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Russell City is on the Southern Fuel He railroad, thirteen miles south of Oakland, 21 fKint one and one-half miles ensl of the hay and tlioee ami one-ha I r miles west, of Hayward. The el* ovation is J7 leet on the west and 2,\ feet on the east, thus forming :i perfect anil natural drainage. Here Juul Russell settled ninny years agu; hr-re Ids children were born and grew to manhood and womanhood, andnow these children projxse to erect a monument that shall abide for ages to come in Die huidling of a suburban city bearing, the name of their debar ted father. This city is laid out wit h streets running due east and west and north and south. All streets are sixty feet in width, with two exceptions. and these are one hundred and twenty feet in width, or as wide as Van. Ness avenue In San Francisco; they are at right angles through the center of the town, and in the middle of cueU palms and (lowers nave beenthing, it is safe to say that within the next few mouths there will bo hut few lots mi sold. These gentlemen have their olllees in the Oakland Dank of Savings building, room 31”, Twelfth and Droadway. It* you are interested in a good real estate proposition tlvat promises reasonable returns drop them a line requesting literature and further information. The Hsiy ward lie view bespeaks for them an nbmidnnt success in this enterprising scheme.G. £. GWYNEE.Clutlies do not make the mini, but often they make a very good or bad impression. A merchant taijur or. note, and a new acquisition to the business interests of Hayward, is Mr. Gwyim, located at SOD 1.1 street, just r.lireu doors below the poslolliee. • Mr. 0wynne is successor lo the Madsen tailoring concern, and his work provessoinbly of the. State Legislature, his progress bus been steady and decisive, until at the present time he represents this important district hi the National House of Representatives, lie has been elected three times to that position; once to succeed the Hon. Victor II. Metcalf, who went Into theYard, in getting a public building for Alameda, and in as great multitude of private matters of constituents that naturally develop U|*m a Congressman, has been unprecedented, and wherever he appears in his district his services are acknowledged by the enthusiasm with which he is»-j*1;itiled, which give.- a very pleasing jl'aal be is a high class tailor. He liaseffect. Three thousand shade law have a 1*a K*e» planted: these have lieon plac’l twenty-five feel apart around each block in the entire trad.The streets are practically grade*5 and the work of putting Iti cement sioewalk* ha* In'gun: sewer*, water ImnSns. and the macadamizing ofrr “l \hfi zfr\C mi ■«ufv-IiTlt Is frffl to lot holders. The ; - , ;Lad sixteen year.** experience in this ini porta Mt branch of commercial trade and ui one time ojKwated a bis: bind-ne;:s of ids own ill Wales, We question if 4san Friiuciscu or Oakland has any better tailors lhati we have right hit** in Hayward, or it) fact in any city. w\ tilings Itring ojoal, borne inertrong1blid:, .lie raid for a small cash pay-inent ami the balance is paid «wi j monthly installment. without inter-| ert or taxes, until a deed is giveu. f ThU Iracl has not only had the 'endorsement of Ihe public. Inil even :tbe Southern Pacific railroad emu* :^iny has seen til to purchase no 3^f r than a dozen lots and are seriously jconR inplaHng a coininulalifin rate of !$.: inv uunih to Oakland and 2* wads j jingle faro to and from Oakland ' J which is the same rate as the incite j soj Hayward enjoy. These officto t« j [have openly expressed their latfls in j ttbe final triumphs of Russell City, and j why should it not be so? Oakland is : crowiuc southward, and that at a vi rv remarkable pace. It Is the only , direction in which it can grow and . with the Greater Oakland Hint? 1riow j San I jrtttidnt cm*. which will cvr-manly fee the case wilJiln the wear f«- j line, Russell City will easily coitjc within the bounds of an Oakland sn-j bush, and especially when the San Jose Southern VacMc Hiw lt;whicfc passes directly through this tract! becomes an electrk: li»ter*rh*n line. A few months ago this proposition was rogaided by some as aw impossibilrty and they predicted its complete fatl-we. bttl that time has passed; bar.*and from personal knowledge we canG. E. GWYNNE, ovrr thsl Mr. Gwynne makes clothesai as Iftw figures and as artistically asthey oiTi be made in the diy, lie cm* ploys four taihds and practically all of his income is kepi at home- He is also an expert in the making of ladies' suits and can satisfy the most fastidious wainm Iw this mped Ilf; alsopreildentiiil cabinet, and twice fjr full terms. As a result of the primary election field August 1l(h. il Is settled that he. will tie chosen for a third term. In-ginning March L 1MU9. In Hie State Assembly he served two terms, and in WH1 was ehn-ted lo Ihe State Senate. In this office he served one session, when he resigned to lakethe higher duties of Congressman. 'Mr. KtiowhuuFs entrance: u\mn puh* lie life was not assisted hy any outside effnrr. nor was It due to any fortuitous circumstance whatever. He lt;h'Chh d to adopt a puhlic career, andai the ouUeI qualified himscir for thedulhrs Iwfore him. and Immediately liegan h» attmct attention through it!* intelligent and industrious devoHon to duty- When n sureessor in Congress was tuM'ded, with one accord he was su-khowJcdcp lo 1k* the man for the place: and the overwhelming wa*jmlties that have 'ln*cn given him atevery wurring election ore 5lni|i1yirHmles lo a faithful official who has lifted every requlTcmcnt with giwwt measure. f« the more rccenl vri-inary contests character! «ed by acrimony and ldHen«-ss as to wmc oT its features, all factions conceded his ic-nomlnation and he had no oji|TOs3tlon.3n his rarer-r in the legislature Mr: Know-land concerned himself with those dnlaes that were vital to the welfare of California, and In Congress, in the comparative brief time that he has l*en a member, he has won the respect rf his confews and attracted the attention of Ihe Rquk’rs. He Is acknowledged lo hemakes a specialty of cleaning and |-7^5lt;lng elM’hes for «th sexes.greeted.Aside from his official duties Mr, Know land has uncreated Inmself i*i fnim^rtaiit affairs of nuasi-uflkial nature. As a nictiilK-r of the congressional delegation that visited the scene uf opcratimi along the line of the IMiiama Canal he stndhxl the situation and took photographs, w that he was aide on his return to formulaic an lllHslralori lecture that was I he first jiopular ox|wsltlou of this mighty undertaking.In California, as a Xalivc Son uf the (^ltk*n Wcsl, he liceame Inleresl-lt;•4 In the California Missions, one of the most characierfsHe features of Uw wirlkr dvlllzalion of the Stat^ Thewi missions, with a single exception, are far advanced in decay, and Mr. Kuow-laud organized a society to aims! further obliteration and lo restore those that admit of rej^tir. To this end he ha* delivered In all parts of Ihe Slate an illwsirated lecture on these missions, and Is probably the best authority on Ihe subject of Ihe lime-In every relation Mr- Knowland is an earnest- MlfKHk, hlghmlndcd man. As a citizen he performs every duty. As a k^jlulot he has high Ideals, and that enables him to approach much nearer their rcalizalkmthan «ust men in hig.i pbicc. He Is of tireless industry, uniformly cawrt-and il is an axiom that he never overlooked even the slightest request from a constituent to i*tTorm a *er-v3w or render aasWane that was cxtweted, reasonable or not- because of nls oWcial losltkm.Gel year falntmg al Ihe Renew
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Hayward Twice a Week Review
Hayward, California, US
Sun, Sep 06, 1908
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