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Quite a force of men are at work on the Randall tract for the Peyton Chemical Company's plant.
July 21, 1900 .- The Union Stock Yards Company property at Rodeo, which cost $700,000, was auctioned off for $23,000 to A. Alper, represent- ing the Great Western Smelting & Refining Company of San Francisco. The sale was confirmed by Judge Ogden of Oakland.
August 18, 1900 .- Work on the new electric line for which a fran- chise was granted to Henshaw and McDonald last Monday by the board of supervisors will begin at once.
August 25, 1900 .- An enthusiastic meeting of the Martinez Repub- lican Club was held last Thursday. A large crowd was in attendence.
The new ferry steamer San Pablo, owned by the Santa Fe, was launched last Saturday afternoon at Union Iron Works and christened by Miss Payson, daughter of the president of the road. This will be the finest
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ferry boat on the bay and will run between Point Richmond and San Francisco. The vessel has a length of 225 feet, 64 feet beam, and draws 17.6 feet of water. It has 2000 horse-power and 15-knot speed.
September 1, 1900 .- The twelfth anniversary of the organization of the Dante Society will take place this year at Concord, September 15 and 16.
The ticket nominated by the Republican Convention at Martinez last Saturday was: Superior judge, W. S. Wells; senator, C. M. Belshaw; assemblyman, B. M. Ivory; supervisors : District No. 2, J. M. Stow; No. 4, W. J. Buchanan; No. 5, E. D. Grigsby.
The Democrats in convention at Concord nominated Arthur Williams of Walnut Creek for assemblyman; supervisors: District No. 2, James Daley; No. 4, Paul DeMartini ; No. 5, J. D. Wightman.
October 13, 1900 .- The result of the vote for the removal of the county seat from Martinez to Concord stood 2112 for Martinez and 1228 for Concord.
November 17, 1900 .- The board of supervisors decided to accept plans and specifications for the new courthouse, to cost $100,000.
The officers of the Martinez Library Association to serve the follow- ing year are : G. A. Brick, president; A. A. Lobree, vice-president; Mrs. Tinning, secretary ; and Jessie L. Hale, librarian.
December 1, 1900 .- The "Owl" train from Los Angeles to San Fran- cisco was ditched between Cornwall and Antioch last Sunday. The car was derailed and thrown on its side, but all passengers escaped uninjured. The track was badly torn up.
January 5, 1901 .- The bids for the construction of the new court house were opened by the board of supervisors, and the final result was the rejection of all offers, as none of them came within the limit pre- scribed by the board.
January 12, 1901 .- With this issue of the Gazette, G. E. Milnes buys the interest of J. M. Stow and James Rankin, and becomes sole owner and proprietor. Mr. Milnes has had sole management of the Gazette for the past three years.
January 26, 1901 .- Dr. Frank Rattan purchased the drug business of W. K. Cole and will remove to Martinez and take up the practice of Medicine. He has been located at Antioch for the past ten years.
April 13, 1901 .- Plans are selected for the new court house. Havens & Toepke, architects of Sacramento, are the successful bidders.
April 20, 1901 .- At the election held Saturday in the districts of Concord, Pacheco, Mount Diablo, Oak Grove, Bay Point, Lime Quarry, and Pleasant Hill, for the purpose of determining whether a Union High School should be maintained, it was decided by a vote of 311 to 76 that such a school should be established. It is to be located at Concord.
May 4, 1901 .- The smelter of the Copper King, Ltd., located at Seal Bluff, is in full operation. Large quantities of ores are arriving from Fresno County daily.
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The Oakwood Stock Farm, owned by John F. Boyd, comprising 6000 acres near Mount Diablo, has been sold to a syndicate of Montana and Eastern capitalists. The farm has a world-wide reputation for the breed- ing of trotters and other stock. Some of the finest cattle in the United States were bred on this farm.
The court house plans were finally adopted and a building authorized not to exceed in cost $145,000.
May 25, 1901 .- President McKinley's train will pass through Mar- tinez about noon today, but will not stop.
A communication from W. H. Penniman of Walnut Creek says in part, regarding the automobile : "In your issue of the 11th inst., I noticed in the column devoted to the doings of the supervisors pertaining to the running of autos on the public roads of the county that J. O. Miner and John Devlin appeared before the board and asked for an ordinance to prohibit the running of autos upon the public roads because they frighten horses. . . It does not seem possible that in this progressive age any person or people could be found so unprogressive as to wish to retard the fulfilling of one of the greatest wishes of the past generations, to be able to glide smoothly and more swiftly over the roads with power other than the horse. . . I tell you that the auto has come to stay, even more so than the bicycle. . .. What scares one horse will not scare another, and an auto is no worse, if as bad, as many other things that could be enumerated."
June, 1901 .- Residents of the town of Richmond are to form a sani- tary district; the object of the move is to put in a complete system of sewers.
Alameda County is in line for the tunnel road. At a meeting of the board of supervisors they obligated themselves to levy a tax to raise $10,- 000 to be paid as Alameda County's share of the cost of building the" proposed tunnel.
July 6, 1901 .- The bid of the Pacific Construction Company was ac- cepted by the supervisors for the new court house building, to be con- structed of granite at a cost of $177,383. Luke Bulger was appointed superintendent of construction.
Fourth of July was celebrated in Concord and Crockett, both places drawing large crowds and having fine parades, speech-making, games, races, fireworks and dancing. At Crockett, Theodore Moiles was grand marshal; Judge T. B. Pratt, president of the day; and J. E. Hughes, speaker. At Concord, Arthur Williams was grand marshal; J. M. Oliver, speaker of the day; and E. J. Randall, president of the day.
July 13, 1901 .- The results of the election held last Saturday to de- termine the question whether a high school should be maintained or not, were : Martinez, 188 for, 0 against; Vine Hill, 6 for, 12 against; Alham- bra, 18 for, 2 against; Franklin, 5 for, 0 against; Briones, no election. The board comprised: J. E. Rodgers, Martinez ; L. Brockman, Briones;
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George Frazer, Franklin; Mrs. M. R. Kelly, Vine Hill; John Swett, Al- hambra. Mrs. M. R. Kelly was elected president; J. E. Rodgers, secre- tary. E. I. Rowell was elected as principal.
July 20, 1901 .- A permanent organization of the board of trustees of Mount Diablo Union High School was effected last Saturday. E. J. Randall, of Concord, was elected president; M. T. Sickal, of Ygnacio, secretary ; John Sutton, of Lime Quarry, third member of the executive committee. The full board consists of E. J. Randall, M. T. Sickal, John Sutton, John Parkinson, W. A. Kirkwood, Miss Annie Loucks, George Putnam. G. W. Wright was elected principal. The high school will open on August 5 with one teacher, and so continue until its growth warrants additions. [The school opened with thirty-two pupils, and with Miss M. L. Grover as teacher.]
The people of Oakland went before the legislature and secured the passage of an act that would enable the Supervisors of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties to complete and build the tunnel road.
July 27, 1901 .- About 400 men along the water-front go on strike over wages. The men ask $3 per day for nine hours' work, and time and a half for overtime. The employers offered 30 cents an hour straight, with no extra pay for overtime. The men accepted the above wage and time and a half for overtime.
July 27, 1901 .- Work on laying out the grounds for the new court house commenced last Wednesday, and excavating will soon start.
Flames of unknown origin wiped out Byron Hot Springs Hotel with a loss of $85,000. The buildings destroyed were the main hotel, 300 by 30 feet, with two wings 50 by 100 feet each, a cottage of twenty rooms, the laundry, and the gas and ice plants.
August 3, 1901 .- The school districts of Carquinez, Port Costa and Selby are determined that they shall have a union high school; and peti- tions have been circulated, the required number of names secured, and an election called for August 10.
Gold bullion valued at $320,000 was stolen from the Selby Smelter last Tuesday morning. John Winters, formerly an employee of the plant, was captured as a suspect and made a confession and showed where he had hidden the bullion. There is a squabble over the $25,000 reward.
The election on August 10 for a union high school for Carquinez, Port Costa, and Selby was a success; ninety-one voted for the school, and one against. The number of heads of families in the district is as fol- lows : Carquinez, 301 ; Port Costa, 91 ; Selby, 40.
August 31, 1901 .- A petition embracing Brentwood, Iron House, Sand Mound, Eden Plain, Excelsior, Byron, Hot Springs, Liberty, Deer Valley, Lone Tree and Live Oak has been presented to the county super- intendent, who has called an election.
Carquinez District selected J. J. Davis, of Crockett; N. McNamara, of Selby; and L. M. Buttner, of Port Costa, as trustees of the new high school district.
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On account of no final settlement of the strike along the water-front, the warehousemen are putting in electric appliances to take the place of stevedores.
September 7, 1901 .- A dispatch from San Francisco says that Presi- dent Mckinley was shot twice at the Exposition Grounds at Buffalo, N. Y., by an assassin. [Upon his death, memorial services were held in Curry & Jones Hall, which was packed to overflowing.]
President Ralston, of the Selby Company, says that those who will share in the $25,000 reward for the capture of Winters, who got fifteen years at San Quentin, are R. R. Veale, Pete Donaldson, Ex-Chief of Po- lice Lees, Captain of Detectives Seymour, and Detectives Tom Gibson, Crockett, and Silvey of Morse's agency. The Pinkerton Agency declines to accept any reward other than pay for their services.
September 21, 1901 .- The Standard Oil Company purchased 117.66 acres at Richmond and will erect immense storage tanks.
October 5, 1901 .- The public schools closed as a precaution to prevent the spread of scarlet fever, which seems to have secured a strong hold in Martinez.
A special agent of the United States Government is here to investigate the establishment of a rural free delivery route in Alhambra Valley, Franklin Canyon, Vaca Creek and Vine Hill districts for mail-delivery every day except Sunday.
November 8, 1901 .- The car shops of the Santa Fe at Richmond were destroyed by fire. The loss to the company amounted to $125,000.
December 14, 1901 .- Ceremonies for the laying of the cornerstone of the new court house take place today. The Grand Masons of the State are to lay the stone. A procession will form at Masonic Hall and march to the court house site. J. D. Wightman will give an address, in- viting the Grand Master to commence ceremonies; and W. S. Wells, Grand Master of the State of California, will respond. Napa Com- mandery No. 34, K. T., will be in attendance.
February 8, 1902 .- Twilight Lodge No. 129, I. O. O. F., was in- stituted at Richmond last Saturday night with thirty-four members. John Murray, Noble Grand; J. A. Whiteside, Vice-Grand; A. Bishop, Treas- urer ; T. A. Tipp, Warden; E. J. Summerfield, Conductor; John Swanson, Inside Guard; F. Kennedy, Outside Guard.
San Pablo Water Company secured 200 acres at the mouth of Wildcat Creek and will sink wells and pipe water to Richmond.
April 5, 1902 .- The Contra Costa Chamber of Commerce was or- ganized on Saturday, March 29. W. S. Tinning was elected temporary chairman; G. E. Milnes, secretary ; and A. Beam, treasurer.
April 10, 1902 .- The Mckinley Masonic Lodge No. 347, F. & A. M., of Richmond, was instituted by Grand Master W. S. Wells. The of- ficers elected were : Harry Ells, W. M .; W. A. Walker, S. W .; Dr. J. Mcl. Morrison, J. W .; W. Stitt, Treasurer; W. O. Shaw, Secretary; W.
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H. Smith, Senior Deacon; John Murray, Junior Deacon; R. R. Thorn- ton, Marshal; William Richards, Tyler. There were seventeen charter members.
May 3, 1902 .- At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, President Tinning presided. W. A. Hale, the new secretary, was in his place. A pamphlet descriptive of the county is to be issued as soon as all the data are available.
May 3, 1902 .- The town of Concord went out to get the site of the Fair Grounds and raised $3000. The board of directors of the Agri- cultural Society conceded that good work had been done and deserved support. There will be a good race track, and the grounds will be put in first-class shape. All buildings, etc., will be moved from Walnut Creek to the new site of seventy acres in the Galindo tract.
May 17, 1902 .- As a result of the protracted fight for the location of the union high school building in the eastern section of the county, the second election gave Deer Valley 121, Brentwood 122. The new district will be known as Liberty Union High School District. The school opens at Brentwood on August 25, with Mr. I. Wright as principal.
The Contra Costa Driving Club have filed articles of incorporation and have been granted a charter. The directors are : W. S. Wells, F. W. Paskett, P. J. Horgan, W. S. Burpee and George A. Wiley. A. B. Mc- Kenzie is secretary. Capital stock, $10,000.
June 7, 1902 .- As the result of a fire in Byron today, the business section of the town was wiped out. The town not being equipped with fire fighting apparatus, the buildings were at the mercy of the flames.
A special election is to be held on August 11, 1902, for the purpose of submitting the proposition to incur a bonded indebtedness of $71,000 for the completion of the court house, $20,000 for the jail, and $70,000 for the complete furnishing of the court house.
The high schools of the county are: The John Swett High School, of Crockett ; Louis P. Webb, principal; Miss A. Hutton, vice-principal; thir- ty-two students. The Alhambra Union High School; F. A. Cooley, prin- cipal; Miss Amanda McComb, vice-principal; forty-three students. The Mount Diablo High School of Concord; G. W. Wright, principal; Miss Maude Grover, vice-principal; Miss G. Crocker, assistant; fifty-one stu- dents. The Liberty Union High School, of Brentwood; I. Wright, prin- cipal; Miss B. Hagmayer, vice-principal; twenty-one students.
All bids for the construction of the tunnel between Alameda and Con- tra Costa County have been rejected, and the work is to be done by day labor. The work is to begin at once. The portion in Alameda County is 436 feet, and that in Contra Costa County, 616 feet. Superintendent Stow now has the road finished to the face of the tunned on this side.
The bonds for finishing and furnishing the court house and jail were carried by a large majority.
December 27, 1902 .- Bay Point Smelter was closed down.
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January 10, 1903 .- At a meeting of the board of supervisors the salaries of the justices of the peace were fixed as follows :
District
Name
Population
Salary
1 D. S. Carpenter
3096
$100
2 J. P. Casey
1258
40
3 W. H. Hough
1310
40
4
S. F. Ramage
1322
40
5 J. J. Burke
2080
45
6 J. H. Fitzgerald
1301
40
7 J. L. Dickinson
466
15
8 A. C. Hartley
1515
40
9
C. M. Chapman
1416
40
10 E. B. Masterson
3000
100
11 J. V. Enloe
2285
45
12
M. W. O'Neill
3020
100
13
G. L. Goethels
531
15
14
J. F. Carey
750
15
March 21, 1903 .- The first session of the board of supervisors to be held in the new court house was held on March 14. All the various of- ficers are now installed in their new quarters.
March 28, 1903 .- What the tunnel road means to that section of the county is shown by the following: Property held at $20 per acre now sells easily at $100 per acre.
The torrent of oil from the wells baptized the Standard Oil Com- pany's great new pipe line Saturday at Bakersfield, and 20,000 gallons of that murky fluid are on the way to the water's edge at Point Richmond. The oil is now plunging on its way towards Pond, the first pumping sta- tion out of Bakersfield, twenty-eight miles away. It is expected to reach there in thirty-six hours. There it will be led into a receptacle big enough to hold the whole 20,000 gallons, whence it will be pumped to the next station, and so on until it has been passed by ten stations, twenty-eight miles apart on the 280-mile pipe line. It will be at least two weeks before the oil will reach Point Richmond.
May 2, 1903 .- The corner-stone for the new schoolhouse at Byron was laid with appropriate ceremonies last Saturday.
May 30, 1903 .- The supervisors of the State held their annual con- vention at Martinez on May 26, 27 and 28, and all the visitors seemed pleased with their visit. After the usual business sessions, trips were made to various places of interest in the county. J. D. Wightman was elected chairman ; and County Clerk J. E. Rodgers, secretary.
The new court house was dedicated on May 29 with impressive cere- monies. Much credit is due the volunteer firemen for the success of the day's program. President of the day, G. E. Milnes; Ruth Dow, Fire Queen; orator of the day, J. P. Abbott, of Antioch. Judge Wells made the dedicatory speech. There was a parade formed on Ferry Street near
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the depot, including the grand marshal and his aides; Martinez Band; president of the day, orators of the day and chaplain in carriages; hook and ladder truck, conveying the Fire Queen and maids; Ramona Parlor. N. D. G. W .; a company of sailors in uniform, from merchant ships in the harbor; the Dante Society, in uniform; Laurel Camp No. 145, W. O. W .; chemical engine ; citizens in carriages ; and Tug-of-War float. Af- ter the services there was a barbecue and sports, and in the evening a ban- quet and dance.
Decoration Day was fittingly observed in Martinez on May 30. The fire company and ships in the harbor took part in the ceremonies. Judge W. S. Wells was chairman, and Judge E. M. Gibson was orator of the day.
June 13, 1903 .- After a period of five years at Crockett, W. G. Hawes, editor of the Crockett Signal, has decided to suspend the publi- cation of his paper and to move his plant to East Oakland.
Eppinger & Company, of San Francisco, owners of the Pacific Coast Works at Crockett, have been forced to the wall; their liabilities were $1,500,000, and assets $750,000. The failure is one of the worst in the State, but the losses fell heaviest upon banks that are able to stand them, not on the farmers.
June 11, at 5 :15 a. m., the residents of the town were awakened by a violent earthquake shock. It made the houses rock like small pieces of cork bobbing on a wave.
The terrible wreck on the Southern Pacific at Byron last December, in which over thirty persons lost their lives in the wreck of the Stockton Flyer and the Owl trains, is recalled in a suit filed in supreme court this week for $20,000 damages. The plaintiff in the case is Ella A. Sessions, widow of Charles Sessions, a capitalist of Oakland, who was crushed in the wreck.
June 20, 1903 .- Elections were held in the towns of Black Diamond and Pinole last Monday to determine the question of incorporation, which was carried by overwhelming majorities. The vote was 50 for and 1 against at Black Diamond. Clerk, T. M. Donovan; treasurer, V. G. Vis- casco; marshal, T. M. Rogers ; trustees, W. G. H. Croxon, W. J. Buchan- an, J. A. Junta, D. Israel, and V. D. Maggio. At Pinole the vote was 106 for and 5 against. Clerk, E. M. Downer; treasurer, A. Greenfield: marshal, H. A. Christian; trustees, J. A. Fraser, S. J. Stotts, J. P. Bar- rett, Joseph Walton, and Thomas Shimmins.
July 4, 1903 .- The Copper King, Ltd., filed a petition in involuntary insolvency Wednesday in San Francisco; liabilities, $614,223; assets, $306,704.
Eppinger & Company were declared insolvent. The creditors will not realize more than ten per cent.
July 25, 1903 .- The pipe line of the Standard Oil Company from Bakersfield to Richmond, 283 miles, is a success. The first oil was pump- ed into the tank at Richmond Saturday at nine o'clock; during the first
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hour 800 barrels were pumped. The enterprise involves an investment of $3,000,000, and together with the local plant, $6,000,000. Seven hundred people are employed in and about Richmond.
R. N. Frick gets a franchise for an electric railroad to the peak of Mount Diablo. The franchise calls for an electric railway from the inter- section of the Alameda-Contra Costa County line to the top of Mount Diablo, also branching off at Walnut Creek and running through Ygnacio Valley to Martinez.
The supreme court ends the Sobrante Case, which has been in the courts for more than twenty years and involves title to 19,000 acres of land in the west end of the county, valued at $4,000,000. The land can now be divided among the various parties interested.
October 17, 1903 .- Oil that has been sought by an enterprising com- pany for years, has at last been discovered on the Minor ranch. As the murky fluid shot up into the air it caught fire from lanterns hanging on the derrick, and workmen barely escaped with their lives. Much valuable machinery was destroyed by the flames.
December 5, 1903 .- The Brentwood Hotel, the leading hotel of the town and a landmark for years, was burned to the ground Sunday night.
January 30, 1904 .- Contra Costa County has had prepared, under the supervision of H. C. Raap, a splendid exhibit of its products and resources. At the proper time this exhibit is to be sent to the St. Louis World's Fair. The good results that will accrue from such an exhibit will be many. Any- one seeing it can not help being convinced that Contra Costa County is a good place in which to cast his lot. Contra Costa County has over 500 jars containing as nice specimens of fruit as can be found, and should maintain her individuality.
January 30, 1904 .- The Vallejo Junction Hotel, located at Vallejo Junction, was destroyed by fire at an early hour Friday morning.
February 13, 1904 .- The Gazette has just installed the Simplex one- man typesetter machinery, which is almost human in its workings.
March 12, 1904 .- The flood of last Thursday was the worst the town has experienced for the past fourteen years. The water backed up on Main Street so that foot travel, except in a limited area, was out of the question. North of Main Street everything clear to the water-front was one mass of water, in places four feet deep. Portions of the railroad track were washed out and trains were delayed several hours. At Pacheco several buildings were washed away.
March 26, 1904 .- The exhibit for the St. Louis Fair was shipped, and H. C. Raap will leave in about a week to see that it is properly installed. There was more than a big furniture car would hold.
May 28, 1904 .- The Martinez Aerie of Eagles was instituted by Hon. Charles Nagle, State Deputy Grand President.
June 4, 1904 .- After a visit of six weeks at the St. Louis Fair, where he superintended the placing of the Contra Costa County exhibit, H. C.
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Raap is home. He says that this county's exhibit is by far the best seen at the Fair.
July 2, 1904 .- The first graduating exercises of the Alhambra Union High School were held Friday, July 1, at Curry & Jones Hall. The colors of the school are Blue and Gold. Diplomas were given Aileen Murphy, Laura M. Mellerup and Francis J. Kelly.
School Superintendent A. A. Bailey's report shows 6860 children in the county between the ages of five and seventeen.
July 9, 1904 .- Celebrations of the Fourth were held in various places in the county. In Antioch R. R. Veale was grand marshal and C. M. Bel- shaw orator of the day. At Mitchell Canyon some 1200 enjoyed the exercises. Gus L. Goethals was president of the day and E. J. Randall orator. At Orinda some 400 attended a barbecue held under the aus- pices of Mr. and Mrs. J. Harris. Judge McGraw made an address, fol- lowed by Mr. Burke of San Francisco.
August 27, 1904 .- A devastating fire on August 19 consumed a large portion of Martinez's business district. It was first seen in the Ottman Refrigeration Plant, but by reason of delayed service in coupling hose the fire secured such headway that it could not be checked. The Curry & Jones livery, in fact the whole block of the Commercial Hotel, was ablaze. Efforts were then directed to save the property on the opposite sides of the streets.
Help came from Benicia by boat, and even from Concord. The fol- lowing sustained losses :
Loss
Insurance
McNamara & Winkleman $ 6,500
$1,250
A. P. Nelson
6,000
2,000
M. L. Biess
4,000
C. C. Gill
2,000
500
J. W. Douglass
3,000
700
Martinez Hotel
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