The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-19
TRYING TO STEAL A HARB0R.
pgrRr rrE q O,E RvMENT mn BETTER
LOOk trim IRIS INTERESTS
,r. central Pacific Rings Held Attempt to
Appropriate water Privileges on which
,hr United states nr. Spending Millions
t,.,dr History OF the city of Oakland.


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SAN RAM l'''' w. "O "'.'''f' ".
1 -- Carr and his associates io corral several |
.t,i Thousand acres in the southern DE rt of |
nun" 1".o ,r,,d,io,t MISREPRESENTATION ~ !
ihr STATE uhu'r 'r"u"u'eh' incorporation VI
,., so 'ili'l Desert Land act has been pretty /
,,.livnvposol hv the pross Of San Francis
tNN - i h.. IL. -, t,.,,.,, :
e. und N'W 10Th "hn nus '"or'p, ucei ptoueht |
1, the attention VI the Department OF the Into I
ror III pos III ''i ,. 'v, w VNpo7o ,Dy
WI iNr deep lalu NlihlhouS anu SUCCESSFUL |
.D.mine rivals the plans Of the astutc man
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anl w1l'A ms ioi n9 V''''' ,io sv'Nuro anu
concentration to private uses Of n valuable and |
.,,,u. hsri,,r of the United States
lHI"'' 'n"' -, Al,
Slu Frances " su'hus on the extremity OF |
,.rr,y peninsula, bounded on the wcst by the |
.,1 an ,h. north and aaet ne ,b, h,,. - !
o''.l' "u' ~" Wv ~ - ~ wv "' va
san Franc SEQ. the lhitcr extending some thirty
from The main l"hu oil 'iln eeh'rnl ana northern
counties If the state. To reach the Central
rnc.Ar route to the Eastern States 10y land in
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V'N'7 81 journey "i'"'' III. 9'u'"''" "''"'rs
oi tl.n bay. over distance ot some sixty miles !
b. the nearest station OF the overland road.
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lhl- "'""' - "N''''u ~ E'n~ ,'' s"'u
rlHd INTO AMI through Tn" town of Oakland. On
IA. eastern side Of the bay. thence 10y a ferry
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across ~ '"n I"hcis'" TWO anu 'laii nhll's
Il IL obvious that for purposes Of railroad
of, ,,,,L ,h, ,r,,ri,r o,LIo,d hoo ,ho al
IT. -. -. . y, ~. -.
vantage '' p'H"l"h ~ '""u s''' u - Er'"uy
snurri1r to our hilly and irregular collection Of
..t iuu.. ,nt it, rlimnt. ia d,ei1,,llv he,t,r
l. ,,.., 49,. ,,s,.,.',,..' - -
lhHn mat oi san Francisco iarse proportion
Of the business mon II this city live In Oakland,
.,t ID, ra,iIi,v ~ Growth md ,,r,sr.r;,, !,
"''' III g. IT,. /"
c"NpuI'~ WITH Sun frah'lS'o Us brooklNn 'om-
Iar,s with New York. Oakland lies directly
,.s, from, -, rr,rciaco with n ,,oa,,,r, ,r,,or
-, -. - =. 49, A., w.,
frontage OF some three mics upon the pay, ana
n southern water front o.! five miles upon an
inlet from the hay known MS San Antonio crock
my nm 'ue '"' Nuv" u .s '"'' n,''n ~
IL IS with TINS water front that We nave To deal.
On the bay side the flats are extensive that.
TO obtain deep water at its wharyes the railroad
company mas hult WOODEN pier TWO mll's
long on which lis lines are iaid, with ferry slips
and wharves at its outer terminus. At these
""aN'9 "ie i"rE's' S"lps ul7rh"Ise '""' anu
lumber for transportation by rail to the interior.
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u""'"" ,'N"' W o'0 " "os'1 " "' 80 e''l7 '"'-
lng ana discharging at the railroad wharves.
and the wharf accommodation Is already in
.un,i,n, Co. ,ha ,r,c,, -, ,ho ro,,,,, c.
Nminrirk ~ ~, MIL ~ inn, v,H ~ can
a., ,yii,L ~ onn as, 4, Ia sh,,, ~ 49,, ~, ,b
lay on the south by n narrow strip Of land
ana il tbus nsrfaotIv ,,rataci.T rom Tho ".os,
that occasionnliy ron i'm through The Golden
Gnte. mnEing The exnosed narts Of San Fran.
cisso Inv M rough as Long Island sound i'm "A
NORTHEASTERN.
Of %HarSs may be- 5Dit ali a"sossb "' by Fit
w.tv and In direct connsction with the interior
oi California and every Stat. enst OF IL Tho
only existing drawback 10 this IN Al excellent
and valuable harbor is bar At its entrance. and
I" remove this bar and deepen the water to
thirty feet the United States has already ex-
hrt.r tho dirac, nnn ~ rol Munnn aonars,
retent officer OF the United States Engineer
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