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STEAMBOATS .- Since 1850, steamers have plied between Napa and San Francisco almost, if not quite, continuously. The first steamer to be put in the trade was the " Dolphin," Capt. Turner G. Baxter, Master, and her first trip was made in 1850. She was not much larger than a whale-boat, and her boiler was similar to that of a locomotive. Her passengers had to " trim ship" very carefully to keep from upsetting. It is said that when coming up the river, the captain, who is very tall, came in sight long before the smoke-stack did. Gen. W. S. Jacks still preserves the bell of the "Dol- phin " as a relic.
The next steamer was the " Jack Hays," which was run by Capt. Chad- wick, who afterwards lost his life on the " Brother Jonathan." The "Hays" was brought around the Horn, in pieces, in 1849, on board the bark " La Grange," and was shipped hence by a joint stock company, of which Mr. W. W. Wilkins of Bolinas, Marin County, was a partner. The steamboat was discharged from the vessel at Benicia, where she was put together, and was the first steamboat that ever made the trip from the latter place to Sac- ramento. Upon its completion it was called the "Commodore Jones," in honor of Commodore Ap. Catsby Jones. Her builders soon disposed of her,
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and her name was changed to " Jack Hays," under which she got unto her- self quite a reputation.
In 1856, the steamer " Anna Abernatha " was run in this trade by Cap- tain Folger. In April, 1857, the steamer "Sophia" was run to Napa by Capt. P. F. Doling. The " Vaquero" was run at one time by Capt. Baxter. The steamer " Express " ran here for a number of years, and is now going to decay at the old Soscol wharf. In 1859, the steamer " Paul Pry " was on the route. She was a speedy affair, making the trip in three hours. In 1864, the "Cleopatra " was run by Capt. T. G. Baxter between Napa and Soscol, in connection with the Amelia, which ran from there to San Fran- cisco. The steamers " Ellen " and "Enuna " are now in this trade. There have been other steamer's here, but their names have been forgotten.
ODD FELLOWS' COLLEGE AND HOME. - In 1871, quite an excitement prevailed over the location of the above institution at Napa. In the Grand Lodge the vote stood : for Napa, 445 ; for Sacramento, 82. The citizens of Napa did all in their power to get it located here, but from some cause it was decided to take it elsewhere, which was a great disappointment to the people of this place.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT .- Pioneer Engine Company, No. 1, was organized in April, 1859, by the election of Robert Crouch, President ; E. S. Chesebro, Foreman; J. H. Moran, Assistant; J. W. Hemenway, Second Assistant ; Harvey Wilder, Secretary ; and B. F. Townsend, Treasurer. The first trial of the engine was on the 6th of June, 1860. Since then a hook and ladder truck and eight Babcock Extinguishers have been purchased, and altogether the apparatus is quite efficient and the only thing lacking is a supply of water. It has been impossible to get a full history of the department, owing to the absence of many of their records.
COAL .- September 24, 1870, it was reported that a vein of coal four and one-half feet thick had been discovered.
LIME .- In May, 1866, F. Sage burned a kiln of lime from stone found in Napa Valley. We do not know anything of the quality of it but infer that it was not very excellent from the fact that the enterprise was aban- doned.
FERRY AT SOSCOL .- In an early day the crossing at Soscol was an important place, and a ferry then did a big business. The first ferry that we find mentioned was in 1852, when a franchise was granted to H. Lutten ; and the next was in 1857, when a franchise was granted to E. W. Thurber. He had formerly lived in Big Valley, Sonoma County, and now resides in Pleasant Valley, Solano County. In 1858, the franchise was granted to
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Valentine Hathaway. In 1874, M. C. True held the franchise, and relin- quished it, and J. T. Machado obtained a franchise February 1, 1875. The business amounts to but a trifle now.
DAM AND LOCK .- William H. James got a franchise April 18, 1859, to construct a dam and lock in the Napa River, at or near Soscol, for fifteen years. The dam was to be constructed of stone, and to be fifty feet wide. The franchise was transferred to James H. Goodman, who renewed it May 3,1861.
WHARF AT SOSCOL .- May 6, 1858, a franchise was granted to S. and T. H. Thompson, for twenty years, to construct a wharf at Soscol, on the east side of the river, beginning at the ferry, and extending southward five hundred feet.
REV. ELEAZER THOMAS, D. D .- This gentleman, who was one of the Peace Commissioners who met such a cruel and untimely fate at the hands of the Modoc Indians in the lava beds, April 11, 1873, was at that time presiding elder of the Petaluma district, and was well known in Napa City and County, where he had often preached, as a most worthy man and exemplary Christian.
TULUCAY CEMETERY .- On the 24th day of December, 1858, a meeting of the citizens of Napa was held for the purpose of providing a burial ground for the accommodation of the public. James Lefferts called the meeting to order, and W. S. Jacks was chosen Chairman, and G. W. Towle, Secretary. A committee of five was appointed by the chairman to prepare a plan of organization of the Cemetery Association ; to find out as to the quantity and price of ground that could be purchased; to suggest a plan of laying out the grounds ; the probable expense of so doing, and the expense of fenc- ing the proposed cemetery. The members of the committee appointed for this purpose were William H. James, C. W. Langdon, A. L. Boggs, N. Coombs, and W. S. Jacks. The next meeting was on the twenty-eighth of the same month. The committee appointed at the previous meeting made their report, which was adopted. A committee of three was then appointed to solicit subscriptions to be applied to defraying the expenses of surveying, laying off burial lots, and other incidental expenses that might be incurred previous to the sale of the lots. A committee of five was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws ; to report at the next meeting. This com- mittee comprised J. Lawley, R. Dudding, -- Hambleton, A. L. Boggs, and J. Lefferts.
The committee appointed at the last meeting for the purpose of prepar- ing a plan of organization, reported that they had consulted with Señor Don Cayetano Juarez, the proprietor of land in the neighborhood of Napa City,
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and that gentleman had generously offered to donate to trustees, to be ap- plied for that purpose, a quantity of land suitable for a cemetery, the area of the whole amount to be twenty-five or thirty acres. The amount finally donated was forty-eight and four-fifth acres.
The committee recommended that, as soon as the ground was laid off into lots, and before the sale of any lots whatever, Don Cayetano Juarez be permitted to select a lot for a family burying-ground, and that a certifi- cate of such location be presented to him gratuitously. They also stated that they had examined the land offered and deemed it well suited for the purposes contemplated, said land being that known as the Tulucay (accent on the last syllable) Cemetery. The committee also recommended that as a basis of franchise a subscription list be provided, in which a sum of money not to exceed twenty-five dollars to each person be subscribed, to be applied in defraying the expenses of surveying, laying off burial lots, and other incidentals; that the amount subscribed be returned as soon as funds are received from the sale of lots ; also, that the persons subscribing elect five trustees to receive the deed, to be known as the "Trustees of the Napa County Cemetery Association." A portion of the cemetery was to be set apart for the use of the Catholic Church, which was to be selected by Don Cayetano Juarez. The committee also recommend that the trustees procure a conveyance of the land, and that a substantial fence be erected around the cemetery. A vote of thanks was then tendered to Don Cayetano Juarez for his generous gift.
At the next meeting the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws re- ported. The constitution provided that the association be known as the " Tulucay Cemetery Association ;" that the business be transacted by five trustees, to be elected by the owners of the lots : that as soon as the lots were laid off a public sale of them take place, proceeds of sale to be applied to necessary expenses, which being paid, the balance of the money to be expended in ornamenting the grounds and keeping them in repair. The trustees are to be residents of Napa County ; none of the officers to receive any salary except the Secretary, who, on receiving and filing a deed to a lot, shall recive a fee of fifty cents. The first Board of Trustees elected consisted of N. Coombs, A. L. Boggs, J. Lefferts, Smith Brown and J. Lawley. Sixty-six persons subscribed in sums ranging from five dollars to twenty-five dollars, at the opening of the subscription list.
On the ninth of April, 1859, a public sale was held at the cemetery grounds, the price of each lot having previously been fixed at $10. June 14, 1859, the stone wall which had been recently completed around the cemetery was accepted, said wall being one hundred and eleven and two- thirds rods long; and an order was drawn on the Treasurer for the sum of $558.75, being at the rate of $5 per rod. The cemetery grounds were sur-
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veyed by N. L. Squibb May 30, 1865. A. L. Boggs having removed from the county, J. F. Lambdin was elected trustee in his place, and George Fellows was elected to fill the place of J. Lefferts, resigned. December 17, 1865, J. F. Lambdin was authorized by the trustees to contract with J. Henckle for one year's service at a price not to exceed $550, Henckle to board himself, and find his own tools, and to work for said association, and take general charge of the cemetery under the direction of the trustees. Trustees Lambdin and Fellows were appointed a committee to purchase one hundred trees, and superintend the planting of them. J. F. Lambdin was also elected Treasurer of the association.
March 10, 1869, J. F. Lambdin was authorized to contract with C. Cha- bol to care for the cemetery at $12.50 per month, he to have all he could make by digging graves, and caring for lots. At this meeting the price of lots was fixed at $20 each. At a meeting of the trustees held August 1, 1873, the President was authorized to convey to the Supervisors of Napa County the tract marked "Poor" on the plat of the cemetery. April 16, 1874, Jesse Grigsby, J. A. McClellan, C. H. Allen and A. G. Boggs were chosen trustees of the association, and L. Bruck, clerk. April 10, 1876, it was resolved that lots purchased be paid for in advance, and that prices for parts of lots should be as follows: one-fourth lot, formerly sold at $5, should now be held at $7.50; one-half lot, formerly $10, raised to $12.50; and so on in proportion. A contract was entered into with William Keeley, by which the trustees bind themselves and their successors in office to care for lots 23 and 24, block 73, the property of said Keeley, as long as the association had an existence, for the sum of $100, paid to them by said Keeley.
In the spring of 1877 a wind-mill was erected, and a tank constructed, containing three thousand gallons, also laid two thousand feet of iron pipe. In June, 1877, G. Barth and A. G. Boggs were appointed a committee to negotiate with the bank of Napa, for $650, to pay the indebtedness incurred for improving the Cemetery grounds. The Independent Order of Odd- Fellows purchased block one hundred and eleven, for $237.50. The present trustees are A. G. Boggs, J. A. McClellan, W. C. S. Smith, G. Barth and Jesse Grigsby, and T. F. Raney is Secretary.
NAPA STATE ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE .- Mr. J. B. Stevens has kindly furnished us the following: With the view of providing for further accommodations, for the care and treatment of the insane in this State, the Legislature at the session of 1869-70, passed an Act authorizing the appoint- ment of a Commissioner to visit the principal insane asylums of the United States and Europe, for the purpose of obtaining all accessible and reliable information as to the management, the different modes of treatment, and
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the statistics of insanity, especial attention being called to the asylums of Great Britain, Ireland, France and Germany. In pursuance to the provisions of the Act above referred to, Governor Haight appointed as such Commis- sioner Dr. E. T. Wilkins, who at once entered upon the duties assigned him; and during his investigations, he visited one hundred and forty-nine insane asylums. Forty-five of these were in the United States, one in Canada, fifteen in Italy, three in Bavaria, seven in Austria, eleven in the German States, two in Switzerland, thirteen in France, eight in Belgium, three in Holland, twenty-four in England, ten in Scotland, and seven in Ireland.
During these investigations a number of plans of asylums were pro- cured, and from these the plans of the Napa Asylum were selected, Messrs. Wright & Sanders, of San Francisco, being the architects.
The Commissioner made his report of his investigations to the Govenor, December 2, 1871, and on the 27th day of March, 1872, an Act was approved, providing for the appointment of a Commission, to select a site for the erection of an institution for the care and treatment of the insane, and making an appropriation of $237,500 towards the erection of the building.
In the spring of 1872, Governor Booth appointed as the Commissioners to select the site of the proposed asylum, Judge C. H. Swift of Sacramento, Dr. G. A. Shurtleff of Stockton and Dr. E. T. Wilkins of Marysville; and on the 2d day of August of that year said Commissioners submitted their report to the Governor, having selected Napa as the site for the new asylum.
At the session of the Legislature of 1873-4, a further appropriation of $600,000 was made for the completion of the asylum, but that sum being insufficient for the purpose, the Legislature of 1875-6 made a further appropriation of $494,000.
Section 9, of the Act of March 27th, 1872, provided that the plans and specifications of this asylum should be upon the basis of accommodating not exceeding five hundred patients at any one time. On the 31st day of May, 1878, there were five hundred and one patients in the Asylum, and at the time of the meeting of the Legislature on the 5th day of January, 1880, the number had increased to eight hundred and eight, rendering it necessary that further accommodations be provided. Consequently at that session of the Legislature an appropriation of $20,000 was made for the purpose of fitting up and furnishing the attics in the rear of the amusement hall and over the laundry building, which work has been completed, giving accom- modations for one hundred and eighty patients.
At the session of the Legislature of 1881 a further appropriation of $18,000 was made for fitting up and furnishing the attics over the extreme north and south wings of the building for the accommodation of one hun- dred and forty-six patients.
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The asylum is located about one and one-half miles south-east of Napa City. The building faces the west, and consists of a center building with wings extending on each side, which are exactly alike; the division for the sexes being equal. The center building consists of the office, library, Superintendent's private office, public sitting room, and officer's apartments. In the rear of which are the amusement hall, drug store, trunk-room, dining- rooms, kitchen and store-room.
There are twelve wards on each side of the center building, besides one on the fourth floor, and one in the attic of the center building, two in the rear of the amusement hall, and one over the laundry building.
Each of the wards, included in the wings, are divided as follows : At- tendant's room, dining-room, pantry, clothes-room, bath-room, wash-room, closets, one dormitory, intended for six beds, one room, 10 x 10, intended for two beds, and thirteen rooms 8 x 10, intended for one bed each, every room being lighted by a large window.
The corner-stone of the building was laid in the month of March, 1873, and the first patient was admitted on the 15th day of November, 1875, since which time, up to the first day of July, 1881, two thousand nine hundred and fifty-five patients have been admitted, one thousand four hundred and forty-three have been discharged, four hundred and fifty-eight have died, and thirty-three have escaped, leaving in the asylum one thousand and twenty-one patients.
The officers of the asylum are: Trustees, Benjamin Shurtleff, M. D., President ; J. C. Martin, A. G. Boggs, F. E. Johnston, and N. D. Rideout Treasurer, C. B. Seeley. Resident officers, E. T. Wilkins, Resident Physi- cian ; L. F. Dozier, Assistant Physician ; F. W. Hatch, Jr., Assistant Physi- cian ; J. B. Stevens, Secretary ; J. M. Palmer, Steward ; J. T. Johnston, Steward's Clerk; Mrs. E. F. Arey, Matron; John Hawkes, Supervisor ; Eliza Kennedy, Supervisoress ; George R. Walden, Druggist.
NAPA SODA SPRINGS .- The early history of these springs is full of storm and cloud. Here was a valuable piece of property situated on public land, and naturally several claimants sprang into existence. Amos Buckman dated his time of settlement at the springs August 10, 1855. George O. Whitney located a land warrant on the property June 13, 1859. John Henry Wood dates his settlement on the place at August 17, 1860; and Smith & Grigsby claim June 10, 1863, as the date of their location. Buck- man was for a long time in undisputed possession. He prevailed upon E. L. Sullivan, a gentleman of means, to advance a considerable sum of money, and also Captain Willard Allen did likewise. In the course of time the ownership was claimed by the three men jointly. In the winter of 1855-6 a small hotel building was erected by these parties, with Buckman as Su-
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perintendent and resident partner, which was located only a few rods to the northward of the present bottling house, on the first " turn out " in the road. This was a very "cheap " affair, as it is testified to a being a cloth-lined and papered house, and its size must have been not very great, judging from the foundation site.
In the August following, a fire broke out in the hills back of the springs, and some sparks were carried through an open window into the house, which was utterly destroyed. About this time Charles H. Allen, of Napa City, began to project with the water, to determine what would be the re- sult of bottling it up. He went to work and manufactured a small zinc gasometer, being himself a tinner by trade, and with this he collected quite an amount of gas. He then put in pipes and so arranged them that the force of water would charge a cylinder with water and gas at the same time. He charged a cylinder, and brought it to Napa, where he made a connection with a bottling machine, and thus was bottled the first soda- water from the now justly celebrated springs, and from this humble begin- ning the business has increased to about three hundred dozen bottles a day during the summer season. The water was found to be excellent, and to possess good keeping and medicinal qualities, and Messrs. Allen & Buckınan foresaw the grand possibilities of the future of the place, both from the revenues to be derived from the bottling of the water, and the establish- ment of a health and pleasure resort.
The next thing to be done was to get a good title to the property ; but in this Mr. Buckman failed. From the "Report of the Register and Re- ceiver of the United States for the San Francisco Land District," made in 1864, we quote :
" Amos Buckman claims to have made a settlement as a bona fide pre- emptor, on the land claimed by him, as early as the 10th day of August, 1855, and to have continued his occupation down to the present date * * The contestant, Wood, claimed that said Buckman never entered upon said land as a pre-emptor ; that he never had or manifested * any desire to become a pre-emptor *; that such rights as he claimed were those of an equal partner and joint owner with one Willard Allen and Eugene L. Sullivan, whose rights and interests in said land said Buckman always acknowledged and respected down to the latter part of the month of October, 1856; that such joint ownership was for the purpose of specu- lation merely, and not for agricultural purposes ; that after said last date, said Allen sold out to said Buckman and Sullivan *
" From his (E. L. Sullivan's) testimony, it appears that said Willard Allen was the first person.to occupy and improve said land claimed by said Buckman; that said Allen was upon the land as early as 1854, and con- tinued to hold and control it, and all the improvements thereon, down to
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the 25th of October, 1856 * * *; that Sullivan continued to advance money for improvements until he had furnished $20,000; that upon said land were soda springs, which constituted its chief value; that the im- provements consisted in improving the springs, building a hotel
the building of a barn, out-houses and roads; that all this was accom- plished prior to the Ist day of August, 1856; that about this date said hotel was destroyed by fire *
* and on the 25th day of October, 1856, the sale was perfected and the title-papers passed (from Allen to Buckman and Sullivan). Said Allen was to have $5000; the property was then valued at $30,000
" From a review of all the testimony, we find : First-That Amos Buck- man did not enter at any time, before or after the 1st day of March, 1856, upon the land claimed by him, in good faith, with any intention to pre- empt said land, or to appropriate it to his own exclusive use or benefit. Second-That, prior to the 25th day of October, 1856, said Buckman never had more than one-third interest in the said land claimed by him, and that he recognized the ownership and occupancy of the other two-thirds in Allen and Sullivan. Third-That said Buckman entered upon the same for the purpose of speculation merely, and not for agricultural purposes ; that said ' land is made up entirely of volcanic mountains, hills and rocks, * wherefore we find that Amos Buckman is not a bona fide pre-emptor, and that he is not entitled to enter the land claimed by him. * *
" There being no prior claim to said land other than that of Amos Buck- man, which was held to be invalid, it became the duty of the Register to make the proper entries, and certify the land over to said State, which duty he has performed. Therefore, practically, it is unnecessary to decide on the merits of the pre-emption claims of Woods, Smith and Grigsby, as, inde- pendent of any and all evidence, they must be rejected. Nevertheless, we beg leave to call the attention of the department to the testimony which, in our judgment, establishes the fact that neither the claimants, Wood, Smith or Grigsby, entered upon their respective claims in good faith as pre-emptors, but merely for speculative purposes."
The testimony taken before the Register was transmitted to the Land Commissioner at Washington, who decided it in favor of the claimant Buckman. The matter was taken from this tribunal, as a finality, to the Secretary of the Interior, who decided that it was State land, and so the clouds were lifted from the title, and the present proprietor, Colonel J. P. Jackson, has a perfect and complete title. He purchased the property in 1872. The contest over this property was long, fierce and bitter, and it is the greatest wonder that somebody was not killed. It is stated that Dr. Wood was shot at one night while passing down the road. The torch was freely applied to the improvements made on the premises, and the parties
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lived right upon the premises, each watching the movements of the other all the time. When Dr. Wood had his title cleared up he set about to im- prove the place, and planted a number of trees and did some grading; he also erected a large stone bottling-house.
The present improvements, which are elegant and substantial, have, with the exceptions mentioned above, been placed there by Col. Jackson, and a full description of them will be appropriate in this connection. We will begin with the most striking feature of the premises, the mammoth rotunda. It is constructed of stone, rough hewn, and rests on the backbone of a ridge which puts out from the mountain side some distance below the level of the road. It is two stories high in front and four in the rear. The front presents a façade, while the main body of the building is circular, and was so designed by the proprietor to gain the double object of gaining the most space possible inside a given extension of walls, and to cause it to comport with the natural surroundings. All of Nature's lines are curvi- linear-and angles in the midst of Nature's works would be out of place. The entrance to the building is through a wide hallway which leads to the rear. On either side and adjoining the entrance are elegant rooms intended for the use of the attendants about the place. Beyond these we enter the circular body of the building, on the outer edge of which are arranged eighty stalls, in which there are three thicknesses of floor. The upper one is of three-inch plank, and the seams are pitched and calked as tightly as the deck of a vessel. Near the center is a grate trap, and the floor is so laid that there is a slight declivity towards the trap. The mangers are self-feeders, the supply coming from above, where the feed is stored. Inside the stalls is a drive-way, and inside of that is a bank for saddles, serving also to separate the drive-way from the central area which is designed to be the receptacle of carriages. This bank has four openings at opposite sides for convenience of ingress and egress. The upper story has the halls and rooms in front similar to the lower story. The space occupied below for stalls and drive-way, will be utilized here as a store-room, while the inner circular area makes an excellent skating rink. The water from the roof is conducted in pipes to the sewers underneath the stalls, and serves the purpose of flushing them out. We now descend to the first under- ground story, which is to be used principally for stable purposes. We descend again and find ourselves in the basement, which is ultimately de- signed to be a wine cellar. The natural declivity of the ground is such that the casks may be placed in tiers one above another so that the wine may be drawn with a syphon from one to another without disturbing the casks at all. The painting and graining and all carpenter and other work about this building has been done with as much care and excellence as though it were a mansion for human beings of noble birth instead of a habitation for man's best friend of the brute creation-the horse.
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