Oakland in the 1890's

• 1890: Speed limits enforced on all horse-drawn vehicles; Federal census puts Oakland population at 48,682



• August 1890: First electric street car line opens in Oakland



• 17 August 1890: Early settler and Oakland luminary Dr. Samuel Merritt dies



• 14 August 1893: The Tubbs Hotel, an Oakland institution since 1879, burns to the ground



• May 1898: Oakland men enlist after U. S. declares war on Spain



• 19 July 1898: Chinese fugitive ignites 5,000 pounds of gunpowder killing 6 and causing mass destruction

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