Name/Title
Board of Trustees Correspondence, Sept 1904-Jan 1905Entry/Object ID
2012.18.10Scope and Content
Acc. No. 12.18.10
Subject Category:
Date or Period: Sept 1904 - Jan 1905
Object: Folder, file
Description: Acid-free legal size manila file folder with documents, marked on the reverse with a number in black ink, from 451 to 500.
History of Object: Correspondence with the Board of Trustees, found in the attic of City Hall in the 1990s, and refoldered in 2012. The original folder was marked '451-500' on the folder tab. Documents in this folder include bids to supply the Fire Department feed and hay by Koerber, Jamieson (successors to A. Victors), and Lubben Brothers; resolution to reorganize Fire Department from volunteer organisation to paid organization with auxiliary 'call' men, and disbanding of Whidden Hose Co. No. 2 and Sherman Hose Co. No. 3; complaints by citizens and the Board of Health about garbage being carted through the city and dumped along Bay Island Road; resignation H.M. Pond from Board of Health; resignation G.A. Wiese as superintendent from the Municipal Electric Light Plant, and various building, lights, streets petitions.
Details:
Documents in this folder pertain to: #451: non-local bids for oil; #452: bids to supply feed and hay, from Koerber, on 2312-2314 Santa Clara stationery, Rhodes & Jamieson, successors to A. Victors, on 1520 Park Street stationery, and Lubben Bros., and Fire Department summary addressed to C. J. Hammond; #453: request to transfer liquor license from Chas. J.F. Laver to Laver & Bima, since Laver and J.F. Bima joined in a partnership; #454: claim for damage resulting from a horse stepping into a pothole on Pearl Street, with legal opinion by City Attorney Simpson; #455: assessment of railroad tracks; #456: Property tax rate resolution; #457: resolution to reorganize Fire Department from volunteer mix paid firemen, to paid firemen with auxiliary call men; #458: portests against dumping of garbage - from Oakland - along Bay Farm Island Road. It appears there were claims this Webster street was 'built' by Scavengers, using refuse, and the same would work for Bay Farm Island Road, but residents did not agree, nor did the Board of Health; #459: application for superintendent Electric Light Plant; #460: H.M. Pond resigning from the Board of Trustees, citing his irregular working hours; #461: notification of transfer of a property on NE corner of Clay and Regent to Mr. Williams in reference to a sewer being constructed; #462: petition to move a house from Benton to 2508 Central Ave; #463: G.A. Wiese resignation as superintendant of the Electric Light Department; #463 1/2: application for position of Sup. of the Electric Light Plant; #464: resignation from Board of Health by D. C. Henny; #465: Board of Health recommending Maurice W. Brown to replace Henny; #466: County Poultry Association requesting permit to string a banner across Park Street to advertise first Annual exhibition at 1517 and 1519 Park Street; #467: protest against the pound man taking a horse, with description of problem resulting from digging of a ditch to create a sidewalk along Benton Street; #468: complaint from Chief Krauth to C. J. Hammond, Chairman Com. on Fire, abouth the fire alarm box system; #469: complaints by Adelphian Club and Alameda Advancement Association about trimming of trees in favor of electrical wires; #470: letter about delivery of oil to the Light Plant; #471: petition to board up a shed at 1427 Park Street by Wm. Nylander (marked 'denied'); #472: Announcement convention of League of California Municipalities; #473, 474: Treasurer's Quarterly Reports; #474 1/2 A: petition to remove a tank and windmill at the foot of Willow Street; #474 1/2, #4747 3/4 : applications for Superintendent at Electric Light Plant; #475: alternative offer of a steam turbine; #476: Resolution by Whidden Hose Company No. 2 to disband; #477: Resolution by Sherman Hose Co. No. 3 to disband; #478: request by Daily Encinal editor G. F. Weeks, to repair and extend the frame addition to the rear of the Water Works Building housing the Encinal office; #479: complaint by poundmaster Alfred Ewing about the ordinance restricting impounding of dogs to those over 6 months old; #480: statement of completion of sewer construction on Bay Street; #481: petition to add a floor to the rear of the store at 1526 Park Street; #482: Thanksgiving Day public holiday proclamation by Governor Pardee; #483: Contra Costa Water Co. offering to supply water to the Electric Light Plant instead of the City drilling a well; #484: request by G.E. Stiefvater, 906 Central Ave, to have the railroad use coal instead of oil; #485; petition of complaint about a badly maintained chimney, by Mrs. Olson [Olzen?] at 2408 Lincoln against her neighbor; #486: request to transfer junk license from J. Hellser to B. Herskovits; #487: Complaint by the Electrical Workers Union about the wages paid at the Electrical Light Plant; #488: petition to grade and macadamize Arbor Street; #489: request by Board of Education to appoint a paid policeman to serve at the schools, and of appointing janitors as special policemen without pay; #489 1/2: Fire Department staff reorganization plan by Chief Krauth, and suggestion to amend City Ordinance; #490: List of school janitors to be appointed as special policemen; #491: further letter by G.E. Stiefvater; # 492: invitation to attend a fire apparatus test in San Francisco; #493: Request by W. Kelly to install an arc light on Webster street; #494: Cancellation upon completion of insurance bond for covering arc lights; #495: petition of protest against the renaming of Railroad Avenue; #495 1/2: Chief Krauth requesting equipment (typewriter, hose-dryer); #496: Response by Chief Krauth to complaint by Mrs. Olsen about the oil burning range at the Overland Restaurant at 2406 Lincoln Avenue, which had changed hands in the meantime, with the new owner intending to install a gas stove; #497: response of Southern Pacific Company to letter of complaint about vibrating of trains due to oil burning; #498: complaint by C. E. Naylor about frame and tank of his neighbor on Alameda Ave.; #499: further communication from the Electrical Workers Union; #500: J. T. Hardin, 1287 Encinal Ave, requesting refund of tax, as he discovered it had already been paid by the previous owner.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Catalog Date: February 18, 2012