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Title: Illustrated album of Alameda County, California; its early history and progress--agriculture, viticulture and horticulture--educational, manufacturing and railroad advantages--Oakland and environs--interior townships--statistics, etc., etc
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Colquhoun, Jos. Alex
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Publisher: Oakland, Calif. : Pacific Press
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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mile apart,with several stations on each. No fares are collectedwithin the city limits or between stations, the railroadcompany treating tiie residents of Alameda the sameas those of Oakland. The fare to San Francisco byway of either the broad or narrow-gauge ferry routesis twenty-five cents return trip, and commutations $3 00per month, using either or both routes, interchange-ably, if desired. The governinent of the city is intrusted to a Boardof City Trustees. There is no Mayor or CommonCouncil, or Board of Public Works, but the otherofficers are similar to those of towns of the fifth class.There is a Board of Education, Board of Health andsanitary officers, and Board of Library Trustees. Theduties of Police Magistrate are performed by the CityRecorder, and the City Marshal acts as Chief of Policeand has ten officers under him. The public schools of Alameda are equal to thoseof any other city in the State. They are under thesupervision of the City Superintendent of Schools. in LlJQ-
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ILLUSTRATED ALBUM OF ALAMEDA COUNTY. 53 There is an efficient Fire Department, under properofficers. The city owns its electric hght plant, and has lightson poles or towers in every part of the city, being oneof the best-lighted cities on the Pacific Coast. Its sewer system is claimed to be the best of anycity in the United States, and has automatic sewerflushers, by which every sewer is flushed every fourhours, and the sewage carried away. The system isa new one, and is being urged now in other cities.East and West. The sewer system consists, in thefirst place, of two intercepting sewers, one on eachside of the peninsula. It must be understood, bythose not familiar with the lay of the land, that Ala-meda is a long peninsula, entirely devoid of hills, thehighest altitude being along its center, and the landsloping gently each way. On the south side is theBay of San Francisco, and on the north side OaklandHarbor and the tidal canal. The natural way tosewer the city is from the center t

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