OAKLAND. A beautiful residential city and the county-seat of Alameda ('ounty, Cal., six miles across the bay from San Francisco; ou the Souther!! Paeitie Railroad I.Nlap: California, B 3), oakland. named from the number of ever green oaks within its limits, has a healthful cli mate, is surrounded by Innulifill scenery, 1111 possesses line drives and wide and level streets, 146 miles paved, a great proportion with mac adam, and five miles with bitumen. Steam ferries connecting with San Francisco and eighty miles of street railway demonstrate the city's accessibility as a residence district. Many of its private dwellings are finely situated and are notable structure,. Particular mention may he made also of Maeolonough Theatre, the public library, which ellutains nearly 30.onn volumes, the high school, and other school build• lugs, as prominent architectural features. Oak land is the seat of California College ( Baptist), established in 1870. Lake Merritt, south of the city and vonneeted with San Francisco Bay by a narrow inlet entering an indentation of the bay, is a popular resort.
The eity, adjacent to a fertile agricultural and fruit-growing region, controls a large commerce as a railroad terminus and as a shipping centre, both vessels and ears meeting here to exchange e lllllll walit Ws. Witln its manufaeturing advantages
it also) has important industrial interests—ship building yards; marble, smelting, and mclailtir gieal works: thaw. eottow quartz. and planing mills: works: cordage. carriage, jute. and windmill fnetnriea, etc. ment. is vested in a mayor, elected every two wile:liner:ill council. and in aQmiIILtraOire oflieials. the board of health being appointed by the executive, and all other offieers elm...en by popular vote. Oakland spends an nually, in maintenance and operation, about $785,000, the principal items of expense being $395,000 for schools, $100.000 for the police de partment, $90.000 for the fire department. $70. 000 for municipal lighting. and $55.000 for street eleaning and sprinkling. The bonded debt of the city is about $400.000, and the assessed of property, real and personal, amounts to $45,000,000. Oakland was settled about 1850, was incorporated a si a town in 1852, and was chartered as a city in 1854, though in 1869 there were only 1513 inhabitants. Population, in 1870, 10.500; in 1880. 3-1.553; in 1890, 48.682. in 1900, 60.1100, including 17.300 persons of eign birth and 2200 colored persons.