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REAL ESTATE
AND
BUILDING NEWS
Owner* of property in the district
bounded by Kearry on tbe west, San
sonje on the east, Washington on the
north and Market on the south are ad
vocating the necessity of building a
hotel in this quarter. Their argument
is that a hotel which catered to the
business element and also to country
patronage would do well to add force
to their statements and call attention
to the fact that previous to the fire
there were no less than three well
patronized hotels In Montgomery street.
The Russ house, they cay, was a
veritable mint. Its rooms were_ never
empty; and in addition', to. its enor
mous transient trade It had a large
number of steady patrons who made
their home within its walls. .The Occi
dental did a good business the year
around not o^nly with travelers from_the
orient, but Tvitb* people - fforo the in
terior, and was. the temporary home of
-army and navy men while on a visit
to the city. The Lick house always
had a good patronage from the country,
and the California hotel, in Bush street
above Kearny, had no reason to com
plain of a lack of friends. • '
At least three of these hotels de
pended more or less on country patron
,sige. Wealthy raneheros preferred the
quietness of the Russ and the Lick to
Ihe larger hotels. They also did not
rare to go too far from the stores, and
tliese people spent thousands of dol- 1
lars a month among the stores on
Kearny and Bush streets. ' .. \u25a0 \u25a0
As it is now. there is no hotel In
this district, nor are there any rooming
houses. Previous to the fire the latter
wtre thick in Montgomery street and
Also on' Kearny. where now there are
'only offices. >
Hotels he!p to build up a retail dis
triot, and tbe assertion Is made that
i hotels will have to be built again in
this district to help out the store
keepers.
A CITY OF VISITORS
' The contention is that the Palace
and the Fairmont cater to what may
be called one class of travel. Visitors
from the country who come here the
year around will not patronize large
houses. They prefer places like the
old Russ and the Lick, where they
can feel at hoile. This class of visit
ors will not go uptown, for they want
jo be as near th« business center as
possible, and their incursions west are
to the park and to see the seals. Their
pleasure is in the shops, and this busi.
ness should be fostered, say come of
the- men who have large interests In
this district-
It is asserted also that the number
tl".£t come to San Francisco during the
s'jninier months from the interior is
larsrely increasing. Naturally this tide
of travel had a setback from the fire,
but there is every indication of its re
turn, for during the past summer en«
i!rt families came up from the San Joa-
Quin valley and passed the heated term
in. the city. These people are not
sf eking expensive hotel*. , They look
for rooms, and previous to the fire
they could find accommodations In :
Montgromery and Kearny. streets. This
is not possible now, because all the
li:rs?e buildings are given up to offices.
This has brought forward the ques
tion whether or not it is wise to have
jso runeli office room, and whether it
\u25a0would not be wiser to have a hotel In
this pert of town.
This has been discussed so seriously
that it would not be surprising If an
• ennottneement was made shortly that a
Inrpre hotel, intended solely to cater to
transient trade from the country, would
be tmllt in one of these streets. Th«
matter is now under advisement and
(i* project has met with the hearty
encouragement of those who have
opened stores in this section.
TO BOLD TEMPORARY BAXK
\u25a0 It Is rumored that the Wells- Fargo
' Nevada national bank will build a tem
porary home on its property on the
northwest corner of Montgomery and
Pine streets owing to its being com
plied to leave its present quarters be
caust of the proposed improvements in
that buildinjr. It is further under
stood that Hellinan and Flood will
build eventually a handsome class A
building on the Montgomery and Pine
fctreets site.
A district which is attracting- at
tention owing to the size and num
ber of the new buildings is Sansome
itreet. and among the many fine edi
fices nearing completion may be men
tioned the six story building on the
Crocker holding at the. corner of Bush
and Sar.come streets: the Murphy Grant
building on the southwest corner of
Fanbome and Bush streets; the Levi
Strauss building between Bush and
Pine streets: also the building on the
Stern holding at the corner of San
soaie and Halleck streets. The Ca
radian bank of commerce -has broken
ground on the southwest corner of
Sacramento and Sansome streets. The
new building of th.i Bank of Califor
nia is making an imposing appearance
•tin the corner of California and San-
Jcome streets. Then there Is the Alaska
-packing company's building on the
Free Car Ticket
For a« refund of carfare present' this coupon to any of our Repre-
sentatives at '/':.-':
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LOCATION is everything in Real Estate. ,
We have the LOCATION.
OUR TERMS /;
Lots $225.00. up— ss.oo a month, $25.00 deposit.
Xo interest. No taxes. 'Free improvements.
Immediate possession. Free Insurance.,
Allowance made for sickness or loss of employment.'
G2S, Water, Electricity, all conveniences- of a city.
ON BAY; SHORE CUTOFF.
-%15 minutes. 5c Fare.
To reach HUKTINGTON. PARK take Sari Mateo car, corner Fifth
and Market Streets, out Mission every 10 minutes.; Don't get off until
you reach HUNTirCGTpN: PLACE. - -; '; ; -
For maps, views, car . tickets and. full information, write, phone
or call. ', ' v = :-
TUCKER CO.
OWNERS OF HUNTINGTON PARIC
\u25a0 Phone Franklin" 2848.
105-108 COUNTRYMAN BLDG., VAN NESS AT ELLIS.
nortaeast corner, of California and
Sansome streets. • • \u25a0 : • :
Each one of these buildings is finer
In everyw ay than its predecessor.
The fact «that many of the short up
town leases are about to expire has
made the store keepers more than, ever
anxious to get downtown. They are
impelled to this course for more than
one reason. The rates' of insurance,
in Fillmore street and .Van Ness ave-.
nue are high, while in the new build- |
-Ings down town they are comparatively j
low, owing to their being well built j
and less liable to danger from con-,
flagrations. The real estate" agencies
report a brisk demand for. leases, and
point with pride to th« number of
;Bouses that have already come down
! town. '\u25a0 [:>.'.-\u25a0'' :^\ tT V- - ' "
ACTIVITY IX THE MISSION
There is a report to the effect that |
the United Railroads intends to extend
the car service in Twenty-fourth street,
and If this Is the case It will make
Twenty-fourth street as important as j
Sixteenth and Twenty-second - streets, |
which are the best thoroughfares from j
a business point of view in the Mis
sion. There is already a sign of a
growing prosperity on this highway,
for a company is engaged in building
a place for amusement.
The building up of the outlying sec
tions of the city, such as the Crocker
tract, will have a beneficial effect on
all property in the Mission and will;
naturally, bring into existence business
houses and stores. There will be no
part of San Francisco which will reap
benefit so rapidly .as the Mission from
the building up of the peninsula, and |
judging from the activity shown in San
Mateo and Santa Clara counties in the
way of opening up new places it will
not be a great while before the
prophecy is f ulfllled that it will be one
continuous town to San Jose.
The fact that the Southern Pacific
will have another line to the Garden
City, west of the main line, which will
be operated by electricity, has created
a strong desire on the part of our
citizens to bJy In the valley, nor are
these new places solely to be built up
with residences. Each one of the new;
towns has a business section set aside
for the. establishment of stores and
markets, and among these new towns
which has caught the public fancy la
Los Altos, and many sales to San Fran
cisco people have been recorded during
the week.
HAYWARD PARK ACTIVITY
In addition to the phenomenal sale
of lots during the past two weeks.
"Hay ward Park presents a scene of won
derful activity. An army of mechanics
is at work on the Peninsula hotel,
which is situated in the center of Hay
ward Park, and the probability, is that
the magnificent caravansary will be
completed in the early part of the year
and thrown open to the public about
February 1. The last subdivision of
Hayward Park is. now in the hands of
the surveyors,- and contractors are
biisliy at work grading and macadamiz
ing the avenues and laying the sewers,
gas and water mains and constructing !
artificial stone sidewalks around all of |
the blocks. The cost of this ;work w}U
approximate $56,000, and when it .is
completed Hayward Park will i fes one ; .
of the most beautiful suburban tTacts
ever placed on the market The work
which is under way means the expendi
ture of a large amount of, money, but
It will be greatly appreciated by those
who build honxgs in Hayward Park, as
every convenience will have been pre
pared beforehand which .will add to
the comfort of residents there. Very
few tracts of land are placed on the
nmrket with such splendid facilities as
Hayward Park enjoys. A complete
sewer system extending to "the bay of
San Francisco has been constructed, j
Water is supplied by the San Mateo j
water company and gas and electricity
are also on the ground. Artificial stone
sidewalks are being constructed In
front of all lots, and in order' to avoid j
the tearing up of the streets for the"
purpose of extending side tewers or j
making connections' with the water or j
gas mains a 20 foot alley has been j
constructed through each block and all)
sewer, water and gas pipes are being;
laid in those alleys er "private ways"
as they are called. In addition to ber
ing an advantage in this respect the
alleyways afford, a rear entrance to all i
of the lots, which is a great con- j
ve^ience to those havipg garages or ]
stables. J
Baldwin & Howell announce that the ]
regular sale of lots in subdivision No. j
3 will not begin until Thursday, the I
24(h Inst. In the maentime the. real j
estate firm }s Molding what it cal}s .
an "early bird" sale. t This consists of
reservations of lots'for intending pur
chasers. It is pnly several days ago
that an announcement was made that!
lots could be reserved prior to the, sale
and it has resulted in a tremendous de
mand. Nearly $76,000 worth of lots
have been spoken for and the prob
ability is thart before the sale op«ns
the great portion of the new subdivi- j
sion will be reserved. The lots are i
nearly all 40x125 feet In size, and in j
THE \u25a0 SAN FRANCISCO - CALL,y SATURDAY, ()CTOBEB r 19, 1907.
addition to the frontage on: the -main
avenue they also : front on the private
: alleys. " The price of : the lots run from
$700 to $800 eachi and they- are being
sold on cash \ payments* of .about $150,
with balance^ payable in monthly,? in
stallments. ' " i
NORTH FAIR OAKS
/.The management of -the North Fair
Oaks tract is rushing preparations for
'the. opening of the second subdivision.
< It proposes to have this section ready
i for the ' market on the same day the
j Bay Shore cutoff runs its: first, passen
! ger train over, the new road. -V
r , --..,- *&&&? '-';» -r *; :V,: V, S w^> 2,1 The Htarier-Green Co, lars«t Sabarb.n R e «l E«»te Operator, on the P.dfieCw.t,
'^^^»^^^^^^oii' ''.'\u25a0' VoV--V- ' : n©w prevent to the public^ before the comp!e«on of the Bay Shore Cm-O^ the T«;m»lalnsc
.:..';'..,. , ' c-, - : >;>. Vi^>"^ : 4;V;'^|ssg^S^S^S^ ' • ' lot " to tWs *^act (except those reserved by the Company), amonntiny to 100 FIXEI.-V LO-
• . - S'-{f^/'h\f^'l^fu^ '*""\u25a0\u25a0'-'" '/#&ft^^^^*.' -*-\u25a0- J , - " \u25a0 '<?.! •' Buyer."^f lots in the Fl«h Addition, Snn- Bruno Park, wIU make more moaeythM
,'}'- ;^? ; -r<V>V-"^5! v ; —' \ "- i \ ;:^^^^^^^Mi- ', " ' "*»''•\u25bc•«\u25a0 toee » made betore In any similar real estate Investment within tho -rtcialty or San
-''^V^f&ffl&^feS " '/" I) \u25a0 '' Frai Lotr;nre to Increase in ralue, becanse It I. norr the scene of the ™?^ ~^s*"* IdV?£1 d V?£
> A • S / "r '&$?&;; ;v; v ' estate and industrial activity in the United States. Thr^e mU« of lot, lying alongside the
i-X-A^H^^- -IvH V *\u25a0":*. * *** ' Tv "V '-' s - San Blateo Electric Bailroad and Southern Paciflc Bay Shore Cut-Off have been sold to four
$$$$?<s '**?*'\u25a0 *'* \u25a0'-*•' f"' • \ " -'* - thousand and five hun.lred (4,500) buyers, the acprrsate uiuount of th«» purchase exceeding
N'"r " t \ iß^- -^~ ' '> * " '^^ mobile rides, free transportation and band 'concert and free luncheon will be furnished all
',"\u25a0" -' , " -iAj [,N «.;.;!. -^ sV ' ,- - "^^^^^©'^V ~v • H?5& ments now under way include macadam U- co electric enrs. corner Kilth and Market
Early birds are reserving lots in Hay war 4 Park before we begin the regu- .
• lar - sale, which will be Thursday, the 24th inst.
# \u0084*}3e an earlybird and secure a lot in the "third and last subdivision of beau-
1. tiful Hayward Park at San Mateo. '
Early fcird reservations amount to more than $75,000 -worth of lots during
If you are an early bird go at once to San. Mateo. See our agent, ; Frank •
S. Grummon, Second Avenue, near the depot and he will; reserve a lot for
Early birds will get a superb double front 40 foot lot for \u25a0 $700 to,sBoolwith
street work complete,- including artifi cial stone sidewalks,': and- just think,",
all you s need. to ; pay; is $140 to $160 \u25a0\u25a0" cash,", balance, monthly;
;., These early bird lots are close: to the Peninsula Hotel, the. rival -of Del
Monte, .which will be opened in j Febr u ary . They will be the greatest \u25a0 money-
:.'-.- makerson the peninsular Buy) one for; a speculation ;if ; you: wantj" or bet-
You" won't have tobe an early bird when the 'Bay Shore line is in "opera-
tion. : You can make^ the run from San Mateo to 3rd and Townsend
streets iii 30 minutes.
V; -Don't wait- until the best :lots are taken. Make a reservation At Once.
: Be an early bird. . . ;
FRANK S^ GRUMMON l^^idvif 11^ V©a WoiAf pli
.. Son Mateo 3 18-324 kearny Street
; North-. Fair • Oaks is * ideally located,
being: only?; 30 minutes from the city.
Its climate^ is in_ the : val^
ley? -"and? lts' Jsoil'. capable of producing
,the finest' fruits' and : ' loveliest flowers
in the state. It is surrounded by some
of i tho * nobl*£t country ' homes in Cali
fornia an<l | has everything Ito offer to
those who "are seeking a place wherein
to enjoy; the' pleasures of the country
with": the advantage of being near the
city/ " ;••-*. J
A large San . Francisco firm has pur
chased a site for a, plant to be used in
the building line.\;-This company makes
a ] specialty," of ;erectlngr reinforced con
crete bungalows and houses and It la
preparing s a"; large : set 'of plans ( f or j *uch
places and will ;begln work at once.
IiOAAS APTD ' LEASES
During the ; : past ;we«k* the Burnham
& Marsh, company negotiated a loan for
?20,000 -at 8 per;oQnt net ? for account
: of a client to the" George B. Keane com
pany -on the- lot to be Improved in v the
west line of : Dupont street, 98:2 south
of Jackson etreet,. sise 34:4x100, to an
alley, and ; one; for. 1 6,000 1 at ,7 per cent
net for account of a client to H. Jack
son '; on the. vacant;lot at^tha northeast
corner, of StrCter and Taylor street,
sire 20x89. / \u25a0\u0084":.... , •
j P. Coffin & Co. report tfce fonorwrns
'sales: ,
Lot in west,, line Lexington "arena* near
Twenty -first street; size of lot 22x73: seller.
Mrs. : Kessller; buyer. Sell and Mary A. Dono
van. Lot In west line of Vleksbure street near
Twenty«flfth;.siie of lot 46x75; seller. Jonatban
Anderson;- buyer. Joljn S. Pureell. Lot tn north
line of Twenty-ninth street n«ar Castro: site of
lot 28x114; seller, William M. Majary; buyer.
Mrs. Etta" Bausch. Lot. and improvements known
as 407 Forty-third avenue: buyers, John and
Annie Aston. Lot and improvements known as
1557 Church street; -size of lot 26x125: seller, N".
Donovan; buyers, Ssstfanand Mary Larsen. Lot
S5, block 12, San Miguel city tract; sUe of i
TO
FREE-TR ANSPORTATION
35 minutes' ride from San Francisco by Bay
Investigate our proposition before you buy
Buy where the Dinnbarton cutoff joins the
Nmain line of the Southern Pacific.
. Buy where - streets are made and macad-
amized. , i .
Buy where water, gas, electricity and sewers
• are already complete. j
Buy at values far below those in other
tracts.
Buy Redwood City city lots at acreage
Buy in Redwood City, the industrial center
of San Mateo county.
Buy now before" the Dumbarton cutoff is
built and, you will find your invest-
ments doubled in value.
These lots are surrounded by good homes,
good improvements, v and are in the cen-
ter, of a thriving -and growing corn-
All trains stop at Redwood City.
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Get Your Order for free Transportation Today From the
393-395 Monadnock Building, San Francisco
Trains leave Third and Townsend streets at 1:40 p. nu
and, from Twenty-fifth and Valencia streets at 1:50 p. m.,
today, Saturday, October 19.
: Sundayjtrain leaves at 9a. m.from Third and Town-
\u25a0 send streets, and 'at 9:10 a. m. from Twenty-fifth and
Valencia streets. .
lot 28x90- wller. D. Coflln: bny«r. Catlwrlas
Oliver Lot in east line of San Brno avenua
near Twenty-tKKCind •treat; «Ij« ot lot 83:4x100;
borers Antoa and Eater Fallm»n. Lot la wast
line of Howth street near Mount Vernon a»ennet
ilze of lot 25x90; seller. D. Coffln: bnyer^Jabn
Crowley. Lot in Silver a»enae. block 33. tot
3: lixe of lot 25x90: sellar p. Cofto; taw,
OliTer C. Daris. Lot In west lia» of San Brnno
rnTeane near Woolsey «trwt: «U« of tat 23x
120? sell". C. H«roW; buyer. Craln H. Du
fils. Lot to north Una of Ellert soreat near
Adorer: si« of lot 53x112:6: •«»•«. Jlr
rtllo and Angelino Milaneslo; buyer. Dan \u25a0 HeaJj.
Lot and Improvements known as 1 Chapnltep«
J&eUsUe if lot 25x70; seller. D. Cof to; bny.r.
Frederick Bohle. Lot In west Ita» of >wta
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