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The first salt works in this vicinty were owned by Isaac Long, who came here from Philadelphia in 1852. He and his brother had the largest chicken ranch in the State on what is now called the Thompson place. They made a fortune in the business, eggs
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selling for $2.00 per dozen and young chickens for $25.00 per doz. Mr. Long did not make a success of the salt business and sold to Mr. J. A. Plummer, who in 1863 introduced modern methods in its manufacture. Up to this time the mode of making salt had been extremely primitive and the product so impregnated with brom- ines as to be unsafe for family use. In 1864, the first salt from wooden floors was shipped by Mr. Plummer to San Francisco and the quality of the product won immediate recognition. Mr. C. A. Plummer still carries on an extensive business at the Crystal Salt Works, near Newark, with a branch at Alvarado.
Another industry at Newark is the James Graham Manufac- turing Co., whose iron foundry was established in 1882 with but two men employed. There are now 87 men on the pay-roll, who turn out every working day forty-five ranges, and their buildings cover an acre of ground. There is a smaller foundry at Newark under the management of the Dunn Bros, and it will be seen that the money received monthly for wages in the town amounts to a large sum.
The school house and Roman Catholic church were built in 1879, and the Presbyterian church was dedicated on September 10, 1895.
When the railroad was completed a park was laid out with a pavilion and dancing-floor for picnics, but after a time this was abandoned.
Two hotels were built, one by the railway company and one by Mr. John Dugan, who also conducted a coursing park.
In 1876, the property of the railway company was bought by Senator Fair and others; the Pacific Land Improvement Company was incorporated and the present town of Newark laid out. The Fair estate has a large property in the neighborhood.
On the refusal of the city of Oakland to allow the railway the right of way through its streets, Senator Fair sold to the Southern Pacific. This was July 1, 1887. But for this sale the Narrow Gauge, as it is called, might be part of another transcontinental road.
In "Five Years Before the Mast," Richard Henry Dana, who visited the coast in 1835, speaks of coming up the Bay of San Francisco to the embarcaderos of the Missions for hides and tallow. There is no doubt that he came to what was afterwards known as Beard's, now Jarvis' Landing, as the flocks and herds of the Mis- sion San Jose were among the largest in California. Mr. Dana also speaks of Russian vessels which came from Fort Ross and from Alaska to trade with the Missions for grain, hides and tallow.
At the beginning of 1853, Beard's Landing was owned by Capt. Oscar Pease, and the rate of shipping from that point to San Fran-
COYOTE HILLS (LOS CERRITOS), NEWARK
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cisco was $5.00 per ton. Capt. Pease was a son of Attorney Pease who, with his family, lived in Centreville for a time and afterwards returned to his home in Michigan. A few years ago Capt. Pease visited Newark and was astonished at the changes he saw. He built the first house at Jarvis' Landing, but his name, like those of many of the early settlers, has almost passed into oblivion.
Capt. Pease sold the Landing to Capt. Joseph Mayhew who sold it to his uncle, Capt. Jonathan Mayhew, who established the lumber yards about 1855. He disposed of his holdings to his nephew, Wm. Butler, who in 1864 sold to Mr. George Tait, of San Francisco. In 1865, the property was bought by Jarvis and Com- pany, the firm consisting of Howard and F. C. Jarvis and two brothers named Ray, who soon retired.
The Landing was called Beard's Landing because the late E. L. Beard was the largest farmer in the neighborhood shipping from this point. Mr. John M. Horner shipped from Union City. A part of the land called Beard's Landing was on the Mission tract and part on the Alviso property, the two connected by a plank walk for many years. About 1853, a man had a contract for several thousand tons of cobble stones for the San Francisco streets, they were hauled to this Landing and then condemned as unsuit- able. After some years these stones were thrown into the slough which divided the two tracts, and thus a permanent road was made which is still of private ownership. Mr. Tait, one of the owners of the Landing, came into the country for his health from San Francisco, where he had been Superintendent of Schools when the Lincoln school was built in that city. He was one of the first school trustees in this neighborhood and named Lincoln district after the President, of whom he was a great admirer although a Virginian educated at William and Mary College, and whose fam- ily had all been on the Southern side during the Civil War.
Mr. Tait took his three sons to Europe where they were edu- cated. Dr. Dudley Tait, connected with the French Hospital in San Francisco, is one of the sons.
The first trustees of Lincoln School District in this township were: George W. Tait, who died in 18SS; Emory Munyan, who died in 1899; and Abijah Baker, who died in 1903. Mr. Baker gave the lot on which the school house stands.
A small vessel of about thirty tons was built at the Landing in 1865 by Barney Mullen and Edwood Ross, who intended to make a new landing back of the hills and nearer the bay. After spending considerable money in making a road across the marsh and a cut through the hills the project was abandoned for want of funds and the vessel, named the "Valentine Alviso," was sold to the Messrs. Jarvis.
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In 1876, Jarvis & Co. built at the Landing a large schooner called "The '76," and in 1882 Mr. John Lowrie built the steamer "Lady Anne," for the Alaska river trade. It was taken north on the deck of a schooner named the "Alaska," and used to bring ore from the mines to tide-water. Mr. Lowrie and all on board were lost in the "Alaska" on the return trip with a load of silver and lead ore from his mine. Samuel Marston and Charles Babb were lost at the same time, October, 1883.
Dumbarton Point is destined to be on the line of a railroad into San Francisco; the bay at that place is only three-fourths of a mile in width and it can be bridged without difficulty. It is the only place on the bay between Oakland and San Jose where the depth of water will permit the approach of large vessels.
The marshes about the bay afford good duck-hunting and many gun clubs have preserves in this neighborhood. Mr. F. M. Smith, of borax fame, has rented the shooting privilege of the Brigg's ranch for fifteen years and has built a commodious shooting-box.
Some years ago Eastern oysters were planted in the bay on the San Mateo shore where an extensive industry is carried on. The oysters in some cases have drifted to the Alameda side and occasionally the hunter finds a colony of them.
The death of Mr. Emory Munyan, which occurred June 9, 1899, was a great loss to the community. He was a generous, kindly man of wonderful memory and intelligence and had a vast store of information concerning the early days of the country. He was a good linguist, and his services had often been employed by the Spaniards in translating important documents, for which he would never take compensation. He was trustee of Lincoln school from its organization till his death, and he gave to it a val- uable collection of mineral and Indian relics. He had a fine or- chard and every Friday, during the season, the school children received a basket of fruit from his hands. Mr. Munyan came to California from Connecticut, in 1852; he never married, but of him it may be written "that he loved his fellow men."
From the Munyan place to the bay there is an extensive In- dian mound, the site of a populous village many hundreds of years ago. They buried their dead close to their houses, which were built of willow bound together with twigs, plastered with mud, and the roof covered with tules. The farmers of this locality still turn up with the plow human bones, shells, fishing implements, stone mortars and pestles, etc. They seem to have been a peace- ful people of a low order of intelligence, living on fish and acorns.
When the railroad was built through the Wm. Haley place seven layers of bodies were unearthed. There are other mounds in the vicinity, but this was the largest. An old Indian who lived
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here in 1852, and who declared that he was then 100 years old, said that he was born on this mound and that he had seen all the adjoining ranches covered with driftwood brought down by the freshets. The truth of this is proved by the logs and roots still brought to light in the course of excavations here. He also told of years of drought and floods and earthquakes, the greatest of which occurred about 1768, or one hundred years before the "great" earthquake of California.
There is no doubt that this valley was once an arm of the bay and has been filled up by erosion from the hills. When boring for water, sea sand and shells are found at a depth of seventy-five feet or more, and, near Irvington, bones of mastodons have been found at a great depth. The process of filling up is still going on, for near Alvarado within living memory three fences, one above another, have been covered with soil brought from the hills by the rains, and in some places the marsh has been transformed into fertile soil.
About '51 or '52, the Portuguese began to settle in this neigh- borhood; they were sailors from the Azores who sent for their kindred; they are an industrious race and have almost taken pos- session of this fair valley. The season of '50-'51 was a dry year, when only about four inches of rain fell. In that year Mr. Beard raised a crop of vegetables on what is now the Haley place; these are some of the prices he received: potatoes, 12 and 15 cents per 1b., cabbages (some of which weighed 50 lbs.) and onions (weigh- ing three or four pounds.) 15 and 20 cents per ib. Mr. Beard told the present owner of this place that in that year he made $80,000 from fifty acres-which sounds like a California story, but it is true. The next year everybody raised potatoes (there were forty inches of rain), thousands of tons rotted on the ground and there were many bankrupts.
Throughout the valley remains of iron fencing may still be seen, made of panels about eight feet long; used in England for park fencing. An English ship loaded with it reached San Fran- cisco, leaking badly, her cargo was sold at auction and bought by Mr. Horner for a song. During the Civil War when it was impos- sible to obtain iron most of this fence was used by the blacksmiths and sold for a large price.
The pioneers who survive, and they are not many, have seen great changes. Mr. C. S. Haley has, perhaps, the unusual dis- tinction in California of having lived on one place for fifty years. Early writers on California speak of the extravagance of the Span- ish Californians. Whatever the Yankee trader offered for sale they bought, and, when pay-day came, settled the account with a piece of land. When Don Alviso sold the last of his possessions and went to end his days with his son in Livermore, there were but seventy acres left of his once magnificent property of nearly eleven thousand acres, extending from Newark to Alvarado and bounded by the hills and the bay.
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NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PIONEER SOCIETY.
Eligibility to membership in this society demanded settlement in the State of California prior to March 26, 1853, and a residence in the township at the time of organization. Sons of pioneers twenty-one years of age were also eligible. (Deceased marked *) *Caleb Scott *George W. Bond *David Coleman Bane James Allen Trefry
*Rufus Denmark
*Emery Munyan
*George Massy Walters
*Chas. Kelsey
*Wm. Alexander More Thos. W. Millard
*Daniel Haller John J. Riser John Miers Horner
*George Forbes
*John McBurnie
*George Simpson
*Farley Benjamin Granger
*John Buchanan Chas. Albert Plummer
*Samuel Ingersol Marston
* Jared Tuttle Walker
*Augustus M. Church
*Wm. Yeats Horner
*Abijab Baker Frank Joseph Manham F. N. Hilton
*John Lyman Beard
*Leonard Stone
*James Stokes
*Wm. Powell Abbey
*Ebenezer Haley
James Leyman Hollis John C. Whipple E. Powell
*Henry Smith Augustus Moore Timm Hauschildt Joseph M. Harley
David S. Smalley
A. B. Montross *Barclay D. Tulley Clough *Wm. Ryan John E. Perry
*Peter J. Campbell *Hiram Davis
*Geo. W. Peacock
*Calvin J. Stevens Frank Rowane -
Daniel Moody Sanborn
Frank C. Jarvis Louis Cammerin
M. W. Dixon
*Osman Slayton
*Simeon Stivers
*Addison M. Crane Sebastian Franz
*Wm. Hayes Wm. Wallace Valentine Alviso
*Edwood Ross Wm. Barry
*Luther Edward Osgood Nathaniel Lockling Babb
*Henry G. Ellsworth Howard Overacker Frank Rose Constant
*Michael Overacker
*Wm. Morris Liston Wm. Henry Cockefair 1 i
*George Emerson Lewis Cass Smith
*Edward Neihaus James Hawley
*Elias Lyman Beard
*John Hall
*August May
Ozias Buddington Simpson:
C. C. Chase
Wm. Andrew Yates
Robt. Gannin Abbey
*Liberty Perham Frank R. Stokes
*Mahlon Beach Sturgis
*Ivan James Tifoche
*Wm. Morrison Michael Rogan John Ryan Antone J. Garcia Max Seigrist
*Chris Jessen Manuel Lewis Vierra
Manuel Fereira
*George M. Smith
*Andrew Beck Wm. Buchanan
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ARGONAUT CLUB OF WASHINGTON, MURRAY AND EDEN TOWNSHIPS.
To be a member of this club it was necessary that a man should be a resident of one of the townships prior to January 1, 1853. The last general meeting was held March 13, 1893.
The list of members follows:
William Barry, secretary
George W. Bond, president
John Buchanan
Henry Dusterberry
Geo. Forbes
Sebastian Franz
F. B. Granger, Sr.
Wm. Hayes
August May
A. B. Montross
Augustus Moore
E. Munyon
E. Neihaus
L. E. Osgood
H. Overacker, Sr.
W. T. Ralph
C. C. Scott
D. S. Smalley
Henry L. Smith
W. B. Sturgis
Ivan James Tifoche
J. T. Walker
PIONEERS OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
Pioneers of Washington Township prior to 1854, so far as
their names can be ascertained. (Deceased marked *)
John M. Horner
*Redman Horner
* Henry C. Smith
*E. L. Beard
*Earl Marshall James Hawley
*Wm. Sim Perry Morrison
*Wm. Morrison
*Wm. Y. Horner
*Addison M. Crane
*A. M. Church Richard Threlfall
*C. J. Stevens J. J. Riser Stephen W. Millard
* Kempster (teacher)
Thos. W. Millard James A. Trefry
*Chas. Kelsey
*Geo. W. Bond
*Caleb Cook Scott D. D. Hennion
*Joseph Nichols
*J. T. Walker
*S. M. Marston N. L. Babb W. H. Cockefair
*Rufus Denmark
* James Beazell
*Origen Mowry
*Timothy Rix
*E. Neihaus
*Wm. Threlfall
*Geo. W. Patterson: Ed. Huff
*Wm. Hayes *Robt. Blacow
*Wm. Ogden *Edwood Ross
*Osman Sanborn
*Ebenezer Haley, Sr. John M. English
*Simeon Stivers
*Wm. Tyson
₭Wm. M. Liston
*Henry Ellsworth
*W. W. Brier Chas. Valpey E. Dyer Socrates Huff John Huff *John L. Wilson *Garrett Norris
*C. C. Breyfogle *Joseph Ralph D. M. Sanborn Chas. Sanborn *Chas. Hadsell *Don J. J. Vallejo
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*John R. Sim * Joseph F. Black
*Hiram Davis Wm. Barry
*Dr. B. F. Bucknall
*Wm. Poinsett
*Hiram Eggers
*James Emerson
*Stacy Horner Howard Overacker, Sr.
*L. E. Osgood C. S. Haley
*Joseph Newsom
*Johnston Horner Jacob Morgan
*Isaac Horner *Chas. Hilton
James Torrey
*Abijab Baker
*Reuben Clemens Joseph H. Cann
* James Seal
*Stephen Larkins
*Hon. J. M. Moore
*W. W. Moore Silas Baker
*Robt. Hilton Francisco Cataldo Pepe
*Fred Lucas
*Dr. Bacon
Dr. Mckinstry
F. P. Dann
Dr. J. M. Selfridge A. W. Harris
Dr. Murdock
Chamberlain
*R. McClure
*J. W. Musser
*Joseph Mayhew
*Calvin Valpey, Sr.
H. C. Valpey
Lasell
*John Bergman Benjamin Marston
Chas. Marston
Geo. Marston
*Henry Marston
*F. W. Redding
*Edwin Haley
Comfort Y. Haley
W. W. Haley
E. H. Haley, Jr.
FIRST ASSESSMENT ROLL WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, 1854.
Name.
Acres.
Personal and Real Estate Total Value.
C. M. Abbott
$100.00
Francisco Arricocu
750.00
David Ash
250.00
J. M. Amador
475.00
E. S. Allen
500.00
Augustine Alviso 2182
55,880.00
J. A. Amador.
825.00
Wm. Ackerman
100.00
E. L. Beard.
600
47,200.00
850
47,500.00
Jesse Beard
200
23,500.00
Jane L. W. Beard
300
36,000.00
J. Brown
100.00
*John Blacon *Joshua Wauhab
*Emery Munyan
*Wm. Wales
*Thos. Newsom Otho Morgan
* Johnston (teacher)
Geo. A. Lloyd
*James Johnston *Dr. Goucher Augustin Alviso
*Jonathan Mayhew Allen H. Mayhew Calvin Valpey, Jr.
* Laumeister
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Name.
Acres.
Total Value.
J. Blacow
1,500.00
Wm. Baker
700.00
J. Bagley
200.00
J. B. Bollo.
1,600.00
Mulbino Bider
75.00
G. W. Bond
225.00
Richard Binson
1,200.00
Beard & Hawthorne.
1,600.00
J. F. Black
200.00
Martha E. Bucknell
100.00
E. Barnes
1,000.00
W. W. Brier
40
3,065.00
Broder & Edmonson
2,100.00
A. H. Broder
450.00
Broder & Smith
500.00
Robert Blacow
8,065.00
C. C. Bray
2,600.00
I. Coombs
350.00
J. G Chipman
350.00
Wni. H. Coombs
1,500.00
N. W. Coles. .
400.00
P. J. Campbell.
950.00
Z. Cheney
2,340.00
J. Cheney . .
200.00
P. Columbet
1,775.00
G. Carr ..
275.00
H. N. Cowell
350.00
J. W. Carrick
350.00
Clark, Crane & Co
5,650.00
A. M. Church
400.00
T. M. Coombs
3,200.00
Edw. Chauncey
1,700.00
Chauncey & Wise.
1,800.00
R. Clements
400.00
Clemente Columbet 45
49,500.00
R. Denmark
1,400.00
G. Denmark
500.00
R. B. Donovan
655.00
A. Day
600.00
J. W. Dougherty
350.00
G. Dennis
2,900.00
R. Dairs.
475.00
D. S. Donaldson
350.00
H. Davis ..
1,025.00
R. S. Dorr
100.00
F. Duff.
200.00
F. Higuera
9026
98,883.00
G. Higuera 160
1,610.00
J. Edmonds.
1,210.00
T. Higuera
300.00
J. Everetta.
600.00
Eckler & Sheperd
2,400.00
D. I. Cheney
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Name.
Acres. Total Value. 2,925.00
A. Higuera
P. Edsall 200.00
P. E. Edmonson. 500.00
P. Fay 75.00
E. Flint .
870.00
U. Felix
610.00
Forbes & Co
4,850.00
J. Foxall
200.00
C. Folwell 240.00
J. Ferris 300.00
A. Forbes
450.00
J. Grammer
250.00
N. Galindo
650.00
C. C. Gage
50.00
H. Gaskins 123
5,790.00
S. Griffin
400.00
T. Gragg
1,600.00
W. R. Graham
100.00
F. B. Granger
200.00
A. Gildersleeve
100.00
E. W. Goucher
650.00
J. Hartram & C. Staffer.
1,175.00
D. D. Henion.
1,590.00
J. Hawley & Co ..
200
7,180.00
A. W. Harris. .
2,100.00
A. W. & E. Harris
160
3,640.00
H. Harris.
100.00
C. Hilton
70.00
Hilton & Beazell
725.00
Wm. H. Hawthorn
650.00
Chas. Hadsell
965.00
S. Hance.
800.00
H. Hissa
200.00
I. Harrison
200.00
Wm. Hopkins
100
3,645.00
I. B. Horner.
100
3,887.00
G. W. Hopkins
1,000.00 805.00
Howard & Chamberlain
14,600.00
H. Hojan
100.00
Win. Incell
80.00
J. Ingram
275.00
C. Ira
400.00
J. M. Horner & Wm. Y. Horner 3319
125,075.00
T. M. & Wmn. Y. Horner.
30,700.00
I. L. James & Co.
957.00
Wm. Jones
1,500.00
F. Johnson
300.00
C. Johnson
100.00
H. Kelsey
1,420.00
I. B. King & D. Ecles
175.00
Kreis & French
609.00
E. J. Knowles
1,300.00
I. G. Hansen
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Name.
L. N. Kerr
D. Lewis
Acres. Total Value. 325.00 1,550.00
H. A. & J. G. Lynch 400.00
D. B. Lynch. 400.00
J. Lewelling 115.00
J. Lamson
790.00
G. Leland
1,500.00
H. S. & E. S. Long
2,700.00
A. J. Sewell
1,225.00
G. A. Loyd
4,225.00
E Marshali
6,150.00
S. Maxwell
983.00
J. Mesquita
500.00
S. W. & T. W. Millard
120.00
A. & E. McWilliams 400.00
S. Murphy
807.00
Wm. Meyers.
100.00
J. A. Mayhew
9,495.00
L. J., I. S. & Benj. Marston
2,775.00
I. S. Marston
2,780.00
J. McCrea
250.00
F. Michael
225.00
G. Moore
1,100.00
E. & A. C. Morton
1,175.00
S. Murdoch
200.00
J. R. Mason
1,400.00
J. Marshall
175.00
B. Mowry
3,780.00
J. M. & S. Moore.
3,300.00
J. Morgan
700.00
M. E. & A. Marshall
600.00
J. C. Nail
4,030.00
J. Newson
1,200.00
E. Neihaus & Gates
2,390.00
J. Nichols
984.00
C. Noler
400.00
J. B. Nash
550.00
H. Norton
250.00
L. Newman
300.00 450.00
J. E. Patterson
1,000.00
T. Presidio
50.00 450.00
A. Phillips
2,680.00
G. W. Patterson
3,000.00 570.00
Francesco Cataldo Pepe.
T. Pacheco 100
8,400 00
Wm. Pointsett.
400.00
J. D. Parker.
700.00
R. A. Potter
420.00
M. Powell 100.00
Pico, Beard & Horner
335
223,705.00
J. J. Riser.
1,875.00
J. H. Overstrand
J Parsons
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Name.
Acres.
Total Value.
L. Ride
100.00
A. W. Richardson
100
2,200.00
I. Remmick.
1,500.00
S. A. Rise
625.00
J. Ralph
100
8,565.00
C. Rowe
600.00
Remey & Dubois.
F. Rocco
3,400.00
T. Rix
3,575.00
J. B. Sweetzer
5,802.00
T. H. Scribner
1,765.00
Wm. Sisson
4,700.00
E. Sisson.
1,510.00
C. C. Scott.
3,400.00
Scott & Larkin
1,000.00
S. Stivers
750.00
J. F. Storer
400.00
M. Sigrist.
500.00
C. J. Stevens
3,100.00
C. Swensey
880.00
N. Slusser
275.00
C. A. Sigmond
40.00
H. Southworth
429.00
J. M. Selfridge
1,195.00
J. Sanders
750.00
A. Siloner
675.00
S. Stearn
100.00
H. C. Sill
100.00
H. C. Smith
100
500.00
H. C. Smith
160
4,600.00
S. C. Smith
200
20,450.00
Tyson & Morrison
150
11,860.00
J. S. Terryl.
625.00
J. Threlfall & J. Bamber
2,020.00
M. A. Torry
375.00
R. & J. Threlfall
1,815.00
E. S. Tabbitt, Smith & Griffiths
1,000.00
J. Travis
1,565.00
J. A. Trefry
450.00
100.00
M. Tompkins
137
4,410.00
Wm. C. Jones
1775
16,425.00
C. Valpey
1,020.00
H. A. Vanhquin
500.00
H. M. Vesey
600.00
J. J. Vallejo
17724
242,020.00
R. Wolcott
75.00
M. W. Wheeler
1,374.00
J. R. Wilson
336.00
J. Wauhab
750.00
H. Webster
380.00
H. Watson
100
4,424.00
B. Williams
150.00
J. Thompson
1,000.00
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Name.
John L. Wilson.
C. W. Wandell
L. D. Warren
F. J. Whaley
M. Watts
1,275.00
Unknown owners
100
5,700.00
Total acreage 41286 $1,343,015.00
(The above table shows that the assessments of seven firms and individuals covered about three-fourths of the property of the township.)
Signed,
MR. A. M. CRANE, Co. Judge MR. S. H. ROBINSON, MR. A. MARSHALL,
Associates.
For the year 1903: Total acreage assessed, 108,316; total valuation, $6,612,424.
Thanks are due for the above data to Mr. Myron Whidden, Deputy County Auditor, Hon. John G Mattos. Jr., and Mr. Ar- thur Biddle.
PRODUCTIONS AND ACREAGE, 1903.
No. of Fruit Trees 8,153
Apple
Apricot
48,908
Cherry
20,776
Fig ..
175
Pear
11,760
Peach
24,471
Prune
88,703
Plum
5,052
Quince
225
Lemon
468
Orange
667
Olive
1,803
Almond.
45,445
Chestnut
94
Walnut
3,251
Total trees.
259,971
No. of acres in fruit trees
2,600
No. of acres in grapes.
2,299
No. of acres in berries and small fruits
87
S. L. Wilson.
Acres. Total Value. 8,450.00 110.00 500.00 1,750.00 200.00
Total acres in fruit 4,986
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Hay and Grain. No. of Acres.
Hay
7,262
Wheat
312
Barley
13,860
Corn
423
Oats
141
Total
21,998
Vegetables.
Acres.
Sugar Beets.
3,853
Potatoes
1,262
Tomatoes. .
481
Other Vegetables
901
Rhubarb
82
Total 6,579
Total number of acres in fruit 4,986
Total number of acres in hay and grain 21,998
Total number of acres in vegetables ... 6,579
Total number of acres marsh and pasture 74,653 Total number of acres of land in Township, 108,216 11-100 Value of stock, horses, cattle, etc., $106,606.
Total valuation of all property, real and personal. $6,612,494
FIRST SCHOOL CENSUS. (Verbatim copy.)
Report of the Common School Marshal to the County Super- intendent of Santa Clara County, for the school year ending Octo- ber 31, A. D., 1852:
DISTRICT OF SAN JOSE MISSION.
Names of Parents and Names of Children, bet.
Guardians. 4 and 18 years of age.
E. L. Beard and Jane Beard.
. Henry G. Ellsworth John Beard.
Chaney Cornell and Charlotte Cornell
Robert Cornell. Wm. Cornell. A. Fisk Cornell.
James Hawley and Hetty Hawley
Charlotte Hawley. Emma Hawley.
Jose Jesus Vallejo and Soebad Vallejo Maria Vallejo Encarnacion Vallejo. General Vallejo. Guadalupe Vallejo.
Thomas Wright and Lucy Wright Amanda E. Ray. James T. Ray.
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H. C. Smith and Mary A. Smith Julia Ann Smith. Jerome Van Gorden. George Van Gorden.
Isaac Goodwin.
Lewis Goodwin. Edwin A. Goodwin. Nancy E. Goodwin. Lucinda A. Goodwin.
Flugencio Higera and Julia Higera Leandro Higera. Salio Higera.
Wm. Bell and Elizabeth Bell
Juan Ireas
E. James Hoyt. Theadore Carrovna. Jose Carrovna. Sabata Carrovna.
Juan J. Bornel and Yulupa Riesgo Maria Riesgo. Jesus Riesgo.
Augustine Ruis. Jose Doleres.
P. I. Camble and Crista Camble. John T. Camble. Nancy Jane Camble.
Juana Misquite
Jose Falis. Frankeline Falis. Alvena Higera. Lotala Higera.
Marea Gaisea and Jose Romero.
Gavalo Tromaro.
Manwel Romero.
T. W. Gaskins
James Forbs.
Caleb C. Scott and Mary Scott Amelia Ann Scott.
Joseph Nicols and Jerusha S. Nicols .. . Enos Nicols. Martin Nicols.
Horace Skinner and *Lora Skinner Horace Skinner. Joseph Skinner.
Clement Beateie and Hanah Beateie
Wm. H. A. Beateie.
Spenser Beateie.
Jane Beateie.
John M. Horner Wm. Horner.
*Possibly Leva.
As will be seen by the date, the above report was made before Alameda County or Washington Township was organized.
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SCHOOL EXPENDITURES.
The total amount of money expended for school purposes, the first year after the organization of the County, in 1854, was $4,765. It is impossible to ascertain what part of this amount was expended in this township.
The total amount of moneys apportioned to the several school districts in the township, in 1903, was:
Alvarado $3,168.00
Alviso.
2,000.20
Centreville
4,632.60
Decoto
4,317.25
Lincoln
702.55
Mission.
2,963.95
Mowry's
814.05
Newark
3,017.85
Niles
3,790.30
Rosedale
759.20
Stony Brook
676.05
Sheridan
702.51
Warm Springs
2,298.00
Washington (Irvington).
3,223.60
Union High School, No. 2 (Centreville) :
County Fund (approximately) . 5,000.00
State Fund (approximately) 1,248.68
Total
$39.714.79
RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE.
Thanks are due Mr. Wm. Barry for statistics in the following tables:
Mean temperature for 18 years, 1886-1903 inclusive, 64°.9.
Lowest annual mean for 18 years was in 1902, 60°.3.
Lowest monthly mean for 18 years was in January, 18SS, 47º.0.
Lowest daily temperature for 18 years was in January 14, 18SS, 26°.0.
Highest monthly mean for 18 years was in June, 1891, 85º.5.
1898, highest monthly mean, consecutively, June, 81º; July, 82°.5; August, 80°.
Highest temperature in 18 years was May 28, 1887, 112º.0.
Mean temperature for 16 years prior to 1902, 67º.2.
Average rainfall for 15 seasons, 20.306 inches.
Snow fell in the township for 5 hours, 5 minutes, on February 5, 1887.
The thermometer fell 18° in 30 minutes on May 7, 1893; W. wind, 3 p. m.
There were 18 earthquake shocks, 1886 to 1897 inclusive.
There was a killing frost on May 11. 1887.
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Senorita Guadalupe de Jesus Vallejo.
Senorita Guadalupe de Jesus Vallejo, who was born in the Mission of San Jose in 1844, died in San Francisco August S, 1904. after a brief illness.
She was the fourth child of Don Jose de Jesus Vallejo and Dona Soledad Sanchez y de Ortego. It was a matter of much pride with her, that she had been a subject of Spain, of Mexico and of the United States.
Don Jose de Vallejo was the son of Ignacio Vallejo, and his wife was the granddaughter of Gov. Don Gasper de Portsla; both of these families were among the very first Spanish settlers to enter California, at the invitation and direction of the Spanish King, and both have the proud distinction of having their names inscribed, for many generations, in the old Spanish archives.
Don Jose Vallejo was appointed administrator of the Mission of San Jose in 1836; here he brought his young wife that same year, and here all of his children were born, and grew to manhood and womanhood. Their home was a center of refinement, of culture and hospitality, for over forty years in the Mission town.
Miss Vallejo, never married, and removed to San Francisco in the early 90's where she became a teacher of languages, a writer of prose and verse, a literary critique, and a translator of no mean ability.
After her death the following pathetic verses were found wrap- ped around the key to their old home in the Mission of San Jose.
What heart aches were silently endured by this gentle woman as she saw her loved ones scattered, the home of her childhood given over to strangers and herself a sojourner.
The Key To My Old Home.
Whence came it here, this quaint old fashioned key? But Oh! How dear and precious a thing to me. I would not change it into purest gold,
Nor would I shape it in the latest mold.
And the door you belong to, is it open or shut? How did you leave it, or have you forgot ?
So long ago since you abandoned your post ;
Were you displeased with and left your next host ?
Perhaps, sorry to see me wander and roam, You invite me to rest in my childhood's home. Or, have you chosen to dwell where're I'll be? Then you and I shall ne'er part company.
Your duty now, is to guard with great care,
The thousand fond memories I hold as so fair.
"Twill be a duty of pleasure and rest,
And I trust you with it, as a friend I love best.
GUADALUPE VALLEJO.
For more explicit information address Secretary Oakland Board of Trade, Oakland, Cal.
FROM THE PRESS OF TIIE "WASHINGTON PRESS" NILES, CALIFORNIA.
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