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POLK'S

OAKLAND

(CALIFORNIA)

CITY DIRECTORY

roL. 1928 ^^^^^

INCLUDING AiLAMEDA, BERKELEY, EMERYVILLE AND PIEDMONT

ntaining an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Privat Citizens, a Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of a Miscellaneous C/. ''bracter

\ ALSO

A BUYERS^ GUIDE

and a Complete

CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY

FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX

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GENERAL INDEX

Abbreviations 245-246

Advertising Department 109-214

Alphabetical List of Names 247-1 568

Apartment Houses 1571

Associations, Clubs and Societies 1714

Bank Department 119

Buildings, Blocks and Halls 1594

Business and Commercial Associations 1714

Business Directory 1569

Buyers' Guide ■. 109-214

Cemeteries 1 598

Churches 1600

City and County Government , 58

Classified Business Directory •. . 1569

Clubs . . . 1608

Colleges and Private Schools 1610

Consular Officers 1612

County Government 59

Directory Library 11

Federal Government Officers 1462

Fire Department 'iS

Fraternal Organizations 1714

General Directory of Names 247 -1568

Hospitals, Homes and Sanitariums 1649

Introdui.tion 10-11'

Justice Courts 58

Labor Organizations 1659

Libraries and Reading Rooms 1665

Military 60

. i iscellaneous Information 58-61

Parks and Playgrounds 1686

Piers 59 and 1691

Police Department 58

Po]>ulation 10

Postoffice Department 1207

Public Library 1665

Schools and Colleges 1708

-^''hools — Public 60

Societies — Secret and Fraternal 1714

State Officers and Boards 1462

Street and Avenue Guide 62-94

Superior Courts 60

Trade and Labor Organizations 1659

LTnited States Courts and Officers 146?

Wharves 59 and V

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

A to Zed school right side lines and 196

Abbott John w C right side lines and 166

Advertising Service Bureau

Alameda County Title Jns. Co. .^^.. .^.^.^. .^.^. ^^^

Alhambra Water Depot.. right side lines and 152

American Trust Co.. -jg

Andersons Carpet House. ......^. .:■•■• •■••

ADDleton G W right bottom lines and is*

S^faS?'^-:righfSt!Sil-aSS IXT^rnse^'Mfg "co^'.lIfTtop lines- and

llK"Se?b1n D.' right top lines and 64

Bank of Italy

Bardwell Horace ^^ ^:- -;^' ' i^ssifled tab Barnes Milk Sanltarlum.^^.^. . ._.p. .jj^^- • -^-^ ■ • ^^^

Eiif'Sa^'";;;;;;'!^^'."'-^^-'™

Bell & Boyd •.•;;■■

Bennetts Collection Association^ . ..^.^ . ^.^^ ^^^

Bentley Margaret S^h°°' bottom ' lines ' and 200 Ber'g'er'&HoliidBe.. right bottom lines and 166

Berkeley Chamber of Commerce 16

Berkeley Gazette Publishing Co. i'»

Berkeley Steel Construction Co Inc .205

iest Steel Casting Co. right bottom lines and 168

Blythe. Witter & Co._^. . . . . . .^^ }^=

Bond & Goodwi Breuner John

Page

Fairbanks Morse & Co

Farmers & Merchants Say Bk

.....left bottom lines and 115

Finn John _Metal_ Work: Fireman " "'

left top lines and 122

& Tucker Inc.

..front cover,' right top lines and 157

Bridge Realty Co right top lines and 192

Brown Everett J and Ledwich Tho^f^ ^ ' ^ t,„„

Buliis Benson SDr left side ""« ahd?"

Button Fred L Law OfBce see legal section

Calaveras Cement Co ■ . ■ • • • "■?

CaUfornia Builders Co.. top stencil edge and 131 California Compressed Gas Co. ....•..■■■■ ■ J"J California Crematorium and Columbarium. 148

California Door Co The......... ■ '='

California Health Pood jThe^ VenusK . .^.^^ ^^^

California Pottery Company...... *

California School of Arts & Crafts........

right bottom lines and 191

California Wire Cloth 212

Capwell H C Company The ■

•^ right top lines and 140

Cavalier'wm & Co Front cover and 126

Central Construction Co ••■■■■:; ;5q

Central National Bank (Bond Dept) . . . . . . . i^a

Central Savings Bank Front cover and 121

Central Shuey Creamery '''

Central Title Co fii.

Chanslor & Lyon Co.... iii'Vrirt 1Q4

Chicago Rubber Stamp Co 184 and 194

Chlnn-Beretta Optical Co J?"

Clark N & Sons.......... j"

Clay. Hotchkiss & Schroeter. .......... •.■• ]°°

Colonial Cafeteria . .right bottom hnes and 138

Contra Costa Building Material Co 133

Cosgrave's Inc

counsellor Sanltarlum^^^. ^.^.^.^^^. -^j^^^ -^-^^ ,^5

Crediiors Association of ^^Oakland .^^^ . .^^^ ^^^

Crosby '&' Crosby .■.^^^.'^^^M^rf'i°4?

Curtain Store The Inc. right side lines and 149 Dean Lippis Ford Corner. . .back cover and 114 DeVriese Moe Private Convalescent Home. 14B

Dickson & Holbrook -"^

Dr Wong Him Herb Co ■

right bottom lines and 140

DrucQuer & Sons left side ""es and 142

Dunn. White & Aiken see legal section

Duplex-Everclear Filter Co ■

left side lines and 153

Dlirant HoVei .'. ■ ■ ■ ■ • „a ]nl

Duthle & Co right top lines and 173

East Bay Title Ins Co see top classified tao

East Bay Water Co f 'J

Eastern Outfitting Co J"

Eby Machinery Co j'J

EUiott-Horne Co The ifl

Fageol Motors Co ''"

riremau. Fund Ins Co. left side lines and 165

First National Bank in Berkeley i-i=

First National Bank i" jOa>='J',S^ lines ' Wna 123 Foothill NurserV.'.' .■.'.■ .left bottom lines and 178 Foster and Kleiser Co . . . . . . _^.^_^- y-^- -^^ ^09

rett-Srjo^ ^°r^.°^^^ltht^lfd"e"lines and 183

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Galnes-Walrath Co jjq

giasloS'w c'co:::rigMbottom lines- and 188 Glln Taylor School... right side lines and 202

^'""^ ,^t''b°orom\in''e?S- -classified- tai,' insert Goyette E J ^^-^^ine Works^ .^.^. .^.^^^ ■ -^^^^

Gunn Carle & Co

H---%^ Sttom-lines-a^d^^m^and^^^^ S^borTu^ I -Barge- CO.-.-. -.b'cf bone and 170

iSi^°Hrss^^°.ri^^'i-!-is^i?r

Haskins & If^^i- 'rt- facing •ciassiii-ed Section Hlnk J F & Son Inc jgg

Hotel Federal. Vieht side lines and 162

Hotel Leamington right s'de 'm^s and 163

Hotel Menlo. "^'vjeht top lines and 163

Hotel Piedmont rignt top iiii<== ^^^

Hotel San Pablo ;". igs

SSw^rd'^S'trco.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.frint-c.Jvir and 112

Hunter-Dulin & Co i4g

Hutchinson Co The. .. ... . • _ ■ ; ; ; ; 157

Italian American Realty Co -^ ^ jg^

Inter-Citv Publishing Co. ...... ■■■■■{'?

Sternational Harvester Co. of^Am«^ca . .^.^^ ^^^

Jacic's'on 'purnitiire Co ; | jg^

Jackson S & Sons..... ;; 175

foSiT"He'^r%^'^^"'.ieft- -bottom -llies and 192 Se'=D?sp'ra.^ Fixture -ci: i ! ! .-right 'bottom lines

Kent Company. . . ; ; , . i67

Kerr & McCandlsh • ■ •

Kling-Dawers Stationery^Co^ . . .^^. .,..^-^-^- -„^ ^^

Kniidsen Harold D C°:;/ V -uom lines 'and 127

f:^rnV£°Co -.'.^. lefftop lines and 127

Er^Salle °ExtiS?on- nnlversitv.^^.^.^.^. . .^^^. .„^^^^

Souare Building.

134

^JSI^F^ I- .""''"■"':''«"» ''""'"-^ ^^^ \\]

T.awrence Harry M 157

I'^^PP ^t'^ -.-.-. -. front civer' and 189

I'^P"u ^^f r left top lines and 147

^HSmm^die^u j' H-Co^inc.-A^ht top^ines and 190 Liberty Ornamental Iron & Wire Works .^,_^. Titnefleld-R-W.- ■.■..-.-.-.■.-.... insert OPP Pa«e 4 McClure-Hayes^Co 1"=,- ;•,-«,■ seciion -and 128

Macicav Austin Valve Co

Maiden Ritti^steln & Co^^_^. .^.^. ^. .,j^^^ -^-^^

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Martin Joseph Co^^..^j.^^.jj^^---^ jgg-—d 193 Marwedel- C ^ ^^^ ■ ■ .^^. -^^ -i,— ' i^g' „,in 7M

55l^^ri?a"r?w-a?e°"c^o''?l'^hfside-gne. ,-.0 154 Mercantile Credit & Adjustment Co. . ^«

Merchants Express &Draylne CO... ^ ,

Miller W E right bottom ur'

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, r-n The ...right top lines and 193

SJont'e'ver^eiSl'andem & P^ofAiSe'bacW cover Montgomery- Warci&Co-sReU^il DePt^Store ^^^

Mortensen^s ; ku. ; '^'^S bottom m.es^ar.d^m

Murdock C P inc . ^^. ^.^ ■ • -j^j Vop lines and 172 Se^n^HaloW^A'^'.left bottom l.nes and U.

l?Sle!m"erTpirslSs°°right-iop-lines and 150 rcS'ool "of Dramatic Technmue^. ^^-^^, -^i 198 Sequoia MaAiiiabturing Co^.^.^. .^..^^- -jj^^- -^^ 195 Seu'lberger' Dunham & ';° ; JefV top lines' and 193 Sherman ;ciav; S.' ^^ '^ ^nes -^^l^^ Simonds Machinery Co..-- — •■ ^^^g^ and 204

Smith Bros. ■.■■-■ '^'^'"' see classified tab

smith Hardward CO. ; ; ; .see legal section

Snook Snook & Cha^e U8

,« , Sohst Auto Repair C0.........':^^-jjj,g5 an^ 180

Oakland Chamber o£ Comme^rc^e^.^. .^.^^.^.^. .^._^^ ^^^ |^^re^r"c»on- Seryic^e^^ .,„.^.^^. ,,-,, -.^ Sfkl^d cX^e -of ■co,mnerce^.^..j.^^^..^.„a ,,, ^en^^^^;::;:,-^,^.^ Unes and 154

8«g^^n-lr^oSss^u;i^and2i2 gi^fliip:"-:-^:--^^"!^ "^ii

Oakland Title Ins & jG^e^ige. map and 207 | |trei^W,E^Co ;;:; l^ght -side linesWnd 168

,■ _, '.■ ■ ■ See legal section

gl^Al'MStS BuiA^^iiitom lines- Wnd 130 Paci-flc ■ Xuto - ■Painw-'j^jf "botiom ' lines - and 118

^ g^^'lVrWdded- Wheit Co:- }}}}■} ]^

piciflc Manufacturing CO. .^..^.^,-. J

Pacific Mutual Life ms ^^^^ ^^^ j.^^^ and 164 pacific Nash Motor-Co-.-.:-.-.len«d^i;^ and 117 '':^Lr'"Joddard-Se-c-r-et",alJchool...„^.^..^^^^ __

. . .right top lines union Pacific Laundry^^.^.^. -^^^^^^ -^^^^^ and

Parnay M Y. . . • ■ ; H,

Peirce Fair & °°,- • ' Co' ' ' -left side lines and 153 Pelican pure Water CO .... le ^.^^^ ^^^ 1„

Philips Calvin & Co. ^^....^ ^^^^ lm„ and 158 l^irechni^lus^^lss^ollege inc. . ., -^^^- ,„^ '^^ ' hr>th .Sides (end of buyer sguiuc

sunset Maj^K^m..^^^ ^as^^ j^b msert

Sussman Wormser & Co bacK covei ^^^

|;i.'a"'Sso'fi-Shl -p-a-per '&- Paint -Co! -.::-.::-. "1

Svndicaie Building. ;_.^. -.jv:- j-jj^-g ^nd 185 System Radio Shop The. .rigniiopi ^^^

Taft & Pennoyer Co icit top ni'c^ ^^^

Taylor & Smith Inc. lejt' top lines and 179

iThSsTJAtlJn'^Slng-^^nl Wk. .^^^ ^„

back cover Truman -undertaking- 'Co. front cover. 3

...both sides (end ol "uyei g s-— ^"and 186

Porter F F Company ^^-^^Zp lines and 191

Quinlan Nash W left side lines and 205

llSlr^s"La'w''&'c'oli^ctVon^Co^.j.^^.^.j^^^^ Reads 'Bonded Adiustment Bu«^u..^.^.^- -^-^ « Realty syndicate "Co:''.'. ^^.back cover and 187 lldwood Manufacturers Co .........•■• ■ i^

ret,'To'toV"c^aJ"So^Srca'Hf'ornia Inc. . - . . ■ • • U|

Vaniteria^c Ifil' iiries 'arid^ciassifl^ Ub msert

Venus The Inc. ■ • • ■'?'« top lines and 177

Walnut Grove Creamery., left top ne^ ^^^

Webb Motor Co rlgni smc ^03

Weber <= F & Co 'len'side lines and 202

^Ist'er^cl-Uege of Rj'^jJi-boMom line's and 198 western' N'orm'arinc.'..^.„left sWe lines and 199 ^filtrBrcthers.right bottom Un«.J59 White Star Laundry Co.. -do jj^^s and 151

WhiUhorne^& Swan ...... rlgn^^J^ lines and 199

w!ttlr^D^a^&. C?- ■ -J -lit -bitwm line's and 140 ^Tul g"^o|r|le?b'cT.right^side lines and 141

«nc\^ber'C0^....^^^^.,.^gandl74 right side unes and 191

INTRODUCTION

R. L. Polk & Co. (publishers of more than 700 other city, county, state and national directories) presents to its subscribers and to the general public this 1928 edition of the Oakland Directory (which also includes Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont).

Confidence in the growth of Oakland and its wealth, industry and population, as well as in the advancement of its municipal and social activities, will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for truly the directory is a mirror reflecting Oakland to the world.

The enviable place occupied by R. L. Polk & Co.'s directories in offices, stores, libraries and homes throughout our countr}-, causes the publishers to forecast the belief that the Oakland directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information of any and every kind pertaining to our city. With an imrivaled organization having the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional resi- dents, the publishers feel that the result of their labor will meet with the approval of every resident of the city.

Population

The estimated population of the East Bay is 515,172 based on the number of individual names in the alphabetical section of the Directory, w-ith due allowance for women and children, whose names are not in- cluded. Territory immediately adjacent, which is part of the city, as far as business and social life are concerned, is included in the Directory.

Five Major Departments

The several essential departments are arranged in the following order:

The Miscellaneous Department, pages 57 to 60, presents a variety of information, such as city government, county officials, courts. State and Federal officials, churches, post office, schools, fraternal and secret societies, a statistical summary, historical sketch, industrial, retail and wholesale surveys, etc.

The Buyers' Guide pages 109 to 214, printed on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of the leading manufacturing, business and profes- sional interests of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to the substantial ele- ments of the city. The advertisements have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and as such, merits a survey by all buyers keen to prime themselves on sources of supply. The city's activities, in many interesting phases, are interest- ingly pictured to reveal what it has in its show window. In an ambi-

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tious and progressive community like Oakland the need of this kind of information readily at hand is very great and frequently pressing. Gen- eral appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal patronage the City Directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.

The Alphabetical List of Names of residents, business firms and cor- porations is included in pages 247 to 1568. (A new feature of this sec- tion is the inclusion of wives' names in parenthesis following that of the husband.)

The Street and Avenue Guide of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley covers pages 62 to 94. In this section the names of the streets and avenues are arranged in alphabetical order.

The Classified Business Directory is included in pages 1569 to 1734. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and pro- fessional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epitome of the business interests of the community. "The Directory is the common intermediary between Buyer and Seller." As such it plays no small part in the daily doings of the business world. "More goods are bought and sold through the Classified Business Directory Section than through any other medium."

Municipal Publicity

The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as an industrial site, and as an educational center. To give emphasis to their desire to broadcast this information over the country, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, which are maintained in all the larger cities of the country, where they are readily available for free public reference and serve as perpetual advertisemnts of Oakland Alamda and Berkeley, for business men the country over realize that the City Directory rep- resents the community as it really is.

The R. L. Polk & Company Directory Library

There are over 400 of these Directory Libraries in the chain. One of them is maintained at 470 Thirteenth street room 11. The publishers invite use of it by the public whenever in the need of information on other cities.

The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the patronage of those progressive business and professional men who have expressed their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium with assur- ance that it will bring a commensurate return.

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♦ ♦ ♦ Your City . . .

OAKLAND

Lovely homes, beautiful gardens, a population of substantial worth * * * clubs that kindle fellowship, churches that make for inspiration, halls of learning that quicken intelligence

* * * quiet hills of green and brown, waters on lake and bay that bring refreshing coolness, a sweeping panorama of cities, mountain and Gate. In all the tvorld, no place to live like this!

Factories of modern design, up-to-date equipment, uniform employment * * * shops with the personal touch, never ending variety, unparalleled opportunity for advancement

* * * twentieth century offices, congenial workers, a spirit of high conquest. In all the world no place to work like this!

Glorious sunshine, cooling fog and sea breezes, a climate that in infinitely kind * * * beaches with the salt tang of the ocean, air that is sea-pure, sleep, sound sleep * * * links to putt on, gardens to dig in. radiating open roads to the play- ground of America. In all the world, no place to play like this!

Take Pride In Your City

OAKLAND

CHAMBER of COMMERCE

OAKLAND

"Industrial Capital of the West"

STATISTICAL SUMMARY

Commission Form of Qovernm.ent

Area — 60.25 square miles.

Altitude— Zero to 1800 feet.

Assessed valuation— $250,770,100 with 199 mill tax.

Parks — 44, with acreage of 628.

W'hite population — 322,616.

Colored population — 19,384.

Males— 175,900.

Females— 166,100.

Native-born population — 76.8 per cent.

Predominating nationalities — Italian, German, English, Portuguese, Canadians, Irish and Swedes.

City's bonded debt is $30,184,000.

Financial : 49 banks, 7 trust companies, with total deposits of $188,863,- 436, December 31, 1927: clearings of $969,103,181 annuallv.

Post Office receipts of $1,981,349.

Churches— 209.

Building and construction : \"alue of building permits. $20,794,669, with 7770 permits.

Real estate transfers total 25,557, valued at $129,517,481. About 42 per cent of homes owned. Dwellings — total number 70,297.

Industry : Number of establishments — 1289 manufacturers employing 45,825, paving wages of $62,400,000 annually and having products valued at $430,000,000 annually.

Trade: Territory (retail) serves 1,310,000 people within the trading area covering a radius of 20 miles. Jobbing territory serves 1,610,000 people within a radius of 40 miles.

Hotels: There are 120 hotels, with a total of 10,000 rooms. Newest hotel was built in 1928.

City served by 4 railroads.

Amusements : Largest auditorium seats 10,000 people. There are 39 theaters, with a total seating capacity of 30,000 people.

Hospitals number 26, with 2000 beds.

Education : 3 colleges, 66 schools, including 7 high schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 60,426. Total of teachers, 2400.

There are 146,304 volumes in the libraries of the citv.

City Statistics : Total street mileage, 676 with 508 miles paved and approximately 20 miles under construction or ordered ; 544 miles of sewers. Capacity of water works (private), 32,714,000 gallons daily average, with 1391 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $32,000,(X)0. Fire department employs 382 men, with following equip- ment: 10 autos, 24 engines, 8 hose and chemical wagons, 7 hook and ladder trucks, in 24 station houses. A'aluc of fire department with property is $934,539. Police department has 387 men, with 3 sta- tions and 45 pieces of motor equipment (14 motorcj'cles and 31 auto- mobiles).

OAKLAND

Oakland, situated on the continental side of San Francisco Bay, is the third largest city in California, the fifth largest on the Pacific Coast, and the fastest growing industrial city in the West.

Though it has grown with tremendous rapidity, both from the standpoint of population and the standpoint of industry, Oakland is a city of homes. Stretch- ing away from the bay there is ample room for a city of several million popula- tion before reaching the sloping hills which have become the exclusive residential section of each of the several cities along the eastern shore of the bay.

It is only in comparatively recent years that industries, recognizing the advantages offered by Oakland, began to claim the excellent factory sites along the bay shore. Today there are more than 1200 plants, making a total of more than 2300 different products in this great east bay district.

THE HARBOR

Oakland has 27 miles of deep water frontage on the greatest land-locked harbor in the world. Improved freight docking facilities have been installed by municipal and private interests, and repair facilities, superior to any on the Pacific Coast, are available here for the fleets of the world. Oakland lays claim to the largest floating dry docks in the world and the largest marine railroad. It has numerous other dry docks and marine railroads of lesser size.

A majority of the leading steamship lines, carrying either coastwise or trans- Pacific freight, have made Oakland a regular port of call, and the volume handled on Oakland docks is growing with great rapidity.

United States Government engineers recently recommended the expenditure of more than a million and one-half dollars on the Oakland harbor.

INDUSTRIES

The recently issued government census shows that Oakland gained 175.3 per cent in the number of persons engaged in manufacturing in the five years im- mediately preceding the compilation of these figures. In the same period of time Los Angeles gained 87.9 per cent and San Francisco 45.7 per cent.

In the matter of capital invested, Oakland gained 226.9 per cent, San Fran- cisco gained 124.1 per cent and Los Angeles 56.5 per cent.

Salaries and wages increased 378.6 per cent in Oakland, against 176.5 per cent in Los Angeles and 122.2 per cent in San Francisco; and the value of prod- ucts manufactured gained 326.5 per cent in Oakland, 170 per cent in Los Angeles, and 157.1 per cent in San Francisco in this five-year period.

W. C. Durant, when head of the General Motors, said that the efficiency of labor in his Oakland plant was greater than in any other plant of the extensive General Motors chain of factories throughout the United States. The fact that the new Durant factory was located in Oakland in the face of the greatest kind of competition from Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles, confirms the impression that the Durants were eminently well satisfied that Oakland offers the best manu- facturing conditions on the Pacific Coast. The manager of one of the largest fruit packing plants in the United States recently said that, in his judgment, an Oakland fruit packing plant's advantages in efficiency of labor over a similar plant in the Sacramento or San Joaquin valleys amount to 20 per cent.

CLIMATE

Oakland's climate is extremely equable. The average temperature for the twelve months is 57.1 degrees. The days are never too hot for comfort and the nights are always cool. Seldom, even In the so-called winter months, does the mercury drop to 32 degrees F. It is due to this ideal working climate that Oak- land shipyards — and incidentally Oakland is one of the largest shipbuilding

centers in the- world — were the ones to set one building record after another riuring the World War.

HEALTH CONDITIONS

In point of health Oakland has consistently ranked among the first cities of the nation for a long period of years, and statistics show that it has become an increasingly more healthful place for residents during the last fifteen years.

In 1920 Oakland ranked second in smallness of death rate out of a list of forty-three larger cities compiled by the United States Government. The rate which was then 11.6 per thousand was exceeded only by Seattle, where the death rate was 10.5.

It is noteworthy that Oakland, as indicated by the death rate, exceeds in health conditions both Los Angeles and San Francisco; in one case 3.4 per thou- sand and in the other by 3 per thousand.

POPULATION

The population of Oakland in 1910 was 150,174, in 1920, 216,261, a gain of approximately 44 per cent in a ten-year period. At the present rate of growth it will register a materially larger percentage of increase during the ten years between 1920 and 1930.

The cities of Berkeley and Alameda and the municipalities of EmerjTille, Piedmont, San Leandro and Albany have now grown together into one compact whole. It is these seven cities which are referred to as the East Bay community.

SCHOOLS

Few cities in the United States can boat of a more perfect school system than Oakland, or more attractive school buildings. Noted educators from every section of the world have praised Oakland's educational facilities. The present school enrollment is in excess of 60,000. In Berkeley, which adjoins Oakland on the north, is the great University of California, the largest in the United States in point of enrollment and incidentally one of the richest in the matter of endowment.

Oakland has 44 primary and grammar schools, 15 junior high schools and 7 high schools.

PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS

Oakland's new park and playground development- — a noteworthy feature of which was the acquisition last year of extensive municipal golf links — undoubt- edly will be conducive to a still higherlevel of health and well-being among resi- dents of this favored city. Among the Oakland parks which have attracted the attention of tourists from all parts of the world is beautiful Lake Merritt and Lakeside Park. Lake Merritt, situated in the center of the city, comprises 160 acres, and is surrounded by wonderfud lawns and beyond these by beautiful mod- ern homes and apartments. On one side of the lake is situated Oakland's new million dollar auditorium.

The waters of Lake Merritt are dotten the year round with canoes and launches and during the so-called winter months many thousand of wild ducks make Lake Merritt their home. Spring finds these traditionall wild birds almost as tame as barnyard fowls. They walk on the lawns and among the sightseers, apparently recognizing that their safety is assured.

The annual visit of these ducks that have adopted this spot in sunny Cali- fornia as their home has been made the occasion for pageants on the part of the people, and each January the now nationally known Wild Duck Pageant is held on the lake shore.

Possessed as it is of all those things considered essential for a great metropo- lis, with three transcontinental railways, its position on one of the world's great- est land-locked harbors and with ample room in which to make a tremendous expansion, Oakland's future is assured.

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Chamber of Commerce

Invites You to the Educational Metropolis of the Pacific Coast

Berkeley

Looking Through the Qolden Gate Offers You:

An ideal living and working climate, cool in summer, mild in winter.

The most favorable health conditions of any city of its size in America.

A City Manager government.

A successfully financed Community Chest providing for Berkeley's 20 welfare agencies.

The most modern and progressive police and fire protection.

Exceptionally fine schools preparing for the entrance to the University.

The University of California, one of America's greatest institutions of higher education.

A splendid industrial district giving oppor- tunity for light and heavy manufacturing.

Attractive homes, artistically designed, set in gardens of perennial bloom.

BERKELEY

Reaching along the base of the gracefully rolling Berkeley hills, the city looks westward over the glorious pageant of San Francisco Bay to the Golden Gate, the mystic portal through which the commerce of America and all the lands of the Pacific Ocean are interchanged. To the south of the Golden Gate it looks upon San Francisco built on its many hills. To the north it faces the Marin County hills rising into the gracefully chiseled profile of Mount Tamalpais. Close at hand lies a long stretch of plain sweeping from the bay shore and crowded with dwellings and the buildings of trade and industry. The whole panorama as revealed from the height of Berkeley is one of beauty and' splendor.

Southward extends the fair city of Oakland, its ships lying beside the docks, its factories crowding the waterfront and the graceful towers of its tall office buildings marking the business center, with Lake Merritt glistening like a jewel in its setting of park.

During the past thirty years Berkeley has emerged out of the obscurity of a little college town of four or five thousand people to the present city. In those pastoral days the country roads were dusty in summer and deep pools of mud made walking difficult in winter. Two board planks served as sidewalks and broad fields of grain and orchards of cherries and other fruit invited the way- farer to loiter. The townsfolk carried their lanterns when they walked abroad at night. A few of the wealthy residents had horses and buggies, and a horse car went out from Oakland to Temescal, where a wheezy little steam dummy con- nected with the University grounds.

Based on comparative figures of the government census of 1920 and the Berkeley Postoffice and Chamber of Commerce survey of 1926, Berkeley has a population of considerably over 85,000 inhabitants, including some 6000 students of the University from outside homes. Of this number over 7000 are commuters having their business in San Francisco. The metropolitan area of San Francisco and the East Bay cities includes in a compact district on the shores of the central Bay area a population estimated at 1,200,000 inhabitants distributed between the cities of San FVancisco, Oakland, Piedmont, Berkeley, Alameda, Richmond, Sausa- lito, and the smaller intervening cities.

From the standpoint of climate, site, living conditions and educational oppor- tunities, Berkeley is today a magnet attracting those who appreciate the better things of life. The great problem today is to keep up with the growth in popu- lation by making proper provision of schools, playgrounds, parks and other necessities of a rapid-growing community.

The University of California is located in the very heart of Berkeley on six hundred acres of beautiful hill slope and plain, with Strawberi-y Canyon in its midst, cutting back into the Berkeley hills. In the classic white granite buildings v.'ith red tile roofs, clustered around the graceful campanile, some 15,000 students pursue their studies in the regular session, the intersession and the summer ses- sion of the University. Included in the scope of its activities are one of the foremost colleges of mines in the country and a college of agriculture that is reaching out over the entire state in creating untold values to the land by its investigations of means for destroying pests of fruit and farm products, by teaching how to irrigate and to prune, by soil analysis and by removing the element of chance from husbandry and developing it into a science. Its college of architecture is training young men and women in the art of creating buildings nobly conceived in the light of ai-tistic traditions of the past and the engineering skill of the present. Its college of medicine is endowing the men and women who are to be the guardians of life and health of the people of tomorrow with new standards of proficiency. So in law, economics, commerce, the natural sciences, pedagogy, the classics, history, art and letters, the University of Cali- fornia, under the presidency of the eminent astronomer, William Wallace Camp-

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bell, is training the leaders of thouglit and action to take their places in the great democracy which is destined to shape the course of world history.

In addition to the thousands of native sons and daughters of the Golden West, the University of California is educating students from many states and from many nations. At the 192S Commencement were graduating students registered from China, Canada, Egypt, Philippine Islands, Russia, India, Spain, Japan, England, Holland, France, Australia, Finland, Canal Zone, Argentine .Germany, Syria, Denmark, Mesopotamia and South Africa. These young men and women are absorbing the training, customs and standards of American life and carrying them home to help in the gi-eat task of creating and interpreting world brother- hood in the nations of the world.

The athletes of the University of California have made many world's records, proving that California with equable coast climate, its out-of-door life and its abundance of fruit and vegetable food, together with exceptional sanitation and public health work, is producing a superior physical type of man. This fact is further demonstrated by the wonderful victories of the University of California rowing crew, which this year won the world's championship on the Sloten Canal at Amsterdam after having beaten the best crews in America. The fact that Helen Wills is a resident of Berkeley, a student of the University, and that she received her training in tennis here, while Helen Jacobs and many other tennis champions are products of the Berkeley courts, is evidence of the athletic supe- riority of Berkeley girls.

Residents of Berkeley have a singularly favorable chance of rearing all their children to maturity. The infant mortality rate over a period of years has been one of the lowest in the country and the general mortality rate has also been very favorable. The death rate per thousand inhabitants for 1926 was 9.89, which is an exceptionally good showing.

The thorough supervision of the milk supply by the Health I>epartment, the unceasing care of the water supply by the East Bay Water Company, and the work of the Welfare Organization, with its trained staff of visiting nurses, are important factors in this health record. By far the largest number of deaths in Berkeley occur in the age period between 60 and 80 years.

Another field in which Berkeley is doing pioneer work is the Police Depart- ment. The basis of Chief August Vollmer's work is the education of children who have established bad or unsocial habits. In this work he is now ably sec- onded by a highly trained policewoman. Many of the police officers are college graduates or students, chosen for a combination of physical and mental pro- ficiency. They are gaining a training which makes many other communities look to Berkeley for police chiefs. The lie detector, the highly developed finger- print department and the expert work in criminal identification have made the Berkeley police system internationally famous.

All charity, welfare and social agencies receive public contributions under the Community Chest plan, which has now served twenty-one agencies for the past four years.

Berkeley has operated for the past four years under the City Manager form of government, which has been conducted in a thoroughly business-like way and has gained very general approval from the community. John N. Edy has served as City Manager since the revised charter was adopted. The Mayor at the present time is M. K. Driver, who with the city council is enthusiastically behind Mr. Edy and his administration.

Under the able leadership of Superintendent L. W. Smith, Berkeley has an exceptionally efficient and successful school department. It has a large and well-conducted High School, four Junior High Schools, and a complete elementary and kindergarten system. Children are taught by the group project plan, which is as inspiring and fascinating to the children as it is effective in training. Berkeley's greatest school need today is more buildings to accommodate the rapidly growing registration of pupils.

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On the waterfront Berkeley has over a hundred factories which produce over ?50,000,000 of diversified products annually. Cocoanut oil, soap and automobile, marine and airplane engines, ink, and various types of metal, wood and food prod- ucts, are among the larger industries, but the articles manufactured cover a wide field. Owing to superior climatic and living conditions, many manufacturers are today seeking locations in this favored city, where the workers live in comfortable individual homes and where out-of-door life is agreeable all the year round. The Chamber of Commerce, which has made a careful annual survey of Berkeley industries, has worked for selected, high-grade types of factory, and has pointed out the value in reducing turnover, of having factories of good architecture and surrounded by gardens of flowers.

The hills are attracting many of the leaders of business in the bay cities who commute from their charming homes set in gardens of perennial bloom. A ferry and electric train service unexcelled in the country carries them back and forth, many retired army and navy officers, after seeing the world, have chosen Berkeley for a permanent home.

The presidents of some of the leading banks of San Francisco, business and professional men in varied fields and officials in high positions in the government and other public services make their homes in Berkeley.

This city is winning a national reputation as an art center, and painters, writers, sculptors, architects, composers and performers of music, as well as land- scape architects and workers in the various handcrafts, make their homes and have their studios in Berkeley.

The Chamber of Commerce has cooperated with the City Government in many ways, and among others, in endeavoring to assist in city planning and the acquisi- tion of more parks and playgrounds. Berkeley is calling to men and women of distinction in science and art to come to the college city, destined to become more and more the center of learning and art of the Pacific, to help to plan and to build here a city worthy of this peerless site.

The Indo-European stock from which builders of Western civilization have grown took its origin in the shadow of the Himalayas. The Indian Ocean was its first theater of action. Thence it traveled westward through the Red Sea into the Mediterranean and builded there the civilizations of Greece and Rome. Through the Pillars of Hercules it swept, on into the Atlantic, and Spain, France, Italy, The Netherlands and Britain grew into maturity and strength. Then still west- ward it moved into the New World, conquering the American wilderness and building the first great democracy that spelled the doom of kings. On it pressed, westward, ever westward, over prairie and plateau, over desert and mountain, until Fremont stood upon the Contra Costa hills and named the Golden Gate.

Today Berkeley, christened by the founders of the University of California after the idealistic Bishop of Cloyne, stands upon the westernmost rim of Western civilization, looking through the Golden Gate, out over the vast waste of the Pacific. Beyond the sea is the ancient East, that land of hoar antiquity teeming with its millions. California is the farthest west where the New World must pile upon the last margin of the Indo-European migration. Berkeley, the Intellectual center of California, standing upon its hill slopes with the vision of the setting sun in its mystic portal, must look steadfastly through this gateway and must ponder along on the problem which it conjures to the imagination. The Pacific, now linked by the Panama Canal with the Atlantic, is the center of the civiliza- tion of tomorrow. Here where West meets East in trade and the interchange of ideas, is the theater of the mighty deeds of the world to be. Berkeley, the Pacific capital of learning, must fit herself to be worthy of the leadership which fate has thrust upon it. It must rear a city of supreme beauty wherein men will think great thoughts and exercise that leadership which flows from knowledge and high ideals. Come to us, all you who see the vision, and help us to worthily fulfill our destiny. Berkeley, looking through the Golden Gate, is calling you!

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ALAMEDA

Alameda, known as the "city with unexcelled climate," is located on the San Francisco Bay. It is one o( the most beautiful homesites in the Bay District.

The Beaches located all along the south shore are the greatest vacation attraction. They offer bathing, boating, playgrounds for children, dancing and all manner of amusements. These beaches attract the amusement seekers, not only from Alameda, but from the entire Bay District.

The Beaches are not the only source of amusement. The Municipal Golf Course on Bay Farm, Island, in the south end of Alameda, offers a very atractive course for those interested in golfing. The course is equipped with a modern Club House and Restaurant. The course is well patronized.

The Parks, one of Alameda's chief beauties, serve every residential section. Daily attendance averages 2085 people, the majority being children who seek outdoor amusement and recreation so generously offered by the Park Department. With all these residential advantages, it is not to be assumed that Alameda's industrial attractions play a small part, for she is unsurpassed for industrial and manufacturing purposes, having a water frontage of 14 miles, five of which are situated on the estuary, offering splendid shipping facilities.

The Encinal Terminals, after looking over the entire East Bay District, found Alameda the most favorable site for its location. It has plans for the construction of seven more units such as the two already established.

The Alaska Packers Association, also located on the Estuary, is one of the largest salmon packing concerns in the world. Alameda was selected as a base because of the sheltered winter quarters furnished for its large fleet.

The Boyle Manufacturing Company have expanded their organization consid- erably during the past few years. They recently purchased an area of land near by their present factory and constructed a large factory.

Besides her natural beauty Alameda also has acquired embellishments in the form of beautiful buildings. The new million and a half dollar High School recently completed is the most beautiful and modern in the state. The Alameda Sanatjorium, situated in a most ideal site on the south shore of the city, is another one of Alameda's new and modern edifices.

Alameda's most beautiful and outstanding building is the new Hotel Alameda, built of old Spanish architecture and furnished in similar style. This hotel is a transient-apartment hotel and serves as the social center of the city.

With its reputation as a manufacturing, horticultural and residential city, the social life is not overlooked. There are lodges and benevolent organizations such as the Elks Club, with its beautiful home, The Women's Adelphian Club, which has done wonderful work since its organization and now takes its place among the leading women's clubs in California. The Alameda Tea Club, the Shakespeare Club, the Research Club, the Alcyon Reading Club are among the women's clubs in active operation. Every school has a Mother's Club and the High School a Parent-Teachers Association.

Alameda has a population of 38,000. It is under the City Manager form of government. The complete system of paved streets, of which Alameda boasts, possesses electroliers placed at intervals of 75 feet. Alameda owns its electric light plant, which makes the electric rates about 25 per cent lower in Alameda than in neighboring cities. Taxpayers in Alameda are not taxed for street or other public lighting.

Flowers grow in profusion in the city, the dahlia being the most prolific. A unique blossom festival, the annual Dahlia Show, participated in by flower growers of Alameda and held under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, brings out thousands of dahlias.

The Alameda Chamber of Commerce recently published a new booklet which gives some very valuable information on Alameda. They shall be very glad to send out any literature upon request.

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CITY COUNCIL OF OAKLAND

Upper Left— EUGENE K. STURGIS, Commis- Upper Right — FRANK COLBOURN, Commis-

sioner of Revenue and Finance. sioner of Public Works.

Lower Left — W. H. PARKER. Commissioner of Lower Right — CHAS. C. YOUNG. Commissioner

Streets. of Public Health and Safety.

Center — JOHN L. DAVIE. Mayor of Oakland.

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

Mayor's Message

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Honorable Citii Counril. City Hall. Oak-la7i(l. California.

Gentlemen :

In accordance toith the custom of previous years, and as required by flip City Charter, I present herewith my annual messafie and report on the City of Oakland for the past year.

"Oakland is the most prosperous city in America."

This statement was made during the fiscal year by the largest statistical organization of the country — while United States Chamber of Commerce records point out that Oak- land during 1927 was one of only three cities in the United States to remain in the first or "white" group. Only two factors registered decrease, one due to certain great financial consolidations, and the other to the nation-wide halt in building that followed the almost hectic construction programs of 1926 and early 1927.

Bank clearings declined because of several large banking and clearing house reor- ganizations. Yet bank debits, true criterion of exchange of money and commodities, increased over 30 per cent; in 1926 being $2,065,256,000, and in 1927 increasing to .?2,707,- 226,000, a total increase of over Half a Billion dollars in one year.

Building permits of 1927 fell to $20,794,669— a decrease of 26 per cent under the previous year of unparalleled downtown construction operations which brought Oakland to the forefront among cities of her size in early 1927.

Despite the apparent slacking off of these two indexes, however, records still point out Oakland's supremacy. General business is the standard of proof and Oakland, to put it bluntly, is in this respect not only the most prosperous but the fastest growing in the country. To show local comparisons but three figures are needed: San Francisco's average rate of business increase is today 5% per cent; that of Los Angeles is 9 per cent; Oak- land's is 13 per cent.

Statistics — Federal, State, County and City — indicate that this progress and growth touch all phases of our community life: business, recreation, home. Bank debits, post oflSce receipts, building permits, installation of public service facilities — all indicate steady, speedy growth based upon foundations of indisputable reliability and permanence.

The following summation, approximated from the actual figures of the first eleven months of the fiscal year 1927-28, reflects this with deflniteness and clarity. Compared with them are the figures of twelve years ago.

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Population 187.000

Bank deposits $73,000,000

Bank clearings $223,000,000

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Postal receipts $560,000

Building permits (number) 3.380

Building permits (value) $5,368,(K)0

Assessed valuation $145,000,000

Carloads of freight 81,00fl

National industries 24

Motor Vehicle registrations 18.000

Theatres 6

Banks 5

School registration 23.000

Number of vessels arrived 1.500

Cargo tonnage 182.000

Feet of lumber carried 5,000,000

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INDUSTRY

Industrial figures likewise indicate our city's development. Compared with 1916 their proof is clear.

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Establishments Employees Annual Payroll Yearly Output

1916 573 7.706 $5,966,000 $28,522,000

1927-28 1,289 45,825 62,400,000 430,000,000

These figures also point out the attitude Oakland should assume toward newcoming industries or mercantile concerns. We are proud of our two slogans: '■Oakland, Where Rail. Air and Water Meet." and "Oakland. Industrial Capital of the We.^t." Both of these are statements of truth — based upon actual facts and figures. The reason for their truth lies in Oakland's outstanding location from the standpoint of giving service to her own ctizens and to the rest of the world.

Western and Pacific Coast markets select Oakland for factory location and warehouse storage for many fundamental reasons. One is that Oakland, according to statistical ex- perts, is 15 per cent nearer to the entire Pacific Coast population than is any other city. and also that it furnishes the most etficient route to the markets of he Pacific Ocean. Another is that, according to government figures, Oakland has the best year-round work- ing climate in the United States. Still others are that low land values, which reduce capital investment and overhead; the presence of abundant and cheap power, which also reduces production costs; the proximity of manifold transcontinental and oceanic trans- portation services, which reduces handling and carrying charges; and the closeness of the rich and productive back country, which lessens cost of raw materials and of food commodities — all combine to make factory operation low and living conditions cheaper and better for labor itself.

Oakland's living costs are about 15 per cent lower than in eastern industrial centers, while Oakland's death rate per thousand population is only 10 as compared with 14 for the entire United States.

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Industry seeks such perfect locations ' and such unequalled climate as Oakland has available. It should be the duty of Oakland and representative Oakland organizations to get behind a movement, not only to point out our advantages to big industry, not only to settle big industrial plants on the magnificent sites on and adjacent to our harbor and many transcontinental railroad terminals, but to see that such industries, when once fettled here, are given every opportunity for succrsa and advancement. Our climate and other advantages are known — but Oakland must also gain ajid keep the reputation of being a city appreciating the location of great industries, and eager to do all in her power to aid them. To achieve such a result, Oakland must present to all comers a united and harmonious front — for industries, like individuals, prefer a community determined to make the best of its opportunities and convinced that by so doing it can achieve great- ness. Witness Los Angeles with not half our natural advantages.

Great concerns, with their huge payrolls, have greatly accelerated the wave of pros- perity already started by our own purely local organization. Moreover, through their affiliations in the Eastern centers of industry, Oakland's name is becoming nationally know nas a city of industrial opportunity, while the "Oakland" stamp on their products is carried into every port and nation in the world. Yet we must not be content — we in Oakland must demand more, and present a concordant and unselfish front In co-operating with newcomers for our mutual success.

THE Bl'SIXESS DISTRICT

Despite the unprecedented building activities in our do\\aitown district during the fiscal year of 1926-27. as has been mentioned. Oakland in the past year has seen a large number of splendid developments in the same area. Many of these are not yet completed, yet the record of their initiation comes within the scope of this history.

Properly first among these is the new building of the recently organized Capwell- Emporium Company, a Ten Million Dollar corporation, which is now being built to cover practically a city block bounded by Telegraph Avenue, Twentieth Street, Broadway and Nineteenth Street. This mercantile house w-ill cover 80,000 square feet of land, and though present plans call for a structure four and one-half stories in height with a floor space of over eleven acres, the foundation is being constructed to withstand the weight of a seven-story building. It will cost Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars: and the total value of the improvements, including land, will approximate at least Five Million. Its construction is a monument to the faith in Oakland of great mercantile interests — while its development between two main North and South arterials at 20th Street is indicative of the determination of big business to break from the old barriers bounded on the north by 14ih and Broadway and to follow its northern trend of traffic.

Another proof that business is expanding beyond the old barriers is the construction of the ?150.000 New Century Market on the block bounded by Jefferson on the East, Fourteenth on the North, Grove on the West and Thirteenth on the South. Such location on Fourteenth Street, our most widely used cross-cit> artery starting where the combined Alameda County highways join at our Eastern boundary line and flowing westward through the heart of Oakland straight for the Western waterfront, marks a construction most logical. The construction will be of the most modern type, including the newest developments in refrigeration and sanitary devices, all conveniences for the shopping public, radio towers, even a menagerie for the children of customers. As an added facility the New Century Market organization has purchased a large area on the block to the south to be used as a parking lot for its customers, with gas. oil. and repair service in readiness. The market itself, with 192 stalls, already has received nearly 790 offers for space — it will be the largest west of the Mississippi and one of which all Oakland can well be proud.

Of outstanding importance in the way of civic development as well as new construc- tion are the newly formed Women's City Club and the Women's Athletic Club. The six- story building of the former, costing $350,000, is nearly completed, covering a large footage on Alice Street, just north of Fourteenth. The latter is rising six stories in the Grand Avenue district, covering an area of 140 by 132 feet on Bellevue Avenue facing Lake Merritt. Designed by Oakland architects, it will have all the conveniences of the modern athletic club, swimming pool, gymnasium, dining and lounge rooms, private living rooms, and so on. Both these buildings are tokens of the civic enterprise of Oakland women, and fine additions to the city's social, club and civic life.

Oakland women are again to be congratulated in the completion this year of the new Baby Hospital, on Dover Street, costing $282,757. This philanthropic enterprise has for long taken a prominent place among our city's charitable organizations, and the new construction comes as result of the untiring efforts and mutual sacrifice of hundreds of public spirited Oakland women.

The new Peralta Hospital, built at Thirtieth and Hawthorne Streets, costing 1500,000. and equipped with every latest medical and hygenic device, is another notable addition to Oakland's many fine hospital facilities.

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Madison-Lake Apartments, completed during; year on Madison Street at Lakeshore Driv bodying latest features of the hotel-apartment type of dwelling.

Another pioject initiated during the year is the new Girl's Hotel. The construction of this building, to cost $350,000, is anticipated in the near future.

The new Franklin Building — twelve stories high, costing $380,000, and completed last fall on Franklin Street near Seventeenth — is another fine addition to our downtown buildings. It marks a continuation of the permanent development of Franklin Street, a development that found its impetus when after many years of effort I finally brought about the removal of the car tracks, converting Franklin into one of Oakland's new and finest business boulevards.

In the amusement field the outstanding construction is the new $800,000 Oakland Theatre, now almost completed on Telegraph Avenue, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets. This marks the fourth large unit of the West Coast Theatre organization in Oak- land. With its 4500 seating capacity it will be one of the largest moving picture houses in the country.

The Duffwin Theatre, dedicated to the "legitimate" stage, now practically completed on Seventeenth Street between Telegraph and San Pablo Avenues at a cost of $150,000, marks the second theatre to be built this year well north of the old Fourteenth Street barrier of Oakland's business center. As does the new Oakland Theatre, this also points out the faith of theatrical people in our city, and is indicative again of the growing ten- dency of Oakland people to find amusement within our own boundaries.

These two theatrical developments give me the opportunity of urging once more that Oakland peoiile patronize Oakland places of amusement. Our city now offers increasingly the best in both the legitimate and the motion picture theatrical business, as well as in the complementary adjunct of excellent places of refreshment and dancing in hotels and restaurants and cabarets.

That Oakland's theatrical status is being more and more recognized, it is only neces- sary to point out that this year the Chicago Grand Opera Company chose the Oakland Municipal Auditorium tor its only Bay District performances, and that such New York companies as brought out the Student Prince and the Desert Song likewise produced in Oakland. The Chicago Opera Company played four night, with an average paid attend- ance of 6500 persons each performance. On this I will write more fully later — but the

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Moraga Fire House, opened during early part of year on Moraga Road — an innovation in fire house buildings given publicity all over the country.

point I wish to make here is that our own city now offers the best in the amusement line and Oaklanders will do well to patronize their own home theatres, hotels, cabarets and restaurants. We have the best, and every dollar spent on this side of the Buy is a dollar suipporting Oakland enterprise and Oakland citizens.

Other new buildings of consequence are the Income Securities Building and the Wm. A. Cavalier Building on Fourteenth Street, the first north between Franklin and Web- ster, the second south between Franklin and Broadway. Apartment house additions that are notable are the Madison-Lake, six stories and costing $600,000 on Lakeside Drive at Lake and Madison Streets; and the new Jackson Residential Hotel, costing $450,000 and with six stories on the west side of Jackson Street just south of the Lake. Both are the new apartment-hotel type, including in their limits barber shops, beauty parlors, drug stores, medical attendance, and novelty shops — a credit to the city.

ADMIXISTRATH-E ACHIEVEMENTS

Twenty Per Cent Tax Reduction Effected

The outstanding achievement of the administration marking the fiscal year just passed is the reduction of the property tax. It has long been my conviction, and in this 1 am backed by economists and tax experts of this country and of Europe, that low property taxes invariably result in an influx of new citizens, new industry, new business. In the past. I grieve to state, several great industries, though enthusiastic over Oakland's industrial location where rail, air and water meet, and wide awake to our all year- round working climate — declared by government appraisers to be the best working climate in America — nevertheless located in other coast cities because Oakland's former tax rate added too exorbitantly to their operating overhead.

In fixing the city budget at the beginning of the past fiscal year, therefore, the new administration, looking to Oakland's reputation as an industrial city as well as to the needs of our home-owning public, cut over One Million Dollars from the expenditures of the previous year. This resulted in reduction of the Oakland city tax rate — with no in- crease in assessments — by 51c; bringing the old tax rate of $2.50 down to $1.99. This radical tax cut and stand for economy had its effect upon the Alameda County authori- ties, who promptly followed our example, cutting the county rate from $3.60 to $3.17.

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The total tax rate for Oaklanders was therefore reduced from a total of 16.10 to a total of $5.16 — saving Oakland owners of homes, business property and industrial sites prac- tically One Dollar on evei-y Hundred Dollars at which their property was assessed. Un- doubtedly this great reduction of approximately Twenty per cent in tax-overhead was one of the causes of the Spring building activity hitherto described — and just as undoubt- edly it will result in an influx of new settlers, both of those seeking homes and those searching for Pacific Coast industrial plant location.

Indicative of the manner in which the taxes could be cut and sti'l maintain municipal efliciency 1 have Imt to mention the Street Department ainirojiriation, which was reduced from the $870,000 of the previous year down to $550,000 in the last year. Needless employees, numbering some 105, were dispensed with, resulting in a great saving with no loss of departmental efficiency — while the policy of putting in only concrete streets, which I urge and upon which I will speak later, will also ultimately result in still further reduction in upkeep. Consolidation of Tax Assessment and Collection Functions

Another great saving was achieved by a consolidation of two city and county offices, which I advocated many years and finally put through to be effective during the just passed fiscal year; namely, the merging of the assessment and collection of city taxes with the similar county functions. This has resulted in the saving, for the one year alone, of over $95,000. In the fiscal year 1926-27 it cost the city assessor's and tax collector's offices $105,000 to perform these functions. In the year just riassed, the County did the same work for the city for the total sum of approximately $8,000. The saving amounts to nearly five cents on the tax rate. In my ajipeal for "City and County" government for Oakland, to be dwelt upon later on. I will show how the consolidation of all our governmental functions can cut even our present reduced total Oakland-Alameda County tax rate approximately in half. Income Other Than Taxes — Compi'ehensive Business License

Tax cuts resulted in a gross- reduction of something like a Million and a Quarter Dol- lars— with a net reduction of governmental expenses very close to One Million, as has been stated. In order to meet the odd Quarter Million; therefore, the new administration

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adopted a program of getting all possible legitimate revenue from other sources than taxes. Outstanding among such sources is the system of licensing business, a plan in operation in practically every other big city of the country. As first contemplated when making out the budget, business was to be licensed upon a gross income basis in ac- cordance with systems adopted by San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, Chicago and other great cities. This, however, met with such objection that an arbitrary license plan was adopted, based upon the averages of other cities. At the time of the adoption of the comprehensive business license ordinance in the early months of 1928, some Twenty Per Cent of businesses had for many years been paying tc'ward the sup- port of government. The new plan merely extended this support to all businesses and professions, spreading the cost of government in a more equitable and just manner. It brought during the tiscal year an additional $240,000 into the treasury — result in the net saving of this fiscal year, as stated, of approximately One Million Dollars under last. Oakland business men on the whole are convinced, as am I myself, that reduction of property tax, resulting in infiux of property purchasers and new industry and home seekers, results in great benefit to the general citizenship. Shortly prior to this writing, also, the courts have upheld the city's action in this regard.

Wet Garbage

For the first time in history Oakland this year availed herself of another source of income used by practically every other city in the country; namely, the sale of wet garbage. Under the State Sanitary Laws, control of wet garbage is placed in the hands of municipalities. In accordance with this the new administration took over the wet garbage of all places producing 50 gallons or more per week, and sold the contract for its purchase, through efforts of the Commissioner of Streets, to a concern whose similar contractual relationship with neighboring cities has been of the best. In this way the city now receives a minimum income of $24,000 per year, where formerly we received nothing. At the same time the contract protects the city from such menacing accumu- lations of wet garbage as occurred during the State-wide "hoof and mouth" epidemic among cattle and hogs of a few years ago. It is pre-eminently a health measure, yet the income derived through the new measure amounts to well over a cent on the tax rate and saves the average taxpayer so much more. Dry Garbage

In this connection a word about the present dry garbage contract, which expires December 27, 1928, is apropos. This contract exists between the City of Oakland and the Oakland Scavengers Association, the latter a partnership. It brings to the City of Oak- land a minimum monthly guarantee of $1,600, but at the same time the City must pay out, on a tonnage basis, something like $90,000 per year to the Signal Steamship Com- pany for disposal of the garbage at sea.

The so-called "garbage investigation" of last Fall clearly indicated that garbage, both wet and dry, has a value greatly under-estimated by the public at large. I therefore recommend that when the new dry garbage contract is let, and this must be some time prior to the expiration of the present agreement, this Council see to it that the City's monthly minimum income be stipulated in as large a sum as possible. At the same time the contract should be on such an adjusted scale that the City would have to pay nothing at all for disposal. It is my understanding that the present contractors, as well as others, stand ready and willing to co-operate in such manner with the City. Whoever gets the contract, however, must be fully equipped for, and placed under sufficient bond to guar- antee, the uninterrupted collection of dry garbage so that the health interests of the City cannot suffer. Police Activities and Pine.s

Another addition to the city income has resulted through the doubled activities of the Oakland Police Department, under Commissioner Charles C. Young and Chief of Police Donald Marshall. Doubled enforcement of prohibition and traffic laws resulted in an income of something like $70,000 over and above last year's police income. I wish to congratulate the Police Department upon its activity, and to convey the city's appreci- ation also to the police judges, Edward J. Tyrrell and Howard Bacon, for their aid in this enforcement work. As a result our city is cleaner in the way of criminality and petty law breaking than ever before in its history, and the City Treasury greatly bene- fitted through fines paid by such law violators.

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Increased enforcement of ordinances pertaining to the Oakland Pound has likewise resulted in an addition of several thousand dollars income over last fiscal year's.

City Attorney's Department

Special mention must here be made of the activities of the newly reorganized City Attorney's Department. Through the income possibilities of this department are of secondary importance, nevertheless during the fiscal year just passed it brought in to the city an unanticipated income of $25,000. This w^as welcome, of course, but the main

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point is tliat the efficient force developed under City Attorney Preston Higgins, an ap- pointee of my own under the new administration coming in July 1. 1927. not one case has been lost, and some forty odd cases that had been before the department for many years were promptly compromised or taken into court and brought to speedy adjudi- cation to the city's gain. The new division of duties among the deputies. Alfin N. Nelson. Stanley Wood, Homer Buckley and John W. Collier, who respectively have the func- tions of Street Assessment. Public Utility. Ordinance Making. Railroad Commission Work and so on, is an excellent one and greatly facilitates municipal legal activities.

That Mr. Higgins. too. has been chosen to head the city attorneys of all Oakland Metropolitan District cities in their fight against increase of Telephone Rates, is also a matter for congratulation. The matter of public utilities will be taken up later.

One part-time addition to the City Attorney's staff I am glad to see has been granted hy Council: namely a deputy to be appointed for a period of nine months every second year when the State Legislature meets. Such a man should be entrusted with the draw- ing of bills and the compiling of arguments therefor which the City of Oakland may wish to be introduced into Legislature, and likewise appear before Legislature during its ses- sion. During past times Oakland has merely sent a representative for a few days to Sacramento when something specifically affecting our interests was at stake — a city employed "Legislative Counsel." devoting all his time to such duties, will be invaluable.

City Planning-'

Of particular importance, and including one of the most important functions now accruing to city government, is the matter of City Planning. This year, in accordance with a new State law approved by Governor C. C. Young in June, 1927, I appointed a City Planning Commission.

This Commission is now actively engaged in formulating plans for the more efficient and esthetic development of the physical aspect of our city. It already has approved a Major Highway and Traffic Plan, which is now before the Council for study before final adoption. Sufficiently broad traffic inlets and outlets, for a city growing so fast as is our own. are of vast importance. Activities of the Street Department depend, from the stand- point of main traffic arteries, largely if not entirely upon the adoption of a Major Plan, and such a plan should be adopted as soon as study has been completed.

The Clay Street opening, the fuller development of the northern and southern cross- town arteries, the broadening of San Pablo Avenue, of College Avenue, of Twenty-second

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Street from Broadway to the Western waterfront, relief from congestion of the Twelfth Street Dam, development of a Civic Center, all of these are before the Commission, but largely dependent upon the early adoption of such a plan as is mentioned above.

Other matters coming under initiative jurisdiction of the City Planning Commission, but dependent upon final action of the City Council, are such important questions as Zoning, Heights of Buildings. Architectural Control and Control of Subdivisions. In other w'ords, the Planning Commission duties include the broad and comprehensive study of the demands of the city from the standpoint of its physical needs and welfare in almost every aspect of community life.

Heights of IJuildings

Prom my own experience as Mayor of the City for nearly eighteen years I know the need of opening main highways to avoid congestion, particularly in the downtown dis- trict. And in connection with this. I would also advocate limiting the heights of future downtown buildings to a maximum of 150 feet — this will spread the business district and make individual business houses more easy of access; and would bring as a natural consequence a more facile use of downtown streets. Automobile Parking

The automobile parking situation must also be met in this connection, and it is not unlikely that some plan will be arrived at whereby parking will be prohibited entirely in certain present business sections. Here, too, I would urge our building public to con- struct more of the permanent type of downtown automobile storage garages. One is already contemplated near the corner of San Pablo and Sixteenth Street which. I am informed, will have a capacity of nearly a thousand cars. Others should be paying propo- sitions at other centrally located points in the heart of the city.

Open parking lots I believe are not a good thing for a city. They may bring in some small income to the owner who is awaiting substantial development, but they are un- sightly and militate at once against early development and against the legitimate busi- ness interests of those who have built permanent and taxable improvements in the way of garages and auto storage houses.

It is my belief, also. that what is known as the Grand Avenue District — bounded by Grand Avenue on the south and east, Santa Clara on the north, and Orange Street and Harrison Boulevard on the west — should be thrown open to apartment house construc- tion. This close-in hill district and the downtown business section are rapidly growing together; and, with the value of the land militating against construction of private homes, the former is pre-eminently fitted for the finest apartment house district In the country. It is my belief, however, that it should be zoned piecemeal, that severe archi- tectural control of the apartment buildings should be exercised, and that setbacks should be established on all four sides of buildings constructed. In this way the Grand Avenue District can in time be a feature of efficiency and beauty beyond anything like it in the United States.

Clear Twelfth Street Dam of Car Tracks

One definite recommendation I desire at this time to state I have placed before the City Planning Commission with request for immediate action. This is a matter I have advocated for many years, but — undoubtedly because of the influence of the Key System Traction Company in the City — have never been able to secure sufficient Council vote to put over; namely, the removal of car tracks from their present location in the center of the congested Twelfth Street Dam and their re-location on the Auditorium grounds just south of the sidewalk lining the south curb of the dam itself.

This would be an immediate improvement of inestimable worth. It would clear the dam of present obstacles without adding a single extra hazard; and, because under such a plan Auditorium visitors could be discharged from street cars directly on the grounds, it would effectually prevent stoppage of motor vehicle flow on the dam such as is now caused when such easterly traffic is held up while street car passengers cross the road- way to reach the grounds from the present tracks.

This re-location of tracks I anticipated when I had the new culvert over the Lake Merritt tidal canal constructed just south of and contiguous of the dam itself. It would cost the Traction Company not over $40,000, but the usual objections are put up. How- ever, it is as I have said a workable and expedient solution of the present dam conges- tion, and if carried out would save the taxpayers many millions that other and more grandiose solutions, often proposed, would cost them. I cannot urge the immediate order- ing of this track re-location too strongly. The new City Planning Commission, in plan- ring improvements for the City, must notforget that grand scale solution of our traffic situation must necessarily cost vast sums of money, and that such money must come from only one source, the pockets of hard-working taxpayers.

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DEPARTMENTAL DEVELOPMENT

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The Oakland Harbor, under direction of the lately formed Port Commission, is rapidly going ahead, building for the future. Although last year it received a substantial appro- priation from the tax levy, it is now entirely self-supporting.

Three large developments under direction of the Port Commission stand as eminently worthy of note. These are the completion of the Fourteenth Street dock and warehousing facilities on the western waterfront, the completion of the Grove Street dock and ware- house on the Estuary, and the inauguration and development of the now world- famous Oakland Airport on Bay Farm Island. -■Virport

Most significant of these three, from standpoint of popularity and municipal ad- vertisement and prestige, is the Oakland Airport. It is this high value of the latter facil- ity that has caused me to insert the word "Air" in our slogan, "Oakland, Where Rail and Water Meet" — as witness the cover of this pamphlet.

Although less than a year ago, the Oakland Municipal Airport has already served as a starting point for five successful trans-Pacific flights, and is operating today on a sound commercial basis as a complete aerial harbor, equipped for any kind of day and night flying. It is a western base for airmail and for many commercial companies operating from San Diego to Seattle, and from Oakland to all points eastward. Its 825 acres, meas- uring from east to west 7200 feet and from north to south 8336 feet, are entirely within the city boundaries, perfectly level and tile drained, free from snow and severe rains and with little fog, unobstructed for landing or taking off, and with a 7200-foot runway straight into the prevailing westerly breeze which averages in velocity only 10 miles per hour.

Meteorologically perfect, it is no wonder Oakland Airport has been chosen for prac- tically every attempt to span the Pacific. It was the starting point for each of the suc- cessful attempts, namely, the successful flights of Maitland and Hegenberger, Ernest Smith, certain of the Dole flyers, and for the Smith-Kingsford flight to Australia via Honolulu and the Fiji Islands. These flights gave our city publicity that swept Oakland's name around the world with news of the successful feats themselves.

Colonel Charles Lindberg, in an address at the Airport during his post-Atlantic flight tour, said: "This is the best field I have ever seen;" while Anthony H. G. Fokker, noted designer and aviation authority, has stated of Oakland: "Your airport is the liest in America. When completed, it iciU eren surpass that of Berlin, which today is called the best 171 the world."

The land on which the port is located cost the citizens of Oakland $768,000, and improvements to date have cost in the neighborhood of $350,000. The latter consist of a complete tile drainage system and leveling and planting to tough grasses, the building of an administration building and four hangars — two of which are 90 by 200 feet, a third 120 by 200, and a fourth 142 feet wide by 300 feet long— the installation of the latest type of flood lighting and other illumination systems, the development of complete service for all types of planes, and the anticipated construction of restaurant, comfort stations, gas and oil supply depots, sewer system, independent water supply, first aid

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facilities, press room, dormitory witli baths for pilots, waiting room, ticket office, and aerological station. A railroad spur track comes to witliin 100 feet of the hangars, and a channel is being dredged from San Leandro Bay to give speed boat service from the City.

AIRPORT — OPERATION

The following statistics of the activities at the Airport, with gross revenues accruing are soibmitted for the periods given:

Landings Passengers Gross Revenue

November. 1927 2072 756 ? .356.80

December, 1927 2066 790 465.00

.January, 1928 2475 1388 IVA 33

February, 192S 2567 2031 1503.00

March, 1928 4648 3170 2246.78

April, 1928 6666 4514 2444.17

May, 192S 74S3 4810 2729.25

.June, 1928 6732 47i)0 2786. S9

July, 192S 1. . 7268 6590 3193.18

The swift growth of Airport activity is obvious. Airplane Factories, Testing Grounds and Air Schools

With the general developments of the airplane industry throughout the country, and with the s|)ecific improvement of Oakland Airport and the comprehensiveness of its facilities, it is now Oakland's opportunity to bring, to the thousands of acres of level land adjacent to our airport, branch or home factories of airplanes and their accessaries. There are, still in private ownership, at least 2000 acres of Bay Farm Island land avail- able for factories and experimental fields. I most earnestly urge our City Government, our Chamber of Commerce, all civic organizations and all citizens to join in a concerted movement to gain for Oakland such factories. We can offer them the best of land, im- mediate transportation facilities, perfect all year round flying climate, and a decreasing tax rate — all we need now is a "Get-Together-for-Oakland" spirit such as the people of the south have for their city of Los Aiigeles. Then we will progress in the air as we have in industries and transportation.

At this point let me state that in my annual message of 1924 I advocated a bond issue to include purchase of some 3300 acres of Bay F^rm Island. As I stated at that time, "this extensive area provides excellent opportunities for both commercial and recre- ational development. There is ample area for industrial locations, together with devel- opment of AVi.\TioN FIELDS, additional golf links, football and baseball grounds-, speedway, race track, a beautiful yacht harbor, and genera! recreational facilities. It would pro- vide ten miles of additional harbor frontage for development of a reserve harlior, some- thing possessed by no city anywhere." I also stated that Bay Farm Island furnishes the only eastern entrance to our city for present and new-coming transcontinental railroads that expect to us* Oakland's rail, ship and air terminals.

The matter, however, was not met favorably by the then Council, despite my repeated efforts to effect the purchase. If the entire tract had then been purchased the city would not only own the 825 acres now included in the Airport, but approximately 4000 acres. Had the city owned these other thousands of acres, Oakland might well have located the great Henry Ford western factory that since went to Richmond. Oakland must not be short-sighted — we have many opportunities to be great, but previous lack of a real spirit of and for our city, which we may congratulate ours-elves is now taking hold, has in times past lost many of them. With the land and the climate Oakland can offer, air- plane factories should be here — it is up to us to bring them and convince them that Oakland will treat them well.

Docks and Warehou.ses

In accordance with the general plans of the Port Deyartment, the Fourteenth Street dock on the western waterfront, with 1700 feet of berthing space and warehouse area of 270,000 square feet, and the Grove Street dock of slightly less footage on the Estuary, have been completed, complete with spur tracks, and are now in us-e. These will furnish ample facilities for some time to come, and are notable additions to a harbor which, from the standpoint of climate, water, immediate railroad connection with the continent and rich productive background, cannot but some day be among the world's greatest.

At this time again, however, I wish to recommend, as I did in 1924, serious considera- tion of the continued improvement of our western waterfront. Prior to the formation of the Harbor Commission, we had before this body a plan that would provide a mole 6000 feet long by 1000 feet in width running directly into deep water from the end of the Fourteenth Street fill. This would provide 10,200 feet of berthing, 15 transit sheds 600 by 125 feet each, and 37,000 feet of storage and switching tracks. I consider the "white meat" of our harbor to lie between the Western Pacific and the Southern Pacific moles, likewise city property, and still urge, as I have often in the past, that this and the western front be given primary consideration.

Development of this logical location would make possible, too, another facility of Inestimable value from the efficiency and economical points of view — namely, the con- struction adjacent to the western water front of the Union Terminal. Such a facility I

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recommended in my message of 1922, and in another message since then. This matter will be expatiated upon later in this message under the general head "Recommenda- tions."

In the line with Port Department program also is the proposed development of Brook- lyn Basin. Here test piles are being driven, following which designs for dock structures to be erected in that location will be prepared.

The following comparative statistics indicate growth of harbor tonnage over last year:

1926-27, 10 Mos. 1927-28. 10 Mos.

No. of vessels arrived 9136 12.405

Net regristered tonnag-e 4.870,008 6,284,675

Imports, tons

Foreign 154.787 179,478

Intercoastal 167.589 170,728

Coastwise 1.026,165 615,011

Inland Waterways * 461.755

Total 1,384,541 1.426,972

Exports, tons

Foreign 41,249 101,398

Intpr-Coast.al 5'?, 623 60,615

Coastwise 227.952 69,399

Inland Waterways ♦. . . . 117,102

Total I ' 321.824 348.514

Total Imports and Exports (Inc. Lumber) 1.670.365 1.775.486

No. of feet of lumber 203.551.352 204.231.139

♦Included in above fig"ure. This growth is best gauged by comparison with the figures of 12 years ago: Total merchandise cargo carried through Oakland port: 1916 192S

182,000 Tons 2,130,581 Tons

MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY

Work on the Mokelumne River project, bringing mountain water from the high Sierras, was, on July 30th of this year, well over 65 per cent completed, according to re- port of Arthur Davis, Chief Engineer and General Manager of the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Within the boundaries of our own city the Claremont Tunnel to convey water through the Berkeley Hills is bored and practically complete, with pipe line con- struction continuing at this terminus. Across the hills the Lafayette Dam unit is well under way, while the five-foot pipe line thence to the San Joaquin River is entirely laid. In the Sierra foothills the District has successfully brought to conclusion the land con- demnations necessary to the Lancha Plana dam site for the Pardee Reservoir, and con- struction of the upper Sierra dams is als-o well under way. Two years more work will probably be necessary before water will be brought in, it is estimated.

Before water is available, however, the people of Oakland and of the Oakland Metro- politan district will be confronted with the mater of a distribution system. Two means of solving this problem are available — purchase and perfection of the facilities of the East Bay Water Company, the private utility now furnishing us with water, or con- struction of an entirely new distributing system of our own. The East Bay Municipal Utility District has already voted a $26,000,000 issue to defray cost of water distribution, and one of the above plans must be adopted unless the Utility District means to sell the private water company its mountain water for the company to make private profit on in retail sale to our citizens. Hydro-Electric Power Should Be Developed

At this point I wish again to emphasize the high value to our people of developing the upper Mokelumne for hydro-electric power. Congress has recently witnessed the strength of power company lobbies in legislative work. In fact. Congressional investi- gation has shown that even many of our great universities — which certainly should be uncontaminated by corporate influence — have been engaged in propaganda in favor of private power companies as against public ownership. California cities even now are fighting raises in utility rates. All this points to the benefits of the municipal develop- ment of electric power, and It is regretable that Oakland has not included in our bonded indebtedness for water supply the development of electric power. Particularly is this true when all people know that when the original water bonds were voted it was generally understood that power was to accompany the water supply. This would have aided our people individually; but even more would it have specifically and vitally affected Oak- land as a municipal corporation in competition with other municipal corporations on the Pacific Coast.

I am urged to mention that San Francisco and Los Angeles both mean to develop their own hydro-electric resources in connection with their mountain water supply. Being thus furnished with power of their own thes* two cities can offer greater induce- ments to industries seeking western location. Oakland's locational advantages being so

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superior to these cities we should lilcewise be able to offer the inducement of cheap power to new- coming manufacturing concerns. Development of our own hydro-electric sources therefore would be of two-fold benefit. One, it would give Oakland citizens themselves cheaper power and freedom from price juggling on the part of private power corpora- tions; and two, it would give our city, in competition with other communities, the means of offering cheap power to industrial and manufacturing concerns. I would, therefore, recommend that the East Bay Municipal Utility District plan for such power develop- ment and that this Council go on record in the advocacy of such a project.

SCHOOLS

With many changes and developments in the Oakland school system, Oakland still ranks among the highest cities in the country in education. Total enrollment, based upon an average for the eight months of the fiscal year 1927-1928, was 53,516 with a high average of daily attendance. The latter percentage of daily attendance is largely due, national statisticians declare, to the year-round climate of the city and to its high standing as an exceptionally healthful district close to the prevailing westerly breezes of the Pacific Ocean.

Oakland has reason to be proud of its many efficiently planned and ideally located modem school buildings and equipment. During the past fiscal year, under the ?16,000,- 000 bond issues of some time ago, 7 new schools and 9 new additions, assembly halls and gymnasiums have been completed at a total cost of $1,511,289.94. Schools to be com- pleted during the coming fiscal year, and tor which contracts were let during the past year, will number 14, while new additions, assembly halls and gymnasiums and shops will number 5, and construction of a School Administration Building is a sixth. The total cost of these will amount to $2,895,244.53.

Definite and detailed figures for these new school facilities follows: School liuiUlings Completed During 1927-1928

Name Cost Date of Acceptance

Allendale Addition $37,784.78 May 3. 1928

Edi.son 66,487.58 December 13, 1927

Elnihurst Addition 171.449.48 Augu.st 30, 1927

Franklin Assemblv 46,471.00 July 12, 1927

Golden Gate Addition 114,062.91 .June 19, 1928

Grant 71,832,29 December 20. 1927

Lakeview Junioi- 270,436.97 March 27, 1928

Lowell Junior 293.647.06 December 1, 1927

McChesney Addition 55,867.13 November 11, 1927

Merritf High 93.615.14 February 21, 1928

Rorkridge Addition 43,195.98 December 13. 1927

.San Leandro Gym and Shops 29,296.00 November 15. 1927

Stonehurst 44,000.00 August 4. 1927

Toler Heights 35,485.70 December 20. 1927

Fniversitv High Gvm 95,400.00 August 2, 1927

Washington Assembly 42,267.82 April 17, 1928

School Buildings to be Completed During 1928-1929

Name Cost Date Contract Let

Camden $ 40,596.00 March 27. 1928

Krause 39,854.00 March 27, 1928

Burbank 47,563.00 April 17, 1928

Fruitvale 72,112.99 November 15, 1927

Hawthorne Assemblv 44,782.76 February 28, 1928

Jjaiirel 76,962.59 December 27. 1927

AVhittier 113,778.80 October 18, 1927

Melrose .\ssem,blv 43,402.10 November 29, 1927

Horace Mann .,.' 14,243.10 March 27, 1928

Kast Oakland High 501,262.26 May 22, 1928

Oakland High 735,243.78 May 5. 1927

Technical High Gym 104,443.15 September 27, 1927

McClvmonds High Addition 275,000.00 November 1, 1927

.Allendale— Fruitvale 140.000.00 Not yet awarded

Cleveland -Vddition 20.000.00 Bids to be rec. 6-12-28

I^zear 76,000.00 Not yet awarded

Peralta 32,000.00 Not yet awarded

Santa Fe 58,000.00 Not yet awarded

Clawson- Longfellow Junior 275.000.00 Not yet awarded

.\dministration Building 200,000.00 Bids to be rec. 6-19-2S

Completion of these new buildings has resulted in the demolition or removal of 106 portable buildings which for years rendered unsightly many old school grounds. At the same time the department spent during the fiscal year $103,815 in school ground im- provements. In this connection I wish to congratulate lx)th department and city upon the beauty of our school parking — Oakland here has set an example for the entire country to follow.

School Administration Building

As Mayor of the city 1 am paTl'lctlarly pleased to see the School Administration Building at last ordered. I have urged this for years, in order that the eleventh floor of the City Hall, now occupied by school executive offices, might be available for general municipal work. With the evacuation of this floor I would recommend that the Port De-

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partment take a portion of it over, saving at least $5,000 annual rental now paid for quarters in a downtown building, and bringing it to the central location where it is more accessible to the public.

Another change taking place at the end of the fiscal year was the cancellation of the contract of ex-Superintendent of Schools, Fred M. Hunter, who had accepted the Chan- cellorship of the University of Denver, Colorado. Mr. Hunter did much to bring the Oakland educational system before the national eyes, his activities in national education aswell as local being recognized by his election for the year 1920-1921 to the presidency of the National Educational Association. His successor, W. E. Givens, comes from San Diego with the highest recommendations and record.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY Police and Fire Departments

Mention already has been made of the efficient activities of the police department under Chief Donald Marshall. The Fire Department, under Chief Wm. G. Lutkey, has likewise maintained its former high record for efficiency.

Equipment and additional personnel, however, are needed by both departments. Oak- land's swift growth has spread over so vast and far-flung a territory that it is becoming ever more difficult for present police and fire facilities to cover the city with full efii- ciency. It is my belief that more men must be added and more equipment purchased.

Many old automobiles, maintained only at an excessively high upkeep cost, must be replaced. Tliese are of all classes — high-powered and capacious cars for shotgun squads, and smaller but speedy two-seaters for beat-patrol officers in outlying districts. A large number of motorcycles, with side-cars, should also be purchased, ready on call at the various police sub-stations. New police ambulances likewise are needed.

The fire department, through purchases of fire-fighting equipment in the past three years, is better equipped, but here also additional equipment is mandatory. I have the highest compliments to the fire-fighting personnel in their successfully maintaining the city's low fire rate without full equipment and while needing several new stations.

Among the improvements needed by the Police and Fire Departments are:

1. A new Central Fire Station, in order to remove present one located in the City Hall from crowded traflSc conditions. This also would give more room in the hall for the Central Police Station and complementary facilities.

2. New Police Station in Hopkins-Fruitvale district, owing to the city's growth northerly and easterly.

3. New Fire House in the north Lake district, adjacent to the two business dis- tricts on Grand Avenue and Lakeshore Boulevard.

4. Complete new motor equipment for Police Department, including three addi- tional combination ambulance and patrol wagons to replace 1919 Chevrolets still in use.

5. At least 10 additional motorcycle officers and equipment for same, to be at- tached to station houses for immediate call.

6. At least 12 new high-powered automobiles to replace worn out and smaller cars now impede rather than accelerate police activities.

7. At least 25 new patrolmen and motorcycle officers.

So much for equipment. I wish to compliment the police traffic department and its electricians upon completion of the "stop light and bell" system in the downtown section. I recommend the latter's extension. I believe such a system should be installed wherever crosstown arteries meet north and south arteries — for example at Moss and Piedmont Avenues, Moss and Broadway, Grand and Santa Clara Avenues, Fourteenth and Market Streets, Excelsior and Park Boulevards, and so on.

The Monoplane "Southern Cross," whose successful flight

from Oakland Airport to Sydney, Australia, marked

another achievement for aviation.

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The traffic department also must be congratulated upon completion of plans for a Junior Traffic squad, already started with full co-operation of the School Department and Oakland Safety Council, to aid in protecting children when crossing congested streets in the vicinity of schools. This not only will instruct certain of our boys and girls in the handling of crowds, but will react in bringing a "safety consciousness" to the mul- titude of our growing school children. It also will relieve police officers now detailed to such duty so that they may be placed in other protective service.

STREET LIGHTING

Plans for the modern lighting if Telegraph Avenue and of Franklin Street and other arteries are now well under way, and these needed improvements will probably be com- pleted before the end of the current fiscal year. I also at this this time wish to urge the lighting of Fourteenth Street from Broadway to the western waterfront, the system to continue down to the automobile ferry slips at the end of West Seventh Street. It would be well, also, if Fourteenth Street, now being us'ed as a route to the auto terries by a much greater percentage than West Seventh Street, were protected by "boulevard stops." Seventh Street Viaduct

In this connection, also, let me state that the need, from the city's point of view, of a subway or viaduct where the Seventh Street auto ferry route crosses the Southern Pacific local tracks, is steadily diminishing because of the shorter and speedier traffic artery furnished by West Fourteenth. I still believe such a safety crossing should be built, however — though I am of the firm conviction that its costs should be borne entirely by the Southern Pacific Railroad, whose operation creates the hazard.

PUBLIC HE.\LTH

Recent controversy between Alameda County authorities and the City Physician con- vinces nie of the need of a new hospital for Oakland alone. The County Emergency Hos- pital, in the rear of the Hall of Records on Franklin Street between Fourth and Fifth, while efficiently manned, is small and too far from the average scene of accident. A central City Hospital should be constructed, with at least two branch emergency treat- ment stations, one centrally located with respect to East Oakland and another with re- spect to Northwest Oakland. Such facilities, with new, more comfortable and speedier police ambulances, would undoubtedly save many lives that in future might be lost, through hemorrhage or other injuries requiring immediate care, in the long trip now needed from outlying districts.

At the same time, with such a central hospital entirely our own and independent of Alameda County, access might be had to its facilities by any citizen upon certification

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by the City Physician. The present Highland Hospital, an Alameda County project, cost In the neighborhood of $3,500,000.00. Of this amount the City of Oakland contributed practically two-thirds, or $2,275,000.00. Nevertheless I am informed that the placing of an Oakland city patient therein costs the City of Oakland something like $30.00 per day - — and I am also informed that it is increasingly difficult for our City Physician to enter Oakland patients even under these conditions. It is my opinion that the City of Oakland, paying nearly 65 per cent of the Alameda County taxes, should have allocated for her own use at least one wing of this county facility. The entire situation, however, again points out the necessity of Oakland owning and maintaining similar institutions of her own. It furthermore strongly indicates again the necessity of Oakland's separation from Alameda County and forming — as for many years I have advocated — a "City and County of Oakland." On this latter governmental plan I will dwell more in detail later.

More than incidentally, at this point I wish to commend recent action taken, by Council upon Its advocacy by the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety; namely, the consolidation of the two positions of Health Officer and City Physician and placing the Health Department in the hands of Dr. Charles R. Pancher. This has resulted in the saving of one salary and in the expediting of public health measures with more efficiency than in the past. The city is also to be congratulated upon obtaining the services of Dr. Fancher, who combines high professional ability with the practical consideration nec- essary to governmental service. He is taking an interest in city health and medical work far above the average, as the record of his combined departments gives ample proof.

IlECREATIOX

Oakland's Recreation Department, though operating under a much diminished budget during the past year, has under the able leadership of its Superintendent, R. W. Robert- son, maintained its high standard. With the expiration of the term of Mrs. Evelyn Robertson last July 1st, and the mid-year resignation of Dr. Zales due to press of private business, I appointed Mrs-. Nellie Anton and Mi-. Joseph N. Steiner to fill the vacancies. The city's thanks go to Mrs. Robinson and Dr. Zales for their high-charactered service.

Oakland can be proud of this department's activities. Despite the reduced budget, other economies were put in force by the department that gave the city during the past fiscal year the following improvement:

1. Six new whaleboats and 12 rowboats on Lake Merritt.

2. Construction of a traveling theatre.

3. Six new handball courts.

4. Hardwood floors installed in three gymnasiums.

5. Four new horseshoe alleys in Mosswood Park.

6. Many new costumes for costume department.

7. Fencing of the New Century Playground.

8. Painting and repairing in most community houses.

9. Installation of water supply systems, doubling capacity, in both Mountain Camps. Addition of hickory furniture to both camps-.

10. Planting of 350 trees and shrubs, in co-operation with Park Department, on the Municipal Golf Course.

11. New caddy house, power mowing machines and other equipment at Golf Course.

12. Addition of a full time man to carry on recreational work in the Industrial Athletic Association, and an increase in facilities to care for several new In- dustrial organizations.

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View of Oakland Inner Harbor, showing spacious turning area and docking facil- ities entirely free of heavy seas.

Attendance at various department facilities during 1927-2S follows:

Lake Merritt Boat Houses 86,000 using lioiUs

Chabot Golf Course 54,000 players

Playgrounds 1.730,167 total attendance with 60 playgrounds open

Total Gross Income from Golf, Camps and Boats $71,000

The Christmas Pagent, annually given in the Municipal Auditorium in co-operation with the School Department, achieved another success in this past year. Two thousand children participated and each of the two performances was attended by capacity houses a total audience of over 18,000 persons. The May Day Festival, likewise a joint affair, was carried out in Lakeside Park with over 5000 citizens in attendance.

The two municipal mountain camps, one in Tuolumne and the other in Plumas County in the High Sierras', were practically full to capacity on opening day in June of this year, with many hundred on the waiting list. The time is shortly coming when the city will need another camp, and I would advocate at least one of these closer to the city. Several locations are available, in the Santa Cruz mountains, in Sonoma County, and on the coast. Transportation would be cheaper to such camps, and working members of households could visit camping families during week-ends. An all-year highway has been promised through the Feather River country, which will make possible entrance to the Feather River camp for Winter Sports, which would add another feature to Oakland's recreational facilities. The department has published several excellent pamphlets on its mountain camps and general recreational service. Of these 46,800 were printed. Copies have been sent to all cities, and Oakland received most favorable publicity through them.

PARK Installation of a deep well and independent water supply system in Sequoia Park is an outstanding achievement of the Park Department during the year. This facility will be invaluable in case of summer fires originating in the hills which might threaten the thousands of redwood trees and the rare Oakland Zoo animals that are features of this great park.

Here it must be noted that three young Oakland redwoods, grown in Sequoia Park under the direction of Mr. Lee Kerfoot, Superintendent of Parks, I sent with his and the Park Board's co-operation to Mayor George E. Cryer of Los Angeles upon completion of the latter's city's magnificent new City Hall. These Mayor Cryer himself planted in the parked area before the municipal building, and the publicity both Oakland and Loe Angeles received therefrom was worth thousands.

Changes in Park Board personnel Include my appointment of Mr. Roger Coit, promr irent Oakland hotel and business man, vice Mt. Edgar M. Sanborn, who resigned in the late spring of last year. At this point I wish to emphasize to the people of Oakland the high calibred service of Colonel Charles 1. Anderson, whom I appointed to the Park

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Feeding the wild duties on the shore of Lalie Meiritt. Miu-h li:is tions thiough the bandina of thousands of thes

Board to fill a vacancy occurring some time before. He has devoted much thought and energy to Park affairs ever since appointment, though giving his time, as' do all mem- bers, gratis. His service has ever been with a complete understanding that money spent by the Park Board is the taxpayers' hard-earned money and must be expended only in worthy projects and with an eye toward eflicient economy in its use. At the same time he is enthusiastic in Park work and his recommendations always practical and thoughtful. He is an outstanding example of the type of public servant that our growing city needs, and I wish in this writing to make public acknowledgment of that fact.

In addition to the new Sequoia Park water system, other major improvements in this department are:

1. Replacement of rustic fence at Mosswood Park.

2. Construction of Concession Building in Lakeside Park near the Duck Pen.

3. New well at DePremery Park to replace the old one, which caved in.

4. Relaying walks' and constructing benches in Lincoln Square and in Jefferson Square — made necessary by the building of playgrounds in these parks.

5. Construction of rock retaining wall and re-surfacing walks in Linda Vista Park.

6. Regrading and re-surfacing the grounds around the Zoo.

7. Replacement of rock wall at various points around the Lake.

8. Thinning out trees and clearing out underbrush in Sequoia Park.

9. Construction of new Lion cage at Zoo.

Here, incidentally, since jurisdiction of Lake Merritt particularly pertains to the Park Department, I wish to advocate the continuation along Lakeside Drive of the stone embanlanent now bordering the Lake on Harrison Street. This also I will mention later on under the head of "Recommendations."

CliEAR WATER FOR LAKE MERRITT

I wish at this time, however, to repeat and emphasize a recommendation I first brought up in 1919, and which I have urged for the Council's most earnest consideration in practically evei-y annual message since. I refer to the necessity of cleaning the waters of Lake Merritt, and to the demand for the establishment of a Municipal Swimming Pool therein. This is a matter, too, which from the fire hazard standpoint of our entire business and industrial district should have the advocacy of every taxpayer and citizen.

Lake Merritt should and can be maintained at maximum purity by bringing to it, via pipe line and high presure salt water fire fighting conduit and pumps, the clean, high- tide ocean water of San Francisco Bay. In my message of 1923 I stated that "bringing in this water, which can be accomplished at a relatively low cost from the deep water of the western waterfront at the end of Fourteenth Street, will not only provide athletic clubs with clean salt water for plunge, bath and other purposes, but will permit the hot'3ls of our city to take advantage of the supply. The greatest benefit, however, would be the provision for a continual flow of clean salt water into Lake Merritt. delivered to the Lake through a series of electrically lighted cascade fountains' erected at strategic points. The present Estuary opening will then be used for an outlet only."

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In addition to supplying clean water for the Lake, thus eliminating danger of stagna- tion, this plan would carry out the project of teaching our school children to swim. Sand for Lake beaches could be brought in at a minimum cost, and bathing houses of an architecture blending with the Lake parking constructed for the convenience of all our public. The Lake could then be used for international swimming contests and acquatic events for which our citizens must now avail themselves of the facilities of adjacent cities, spending their money in such localities when it should be spent in Oakland. That such a swimming facility would be appreciated even by those people who have swimming facilities directly on San Francisco Bay, is clearly Indicated by the fact that govern- ment tests of the temperature of Lake Merritt water show it to have an average annual temperature some 12 degrees warmer than the waters of the Bay.

Another advantage would be the Lake's greater value in the making of motion pic- tures. Some years ago two Hollywood firms us'ed the Lake for water scenes in a picture of college life, but the bathers were so fouled with the impure waters that they have not returned. With clear water for such use Lake Merritt scenes would be broadcast to all the world.

Another point of inestimable value would be that with fresh salt water continually flowing down the Lake and out into the Estuary, there would be developed a fishing ground of great recreational value. At the time I first gave publicity to this' plan, I had an offer from a man in Pittsburg, Contra C!osta County, to supply at least one ton of live striped bass for the Lake each month. The State Fish and Game Commission would also co-operate in keeping the Lake stocked with the fish. Not only our adult sportsmen would be supplied with sport without leaving the confines of Oakland, but our school boys and girls could also thus be taught, not only swimming, but the essentials of sports- nianship as pertaining to fish and game. Added thousands of wild fowl now wintering on the Lake would also be attracted by the clear water. In addition to the pleasTires added for Oakland people. Lake Merritt beautification and its use for acquatic sports and fish- ing would be of incalculable value from the advertising standpoint. Another factor lower- ing the actual taxpayers' cost of such a system, would be the reduction of insurance rates following the completion of the high pressure salt water system with its un- limited supply and the higher value of salt water for fire fighting purposes.

nURAXT PARK PETITIOX

The Durant property should be an Oakland park. I long have advocated ib purchase. Three years ago Cliff Durant himself offered this home property to the City a le.-s than the then market price — 500 acres for $350,000. It contains 150 acres already IcHtitifuUy parked with one of the nation's finest collections of rare trees; it has its owi. i; Ivpen- dent water supply; it would require but little expense to convert it into one of the finest parks in the country and one available not only to East Oakland — which badly needs such a facility — but to the entire City. The other 350 acres, practically contiguous to our present Municipal Golf Course, would have furnished sufficient land for a secnn4 golf course and a municipal playground. I even engaged the late Luther Burbsnk :> in- spect this land — yet despite his enthusiastic report the then Council turned the i' : ' ii. •( down three times; though Mr. Durant's generous offer was twice repeated, -^.w tji^. owners ask over a million dollars for the same acreage.

A petition to create an ass-essment district in that section was circulated dvrlae the year, but failed for want of proper signatures. I believe in buying this tract — but i be- lieve firmly that the cost should be borne by the entire City and not by a smaller dis- trict. Later on in this message I shall discourse briefly on a proposed city-wide bind issue and this matter will appear again.

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MUXICIPAL BAXD

The Municipal Band is an adjunct of the Park Department, and I am happy to see that it is giving excellent service to the people who every Sunday come by the thousands to Lakeside Park to listen to the open air concerts under the efficient baton of Director Herman Trutner Jr. Captain Trutner was for years Bandmaster of the 13th Infantry Band, as was his father before him, and is an accomplished musician who can handle practically every instrument in the band himself. I would recommend that s-uiBcient funds be placed in the Park Department Budget to allow band concerts practically every week in the year, during sunny days in Lakeside or other parks, and on rainy days in the Municipal Auditorium.

In this connection I believe that the wisest means of funding the Park Department is by appropriating it, through Charter provision, a set number of cents on the tax levy each year. This would allow department heads to look ahead in the matter of land purchase and lay aside annual amounts to such account. It would thus also provide for normal increase of annual funds in proportion to the assessed valuation of Oakland property. On this matter, under recommendations, I shall have further to suggest.

lilHR.lBY

The Library Department, under the supervision of Librarian John B. Kaiser, has maintained its efficiency and inaugurated many developments that add greatly to this important municipal service. In the Library Board itself one vacancy occurred, to which I appointed Charles W. Fisher, an attorney and member of a well known Oaklandi family.

I wish to convey to Mr. Russell Lowry, whom Mr. Fisher succeeded, my highest ap- preciation of his seiTice to the city while acting on the Library Board.

The Library Department is growing rapidly and the public more and more demand- ing its various services. During last year it circulated over 1,100,000 books from a col- lection of approximately 150,000. More than 63,000 persons now hold Oakland Library cards.

There is great need for a new Central Library building. The present one, at Four- teenth and Grove Streets, was erected by Andrew Carnegie in 1901. Long since it has outgrown these quarters, with the result that it is costing the city many thousands annually in rental of adjacent buildings' for reading rooms and storage houses. The inclusion of a new Library Building in an early bond issue is practically mandatory.

MUSEm M.\XDATORY

It is my belief, however, that adequate museum housing is a more immediate need at this time than is a new library building.

For years I have advocated construction of a Mus«um Building more befitting the metropolitan era this city is entering, at one time making a budget appropriation of $100,000 to start the work and allowing for two more annual similar appropriations for its completion. I appointed a committee of thirty representative citizens, headed by ex- Congressman Joseph R. Knowland, to make a comprehensive and forward-looking plan for the construction. But when the committee report came in the money had been shifted by the Council to other uses.

In this connection let me mention the necessity for a Budget Control Officer who would be empowered to prevent such Illicit transfers of budget money. On this matter I will discourse in more detail under the head of "Recommendations."

The museum situation is a most unsatisfactory one. We possess exhibits that any city in the country would be proud to have, and the Henry Snow African and Arctic collec- tions' are without rival in the entire world. They are among the greatest assets the Oak- land School Department as well as the general public has for its educational advance- ment— but they are housed in antiquated residence buildings entirely inadequate from

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Oakland Municipal Auditorium tithe south shore ot Lake MeiTitt

In addition to supplying clean water for le Lake, thus eliminating danger of stagna- tion, this plan would carry out the project oteaching our school children to swim. Sand for Lake beaches could be brought in at ; minimum cost, and bathing houses of an architecture blending with the Lake parkin cons'tructed for the convenience of all our public. The Lake could then be used for in rnational swimming contests and acquatic events for which our citizens must now a .il themselves of the facilities of adjacent cities, spending their money in such localiti. when It should be spent in Oakland. That such a swimming facility would be appreciatl even by those people who have swimming facilities directly on San Francisco Bay, i: clearly indicated by the fact that govern- ment tests of the temperature of Lake Merrt water show it to have an average annual temperature some 12 degrees warmer than le waters of the Bay.

Another advantage would be the Lake's reater value in the making of motion pic- tures. Some years ago two Hollywood firms S'ed the Lake for water scenes in a picture of college life, but the bathers were so fouleiwith the impure waters that they have not returned. With clear water for such use Lae Merritt scenes would be broadcast to all the world.

Another point of inestimable value woul be that with fresh salt water continually flowing down the Lake and out into the Kuary, there would be developed a fishing ground of great recreational value. At the tie I first gave publicity to this' plan, I had an offer from a man in Pittsburg, Contra tista County, to supply at least one ton of live striped bass for the Lake each month. '; e State Fish and Game Commission would also co-operate in keeping the Lake stocked ith the fish. Not only our adult sportsmen would be supplied with sport without leavi? the confines of Oakland, but our school boys and girls could also thus be taught, not nly swimming, but the essentials of sports- manship as pertaining to fish and game. Adi 1 thousands of wild fowl now wintering on the Lake would also be attracted by the cle; water. In addition to the pleasures added for Oakland people, Lake Merritt beautlfical n and its use for acquatic sports and fish- ing would be of incalculable value from the ; vertising standpoint. Another factor lower- ing the actual taxpayers' cost of such a s\ em, would be the reduction of insurance rates following the completion of the hig pressure salt water system with its un- limited supply and the higher value of salt ater for fire fighting purposes.

nVRAXT P.4R PETITION'

The Durant property should be an Oaklail park. I long have advocated its purcl..i3e. Three years ago Cliff Durant himself offered his home property to the City a If.-s than the then market price — 500 acres for $350,0i. It contains 150 acres already ;.>a\nifully parked with one of the nation's finest coUerons of rare trees; it has its ow: i; ' 'l";a- dent water supply; it would require but 1 le expense to convert it into on i'< the finest parks in the country and one availali not only to East Oakland — wt '. Itfdly needs such a facility— but to the entire City.Phe other 350 acres, practically c ..■'.,'i"i;8 to our present Municipal Golf Course, wouldiave furnished sufficient land for u s o""< golf course and a municipal playground. I em engaged the late Luther Burtoik , ) in- spect this land— yet despite his enthusiastic :port the then Council turned the irinhoae down three times; though Mr. Durant's gejrous ofiEer was twice repeated. -'low .the owners ask over a million dollars for the saie acreage.

A petition to create an assessment distrit in that section was circulated during the year, but failed for want of proper signature I believe in buying this tract— but ? bf • lieve firmly that the cost should be borne b:the entire City and not by a smaller dis- trict. Later on in this message I shall discirse briefly on a proposed city-wiilo l^^nd issue and this matter will appear again.

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>R'N IPAL, BAND

The Municipal Band is an adjunct i the Park Department, and I am happy to see that it is giving excellent service to thi )eoi)le who every Sunday come by the thousands to Lakeside Park to listen to the open ir concerts under the efficient baton of Director Herman Trutner Jr. Captain Trutner as for years Bandmaster of the 13th Infantry Band, as was his father before him. al is an accomplished musician who can handle practically every instrument in the bid himself. I would recommend that S'ufficient funds be placed in the Park Departmei Budget to allow band concerts practically every week in the year, during sunny days i Lakeside or other parks, and on rainy days in the Municipal Auditorium.

In this connection I believe that tl wisest means of funding the Park Department is by appropriating it. through Charteiprovision, a set number of cents on the tax levy each year. This would allow departmvt heads to look ahead in the matter of land purchase and lay aside annual amount to such account. It would thus also provide for normal increase of annual funds in oportion to the assessed valuation of Oakland property. On this matter, under recomendations, I shall have further to suggest.

IHR.XRY

The Library Department, under tl supervision of Librarian John B. Kaiser, has maintained its efficiency and inauguned many developments that add greatly to this important municipal service. In the Li ary Board itself one vacancy occurred, to which I appointed Charles W. Fisher, an aorney and member of a well known Oakland family.

I wish to convey to Mr. Russell Lcry, whom Mr. Fisher succeeded, my highest ap- preciation of his ser\'ice to the city wjie acting on the Library Board.

The Library Department is growin rapidly and the public more and more demand- ing its various services. During last j ir it circulated over 1.100.000 books from a col- lection of approximately 150,000. Morthan 63,000 persons now hold Oakland Library cards.

There is great need for a new Ceiral Library building. The present one, at Four- teenth and Grove Streets, was erected >y Andrew Carnegie in 1901. Long since it has outgrown these quarters, with the rtilt that it is costing the city many thousands annually in rental of adjacent build l;^ tor reading rooms and storage houses. The inclusion of a new Library Building iiiin early bond issue is practically mandatory.

MISKM MANDATORY

It is my belief, however, that adecate museum housing is a more immjediate need at this time than is a new library bull ng.

For years I have advocated constiction of a Mus-eum Building more befitting the metropolitan era this city is entering at one time making a budget appropriation of ?100,000 to start the work and allowir for two more annual similar appropriations for its completion. I appointed a committ- of thirty representative citizens, headed by ex- Congressman Joseph R. Knowland, tonake a comprehensive and forward-looking plan for the construction. But when the cornittee report came in the money had been shifted by the Council to other uses.

In this connection let me mentioi the necessity for a Budget Control Officer who would be empowered to prevent such licit transfers of budget money. On this matter I will discourse in more detail under tl head of "Recommendations."

The museum situation is a most unitisfactory one. We possess exhibits that any city in the country would be proud to hav and the Henry Snow African and Arctic collec- tions are without rival in the entire wrld. They are among the greatest assets the Oak- land School Department as well as t> general public has for its educational advance- ment— but they are housed in antiqued residence buildings entirely inadequate from

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the Standpoints of setting, exhibition, lighting and fire protection. I most strongly urge that action be taken upon this vitally needed improvement during the coming fiscal vear It IS unfortunate that, among Oakland's many men of wealth, not one has so far "been public spirited enough to build at least a wing of such a museum building as a donation to the people among whom he gained his riches.

PVBLIC WORKS AXI) CITY HALL

Through efficient work of this department the city buildings are iu better condition and appearance than at any other time in the past decade. At a cost of some $3000 the City Hall Itself was washed, acid being necessary to eradicate the grime and soot de- posit of many years. It now presents a fine appearance of which our citizens can be

Many alterations' inside the hall were made during the year The Civil Service De- partment was transferred to the main floor formerly used by the Tax Collector's depart- ment but now available due to the consolidation of our assessment and tax collec- ll°"/«"*^'*°J' '^"'^ ^^^' °f '•'^ County of Alameda. The old Civil Service quarters on the third floor have been remodelled and are now being used by the Recreation Department Alterations were made of quarters vacated on the fourth floor by the Recreation De- partment, the space now being used by the Building and Plumbing Departmentst re^ f," «°,fv."l ™°'? '^'pcient service to the public. Additional rooms were partitioned off on the fifth floor for better accommodation of the Legal Department, whose work has been greatly augmented through public service developments. On the ninth floor other altera- tions were made to accommodate increased staff of the License Inspection and Collection Department, following passage of the comprehensive business license ordinance

Outside of the City Hall the most notable achievements of the Public Works Depart- ment were three: construction of a new type of fire house in the Morasia District instal- lation of a hardwood wainscoting in the entire corridor of the Muni'cipal Auditorium and construction of a demountable sectional stage and sloping floor for the Auditorium arena, through generous co-operation of the Chicago Grand Opera Company Manv changes were also made in some twenty-five flre houses, police stations, the pound, and library, adding to their efliciency, comfort and better appearance; while, with co-opera- tion of the Street Department, better facilities for automobile parking were completed adjacent to the Auditorium.

The Moraga Fire Hou.=,e is outstanding and unique in appearance and design, and has won admiration and discussion throughout the country. A photograph of it appears on page 26. It is built of pre-cast reinforced concrete frames, a notable departure from usual custom; and is equipped with every modern convenience, gas stove, instantaneous

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water heater, steel lockers, hose drying tower, wall beds, etc. Not only is it an efficient station, but its cost, $22,S26, has been largely returned in the national advertising gained through its most modern and unique characteristics.

The new wainscoting in the Auditorium facilitates the re-location of equipment with- out damage to walls as previously often occurred, and also adds greatly to the appearance of this much-used public facility.

CHICAGO GRAND OPERA

The coming of the Chicago Grand Opera Company to Oakland marked a distinct for- ward step in Oakland's progress as a theatrical city. After consideration of the facilities of all bay cities the agents of this world famous organization chose the Oakland Muni- cipal Auditorium for its only Bay District performances, four of which were given with an aggregate of over 25.000 paid admissions.

To accommodate the great crowds, the arena, normally seating S800 persons, was used. A sloping floor, built in numbered sections, was constructed on the main arena floor which in size is normally 118 by 213 feet. This sloping floor faced a sectional stage, also constructed by the Citizens Committee guaranteeing the opera company, which can be made any size up to 50 by 90 feet and can be erected at any place in the arena. The cost of these demountable facilities, which in twenty-four hours' time can convert the arena from a ball room to an opera house, was approximately $16,500. The Citizens Com- mittee and the opera company turned this valuable equipment over to the city at the conclusion of the opera season — and in return the Public Works Department through council action returned the $2500 rental to the committee. This was little enough com- pensation to the 100 or more citizens who sponsored the operatic season with $25,000 of their own funds, and I wish to convey to this group, headed by such men as Ralph Fisher. Wm. Jurgens and Al Lavenson, the city's appreciation of the public spirit that actuated their guarantee.

Let it here be recorded that the Chicago Grand Opera Company has again chosen Oakland for Bay appearances of March, 1929, when it again will present four operas of its discriminately chosen repertoir.

In this connection I wish to recomanend to the Department of Public Works and to your honorable body the purchase of opera chairs for the new removable opera floor of the auditorium arena. The net profit to the city in the facilities built by the opera backers and presented to the auditorium 'is in the neighborhood of $10,000, and the two thousand new chairs needed would come to not much more. The acquisition of such com- fortable seats would be greatly appreciated by the public, and I urge their purchase most strongly.

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CONVENTIONS AND EXPOSITIONS

Many shows and conventions also used the Municipal Auditorium during the past year. Among them were the following, with attendance given:

Name of Convention Date Delegates

National Business and Prof. Women's Club July 1927 4,000

Aneient Order of Hibernians of California Aug. 1927 1,000

Santa Fe Railroad Executives — Loss and Damage Dept Julv, 1927 250

Pacific Slope Dairy Sliow Nov. 1927 32,000

Pacific Coast Tailors Association Feb. 1928 300

Pac. S. W. Annual Confer. BIdg. Owners and Managers ... Feb. 1928 500

Rebekalis Mar. 1928 750

Teachers' Assn. and Council of Education Apr. 1928 2,000

De Molay Apr. 1928 500

Oakland Kennel Club Show Apr. 1928 10,000

Alameda County Pood Show (Natl. Assn. Retail Grocers). Apr. 1928 22,000

American Keg. Pharmacists of Calif June 1928 1,000

California Assn. Dvers and Cleaners June 1928 1,000

Woodmen of the World June 1928 1,200

CORPORATION YARD

At this point, I wish again to urge definite action in the coming year on the matter of the Corporation Yard. The Street Department, which I understand has been arranging with the Port Department for a site on harbor lands south of Eighth Street near Fallon, should place a definite amount in this year's budget for construction of a modern Corpor- ation Yard plant, and rid the city of the present unsightly, unsanitary, unhealthful, and uneconomic shacks south of the Municipal Auditorium which is constantly being visited by strangers from all over the country. I do, however, congratulate the Street Depart- ment upon its efforts to level and pave space for Auditorium parking on Corporation Yard land — this at least is one definite improvement in that vicinity.

F'or ten years I have placed in previous budgets appropriations amounting individually from fifty to seventy-five thousand dollars tor this purpose. Each year, however, has expired discovering the fact that the Corporation Yard fund has been transferred, over my vote, to other channels of expenditure. I hope that during the coming year no such manipulation of appropriated sums will be allowed by this council.

STREET DEPARTMENT

During the year the Street Department consummated the following' improvements:

Miles Cost

Streets paved 37 $1,691,369.93

Sidewalks laid 34.369 182,911.00

Sewers put in 28.651 511,876.54

Improvements completed during the year, or started and soon to be finished, are: Opening of Fallon Street; improvement and widening of Hopkins as a north-town east and west arterial; widening of Bond Street; widening of First Street (certain phases still in court); improvement of 59th Street; widening of Franklin Street; widening and improvement of Russett Street in the eastern industrial zone; opening of Madison Street into Lakeside Drive; opening and paving of Hollywood Boulevard; development of plans for opening Foothill Boulevard (East Sixteenth Street) in Lakeshore Avenue. In addi- tion to these, some 36 other improvements have been ordereld including a new arterial highway to go directly from East Fourteenth Street to the Airport and on which work is well under way.

All of the projects under the bond issue for sewers voted for in 1924 have been com- pleted, with the exception of one small project, rights of way for which are now being obtained at a saving of over $250,000 under engineer's estimates.

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The Street Department, through economies effected, operated on a sum over $300,000 less than its operation cost in the previous fiscal year. The city is to be congratulated upon the economies it put in force. I urge similar rigid economy this year.

OPEN SPECrPICATIONS FOR STREET WORK

Here, however, I wish to state that I am on principle opposed to anything but open specifications for street work. Furthermore, after study of reports of various highway engineers, and from experience in our own city, I am convinced that black top pavement is unnecessary and its laying constitutes a waste of taxpayers' funds. The State Highway Commission is now following a general policy of laying plain concrete pavement — it is non-skid in any kind of weather, pedestrians crossing at night are shown more clearly by reason of the concrete's light color, it does not "roll" in hot weather, and it is far more economical. The same arguments pertain to city streets. I advocate, therefore, plain concrete streets for our city with all contracts therefor let on open specification. When the public understands that non-patent plain concrete pavement is as good if not better than patent paving, and in certain cases is even cheaper by as much as 27 cents per square yard, there will undoubtedly come in no petitions other than those for such concrete laid by the ordinarily accepted process. A Deputy on Street Paving to solicit petitions for street work and fully to inform the public as to type and costs would be appreciated by all our citizenship.

ESTUARY TUBE BUSSES

The Estuary Tube is now practically complete save for installation of ventilation service. It is expected that busses will be operated in lieu of street cars, and the question now before the city is as to the latter's routing. I wish to bring the Council's notice to the inexpediency of routing this bus service on either Broadway or Washington Street. These main arteries are already overcrowded with traffic, despite valiant efforts of the Traffic Bureau of the Police Department to remedy the situation. It is my belief that the busses from the tube should use Webster and Franklin Streets, aiding in the development of the logical business areas on and contiguous to these thoroughfares.

WEBSTER STREET LOOP

I also wish to call attention of the Council to the Webster Street Loop service planned years ago to bring local passengers from far East Oakland into the shopping heart of this city. From time to time the State Railroad Commission, though previously ordering the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to install this loop, has postponed the matter on solicitation from the railroad. It is time that the wishes of the people of this community were respected in this important matter — the loop should be installed. It is my firm belief that the State Act giving birth to the Railroad Commission be amended so as to allow municipalities, by vote of their citizens, to receive back the public utility control they gave to the Commission some years ago.

GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS

City and County Govonnnent

First and foremost of recommendations based upon eighteen years experience as Mayor of this city, I again urge divorcing the City of Oakland from the duplicating government of Alameda County, and forming the "City and County of Oakland." The benefits of such a governmental plan are manifold.

Oakland at present maintains a duplicating governmental system that would break her if she were a private corporation. No business concern can maintain two presidents, two boards of directors, two managers, two superintendents of each department, two secretaries, two paymasters, and so on. Oakland, a municipal corporation, still does. Our

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Tuulumne Uoiuuy, thirty miles from Yosemite — S' Pool at Tuolumne Camp — Under Oakland Recreation Department.

citizens pay to support two local governments, our own and the government of Alameda County. We support our City Government to tlie amount of some $6,000,000 per year, and on top of that turn over millions to Alameda County, from a huge sum of which Oakland taxpayers get no return. Beside that, we lose annually approximately Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars that — if Oakland were a county as well as a city — we would get as our share of the State Gasoline Tax. Tliat sum alone is equal, at present assessed valuations, of 26 cents on the tax rate — and with that sum we could pave our streets with little cost to the taxpayer. The millions we pay over to the county with no return, equal on the same basis well over one dollar. These two items total approximately $1.50 on the tax rate — and this subtracted from the present combined Oakland-Alameda County rate would leave a total tax rate, with internal economies effected as well, for Oakland — as the City and County of Oakland — of approximately $3.00.

I submit to your honorable body that the double government we now support is wasteful, inefficient, illogical, unwise and utterly indefensible. It can only be suffered by politicians determined to hold the bag of political patronage made available by our sup- port of the many duplicating offices. Such duplicating offices, which should be consoli- dated into one each, are:

Oakland City Council and Alameda County Board of Supervisors; City Clerk and County Clerk; two Auditors; two Treasurers; two Law Enforcement offices with huge personnel: two Boards of Education and School Systems: two Engineers, Jails, Pur- chasing Agents, Health Departments, Library Systems, Civil Service Departments, and so on. Oakland citizens need but ONE set of each of these official groups — just as an Industry or business corporation needs but one president, one board of directors, one treasurer, and so on.

It is absurd to support two governments and pay two taxes totalling $5.16, as we did in the past fiscal year, when Otie Government and One Tax of approximately $3.00 would do the same work more efficiently and with less confusion.

San Francisco is the most notable example of "City and County" government close by. Despite the fact that San FVancisco has authorized $160,000,000 bonded indebtedness, has a huge civil service and teachers' pension list, must support a great traffic and police and fire system in proportion far beyond our own, has a street program far larger in the same way, must pay for the upkeep of such a great park as the Golden Gate — nevertheless our sister city has a tax rate of only $3.80 per hundred. Oakland's bonded indebtedness at present is but $10,000,000 and other programs commensurately low, yet our tax rate is $5.16. San Francisco, however, has eliminated all duplication and operates independently as a City and County — this year alone she will receive directly into her treasury over One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars as her share of State Gasoline Funds. I submit that it is easy to see — if not biased by a view of political patronage lost — that if our own city adopted the same efficient plan of Independent local government, Oakland also could operate on a greatly reduced tax rate.

Los -Angeles and Pittsburg Both AVant Consoliflation

In speaking on consolidation in his message of 1927, Mayor George E. Cryer of Los Angeles, said: "The population of this area is in the neighborhood of 800.000. It would seem that the greatest need of this great district is a unified and simplified form of gov- ernment. Separate city and county governments are becoming a thing of the past in great metropolitan areas. Progressive people all over the country are coming to realize that there is no function now being performed by either a county or by a municipality which could not be performed equally as well or better 6j/i a consolidated city and county governiiK nt."

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Mr. Albert W. Atwood, writing in the Saturday Evening Post, describes tlie situation in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in this way: "Here is a district with more than 1,500,000 inhabitants, all in one economic boat. The idea is to substitute tor the present county government, which contains more than 120 cities, townships and boroughs, a metropolitan government. We must bring some order out of the present disorder of the metropolis."

The Oakland Post-Enquirer, speaking editorially on the Pittsburg demand, said on August 4, 1928 : "Greater Oakland has reason to be interested in Greater Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, and what it is trying to do — consolidate and cut out the wasteful expense of duplicate city and county governments. Its problem is similar to our problem. Please note that in the Pittsburg metropolitan district the people in the outlying communities approved the consolidation idea. That's inevitable, once the idea of consolidating dupli- cate local governments is clearly understood."

Los Angeles and Pittsburg thus see the value of consolidation, and are endeavoring to beat down the opposition of political bosses and job seekers who care nothing for govern- mental expense. They already have before them in the City and County of San Francisco, and in other great cities of the same form of economical and efficient government, what consolidation means. Again, therefore, I submit the necessity of our own great City of Oakland and urge swift action toward the same governmental plan.

Low Taxes Aid Industry

In speaking of Oakland is an industrial city, I previousl.v declared the need for a low tax rate. Tliis administration already has been able to enforce a reduction of the old total Oakland-Alameda County rate from $G.10 to $5.16 — thus proving to the voters and taxpayers that their confidence in the administration has not been misplaced. But Oak- land can do much better than that — we have every natural opportunity demanded by great industry — but the man-made disadvantage of a high tax rate is decidedly a fclraw- back. Forming the "City and County" of Oakland, bringing the total tax rate — without increase in assessments — down to the neighborhood of $3.00, will remove this artificial disadvantage and place Oakland in the class of being the most desirable city in the United States for home or industrial location.

I therefore urge upon your honorable body that on the earliest available ballot the matter of City and County consolidation be placed before the people. Oakland has 40,000 more votes than the rest of the county put together, and by our own power we can make ourselves independent governmentally and financially.

Golden Gate in the backs

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•Hotel Oakland,'

City Hall, to

Charter Amendments

Adoption of the "City and County" plan would take perhaps two years to bring about. There are, therefore, several charter amendments aimed to make more efficient our present commission form of government that I urge your honorable body to place upon the earliest available ballot. Mayor Revoke Own Appointments

1. An amendment giving the Mayor the power of revoking all appointments now authorized by charter to be made by himself. The Mayor of most cities, including San Francisco, are endowed with this right. It is most vital for the proper carrying of the policy of an administration. The charter would not give the Mayor these appointments if the peoples' desire was not to have such appointees carry out the policies of the Mayor

they elect. It is but just to the people that should any appointee fail to carry out the Mayor's policy and principles, they can, through the Mayor's own hand, revoke such appointments and place new men or women in authority. Set Sum for Park Development

2. An amendment setting aside at least Ten Cents of each annual tax rate for an appropriation to the Park Department. This would take Park Department funds out of political manipulation, giving the department an annual sum that would steadily increase with the city's growth. In this way the department could place money aside for future purchases.

AV'eekly Council Meeting

3. An amendment eliminating the daily Council meeting and setting aside one day of each week — probably Thursday — as Council Day. tJnder the present system, at least two hours each iday are wasted by each commissioner and his staff in making ready for and appearing in Council. This is uneconomical and inefficient. Setting aside one day of each week for the purpose of public Council meeting will save a large percentage of each commissioner's time for office duty and — except by the ever-present and apparently employment-dodging Council Chamber "chair warmers" — will be greeted by the entire public with appreciation.

Budget Control Officer

4. An amendment creating a "Budget Control Officer." As can be seen from perusal of previous items in this message, budget appropriations evidently mean little when Council power falls into conscienceless hands. A Budget Control Officer with power to enforce expenditures of city funds only in accordance with appropriations made in the

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oiidinance adopting the budget itself, would see to it that such illicit transfors would not take place. He would furthermore be watchful of uneconomic expenditures under such departmental budget items as "general expense," and would undoubtedly not only pay for his salary, but perform otherwise strictly and only in behalf of public welfare and the safeguarding of public funds. I am informed that a movement towards the creation of such an official is endorsed and already inaugurated by the Commissioner of Revenue aujd Finance. If such be true and he contemplates introduction and legislation creating such an official as outlined above, I heartly endorse the move and commend it strongly to your honorable body.

Mayor's Urgent Xecessity Fund

5. An amendment appropriating $1200 a year to be designated as the "Mayor's Urgent Necessity Fund," and to be expended by or under direction of the Mayor without the necessity of audit or the submission of vouchers. The cash from such a fund should be available to the Mayor at all times upon application, and without the necessity of his stating the reason for such demand or the necessity for such expenditure. The Mayor of the City of Oakland is under $50,000 bond and can surely be entrusted with proper and unaccounted expenditure of such a meagre entertainment and travel fund. The present City Charter allows the Mayor an appropriation of $500 per year as an Urgent Necessity Fund. Considering the fact that the entertainment of big business men, of foreign potentates, of industrialists seeking Oakland location, of Army and Navy officers, of outside officials; and considering the fact that from time to time he is called upon to visit other cities in line of duty, $500 per year is entirely too small an appropriation, and $100 a month by no means too large. Considering also the fact that much entertainment comes unexpectedly, the people of Oakland are surely just enough to allow the Mayor to have some cash ready on hand for such emergencies.

One such trip I made last year, namely to Los Angeles to be present with Mayor Rolph of San Francisco and over 500 other public officials from all parts of California at the dedication of the new Los Angeles City Hall, caused be to be out of pocket over one-third of my monthly salary. Such a situation should never be allowed.

Undoubtedly those responsible for the present charter created the present emergency fund with the idea that the money was to be at the disposal of the Mayor without his having in every particular instance, where a luncheon was to be purchased or a trip to be made, spending his own salary first and then going through the humiliation of submitting vouchers for meals and transportation to the City Auditor. Under present circumstances I myself, rather than suffer such humiliation, have spent thousands of dollars of my own in public entertainment and for official journeys.

In asking tor a Charter Amendment appropriating $1200 per year to such a fund, let me point out that this is very little compared with our sister city across the bay. At the present time the Mayor of San Francisco is allowed a cash fund to be expended under his

Oakland Technical Hig-h School on Broadway at Forty-fifth Street — A typical example of the

modern school building that has brought O.akland to the forefront in national circles.

Capacity, 2,700 students.

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Athletic Festival — Alexander Hamilton Junior High School — Recreation Department Cooperating.

direction and without submission ot vouchers to the amount of $3600 a year. Oakland, with her great future, cannot afford to let her Mayor plead poverty In the matter of entertainment.

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS

Downtown Comfoi-t Stations

With the increased growth and development of our downtown busines center the need of public comfort stations has increased tremendously. Oakland is perhaps the only city of its size in the country without them. I have In several past budgets provided money for their construction but these appropriations, against my vote, also were trans- ferred to other channels. If funds are available, I urge, as I have for many years in the past, that this Council seriously consider an appropriation this year sufficient to provide such conveniences in central locations. I have already taken up the matter with the City Engineer, who is now engaged in a survey of location, type of construction, and cost.

I'nion Railroad Teiinlnal

In the past, as previously stated. I have reijeatedly urged the development of a Municipal Union Passenger Terminal to be used by all railroads entering our city. Spe- cifically it was urged in my messages of 1922 and ot 1927, and I take this opportunity to recommend it again to your most earnest consideration.

Such a facility would be open to use by the Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Santa I'"e, Sacramento Short Line, Hill Lines, and other railroads now contemplating Oakland as the coming great city of the west. The terminal could be no better located than in the area bounded by Wood Street or Willow Street on the East, Eighteenth Street on the south. Thirty-second Street on the north — and on the west should extend down the present tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company along the western harbor front. Tlie Western Pacific Railroad today holds a franchise on Wood Street; the Santa Pe has its lines on Wood Street terminating at Twentieth and Adeline: the Southern Pacific tracks parallel the western water front. At the present time the Santa Pe Terminal is at Por- tleth and San Pablo, the Western Pacific Station at Third and Broadway, the Southern Pacific Overland at Sixteenth Street Station, the Sacramento Short Line at Portieth and Shaffer. Consolidation of the terminal facilities in the location recommended above.

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would be of notable advantage and form a facility convenient of access to all railroads now in Oaliland, and would allow room sufficient to satisfy traffic problems for many years to come.

This terminal operated by the city itself would eliminate possible future discrimina- tion against any carrier entering Oakland. Rental would be charged in proportion to the terminal use by each carrier, and revenues thereby derived would amply repay the cost and provide the city with a future net income. As previously stated under "Harbor," the above mentioned location fronts on the municipal property on the western water front, thus mailing it easy of access to ocean shipping and trans-bay service. As a city facility and as a city advertisement such a Union Terminal would be of the highest value, and I recommend it most strongly.

San Francisco Bay Bridge

The question of a bridge across San Francisco Bay and connecting Oakland with San r^rancisco is still indebate. Many projects have been brought before Federal authorities' but none as yet has met approval. I believe that such a bridge is feasible and that with its terminus in the western section of the city it would harmonize with the general plans advocated for a Union Railroad Terminal. In addition, there are thousands of San Francisco busines's men and women who, though continuing their business in San Fran- cisco, would be delighted to live and shop in Oakland were it not for the necessity of the twice-a-day ferry trip across the bay. I believe therefore in the high value to our city of such a bridge, and recommend that this Council co-operate with our sister city in this project.

Tlie Elimination of Smoke Xuisance

For many years I have endeavored to get definite action abating smoke nuisances in our otherwise beautiful and clear-atmosphered city. The chief offender in this regard is the Pacific Gas and Electric Company plant at the foot of Market Street. Through much communication with oflScials of this public utility I have sought to bring about reduc- tion of smoke emanation from its stacks. Yet from time to time I receive complaints from business men, professionals, home owners, and real estate operators of this city, declaring that this nuisance is still foul and noisome, still spreads over the city in a low lying pall that is detrimental at once to the city's beauty, health, comfort and efficiency.

May Day at DeP'remery Playground, 1928 — Recreation and School Departments cooperating.

MAYOR'S MESSAGE, 192S

May Day Festival — Lakeside Park — Band stand at rig-ht.

Investigation has disclosed the fact that the smoke is the result of an economy scheme on the part of the company in its attempt to dispose of the refuse by-product left after the gas is taken from the crude oil used. This by-product, largely lampblack, is strongly odorous of napthalene and semi-volatile fluids. It is produced to the amount of from 170 to 200 dry ton.S' daily — yet because it is filtered out with salt water and absorbs nearly Its own weight in moisture, the total by-product amounts to anywhere from 340 to 400 tons of residue a day. This by-product is then burned in the gas plant's furnaces for the generation of steam and to save the expense of a better grade of fuel.

The by-product is shoveled into the fire boxes in its wet condition. Thus vast clouds of steam arise from the stacks, carrying a heavy volume of solid, soot-like, unburned waste. The smoke issuing from the stacks is light in color, due to the whitneas of the condensing steam — but when the steam precipitates from the main cloud the resultant smoke is dark. Its bluish haze can be seen nearly every day lying over the business sec- tion of the city, and over the residential sections in all parts. The hills are covered with it, for the smoke misses nothing in the East Bay metropolitan district and carries with it the offensive odor, the health-menacing gases and the befouling lampblack itself, all of which fall upon this city and our citizens and their homes and office buildings. In the past year the City of Oakland has had to spend $3000 to cleanse the City Hall itself of this oily soot deposit, while many big business institutions, hotels, and others in the downtown district likewise must often wash their buildings and their room curtains because of it.

Previous to the emanation of this srmoke nuisance I was accustomed to show Oakland visitors the wonderful view of our city and of our bay from the Skyline Boulevard — but this excellent advertising ride I have had to discontinue as there is neither beauty, nor commercial attractiveness, to a city or a harbor hidden by a pall of smoke.

During the last year my office has sought and obtained the Smoke Abating Ordinances of twenty-five of the large American cities. Using these and deductions from his own in- vestigation, City Engineer George N. Randle has been co-operating with me and has drawn up a new ordinance. This I have submitted to the City Attorney for the purpose of adding the necessary "teeth" and to ascertain its complete efficacy and legality. I hope soon to place it before you for your affirmative action. Cential Fire and Police Stations

For long it has been my belief that the Central Fire and Police Station now on the ground floor of the City Hall should be removed to a location less congested by traffic. Under present conditions at every alarm, police or fire, the warning sirens on the streets in the heart of our downtown district practically stop business — 10,000 persons halt in their tracks to watch the approaching fire engines or police patrols; traffic is held up,

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and great hazard to pedestrians and automobiles created. I most strongly advocate re- moving both Police and Fire Departments from the City Hall and the conversion of the main floor into offices for the conduct of municipal business. Lejjal Counsel for All Boards

Another innovation I advocate would be a deputy city attorney designated to attend all board meetings. Legal advice would thus be immediately available (or such depart- ments as Park, Playground, Library, Civil Service, City Planning, and others. Our ap- pointed boards are high charactered, but with the presence of a City Attorney to advise them in contractual matters the efficiency of their activities would be greatly increased and would militate against board legal difficulties. Lake Mei'ritt Kmbankiiieiit

I would also recommend that the Lake Merritt rock embankment along Harrison Boulevard be continued down Lakeside Drive at least to Oak Street. This I believe the Park Department is already working on, but I would advocate its early construction. State Buikling for Oaklaml

I strongly advocate the construction of a California State Building in Oakland. This, to be built and maintained from State funds, would cost the taxpayers of Oakland noth- ing yet grant them an immediate service long needed and long this city's due. Such a £-tructure would house such services as the local State Motor Vehicle Department, the local officials of the State Labor Compensation Board, allow space for a State Exhibit Room, and have rooms in which could be held meetings of the State Railroad Commis- sion, Board of Equalization, and other State Commissions or Officials whose duties re- quire local meetings and discussyion forums. Oakland affords splendid sites for such a building, and present State business in this community fully warrants the expenditure it would necessitate. I strongly advocate that this Council make a direct request to State authorities for an appropriation for such a construction in the near future. Resume of Recommendations:

In my brief recommendations for the new year would include:

1. Construction of first unit of Museum.

2. Extension of comprehensive lighting system for downtown area.

3. The lighting and boulevarding of West Fourteenth Street to the auto ferries.

4. The development of a high pressure salt water system (or fire protec- tion in the business and industrial section of Oakland and (or the cleansing of Lake Merritt and the latter's development for swimming.

5. Construction of down town comfort stations.

6. Relocation of Corporation Yard.

7. Purchase o( Durant Park.

S. Paving all new streets with plain concrete, eliminating all black tops

and patent movement. 9. Acquisition of another Municipal Recreation Camp for all year service

and located more closely to the city.

Loading mail and expi-ess at Oakland Airport

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Acquisition of the remaining land of Bay Farm Island, for additional

harbor and industrial purposes.

Municipal recommendations for private development of permanent

automobile storage buildings in the downtown area.

Speedy adoption of a Major Highway and Traffic Plan.

Construction from public funds of a Union Passenger Terminal.

Charter amendments to include Park Budget; Revocation by Mayor

of appointments made by Mayor; One Council Meeting per week;

Budget Control Officer; enlargement of Mayor's Urgent Necessity Fund.

Adoption of the "City and County" plan of government.

Removable opera chairs for new floor of Municipal Auditorium arena.

State Building for Oakland.

Deputy City Attorney, part time, for State legislative work.

Remove car tracks from Twelfth Street Dam.

Limitation to 150 feet in heights of buildings.

Passage of bonds for comprehensive drainage and sewer system, arterial

openings of immediate vital need, and for major capital outlay on

parks, buildings, recreation centers, police and fire stations, etc.

Bond Issues

It is my fundamental belief that all public improvements should be paid for as they are used — and in this use future generations of taxpayers will participate. It is only just, therefore, that these future generations pay their share in original costs. I there- fore recommend that in the near future a bond issue be brought before the public for the purpose of constructing all vitally needed improvements. One is mandatory at all events for completion of a comprehensive drainage and sewer system to replace the one now in use and which, being originally constructed for a city of only 50.000 population, is totally inadequate for the Half Million that soon will be Oakland's. Opening of arterial highways under the broad plans developed by the City Planning Commission should also be paid out of bond money, and the entire program of necessary improve- ments can be met by the one issue.

Here, to safeguard the people's money, I emphatically urge that in such bond issue all monies be appropriated to a definite and pre-detemiined use, and that no money from sucli bond issue be put to any other use than that for which the taxpayers specifically voted it. Too often in the past have the people voted sums that they were told were to be used for a definite purpose only to see those same sums later deflected to another and often unanticipated channel. The wording of any bond issue ordinance should be such that the public clearly understand what the money is to be used for. and such also as will make it mandatory upon the expending powers to use such money only and specifically for such purpose.

OAKLAND'S FrTURE BRELLIAXT

Oakland today faces clearly and confidently a future bright with promise. Our city is growing as never before, a statement in which Federal authorities concur in their declaration that we have the fastest growing city in the country. Our healthful climate, our unexcelled transportation and dockage facilities, our low death rate, our rich and productive background, our most meritorious schools and recreational facilities, all combine to invite and encourage the coming here of home seekers, persons looking for business opportunity, and industries seeking manufacturing sites. With the development of our harbor, our schools, our transportation systems, our

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public places ot recreation and amusement, our airport; with the extension and widening of our boulevards; with architectural supervision of our bildings and more compre- hensive control of new subdivisions; with proper efficiency and beauty-making zoning laws. Oakland's progress is assured.

Finally, with a tax rate cut in half by adoption of the "City and County" plan of local government, our city will be supreme. The biggest natural advantages combined with the smallest tax rate — these will make the name of Oakland ring with invitation through- out America, and our destiny will be assured.

Very truly yours.

^a^>iLe

Mayor of the City of Oakland.

POLK'S

OAKLAND

CITY DIRECTORY

Including Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont

1928

COPYRIGHT. 1928, BY R. L. POLK & CO. OF CALIFORNIA

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

For information not found in this department, see regular Alphabetical Section or under proper heading in ClassiBed Business Directory.

CITY GOVERNMENT OAKLAND

All offices in City Hall — Washington bet 14th and

15th unless otherwise noted. Phone Lalteside 3600 Nominating Municipal Election — Third Tuesday in

April 1929 and on third Tuesday in April every

second year thereafter General Municipal Election — Tliird Tuesday after

nominating municipal election Council Meetings — Daily at 11 a m except Saturdays,

Sundays and legal holidays in Council Chambers 3d floor Mayor and President of the Council — Hon John L

Davie rm 302 Commissioners — Hon J L Davie. W H Parker. C C

Young. E K Sturgis. Frank Colbourn. 3d floor Commissioner of Public Affairs — Hon John L Davie

rm 302 Commissioner of Public Health and Safety — C C

Young rm 310 Commissioner of Public Works — Prank Colbourn

rm 323 Commissioner of Revenue and Finance — E K Sturgis

9th floor Commissioner of Streets— W H Parker rm 802 Attorney — Preston Higgins rm 503 Auditor— H G Williams 10th floor ' Bacteriologist — 6th floor Building Inspector — A S Holmes rm 403 Chemist — ^th floor

Chief of Fire Dept— W G Lutkey rm 204 Chief of Police Dept — D L Marshall 14th st entrance Clerk— F C Merritt rm 306 Electrician — C E Hardy rm 509 Engiiieer — Geo N Randle 8th floor Harbor Dept — Okld Bank Bldg Health Officer — Dr. Chas R Pancher 6th floor License Inspector — Fred B Peru rm 907 Market and Pood Inspector — rm 614 Plumbing Inspector — J E Francis rm 405 Port of Oakland— G B Hegardt mgr 424 Okld Bank

bldg Poundmaster — R C Trotter — Pord cor Lancaster Public School Building and Grounds Dept— W E

Whalin supt 337 17th Purchasing Agent — John H Brill rm 410 Sanitary Inspector — 6th floor Supt of Parks— Lee S Kerfoot rm 407 Supt of Playgrounds — R W Robertson rm 404 Supt of Schools— Willard G Givens 11th floor Supt of Streets and Ex-offlcio City Engineer — Geo

N Randle rm 802 Treasurer — Sophus Nelson 9th floor Wharfinger — w J Masterson foot of Washington

Boards. Etc Board of Education — Geo W Hatch pres. F A

Campbell. Rose B Burckhalter. J J Allen jr. J F

Chandler. Eugene K Sturgis. Mrs. N Kramer, J W

Edgemond .sec. llth floor Board of Inquiry (City Employees) Board of Library Directors — W G Eggleston pres.

Mrs. Minna McGauley. Claud Gatch. Chas Fisher.

Mrs. Myrtle Fieberling, John B Kaiser sec., 14th

and Grove Board of Park Directors — W R King pres, C I An- derson, Roger Coit. L S Kerfoot supt. W S

Chandler sec rm 407 Board of Playground Directors — J P Maher pres. H

C Austin. Mrs Amy E Thurston. Jos N Steiner

Nellie Anton rm 315 Bureau of Permits and Licenses — Jas Carey hd elk

9 th floor Bureau of Research and Guidance — Rlchd Rut- ledge director, llth floor Health Development Dept — Alvin Powell director,

Margt Wythe asst dir. O R Jungerman dentist.

Florence B Bussell supt nurses. 121 E llth City Planning Commission — F E Reed pres. 3d floor Civil Service Board — B W Hammond pres. H P Hu-

ber v-pres. T H Carney C C DeWolf sec. rm 316 Fire Prevention Bureau — Bat Chief F C Kispert in

charge, rm 507 East Bay Cities Rate Dept — R A Belinge chf eng.

rm 511. City Hall

Police Department Chief of Police — D L Marshall Captain of Inspectors — B A Wallman Bailifis — H L Gilbert. Robt Forgie Property Clerk — R F Ahern Central Division Captain — J P Lynch Eastern Division Captain — Thorvald Brown Northern Division Captain — Chas H Bock Traffic Dept— Lieut C L Hemphill

Police Courts Court Officers — W B Searing. C T MacCurdy Bond and Warrant Clerk — R R Hunter

Department 1 Judge — H L Bacon

Prosecuting Attorney — Fred L Donahue Clerk— W H Fieberling Bailiff— H L Gilbert Reporter — E C VanCourt

Department 2 Judge— Edw J Tyrell

Prosecuting Attorney — T A Westphal jr Clerk — Edwin Meese Jr Bailiff— Robt Porgle Reporter — Irving Magnes

Fire Department Headquarters City Hall, Wm G Lutkey chief. Wm H McGrath 1st asst chief

Milton

Engine Co No

Engine Co No

Engine Co No

Engine Co No

Engine Co No 5-

Engine Co No 6-

Engine Co No 7-

Engine Co No B — 51st and Telegr

B:nBine Co No 9 — 14th and Magnolia

Engine Co No 10 — 165 Santa Clara av

Engine Co No 12— Alice bet 8th and 9th

Engine Co No 13—1215 33d av

Engine Co No 14 — Champion and Pleasant

-City Hall

-480 6th

-1681 8th

-1235 E 14th

-Cor Market

-E 15th and 22d av

-59th and San Pablo

CITY AND COUXTY GOVERNMENTS

Engine Co No 15 — 25th nr Broadway

Nnglne Co No 16 — 3441 13th av

Engine Co No 17— Allendale and Abbey

Engine Co No 18 — 50th av and Bond

Engine Co No 19 — Birch ct and College av

Engine Co No 20 — 93d av and E 14th

Engine Co No 21 — Montgomery and John

Engine Co No 22 — 3330 Magnolia

Engine Co No 23—7201 Trenor

Engine Co No 24 — 6226 Moraga rd

Chemical Co No 1— City Hall

Truclc Co No 1 — 480 6th

Truck Co No 2— E 14th and 13th av

Truck Co No 3—1681 8th

Truck Co No 4 — 25th nr Broadway

Truclc Co No 5 — 56th and Dover

Truck Co No 6 — 50th and Bond

Truck Co No 7—1375 93d av

High Pressure Station— Oak and 15th

Municipal Piers Albers Bros ft 7th Clay St tt Clay Dennison St ft Dennison Fourteenth St W end 14th Franklin St tt Franklin Grove St ft Grove Howard Terminal ft Market Jefferson St ft Jefferson Livingston St ft Livingston Market St ft Market Oil Docks ft 14th Parr Terminal ft 7th Quay Wall, bet Grove and Market Warehouse W end 14th

Miscellaneous Art Gallery — Municipal Auditorium Auditorium — 12th at Fallon— 323 City Hall Boat Houses — Oak n of 14th and Lakeside Park Chabot Hall— Jefferson bet 10th and 11th Chabot Observatory — Leona Heights Corporation Yards — 9th and Fallon, 51st and Shat-

tuck av and 46th and Foothill blvd Electrical Plant— 13th and Oak Fire Alarm and Police Telephone Stations — 13th and

Oak Free Library — J B Kaiser Librarian. 14th cor Grove Jail— 12th floor City Hall Municipal Band — 407 City Hall Municipal Golf Links— End of Golf Links rd w of

Lake Chabot Oakland Airport — ft Jones av Pound — Ford cor Lancaster Press Room— 403 City Hall Public Museum— 1426 Oak and 274 19th Woodyard— 282 8th Zoo — Joaquin Miller rd

ALAMEDA All ofQces in City Hall, Santa Clara av. cor Oak.

unless otherwise noted Mayor — Frank Otis

Councilmen — Prank Otis, mayor and pres. Al La- tham. E R Neiss. G H Noble. Wm R Calcutt. meet 1st and 3d Tuesdays each month Manager — Clifton E Hickok Attorney — Wm J Locke Auditor and Assessor — F J CroU Bacteriologist — Eugenia Herron Building Inspector— Ernest H Rogers Sanitary Inspector — E C Maillot Electrician — Jos B Kahn s end of Park Chief Fire Dept— W T Steinmetz Chief of Police— W H Wahmuth Clerk and Purch Agt— W E Varcoe Constables — Chas J Deuser. 835 Taylor av. G A Daly.

1105 Pacific av Engineer and Supt of Streets — Burnett Hamilton Justice of the Peace — Elmer E Johnson. Water

Works bldg Park A License Collector— L H Wahmuth Police Judge — E J Silver Poundmaster — Grant Hicks, ft of Grand Superintendent of Schools — Wm G Paden Treasurer and Tax Collector — L H Ader Veterinary and Food Inspector — Tom Carpenter Board of Education — J B Lanktree. pres. D E Graves. Mrs Maybelle V Powell. Geo S Williams A C Keane. Wm G Paden. sec Board of Library Trustees— Dr H A Miller, pres. Fredk Maurer. C W Griflin. M J White. Mrs Agnes L Hauch, Mrs Marcella H Krauth. sec Board of Public Utilities— lElec Light Dept I J B Kahn. supt. A D Goldsworthv. sec. E H Baxter, Hermann Krusi. C E Hickok,. 1414 Park Department of Public Works — (Street Sewers and

Wharves) Burnett Hamilton, supt Fire Department — W T Steinmetz. chief (See under

Fire Dept> Health Department — Dr Arthur Hieronymous, health

officer Planning Commission — H C Haslett. chairman, W E

Varcoe. sec Police Department — W H Wahmuth, chief Recreation Department — E J Probst, supt

Social Service Board — Mrs B E Spunn. exec sec. 2226

Santa Clara av Corporation Yard — ft of Grand BERKELEY

All offices in City Hall. Grove nw cor Allston way.

unless otherwise noted. Phone Berkeley 9210 Mayor — M B Driver Manager — John N Edy

Council — M B Driver mayor, Walter Mork, T E Caldecott. Mrs A C Moody, Mrs C L Hoyt, R S French. F A Berg, E J Hardy, J J Rahill Deputy Assessor — H L Hock Attorney — E J Sinclair Auditor — Mabel W Jensen Bacteriologist and Chemist — Blanche Knight Clerk— Emma M Hann Electrician — Walter Brothers Engineer and Supt of Streets— A J Eddy Justice of the Peace — Oliver Youngs, Jr Poundmaster — P J Rogers, 3d cor University Sanitary Inspector — Geo Grimshaw Superintendent of Parks — H A Tibbetts Superintendent of Recreation — Granville Thomas Superintendent of Schools — Acting, M C James Treasurer and Tax Collector — Pauline Young Advisory Board of Healtli — Robt Hector, P H Mc-

Nair. F L Kelly, Mrs Bernedette Lester, sec Board of Education— Mrs L L Hector, Mrs V T Bright, P L Stripp, A H Morgan Jr. M B Driver. 213i! Allston way Bureau of Buildings and Inspections — Stanley Koch, chief inspr. Walter Brothers, city elec. Geo Grim- shaw. sanitary inspr Bureau of Garbage Service — O L Larson in charge Commission of Public Charities — Marjorie Carpen- ter, sec Department of Health — Frank L Kelly, health offi- cer. E D Wallace, food inspr. Hester MacKay, chief nurse. G K Cooke. D V S. milk inspr Fire Department — Geo Hasgerty. chief Engine No 1—2110 9th Engine No 4—1450 Shattuck av

Planning Commission — Frank D Stringham. Sue J Irwin. Edwin Landon. Vernon Smith. Mrs Aaron Schloss. H R Phinney Playground Commision — Annie Woodall. Mrs Fowler Mallet. Jas T Preston. C P Naylor. Clarence W Whitney Police Department — Aug Vollmer, chief Pound — 2d nr University av Corporation Yard — West and Allston way Emergency Hospital — Berkeley General Hospital Free Library — Acting librarian. Olive C Burroughs.

Shattuck av and Kittridge Health Center — Lou Crandall, exec sec. 830 Univer- sity av Jail— City Hall

Municipal Wharf — Ft University av Public Playgrounds — San Pablo, Mabel and Oregon James Kennedy — 8th and Delaware Live Oak — Shattuck av and Berryman Codornices — Eunice and Euclid Grove — bet Russell and Oregon EMERYVILLE W H Christie, mayor, J T Doyle, P J Stoer. A J Lacoste. E E Ryan, trustees, F P Poulter. treas- urer, Wm A Siebe, clerk and assessor. R S Haw- ley, engineer. J L Kennon. judge police court. J E Wiley, fire chief. E J Carey, chief of police. T W Firby, attorney. Jas H Seymour, depy tax and license collector, and Dr Geo Rothgander. health officer. Town Hall, se cor Park av and Hollis. Phone Humboldt 120

PIEDMONT City Hall. Vista and Highland av. Phone Pied 311 Council— Oliver Ellsworth, pres. L P Moore, revenue and finance. Seymour Phelan. streets, light and water. L G Wolfe, public health and safety. A C Hibbard. parks, playgrounds and buildings Clerk and Purch Agt — Weare C Little Tax Collector — Alice T Corrigan Attorney — G N Richardson Engineer- E C Prather Chief of Fire Dept — W E Culver Chief of Police — F W Heere Puilriinc Inspector — R H Barrett Health Officer- H J Smith Supt of Parks — Ferdinand Hein Supt of Streets — C H Almy Municipal Judge — Greene Majors

COUNTY GOVERNMENT

(ALAMEDA COtTNTY)

Court House and Hall of Records. Broadway, bet

4th and 5th. Phone Oakland 0847 Accountine Dept — Geo I Emerson, chf acct Assessor — L J Kennedy, Court House Auditor— E F Garrison, Hall of Records Bee Inspector — Gary W Hartman, Claremont Manor Buildings and Bridges — Fred C Peterson, supt Civil Service Commission — E C Lyon. pres. L A Clark, O D Hamlin. Jr, LeRoy Bartlett sec. Hall of Records

MILITARY— BOARD OF EDUCATION

Clerk— Geo E Gross. Hall of Records Coroner — Grant D Miller. 2372 E 14th Court Commissioner — Fred B Mellmarm, 1704 Tri- bune Tower Commissioner for the Burial of Soldiers. Sailors and

Marines— C C Smith. 366 Blake block District Attorney — Earl Warren. Court House Farm Adviser — T O Morrison. Hayward Fire Warden— J J McGlinchey Game Warden — Fred Rogers, Newark Health Officer— John Azevedo. Hayward Horticultural Commissioner — Fred Seulberger. 418

14th Live Stock Inspector — J J Hogarty. 2434 Webster Justices of the Peace — H w Pulcifer. Oakland Twp. H D Wise. Brooklyn Twp. E E Johnson. Alameda Twp. W J Gannon. Jacob Harder. Jr. Eden Twp, Allen Norris. Jos A Silver, Washington Twp. P C Quinn. Pleasanton Twp. G S Fitzgerald. Murray Twp Official Reporters — F T Thompson, Dept 1, Alice T Burnell, Dept 3. H C Darneal, Dept 7, Birdie M Wilson, Dept 2, J S Riley, Dept 4, H W Enefer Dept 6. W T McSorley, Dept 8, M U Shields, Dept 9, G M Dufton. Dept 5, Court House Press Bureau— Hall of Records Probation Officer — O F Snedigar, 18th and Poplar Probation Officer Adult — Robt Tyson, 512 Bway Public Administrator — Albt E Hill, 1440 Bway Public Defender— W W Shea, Hall of Records Purchasing Agt — J M Sabin, Jr, Hall of Records Receiving Hospital — 417 Franklin Recorder— G W Bacon. Hall of Records Sealer of Weights and Measures — Edw K Stro-

bridee. 491 5th Sheriff— B F Becker. 491 5th

Superior Court Judges— w T Harris. Dept 1 E C Robinson. Dept 2, Fred V Wood, Dept 3, L S Church, Dept 4, Leon E Gray, Dept 5, John D Murphy, Dept 6, J J Allen, Dept 7, J G Quinn. Dept 8, Homer R Spence, Dept 9, Court House Supt of Schools— D E Martin, Hall of Records Surveyor— G A Po.sey. 454 5th Tax Collector— E T Planer. Court House Treasurer— F W Foss. Hall of Records Arroyo Sanitorium — Chesley Bush, supt. Livermore Board of Education— C L Biedenbach. pres. D E Martin, sec. P M Fisher. Genevieve M McKeever (Haywardl. E Dixon Bristow (Niles). Hall of Records Board of Supervisors— W J Hamilton. Chas W Heyer chairman, Ralph V Richmond. R C Staats. J F Mullins. Hall of Records Del Valle Farm — A W Monroe, supt. Livermore Development Commission— Paul Goldsmith, chair- man, J J Callahan. E K Taylor. Charles E Lutz N W Armstrong sec, Edwin Stearns, asst sec 510 15th Detention Home — Jas M Page. supt. O P Snedigar

probation officer. 18th and Poplar Garage — G C Feldman. chf auto mechanic. 485 4th Highland Hospital — B W Black, supt. 14th av and

Vallecito pi Fairmont Hospital— A C Jensen, supt. Foothill blvd

San Leandro Jail — B F Becker, sheriff. 491 5th Juvenile Court — Hon L S Church, judge. 18th and

Poplar Law Library— Eloisc B Cushlng. librarian, Court

House Library— Mary Barmby. librarian. Hall of Records Alameda County Public Health Center— Dr Alvin Powell, director. 121 E 11th. Okid Branch, 3105

Franklin

Registratio

Records

Office — Geo E Gross, registrar. Hall of

MILITARY

National Guard — State of California

Headquarters Battery and Combat Train. Capt Chas

A Burgess — Drill Thurs 8pm Oakland Armory — 674 23d

Headquarters— 143d Field Artillery, Col M G Randol Headquarters— First Battalion 143d Field Artillery

Major H W Enefer Battery "A"— 143d Field Artillery, Capt L B Thomas

Drill Wednesday evenings 8pm Battery "B"— 143d Field Artillery, Capt H S Kelsey.

Drill Thursday evenings 8pm Headquarters Battery— 143d. Capt C E White. Drill

Friday evenings 8pm Company "A" 159th Infantry— Capt L G Dunkel

Drill Monday evenings 8pm Company "C" 159th Infantry— First Lieut A H

Ferguson, Drill Monday evenings 8pm Service Company 159 Infantry— Capt E T Severin

Drill Tuesday evenings 8pm Service Battery 143d Field Artillery— Capt Walter

Blumcrt. Drill Thursday evening 8pm Regimental Headquarters Company 159th Infantry—

Capt Donald French. Drill Tuesday evenings 8pm Artillery Stables— Leona Heights

Berkeley Armory. 1409 Center Headquarters 159th Infantry— Lt Colonel A J Eddy

commanding Howitzer Company — Capt Floyd B Stewart Company B — Capt Mowrey Company D — Capt F D Ogden Medical Dept — Capt Jesse C Edwards Hq and Hq Co 1st Battalion— 1st Lieut Wm Sea

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

(See also Schools and Colleges in Classled Section)

OAKLAND

Board of Education

(See City Officers in Alphabetical Section)

Alex Hamilton Jr High— 35th av and Galindo L P

Farris. prin Allendale— Penniman and 38th avs. C N Shane prin Bella Vista— I3th av and E 19th, Maud Marchant

Bella Vista Annex — 10th av and E 24th Burba nk Annex— 64th av pi and Trenor Burckhalter Chas— 4324 72d av. Jessie Calder prin Campbell — 4th and Grove. Eliz P Cooper prin Chabot — Chabot rd and Patton. W S Briscoe prin Claremont Jr High — College av and Birch Court,

H N Masey prin Clawson Jr High— 32d and Magnolia, A S Colton

pnn Cleveland — Cleveland and Athol av, Jesse J Beaty

prin Cole — 10th and Union, W D Spencer prin Cornell (Albany) — Solano av cor Talbot av Crocker Highlands— Longridge and SunnyhiUs rd

Bernice Baxter, prin Dewey— 37th av and E 12th. Sarah L Young prin Dimond Heights — Fruitvale av and Punston pi Durant^.29th and West, E W Kottinger prin E Morris Cox— 98th av and Sunnyside. Anne M

Bradley prin East Oakland High— Excelsior and Park blvds C E

(Pled), Florence E

K

Egbert W Beach— 100 Lake

Luke prin

Elmhurst Jr High— Cherry and 98th av, H W Camp- bell pnn Emerson— 49th and Shaffer av, w A Benner prin Emeryvllle-^an Pablo av and 47th, D B Lacy prin

47th, J H Na-

Emeiryville High — San Pablo av

pier prill Frank C Havens— 320 Bonlta av (Pied). Ellen Dris-

coU prin Franklin- 9th and E 16th. G A Edgar prin Fremont High — 47th av and Foothill blvd H D

Brasefleld prin Frick Jr High— 62d av and Foothill blvd. C P Fin- ger prin Fruitvale — Boston av and School. R W Snyder prin Garfield Jr High— 23d av and Foothill blvd. W W

Green prin Glenview Elementary— Hampel and La Cresta, A G

Starr prin Glenview Jr High— Park blvd and Hopkins, R S

Wheeler prin Golden Gate Jr High — San Pablo av ne cor 62d

R T Nichols prin Grant No 1— Kempton and Fairmont. Margaret I

Poore prin Grant No 2— 29th and Summit. Margaret I Poore

Hamilton Jr High— 35th av and Gallndo, L P Far- ris prin Hawthorne— Fruitvale av and Tallant. R J Graham

prin Highland— 85th av and A. J C Hammel prin Horace Mann— Congress and Ygnacio av. C R Vor-

heis prin Jefferson- 39th av and Carrington, Elizabeth Sher- man, prin John Sweet — n termination of Lee av, F B Zim- merman prin Lafayette — 17th and West, Leo Taylor prin Lakeview Jr High — Perry and Grand av. Edgar

MuIIer prin Laurel— Kansas and Brown av. Maud M Wallace

prin Lazear— 29th av and Elmwood av. M Elsie Cotter

prin Lincoln— nth and Alice, W M Greenwell prin Lockwood Jr High— E 14th and 68th av. C B Crane

prin Longfellow— 39th and Market. Albert Benson prin Lowell Jr High— 12th and Market, G E Furbush prin Luther Burbank — 62d av and Foothill blvd, Arth

Gist prin McChesney— E 38th and 13th av. Dora Lages prin McClymonds High— 26th and Myrtle, W A Tenney

prin Manzanlta — 24th and E 26th. Ida M Hammond prin

BOAKD OF EDUCATION

Maxwell Park — Monticello and Fleming, Sue H Dun- bar prin Melrose — E 14th and 52d av, Paul Martin prin Merritt High — 3d and E 10th. M E Hurley prin Montclair — Thorn rd and Mountain blvd. Laura

Curley prin North Emeryville — 61st sw cor Doyle, Mrs. Ella

V McDonald prin Oakland Central High — 12th and Jefferson Oakland Technical High — 43d and Bway, H O Welty

prin Parker — 78th and Ney avs, Florence Tillman prin Part Time High— 12th and Market. M E Hurley prin Peralta — Alcatraz av and Telegraph av, W G Rector

prin Piedmont High — 800 Magnolia (Pied), H W Jones

prin Piedmont Jr High — Magnolia and Bonita av Piedmont av — Piedmont av and Echo av, A R Ro-

mar prin Prescott Jr High — 9th and Campbell, G E Morten- sen prin Prescott Annex — 5th and Campbell, G E Morten- sen prin Rockridge — Clifton and Bway. W H McMaster prin Roosevelt High— E 19th and 19th av, E W Jacobsen

prin San Leandro High — Estudillo av and Bancroft, J R

Sutton prin Santa Fe — 54th and Market — Delia Van De Mark

prin Sequoia — Lincoln av and Scenic av, V H Grlmsley

prin Stonehurst — 103d av and S P Tracks, Mrs. Angle

Webster prin Toler Heights — Thermal av and Scott Tompkins — 5th and Linden, Susan McFeely prin University High — 58th and Grove. F H Boren prin Washington — 60th and Shattuck av, C E Hudspeth

prin Webster — 81st av and Olive, Aubrey G Smith prin Whittier— E 17th and 62d av Wlldwood — 301 Wlldwood av (Pled). Ileen McKen-

zie prin Woodrow Wilson Jr High — 48th and Webster, H C Petray prin

BERKELEY

Board of Education

(See City Officers In Alphabetical Section)

Burbank Jr High — University av and Bonar, J E

Preston prin Columbus — Allston way cor 8th, Sue J Irwin prin Cragmont — Regal rd and Marin av. May C Wade prin

Edison Jr High — Russell nr Grove, H H Glessner

prin Emerson — Pied av se cor Forest av, A L Barker prin Franklin — San Pablo av cor Virginia, J E Cudde-

back prin Garfleld Jr High — Rose and Grant, D L Hennessy

prin Hawthorne — Snyder av cor 9th. Mrs. Beatrice Wil-

mans prin

Barrows prin Jefferson — Rose cor Sacramento, Mary B O'Ban-

non. prin John Muir— Olaremont av bet Ashby and Webster,

Lydia Atterbury prin Le Conte — Russell nw cor Ellsworth. Marion C

Smith prin Lincoln — Ellis and Prince. J L Blumb prin Longfellow— California and Ward, C K Hayes prin McKinley — Dwight way nr Telegraph av, Harry

Spindler prin Oxford — Oxford nr Eunice, Mrs. C M Partridge prin Part Time High — Allston way and Grove. G C Mann

prin Thousand Oaks — Tacoma and Colusa avs, C A Har- well prin University Elementary — Shattuck av and Rose, A J

Hamilton prin Washington — Grove sw cor Bancroft way, Mrs. E

E Tudbury prin Whittier — Milvia ne cor Virginia. R E Warren prin Willard Jr High — Telegraph av cor Ward. W B

Clark prin

ALAMEDA

Board of Education

(See City OtBcers in Alphabetical Section)

Evening Commercial High — Walnut cor Central av.

P L Evans prin Everett — Everett nw cor Eagle av. Ada Bird prin Franklin — 1015 Paru, Branche Frost prin Haight — Santa Clara av nr Chestnut, E D Evers

prin High — Walnut cor Central av, G C Thompson prin Lincoln — Central av bet Mound and Court, J M

Bryan prin Longfellow-Pacific av and 5th. Mrs. M B Dye prin Mastick— Bay and Santa Clara, Gertrude E Treanor

prin Porter — Ala av nr Walnut, I W Snowden prin Versailles — Lincoln and Versailles avs, Louise

Thompson v-prin Washington — Santa Clara av se cor 8th, Arth Heche

prin

1928

POLK'S

OAKLAND

1928

Street and Avenue Guide

Copyright. 1928. R. L. Polk & Co. of California

(For Map and Street Index, furnished by the Oakland Title Insurance & Guaranty Company.

see back of book.)

Giving names, location and description of Streets, Avenues, Drives, Boulevards, Ways, Courts and Places in the boundary city lines between Berkeley, Oakland and Alameda, including the Cities of Oakland, Emeryville and Piedmont, in accordance with the County recorded maps vrith designated dedicated streets and the Cities' ordinances and as exis- tent up to date.

fm from

June junction for direction east, west, north,

trds towards

A

Fm 1300 82d av e to 9eth av 1 s of E 14th ABBEY —

Second e of 35th av fm Brookdale av n to Penuiman av ABERFOIL AV —

Km Elvessa av w to Roderick rrl

Alliol

n\v to Lester av Athol av I.csler j\ ADA

Fm Bryant av first .s of Manila ADAMS —

Fm 252 Lee ni I.ee Perkins

350 400 450

w of Bay pl ADELAIDE —

Fm Huntineton av e to Car- son 3 n of Tompkins av ADELINE —

Fm 1st n to 62d and Bkly

1500 1600 1700

2400 2500 2600 2700 2S00 2900 3000

ADELINE —

San Pablo iiv

Apgar

Thirty-eiehth

Thirty-ninth	31100
Terba Buena av
Forty-first	4100
Forty-third
Forty-fifth
	4 700
Lowell	5201
Fifty-third	5300
Fifty-fourth
Fifty-iifth
Fifty-sixth
Fifty-seventh	5700
Market	5700

Fifty-eighth Fifty-ninth Sixtieth

ADELL COURT —

Fm 1800 Hopkins s to Mon-

AERIAL PLACE

(Pied) —

1 s June Hampton rd and Court rd AGNES —

Fm Alta rd w of Proctor av se to Sheridan rd

AQUA VISTA —

Fm 38th av e to High Rosedaleav 4100

AILEEN —

Fm 5050 Shaltuck av w to San Pablo av

Shattuck av 001

Dover 701

veil

Angeles Gaskill ALAMEDA AV —

Fm Frtvl av t 3(ith av thence ni High ami Clemet av and S P I!y ALBERT —

Fm Madrone a' Hopkins

1026 1050 1070 10110

Itegent Colby Dana

Telegraph av Harmon Court Raymond Shattuck av Berkeley City Oakland

Essex Herzog .Salem ALDER —

Fm 1500 7Sth av to SOtli nv 2 n of K 14th ALDER WAY now DEMING

WAV

i: till I.eoua bot Richflehl

atl.] (;nr,l(ill

ALEXANDER COURT

Fm lll.-.O 3.'ith av w to I'e- ralta pk 2 n of Foothill blvd ALICE —

Fm 251 1st n to Iflth 4 e ..f Bway ALICIA —

Fm 2 7th nw to Market 1 \V San Pablo ALIDA —

Fm 4200 Lincoln av e to

ALISO AV —
East end of	Woortl	and av
ALLENDALE	AV —
Fm 3.'>th a	e to
Thirty-fltth av		3500
Octavia		3 000
.\bbey		3050
Short		3700
Viola		3SO0
Thirty-eighth a		31)00
Thirty-ninth
High Lilac		4fi00
Fein		4700
		4800
ALLMAN —

Fm A( iew dr ALMA AV —

ipect av e of and nr Capeli ne to .iunc of Mathews av Excelsior av and Park blvti ALMOND —

Fm 2200 nOthavseto OOtli av ALPINE TER —

Fm llcean View dr s 3e of Bway

ALTA RD —

Se Hotel Claremont off es Tunnel rd AMELIA —

Fm 84tb av se to SOth a?

AMY DR

Fm Bellevi av w of Mora ANDERSON -^ Now KELLER

AV —

1 blk w Shone av fm Gr. ley dr to Mountain blvd ANDERSON —

Fm Butler ne to Clifton. Bway

Fm Minna av nw 1 n of Penniman ANITA —

Changed to 77th av ANNERLEY RD —

Oakland and Pied, fm Har- vard rd to Spring av 1 ne of Lake Shore av ANTIOCH —

Fm Mountain blvd e 1 n of Mnraga av APGAR —

Fm 3860 Tel av w to San Pablo av

Grove 050

West SOI)

Market 900

Linden 950

APPLE —

Fm 105th av ne to E 14th APRICOT

Fm 107th av se to Royal AQUARIUS WAY —

N fm Mountain blvd 1 e of Floren av ARBOR AV —

Fm 482 Hudson ne to Te- mescal cr 1 e Claremont av ARBOR DR (Pled) —

Fm 1 1 00 Okld av e to .Ic- rome av first n of Grand av ARCADIA AV

N end Fruitvale av n to Mcl-

ARDLEY —

C"ntinnnti"n of 23d E 31st to Hampel

0-VKL..'\JSrD STREET GUIDE

ARDMORE AV (Pled) —

Fm Ashmount av n of and nr Portal av ne to Clarendon

ARDSLEY HEIGHTS

Bet I'ark blvd and Bay View av hw of E 34th and Elliott ARIMO AV —

Fm Walavista av ne 1 e of La lie Shore av ARIZONA —

Fm Maple av e to 35th av ARKANSAS

Fm 3350 Peralta ai	e to
35th av
ARLINGTON AV —
Grove	800
Genoa
	900
Lowell	950

Los Angeles 1000

ARMANINO CT — _

Fm College av c bet Har- wood av and Florio ARMOUR OR —

X fm Snake rd to 'Woodland

AROYUELLO AV —

Fm Clen av n to Entrada av 1 n l.imla av ARROYO AV (Pled) —

Fm i;4th e to TSth. 0 n of E 14th ARTUNA AV (Pled) —

fm Ricardo and

Fm 1520 -8th av e to 79th av third n of E 14th ASHMOUNT AV (Pled) —

Fni Portal av n and ne to La Salle and Sea View av. 1 w of XIandana blvd ASiLOMAR DRIVE (Formerly

Monterey Drive) —

_ of Thorn

rd n e to Forest dr ATHENS AV —

Fm L'501 San Pablo av w to 22 50 Marliet ATHERTON —

Fn

2200 80th

to 82d

ATHOL. AV —

Peralta Hts fm Lake Shore

blvd. and 200 E 18th opp n

trns 2d av n to Excelsior av

E Eighteenth 100

■Wayne av 200

Acton pi 300

E Nineteenth 300

X. 'innav 350

II liTi rd 400

i-oav 401

■ '.ludav 425

1. llviiav 500

^ . : ni,l 550

I ; t av 600

II II ("ircle S 601 M,, i.lrd 620 .Mcl^iuleyar 650

E.xcelsior av 701

ATLANTIC —

Fm 401 Campbell w to Bay

2d s of 7th Campbell Willow •Wood Pine Cedar		1650 1700 1750 ISOO 1850
ATLAS AV — Fni Victor av blvd n to Redwood	at rd	Monterey
ATWELL AV — W of Peralta av to Bona Lyndc	fm	Lynde n 2801
AUBURN AV — 1 e of College llurmind iiv n to	av fm 6000 Claremont av
AUSEON AV —

ir.oo

1700 1900 2000 2100 2300

Fm 2900 Foothill blvd n to E 2 2d

Foothill blvd 2000

AUTOMOBILE DR (Pled) — and Spring av

AVENAL AV-

Foothill blvd

AVENUE B (Pled) —

S of Hagar av fm Mountain av e to Mulberry

Fm 1200 S3d av se to 9Hth av second s of E 14th BAILEY AV (formerly Laurel

av In Upper Claremont) —

10 and w, n of Strawberry av BAKER —

Fm 111 St pi n to S Bkly line BALBOA DRIVE —

Fm Monterey dr at Aztex wav to Colton blvd BALFOUR AV (formerly N

Santa Ray

Fl:

»)-

Ray

Ler-

BANCROFT AV —

rd BARTLETT —

Fm Davis n t of 35th av Davis Lynde Deering Brookdale av I'enniman av

240 ft anaiiBh

BAXTER —

Fr BAY

to School 2550 Galindo n

6450 0500 6000 0700

200

Peabody's 07th and Folger av Peabody's lane Sixty-fifth Sixty-sixth Sixty-seventh BAY

Fm S P Tracks ; BAY PLACE —

Fm 224 Grand June of Harrison 24

Montecito av

Vernon

Harrison

BAY VIEW AV —

Fm E 2Sth opp 9th av trns m. lo 13th av opp E 32d BAY VIEW DRIVE —

Fm lirand View dr w BAYO —

Fm High w to Patterson av BAYO VISTA AV —

S of Fairmont av e to Oak-

BEACH —

Fm 1052 28th n to Halleck Emeryville BEACON —

Fm I ake Shore av e and n tn 582 Excelsior av BEAUDRY (Emeryville) —

Fm 1300 "" "

BEAUMONT AV —

E of 13 th av fm E 3Sth n to Park blvd BECK —

Fm l>4th av 1 s of Foothill blvd e to Ritchie BEDFORD —

Change<l to 70th

Carlton

BELINDA COURT —

W fm 295 Perry BELL —

Off Bailey av in a circle and rejoining Bailey av BELL AV (Pled) —

Fm av "B" n to Scenic BELLA VISTA AV —

Fm E 2 Mil opp 10th av ne to 13th av BELLAIRE PLACE —

Fm Lynde n v, H blk n of Bona BELLE —

Fm June 3d and Peralta nw to Bay BELLEVUE AV —

Side Park

Palm av 3.iO

Van Buren av 400

Belmont 425

Grand av 450

Staten av 500

Ellitaav 550

Perkins 565

BELLEVUE AV —

Fm June Florence av and Modoc av s and e to Moraga rd BELLEVUE AV (Pled) —

Fm Mountain av n of Park pi w to Pacific av s e of Hagar

BELMONT —

Fm 424 Perkins e to Staten av 1 n of Grand av BELVIOERE —

BENEVIDES AV —

Fm 1500 El Centro av ne to nr Sausal ck. 2d e of Park blvd BENNETT PLACE —

Fm .Jordan rd e to Mountain blvd bet 35th av and Norton av BENTON —

Fm Randolph av e to Wood-

Fm 330 Alcatraz av n to Bklv city line 1 w College BERLIN

Now South Elmhurst av BERLIN WAY —

Fm School to Maple av

Fm Railroad n to Pearmain 3 s 105 th av BEST AV —

Fm Trask n to Kingsland av

BEULAH HEIGHTS

JIill. rnlleee

BEULAH PARK —

S nf Hiii.liins bet and 23d av BEVERLY AV (I

Pain

BIGGAREAU —

Fm 102d av e to 107th fourth s of E 14th BIRCH —

Fm 1900 SOth av se 104th av

Auseon av 8l

Jones av 91

Warner av 91

BIRCH COURT —

Fm 5800 College av n BIRDSALL AV —

Fni 5400 Fleming av nv beyond Monticello av Fleming av Tuba av Roberts av Morcom av Sladera av Modesto av Rawson av Kingsland av Monticello av Meldnn av BISSELL —

Now Holly BLAINE —

2700 2800 2900 2920 2950 3000 3000 3100 5000

100 200 210 300

BLAIR AV (Pled) —

Fm e e of Ricardo av 201 Highland av first Oakland av Ricardo ay San Carlos av El Cerrito av

BLANCHE —

Fm 2100 82d :

Railroad av n to Pearmain BLOSSOM —

Fm 2601 Frtvl av w to Sausal ck BONA —

Fm 2S50 Frtvl av e to Pe- ralta av BOND

Fm 1800 High ne to 55th av and fm 57th av to Seminary av first s of FoothiU blvd High

Forty-fltth Forty-sixth av Forty-seventh av Forty-eighth av Forty-ninth av Fiftieth av Fifty-first av Fifty-second av Wentworth av Fifty-fourth av Fairfax av Cole

Fifty-fifth av Highland av

Avenal av 5800

Seminary av 5900

BONHAM WAY —

BONITA AV (Pled) —

Fm Moraga av se to Magno- lia av first s of Highland av

Ramona av	25
Park way	100
	200
	300
Vista av	340
Magnolia av	350
BOSTON AV —
Fm School n t	0 n of Hopkins

of Frtvl BOULEVARD HEIGHTS —

N of (Cleveland and w c Park blvd BOULEVARD PLACE —

Fm 302 Lake Shore blvd to 2d av BOULEVARD WAY —

Fm 1100 Grand av se t 965 Lake Shore av

Walker av

Fairbanks av

Crofton av 500

Warfleld av

Girard av

Kenmore av 600

Lake Shore av

BOWLES PLACE —

S fm 1300 blk Sunnyhills rd BOYCE —

Fm Strawberry av to Bailey av nr Berkeley line BOYD AV —

Fm 414 Cavour n to Forest 5200

Clifton 5300

Hudson 5400

BRADLEY —

2 blks w Shone av fm Moun- tain blvd n to Sanford BRANDON (formerly s end of

Pleasant Valley av) —

Fm Rn>e av w to Piedmont av 1 n nf Echo av BRANN —

Fm 300 Seminary

Footliill blvd to 67th BRIDGE AV —

Fm 3050 E 16tb n to Foot- hill blvd BRIGHTON AV —

Fm E 3Sth n to Greenwood av 1 w of 14th av

BROADWAY —
Fm Water n t	0 Hillcrest rd
First	100
Second	200
Third	300
r-ourth	400
Firth	BOO
Sixth	600
Seventh	700
Eighth	800
Ninth	900
Tenth	1000
Eleventh	1100
Twelfth	1200
Thirteenth	1300
Fourteenth	1400
San Pablo a7	1400
Fifteenth	1500
Telegraph av	1801
Seventeenth	1700
Nineteenth	1900
Twentieth	2000
Hobart	2100
Twenty-flrst	2200
Grand av	2240
Twenty-third	2300
Twenty-fourth	2400
Twenty-flfth	2500
Twenty-si.\th	2«00
Webster	2700
Twenty-eighth	2800

R. L. POLK & CO.'S

2600 3000 3300 3312

3400

Twenty-ninth Orchard

Piedmont av Hawthorne

Thirty-fourth

Mosswood Park entrance 3000 Moss av 3750

Thirty-eighth 3S00

Kings Daughters Home 3900 Forteith 4 000

Forty-first 4100

Ridgeway av 4175

4200 4200 4300 4300 4900 4500 5000 5100 5200

Mather

Technical Sch

Forty-ninth

Whitmore

McAdam

Fifty-first

Butler

College av

Clifton

Bway ter

Napa

Ada

Manila av

Prospect dr

Kales av

Taft av Lawton av Eockridee Mvd

5300 5400 5500 5000 5600 5«3fi 5700 5750 5S0O 5900 0000 6100

Ocean V

Shaft! Patton Chabnt rd BROADWAY TER —

From nine Bway and Clifton e to Pinehaven rd BROCK HURST —

Fm Grove w to San Pablo bet 32d and 33d BROMLEY AV —

Fm 1800 Seminary av e to B4th av

Seminary av 5900

Sixty-second av 6200

BROOK —

Fm opp 245 Orchard to June at Bway

Orchard 3001

Broadway 3088

BROOK DALE AV —

Fm Sausal cr and 2900 Frtvl av to 2550 55th av Sausal ck 2700

Fruitvale av 2R00

Capp 2900

Peralta av 3200

Humboldt av 3300

Bartlett 3400

Thirty-flfth av 3500

Octavia 3600

Harrington av 3601

Abbey 3650

Short 3700

Viola 3ft00

High 4300

BROOKLYN AV —

Fm 500 Lake Shore blvd e to 2700 Park blvd Merritt av Xewton av

Wesley av 600

Haddon rd 650

Athol av 700

Vandyke av 750

Montclairav 7R1

Zorah av 800

BROOKLYN PLAZA PARK—

( 0 acres ) at intersection E IRth and 14th BROOKSIDE AV —

Fm Bdwy opp Shafter to Ocean \'lcw dr BROOKWOOD RD

Fm Tre-tle Glen rd s and e

BRUCE —

Fm June E 31st and I411i

BRUSH —

Fm 7 50 First n to 23d and San Pablo av sixth w of Bway 101 1st and 2151 Lydia BRYAN —

Now E 2 2d BRYANT AV —

Fm 5350 College av n to Manila av BUCKEYE AV —

Fm Edith n and curving e to Hill View lane BUCKINGHAM BLVD

Fm Tunnel rd s w BUELL —

Fm Courtland av n tn Tomp- kins av BUENA VENTURA AV —

Sw fm w end Simsnn BUENA VISTA AV —

Fm Bway ter nw fn Golilen

of Gohlen Gat. BULLARD DRIVE —

Fm Estates dr nw tc

BURK —

(Adams Point) —

Fornivly Hill lane — Fm En- clid av e and angling n to La- gimitas av 1 n of Grand av

Fm 90th av to Scott 3 n Foothill blvd BUSHEV DELL AV (Pled) —

"' Magnolia av ne to Wild-

wood BUTLER

nd opp Coronado

av to And! BUTTERS DRIVE —

Fra Mountain blvd e to Rob- inson dr BYRON AV —

Fm Foothill blvd and 103d av se to 100th av C —

Fm 1150 92d av to 9tlth av third s of E 14th CALAVERAS AV —

Fm 4500 Hopkins to Moun- tain View av

Hopkins 4400

4400 45 00

CALDWELL COURT —

2143 Harrison CALDWELL ROAD —

W fm Pinewood rd CALIFORNIA —

Fm Fred Finch Orphanage grounds e to 3Sth av second n of Hopkins Hill View ' ' 3000

3300 3400 3500 3600 3700 3800

Maple t Laurel i

CALMAR AV —

Fm Mandana blvd n to Carl- ston av first e of Lake Shore av Mandana blvd 600

Santa Ray av

InSu^v SOO

CALODEN

s,. irii i;,ilf Links rd CAMBRIAN AV (Pled) —

(S L) —

Fm E 14th e to Breed av 2 s of Stanley rd CAMBRIDGE WAY (Pled) —

Fm Howard av ne to Hicardo av 1 n of Oakland av CAMDEN —

Fm Madera av e to Brann CAMERON AV (formerly part

CAMINO LENADA — CAMPBELL —

Fm llini 3d n to 2Rth x sts and Nos same as Wood Third 301

Pacific 3 5 1

Atlantic 400

Chase 851

CAN AV —

Fm E 8th n to E 1 1 th bet 28th av and 20tb av

of Tel av CANON AV —

Fm 1 900 Hopkins n

McKinler av 05 0

CAPERTON AV (Pled) — Fm Highland av ne to Moun-

CAPITAL —

Fm 000 Cleveland n to Pros-

550 550

Prospect av 600

CAPP

Fm Brookdale n to School CAPRICORN AV —

1 blk e Mountain blvd fm Bway ter to Florence av CARLSEN —

Fm Laurel av w to Wilshire blvd. 1 n of Wisconsin CARLSTON AV —

Fm Long Ridse rd nw to Walavista av CARLTON —

Fm 5350 Bway ter n to Pros-

CARRINGTON-

Fm Ransom ! of Foothill blvd Thirty-eighth av Thirty-ninth av Fortieth av Rosedale av Forty-first av

200 to High 3 n

3800 3900 4000

. - .of

Park blvd CARSON —

Fm Tompkins av n to Red- wood rd 2 e of High CARTER —

Fm Leimert blvd e to Rose- crest dr CARY AV —

Fm Douglas av n to Red- wood rd 2 e of High CASTERLINE ROAD —

First		10
Second
CAVANAUGH COURT	(Pled
Fm (.'avanaugh	rd n
CAVOUR —
Fm 5100 Ma	lila a	w t
5300 Claremout
Manila av		S.-
James		ST
Lawton av		411
Boyd
Shafter av		4i;
Locksley av		4 5
Miles av		47
CEDAR —
Fm 1851 Atla	itic n	o lOi

Fm Sta of 69th av CENTRAL AV —

Fm 3200 Webster w to Sum-

CERRITO AV —

Fm 38tl] n to 40th 1 e of Bway

CHABOT COURT —

Fm 06110 Chabot rd s to Te- 1 ck nr Bway

thence to ne of Temescal lake

Claremont av 5800

College av 6001

Elsie av 0300

Ross 6400

Butters Villa 6500

Heams 6600

Palton 6700

Broadway 6800

Bridge entr 6900

blvd CHAMPION —

Fm 2800 Nicol av kin

to Hop-

Nicol av 3000

School 3100

Pleasant 3200

Harold 3300

Montana 3400

Palmetto 3450 CHAPMAN —

Fm 500 23d av e to Frtvl av CHASE —

Fm Campbell nr 8th w to

Wood and from e of McElroy

to

of Pine

Campbell

Willow 1700

Wood 1750

Pine 1800

CHATHAM ROAD —

Fm Park blvd u of Hopkins ne to Alma av

e of fi4th

Trenor 3300

CHENEY AV —

Fm Rand av w to Walker av 1 n of Lake Park av CHERRY —

Fm 1800 90th ov e to 100th av 4 n of E 14th CHESTER —

Fm 1501 3d to 12th 1 w of Center CHESTNUT —

Fm 1101 1st n to 30th and

Vista av 2 e of Oakland ;_- Santa Clara av 5 00

Santa Rosa av 600

CHICAGO AV —

Fm Park blvd to Athol av opp E 2! SI

OAKLAND STREETT GUIDE

lUrt

Forest

Colby

Pedestrian way

Filty-njnth

Sixtieth

Hillegass

Pollege 1

CHURCH —

Fitchburg. 1 w of 6ntb ay fm Flora n to Footbill