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March 19, 1868
1868
50,000
1883
10
City Hall Bonds
B'lding City Hall
March 28, 1868
1868
16,000
1883
10
Judgment Bonds.
Carpentier Judgt
March 28, 1868
1868
15,000
1889
10
Bar Bonds
Oakland Bar ....
March 24, 1870
1870
70,000
1890
10
Funded Debt of 1870
Old Claims
March 18, 1872
1872
50,000
1892
8
School Bonds.
School Fund ....
March 27, 1872
1872
80,000
1903
8
Funded Debt of 1872 ..
Municip'l purp'es
March 30, 1874
1874
100,000
1905
8
Funded Debt of 1874 ...
Unfunded Debts.
March 30, 1874
1874
100,000
1905
8
School B'd Re'tn Fund ..
School Fund ....
March 23, 1874
1875
165,000
1885
8
Main Lake Sewer Bonds. Main Lake Sewer
March 23, 1874
1876
8,000
1885
8
Main Lake Sewer Bonds. Main Lake Sewer
Total .
$672,400
Total debt, $690,800, viz: Funded, $672,400; annual interest thereon, $56,628; average rate, 8.42 per cent .; bonds 1858, redeemable July 1, 1878, $18,400; balance in the treasury January 1, 1878, $137,592; actual debt, $553,208.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES, 1877. - The total receipts from all sources, for the nine months ending December 31, 1877, $438,730 (in- cluding $83,488, balance of previous year). Expenditures, same period, $301,138; balance in the treasury, $137,592. Amount expended for Police Department, $26,201; Fire Department, $28,196; gas, $22,134; Public Schools, $128,956.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The first attempt to establish a Fire Department in the City of Oak- land was made in the early part of 1853, which resulted in the organiza- tion of two engine companies-the Empire and Washington-and the Oak- land Hook and Ladder Company, and the election of John Scott as Chief Engineer. Three large cisterns, which still remain in use, were soon after constructed on Broadway, between First and Fourth streets, to supply the engines with water, and the necessary apparatus was obtained to give efficiency to the operations of the Department. The apparatus then used by the Empire Company, a small New York side-stroke engine,
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purchased originally at a cost of $2,000, is now in the Santa Clara Fire Department, in good condition. This organization had but a short-lived existence. It was within a year disbanded, the property delivered over to the Council, and up to 1869 Oakland had little or no means of resist- ing the fiery element.
The Department was re-organized March 13, 1869, under the provisions of an ordinance approved February 4, 1869, by the election of John C. Halley as Chief Engineer, and Thomas McGuire, and George Taylor, assistants, who succeeded John Scott, Chief, and John C. Halley and W. W. Moore, assistants, acting under authority of a previous organiza- tion. The apparatus of the Department comprised a third-class Amos- keag fire engine, purchased by the city, and a hose carriage procured by funds temporarily advanced by Col. John Scott. The succeeding officers elected in 1870, were : Miles Doody, Chief Engineer ; George Taylor and G. W. Scribner, assistants; who continued in office until January 16, 1872, when George Taylor was elected Chief Engineer, and R. E. Har- mon and George Farwell, assistants, who in turn were succeeded by the following officers :
Officers .- Fire Commissioners, Q. A. Chase, President; Walter Smith, G. S. Brown, John Gieschen, Hiram Thorne, George Chase, W. K. Rowell, and C. W. Freeman; Secretary, Abraham Heyman ; Chief Engineer, J. F. Steen ; Assistant Engineers, R. E. Harmon and William Myles.
The Department was again re-organized December, 1874, and made a paid institution. Its officers are a Chief Engineer and two assistants. The apparatus consists of four steam engines and one hook and ladder truck ; each engine has a hose carriage, and there is one extra hose carriage kept in case of necessity. The steamers and two of the hose carriages and ladder truck are drawn by horses.
Officers of the Department .- James Hill, Chief Engineer; John E. Bacon, First Assistant and Hydrant Inspector; Edward Campbell, Sec- ond Assistant.
COMPANIES AND APPARATUS.
PHENIX, No. 1 .- Located on the south side of Fifteenth Street, between San Pablo Avenue and Clay. Apparatus, third-class Amos- keag engine.
Officers .- Cornelius Hooley, Foreman ; Thomas Ennis, Engineer ; Sterum Holley, Stoker; William Blackman, Driver; Stephenson Stan- ley, Nicholas O'Brien, Edward Clark, William Ballantyne, and John Fitzsimmons, Extramen.
FELTON, No. 2 .- Located on the north side Sixth Street, between Broadway and Washington. Apparatus, a Silsby second-class steam engine.
Officers .- Edward Voorhies, Foreman; William T. Myles, Engineer; Cesario Briones, Stoker ; Louis Hoffman, driver ; Benjamin Edwards, John C. Orr, John Vogt, John Welch, and Alfred S. Baker, Extramen.
OAKLAND, No. 3 .- Located on the south side Eighth Street, between Campbell and Willow. Apparatus, a Silbsber second-class engine.
Officers .- M. M. Kelly, Foreman; George Demmainas, Engineer ; Wil- liam Ennis, Stoker; E. Rains, Driver; William Bullock, Alonzo W. Tate, John P. Tate, James Galivan, and Charles B. O'Garra extramen.
BROOKLYN, No. 4 .- Located on East Fourteenth, between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues. Apparatus, a second-class Amoskeag engine.
Officers .- Benjamin Neaderman, Foreman; James Moffatt, Engineer; Daniel Cronin, Stoker; George Lewis, Driver; William C. White, Edward Robinson, West Hammond, Joseph Sales, and Joseph Ough, Extramen.
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DIRECTORY.
RELIEF HOOK AND LADDER Co., No. 1 .- Located on the north 'side Sixth Street, between Broadway and Washington.
Officers .- Miles Doody, Foreman; George Putnam, Driver ; David M. Houk, Tillerman ; Thomas Kiley, Thomas Traynor, Thomas Crow, Richard Perrin and Alfred B. Lawson, Extramen.
EMPIRE HOSE Co., No. 1 .- Located on the north side Sixth Street, be- tween Broadway and Washington.
Officers .- Edward Cady, Foreman; Matthew W. Kennedy, Driver ; Thomas Dolan, Ignatius Hughes, William H. Barrett, and Edward La Pearle, Extramen.
There are five cisterns, four of which are connected with the water pipes. The number of hydrants is 139.
The expenses for the year ending December 31, 1877, amounted to $37,000. The salaries are as follows : Chief Engineer, $75; First As- sistant, $20; Second Assistant, $12; Foremen, $20; Engineers, $60 ; Drivers, $65; Extramen, $12 per month each.
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH .- The fire alarm telegraph is an invaluable adjunct to the Fire Department of Oakland. Under the superintend- ence of George H. Carleton, who devotes almost his entire time to the business, over thirty miles of telegraphic wire have been stretched through all portions of the city. Every engine house is provided with an immense gong, and automatic fire boxes to the number of twenty- three have been erected. Alongside the City Hall a high and strong tower has been built, in which hangs a splendid fire bell of loud and sonorous tones, the peals being heard throughout the city.
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SIGNAL BOX STATIONS.
Box 2. Seventh Street, between Wood and Willow.
3. Corner Seventh and Adeline streets.
4. Corner Seventh and Market streets.
5. Corner Seventh and Washington streets.
6. Corner Twelfth and Broadway streets.
7. Corner Twelfth and Madison streets.
8. Corner Sixth Avenue and East Twelfth Street.
9. Corner First and Washington streets.
12. Corner Fifth and Harrison streets.
13. Corner Fourteenth and Market streets.
14. Corner San Pablo Avenue and Sycamore Street.
15. Corner Twelfth Avenue and East Twelfth street.
16. Corner Telegraph Avenue and Sycamore Street.
17. American District Telegraph Office, Ninth Street, between Broadway and Franklin streets.
18. City Hall, corner Fourteenth and Washington streets.
21. Corner Seventh and Chester streets.
23. Corner Fourteenth and Kirkham streets.
24. Corner Seventeenth and Grove streets.
25. Corner Tenth and Grove streets.
31. Corner Fifth and Grove streets.
32. Corner Ninth and Webster streets.
34. Corner Fourteenth and Webster streets.
35. Oakland Brewery, corner Telegraph Avenue and Frederick Street.
FIRE PATROL .- This organization has been recently established on the same principle as the one in successful operation in San Francisco. The force consists of three men with all the necessary appliances for saving life and protecting property from damage by water. Headquarters, north side of Sixth Street, between Broadway and Washington.
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CHURCHES.
FIRST BAPTIST.
Location, southeast corner of Fourteenth and Brush streets. Rev. B. S. McLafferty, Pastor ; residence, 777 Fourteenth Street.
This church was organized in 1854, under the labors of E. J. Willis, missionary. The first church building, dedicated in December, 1854, was located on the corner of Fifth and Jefferson streets, and cost, including lot, about $2,000. In May, 1863, the building was removed to the corner of Ninth and Clay streets, where the church remained until the erection of the present commodious and elegant edifice in 1869.
The affairs of the church are now in a very prosperous condition, finan- cially as well as otherwise, the society being free from debt and possess- ing one of the finest church edifices in the city.
Preaching each Lord's Day at eleven o'clock A. M. and half past seven o'clock P. M. Sunday school at half past twelve o'clock P. M. Chinese Sunday school at half past six o'clock P. M. Young people's meeting Monday evening. General prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Ladies' prayer meeting Tuesday at three o'clock P. M. The Lord's Supper is administered the first Sabbath of each month.
The Chinese Christian Association of this church meets at 419 Eleventh. Officers .- J. F. Latimer, Cyrus Dam, C. W. Dearborn, Clement J. Moore, and H. Garthwaite, Deacons ; J. F. Cogswell, James Dalziel, J. F. Latimer, F. M. Gilcrest, Cyrus Dam, and Clinton Whitmore, Trustees; H. Garthwaite, Clerk; J. Harvey Mount, Treasurer ; C. W. Dearborn, Superintendent of Sunday school; J. Harvey Mount, Assistant Superintendent ; H. Garthwaite, Superintendent of Chinese Sunday school.
BAPTIST-EAST OAKLAND.
Location, northeast corner of East Fourteenth Street and Tenth Avenue. Rev. S. B. Morse, Pastor; residence, 1309 Twelfth Avenue.
This church was organized February 9, 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 pas- torate until December, 1869. From that time the church was supplied by Rev. E. Andrews, Rev. C. B. Egan, and Rev. T. C. Jamison, until September, 1871, when the Rev. William Perry took charge and officiated until November, 1872, from that time the church had no settled Pastor until 1873, when the Rev. Thomas G. McLean was chosen, who served until January 1, 1878. The present incumbent was called to the church February 1, 1878. Number of communicants, eighty.
The lot on which the church stands was donated by Mr. A. K. Warner. The erection of the edifice was commenced April 16, 1860; it was com- pleted and dedicated the following September.
The Sunday school connected with the church was organized in 1860. It has an average attendance of one hundred teachers and scholars, and a library of three hundred volumes. Meets immediately after morning service. Superintendent, W. Parsons.
Officers-I. P. Morse and M. Griffiths, Deacons ; William Bamford, I. P. Morse, Capt. Chapman, and M. Griffiths, Trustees.
CENTRAL BAPTIST.
This church was organized January 13, 1878, and is an independent society. No pastor has as yet been called to the charge. Services for
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OAKLAND DIRECTORY.
the present are held in Armory Hall, Thirteenth Street, between Broad- way and Franklin. It is the intention of the society to provide a per- manent place of worship within the immediate future. Present mem- bership, about thirty-five.
Officers .- John R. Mason, E. K. Russell, William Chamberlin, and Benjamin Browning, Deacons ; O. J. Denison, J. F. Havens, B. S. Tower, Daniel Roudebush, and E. T. Barber, Trustees ; Albert W. Mann, Clerk and Superintendent of Sunday school.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL.
Location, northeast corner of Washington and Tenth streets. Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D., Pastor; residence, 520 Thirteenth Street.
This church was organized December 9, 1860, with a membership of seventeen persons. The Rev. George Pierson, of the Brooklyn Presby- terian Church, officiated as Pastor until May 6, 1861, when the Rev. George Mooar was called to the pastorate, and continued in charge until May, 1872, when the present Pastor arrived. At present there are about three hundred and seventy-five communicants.
The society which has charge of the finances of the church was organized January 7, 1861. In the following September they purchased a block of land, bounded by Broadway, Washington, Tenth, and Eleventh streets, for $1,400, one half of which they sold in 1872 for the sum of $65,000.
The church edifice was dedicated June 8, 1862, and cost, including furniture, $11,345. In 1867 the building was enlarged at an expense of $3,500, and in 1868 a chapel erected at an additional cost of $2,500. In the Spring of 1872 the church and chapel were removed, enlarged, and refitted, at an expense of $8,000. A new site has just been purchased on the corner of Clay and Twelfth streets, upon which a new church will probably be erected in 1878.
The Sunday school connected with the church was organized in December, 1860. It has an average attendance of three hundred and fifty teachers and scholars, and a library of one thousand volumes. Meets at half past twelve o'clock P.M. Superintendent, W. H. Craig. The church has under its control the Mission Sunday School, located on the corner of Third and Castro streets, organized in 1868, with an attendance of about one hundred and fifty; Superintendent, James O. Garlick; also, a Chinese school of over one hundred scholars, E. P. Sanford, Superintendent.
Officers .- R. E. Cole, Moderator; E. P. Flint, A. P. Flint, I. W. Knox, and E. P. Sanford, Deacons; W. H. Craig, Secretary ; C. W. Kel- logg, Treasurer.
SECOND CONGREGATIONAL.
Location, south side of Wood Street near Willow. Rev. W. L. Jones, Pastor; residence, west side of Campbell Street, near Taylor.
This church was organized May 31, 1868, with a membership of nine persons. The Rev. Eli Corwin was installed Pastor, in November, 1868, and resigned January 1, 1870. He was succeeded by the Rev. David B. Gray, who was installed August 9, 1870, and officiated until August, 1873, when he was succeeded by Rev. C. H. Pope, who served until January, 1877. Soon after this date the present pastor took charge. Number of communicants, about ninety-five.
The edifice occupied by this congregation was dedicated August 31, 1868, and cost, including lot, about $4,500.
The Sunday school connected with the church was organized August 12, 1867. It has an attendance of two hundred teachers and scholars, and a library of three hundred volumes. Meets at half past twelve o'clock P.M .; Superintendent, James Stratton.
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Officers .- L. P. Collins, J. Hoag, and Jarvis Jewett, Deacons; J. A. Folger, J. Bartlett, L. P. Collins, and J. Hoag, Trustees.
PLYMOUTH AVENUE CONGREGATIONAL.
The Plymouth Avenue Congregational Church is situated on Plymouth Avenue, corner of Elm Street, one block east of Telegraph Avenue. Rev. George Mooar, Pastor; residence, north side of Edwards Street, between Telegraph Avenue and Broadway. The church was organized by Coun- cil, April 9, 1874. Present number of members, one hundred and five. Services are held every Sunday at eleven o'clock A. M., and half past seven o'clock P.M. ; and every Wednesday evening at half past seven o'clock.
The Sunday school is held at the close of the morning service. Num- ber of pupils enrolled, one hundred and thirty; average attendance, one hundred and twenty ; volumes in library, two hundred.
Officers .- W. K. Rowell, Abel Whitton, and W. H. Love, Deacons ; W. M. Boyd, W. H. Love, D. S. Sutton, L. P. Fisher, and James W. Cox, Trustees ; W. M. Boyd, Clerk.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL OF BERKELEY.
Location, east side of Humboldt Avenue, near Dwight Way. E. B. Payne, pastor ; residence, northeast corner of Humboldt Avenue and Dwight Way, adjoining the church.
This church was organized in the Fall of 1874, and is the pioneer church of Berkeley. A church edifice and parsonage, adjoining, were at once erected, at a cost, including lot, of about $6,000. The first Pastor was Rev. Mr. Seabury, who was succeeded in the Summer of 1875 by the present incumbent.
Services are held at eleven o'clock A. M., and half past seven o'clock P. M. on Sundays. The Sunday school has an average attendance of seventy. Meets at ten o'clock A. M. The present church membership is fifty.
ST. JOHN'S-EPISCOPAL.
Location, west side of Grove Street, between Seventh and Eighth. Rev. Benjamin Akerly, D.D., Rector; residence, west side of Adeline Street, between West Fourteenth and West Sixteenth. The Rector is in his study, rear of the church, daily, from nine o'clock A. M. till twelve M.
This church had an humble origin when Oakland numbered but few houses, and not over a hundred inhabitants. During the Summer of 1852, two families met and worshiped unitedly until a member of one of the families fell seriously ill, when the services were discontinued.
In August, 1853, Rev. Dr. Ver Mehr, Rector of Grace Church, San Francisco, visited Oakland to aid in the establishment of a church, and with much difficulty a meeting of twelve persons was convened. For various reasons, however, the project was for the time abandoned. Toward the close of the same year, the Rev. Dr. Morgan appeared, and preached a sermon to a small but attentive audience beneath the branches of one of Oakland's shady trees; and so favorable was the impression then made, that it was determined that a covered church of some kind should be procured by the following Sunday, if the reverend gentleman would repeat his visit. A large tent, twenty-five by seventy feet, was erected, with a cross upon the apex to designate the object of the struc- ture, and a temporary pulpit fitted up. Mr. Morgan, however, was in some manner detained, but a Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Mr. Wals- worth, who had incidentally visited Oakland, being present in the con- gregation, was invited to officiate. The same week the tent and appur- tenances were sold to the Presbyterians.
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OAKLAND DIRECTORY.
In December, 1854, the Right Rev. Bishop Kip celebrated divine ser- vice in a room that had been prepared for the purpose. In January, 1855, the missionary, Rev. E. W. Syle arrived, and became acting Rector of the embryo parish. The first communion service was celebrated on Sunday, February 4, when eleven communed with the Rector. On March 5, of the same year, the parish was regularly incorporated and trustees elected, but it was not until the 8th of August following that a constitution and by-laws were finally adopted. During the same month a rented room was fitted up as a church, with benches, at a cost of $150, current expenses being met by collections every Sunday.
The Rev. Mr. Syle resigned January, 1856, and from that time lay services were regularly held, Bishop Kip occasionally officiating. In July, 1856, the Rev. James W. Capen became Rector, and continued in charge until 1857, when he resigned. On March 1st, 1858, the present Rector entered upon the discharge of his duties.
A lot was purchased in 1860 for the sum of $450, and a church edifice erected thereon at a cost of $2,600, which has since been enlarged twice. The church was consecrated to divine service March 1, 1860. Number of communicants, about one hundred and fifty.
Services every Sunday at eleven o'clock A.M., and half past seven P.M. On week days, daily morning prayer, at ten o'clock. Holy Communion, the first Sunday of each month; also upon each saint's day and festival.
Mission services on Sunday at Temescal in the school house at two o'clock P.M .; evening prayer and sermon at three o'clock P.M., and at the Broadway Mission at two o'clock P.M. Evening prayer and sermon at three o'clock P.M.
The Young Ladies' Guild meets in rear of church on Thursday of each week, at two o'clock P.M.
The Sunday school connected with the church was organized April, 1858. It has an attendance of one hundred and fifty teachers and scholars. Meets at half past nine o'clock A.M. Superintendent, Walter W. Blow.
Officers .- R. W. Kirkham, Senior Warden ; Charles D. Haven, Junior Warden; Dr. William Bolton, Clerk; James De Fremery, George E. Whitney, J. H. Fish, and V. L. Eastland, Vestrymen; David M. Hen- derson, Treasurer.
ST. PAUL'S-EPISCOPAL.
Location, southeast corner of Twelfth and Webster streets. Rev. J. Lewis Parks, Rector; residence, Telegraph Avenue between Delger and Hobart streets.
This church was organized January 19, 1871, with a membership of twenty. The Rev. Thomas Williams was placed temporarily in charge, and officiated until May, 1871, when Charles W. Turner was called and officiated until December, 1874, when the present Rector was called to the parish.
Immediately after the date of organization, the congregation purchased a lot and edifice for the sum of $10,000, fitting it for divine service at a cost of $2,500 additional. In August, 1872, the church building was enlarged and greatly improved at an expense of $4,000. In the Sum- mer of last year it was again enlarged and entirely remodeled, so that it now has an accommodating capacity of between five and six hundred.
Number of communicants, about two hundred and fifty.
The Sunday school connected with the church was organized January, 1871. It has an attendance of about one hundred and thirty teachers and scholars, and a library of one hundred and fifty volumes. Meets at half past nine o'clock A. M.
Services of the St. Andrew's Mission, under the charge of this church,
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are held every Sunday in Masonic Hall, northeast corner of Seventh and Willow, as follows: Evening prayer and sermon, at half past seven o'clock, P.M .; Sunday school, at two o'clock P.M.
Officers .- Allen I. Gladding, Senior Warden ; John B. Harmon, Junior Warden; John C. Kelton, Secretary ; Thomas Yolland, Treasurer ; John A. Stanly, William C. Parker, David H. Ward, William R. Wheaton, George Wheaton, and Edward J. Pringle, Vestrymen.
CHURCH OF THE ADVENT-EPISCOPAL. /
Location, southwest corner of Seventeenth Avenue and East Four- teenth Street. At present the Rectory is vacant, but the Rev. Hamil- ton Lee, of Santa Barbara, has accepted a call and will be installed by the date of this publication.
This church was organized May 25, 1860. The Rev. Benjamin Akerly, of St. John's Church, Oakland, was the first Rector, and officiated until February 25, 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 July, 1870; the charge then remained vacant until January, 1871, when the Rev. Sidney Wilbur took charge, and served until January, 1878.
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 about one hundred teachers and scholars, and a library of two hundred volumes. Meets at half past nine o'clock A. M. Officers .- A. F. Rodgers, Senior Warden ; Junior Warden ; J. West Martin, and L. J. Rector, Vestrymen; Henry Steere, Treasurer and Clerk.
THE BISHOP BERKELEY-EPISCOPAL.
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