History of Alameda County, California : including its geology, topography, soil, and productions, Part 106

Author: Munro-Fraser, J. P
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Oakland, Calif. : M.W. Wood
Number of Pages: 1206

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HOME FOR AGED WOMEN .- Under the auspices of the Ladies' Relief Society of Oakland. The building was erected in 1882, and possession was taken of it October Ist. Mrs. K. M. Fox is matron, and has six assistants. The structure faces the south with one hundred feet of frontage, and is three stories high besides the basement, and has a large rear extension, two stories high. On the first floor there are ten rooms, seven of which are for inmates, and one is for the matron, and the other two are used for reception and sitting rooms respectively. On the second floor there are eleven rooms, all to be used by inmates. The third floor comprises an attic, used at present for a store-room, but ultimately designed to be finished off into rooms. All the rooms in the building have been furnished by special donation, that is, a donor chooses a room and furnishes it complete. In the rear addition of the building there are two dining- rooms, on the first floor, one of which is used for the aged women, and one for the children of the home; also a kitchen. On the upper floor are two dormitories for the children of the home, and rooms for attendants. In the basement is the laundry and furnace-room, and a large room which is to be used for a children's dining-room in time. The terms of admission are, $300 for front rooms and $200 for back rooms. There are ten acres of land belonging to the property. The building cost $18,000. Governor Perkins and nine others gave $1,000 each. It is all out of debt now.

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LODGES, SOCIETIES, ETC .- The societies of Oakland-secret, social, and benev- olent-are most numerous, but the chronicles of only a few of them will be found in our work. We disclaim any blame in this regard, as written requests were made for the necessary information, but this was in many instances entirely ignored, therefore such as were handed to us we now produce. The latest directory of Oakland gives the information that there are within the city-exclusive of East Oakland-some fifty lodges.

Masonic Temple .- The Oakland Masonic Temple Association was incorpo- rated June 25, 1878, with a capital of $100,000, divided into 10,000 shares of the par value of $10.00 each.

The association was organized and officers elected June 27, 1878. F. K. Shattuck was elected the first President of the association, and has been re-elected each year, and is the present President. A lot sixty-five feet on Washington by one hundred and five feet on Twelfth Street, was purchased of E. P. Flint on the northwest corner of Twelfth and Washington Streets.

By-laws of association adopted July 13, 1878, and a Building Committee, consist- ing of N. W. Spaulding, S. Hirshberg, and R. C. Gaskill appointed. August 1, 1878 Messrs. Wright and Sanders were selected as the architects, to draw plans and speci- fications for the building. Plans for the building as prepared by Messrs. Wright and Sanders were adopted by the Board, October 3, 1878. Building committee July 2, 1879, N. W. Spaulding, John Cullin, S. Hirshberg. Modified plans of building adopted October 20, 1879.

Bids for the several kinds of work were advertised for October 20th, and received up to noon, November 5, 1879, and on the Ioth day of November the Board of Directors awarded the following contracts: For brick-work, to G. D. Nagle & Co., Oakland; for the granite-work, to George Griffith, Penryn, Cal .; for freestone, to J. Pfeiffer, San José; for wrought-iron-work, to J. R. Sims, San Francisco; carpenter- work, to D. Farniell, Oakland; Plumbing, etc., to W. W. Montague & Co., Oakland; tin and slate work, to J. F. Forderer, San Francisco; plastering, to A. C. Corbett, San Francisco; painting and glaizing, to J. T. Gardiner, Oakland.

The corner-stone of the Temple was laid with appropriate Masonic ceremonies on the Ioth day of January, 1880, by M. W., W. N. Traylor, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, of the State of California, assisted by other officers of the Grand Lodge. The lodges and other Masonic bodies of Oakland participating. An address was delivered by M. W., Leonidas E. Pratt.

W. E. Boone was elected the superintendent of the work, and under his directions the contractors were required to do all their work.

Although the entire Temple was not completed, yet the third story was so nearly finished that Oakland Lodge No. 188, F. and A. M., moved to the Temple and held the first meeting on the eve of December 27, A. D. 1880, and installing their newly elected officers for the ensuing year. The Temple was completed and dedicated Feb- ruary 22d, A. D. 1881, by the officers of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California, with appropriate ceremonies and music, followed by an oration by M. D. Boruck, and a ball in the evening.

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The Temple is semi-Gothic in style, and is sixty-five by one hundred and five feet, and' constructed of brick, granite, and San José sandstone. The main entrance on Twelfth Street is in the form of a Gothic portico of polished granite sup- ported by pillars of polished black granite, with the letter "G. T." cut in the massive arch over the gateway. The first floor contains a main hall forty-two by sixty-eight feet with a banqueting hall adjoining, eighteen by sixty-eight. Ladies and gents rooms are also attached. On the second floor, which is constructed with special reference for the meetings of the various Masonic bodies, the main hall or lodge room is forty-two by sixty feet with twenty-five foot ceiling and a central dome reaching six feet higher. This floor has also a banqueting hall, with tyler's room, coat, com- mittee and preparation rooms, also armory rooms for the Knights Templar. The cost of the lot and building with furniture is fully $100,000.

The annual meeting of stockholders is held on the third Tuesday of June, at which meeting a Board of eleven Directors is chosen. The present officers of the Board of Directors are: F. K. Shattuck, President; A. Chabot, Vice-President; C. E. Gillett, Secretary; M. T. Dusenbury, Treasurer.

Oakland Commandery, No. 11, Knights Templar .- This Commandery was organized January 18, 1876, with the following charter members: William Thomas Reynolds, Edward Farnum, Ralph Josiah Van Voorhies, Daniel William Gelwicks, Rollin Corrolus Gaskill, James Dods, Natale Giamboni, Thomas Jefferson Arnold, Frank Worthy Cushing, Francis Kettredge Shattuck, John Macklin Miner, Alfred Coolidge Waitt, Edward Waterman Roberts, Nathan Weston Spaulding, Osgood Church Wheeler, August Liliencrantz, Henry Edward Mathews, Edward Edmonds Potter, Charles Edwin Gillett, Adolphus Skinner Hubbard, Frank Xavier Zephidon Marchand, Willard Franklin Fletcher, Solomon Lathrop, and Richard Woolsey Ellis, the officers under dispensation being: Sir James Dods, Commander; Sir W. T. Rey- nolds, Generalissimo; Sir N. W. Spaulding, Captain General. On April 15, 1876, the charter was granted, since when it has been in a most flourishing condition. It meets at their asylum in the Masonic Temple, at the northwest corner of Twelfth and Wash- ington Streets, every Tuesday evening, the stated conclave being held on the first Tuesday of each month. The officers since organization, including those for the pres- ent term, are :-

1876 .- Sir R. C. Gaskill, Commander; Sir A. S. Hubbard, Generalissimo; Sir A. Ryder, Captain General. 1877 .- Sir R. C. Gaskill, Com .; Sir A. S. Hubbard, Gen .; Sir A. Ryder, Capt. Gen. 1878 .- Sir R. C. Gaskill, Com .; Sir A. S. Hubbard, Gen .; Sir A. Ryder, Capt. Gen. 1879 .- Sir O. C. Wheeler, Com .; Sir S. Lathrop, Gen .; Sir W. F. Fletcher, Capt. Gen. 1880 .- Sir S. Lathrop, Com .; Sir A. C. Waitt, Gen .; Sir W. F. Fletcher, Capt. Gen. 1881 .- Sir. Solomon Lathrop, Com .; Sir J. E. Ben- ton, Gen .; Sir W. F. Fletcher Capt. Gen. 1882 .- Sir S. Lathrop, Com .; Sir J. E. Benton, Gen .; Sir George D. Metcalf, Capt. Gen. 1883 .- Sir Solomon Lathrop, Com .; Sir Alfred Coolidge Waitt, Gen .; Sir George Dickson Metcalf, Capt. Gen .; Sir Herman Barnum Sears, Prel .; Sir Zachary Taylor Gilpin, Senior Warden; Sir Charles Franklin Burnham, Junior Warden; Sir Rollin Corrolus Gaskill, Treasurer; Sir James Todd Gardiner, Recorder; Sir James Bestor Merritt,

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Standard Bearer; Sir Frank Eugene Brigham, Sword Bearer; Sir George Pat- terson, Warder; Sir Charles Edwin Gillett, Sentinel; Sir F. X. Z. Marchand, Sir Wm. P. Jones, Sir William George Cumming, Guards; Sir Wallace Everson, Sir A. G. Anthony, Purveyors.

Oakland Chapter, No. 26, R. A. M .- This Chapter was instituted May 5, 1860, with the following charter members: J. E. Whitcher, P. E. Edmondson, Hiram Tubbs, H. S. Vesey, A. H. Myers, William Kennedy, J. W. Carrick. J. C. Kyte, Samuel Hirshberg, T. J. Nevins. The first officers being, J. E. Whitcher, H. P .; P. E. Edmondson, K .; J. W. Carrick, S .; T. J. Nevins, C. of H .; A. H. Myers, Pr. Soj .; Hiram Tubbs, R. A. C .; J. E. Kyte, M. 3d V .; S. Hirshberg, M. 2d V .; W. Kennedy, M. Ist V .; H. M. Vesey, Sec. The Chapter has a present membership of sixty-two, the fol- lowing being the officers for the current year: F. H. Brooks, H. P .; C. E. Gillett, K .; A. W. Bishop, S .; W. F. Pierce, Treas .; J. Lentell, Sec .; W. B. Clayton, C. of H .; J. T. Gardner, Pr. Soj .; E. Winchester, R. A. C .; J. J. Newsom, M. of Ist V .; J. Dieves, M. 2d V .; George Goodman, M. 3d V .; H. E. Hitchcock, Guard. Meets on the first and third Mondays in each month in Masonic Temple, at the corner of Central Avenue and Washington Streets.

Royal and Select Masters .- On May 13th, A. D. 1882, a dispensation was granted by the Ill. Dep. G. M. of the Grand Council of R. and S. M. of California, to Com- panions Charles Edwin Gillett, George Wait Hopkins, Lewis Goodwin Thomas, Joseph Parsons, Osgood Church Wheeler, Daniel W. Gelwick, Nathan Weston Spaulding, John Andrew Zimmerman, Samuel P. Kelly, Alfred T. Perkins, Isaac D. Ryttenberg, Thomas H. Pinkerton, William R. Thomas, Ebenezer Winchester, Willard F. Fletcher, and George B. Seaman-to open and hold a Council of Royal and Select Masters in the city of Oakland, Cal., to be known as Oakland Council. The Ill. Dep. G. M. appointing Ill. Comp., Charles E. Gillett to be the first Thrice Ill. Master. Comp. Osgood Church Wheeler the first Dep. Ill. M. and Comp. George B. Seaman, the first Prin. Con. of the work. The first regular meeting of Oakland Council W. D. of R. and S. M., was held on June 15, A. D., 1882. A Dep. 2882 at which time the officers not named in the dispensation were elected or appointed. A code of by-laws adopted, and the Coun- cil proceeded to transact business and work of a Council of R. and S. Masters. The Council continued to hold their monthly meetings until the annual session of the Grand Council of R. and S. M. of the State of California, in April, 1882, at which time a charter was granted, and on the 17th day of June, 1882, Oakland Council, No. 12, R. and S. M., was duly constituted by R. P., Adolphus Hollub as Dep. Gr. Master, assisted by Comp. J. H. Gray, as Grand Marshal, after which the following named companions were duly installed : R. P. Charles, E. Gillett, Th. Ill. Master; James B. Merritt, Dep. Ill. M .; Robert A. Hughes, P. C. of W .; Thomas H. Pinkerton, Treas .; E. Winchester, Recorder; Z. T. Gilpin, C. of G .; E. H. Morgan, C. of C .; A. Kendall, Stew .; and J. A. Zimmerman, Sentinel; present mumber of members of council, thirty. Time of meeting, the third Thursday of each month, at Masonic Temple, corner of Twelfth and Washington Streets.

Live Oak Lodge, No. 61, F. & A. M .- Was instituted May 4, 1855, with the

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following charter members: L. C. Owen, I. E. Paddock, J. E. Whitcher, S. H. Robin- son, S. B. McKee, J. Black, S. Beel, F. Warner, M. Fallon, P. Hayes, J. P. M. Davis, H. M. Barnard, B. L. Jones, L. Langfeld, H. C. Spicer; the first officers being: I. E. Paddock, W. M .; J. E. Whitcher, S. W .; H. A. Higley, J. W .; S. H. Robinson, Treas .; S. B. McKee, Sec .; J. Black, S. D .; John Scott, J. D .; F. Warner, Tyler. The pres- ent membership is one hundred and eleven; and the names of the present officers are: Robert J. Beeby, W. M .; E. C. Robinson, S. W .; W. F. Perry, J. W .; Peter Baker, Treas .; A. E. H. Cramer, Sec .; J. C. Plunkett, S. D .; H. P. Dalton, J. D .; H. E. Hitchcock, Tyler. The lodge meets on the evening of the first Friday in every month; while the place of meeting is the Masonic Temple, at the corner of Twelfth and Washington Streets.

Oakland Lodge, No. 188, F. & A. M .- Was instituted under dispensation, April 1, 1868, and finally received its charter October 15, 1868. The charter mem- bers were: N. W. Spaulding, W. G. Houghland, Joseph W. Hoag, John Laing, E. H. Pardee, W. H. Smith, G. R. Walker, P .. Johnson, J. W. Myrick, J. Hill, C. B. Ruther- ford, F. Reichling, A. W. Hawkett. The first officers were: N. W. Spaulding, W. M .; Joseph W. Hoag, S. W .; E. H. Pardee, J. W .; F. Reichling, Treas .; C. B. Rutherford, Sec. The lodge, which has a present membership of two hundred and forty-seven, meets every Saturday evening in the Masonic Temple, at the corner of Washington and Twelfth Streets, and is in a flourishing condition. The officers for the current term are: N. B. Hoyt, W. M .; T. J. O'Keefe, S. W .; G. S. Keys, J. W .; C. B. Ruther- ford, Treas .; A. K. Clark, Sec.

Oak Leaf Chapter, No. 8, O. E. S .- This Chapter was instituted April 30, 1872, with the following charter members: Sarah H. Warner, Ellen J. Rutherford, Emily Bagge, Fannie H. Hewes, Susie B. Lentell, S. Ella Whitcher, Henrietta Whitcher, R. J. Ingalls, Lizzie Dewes, Ricka Hirshberg, Henrietta Heyman, Ruth Ward, Caroline L. Pierson, Franklin Warner, Charles B. Rutherford, Christian Bagge, Charles Hewes, James Lentell, Foster B. Tarbett, Jeremiah E. Whitcher, James E. Ingalls, Gertrude Dewes, Lena Rosenberg, Robert T. Ward, M. Rosenberg; the first officers being: Jeremiah E. Whitcher, W. P .; Henrietta Whitcher, W. M .; Lucy E. Dam, A. M .; Sarah H. Warner, Sec .; Salome Anderson, Treas .; Fannie H. Hewes, Cond .; Mary E. Partridge, A. C .; Susie B. Lentell, Warder; Albert Shorey, Sentinel; S. Ella Whitcher, Adah; Ricka Hirshberg, Ruth; Emily Bagge, Esther; Ruth Ward, Martha; Caroline L. Pierson, Electa. The lodge, which is in a flourishing condition, with one hundred and sixty-five members on the roll, meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month, in the Masonic Temple, corner of Twelfth and Washington Streets. The officers for the current term are: Samuel Thorburn Black, W. P .; Mar- tha Pearee, W. M .; Martha Baker, A. M .; Salome Anderson, . Treas .; Fannie Ward, Sec .; Maud Howard, Cond .; Amelia Marcellus, A. Cond .; Osgood C. Wheeler, Chaplain; Lucia Etta Loring, Adah; Elizabeth Gee, Ruth; Sarah J. Brewster, Esther; Emma J. Welch, Martha; Lucinda C. Tucker, Electa; Sarah A. Deming, Warder; Hugh Frazer, Sentinel.

Oakland Lodge, No. 118, I. O. O. F .- This lodge was instituted July 5, 1864, with the following charter members and officers: E. Jansen, N. G .; P. Johnson, V. G .;

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J. C. Holland, Sec .; J. Becht, Treas .; and V. Kopf. The present membership is two hundred and thirty-five, the officers for the current term being: H. L. Madsen, N. G .; W. S. Dryden, V. G .; J. A. Button, Rec. Sec .; A. M. Drinkwater, Per. Sec .; C. McG. Quackenbush, Treas .; W. H. Rouse, A. L. Ellis, A. T. Eastland, Trustees. The lodge, which is in a flourishing condition, meets every Tuesday evening in Odd Fel- lows' Hall, corner of Eleventh and Franklin Streets.

Fountain Lodge, No. 198, I. O. O. F .- This lodge was instituted on January IO, 1872, with the following charter members: John B. Harmon, Joseph Lufkin, J. E. Marchand, J. E. Whitcher, Louis Belfils, William Chamberlin, C. H. Townsend, J. J. Porter, J. E. Ingols, J. E. Bacon, W. L. Mckay, I. R. Marston, J. M. Miner, R. H. Adams. The original officers were: J. B. Harmon, P. G. M., N. G .; J. E. Ingols, V. G .; C. H. Townsend, Rec. Sec .; J. E. Whitcher, Treas. There are at present one hun- dred and twenty-five members on the roll, and the officers for the current term are: Hermann Nebel, N. G .; John Crebbin, V. G .; Jacob Mueller, Rec. Sec .; E. Kreyenha- gen, Treasurer. The lodge meets every Monday evening in Odd Fellows' Hall, cor- ner of Eleventh and Franklin Streets.

Evening Star Lodge, No. 263, I. O. O. F .- Was organized July 20, 1877, with the following charter members: T. W. Le Ballister, John Nelson, F. Schimmelpfenning, John K. Woodworth, Joseph L. Golden, Oscar T. Bailey, L. B. Larue. The first offi- cers were: T. W. Le Ballister, P. G .; John Nelson, N. G .; J. K. Woodworth, V. G .; T. W. Le Ballister, Secretary; F. Schimmelpfenning, Treasurer. The Past Grands are: T. W. Le Ballister, John Nelson, J. K. Woodworth, J. McCracken, James McGrew, F. Schim- melpfenning, A. J. Sweet, F. X. Olaine, R. H. Larsen. The present officers are: R. H. Larsen, N. G .; D. J. Sullivan, V. G .; T. W. Le Ballister, Secretary; F. Schimmelpfen- ning, Treasurer. The present membership is fifty-one, and the lodge is in a prosper- ous condition.

Oakland Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 16, I. O. O. F .- Was instituted Octo- ber 10, 1873, with the following charter members: C. G. Reed, C. W. Cornor, C. B. Rutherford, Mrs. C. B. Rutherford, W. B. Ingersoll, Mrs. W. B. Ingersoll, C. Bagge, C. E. Bagge, A. B. Brower, Mrs. A. B. Brower, A. P. Partridge, Mrs. A. P. Partridge, J. Letters, Mrs. J. Letters, N. Rosenberg, Mrs. N. Rosenberg, Louis Gans, Mary Gans, Mrs. J. Ingols, Mrs. E. G. Jones, Mrs. H. L. Kercheval, Robert Dalziel, S. P. Knight, F. A. Corner, Sarah P. Knight. The first officers were: C. G. Reed, N. G .; C. W. Cornor, V. G .; Mrs. M. E. Partridge, Rec. Sec .; Mrs. A. F. Ingersoll, Per. Sec .; Mrs. E. C. Bagge, Treas. The lodge, which meets every Wednesday evening in Odd Fel- lows' Hall, at the corner of Eleventh and Franklin Streets, is in a flourishing condi- tion, and has fifty-eight members on the roll. The present officers are: Mrs. Maria L. Black, J. P. G .; Miss Elsie E. Aldrich, N. G .; Miss Maggie E. Price, V. G .; Mrs. Alice M. Naismith, Rec. Sec .; Miss Jennie L. Demott, Per. Sec .; Mrs. Susy C. Jones, Treas.

Pacific Lodge No. 7, A. O. U. W .- This lodge was instituted July 24, 1877, with the following charter members: B. D. Alexander, F. C. Barkhouse, S. Bowers, C. W. Baker, S. M. Cushing, W. J. Cuthbertson, James Dods, J. A. Dyer, C. A. Fuller, D.

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McG. Fraser, C. F. Groff, A. A. Guernsey, C. A. Gore, S. L. Gibbs, W. H. H. Hussey, L. Hamilton, J. E. Ingols, Wm. H. Jordan, W. W. Landon, A. Landon, W. S. Murphy, ' Geo. D. Metcalf, C. W. Ormsby, C. C. Palmer, L. M. Prince, J. R. Porter, D. W. Pratt, Charles G. Reed, D. Roudebush, H. T. Smith; I. A. Skinner, J. A. Swenarton, A. Shorey, Geo. Taylor, C. H. Twombly, C. P. Ward, W. Winnie. The first officers were: W. H. Jordan, M. W .; C. C. Palmer, F .; S. M. Cushing, O .; William Winnie, Recdr .; W. W. Landon, Fin .; J. P. Thorn, G. The lodge meets every Thursday even- ing in Workmen's Hall, corner of Twelfth and Franklin Streets, and has a pres- ent membership of two hundred and thirty-five. The present officers are: R. B. S. York, M. W .; J. C. Fielding, F .; Albert Gankroger, O .; C. W. Baker, Recdr .; E. S. Finch, Fin .; George V. Blackman, I. W .; E. J. Edwards, O. W .; W. H. O'Brien, P. M. W.

Oakleaf Lodge. No. 35, A. O. U. IV .- Was instituted June 3, 1878, with the follow- ing officers: M. S. Baker, P. M. W .; D. S. Hirshberg, M. W .; E. J. Webster, F .; A. A. Wood, O .; Charles Hapgood, Recvr .; George G. Bailey, Recdr .; E. L. Warner, Fin .; W. N. Pearce, G .; L. H. Pierson, I. W .; R. I. Auld, O. W .; Charles H. Dunton, E. M. Campbell, Joseph Harris, Trustees. The lodge, which is in a very flourishing condi- tion, meets at Workmen's Hall, corner of Franklin and Twelfth Streets, every Monday evening, and has on its roll two hundred and thirty-five members. The pres- ent officers are: J. R. Sturrock, P. M. W .; W. N. Miller, M. W .; A. Donaldson, F .; J. A. Johnson, O .; Joseph Harris, Recvr .; M. S. Baker, Recdr .; D. S. Hirshberg, Fin .; B. F. Everheart, G .; S. Pallimbaum, I. W .; William Branch, O. W .; S. G. Tucker, Med. Exr .; Charles H. Dunton, Jeremiah Tyrrell, J. W. Mackie, Trustees. The Past Master Workmen of this lodge are: M. S. Baker, D. S. Hirshberg, E. J. Webster, A. A. Wood, W. N. Pearce, R. I. Auld, C. K. Robinson, Charles H. Dunton, J. A. Miller, M. S. Levy, W. J. Wilkinson, J. J. Jones, J. R. Sturrock, J. A. C. Macdonald.

Live Oak Lodge, No. 17, K. of P .- Was instituted August 12, 1870, with the fol- lowing charter members, J. C. Parks, C. M. Baldwin, William H. Parrish, Robert. Swarbrick, David B. Bankhead, Frank Merriweather, Charles Parry, John Coffey, Samuel Baily, George Blake, A. E. Hartman, Edward C. Van Duyn, Charles A. Perkins, Samuel Baird, Charles Crosbie, William H. Campion, Moses G. Morse, W. G. Adams, William B. King, Felix M. Butler. The first officers were: John C. Parks, V. P .; R. Swarbrick, W. C .; C. A. Perkins, V. C .; S. Baily, W. R. S .; S. Baird, W. F. S .; F. M. Butler, W. B .; D. B. Bankhead, W. G .; C. M. Baldwin, W. I. S .; W. G. Adams, W. O. S .; W. H. Parrish, C. Parry, J. Coffey, F. Merriweather, Attendants. The lodge, which has a present membership of one hundred and sixty-one, meets every Wednesday evening in Pythian Hall, No. 1058 Broadway, and is in a flourish- ing condition. The officers for the current term are: Josh. Dimmick, P. C .; John N. Bonham, C. C .; Charles A. Ingerson, V. C .; Gus. W. Meyer, Prelate; David B. Bank- head, M. of E .; August Welander, M. of F .; Henry A. Holland, K. of R. and S .; Sam. H. Gowen, M. at A .; H. E. Church, I. G .; J. W. Baxley, O. G .; A. Stein, P. J. Keller, R. H. Gans, C. G. Schroeder, Attendants.

Oakland Council, No. 20, O. C. F .- Was instituted January 14, 1882, with the fol- lowing charter members: H. M. Collins, William T. Bellars, Charles H. Eitel, Edward

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F. Kohler, Rebecca Striker, S. J. Springer, Mary E. Collins, James Phillipps, Hannah Phillipps, S. P. Babcock. The original officers were: H. M. Collins, P. C. C .; R. Springer, C. C .; J. K. Price, V. C .; S. J. Springer, Prelate; C. H. Eitel, Treas .; R. E. Striker, Sec .; Mary E. Collins, Mar .; H. W. Watkins, G .; Delia A. Collins, W. The lodge, which meets on the second and fourth Mondays in each month, is in a flourishing condi- tion, and convenes at Kohler's Hall, West Oakland, there being sixty-six members on the roll. The officers for the current term are: Ransom Springer, P. C. C .; S. P. Babcock, C. C .; Mary E. Collins. V. C .; Kittie Bullock, Prelate; John A. Henninger, Treas .; Henry A. Holland, Sec .; Lucy Holland, Mar .; Eliza Bunker, War .; Thomas Gray, Guard; Alexander S. Ellis, Sentry.

Brooklyn Council, No. 50, I. O. C. F .- Was organized December 13, 1881, with a large list of charter members. The first officers were: Charles J. H. Luth, C. C .; J. W. Glaze, Financier; F. Schimmelpfenning, Treasurer; Albert Schmidt, Secre- tary. The present officers are F. A. Beamis, C. C .; C. J. H. Luth, Financier; Mrs. L. Schemmelpfenning, Treasurer; Albert Schmidt, Secretary. The present membership is sixty-five, and the lodge is prospering.

Oakland Lodge, No. 252, I. O. B. B .- Was instituted November 28, 1875, and had as its first officers: N. Witkowsky, President; Samuel Hirshberg, Vice-President; D. S. Hirshberg, Sec .; M. Greenhood, Treas .; J. Letter, Ass't. Monitor; M. Rosen- berg, Warden; H. Davis, Guardian; A. Cerf, Nathan Rosenberg, I. Marcus, Trustees. The lodge meets every Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, in Medical Hall, Clay Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets, and has ninety-five members on the roll. The present officers are: M. S. Levy, Monitor; Leo Zeimer, President; J. Isaac, Vice- President; E. Bernstein, Sec .; Henry Kahn, Fin. Sec .; J. M. Cohen, Treas .; Alexander Hirshberg, Ass't. Monitor; A. Silberstein, Warden; I. Jacobs, Guardian; J. D. Rytten- berg, A. Jonas, J. L. Isaacs, Trustees.

Appomattox Post, No. 50, G. A. R .- This Post was organized March 22, 1883, through the efforts of T. H. Allen, Thomas Todd, J. Frederick, and W. R. Thomas, with nineteen charter members, and with the following officers: W. R. Thomas, Com- mander; W. E. Norris, Senior Vice-Commander; Thomas Todd, Junior Vice-Com- mander; N. S. Douglass, Quartermaster; J. C. Estey, Chaplain; J. J. Hambright, Adjutant; T. H. Allen, Officer of the Day; J. Frederick, Guard. The Post has now a membership of fifty, and meets every Thursday evening in the Medical College.

Army and Navy Republican League, Oakland Lodge .- This camp was organ- ized March 16, 1880, with the following charter officers: E. B. Jerome, Camp Com- mander; W. H. H. Hussey, Senior Vice Commander; E. W. Buck, Junior Vice- Commander; L. B. Edwards, Adjutant; John T. Coe, Quartermaster; James Hill, Officer of the Day; E. W. Woodward, J. A. Robinson, J. H. Inwall, J. C. Nichols, P. W. Billingall, Council of Administration; Jesse Robinson, G. W. Hoguet, F. W. Cush- ing, Jacob Winkler, J. G. Edwards, Bureau of Employment. There are now four hundred members on the roll, with the following officers: H. T. Smith, Camp Com- mander; J. G. Edwards, Senior Vice-Commander; H. Inwall, Junior Vice-Commander; L. S. Bixbey, Adjutant; J. G. Edwards, Chairman Council of Administration.

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History of Alameda County, California : including its geology, topography, soil, and productions, Part 106

Author: Munro-Fraser, J. P Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Oakland, Calif. : M.W. Wood Number of Pages: 1206

Author: Munro-Fraser, J. P
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Oakland, Calif. : M.W. Wood
Number of Pages: 1206