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The institution was built of stone, was three stories in height, having a total frontage of two hundred and sixty-four feet, a depth of one
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hundred and forty feet, and the hight to the top of the spire was one hundred and sixty feet. It was admirably planned for the purpose of such an establishment.
The whole cost of building, grounds, shops, heating apparatus, laundry, and furniture, was about $180,000. It was destroyed by fire January 17, 1875. Temporary buildings have been erected at a cost of $27,000, including furnishing, with a capacity for accomodating one hundred pupils.
The benefits of the institution are free to all resident deaf and dumb, or blind, persons, between the ages of six and twenty-five, who are of sound mind, free from contagious or offensive diseases, and of correct moral habits.
It is not an asylum in any sense of the term, as its inmates are received only for purposes of education.
The names of the Board of Directors are :
J. MORA Moss, President. L. HAMILTON, Vice-President.
T. L. BARKER, Auditor. ERWIN J. CRANE, D. D. SHATTUCK. H. A. PALMER, Secretary and Treasurer.
The Principal, to whom all letters of inquiry should be addressed, is Warring Wilkinson, M.A., assisted by the following corps of teachers : George B. Goodall, F. P. Fowler, C. T. Wilkinson, Henry Frank, and Miss Annie Comly.
The institution is open to visitors on all days except Saturday and Sunday.
PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
PACIFIC THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
The Pacific Theological Seminary was founded in 1869, in San Fran- cisco. The buildings erected by the Female College of the Pacific, on Academy Hill, were purchased by the Seminary, and possession taken in June, 1871, at which time the regular exercises of this seminary were commenced in Oakland.
The Trustees of the seminary are as follows :
Rev. A. L. STONE, D.D. Dea. L. B. BENCHLEY.
Rev. I. E. DWINELL, D.D. Dea. T. B. BIGELOW.
Rev. J. A. BENTON, D.D. Dea. E. P. FLINT.
Rev. J. K. MCLEAN. S. S. SMITH, M.D.
Rev. W. C. POND. J. M. HAVEN, Esq.
Rev. C. H. POPE.
W. N. HAWLEY, Esq.
Rev. A. L. STONE, D.D President of the Board.
Rev. W. C. POND. Secretary of the Board.
Dea. L. B. BENCHLEY Treasurer of the Board.
There is a visiting committee, composed of the following persons :
Rev. T. K. NOBLE. Rev. E. P. BAKER. Rev. M. S. CROSWELL. AMASA PRATT.
The regular course of study extends over three years, but there are courses adapted to two years or to one year. The seminary is under the auspices of the Congregational Church, but the course of study is not biased in favor of that denomination, some of the students belonging to other churches. Rev. J. A. Benton, D.D., is Professor of Sacred Literature, and Rev. George Mooar, D.D., is Professor of Theology ..
The year consists of but one term. It begins with the third Thursday
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in August, and ends with the second Thursday in May. There will be a recess from the 20th of December to the 3d of January.
Credible evidence of piety, membership in some Evangelical Christian Church, a collegiate education, or such other literary and scientific attainments as promise a fair degree of usefulness, will entitle all young men to the advantages of this seminary.
Relative to expenses, the Trustees have the following in their circular : " There will be no charge for tuition, rent of rooms, or use of furniture. The Trustees will, so far as practicable, furnish text books and reference books free to those who are in need; themselves being the judges of the necessity. Those who are so disposed can live very economically in Oak- land or San Francisco. It is thought that one dollar a day will meet all the absolutely necessary expenses of an economical person; fifty per cent. more could be used to advantage; a hundred per cent. more would not be deemed very extravagant.
" The American Education Society will render aid to the pupils of this seminary who are especially needy, and who take the full course of three years. The amount bestowed will be $80 or $100 a year (in currency) to each beneficiary."
GOLDEN GATE ACADEMY.
This institution is situated upon the crown of Academy Hill, near Telegraph Avenne, about a mile from the foot of Broadway, Oakland. Academy Hill rises some eighty-five feet above the bay, affording a fine view of Oakland, San Francisco, and the Golden Gate. The school occupies three buildings, which are large and well appointed in every particular. Each building has its separate grounds, comprising, in all, some ten acres. The institution was opened in 1873 as a boys' preparatory school, and as such, under the efficient management of its trustees attained to a wide reputation. But inasmuch as the University of California and inany of the best eastern colleges were opened to students of both sexes, the demand for college preparatory training for young women greatly increased, and it was determined to add a ladies' depart- ment and still further extend the sphere of the school. These changes were instituted under the direction of J. N. Haskins and A. E. Kellogg, to whom the sole charge and management of the school is intrusted for a term of years, commencing August 1, 1875. The academy now began a new life. A commercial, a modern language, a music, and an art depart- ment were added, and their management entrusted to teachers of recog- nized ability and large experience in their chosen fields of labor, so that, in the completeness of its course of study, and in the range of its depart- ments, the academy now stands unsurpassed by any similar institution in the State.
The design of the school, as expressed by the principals, is "to furnish a thorough preparatory education for our best colleges, together with a course of English studies of sufficiently wide range to prepare students for positions as teachers, or for general business. To give, by aid of our preparatory department, systematic training to pupils of both sexes, taking them at an early age and carefully directing their education during the most important period of study; and to furnish, by our commercial, modern language, music, and art departments, superior advantages in these special studies; and, above all, to awaken in every student an imperishable love of study." While it is the determination of the prin- cipals to establish the great preparatory school of the State-a school teaching something more than the accomplishments -- nothing has been neglected which could contribute to a polished education. The depart- ments of music and art are directed by enthusiastic teachers, and are first class in every particular.
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CALIFORNIA MILITARY ACADEMY.
This military institution, opened January 9, 1865, is the first of the kind that has been established on this coast. Rev. D. McClure is the proprietor and principal.
In the academic department, well defined and extensive courses of study are pursued in the English branches, ancient and modern languages, natural science, mathematics, and commercial knowledge, such as will prepare students for college or business. The institution is also organized as a military post, and it is obligatory upon every student to attend the daily military drill, and perform the duties of a cadet, which do not interfere with the hours of study. The location is on Telegraph Avenue near Prospect Avenue. The Academy may be reached by the Telegraph Avenue cars.
MILLS' SEMINARY.
This institution, formerly known as the Young Ladies' Seminary of Benicia, was removed to its present location, near Fruit Vale, Brooklyn Township, in 1870. The Seminary buildings are extensive and com- modious, and admirably adapted to the purposes to which they have been dedicated. Rev. C. T. Mills is principal, and Mrs. S. L. Mills associate principal. They are aided by an efficient corps of teachers.
CONVENT OF OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART.
This institution is for the education of girls, and is located on Webster Street near the head of Lake Merritt. It was dedicated in 1868. The teachers are Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary, who came from Canada for the purpose of acting as instructors in this school. The funds for purchasing the grounds and erecting the buildings were raised through the personal exertions of Rev. Father King, of the Church of the Immaculate Conception (formerly St. Mary's Catholic Church). The curriculum of studies resembles that of other schools for the education of young ladies. The new building recently erected will afford all the accommodations necessary to meet the growing wants of this flourishing institution.
ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY.
This academy is located on the corner of Jackson and Fifth streets, and is conducted by the Christian Brothers, Brother Pirmian acting as Principal. It was opened July 5, 1870, and is a prosperous and well managed school for the education of boys. The number of pupils is one hundred and twenty-five, and about twenty novitiates attend.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH SCHOOL.
Mrs. E. C. Head's French and English School is located at the corner of Adeline and Twelfth streets, and is open to but a select number of pupils, not less than six nor more than twelve years of age. It is pro- posed, however, to enlarge the accommodations when it may be necessary to furnish facilities for the present pupils, in continuing their education. The daily exercises of the class-room are conducted in the French lan- guage, and there are daily recitations from French authors. There is also singing of the songs in use in the Cosmopolitan School Department maintained by the Oakland Board of Education. The number of scholars is limited to thirty-five. The Principal is assisted by Mrs. A. L. Belcher, teacher of vocal music ; Miss Alice Bacon, teacher of instrumental music, and Miss Anna Kutnow, teacher of German. Special attention is paid by the Principal to the healthful muscular development of the children, both by out-door exercise, and such of Lewis' gymnastics as can be practicd in the school room. The school is surrounded by large and beautiful
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gardens and play grounds. Connected with it is a German Kindergarten taught by Miss Anna Kutnow, a graduate of the Froebel Training School in Hamburg. In this are received children from four to six years of age, where their mental powers and their perceptions are developed with- out the use of books, by a great variety of order, by games and exercises. They learn to speak and to sing in German. They are taught to distin- guish colors and forms ; to reproduce the forms shown them on colored worsted, on perforated paper and with blocks, and finally with slate and pencil, thus gaining the first ideas of drawing. This beautiful system of training children is fully developed in Mrs. Head's school, and it is a matter of regret that she has limited the number of pupils to thirty- five.
SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES.
Mrs. Poston's Seminary for young ladies was removed from Marys- ville in 1873, and is located on Oak Street, on the elegant premises form- erly occupied by General R. W. Heath. The grounds are elegantly adorned and sufficiently secluded for their present uses. Each pupil is under the direct influence of the Principal, and the management is similar to that of a large and well regulated family. The course of study is similar to that followed in the best appointed institutions for the educa- tion of young ladies. The pupils form no acquaintances except by the consent of the Principal, and they mingle in society only under her supervision, an excellent feature of this seminary. The number of scholars is limited.
PREPARATORY SCHOOLS.
P. E. Bornand, of the University of Geneva, Switzerland, has opened a school on Twelfth Street, between Alice and Harrison, designed for the preparation of youth for admission to the State University. It is pro- posed to follow the European plan of instruction, which some may regard as slow, but which lays a solid and substantial foundation for the pursuit of higher studies. It is intended to devote five years for the preparation of a student for admission to the College of Letters. The cramming hot-house system will be avoided; instruction in the classics will be unusually thorough and the value of the mental discipline thus obtained will be proportionately great. The necessary English branches will be taught and there will be instruction in mathematics as far as requisite for admission to the University. Attention will also be given to the teaching of modern languages. The main object of the school will be steadily kept in view, and its curriculum will contain all that is necessary in preparing for the University and nothing more. The want of such institutions has long been felt, for the University needs " feeders," and Professor Bornand has clearly comprehended the neces- sity for such a school as he has established.
Kirke W. Brier, has opened a school for the preparation of boys for the State University. It is located at the corner of Locust and Valley streets. It is intended to meet the generally expressed need for such institutions, and the course of study will be neither more nor less than what is essential in fitting young men to enter the College of Letters. A competent corps of instructors is connected with the institution and in addition to the regular instruction there will be particular attention to the conduct and deportment of the pupils.
HOME INSTITUTE.
Miss Fields' Home Institute is a school for young ladies. It is located on Hobart Street, between Telegraph and San Pablo avenues. The curriculum and general management are the same as in other schools for the education of girls.
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CITY FINANCES.
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CITY FINANCES. BONDED DEBT-JULY 1, 1875.
DATE OF LAWS.
WHEN ISSUED.
AMOUNT.
WHEN PAYABLE.
RATE INT'ST.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE.
April 26, 1858
1858
$18,400
1878
7
Oold Claims.
March 19, 1868
1868
50,000
1883
10 Building City Hall ...
March 28, 1868
1868
16,000
1883
10 Carpentier Judgment.
March 28, 1868
1868
15,000
1889
10
Oakland Bar. .
March 24, 1870
1870
70,000
1890
10 Old Claims.
March 18, 1872
1872
50,000
1892
S School Fund
March 27, 1872
1872
80,000
1903
S Municipal Purposes . .
March 30, 1874
1874
100,000
1905
S
Unfunded Debts.
March 30, 1874
1874
100,000
1905
8
School Fund
Total.
$499,400
Total indebtedness, funded, $499,400 (annual interest, $42,488; average rate, 8.51 per cent). Gas light bills unpaid, $9,944 57. Total, $509,344 57. The completion of the Main Lake Sewer will increase the indebtedness by $165,000. The sewer bonds will bear interest at the rate of S per cent. per annum, to mature in 1885.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES, 1874-5.
RECEIPTS.
Amount from Taxes $188,950 06
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66
Licenses
27,268 63
66 State School Fund ..
29,603 60
County School Fund
14,800 00
City Wharf
6,236 78
66
Police Court, etc.
8,473 20
66
66 Miscellaneous
2,952 07
Total receipts $278,284 34
EXPENDITURES.
City Officers and Police Court, sal- aries. .
$22,738 48
Police Department 18,538 77
Fire Department.
10,219 88
Supplies & repairs
4,602 81
Horse feed. 852 82
Feeding prisoners.
1,364 57
Gas ...
23,662 89
School Department, expenses 66 building
23,608 69
Public Pound. 584 46
Interest Funded Debt
34,488 00
Miscellaneous
19,335 79
Total Expenditures
$244,434 16
Balance on hand.
$ 33,850 18
TAXABLE PROPERTY .- The assessment roll of the City of Oakland for the year 1874-5 is about $22,000,000, upon which a municipal tax of eighty-eight cents on each one hundred dollars is levied, amounting to $193,600.
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CITY BONDS.
WHEN ISSUED AND THE AUTHORITY THEREFOR.
BONDS OF 1858-Amount outstanding, $18,400. This issue was authorized by Act of the Legislature, approved April 26, 1858, which provides for the funding of the legal indebtedness outstanding on the first day of May, 1858, not previously funded, and for the exchange of any unredeemed bonds issued under the Act of April 30, 1855. These bonds have twenty years to run, and bear interest at seven per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, January and July. Provision is made for the interest by an annual tax on the assessable property of the city ; and for the payment of the principal an additional tax, equal to one-half of the amount then outstanding, is authorized to be levied in each of the years 1876 and 1877.
CITY HALL BONDS, 1868-Amount, $50,000. Authorized by Act March 19, 1868. These bonds are redeemable at any time within fifteen years, and bear interest at ten per cent., payable annually in January. For the payment of the interest an annual tax is authorized, and for the redemption of the principal, an additional tax, not to exceed ten cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessable property of the city, may be levied, and the amount derived therefrom shall constitute a Redemption Fund. Whenever the fund amounts to one thousand dollars, or more, it shall be appropriated to the liquidation of the bonds at the lowest rates (not more than par value) offered by the holders thereof. Should a balance remain, it shall be appropriated to the liquidation of bonds in the order of their issue, which, if not presented after due notice, the interest thereon shall cease. In each of the years 1880 and 1882, a tax is anthorized, sufficient to pay one half of the amount then out- standing.
JUDGMENT BONDS, 1868-Amount, $16,000. Authorized by Act of March 28, 1868. Issued to E. R. Carpentier in satisfaction of a judg- ment against the city. The same provisions and guarantees that are con- tained in the City Hall Bond Act of March 19, 1868, regulate the issue and payment of the principal and interest of these bonds.
BONDS, 1870 (to pay certain claims)-Amount, $70,000. Authorized by Act of March 24, 1870. Redeemable in twenty years, and bearing ten per cent. interest per annum, payable in January and July. For the payment of the interest, a property tax is authorized, and for the liquidation of the principal, a sinking fund is provided for from the pro- ceeds of an annual tax (to commence in 1880) of ten cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessable property of the city. Whenever this fund, after the payment of the annual interest, shall amount to two thou- sand dollars, it shall be appropriated to the liquidation of these bonds at the lowest rates (not more than par value) offered by the holders thereof. In the event of this fund not being exhausted, after a stated time the balance shall be appropriated to the payment, at par, of the bonds in the order of their issue, which, if not presented after due notice, the funds for the payment of the same shall remain in the treasury, and the inter- est thereon cease from that date.
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SCHOOL BONDS, 1872-Authorized by Act March 18, 1872. Amount, $50,000. Redeemable in twenty years, and bearing eight per cent. interest, payable in January, April, July, and October. For the pay- ment of the interest a property tax is authorized, and for the liquidation of the principal, a ten per cent. tax is provided for, to commence ten years from the issuance of the bonds, the amount from which shall con- stitute a Redemption Fund. When this fund amounts to one thousand dollars or more, it shall be appropriated to the liquidation of the bonds
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at the lowest rates offered (not above par). Should there not be a sufficient amount of bonds offered to exhaust this fund, the Council may again advertise as before. All moneys remaining in this fund, together with a property tax to be levied in 1891, sufficient to pay the balance of the principal unpaid, shall constitute the Final Redemption Fund.
BONDS, 1872 (for municipal purposes)-Authorized by Act March 27, 1872; amount, 880,000. Redeemable in thirty years, and bearing eight per cent. interest, payable in January, April, July, and October, com- mencing with October, 1872. For the payment of the interest, an annual property tax is authorized, and for the payment of the principal, an additional property tax, to commence in 1893, is provided for, of ten per cent. on each one hundred dollars, to create a fund for the redemp- tion thereof. On the 1st of February, 1893, and annually thereafter, when there are more than two thousand dollars over the amount sufhi- cient to pay the interest due on the following April and July, it shall be appropriated to the liquidation of the bonds at the lowest rates offered (not above par). If the amount be not exhausted after a stated time, the balance shall be appropriated to the payment, at par, of the bonds in the order of their issue, which, if not presented after due notice, interest thereon shall cease.
OAKLAND BAR BONDS .- By an Act approved March 28, 1868, an issue of bonds of $15,000 is authorized, the proceeds to be applied toward removing obstructions at the mouth of the San Antonio Creek, so as to render the same navigable. The Council are, in addition, authorized to raise annually, by taxation, a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars, to be applied to the same purpose. No definite action has as yet been taken by the Council to avail itself of these privileges, and no legislation having this end in view has been commenced.
SCHOOL BONDS, REDEMPTION BONDS, 1874 - Amount, $100,000. Authorized by Act, March 30, 1874. Redeemable in thirty years, and bearing interest at eight per cent., payable in October, January, April, and July. For the purpose of creating a fund to pay and cancel other bonds, viz .: School Bonds 1868 and School Bonds 1870, both bearing interest at ten per cent. The first payment of interest to be October, 1875. For the payment of the interest an annual property tax is author- ized, and for the payment of the principal a sinking fund is provided for from the proceeds of an annual tax (to commence in 1905), of ten cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property of the city. Whenever this fund, after the payment of the annual interest, shall amount to two thousand dollars, it shall be appropriated to the liquidation of these bonds at the lowest rates (not above par), offered by the holders thereof. In the event of this fund not being exhausted after a stated time, the balance shall be appropriated to the payment, at par, of the bonds in the order of their issue, which, if not presented after due notice, interest thereon shall cease.
FUNDED DEBT, 1874-Amount, $100,000. Authorized by Act, March 30, 1874. Redeemable in thirty years and bearing eight per cent. interest, payable in October, January, April, and July, commencing with January 2, 1875. For the payment of all unfunded indebtedness against the city, and to redeem all outstanding warrants existing at the time of the passage of this Act. Twelve thousand dollars of this fund to be appropriated to the erection of a public school house in East Oakland. For the payment of the interest an annual tax to be levied in the same manner as other city taxes, and for the payment of the principal, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, a tax, not exceeding ten cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property, shall be levied and set apart for the final redemption of the principal. On the 1st of April, 1896, and annually thereafter, when there are more than two thousand
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dollars in the Fund, it shall be appropriated to the liquidation of the bonds, at the lowest rates offered (not above par). If said bonds are not presented for payment and cancellation, after due notice and publication, interest thereon shall cease.
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