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GEO. W. CLARK, 645 Market St., S. F., Importer French and English WALL PAPERS
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OAKLAND DIRECTORY.
Notaries Public for Alameda County.
Term Expires.
John C. Hays, Jr. Oakland
September 26, 1881
George D. Metcalf
May 3 1882
Will H. Burrall
March 1, 1881
S. Hirshberg
.January 11, 1881
Newton Benedict
September 18, 1880
Henry A. Leake
. September 28, 1880
J. Callaghan.
June 29, 1881
J. R. Capell
66
. October 10, 1881
R. O. Whitehead.
January 2, 1882
Stephen G. Nye
66
. September 18, 1880
Grant I. Taggart.
October 3,
1880
W. L. Prather
April 9,
1881
George E. DeGolia
. April 17,
1882
F. B. Haswell
. January 24, 1882
William J. Dingee
April 24,
1882
C. W. Mclaughlin
March 4,
1882
George W. Reed.
66
February 25,
1881
William K. Rowell
66
March 1,
1882
A. B. Webster
Brooklyn
January 11,
1882
Charles F. Dodge.
West Oakland. October 7,
1880
William S. Wagner
William H. Chapman
Berkeley
May 13,
1881
P. L. Shoaff
Alameda
March 13,
1882
F. J. Krauth
66
March 3,
1882
Daniel H. Beck.
Centerville .June 7,
1880
Lorenzo G. Yates
66 September 12, 1880
M. P. H. Love.
Livermore December 15, 1881
Curtis H. Lindley
66 November 14, 1881
Thomas W. Millard
Harrisburg .June 21, 1880
Anthony G. Oakes
Haywards . September 23, 1880
John R. Palmer
Pleasanton . May 3, 1882
County Infirmary.
Embraces 127 acres, two and one-half miles from San Leandro. It is designed for the care of the sick poor and for the aged and infirm. C. S. Coleman and A. S. Du Bois, Attending Physicians; J. F. Burdick, Resident Physician. The number of patients remaining on January 1, 1879, was 92. The number of admissions in 1879, was 433. 357 were discharged, and there were 50 deaths. The number of
SAN FRANCISCO LAUNDRY
OFFICES
33 Geary St., San Francisco. 862 Broadway, Oakland.
TILLMANN & BENDEL-WHOLESALE GROCERS, 407-411 Clay St., S. F. Branch, 907 Washington St., Oakland.
March 10,
1881
N. W. Palmer .
October 10,
1881
J. S. G. GORDON, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ICE, 365 Tenth.
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patients remaining on January 1, 1880, was 118. The total current expenses for the year were $28,674.00.
THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND.
MAYOR-James E. Blethen.
POLICE JUDGE-John Yule.
CLERK POLICE COURT-D. E. Bortree.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OF THE CITY-C. C. Jenks.
TREASURER AND CLERK-James Dods.
MARSHAL AND TAX COLLECTOR-M. E. Clough.
ASSESSOR-Joseph M. Dillon.
CITY ATTORNEY-J. M. Poston.
CITY ENGINEER-Thomas W. Morgan (appointed).
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS-H. J. Todd.
CITY PHYSICIAN AND HEALTH OFFICER-E. H. Woolsey.
CLERK IN CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE-C. W. Hilton (ap- pointed).
DEPUTY CITY CLERK-L. J. Rector (appointed).
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT-James Hill (ap- pointed).
CITY WHARFINGER-William Harwood (appointed).
LICENSE COLLECTOR-James A. Booth (appointed).
DEPUTY LICENSE COLLECTOR- George H. Wright (ap- pointed).
DEPUTY MARSHAL-M. De la Montanya, Jr. (appointed). DEPUTY ASSESSOR-J. F. Steen (appointed).
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT STREETS-S. P. Babcock (ap- pointed).
FIRE WARDEN-George H. Carleton (appointed). SANITARY INSPECTOR-T. F. Jenkins (appointed).
The City Council.
G. W. Babcock, President; J. C. Millan, L. G. Cole, Jesse S. Wall, David Hewes, James Gill, J. B. White.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Ordinance and Judiciary-Cole, White and Wall. Auditing and Finance-Wall, White and Hewes. Streets and Buildings-Hewes, Millan and Cole. Fire and Water-White, Wall and Millan. Education-Cole, Gill and Hewes.
GILBERT & BROWN Offer the most Desirable Residence Property on the Coast. Call at No. 2 Park Row, Park Street, Alameda.
JONAS J. MORRISON, LUMBER DEALER.
Select Stock -- Full Measure --- Quick Sales --- Small Profit.
TILLMANN & BENDEL-Importers of JAPAN and CHINA TEAS, San Francisco and Oakland.
GEO. W. CLARK, 645 Market St., S. F., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Paper Hangings
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Street Lights and Lamp Posts-Millan, Cole and Wall. Removals and Obstructions-Gill, Cole and White.
City Hall and Police-White, Gill and Cole.
Board of Education.
C. N. Fox, President; C. H. Reddington, F. M. Smith, C. D. Haven, D. Henshaw Ward, Eugene Lynch and A. W. Swett. H. J. Todd, Secretary.
Police Department.
The Regular Police Force and detail of the same :
Captain of Police-W. F. Fletcher.
First Sergeant-A. Wilson.
Second Sergeant-E. J. Chase.
Detectives-A. Shorey and F. O. Fuller.
Day Prisonkeeper and Clerk Police Department-J. A. Kenner.
Assistant Day Prisonkeeper and Bailiff Police Court- S. H. Mitchell.
Night Prisonkeeper-Wm. Aldrich.
PATROLMEN.
East Oakland-J. M. Manley and B. Mclaughlin.
West Oakland-J. M. Wallace and John Golden.
Seventh Street Station-A. J. Ross, John Barnet, J. B. Fields and John Ranlett.
Broadway, Ninth to Fourteenth streets-H. T. Smith and C. E. Lufkin.
City Front-H. Nedderman and H. M. Wilson.
Telegraph Avenue-R. D. Hunter.
C. P. R. R. Trains and Wharf -- O. D. Brown.
Chain Gang-W. H. Summers.
In addition to the Regular Officers there are sixteen Special Officers, who patrol beats, viz: S. H. Gowen, H. E. Church, J. Kessler, John Mc Williams, E. Hodgkins, P. Filley, James Kennedy, John Coughlan, Dennis Holland, H. B. Rand, Wm. Howlett, P. H. Dowdican, D. Wright, H. Theobald and L. R. Hughes.
Market and Seventh -- M. D. Hewett.
Center and Seventh -- P. E. Hynes.
W. D. Thomas, detached duty.
SPECIAL POLICEMEN.
Officers in the following list are invested with authority to act as policemen, but are not subject to orders from the
S. F. LAUNDRY. Washing called for and Delivered in S. F., Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley Office, 33 Geary St., S. F., and 862 Broadway, Oakland.
GREAT REDUCTION in Price of Ice, at GORDON'S, 365 TENTH.
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Chief, or required to leave the places at which they are stationed :
George W. Taylor, Pound Master.
B. S. E. Williams, C. P. R. R. Repair Shops.
Allen Peel, Lafayette School.
Darwin DeGolia, R. R. Bridge, Alice street.
B. H. Carter, Tompkins School.
D. Morrison, Oakland Planing Mill.
Ward Boundaries.
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 Del- ger 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.
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 and Brooklyn Townships.
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 East Oakland.
OAKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
It is not necessary to follow the history of the Oakland Fire Department from its inception to its regeneration and permanent establishment. James Hill was appointed chief engineer January, 1878; Edgar A. Hersey and E. M. Camp- bell, assistant engineers. The service has been brought to a good state of efficiency.
Collect Your Bills with ADAMS & CO., "Oakland " Collection Office, S. E. cor. EIGHTH ST. and BROADWAY, Up Stairs.
JONAS J. MORRISON -- Everybody's Lumberman --- FULL VARIETY AND SELECT STOCK.
TILLMANN & BENDEL-Importers of GOLD STAR OYSTERS. San Francisco and Oakland.
GEO. W. CLARK, 645 Market St., S. F .-- Complete stock of Paper Hangings -- Skillful Workmen.
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A Fire Alarm Telegraph, with thirty-five miles of wire, has been recently constructed, and forty-six automatic fire boxes provided, which number will be increased. Gongs have also been placed in all the engine houses. George H. Carleton, Superintendent of Fire and Police Telegraph.
The city is now the owner of four 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 Engine Company, Empire Hose, No. 1, and Hook and Ladder Companies; a house and lot on Fifteenth, near Washington, occupied by Phoenix Com- pany, No. 1; a lot, with house newly completed thereon, of brick, one story in height, on Eighth street, between Willow and Campbell, West Oakland; a brick house in East Oak- land, on East 14th street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues, occupied by Brooklyn Company, No. 4, and Hook and Ladder, No. 2.
Companies.
PHENIX, No. 1 .- Located on Fifteenth street, in the rear of City Hall. Provided with a third-class Amoskeag En- gine, costing $3,178, drawn by two horses; one hose cart, drawn by one horse, and carrying 750 feet of hose. The company is full, and numbers nine men, as follows: Charles Fritz, foreman; V. Chloupek, engineman; George Rice, stoker; William Blackman, driver; J. Fitzsimmons. C. H. Ellis, J. B. Taylor, N. Ball and George Minnette, extra- men.
JOHN B. FELTON, No. 2 .- Located on Sixth street, be- tween Broadway and Washington. Is supplied with a sec- ond-class Silsby Engine, costing $5,562, drawn by two horses, and one hose cart, drawn by one horse, and carrying 750 feet of hose. The company consists of nine men: E. F. Voorhees, foreman and extraman; W. Myles, engineman; C. Briones, stoker; L. Hoffman, hose driver; J. C. Orr. E. S. Fitch, George W. Harrison, C. G. Bishop and Charles Kneib, extramen.
OAKLAND, No. 3 .- Located on Eighth street, between Campbell and Willow. It is a second-class Silsby, costing $5,000, is drawn by two horses, and one hose cart, drawn by one horse, and carrying 750 feet of hose. The company consists of nine men: M. M. Kelly, foreman; George Dem- araies, engineman; William Ennis, stoker; William Bullock, hose driver; Theophile Beaudet, W. Hamilton, L. W. Hahn, J. Gallivan and A. Sicotte, extramen.
S. F. LAUNDRY.
Good Work, Low Prices Office, 33 Geary St., S. F., and 862 Broadway, Oakland.
J. S. G. GORDON IS THE PIONEER ICE MAN, 365 TENTH ST.
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BROOKLYN, No. 4 .- Located on East 14th street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues, East Oakland, It is sup- plied with a second-class Amoskeag Engine, drawn by two horses, and also a hose cart, drawn by one horse, carrying 750 feet of hose. The company consists of nine men: B. Nedderman, foreman; James Moffit, engineer; Daniel Cronan, stoker; George Lewis, driver hose cart; Wm. C. White, Joseph Ough, Ed. Robinson, H. West and Joseph Sales, extramen.
EMPIRE HOSE Co., No. 1 .- Located on Sixth street, be- tween Broadway and Washington. It is supplied with a hose cart, drawn by one horse, carrying 650 feet of hose. The company numbers seven men: Edward Cady, foreman; P. Reader, driver; Thomas Dolan, A. S. Baker, George H. Sands, E. C. Brown and C. Winant, extramen.
HOSE Co., No. 2 .- Located on San Pablo avenue, junction of Market. The city has furnished this company with a four- wheel hose carriage, drawn by two horses, carries 1,000 feet of hose. Company consists of seven men: F. Campbell, foreman; John Vogt, driver; P. Hannivan, George M. Ganvin, W. B. McConnell, J. Casey and John Watson, ex- tramen.
RELIEF HOOK AND LADDER CO., No. 1 .- Located on Sixth street, between Broadway and Washington. The city has furnished this company with a new second-class Hayes Truck, drawn by two horses. The company is composed of eleven men: George Oakes, foreman; Thomas Hallahan, driver; R. Myles, tillerman, Richard Perrin, R. Frost, T. Golden, J. W. Bankhead, B. Larkin, Charles Oakes, J. N. Jones and George Pinkham, extramen.
HOOK AND LADDER Co., No. 2 .- Located on East 14th, between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues. E. Robinson, driver.
Cisterns are located as follows: On the corner of Second and Broadway, Third and Broadway, Fourth and Broadway, Eighth and Broadway, Thirteenth and Broadway.
There are 167 hydrants constructed and in use.
Location of the 46 boxes erected :
No. 2. First and Washington.
No. 3. Fourth and Franklin.
No. 4. Fifth and Harrison.
No. 5. Seventh and Washington.
No: 6. Central avenue and Broadway.
Gilbert & Brown Houses Built, and Houses and Lots for Sale on the Installment Pien. Office No. 2 Park Row, Park Street, Alameda.
Jonas J. Morrison has the most select stock of all the leading varieties of Lumber, N. E. cor. Mission and Spear Sts., S. F.
GEO. W. CLARK, 645 Market St., S. F., the finest collection of Modern Art Paper Hangings.
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No. 7. Ninth and Webster.
No. 8. Fourteenth and Webster.
No. 9. Central avenue and Madison.
No. 12. Seventeenth and Grove.
No. 13. Frederick street and Telegraph avenue.
No. 14.
Sycamore street and San Pablo avenue.
No. 15. Thirty-fourth and Peralta.
No. 16. Sycamore street and Telegraph avenue.
No. 18.
No. 17. Thirty-fourth street and Telegraph avenue. Lake and Jackson.
No. 19.
Walnut and Broadway.
No. 21. Seventh, between Wood and Willow.
No. 23. Fourteenth and Kirkham.
No. 24.
Seward and Campbell.
No. 25.
Seventh and Chester.
No. 26.
Seventh and Adeline.
No. 27.
Tenth and Kirkham.
No. 28.
Seventeenth and Peralta.
No. 29. No. 31.
Campbell and Atlantic.
Fifth and Grove.
No. 32.
Third and Filbert.
No. 34.
Seventh and Market.
No. 35. Tenth and Grove.
No. 36.
Fourteenth and Market.
No. 37. Twenty-first and Market.
No. 38. No. 39.
Central avenue and Adeline.
No. 41.
East 14th street and Seventeenth avenue.
No. 42.
East Central and Twelfth avenues.
No. 43.
East 17th street and Eighth avenue.
No. 45.
East Central and Sixth avenues.
No. 46.
East 10th street and Third avenue.
No. 51.
First and Webster.
No. 52. Third and Jackson.
No. 53.
Eighth and Jackson.
No. 54.
Central avenue and Brush.
No. 56.
Sixteenth street and San Pablo avenue.
No. 57. Twenty-eighth and Myrtle.
No. 58. Webster street and Orchard avenue.
No. 61. City Hall.
No. 62.
American District Telegraph Office, Broadway, between Tenth and Eleventh.
Persons having keys will observe the following rules:
When it is necessary to use the signal boxes go to the one nearest to the fire, put your key into the outside door, open
S. F. LAUNDRY.
PROMPT ATTENTION TO ORDERS FOR WASHING. Office. 33 Geary St., S. F., and 862 Broadway, Oakland.
TILLMANN & BENDEL-IMPORTERS OF COAL OIL, SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND.
Eighteenth and Adeline.
All kinds of PURE ICE CREAM made to order at GORDON'S.
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it, and pull down the hook on the inside once, or until you hear a bell within the box, close the door, and remain to direct the firemen to the locality of the fire.
Do not try to take your key out, as it is locked in, and will be returned to you.
If, upon opening the door, you hear the bell within the box ring, do not pull the hook for one minute, or until it has stopped ringing, for it will indicate that an alarm is being sent from some other station.
Persons having keys will be held responsible for their use. Do not give an alarm for a fire seen at a distance; do not open the box except in case of fire; do not give an alarm until certain there is a fire.
Keys can be obtained by any responsible person upon ap- plication to the Chief Engineer, at his office, or to the Su- perintendent of Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph, City Hall.
The expenses of the Department for the year are thus summarized :
Salaries $20,514 84
Expenses
6,534 17
Supplies 5,599 67}
New hydrants, repairs, etc 1,409 09
Expenses of Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph. . 3,565 47
$37,625 24}
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The Public Schools of Oakland.
SUPERINTENDENT-H. J. Todd.
HIGH SCHOOL-Corner of Twelfth and Market streets. J. B. McChesney, Principal; C. B. Bradley, Vice-Principal; S. P. Meads, Miss L. E. Temple, Miss Irene Hardy, Miss Jennie Wallbride, Mrs. K. B. Fisher, Mrs. L. Griffin, Assis- tants. Richard H. Blackwood, Janitor.
IRVING GRAMMAR SCHOOL-Corner of Market and Twelfth streets, in High School Building. J. B. McChesney, Prin- cipal; Miss Sara Boniface, Miss M. C. Call, Miss L. Kin- kade, Mrs. H. J. Lee, Miss I. B. Kent, Miss H. Sumner, Miss A. L. Gray, Assistants.
The "Oakland" Collection Office, 8th and Broadway, up stairs ADAMS & CO., S. E. cor.
Jonas J. Morrison --- Redwood and Puget Sound Lumber especially selected for Building purposes and Foreign Shipment.
TILLMANN & BENDEL-Importers of TOBACCO and CIGARS, San Francisco and Oakland.
GEO. W. CLARK, 645 Market St., S. F .-- Special Designs in Window Shades to Order.
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OAKLAND DIRECTORY.
TOMPKINS GRAMMAR SCHOOL-Fifth, between Linden and Chestnut streets. William F. Clawson, Principal; Mrs. R. R. Johnson, Miss E. A. Hilton, Mrs. L. E. Crawford, Miss M. B. Treat, Miss Emily McMullen, Miss Dora Jefferson, Miss M. E. Morris, Mrs. W. M. Cubery, Miss V. Heath, Miss O. Wetmore, Assistants. B. H. Carter, Janitor.
HARRISON STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL-Corner of Sixth and Harrison streets. Miss Hattie Mullen, Principal; Miss M. E. Bradford, Miss A. M. Quince, Assistants. Mrs. Mary Peel, Janitress.
PRESCOTT GRAMMAR SCHOOL-Corner of Campbell and Taylor streets. T. D. Fowler, Principal; Miss M. C. Hea- ton, Miss M. E. Conners, Mrs. K. McIntosh, Miss C. Bart- ling, Miss Florence Peck, Miss Mollie Harrel, Miss E. Elder, Mrs. Mary Hawkins, Miss M. G. Hurley, Miss Ada Rogers, Miss Julia Colby, Miss S. S. Beach, Miss L. Graf- felman, Miss E. A. Stevens, Miss M. Cobb, Assistants. Mrs. Allen, Janitress.
LINCOLN GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS-Corner of Tenth and Alice streets. T. O. Crawford, Principal; Mrs. M. L. Hoyt, Miss R. A. Bills, Mrs. S. B. Gates, Miss S. J. Wythe, Miss E. L. Thompson, Miss M. D. Bull, Mrs. S. M. Anthony, Miss L. B. Blackwood, Miss M. Brett, Mrs. L. H. Campbell, Mrs. N. C. Owens, Miss T. Buckley, Mrs. N. B. Kerr, Assistants. Robert Irvine, Janitor.
FRANKLIN GRAMMAR SCHOOL-Tenth avenue, between East 15th and East 16th streets. J. H. Sumner, Principal; Mrs. E. R. Tucker, Miss L. E. Bentley, Miss M. T. Dickin- son, Miss E. J. Watson, Miss A. P. Meek, Miss Hattie Simpson, Miss Mattie Shaw, Miss M. B. Bennison, Miss L. E. White, Miss F. C. Sutherland, Mrs. L. A. Walker, As- sistants. William, H. Dyer, Janitor.
SWETT SCHOOL-Corner of East 20th street and Twelfth avenue, East Oakland. Miss M. S. Kimball, Principal; Miss L. Sargent, Mrs. E. M. Bartholomew, Miss Alice B. Ward, Assistants. William H. Dyer, Janitor.
DURANT SCHOOL -- Corner of Grove and Twenty-eighth streets. A. W. Brodt, Principal; Mrs. E. Hinckley, Mrs. F. A. Parker, Miss Minnie T. Kimball, Miss A. E. Walton, Miss L. C. Betancue, Miss H. K. Newberry, Mrs. M. V. Kingman, Miss Olive Morgan, Mrs. H. B. Stone, Mrs. F. L. Palmer, Miss L. B. Myrick, Mrs. C. W. Tarbox, Miss A. B. Clow, Miss A. P. Wright, Assistants. Mrs. Harrington, Janitress.
S. F. LAUNDRY.
WASHING WELL DONE AT VERY LOW RATES. Office, 33 Geary St., S. F., and 862 Broadway, Oakland.
Gordon's ICE WAGONS run regularly to Alameda and Berkeley.
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LAFAYETTE PRIMARY SCHOOL-Corner of Twelfth and Jeffer- son streets. Miss A. F. Aldrich, Principal; Miss Fannie E. Allen, Miss Nellie Cook, Miss A. E. Miner, Miss L. D. Allen, Miss Josie Lemon, Miss Alice T. Lee, Miss Maggie Wythe, Mrs. H. B. Shorkley, Miss Fannie Ward, Miss L. E. Garvey, Mrs. M. S. P. Robinson, Mrs. E. W. Anderson, Assistants. Allen Peel, Janitor.
GROVE STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL-Grove, between Fourth and Fifth streets. Mrs. N. D. Standeford, Principal, Miss Helen Penniman, Miss J. W. Nesbit, Mrs. E. G. Hunt, As- sistants. Mrs. Sarah Heaney, Janitress.
COLE GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS-Corner of Tenth and Union streets. Mr. J. P. Garlick, Principal; Miss H. P. Stearns, Mrs. F. M. Pugh, Miss M. E. Lachlan, Miss K. M. Wertz, Miss C. Vinzent, Miss M. E. Hand, Miss T. Newell, Miss Ella Myrick, Miss C. Edwards, Miss Maggie Connors, Miss Hattie B. Sproul, Mrs. D. C. Brower, Miss Fannie G. Smith, Assistants. J. S. Fox, Janitor.
PLYMOUTH AVENUE SCHOOL-Corner of Elm and Plymouth avenues. Miss Elizabeth Powell, Principal. A. D. Tenney, Janitor.
BROADWAY AND TWENTY-FIFTH STREET SCHOOL-Southwest corner Twenty-fifth and Broadway. Mrs. J. S. Bentley, Principal. F. G. Low, Janitor.
LYNN SCHOOL-Miss Bell Merwin, Teacher.
COURT HOUSE SCHOOL-Miss C. M. Ellis, Teacher.
WATTS' TRACT SCHOOL-Mrs. M. E. Pelham, Teacher.
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Miss Eliza Brown, music; Mrs. A. W. Brodt, drawing.
The University of California.
The University of California is located at Berkeley, the most northerly suburb of Oakland, situated about four and one-half miles from the city, and is reached by a horse rail- way from Oakland, and by ferry and steam railroad from San Francisco. That the site was well chosen may be seen by the following from the (manuscript) report of Professor Soulé :
" The diversified character of the surface brings into use all the principles of surveying and topography. It is in area 200 acres, is watered by numerous springs in the hills.
GILBERT & BROWN
Parties Purchasing furnished with Money for Building - Payable in Installments at Low Rates of Interest. No. 2 Park Row, Park St., Alameda.
JONAS J. MORRISON, Lumber Dealer, sells with the Market, and Superintends his sales Personally.
GEO. W. CLARK, 645 Market St., S. F., Manufacturer Fine Window Shades
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TILLMANN & BENDEL-Importers of FANCY GROCERIES, San Francisco and Oakland.
With the spring water and surface water saved, the grounds can be thoroughly irrigated throughout the year, and made to blossom as the rose. The lower portion of the grounds is flat and moist throughout the year, and will nourish such trees, flowers and shrubs as require such soil. Then there is a higher plateau, upon which the various buildings have been or are to be located, forming the campus proper. Beyond, toward the Mt. Diablo range, the ground rises into hills, the highest of which is 884 feet above tide water, and 584 feet above the base of the south college. The average height of the tract is 400 feet above tide water. The hilly portion could be well utilized for forestry. The University is supplied with water from a reservoir of 38,000 gallons capacity, situated at the foot of Strawberry Canyon, and at an elevation of 205 feet above the basement of the south college. It will carry water entirely over any building con- templated. Strawberry Creek is for a large portion of the year a beautifully clear stream; during the winter it dis- charges an enormous quantity of water, and runs between steep banks ten to fifteen feet in depth, and with a span of from 30 to 100 feet. Along it are found many shady, quiet nooks, gracious to the scholar, philosopher and naturalist. The soil of the lower portion of the site is a deep, rich adobe, capable of being wrought into a soil of great pro- ductiveness; on the plateau it is a lighter kind; on the hills there is a thin soil of decomposed shale rock, etc. It would be difficult to find within so small an area as the University site a spot with so many varieties and capabilities in the way of soils, irrigation and exposure. The view, too, is magnificent. Facing the Golden Gate, the eye takes in the whole peninsula at a sweep, with its great mart of com- merce, its shipping, and the bold yet lovely islands that deck the bay, while to the eastward the towering hills afford a fine back-ground of relief to the eye, as it turns from the extended plain below."
The Constitution of the State requires the legislature to provide for the maintenance of a University, and in March, 1868, a law was passed creating an organizing the University of California. The State appropriated $200,000 from the sale of tide lands, as part of the Endowment Fund. A " Seminary and Public Building Fund," amounting to $100,- 000, existed, which was made another part of the endow- ment, while the old College of California, which had been in existence since 1855, and had accumulated a large prop- erty, transferred it entire to the University; this latter property was valued at $120,000. Congress had already
S. F. LAUNDRY.
WASHING DONE AT SHORT NOTICE. Office, 33 Geary St., S. F., and 862 Broadway, Oakland.
Gordon's Wagons Deliver ICE and SODA in all parts of Oakland.
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made a donation of 150,000 acres of land for the establish- ment of an Agricultural College in California. Nothing could be more pertinent or proper than making the Agri- cultural College a part and portion of the University, and it was done. This combination of circumstances gives the University a very handsome Endowment Fund, which will be largely increased from the advance in real estate held by it under the grants. Two large and commodious buildings were occupied, though not fully completed, at the com- mencement of the college year, in September, 1873.
The south hall is of brick, one hundred and fifty-two feet in length, average width fifty-six feet, and four stories in height. It contains thirty-four rooms, six of which are thirty-two by forty-eight in size.
The north hall is built of wood, is one hundred and sixty- six feet in length, average width sixty feet, and four stories in height. It is divided into twenty-eight rooms. The assembly room is forty-three by fifty-eight feet, and the philosophical lecture room thirty-six by fifty-eight feet. The cost was $357,000.
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