed under perfect sanitary and hygienic conditions and ‘is a pure, whole- some and delightful beverage. increasing in popularity because everybody Order Cascade Beer the next time—you'll like it too. ores Company, buflding and ot | | were most | MERCHANDISE MOVEMENT NEARING NORMAL STATE Tardy Deliveries, However, Are Still Cause of Complaint CONGESTION IS LESS Car Shortage Decreased, but Is Still Harmful to Business NEW YORK, Feb. Co.’s Weekly row will say: Despite holidey and weather Interruptions the volume of busihess is well maintained. In most sections of the country the movement of mer- chandise has resumed normal proportions, snow blockades being removed. but tardy deliveries still cause mueh_complaint, especially in re- gard to grain. Retail stocks of winter goods satisfactorily depleted during the period of low temperature and the new season will open under favorable auspices. Wages have been advanced by portant concerns. Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: Better weather and improved roads have de- veloped a stronger tone and greater activity in distributive trade, increaseg deliveries of grain | by farmers have relieved slizhtly the conges- | tion in transportation lines, though the latter | situation is still far from perfect. In the | Pacific Northwest some progress is making in | relfeving the car‘shortage, which, however, is still hurtful to business. Recent stormy weather checks building, but signs of revival are no- ticed in the West. Copper is higher, the prevalling quotation for lake being 25.1215 cents to 25.35 cents a pound, with fairly prompt s* pments. Baok clearings in_the United States for the week ending with February 14, a holiduy per- | fod, aggregate 218, 7 per cent | under last week and 2 per cent below the same | 15.—R. G. Dun &/ Review of Trade tomor- several im- week last year. cluding New York City the | total is $1 363, 9 per cent below last week, but 6 per cent over last year Business faflures in the United § week ending February 14 nun 198 last week and 208 in the like weel —_— GENERAL WINT IS ILL WASHINGTON, Fel. 15.—General T. | J. Wint, in command of the army of | Cuban pacification, has asked for and | has beenwgranted a three months’ sick leave and probably will not return to Cuba. Brigadier General Thomas H. Barry, assistant chief of staff, will at once leave for Cuba to relieve him. \ The Band g o pe 2 R Identifies The .Genuine Every Zl Toro cigar is now banded to guard you against the many unreliable brands of questionable quality which have been pushed on the market since the re- cent zncreased cost of Porto Rican leaf. ,Be sure you get the genuine. - EL TORO Cigar—?5 Cents This is one cigar you can be sureis Porto Rican, made in Porto Rico, entirely of Porto Rican tobacco. For years its high quality has been a prime factor in popularizing Porto Rican cigars among discrimipating smokers. The El Toro cigars now being marketed are particularly recommended because of the unusual excellence of this year's Porto Rican tobacco crop—from only the choicest selections of which El Toros are made. d El Toro is today the best cigar Porto Rico can produce for 5 cents. There'sa band on the genuine. Porto Rican-American Tobacco Company Manufacturer, San Juan, Porto Rico S. BACHMAN & CO.. Ine., Distributors, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. EL TORO Breve-Finas (Exact size and skape) Also made in Panctela and Panctela Finas ———— ROPE BREAKS TWICE AT EXEGUTION OF A NEGRO Hill walked calmly back to the scaf- fold the second time, and again the rope broke. He dled in agony on the ground. BARBOURVILLE, Ky., Feb. 15— Jesse Fitzgerald, a negro, was executed here today for the murder of Mrs. Robert Broughton in August last Fitzgerald's request that the black cap be not put over his face was granted. RUSSELLVILLE, Ky., Feb. 15.—Guy Lyon and Polk Fletcher, white men, were hanged today for an assault upon Mary Glader, & German girl, two years ago. | se, 1835 Fil more street, above Sutter. » tive Rico and serious mistook Cleary for a acter and ordered him to halt ing he was about to be the victim of a holdup, Cleary ran. policeman gave chase and fired several times. ture. The Whitaker & Struve, a native of Denmark, aged 64 flve years ago. MISTAKEN FOR PROWLER- | ARBITRATORS HNVE NOT AND SHOT BY POLICE YET SETTLED DISPUTE } ; l RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 15.—There| LOS ANGELES, Feb.- 15—James T.! Another session of the board of ar- was a harrowing scene at the hanging | Cleary, a young lawyer whose home is | bitration conside ing the dispute be- at Farmville today of Moses Hill and | with his parents at Seventh street and|tween the United Railroads and tho William Ruffin, negroés, convicted of |arang avenue, while returning h unions of its employes was | 5 22 rning home ions f its mployes the murder of John Grubb. Hill|y, gyening dress from a social function terday and at the end of the welghed 275 pounds. The rope broke. | oo 1 thic morning, was fon it was stated that no agree- had been reached. Another meet- ing will be held on Monday. The session yesterday was devoted to a discussion of the case of the plat- form men, concerning whose scale the board has been unable to agree. The question of hours of the carmen Iis | still a matter for a division of opinion | amohg the arbitrators. It is the de- | sire of Chief Justice Beatty, Father 7 Cor. T2 Grove st ™% | Yorke and Major McLaughlin to find a common ground for settlement of the controversy between the employifig company and the men who operate its cars before reporting to the contest- ous char- Think- Rico and another A bullet from Rico’s revolver truck Cleary ‘in the thigh. Opera seating, foldi ——— e T DANISH PIONEER DIES WATSONVILLE, Feb. 15.—James M. years, died today at his home near this | 108 parties. | oS R Get an Edge On city. He was one of the earliest of < Your knife razor @ scissors at |Danish settlers in Pajaro Valley. He | BANK SAFE N s i p~ - Stoltz’s, the cutlery h 1- | came here on a sailing vessel forty- the entire contents, $3000, were today and t There were five men In the gang. Through Cars Sunday Direct to Glen Park Terrace ~ From 5th and Market ~ Streets streets direct to Glen Park Terrace, sto only at 16th and Mission —starting at 9 o’clock a. m. and running every § 20 minutes—direct to | Glen Park Terrace. Building Lots $500 Here, 'close to the life and bustle and business of the metropolis, on a direct car line, one five-cent fare. “Here, amid a residence district built all around with homes, schools and stores, you may buy a choice lot today for $500. Yes, buy it today for $500 and very likely sell it a year from now for $1000. The Crocker Estate owns the property and is making the improvements thor- oughly and on a big scale. Water Mains Laid Stone Sidewalks Streets Graded Streets Sewered Streets Macadamized Lots Surveyed Ready for Building Ten dollars a2 month—a bargain in first cost—a good opportunity to own pr. in San Francisco. Come out Sunday. Take the direct car at Fifth and Market. It runs through— only one stop. ||G. H. UMBSEN & CO. 20 MONTGOMERY STREET