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he Premium Income of this Branch Deposited and Invested in Alameda County, a Feature Peculiar to this Company. .
TRUSTEES.
C. HENRY, J. B. MARLIN, T. B. SIMPSON, W. B. HARDY, . V. D. MOODY." R. S. FARRELLY, CHAUNCEY TAYLOR.
policies issued and renewed, losses adjusted and paid, and the business of this Brand" attended to with promptness and dispatch.
R: H. MAGILL, Manager.
H. A. CRAIG, Secretary.
W. HASKILL. Agent for Oakland; WAGNER & CO., Agents for West Oakland: M. McDONALD, Agent for Berkele, · E. M. SMITH. Agent for Alameda.
GF PRINCIPAL EASTERN CITIES, at 518 CLAY ST., San Franci-
312 KEARNY STREET
JOHN C. PELTON, JR.
ARCHITECT 917 Broadway, Oakland,
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BISHOP'S OAKLAND DIRECTORY - FOR -
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY STREET GUIDE,
A Correct Map of the City,
TOGETHER WITH
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ITS INSTITUTIONS, ETC.
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DIRECTORY OF THE TOWN OF ALAMEDA.
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D. M. BISHOP & CO., COMPILERS.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
PAGE.
PAGE.
Pelton John C. Jr .. .inside front
Smith William
K
Sohst Brothers.
567
Philadelphia Chemical Dyeing Works. Phillips & Hochholzer.
580
Spring Menzo. 532
St. Joseph's Academy 417
Stanford Stables. B
Starkweather & Son.
565
Pioneer Carriage Works
567
State Investment and Insurance Co ... Steele Jas. G. & Co.
530
Remillard & Bros
638
Stolz & Sturm. 480
539
Robinson A
384
Surryhne E. & Co. 427
Robinson Henry
480
Taber 1. W. & Co. 429
Roth J ...
A
Teubner & Hoffman E
Russian Balsamic Bitters.
599
Ruthardt Victor.
480
Union Livery Stable.
533
San Francisco Gold and Silver Plating Works. 627
Vice Martin
637
Sanford, Kelsey & Co. .side margin
Walker T. L.
598
Sanitarium Baths K
536
Weeks Henry
567
Schoonover & Co.
N
Welscher & Westerman
542
Shepman W. E. .
627
West Berkeley Planing Mill.
405
Sherwin Joseph
531
Wetmore J. L. & Co
.edge of book
Shuster & Niehaus
405
Wheat C. D. inside front cover
Sicotte F,
D
Whitney & Co.
582
Simpson G. W
591
Whitney A. D. .lower margin
Slate W. E ..
408
Wonderlich J. P. C
Smith C. W. M.
410
Woodward & Taggart . upper margin
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California State Business Directory.
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531
Piedmont Springs.
.lower margin
Pioneer Carpet Beating Machine
384
597
Porch Henry H B
Richards W. A
381
Sunny Side House
Tubbs' Hotel. 442 E
Rutherford C. B side margin
Van Voorhies & Brearty
479
Vandall B. C.
542
Washington Brewery
Schneider A. J ..
cover and
531
ADDITIONAL NAMES, REMOVALS, ETC.,
Received too Late for Regular Insertion.
Arcade Printing House, Alfred Ulp manager, 454 Twelfth Barrett Charles H., master mariner, res Ns Eighteenth bet Grove and Castro
Barrett E. M. Mrs., homeopathic physician, res N s Eight- eenth bet Grove and Castro
Borrelle & Vendeleers (J. D. Borrelle and H. Vendeleers) tailors, 474 Eighth
Borrelle J. D. (Borrelle & Vendeleers) res 474 Eighth
Brown Ed. A., wood and coal, 410-412 Ninth, res 702 Web- ster
Callaghan & Co. (J. Callaghan) real estate agents and col- lectors, 414 Ninth
Caroe & Meyer (L. Caroe and Henry Meyer) shirt manufac- turers, 1113 Broadway
Caroe L. (Caroe & Meyer) 1113 Broadway
Cordy & Warren (John J. Cordy and George Warren) collectors, 414 Ninth
Cordy John J. (Cordy & Warren) res S. F.
Cornwall A., dentist, 1069 Broadway
Devoll G. B. Mrs., dressmaker, 1055 Broadway
Garnier P. R., printer, 454 Twelfth
Hochholzer Hugo (Phillips & Hochholzer) res S. F.
LAWRIE & WHITNEY (A. G. Lawrie and George E. Whitney) searchers of records, 817 Broadway
Lawrie A. G. (Lawrie & Whitney) res SW cor Jackson and Eleventh
Nelle William, butcher, 964 Broadway
PACIFIC STONE CO., F. Chappellet president, 907 Broad- way
PELTON JOHN C. Jr., architect, 917 Broadway (and 330 Pine, S. F.) res 1510 Pine, S. F.
PHILLIPS & HOCHHOLZER (Henry; W. Phillips and Hugo Hochholzer) architects and civil engineers, 1104 Broad- way
Phillips Henry W. (Phillips & Hochholzer) res 1104 Broad- way
Van Arman Hiram M., correspondent S. F. Evening Post, res 1520 Seventh
Vendeleers H. (Borrelle & Vendeleers) res First bet Broad- way and Franklin
THE CITY OF OAKLAND.
This, the second city in population west of the Rocky Mountains, is located on the Bay of San Francisco, north- wardly from the mouth of San Antonio creek. Its area ex- tends on the eastward to the foot-hills of the San Pablo range of mountains. On the north, Temescal and Berkeley lie as immediately contiguous suburbs, soon to be absorbed within the limits of the rapidly expanding city. Piedmont and Fruit Vale eastwardly, and Alameda on the south, are parts of the future great city which shall cover the entire space from the bay to the hills, and which, in population and wealth, shall rank among the first on the continent.
The town of Oakland was incorporated in 1852, and so rapid was its growth that it became a city in 1854, with a population variously estimated at from one thousand to fifteen hundred. Latterly the growth of the city has been very rapid. The many natural advantages which she pos- sesses, her charming scenery and delightful climate, her excellent educational facilities, her easy and rapid communi- cation with the present commercial metropolis, and above all, her almost certain prospect, in the near future, of becom- ing a great commercial and manufacturing mart, all have combined to give an impetus to her growth which is simply unparalleled. On other pages will be found references to the varied institutions of the city, and details of interest concerning real estate and building transactions for the year.
Oakland justly claims to be the natural railroad center of California. This claim is not disputed, and its admittal brings with it the correlative one that she is the natural commercial center. With the necessary improvements in her harbor, which the judicious expenditure of a moderate sum will perfect, the commerce of the coast can find as com- modious and less exposed anchorage at her wharves than at the opposite side. If the tardy appropriation of a few thous- and dollars annually by the national government, for the improvement of the harbor, were to be supplemented by a generous one of say a million dollars by the large real estate owners on this side, the work could be speedily completed, and a return of tenfold the investment be made to the donors by the vast rise in real estate which the transfer of the commerce of the Pacific to her wharves would immedi- ately cause.
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OAKLAND DIRECTORY.
Improvements.
Since the last issue of the "Directory," we note a great change in the appearance of Oakland. Where shanties stood and encumbered the grounds, substantial business houses or elegant residences have been erected. Streets which were supposed, even by the most sanguine, to be sacred to the uses of the domestic circle, and not at all likely to be encroached upon by the inexorable law, which says " trade overrides all things," have been invaded, the occupants driven out and forced to seek homes elsewhere, always, however to the great advantage of the owner. What was residence property is so no longer, and what is residence property is a question of uncertainty. " Business centres " are being established all over the city. Center-street Sta- tion is a most noticeable instance. Kohler's Block, a two- story structure, with several stores below, occupies the northern side of Seventh street, between Chester and Henry, while on the opposite side of Seventh, upon that and the two contiguous blocks not less than a dozen stores have been opened, filled with various wares, embracing all the lines of retail trade. On Eighth and Chester, all of the four corners have been built up and first-class establishments opened.
At the " Point," thirty-six new buildings, devoted to the uses of retailers, have been erected and occupied.
Adeline-street Station shows much improvement, a num- ber of substantial two-story houses having been built and occupied for business purposes, while a large number of residences have been erected.
At Market-street Station the Messrs. Abbott have built two first class stores on Seventh, and Mr. Curtis is erecting a block of large dimensions. All the diminutive, shabby structures are to disappear from that neighborhood.
San Pablo avenue has improved rapidly. Not less than seventy buildings have been erected on it within the year.
The opening of Grove street, through "Chinatown," will make that a great thoroughfare, and the corners of Twenty- sixth and Grove and Thirty-fourth and Grove are likely to become business centres.
Improvements in East Oakland are on a scale commensu- rate with the growth of the city. Elegant private residences are being constructed, together with many cottages of more moderate cost.
Out on Thirty-fourth, B and Haven streets, a business centre is springing up. The Watt's tract is being rapidly covered with stores and dwellings. One hundred and fifty
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houses have been erected on that tract which came into market last Fall since the last issue of this work.
SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS STRUCTURES .- During the year 1876 buildings for business purposes were erected in the City of Oakland of a value approximating one million dollars. Among the most prominent are the following: The Nicholl Block, fronting on Ninth street 150 feet by 100 on Washing- ton, cost $70,000. The Oakland Bank of Savings Block fronting on Broadway, side elevation on Twelfth, a brick building, three stories in height, with basement, costing $50,000. A three-story brick building fronting on Twelfth, between Broadway and Washington, built by Mrs. Deming, at an estimated cost of $33,000. The Block fronting on Washington and Ninth, one hundred feet by eighty, three stories, of brick, cost $50,000. A three-story brick building 100 by 75 feet, on the corner of Seventh and Washington, by P. Bocquerez, administrator, Adeline Curdy owner. This block cost fully $40,000. The Jurgen's Building on Broadway and Thirteenth. This is an elegant three-story and basement brick structure, fronting 100 feet on Broad- way and 100 feet on Thirteenth, costing $65,000. White & Glenn's Block, on Broadway and Thirteenth streets, fronting 100 feet on Broadway and 100 on Thirteenth. This building is of stone, brick and iron, and cost about $37,000. Snyder's Block, fronting on Ninth, at the southeast corner of Wash- ington. This building is of brick, is three stories in height, and cost $30,000. F. Delger's Block, on Broadway, be- tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth, containing eleven spacious stores. This building is a one-story and basement of brick and iron, erected upon a substantial foundation calculated to support two or three additional stories. Its cost was $30,000. George C. Potter's Block, at the intersection of Broadway with San Pablo avenue at Fourteenth street. This is a two-story structure, built with all the appliances of modern architectural skill; contains ten stores, with base- ments, and cost about $50,000. Mechanics' Association Block, at the intersection of Broadway with Telegraph avenue. A portion of this block is three stories in height, and the remainder two stories, all with basements of brick and stone, the superstructure being of wood with brick subdivision walls. The block contains ten stores, and about sixty upper rooms. Its cost was about $50,000. Teutonia Hall, on the north side of eighth between Broadway and Franklin, is a two-story brick structure, costing about $12,000. Buhsen's brick building, two stories in height, on Seventh street, at the Point Station, cost $15,000. Dunn's building
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on Twelfth street, east of Broadway, of brick, two stories, cost $15,000.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS .- Among the more prominent buildings of a public character erected during 1876, we may mention the ferry buildings of the Central Pacific Railroad, at the foot of Broadway; cost unknown, but probably about $50,000. The First Methodist Episcopal Church, corner Clay and Fourteenth streets, completed, cost $40,000. The Church of the Seventh Day Adventists, corner Clay and Thirteenth streets, cost $10,500. A brick Engine house on East Four- teenth and Thirteenth avenue, $6000. A brick Engine house at Oakland Point, on Eighth street between Campbell and Willow, $3500. The Masonic Hall of West Oakland, corner Seventh and Willow streets, cost $15,000. The Odd Fellows' Hall, Orion Lodge, East Twelfth street and Eleventh avenue, $6000, besides a number of others of lesser note.
Additions and enlargements to the several manufacturing establishments of the city have been made at an estimated cost of $50,000.
DWELLINGS .- One thousand one hundred and fifty-six dwelling houses were erected within the limits of the City of Oakland during the year, and above two hundred in the outlying suburban districts. The range of cost of these dwelling is from $15,000 to $400; very few so low as the lat- ter figure and but a limited number approximating the for- mer. A very large proportion, however, ranged from $1500 to $3000 each, with a good sprinkling of eighth, nine and ten thousand dollar mansions and villas. Of cottages cost- ing not far from a thousand dollars each, there were built about four hundred. Personal interviews and comparison of notes, with all the leading architects, builders, and real estate improvers of the city have led us to place the cost value of residences erected during the year 1876 at two mil- lion three hundred and twenty thousand dollars, exclusive of ornamentations of grounds.
In addition to the prominent business structures noticed above, there were built one hundred and twenty-seven stores and shops (mostly of wood) in various parts of the city at a probable cost of $90,000. Summary : The result of one year's building operation in Oakland may be summarized thus :
No.
Cost
Large Business Structures.
24
$1,000,000
Minor
127
90,000
Public Buildings.
18
225,000
Manufacturing Purposes.
50,000
Dwellings.
1156
2,320,000
Total Value of Improvements.
$3,685,000
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THE CITY OF OAKLAND.
The Present and Future.
As great as was the growth of Oakland in 1876, appear- ances indicate that a larger number of houses will be built during the present year than last. In whatever direction we look we observe new structures springing up, not exactly as by magic in a night, but with a celerity that approaches it. The Watts' tract is becoming rapidly covered with cot- tages and shops. A large number of elegant residences are in course of construction in the vicinity of Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Jefferson and Grove streets, and improvements in the vicinity of all the stations of the local railway are exceedingly brisk. Not less than five hundred houses, of various classes, have been commenced since the opening of the year. The hard times generally complained of seems to stimulate the investment of surplus capital in property that cannot fail to be profitable, and is undeniably safe. It was asserted by a prominent house owner to the writer of this, that large buildings combining stores beneath, with ample and numerous rooms for residence, office or lodging purposes above, were remunerative even if all the stores remained unrented, such was the demand for and certainty of occupancy of the upper floors.
All the numerous architects of the city have their port- folios filled with plans for large business structures or costly residences, many of which are designed for San Francisco capitalists, who show the recognition of an undoubted faith in the future of Oakland by building here in preference to San Francisco. It is probable that some of these extensive contemplated improvements may be delayed by the present depreciation in mining shares, but the delay will be only temporary, and will tend in time to results much greater than if stocks had been held up to excessive and fabulous prices, subject to disastrous fluctuations. The solid busi- ness men of both cities are becoming fully aware that one of the most populous cities of the United States is to be builded, and very rapidly too, between the waters of San Francisco Bay and the San Pablo range of hills, and are governing themselves accordingly.
Among a few of the improvements contemplated and in progress at the present, are Kohler & Chase's three story brick block, on the corner of Washington and Ninth streets. This building will be fifty by one hundred feet, with base- ment, and will be constructed in the most substanial man- ner. The estimated cost is fifty thousand dollars.
Dr. Samuel Merritt is building, on the corner of Twelfth
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and Franklin streets, a building which, when completed, will be one of the largest and most magnificent business structures in the city. It is one hundred feet square, and will be three stories in height above a spacious basement. There are few buildings in any of our Western cities that excel in size, design and cost this progressing block. The ·cost is estimated at from one hundred thousand to one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
The Germania Association are proceeding rigorously in the construction of a magnificent building, to be known as Germania Halle. It is located on the east side of Webster street, between Sixth and Seventh. The building will be of wood, three stories in height, above a basement of brick, its ground dimensions being seventy-five front by one hund- red and thirty feet in depth. Its cost will not be far from forty thousand dollars, and it will be the largest hall of a similar nature in the State.
Greens' Block, on Broadway, between Twelfth and Thir- teenth streets, will be fifty feet front by a depth of one hundred, will be of brick, iron and stone, fire-proof, four stories in height and will cost about forty-five thousand dollars.
An elegant building fronting fifty feet on Twelfth street, with a depth of one hundred feet will be erected A. Martin. It will be three stories high, and its estimated cost is thirty thousand dollars.
A. C. Henry, Esq., the banker, has in a forward state of progress a substantial brick block seventy-five feet front by ninety feet in depth, on Ninth street, between Broadway and Washington. The front walls of this massive structure will be fifty-five feet high. The building is of brick with basement, is three stories and will cost about forty thousand dollars.
J. L. Wetmore, a prominent real estate dealer, of Oak- land, will build an immense three story frame, ninety feet by one hundred, on the corner of Eighth and Clay streets, at a cost of twenty-five thousand dollars.
In addition to the above list a large number of business houses of more moderate dimensions are in progress.
From a general view of the ground and personal inter- views with the principal builders and dealers in building materials of the city, it is without hesitation that we place the probable cost of building improvements in Oakland at a figure not lower than three millions and five hundred thous- and dollars for the current year ending with the advent of 1878.
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THE CITY OF OAKLAND.
Real Estate.
Oakland is to day the campaign ground for real estate op- eration on the Pacific Coast. Greater activity prevails both in business and residence property here than in any other city on the coast, not excepting San Francisco. We might say also, if the saying may not seem to savor of the spirit of boasting, that no city within the broad expanse of the United States can show such growth, and such substantial apprecia- tion of values as Oakland, during a period dating back one, two or three years. Especially during 1876, a season of general depression in real estate on the Pacific Coast, did Oakland not only maintain but largely enhance her values both for business and residence property.
TABLE SHOWING REAL ESTATE SALES FROM 1867 TO 1876 INCLUSIVE : 1867
$1,685,237
1872 $2,459,015
1868
2,700,038
1873
2,439,595
1869
2,518,315
1874
3,042,371
1870
2,294,534
1875
4,076,821
1871.
2,074,163
1876 7,711,545
It will be seen that the sales for 1876 exceed those of 1874 and 1875 combined, and more than equal those of any three years previous to 1874 aggregated. During the same period the real estate sales of San Francisco amounted to $24,000,000. This shows that the volume of transactions in Oakland is one-third as large as that of the great commercial metropolis of the Pacific coast. At its present ratio of development but a few years will pass before the real estate sales of Oak- land will exceed those of the peninsula
It will be of interest to our readers to observe, from the authority of a reliable real estate firm, the actual prices of real estate in open market in various locations at the present writing. To those who preserve copies of this Directory from year to year it may be of value and certainly will be of interest in future years to glance backward, take a retrospec- tive view and make comparisons. The figure which Oakland real estate brings in the market now may ten years hence appear exceedingly small, as the figures of ten years ago now appear to the reviewer. In the year of our Lord 1877 the choicest business property in Oakland will sell for eight hundred dollars per front foot. Corner lots fronting on Broadway between Seventh and Fourteenth streets are re- garded as the choicest and most valuable property. The constant throng which passing to and from the local trains at short intervals from morn till noon, from noon till dewy eve, and from that time on till midnight renders Broadway the paradise of retailers. The ground upon which a corner
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store of twenty-five feet frontage stands in this locality there- fore commands twenty thousand dollars, equivalent to a ground rent of two thousand dollars per annum. However, there are locations here which cannot be purchased for any sum within the reasonable limits of its present or prospective value.
Next in the scale of value for purposes of trade comes Washington street. The best lots on this rapidly improving thoroughfare command about $325 per front foot. Many fine improvements were made on Washington street last year and many others are in progress. It is beginning to divide the vast crowd from the trains with Broadway. It is really more agreeable and convenient for dwellers out north to take Washington street. Its property has rapidly enhanced in value of late in consequence of the frequently uncomfortably crowded condition of Broadway, and the opening of several new establishments of retail trade on Washington. Clay street property, choice corners, command $150 perfront foot.
A lot on Broadway, at the corner of First street, 60 feet front, sold at the rate of $541.66 per front foot, including improvements worth probably two-fifths of the amount. This sale is mentioned to illustrate the relative estimation in which property suitable only for commercial or manufactur- ing purposes is held when compared with that suitable for the retail trade.
Business property at the Point sells at $100 per front foot for the best lots. At Market street station about the same prices are realized as at the Point. At Center street station property is a little lower, though the best lots are rapidly appreciating in value. No part of the city has grown more rapidly of late than in this vicinity, business extending to Eightli street. Adeline street station property does not command so high a figure-$60 to $75 per front foot will buy the best lots in that vicinity.
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