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The College of California was incorporated in April, 1855. The Trustees entered upon their work with much energy, and frequently gave from their private funds for the support of the institution. In 1856, the Rev. Horace Bushnell was elected President. While having the matter under consideration, he gave a large portion of his time to a careful examination of the country around the Bay of San Francisco, and the site finally chosen was in accordance with his preference. It may, there- fore, be stated that the site for the University building, at Berkeley, is the best that can be found anywhere in close prox- imity to San Francisco, for the opinion of such a man as Dr. Bushnell is of more value than that of any number of com- missioners acting under the authority of a legislature, and ex- posed to the numberless improper influences which would beset them.
The first Freshman Class was admitted in the summer of 1860. A small college building was erected, and a college faculty had been chosen. To meet the increased expenses re- newed exertions had been made and sufficient funds were ob- tained. In March, 1862, the Rev. S. H. Willey was elected Vice- President of the College. A larger building was erected, and a fund was raised for the endowment of the Presidency. Efforts were made to secure the services of some suitable person from the East, to act as President, but without success, and until the present time, Mr. Willey, as Vice-President, has administered the affairs of the College.
The first class admitted graduated in June, 1864, and classes have graduated in course every year since.
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In 1865, the College Faculty invited a general meeting of the College Alumni in the State, to be held in connection with the commencement occasion of that year. In response to the in- vitation, there was a large attendance on the part of the clas- sically educated men of the State, and the meeting was so agree- able, and so abounded in literary festivities, that a permanent association, the Associated Alumni of the Pacific Coast, was organized. The Alumni have since held their annual meetings with regularity, and have become exceedingly popular.
The College Faculty is composed as follows :
Vice-President (Acting President,) REV. S. H. WILLEY.
Professor of Mental and Moral Science, and Greek, REV. HENRY DURANT. Professor of Latin, REV. MARTIN KELLOGG.
Professor of Natural Sciences, WILLARD B. RISING. Professor of Belles Letters,
REV. I. H. BRAYTON. Tutor in German and Mathematics, HENRY HILLEBRAND. Tutor in French, CHAS. L. DES ROCHERS.
The next commencement of the College will probably be the last, as at that time the Regents of the University will be ready to assume charge of it, and incorporate it into a department of the University, as provided by law. The College Trustees, in 1867, voted unanimously, that if the State would undertake the establishment of a University of the first rank, the College of California would turn over its assets to the newly created Uni- versity, and surrender its corporate existence if a department of Letters should be created. The influence of the Trustees and of their friends secured the passage by the Legislature, of an Act
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to create and organize the University of California. The mis- sion of the College is accomplished, a University which will be complete in all its departments, havingbeen established.
THE COLLEGE SCHOOL.
As stated above, the Rev. Henry Durant was Principal of the College School from 1853 to 1860. From 1860 until the present time, the Rev. I. H. Brayton has been Principal of the School, having for eight years enjoyed the assistance of F. M. Campbell, M. A., in conducting the School, and having been as- sisted during the last year by the Rev. E. G. Beckwith.
In 1865, the Trustees of the College. ceased to retain pro- prietary control of the College School, though continuing to ex- ercise supervisory oversight, and stipulating that the original purposes in its establishment should be adhered to.
The Institution employs fifteen Professors and Teachers, and has an attendance of about 250 pupils. It is acknowledged the largest Institution of its class upon this coast. Its extensive, improved grounds, and numerous, large and fine buildings, will amply repay a visit.
As the founders of the College School had in mind the lead- ing purpose of establishing a college, it led to a complete orga- ization and a fuller provision than is customary in academies where colleges are already in existence. Hence the College School, as now distinct from the College of California, has as ample provisions as many colleges. Its property is estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. There are three well organized Departments ; the Classical or Preparatory, the Higher English, and the Junior, the latter being divided into two grades, of which the lowest is intended for very young pupils, who are separated from the older students both in the school-rooms and on the play grounds. The buildings are spacious, commodious, well furnished, and comfortable. Accommodations are pro- vided for two hundred boarding pupils.
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FEMALE COLLEGE OF TIIE PACIFIC.
This institution owes its existence to the efforts of the Rev. E. B. Walsworth, whose personal exertions first secured the means of establishing it. During the first years of the institu- tion, the Rev. S. S. Harmon and wife had the immediate con- trol, and its success and present reputation is in no small degree due to their skill as teachers, and to the efficiency with which they performed the varied duties which devolved upon them. In April, 1864, the " Pacific Female College " was incorporated under the general laws of the State. A department had been opened June 15th, 1863, and the existence of the College, pro- perly dates from that time. The first Board of Trustees con- sisted of the following persons :
Louis McLane, J. G. Kellogg, R. B. Woodward, A. H. Hous- ton, S. E. Alden, B. C. Horn, Mark Brumagim, J. P. Robinson, E. B. Walsworth, W. R. Garrison, William Norris, A. B. For- bes, Samuel B. McKee, Geo. W. Mowe, Hon. F. F. Low, R. W. Kirkham, C. Palmer, Erwin Davis, D. D. Colton, M. R. Roberts.
The College has steadily grown in numbers and importance, and several classes have graduated, having completed the pre- scribed course of study. There is now an attendance slightly in excess of one hundred scholars, and fourteen teachers are en- gaged at the Institution. The Rev. E. B. Walsworth is at the head of the Institution.
By the terms of the Charter by which this Institution is ranked among the Colleges of the State, it possesses the full right of conferring all the customary degrees, both Academic and Honorary. The degrees conferred are :
A. E .- The degree of " Artium Excelsior" will be conferred on those members of the Institution who have completed the regular course.
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S. B .- The student who has satisfactorily pursued all the pre- scribed course, except the Ancient and Modern Languages, and whose correct deportment is certified to by the Faculty, shall be entitled to the degree of " Baccalaureate of Science."
All successful candidates for either of the above degrees will receive a diploma of the same grade, with that which confers a a like degree in other Colleges.
OAKLAND SEMINARY .- This Institution was commeneed in the City of Oakland on the Sth of November, 1858, by Mrs. G. M. Blake, its present Principal. Mrs. Blake on that day com- menced in a private parlor on Broadway and Sixth streets, with a class of four 'young ladies. On the 1st day of April, 1859, the school was so much increased as to requise a larger room and was removed to the corner of Broadway and Eighth streets, now occupied by a building owned by Dr. Sanford. On the 1st day of March, 1860, it was again removed to the corner of Fifth and Jackson streets, to the house of J. Rosss Browne, where it re- mained nearly four years. A new building was commenced in June, 1863, and completed on the 24th day of October of the same year, at which time the school was again removed to the spot where it now stands, and was there permanently established. There are three separate departments in the school-Collegiate, Intermediate and Primary. The School affords the advantages of a thorough English course, the ancient and modern languages, music (vocal and instrumental), and all the ornamental branches. Connected with the School, is a Board of visitors, composed of the following gentlemen :
Rev. Samuel H. Willey, Hon. Sherman Day, Rev. Ben- jamin Ackerly, Hon. O. L. Shafter, Rev. Henry Durant, Dr. W. Newcomb, Rev. Margin Kellogg, Rev. George Mooar, Rev. Isaac HI. Brayton, William K. Rowell, A. M .; Rev. Dr. Pierson, J. E. Stevens, Esq., Dr. HI. Gibbons, George C. Pot- ter, Esq. ; Rev. E. G- Beckwith.
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Five Classes have graduated from the Collegiate Department. Seventeen teachers are connected with the Institution, and there are about 120 scholars receiving instruction in the various Departments.
OAKLAND ACADEMY .- This is a Military, Classical and Eng- lish School for boys and young men. It was opened in this city January 9th, 1865, and was removed to its present locality on the Telegraph road, Jannary 10th, 1868. There are em- ployed seven teachers, and there are 60 boarders, the limited number. The School is the private property of the Rev. David McClure, who is the Principal. Family and military discipline are combined, and the School is unlike any other in the State. The entire School forms one military company, known as the "Oakland Academy Cadets," which is organized under the State Law, and is furnished with arms.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CONVENT .- In the summer of 1868, the " Convent of our Lady of the Sacred Heart" was dedicated to its purposes of education. The teachers are "Sisters of the Holy names of Jesus and Mary," who came from Canada to ac- cept their present positions. The course of study is extensive, and all the branches usually taught in female seminaries or aca- demies are there to be learned. The Rev. Father King is the founder of the Institution, the means for building it having been raised by his personal exertions.
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SOCIETIES.
MASONIC .- There are in Oakland two Masonic Lodges and two Chapters, the total membership of the Lodges being 125, and the Chapters numbering 54 members.
LIVE OAK LODGE, No. 62, was instituted May, 4th, 1855, and at the present time contains 80 members. The officers are as follows :
J. C. Kyte, W. M. ; Thatcher P. Wales, S. W .; L. J. Rector, J. W .; John Gieschen, Treasurer; Wmn. Van Voorhies, Sec- retary ; Benjamin Akerly, Chaplain ; Robert Ward, S. D .; Wm. II. Irwin, J. D .; Julius Zabel, Marshal ; J. S. Gordon and Wm. P. Bagley, Stewards ; H. E. Hitchcock, Tyler.
OAKLAND CHAPER, No. 26, was instituted May, 5th, 1860, and now contains 39 members. The officers of the Chapter are as follows :
Benjamin Akerly, High Priest; Franklin Warner, King; Jas. Lentell, Scribe ; J. C. Kyte, C. H. ; S. Nolan, P. S. ; Wm. Van Voorhies, R. A. C .; C. Bagge, G. M. 3d V .; J. Letter, G. M. 2d V .; HI. Cordes, G. M. 1st V .; J. Dieves, Treasurer ; S. Hirshberg, Secretary.
OAKLAND LODGE, No. 188, F. & A. M., was instituted No- vember 4th, 1868, with the following officers :
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N. W. Spaulding, W. M. ; J. W. Hoag, S. W .; S. H. Pardee, J. W. ; C. B. Rutherford, Secretary.
The Lodge numbers 45 members, and is in a flourishing con- dition, with fine prospects for its future usefulness.
The present officers are as follows :
N. W. Spaulding, W. M .; J. B. Scotchler, S. W .; S. H. Pardee, J. W .; L. G. Chapman, Treasurer ; C. B. Rutherford, Secretary ; W. J. Gurnett, Assistant Secretary.
ALAMEDA CHAPTER, No. 36, R. A. M., was instituted No- vember 11th, 1868, and numbers 15 members. The following are the officers :
J. B. Scotchler, High Priest ; A. F. Williams, King; J. B. Felton, Scribe ; E. J. Passmore, Captain of the Host ; Robert Ward, P. S .; Thomas H. Pinkerton, R. A. C .; E. F. Hall, G. M. 3d V. ; H. H. Bigelow, G. M. 2d V .; C. W. Howard, G. M. 1st V. ; George R. Walker, Guard.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS .- There are in Oak- land two Lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and a Library Association under their control. The aggregate membership of the two Lodges is 180.
UNIVERSITY LODGE, No. 144 .- University Lodge, No. 144, I. O. O. F., was instituted in this city, June 20th, 1868. The meetings of the Lodge are held in the Hall of Oakland Lodge, in Allyn's building, on Broadway, between Eighth and Ninth streets, each Thursday evening. The officers of the Lodge are as follows :
W. D. Harwood, N. G .; J. V. B. Goodrich, V. G .; H. O. Souther, R. S .; S. Goddard, P. S. ; J. H. Seymour,"Treasurer ; Wm. Bartling, O. H. Burnham, Ives, Scoville, Trustees.
The Lodge numbers about 60 members.
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OAKLAND LODGE, No. 118 .- This Lodge was instituted July 3th, 1865. The meetings are held on Tuesday evening of each weck, at the Hall, in Allyn's Building. The officers are as fol- lows :
E. S. Reinach, N. G .; W. J. Gurnett, V. G. ; Peter Baker, R. S. ; G. H. Fogg, P. S .; D. Vogt, Treasurer.
There are 120 members belonging to the Lodge.
I. O. O. F. LIBRARY ASSOCIATION .- This Association was organized August 12th, 1867. The officers are as follows :
J. C. Holland, President ; E. S. Reenach, J. Doblin, Vice- Presidents ; W. J. Gurnett, Secretary ; J. Callaghan, Treasurer ; J E. Bacon, Librarian ; D. G. Barnes, Director from University Lodge ; G. W. Scribner, Director from Oakland Lodge.
The Association numbers 31 members, and there are in the Library about 1,000 volumes.
DURANT RHETORICAL SOCIETY .- The Durant Rhetorical So- ciety was instituted at the organization of the first Freshman Class of the College of California, in the summer of 1860. The Society is composed exclusively of the students and graduates of the College of California. The President, Vice-President and Editors of the "Echo" must be members of the Junior or Senior Classes. The meetings are held each Friday evening during the terms of the College, and as the name of the Society indicates, the exercises are of a purely literary character, con- sisting of a discussion upon some literary, scientific, or political topic, and the reading of a manuscript paper termed the " Col- lege Echo." The officers for the last term of the winter session were as follows :
President, N. D. Arnot, Jr. ; Vice-President, S. M. Redding- ton ; First Editor, C. W. Anthony ; Second Editor, John B. Reddick ; Secretary, W. W. Carter ; Treasurer, R. L. McKee.
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· HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY .- This Society was organized October 5th, 1862, S. Hirshberg being the first President, and the leading members then being R. Heyman, since deceased, S. Beal and J. Letter. The Society is small in numbers, there being but 12 members. They own a tract of land at the Moun- tain View Cemetery, and in various ways carry out the benevo- lent purposes of the Order. The present officers are as follows :
S. Beal, President ; J. Letter, Vice-President ; M. Tash, Sec- retary, J. Doblin, Treasurer ; L. Heyneberg, S. Hirshberg, H. Ash, Trustees.
HOUSE CARPENTER'S EIGHT HOUR LEAGUE .- The House Car- penter's Eight Hour League of Oakland was organized February 4th, 1868. It meets each Friday night. There are enrolled as members 130 persons. Following are the officers :
F. L. Taylor, President; E. L. Wetmore, Secretary ; E. K. Miller, Treasurer ; F. K. Hessinger, Financial Secretary.
LINCOLN LYCEUM .- The Lincoln Lyceum is a literary associa- tion, composed mostly of young men not connected with any in- stitution as students. It meets each Saturday night at the hall, corner of Broadway and 12th streets. There are thirty mem- bers. The Society was founded by Lowell J. Hardy, Jr., in 1865. Following are the officers :
F. L. Taylor, President ; A. W. Burrell, Secretary ; C. G. Reed, Treasurer ; R. Murray, Sergeant-at-Arms.
GOOD TEMPLARS .- There is in Oakland one Lodge of the In- dependent Order of Good Templars, Athens Lodge, No. 286, which numbers about one hundred members. The Lodge was instituted September 19th, 1867. Following are the officers :
II. W. Barnes, .W. C. T .; Miss Lucy Emerson, W. V. T .;
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H. F. Sohnery, W. S .; Miss Etta Murdock, W. A. S .; G. A. Baker, W. F. S. ; Mrs. J. V. B. Goodrich, W. T .; J. W. Shade, W. M .; Robt. Swarbrick, W. D. M .; Sister Rosa Baker, W. J. G .;. G. F. Whitcomb, W. V. G .; T. F. Bacon, P. W. C. T .; Miss Maggie Casey, W. L. H. S. ; Miss Ida Whitcomb. W. R. H. S.
The Lodge has occasioned much good in our city, and its future usefulness promises to be unlimited.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC .- There is one Post of the Grand Army of the Republic in Oakland-Post No. 10, District of California, G. A. R. The officers are-
O. II. LaGrange, Post Commander ; J. V. B. Goodrich, Senior Vice Commander ; A. G. Randall, Junior Vice Command- er ; B. A. Morse, Post Adjutant ; T. A. Hoag, Quartermaster.
UNITED ORDER OF RED MEN .- There is in Oakland one Stamm of this Order-Alameda Stamm No. 113, instituted Oct. 1st, 1867, and contains 38 members. The officers are as follows :
D. Vogt, O. C .; A. Koob, W. C .; A. Eisenbach, Secretary ; Chas. Bradehof, Treasurer.
INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES-BUSINESS .- Within the limits of Oakland, Alameda and Brooklyn Townships, there are three grist mills, two railroad machine shops, one pottery, two tanner- ies, three planing mills, and one cotton factory.
The Oakland Cotton Mills are regarded as one of the leading enterprises in the State. The company was incorporated August 25th, 1865, with a capital stock of $100,000. The officers were as follows : President, Win. II. Rector; Secretary, L. J. Rec- tor ; Trustees, Volney Rector, B. F. Rector, and L. J. Rector. Jannary 1st, 1868, the capital stock was increased to $200,000, and the company made arrangements for the manufacture of flax and jute into grain bags. The machinery for this purpose will
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be in operation by March 1st, of the current year (1869). The present officers of the company now are as follows :
President, Leopold Colin ; Secretary, L. J. Rector ; Trustees, F. P. Salomen, B. F. Rector, Leopold Cohn.
There are forty persons employed at the mills, most of them being females, and 1300 yards of shirting are manufactured daily. In the way of this, as in every other similar enterprise, there have been numerous obstacles, but most of them are overcome and suc- cess seems assured.
The San Antonio Tannery was established in 1865, by Wilcox & Rohrs, the present owners. The business of the tannery amounts to about $2,000 per month, this being the value of the leather disposed of. The market for California leather, until a comparatively late date, has not been inviting. The merits of the leather tanned in this State have at last become known, and the people will not much longer be obliged to send to the East hides raised in California, and receive them back in the form of leather, thus utterly losing the amount paid as freight.
Within the past few months Wm. Watts has started a tan- nery on the borders of the Bay of San Francisco, about one and a half miles from the limits of this city. The tannery is of large capacity, but the enterprise being in its infancy, the present amount of business would not. be a fair criterion by which to judge of the business it will transact.
The Oakland Flouring Mills were built by Blanchard & Plum- mer, in 1861. The present owners are Pendleton & Co. The mill are located at the junction of the Telegraph and San Pablo roads, in this city. They contain three run of stones, and if worked to their fullest capacity 312 barrels of flour could be manufactured each 24 hours. The mills are in operation the greater part of the year, and the business appears to be in a con- . dition higlily satisfactory.
The Venus Mills, located on 3d street, between Broadway and Washington, were established in November, 1867, by W.
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Starr, and are at present owned by Starr & Miles. The mills contain two run of stones, and can produce 100 barrels of flour in 24 working hours.
The Clinton Mills, located in the town of Clinton, were the first established in the northern portion of the county, and their present capacity is greater than that of any other similar estab- lishwent in the county.
The Pioneer Planing Mills were established by D. G. Barnes, in the spring of year 1865, and at that time afforded employ- ment to four men. The mills are now owned by Blethen & Terry. Thirty men are constantly engaged there, and until a very recent date, all the mill work required in the city was done at the Pioneer Mills. Within the past few months an extensive addition has been made, and the capacity of the mills further increased.
The Oakland Planing Mills are located on the corner of Washington and First streets, and owned by Burnham & Standi- ford. These mills are not in full operation, the building having lately been completed, and all the required machinery not yet being put in position. The building is one of the most substan- tial in the State, and all improvements connected with the mills are of the most durable nature.
At the Oakland Point, Philips & Tew have, during the past summer, established planing mills near the lumber yard of F. S. Page & Co., and are doing a prosperous business.
OAKLAND BANK OF SAVINGS .- This is the first regular bank ever established in Oakland. Its certificate of incorporation was executed August 13th, 1867, and signed by A. C. Henry, Ed. M. Hall, Samuel Merritt, P. S. Wilcox, W. W. Crane, Jr. and Joseph Becht. The officers first elected were as follows :
President, A. C. Henry; Cashier, E. M. Hall ; Board of Di- rectors, E. M. Hall, Samuel Merritt, A. C. Henry, P. S. Willcox, W. W. Crane, Jr. ; Finance Committee, E. M. Hall, A. C. Henry, P. S. Willcox ; Auditing Committee, Samuel Merritt, Henry C. Lee, E. C. Sessions.
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The capital stock of the bank is $150,000, divided into fifteen hundred shares of one hundred dollars each.
OAKLAND GAS-LIGHT COMPANY .- The Oakland Gas-Light Company was incorporated in 1866, and the first street lamps in the city were lighted in January, 1867. The works of the Com- pany are located on the corner of Washington and First streets ; six retorts are in use, eight miles of pipe are laid through the various streets of the city, and additions are continuously being made. Eighty street lamps are in use. The following are the officers of the Company :
President, H. H. Haight; Vice-President, Jos. G. Eastland ; Secretary, Jas. Freeborn ; Superintendent, Van Leer Eastland.
December Sth, 1865, the City Council passed an ordinance, granting to W . W. Beggs, J. G. Eastland and others, the right to lay down pipes and erect gas works in the city. The present Company is the legal successor to these individuals, and excr- cises the rights and privileges originally conveyed to them. The contract under which the street lamps are erected and main- tained was ordered by the Council, July 13th, 1868. It stipulates that for the period of ten years, from July 1st, 1868, the gas lamps to be used in the streets of Oakland shall be erected and maintained by the Oakland Gas-Light Company. For the first five years, the Company shall receive 22} cts. per night per lamp, until the number may exceed 250, when the price shall be 20 cts. per night for each lamp used. At the ex- piration of five years, the price is to be fixed by a commission of three persons, one of them to be named by the Company, one by the City Council, and the third to be elected by the two thus chosen. The amount of gas consumed is not large for a city having the population of Oakland.
THE OAKLAND RAILROAD COMPANY .- The certificate of in- corporation of this Company was filed in the office of the Sec-
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retary of State, in December, 1864. As set forth in the certi- ficate, the object of the Company is to build and maintain a horse-railroad from the foot of Broadway, in this city, to the University grounds. The road is to be five miles in length. The capital stock of the Company is fixed at $50,000, divided into five hundred shares of $100 each. The affairs of the cor- poration are managed by a Board of seven Directors. The original incorporators were :
F. Delger, E. B. Walsworth, Israel W. Knox, A. Hersey, S. E. Alden, I. II. Brayton, F. E. Weston, F. K. Shattuck, B. F. Ferris, S. H. Willey, Geo. Goss, Geo. H. Fogg. The officers of the Company are :
President, F. E. Weston ; Vice-President, Joseph Emery ; Treasurer, B. F. Ferris ; Secretary, Geo. H. Fogg ; Directors, F. E. Weston, A. J. Gladding, H. Durant, J. Emery, B. F. Ferris, Geo. H. Fogg, and S. E. Alden.
The Company obtained its franchise from the Legislature, May 3d, 1866. This special Act granted to the Company the right to lay a track from Broadway Wharf to the University Grounds, the track within the city limits to be a double one, should the Company so desire. Along the Telegraph road, only a single track can be laid. The fare for a single passenger is not to exceed ten cents, and sixteen tickets must be sold for one dollar. The franchise is to last thirty years. At the ex- piration of ten years, the rates of fare are to be again fixed by the Legislature. The speed shall not exceed eight miles an hour. Long after the passage of this Act, the Company showed scarcely any signs of vitality. Application was made to the Legislature of 1868, and the time for completing the road was extended, so that, under the law, one track must be laid within the limits of the city three years and six months from' the date of the passage of the first Act, and the whole road must be completed within five years from that time, or in 1871. Orders have been sent East for iron, and it is now announced as
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