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City taxes. $214,627 33
General trader's licenses
31,351 00
Vehicle licenses 552 00
Dog licenses
1,049 50
Police Court
10,084 55
City Wharf. 6,801 75
Miscellaneous 5,352 27
Total revenue proper $269,818 40
Received from sale of bonds (sewer) 158,734 37
Received school moneys from State and county. 51,266 16
Total receipts from all sources, $479,818 93
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OAKLAND DIRECTORY.
Following are items of current expenditures for 1875: Police Department $17,361 68
Fire Department. 13,617 17
Repairs and sprinkling streets 6,903 65
Lighting streets and City Hall. 21,812 17
Miscellaneous (salaries city officers, etc.) 24,883 91
Total $84,578 58
The expenses of the public schools during the year were $108,429,27
An engine house and hydrants were constructed at a cost of. 14,680 20
The construction of the lake sewer absorbed the
proceeds of sale of bonds as per above statement 158,734 37
The city has paid all accruing interest on bonds and holds a handsome surplus in the treasury.
Bonded Debt.
The following table shows all particulars concerning the bonded debt of the city:
Rate
Date. Amount.
Pay- able.
Int.
Amount of Interest Charged.
For what purposes.
1858|$18,400
1878
7
$ 128 80
Old Claims
1868
50,000
1883
10
5,000 00 Erection of city Hall
1868
16,000
1883
10
600 00 Carpentier judgm'nt
1870
70,000
1890
10
7,000 00
Floating Debt
1872
50,000
1892
8
4,000 00 .. . School Buildings
1872
80,000
1903
8.
6,500 00 Municipal Purposes
1874|
15,000
1903
10
1,500 00 ... Dredging the Bar
1874 100,000
1905
8
8,000 00 Municipal Purposes.
1874 100,000
1905
8
8,000 00 Refunding sch. bond
1875 165,000
1885
8
13,200 00
Lake Sewer
Total$664,400
54,828 80
The item of $165,000 bonds issued in 1875, were for the construction of the Lake Sewer, and is payable by the pro- perty benefited by that improvement, the city only extend- ing its guarantee.
The assessed value of property within the city limits for 1875-6 is $17,351,549. That of Oakland, including the Township outside the city limits, is $22,777,602. Brooklyn
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MUNICIPAL FINANCES.
Township is $4,926,647. Alameda, $2,033,325. Eden, $3,- 313,100. Murray, $2,916,467. Washington, $3,368,411. Total of Alameda County, $395,33,552.
The indebtedness of the county is, funded, $247,944; floating, $143,346. Total, $391,290. The cost of the Court House was $195,380; of the jail, $43,800. Adding the value of the County Infirmary and it will be seen that Alameda County has assets equal to her indebtedness.
Streets.
The natural conformation of the surface of the city obviates the expense of heavy grades, while the abundance of rock in closely neighboring quarries has made good solid highways attainable at moderate cost. The city has generally ex- cellent streets and has a comprehensive system of sewerage. The completion of the great main sewer has provided drain- age facilities for nearly the entire city, and the figures given below show that the people are enterprising and determined to maintain their superiority in this respect as well as others. Grading, curbing, macadamizing and the laying of sidewalks has gone forward rapidly during the year.
We publish a detailed statement which we have copied from the Transcript, as best authority, of all street improve- ments for the year. The location of the work done and the cost of each division of this branch of public improvement will be of interest to many persons, both at home and abroad.
GRADING, CURBING AND MACADAMIZING.
Myrtle street, Eighth to Fifth $ 2,573 38
Tenth avenue, East Fifteenth to East Sixteenth. 2,924 00
Tenth street, Market to Filbert 2,012 31
Clay street, Tenth to Twelfth.
1,494 64
Thirteenth street, Broadway to Market
11,844 15
Castro street, Fourteenth to Third
9,238 09
Fifth street, Broadway to Webster
2,168 97
Clay street, Seventh to First. .
5,928 01
Thirteenth street, Broadway to Fallon
12,542 49
Sixteenth street, from San Pablo avenue to a point half way between Jefferson and Grove streets
2,956 59
Sixth avenue, East Ninth to East Eleventh (re- grading and macadamizing).
740 08
Total.
$ 54,422 71
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SIDEWALKS.
Frederick street, Telegraph avenue to San Pablo avenue 304 75
East Fourteenth street, Fifteenth avenue to
Tenth avenue ... 657 60
Pine street, Railroad avenue to point 50 feet south to Atlantic street. 346 65
East Sixteenth street, Fourth avenue to Tenth avenue.
294 86
Myrtle street, Third to Fourteenth
1,309 70
East Fifteenth street, Twelfth avenue to Thir- teenth avenue. 93 68
East Fourteenth street, Sixth avenue to Tenth avenue 374 85
Railroad avenue, Willow to Bay streets-north side.
218 37
Willow street, Taylor street to Railroad avenue.
487 13
Eighth street, Market to Brush
152 97 153 91
Chase street, Wood to Willow
Eighth street, Wood to Market
2,208 24 460 02
Campbell street, Taylor to Railroad avenue
Willow street, Taylor to Thirteenth.
West Twelfth street, Campbell to Wood.
232 53
Linden street, West Eighth to West Fourteenth
754 68
Third street, Filbert to Adeline. 372 36
Market street-west side-Seventh to Twelfth. . 496 09
Division street, Wood to Pine 234 97
Railroad avenue, Wood to Center. 898 40
Total $ 10,570 56
CULVERTS AND CROSSINGS.
Eighth street, Ninth and Tenth avenues and East
Twelfth street. $ 721 09
MACADAMIZING.
East Eleventh street, Fifth avenue to Eleventh. . $ 5,690 99
Franklin street, Fourteenth to Durant . 5,072 73
East Fifteenth, Ninth avenue to Twelfth 2,256 95
Total. $ 13,020 67
518 80
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MUNICIPAL FINANCES.
LATERAL SEWERS.
Franklin street, Twelfth to Delger (2,459 ft) .... $ 3,511 15 Filbert street, First to Railroad avenue (1,711 ft.) 2,206 12 Chester street, Railroad avenue to a point 100 feet south of First street (1,138 ft) 1,527 36
Fifth avenue, from a point 150 feet south from East Twelfth street to San Antonio creek (1,292 ft) 2,143 12
Alice, Twelfth to San Antonio creek (2,999 ft) .. 4,549 07 Seward street, Campbell street to Bay of San Francisco (1,783 ft) 2,241 98
Jones street, San Pablo to Telegraph avenue (1,266 ft.)
1,263 60
Sixth avenue, Eighth street to a point 200 feet south of south westerly line of East Twelfth street (1,224 ft) 2,154 25
Poplar street, Twelfth to Railroad avenue (1,642 ft.) . 1,251 48
Total (13,055 ft.) $ 20,848 15
Lake Sewer (9,924} ft.) 165,000 00
Total (22,979} ft.) $185,848 15
GRADING.
Fifteenth avenue, north line of East Fourteenth to north line of East Sixteenth street. . .
$ 1,894 60
Seventh avenue, East Eighteenth to East Nine- teenth street. 357 80
253 83
Fourteenth street, Brush to Castro, regrading. . East Fifteenth street, Eighth avenue to Twelfth avenue 758 38
East Sixteenth street, Fifteenth avenue to Eight- eenth avenue.
2,580 25
Sixteenth avenue, East Fifteenth to East Six- teenth street.
229 41
First avenue, East Twelfth to East Fourteenth street
1,394 48
Franklin, Delger to Fourteenth street.
2,700 85
East Tenth street, Second avenue to Ninth avenue East Fourteenth, First to Fourth avenue.
2,883 28
2,946 45
Thirteenth avenue, East Sixteenth to East Twen- ty-second street .
1,948 56
East Fifteenth, Sixth to Eighth avenue 268 23
Railroad avenue, Wood to Center.
11,169 04
Total.
$ 29,385 16
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GENERAL SUMMARY.
Total cost of grading, curbing and macadamizing in 1875. $ 54,422 71
Total cost of sidewalks in 1875 10,570 56
Total cost of lateral sewers 20,848 15
Cost of Lake Sewer
165,000 00
Total cost of grading 29,385 16
Culverts and crossings 721 09
Macadamizing
13,020 67
Grand total for 1875. $293,968 34
The cost of all street improvements that have been made by public authority, up to Jan. 1st, 1876, is $1,055,902 88. The improvements that have been made by individuals are variously estimated at from $150,000 to $200,000, so that the grading and paving of our streets, the construction of our sidewalks and sewers have cost about one and one-quarter million dollars.
The total cost of the sewers in the city is $254,036 38; their aggregate length is 77,693 feet, or fourteen and seven- tenths miles.
REAL ESTATE.
Activity or depression in the real estate market of any city is a tolerably correct indication of the degree of confidence with which its future is regarded. General causes affecting the whole State or country may for a time reduce the volume of transactions even in the most promising locality, but such diminution of sales will be relatively less than in enterprises kept afloat by speculation only, without firm foundation, or lacking the natural advantages which are absolutely essential to the building up of a great city. For the last ten years, or since the future greatness of Oakland has become an ad- mitted certainty-since conjecture has given place to estab- lished fact-real estate has maintained an equable rate of enhancement in values, and has enjoyed at all times a satis- factory degree of activity. Were there a limit to the prob- able number which her population may attain; could a bound be set, beyond which, it might practically be argued, that her business could no longer expand, then landed property would in some degree lose its firmness, residence grounds would be sought only for purposes of retirement, water lots and business locations would no longer command, as now,
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the firm faith of the most sagacious men of the day. But there are no such limits or bounds ; hence, year after year, real estate advances. It is more and more in demand for commercial purposes, while popularity is too mild a word to apply to the favor in which her suburban plats are held, as the most desirable on the coast for homes.
In the annexed summary we have given the leading tran- sactions of every month of the past year, embracing a des- cription of the property sold and the price named in the deed. Property in this list is located in Oakland, unless otherwise stated. It is believed that the publication of this list of sales, in such form, in a work which will be preserved and consulted to the extent that a reliable city directory is, from year to year, will be of general interest and advantage. It will be seen by the tables that the sales for 1875 were much larger than ever before. Important sales on the water front for commercial purposes will attract the attention both of those who believe and those who doubt that Oakland is destined to become the great seaport of the Pacific Coast. One very noticeable and pleasant feature of the transactions is the great proportion of purchases for immediate improve- ment as homesteads. Very little speculative spirit is shown by the figures, thou in a city that has the splendid future before it that Oakland has, the owner must be a very matter of fact person indeed, who does not lift the veil of the coming years, and modify his ideas somewhat by what he beholds there.
To the Oakland Real Estate Circular, published by F. S. Page, at 1007 Broadway, we are indebted for the valuable information embraced in the summary of the year's transac- tions. Following are the most important sales in each month :
JANUARY .-- Lot 264 by 320, bounded north by Twenty-first street, east and west by Chestnut and Adeline; also lot 296 by 132, southeastern corner Twenty-first and Chestnut; also lot 118 by 132, southwest corner Twenty-first and Linden, $6,000. Lot on western line of Alice street, 78 feet north- erly from southern line of Fourteenth street, thence north- erly 78 by 150 feet, $3,750. Lot 75 by 100 feet, southeast corner Franklin and Seventh, $4,250. Lot on eastern line of Myrtle street, 1102 feet northerly from Twelfth street, thence northerly 40 by 125 feet, $3,750. Lot on eastern line of Walker street, 50 feet northeasterly from Jackson, thence northeasterly 50 by 100, East Oakland, $2,000. Lot of one acre, northwest corner Linden and West Eleventh, $12,000. Tract bounded southeast by Bridge street, southwest by
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Washington, northwest and northeast by Lake Merritt, East Oakland, $35,200. Lot 200 by 300 feet, bounded by Jeffer- son, Grove, First and Second, $15,000. Lot on south line of Fourth, 75 feet westerly from Broadway, thence westerly 25 by 100, $1,800. Lot 100 by 100 on northwest corner Harrison and Fourth, $3,000. The total number of sales in January was 115; aggregate amount of sales, $414,717.
FEBRUARY .- One-half interest in lot 300 by 200, bounded north by Twelfth, south by Eleventh, east by Harrison and west by Webster, less 100 by 100 feet, northeast corner Eleventh and Webster, and 100 by 100 northwest corner Eleventh and Harrison; also one-half interest in furniture and fixtures of Grand Central Hotel, $85,000. This pur- chase was made by Michael Reese. Five-acre lot on road from Oakland to San Leandro, at Fruit Vale, $25,000. Lot on south line of Fourth street, 1122 feet westerly from Alice street; thence westerly 37} feet by 100, $3,800. Lot 100 by 150, southwest corner Durant and Franklin, $5,000. One acre on west line of San Pablo avenue, near Twentieth, $30,000. Lot 50 by 1033, southeast corner Fifteenth and Jefferson, $1,600. Lot on west line Filbert street, 150 feet north from Twenty-eighth, thence northerly 50 by 125 feet, $2,800. The number of sales recorded in February was 110, representing $458,200.
MARCH .- Lot south line Railroad avenue, 125 feet east from Campbell, thence east 126 feet to Peralta street by 109 feet 7 inches; also lot 100 by 100 7-12, on southeast corner Rail- road avenue and Campbell; also lot 75 by 201 1-6 feet, bounded east by Campbell, north and south by Atlantic and William streets; also lot 72} by. 120 feet, northeast corner Railroad avenue and Campbell, $8,790. Lot 150 by 100 feet, southeast corner Oak and Seventh streets, $4,000. Tract on west line of Poplar street, 2444 feet north from West Tenth street, thence north 38} by 115 feet, $3,600. Lot 190 by 135 feet, southwest corner Lincoln and Pine, at Sheriff's sale, $9,625. Lot north line Eighth street, 75 feet west from Broadway, thence west 75 by 100 feet. $31,000. Lot 114} by 100, northeast corner West Twelfth and Filbert streets, $4,500. Lot 50 by 75, northeast corner Tenth and West streets, $3,200. Lot north line Eleventh street, 75 feet east from Harrison street, thence east 75 by 100 feet, $7,500. Tract 100 by 600 feet, bounded east by St. George street, north and south by Washington and King streets, $4,500. Lot 100 by 80 feet, corner Tenth and West streets, $3,200. The sales for March aggregate $308,587.
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APRIL .- Lot west line of Center street 379 feet north from Eighth street, thence north 100 by 125 feet; also east line Chester street 429 feet north from Eighth street, thence north 30 by 125 feet, $9,600. Lot north line of West Third street 54 feet west from Linden street, thence west 104 by 112 feet; also north line West Third street 77 feet west from Chestnut street, thence west 150 by 112 feet, $4,200. Lot 1032 by 100 northeast corner Fourteenth and Grove streets, $4,400. Lot' 100 by 150 feet, northwest corner Thirteenth and Broadway streets, $25,000. Lot east line of Union street 87} feet north from Eighth street, thence north 120 by 148 feet, $5,000. Lot east line of Chester street 272 feet south from West Twelfth street, thence south 38} by 125 feet, $2,960. Lot west line of Harrison street 50 feet north from Fifth street, thence north 50 by 90 feet, $4,000. Lots in the Minturn Tract, Alameda, $15,000. Lot 11, Buena Vista Homestead Tract, $4,000. The number of sales for the month was 91, amounting to $268,595.
MAY .- Lot on north line of Seventeenth street 400 feet east from Grove street, thence east 70 by 100 feet, $6,500. 12} acres tract on Cushing avenue, San Leandro, $8,000. Lot on east line Harrison street 100 feet north from Thir- teenth street, thence north 100 by 150 feet, $9,000. Lot west line Alice street 78 feet north from south line of Four- teenth street, thence north 78 by 150 feet, '$4,250. Lot 100 by 100 feet, northwest corner Tenth and Grove streets, $3,650. Lot 50 by 100 feet, northeast corner Jefferson and Tenth streets, $6,200. Lot 100 by 150 feet, south corner Madison and Benton streets, $3,000. Block 6, Antisell Villa lots, Berkeley, $7,000. Lot south line Second street 75 feet west from Clay street, thence west 75 by 100 feet, $3,600. Lots 33 to 36 in Block C, East Oakland, $2,750. Total number of sales for May, 139; aggregating $319,762.
JUNE .- Lot east line Washington street 100 feet north from Ninth street, thence, north 25 by 75 feet; also south line of Tenth street 75 feet east from Washington street, thence east 50 by 100; also 98 acres near Lake Merritt, plats 23 to 24, Oakland, $32,817. 30 acre tract, part of plat 23, $10,000. Lot 100 by 150 feet, south corner Madison and Benton streets, East Oakland, $3,000. Lot center line Sycamore street 950 feet west from Telegraph avenue, thence west 128 by 216} feet, $3,500. Lot 50 by 100 feet, north- west corner Tenth and Webster streets, $8,500. Lot 100 by 125 feet, northwest corner Eighth and Myrtle streets, $5,500. Lot 150 by 150 east corner Washington and Fremont streets,
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East Oakland, $5,000. Lot 40 by 110 feet, southwest corner Brush and Eighteenth streets, $4,500. Lot east line Har- rison street 25 feet north from Seventh street, thence north 25 by 75 feet, $3,000. Tract 400 by 529 feet, northwest corner Central avenue and Paru street, Alameda, $10,000. Lot 75 by 100 feet, southeast corner Second and Jefferson streets, $3,400. The number of sales was 200, amounting to $377,355.
JULY AND AUGUST-One-eighth of block 189, corner Four- teenth and Clay, $10,000. Lots 1, 4, 26, 27 and 28, in block 194, $7,000. Lots 35, 38, 39 and 40 in Caledonia Home- stead Tract, $4,000. Lot 1 in Schroder Tract on Broadway, $4,300. Lot 2 in Schroder Tract on Broadway, $4,200. Lot 3 in Schroder Tract on Broadway, $4,200. Lots. 6, 7 and 10 in Schroder Tract on Broadway, $7,285. Block 543, located on Filbert street, $4,250. Lots 12, 13 and part of 14 in block 145, $5,000. Lot 872 feet on west side of Mad- ison street by 150 feet on north side of Fifteenth street, $15,- 500. Lots 9 and 10 and parts of 5, 6, 7 and 8 in block 156, on Twelfth street, $5,800. Blocks 516 and 517 at Oakland Point, $50,000. The number of sales for July was 176, amounting to $339,192. The number of sales for August was 181, amounting to $482,679.
SEPTEMBER-Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 28, and westerly 20 feet of lot 27, in block 148, $10,000. 70 by 100 feet, being por- tion of lots 5, 6, 7 and 8, block 146, $4,450. Block 21, bounded by Clay and Jefferson, Second and Third streets, $22,000. Lot 348 feet on north side of Merrimac place by 145, 442 feet east of Telegraph avenue, $23,500. Lots 1 to 24 in block 28 and water lots 349, 350 and 351 (Clinton) I. Friedlander to M. S. Latham, $100,000. Lots 19 to 25 in block 194, $8,000. Lots 6 to 19 and 29 to 35, west half of 17 and 28, Hobart Tract, $23,000. Total number of sales in September, 123; value, $401,209.
OCTOBER-Lots 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 in block 117, .$25,000. Part of block 110, $8,500. Lot F in City Hall tract, $8,000. Lot 10 in Alice Park tract, $4,000. Block 636 and east half of block 635, $12,000, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 22, 23 and 24 in block 46 (Clinton) $16,000. Lot 100 feet west of Webster by 150 feet and 1182 north of Thirteenth street, $8,200. Lots 5 and 6 block 254, $10,000. Lots 17 and 18 and part of block 54, $21,000. Lots 7, 8 and 9 in block 18, $12,200. The number of sales in October was 130, amount- ing to $263,901.
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NOVEMBER-104 acres and a fraction on San Pablo avenue (Berkeley) $157,180. Lot 100 feet on west side of Webster street by 100 feet on south side of Thirteenth street, $7,500. Lot 420 feet on west side Webster street, by 365 feet south side of Prospect street, $25,000. Lots 3 to 6 in Hitchcock tract and other property, $25,000. Lots 21 and 22 in block 19, $6,500. The number of sales in November was 129, amounting to $481,005.
DECEMBER-Sales during the closing month of the year were unusually light, numbering only 116, representing $117,720.
MONTHLY SUMMARY, 1875.
January
$414,717 00
February.
458,200 00
March. 308,587 00
April
268,595 00
May
319,762 00
June
377,355 00
July . 339,192 00
August. 482,679 00
September
401,209 00
October
263,901 00
November
481,005 00
December
117,720 00
Total
. $4,232,924 00
Sales of Real Estate in the City of Oakland from 1867 to 1875, inclusive :
1867 $1,685,237 00
1868.
2,700,038 00
1869
2,518,315 00
1870 2,294,534 00
1871
2,074,163 00
1872
2,459,015 00
1873
2,439,595 00
1874
3,042,371 00
1875
4,232,924 00
The sales for 1875 exceeded those for 1874 by $1,190,553, a gain of thirty-nine per cent. in the volume of transactions.
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OAKLAND DIRECTORY.
IMPROVEMENTS.
A very general and continuous activity in building has prevailed throughout Oakland and its suburbs for several years past. Accurate statistics place the number of build- ings erected in 1874 at 1,063. În the absence of such sta- tistics for the year 1875 we have availed ourselves of the observations of the Oakland Transcript in general terms: Three churches have been erected-the First Presbyterian at a contract price of $52,000, the First Methodist at a cost of about $30,000, and a Methodist Church in West Oakland. In hotel accommodations the city has gained during the year the " Centennial," on Fourteenth street near the City Hall, at a cost of $40,000, and the Central Pacific, on the corner of Webster and Eleventh streets, costing $9,000. Among the more prominent buildings erected for business purposes are the Union Bank (addition) $6,000; Delger's Block, $18,- 000; C. P. R. R. passenger depot, $7,000; A. Geshard's, $10,000; Jacob Samm's Flouring Mill, with five run of stone; G. M. Blair and California Bridge Company; a planing mill 40 by 50 feet; a stair factory 50 by 75 feet, and P. S. Wil- cox's warehouse on First street, with a storage capacity of 5,000 tons. .
A goodly number of elegant and costly residences were added to the already numerous private edifices of the city. In nothing is the confidence of the moneyed men of Oakland better illustrated than in their willingness to invest largely in elegant homesteads. The following named citizens have built houses, during the past year, ranging in cost from $8,000 to $40,000 each : W. W. Cameron, E. C. Sessions, J. E. Whitcher, J. M. Walker, J. B. Ford, C. W. Howard, L. C. Perez, W. B. Hardy, J. W. Phillips, M. Vincent and M. Hoffschneider. The Real Estate Associates and the Central Land Company have built many houses, which, sell- ing on the installment plan find ready purchasers.
The cost of buildings erected in 1875 is estimated at $1,750,000 by the most conservative judges, while others place the figures at $2,000,000 or over. A greater number of cheap dwellings sprang up, for the immediate use of the crowd of incomers, than ever before. These inexpensive but necessary adjuncts to the growth of the city swell the number of new structures largely, while augmenting the aggregate value comparatively little. Altogether, it is esti- mated that about sixteen hundred buildings of every descrip- tion were added to the city during 1875. It is not our pur- pose here to speak of the temporary effect which the financial
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panic experienced in San Francisco in August may have had upon building enterprises in Oakland. The cloud was but a transient one, and will not change the grand aggregate of the year's work materially.
The building prospect for 1876 is flattering. New struc- tures are being daily commenced, architects are busily engaged, and the familiar sound of the saw and hammer never ceases. The growth of Oakland and suburbs will be greater during the current year than ever before in a like period of time.
EDUCATIONAL.
The Public Schools of Oakland.
In no city of the State are the public schools more liber- ally sustained than in this, the educational centre of Cali- fornia. Commodious, first-class buildings have been erected, and the best of talent employed that liberal salaries can secure. The pupil can fit himself for the University in these perfectly graded people's colleges. As figures are facts, we can do no better than present the tabular state- ments furnished by the Transcript, regarding the operations of the School Department for 1875 :
FINANCIAL.
The expenditures of the School Department, during the year 1875, were as follows :
Salaries of teachers. $ 67,620 93
Salaries of clerk, supt. and janitors. 7,053 52
Light, water and rents.
1,770 16
Furniture
6,096 74
Books and supplies
1,839 23
Building
13,385 38
Fuel
1,519 50
Repairs
2,448 03
Incidentals
6,695 78
Total. $108,429 27
' GENERAL STATISTICS.
The following statistics are from the official census, taken in June, 1875 :
Children under 5 years of age. 2,482
Children between 5 and 17 years of age 4,749
Total number under 17 years of age 7,231
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Number between 5 and 17 who have attended public schools during the year 3,225 Number between 5 and 17 who have attended private schools during the year. 407 Number between 5 and 17 who have attended no school during the year 1,117
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