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STREET LIGHTS
I have previously called the attention of the Council to the unsatisfactory condition of our city's downtown street lighting. It seemed to me that for the past five years we have been dilly-dallying with this vital need, delay after delay dragging out the matter until today Oakland, for its size, has, I believe, the most miserable downtown lighting system of any city in California.
The Council, however, recently adopted plans to meet this need. The required legal procedure was gone through, and of sixteen bids opened early in December, the lowest was $127,700. Work should commence immediately, for Oakland, with its tremendous growth of recent years, must be in the fore- ground of progressive cities in this matter of downtown street lighting.
MUNICIPAL BUS SYSTEM
I have formerly recommended to the Council the establishment of a muni- cipal motor bus transportation system. Some months ago petitions were received by this Council, signed by a large number of people, requesting that this matter be placed upon the ballot. I have firm faith in the advantages of municipal motor bus transportation systems, and believe the people of our city should be given an opportunity to express themselves on it. It is again my recommendation that this matter be placed upon the ballot at the next munici- pal election, to be held in the coming spring."
CHARTER AMENDMENTS
On past occasions I have recommended to the Council certain amendments to our city charter. One of these applied to the assessment and collection of city taxes by the County Assessor and Tax Collector, as permited by State law. My recommendation was not favorably considered by the Council. The matter was revived by local newspapers and I again for the third time presented this recommendation to your honorable body-but again it was "tabled," despite the fact that consolidation of such governmental functions would save the taxpayers of Oakland at least $115,000 per year.
In calling for a special municipal election on December 21st last, however, members of the council finally realized the value of this proposal and agreed to put it upon the ballot. At this election the project was adopted by a deci- sive majority of votes cast, and since that date the measure has been ratified by the State Legislature. I urge now, as I recommended to the Council in a recent resolution, that this economy measure be put into immediate effect.
Consolidation of these two government functions is not enough, however. Oakland property owners now pay the exorbitant tax rate of $6.10 on every one hundred dollars of assessed valuation. Analysis recently made by the National Municipal Review shows that this results in the highest local taxes of any one of the 215 larger cities in the United States. This is not only a thing shameful to contemplate, burdensome to our citizens and to our indus- tries, thwarting our speedier development, but it is the worst advertising a city could have.
One of the main causes of this exorbitant tax rate, besides the present great waste and lack of efficient economy, lies in our attachment to Alameda County.
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MAYOR'S MESSAGE, 1927
Annually Oakland citizens contribute more than $3,000,000 to Alameda Coun- ty's support, receiving little if any benefit thereby. It has ever been my belief that this annual burden should be eliminated. It is my belief today, that if Oakland would divorce herself from Alameda County, forming herself into the "City and County of Oakland," she could cut her tax burden in half.
San Francisco, a city and county with an outstanding bonded indebted- ness of $80,000,000, has a tax rate of only $3.66. Oakland, with an outstand- ing bonded indebtedness of only $8,000,000, has a total tax levy of $6.10.
Besides urging the Council to put into immediate effect the charter amend- ment consolidating the city and county functions of assessment and tax col- lecting, therefore, I even more strongly urge upon your honorable body the separation of Oakland from Alameda County, and the formation within our own boundaries of the "City and County of Oakland." We would save approxi- mately $3,500,000 paid annually to Alameda County, receive at least $500,000 annually from the State Gasoline and Automobile Tax, be enabled to form a more efficient, economical and representative form of local government, and add immensely, through the great resulting reduction in our taxes, to the pros- perity of citizens and industries.
Another charter amendment I wish to recommend to your honorable body at this time is one dealing with those of our municipal employees who are mem- bers of the National Guard, or of the Organized Reserves of the United States Army. An old clause in the City Charter adopted in 1911 provides that no person holding any office, position, or employment under the city government carrying with it a salary of more than $50 per month paid out of any money of the city, shall hold such position under the city government while holding any office or position of profit under the government of this State, any other State, or the United States Government.
The National Defense Act of 1920 provides that members of the National Guard and of the Organized Reserves may be called into active duty for a period of two weeks each year for training purposes, during which period they are to receive the pay of their rank from the United States Government. In a majority of cases the pay and allowance thus received are much less than the salary paid the employee by the city.
Due to the charter section quoted above it is impossible for a city employee even to devote his two weeks' annual vacation time to this service without being deprived of his vacation pay. It is my recommendation that the charter be amended at the next municipal election to allow city employees part or all of their city compensation, at the discretion of the Council, when such em- ployees are absent from their municipal position in attendance at a military training camp. I believe the adoption of such an amendment would remove a penalty against the patriotic attitude of those of our employees who are in the National Guard or in the Organized Reserves.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
In accordance with the Public Utility Act of 1915, the people of Oakland voted to surrender municipal jurisdiction over rates, charges and service, rendered locally by the public utility companies, to the State Railroad Com-
View of 3-Mile San Francisco Bay Frontage of Stone Property
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OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
mission, and thus took that control out of the hands of duly elected municipal officials. In the light of recent developments I do not believe this to have been a prudent decision on the part of the city.
I have previously expressed myself as favoring the repeal of that action. I believe that if the matter were placed upon the ballot the people of Oakland are so thoroughly disgusted with Railroad Commission decisions on our local affairs they would vote to re-establish local control over local utilities. As it is we have relinquished control of our local utilities to an organization having its headquarters in another city. The members and employees of the Railroad Commission cannot have the same familiarity with local conditions as have the elected officials of the city-yet they have full control over these important matters.
I feel so strongly upon this and am so thoroughly convinced that the Rail- road Commission has utterly failed in the purpose for which it was established, that I believe the entire commission should be abolished. Legislation looking to its abolishment should be introduced at the coming session of the Legislature, and I am positive, from correspondence I have had with other California cities, that it would have the unanimous support of other cities which have also suf- fered by Railroad Commission decisions in favor of the corporations.
One important fallacy of the Railroad Commission rulings lies, in my opinion, in its policy of permitting utilities to receive rates from the public which will permit them to pay the expenses of their constant applications be- fore the commission for an increase in those same rates. The utilities are per- mitted by the Railroad Commission to pay salaries to their officials far in advance of those received by any public official elected by the people. The rate- payers in turn are called upon through the Railroad Commission to provide the money with which to pay those salaries and in addition to pay rates which will, after all operating expenses have been paid, return 7 per cent on the capital stock of the various utilities. Were the control over local rates of utilities to be vested in the Mayor and members of the City Council elected by the people of Oakland, we would not have, for example, the present 7-cent fare on the street cars, and we could demand and receive a much better service from the traction company, because the control of these local utilities would be directly in the hands of officials elected by Oakland citizens.
GENERAL GROWTH
At the time I presented my last annual message to the Council, I cited cer- tain statistics showing Oakland's growth up to that time. I now take pleasure in presenting a revised set of those statistics which will show that our city is continuing its march of progress and development :
1916
Now
Property valuation doubled in ten years.
Population
200,000
320,000
Industries
573
1,692
School attendance
23,216
59,882
Number of schools.
46
61
$10,000,000 bond issue is building 13 more schools this year.
Banks
5
50
Payrolls
$20,000,000
$100,000,000
Bank Clearings.
$188,464,820 $1,100,000,000
Postoffice business
$521,846
$1,900,000
Number of vessels arriving here (Fis- cal year)
1,495
10,649
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MAYOR'S MESSAGE, 1927
Merchandising cargo (Fiscal year) tons
Feet of lumber (Fiscal year)
181,795 4,443,000
1,493,000 281,000,000
Number of steamship lines docking here
9
54
Theatres
6
42
Building permits (Fiscal year)
$5,000,000
$35,000,000
Paid off $7,000,000 in bonds and inter- est contracted for by previous ad- ministrations.
The commercial and statistical agencies and Eastern newspapers and busi- ness interests are unanimous in their opinion that Oakland is destined to be one of the nation's leading cities. Our steady and persistent growth in the past ten years is basically sound. The Sacramento, the San Joaquin, and the Santa Clara Valleys, all are contiguous to Oakland and are the most fertile and productive agricultural areas in the entire State. Their production has been increasing by leaps and bounds, and the major portion of that produc- tion finds its way to market through our city. We have every facility, of climate, of commerce, of harbor and others to justify that opinion, and I am confident that, impressive as our record has been in the past years, we will continue to make new records annually as time goes on.
Very truly yours,
Sim Daire Mayor of the City of Oakland
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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations 245-246
Alphabetical List of Names. 247-1980
Buyers' Guide 109-222
Classified Business Directory
1981-2159
Index to Advertisers. 41-42
Index to Miscellaneous Information 40
Introduction 6
Miscellaneous Information 43-57
Removals, Alterations and Additions 100-103
Street and Avenue Guide (Oakland) 58-82
Street and Avenue Guide (Berkeley) 83-94
Street and Avenue Guide (Alameda) 95-99
Index to Miscellaneous Information
Buildings, Blocks, Halls
(See Classified Section )
Cemeteries (See Classified Section)
Churches .45-48
City Officers 43-44
Clubs (See Classified Section)
Consulates
48
County Officers
44-45
Fire Departments 48-49
43-44
- Fraternities, Sororities and Clubs-College.
Hospitals, Homes, Etc.
(See Classified Section) 49-50
Labor and Trade Organizations
Libraries
(See Classified Section)
Military
50
Miscellaneous Organizations 50-51
Parks and Public Grounds. (See Classified Section)
Police Departments
. 43-44
Postoffices
. (See Alphabetical Section)
Public Schools 51-52
Secret and Fraternal Societies. 52-57
United States Officials
(See Alphabetical Section)
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
A to Zed School .... right side lines and 202
Advertising Service Bureau 111
Alameda Chamber of Commerce. 9 Alameda County Title Ins Co. ... left side lines and 212
Alhambra Water Co.right side lines and 153 Allen Wiley B Co .. 1×8
American Trust Co. 119
Anderson's Carpet House 130
Anglo California Securities Co. 129
Appleton G W .... right bottom lines and 154
Automobile Glass House 115
Baker Hansen Mfg Co
.left side lines and 190
Baker Herbert D ..... right top lines and 165 Ballay Geo F
.left top lines
Bank of Italy 124
Barber Edgar H Co. .. left top lines and 209
Bekins Van & Storage Co
.left top lines and 211
legal section
Bell Harmon
Bell & Boyd 115
Bennett's Collection Association 147
Bentley Margaret School
.right bottom lines
Berger & Hollidge
.right bottom lines
Berkeley Chamber of Commerce
Berkeley Gazette Publishing Co 181
Berkeley Steel Construction Co 210
Bertin's Cleaners & Dyers
right bottom lines and 144
Best Steel Casting Co
.right bottom lines and 169
Blyth Witter & Co
129
Bond & Goodwin & Tucker 125
Bradford Kimball Co 129
Breuner's right top lines and 157 Bridge Realty Co ... right ton lines and 198 Brown Everett J & T J Ledevich.
legal section
Built-In Fixture Co 131
Bullis Dr B S. .
. left side lines and 144
Calaveras Cement Co
133
California Builders Co ... top stencil and 132
California Crematorium 150
California Door Co 153
California Health Food Service
.left side lines 159
Capwell H C Co .
.right top lines and 151
Carlton Hotel 163
Cavalier Wm & Co. ... .. front cover and 126
Central Construction (0) 149
Central National Bank of Oakland
.front cover and 120
Central National Bank (Bond Dept) 129
Central Title Co Inc 211
Chanslor & Lyon Co 115
Chicago Rubber Stamp & Printing Co
Chinn-Beretta Optical Co
left bottom lines and 124
Claremont Heights Out of Door School .right side lines and 205
Clark N & Sons 133
Clav Hotchkiss & Schroeter 165
Cocoa Tree The
.left side lines and 211
Collier Motors Co
115
Hunt E E
Colonial Cafeteria .right bottom lines and 130
Contra Costa Bldg Material Co
134
Cosgrave's Inc 145
Creditors Assn .left side lines and 146
Crosby & Crosby . legal section Curtain Store The .right side lines and 150 Denn Lippi's Ford Corner
.right side lines and 116 Dickson & Holbrook .left bottom lines. 160 and 209 Dill Co ... left top lines and 165
Dr. Wong Him Herb Co .. right bottom lines and 143 -
Dunn White & Aiken . legal section
East Bay Iron Works
left side lines and 170 East Bay Title Ins Co .classified tab and 218
Eastern Outfitting Co
219
Eby Machinery Co .
177
Edelkrantz Laboratory 170
Edwards Mercantile Agency
.147 and 179
Elliott Horne Co The.
130
Fageol Motors Company 116
Fairbanks Morse & Co .left bottom lines and 176
Fairmont Monument Works
.inside back cover
Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank ...
left top lines and 121
Finn John Metal Works 180
First National Bank in Oakland
.left side lines and 122
First National Bank of Berkeley 125
111 Fitzpatrick Thos H Dr 144 Fong Wan Herb Co. . left side lines and 141 Foster & Kleiser
Frank M C
. classified tab
Freeman & Cox-Roach & Kenney 217
Freitas J A
.right side lines and 189
116
Fruitvale Nash Co
116
Fuller W P & Co. . back cover and 186
Gaines-Walrath Co 4
Giurlani A & Bro 183
Glen Taylor School .. right side lines and
202
Glenn-Connolly Co
195
Griffin Carlos Parker. . left top lines and 187
Gruss Air Spring Co
.. right side lines and classified tab
Guaranty Bldg & Loan Assn
.... left side lines and 134
Gwynn Wright Co Inc
.. right bottom lines and 174
Haines W' T
.left side lines and 16C
Hall-Landregan & Co.
130
Hall-White Co
.left bottom lines, 174 and 189 Hamilton R G & Co. . . left top lines and 174 Harhor Tug & Barge Co 171
Harrington-McInnis Co
.left top lines and 190
Harrison H O Co ... right side lines and 117 Hayes Wm J . legal section
Head Anna School The
206
Heald's Business College. . backbone and 138 Flink J F & Son 166 152 Home Fire Insurance Co 198
Hoover's Real Estate & Ins Co
Horton School ... right bottom lines and 203 Hotel Claremont 161
Hotel Federal .right top lines and 163
Hotel Menlo
. right side lines and 164
184 Hotel Oakland
162
Hotel San Pablo
164
Hotel Touraine
161
Hotel Woodrow 164
Howard Automobile Co .left side lines and 112
Howden Robt & Sons
right side lines and
178
Hunter-Dulin & Co 130
Hutchinson Co 149
Illinois Pacific Glass Corn 157
Inter-City Express Publishing Co
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190
Italian American Realty Co
167
Jackson Furniture Co
157
.Jackson S & Sons 167
Jones Henry Z ..... left bottom lines and 198
Tungek D L Co
199
Kehoe Display Fixture Co
.. right bottom lines and 219
Kent Co
148
Kerr & McCandlish
167
Kling-Dawers Stationery Co
.right bottom lines and ?10
Knudsen Harold C Co
117
41
Cowell Henry Lime & Cement 134
189 and 201
Citizens National Bank of Alameda
Page
French J E Co
42
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Koepke Bros Co 149 Realty Syndicate Company . back cover and 192 Redwood Manufacturers Co 153 Reo Motor Car Co of California ...
Krause E J & Co .left bottom lines and 127 LaSalle University ... right top lines and 206 Latham Square Bldg 135 Laufer F W Co ...... right top lines and 184
Lawrence Harry M
117
Lawrence V O Co 210 Leamington Hotel ... right side lines and 163 Lehnhardt's .left top lines and 148 L'Hommedieu J H Co Inc .right top lines and 194
left top lines and 170 Lincoln University .... left side lines and 203 Littlefield R W
. left top lines and opposite title page Loupe Jas R 118
McClure-Hayes Co Inc . back cover, legal section and 127 MacHugh F A & Co 111
Madsen Marion School of Biz
Magill A M
right side lines and 206
Maiden Rittigstein Co
.right side lines and 199
Market Laundry Co Inc
.left side lines and 173
Marwedel C W
... right bottom lines, 180 and 213
Mason McDuffie Co
194
Maxwell Hardware Co
.. right side lines and 158
Merchants Express and Draying Co
214
Miracle Co The ...... right top lines and 199
Monteverde-Rolandelli & Parodi
158
Montgomery Ward & Co
Munro JA
.front cover and 178
.right side lines and 112 Murdock C P Inc .right side lines Navlet Chas C Co .... right top lines and 182 New Process Laundry Co
.right top lines and 173
Nielsen Harold A
113
Nippon Laundry .. left bottom lines and 173
Norman Albt E
195
Oakland Bank The
123
Oakland California Towel Co
inside front cover, right top lines and 214 Oakland Chamber of Commerce .. 10 and 11 Oakland New Process Laundry Co .... Oakland Ornamental Compo Works 173 ... right bottom lines and 219
Oakland Refrigerator & Butcher's Sup- ply Co .. left top lines and 139 Oakland Secretarial School .left bottom lines and 206 Oakland Title Ins & Guar Co .insert map, front edge and 110 Oliphant David D Jr .legal section Pacific Building 136
Pacific Coast Shredded Wheat 140
Pacific Machine Co 177 Pacific Manufacturing Co 201 Pacific Mutual Life Ins Co .right side lines and 168
Pacific Nash Motor Co 117 Page Alva F back cover and 199 Parker-Goddard Secretarial School left top lines and 207 Parnay M Y .. backbone, right side lines and 185 Peirce Fair & Co 130 Pelican Pure Water Co
.left side lines and 154 Peterson J Emil.right bottom lines and 196 Philips Colvin & Co
.front cover and page X Phoenix Iron Works Co 156 Piedmont Memorial Co right side lines and 158 Piedmont Nursery. .left side lines and 182 Polytechnic Business College
207. 221 and 222
Porter F F
backbone and 191
Witter Dean Co.
131
Quinlan Nash W .... right top lines and 196
Wollitz Mortuary.
.left side lines and 217
Radston's
210
Wood Chas H
.left top lines and 184
Randall J C ....... left bottom lines and 168 Rauer's Law & Collection Co .. .left bottom lines. 111 and 148 Read's Bonded Adjustment Bureau .. right bottom lines and 146
113 Rhodes-Jamieson Co. . left top lines and 133 Richmond-San Rafael Terry & Transp Co .left top lines and 156
Robinson Jesse
legal section
Ruckstell Sales & Mfg Co 118 Rush Real Estate Co 200
St Mary's College High School
right bottom lines and 204
San Francisco Law School.
174
Schlesinger B F & Sons Inc
.right top lines and 151
Schroeder Harry C
. right side lines
Sequoia Mfg Co ...... left side lines and 201
Seulberger Dunham & Co
.left side lines and 200
Shealey J H A ..
. front cover and 193
Sherman Clay & Co
.left top lines, 181 and 188
Shingle Brown & Co .
128
Simonds Machinery Co
.. right side lines
Sing Herb Specialists
.right side lines and 142 Singleton J R System. right bottom lines and 114
Slaughter
Guy T.
right top lines, 150 and 200
Sluus Saml H ...... right side lines and 145
Smith Booth Usher Co
177
Smith Bros
.right top lines and 209
Smith Hardware Co
classified tab
Snook Snook and Chase
.legal section
Sohst Auto Repair Co
118
Southern Jessie Agency .right side lines and 183
Sparwasser Chas
.left top lines and 187
Spencer Service Co
147
Staats Wm R Co
Standard Fence Co
right side lines and 155 Steel Marshall Co .... left top lines and 145 Stiver Mme 155
Storie Chas G Co
.inside back cover and right top lines
Strable Hardwood Co
.. right bottom lines and 175
Strauss S W & Co
128
Stripp Fred S .
... right side lines and 168
Sturgis Eugene K
.legal section
Sunset Mausoleum ... left side lines and 215
Sunset Nursery Co. . . left side lines and 182
Sussman Wormser Co
back cover and page X
Sutro & Co
131
Swanson-Uhl Wall Paper & Paint Co .. 185
Syndicate Building Co
137
Tay Geo H Co
1SS
Tennyson Nursery Co
left top lines and 183
Thomas Wheldon & Nutt Inc
200
Thorsted Floral Co
156
Truman Undertaking Co
.front cover, 3 and 216
Venus The
. ....
.left side lines and 149
Wakeman Helen School
.right bottom lines and 207
Walnut Grove Creamery
.left top lines and 180
Weaver Wells Co
118
Weber C F & Co
208
Western Auto Supply Co
114
Western Heavy Hardware & Iron Co .. 159 Western Normal Inc .. left side lines and 204 White Bros ... right bottom lines, 159 and176 White Star Laundry Co .bottom stencil and 172 White's Berkeley Preparatory School .right side lines and 205 Whitthorne & Swan .. right top lines and 152 Williams Clarence J 187
Wood Chas M
. front cover and 197
Wood W K .
.left side lines and 175
Wood Fred T Co .... right side lines and 197
Woodard R T
right side lines and 179
Woolworth Paint Co .. left top lines and 185
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Liberty Ornamental Iron & Wire Wks ..
Samuel F E
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POLK'S Oakland -Berkeley - Alameda CITY DIRECTORY 1927
R. L. Polk & Co. of California, Publishers
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
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CITY GOVERNMENT OAKLAND
All offices in City Hall-Washington bet 14th and 15th unless otherwise noted, Phone Lakeside 3600
Nominating Municipal Election-Third Tuesday in April 1929 and on third Tuesday in April every second year thereafter
General Municipal Election-Third Tuesday after nominating municipal election
Council Meetings-Daily at 11 a m except Satur- days Sundays and legal holidays in Council Chambers 3d floor
Mayor and President of the Council-Hon John L Davie rm 302
Commissione s- Hon J L Davie, W H Parker, C C Young, E K Sturgis, Frank Colbourn, 3d floor
Commissioner of Public Affairs-Hon John L Davie rm 302
Commissioner of Public Health and Safety- C C Young, rm 310
Commissioner of Public Works-Frank Colbourn rm 323
Commissioner of Revenue and Finance-E K Sturgis 9th floor
Commissioner of Streets-W H Parker rm 802 Attorney-Preston Higgins, rm 603
Auditor- H G Williams 10th floor
Bacteriologist-Dr Chas Fancher, 6th floor Building Inspector-A S Holmes rm 513 Chemist-6th floor
Chief of Fire Dept-W G Lutkey rm 204
Chief of Police Dept-D L Marshall 14th st en- trance
Clerk-F C Merritt rm 306
Electrician-C E Hardy rm 509
Engineer-Geo N Randle, Sth floor
Harbor Engineer-rm 323
Health Officer-6th floor
License Inspector-Fred B Peru rm 907
Market and Food Inspector-H C Smith rm 614 Plumbing Inspector-J E Francis 6th floor
Port of Oakland-G B Hegardt mgr 424 Okld Bank bldg
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