The following hyperlinks provide quotes from local 19th century newspapers, such as the San Leandro Plaindealer and the Hayward Daily Review concerning the construction of the San Leandro Reservoir as well as the Chinese living at the time in San Leandro and Hayward. These 17 quotes represent only a small sample of the over 200 quotes maintained in the Museum's database called Chabot Quotes.
- San Leandro Record, September 11, 1875, "The San Leandro Water Works"
- San Leandro Record, September 25, 1875, "The Opium-eater"
- Oakland Daily Times, December, 1875
- Oakland Daily Transcript, July 15, 1876, "A STUPENDOUS ENTERPRISE"
- Hayward's Journal, May 18, 1878, "Give the Boys Work"
- Hayward's Journal, June 1, 1878, "The Chinese Must Go"
- Hayward's Journal, January 25, 1879, "Chinese New Year's"
- San Leandro Reporter, October 18, 1879, "The Chinese"
- San Leandro Reporter, November 1, 1879, "The State of Affairs"
- San Leandro Reporter, November 22, 1879
- The San Leandro Reporter, February 28, 1880
- San Leandro Reporter, June 8, 1889, "The Water Works"
- Haywards Weekly Journal, July 27, 1889
- San Leandro Record, September 21, 1889, "Mr. Bing Makes Big Bang"
- Hayward's Weekly Journal, September 23, 1899, "A Chinese Cure for Rheumatism"