Excerpt from Alameda, Its Growth, Progress and Future: A Few Facts, Figures, Pictures and Descriptions That May Interest You, Are Herewith Presented We have no desire to burden the reader with theories concerning the future of Alameda, and therefore we proceed at once to briefly review our city as it Is, trusting that should you in future favor us with a visit you will not consider our picture overdrawn but true to life, and agree with us in our belief that Alameda merits whatever praise we may bestow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.