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18 FINE HOMES AND APARTMENT HOUSES ARE GOING UP IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY NEW RESIDENCES ARE MODELS OF GOOD TASTE Western Addition and Park Districts Share Alike in General Upbuilding Along Improved Lines ilt.nie'buiK'ing and apartment house J •■ti'-truction have taken on anew im-J I tvs with the approcli of spring and I tlie assurance of the fair. ■ : This activity is not confined to any) ! ccial section but embraces nearly! il parts of the city. At the southwest, corner of Waller I aid Devisadero streets is now. being j i ected; one'of the finest, residences, in •h it district for Robert It. Russ. * Ac- ' ■ording to plans of Arthur T. Ehrenp-1 fort, the architect. The building is a two story frame j structure, with a 14 foot reinforced con- ! crete basement; The, exterior has ,at classic treatment and.ls the outgrowth) of the wishes- of the owner and also of , the location. The house Is built on a bluff and the first story Is 25 feet above the sidewalk at the corner. Through a clever arrangement access to the garage, which Is a sort of subway lo cated under the rear of the building, is gained by means of a concrete tunnel which extends under the terraced lawn. The social, hall will be located in the front part of the basement, and the garage, furnace room and laundry at the rear. The lot and improvements will represent an investment of 525,000. FIVE COLONIAL HOME A beautiful Georgian colonial home ■" -uiuiua.l sural is being built by the "Urban realty com pany and designed by Joseph A.; Leon ard. A decided advantage of the co- * lonial style is the roominess of the in terior. The home has a large reception,hall, | out of which rises an ornamental stair case. The living room is the feature of the house, with a large open fire place, the mantel built of pompeilan tile, with an art panel of faience tile, supported by a.base shelf. On either side of the mantel are book cases and : seats harmonizing with the general, de sign and adjacent to the large window . seats. '. .':.' r;; ' - ' Several fine residences will be" built TELKWA Surrounded l>>- Rich Deposit m of GOLD SILVER COPPER LEAD TELKWA, TDK BUTTE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, IS \OT _ TOWN SITE OR PAPER TO WIN, but -is a..thriving, established town In Eulkley Valley, located not only near rich milling; depos it*, but TELKWA is In the center of a famous * *'ui_________l Farming Country TELKWA also adjoins fifty thousand.acres of the richest .-.: COALFIELDS in British-Columbia. TELKWA, besides these advan tages, "Is a live town, with good' hotela and.; baths, good general stores, laundries ,and bakeries, • and Is on-the route of the GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC TRANSCONTINENTAL " RAILROAD, and Is all at the junction of the Telkwa and Bulkley- Rivers, making TELKWA'the metropolis* of this country. . . WHAT MORE CAN, WE OFFER! GOOD LOTS $100 to $500 Id Per On) Down, JO Per Cent Monthly. NO INTEREST—NO TAXES." i TITLES ABSOLUTE. * / Don't Forget- the ______— •*., TELKWA NORTH COAST LAND CO., Ltd., Vancouver, R. C. Capital Paid In, $1,000,000.00. Full particulars and prices from J. C. SPAULDING SELLING 'AGENT, •■ -1.% Montgomery , Street,* 7, *j» San Francisco, on the 150 foot frontage .recently sold by.jl.yon & Hoag at the Bakers beach tract." This property lies on .the bluff at tlie north end of Thirty-second ave nue and commands an unobstructed view over the Golden gate. The view includes in its scope both shore lines and the islands within the harbor." . S. A. Horn has plans ." prepared for four artistic-residences which he will construct! .7',"!,". "",. """ " "."'-: The'(exterior, design "of "one of . the houses, is shown, on this page. The treatment is simple and depends on Its broad lines and overhanging eaves for effect. The plaster* finish harmonizes nicely with the red brick of the founda tions and bay window. ' The apartment house for A. Tonn and Joseph Cahen, in the north side of Pine street, 141 feet" west of Jones, with a frontage of 41 feet. is to be one of the handsomest | buildings In! the locality. Excavating for this structure has al ready ?begun.J_j This building IS to j con tain 18 four and three room apartments with the latent Improvements'. :-It Is to be equipped with'electric elevator, vac uum cleaning system,! steam -heat and circulating hot water, and is to be en tirely finished In white colonial* style. The vestibule will be finished in mar ble, leading Into a lobby, 25x30, which will be elegantly finished with - orna mental ceilings and plaster walls. : . The building will 7 cost *32,000! and was designed by Joseph Cahen, ! the architect, who is one of the owners. The opening and : extension of Gar field, Shields,';-,' Sergeant, Randolph streets, Palmetto and Belle View ave nues to Junipero, Sera"7 boulevard Is being,urged by the Ingleside and Ocean View improvement clubs. '. . ".••*';■/" RICHMOND | HEIGHTS j 9th, 10th, llth Avenues i between I Anza ("A") and Balboa ("B") Streets . . '-;■.__' ■. ■ j Beautiful Homes # - ■ • -■'". ■.■'.■•''. in a Beautiful Location Large snnny lots well restricted. Urban Realty Improvement Co. Bnllders of Good Homes on Easy .Terms. JOSEPH A. LEONARD, -". Manager. 903 PHELAN BLDG. $20 3_itSSlc_sr MUIR WOODS PARK I IS minutes from Mill Valley. Marine and moun- I tain rlew, : Wooded tots. Sanaallto ferry to Mill Valley. Look for tbe golden badges at depot. ? ..APACHE*. & C 0.." c . 40T Pine »t. .',:;. Tel. Douglas 1113. I Drexler Tract at Menlo Park j Two-acre wooded residence sites in the finest home district oh the peninsula R. lI.BROTHERTON, i-.i *■- - . .elusive Agent, . 660 Market St., jRm. 211, San Francisco Choice Home Sites in BAY PARK TRACT ."7 located * along •; at- Bay Shore *of Ala- ] meda. Nothing to compare with them on San l"ranci*co Bay. Only •_>,-, Minutes lYom . Terry. 4 ' ¥■•<■ Information Apply;to ' , ' i 7" W. F. CHIPM.W,:_ ;;'-7*;; 7 ' «.%fl , Market \ Street, :S. F. -. THE SAN FRANCISCO ; CALL. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1911 BUENA VISTA PARK PROJECT SUCCEEDS Plan Meets With Favor When Placed Before the Board of Public Works , At the regular meeting of the board of public works yesterday, the board in conjunction with Assistant City En gineer Connick recommended practi cally everything; asked for by the Haight and Ashbury District improve ment club! through its' street commit tee, who have worked the park im provement plan out In fine detail. On last Saturday The Call published an. illustration of the park as it will look when completed. The plan on which this was.based was prepared by Wil liam J. Drew, chairman of the street committee. Among those present at the meeting yesterday, all of whom are both, prop erty owners and enthusiastic members of the improvement club were William Fahey, William *J. Drew, Georga Brooks, Rolla V. Watt, William Cor bin, John A, Cussen, T. E. Treacy,. Leo J. Devlin, ; George de Urio&te and Dr. S. Fk Long. The committee feels that In", secur ing the Indorsement of the board * of public works on their project they have made a long step In advance. On Mon ( day -they -will meet the park commis sion, all of< whom are favorable to the proposition so that the prospects are bright for securing this long needed ! improvement. BUNGALOW AND CAMP SITES ARE IN DEMAND In accordance with a report from Lapachet & Co., 407 Pine street,: Muir Woods park. Mill valley, is the scene of great activity. Thirty lots were sold on Washington's birthday, which is a strong indication that the spring selling season has started. G. If. Umbsen & Co. announce an auc tion sale of residences, Investment and unimproved properties to be held at their salesroom Monday, March 6, at 12 o'clock noon. * * OPPORTUNITIES IN CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA - (THE LAST NEW WEST) TO THE CAPITALIST— B The most profitable field of In vestment In-the world. TO THE MANUFACTURER— A 7wealth ,of : raw materials, and,'- with the advent of - rail roads, unsurpassed shipping facilities and a rapidly grow ing market at home and abroad. < TO THE LUMBERMAN— - Millions of acres of: the finest timber and an ever-increasing demand for lumber. TO THE FARMER— •' Millions '" of 7 acres . of arable land at low prices, and large . profits from , mixed .':• farming and vegetable growing. :, • < TO THE STOCK AND DAIRY MAN— •: :-:;*:■ 7 ' '7 7: Splendid pasture " and . high - prices for products. TO THE FRUIT GROWER— . Thousands of : acres of land adapted "to the raising of the . hardier fruits. • TO EVERYBODY— •'*.; A j healthful- climate, Inspiring surroundings, - undenomina tional schools, ; Just ? laws,. health, peace, • contentment " 7 and happiness.;'",' ;• • -, ''. We own 60,000 acre* of the best land In British Colombia, and are selling at 1.00 j per acre nab, and , balance In live years. "7 -. Near Fort & George—the center of railroad activity, i, "" ; Railroad* will be completed by end of tbla year. NORTH COAST LAND CO., LTD. . \ Vancouver, R. C. , PAID UP CAPITAL $1,000,000. Call or write 'for full . particu lars, - , . ;:■'■' J. C. SPAULDING SELLING 7 AGENT," 24,"» : Montgomery Street, * - v SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Cows Furnished Settlers ■ *vV_o ' buy . our 7 Sacramento ' Valley Irrigator I.amls. -; Dairy ' eowa to be paid » for ; out «,.-• bait the cream aold. • I'.t fill Information and specimen product* can ,on • .....■* . , . * .. H. L. HOLLISTER & CO., , 41- . Market i St., San i Fran<Bl«co*:is': NEW ALAMEDA TRACT IS PUT ON MARKET Restricted Subdivision at Be» ginning of Boulevard System •After extensive improvement ' work the Bay Park tract In Alameda has been placed on the market. This new resi dence district la at. the beginning of the south shore boulevard system. 7 It ; lies next to "Washington park and faces directly on the water. Over. $25,000 has been spent building bulkhead and In making^ the "water front; ornamental. Cement steps lead down to the beach. FIVE ACRE TRACT SOLD ON PENINSULA I l". 11. Brother* ■ of 660 MarketNitreet reports the sale of a five acrewooded lot In the Quillota tract near Menlo Park. The. property was sold for R. R. Kavanaugh7 and purchased by I San Francisco client;as an investment.* During the past year most purchases ! in the Menlo Park j and Fair Oaks dis- I trict have been for Immediate building purposes, but during the past month an active inquiry has developed for | peninsula properties on ■ a purely in vestment., basis. : LOTS FOR BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE SOLD rthine & Co.; report the following sales for the past week. -'_-. - For tbe San Francisco land company to a client of-the office, lot ;2"Jxl2u,< in i he. went line of Klgtith avenue between California anil Lake streets," for the sum of f 2,500. ' ' For. Hattle-.Oruiistuer to J. 'Hubs, lot'at the southeasterly corner -of Ninth and- Tehatna streets, SoxM> feet, for the stun of $8,000. For L. Scheueh to EVtU'-i Fischer. 10 room hou«e in tbe.flo.tli line of McAllister ret, 27:11 feet west of fierce, lot 2?:fi\ltM fett, $7,500. . f For .Milton Eisner to .Frances Stelner th«> Boulevard parage, In the easterly line of Baker »treet,»loo feet eonlii of Hayes, lot 30xl(>0 feet price $10,000. -• .; > lthlne & Co. al«o rejxn-t leasing' restaurant at 2f> Ellis street for the account of 1. 1.. Hoffman to a client of. t tie . office 'at a total'rental of $27,500 for seven years, purchaser paying very good bonus for lease. For Ur. W. 11. F. "** Voorsanger to: a cl.'cnt of the office, rooming bouse at 1.1111 Slocktou street, graduated lease for five years at a total rental of. $7.880. ..." -. . ■ -- . • *■■ . 7^^ Z~~ " " f ':' .-. .... . „ _^_i____^__i /-*.___! m\§tt mtm/f&^ •~^' •""'■-—'-■■■**■' .-.-^••-•••■-••«--'=--r----.- •■•-*' - "•* Our Groves Are 3 Years Old The Fourth Year They Produce $75 Per Acre and from that to $1,500.per acre, according.to age. In Nature's Walnut Nursery The. fertile Mount Diablo Country, just 21 miles back of Oakland, lies the Town of Concord, where / the Walnut, Groves are located. Excursion. March sth, 1911 For those, wishing to7provide for the future a home that will protect them from further want, we invite you to join our excursion on March sth and select a few acres of our 3 year old Walnut Groves. The Oakland and Antioch 5 Railway has made this ". a suburb of Oakland and San Francisco, with a commutation rate and a forty minute ride. Many *; . of our prominent Bay Cities businessmen have al ready taken advantage of a suburban home among the Walnut Groves, which insures their* future. kWHY NOT YOU? Excursion ticket, including lunch, will cost $1.00, which will be refunded if a purchase is made. * Write or call for maps and tickets. . . R. N. BURGESS COMPANY 907 First National BanK Bldg. San Francisco OR 1172 Broadway .... Oakland MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK TOO \ MARKET ST. OPP. THIRD SAVINGS ACCOUNTS—CHECKING. , 7 ■' ;-. Open Saturday evening- Croat 3:30 to S o'clock. .for deposits on)" :I3______l__R_ RECIPROCITY WILL OPEN NEW FIELD British Columbia's Opportunities ' for Trade Extension and American Development "The prospect of a reciprocity, treaty with Canada lias a great significance for San Francisco,", says .1. C. Spauldlng, manager of the North Coast land com pany, with offices at 245 Montgomery street.- ;•■-'. "It will bring all of British Colum bia into -direct commercial relations with this- port. The immensity and richness of that region is hardly ap preciated here. This year will witness the opening up of the whole country. •The Grand Trunk .Pacific railway, subsidized In a ' measure 'by, the Domin ion .government,; is .the chief trail maker. The Canadian Northern is also pushing toward this expanse* of virgin territory;;and there are definite «plans for other, lines. In addition to the steel pathways there are I the" water ways » provided 7by the Fraser, the Skeena ;and other rivers, and* by the Pacific ocean.. Thus it will be seen that new: British Columbia will be In easy touch with all the big centers of the world. There will be plenty of means of transportation for bringing \ people in and for carrying; products out. "With the development .of these fa. cilities of transportation myriads of op portunlties will arise in a region which, until these early, years of _ the twen tieth; century, has ; been, for all : pur poses of general commerce,' as inac cessible as the- desolate wastes of the polar regions. ... 7.7 .' "As recently, IS the autumn of IMS there were only seven white men In this .vicinity. Now there-are between 504 and .1,000.-,' As the result of the an nouncement !of the route of the Grand Trunk Pacific Kortl.'George has*- risen suddenly in the "wilderness; with a good hotel, a newspaper, school; churches and other features of : civilization. All the indications are that Fort George will develop with unusual*; rapidity ;into7 a big and * thriving "community. It rhas the same' relative position as-Spokane In the ; American * northwest. 'The progress of this new country is worth watching." HOMES IN RICHMOND DISTRICT i-''Xew:« room and bath cottages; marine yl< | rent. money term*. 77 ....... 7.. :;.:■ - - I OSCAR HEVMAX A BROTHER, 113 Montjfomer|- Street. OSCAR HEYMAN & //■ BROTHER REPORT SALES Oscar Heyman. & Brother report the following sales: ilno Darinl, lot ___ISO, northwest line of San 1 Bruno avenue,' 884 southwesterly J from Eve street, I'recita Valley homestead. f. Newton M. and. Vina ■ Holt, lot 3, block 2, Fair's subdivision.'Holly Park tract. * > Eugenia M.' Armstrong, wife of P. E. Arm strong, lot Id, block 11, Fair's subdivision. Holly Park tract. ;. * ■-, Hose M. McKetfn, lot 3T:«xO3. east line Thlrtv fifth avenue. 72.-0 feet south of Balboa street. > * Johan Kmidsen. lot 46, block 1, Fair's subdi vision. Holly: Park tract. . --*' Matilda C, Doyle, west Twenty-third, avenue, 250 feet south -Lincoln way, - lot _____& Joseph Soulier, . lot . 4,: block-. 7, Fair's '. subdi vision, Holly Park tract. -• Jens Jensen, lot 50x120, northeast , line Berlin street, 50 feet northwest Ohnstead, Paul tract block 10. •.-■■--- •-Lewis H. Young and Janet. Toung, lot 50:6 x 114, north line Duncan street, 254:0. feet west Douglass. _, ■ '".,-/■■*-..-•: "... Anna. .Schroeder. lot SO-120, west Thirty-fifth avenue, 100 feet north of C__r_lo street.' ■•:-:.'::, ' lidcar W. Moore and Belle Moore, lots 23 and 24, block 0, Fair's subdivision. Holly Park tract. .-' Edward Charles -■: Froeschle and Marguerite Froeschle. lot 23x100, northwest line London street, 275 feet southwest Persia avenue.. • - : Caroline Carr,**wife of John J. Can, lot"2.">x 100. * northwest corner Nineteenth 1 and Pennsyl vania streets. -' .: V 1 * .- ..... ■'">-. Bastle Durand and Fleurtne Durand," his wife, lot i .HA * east ; line, Capitol avenue, 23 feet i southerly Farrallones street. Maurice Delmue,* lot' 25x120, went Forty-first I avenue, 200 feet north of Anza street. Willie Keel and Bstelle Coney, lot 14, In' block I 2, Fair's subdivision, Holly Park tract. I Edward Kelleher. southeast corner Forty-fourth avenue and Clement street. 25x120. 7 LOTS | FACING | I Golden Gate I PARK I 1 ||TT We have 150 lots, opposite the • H. mJj Stadium on the south side of 5 the Park—opposite the center of 7 f/i| the proposed site for the Fair. j Fronting directly on the Park. m $1,500 $250 cash, $20 monthly I This price includes the grading I 11. of -the land, macadamizing and mm curbing of the streets, stone j walks and water mains. * Most . ( of this work is done, the bal -1 . ance is being done and is guar anteed. m tf]T There are no better lots in the /] city for the money. No matter where the Fair goes, these lots are money makers—if the Fair 7] is placed in the Park, tre- 5- I mendous advances in prices are 7 '*- certain. I ' tflf Don't wait for prices to advance. * % You cannot lose in buying first class property—let "wildcat" in vestments alone—buy good real estate right on the Park at above prices and you cannot go wrong. Be sure you buy where the , grades are established—these lots are ready for the builder now. i tfTTTake Ellis and O'Farrell Street I cars to the Stadium entrance. / I LYON <& HOAG J I 636 Market St. | * SOL. GETZ & SONS 328 Chronicle Bids. CHOICES! AND LHEAPEST LOIS SUNSET, RICHMOND AND OCEANSIDE On Very Easy Terms! i Branch Offices: Cor. H St. and 24th*Ave., Sunset Dlst, and H St. and 47th Aye.. Oceanside Dlst. Savings Union Bank of San f Francisco ', Whose ; Former Name was 7 7 . SAN * FRANCISCO * SAVINGS'UNION I and 3 which l was located \on 1 Calif, st. % for I nearly half a century.l Is now permanently . 10-. ' cated on - Market at. . at Grant >' a?., O'Farrell: i at. and! Savings , Union ; place. WALNUT CULTURE IS PROFITABLE Large Enterprise at Concord Expected to; Centralize Nut Growing Industry Planting of several hundred acres to walnuts near Concord ;by the R. N. Burgess company, is one of the largest enterprises of the kind undertaken In recent years near this city. In explain ing the reasons for this expensive project, E. J. "Hermans', manager of the . real- estate department, says; "' 7 "There ,is !probably ,a greater future 1 in the - growing of English . walnuts', than any other orchard product to .be ' found In California. -'* 7,: .. -' 7 X."The 7 importation of walnuts; from foreign countries has tripled during the;last eight' years, in the face of the . fact that;the production in the United' States has doubled.\.->' ;. :':-■> '. :.- "The" 1; walnut .can, be grown and marketed without loss, while other or-1 chard products are perishable 7 and,, have to be handled.with great care and expense, but the English walnut i can be ' gathered at : leisure, without"; loss to '■ the grower.*- *i_B__Bß32Xg_ "The cost of production Is very light, as the trees, after reaching a certain age,7 require . scarcely 7 any. care, .it be ing only necessary to .keep-the ground clean- and "".well- stirred. It has ibeen, estimated % that { the 7 cost • of 7 production and harvesting is about 1 cent a.pound. - :'' This industry. in the'; state of Cali fornia and especially where black walnut roots have: been used, grafted with the; English• walnut. Is practical ly in its infancy.7 as- there- are i but few of /these trees over 18; or 20 -years. of age. The /results above stated were taken from trees In 7the Mount:Diablo country of. Contra "Costa "county " and are ; figured * conservatively.'%": We . ex pect ;to centralize ; the ; nut - growing in dustry of the "state at Concord." -.". "—The ■ # .R.";;; __ * Burgess 7company/ has made * arrangements to open for sale an '/exceptionally i fine ■ piece of; ground of about 800 acres at Concord on Match 5. 7 About 200 acres of this is set to 3" year old grafted English _. walnuts." The Oakland & Antloch" railway will make this; a \ suburb 'of * the bay/cities. As this property, lies adjacent to the town; of Concord,*"a certain j portion I has been attractively, laid-out in town lots, with % parked \ streets ■ and "the Improve ments will "consist of cement sidewalk--. curbs, rocked streets, .water and.sewer. IRRIGATED LANDS! 10 AND 30 ACRE TRACTS " .'.7-..".* *: Sold on";. 7* k ;: ;'<'■ *• CROP PAYMENT. PLAN i CO-OPERATIVE LAND & TRUST CO. j ,*-'*:'-. •Lands That 7 Prodnce 7 Wealth.". • ,■-. j |. 505 \ MARKET ST.. SAN.' FRANCISCO _ See California in a Day | By vlsitin- the Wonderful State Exhibit in the ferry - Bulldlnx (top floor). , Great display of farm and Industrial ■ products.', maps . and llte'ra ture. I Sterebptlcon Lectures Every Afternoon \ [.! Reliable ;i information * pa s all parts of 'Call--*'' I fornia. •(Everything free. 1,1 Open •ft. to '5. .; <- Xi j C ALIFORM A DEVELOPMENT BO I'D [i - Ferry Bulldln_/ ; Saa-Ftanclaco,.- ___ ..