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Abbreviations
36
Advertising Department
1701
Alphabetical List of Names
37
Alterations, Removals, Etc.
15
Apartment Houses
1817
Associations, Clubs and Societies
1823
Buildings, Blocks and Halls
1845
Business Directory
1813
Buyers' Guide
1701
Cemeteries
1849
Churches
1851
City Government
1252
Classified Business Directory
1813
Clubs
1859
Consular Officers
1864
County Government
1252 9
District Court of Appeals
1355
Federal Government Officers
464
Fire Department
1253
Fraternal Organizations
1992
Hospitals, Homes and Sanitariums
1904
Index to Advertisers
8
Introduction
9
Justice Courts
1252
Labor Organizations
1922
Libraries and Reading Rooms
1932
Military
1997
Parks and Playgrounds
1958
Piers
1135
Police Department
1253
Population
9
Postoffice Department
464
Public Library
1253
Removals, Alterations and Additions
15
Societies, Clubs, Associations, Bureaus, Charitable and Civic Organizations
1823
Societies-Secret and Fraternal
1992
State Officers and Boards
1355
Statistical Review
10-14
Street and Avenue Guide
16-33
Superior Courts 1252
Supreme Court 1355
Trade and Labor Organizations
1922
United States Courts and Officers 465
Wharves
1135
Directory Library
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
A to Zed School. .right side lines and 1805 Aaron Victor Jones & Sutter. .right bottom lines and 1702
Addressograph Saies Co ... 1703 Alberton Realty Co ..... right bottom lines and 1797 Allec J. 1743 Allen's Press Ciipping Bureau.
. ieft side lines and 1795
American Indemnity Co. 1765
American Insurance Co. 1760
American Trust Co ... 1710 Ames Harris Nevilie Co .... left side iines and 1708 Ames W R Co. .right side lines and 1774
Anderson C A. .ieft top lines and 1747
Anglo-California Trust Co
1711
Anglo London Paris Co.
1727
Arrillaga Musical College
1805
Associated Oii Co
1792
Atkins Robt S. .right side lines and 1737
Austin Western Road Machinery Co. 1786
Baldwin & Howell 1801
Bank of America. . right side lines Bank of California 1712
Bank of Italy
1713
Hesthal W J.
ieft side lines and 1776
Bankers & Shippers Insurance Co. 1766 Hicklin & Redmond. .. front cover and 1702
Barneson H J & Co 1725 Higgins & Sons .. right side lines and 1801
Barrett G E & Co.
.right top lines and 1725
Bateman Wm ..
1709
Bates School.
.left top lines and 1806
Bethlehem Steel Co.
1774
Hoffschneider Bros Co.
1744
Hotei Harcourt.
1756
Home Accident Insurance Co.
1763
Bethune J E. .right side lines and 1766
Binner Theo Studios .right side lines and 1788
Hotel Whitcomb.
1753
Brandt W B & Co.
.ieft top lines and 1760
Howard Auto Co
right side iines and 1707
Hotel Willard.
1756
Brayton. Cutier & Cooke
1727
Brown Edw & Sons ..
1757
Bulotti C F 1787
Burr Geo H. Conrad & Broom.
. back cover, left top lines and 1721
Calaveras Cement Co. 1735
California Agencies ..
1767
California Artistic Metal & Wire Co.
1773
Johnson F H.
left side iines and 1729
California Barrei Co 1740 California Mili Co. Chapman P W & Co. 1727 1795 Cavalier Wm & Co .. .front cover and 1722 Chapman & Co .... 1767 City National Bank. .left side lines and 1718 City of Paris Dyeing & Cleaning Works. 1737
Clark N & Sons. 1733 Clark Roy E ... 1704 Clawson Patent Chimney Co.
.left side lines and 1736 Coffin-Redington Co ..... right bottom lines and 1742 Cohn D W. .left bottom lines and 1738 Coldwell, Cornwall & Banker. . front cover and 1798 Collonan Electric & Mfg Co. right side lines and 1743 Connelly Jas A Co ....... left bottom lines and 1799 Continentai Insurance Co.left bottom lines and 1761 Cook H N Beiting Co ....... left side lines and 1719 Corwin Cari N Co ...... right bottom lines and 1767 Costello Bureau of Investigation. 1741 Crocker First National Bank .... backbone and 1714 Cyclops Iron Works 1812 McCormick Chas R Lumber Co ..
Damon School. .right side lines and 1806
De Rosa L A .. . right side lines and 1702 de Veuve Clarence .. .. left side lines and 1767 De Woife Chapman & Co .. right top lines and 1727 Dietzgen Eugene Co .... ieft top lines, 1705 and 1744 Dodge. Sweeney & Co ... 1749 Dowe Harry S Jr .. left bottom lines and 1768 Drew School. left side iines and 1806 Durham Dorothy School. .left top lines and 1804 Dyer Bros. 1775 Eby Machinery Co .back cover and 1787 Elder Paul & Co .. left top lines and 1733 Engineering Societies Employment Service ... right top lines and 1744 Enterprise Foundry Co. 1745 Ernst & Ernst. .tab insert
Eyre Edw L & Co. 1745
Fairbanks, Morse & Co .. left bottom lines and 1796 Fashion Art School ..... left bottom lines and 1808 Federated Metais Corp .. ... left side lines and 1790 Finn John Metai Works .. 1789 Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
.ieft side lines and 1758
Fitkin A E & Co.
1728
Flynn Robin J P. .left side lines and 1768 Forderer Cornice Works. 1790 Foster and Kleiser. 1704 Franciscan Hotel. .left side lines and 1756 Franklin Pacific Motor Co. 1706 Frey R G & Co ... 1728 Fuller Jas H & Co .. right top lines and 1728
Gaines-Wairath Co .. 1748 Garfield & Co ... 1731
General Fireproofing Co.left bottom iines and 1792 Gilley-Schmid Co ... right side lines and 1751 Giuriani A & Bro .. 1792 Glens Faiis Insurance Co. 1761 Globe Indemnity Co .. 1762 Golden Gate College ... .left side lines and 1808
Goodyear Rubber Co. 1803
Gorman. Kayser & Co
3 Graham Jas Mfg Co. . . right side lines and 1810
Graham, Paige Co .. 1707
Griffith-Durney Co.
.left side lines and 1736
Grimes & Swift ...
right side lines and 1729
Grisez C J Co .... .right top iines and 1799
Gunn, Carle & Co . back cover and 1734
Hamburg-American Line.left bottom iines and 1809 Hamilton R G & Co. front cover and 4 Hammersmith F A .. 1779 Hancock John Mutual Life Ins Co. left top lines and 1768
Harbor Tug & Barge Co.
Harrison H O Co .. ... right bottom lines and 1707
Heaid College ...
.. classified tab insert
Healey Wm & Son.
.right bottom lines and 1768
1729
Heiier, Bruce & Co ..
Hendy Joshua Iron Works. right top lines and 1785 Henley & Scott 1762
Henry Carl A ... . right side lines and 1763
Herbert. Vogel & Mark Co .. 1740
Herberts-Moore Machinery Co ..
.left bottom lines. 1782 and 1783
Hermann Safe Co.
classified tab insert
Hotel Rooseveit.
Hotei St Francis. .left top lines and 1755
Blyth & Co ...
1720
Hotel Sutter.
.right side lines and 1755
Rix Co ..
1787
Bradford Mfg Co.
classified tab insert
Robertson J H.
front cover and 1766
Roebling's John A Sons Co.
1811
Howard Harry ..
1802
Hupp J W & Co.
.right side lines and 1728
Hyland Bag Co.
right bottom iines and 1738
Interstate Credit Adjusters. . ieft top lines and 1738
Janus Health Institute 1750
Jenison Machinery Co.
1785
Keuffei & Esser Co
1705
King Coai Co
1738
Knight E D.
1706
Shreve, Treat & Eacret
Simmons Co.
1719
Staats Wm R Co ..
1731
Lloyd's Securities Co Inc.
1736
State Mutuai Life Assurance Co.
1772
Lohmann & Nowell ....
.left side lines and 1733
Lybrand, Ross Bros & Co.
1703
Steffan's ..
.right side lines and 1777
Lynch John P Co.
1780
Stovel C J.
1772
MacAleer School for Private Secretaries
.left side lines and 1804 MacHugh F A & Co. .left side lines and 1703 Madison & Burke. 1802 Mangrum-Hoibrook Co .. . backbone and 1752 Marchetti Motor Patents .. left botom lines and 1704 Marsh & McLennan .. 1764
Marwedei C W. .. right bottom lines and 1784
McCann M A ..
right bottom lines and 1802
Thomas B A Sign Co. .. right side lines and 1764 McGilvray Raymond Corp .. right top lines and 1735 McNear & Co .... ... left side lines and 1730 .. right side lines and 1808 Thomas F Parisian Cleaning & Dyeing Works .. back cover and 1743 Townsend & Co. ... left bottom lines and 1732 McCoy Paui J Co. ieft side lines and 1780 Mida's Trade Mark & Patent Bureau .. 1812 Miller Robt N & Co ........ left side fines and 1730 Monarch Iron Works ..... right side lines and Monteverde-Rolandelli & Parodi .. 1750 1773 Traders Credit Corp. . back cover and 1739 Tucker Hunter Dulin & Co .. . backbone, left side lines and 1724 tum Suden & tum Suden. 1706 Twigg John Sons .. 1719 Montgomery Securities Corp. 1730
Montgomery Ward & Co .. . back cover and 1788
Moore C C & Co .. 1786 Moore W N Dry Goods Co.left side lines and 1742 Morgen Jewelry Co. .right and left top lines and 1776
Mullin Acton Co ... 1765
Murray & Ready. .left top lines and 1744
N Y K Line. 1809
National Union Fire Ins Co. 1769 Nauman H A & Son .. 1769 Neai, Stratford & Kerr .. left bottom lines and 1808 New York Beiting & Packing Co. 1803 North German Lloyd .... left bottom lines and 1809 Northern Counties Title Ins Co .. .. left top lines and 1810 Northwestern Mutual Life Ins Co ... .. right top lines and 1769
Novak Club.
left bottom lines and 1749
O'Brien M F & Co .. 1770 Ocean Shore Iron Works .. right side lines and 1773 O'Connor J C Co .. left top lines and 1746 Office Towel Supply Co. .left top lines and 1810 Olympic Hotel. 1754 Oreron City Wooien Mills
right bottom iines and 1737 Ostiund & Johnson. 1709
Outdoor School for Young Children .. right side iines and 1807 Overland Freight Transfer Co .. 1745 Witter Dean & Co. 1732
Owen's Miss School. .ieft side lines and 1807
Pacific Coast Steei Co .. right bottom lines and 1775 Pacific Foundry Co ....... ieft bottom lines and 1746 Pacific Marine Ins Agency. ieft bottom lines and 1770 Pacific National Bank. 1718 Pacific Pump & Supply Co .. .right bottom lines and 1797
Patrick & Co.
right top lines and 1803
Paraffine Companies.
1794
Paui K E Co ...
. back cover and
Y
Pierce E A & Co ..
1730
Peirce Fair & Co.
1726
Plunkett-Lilienthal & Co. .. right bottom lines and 1731
Potter W W & E G ... .. left side iines and 1770 Pratt Bros & Associates .. right side lines and 1812 Prudential Insurance Co. .left and right top lines. 1705 and 1765
Quandt A & Sons.
.front cover and 1793
Raiss Carl & Co. 1726 Rapp & Co. .. left side lines and 1770 Rathbone King & Seeiey .. 1771 Rauer's Law & Collection Co .. ieft bottom lines and 1739 Real Estate Corp of California. .left top lines and 1802 Recorder Printing & Publishing Co .. .. left bottom iines and 1796 Reliance Life Ins Co ..... left bottom lines and 1771 Retailers Credit Assn .. 1741 Richmond & San Rafael Ferry & Transporta- tion Co .. right top lines and 1811 Rincon Foundry Co. 1746
Royai Indemnity Co.
1771
Salvation Army ..
Sanborn Corinson & Clift.
right bottom lines and 4
San Francisco Bank
1716
San Francisco Law School.
1805
Scott A W Co ..
1750
Scroggs Sara School ...... right side iines and 1807
Seebohm E P ..
.right bottom lines and 1795
Seeley & Co. .
1771
Shaughnessy F C & Co ... left bottom lines and 1731 Shingle Brown & Co .. bottom edge and 1723
Simonds Machinery Co.
.right top lines
Straus S W & Co ..
.left top lines and 1732
Sudheimer Jamieson & Co. . right top lines and 1800
Suhr H F Co.
.ieft top lines and 1748
Suhr & Wieboldt ..
.right side lines and 1747
Sullivan Machinery Co.
1787
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Sunset Towel Supply Co .... left side lines and Sussman. Wormser & Co .... left top lines and 1749 Swim Collection Service ... right side lines and 1739
United Benefit Life Ins Co .. .right bottom lines and 1772 United Materiais Co. 1734 United Miik Co .. .front edge and 1791 United States Lime Products Corp 1780
Universal Steei Products Co. 1788
Vale Baldwin. right side lines and 1794 Vaiente, Marini, Perata & Co. .right side lines and 1748 Van Dame Chas E & Co ..... left side lines and 1703 Vincent Frederic & Co ..... left side lines and 1732
Watson & Taylor.
.. right top lines and 1772
Watt R P. ieft bottom lines and 1800 Wawona Summer School. 1807 Weaver Chester N Co .. .ieft side lines and 1707 Wells Fargo Bank .. front cover and 1717 West Coast Detective Agency.ieft top lines and 1742 West Coast Wire & Iron Works. .right top lines and 1812 West Virginia Puip & Paper Co 1794 Western Asbestos Magnesia Co. 1706
Western Builders Supply Co ..
.right side lines and 1735
Western Cooperage Co .. . left top lines and 1741 Western Pipe & Steel Co .. 1788
Western Security Building & Loan Assn. 4 Western States Life Ins Co .... front cover and 1759 White S A ... 1748
Wholesale Typewriter Co .... left side lines and 1811 Wiiiiams Ai .. .right top lines and 1794 Wiison R A Co .. right side lines and 1801
Woodin & Littie. back cover and 1797
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Lindstrom O A & Co ..
right side lines and 1729
1756
Hinchman & Wentz. 1769
1778
Allis Chalmers Mfg. Co ... 1786
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POPULATION
The estimated population of San Francisco is 766,008, based on the number of individuals' names in the alphabetical section of the directory, with due allowance for children and for women whose names are not listed separately from those of their husbands.
FOUR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS
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THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 1701 to 1812, printed on tinted papcr. contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of San Francisco. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to substantial purchasing factors. The advertisements have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed under headings descriptive of the busi- ness represented. This is reference advertising at its best and, as such, merits a survey by all buyers anxious to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The city's activities, in many interesting phases, are authentically pictured. In an ambitious and progressive community like San Francisco, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is very great and, frequently, pressing. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal support the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.
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San Francisco The City of Hospitality
STATISTICAL REVIEW
Name of city, San Francisco.
Slogan or sub-phrase. "The City That Knows How."
Form of government. City and County combined with Mayor and Board of Supervisors.
Population, 506,676, 1920 (Government) ; 766,008, 1930 (estimated).
Area. 42 square miles.
Altitude, from sea level to 956 feet.
Assessed valuation, $1,585,101,520, with $3.94 per 100 tax rate. This is the combined city and county tax and includes everything.
White population is 96.67 per cent. Colored population is .04 per cent. Chinese. Japanese, Indian. 3.29 per cent.
White population of age: Males. 37.85 per cent ; females, 32.02 per cent.
Number of all males is 53.8 per cent, and of all females is 46.17 per cent.
Native born population is 69 per cent of whole population.
Predominating nationalities in city are Italian, German, Irish, English, Canadian. French and Swedish.
Parks number 70, with 2,824.28 acres, valued at $24,492.945.
City's bonded debt is $93.000,000 (approximately).
Financial : Twenty banks. of which 6 are trust companies, with total deposits of $1,874.933,303: resources. $2,241,915,235, and clearings of $10,938,052.000 annually, including 15 savings banks, with $1.098.094.953 total deposits.
Post Office receipts $9,287,704 in 1929.
Telephones in service, 263.375 in 1929.
Church buildings, approximately 250.
Building and construction : Value of building permits, $33,682,025 in 1929.
Total number of permits in 1929, 7120.
Real estate transfers total 9,416, valued at $96,794,815. Number of homes, 55.013, with about 27.4 per cent owned.
Industry : Number of establishments, 2086, employing 42,078 men and women, paying wages of $61,- 108,185 annually, and having products valued at $437,925,582 annually.
Trade : Territory (retail) serves 1,800,000 people within the trading area covering a radius of 50 miles. Jobbing territory serves 2.700,000 people. It is not possible to give exact radius. On some lines it goes from Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Central California and Hawaii. On others only North and Central Cali- fornia and Hawaii.
Hotels : There are 2000 hotels, with total of 70.000 transient rooms. Newest hotels built in 1929 were William Taylor, Gaylord and Cortez.
City served by Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Santa Fe, Northwestern Pacific. Key System and Sacramento Short Line railroads.
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SAN FRANCISCO-THE CITY OF HOSPITALITY
Amusements : Civic auditorium seats 11,000 people. There are 82 theatres, with a total seating capacity of 80,000 people and over. The Fox Theatre is the largest west of Chicago.
Hospitals number 32, with 7532 beds.
Education : Number of schools, 104, including 8 high schools and over 100 parochial and diocesan schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 108.863 : in private schools, 12,000. Total of all teachers is 2622. Value of all school property, private and public, is approximately $29,582,937.
There are 405,169 volumes in the libraries of the city.
City statistics : Total street mileage, 870, with 594 miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid, 951 ; of sew- ers, 491; electric street railway, 355.16. Capacity of water works, 62.7 billion gallons and right to pump 15,000,000 daily from wells. Daily average pump of 52,200,000 gallons, with 896 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $41,000,000. Fire department employs 1252 men, with following equipment : 28 autos, 50 engines, 18 hose and chemical wagons, 21 hook and ladder trucks, in 56 station houses. Police department has 1301 men, with 14 stations and 59 pieces of motor equipment and 1 truck. 7 patrol wagons, 50 motorcycles and 70 saddle horses.
SAN FRANCISCO (Prepared by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce)
San Francisco is located centrally on the coast in 37° 47' 22-55" N. Latitude and 122° 25' 40-76" W. Longitude and situated on a peninsula bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north and east by the Bay of San Francisco and on the south by wooded hills and fertile valleys. Its elevation extends from sea level to 956 feet. The city covers an area of about 48 square miles and is built prin- cipally on hills. The population as of January 1, 1929, was 756,188.
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