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Title: The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ...
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Northeastern University, Snell Library

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-ter of a million dollars expended in building acourt-house and county jail. There are three sav-ings banks, two national gold banks, four lines ofhorse-cars, three flouring and four planing mills,an iron and a brass foundry, two potteries, onepatent marble works, a jute bag factory, threetanneries and other establishments employingmany mechanics. On the public schools, ofwhich Oakland is justly very proud, nearly16,000 are monthly expended, and nearly aquarter of a million dollars value in property isowned by the department. The State Univer-sity is within the city limits. Its site, which hasbeen named Berkley, is on the northern borderof the city and has a direct ferry to San Fran-cisco, and many families are planting themselvesthere, attracted by its natural beauty and the ed-ucational and social advantages which clusteraround it. The University is open to studentsof both sexes, and tuition is free. The numberof students exceeds 200. By special law, the 260 TME ^m€IFI€ WQWMSBW.
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sale of intoxicating liquors isforbidden, within two miles ofthis University. There are 20 churches inOakland, of which 16 ownhouses of worship. Some ofthem are elegant and costly;the First Presbyterian Churchhas recently dedicated a newchurch building which costthem over $60,000. Sevennewspapers are published,three daily, the restweekly. Ihe rides in and aroundOakland, for variety of at-tractive features, are rarelyequaled. Many come overfrom San Francisco, in themorning, expressly to enjoythis pleasure. Lake Meriitt,a beautiful sheet of water,Tubbs Hotel and the GrandCentral Hotel, both spaciousand admirably kept, areamong the attractions whichnone fail to visit, and withwhich thousands have bright/-t and happy memories associa-ted. Though incorporated as acity, Oakland is thoroughlyrural. A very small portionof the business part aroundthe chief railroad station isbuilt up solidly, but every-where else the houses standdetached and usually sur-rounded by a liberal expanseof gardens,

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