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-the^sj^ct STEADY GROWTH OF THE BUILDING IN THE CITY'S SUBURBS MANY NEW RESIDENCES IN RICHMOND DISTRICT Nevv' Parks to be Established and Plans Made to Hold Play Festivals This Fall MORE PLAYGROUNDS FOR CHILDREN OF THE CITY -. Restrictions and Landscape Effects Increase Land Values and Attract Population These homes are built to meet the •j^rnand of business and professional men who wish to obtain high class homes in a select residence section of the city. , The district in Richmond, north of California street "to the Presidio, has developed into a mo6t desirable resi- lience section so desirable, in fact, t'*at in the two so called residence parks the better lots command $200 to J"JSO a front foot. Residents of suburban districts recog- nize the fact that architectural' beauty, \u25a0ivith lawns and gardens about the 1-omes. enhance^ the value of property to a wonderful extent. In addition to The exterior finis"h is in pressod brick to Use first floor, with shingles above, and a dormer roof effect. The interior finish will be in panels, with beamed ceilings. Eastern oak flooring will be used In the living room, dining room «nd reception hn!l. The livingroom is \u25a0;\u2666 by 16 feet. Th«? house will be sur- rounded by beautiful grounds. Twenty-fourth avenue is parked and terraced up to the lot, giving: a pleas- ing effect to the elevation. The house will cost upward of $10,000 and will be ready for occupancy about September 15. Ralph Warner Hart is the archi- tect. HOMES FOR BUSINESSMEN Another stride In the remarkable growth of the Richmond district north of Lake street is the artistic row of homes now building in Eleventh ave- nue, between California and Lake streets. They were designed by Louis lieilman. 'Y r Home building in the suburban dis- trictstof the city proper and down the peninsula Is going on steadily. A handsome residence is being built In- West Clay Park by George E. Bill- ings. Ills lot is 73 by 120 feet, in Twenty-fourth avenue. The house con- tains eipht rooms and two baths, with laundry, servants' quarters and heating appliances in the basement. A feature of thr 'house is the sleeping porch with pergola above. As a result, home makers are taking to this typ**- of house with an avidity that promises to ma_ke the bungalow home as characteristic of San Fran- cisco's suburbs as it has become of southern California towns. In the peninsula suburbs many at- tractive homes are building. One of Dir.gee Park's new homes is that be- longing to Carl Beeger. in Broadway near Iris street. Cottage and bungalow building has really only just begun in this part of California. The larger lots which are offered In the peninsula sub- urbs are a decided incentive to houses of this kind. It is a pleasing change from the high, stiff, formal city build- ing that has hitherto been characteris- tic of San Francisco. Moreover, an ex- ceedingly comfortable bungalow can be built for about half the price of a city house. this, a civic pride is aroused in such communities. "Park" districts of this sort have become popular in the Rich- mond district. These sections are at- tracting many persons who would otherwise have gone across the* bay or to remote suburbs. By retaining this class of citizens within her borders San Francisco is making material gains. KICHMOM) HEIGHTS RESIDENCE A new and attractive house has just been completed in Eleventh avenue for N. B. Herndon. It is between Anza and Balboa streets. The house is set well back from the street, allowing Kpace for a 15 foot lawn and trees in front. It Is a two story shingle house, with ornamental trimmings, and was. designed and built by Joseph .A. Leonard. Leonard states that 21 new houses have been built and sold in this dis- trict, Richmond heights, since January. Four others are now in process of con- struction there. He attributes the pop- ularity of this section to the fact that it Is a restricted district and the price of lots has been kept down to a very moderate level, averaging something like 9100 a front foot. BUXGALOWS ARE POPULAR as ha 3 been done in the Balboa pajrk. San Jose and Ocean avenues. WILL OtTLIXEPLA.V The association's committee, "will meet during the comins week witli the ; playground commission, when a def- inite plan will be outlined and the, co- operation of all the civic, bodies In the Mission, of the mayor and the boardof supervisors v.Mll be asked to s»upply the most crying need of the Mission* district. \u25a0 ',~v;i To provide for the better fire pr-»- teetlon of the Peralta heights section the Mission promotion association has appointed a committee to advocate tire** extension of Wolfe street between ls»«y bel and Tomasa. The residents. o£. this locality would thus be con- 4*4 * nected direct with the territory ' ad- jacent to San Bruno avenue. As It "Is proposed to start at as early a Uate,, as possible the paving of San Bruno" avenue as far south as OortlariiPave-S nue. the Wolfe street extension- is "ondy of the Improvements needed to render^ the entire country adjacent' acces*sible> ILLtMI-"VATIO.V BEGIXS / With the decision of the board of ' supervisors to light the ornamentaV poles erected by the United Railroad^ company on Valencia street, the .ftirsU- step has been taken in the plan to Hi* luminate the business section of the-? Mission. As soon as the asphalting: of* Mission sftreet between Ninth and Twentieth has been completed, the Mission promotion association's com- mittee, which secured the lightinsc of Valencia street, wiir submit to the supervisors a plan agreed to by prop- erty own«rs on Mission street- to-il- luminate that thoroughfare. The proposed plan to illuminate Twenty-second street from Mission to Guerrero has been temporarily abandoned, pending the widening of the street as far westerly as- Chat- tanooga street. An- effort \u25a0will be made to have a uniform system of lighting on Sixteenth. Twentyrfourth. Mission, Folsom and Twenty-second streets. The association's committee on the extension of Mission street through to Market will jreport at the next meet- ing of the association -on the. most feasible plan. In their estimations tOk. 1 bring about this Improvement. The playgrounds commissioners have pledged their hearty support to the as- sociation and to stimulate the move- ment have inaugurated the procedure of holding occasional play festivals in the squares of the thickly populated residential sections, the first series of such festivals to be held In September of the present year. The association's committee on parks and playgrounds, consisting of Father D. O. Crowley, Edward H. Mitchell. J. C. Astredo, j H. L. Seager and George Walcom, has made an Inspection tour of the Mission with the commissioners in an effort to select available sites for the establishment of playgrounds. The board of park commissioners has set aside $5,000 for the preliminary im- provement of McKinley square, be- tween Twentieth, Twenty-flrst. Ver- mont and Kansas streets, at the request of the association's committee. - rbTRERO MJEVO SELECTED This will provide a playground for the children of the Potrero N'uevo sec- tion, in which the need of a playground has long been evident, the western slope of the Potrero hills having been densely settled since 1906. with no play- ground nearer than the Garfield square at Twenty-sixth and Harrison streets. At about the same time the playgrounds commission will improve the block bounded by Marlposa, Seventeenth, Carolina and Arkansas streets, known as Jackson square. During the tour of investigation it was decided to establish a playground in the wicinity 6f Twentieth and Ala- bama streets, where there are large numbers of children without any pub- He playground. The section between Eleventh, Twentieth and Mission streets and Potrera avenue, will be provided for by the Franklin park, which the association has asked the park commissioners to impTpve, setting aside a portion of it for a playground, The need of public playgrounds In the Mission was so greatly emphasized by the thousands "of children who as- sembled in the Mission park on Inde- pendence day that the Mission, promo- tion association has renewed its cam- paign to "provide recreation facilities in the Mission.- BELLEVUE HOTEL TO OPEN SHORTLY NEW CAR SERVICE TO THE PENINSULA MANY STREETS ARE FULLY ACCEPTED TURNERS PLANNING LARGE NEW HALL GOOD PRICE FOR SUBURBAN HOTEL SALES MADE IN THE MISSION The second floor is" laid out princi- pally for. an auditorium, or ballroom. The third floor will contain a meeting hall" connected with a library, and a reading room.. The ; cost of the structure is esti- mated at $50,000. The ne^w*;Hall will have three stories and- a basement, which will cover the entire lot, with a frontage of 84 feet 3 inches." and .'.137%- feet deep. .The construction .will be brick with a steel frame in the larger part of the build- Ing. . ' Inthe v bascment there will be a* large gymnasium, dressing rooms ifor men and: women, a plunge bath, seven show- ers,, an apparatus room, a kitchen, two bowling alleys with* a ;clubroom. and rooms for the heating plant and ma- chinery will have the rest of the base- ment space. While the directors of the San-Fran- :clsco turn; vercin have not- fully de- cided upon the details of the new hall for their Sutter street site between Deyisadero and Broderick, the have a general working plan in mind- Arch- itect Zeuniarkel's design received the preference among the plans recently subrrtittedl'ibut it will be modified to some extent. r The Southern Pacific company has' ! for the last week been experimenting,- with gasoline motor cars on the'eoitstf division near Redwood City. It Va u'n^ derstood that it is its intention to. in-.. ; crease its local train service with t'oj*-' new equipment In the near future. T]t»is fact, coupled with the .news that *\- K. Chapin, general manager of the Penin- sula railway, has formally announced [the Immediate construction of the line: ! from Mayfield to San Mateo. i* rras» < suring evidence of a quick and radial' 1 Improvement in suburban transporta- tion. : \u25a0 . " . : - Resident* of San Mateo. Redwood City, Palo Alto and other peninsula •. towns have been antivipatirgj \u25a0 son*e* thing: of the kind for several rnontij*. "There is no question that the rail- road people are preparing radical improvements in peninsula servlc.e/' said H. C. Tuchen. Redwood City rep- resentative of Baldwin & Howe!!. "Al- though this service Is already first class, it is plain, to be seen that th«?y expect to make It even better. ' The new line from Mayfield will give >!?'•- trie cars all the way from Sa*h Fran- cisco to San Jose and Santa Clara val- ley. The Southern Pacific Is adding trains all the time, and already- Kas 48 trains » day »«-j.?jpius at Jte«iwoo«l City opposite th% entrance of Dl.ngee park. , "With the addition of gasoline mo- F tor service will. In all probability, cam*- special suburban express trains that, will land commuters in San Francisco' from Redwood in 25 minutes or less. In fact, I look to see the transportation facilities of San Francisco develop as- the New York lines have developed, where businessmen flnd It convenient to live 50 or 75 miles away from their f offlce~s." ' •^-~~ .. - _ Mayfield Line Will Give Rapid Transit From San Fran- 71 cisco to San Jose GAM3IIKG CASES SET—The ca*es of tb* fffl Cfclnese arrested daring the raid at H Rosa aUv by Dlstrtct Attorney Kicker? wer* ralW In Police Judge Deasy'* ewirt yesterday. The defendant* were repr»s*nt?d by Oeneral Sal*-' moa and the ea«M ir*re continued for trial r»- July 14. It bWoc agreed that the decision. ta one ease would gor«rn the irhole. . They provided for conditional accept- ance of the roadway of Masonic ave- nue, between Piedmont and Congress streets; Fifteenth avenue, between California and Lake streets; Grove street, between Cole and Clayton streets; crossing of Anza street and Twenty-first avenue; crossing of Lake street and Twenty-sixth avenue; cross- ing of Clement street and Twenty-third avenue; crossing of Clement street and Twenty-eighth avenue: crossing of Lake street and Sixteenth avenue; crossing of Clement street and Twenty-seventh avenue. They declared their intention to change the erade of Lundy's lane, near Eameralda avenue. They provided for the conditional acceptance of the roadway of the crossing of San Bruno avenue and Eighteenth street; crossing of Eleventh avenue and Klrkham street; crossing of Eighth avenue and Klrkham street. Ordinances were passed establishing grades at certain points on Foerster street and changing and re-establish- ing the official-grades In Bryant, street, in First street. In Fremont street. In Folsom street, between Eugenia and Powhattan avenues, in San Bruno ave- nue, between Twenty-third and Twen- ty-fourth streets, in Thirtieth avenue, in Lincoln way. In Thirty-first avenue. In Thirty-second avenue, in Thirty- third avenue,. In Thirty-fourth avenue, in Thirty-fifth avenue, in Thirty-sixth avenue, in Thirty-seventh avenue. In Thirty-eighth avenue. In Thirty-ninth avenue, in Fortieth avenue, in Forty- flrst avenue, in Forty-second avenue, in Forty-third avenue, in Forty-fourth avenue and in Forty-fifth ave.nue. The board of supervisors at their meeting this week provided for full acceptance of . the " roadway of Day street, between Dolores and, San Jo3e avenue; Clement street, "between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth ave- nues; Vermont street, between Mari- posa and Eighteenth; Anza street, be- tweert Fifth and Sixth avenues; Dolores street, between Valley and Twenty- ninth streets, except on that portion thereof set aside for parking; crossing of California street and Nineteenth avenue; crossing of Judah street and Seventh avenue. >-;- i> Supervisors Others Condi- tionally and Order New Grades Established OVERVALUES > HIS STOCK— Mrs. 1 iUtr .M. . -Sharp. Bo6.Sfeiner street, obtained a; warrant . from - Police Judjr^ Shortall Tfrtenlay for^ the . arrest of : F.F. Carlson oq a char go ofproenr- . mc s $?00 : from: her \u25a0 <»t May., 4 by, representing that, his stock of groceries ami merrhandliw la his .'store atiSSOO Boulerard arenne^ Oakland. r.-a« valued "at * fAS-OQ. .trhen, . In -fact, It was " not :wortb : more than $7CO.- Willibe extended - from the ocean down along Islals creek to the bay. This will naturally have, the of increasing property values; and adding to the de- sirability of this as a residence section! willprobably be put on the market an.! this will tend to draw home makers to district. The city Is putting in a 7; foot sewer to serva this district. Eventually, it la thought, the boulevard The Mission district, particularly In the neighborhood of San Jose avenue, is probably the sce»e pf more home building than anj ; other part of the city. One reason is that a home can ba built there for $1,000 less than in any part of the \u25a0Western addition. In the old truck garden tracts along Islals creek there is good soil and every incentive to get a home and have a vegetable and flower garden. In this section land is gelling at from $2Q to $40 a front foot. On the Demartinl tract, which was only put on the market six week 3 ago. there are flva riew houses nearly com- ,pleted. , Three more homes have been begun during the last.week. These are good,' attractive houses, costing for the most part about $:.000 aS « r T. There Is every indication that there will be increased activity in home building along the San Jose avenue car line for the next year or 'two. There are several large vacant tracts that HOME BUILDING IN :^- MISSION DISTRICT 272 BeniLs street, buyer 11. J. Ohlsen, seller prirate party. .-373 Crescent avenne. buyer J. T. Archibald, seller T. Krausch; : $2,750. 401 Anderson street, ' seller MeKillop, buyer H. J. Ohlsen: $1,000. ' . JOt^ Bennington street, buyer Charles E. Crew, seller, 11. J. Ohlsen. *27C Bemis street, buyer Henrick Anderson, sel- ler private party. \u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0 7 25C0 Diamond Ptreet. buyer H. H. McGown, seller A. T. Tuttler; $2,700. -I/Otin J Twenty-second street near Sanchez, buyer Ed Swift. 1 seller Ed B. Oakley: $1,800. Ttro lots. ln Gates street, Imyer H. J. Ohlsen, seller Charles Helblng; $500 each. I^>t in I»well street, buyer G. W. Stromlnger, seller J. Welsh; $525, , I-ot In De Haro street near Twentieth, buyer L. A. Smith, seller E; 3. Mamer; $600. I/Otin Gates, street, buyer L. Ferrelous, seller private. . \u25a0 . ' .^ Sales in the Mission district have been reported -by D. Coffin. & Co., -as follows: Property at l?.fiU York VKtreetv buyer Margaret Moran. *<»ll«>r Charles Herold; $4,500. ' 1031 Church street, buyer J. H. Allen, - seller H. Schneider: $'-."00. . , 513' (Jutes street, burer Helen Lnndiu, seller Marie Bank: $I,G<X>. . . \u25a0'..; '•iSS Holllday avenue, buyer John Plauka, seller Mr. Robinson. . .. . . Lapachet & Co. report a brisk de- mand for desirable woqded camping and buildinaj sites at -Muir Woods park. Mill Valley.»; Fully 50 lots were 'sold last week to people that Intend build-^ Ing immediately. This Is due largely to the fact that the^propert;? is so close to San Francisco and is being sold at such" a low rate p«r front foot. Many, families have already put. up their camps and are now enjoying the charms of camp life. , MANY CAMP SITES SOLD IN MUIR WOODS Three large deals in -real estate re- cently consummated by the^firm of Jo- seph* H. Rucker & Co. are indicative of the steadily increasing: interest that is being manifested by investors- in country lands, as well as. in property In the metropolis. Chief among these was the sale of the Crescent hotel in Alameda, owned by the Paciflc-land in- vestment company of San Francisco. This property has a frontage of 80 feet on Park street by a depth of 300 feet on Enclnal avenue, extending to Park avenue in the" rear. The- hotel occu- pies the corner of the lot, 55x90, ania the remaining space is improved with a one story building, 'which contains a saloon, a theater and the Southern Pacific ticket offices. The entire hold- Ing produces an annual Income of $4,200. The.H. A. Marckres company of San Jose, is 'the purchaser, and the consideration is $65,000. Through the s same firm Hubert Judge of Alameda hag bought of Thomas Ca- salegno 109 acres of land in the Quinby road near Evergreen. .. : +..Z :: —— - :—: . "We shall not only cater to the better class of permanent guests,'-' says air. Zander, "but also to the tourist and transient trade who desire intelligent service and hotel excellence with ex- clusiveness not heretofore obtainable in our other hotels." When the Bellevue opens it will be the handsomest American plan hotel in this country. The grand lobby and main entrance are among the most im- pressive features. The entire ground floor, 137 feet square, is devoted en- tirely .to the lobby and dining rooms. The soft, subdued sunlight pours into the lobby from three directions and makes it an ideal place for the gather- ing of the guests and patrons. The hotel hafe seven stories and a basement and is fireproof from top to bottom. There are 300 rooms, each supplied with bath and every modern facility to make guests comfortable and happy. As a matter of fact, every invention and modern appliance for the luxury and comfort of the guests has been installed in the Bellevue. The owners of this property, the Bar- ron estate, will conduct the hotel under the name of Bellevue hotel company, with W. E. Zander as manager. The demand for an American plan hotel of such excellence Is evident from the sat- isfactory amount of business which is In prospect. "The success of this hotel is abso- lutely assured," said Mr. Zander, the manager, "by the number of permanent guests who have already made reser- vations. You see, the hotel is now .being finished, carpet layers are at work and furniture dealers are busy making deliveries, yet in the midst of this confusion we have many callers each day who desire to look over the hotel a*hd make reservations. Already more than 160 apartments have been rented. Among some of the more prominent persons who have rented apartments at the Belltvue are the fol- lowing: Mr. end Mrs. M. L. W«»hb«rn, Mrs. - Dnbols, Mr*. VlrrlnU F*rd. Mr. and Mr*. C. L. la Rne, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Whit*. Dr. T. 3. Frtstfr. Mr*. E. J. BMiif, Captain and Mr*. A. XI. Burns. Mr. an<l Mrs. E. C. Wright, General and Mm. W. H Brown. VT. T. Hunter. Dr. an<l Mrs. V. D. Mfs<*;. Mr.and Mr*. 3. O. Rhoadm. Colonel CharW Murphy. Mr. and Mr*. I. N. Pattfrson, Mr. and Mr*. Ixniis Lipman. llr. and Mr*. D. A. Conollr. Ur. and Mrs. I>. D. LuntlK, Mr*. a»d M!m Phephard. Or. and Mr*. J. S. Potte, Mr. an<J Mm. It. K. Oekes, Dr. and Mra. C. C-Ken- yon, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Veasev. The new Bellevue hotel on Geary street is receiving the finishing touches and will be ready for guests by the first of August. Excepting Chicago and New York there is no other city in America which has so many magnificent hotels as San Francisco. The Bellevue makes the fourth hotel in this city which has cost more than $1,000,000. San Francisco to Have Another MillionDollar Hotel on August I The purpose, for which the society is formed, according to the articles, is to Improve and beautify, that por- tion of the city known South Vallejo. VALLEJO, July B.—Articles of in- corporation of the South Vallejo so- cial and improvement society have been filed in the office of the county clerk at .Fairfleld. The Incorporators and directors are James M. Adams, a well known South- ern Pacific conductor; James Foley and Henry Stammer. [Special Dispatch to The Call] SOUTH VALLEJO FORMS IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY John and Emma C. Hunter with Ltcy Broth- ers and Noah Bw&naon Plumbing- and sag fitting end all other work : for a three story and base- ment frame buildlnz Is R line of SeTentMnth street,' 75 W of Dolores, 25 by 98:8; $7,605 ' Mrs. C. A. Hancock with i Hobert D. squires— All work, except shades and pas fixtures, for a one - story frame rotu?e to w lin« of Forty- sixth arenue, 200 X of Fulton <D) street; $1,400 F: A. Dora with Pacific manufacturing eom- psny MUlwork for a four. . story nnd basement frame buiidlaj at NW. corner of Van Ness and Tacific avenne«. N 182 by W. 7S: W.7of). . ' Mrs. R. Hennessy with H lire In Ron, compsay— All work, except plumbinf. puintin? nn«l fhxiir»>. ' for « three story frame building in^S line of I Clay street, GO W of Hyde.- W2O by S-71S- I tG.zvz: :;. :.-;- .-"!-•\u25a0.-- \u25a0 •\u25a0 -- •\u25a0•-_.-'.--•.-\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0. -. •\u25a0'•; "4 BUILDING CONTRACTS RECORDED YESTERDAY Washington Dodge, -the assessor, has Issued a statement in regard to the in- crease and decrease of the assessments this year in the various parts ol the city. ll* said: "Since the fire the task of assessing real estate in t'>'' s city has been a very arjijous one. This is owing: to the fact That there his been such a shifting: of values in different portions of the city tltat it has been necessary each year, as far as it was possible, to appraise values. "In certain portions of the city, such as Sixth street and other streets south of Market, there have been almost : yearly reductions made; whereas, in the outlying: sections, as well as new business sections, which have grown up idnce the fire, it has been necessary to . increase the assessed valuation. All this entails a gr«?at amount of revlsion- axy work as Tvell as clerical work. "In most largre cities in this country an appraisement of real estate for as- s*>s!=ment purposes is made only once every four or five years, and for this purpose a large number of special ap- praiser&_gire usually allowed < the as- i*essor. BKASpKS FOH INCREASE "This office has, however, with the moans at its command, endeavored to kf-ep the assessment of the various dis- tricts of 'tli« city an near uniform as possible. We are required to meet the insistent demands of the state board of equalization that property shall be as- pessed up to 60 per cent of its market valuation. If ans' considerable portion rtf rhe city I* allowed to fall below 1 this figure there is always the liability that the entire property of the city will be increased by the state authorities. "Our roll this year shows a material Increase in values. This increase in values is due principally to the in- creased assessment of our largest cor- < porariors and the increased assess- ment on account of the new build- ings. A larre amount of realty in certain rection* of the city had the assessment thereof increased this year. These increases probably would agrere- eate 58,000,000, but the net gain in real estate in not large, owing to the fart that I felt compelled this year to I afford relief to the owners of real eeiat*> in those sections of the city which are yet practically dead, and reductions amounting: to approximate* iy 36.000,000 have been made on such real estate. IMFORMITVATTEMPTKO "In spite of these reductions we find that our assessment in Bonu> local- ities is yet over ?0 per cent of the figure at which a few sales in these localities are being consummated. Much of This realty, such as that lying in certain districts south of Market rtreet. has no market value strictly speaking. It can neither be .sold nor can it be rented If improvements ar« made. It was to afford relief to such districtn that these reductions men- tioned were made. "While our .'OS6essment roll does not fully equal the amount to which it was raised last year by the state board of equalizatlon.^yet I feel and believe that the assessment is bigber than the conditions in this city at present warrant. SEGREGATION OF AMOUSTS "The roll, as segregated this year. amounts to $687,716,673 for real estate, 1145,050,760 for buildings and $81,236,- 212 for personal property. It may be stated in way of explanation that $35,- 000,000 of property belonging to the quasi public corporations, which was sssessed up to two years ago as per- sonal property, has since then been assessed as either real estate or im- jjrovements. This $35,000,000 consists of franchises, which are now assessed as real estate, and street railroad con- struction, eras, electric and water mains and conduits, which are now assessed «p Improvements." Sotie notable changes tn the assess- ment rolls are increases in Mission street property near Twentieth, and in F.illmor* street. Many Van Ness ave- nue aa»esMnent« have been lowered, j|jp well as much of the district south r>l Market. Property owners have un- til Monday. July 1?, to file protests acr.«ist x the .new- appraisements.".- \u25a0 » Dodge Explains Necessity for Raising and Lowering Val- uations in City MANY CHANGES IN ASSESSMENT ROLLS KtcD» of: the ncp Bellcvuc hotel in Geary; stre&and interior -of , the '\u25a0 lobb£ 10 Demartini Tract In the heart of the Mission.- Noth-" ing to equal it placed on the mar- ket for years. Over 100 lots sold in 5 weeks.- The cheapest property in the Sunny Mission. $10.00 SECURES A LOT' Strcefs graded. Concrete side- walks. ' Water. Five cent carfare. School. Branch Po«toffice, Pubjt.c Library and every other conveni-" ence to be secured in any part of this city. .. Large lots and prices so low that you are bound to buy. You can't" Ijclp it. Those who have seen' everything in the.city, buy here. Take Guerrero-street car and get off at Theresa street. Salesman on- the ground Sunday. SICHEL & WILLIAMS I Sole Agents, v* ." 2338 MISSION STREET^ ; [ $25 mm MUIR WOODS PARK MILLT ALLETi ; Only Few Lot» Left »t Thia Prlo«.
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Page 1: STEADY GROWTH OF BUILDING CITY'S SUBURBS€¦ · Twenty-fourth avenue is parked and terraced up to the lot, giving: a pleas-ingeffect to the elevation. The house willcost upward of

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STEADY GROWTH OF THE BUILDING IN THE CITY'S SUBURBSMANY NEW RESIDENCES

IN RICHMOND DISTRICTNevv' Parks to be Established and Plans Made

to Hold Play Festivals This Fall

MORE PLAYGROUNDS FORCHILDREN OF THE CITY

-.

Restrictions and Landscape Effects Increase

Land Values and Attract Population

These homes are built to meet the•j^rnand of business and professionalmen who wish to obtain high classhomes in a select residence section ofthe city. ,

The district in Richmond, north ofCalifornia street "to the Presidio, hasdeveloped into a mo6t desirable resi-lience section

—so desirable, in fact,

t'*at in the two so called residenceparks the better lots command $200 toJ"JSO a front foot.

Residents of suburban districts recog-nize the fact that architectural' beauty,

\u25a0ivith lawns and gardens about the1-omes. enhance^ the value of propertyto a wonderful extent. In addition to

The exterior finis"h is in pressod brickto Use first floor, with shingles above,

and a dormer roof effect. The interiorfinish will be in panels, with beamedceilings. Eastern oak flooring will beused In the living room, dining room«nd reception hn!l. The livingroom is\u25a0;\u2666 by 16 feet. Th«? house will be sur-rounded by beautiful grounds.

Twenty-fourth avenue is parked andterraced up to the lot, giving: a pleas-ing effect to the elevation. The housewill cost upward of $10,000 and will beready for occupancy about September15. Ralph Warner Hart is the archi-tect.HOMES FOR BUSINESSMEN

Another stride In the remarkablegrowth of the Richmond district northof Lake street is the artistic row ofhomes now building in Eleventh ave-nue, between California and Lakestreets. They were designed by Louislieilman. 'Y r

Home building in the suburban dis-trictstof the city proper and down thepeninsula Is going on steadily.

A handsome residence is being builtIn-West Clay Park by George E. Bill-ings. Ills lot is 73 by 120 feet, inTwenty-fourth avenue. The house con-tains eipht rooms and two baths, withlaundry, servants' quarters and heating

appliances in the basement. A featureof thr 'house is the sleeping porch withpergola above.

As a result, home makers are takingto this typ**- of house with an aviditythat promises to ma_ke the bungalowhome as characteristic of San Fran-cisco's suburbs as it has become ofsouthern California towns.

In the peninsula suburbs many at-tractive homes are building. One ofDir.gee Park's new homes is that be-longing to Carl Beeger. in Broadwaynear Iris street. Cottage and bungalowbuilding has really only just begun inthis part of California. The larger lotswhich are offered In the peninsula sub-urbs are a decided incentive to housesof this kind. Itis a pleasing changefrom the high, stiff, formal city build-ing that has hitherto been characteris-tic of San Francisco. Moreover, an ex-ceedingly comfortable bungalow can bebuilt for about half the price of a cityhouse.

this, a civic pride is aroused in suchcommunities. "Park" districts of thissort have become popular in the Rich-

mond district. These sections are at-

tracting many persons who would

otherwise have gone across the* bay or

to remote suburbs. By retaining thisclass of citizens within her borders SanFrancisco is making material gains.

KICHMOM) HEIGHTS RESIDENCEA new and attractive house has just

been completed in Eleventh avenue forN. B. Herndon. It is between Anzaand Balboa streets. The house is setwell back from the street, allowingKpace for a 15 foot lawn and trees infront. ItIs a two story shingle house,

with ornamental trimmings, and was.designed and built by Joseph .A.Leonard.

Leonard states that 21 new houseshave been built and sold in this dis-trict, Richmond heights, since January.

Four others are now in process of con-struction there. He attributes the pop-ularity of this section to the fact thatit Is a restricted district and the price

of lots has been kept down to a verymoderate level, averaging somethinglike 9100 a front foot.BUXGALOWS ARE POPULAR

as ha 3been done in the Balboa pajrk. •

San Jose and Ocean avenues.WILL OtTLIXEPLA.V

The association's committee, "willmeet during the comins week witli the ;playground commission, when a def-inite plan will be outlined and the, co-

operation of all the civic,bodies In theMission, of the mayor and the boardofsupervisors v.Mll be asked to s»upplythe most crying need of the Mission*district. \u25a0 ',~v;i

To provide for the better fire pr-»-teetlon of the Peralta heights sectionthe Mission promotion association hasappointed a committee to advocate tire**extension of Wolfe street between ls»«ybel and Tomasa. The residents. o£.this locality would thus be con-4*4*nected direct with the territory 'ad-jacent to San Bruno avenue. As It"Isproposed to start at as early a Uate,,as possible the paving of San Bruno"avenue as far south as OortlariiPave-Snue. the Wolfe street extension- is "ondyof the Improvements needed to render^the entire country adjacent' acces*sible>ILLtMI-"VATIO.VBEGIXS /

With the decision of the board of '

supervisors to light the ornamentaVpoles erected by the United Railroad^company on Valencia street, the .ftirsU-step has been taken in the plan to Hi*luminate the business section of the-?Mission. As soon as the asphalting: of*Mission sftreet between Ninth andTwentieth has been completed, theMission promotion association's com-mittee, which secured the lightinscof Valencia street, wiir submit to thesupervisors a plan agreed to by prop-erty own«rs on Mission street- to-il-luminate that thoroughfare.

The proposed plan to illuminateTwenty-second street from Mission toGuerrero has been temporarilyabandoned, pending the widening ofthe street as far westerly as- Chat-tanooga street. An- effort \u25a0will be madeto have a uniform system of lighting

on Sixteenth. Twentyrfourth. Mission,Folsom and Twenty-second streets.

The association's committee on theextension of Mission street through toMarket will jreport at the next meet-ing of the association -on the. mostfeasible plan. In their estimations tOk.

1 bring about this Improvement.

The playgrounds commissioners havepledged their hearty support to the as-sociation and to stimulate the move-ment have inaugurated the procedureof holding occasional play festivals inthe squares of the thickly populatedresidential sections, the first series ofsuch festivals to be held In Septemberof the present year.

The association's committee on parksand playgrounds, consisting of FatherD. O. Crowley, Edward H. Mitchell. J.C. Astredo, j H. L. Seager and GeorgeWalcom, has made an Inspection tour ofthe Mission with the commissioners inan effort to select available sites forthe establishment of playgrounds. Theboard of park commissioners has setaside $5,000 for the preliminary im-provement of McKinley square, be-tween Twentieth, Twenty-flrst. Ver-mont and Kansas streets, at the requestof the association's committee.

-rbTRERO MJEVO SELECTED

This will provide a playground forthe children of the Potrero N'uevo sec-tion, in which the need of a playgroundhas • long been evident, the westernslope of the Potrero hills having beendensely settled since 1906. with no play-ground nearer than the Garfield squareat Twenty-sixth and Harrison streets.Atabout the same time the playgroundscommission will improve the blockbounded by Marlposa, Seventeenth,Carolina and Arkansas streets, knownas Jackson square.

During the • tour of investigation itwas decided to establish a playgroundin the wicinity 6f Twentieth and Ala-bama streets, where there are largenumbers of children without any pub-He playground. The section betweenEleventh, Twentieth and Missionstreets and Potrera avenue, will beprovided for by the Franklin park,which the association has asked thepark commissioners to impTpve, setting

aside a portion of it for a playground,

The need of public playgrounds Inthe Mission was so greatly emphasizedby the thousands "of children who as-sembled in the Mission park on Inde-pendence day that the Mission, promo-tion association has renewed its cam-paign to"provide recreation facilities inthe Mission.-

BELLEVUE HOTELTO OPEN SHORTLY NEW CAR SERVICE

TO THE PENINSULAMANYSTREETS ARE

FULLY ACCEPTEDTURNERS PLANNINGLARGE NEW HALL

GOOD PRICE FORSUBURBAN HOTEL

SALES MADE INTHE MISSION

The second floor is" laid out princi-pally for.an auditorium, or ballroom.The third floor will contain a meetinghall" connected with a library, and areading room..

The ;cost of the structure is esti-mated at $50,000.

The ne^w*;Hall will have three storiesand- a basement, which will cover theentire lot, with a frontage of 84 feet3 inches." and .'.137%- feet deep. .Theconstruction .will be brick with a steelframe in the larger part of the build-Ing. .'

Inthe vbascment there willbe a* largegymnasium, dressing rooms ifor menand: women, a plunge bath, seven show-ers,, an apparatus room, a kitchen, twobowling alleys with* a ;clubroom. androoms for the heating plant and ma-chinery will have the rest of the base-ment space. •

While the directors of the San-Fran-:clsco turn; vercin have not- fully de-cided upon the details of the new hallfor their Sutter street site betweenDeyisadero and Broderick, the have ageneral working plan in mind- Arch-itect Zeuniarkel's design received thepreference among the plans recentlysubrrtittedl'ibut it will be modified tosome extent. r

The Southern Pacific company has'!for the last week been experimenting,-with gasoline motor cars on the'eoitstfdivision near Redwood City. ItVa u'n^derstood that it is its intention to. in-..

;crease its local train service with t'oj*-'new equipment In the near future. T]t»isfact, coupled with the .news that *\-K.Chapin, general manager of the Penin-sula railway, has formally announced

[the Immediate construction of the line:!from Mayfield to San Mateo. i* rras» <

suring evidence of a quick and radial'1Improvement in suburban transporta-tion. : \u25a0 ." . :

-Resident* of San Mateo. Redwood

City, Palo Alto and other peninsula •.towns have been antivipatirgj \u25a0 son*e* •thing: of the kind for several rnontij*.

"There is no question that the rail-road people are preparing radicalimprovements in peninsula servlc.e/'said H. C. Tuchen. Redwood City rep-resentative of Baldwin & Howe!!. "Al-though this service Is already firstclass, it is plain, to be seen that th«?yexpect to make It even better.

'The

new line from Mayfield will give >!?'•-trie cars all the way from Sa*h Fran-cisco to San Jose and Santa Clara val-ley. The Southern Pacific Is addingtrains all the time, and already- Kas48 trains » day »«-j.?jpius at Jte«iwoo«lCity opposite th% entrance of Dl.ngeepark. ,

"With the addition of gasoline mo- F

tor service will. In all probability, cam*-special suburban express trains that,will land commuters in San Francisco'from Redwood in 25 minutes or less. Infact, Ilook to see the transportationfacilities of San Francisco develop as-the New York lines have developed,where businessmen flnd Itconvenient tolive 50 or 75 miles away from their f

offlce~s."' •^-~~ .. - _

Mayfield Line Will Give RapidTransit From San Fran- 71

cisco to San Jose

GAM3IIKG CASES SET—The ca*es of tb* ffflCfclnese arrested daring the raid at H RosaaUv by Dlstrtct Attorney Kicker? wer* ralWIn Police Judge Deasy'* ewirt yesterday. Thedefendant* were repr»s*nt?d by Oeneral Sal*-'moa and the ea«M ir*re continued for trial r»-July 14. It bWoc agreed that the decision. taone ease would gor«rn the irhole. .

They provided for conditional accept-

ance of the roadway of Masonic ave-nue, between Piedmont and Congress

streets; Fifteenth avenue, betweenCalifornia and Lake streets; Grovestreet, between Cole and Clayton

streets; crossing of Anza street andTwenty-first avenue; crossing of Lakestreet and Twenty-sixth avenue; cross-

ing of Clement street and Twenty-thirdavenue; crossing of Clement street andTwenty-eighth avenue: crossing ofLake street and Sixteenth avenue;crossing of Clement street andTwenty-seventh avenue.

They declared their intention tochange the erade of Lundy's lane, nearEameralda avenue.

They provided for the conditionalacceptance of the roadway of thecrossing of San Bruno avenue andEighteenth street; crossing of Eleventhavenue and Klrkham street; crossing

of Eighth avenue and Klrkham street.

Ordinances were passed establishing

grades at certain points on Foersterstreet and changing and re-establish-ing the official-grades InBryant, street,

in First street. In Fremont street. InFolsom street, between Eugenia andPowhattan avenues, in San Bruno ave-nue, between Twenty-third and Twen-ty-fourth streets, in Thirtieth avenue,

in Lincoln way. In Thirty-first avenue.In Thirty-second avenue, in Thirty-

third avenue,. In Thirty-fourth avenue,

in Thirty-fifth avenue, in Thirty-sixthavenue, in Thirty-seventh avenue. InThirty-eighth avenue. In Thirty-ninthavenue, in Fortieth avenue, in Forty-flrst avenue, in Forty-second avenue, inForty-third avenue, in Forty-fourthavenue and in Forty-fifth ave.nue.

The board of supervisors at theirmeeting this week provided for fullacceptance of. the

"roadway of Day

street, between Dolores and, San Jo3eavenue; Clement street, "betweenTwenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth ave-nues; Vermont street, between Mari-posa and Eighteenth; Anza street, be-

tweert Fifth and Sixth avenues; Doloresstreet, between Valley and Twenty-

ninth streets, except on that portion

thereof set aside for parking; crossing

of California street and Nineteenthavenue; crossing of Judah street andSeventh avenue. >-;-i>

Supervisors Others Condi-tionally and Order New„ Grades Established

OVERVALUES > HIS STOCK—Mrs.1

iUtr .M.. -Sharp. Bo6.Sfeiner street, obtained a;warrant. from -Police Judjr^ Shortall Tfrtenlay for^ the. arrest of:F.F. Carlson oq a char go ofproenr-. mc s $?00 :from:her \u25a0 <»t May.,4 by,representingthat, his stock of groceries ami merrhandliw lahis .'store atiSSOO Boulerard arenne^ Oakland.r.-a« valued "at

*fAS-OQ. .trhen, .In -fact, It was"

not:wortb :more than $7CO.-

Willibe extended-from the ocean down

along Islals creek to the bay. This willnaturally have, the of increasingproperty values; and adding to the de-sirability of this as a residence section!

willprobably be put on the market an.!this will tend to draw home makers to

district. The city Is putting in a7; foot sewer to serva this district.Eventually, it la thought, the boulevard

The Mission district, particularly Inthe neighborhood of San Jose avenue,

is probably the sce»e pf more homebuilding than anj

; other part of thecity. One reason is that a home can babuilt there for $1,000 less than in anypart of the \u25a0Western addition.

In the old truck garden tracts along

Islals creek there is good soil andevery incentive to get a home and havea vegetable and flower garden. In thissection land is gelling at from $2Q to$40 a front foot.

On the Demartinl tract, which wasonly put on the market six week 3ago.there are flva riew houses nearly com-

,pleted. ,Three more homes have beenbegun during the last.week. These aregood,' attractive houses, costing for themost part about $:.000 aS«rT.

There Is every indication that therewill be increased activity in homebuilding along the San Jose avenue carline for the next year or 'two. Thereare several large vacant tracts that

HOME BUILDING IN:^- MISSION DISTRICT

272 BeniLs street, buyer 11. J. Ohlsen, sellerprirate party..-373 Crescent avenne. buyer J. T. Archibald,seller T. Krausch; :$2,750.

401 Anderson street,'

seller MeKillop, buyerH. J. Ohlsen: $1,000. •

'. JOt^ Bennington street, buyer Charles E. Crew,seller, 11. J. Ohlsen. • •

*27C Bemis street, buyer Henrick Anderson, sel-ler private party. \u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0 • 7

25C0 Diamond Ptreet. buyer H. H. McGown,seller A. T. Tuttler; $2,700.-I/OtinJ Twenty-second street near Sanchez,

buyer Ed Swift.1 seller Ed B. Oakley: $1,800.Ttro lots. ln Gates street, Imyer H. J. Ohlsen,

seller Charles Helblng; $500 each.I^>t in I»well street, buyer G. W. Stromlnger,

seller J. Welsh; $525, ,I-ot In De Haro street near Twentieth, buyer

L. A. Smith, seller E; 3. Mamer; $600.I/Otin Gates, street, buyer L. Ferrelous, seller

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.^Sales in the Mission district havebeen reported -by D. Coffin. & Co., -asfollows:

Property at l?.fiU YorkVKtreetv buyer MargaretMoran. *<»ll«>r Charles Herold; $4,500.

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1031 Church street, buyer J. H. Allen,- sellerH. Schneider: $'-."00. . ,

513' (Jutes street, burer Helen Lnndiu, sellerMarie Bank: $I,G<X>. .. \u25a0'..;

'•iSS Holllday avenue, buyer John Plauka, sellerMr. Robinson. . .. .

.Lapachet & Co. report a brisk de-mand for desirable woqded campingand buildinaj sites at -Muir Woods park.Mill Valley.»; Fully 50 lots were 'soldlast week to people that Intend build-^Ing immediately. This Is due largelyto the fact that the^propert;? is so closeto San Francisco and is being sold atsuch" a low rate p«r front foot.

Many, families have already put. uptheir camps and are now enjoying thecharms of camp life. ,

MANY CAMP SITES SOLDIN MUIR WOODS

Three large deals in-real estate re-cently consummated by the^firm of Jo-seph* H. Rucker & Co. are indicativeof the steadily increasing: interest thatis being manifested by investors- incountry lands, as well as. in propertyIn the metropolis. Chief among thesewas the sale of the Crescent hotel inAlameda, owned by the Paciflc-land in-vestment company of San Francisco.This property has a frontage of 80 feeton Park street by a depth of 300 feeton Enclnal avenue, extending to Parkavenue in the" rear. The- hotel occu-pies the corner of the lot, 55x90, aniathe remaining space is improved witha one story building, 'which containsa saloon, a theater and the SouthernPacific ticket offices. The entire hold-Ing produces an annual Income of$4,200. The.H. A. Marckres companyof San Jose, is 'the purchaser, and theconsideration is $65,000.

Through the s same firm Hubert Judgeof Alameda hag bought of Thomas Ca-salegno 109 acres of land in the Quinbyroad near Evergreen. .. :+..Z

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. "We shall not only cater to the betterclass of permanent guests,'-' says air.Zander, "but also to the tourist andtransient trade who desire intelligentservice and hotel excellence with ex-clusiveness not heretofore obtainable inour other hotels."

When the Bellevue opens it will bethe handsomest American plan hotel inthis country. The grand lobby andmain entrance are among the most im-pressive features. The entire groundfloor, 137 feet square, is devoted en-tirely .to the lobby and dining rooms.The soft, subdued sunlight pours intothe lobby from three directions andmakes it an ideal place for the gather-ing of the guests and patrons.

The hotel hafe seven stories and abasement and is fireproof from top tobottom. There are 300 rooms, eachsupplied with bath and every modernfacility to • make guests comfortableand happy. As a matter of fact, everyinvention and modern appliance for theluxury and comfort of the guests hasbeen installed in the Bellevue.

The owners of this property, the Bar-ron estate, willconduct the hotel underthe name of Bellevue hotel company,with W. E. Zander as manager. Thedemand for an American plan hotel ofsuch excellence Is evident from the sat-isfactory amount of business which isInprospect.

"The success of this hotel is abso-lutely assured," said Mr. Zander, themanager, "by the number of permanentguests who have already made reser-vations. You see, the hotel is now

.being finished, carpet layers are atwork and furniture dealers are busymaking deliveries, yet in the midst ofthis confusion we have many callerseach day who desire to look over thehotel a*hd make reservations. Alreadymore than 160 apartments have beenrented. Among some of the moreprominent persons who have rentedapartments at the Belltvue are the fol-lowing:

Mr. end Mrs. M. L. W«»hb«rn, Mrs.-Dnbols,

Mr*. VlrrlnU F*rd. Mr. and Mr*. C. L. la Rne,Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Whit*. Dr. T. 3. Frtstfr.Mr*. E. J. BMiif, Captain and Mr*. A. XI.Burns. Mr. an<l Mrs. E. C. Wright, General andMm. W. H Brown. VT. T. Hunter. Dr. an<l Mrs.V. D. Mfs<*;. Mr.and Mr*.3. O. Rhoadm. ColonelCharW Murphy. Mr. and Mr*. I.N. Pattfrson,Mr. and Mr*.Ixniis Lipman. llr.and Mr*.D. A.Conollr. Ur. and Mrs. I>. D. LuntlK, Mr*. a»dM!m Phephard. Or. and Mr*. J. S. Potte, Mr.an<J Mm. It.K. Oekes, Dr. and Mra. C. C-Ken-yon, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Veasev.

The new Bellevue hotel on Gearystreet is receiving the finishing touchesand will be ready for guests by thefirst of August.

Excepting Chicago and New Yorkthere is no other city in America whichhas so many magnificent hotels as SanFrancisco. The Bellevue makes thefourth hotel in this city which has costmore than $1,000,000.

San Francisco to Have AnotherMillionDollar Hotel on

August I

The purpose, for which the societyis formed, according to the articles,is to Improve and beautify, that por-tion of the city known a« South Vallejo.

VALLEJO, July B.—Articles of in-corporation of the South Vallejo so-cial and improvement society havebeen filed in the office of the countyclerk at .Fairfleld.

The Incorporators and directors areJames M. Adams, a well known South-ern Pacific conductor; James Foley andHenry Stammer.

[Special Dispatch to The Call]

SOUTH VALLEJO FORMSIMPROVEMENT SOCIETY

John and Emma C. Hunter with Ltcy Broth-ers and Noah Bw&naon—

Plumbing- and sag fittingend all other work :for a three story and base-ment frame buildlnz Is R line of SeTentMnthstreet,' 75 W of Dolores, 25 by 98:8; $7,605 '

Mrs. C. A. Hancock withiHobert D. squires—All work, except shades and pas fixtures, for aone -story frame rotu?e to w lin« of Forty-sixth arenue, 200 X of Fulton <D) street; $1,400

F: A. Dora with Pacific manufacturing eom-psny

—MUlwork for a four.. story nnd basement

frame buiidlaj at NW. corner of Van Ness andTacific avenne«. N 182 by W. 7S: W.7of). .'

Mrs. R. Hennessy with HlireInRon, compsay—All work, except plumbinf. puintin? nn«l fhxiir»>. 'for « three story frame building in^S line of IClay street, GO W of Hyde.- W2O by S-71S- ItG.zvz: :;. :.-;- • •

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BUILDING CONTRACTS •

RECORDED YESTERDAY

Washington Dodge, -the assessor, hasIssued a statement in regard to the in-

crease and decrease of the assessments

this year in the various parts ol thecity. ll*said:

"Since the fire the task of assessing

real estate in t'>'' s city has been a very

arjijous one. This is owing: to the factThat there his been such a shifting: ofvalues in different portions of the citytltat it has been necessary each year, asfar as it was possible, to appraisevalues.

"In certain portions of the city, suchas Sixth street and other streets southof Market, there have been almost :yearly reductions made; whereas, inthe outlying: sections, as well as newbusiness sections, which have grown upidnce the fire, it has been necessary to

. increase the assessed valuation. Allthis entails a gr«?at amount of revlsion-axy work as Tvell as clerical work.

"In most largre cities in this countryan appraisement of real estate for as-s*>s!=ment purposes is made only onceevery four or five years, and for thispurpose a large number of special ap-praiser&_gire usually allowed <the as-i*essor.

BKASpKS FOH INCREASE"This office has, however, with the

moans at its command, endeavored tokf-ep the assessment of the various dis-tricts of 'tli« city an near uniform aspossible. We are required to meet theinsistent demands of the state board ofequalization that property shall be as-pessed up to 60 per cent of its marketvaluation. Ifans' considerable portionrtf rhe city I* allowed to fall below 1

this figure there is always the liabilitythat the entire property of the city willbe increased by the state authorities.

"Our roll this year shows a materialIncrease in values. This increase invalues is due principally to the in-creased assessment of our largest cor- <

porariors and the increased assess-ment on account of the new build-ings. A larre amount of realty incertain rection* of the city had theassessment thereof increased this year.These increases probably would agrere-eate 58,000,000, but the net gain inreal estate in not large, owing to thefart that Ifelt compelled this year to Iafford relief to the owners of realeeiat*> in those sections of the citywhich are yet practically dead, andreductions amounting: to approximate*iy 36.000,000 have been made on suchreal estate.IMFORMITVATTEMPTKO

"In spite of these reductions we findthat our assessment in Bonu> local-ities is yet over ?0 per cent of thefigure at which a few sales in theselocalities are being consummated.Much of This realty, such as that lyingin certain districts south of Marketrtreet. has no market value strictlyspeaking. It can neither be .sold norcan it be rented If improvements ar«made. It was to afford relief to suchdistrictn that these reductions men-tioned were made.

"While our .'OS6essment roll does notfully equal the amount to which itwas raised last year by the state boardof equalizatlon.^yet Ifeel and believethat the assessment is bigber thanthe conditions in this city at presentwarrant.SEGREGATION OF AMOUSTS

"The roll, as segregated this year.amounts to $687,716,673 for real estate,1145,050,760 for buildings and $81,236,-

212 for personal property. Itmay bestated in way of explanation that $35,-000,000 of property belonging to thequasi public corporations, which wassssessed up to two years ago as per-sonal property, has since then beenassessed as either real estate or im-jjrovements. This $35,000,000 consistsof franchises, which are now assessedas real estate, and street railroad con-struction, eras, electric and water mainsand conduits, which are now assessed«p Improvements."

Sotie notable changes tn the assess-ment rolls are increases in Missionstreet property near Twentieth, and inF.illmor* street. Many Van Ness ave-nue aa»esMnent« have been lowered,j|jp well as much of the district southr>l Market. Property owners have un-til Monday. July 1?, to file protestsacr.«ist xthe .new- appraisements.".- \u25a0 »

Dodge Explains Necessity forRaising and Lowering Val-

uations in City

MANY CHANGES INASSESSMENT ROLLS

KtcD» of:the ncp Bellcvuc hotel in Geary; stre&and interior -of ,the '\u25a0lobb£

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Demartini TractIn the heart of the Mission.- Noth-"ing to equal it placed on the mar-ket for years.

Over 100 lots sold in 5 weeks.-The cheapest property in theSunny Mission.

$10.00SECURES A LOT'

Strcefs graded. Concrete side-walks.

'Water. Five cent carfare.

School. Branch Po«toffice, Pubjt.cLibrary and every other conveni-"ence to be secured in any part ofthis city... Large lots and prices so low thatyou are bound to buy. You can't"Ijclp it. Those who have seen'everything in the.city, buy here.

Take Guerrero-street car and getoff at Theresa street. Salesman on-the ground Sunday.

SICHEL & WILLIAMSI Sole Agents, v* ."

2338 MISSION STREET^ ;[

$25 mmMUIR WOODS PARK

MILLTALLETi;Only Few Lot» Left »t Thia Prlo«.

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