Name/Title
Board of Trustees Correspondence, Dec 1903 - April 1904Entry/Object ID
2012.18.8Scope and Content
Acc. No. 12.18.8
Subject Category:
Date or Period: Dec 1903 - April 1904
Object: Folder, file
Description: Acid-free legal size manila file folder with documents, marked on the reverse with a number in black ink, from 351 to 400.
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 '351-400' on the folder tab. Documents in this folder pertain to: reactions to a new ordinance about noisy birds; petitions to move or alter buildings, including Prosser Pharmacy; franchise to Central Pacific Railroad; decision to promote a new post office, and deepening of the Tidal Canal; J.R. Knowland accepting to be delegate to the State Camino Real Convention, petition complaint by Caroline E. Dwinelle, for Alice Chipman, against use of the Beach foot of on Weber Street as a street; and petition by residents on Cedar Street to access the beach from their street.
Details:
Documents in this folder pertain to: #351: complaint about a pigeon farm constructed corner of Wood and Pacific; the ensuing plans to create an ordinance resulted in satirical letters; #352: (negative) response by the Contra Costa Water Co. to a request for an extra fire hydrant nearer to the Electric Light Plant; #353: Request Board of Education to pay remainng funds for W. W. Anderson, who installed the heating plant at the new High School; #354: report of free telephones by Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph in exchange for using non-company telephone poles; #360: paper clippings and letter reflecting objections by the Corps of Engineers to the City or residents building wharfs on the Tidal Canal, though being agreeable to the City planting trees while ownership is retained by the government; #361: Payment request for Stone & Smith, architects for the Everett School building improvements; #362: petition to ensure the south end of Washington remains a street and does not serve as a vegetable garden; #362 1/2: letter suggesting the City to feature in the St. Louis Purchase exposition; #363: ordinance 413 and 414 relating to the franchise for the Central Pacific Railroad; #364: Letters about the franchise and an ordinance for referendum; #364 1/2: petition to raise the foor on a shed in the rear of the store at #1511 Park St, owned by Mr. Dithman; #365: Thompson Hose Co. No. 1 requesting to use a room in City Hall for a fundraising tournament; #366: permit request by E. Homer Long agent Delanoy, to run a vaudeville theater on Park Street; #367: Treasurer's Quarterly Report; #368; non-local bids for hose for the Electric Light plant; #69:Thank you letter from the South Pacific Coast Railway for the granted franchise; #370: correspondence with federal elected representatives about deepening of the Oakland Harbor and Channel; #371: petition by O.S. Westphal to add a balcony inside jewelry store at 1405 Parl Street; #371 1/2: resolution to request funds for a post office from federal senators and representives; #373: W.O. Smith resigning as member of Board of Health, Jan 13; #374: issue with patent infringement claim for using oil on streets; #375: rate quote for power, unknown source or reason; #376: Thank you letter from Thompson Hose Co.; #378, 379: responses by federal representatives, to letter from J.W. Gillogly, City Clerk, requesting attention to local matters; #380: resolution to plant trees along the Tidal Canal between Park and High; #381: Letter with suggestions for street improvement from the Board of Health; #382: petition for a sewer on Santa Clara; #383: response from congressman Perkins to City Clerk Gilogly re post office; #384: papers relating to reclamation plans of marsh of the Waymire estate; #385: petition complaint by Caroline E. Dwinelle, for Alice Chipman, against use of the Beach foot of on Weber Street as a street; #387: complaint about a gutter of Railroad Ave.; #388: petition to move a building or house on Encinal to Chestnut on Prosser Pharmacy stationery; #389: statement by Edwin T. Hosford, M.D., that F. Brampton was sick, and requesting full pay; #390: petition to alter the front of a store on Park St.; #391: petition for a francise to supply electric current; #392: call to the State Convention of El Camnio Real; #393: J.R. Knowland letter accepting appointment as delegate to the State Camino Real Convention; #394: invitation / flyer for Nation Good Roads Association; #395: Board of Health requesting transfer of funds; #396: petition by residents of Cedar Street to provide access to the beach; #397: Invitation by West End Improvement Association to an event at the Clubhouse, the Wigwam, corner of Webster and Central; #398: Correspondence regarding complaint about South Pacific Coast Railway; #399: petition to improve Santa Clara Ave.; #400: cost estimate for constructing circuits for Day Power, Electric Light Plant.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Catalog Date: February 18, 2012