The herald., 1894-12-20

in grosa. in 1862. to the witness. Horace
W. Carpenter,
The salt marsh was 493 acres; the
upland proper, l549 scres;.th water
front proper, 1870 scles i. e., iour-hiths
of the whole Incorporated area.
Water front shore line, 1886 mlle5.
Natural ahip channel frontage in bay,
seven miles.
5etty wall, artif cisl dsep, water
Omitted States government work) in
side the estuary, four miles.
Deep water front UNITED States gov"
ernment) inside the estuary, 10 miles
In all 81 OF ship channel, and 1896 miles
OF shore line-all included and inclosed
by this private grant.
The shape Of the water front 10 strik-
ing; like an open fan, the handle lying
upon the estuary and the open ian ex-
tened 80 as to include 5000 acres or over
OF navigable waters III the bay, tho riin
seven miles along ship channel, reach
ing from the charter boundary line
which runs northwest to the one run
ming southwest, the two convsrging al
most at right snglea as they approach
the shore. Besides. the town upland
ended on the east at the north arm.
NUt W tuc Wdbot iTUuS th0 obbuhIy part
of the water front extended eaBtsrly be-
yonG the north arm q distance of two
miles, forming navigable channel and
basin, which latter was abont 5000 feet
wide.
The estuary part Of this grant en-
bracea not only the water front south OF
the upland, but two miles more east
ward and the pay part of this grant en-
- - H. H. TO- (-> Ix..ke
ing upon the bay end OF tie parallelo-
gram, but also four miles more OF ship
channel, taken in by the divergng
boundary lines running northwest
and southwest. forming the fan shaped
area.
This was the condition of things upon
the incorporation of the town, May 4,
1852, and on May IL. 1852 Q3 days
later), when the transfer in gross by the
town trustees was made to Carpenter.
Remarkable Lines. - Northern line
straight ACROSS the upland aud north
arm-thence shoe string soutbe seter-
lv, easterly. southerly aud sstorly to
the mouth OF the estuary, taking in the
bed OF the whole estuary, from its east
ern end to its mouth, five miles thence
southwesterly Zone side of the fam TO
sup CuhuHei tieHC6 nUftn0riy AiOuB
ship channel eeven niles-i. O., from Il
point south of opposite the upland to a
point two miles north of opposite the
upland-thence five and one-half miles
southeasterly back to shore.
Incorporated uplands 1549 acree; in
corporated waters 1870 acres.
The United States harbor improve.
ment extends from the basin down the
estuary to its mouth. thence by jstties
to ship chanrel, thus being on and
wholly inclosed by this grant.
Defendant's predecessors grsciously
dedicated to the government s.rips in
these navigabe aud nsvigate6 waters.
permitting the government to deepen
the bay aud estuary two formal lnstru-
ments OF dedication, with diagrams,
were actually made out and recorded.
The present city OF Oakland, the sue
cessor of the town, has now population
OF 10000. increasing, South OF the estu-
ary is the city OF Alameda, population
$4,000. From the ship channel across
to the city OF San Francisco is four milss,
population there 1926 900.
The seven parcels described in the
amended bill are unsegregstsd patch es
in this original SS7O-acre grant.