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The financial condition of the city, as will be seen by reference to a tabular statement on another page, is encour- aging to the tax-payer. The bonded debt is comparatively small, and could be extinguished in a short period without hardship, were such a course desirable.
The claims of Oakland to rank as the educational center of the State are many, and will scarcely be disputed. Several of the largest and most important educational insti- tutions in the State, all in a most flourishing condition, are located here. The remarkable success which has attended the founding and building up to a high and efficient standard of these several institutions is due in a great measure to the adaptability of the location for just such work. Central, convenient of access, in close proximity to the great centers of wealth and population, with a healthful and genial climate, and an appreciative and intelligent population, Oakland presented features which no other city in the State could do, and hence as the result we see established here such institutions as in their number and variety offer to all classes of the people, both at home and abroad, abundant educational facilities. The public schools are most liberally
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sustained and admirably managed. Reference to an article on the public schools of Oakland, on another page, will be found of interest. The State University, yet in its infancy, is rapidly being developed, under the charge of the best educators of the land, into an institution that shall take rank with the most renowned of the East. There the child of the poorest and humblest individual can secure the highest education attainable, without charge, provided only that his qualifications upon application are sufficient ; and no ambitious and intelligent youth but can, with our excel- lent system of graded public schools, the highest of which is almost a college in itself, attain that proficiency which, with a little additional exertion on his own part, will enable him to pass muster at an examination for admission to the University. Here, too, we have such sterling schools as the Golden Gate Academy, McClure's Military Academy, and Mills Seminary. For polite and useful education, the Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart offers unsurpassed facilities. Candidates for the ministry can become initiated into the mysteries of theology at the Pacific Theological Seminary, an institution conducted by able, learned and earnest divines. Young ladies may find at numerous good select schools besides the instruction they need ; and young men seeking a business education can obtain it at several well-known schools, in connection with or separate from other studies. In short, all the educational needs of the rising generation of the city, or of those who come among us for the advantages we have to offer, can be thoroughly supplied. These excellent facilities for the education of the young attract numerous families to our midst to permanently reside here.
The many natural advantages of the location, aided by the energy of a people ambitious to place Oakland foremost among the cities of the Pacific Coast, have combined to effect the wonderful changes of the past few years. From a mere hamlet Oakland has grown to be a city of over thirty-five
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thousand inhabitants, and is increasing in an accelerated ratio. To sum up the advantages she unquestionably pos- sesses, we may claim that she has at her command a first- class harbor, a superb site for building purposes, a glorious climate, a central location, is the key to the railway system of the State, has the best facilities for manufacturing, and is already the educational center. With an intelligent and enterprising population, backed by all necessary capital, her future will be more brilliant than her past ; and whoever professes to make a definite prediction as to her coming greatness may live to wonder at his own moderation in conjecture.
Population of the City.
At the opening of the year 1875 the most reliable esti- mate placed the population of the city at about 25,000. That estimate was probably not far wrong; it may have been a little too high, certainly it was not too low. At that time there were 2,500 houses in the limits, and about 6,500 children were enrolled as under the age of seventeen. It was impossible to ascertain then, as it is now, the number of voters. Men who are entitled to vote do not always reg- ister. In Eastern citiês, where a close canvass is made, an approximation may be had based upon the number of voters and school children. Here, where the population is fluctu- ating, where men do not have time to register, and where the arrival of children is so rapid that the school census taker has hard work to keep up, it is quite probable that any estimate based upon either of those two sources of information might be too low. Cities not half so populous as Oakland poll many more votes, and cities having far larger population return many less school children-there- fore, as an experienced statistician, we do not deem any one
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fact as sufficient to base an intelligent and accurate estimate upon. Should we base it upon the number of children as compared with San Francisco, we should give Qakland a population of fully 42,000, which would be too large- should we base it upon the vote she has cast latterly we be altogether too low. But there is one reliable fact to pin our faith upon, and that is the number of names in the reg- ister of this Directory. This number is 10,260. Allowing 3} inhabitants to each name so registered, there is an apparent population of 35,910. This figure agrees with the estimated increase for the past year and a half. The num- ber of houses in Oakland is 3,413. None of them are empty ; few contain less than five inhabitants ; hundreds
ten, and many from twenty to fifty each. We have ob- tained this count of the houses from the actual work of our scrupulously careful canvassers, and do not believe that ten occupants to a house is above the probable average. Cer- tain it is that there is no city of the size on the continent that presents so crowded an appearance on its business streets. It is more than probable that Oakland will show a population of fifty thousand by July, 1877, and a hundred thousand by the Federal census of 1880.
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ALAMEDA COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY Of the County of Alameda.
SHERIFF-Henry N. Morse, elected for two years. Term expires in March, 1878.
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UNDER SHERIFF-J. Tyrell.
DEPUTY SHERIFF-William S. Harlow.
JAILOR-Frederick Bryant.
ASSISTANT JAILOR-Jesse Viers.
COUNTY CLERK AND AUDITOR-Charles G. Reed, elected for two years. Term expires March, 1878.
DEPUTIES-John Yule, Eben C. Farley, D. W. Pratt and George W. Reed.
COUNTY TREASURER-Charles E. Palmer, appointed in place of Joseph Becht, deceased, whose term of office would have expired March, 1878.
DEPUTY-P. R. Borein.
COUNTY RECORDER-Thomas A. Smith, elected for two years. Term expires March, 1878.
DEPUTIES-A. S. Cheminant, George D. Cobb.
CLERKS-W. L. Church, F. B. Granger jr., and H. J. Magill. 1
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR-C. B. Rutherford, elected for two years. Term expires March, 1878.
CORONER-William Helmer, elected for two years. Term expires March, 1878.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY-John R. Glascock, elected for two years. Term expires March, 1878.
COUNTY SURVEYOR-Luis Castro, elected for two years. Term expires March, 1878.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS-W. F. B. Lynch, elected for two years. Term expires March, 1878.
COUNTY JUDGE AND JUDGE OF PROBATE-Stephen G. Nye, elected for four years. Term expires December 31, 1879.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS-Regular meetings are held on the first Mondays of February, May, August and November. Elected for two years. Term expires March, 1878. O. H. Burnham, Oakland; F. K. Shattuck, Oakland; Peter Pumyea, Oakland; Isham Case, Brooklyn and Alameda; J. B. Mar-
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lin, Eden; Howard Overacker, Washington; Valentine Al- viso, Murray.
STANDING COMMITTEES :
Judiciary-Shattuck, Pumyea and Overacker. Auditing and Finance-Burnham, Marlin and Alviso. Roads and Bridges-Alviso, Overacker and Marlin. Franchise-Pumyea, Burnham and Alviso. Hospital-Marlin, Alviso and Shattuck.
County Buildings-Shattuck, Marlin and Burnham.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION-Consists of the Supervisors and meets on the second Monday in July annually.
ASSESSORS FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY-Edwin Hunt, Oakland township; E. Minor Smith, Alameda township; A. B. Web- ster, Brooklyn township; Atwill R. Hall, Eden township; Luter E. Osgood, Washington township; Newton Ingram, Murray township. Elected for two years. Term expires March, 1878.
Notaries Public for Alameda County.
Appointed.
Oakland . .M. T. Duisberg. January 4, 1876
George W. Edwards
August 5, 1874 . 60 William M. Gilcrist Sept. 27, 1874 60 William Hoskins. Dec. 8, 1875
George D. Metcalf. May 2,1876
John H. Redstone June 3, 1874
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George E. Smith. . August 7, 1874
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John W. Sessions
Sept.
20, 1875
66 Arthur D. Thompson.
June 28, 1875
West Oakland . William Bolton. June 3, 1874
Centerville . .. . Daniel H. Beck . May 13, 1876
66 Lorenzo G. Yates . August 25, 1874
Livermore. Aug. M. Church Dec. 8, 1875
M. P. H. Love Dec. 14, 1875
7,1875 Alvarado William M. Liston Dec.
Warm Springs. Thomas W. Millard
June
3, 1874
Hayward.
Anthony G. Oakes
July
7,1874
Pleasanton.
John R. Palmer
May
5.1876
Brooklyn
A. B. Webster.
January 7, 1875
Alameda N. W. Palmer
March 10, 1876
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Courts.
DISTRICT COURT-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT .- This Dis- trict comprises Alameda county and the Fifth Ward of the City of San Francisco. Samuel Bell McKee, Judge. Elected for six years. Term expires December 31, 1881. Court is held at Oakland on the third Mondays of February, June and October, and in San Francisco on the third Mon- days of April, August and December.
COUNTY AND PROBATE COURT .- Stephen G. Nye, Judge. Elected for four years. Term expires December 31, 1879. Terms of County Court: The first Mondays of January, April and July, and the third Mondays of September.
PROBATE COURT .- Stephen G. Nye, Judge.
JUSTICE'S COURT .- William M. Graham. Elected for two years. Term expires December 31, 1877. Court is held on Seventh street between Washington and Broadway.
JUSTICE'S COURT .- James Lentell. Elected for two years. Term expires December 31, 1877. Court is held at the northwest corner of Eleventh and Franklin streets.
POLICE COURT .- A. H. Jayne, Police Judge. Court is held daily, except Sundays, at the City Hall.
County Infirmary.
Embraces 127 acres, four miles from San Leandro. It is designed for the care of the sick poor and for the aged and infirm. Frederick Gerstenberg, Steward ; C. S. Coleman, Physician. The number of admissions in 1875 was 222; 188 were discharged, and there were 19 deaths. The num- ber of patients remaining on January 1, 1876, was 58. The total current expenses for the year were $14,797 05, and $3,457 08 were paid for improvements. The average daily cost per patient was 85 1-3 cents.
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RESOURCES AND PRODUCTIONS OF ALAMEDA COUNTY.
From partial returns by the Assessors, and from other data, we are enabled to give the following as a very close approxi- mation to the actual figures for 1875.
AGRICULTURAL.
Acres land enclosed .. 142,260
Acres potatoes /1,922
Acres land cultivated.126,900
Tons potatoes. 3,115
Acres wheat. 73,042
Acres onions . 240
Bushels wheat. 1,525,000
Bushels onions
19,510
Acres barley. 24,505
Acres hay 18,640
Bushels barley 890,000
Tons hay 31,392
Acres oats
1,605
Acres flax 14
Bushels oats.
33,165
Pounds flax.
11,050
Acres rye. 50
Acres hops. 29
Bushels rye. 1,200
Pounds hops. 12,150
Acres corn 1,850
Tons sugar beets 3,000
Bushels corn 44,725
Pounds butter 103,275
Acres peas . 90
Pounds wool. 630,300
Bushels peas
1,365
Number hives bees. . 313
Acres beans.
350
Pounds honey. 3,160
Bushels beans
10,000
HORTICULTURAL AND VINICULTURAL.
Number apple trees .. 66,500
Number orange trees. 675
Number peach trees .. 15,318
Number olive trees. . 705
Number pear trees .. . 26,275
Number prune trees .. 8,160
Number plum trees. . 28,112
Number mulberry trs 1,190
Number cherry trees. 41,000
Number almond trees 61,318
Number nectarine trs 2,925
Number E. walnut trs 2,905
Number quince trees. 1,700 Number grape vines .. 690,150
Number apricot trees Number fig trees . . . . Number lemon trees . 100
1,255
Gallons brandy 3,000
LIVE STOCK.
Number horses
8,987 | Number oxen. 30
Number mules
700 Number neat cattle. . 20,126
Number asses.
9 Number sheep . . . . 65,200
Number cows .
6,930
Number Cashmere
Number calves
3,925 and Angora goats .. 1,800
Number beef cattle ..
3,750
Number hogs ... 3,150
2,920
Gallons wine 120,000
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MANUFACTURES.
Number breweries. 8 | Run of stone. 13 Gallons beer. 250,000
Barrels flour.
30,000
Number grist mills. . 5 Bushels corn ground. 6,400
RAIL ROADS.
Miles in length. 84.57
Although the year was in many respects an unfavorable one, the aggregate of cultivation and production was much larger than that of any previous year. Throughout the county large tracts of land are being gradually subdivided in order to better meet the wants of great centers of popula- tion. The rapid growth of Oakland to her present consider- able proportions has created a home market of large capacity, for all that large list of articles produced from the soil, which enter so largely into the economy of the household. Hence, small farmers, poultry and vegetable raisers and orchardists are multiplying, and in consequence the popula- tion of the county outside of the city limits is increasing almost as rapidly as the city itself.
THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND.
By an Act passed at the last session of the Legislature the ward subdivisions of the city were materially altered. Oakland has now seven wards. We give the boundaries as established by the new law.
FIRST WARD-Comprises all that portion of the city lying west of Adeline street.
SECOND WARD-Comprises all that portion of the city lying north of Twentieth street and north of Delger street and east of Adeline street.
THIRD WARD-Comprises all that portion of the city lying east of Adeline street, south of Twentieth and Delger streets, west of Broadway street and north of Tenth street.
FOURTH WARD-Comprises all that portion of the city lying west of Broadway street, south of Tenth street and north of the southerly Charter line of the City of Oakland.
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FIFTH WARD-Comprises all that portion of the city lying east of Broadway street, south of Twentieth and Delger streets, north of Tenth street and west of the line which divides Oakland Township from Brooklyn Township.
SIXTH WARD-Comprises all that portion of the city lying east of Broadway street and south of Tenth street.
SEVENTH WARD-Comprises all that portion of the city lying in Brooklyn Township, now known and designated as Èast Oakland.
A general election is ordered held on the second Monday of March, 1877, and every two years thereafter, at which all members of the City Council and School Board and other city officers are to be elected, to serve for two years, without pay. The officers elected at the spring election of 1876 hold office until said general election.
Officers elected in March, 1876.
MAYOR-E. H. Pardee.
POLICE JUDGE-A. H. Jayne.
TREASURER AND CLERK-H. Hillebrand.
MARSHAL AND TAX COLLECTOR-Perry Johnson.
ASSESSOR-Joseph M. Dillon.
CITY ATTORNEY-Henry Vrooman.
CITY ENGINEER-Thomas J. Arnold.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS-F. M. Campbell. CLERK OF POLICE COURT-Henry Ames (appointed).
CLERK IN CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE - J. L. Rector (ap- pointed).
DEPUTY CITY CLERK-C. J. Robinson (appointed).
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT-M. De La Mon- tanya.
CITY WHARFINGER-William Harwood (appointed).
POUND MASTER-George Taylor (appointed).
DEPUTY LICENSE COLLECTOR-J. J. Porter (appointed).
The City Council.
James Dods, President ; John M. Miner, W. A. Walter, J. W. F. Sohst, U. Huntington, J. B. Ford, H. H. Watson. STANDING COMMITTEES.
Ordinance and Judiciary-Ford, Miner and Huntington. Auditing and Finance-Walter, Sohst and Ford. Streets and Buildings-Miner, Walter and Huntington. Fire and Water-Sohst, Huntington and Watson. Education-Watson, Ford and Sohst.
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Street Lights and Lamp Posts-Watson, Sohst and Ford. Removals and Obstructions-Huntington, Miner and Watson.
City Hall and Police-Huntington, Watson and Walter.
Board of Education.
R. E. Cole, President ; J. W. Shanklin, J. A. Folger, L. L. Alexander, C. W. Kellogg, A. W. Swett, Benjamin Akerly. F. M. Campbell, Secretary.
Board of Health.
George E. Sherman, Health Officer and City Physician ; W. Bamford, C. S. Kittredge and William Bolton.
Police Department.
CAPTAIN OF POLICE-D. H. Rand.
REGULAR OFFICERS.
W. Aldrich, stationed at City Hall, night watch.
W. H. Summers, patrol Seventh and Broadway.
Charles P. McKay, patrol Seventh and Broadway.
W. D. Thomas, patrol East Oakland.
H. Nedderman, patrol Oakland Point.
Edward J. Chase, patrol Oakland Point.
John Barnett, patrol Seventh and Broadway.
A. Wilson, patrol Seventh and Broadway.
J. H. Tyler, patrol East Oakland.
Charles E. Lufkin, stationed at City Hall, day watch. John A. Dodge, patrol Second Ward.
A. Shorey, detective officer.
George H. Carleton, superintendent of Fire and Police Telegraph.
REGULAR SPECIAL POLICEMEN ON BEATS.
George F. Blake-Beat No. 1. Bounded by Franklin, Fourth, Washington and Fourteenth streets.
Samuel H. Mitchell-Beat No. 2. Bounded by Four- teenth, Lake Merritt, Twenty-second and San Pablo avenue.
A. J. Ross-Beat No. 3. Bounded by Washington, South Front, Market and Fourteenth streets.
J. M. Wallace-Beat No. 4. Beat bounded by Fifth, Fourteenth, Market and Linden streets.
P. E. Davis-Beat No. 5. Beat bounded by Franklin to Fourth, Fourth to Webster, Webster to South Front, East Front to Fourteenth street.
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A. W. Burrell-Beat No. 6. Bounded by Fourth, Wash- ington, Webster and South Front streets.
Nelson Fillio-Beat No. 7. Bounded by Fourteenth, San Pablo avenue, Twenty-seventh and Market streets.
David Bush-Beat No. 8. Oakland Point.
SPECIAL, POLICEMEN.
Officers in the following list are invested with authority to act as policemen, but are not subject to orders from the chief, or required to leave the places at which they are stationed.
George Taylor, Pound Master.
R. S. E. Williams, C. P. R. R. Repair Shops.
Allen Peel, Lafayette School, Oakland Point.
John Maguire, Pioneer Planing Mill.
Ralph Balmford, Lincoln School.
Daniel Morrison, Oakland Planing Mill.
A. E. Dietz, Dietz Hall.
E. G. Jones, High School.
Darwin Degolia, R. R. Bridge, Alice street.
Henry Theobold, Twelfth Street Bridge. John Brown, Clinton Mill, East Oakland.
J. L. Roundy, Webster Street Bridge.
William Stack, Zimmerman's Garden.
Oakland Fire Department.
The Fire Department of Oakland was in a chaotic state until the growth of the city compelled the authorities to select a competent man as chief engineer. It is not neces- sary to follow the history of the department from its incep- tion to its regeneration and permanent establishment .- Matthew De La Montanya was appointed chief engineer in 1874, and still occupies the position. The service has been brought to a good state of efficiency ; a new steamer pur- chased, and the most that could be made of the available resources utilized. During the year there were thirty-seven fires, involving a loss of $256,220 ; insurance upon the prop- erty destroyed amounted to only $36,300. The most impor- tant loss was that of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, (outside the limits) $200,000, uninsured.
A Fire Alarm Telegraph, with over ten miles of wire, has been recently constructed, and eight automatic fire boxes provided, which number will soon be largely increased. A gong of enormous sounding power has also been placed in the engine house of Phoenix No. 1 and of Felton No. 2.
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The small loss by fire in this city during 1875 may be at- tributed to the efficiency of the department, especially in rapidity of movement, thereby crushing incipient conflagra- tions. Could any one of a dozen incipient fires which oc- curred during the year, have had a few moments more lead- way, valuable properties would have been destroyed, and tracts, no telling how extensive, of our fair city been laid in ashes. But the tap of the bell or the click of the electrical machine meant instantaneous movement-hence great disas- ters have been avoided.
The city is now the owner of three engine houses and four lots, viz : A brick engine house on the north side of Sixth street, between Broadway and Washington, built in 1875, accommodating the Felton and Hook and Ladder companies; a house and lot on Fifteenth near Washington, occupied by Phoenix Company No. 1; a lot, with house newly completed thereon of brick one story in height, on Eighth street, be- tween Willow and Campbell, West Oakland. This building accommodates the new steamer; a lot in East Oakland, on East Fourteenth street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth av- enues.
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It is considered a matter closely concerning the interests of property owners, that a steamer be purchased as soon as practicable to supply the place of Brooklyn No. 3, and a suitable building erected therefor, on the East Oakland property.
COMPANIES.
PHOENIX No. 1 .- Located on Fourteenth street in the rear of City Hall. Provided with a third-class Amoskeag Engine drawn by two horses; one hose-cart drawn by one horse and carrying 650 feet of hose. The company is full and num- bers nine men, as follows: C. Hooley, foreman and extra- man; S. Ennis, engineman; George Putnam, stoker; H. Taylor, hose-cart driver; S. Stevenson, N. O'Brien, M. J. Hallahan, Edward Clark and William Ballantyne, extramen.
JOHN B. FELTON, No. 2-Located on Sixth, between Broadway and Washington. Is supplied with a second-class Silsby Engine, drawn by two horses, and one hose-cart drawn by one horse and carrying 650 feet of hose. The Company consists of nine men. E. Voorhees, Foreman and Extraman ; W. T. Miles, Engineman ; C. Briones, Stoker ; L. Hoffman, Hose Driver ; W. B. Dewes, Extraman and Hose Inspector ; P. Howell, J. P. Bennett, E. Cady, P. Reader, Extramen.
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OAKLAND, No. 3-Located in new engine-house on Eighth street, near Wood. This new steamer went into commission April 1st, 1876. It is a second-class Silsby, costing $5,000. William Myles, Foreman ; George Demorest, Engineman ; William Ennis, Driver ; D. Cronion, Hose Driver ; J. E. Bacon, P. McQuade, M. M. Kelly, A. H. Myers and John Farrell, Extramen.
BROOKLYN, No. 3-This is a volunteer company, with apparatus located on East Twelfth street, East Oakland. It was organized in May, 1869. It is supplied with a hand- engine, of the Jeffries manufacture. The company numbers 53 men. It is probable that this company will soon become a component part of the regular paid Fire Department of Oakland, in which case it will have the title of Brooklyn, No. 4. James Moffatt, Foreman ; E. Lawrence, First As- sistant ; George Lewis, Second Assistant ; William Hamil- ton, President ; George Chase, Secretary ; H. Tum Suden, Treasurer.
RELIEF HOOK AND LADDER CO., No. 1-Located on Sixth street, between Broadway and Washington. The truck is now drawn by two horses. The company is composed of eight men. J. O. Sarpy, Foreman ; W. Ennis, Driver ; J. G. Robinson, Tillerman ; George Farwell, P. Skirrington, E. Campbell, Charles Ellis and J. C. Orr, Extramen.
Cisterns are located as follows : On the corner of Second and Broadway, Third and Broadway, Fourth and Broadway, Eighth and Broadway, Thirteenth and Broadway. The con- struction of two additional cisterns-one at the intersection of Eighth and Wood streets, and one in East Oakland near Fourteenth street and Twelfth avenue-is proposed and will probably soon be accomplished.
Eleven new hydrants were constructed during 1875, in addition to the fifty-four previously in use. The location of the new hydrants is as follows : Corner Fourteenth and Harrison streets ; Webster street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets ; corner Franklin and Bernie streets ; cor- ner Broadway and Durant streets ; corner Jackson and Fourteenth streets ; corner Tenth and Poplar streets ; corner Eighth and Filbert streets ; corner Fifth avenue and East Fourteenth streets ; Harrison street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets ; corner Ninth avenue and East Fourteenth streets ; corner Twelfth and Webster streets.
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MUNICIPAL FINANCES.
The expenses of the Department for the year are thus summarized :
Salaries of officers $1,284 00
Salaries of men .
9,137 95
Feed for horses
1,244 85
Rent.
324 00
Gas
446 00
Horse purchased.
200 00
All other items
1,112 35
Total $13,749 15.
The total value of Department property, per inventory, is $40,075 43.
MUNICIPAL FINANCES.
It is a source of gratification to be able to publish the fact that the financial affairs of the city of Oakland are pru- dently and honestly managed. The rate of taxation is low, and funds raised by taxes or the sale of bonds are applied strictly to the purposes designed. Tax-payers, therefore, enjoy the satisfaction of receiving something tangible for their contributions. They can see honestly constructed public buildings and street improvements, and enjoy the benefits a well governed and orderly community bestows. Following are the receipts from all sources for 1875 per report of the City Treasurer:
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