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No trustee, officer or authority shall have power to contract any debt against the town except for the legal or proper expenses thereof, which shall accrue after the commencement of the year for which the tax shall have been levied ; and all property is declared forever free from taxation for any debt contracted in violation of these provisions.
The powers of the Board of Trustees under the Act, are as follows :
First-To make by-laws and ordinances, not repugnant to the Con- stitution and laws of this State or the United States.
Second-To construct and to keep in repair, pumps, aqueducts, res- ervoirs or other works necessary for duly supplying the town with water, under the limitations hereinafter presented by this Act.
Third-To lay out, alter, open and keep open and repair the streets, sidewalks and alleys of the town, and determine the width and grade of all streets and sidewalks in the town ; provided, that they shall not open or extend Fremont or Jefferson streets through the property of T. W. Badger. The said property is known upon the official map or plot of Brooklyn as fractional blocks numbers one and eleven.
Fourth-To provide such means as they may deem necessary to pro- tect the town from injuries by fire.
Fifth-To levy and collect annually, not to exceed one per cent. on the assessment valuation of all property, both real and personal, within the limits of the town.
Sixth-To impose and collect a road poll tax of not exceeding two dollars per annum on every male inhabitant of the age of twenty-one
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years and upwards, and no other road poll tax shall be collected within the limits of the Town of Brooklyn.
Seventh-To impose and collect a tax of not to exceed two dollars per annum on every dog owned within the limits of the town.
Eighth-To provide for the draining, the establishing of grades, im- provements, repairs and lighting of the streets, and the construction of sidewalks, drains and sewers, and the keeping of the same in repair; to prevent the erection of slaughter houses, or the business of slaughtering animals within the limits of the town ; to provide for the prevention and summary removal of all nuisances ; to provide for the prevention and summary removal of all occupations detrimental to the public health, comfort and safety, and to provide for the prevention and regulation of con_ tagious diseases ; to suppress or regulate the erection of soap, glue or tan works ; to suppress and prohibit gambling houses and all houses of ill fame and prostitution, and all occupations, houses, places, amusements and exhibitions, which are against good morals and contrary to public order and decency.
Ninth-To regulate the erection of steam boilers and engines, and to prohibit the erection thereof in places deemed dangerous to the inhabit- ants of the town.
Tenth -- To prevent the leaving of any animals upon any street, alley or lane within the limits of the town, without securely fastening the same ; also, to prevent the hitching or fastening of any animal to, or to prevent the posting of any notice or placard upon, or otherwise destroying or injuring any lamp-post or hydrant, or any tree upon any highways of the town, or any case or box around such tree.
Eleventh-To prevent the appearance of any person upon any high- way or public place in a state of drunkenness or intoxication, or in any private house or grounds, to the annoyance of any person therein, and to prevent any person or persons from behaving in an indecent or lewd manner, or making any indecent exposure of his person, or performing any indecent, immoral or lewd play or representation, or the bathing in any public manner within the limits of the town ; to prevent any noise, disorder or tumult to the disturbance of the public peace.
Twelfth-To prevent the discharge of fire-arms, pistols or cannon with- in prescribed limits ; to prevent the immoderate riding or driving of any horse or other animal upon the highways within the town ; to prevent any sport or exercise upon the highways or public grounds having a ten- dency to frighten horses ; to empower any police officer or Justice of the Peace to disperse any disorderly crowd upon the highways or sidewalks.
Thirteenth-To provide for inclosing, improving and regulating all public grounds at the expense of the town.
Fourteenth-To license, tax and regulate all such business and em- ployments as the public good may require, and as may not be prevented by law ; provided, that all licenses issued within the Town of Brooklyn, and heretofore made payable into the county treasury, shall be paid into the town treasury for the use of said town ; and it shall be unlawful for any county officer to collect any such licenses within the said town.
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Fifteenth-To permit the laying of railroad tracks and the running of street cars, drawn by horses, thereon, and to regulate the same.
Sixteenth-To erect, purchase or lease proper buildings for school purposes, or for a fire department.
Seventeenth-To provide for the good order of the town, and to ap- point special policemen when deemed necessary to preserve the public peace.
Eighteenth-To purchase, hold and maintain a fire engine and such implements for the prevention and extinguishment of fires as may be necessary.
Nineteenth-To prevent horses, cattle, goats and swine from running at large, being picketed or herded upon the streets, alleys, lanes or public grounds within the limits of the town.
Twentieth-To establish a pound and a Poundkeeper, and prescribe his duties, and to provide for a public sale by the Poundkeeper of such animals as shall be impounded, in the same way and upon like notice that personal property is sold by execution under the laws of the State.
Twenty-first-To provide for the lighting of such streets and buildings belonging to or in use by the town, as may be necessary ; provided, that .
no contract for lighting any street shall be let for a longer period than five years.
Twenty-second-To offer and pay rewards for the arrest and conviction of persons charged with crime.
Twenty-third-To prescribe and fix such penalties for the violation of any of the provisions of this Act as are not otherwise provided for.
Twenty-fourth-To erect, purchase or lease a building necessary for the public meetings of the Board of Trustees ; also, a suitable building for an engine house, and a structure suitable for a town prison ; provided, that the amount expended for the construction of buildings shall not ex- ceed four thousand dollars ($4,000) in any one year ; and provided fur- ther, that the amount expended for leasing shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) in any one year.
Twenty-fifth-The Board of Trustees shall have power to order, in the general municipal election, on like notice and in the same manner as the other officers are elected, one or more Justices of the Peace and one or more Constables, to hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Twenty-sixth-To pass all ordinances and by-laws necessary and proper for fully carrying into effect the powers herein granted.
BROOKLYN TOWN OFFICERS-JULY 1, 1872.
Board of Trustees .- H. A. Mayhew (President), A. W. Swett, Isham Case, C. C. Knowles, George W. French - terms expire May, 1873. Clerk, A. B. Webster.
School Trustees .- T. F. Steere (President), Frederick Buel, V. S. Northey-terms expire May, 1873. Clerk, V. S. Northey.
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Clerk and Treasurer .- A. B. Webster-term expires, May, 1873 ; no compensation.
Assessor .- W. H. Hamilton-term expires May, 1873 ; salary, contin- gent.
Attorney .- E. J. Pringle ; salary, $600 per annum.
Town Engineer .- T. J. Arnold ; salary, $600 per annum.
Town Justice .- A. Howard ; salary, fees.
Marshal .- Orrison Whipple ; salary, $600 per annum.
Pound Master .- John F. Perham ; salary, fees.
COMMITTEES - BOARD OF TRUSTEES .- Ordinance and Judiciary : Case, Knowles and Swett. Auditing and Finance-Swett, French and Case. Streets and Buildings-Knowles, Swett and French. Fire and Water-French, Case and Knowles. Education-Knowles, Swett and Case. Streets and Lights - Case, French and Knowles. Removals and Obstructions - Swett, Case and French.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The first school in Clinton was taught in 1852, by a Mrs. Smith, to a class of twelve pupils, in a small wooden building erected for the pur- pose, on Adams street between Taylor and Pierce. The destruction by fire of the school records of the town previous to July, 1862, prevents a history of the early organization of the department further than the facts herein stated, which have been obtained from reliable authority.
At a special election held June 29, 1863, the inhabitants voted in favor of levying a tax of $5,000 for building, furnishing and enclosing a new school house. The number of votes cast were 77, of which 55 were in favor of, and 22 against the tax. Soon after, the erection of the build- ing was commenced on the block bounded by Polk, Walker, Lacey and Humbert streets, which was completed and occupied in January, 1864.
The management and control of the Public Schools are now vested in a Board of three Trustees, elected annually in May, who are clothed with the necessary authority to secure an efficient administration of affairs of this department of the local government.
The department, July 1, 1872, comprises three schools, one Grammar and two Primary. The Grammar School is held in the school building erected in 1864, and is organized in four classes, averaging over fifty to a class. Teachers : Principal, J. H. Sumner ; Assistants, Mrs. E. R. Tucker, Miss Carrie Ellis and Miss Nina Patten. One of the Primary Schools is taught in the old building on Adams street ; number of pupils about 100 ; and the other, which was opened in July, of the present year, is held in a rented room on Washington street near Larue; number of pupils about 40. Teachers : Principal, Mrs. Horace Richardson ; As- sistants, Miss H. E. Bonner and Miss Mary Farley.
SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1872 .- Number of children under six years, white, 277 ; colored, 3; total 280. Between five and fifteen : White, boys, 300; girls, 288 ; total, 588. Colored, boys, 6; girls, 8; total 14. Indian, I. Total, 603. Mongolian, fifteen and under, 40. Total, fifteen and under,
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923. Number of children attending school : public, 452 ; private, 61. Total, 513, or about eighty seven per cent of those between five and fifteen.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
MILLS' SEMINARY .- This flourishing institution, located in Brooklyn Township near Fruit Vale, is referred to in the article on Private Edu- cational Institutions, on page 46.
An excellent private seminary has been recently established in Wash- ington Hall by Mrs. T. M. Harrison, and already numbers about 25 pupils.
FINANCES, YEAR ENDING APRIL 30, 1872.
RECEIPTS .- Balance from last year's account. $ 648.54
Cash from licenses 1,837.50
town taxes
9,504.49
66
poll taxes. 457.30
66
opening streets. 300.00
miscellaneous sources 47.02
Total Receipts $12,794.85
Expenditures, amount audited bills 11,978.15
Balance on hand. $816.70 The assessed value of real and personal property, for 1872-3, is $2,800,000.
Under the provisions of the town Charter, no debt can be accumu- lated against the town.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Organized May, 1869. The apparatus, at present, consists of a New York side stroke engine, purchased of the San Francisco Fire Depart- ment, and a hose-cart with six hundred feet of hose. The engine house, located on the corner of Washington and Commerce streets, was erected at a cost of $640. The lot upon which it stands was donated to the de- partment by James B. Larue and J. F. Brown. The company numbers about fifty-one members.
Officers-J. F. Steen, Foreman ; James Moffitt, First Assistant; W. D. Thomas, Second Assistant; George Chase, Secretary ; Henry Tum Suden, Treasurer.
POPULATION, JULY 1, 1872.
The population of the town of Brooklyn was returned by the Federal Census of 1870, at 1603; or native, 1002 ; foreign, 601; divided as follows: White, 1,500 ; colored, 3; Chinese, 100. The School Census, July, 1872, returns the number of children of fifteen and under at 923, and the names of adult males in the Brooklyn Directory completed about the same date aggregate 680. Taking these two last returns as a basis, and calculating
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thereon, according to the plan adopted to estimate the population of Oakland, (see page 26) and it will give about 2,750, which is believed to be a fair approximation of the present population of the town of Brooklyn.
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER PRESS.
The first newspaper issued in Brooklyn, was the BROOKLYN INDE- PENDENT, a weekly journal published by S. H. Wade & Co. It was started in June, 1870, and discontinued in November of the same year, lasting but six months. It was a very handsome sheet, and numbered among its editors, Bowman, Macdonald, and Halley'
THE HOME JOURNAL, which was commenced as a weekly paper on the 9th of July, 1871, by Mr. W. Halley, has been since twice enlarged, has the largest circulation of any weekly paper in the county, and is an ex- cellent advertising medium, circulating as it does in all parts of the county, and the cities of Oakland and San Francisco. Much enter- prise is displayed in its management, and it is rapidly progressing to a foremost position in the newspaper press of California.
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES.
CALIFORNIA JUTE MANUFACTURING COMPANY .- East side Lake street between Jackson and Franklin. Manufactures grain sacks, wool sacks, potato sacks, burlaps and twines from jute, of which over 15,000 bales are imported yearly from Calcutta. The capacity of the Com- pany's mill is about to be increased to 150 looms, capable of turning out five million sacks per year. To manufacture this quantity, employment will be given to at least 500 men. This result has been reached within two years, the growth of the institution being unprecedented in the manufacturing enterprises on this coast. Beyond the importation of the raw material, everything is done on the premises-spinning, weaving, sewing, hydraulic pressing, etc., and nothing in the way of machinery is wanting to reach a perfect result in the operations of the company.
The corporation has heretofore been known as the Oakland Cotton Mills, which was organized August 25, 1865, by W. H. Rector and his three sons. Originally cotton goods were manufactured, but the ma- chinery for that work has been sold to make room for the jute working.
THE BROOKLYN MANUFACTURING COMPANY. - V. S. Northey and James McGrath commenced operations July 23d, 1866. They are en- gaged quite extensively in the manufacture of carriages, buggies, wagons and all kinds of agricultural implements, the quality of which will com- pare favorably with those of any similar establishment on the coast. The firm also do all kinds of repairing, blacksmithing, and carriage painting. There are from twelve to sixteen men constantly employed. The factory is located on the south-east corner of Washington and Larue streets.
In this connection may be mentioned the establishments of T. D. Wey- mouth, on Walker street ; Henry Weeks, rear of Washington Hall ; J.W. Johnson, corner of Washington and Polk streets ; and Remillard & Co,. corner Adams & Larue streets ; where carriage-making, repairing, and general blacksmithing is done in a workmanlike manner.
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THE OAK GROVE TANNERY, carried on by A. C. Nichols and John S. Derby, is at present the largest in Alameda county. The business consists in the manufacture of harness, skirting and sole leather, the principal market for which is San Francisco. The firm also fill orders from Japan by every steamer ; the shipment in July, of the present year, amounting to five thousand pounds. Nine men find constant employment. The quantity of leather manufactured is about two hundred and forty sides a week. The tannery is located on the corner of Washington and Friedman streets.
A new tannery, capable of manufacturing two thousand sides of leather a month, is about being erected on Washington street, between Alameda and Peralta, by Crist & Rued. The buildings will occupy 100 by 300 feet, and will probably be completed before the first of January next.
THE CLINTON FLOURING MILLS, located on the corner of Jackson and Polk streets, were erected in 1854. Weston & Welch are the pres- ent proprietors. The mills contain six run of thirty inch stones, and have a capacity of two hundred and twenty-five barrels per twenty-four hours. The engine by which the machinery is propelled is fifty horse power. The firm manufacture flour, hominy, oat and corn meal, etc.
THE BROOKLYN BRICK KILNS, owned by Remillard Bros., are lo- cated on Webster street between Strode and Jones. The firm employs about fifteen men, and manufacture a large quantity of brick of an excel- lent quality.
THE SAN ANTONIO PIONEER POTTERY, Daniel Brannan proprietor, is located on the corner of Washington street and Broadway. Here is manufactured an extensive assortment of pottery, of an excellent quality. Nearly all the nurseries in this and adjoining counties are supplied by this establishment.
CHURCHES. First Baptist.
Location, northeast corner of Adams and Taylor streets. Rev. Wil- liam Parry, Pastor ; residence, north-east corner of Monroe and Pierce streets.
This church was organized February 9th, 1860, with twelve members. The Rev. J. B. Saxton was unanimously chosen pastor at the time of organization, and officiated until May, 1863, when he resigned. He was succeeded by the Rev. John Francis, in June, 1863 ; who held the pastor- ate until December, 1869. From that time until September, 1871, when the present pastor entered upon his ministry, the church was supplied by Rev. E. Andrews, Rev. C. B. Egan, and Rev. T. C. Jamison. Number of communicants, June, 1872, forty-four.
The lot on which the church stands was donated by Mr. A. K. Warner, The erection of the edifice was commenced April 16th, 1860; it was completed and dedicated the following September.
The Sunday-School connected with the church was organized in 1860. It has an average attendance of fifty teachers and scholars, and a library
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of three hundred volumes. Meets immediately after morning service. Superintendent, N. J. Thompson. There is also a Chinese Sunday- School connected with the church, which meets at three o'clock, P.M. Number of scholars, twenty-four ; Superintendent, William Powers.
Church Officers .- N. J. Thompson and Dr. William Bamford, Deacons; N. J. Thompson, Dr. William Bamford, Branson Bangle, E. Grover. (Treasurer) and William Friend, (Clerk) Trustees.
Church of the Advent, (Episcopal.)
Location, southwest corner of Broadway and Adams streets. Rev. Sidney Wilbur, Rector ; residence, south side of Washington street, be- tween Polk and Walker.
This church was organized May 25th, 1860. The Rev. Benjamin Ak- erly, of St. John's Church, Oakland, was the first rector, and officiated until February 25th, 1866, when he was succeeded by the Rev. Daniel Wills. In 1869, Mr. Wills resigned, and was succeeded by the Rev. Daniel Kendig, who continued in charge until 1870, when the present rector entered on the discharge of his duties. Number of communi- cants, June, 1872, forty-two.
In the spring of 1860, James B. Larue, Esq., donated to the parish two lots on the corner of Broadway and Adams streets ; and the same year the church edifice was erected, at a cost of $2,400. Since that date, the sum of $600 has been expended in improving the building and lots.
The Sunday-School connected with the church was organized in 1860. It has an attendance of fifty-two teachers and scholars, and a library of two hundred volumes. Meets at half-past nine, o'clock, A.M. Superin- tendent, Rev. Sidney Wilbur.
Church Officers .- E. G. Mathews, Senior Warden ; Dr. S. F. Benjamin, Junior Warden ; A. F. Rodgers, Dr. M. W. Fish, Joshua Tevis, L. B. Larue. and L. J. Rector, Vestrymen ; L. J. Rector, Parish Clerk.
First Presbyterian.
Location, northeast corner of Adams and Arroyo streets. Rev. E. H. Camp, Pastor; residence, south-west corner of Harrison and Larue streets.
This church was organized February 17th, 1861, with ten members. The Rev. George Pierson was the first pastor, and officiated until 1870. From that time the Rev. Oliver Hemstreet acted as stated supply, until May, 1872, when the present pastor, in response to a unanimous call from the congregation, entered upon the discharge of his duties. Num- ber of communicants, June, 1872, fifty-one.
The church edifice was erected in the summer of 1861, at a cost of $4,700. The lot upon which it stands is 75 by 150 feet, and was donated to the society by James B. Larue, Esq. In 1867, the building was im- proved, at an additional expense of $1,800, and a bell for the edifice pur- chased for the sum of $1,000.
The Sunday-School connected with the church was organized in the spring of 1861, with eight teachers and forty scholars. At present, there are one hundred and fifty teachers and scholars, and a library of seven
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hundred volumes. Meets at half-past twelve o'clock, P.M .; Superin- tendent, W. H. Hamilton.
Church Officers .- W. H. Hamilton, Elder ; A. B. Webster, W. T. Noyes, W. A. Bray, D. S. Carrick, and W. H. Hamilton, Trustees.
Roman Catholic.
Location, north-west corner of Madison and Larue streets. Rev. Wil- liam Gleeson, Pastor ; residence, adjoining the church.
The lot on which this church stands was purchased by the parish in 1868, for the sum of $700 ; and the edifice erected the same year, at a cost of $1,600. The church services were conducted by the clergy from the Roman Catholic Church at Oakland, until November, 1871, when the Rev. William Gleeson was appointed Pastor. The congregation numbers about four hundred. Mass on Sundays, at ten o'clock, A.M. ; and on week-days, at seven o'clock, A.M.
The Sunday-School connected with the church has an attendance of about one hundred scholars. Superintendent, Rev. William Gleeson.
ASSOCIATIONS, ETC. Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
ORION LODGE, NO. 189 .- Instituted June 14th, 1871. Number of members, fifty-three. Meets every Saturday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall.
Officers .- John J. Pensam, N.G .; O. Whipple, V.G. ; James McGrath, R.S .; Edward Bangle, P.S. ; Thomas F. Steere, Treasurer.
BROOKLYN REBEKAH DEGREE LODGE, NO. .... - Instituted July Ist, 1872. Number of members, twenty-seven. Meets second and fourth Monday evenings of every month, in Odd Fellows' Hall.
Officers .- J. C. Holland, N.G .; Mrs. T. F. Steere, V.G .; Mrs. V. S. Northey, R.S .; Mrs. J. Bacon, F.S .; Mrs. W. D. Thomas, Treasurer.
Independent Order of Good Templars.
BROOKLYN LODGE, NO. 384 .- Instituted April 23d, 1870. Number of members, eighty-one. Meets every Thursday evening, in Odd Fel- lows' Hall.
Officers .- J. C. Plunkett, P.W.C.T .; George D. Clark, W.C.T .; Mrs. Nellie Wilson, W.V.T .; W. H. Hamilton, W.S .; E. F. Moore, W.F.S .; James Wilson, W.T .; Thomas Shepherd, W.M .; Miss Lena Schimmel- pfennig, W.D.M .; Mrs. Hannah Schimmelpfennig, W.I.G .; Henry Nedderman, W.O.G.
Masonic Fraternity .
Arrangements are in progress for the establishment of a Masonic Lodge. A charter has been applied for, and the necessary measures adopted to secure the same.
TUBBS' HOTEL.
Situated on the main street of the town of Brooklyn, occupying an entire block 300 feet square, commanding a fine view of the surrounding country, the bay and Lake Merritt. The house has a frontage of 160 feet by
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130 feet in depth, with two wings 100 feet each. The house is fitted up with all the modern improvements, and handsomely furnished through- out. Gas and water through the whole building. The location is within four blocks of the Overland Railroad; and the cars of the Oakland, Brooklyn and Fruit Vale Horse Railroad pass the front of the house.
There is a fine stable attached to the house, occupying another block in the rear of the hotel.
BADGER'S PARK.
A very popular and pleasant resort. The grounds are admirably laid out, and liberally supplied with attractive and amusing exhibitions.
PUBLIC STREETS, AVENUES, AND SQUARES,
OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLYN.
Abel, from Mathews bet Sullivan and Charter SE to Town Line
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