Name/Title
Board of Trustees Correspondence, June - Nov 1905Entry/Object ID
2012.18.12Scope and Content
Acc. No. 12.18.12
Subject Category:
Date or Period: June - Nov 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 551 to 600.
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 '551-600' on the folder tab. Documents in this folder include or pertain to: various petitions and correspondence of the Alameda Advancement Association (of which George Mastick was a member); street work; opening of Caroline Street; request to have a telephone installed at the library; dismissal of a police officer for sleeping on duty; petition for a telephone franchise by Sunset Telephone and Telegraph; railroad franchise earnings statement.
Details:
Documents in this folder pertain to: #552: notification of California approval of the Dean Voting and Ballot machine; #555: Letter from Alameda Advancement Association urging for an ordinance regarding weeds; #557: invitation for Congress of League of Municipalities; #558: complaint about naked men bathing in the Tidal Canal on Sundays; #559: request from J. H. Young, 1243 Park St., to construct a sewer along Railroad Avenue; #260: complaint against an oil pumping plant at the corner of Railraod and Foley street by residents including Jos. Knowland and E. J. Blanding; #561: petition against unfair taxing of grocery retailers in Alameda of selling bottled goods, whereas outside firms did not have to pay this tax; #562: letters from the Advancement Association, about removal of weeds, about a Park to be constructed along the Bay Shore, about garbage from burning of weeds to be picked up by the Street Department, about lights for Wednesday evening concerts at the bandstand at the Park at Park Avenue; #567: request of extension to finish improving Paru St. and Alameda Ave.; #568: protest by the North Side Improvement Club against telephone and telegraph poles; #569: Annual Librarian Report for fiscal year 1904-1905; #570: earnings report from Oakland Traction Consolidated; #572: Library Board requesting installation of a telephone at the library; #573: Report of completion of work on Bay Street near San Antonio; #574: petition of protest against sale of liquor at the corner of Park and Encinal; #575 1/2: petition to prohibit storage of gasoline within the residence section of the city; #576: report of completion of constructing a sewer on Railroad Ave; #577: complaint by the West End Improvement Association about the state of the narrow gauge railroad line; #578: Advancement Associaton brokering a deal with the Whittell family to open Caroline Street from San Antonio to the Bay; #579: correspondence about dating of a porch-light circular (which was postdated); #580: Advancement Association complaining about a hedge taking up space of a sidewalk on Weer Street; #581: opinion of City Attorney Simpson about railroad franchises; #581 1/2: petition for a telephone franchise; #582: petition to improve Eagle Ave between Willow and Chestnut, and curb with redwood; #584: Board of Health request transfer of funds; #585: Alameda Advancement Association requesting extension of awning of Bay Street Station being remodeled; #586: Advancement Ass. reporting on missing or unreadable streetsigns; #587: Northern Pacific Company reporting on accomplished and intended improvements in service; #589: Advancement Association intending to improve the pavement and lights at the Chestnut Street Station; #590: request for extension of improvement of Paru St.; #591: assessment of tracks; #595: response by supplier of generator to allegations in Alameda Daily newspapers; (no number): proceedings against Police Officer Fredrick Brampton, started by Chief Conrad; #598: petition to reduce charge for electricity; #599: request by West End Improvement Ass. to improve Taylor Avenue and Page Street; #600: request to by marsh land foot of Hibbard and Grand Streets (not for sale).
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Catalog Date: February 18, 2012
#793: John Breuner Co. requesting fire hydrant to serve their warehouse in Alameda (address not given);