Name/Title
Board of Trustees Correspondence, Aug 1903 - Dec 1903Entry/Object ID
2012.18.7Scope and Content
Acc. No. 12.18.7
Subject Category:
Date or Period: Aug 1903 - Dec 1903
Object: Folder, file
Description: Acid-free legal size manila file folder with documents, marked on the reverse with a number in black ink, from 301 to 349.
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 '251-300' on the folder tab. Documents in this folder pertain to disbanding of volunteer Cordes Hose Fire Company; failed attempts to create a park along the Tidal Canal; maintenance at the Electric Light Plant and sinking of a well for water at the foot of Park, including bids by local companies; a bid by Herman's Restaurant and Oyster House, 1427 Park Street, to furnish meals to the City prisoners.
Details:
Documents in this folder pertain to: #301: petition to move a building from Webster street to Buena Vista; #302: petition to support the dairy of Mr. F. Perkins on Taylor between Santa Clara and 4th; #303: Letter from J. W. Powell with opinion on duration of Franchise to be given to the RailRoad; #304: annual library report for fiscal year 1902-1903; #305: Treasurer's Quarterly Report; #306: list of members for the advisory committee 'for Franchise' [presumably, Railroad); #307: Annual Report of the Street Department; #308: letter about the Railroad Franchise from P. B. Ladd, 907 Paru St.; #309: letter from H. Cordes Jr. Hose volunteer fire company #5 stating that the city now should be able to have paid firemen, and announcing disbanding of the company to take place 2nd October 1903 at midnight; #310: West End Improvement Ass. requesting ticket offices on the new South Shore railroad line; #311: telegram from H. H. Case [sp.?] 'Attach my name to petition submit vote franchise S. P.'; :#312: petition by 1st presbyterian church to move a Sunday-school room building from Central to Chestnut; #313: second letter from P.B. Ladd about the railroad franchise; #314: Board of Health petitions permit to shoot annoying night-herons; #315: Bulletin of the League of American Municipalities, No. 8; #316: petition to move a building from Oak St. to Park Ave No. 1416 behind the church building; #316 1/2: bids, some with pasted noteice, to supply oil to the Electric Light plant; #317: opinion from City Attorney Simpson regarding legal powers to grant railroad franchises; #318: petition to erect a steam boiler in the laundry at 1528 Park St. to replace dryhouse; #319: Poundmaster A. Ewing requesting a raise; #320: Notice that the disbanding of the Cordes Jr. Hose Co #5 is postponed to October 31; #321: petition to refund of a fine: #322: letter requesting funds by a committee to create a Sir Thomas Lipton Testimonial; #322 1/2: Assessment statement of length of railroad tracks; #323: Resolution about Tax assessment rate. #324: complaint about unsanitary state of alley behind Park St. by Board of Health; #325; Petition to build a boat house at the East end of Clay St. #326; bids to supply feed to the Fire Department by Lubben Bros., and August Koerber , 2312-2314 Santa Clara Ave.; #327: notice to well borers, and specifications for sinking a well for fresh water for the Electric Light Plant, and bid by J.B. Rogers, 1334 Park Street (on stationery); #328: notice to construct a cement water tank at the Electric Light Plant, foot of Park Street, to be located on the beach, bids by Chas G. Powell, by MacRae Brothers, 2315-2317 Encinal Ave, residence 1092 Park Avenue (on stationery); #329: bid on stationery of Herman's Restaurant and Oyster House, 1427 Park Street, to furnish meals to the City prisoners; #330: bids by non-locals for a vacuum pump for the Electric Light Plant; #331: Quarterly Treasurers Report; #332: Clerk's Quarterly Statement; #333: request by West End Improvement Ass. to remove existing tracks from Pacific Ave, and grant the R. R. Co. a franchise; #334: request by charls S. Ives, agent for Main & Winchester, holders of property on Pacific Ave, to delay granting of a franchise to the Railroad Company; #336: non-local bids for light regulating equipment; #337: Thanksgiving Proclamation by Governor Pardee, designating Thursday 26 November as a public holiday, in accordance with the designation by the President of this day as a day of National Thanksgiving; #338: request by Chief Krauth to retain two men from the former Cordes Hose company, so they can attain their tax-exempt status, with resolution on the back of lined City of Alameda stationery with what appears to be a stamp of City Hall in red ink, and listing all department heads, board members, and trustees; #339: Letter from Health Officer Stidham on lined Board of Health stationery, stating they'll look into an unreadable matter; #340: request by H. M. Pond to obtain from the War Department (later Army Corps of Engineers) the strip of land along the Tidal Canal to turn into a Park; ? (unnumbered, Nov 13); letter from the Calaveras Big Tree Committee of the Outdoor Art League requesting support to create a National Park; #341: petition to abate nuisance from use of fuel and coal at Jacques Bonne's laundry at 1616 Webster Street; #342: request by Chief of Police Conrad to revoke appointment as special Police officer Geo W. Wolfe, since he no longer worked for the railroad as gateman; #343: non-local bid to maintain a pump at the Electric Light Plant; #343 1/2: Board of Health stating they are financially embarrased and request transfer of funds; #344: Suggestion from Pacific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs that all Fire Chiefs should be engineers so they can maintain equipment and inspect buildings; #345: Letter from Southern Pacific Company about rates; unnumbered: Ordinance 414, granting a franchise to the South Pacific Coast Railway Company; #346: Approval of two types of voting machines by the state; #347; Invitation to sixth annual convention of the League of California Municipalitites; #348: request by City Schools Department / Board of Education to start paying W. W. Anderson for the heating plant at the new Alameda High School; #349: correspondence discussing the attempt to get the strip of land along the Tidal Canal as a Park; #350: Request for the strip of land denied by the War Department.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Catalog Date: February 18, 2012
