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500
Bank of Martinez
1,000
1,000
J. Ipswich
2,000
1,000
M. Bergamini
3,500 1,750
McMahon Bros.
7,000 2,000
C. C. Swain
200
200
E. Morgan
5,000
2,250
Mrs. S. Rankin
10,000
3,600
W. J. Johnson
3,000
1,500
Curry & Jones
1,000 300
Sunset Telephone Co.
500
J. W. Ottman
3,000
1,000
J. Dahlstrom
5,000
M. Lawless
3,000
1,500
G. W. Reed
500
There were many minor losses besides.
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September 17, 1904 .- C. E. Ertz, of the Bull's Head Oil Company, has named his subdivision, laid out on the Frazer ranch, East Martinez.
February 11, 1905 .- At a hotly contested election last Saturday Con- cord fought out the incorporation question and elected, as trustees, H. W. Bott, M. N. Breckenridge, H. H. Elsworthy, M. E. Lyon, and James Boyd; clerk, G. P. Keller ; treasurer, F. W. Foskett ; marshal, J. W. Guy.
February 25, 1905 .- The directors of the Bank of Martinez have let the contract for a new modern building of brick and stone, and costing $10,666, to Wilson-Lyons Company. Other buildings being constructed are the pressed-brick building of Mrs. Rankin, costing $11,000, which will be ready for occupancy on May 1; the Bergamini Block, which is about completed, a two-story brick and stone building, costing $5000; and that of T. A. McMahon and J. J. McNamara, which will cost $10,000.
March 4, 1905 .- The coal yards and grain depot of A. M. Coleman & Company, at Point Richmond, were totally destroyed by fire, and the coal sheds of the Richmond Supply Company were partially burned. Cole- man's loss amounted to $3500 and Black's to $500.
June 10, 1905 .- The board of supervisors granted the request that a new township be created to include Richmond, Santa Fe, Stege, San Pablo and Grant, and appointed Frank Hull justice of the peace.
June 17, 1905 .- John Zimmerman was found guilty of the Stege rob- bery of the Central Bank of Oakland of $10,000. The jury was out nine- teen hours.
July 15, 1905 .- Charles H. Hayden has been appointed justice of the peace to succeed D. S. Carpenter, deceased.
July 29, 1905 .- Los Cerritos Chapter, O. E. S., was instituted at Mar- tinez Saturday night with a membership of thirty. The following officers were appointed : Worthy Matron, Mrs. R. B. Borland; Associate Matron, Mrs. O. E. Haywards; Patron, W. A. Hale; Secretary, Mrs. A. B. Wil- son ; treasurer, George A. Wiley; Conductress, Mrs. E. Pasch; Associate Conductress, Mrs. W. A. Hale.
Mr. and Mrs. T. McMahon celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage on August 6, 1905.
The Alhambra Union High School opened Monday with thirty-one students enrolled. E. W. Stoddard is the principal; Miss Ruth I. Swett, vice-principal; and Miss Florence N. Ewing and Miss Rosalind Wulzen, teachers.
August 19, 1905 .- The trial jury sitting in circuit court before Justice Beatty in the case of Sessions vs. the Southern Pacific Railway, in which Mrs. Sessions sued for $20,000 because Charles A. Sessions was killed by collision of trains on December 20, 1902, brought in a verdict in favor of the railway company, holding that Sessions was a trespasser on the train because he was traveling on an old pass given him by Conductor William Doland.
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A Lodge of the Fraternal Brotherhood was organized in Martinez on August 12. One hundred and twenty-four were elected to membership by ballot.
The Alhambra Cemetery Association met and elected E. Morgan pres- ident, to fill the vacancy made by the death of L. C. Wittenmyer, and C. H. Hayden to fill the vacancy on the board. The board of directors are E. Morgan, M. R. Jones, C. C. Swain, Elam Brown, and C. H. Hayden.
August 26, 1905 .- John Zimmerman was sentenced to forty-five years for the Stege robbery. He held up and robbed John Dailey and Frank Roche near Stege in March, relieving them of $10,000 belonging to the Central Bank of Oakland which was being taken to Richmond to be used in paying the help of the Standard Oil Company.
November 4, 1905 .- Sterling Parlor No. 146, Native Daughters of the Golden West, was organized at Black Diamond, with twenty-two charter members. Mrs. Joseph McAvoy, Past President; Mrs. W. H. Diffin, President.
December 2, 1905 .- Richmond Parlor No. 147, Native Daughters of the Golden West, was organized at Richmond with thirty-two charter members. The officers installed were : Past President, Mrs. A. C. Lang; President, Mrs R. H. Spiersch; first Vice-President, Mrs. Julius Shiefwater; Second Vice-President, Mabel Roth; Secretary, Mrs. G. A. Dimick; Treasurer, Mrs. W. S. Bennison; Marshal, Miss Effie Rihn; Trustees, Miss Belle Johannsen and Miss Mable Kohnhoff.
A Knights of Pythias Lodge was instituted on December 9 at Mar- tinez; 175 visitors from various lodges were in attendance. Thirty-one candidates received the three ranks, and nine were admitted by card. The officers installed were : P. C. Commanders, W. M. Laidlaw, C. R. Hayes, R. B. Borland, G. W. Sweetser; C. C., George Elder; Vice-C. C., A. E. Goyette; Prelate, C. H. Ludden ; Master of Work, L. F. Osborne ; Master at Arms, A. J. Soto; Inner Guard, L. M. Tubbs; Outer Guard, A. W. Large; Keeper of Records, C. H. Hayden; Master of Finance, Walter Morgan; Master of Exchequer, R. B. Borland; Physician, Dr. G. W. Sweetser; Trustees, Dr. G. W. Sweetser, E. Osborne, Dr. M. N. Mitchell.
March 10, 1906 .- The water-front town of Stege is experiencing a building boom. The Stauffer Chemical Works soon to be erected will be one of its largest concerns. Another important industry is that of the U. S. Briquette Company. The Metropolitan Match Company is im- proving its plant.
April 7, 1906 .- Papers are filled with accounts of the terrible earth- quake and fire in San Francisco.
April 28, 1906 .- The lack of glass caused by the conflagration in San Francisco necessitates the repair of windows with boards.
The Martinez Library Association will have to incur a $1500 debt to repair the damage to their building in the earthquake. They also lost fifty volumes in a bindery in San Francisco.
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The following is the essay given by W. E. Stoddard on graduating night, June 8, 1906 :
"The first school in Martinez was taught by B. R. Holliday, in the early part of 1850; his school consisted of five or six pupils gathered in the Blossom, now known as the Gift house, standing at the foot of Thomas' Hill. The school increased from six to twenty-six during the two terms. He received $75 per month. In the fall of 1850 he was succeeded by Mclaughlin.
"In 1851 there was a school taught in an old house across from D. Calahan's furniture store by a Mrs. Rice, who had twelve or thirteen pupils.
"Mr. Hinckley was the next teacher, who taught a three-months term in 1852 in a house that stood on Mills Street near Main.
"In 1853 Mr. More taught in a small brick building on the corner of Main and Ferry.
"In the latter part of the same year Mrs. Phoebe R. Alley taught in a house owned and now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Swain. Mrs. Alley lived upstairs and used her kitchen for a school-room. Rough seats were made and a curtain was drawn to hide the cook-stove and utensils. It was during her term that the school first received aid from the State.
"Hiram Burns was the next teacher and taught six months in 1854 in the brick building on Ferry Street already mentioned.
"In 1854 Rev. Sanbourne taught in a house, later Mrs. Henry Hale's residence, but afterwards in a building on Main Street.
"J. Vandermark was the first superintendent of schools of the county.
"In 1856 Dr. Holmes taught in a house which might be termed the Public Building of Martinez, as it was used as a church, court house and Masonic Lodge hall.
"In 1856 Miss Gregory, a graduate of Oberlin, also taught in this building. She had twenty or thirty pupils and Miss Charlotte Worth was an assistant.
"In 1857 Miss Jane Lyon succeeded Miss Gregory. There were twenty pupils taking high school studies and twelve in intermediate grades. On account of the building being too small, Miss Lyon taught primary classes at noon while eating her lunch and at odd times when the older ones were not reciting. Her time was fully occupied from eight in the morning until late in the evening. She had to buy the apparatus needed, out of her own pocket. In winter a stove was borrowed and the pupils furnished fuel. The pipe was of three different sizes, which the teacher and pupils put together with wire and mortar.
"In the early part of 1858 Miss Lyon accepted a call to Sacramento and Miss Eliza May took her place. She taught two terms.
"On September 4, 1858, S. H. Bushnell was employed. One of his pupils told the following : 'Two boys were to be whipped, and one of them was sent to get a switch. He obeyed, went to the creek, cut a fine green poison-oak switch, and brought it to the teacher. The boys got their
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whipping, also a week's vacation, as the teacher was nursing a bad case of poison oak.'
"There were forty-eight scholars, twenty-eight girls and twenty boys. A new Masonic Hall had been completed in 1860, and the public school moved into it, where Mr. Bushnell taught two years.
"The school gradually grew, and in 1873 the citizens of Martinez had erected a two-story wooden building, which was completed May 1st.
"D. T. Fowler was the last teacher in the Masonic Hall and the first in the new schoolhouse. Mrs. Fowler and Miss Connors were his assist- ants. There were only eight months of school yearly, on account of funds. The ladies of the town organized an Educational Aid Society, with Mrs. Alley president. They gave entertainments and solicited sub- scriptions to pay the teachers for two more months, so that a ten-months school could be maintained. This society also bought desks and a piano, and laid a two-plank sidewalk from Main Street to the schoolhouse."
Contra Costa County's subscription towards rebuilding the schools in San Francisco was between $500 and $600.
The plans and specifications for the repair of earthquake damages to the new court house were placed in charge of A. A. Cantin, architect.
August 25, 1906 .- Recent reports from the Copper King Mining Company, Ltd., of London, with mines in Fresno and a smelter here, which was forced into bankruptcy, indicate that all creditors will be paid in full. The trustee of the concern has been given permission to work the mine, and says there is plenty of ore in sight to pay all liabilities.
September 15, 1906 .- The Pinole Aerie of Eagles was instituted Wed- nesday, September 14, with fifty-six charter members. The officers are : Sam Bermingham, Past President; J. Doughty, President; W. G. Hays, Vice-President ; J. V. Enloe, Secretary ; T. J. Stats, Treasurer ; F. Lock- yer, Chaplain; George Floyd, Conductor; N. G. Scanlon, Inside Guard; J. Clancy, Outside Guard; H. W. Baldwin, Physician; J. Silva, J. A. Lewis and John T. Silva, Trustees.
September 15, 1906 .- There was a big fire at Richmond on Tuesday night, the 11th, which destroyed almost an entire block, including the un- dertaking parlors and furniture store of E. B. Smallwood, the Eureka Lodging House, Mrs. Jacka's restaurant, and the fruit stand of F. Hus- ton. There was no fire department and the blaze was fought by bucket- brigade. The loss was $25,000.
The estimated loss in a fire at Black Diamond was $10,000, with $4000 insurance. The buildings burned were: C. Lepori's store, resi- dences of J. R. Nichols and G. Crivello, and the warehouse of W. J. Buchanan & Company. The fire started in the barn of C. Lepori. The firemen worked well and with good results.
The Gazette has installed a Mergenthaler Linotype machine. Mr. Milnes will welcome visitors and will see that the workings of this won- derful machine are explained to them.
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November 3, 1906 .- Work on the pottery plant buildings at Rich- mond is being pushed rapidly. The new concern will manufacture all kinds of porcelain ware and will employ 150 men.
The California Wine Association has commenced work on its new warehouse and winery at Point Molati on Richmond Island. When com- pleted, the plant will cost a half million of dollars; 10,000,000 gallons of wine will be stored in vats, and the plant will handle 25,000 tons of grapes. The wharf is already completed and deep-water transportation assured.
February 9 .- L. N. Buttner was appointed county treasurer to fill the vacancy caused by the death of G. A. Wiley.
February 23, 1907 .- The Antioch Lumber Company incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000; A. M. Simpson, president; J. P. Abbott, vice-president; R. M. Beede, treasurer ; H. F. Beede, secretary.
March 16, 1907 .- The Richmond Chamber of Commerce was or- ganized with H. C. Cutting, president; L. D. Dimm, vice-president; J. Q. Black, secretary; H. L. Boswell, assistant.
On March 14 there were fifty-five fishing boats between Port Costa and Martinez. As many as seventy were counted from a court-house window.
March 30, 1907 .- The Henley-Tyler Lumber Company of Rich- mond has been incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000.
April 15, 1907 .- The Richmond Union High School is located in Block 99, Macdonald Avenue, on a site of twenty lots.
April 26, 1907 .- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood of Danville celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary at their "Woodside Home."
The First National Bank of Contra Costa County opened its doors June 7, 1907, with Ed. Majors, president; A. E. Blum, vice-president; E. J. Randall and W. K. Cole, directors; M. E. Gluckman, cashier.
June 29, 1907 .- The private bank conducted by J. L. Silveira at Walnut Creek has been incorporated, and will be known as the San Ramon Valley Bank, Inc., capital stock, $25,000. They will have a branch at Danville. John Hackett is president; A. H. Cope, first vice-president; A. Burton, second vice-president; J. L. Silveira, cashier and manager ; C. W. Close, manager of the Danville branch. Ralph Harrison, F. V. Wood, A. P. Borges, and W. K. Cole make up the directorate.
July 27, 1907 .- The supervisors place the increase in valuation on property in the county at $3,275,862, which will bring the total up to $27,122,288 as against $23,846,426 in 1906.
August 15, 1907 .- Two passenger trains came through Franklin tun- nel on Thursday morning, the first trains since January 26, when the tunnel was blocked by slides and caving in.
December 7, 1907 .- The Gazette changed hands. W. A. Rugg bought out G. E. Milnes. From 1900 to 1904 Mr. Rugg was editor of the Daily Press, which paper was later changed into the Daily Gazette. Mr. Rugg has always been a fearless writer and is out for a square deal.
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January 18, 1908 .- C. J. Preston, owner of a farm two miles out of Byron, Contra Costa County, lays claim to the record alfalfa yield on land that is not irrigated. He has just cut the sixth crop on his sixty acres of field, which has netted him a clear gain of $80 an acre. His total profits exceed $4000.
February 20, 1908 .- Twenty-four persons were killed, four white and twenty Chinamen, at the explosion at the powder works in Pinole.' Destruction to property amounted to $100,000.
The last of the Richmond Union High School bonds have been sold. On May 9, 1908, the Martinez Gun Club held a regular shoot, each member having a chance at twenty blue rocks :
G. E. Searcy 16 J. Mayo 8
G. McDonald 15
M. Joost 4
A. E. Blum
9
C. Daley 13
F. Joost
7
W. Morgan 15
On May 20, 1908, the Oregon Express was wrecked near Pinole; five were killed.
The total number of children of school age in the county is 9222, as follows :
Alamo
68
Alhambra
55
Antioch
442
Bay Point 78
Black Diamond
911
Brentwood 111
Briones Valley
50
Byron
80
Carquinez
79
Central 143
Concord
405
Danville 81
Deer Valley
30
Eden Plain
53
Excelsior
47
Franklin 45
Green Valley
25
Highland 50
Hot Spring
36
Iron House 68
Jersey
34
Lafayette 105
Liberty
37
Lime Quarry
66
Live Oak
94
Lone Tree
40
Martinez
702
Moraga
49
Morgan Territory
33
Mt. Diablo
116
Mt. Pleasant
32
Oak Grove
71
Oakley
90
Orinda Park
14
Pacheco
125
Pinole - Hercules 395
Pleasant Hill
61
Port Costa 249
Richmond
1830
San Pablo
254
San Ramon 111
39
Sobrante
25
Somersville
21
Stege
378
Summit
16
Sycamore
66
Tassajara
81
Vasco
29
Vine Hill
81
Willow Springs
56
Rodeo 193
Selby
160
Sand Mound
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June 6, 1908 .- Martinez is to have a garage for the motoring public. W. J. Johnson plans an up-to-date auto-repair shop, with motor cars for sale and for rent.
Pinole was visited by a conflagration that destroyed six buildings ; loss, $40,000.
July 11, 1908 .- The Selby Smelter has been ordered to close, by order of Superior Court Judge Harrier of Solano County, until some device has been installed which will consume the deadly mineral fumes.
August 29, 1908 .- There are fifty-eight schools in the county, 135 teachers, and six union high schools in addition to the district schools; that is, at Concord, Richmond, Brentwood, Crockett, Martinez and Antioch. There are fifty-seven school buildings in the county. The school census for the year showed 5990 pupils, with an average atten- dance of 3358. The average cost of primary instruction was $21.97 per scholar; for high school instruction, $93.22. In 1907 the county paid for school purposes $43,470.12.
On Tuesday, September 1, 1908, John N. Jones and his wife cele- brated the fifty-ninth anniversary of their marriage. They came to California in 1853.
October 30, 1908 .- Fifty years ago, the school marshal of District No. 1 (Martinez) gave the following item: Number of children between the ages of 4 and 18 in his district, 371.
Fifty years ago, on October 10, 1858, the first overland mail from San Francisco arrived at St. Louis, having made the trip in twenty-four days, eighteen hours and twenty-six minutes. Mr. Butterfield was re- ceived at St. Louis with a triumphal procession. He telegraphed the news of his arrival to Washington from Jefferson City, and on the 9th received the following reply :
"Washington City, "October 9, 1858.
"John Butterfield,
"President Overland Mail Co.
Sir: Your dispatch has been received. I cordially congratulate you on the result. It is a glorious triumph for civilization and the Union. Settlements will follow the course of the road and the East and West will be bound together by a chain of living Americans which can never be broken.
(Signed) "James Buchanan."
[Note: Today (1925) the trip is made in thirty-two hours from San Francisco to New York with fourteen stops by aeroplane.]
October 24, 1908 .- $1,000,000 will be expended by the Standard Oil Company at Point Richmond on reclamation of a large tract of marsh land for the erection of additional refinery machinery.
October 31, 1908 .- Two large warehouses at the end of Berryessa Street, used for the storage of lumber by the Martinez Lumber Company, were burned in a spectacular fire this morning about 1 a. m.
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February 10, 1909 .- Richmond's new charter carried, 582 for and 269 against. The Board of Freeholders began work on a new governing instrument last October, calling for nine elective councilmen to serve for a term of six years.
March 13, 1909 .- This morning at ten o'clock, on the front steps of the Court House, a portion of the Bull's Head Oil Works' property was sold under the sheriff's hammer for $7318.56.
On April 21, 1909, the Golden Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Myron W. Hall, of Alamo, was celebrated at Danville.
The John Swett Union High School was dedicated April 30, 500 being present. It is safe to say that there is no more modern or better equipped school building in the State.
May 15, 1909 .- George Barnovich, who was convicted of dyna- miting the home of Superintendent Hartman of the California & Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company, February 5th, was sentenced by Judge Latimer to serve life imprisonment in San Quentin.
June 5, 1909 .- The graduating class of Alhambra Union High School : Leila Veale, Hazel Soto, Florence Morris, Ida Hale, Nellie Glass, Villani Hoey, Lydia Bulger, Orpha Domnaugh, Agnes Mayo and Alma Honegger.
July 10, 1909 .- The Supreme Court affirmed the decision by Judge W. S. Wells for the partition of the Marsh ranch at Brentwood. The decision brings to a close a legal battle that has waged for forty years. The ranch, 13,000 acres, was originally patented to John Marsh. His heirs sold it to J. P. Sanford in 1871, partly for cash and partly on credit. Sanford was caught in the panic of 1873 and was unable to meet the requirements, so the property was foreclosed in 1875. The division will be as follows : George Davidson, 2829 acres; A. G. Moseley, 2829 acres; T. I. Bergen, 1680 acres; C. N. Ellinwood, 1414 acres; C. E. Sanford, J. E. M. Sanford, Mariah E. Robertson and A. M. Sanford, 707 acres each; heirs of H. McAllister, 399 acres; Garrett W. McEnerney and W. B. Treadwell, 333 acres each; heirs of T. P. Stoney, 222 acres; heirs of J. A. Stanley, 222 acres.
September 4, 1909 .- A fountain was unveiled in Richmond Saturday at the intersection of Park Place and Washington Avenue by the West Side Women's Improvement Club. One thousand were present to see the bronze fountain unveiled. The exercises opened with music by Fisk's band of Oakland, after which Mrs. Luther Dimm lifted the veil. Mrs. S. R. Curry made an appropriate address.
The Martinez Grammar School was dedicated on September 25.
October 30, 1909 .- The election held Monday in Martinez, for annexation, resulted in 229 ballots for and 13 against.
January 1, 1910 .- With the coming of the Pullman car works to Richmond, it has taken another boom.
April 2, 1910 .- One of the largest transactions in real estate in this section was the sale, by the Canadian Bank of Commerce of San Fran-
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cisco, of Jersey Island to D. W. Carmichael and A. L. Shinn. The island contained 4000 acres and the purchase price was $200,000.
April 9, 1910 .- H. T. Jones, county assessor, resigned and George Meese was appointed by the supervisors to fill the vacancy.
April 21, 1910 .- The immense oil reservoir of the Standard Oil Com- pany, west of Pinole, is burning. A force of 200 men and 100 teams are desperately at work to prevent the spread of the flames to the large tanks a short distance south. The reservoir is 100 feet from the Santa Fe Rail- way, and all trains are being run over the Southern Pacific between Rich- mond and Bay Point.
April 30, 1910 .- The Oakland & Antioch Railway Company, incor- porated January 8, 1910, with a capital stock of $3,500,000, plan to begin construction at once on a line from Oakland to Bay Point.
The Oakwood Park Stock Farm, comprising 5800 acres in San Ramon Valley, has been sold to Col. H. D. Loveland, S. L. Bright and A. P. Holland. A recent valuation of $450,000 was placed on the property. The land and improvements represent an outlay originally of $800,000.
May 28, 1910 .- Bull's Head Oil Company has been reorganized and is now known as the American Oriental Company. The new company will soon begin active operations.
An auto stage line has been established between Walnut Creek and Oakland and will soon be extended to Danville. There will be three round trips daily. The operating company will be known as the California Transit Company.
Work on the Pullman shops is progressing rapidly at Richmond. The company intend to make this plant one of the largest in the country. The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railways have built spur tracks to the shops from their main lines.
Roads recommended for improvement by the highway commission ap- pointed by the supervisors under the act of March 9, 1907, are :
(1) Byron-Knightsen Road, from the county boundary line between Alameda and Contra Costa County through Byron and Knightsen to the Brentwood-Oakley Road, 15.02 miles.
(2) Brentwood-Oakley Road, from the Byron-Knightsen Road to the Southern Pacific, through Brentwood and to Oakley, 8.72 miles.
(3) Oakley-Antioch Road, from the Brentwood-Oakley Road, through Oakley to the Santa Fe Railway and to the limits of Antioch, 6.40 miles.
(4) Antioch-Black Diamond Road, from the western limits of An- tioch to the eastern limits of Black Diamond and Eighth Street, 3.39 miles.
(5) Black Diamond-Bay Point Road, from the western limits of Black Diamond to Bay Point, 7.73 miles.
(6) Bay Point-Martinez Road, from Bay Point to crossing of Mount Diablo Creek, through the Government ranch and Vine Hill to Martinez, 8.20 miles.
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(7) Martinez-Crockett Road, from the western limits of Martinez, through Port Costa and Crockett, 5.16 miles.
(8) Crockett-Pinole Road, from Crockett through Valona, Tormey and Rodeo to Hercules and Pinole, 7.65 miles.
(9) Pinole-San Pablo Road, from the western limits of Pinole through San Pablo, 5.97 miles.
(10) San Pablo Avenue, from San Pablo to the county boundary, 4.22 miles.
(11) San Pablo Station Road, from the intersection of Alvarado Avenue and Church Street to Market and on Market Street to the Sta- tion, 1.16 miles.
(12) Tenth Street, from Station Road to the northern limits of Richmond and Tenth Street, 0.59 miles.
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