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When Mr. Chabot presented the cift
he wished it to be called “Oakland Observastory" but as in the case of the cottage given
to the soldiers, the public would not listen,
so it has always been referred to as "Chabot
Cbservatory"’.
Me. Chacot was a great friend of
working men. He alvays paid the highest
errployed. He gave
ee
rs
cc
waces end kept many men
many individual gifts because he did not
like to s¢e men id@le. Often when one was
a@ischarged for not doing his work well he
would be assisted by Mr. Chabot in starting
a nev pusinGss.
zr . s1daaine 5 me
The money used in buileine The Hom
¥ ‘orty-second Street which for Aged \.omen, on Forty-se ; ;
is unde the control, of The Ladies' Relief
Society, was e@iven largely by Mr. Chabot.
‘His. last gift to charity was the
‘largest ever given to any charitable organizé
tion of Oakland. This gift was a Shelteri
ne
ng
Home at Ninth and Franklin Streets for women
cut of work,
are emploved throughout the day. Here the
children are well cared for so the mothers
ere able to do their work without worryings
over the velfare of their children.
His endowment to the Home consisted
oY Honds to the amount of seventy-rive or
one hundred thousand dollars, bringing the
a) LY
total amount of the sift to about two hundre
Sixteen thousand dollars.
and for children whose mothers
>
fel
Me
& Board of Trustee: