Santa Cruz County CA Archives History - Books .....Chapter IX The City Of Santa Cruz 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher cagwarchives@gmail.com January 12, 2007, 12:57 am Book Title: Memorial And Biographical History Of The Coast Counties Of Central California. CHAPTER IX. THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ. SANTA CRUZ, the county-seat and principal city of the county, was incorporated as a town in 1866, with a board of trustees. The same year Congress granted or relinquished the misson [sic] lands to the town, thus making the title of the lands of the town, or of the city as its successor, perfect. Santa Cruz was incorporated as a city, with mayor and common council, in March, 1876. According to the Federal census, the population of the city of Santa Cruz was in 1880, 3,988; and in 1880, 5,596. The present population, including East Santa Cruz, which is considered as a part of the city, although not inside the corporate limits, is estimated at 7,500. The city owns its water, gas and electric-light works, as every city ought. Its water works cost about $300,000, for which bonds were voted in 1888. The water is brought from the mountains twelve miles. The system includes a reservoir near and above the city, with a capacity of 65,000,000 gallons. This is supplied by a ten-mile line of fourteen inch pipe. The mains consist of one mile of twelve inch pipe, three and one-half miles of six-inch, and fourteen miles of four-inch pipe. The pressure on the street mains is one hundred pounds to the square inch. So the city of Santa Cruz has no paid fire department and needs none. Neither has it any need for fire engines. The total loss by fire in 1891 is said not to have exceeded $1,400. The water rates are: A family of two persons pays forty cents per month, and this covers all uses for domestic purposes, including baths, irrigation, etc. All additional persons over two are charged ten cents each per month. The plant of the electric-light works has two dynamos, operated by a Corliss engine of 300-horse power, furnishing 1,500 lights. There are three street railway lines in Santa Cruz, one of which is run by electricity. The officers of the city of Santa Cruz for 1892 are: William T. Jeter, mayor; F. W. Lucas, J. H. Bailey, F. J. Hoffman, E. G. Greene, councilmen; O. J. Lincoln, city clerk and ex officio superintendent of city water-works; C. E. Williams, treasurer and collector; C. L. Pioda, engineer; Matt. Rawle, chief of police. Many people of culture, as well of wealth, have recently come to Santa Cruz and made themselves homes; for in truth the city has many attractions as a place of residence. Its climate is so equable and healthful, and every way so delightful, and the city is so easily accessible, either by water or by land, its facilities for summer sea-bathing are so perfect, that it is not strange that eclectic people, who have once experienced the many charms of Santa Cruz, are enamored of the place and want to see more of it, or to make it their permanent place of abode. No wonder that the old friars looked upon it with longing eyes a hundred years ago. There are two commercial and two savings banks in the city of Santa Cruz, namely: The Bank of Santa Cruz County, which was organized in August, 1875, has a capital, of $200,000; paid-up capital, $80,000; reserve fund and undivided profits, $61,208. Officers: President, J. H. Logan; vice-president, P. B. Fagen; cashier, P. G. Menefee; secretary, Clarence E. Fagen. Directors: J. H. Logan, J. D. Phelan, P. B. Fagen, William T. Jeter, Louis Schwartz, B. F. Porter, S. F. Grover. The Santa Cruz Bank of Savings and Loan, was organized March, 1870, under the same management as the above. Paid-up capital, $50,000; reserve fund and undivided profits, $14,022.14. City Bank.-Officers: L. K. Baldwin, president; F. A. Hihn, vice-president; W. D. Haslam, cashier and secretary. Directors: L. K. Baldwin, F. A. Hihn, Jackson Sylvar, Alexander Russell, I. L. Thurber, M. A. Buckley, A. H. Wilbur. Under the same management the City Savings Bank is conducted. CONDENSED RECORD OF SANTA CRUZ WEATHER IN 1891. Compiled from the official daily observations furnished the Signal Service by W. R. Springer. Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June Highest barometer 30.37 30.39 30.20 30.23 30.10 30.14 Lowest barometer 29.86 29.20 29.90 29.75 29.79 29.80 Mean barometer 30.16 29.97 30.66 30.015 29.99 29.937 Range for month .51 1.19 .30 .48 .31 .34 Greatest daily variation .18 .52 .29 .20 .11 .11 Least daily variation .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 Highest temperature 68° 62° 72° 78° 73° 92° Lowest temperature 29° 30° 34º 36° 42° 42° Mean monthly temperature 49.25° 47.1° 55.4° 54.4° 58° 62.3° Monthly variation of temperature 40° 30° 36° 42° 31° 50° Greatest daily variation. 29° 26° 29° 35° 28° 38° Least daily variation, 13° 5° 5° 11° 9° 14° Coldest day of month 41.5° 44.75° 48° 48.5° 55° 57° Hottest day of month 55° 58° 60° 61° 62.5º 70° Dampest day 78% 86% 83% 78% 82% 78% Driest day 5% 44% 39% 59% 58% 48% Mean humidity 62.5% 66.5% 65% 67% 69.1% 64.2% Number cloudy days 2 10 7 7 6 1 Partial cloudy days 11 11 10 9 19 4 Clear days 18 7 14 14 6 25 Rainfall 77 10.68 1.36 2.57 .61 .10 July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Highest barometer 30.08 30.10 30.12 30.22 30.37 30.59 Lowest barometer 29.84 29.87 29.83 29.84 30.05 29.77 Mean barometer 29.946 29.98 30.13 30.82 30.15 30.26 Range for month .24 .23 .23 .38 .32 .82 Greatest daily variation .10 .09 .10 .17 .17 .31 Least daily variation .00 .00 .00 .00 .00. .02 Highest temperature 92° 100° 92° 89° 80° 69° Lowest temperature 48° 46° 39° 38° 31° 25° Mean monthly temperature 44° 64.9° 61.80° 58.9° 54.7° 48° Monthly variation of temperature 44º 54° 53° 51° 49° 44º Greatest daily variation 37° 46° 42º 42° 41° 41° Least daily variation 14° 15° 19° 8° 9° 10° Coldest day of month, 59º 59° 55° 53° 49° 38° Hottest day of month 71° 70° 68° 64° 63° 56° Dampest day 83% 76% 79% 83% 84% 77% Driest day 50% 52% 55% 29% 43% 40% Mean humidity 68% 66.2% 70.7% 64% 62% 60% Number cloudy days 1 0 1 4 4 12 Partial cloudy days 13 12 6 8 15 15 Clear days 17 19 23 19 11 4 Rainfall .00 .00 .70 .45 .58 7.60 Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent Citizens of To-day. HENRY D. BARROWS, Editor of the Historical Department. LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Editor of the Biographical Department. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."-Macaulay. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/santacruz/history/1893/memorial/chapteri201gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 8.9 Kb