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USA > California > Alameda County > Oakland > Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley directory, 1884-5 > Part 53
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Woerner William, scene shifter Tivoli Opera House, res 1253 Jefferson
Woight James S, collector with Whittier, Fuller & Co, res 964 Eighth
Wolcott's Pain Paint, C H Bayley agent, 515 Seventh
Wolf Wm, washer Dashaway Stables
Wolfe Charles, nailer Judson Manufacturing Co, res 677 Fifth
Wolfe Louis, nailer Judson Manufacturing Co, res 677 Fifth
Wolff Carl H, teacher German, res 705 Harrison
Wolff S, salesman with Salinger Bros, res S F
Wolfssohn William, merchant, res 362 Eighth
Wolter Remen, liquor saloon, 1125 Thirteenth ave
Womens' Christian Temperance Union Coffee Rooms, Mrs Bos- worth manager, 476 Ninth
Womens' Christian Association and Sheltering Home, Mrs J H Brown matron, 1274 Franklin
Wonderlich B, brakeman S P C R R, res 1007 Webster
WONDERLICH JOHN P, proprietor Newport Swimming Baths, Alameda, res 1011 Webster
Wonderlich Samuel, brakeman S P C R R, res 1011 Webster
Wood A A, res 612 East Fifteenth
Wood A C, brakeman C P R R, res 1804 Seventh
WOOD ALFRED, house and sign painter, and dealer in paints, oils, etc, 463 Tenth, res 1955 Grove
Wood Annie R Mrs, assistant Prescott Grammar School, res 815 Thirteenth
Wood C B, shoemaker, res 840 Thirty-third
BUY CLARK'
O.N.T."
SPOOL COTTON IT IS THE BEST.
Goff':
Are the BEST
USE NO
OTHER
OAKLAND BREWERY,
KRAMM & DIEVES, Proprietors. Cor, Telegraph Avenue and Durant Street.
Iron
Celery, Beef
nufact'd
SOLD
-BY- uthill, z & Co. 37 Clay Street,
San
rancisco.
St. Ann's Building, Fresco & Decorative Artists
SAN FRANCISCO,
Moretti & Trezzini,
534
OAKLAND.
Wood C E P, capitalist, res 1012 Fifth ave
Wood Eliza Mrs, res 1008 Ninth ave
Wood F G, seaman, res 613 East Twenty-third
Wood Flora, domestic, 485 Prospect
Wood Frank M, ticket collector C P R R, res cor Third and Alice
Wood George H, driver Oakland Transfer Co, res 483 Plymouth ave
Wood George R, engineer, res 825 Thirty-third
Wood Henry, cook Seventh Street House, res 1804 Seventh
Wood Helen Miss, res 825 Thirty-third
WOOD HUB A, solicitor McKenney's Directories, res 689 Twenty- fourth
Wood James, boilermaker C P R R shops, res 1785 William
Wood John, patternmaker, res 930 Union
Wood John Mrs, music teacher, res 930 Union
Wood John F, dressmaker, res 375 Twelfth
Wood John W, collector C P R R, res 940 Myrtle
Wood Lucy Mrs, res 2018 Telegraph ave
Wood Myram W, capitalist, res cor Fourth ave and East Twenty-fourth
Wood Stephen R, clerk with Henry Vrooman, res 2018 Telegraph ave
Wood Walter, painter with A Wood, res 465 Twentieth
Wood W H, printer, res 660 Ninth
Wood William, moulder Judson Manufacturing Co, res NW cor Park ave and Hubbard
Wood William A (Wood & Wallace), res S F
Wood & Wallace (W A Wood and R J Wallace), agents Western Carriage Co, and harness, etc, 917 Washington
Woodall James, conductor C P R R, res 1067 Twelfth ave
Woodard M W, manager advertising department Oakland Times, res 914 Sixteenth
Woodbury Arthur K, correspondent Cincinnati Commercial, res 1216 Brush
Woodbury Charles J, manager Continental Oil and Transporta- tion Co (S F), res 1216 Brush
Woodland House, Mrs L Huscroft propr, 1003 Clay
Woodman Mary Miss, res 1329 Harrison
Woodruff Geo J, station agent C P R R, foot of Broadway, res 608 Ninth
Woodruff Mary, domestic, 726 Fifteenth
Woodrum John H, salesman, res 1218 Clay
Woods Amos, photographer, 541 Sixteenth
Woods Caroline, domestic, 1259 Brush
Woods Charles, res 618 Eighth
Woods Christina, domestic, res Bartlett House
S. F. LAUNDRY.
Washing WELL DONE &I VERY LOW Rates. Office, 33 Geary &t., S. F., and 862 Broadway, Oakland.
BLAKI HOUSE, Oakland CALL
1059 WASHINGTO
STRAIT-
Within Fou Blocks of BROADWAY
STATION- Centrally Located. Excellen TABLE
TERMS
REASONABL
Now unde the manag ment of
MRS. M. K. BLAK THE FOUNDER BLAKI
HOUSE
This well- known and POPULA HOUS
1059 WASHINGTO
STREET
lias Larg and Comm dious
ROOMI TERMS REASONABU
MoLean Successor to D. Tisch),
O C C Nurseryman & Florist
SEEDS and FLORAL DEPOT, 479 7th Street, Jakland.
ALLEN, TUGGLE & CO.,
CABINET WOODS OF ALL KINDS, NON. 18 and 20 Spear Street, San Francisco.
OAKLAND.
535
Woods C Y, laborer C PR R
Woods Henry Mrs, dressmaker, res NW cor Twenty-fourth and Filbert
Woods James, boilermaker C P R R shops
Woods John, Jaundryman Contra Costa Laundry
Woods Samuel, capitalist, res 576 Eighth
Woods Win, moulder Judson Manufacturing Co, res O'Neal House
Woods Wm, piano varnisher with Adolph Bruenn, res S F
Woods W M, fireman C PR R
Woodward Frank, brass finisher, res 809 Center
Woodward Gideon, real estate, res 917 Clay
WOODWARD JAMES, proprietor Union Hotel, NW cor Central and Thirteenth aves
Woodward Lafayette, capitalist, res NW cor Park ave and Hollis
Woodward Wm, res 308 East Twenty-fifth
Woodworth James, hackman, res 514 Sixth
Woodworth J V, laundryman Contra Costa Laundry
Woodworth Lee B, res 488 Twenty-third
Woof Alfred E, with J A Folger & Co (S F), res 619 Tenth Woof Elizabeth G Mrs, res 619 Tenth
Woof James H, res 619 Tenth
Woof John, engineer Pacific Press Publishing Co, res SE cor Fif- teenth and Clay
Woof Mabel E, Blank's Candy Factory, res 1061 Willow
Woolley Chas E, telegraph operator, res 1476 Ninth
Woolley Harry, machinist Judson Manufacturing Co, res Choate nr Dwight Way, East Berkeley
Woolley John (Clark & Woolley), res Berkeley
Woolley John, tailor, res 1453 Broadway Woolley L H, res 1476 Ninth
Woolsey E H, physician and surgeon, 1104 Broadway
Woolsey Kittie Miss, assistant Peralta School, res cor Fairview and Humboldt ave, Temescal
Work J W, res 1006 Sixth ave
Worley Henry H (W P Hammon & Co), res 810 Fourteenth
Worley W H, traveling salesman Oakland Nurseries, res 810 Fourteenth
Wormwood Lewis A, engineer, res 1752 Taylor
Worrill Joseph, res 912 Clay
Woscow William, moulder, res Grove bet Third and Fourth
Wotton Jennie, domestic, 1015 Linden
Wray R F, groceries and liquors, 973 Third
Wren Eugene, miller, res 1422 Seventeenth
Wright Abby P Miss, assistant Durant School, res 1116 Broad- way
ianBit
Schafer & Co .: Fine Custom Cl-thing to Order
No. 11 Montgomery St. Nan Francisco.
Celery, Beer
eatest ONIC AND ervine
RINK LEBY, EF & RON, .THE-
REAT
ONIC.
Washington Brewery,
Westermann & Co., Propre. N. W. COR. 5th & KIRKHAM STREETS.
536
OAKLAND.
Wright Albert I, engineer C P R R, res 1714 Lincoln
Wright A R, res 1159 Alice
Wright Benjamin, wholesale coal dealer, Foster's wharf, foot Franklin, res 462 Ninth
Wright Cyrus S (N Gray & Co), res 758 Tenth
Wright D, agent Oregon Improvement Co, foot Franklin
Wright Dorastus, special policeman, res 1714 Lincoln
Wright Esther A Mrs, nurse, res 1222 Thirtieth
Wright G B (English, Wright & Lukens, S F), res 1403 Jackson Wright George, freight clerk C P R R, res 366 East Sixteenth Wright George F, Alameda county abstract office, Court House, room 4, res 1213 Myrtle
Wright George H, res 222 Helen
Wright George S, timekeeper Judson Manufacturing Co, res 757 Brush
Wright Henry C (Wright, Bowne & Co, S F), res 1317 Sixteenth ave
Wright Horatio N, clerk with Agard & Co, res Vernon Heights WRIGHT ISAAC (Wright & Janvier), office 1265 Franklin, res Johnson House
Wright James, shoemaker, res 360 Fourth
Wright J F Mrs, res 1081 Twelfth
Wright John, dairyman, res 1330 Eleventh ave Wright John T, steamship master, res 767 Fifth
Wright Kirkham, bookkeeper (S F), res 156 East Twelfth Wright Mary E, laundress Contra Costa Laundry
Wright Susan Mrs, res 571 East Twelfth
Wright W H, bookkeeper J Lusk Canning Co, res Shattuck ave nr Temescal Creek
Wright W H Mrs, res 870 Willow
Wright W J C, mechanic, res 608 Eighteenth
WRIGHT & JANVIER (Isaac Wright and A E Janvier), princi- pals Oakland Academy, 1265 Franklin
Wulff Dick, driver with J Wulff, res 1810 Seventh
Wulff John, bakery, SW cor Seventh and Campbell, res 1651 Seventh
Wulzen Albert H, photographer, res 1719 Myrtle
Wulzen John (John Wulzen & Co), res Alameda
Wulzen John & Co (John Wulzen), groceries, provisions, etc, 827 Broadway
Wundch Joseph, meter maker Oakland Gas Light Co, les 621 Second
Wunderer Barbara Mrs, res 767 Lydia
Wunderlin Stephen, saloon, 629 East Twelfth Wunn Lonis B, res 408 Ninth
Wurkheim Flora Mrs, cloaks and suits, 1109 Broadway, res 1116 Broadway
BLIKE HOUSE, Oakland, CAL 1059 WASHINGTON
STREET. Within Fows Blocks of BROADWAY STATION* Centrally Located.
Excellent TABLE. TERMS
REASONABLE
Now under the manage- ment of
MRS.
M. K. BLAKE, THE FOUNDER BLAKE HOUSE, This well- known and
POPULAR HOUSE 1059
WASHINGTON STREET Has Larg and Comm dious BOOHI TERMS REASONABLE
S. F. LAUNDRY.
GOOD WORK, LOW PRICES, OMFc. 33 Cary Et, S. F., az .. 602 Broadway, Daliund.
ST. DAVID'S B
90 DOMS
715 OWARD ar Third Street, San rancisco. RICE IB NIGHT, 0 cts., '5 cts., $1,00; er Week FROM $2 'WARDS HOT aths REE. OUSE OPEN 1 Night.
Jas L. Barker, AGENT Lion Insurance Co., Capital, $4,000,000
OAKLAND.
537
Wurkheim Max, manager with Mrs Flora Wurkheim, res 1116 Broadway
Wyand M E Mrs, res 363 Fifth
Wyckoff Della Miss, dressmaker, res 818 Clay
Wyckoff Thomas P, helper C P R R shops, res 817 Henry
Wykoff Jacob I S, capitalist, res 614 Seventeenth
Wylie Joseph H, agricultural implements, res 600 Twelfth Wylie R C, brakeman C P R R
Wylie Thomas, carpenter, res 674 East Twenty-third
Wyman B H, bookkeeper with R Dunsmuir & Sons (S F), res 1160 Alice
Wyman B H Jr, assistant bookkeeper with R Dunsmuir & Sons (S F), res 1160 Alice
Wyman David W, porter with Edwin H Campbell, res 411 Eighth Wyman J B, manager Times Publishing Co, res 929 Adeline Wyman J B Jr, clerk Times Publishing Co, res 929 Adeline Wyman Mary F Mrs, res 1453 Broadway
Wyman Maud Miss, res 1160 Alice
Wyman William H, roofer, 1263 Cypress
Wyms John H, agent Whitney & Co's Express (S F), res 770 Twenty-first
Wynant Charles, extraman engine No I, res 1515 Third
Wynn Mary Miss, res 304 East Seventeenth
Wythe J H, physician, office 965 West, res same
Wythe Margaret Miss, assistant La Fayette School, res 965 West
ET. WACHHORST, 315 J Street Sacramento CAL Fine Watches, X DIAMONDS, A Specialty. XENIA, Ohio, and all Eastern Cities. Seeure your Tickets at General Ticket Office, 2 New Montgomery Street, under Palace Hotel, san Francisco. via Overland Short Line, Central Pacifie, CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.
Y
YOUNGSTOWN And all Points in Ohio. Secure your Tickets at General Ticket Office, No. 2 New Montgomery Street. under Pal- ace Hotel. San Francisco, via Overland short Line, Central Pacific, CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.
Yager George L, tinsmith with M De La Montanya, res 1011 Seventh
OAKLAND BREWERY
KRAMM & DIEVES, Proprietors 'F. 1. graph Avenue and baranr Ftrr. r
GOFF'S B ARCHAW A I D
ARE THE BEST
USE NO
OTHER
BUY Clark's
WACHHORST, JEWELER, 315
" Street Sacramento CAL SILVERWARE, ITC.
WACHHORST,
Importer Fise Watches, JEWELRY Silverware, PRECIOUS STONES, Etc. 315 J St., Sacramento CAL
Spool COTTON IT IS THE BEST.
Moretti & Tiozzini, ST. ANN'S BUILDING,
S. F., Fresco and Decorative Artists.
538
OAKLAND.
Yager Paulina Mrs, res 1011 Seventh Yale Charles G, assistant California State Mining Bureau (S F), res 179 Third
Yale L B, clerk, res 222 East Fifteenth Yale S T Mrs, res 222 East Fifteenth
Yard E A Mrs, res 3633 Twelfth
Yarrington James, clerk, res 1120 Ninth ave Yarrington J T, res 1312 Eleventh ave
Yates Al B, carpenter, res 1240 San Pablo ave
Yates Andrew J, farmer, res Forty-fifth nr Telegraph ave, Tem- escal
Yates Charles R, clerk Oakland Bank of Savings, res S F Yates E, miner, res 1354 Tenth ave
Yates L E, res cor Forty-third and San Pablo, Temescal
Yates Robert, machinist C P R R shops
Yates & Co's Ware House, W E Floyd agent, First, foot of Castro Yeassen Christ, laborer, res Blair's Ranch, Piedmont Yelland Raymond D, artist, res 1464 Seventh ave
Yerby Henry C, grain broker (S F), res 966 Eighteenth
Yerick Adam, carpenter, res 661 Twenty-fourth
Yerick Clark, employe C P R R, res 568 Seventeenth Yolland M R Mrs, res 229 Twelfth
Yore John, car repairer C P R R, res 1765 Seventh
Yore Mary Mrs, res rear 725 Henry
York Charles B, res Winsor House
York E R, master mariner, res Winsor House
York Robert B S, deputy county recorder, res 530 Thirty-fifth Yound E C, laundryman Contra Costa Laundry Young Mme, teacher French, res 1354 Sixteenth
Young A J, mining foreman New Mexico, res 1374 Ninth Young Charles E, engineer, res 1470 Fifth
Young E D, brakeman C P R R, res San Jose
Young Edward C, laundryman Contra Costa Laundry, res 1357 Thirteenth
Young Elizabeth Mrs, res 916 Henry
Young Frank, machinist, res 1823 Goss
Young Frank, musician, res 1001 Franklin
Young Jane Madame, teacher French, res 1354 Sixteenth
Young Jay M, physician, res 921 Broadway
Young J M, medical student, res Wilcox Block
YOUNG JOHN, boots and shoes, 961 Washington, res 656 Twenty- second
Young John F, watchmaker, room 3, 954 Broadway, res 1008 West
Young Josephine Mrs, res 1274 Seventh
Young L A Mrs, medical electrician, office 461 Ninth, res same Young Lewis, contractor, res 762 Chestnut
SAN FRANCISCO LAUNDRY
$ 33 Geary St., San Francisco. Offices, 2 862 Broadway, Oakland.
BLAK HOUSE Oakland CAL
1059 WASHINGT
STRAUT. Within Fo Blocks of BROADWAY
STATION- Centrally Located. Exceller TABLI
TERMS
REASONABI
Now unde the manas ment of
MRS. M. K. BLAK THE FOUNDE BLAKI HOUSE
This well- known 40
POPULAR HOUS
1059 WASHINGTO
STREET
Has Large and Commx dious
ROOMS TERMS REASONABL
1
Fruit & Orna- mental TREES, PLANTS, Etc .. Etc.
MCLEAN: FLORIST.
1
1
FLOWERS CROSSES, CROWNS, WREATHS, PYRAMIDS, BASKETS & BOUQUETS. 479 7th STREET, OAKLAND
--
ALLEN, TUGGLE & CO., OAK PLANK,
18 and 20 Spear St .. San Francisco.
OAKLAND. 539
Young Mary Miss, res 1374 Ninth
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Ezra S Fowler
general secretary, 865 Broadway
Young Olive Mrs, res cor Seventh ave and East Eleventh Young Richard H, miner, res s s Birch cor Maple, Temescal Young Seward, delivery clerk with Elijah Hook, res Fruit Vale Young Samuel, miner, res 836 Broadway Young T, sewing machine agent, res 363 Fifth
Young Virginia C Mrs, res 1067 Kirkham
Young Walter A, tinsmith with M De La Montanya, res 1274 Seventh
Younger F W, fireman C P R R, res 1863 William
Youngman A M Miss, assistant Prescott School, res 1669 Seward Youngman D W, gardener, res 609 Harrison Youngman Michael, peddler, res 609 Harrison
Youngman Thomas, laborer, res 522 Third
Youst M Mrs, artist, 756 Seventh Youst S A, machinist, 756 Seventh Yrick Clark, brakeman C P R R, res 568 Seventeenth
Yule John, attorney-at-law, res 562 Eighth
Yule S B Mrs, assistant Prescott Grammar School, res 562 Eighth
Yund Henry, butcher, res Lusk bet Fortieth and Forty-first, Temescal
Yungermann Barbara, res 1015 Webster
Z
ZANESVILLE, Ohio, and all Other Points in the State. Seeure Tickets at General Ticket Office, No. 2 New Montgomery St., under Palace Hotel, San Francisco, via Overland Short Line, Cen- tral Pacific, CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.
Zabel Alexander, wagonmaker, res 548 Caledonia ave Zabel Julius, farmer, res 548 Caledonia ave Zabel Laura Miss, res 548 Caledonia ave Zech Frederick, music teacher Snells Seminary, res S F Zeigler Wilbur G, attorney-at-law (S F), res Claremont ave nr Temescal
Zeimer Hannah Mrs (Zeimer & Co), res 1291 Alice Zeimer Leon (Zeimer & Co), res 1291 Alice
Zeimer & Co (Mrs Hannah and Leon Zeimer), ladies' and chil- dren's underwear, 1101 Broadway
Schafer & Co .; 3 Men's, Boys' and Youths' CLOTHING, No. 11 Mont- gomery St. San Francisco.
Ju Porwian Bitte
I. HORST.
surrer atches, ELRY rware, OUS TONKS,
J SI., mento L
E. HORST, 15 reat mento .L. itches. INDS, cialty.
C. IORST, LER, 5 root Rento
WARE, c.
Washington Brewery,
Westermann & Co., Proprs., N. W. COR. 5th & KIRKHAM STREETS.
540
OAKLAND.
Zelle Jacob M, fruit stand, cor Fourteenth and Broadway, res 826 Lydia
Zeller Elizabeth Miss, saleslady Home Bakery, res 875 Washing- ton
Zeller John, horseshoer with Daniel Hurley, res 875 Washington Zeller Mary Miss, dressmaker, res 875 Washington
Zeller Wm, waiter, res 859 Castro
Zerrell Hermann, livery stable, 368 Eighth, res 917 Webster Ziegenbein John, res 966 Peralta
Ziegenfuss John G, butcher, res 475 Twenty-fourth
Ziegenfuss Jos N, bookkeeper, res 916 Eighth
Ziegenfuss Peter A, clerk, res 475 Twenty-fourth
Ziegenfuss Thomas, butcher, res 476 Twenty-fourth
Ziegler George, bartender with Wm Peru, res 652 Sixth
Ziegler Wm C, steam and electric baths, 474 Thirteenth
Zimmerman August, plumber with James Wilson & Co, res cor Thirty-fifth and San Pablo road
Zimmerman Frank S, collector with C W Bonney & Co, res 1362 Eighth
Zimmerman I A, res 1163 Franklin
Zimmerman Kate Miss, assistant with Dr O Carpenter, res 1778 Seventh
Zimmerman Wm H, fruits, 1778 Seventh, res same
Zindle George, plasterer, res 832 Jefferson
Zindle Marie Mrs, res 832 Jefferson
Zittlou August, teamster Golden Rule Flouring Mills, res 669 Webster
Price Lists
-AND-
Pamphlets,
Zumwald R E Mrs, res Occidental
Zwisler Charles E, commercial traveler, res 1905 Market
DODGERS
Posters, F C C P B , & 1 4
Wrapping
PAPER
511 0.
Sansome Street, Cor. Merchart.
DR. MERRIMAN'S FRAGRANT
KALLIODONT
FOR BEAUTIFYING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH. For Sale by all Druggists.
OAKLAND BREWERY, Telegraph Avenue and Durant Street.
BLA HOUS Oakla CAL
105 WASHING
STRKI Within Blocka BROADY STATIO Centra Locat
Excell TAB)
TER
REASON
Printing
Catalogues
Zum Felder John, bartender with F H Scheiding, res 1816 Sev- enth
-AND-
Now ur the man ment MRS M. K. B THE FOUN BLA HOU This w known POPU HOU
105 WASHIN STRE
Has La and Com diou ROO TERM REASON/
Cor.
E. C. HUGHES
FINE
J AMES L. BARKER, Berkeley,
I. HORST, orter atches
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OUS TONES,
tc. J St .. mento
ALAMEDA.
THE town of Alameda is most eligibly located on the easterly shore of San Francisco Bay, occupying a peninsula about four iniles in length, and from three-quarters to a mile and a half in width. By the construction of the canal now under way for the purpose of improving the Oakland harbor, which will connect San Antonio Creek with San Leandro Bay, it will assume its original form, that of an island. This peninsula is covered with a heavy growth of live oaks, from which the town derives its name, Alameda signifying in Spanish a shaded avenue. Alameda has an area of about 2,200 acres, and includes within its bounda- ries, connected by a substantial drawbridge, the Bay Farin Island, which, as its nanie would indicate, is chiefly devoted to agriculture, and possesses, as does the mainland, a soil of peculiar fertility. Here are raised many of the finest vegetables to be found in the San Francisco markets, and several of its residents are extensively engaged in hop-culture, their products always finding ready sale at highest market rates. A large portion of the island was originally salt marsh, which has been re- claimed by a system of dykes, and made productive and con- sequentiy valuable. Around the northern shore of the island there exists a curious deposit of broken shells, presumably of the native oyster, several feet in depth, which makes a fine covering for garden walks and driveways. The greater portion of the tide-water lying between the island and the mainland is utilized for oyster-beds, in which industry a large amount of capital is invested.
Every foot of the high land of Alameda is arable, the soil being a deep, rich, sandy loam, and before it became too thickly settled and too valuable for such purposes, much of it was cultivated by vegetable and fruit growers, who found their occupation highly remunerative. This industry is by no means neglected at the present day, and Alameda can boast of some of the finest sinall fruit and garden truck farms in the State. The cultivation of flowers and shrubbery is so general, that a
OAKLAND BREWERY,
KRAMM & DIEVES, Proprietors. for. Telegraph Avenue and Durant Street.
Are the BEST. USE NO OTHER
HORST,
ELER, 15
treet mento AL RWARE, IC
-
·Agent Hartford Insurance Co., Capital, $4,500,000
BUY CLARK'S
"O.N.T.
SPOOL COTTON. IT IS TIE BEST.
Goff's
HORST, 15 troot mento AL. atches, ONDS, :cialty.
oretti & T. exzini, M. ST. ANN'S BUILDING, S. F., Fresco and Decorative Artists.
542
ALAMEDA.
dwelling unadorned with a handsome garden is apt to be classed as the abode of a shiftless family. In every direction green lawns and well-kept grounds gladden the eye of the visitor and create within him an impression decidedly favorable to the people in whose midst he sojourns. The tenderest plants are here grown in the open air, so mild and balmy is the atmosphere. Harsh winds, and cold, damp fogs, are almost unknown, as the town lies out of range of the winds coming through the Golden Gate from the ocean, and is also protected by its dense barrier of native trees. The winter season is par- ticularly pleasant, as the sandy soil quickly absorbs the rain, and mud-nasty, sticky mud-is an unknown quantity. In summer there is generally a cooling breeze from the surrounding waters, dispelling the sweltering heat, which, further inland, often makes life almost unendurable.
In every portion of the town a bountiful supply of surface water of excellent quality may be found at an average depth of sixteen feet, while artesian wells are quite numerous and com- paratively cheap. On the island, and near the shore-line at the eastern boundary of the town, several flowing wells have been secured. The main water supply, however, pure from nature's fount, is furnished by the Artesian Water Works, owned by Capt. R. R. Thompson, a citizen of great wealth and com- mendable publie spirit. The water is drawn from a number of large artesian wells, located between High Street and San Leandro Bay, from whenee it is forced into an immense tank of wrought- iron, 60x60 and 11 feet deep, which covers the top of a building specially erected on Park Street for the purpose. From this res- ervoir it is distributed through the mains and supply pipes, the fall, 60 feet, giving sufficient force for domestic purposes. In case of fire, the engineer of the works is notified by telephone, and the powerful pumps at the wells are at once applied to the mains, affording a stream of such power that it has been deemed necessary to issue an order that in no case must a fire hydrant be closed until the connection has been removed. This heavy pressure obviates the necessity of having fire engines to pump from the mains, and the fire department of the town is composed merely of four hose companies and a truck company.
A bird's-eye view of Alameda generally gives the beholder an idea that its surface is perfectly flat, but this is far from being the case. Throughout the entire length of the peninsula is a ridge from which the ground gradually slopes to the water on the north and south, this ridge at its highest point being twenty- nine feet above high water. This fall creates an excellent natural drainage. and to this fact may perhaps be charged the failure to provide a proper system of sewerage for the town. At the rate at which the population is increasing, it will soon be
S. F. LAUNDRY.
Washing WELL DONE at VERY LOW Rates. Office, 33 Geary St., S. F., and 862 Broad way, Oakland.
I
L. MoLean (Successor to D. Tisch),
Nurseryman & Florist
SEEDS and FLORAL DEPOT, 479 7th Street. Oakland.
1 1
This w known POPUL HOU 105 WASHING STREET Has Lar and Com diou ROOT TERM REASONA
Now un the man ment MRS M. K. BL THE FOUND BLA HOUS
BLAI HOUS Oakla CAL 105 WASHING STREET Within F Blocks BROADW STATION Central Locate Excell TABI TERM PEASONA
ALLEN, TUGGLE & CO., MEXICAN HARD WOODS,1
18 & 20 Spear St. San Francisco
ALAMEDA.
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absolutely necessary to take decisive steps in this direction. Of course, sewers have been constructed in the thickly settled por-f tions of the town, and these all run toward the north, leaving that portion of the town south of the ridge above mentioned, in a sewerless condition. An ordinance of the Board of Town Trustees prohibits the discharge of sewage on the south side, in order that the facilities there afforded for bathing may not be disturbed. A main sewer, with laterals, will doubtless be built. to carry off the sewage matter to the deep waters of the bay.
Along the sandy beach on the south line of the town are scat- tered numerous bathing establishinents, of greater or less preten- sions, which, in their proper season, attract throngs of visitors from neighboring cities, preference being given to Alameda on account of the higher temperature of the water, which, in passing over the sandy flats on the easterly side of the bay, receives a certain amount of heat from the rays of the sun. The more fre- quented of these places are provided with coffer-dams, in which the water is impounded, thus affording the bather an opportunity to sport in the aqueous fluid at lowest tide without parading over the long stretch of beach left dry by the receding element. Other establishments "point with pride" to the fact that they have no dams, and their patrons must either wait the tide or hunt the water. The principal bathing houses are located at the westerly end of the town, and are conducted in an excellent manner.
In the matter of traveling facilities, Alameda challenges the world to produce a place so favored. From Park Street, the business center of the town, horse-cars make half-hourly trips to Broadway, in Oakland, a distance of four miles, charging a five- cent fare. The Central Pacific Railroad makes thirty-one trips daily, passing through Oakland to San Francisco; time, less than forty minutes. The South Pacific Coast (narrow-gauge), run- ning its boats by way of Alameda Point, with a branch from that point to Oakland, makes seventeen trips a day in about equal time. In addition to these local trains, the narrow-gauge freight and passenger trains pass through the town on their way to Santa Cruz and intermediate points, and the Central Pacific runs a daily freight train for the accommodation of local traffic. The fare to San Francisco is fifteen cents for a single trip, but commutation tickets are sold, which entitle the holder to one round trip a day for one month. These tickets are sold at three dollars, which brings the fare down to five cents a trip. This is certainly low enough to suit the most exacting anti-monopolist, but free rides are cheaper, and Alameda does a great deal of rid- ing absolutely "without money and without price." These roads charge no fare within the corporate limits of the town, and all who feel so disposed may ride backward and forward, from
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