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The Union National Bank started business July 1, 1875, succeeding to the commercial business of the Union Savings Bank when the latter became recognized under the civil code. Henry was also the first presi- dent of this financial institution, and H. A. Palmer its first cashier. The first directors also included J. West Martin, R. W. Kirkham, D. Hen- shaw Ward. The original capital stock was $100,000. H. A. Palmer became president in 1881, when Henry resigned, and Charles E. Palmer cashier. Edson F. Adams, R. S. Farrelly and Thomas Prather were also prominently connected with the early history of this bank.
The First National Bank of Oakland was organized March 30, 1875, as one of the nine National Gold Banks of the United States. The first board of directors included B. F. Ferris, E. Case, Frederick Delger,
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C. H. Twombly, Westley Newcomb, A. Eberhardt, P. C. Huntley, V. D. Moody, J. E. Ruggles, G. M. Fisher, and S. N. Putnam. B. F. Ferris was the first president, and G. M. Fisher, secretary. V. D. Moody was the next president; and upon the resignation of Fisher as cashier in 1878, C. H. Twombly became his successor. Other early directors were G. J. Ainsworth, W. P. Jones, A. Chabot, F. K. Shattuck, and L. C. Morehouse.
The West Oakland Mutual Loan Association was incorporated July 21, 1875. Four years later the Cosmopolitan Mutual Building and Loan Association of East Oakland was also organized. The Oakland Gas Light Company was incorporated in 1866, with its plant originally located on the block bounded by First, Second, Washington and Broad- way. The first street lights in Oakland, using gas, were lighted Jan- uary 1, 1867. In 1877 the company erected buildings upon the block be- tween First, Second, Grove and Jefferson streets. The original twenty- five street lamps of 1867 had been increased to 812 by 1883, and mains extended to Brooklyn and Fruitvale. Prominently connected with this company were J. West Martin, W. W. Crane, Jr., and Joseph G. East- land.
One of the pioneer manufacturing concerns of Oakland was the one established by Sohst Brothers at the northeast corner of Eighth and Franklin streets in 1873. The firm manufactured carriages, and operated four forges. The Oakland Carriage Factory, established by M. W. Allen, in 1873, was located at Tenth and Franklin. Clark and Woolley started the Oakland Boiler Works at Third and Franklin in 1880. The Oakland Iron Works had its founding in 1871, by Ives Sco- ville, on Second Street, between Washington and Clay. In 1882 T. H. Eichbaum became associated with Scoville, and the works were moved to Second and Jefferson. They employed as high as fifty men. The Judson Manufacturing Company was begun in June, 1882, on the north- ern water-front, with a capital stock of $1,000,000. Egbert Judson was chosen president; A. Chabot, vice president; C. B. Morgan, secretary ; and the National Bank of Oakland, treasurer. The directors included C. Webb Howard, A. J. Snyder, Volney D. Moody, and George C. Perkins.
Another important pioneer company was the Pacific Iron and Nail Company, the company being organized in 1882, with a capital stock of half a million.
The Lanz Brothers Soap Works started on Third Street, near Mar- ket, in 1882, after being moved from Alvarado, where they had com-
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menced business in 1875. The California Hosiery Company started op- erations in March, 1881, being organized by William H. Jordan, J. A. Swenarton, J. Williams, Q. A. Chase, J. Kryster, W. Everson, J. B. McChesney, M. T. Brewer, and J. F. Farnsworth. Samm's Mills, built by Jacob Samm, at the corner of First and Clay streets in 1874, em- ployed a force of twenty-five men. The firm later became Samm & Parsons. The Oakland City Flour Mills were erected in 1864 at the corner of Third and Broadway. In November, 1876, these mills were burned, but were immediately rebuilt by Babcock & Gould, the owners. B. E. Hickok became owner in March, 1880. Williamson's Flour Mill was moved to Oakland from Solano County in 1883 by William Wil- liamson, and established at Fourth and Washington. Other firms included the Kelly Marble Works, the Dwyer Marble Works, and Knowles & Co.'s Granite and Marble Works, the Oakland Brewery (at Telegraph Avenue and Durant Street), the Washington Brewery (at Fifth and Kirkham Streets), Reuter's Dye Works, and the large Oak- land Planing Mills. This mill was situated on First, Second and Wash- ington streets. It was started in 1868 by O. H. Burnham, D. W. Stande- ford and a Mr. Robinson.
EARLY HISTORY OF THE OAKLAND LIBRARY
The Oakland Library Association was organized March 5, 1868, the meeting selecting Dr. Samuel Merritt as its first president. The sum of $6,000 was raised, and rooms were first occupied in the Holmes Building, at the corner of Eighth and Broadway, but later removed to a room at Eleventh and Broadway. A site was donated in 1872 at the corner of Twelfth and Washington streets, but in 1874 the asso- ciation disposed of the lot for $12,500; and the City Council gave per- mission to use a portion of the City Hall lot, to which location the old building was moved, where it stood for a number of years. The ori- ginal members of the association paid annual dues, but the burden mounted as the city grew. In 1878, under a state act, providing for the establishment of free libraries, it was decided to surrender the li- brary to the city. This transfer was made, the city acquiring the build- ing, between four and five thousand books, and some $2,300 in cash. The Free Reading Room, conducted on Eleventh and Washington streets, was merged with the library. The old building was razed, and a new one occupied in November, 1878. Miss Ina D. Coolbrith be- came librarian in 1874, and held that position for many years, laying a
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foundation for the splendid system that has been developed since her administration. Upon the city's assumption of the control of the in- stitution, a board of five trustees were elected to govern its destinies. Branches in East Oakland and in West Oakland were located during the early '80s. By May 1, 1883, the number of books in the library had grown to 8,900. The old Odd Fellows Library of Oakland had its foundation August 12, 1867, by members of the Odd Fellows lodge.
The first issue of the Oakland Daily Tribune was put out on Sat- urday, February 21, 1874, by Ben A. Dewes and George B. Staniford. The powerful metropolitan daily of today was then but a small four- page paper. The first issues contained but three columns to the page. Three months later it was increased to double its original size, and a location in the Wilcox Building was secured, over the post office. The following year the plant was moved to between Eighth and Ninth on Broadway. In 1876 Staniford, who had become sole owner, sold a half interest to A. B. Gibson, who soon sold out to A. E. Nightingill. An important date in the history of the daily is that of July 24, 1876, when William E. Dargie purchased the newspaper. He instilled new life into the paper, and increased its usefulness. On November 1, 1881, the plant was moved to 413, 415 and 417 Eighth Street. The Tribune was republican in politics from its inception.
The democratic paper was the Oakland Daily Times. It was for- merly the Transcript, owned and controlled by Col. John Scott. The office was located on Broadway, between Eighth and Ninth. After sev- eral transfers of ownership, J. A. Johnson and J. B. Wyman purchased the plant on January 8, 1878, and the building at 952 leased. William D. Harwood became editor. John P. Irish became editor in October, 1882. The Oakland Press, located at Center Station, Seventh Street, West Oakland, was started in 1872 by G. W. Barter. In 1875 it was purchased by DeWitt C. Lawrence, and conducted as a democratic paper.
CITY OFFICIALS TO 1884
The officers chosen at the first city election in Oakland under the charter of 1854, were mayor, Horace W. Carpentier; city clerk, J. R. Dunglison; marshal, John Hogan; assessor, J. S. Tubbs; councilmen, Edward Gallagher, A. D. Eames, John Kelsey, George M. Blake, W. C. Josselyn and A. Marier.
March, 1855. Mayor, Charles Campbell; city clerk, Thomas Gal-
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lagher ; marshal, J. P. M. Davis; assessor, Andrew Croswell; council- men, Edward Gallagher, A. D. Eames, S. J. Lynch, William Harwood, Andrew Williams, and Leonard Johnson.
March, 1856. Mayor, S. H. Robinson; city clerk, Thomas Gal- lagher ; marshal, J. P. M. Davis ; assessor, A. D. McDevitt; councilmen, R. Worthington, William Hillegass, Edward Gibbons, George H. Fogg, J. G. Kittridge, and F. K. Shattuck.
March, 1857. Mayor, A. Williams; city clerk, Edward Gibbons; marshal, J. P. M. Davis; assessor, A. D. McDevitt; councilmen, Wil- liam Harwood, A. Davison, William Hillegass, R. Worthington, N. Gray, and A. Marier.
March, 1858. Mayor, A. Williams; city clerk, Edward Gibbons; assessor, N. J. Thompson; councilmen, F. K. Shattuck, G. W. Foun- tain, John McCann, G. W. Scribner, Thomas Gallagher, and James Daley.
March, 1859. Mayor, F. K. Shattuck; city clerk, Edward Gibbons; marshal, A. Davison; assessor, L. B. Tarpley ; councilmen, A. D. Mc- Devitt, Edward Hoskins, J. B. Pierce, J. R. Rogers, A. Marier, and Franklin Warner.
March, 1860. Mayor, J. P. M. Davis; city clerk, Edward Gibbons; marshal, William Hoskins; assessor, L. B. Tarpley; councilmen, J. B. Pierce, J. H. Brown, A. W. White, P. W. Vanwinkle, and M. M. Howe.
March, 1861. Mayor, J. P. M. Davis; clerk, Edward Hoskins; marshal, William Hoskins; assessor, L. B. Tarpley ; councilmen, T. D. Woolsey, Edward Gibbons, B. C. Horn, D. W. Barnes, J. M. Dillon, and A. D. Eames.
March, 1862. Mayor, George M. Blake; clerk, E. P. Sanford; mar- shal, William Hoskins; assessor, J. E. Whitcher; councilmen, Samuel Merritt, F. K. Shattuck, T. D. Woolsey, Edward Gibbons, J. M. Dillon, and A. D. Eames.
March, 1863. Mayor, W. H. Bovee; clerk, E. P. Sanford; marshal, James Brown; assessor, J. M. Dillon; councilmen, O. L. Shafter, W. W. Crane, Jr., Edward Gibbons, C. Taylor, James DeFremery, and F. K. Shattuck.
March, 1864. Mayor, Edward Gibbons ; clerk, E. P. Sanford; mar- shal, James Brown; assessor, J. M. Dillon; city justice, E. I. Smith; councilmen, E. Janssen, J. O. Miner, D. P. Barstow, A. C. Palmer and C. Taylor.
March, 1865. Mayor, B. F. Ferris; clerk, A. D. Eames; assessor,
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J. M. Dillon ; city justice, Norman Watson; city constable, E. I. Smith; councilmen, J. O. Miner, Edward Gibbons, A. H. Jayne, A. F. Rogers, and F. K. Shattuck.
March, 1866. Mayor, J. W. Dwinelle; clerk, A. D. Eames ; marshal, James Brown; city justice, George H. Fogg; assessor, J. M. Dillon; councilmen, P. S. Wilcox, A. Anderson, D. P. Barstow.
March, 1867. Mayor, W. W. Crane, Jr .; clerk, H. Hillebrand; police judge, Norman Watson; assessor, J. M. Dillon; city justice, Thomas Wall; councilmen, W. G. Moody, B. F. Pendleton, W. H. Miller, and J. A. Hobart.
March, 1868. Mayor, Samuel Merritt; clerk, H. Hillebrand; po- iice judge, Sextus Shearer ; marshal, Charles P. McKay ; assessor, J. M. Dillon; city justice, George H. Fogg; councilmen, A. H. Jayne, J. A. Hobart, W. G. Moody, W. H. Miller, F. M. Campbell, D. G. Barnes, and B. F. Pendleton; city attorney, S. F. Gilcrest.
March, 1869. Mayor, John B. Felton; city council, A. H. Jayne, N. W. Spaulding, D. G. Barnes, William H. Miller, Walter Van Dyke, James A. Folger, E. H. Pardee; clerk, H. Hillebrand; police judge, Sextus Shearer ; marshal, Charles P. Mckay; assessor, J. M. Dillon; superintendent of schools, George Tait; city justice, George H. Fogg; health officer, T. H. Pinkerton; engineer, T. J. Arnold; city attorney, H. H. Havens.
March, 1870. Mayor, John B. Felton; councilmen, Henry Durant, W. J. Gurnett, Charles D. Haven, Q. A. Chase, N. L. Warner, N. W. Spaulding, and E. H. Pardee; police judge, A. H. Jayne; city attorney, H. H. Havens ; clerk, H. Hillebrand; marshal, Perry Johnson; assessor, Joseph M. Dillon; city justice, George H. Fogg; city engineer, T. J. Arnold ; superintendent of schools, George Tait.
March, 1871. Mayor, N. W. Spaulding; councilmen, Charles D. Haven, T. J. Murphy, N. L. Warner, W. J. Gurnett, J. V. B. Good- rich, W. S. Snook, and E. H. Pardee; clerk, H. Hillebrand; police judge, A. H. Jayne; marshal, Perry Johnson; assessor, J. M. Dillon, superintendent of schools, F. M. Campbell; city justice, George H. Fogg; attorney, H. H. Havens; engineer, T. J. Arnold; health officer, Dr. T. H. Pinkerton.
March, 1872. Mayor, Nathan W. Spaulding; councilmen; E. H. Pardee, A. L. Warner, W. S. Snook, Thomas J. Murphy, Franklin Warner, Mack Webber and Benjamin F. Ferris; attorney, H. H. Havens; clerk, H. Hillebrand; police judge, Anselm H. Jayne, assessor, J. M. Dillon; city justices John C. Reverly and John F. Havens; mar-
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shal, Perry Johnson; captain police, F. B. Tarbett; chief engineer fire department, George Taylor ; city engineer, Thomas J. Arnold.
March, 1873. Mayor, Henry Durant; councilmen, Mack Webber, B. F. Harris, I. W. Knox, N. W. Spaulding, James Larue, Franklin Warner, and W. S. Snook; police judge, A. H. Jayne; clerk, H. Hille- brand; marshal, Perry Johnson; assessor, Joseph M. Dillon; city attor- ney, H. H. Havens; city engineer, T. J. Arnold; superintendent of schools, F. M. Campbell; justices of the peace, township, George H. Fogg and James Lentell.
March, 1874. Mayor, Henry Durant; councilmen, Mack Webber, Israel W. Knox, N. W. Spaulding, W. S. Snook, James Larue, E. H. Pardee, and Wallace Everson; police judge, A. H. Jayne; clerk, H. Hillebrand; marshal, Perry Johnson; assessor, Joseph M. Dillon; health officer, George E. Sherman; city attorney, S. F. Gilcrist ; city en- gineer, T. J. Arnold; justices of the peace, township, George H. Fogg and James Lentell; superintendent of schools, F. M. Campbell.
March, 1875. Mayor, Mack Webber; councilmen, Wallace Ever- son, James Dods, E. H. Pardee, J. B. Ford, U. Huntington, John M. Miner, and J. W. Shanklin; city attorney, S. F. Gilcrist ; clerk, Henry Hillebrand; police judge, Anselm H. Jayne; justices, township, George H. Fogg and James Lentell; health officer, George E. Sherman; mar- shal, Perry Johnson; assessor, Joseph M. Dillon; captain of police, D. H. Rand; chief engineer, fire department, M. De La Montanya; super- intendent of schools, Frederick M. Campbell.
March, 1876. Mayor, E. H. Pardee; treasurer and clerk, H. Hille- brand; police judge, S. H. Jayne; councilmen, James Dods, John M. Miner, W. A. Walter, J. W. F. Sohst, U. Huntington, J. B. Ford, and H. H. Watson; marshal, Perry Johnson; assessor, Joseph M. Dillon; city attorney, Henry Vrooman; health officer, George E. Sherman; su- perintendent of public schools, F. M. Campbell; captain of police, D. H. Rand; chief engineer of fire department, M. De La Montanya; city engineer, Thomas J. Arnold.
March, 1877. Mayor, E. H. Pardee; councilmen, P. W. Fonda, W. E. Grinnell, W. A. Walter, J. M. Miner, J. F. W. Sohst, and M. W. Fish; clerk, James Dods; treasurer, James Dods; marshal and tax collector, Perry Johnson; surveyor, T. J. Arnold; justice of the peace, William Bolton; police judge, A. H. Jayne; attorney, Henry Vrooman ; chief of police, D. H. Rand; fire chief, M. De La Montanya.
March, 1878. Mayor, W. R. Andrus; councilmen, P. W. Fonda, W. E. Grinnell, W. A. Walter, J. M. Miner, W. E. Miller, J. F. W.
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Sohst, and M. W. Fish; clerk and treasurer, James Dods; marshal and tax collector, J. R. Cutting ; engineer, T. J. Arnold; assessor, J. M. Dillon ; attorney, P. W. Byrne; justice of the peace, Adam Koob; police judge, Ed. Hoskins; chief of police, W. W. Gray; fire chief, James Hill.
March, 1879. Mayor, W. R. Andrus; councilmen, J. C. Millan, J. N. Corlies, J. S. Wall, J. B. White, David Hewes, James Gill and G. W. Babcock; clerk and treasurer, James Dods; marshal and tax collec- tor, J. R. Cutting ; engineer, T. W. Morgan; assessor, J. M. Dillon ; at- torney, P. W. Byrne; justice of the peace, C. C. Jenks; police judge, Ed. Hoskins; chief of police, W. F. Fletcher ; fire chief, James Hill.
March, 1880. Mayor, James E. Blethen; councilmen, J. C. Millan, J. N. Corlies, J. S. Wall, J. B. White, David Hewes, James Gill, and George W. Babcock; clerk and treasurer, James Dods; marshal and tax collector, M. E. Clough; engineer, T. W. Morgan; assessor, J. M. Dillon; attorney, J. M. Poston; justices of the peace, C. C. Jenks and A. W. Bishop; police judge, John Yule; police chief, W. F. Fletcher; fire chief, James Hill.
March, 1881. Mayor, James E. Blethen; councilmen, J. C. Millan, L. S. Hawkins; C. R. Lewis, J. H. Fish, Peter Thomson, James Gill, and Henry Hayes; clerk and treasurer, James Dods; marshal and tax collector, M. E. Clough; engineer, T. W. Morgan; assessor, J. M. Dil- lon; attorney, J. M. Poston; justices of the peace, C. C. Jenks and A. W. Bishop; police judge, John Yule; chief of police, W. F. Fletcher ; fire chief, James Hill.
March, 1882. Mayor, C. K. Robinson; councilmen, J. C. Millan, L. S. Hawkins, C. R. Lewis, J. H. Fish, Peter Thomson, James Gill and Henry Hayes; clerk and treasurer, James Dods; marshal and tax col- lector, M. E. Clough; engineer, T. W. Morgan; assessor, J. M. Dillon; attorney, John Yule; justices of the peace, C. C. Jenks and A. W. Bishop; police judge, S. F. Daniels; chief of police, Peter Pumyea ; fire chief, James Hill.
March, 1883. Mayor, J. West Martin; councilmen, J. T. Carothers, S. M. Babbitt, E. B. Bean, M. De La Montanya, M. C. Garber, James McGivney, and James Hayes; clerk and treasurer, James Dods; mar- shal and tax collector, M. E. Clough; engineer, T. W. Morgan; as- sessor, J. M. Dillon; attorney, John Yule; justices of the peace, C. C. Jenks and A. W. Bishop; police judge, S. F. Daniels; chief of police, E. J. Chase, acting; fire chief, James Hill.
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WHERE SOME OF OAKLAND'S PIONEERS LIVED
It might be interesting to our readers to know where some of the prominent pioneers of Oakland resided. With that in mind, some time has been devoted to this work, a selection of the early '70s having been made. This was just before the time of the adoption of the first street numbering system for houses in Oakland, and locations of homes have had to be made by a more cumbersome method than by street numbers.
Calvin B. McDonald, editor of the Transcript, made his home in the same building used by the paper, on Broadway, between Eleventh and Twelfth. Rev. David McClure, principal of the Oakland Academy, maintained his home at the Academy. J. B. McChesney, principal of the Lafayette Grammar School, resided on Webster Street, north of the college. Gen. O. H. LaGrange, the district attorney, was a guest of the Cosmopolitan House. Miss S. M. Salomee was the Sister Superior of the Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, which was founded by Father King, and she lived on Webster, near New Broadway. Rev. John Sessions, D. D., lived on the south side of Twelfth, between Jefferson and Clay. E. J. Pasmore, who was a professor of music at the Oakland College School, resided on Twelfth, near Harrison. Wil- liam . C. Dodge was another professor at the same institution, and had his home between Washington and Clay, on Ninth. Henry Durant, a professor at the College of California, resided on the north side of Franklin, between Twelfth and Thirteenth. George H. Fogg, the justice of the peace for Oakland, had a home at the northeast corner of Second and Webster. Rev. Michael King, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church, which owned the block bounded by Grove, Jefferson, Seventh and Eighth, lived at the northeast corner of Seventh and Grove. The home of Prof. Martin Kellogg, of the Oakland College School faculty, was at the northeast corner of Thirteenth and Grove. Rev. L. Hamil- ton, who had assumed the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church in December, 1865, lived on the west side of Jackson, between Thir- teenth and Fourteenth. Dr. Thomas Green had his office across the bay, but resided at the southeast corner of Jefferson and Seventh. Charles D. Havey, secretary of the Union Insurance Company in San Fran- cisco, lived on the north side of Eighth, near Adeline. Israel W. Knox, of the Golden State Iron Works of San Francisco, also resided in Oakland, on Telegraph "Road."
H. W. Carpentier, pioneer attorney and promoter of Oakland and the first mayor under the city charter of 1854, resided at the corner of
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Alice and Third streets. John W. Dwinelle and John H. Brewer, both of whom had law offices in San Francisco, lived in Oakland, the former at the northwest corner of Clay and Fifth, and the latter at the north- east corner of Thirteenth and Jefferson. John B. Felton, another Oak- lander who practiced law on the other side of the bay, resided on the east side of Adeline, between Ninth and Tenth. John Garber also lived between Ninth and Tenth, but practiced law in San Francisco. Samuel J. Clarke, who held the position of registrar in bankruptcy across the bay, lived at the Cosmopolitan House. Dr. T. C. Coxhead chose his home out on Telegraph "Road." The superintendent of the Gas & Light Company, V. L. Eastland, resided on the east side of Washing- ton, between First and Second. Rev. D. Chase, a chaplain in the army, lived on San Pablo "Road." The home of Dr. T. B. Esmonds and U. J. Esmonds was on Fifth, between Harrison and Alice. F. K. Shattuck, pioneer councilman and mayor and business man of Oakland, resided on the south side of Tenth, between Washington and Clay. The Dr. Orrin P. Warren home was near the corner of Webster and Prospect. Frank G. Smith practiced law in San Francisco, but lived at the south- west corner of Eighth and Castro. W. J. Walker also had a law office in that city, and resided on the east side of Center, between Eighth and Ninth. H. P. Watkins, local attorney, had his home on the west side of Ninth, between Broadway and Franklin. Thomas H. Monsterey was professor of fencing at the Oakland Academy, but made his home in San Francisco. The First Congregational Church then stood on Broad- way, between Tenth and Eleventh, and the pastor, Rev. D. D. Mooar, lived at the northeast corner of Tenth and Washington.
The home of City Attorney S. F. Gilcrest was on the northwest corner of Second and Harrison. Attorneys William H. Glascock and John R. Glascock resided at the southwest corner of Fifth and Harri- son. The home of Dr. T. H. Pinkerton, city health officer, was on the northwest corner of Tenth and Brush streets. G. W. Armes, a member of the school board and also of the firm of Armes & Dallam, dealers in wood and willow ware, San Francisco, lived on the north side of Twelfth Street, between Jefferson and Clay. The residence of R. E. Cole, another member of the school board, who maintained a dental office in San Francisco, was at the southeast corner of Eighteenth and Adeline. The home of N. B. Hoyt, a clerk in the custom house across the bay and another member of the school board, was on Peralta, be- tween Lincoln and Seward streets. Capt. William Harwood, wharfinger of the Washington Street dock, resided on the northeast corner of
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TELEGRAPH ROAD, LOOKING SOUTH FROM JUNCTION AND BROADWAY, OAKLAND, 1869
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SAN PABLO ROAD, OAKLAND, 1869
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Fourth and Harrison. W. D. Harwood, local editor of the News and a member of the school board, had his residence on the northeast corner of Fifth and Harrison. John R. Conway, one of the six Oakland police- men, resided on the north side of Third, between Washington and Clay. The other policemen were J. Hill, W. H. Summers, D. H. Rand, E. H. Woolsey and James Brown. Hill also resided between Clay and Washington, but on the north side of Fifth; Summers lived on the northwest corner of Eighth and Washington; Rand on the north side of Seventh, between Pine and Wood; and Woolsey at the corner of Seventh and Clay. Brown was the first captain of the old Oakland Guards, organized at the outbreak of the Civil war, and had been city marshal. W. C. Little, of Taylor & Co., and acting captain of the Oak- land Guards at that time, resided at Twelfth and Harrison.
Benjamin Akerly, rector of St. John's Church, which was located on Grove Street, between Seventh and Eighth streets, resided on the northwest corner of Sixteenth and Adeline. George L. Babcock, a pro- fessor of music at the Oakland Academy, had his home on the north- west corner of Fourth and Jackson. Henry Barroilhet, the Chilean consul and San Francisco banker, resided at the northeast corner of Seventh and Center streets. D. P. Barstow, who maintained his law office across the bay, lived on Market, near Eighth. Dr. D. M. Bald- win, who had his office in the Broadway Block, resided on College Hill, near the Female College of the Pacific. Rev. Edward G. Beckwith, principal of the Oakland College School, resided on Twelfth Street, between Broadway and Franklin. John B. Beers, who had a dental office in San Francisco, made Oakland his home, residing on the south side of Third Street, between Grove and Castro. Miss R. A. Bills, principal of the primary department of the Female College of the Pacific, lived at the school. William F. Boardman, the city engineer and county surveyor, lived on the east side of Alice Street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth. G. M. Blake, the attorney, and Mrs. Blake, principal of the Oakland Seminary, had their residence on Washington Street, between Eleventh and Twelfth. F. A. Blackburn, a teacher in the Oakland Academy, resided at the Academy on Telegraph Avenue.
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