The New Student's Reference Work/Berkeley

Berkeley (bẽrk′ lĭ), a town in Alameda County, California, in Oakland Township, is situated on the east shore of San Francisco Bay opposite the Golden Gate.  It is five miles from the city of Oakland, which lies immediately south of it, and eight miles from San Francisco.  The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads both pass through the town.  Communication with San Francisco every twenty minutes is furnished by the Southern Pacific local trains and the Realty Syndicate furnishes a like number of the best equipped electric trains every hour.  A large number of manufactures and planing mills are located near the water front.  The University of California, the State Agricultural College and the State Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind are located here.  The population in 1910, United States Census, was 40,434.

There is a complete school system, including manual training, domestic science, primary and grammar schools and high schools, including a Polytechnic High School.  Within the last two years, bonds to the amount of one-half million dollars have been voted for school purposes, and municipal bonds for a like amount for other municipal improvements have also been voted.