Name/Title
Board of Trustees Correspondence, Dec. 1904-June 1905Entry/Object ID
2012.18.11Scope and Content
Acc. No. 12.18.11
Subject Category:
Date or Period: Dec 1904 - June 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 501 to 550.
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 '501-550' on the folder tab. Documents in this folder include financial papers for 1903 for the Electric Light Plant; street improvements, and sewer requests including Versailles Ave., on stationery of George Sturtevant; building changes and moves; objections to a rumored saw mill on Walnut St., and to an operating one on Benton St., construction of a bulkhead across south end of Bay Street.
Details:
Documents in this folder pertain to: #501: confirmation of order for an engine for a generator; #502: confirmation of order for a generator; #503: Sierra Club flyer objecting to proposed recession of Yosemite and Mariposa Big Tree Grove from the state to federal control; #504: petition to move a house from Bay street at San Antonio to Central and Bay Street; #511: response from Oakland City Clerk Frank R. Thompson to a request from Alameda City Clerk Gillogly for Oakland ordinances governing electrical wiring (there were none); #512: C. W. Randall informs about construction of a bulkhead on his property and suggesting the city construct a connecting bulkhead across Bay Street; #512 1/2: expense report Municipal Electric Light Plant, with #1-27: expense reports and petitions for lights from Jan 1904-Dec. 1904; #513: petition to improve Alameda Ave; #514: dischard at the Light Plant of fireman James Duffy, who also owned an electrical shop, and petitions to reinstate him; #515: complaint about soil being thrown onto Encinal Ave sidewalk, westwards from Broadway, by plowing of adjacent lots; #516: earnings report from Oakland Traction Consolidated; #517: correspondence regarding a change in machinery; #518: Report on improvement of Arbor Street; #519: continued complaint by Mr. Stiefvater about vibrations from trains; #520: Former Whidden Hose Company request the payment of their last month's allowance and release of city claim to the furniture they bought for the fire house; #521: petition by J.H. Pommer, 1222 Railroad Ave, to move a house from Sherman and Railroad to further down Sherman St.; #522: petition by J. H. Pommer to conduct liquor business at the Sherman Street while construction a new building; #523: petition by residents Plummer, Baum, and Randall to improve a section of Bay Street; #524: Board of Health requesting transfer of funds; #525: offer of voting machines; #526: petition by N. A. Conneau to put in a partition in the furniture store, corner of Park and Railroad Ave; #527: petition by J. T. Hardin to make alterations to the Pacific Hotel, Park Street; #528: application for permission to go armed by M. Spinet, 1313 Park St.; #529: bids to construct a seawall across Bay Street, including by Powell Brothers (C.G., J.A., and R.V.), 2260 Central Ave; #532: complaint by Mr. W.C. Rarig, 1338 (formerly 1378) Weber Street, about a dead tree on a vacant lot and opinion by City Attorny Simpson that the City has no legal right to remove a tree on private property; #533: request for a sewer from Pearl Street to Broadway in Eagle Ave; #534: request by Encinal Yacht Club to replace the light at the foot of Grand Street; #535: City Attorney reports granting of deed of a six inch strip on College Ave to the city; #536: request to grant free license to take parties driving through Alameda (no license was needed); #537: further bids for construction of seawall across Bay Street, including by Powell Brothers; #538: petition of protest, and protest from the Advancement Association and the Board of Education, to rumored plans for a lumber yard and sawmill on Walnut between Alameda and Encinal; #539: West End Alameda Improvement Association via secretary Mehrtens, endorsed Dr. H. A. Miller as a member of the Board of Health; #541: Financial overview from the City Clerk's Office; #542: West End Improvement Ass. requesting a public meeting to discuss July 4 celebration; #543: request by J. M. Williams for a sewer on Stanford St., to prevent further complaints about his stable; #543: invitation to a Schiller Memorial Celebration by the German Societies of Alameda County; #544: written permit request from the Salvation Army for collecting cast off clothing (etc.) by wagon; #545: petitions of protest about planing mill run by Mr. Joyce, 1212 Benton St.; #546: request by L. Taylor to add a boat landing under the Webster St. Bridge; #547: Board of Health request transfer of funds; #548: Advancement Association complaining about use of firewood, weeds on vacant lots; damage to trees done to string wires, or cables; #549: national rules for electrical wiring adopted for Alameda; #550: request to improve College Ave by George Sturtevant, on stationery at 1238 Versailles Ave., and petition for a sewer on it. George's son Roger was a noted photographer, and his grandfather J.N. Webster was the original owners of the 'Webster' House, 1238 Versailles.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Catalog Date: February 18, 2012