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HANDSOME NEW RESIDENCES ON PRESIDIO HEIGHTS FINEST STYLES OF EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE Land Owners Vying .With- .One Another \ To Produce Most Artistic .Effects \u25a0 Some of the finest residences in the city have recently been completed on Presidio heights and more will soon be begun. It was only recently that Mr. and Mrs. Leon Roos moved into their beau ttfu! new home at the corner of Jackson iind^ Locust 6treets. : George H. Roos Is now planning a palatial home to be erected near his lirother's house in the north line of Jackson street east of Maple. The lo cation is very sightly and commands a broad view of the Presidio and the •. bay. , v j The bulging is designed by Architect Houghton Sawyer and will be in the cJeorgian style. It will " be built of Harvard red brick in English cross bond, with white marble cornice at en trance and as trimming for the win dows. There will be a marble inlay in pattern between the third story win dows. The whole appearance of the house *vi!l be very impressive and dignified. The interior will be handsomely pan oled and decorated, and the rooms are planned on a very large scale. A garage in the same style as the i -. ± \u2666 ".'house will occupy the rear of the lot, ' -giving accommodation to several cars. : . : The Leon Roos house Is the most : .jeostly for its size of any house in the Y./cjty. It is a blending of the Florentine : and English style of architecture. Lofty \u25a0 chimneys, high, steep, sloping roofs and 'projecting balconies give the effect of a \u25a0number of houses added together at» \u25a0one period after another. - The most novel feature of the house is the great living xoom. 19 feet high. . 5-0 feet long and 25 feet wide, which is »Tuilt in the form of a chapel. It car \u25a0 -._ rjes out the old JSnglfFh idea of having a chapel in every castle. The massivg^ : stone mantel in this room is very Im : pressive. The color scheme throughout the house is of reddish purple. It blends well with orchids and lilies for floral decorations. The house was planned by Architects \u25a0'. May beck & White, tinder Mrs. Roos' direction. She had evolved the whole .idea of the house long before it was r : liuilt, and had patterned it after what . j-iie most admired in European archi : lecture. \u25a0 Nearly all the furniture of the house .- was brought from Europe, anJ com .: prises many antiques. All of these, too, were chosen to harmonize with the ro mantic character of the house. : Throughout the house the same ex quisite taste is in evidence. There are only three bedrooms on the second floor, but they are of the daintiest Jioudoir style. The morning room is a :.very dainty apartment. • The plan of construction of the house Vis' solid upright timbers Intersperced with cement work. It is exceedingly Solid, and built to last for centuries. The foundation rests on piers 25 feet deep, and is designed to be earthquake proof. A striking feature from the outside is the massive red oak door of the old English style, with an escutcheon in ro!d. bearing the Leon Roos initials. This house Is one of the few examples in.tbii city of where a woman has thor : .oushly incorporated herself in her rhome. Altogether it is an Artistic tri- and a very notable addition to San Francisco's beautiful moflern . : ho-rjes. : In thl3 immediate neighborhood the .Jacob Stern house is approaching com pletion on the northeast corner of . and Maple streets. It is of Ibrick-and wiiite stone trimmings carved in -Gothic cathedral style. It is a man *St>n house similar in style to some of the Vanderbilt houses in New York in Fifth avenue. ;\u25a0 "The house contains 25 rooms. One of the special features is a great social iiall on the lower floor, especially de signed for banquets. A magnificent "staircase and hall two stories .high leads to the upper floors. •"'. This splendid home is regarded as marking a distinct advance in residence architecture of -San Francisco and as tending to fix even more firmly the character of this whole district as a high class residence "section for all time to come. A little farther westward, at he cor rier of Fifth avenue and Presidio road. in the beautiful new home of Melville ; Furth. *" The building is of reinforced concrete in the English renaissance style and so .planned as to give an inclosed garden pn-'the east. .-The house, which contains two stories and basement, is handsomely finished with hardwood panelwork, decorative plaster ceilings and stone mantels richly carved. It is unusually complete In -every detail, enfbodying the very : jatest conveniences and Innovations In building. Houghton Sawyer was the architect. In Presidio terrace there afe six new homes of great artistic beauty. The Joseph Fredericks house near the mid dle of the terrace is a gl^ylsh white -.structure of classical outline. It re sembles some of the Newport villas: on the Atlantic coast.** Joseph Fredericks Is a New York man. When he first "came to the Pacific coast he went all tip and down the coast looking-for a place to build a home. He finally se lected this site as being in his opinion the most beautiful situation in Califor nia for an ideal home. His house is of reinforced concrete and as solid as a business block. .''_- - , Other beautiful homes In Presidio terrace recently completed are those of Mrs. Jeanette Merritt. J. S. Hutchlnson. Burrell G. White, Dr. C. F. Weltz'and James 11. Fannln. These represent* a variety of styles of architecture, from mission to Elizabethan and colonial. i These new homes add the finishing touches to what is probably the most successful effort ever made to create a high class residence district out of raw .acreage. As late as five years ago this district was vacant land known as the old Tlbbetts tract. Baldwin & Howell appreciated th© natural beauty of the tract" and pro ceeded to develop it at great expense. It is nearly "all built up now in a way « that Is a surprise even to, the devel opers themselves. The 6plendld homes and landscape effects produced in the terrace have caused values in all the adjoining . streets to advance greatly and have stimulated the building of fine homes throughout that vicinity. Throughout the Presidio heights and terrace district the tendency in home building is away from the old style of wooden construction to the newest form of brick, stone and concrete con struction along the most modern and artistic lines. This- is completely transforming San Francisco's residence section and assuring its fixed position as strictly high class residence prop erty for an indefinite period in the fu ture. s --- SACRAMENTO LAND ATTRACTS BUYERS The Sacramento Valley irrigation company is kept busy these days show ing people over its project, and is also gelling much land, as a day's record will show. " While the company has a dozen auto mobiles, yet bo numerous are the home seekers that frequently a"* couple of outside cars have to be hired to help carry the prospective purchasers, -t John Willins of Danville, 111., on Thursday last purchased 80 acrtfs on the Glenn tract. Willing is,an experi enced horticulturist and will no doubt engage in that business on his new purchase, -^n" R. Magladery, an official of tno Santa Fe railroad, is another purchaser^ He came hero Thursday and after looking over the Kuhn project ~ ;\u25a0 ex pressed himself as well pleased with it. He has secured 80, acres, and expects to make his home on it later. .-./.-. Dr. A. N. House of Kankakee, Ind., purchased 170 acres. This tract will be occupied by, a number of families be sides his own. House was delegated to purchase for them. John Ehlm of Rock Island, 111., pur chased 60 acres on the Packer tract. He will bring his -family here In the spring and settle on his land. .", -, : The following sales; have been made on the Jacinto, tract: ! Arabella -Fulton. 40 acres; H. H. Nickel, 40 acres; D. P? Nickel, 40 acres; William Reid, 20 acres. NEW CHURCH BUILT \ / AT SALADA BEACH Signs of Progress in -the Newly Risen Seashore Suburb Last Sunday the; first, church; to be erected at Salada' beach - on the Ocean Shore railroad was ; formerly opened. to the~ townspeople. — ' : ' . The artistic little church was de fiijrned by Architect II Borquist. The prosperity of: the -town', is re markable, as it career imme diately after? the disaster; and; now.- has a iliandsome^railway 1 , station, ;, a -post- Office, 'a. "church -"'and^ some fine-, resi dences. , -i». t. -..--' ; -i \ ,S\- ','::: i'.\ \u25a0 \u25a0' t ' THE SAN iFBANCISCfr- CALL,- SATURDAY, ~. .JULY 30; 1910. BEARS ARE STILL IN CONTROL OF STOCKS Continued From Page S claim that while there was good reason for, ; a decline from the prices of last winter, the extent of the reaction has been altogether without 'justification. These views ' are beginning - spread too ther" cities and will no doubt in time result, in the heavy absorption of investment stocks by .the buyer, who pays cash~for his purchases.- ' ' ; "Liquidation seems to have practi cally reached an end. -Boar. raids are proving less and less effective, and it is more difficult to borrow stocks . for these operations. 'At the same time, the public does not seem .to show a dis position td buy securities for specu lation.'' ; '<\u25a0'.: -\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"• "-. -v . , The promise for California's fall continues the: best. - For.; the -past five months fruits andvegetables have been going eastward: to market at therate Of 200 cars a day/meaning on an aver age about $125,000 daily to > the growers and shippers. The returnsfrom the big harvest now ,in progress' will; exceed the previous attainments of 'the state. - This I fall will . witness also, a* state election" on . proposed .bond' issues, amounting in all to $29,500,000. .These Include '\u25a0'* the \u25a0 San Francisco harbor, Is lais creek, San Diego harbor, and high way issues. 'Should they be auQiorized, they would > prove one of, the most at tractive offerings ;of»hightgradesecuri- : ties, v There have not been many issues of .'state bonds ' ; recently. ' and the?de mand i would be.: particularly -ke^n '\u25a0\u25a0' for paper backed' by. the credit of the state' of California. ;., v v i--.: ,:',;, The state's' financial .'condltlbnVcould not well :be::surpassed. ? 'The: totai;*;in"-' debtedness Hsi but $2,600.000, v of which $2,ooo.ooo 'constitutes the sea ywall issue and $600,000 . the'ferry depot bonds. r .The money,,is : 'onhandi -however,; to' redeem the ferry bohds.'leaving practically only the $2,000i000 asan obligation'-^Agalnst this ~the : state; showed aniassessed-valu ation last. year, of $2.438,656,544.;- •'\u0084.\u25a0?,.• \\ LARGE DEAU MADE IN ? LAKEvTAHOEr tAND J'.. .The'-Fergusbn-Breuner-company,/an nounces the salo'of & l.spo/acretract'at Lake^Tahoe *. to -ia^r Sacramento i syndi cate. . ; This^ ss >:• the' largest ;transaction : "of "this .nature ever.made , in" Lake *T£- REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS Bert H. Lompman.to Dora M. v ,Ltfiipman, lot In I E line of Thirty-second arenupw 2so S of Califor nia street/. Srl'SJbrrK 1 120; $10i/.« -^ • \u0084 >'\u0084 L. W. Jeffcrson^hdwlfe^to'e^oifjfCiW, •Austin, lot in W, line 6t Seventeenth 'aTetflie," *SS:B S of R street, S-25'by:.W^«0;i$10Vf,i":» ; i\LW. ' • --- : Carlo Forni, to-Lombarda- wln'Aicojhpatiy,' lot- !n S;iine of Frfti)Plsco?i»trect,^l37:o-iW> of. Octaria, W- 25 by S 137:0; $10.' S;^- I '\k, ~\- •:r.-:.r. ;. "Herman Scbulz;.and:-_wlfcsto?<»iOTani'' Mazzio, lot: lv Si -line'df- SSerentnentU* litreot. -49:5 "K-->of Sam-be*. S SO:.VE*23:7,' Iv\8O?;i,' W 25:7; $10. • San .Francisco ."ami" Suburbaw boinft- bulldlnc society to- L. J. ""/follefnen and wlf«\ let iv -W Hue of Parker, avenue," 200:7 N of Tolut Lobos, N 20 by W ; 123; '510. \u25a0' ' -- 1 ..; f .I'etcr Nelson to Augusta D. Seibt,' lot in N line of California street," 27:6 W of_ Second* a venue, N 103, W> 2">, S 105. E. 23; $10. \u0084-.:.. ... ; Rlcliinond Investment company \u25a0Ho -John' M.* PetM-s. lot -in- E lino -of Eleventh avenue, ' 100 S of I^ake street, S 25 : by B 120; $10. v \- • : •. - "-\u25a0 Marlon .'Jane I^amb td'' Annie Maria" Lamb, lot in X line of : Commonwealth avenue," 100 : S !of California street, S 33:4iby E 120; $10.^;« - ' William | J. ; McKlllop and wife j toTlsabella Mc< Killop, lot In E line of Diamond ; street," 22:6. S of Twenty-fiftU, S 22:6 by E 05; $10.?.:* \u25a0 - , ;; Real Estate and Development company to Hen rik'H/' Honriksen. .lot In -B line of * Wisconsin street. 640:0 N of Twenty-fifth, :N- 19:3, X" 100, S 27:1V6. 'NW-to beginning; grant. '" , • \, «£ WiUiam'J.-Keenan et al.. to .Rose Marlach, . lot in TV line of Central- avenue, 87:6; S' of* Grove street. S2S"DytWOS;-.slo. ;-•-* <'-tr;- i;i ' \u25a0• A malta dl ; Vecchio to Alfred . E. Sbarboro/i lot in • N lino of ; Hayes street, 68:9 Wt of Lagnna, W 3T:rt.'N 120, E 25, S 48. E 12:6, S 72; $10. v - Gharleg Stunker;to Frederick C.v Keck,-, lot at NW corner of O'Farrell and Leavenworth streets, N 25:9 by .W-80;.$10. > ; .. :- \u0084. , . . ./-„»: Ht>\ Getz & Sons, to Margaret M. Clark; lot in W line of. Forty-sistu : avenue, 125 N of 1 street,' Nsoby W 120; $10. .•> - \u25a0-\u0084;-, >, , > ,H. B. Plnney and wife. to Laurence Levet and Laurence \u25a0 Gallian, ; lot commencing . 202:6 E :of Goran street and 120 S; of, Greenwich, E-BT:6 by N 2.{:0; : 53.750. :«,; \u25a0• .:-\u25a0 ;^- ;;.\u25a0.-/;. ' . - \u25a0' : . ;.\u25a0. rv, •. \u25a0 ; Ellen A. 1 Fife' to Oscar \u25a0F. Blochlns, lot 'in" B tine of Nineteenth axenae, 275 N of Point Lobos, N 23 by E 120; $10. . V, \u25a0•\u25a0-:-< :.,_;.„. '. Dewe/ Coffin and ' wife to Peter vMazaraa>et aL.tlotß 16 aad 32, -Frank R- Webb's subdivision, block \u25a0 12, . San > Mignei City; $10. i : -»,v - v j^Adolph'H.": weber et al.r to Hnmboldt savings bankV-lot ln-Eillne; of-Polk street,; 431 N of Morse.': N 120 ! by.E 200; $10. .;.n. '-.-.;• \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0': ii Union i feedjcompauy •to Southern . Pacific, com pany, <: lot -ax W * corner of Fifth and H Channel streets, SW; 91:8 b'y,-NW ; 275: $io.>- , \u25a0' .* -;;-, i \u0084 m Empire State surety company : to J.?M. Robert son, lot in<N line of Seventeenth street,' 150:6; E of-Stanyan, B ;23:6,\ N;il4:8;' W,f31:3; 8*112:4; •; \u25a0 "* ; :•;•.;: <'•" , : f .'' -r^ : ' ; '-\u25a0 .r»--#_* & Mary M. Callundan et -al.-.to William L.'Fner,' lot In -W-' line of Fourteenth aTenue,>23o Nrof;lN r of;I street.' N)25 by $10. • • %>\u25a0 '<-\u25a0/£- 1- r- -,' i James Hunter to Metha Mebrtens, lot la Nilln* of i Sacramento street, 112:U : E of Maple," E .2s by •N -127:8% ;' slo^>^-"i.- ••"• i-/- •- - --% .;. ' ?r -Alice , C,: \u25a0 Towjisend -to -\u25a0 Maria • Hansen, M 'lot ' In B 'line. of Sanchez street, ' 39 : N.'of ; Cumberland, 1 'N';2s-by:E ,70;«*ip.',-V'/-":.'.:.-'--«^ \u25a0\u25a0>'J.-'*.uiT-^- i- \u25a0• B. Mnrphy with^lsaaccrenny^fo^prect ' a' frame reslOence at \u25a030 i Wool itr«ei ; ?V,yw.\v -_ ; " t GOLF CLUB BUYS A CLUB HOUSE SITE "Arrangements .. were .concluded dur ing, the, last week by the- Presidio golf club," through Baldwin V&Howell,, under whichthedub. will purchase lots 7 and Bvin PrasiJio terrace, with the build .ing, .which the;club>as been. occupying for, .the last five' years." The club .has had for some .time ah option to pur chase the \ property -for $25,000; which *it has concluded to exercise. . lending the formation of a holding company. to take the property over/the "title toit has, been vested by tho con veyance f rom" A; Borel and wife to Wil- I liam /J. •.Dutton, . the . presidents of the Presidio"; golf r-clifb.: . " -The architect ,of: the club ! has been instructed to- prepare plans for changes and' alterations in "._ the club building- FAIRVIEW TERRACE TO BE PLACED ON MARKET ,^:Llnc6ln E.-Hackett is putting. Fair view terrace on the market, the initial sale beingt slated "for tomorrow. iii This is^a- close-in" subdivision on the slope rOf-Twin^peaks. consisting of 500 lots .bordering on Corbett^. avenue at Twenty-sixth -street. . „ „ . ?r- . . . As the locality, provided with all that goes to I'malie for a \u25a0 ciTy 'dweller's com fort, is jbecoming every day more popu lar, a very -Sftle is looked for this season. /,; ' - * San'; Francisco's fpret- t' tiest , residential park^-^ , J Covered vwlth oaks. I' .'/] ;\u25a0: Glorious r climate. J . I '. 40 trains daily. \u25a0':.' . " -ft. lots; for ,$625. \u25a0 \u25a0 $50 doivn S and 1 $10 mo. \ Building restrictions.' ' , Fine schools. : ' \u25a0;\ - B"AIiDWIN 318 Ivcarny," S. F. . ' c :H. I C^.TUCHSESr:f r - r v ' Redvrbod* City ;^ - » MISSION IS PLANNING FOR NEW COMMERCE Will Attract Factories to Islais Creeft Dis trict and Make New Traffic Arteries In the 'annual report of the Mission promotion' association's committee on commercial development, which was adopted by the association at Its last meeting, there- is outlined a plan of action which will insure an increase in realty values throughout the Mis sion and the stimulation -of business activity In the commercial center of the district. " The report calls attention to the numberless vacant manufacturing sites along the bay shore line which are destined to become occupied, by manu ! factoring plants when the Islais creek landlocked harbor is completed and provision made for the immense amount of commerce that will arrive in San Francisco on tho completion of the Panama canal.- » /To make these sites accessible the committee will devote its energies to .- the creation of main traffic arteries between the commercial, manufactur ing and residential sections of the city. As a start in the work it has secured the betterment of conditions on Six teenth street -east "of Harrison to the bay. The committee recommends the opening of Seventeenth street east of Kentucky, a portion that is now closed by the Southern Pacific company, to •\u25a0 . i the great hindrance of traffic to and from the Potrero. The report contains the encouraging information that the first step in the work of widening Army street to 100 feet has been taken, inasmuch as the San Francisco, gas and electric com pany is engaged in laying a gas main in Army street between Kentucky and San' "Bruno avenue. This work will raise the street to the proper level, and the time is considered 'by the com mittee opportune to press the widening of this "Important thoroughfare be tween Mission and Kentucky streets. Army street is exactly opposite the Islais creek harbor site at its junction with Kentucky street. - m^^fyourACCOMMOD|[JONS IN preparing for a journey the telephone per- forms a great variety of services. Reservations are made, last directions are given, goodbyes are said; over the wire. * The Long Distance Service of tlje Bell System is of special value to the traveler., Sometimes the Bell Telephone makes_ a trip unnecessary; sometimes it con- vinces him that a trip would- be profitable. Wherever \ \u25a0-, . * v \u25a0""'.\u25a0-\u25a0'-" c"' . ' he g6es;heieels the need of universal service, and that is Bell oervice. /^^ v The Pacific Telephone \u25a0w<fi^y and Telegraph Company II Every Bell Telephone is the Center of the System A definite plan Is submitted In th« report. • This provides for extending Sixteenth street through to the Sunset district, thus .connecting the Potrero. the Mission, the lower city and Sunset and' Richmond by a direct artery; for extending." Potrero avenue between Twenty-fourth and Army streets by a fill of^he marsh land at this point, and for * further links in the chain of boulevards which eventually will elrcle the city. The . committee ha 3 asked tha co operation of the association's commit tee on streets Jin procuring the widen ing of Twenty second street from Howard to Chattanooga, this being tha first step in making it a continuous thoroughfare of the same width east to Potrero avenue and the main ap proach to the new city and county hos pital. The report also submits a plan to widen Eighteenth street between Church and' Valencia, in order that a cleaV right of way may be procur«d for the pipes of the third section of the auxiliary water supply system for fire protection.' the main branch of which will run westerly In Eighteenth street as. far as Castro. The joint committees are already at work on these two projects. * ,• f ' ' "Believing," the report continues. "that the commercial development and progress of any .city depends on the opportunity given artisans to study the science underlying their trades, we recommend that the association request the board of education to urge upon the mayor and the board of super visors the necessity of erecting at once the proposed 'addition to the Mission -high school. Eighteenth and Dolores streets. The present building Is al ready too small for the attendance, and evening classes should b<j opened for pupils who have graduate.! from the grammar schools, but who are compelled *to work in the daytime." Bonds in the sum of $150,000 have been voted for this addition. Filtered Salt Water 5 At The LURLINE BATHS the ocean -water is- filtered before it flows into the tub baths and swimming pool. TURKISH BATHS* AND MASSAGE Bush and Larkin Sts. •;•".-\u25a0•• / 'OPEN EVENINGS 9