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Bonded Debt 42
Receipts and Expenditures, 1877 42
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
42
Fire Alarm Telegraph and Stations. 44
Fire Patrol 44
CHURCHES . . 45 BUSINESS NOTICES 68
First Baptist. 45
Baptist, East Oakland. 45
Central Baptist 45
First Congregational. 46
Second Congregational. 46
Plymouth Avenue Congregational. 47
First Congregational of Berkeley. 47
1 St. John's, Episcopal. . 47
St. Paul's, Episcopal. 48
Church of the Advent, Episcopal. 49
CHANGES AND REMOVALS
87
Centennial Metliodist Episcopal.
50
REGISTER OF NAMES
89
PLACES OF AMUSEMENT
Water and Gas.
19
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OAKLAND DIRECTORY.
ALAMEDA. PAGE
PROGRESS OF THE TOWN. . 495
Population .. .496
TOWN OFFICERS. 496
FIRE DEPARTMENT 496
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. .497
CHURCHES. 497
First Baptist. 497
Christ Church-Episcopal. .497
Methodist Episcopal. .498
Free Methodist.
498
First Presbyterian. 498
St. Joseph's-Roman Catholic. 499
MASONIC FRATERNITY. 499
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS .499
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS. . .499
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
499
ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN
499
ALAMEDA FREE READING ROOM AND LIBRA-
RY ASSOCIATION 500
PAGE
HARMONIE SOCIETY ,500
ALAMEDA CHORAL SOCIETY .500
ALAMEDA DRAMATIC CLUB .. .500
ALAMEDA HALL ASSOCIATION .500
PARK OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION. 500
ALAMEDA REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES 501
ALAMEDA BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION .. 501 ALAMEDA GAS LIGHT CO. 501
WATER SUPPLY 501
SOUTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD .. 501
STREET RAILROADS. 502
POST-OFFICES
502
NEWSPAPERS. 502
STREETS AND AVENUES. 503
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND HALLS. 505
REGISTER OF NAMES. 507
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF OAKLAND, BERKE- LEY, AND ALAMEDA .553
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ADVERTISERS.
PAGE
Alameda Argus. .506
Alameda Encinal. xiii
Nagle G. D. & Co ..
.364
Alameda Sait Water Baths 505 Newton Loyal D. xii Armes & Dallam (S. F.). ii North Beach Cement Pipe Co. (S. F.). xvi Barnard W. E. & Co .. .XV Oakland Artificial Stone Works .. .364
Barnes H, W.
552 and xiv
Beach & Holmes
183
Bernard Charles (S. F.) xii
Black J. L. xiv Blow W. W. back of cover
Booker W. Lane (S. F.). .iii
Buswell A. (S. F.). xiv
Byxbee John F.
476
California Sugar Refinery (S. F.). .xi
Carnall & Eyre .. 583 Central Land Co. .149
Cordes Herman ...;.. line register of names 9-587 Pryal A. D. 390 Czapkay L. J. (S. F.). 589 Redstone John H. .395
Dexter Livery Stable .. .183
Dunmire S. S.
192
Samm & Co.
.410
Freeman O. K. & Co .. line register of names 9-587
Fritch J. Homer ... line register of names 11-583 Garratt W. T. (S. F.) .ix
German Savings and Loan Society (S. F.). viii
Gladding, McBean & Co 581
Golden Gate Hotel .. 571
Golden Star Hotel . xii Skinker John (S. F.). X
Gordon J. S. G ...... line register of names 9-587
Grand Central Hotel. 571
Grand Central Carriage Works. 192
Groves & Co.
366
Hershberg Leon & Co.
253
Surryhne E. & Co
. 445
Hibernia Savings and Loan Society (S. F.) .... vi
Hickey & Dowling .. 255
Hicks D. & Co. (S. F.). 590
Imperial Fire Insurance Co. (S. F.) .iii
Ingersoll William B .... line register of names
Kirk O. C. 287 Whitehead R. O. 579
Lancaster Thomas. front cover
Langley Henry G. (S. F.). 2 Wilson William .. .back cover
Lewis C. F ..
303
Madison & Burke (S. F.) xii
Martin P. (S. F.). xvi
PAGE
Oakland Evening Tribune. ..
.line register of
names 10-588
Oakland Gas Light Co
365 and 552
Oakland Iron Works. 367
Boehmer Fritz ..
569
Oakland Nursery ..
.366
Oakland Point Planing Mills .415
Olney & Co ...
.370
Pacific Business College (S. F.) .... register of names 372 and back cover
Pacific Cement Co. (S. F.).
xvi
Pacific Theological Seminary. .xiv
Schoonover Thomas .415
Scoville Ives ...
367
Sherwin & Mackenzie.
494
Shuster & Niehaus ...
476
Smedberg James R. (S. F.). viii
Smith John O'Neill. .430
Smith William (S. F.) .ix
Storm William.
571
Temescal Livery Stable.
Truworthy F. M. (S. F.).
. vii
Weed & Kingwell (S. F.).
Weeks Henry .. . . . X
.473
West Berkeley Lumber Yard. 476
10-588 West Berkeley Planing Mill. .476
Whitney & Co.'s Express.
inside back cover
Wonderlich & Bryan.
.. 505
Woodward & Taggart.
.line register of
names 10-588
303
Reynolds James M. 494
San Francisco Savings Union (S. F.). V
Savings and Loan Society (S. F.) .iv
Masonic Savings and Loan Society (S. F.) ..
... vi
Oakland Daily Times. 4
CLASSIFIED LIST OF ADVERTISERS.
ACADEMIES.
PAGE
Pacific Theological Seminary (Oakland). xiv
AGRICULTURAL IMPLE- MENTS.
Scoville Ives (Oakland) ..... 367
ARCHITECTS.
Sherwin & Mackenzie (Ala- meda) .. 494
ARTIFICIAL STONE.
Oakland Artificial Stone Works, G. D. Nagle & Co. (Oakland). .364
[ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Redstone J. H. (Oakland) .. 395 Whitehead R. O. (Oakland).579
AUCTIONEERS. Barnard W. E. & Co. (Oak- land) .... . . XV
Olney & Co. (Oakland) ..... 370
Woodward & Taggart (Oak-
land).
... . line register of
names.
10-588
BANKS-SAVINGS.
German Savings and Loan Society (S. F.). .. . viii Hibernia Savings and Loan Society (S. F.) ... vi
Masonic Savings and Loan (S. F.). vi San Francisco Savings Union (S. F.) ..
Savings and Loan Society (S. F). .iv
BATHS.
Wonderlich & Bryan (Ala- meda). .505
BELLS AND GONGS.
Garratt W. T. (S. F.). .. ix
Weed & Kingwell (S. F.). . ... x
BITTERS.
Hershberg Leon & Co. (Oak- land .. .253
BLACKSMITHS.
Dunmire S. S. (Oakland). .. 192 Scoville Ives (Oakland) .... 367 Smith J. O'Neill (Oakland).430 Weeks Henry (Oakland). ... 473
BOOK BINDERS.
Hicks D. & Co. (S. F.). ... 590 Buswell A. (S. F.) .. .. xiv
BRASS FOUNDRIES.
Garratt W. T. (S. F.) .. ... ix Weed & Kingwell (S. F.) .... x
BRICK DEALERS. PAGE Byxbee John F. (West Berk- eley). .476
BROKERS-INSURANCE. Barnard W. E. & Co. (Oak- land) .. XV
BROKERS-LOAN.
Blow W. W. (Oakland)
back of cover
CARPET BEATERS. Hickey & Dowling (Oak- land) 255
CARRIAGE MAKERS.
Dunmire S. S., Grand Cen- tral Carriage Works (Oak- land). .192 Smith J. O'Neill (Oakland) .. 430 Weeks Henry (Oakland) .... 473
CEMENT.
Byxbee John F. (West Berk-
eley) .. .476 Pacific Cement Co. (S. F.). . xvi CEMENT PIPE.
North Beach Cement Pipe Co. (S. F.) .. ...
... .xvi
CHIMNEY TOPS.
Gladding, McBean & Co.
CLOCKS.
Wilson William (Oakland) ..
back cover
COFFEE AND SPICES. Bernard Charles (S. F.) . .. xii
COLLEGES. Pacific Business College (S. F.) ..... register of names 372 and back cover Pacific Theological Seminary (Oakland). xiv
COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Barnard W. E. & Co. (Oak- land). .XV
CONTRACTORS.
Nagle G. D. & Co. (Oakland).364 Smedberg James R. (coal, gas and wood gas works) (S. F.) viii
CROCKERY AND GLASS- WARE.
Boehmer F. (Alameda).
.. 569
DIAMOND SETTERS. Wilson William (Oakland) back cover
DOORS, SASH, ETC.
PAGE
Barnes H. W. (Oakland) ...
xiv and 552
Byxbee John F. (West Berk-
eley).
-476
Shuster & Niehaus
(West
Berkeley)
.476
DRAIN PIPE. Gladding, McBean & Co. (Oakland and S. F.) ...... 581 North Beach Cement Pipe Co. (S. F.). . xvi
ENGINE BUILDERS.
Oakland Iron Works, Ives Scoville (Oakland). ...... 367
EXPRESSES. Whitney & Co.'s (Oakland and S, F.)inside ... back cover
FEED MILLS.
Samm & Co. (Oakland) .... 410
Shuster & Niehaus (West
Berkely)
...
.476
FIRE ARMS.
Skinker John (S. F.). .x
FLORISTS. Groves R. & Co. (Oakland .. 366 Pryal A. D. (Temescal). .... 390
FLOUR DEALERS.
(Oakland and S. F.) ...... 581 Lewis C. F. (Temescal
..... 303
Samm & Co. (Oakland). .... 410
FUSE.
Skinker John (S. F.) ..
GAS ENGINEER. Smedberg James R. (S. F.). viii
GAS COMPANY.
Oakland Gas Light Co. (Oak-
land).
...
.... 365 and 552
GAS FIXTURES.
Kirk O. C. (Oakland) ..
. .. . 287
GROCERIES.
Boehmer F, (Alameda).
. . .
569
HARDWARE.
Boehmer F. (Alameda) ..... 569
HAY AND GRAIN.
Lewis C. F. (Temescal) ..... 303 Surryhne E. & Co. (Oak- land). .. 445
HOTELS.
Golden Gate Hotel (North Oakland) .571 Golden Star Hotel (Oakland).xii Grand Central Hotel (Oak- land). .571
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OAKLAND DIRECTORY.
ICE CREAM MANUFACT- URER.
PAGE
Gordon J. S. G. (Oakland) .. line register of names 9-587
ICE DEALER.
Gordon J. S. G. (Oakland). line register of names 9-587
ICE MANUFACTURING MACHINES.
Gordon J. S. G. (Oakland) line register of names 9-587
INSURANCE AGENTS. Blow W. W. (Oakiand). back of cover
Cordes Herman (Oakland) ..
line register of names 9-587
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. (S. F.). . front cover Imperial Fire Ins. Co. (S.F.).iii
IRON FOUNDRIES.
Scoville Ives (Oakland) ..... 367
JEWELERS.
Wilson W. (Oakland) back cover
LAND COMPANIES.
Central Land Co.(Oakland). 149
LAUNDRY MACHINERY. Oakland Iron Works, Ives Scoville (Oakland). . . .. . . 367
LITHOGRAPHERS.
Truworthy F. M. (S. F.) .... vii
LIVERY STABLES.
Beach & Holmes (Oakland). 183 Lewis C. F. (Temescal) ..... 303
LUMBER DEALERS.
Byxbee John F. (West Berk- eley) .476
Surryhne E. & Co. (Oak- land). 445
MACHINISTS.
Scoville Ives (Oakland) ..... 367
MERCHANT TAILORS. Lancaster Thomas (Oakland) front cover
METAL ROOFERS.
Kirk O. C. (Oakland). .. 287
MONUMENTS, ETC. Nagle G. D. & Co. (Oak- land). .364
NEWSPAPERS.
Alameda Argus (Alameda). 506 Alameda Encinal (Alameda) xiii Oakland Daily Times (Oak- land). .. 4
Oakland Evening Tribune RUBBER STAMPS. (Oakland).line register of names 10-588 Truworthy F. M. (S. F.) ... vii
NOTARY PUBLIC. PAGE
Whitehead R. O. (Oakland) .. 579
NURSERIES. Groves R. & Co. (Oakland) .. 366 Pryal A. D. (Temescal) ..... 390
OPTICIANS.
Wilson W. (Oakland) back cover PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, ETC. Barnes H. W. (Oakland) .... xiv and 552
PATENT SOLICITOR. Redstone J. H. (Oakland) ... 395
PHOTOGRAPHERS.
Ingersoll W. B. (Oakland) .. line register of names 10-588
PHYSICIANS.
Czapkay L. J. (S. F.).
.589
PLANING MILLS.
Schoonover Thomas (Oak- land Point) .415 Shuster & Niehaus (West Berkeley). 476
PLATED WARE.
Wilson William (Oakland). . back cover
PLUMBERS AND GASFIT- TERS. Kirk O. C. (Oakland). .. 287
PLUMBERS' MATERIALS.
Smith William (S. F.) ..
.ix
POWDER.
Skinker John (S. F.). x
PRINTERS.
Francis & Valentine (S. F.) .. back of volume
PUMPS.
Garratt W. T. (S. F.).
.ix
Kirk O. C. (Oakland).
.287
REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Barnard W. E. & Co. (Oak- land) .. XV Black John Lester (Oak- land .. .xiv Blow W. W. (Oakland) .. back of cover Carnall & Eyre (Berkeley) .. 583 Cordes Herman (Oakland) .. line register of names 9-587 Madison & Burke (S. F.) .... xii Olney & Co. (Oakland) ..... 370 Reynolds James M. (Ala- meda) .494
Woodward & Taggart (Oak-
land). . . line register of names, 10-588
SEARCHERS OF RECORDS.
PAGE
Lawrie & Whitney (Oak-
land)
.. 585
SEEDSMEN.
Groves R. & Co. (Oakland).366 Pryal A. D. (Temescal) ..... 390 SEWER PIPE. Gladding, McBean & Co. (Oakland and S. F.) .... .. 581 North Beach Cement Pipe Co. (S. F.). .xvi
SIDEWALKS.
Nagle G. D. & Co. (Oakland). 364
SILVER WARE.
Wilson William (Oakland). . back cover
SODA WATER. Gordon J. S. G., agent (Oak- land) ...... line register of names 9-587
STEAM ENGINES. Oakland Iron Works, Ives Scoville (Oakland) ....... 367 STENCIL CUTTER. Truworthy F. M. (S. F.) .... vii STOVES, ETC. Kirk O. C. (Oakland). .. 287
SUGAR REFINERIES. California Refinery (S. F.) ... xi WASHING MACHINES. Oakland Iron Works, Ives Scoville (Oakland). ...... 367
WATCHMAKERS AND JEW- ELERS.
Wilson W. (Oakland) back cover WATER CLOSETS. Smith William (S. F.) ... .. ix
WATER PIPE.
Gladding, McBean & Co. (Oakland and S. F.) .. .. .. 581 Kirk O. C. (artesian) (Oak-
land). .
.287
North Beach Cement Pipe
Co. (S.F.) ..
xvi
WINES AND LIQUORS.
Hirshberg, Leon & Co .
.. 253
WOOD AND COAL.
Freeman O. K. & Co. (Oak- land) ...... line register of names 9-587
Fritch J. Homer (Oakland) line register of names -583 Lewis C. F. (Temescal) ..... 303 Surryhne E. & Co. (Oakland) 445
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE.
Armes & Dallam (S. F.) ...... ii Boehmer F. (Alameda) ..... 569 WOOD WORKING MACHIN- ERY.
Oakland Iron Works, Ives Scoville (Oakland). ...... 367
J. S. G. GORDON, agent for Napa Soda Springs. 469 Ninth Street.
GENERAL REVIEW, 1878.
During the past year (1877) the advance of Oakland, in all of the material elements of progress and prosperity, has been unexampled. Her onward career has in no wise been checked or retarded by the busi- ness depression which prevails throughout the cities on the Atlantic seaboard and Mississippi Valley. A hamlet as late as 1852, it has grown to be the second city in population and wealth on the Pacific Coast. Previous to its incorporation as a city, in March, 1854, the village was regarded as one too remote from San Francisco to become a favorite place of suburban resort, and, owing to the impediments to navigation at the mouth of San Antonio Creek, was deemed all but inaccessible. The little steamer which plied between the metropolis and the foot of Broad- way frequently grounded on the bar, subjecting passengers to many hours' detention. But, despite this obstacle, travel increased until a more positive impetus was given by the formation of the city govern- ment. What a wonderful contrast is presented along the harbor front to-day to that of twenty-five years ago? Then a few straggling shanties, a single wharf, with a solitary steanier, and an occasional sailing craft moored in the stream. Now the steamboat Capital, the largest afloat on the inland waters of California, makes five diurnal trips with great regu- larity, and laden with passengers and freiglit. At the foot of Broadway, the main business thoroughfare of the city, the Central Pacific Railroad Company have erected a broad and substantial wharf, passenger and freight depots, while above and below, during the last two years, three additional wharves have been built to accommodate the rapidly-increas- ing trade. Here was the nucleus of the present city, consisting of a small French hostlery, livery stable, and two or three grocery stores, which were supported, the former by stranger visitors, and the latter by the inhabitants of the infant settlement. To-day the corporate limits of Oakland extend from the creek front up Broadway and out Telegraph and San Pablo Avenues, and New Broadway, a distance of a mile and a half in a northeasterly direction. But as far as Temescal, a distance of another mile and a half, Telegraph Avenue is mostly built up with first- class residences.
From Temescal to the University Buildings at Berkeley, three miles, there was scarcely a habitation within sight as late as 1870. The main traveled road turned off at Temescal Creek, and ran into the cañon just below the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Asylum. Now a railway connects Temescal with Berkeley, the cars being propelled by a "dummy " engine, which makes the trip in twelve minutes. San Pablo Avenue is well lined with buildings as far as the Baxter House, a distance of two miles and a half from the City Hall. During the year 1877 the extension of the city beyond East Oakland towards the hills, and in the vicinity of Fruit Vale, was particularly noticeable. Cosy cottages skirt the San Pa- blo Range, while here and there stately mansions are to be seen either just completed or in process of erection.
Herman Cordes, real-estate and insurance agent, 903 Washington St.
2
O. K. FREEMAN & CO., wholesale and retail dealers in wood and coal.
WOODWARD & TAGGART, 460 and 462 Eighth Street.
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OAKLAND DIRECTORY.
Churches and school houses and stores and manufactures have kept pace with the onward march of the town ; and the two great arteries di- verging at the City Hall have had to be re-macadamized during the year. Another feature showing the advance of population northward is the re- moval of the Post-office during the year from Ninth Street to Potter Block, at the intersection of Telegraph with San Pablo Avenue, and directly opposite the City Hall. The location is central, and the new office far more convenient for the general public than the abandoned quarters.
The number of first-class lodging houses has materially increased dur- ing the year. The upper stories of all the new brick blocks erected have been fitted up handsomely with suites of apartments for families, and rooms for single gentlemen, and these are nearly all occupied.
Transient travel has kept hotels well filled during the year, although at the Grand Central and Tubbs' Hotel most of the patronage has been derived from permanent guests.
Travel on the local trains, in 1877, was enormous. The number of passengers conveyed over the local railway, to and fro, between Oakland Wharf and this city and Alameda, amounted to two millions. These were all paying passengers who crossed on the ferry boats, and do not include the thousands who rode over the road unprovided with tickets, no fare being exacted from those not going to or returning from San Francisco.
The very early and late trains now running over the local railway have proven a very great accommodation to the public. The former is a con- venience to the workingmen who must be at labor in San Francisco by seven A. M. The midnight train brings home to Oakland citizens who have been detained by business, or attending parties or places of public amusement in San Francisco.
The transferring of the Alameda travel from the wharf at the extremity of the Encinal to the local road on this side of the creek has, of course, greatly augmented the passenger business of the road. Trains now run between Oakland and Park Street Station, in Alameda, as frequently as to Brooklyn.
The running of so many trains daily along the Encinal has tended to familiarize the public with the beauties of this garden spot, and accord- ingly hundreds of neat cottages are springing up all along the peninsula, while real estate for permanent investment is in great demand.
In cursorily reviewing the history of the year, the fact of Oakland having received so many accessions from abroad in the way of sterling and desirable residents is a matter of great congratulation. Families are locating here from every portion of the Union, and building for themselves handsome dwellings with the intention of making this their permanent place of abode. Within the last twelve months scientists, lawyers, physicians, and merchants, who exerted marked influence in the homes of their nativity, have settled in Oakland, thus enhancing her already enviable reputation as a city composed of a cultured and refined population.
Social and literary societies, embracing young ladies and gentlemen of intelligence and æsthetic tastes, have been organized in all sections of the city during the year, and their occasional "re-unions," to which the public have been permitted to attend, are exceedingly enjoyable.
The number of lectures and addresses on scientific, religious, and social topics delivered during the year has been greater than in any former season. The same remark will apply to the dramatic and musical entertainments given for the special delectation of Oaklanders. Dietz Opera House, having been materially enlarged and beautified, furnishes
The OAKLAND TRIBUNE is the city official paper.
INGERSOLL'S PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, No. 1069 Broadway, cor. Twelfth.
Plain and fancy ice cream made to order at GORDON'S, 469 Ninth St.
GENERAL REVIEW.
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a cozy and comfortable place of amusement for citizens, and when meritorious entertainments are here given, the house is well filled and frequently crowded.
The Free Reading Room, on the corner of Washington and Eleventh Streets, was established in the Summer of 1877, through the thoughtful and disinterested exertions of a few influential citizens. It is proving to be a grand success, and gladdening the hearts of the benevolent founders. Liberal contributions of books, magazines, and newspapers, are constant- ly made by friends of the cause. The room is crowded daily and nightly by both young and old, many of whom have no homes of their own, and find this hall a very attractive place of resort. The institution is already exerting a very salutary influence in this community.
Among the many amusements indulged in during the year, may be mentioned those of yachting, target-shooting, and sports of the turf. A number of the fleetest craft in the State are moored in San Antonio Creek, and the Pearl, Minnie, Startled Fawn, and Frolic, owned by gen- tlemen residing in Oakland and neighborhood, have shown their rudders to more than one rival boat in tests of speed on the bay.
The Pardee Shooting Gallery, at Tubbs' Hotel, affords amateur marks- men a conspicuous place to exhibit their skill with the rifle at short range. But the favorite shooting grounds are at Melrose, where the Oakland Club very frequently meets for target practice.
A turf association, comprising representatives from San Francisco, Ala- meda, and Contra Costa counties, was organized a few months since in Oakland, and promises to infuse new vigor into equine sports during the present season.
The Oakland Light Cavalry, organized in 1877, made their first appear- ance in public parade on Washington's birthday. Their uniform is brilliant, and the wearers, all young and stalwart citizens, presented quite a martial appearance. They were escorted by the Oakland Guard, an infantry company, of which this city is justly proud. Her citizen soldiery can be relied upon in trying times.
The prospects for a prosperous season in Oakland the present year were never so flattering. Despite the extraordinarily wet Winter, and consequent dullness in trade, prices of real estate have not for a moment flagged. Sales at auction, held in stormy weather, have drawn well, and fully met the expectations of the public. Confidence in the future pros- perity of the city is unbounded. The rapid influx of capital seeking investment here shows that people from abroad entertain the same confi- dence as that felt by the residents of the city themselves.
ASSESSMENTS OF PROPERTY .- Nothing exhibits in so practical and sat- isfactory a manner the wonderful advance of city property as the assess- ment rolls. Subjoined are the figures from 1863-4 to date :
YEAR.
AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENT.
1863-64. $
794,121
1864-65
970,125
1865-66
1,107,949
1866-67
1,434,800
1867-68
1,832,428
1868-69
3,363,478
1869-70
4,256,702
1870-71.
4,563,737
1871-72
5,215,704
1872-73 6,647,039
1873-74.
18,539,303
1874-75
19,867,162
J. H. Fritch, agent for celebrated Eastport Coos Bay Coal, 413 11th St.
O. K. FREEMAN & CO., agents for Newport Coos Bay Coal, NW cor. Eighth and Franklin sts. &
4
WOODWARD & TAGGART, desirable residence property for sale.
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1875-76 22,200,706
1876-77 24,000,718
1877-78. 25,849,328
There is no doubt that the amount for the fiscal year 1878-9 will exceed that of the last season by at least $2,000,000.
BUSINESS ON LONG WHARF .- Owing to the unprecedented drought there were fewer vessels laden with cereals on Long Wharf in 1877 than during the previous season. In fact, no wheat in large quantities arrived from any section of the San Joaquin Valley. But the transactions in coal, lumber, and transhipment of eastern and western bound freight from steamer to cars, and cars to steamer, were fully up to the standard of past years.
The subjoined is a list of vessels from foreign ports which arrived at Long Wharf during the year : Grasmere, Charmer, Charles Dennis, Both- well Castle, Alice Buck, Norman McLeod, Alice Buel, S. Vaughn, Har- vester, Elwell, Montgomery Castle, Bonanza, Three Brothers, Mary Blundell, Berkshire, Sarah Bell, Thrasher, Thomas Bell, C. H. Marshall, Duke of Athol, Golden Gate, Eskdale, Victoria Nyanza, Thurland Cas- tle, Spartan, America, Ellerbank, and Palmyra. The total amount of wheat which these vessels carried hence (mostly to Liverpool) : Tons, 31,- 242 ; centals, 624,840 ; pounds, 62,484,000.
A very large proportion of the live cattle which finds its way into the San Francisco market for home consumption, is shipped by rail from the State of Nevada to the end of Long Wharf, and thence transferred to the freight steamers Transit and Thoroughfare.
In 1877 five thousand four hundred and two car loads of stock arrived at Long Wharf, over one half of the same having been brought from the Humboldt region. Each car usually brings from thirty to thirty-five head of cattle.
By far the greatest receipts of coals received at this port are from Oregon and Puget Sound. Of Seattle coal alone, the receipts in 1877 amounted to 91,595,177 pounds. From all other localities there were dis- charged at Long Wharf, 26,620,715 pounds. All of these coals came consigned to the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
BUSINESS AT THE CITY WHARF .- The City Wharf, at the foot of Web- ster Street, is one of the busiest hives along the harbor front. Here may be found, daily, sloops and schooners, besides occasionally a larger vessel, discharging for home consumption the various products enume- rated below. The wharfinger, William Harwood, makes the following returns of receipts, etc., for the year 1877: Number of vessels, 896; tonnage, 53,859; tons of coal, 20,034; cords of wood, 3,664; millions of brick, 5,511; millions feet of lumber, 15,591; tons of produce, 2,545; earnings, $11,025.
THE POST OFFICE .- The removal of the Oakland Post-office from Ninth Street to Potter's Block, at the intersection of San Pablo and Tel- egraph Avenues, is noticed in the general summary.
The following is a list of the officers: J. E. Benton, P. M .; F. A. Cushing, Assistant; W. N. Pearce, Registry Clerk; E. M. Campbell, Gents' Delivery Clerk; Miss Georgie Hall, Ladies' Delivery Clerk; R. J. Auld, Mailing Clerk; H. D. Eliason, Paper Clerk; R. G. Benton, Stamp Clerk; George Burbeck, Clerk.
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