Name/Title
Folders with City Documents, marked 160-169, 1925-1932Entry/Object ID
2011.47.6Scope and Content
Acc. No. 11.47.6 A through F
Subject Category: City of Alameda
Date or Period: 1926-1932
Object: Folder, file
Description: Acid-free legal size manila file folders with documents marked on the back with 160 through 169 and a sequence number
Size: L 9" x W 14 1/2"
History of Object: Refolderded City documents, found in the attic of City Hall during the 1990s.
These documents reflect:
A. #160: canceling delinquent sales relating to opening of Encinal Ave (1926); # 161: plans for replacing bridges and opening/closing of same. 1926-1932.
B. opening of Blanding (#162, 1926); street work on Clay Street (#163, 1926); street work on Madison (#165, 1926).
C. request with blueprint by the Alameda Belt Line to construct a spur track on Clement Street (#166, 1926).
D. #167, 1926-1931: adding of Water mains for fire protection by EBMUD to various streets. 167-4 includes a map, c. 1931. Also includes 1932 letter regarding notary public inside City Hall, by Neil B. Pierson, City Manager. Until 1930 C. H. Hickok was City Manager, W.E. Varcoe was City Clerk. Also includes Powel Bros Inc., 2008 Pearl Street, letterhead (#168-50).
E. #169: garbage collecting (‘scavenging’), contracted to Alameda Scavenger Co. Includes memoires by L. Terralunga, who started scavenging in 1892 at the corner of Regent and Clay Street.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Date: September 10, 2011.