Polk's Crocker-Langley San Francisco city directory, 1934, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co.
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POLK'S NRA U.S. CROCKER-LANGLEY SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY 1934


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GENERAL INDEX


Abbreviations


36


Advertising Department


1701


Alphabetical List of Names


37


Alterations, Removals, Etc.


15


Apartment Houses


1747


Associations, Clubs and Societies.


1752


Buildings, Blocks and Halls


1768


Business Directory


1745 1701


Cemeteries


1771


Churches


1772


City Government


976


Classified Business Directory


1745


Clubs


1779


Consular Officers


1782


County Government


976


Directory Library


9


District Courts of Appeal


1058


Federal Government Officers.


364


Fire Department


977


Fraternal Organizations


1869


Hospitals, Homes and Sanitariums


1808


Index to Advertisers


8


Introduction


9


Municipal Courts


977


Labor Organizations


1820


Libraries and Reading Rooms


1829


Military


1871


Parks and Playgrounds


1847


Piers


885


Police Department


977


Population


9


Postoffice Department


365


Public Library


977


Removals, Alterations and Additions


15


Societies, Clubs, Associations, Bureaus, Charitable and Civic Organizations .


1872


Societies-Secret and Fraternal


1869


State Officers and Boards


1057


Statistical Review


10-14


Street and Avenne Guide


17-34


Superior Courts


976


Supreme Court


1058


Trade and Labor Organizations


1820


United States Courts and Officers 364


Wharves


885


Buyers' Guide


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Abbens Confidential Service


.front cover and 1717


Ames Harris Neville Co. left side lines and 1703


Anderson C A left top lines and 1720


Angio California National Bank.


1706


4


Associated Oil Co.


Atkins Roht S Inc.


. right side lines and 1714


Bachelder Laboratories


. left top lines and 1718


Baldwin & Howell


1741


Bank of America National Trust & Savings Assn. 1707


Bank of California National Assn 1708


Bankers & Shippers Insurance Co. 1733


Bateman Win


1704


Bethune J Evan.


right side lines and 1733


Billings Geo E Co


1734


Brandt W B & Co.


. back cover and 1729


1735


California Barrel Co


1715


California Insurance Co.


. front cover and 1726


California Secretarial School.


left top lines and 1743


Carew & English


. back cover and 1720


Chapman & Co ..


1729


Coffin-Redington Co


1719


Continental Insurance Co.


right side lines and 1730


Corwin Carl N Co.


1730


Costello Bureau of Investigation. 1718


Crocker First National Bank.


backbone and 1709


Durham Dorothy School for Secretaries. . backbone and 1742


Engineering Societies Employment Service.


right top lines and 1719


Finn John Metal Works .. 3


Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. 1727


Foster and Kleiser Co


1702


General Detective Bureau


. back cover, right side lines and 1718


General Fireproofing Co . left side lines and 1739 Glens Falls Insurance Co. 1731


Golden Gate College


.left side lines and 1743


Gracier S B & Sons. 1722


Griffith-Durney Co.


. left side lines and 1714


Grisez Chas J Co


right top lines and 1741


Harris Z I- .back cover and 1743


. classified tab insert


Healey Wm & Son


front cover. and 1734


Hendy Joshua Iron Works.


1737


Herbert. Vogel & Mark Co.


1715


Hermann Safe Co.


. classified tab insert


Ilesthal Wm J.


left side lines and 1736


Home Insurance Co. front edge and 1728


lIotel Sutter


1725


Hotel Whitcomb 1725


Howard Auto Co.


. right side lines and 1703


American Trust Co


1705


Johnson Lincoln V


. top edge and classified tab insert


King Coal Co .. classified tah insert


Knight Edw D. 1702 Krout & Schneider Ltd .. back cover, right side lines and 1718 Mangrum-Holbrook Co. .backbone and 1723


AIcAlister James W. 1702


McCormick Chas R Lumber Co.


.front cover, left side lines and 1737


McCormick Steamship Co


left side lines and 1737


McGilvray Raymond Corp.


.right top lines and 1713


Monarch Iron Works


1735


Monteverde & Parodi Inc front cover and 1722


Morgen Jewelry Co.


. right side lines and 1736


Newhouse & Sayre


1728


O'Brien M F & Co ..


1734


Office Towel Supply Co.


1744


1724


Overland Freight Transfer Co. 1719


Pacific National Bank.


1710


Pacific Pump & Supply Co. left top lines and 1740


Pierce E A & Co .. . front cover Porcaro Thomas Bonded Winery 1744


Rathbone, King & Seeley Inc.


1734


Recorder Printing & Publishing Co. . left side lines and 1740 Retailers Credit Assn 1716


Richards & Rhorer 1731


Salvation Army


San Francisco Bank.


San Francisco Institute of Accountancy ..


.left top lines and 1742


San Francisco Law School.


1742


Seeley & Co


Shreve, Treat & Eacret.


2


Solari's Grill.


.back cover and 1741


Suhr H FF Co ..


left top lines and 1721


Suhr & Wieboldt.


.left top lines and 1721


Swett & Crawford.


1732


hack cover


tum Suden & tum Suden


Union Central Life Insurance Co ..


.... front cover and 1733


bottom edge and 1738


United Milk Co.


Wells Fargo Bank and Union Trust Co. front cover and 1712


Wentz & Erlin


1735


West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. 1739


Western Cooperage Co.


left top lines and 1716


Western Pipe & Steel Co. 1737


White Samuel A.


1722


William Taylor Hotel.


1725


Witter Dean & Co.


1713


X


1711


1732


Traders Credit Corp


1702


Heald College.


California Artistic Metal & Wire Co


Olympic Hotel


INTRODUCTION


R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of the San Francisco Directory, as well as more than 700 other city, county, state and national directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1934 edition of the San Francisco Directory.


Confidence in the growth of San Francisco's wealth, industry and population, and in the advancement of its municipal and social activities, will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for the directory is a mirror truly reflecting San Francisco to the world.


The enviable place occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S directories in offices, stores, libraries and homes throughout the country has been established by rendering the best in directory service. With an unrivaled organization, having the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and resi- dents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the San Francisco Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.


POPULATION


The estimated population of San Francisco is 788,794, 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


The several essential departments are arranged in the following order :


THE BUYER'S GUIDE, pages 1701 to 1744, printed on tinted paper, 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 business 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 pic- tured. In an ambitious and progressive community like San Francisco, the necessity of having this kind of information available is very great and, frequently, pressing. General appreciation of this fact is evi- denced by the liberal support the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms and corporations is included in pages 37 to 1210.


THE STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE is embraced in pages 17 to 35; in this feature the names of all streets and avenues are arranged alphabetically, giving beginning and ending, and line of general direction.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 1745 to 1884. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epitome of the business interests of the community. "The Directory is the common intermediary between Buyer and Seller." As such it plays no small part in the daily doings of the business world. "More goods are bought and sold through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium."


MUNICIPAL PUBLICITY


The directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as an industrial site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference and serve as perpetual and reliable adver- tisements of San Francisco, for business men, everywhere, realize that the city directory represents a com- munity as it really is.


THE SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTORY LIBRARY


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the San Francisco City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the publishers at 604 Mission street, for free reference by the general public. This library is one of the system of more than 400 installed and operated in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada, under the supervision of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, of which R. L. Polk & Co. is a member.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the city directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.


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STATISTICAL REVIEW


Name of city, San Francisco.


Slogan or sub-phrase, "On the Median Line of Pacific Coast Population, Finance, Industry and Agri- culture."


Form of government, combined City and County, Board of Supervisors.


Population, 634,394, 1930 (U. S .- official) ; 688,627, January 1, 1934 (Chamber of Commerce estimate). White population : 441,583 (1930).


Foreign born : White population-153,386.


Colored population : Negro, 3803. Other races : 35,622.


White population of age : Males, 54 per cent ; females, 47 per cent.


Native born population (white) is 69.6 per cent of whole population.


Predominating nationalities in city are American, Italian, German, Chinese, Irish, English and Canadian. Arca, 42.19 square miles. Altitude, sea level to 965 feet. Average temperature, 56.1°. Daily mean maximum, 62.3º. Daily mean minimum, 50.2°.


Parks and playgrounds number 92, with 2900 acres.


Assessed valuation, $1,412.694,772, all property, with $3.48 tax rate (1933-1934).


City's funded debt is $165,076,500.


Financial: There are twenty-three banks, 18 under State supervision and 5 national banks, with total deposits of $1,745.258,339 (1932) ; resources, $2,084,063,004 (1932) ; debits to individual accounts, $7,742,- 014,000 (1932) ; clearings, $5,053,854,000 (1932) ; savings deposits, $813,737,992 (1932) ; commercial deposits, $931,520,347 (1932).


Post-Office receipts of $7,961,451 (1932).


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SAN FRANCISCO-THE CITY OF HOSPITALITY


Telephones in service, 246,661 (1932).


Churches number approximately 250.


Building and construction : Value of building permits, $16,427,915 (1932).


Real estate transfers total 7139, valued at $47,418,096 (1932).


Industry : Number of establishments, 2263, employing 34,502 total wage-earners, paying wages of $47,- 321,255, and having products valued at $318,131,977 (1931 U. S. Mfrs. Census).


Trade: Territory (retail) serves 1,882,683 people within the trading arca covering a radius of 75 miles. Jobbing territory serves 2,655,331 people within a radius of 250 miles. Many firms distribute to the 11 West- ern States, as San Francisco is Western headquarters for 1500 firms of national distribution.


Hotels : There are approximately 1500 hotels, with total accommodations of approximately 75,000 persons. Newest hotel was built in 1930.


City served by 4 transcontinental railroads, as follows: Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Santa Fe and Great Northern .. The Northwestern Pacific serves the North Coast of California. The city is also served by 154 steamship lines.


Amusements : There are approximately 78 theaters, with a total seating capacity of approximately 100,000 persons. Largest theater or auditorium seats about 12,000 persons.


Hospitals number 32.


Education : Number of schools, 186 public, including 22 high schools and a number of parochial and dio- cesan schools. Number of pupils enrolled in public schools, 109,238; in private schools, 14,000 (est.).


There are 475,000 volumes in the libraries of the city.


City Statistics : Total street mileage, 870 miles, with 655 miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid, 1005; of sewers, 97 miles, main trunk; street railway, 353.46 miles. Capacity of water works (municipal), 62,500,000,- 000 gallons.


SAN FRANCISCO (Prepared by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce)


HISTORICAL-San Francisco is located centrally on the coast in 37° 47' 22-25" N. Latitude and 122° 25' 40-76" \V. 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 965 feet. The city covers an area of about 42.19 square miles and is built principally on hills. The population as of January 1, 1934, amounted to 688,627 (est.).


The San Francisco Bay Region was discovered in July, 1769, by Don Gaspar de Portola's soldiers, who were seeking the Monterey Bay. In 1775 Don Manuel Ayala sailed the first ship through the Golden Gate into the San Francisco Bay. The San Carlos was the name of the vessel.


Years before, however, Sir Francis Drake brought his vessel, the Golden Hind, close to the Golden Gate and ran her ashore at what is now known as Drake's Bay. This was in 1579 and the first religious service in the English language was held on the Pacific Coast by the chaplain of the Golden Hind.


In 1776 a land expedition commanded by Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza arrived on the San Francisco peninsula and established the Presidio and the Mission Dolores. In 1777 Padre Junipero Serra, father of the California missions, arrived in San Francisco. The settlement was known as Yerba Buena until 1847, when it became San Francisco.


In 1806 the Russians attempted to establish themselves in and about San Francisco. They established a settlement at Fort Ross, near Santa Rosa, but after a few years gave it up, disposing of all movable fixtures and arms to Capt. John A. Sutter of Sacramento.


In 1846 war was declared by the United States on Mexico and on July 9, 1848, Capt. John B. Montgomery of the United States Navy arrived in the sloop-of-war "Portsmouth" and raised the American flag in what is now Portsmouth Square; thus without great excitement San Francisco passed from Spanish to Mexican and finally American rulc.


San Francisco's greatest excitement perhaps came with the discovery of gold in 1848. People rushed here by every known mode of transportation and in thousands. The population increased steadily and the port became the most important on the Pacific Coast, which position it has steadily maintained.


Because of the number of lawless individuals during the fifties, the citizens organized the Vigilance Com- mitteee and after a short campaign succeeded in ridding the city of the law breakers.


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SAN FRANCISCO-THE CITY OF HOSPITALITY


GOVERNMENT-San Francisco has a combined City and County Government functioning as a Mu- nicipal Corporation, which began January 8. 1932, to operate under a new Charter (Frecholders). Under this new Charter the Legislative Powers are vested in a Board of Supervisors consisting of 15 members until January 8, 1934. Thereafter the number will be reduced to 11 members. The Administrative Powers are vested in a Mayor and a Chief Administrative Officer, the latter appointed by the Mayor. The people elect the Mayor, Assessor, Treasurer, Sheriff, Public Defender, Supervisors, District Attorney, City Attorney, Municipal and Superior Court Judges and the members of the Board of Education.


The salary of the Mayor is $10.000 per year and the major Departments under him include the Police, Fire, Park, Recreation. and Library, the Art Commission, the Utilities Commission, Civil Service Commis- sion, and City Planning Commission.


The Chief Administrative Officer, appointed by the Mayor, receives a salary of $12,000 a year and has under him the following Departments: Departments of Finance and Records, Purchasing, Real Estate, Department of Public Works, Department of Electricity, Street Traffic Advisory Board, Department of Pub- lic Health, County Welfare Department, Coroner's Office, Horticultural Inspection Department, and Depart- ment of Weights and Measures.


The Controller is responsible to the Mayor and is appointed by him subject to the confirmation and approval by the Board of Supervisors.


HARBOR AND COMMERCE-Centered in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco is an important port of general commerce, handling a large and valuable domestic and foreign trade. It is the main gateway of commerce for the vast territory of the Central Pacific Coast Area and Intermountain States. The Bay extends from the Golden Gate to the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers on the northeast, and to a point near San Jose on the south, covering an area of 450 square miles. The deep-water commerce enters San Francisco Bay through the Golden Gate, which is but one mile wide, thus affording natural pro- tection from the acean to the waters of the San Francisco Bay. To this has been added the most compre- hensive docking and berthing facilities, rail and freight connections, modern and well-equipped warehouses, etc. San Francisco harbor has 17 miles of berthing space and this is constantly being added to; there are 8,189,280 square feet of cargo area, with a capacity of 2,049,952 tons of cargo; 43 modern piers ; facilities to dock the largest vessels ; seven drydocks ; 160 spur tracks ; 66 miles of harbor trackage connecting piers and warehouses ; car capacity for 3600 cars ; 42 cranes, derricks and aerials.


The harbor is controlled by the State of California and is governed by a board of harbor commissioners appointed by the Governor. Of the 43 piers, most of them are assigned to steamship companies having their own fleets and operating their own schedules. Repairs and maintenance average $1,500,000.


The water-borne commerce of San Francisco has trebled since pre-war days and now ranks third of all ports in the United States. San Francisco, according to the U. S. Department of Commerce, at the close of 1932 ranked fourth among the 49 custom districts of the U. S. in the value of imports and exports, exceeding all other Pacific Coast ports.


Arrivals and departures of vessels show the following increases :


Registered


Arrivals


Tonnage


Departures


Registered Tonnage


6792


15,049,446


6830


14.802,870


1923. 1932. 5919


16,891,342 6015


17,012,058


Exports during 1932 amounted to. Imports during 1932 amounted to


$82,207,827 58,235,446


The principal exports are mineral oil, gasoline, dried, and canned fruits, fresh fruits, barley, raw cotton, petroleum asphalt, cigarettes, canned salmon, rice, flour, canned milk.


The principal imports are coffee, raw silk, copra, sugar. newsprint paper, lead (ore), burlap, tea, tung oil, cocoanut oil and bananas.


The 1932 report of the U. S. Army Engineers shows the distribution of the tonnage, domestic and for- eign, as follows:


Total tonnage, San Francisco Bay Foreign tonnage Inland waterway tonnage Domestic Coastwise tonnage


.25,295.205 Tons 3,227,767 7,681,440 14,385,998


Besides the movement of commodities by water, there is a large rail traffic in San Francisco; during 1932 it reached 126,750 carloadings, not including less-than-carload business.


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SAN FRANCISCO-THE CITY OF HOSPITALITY


San Francisco is also the ocean port for the great inland empire of California, 500 miles in length, 50 miles wide and containing 16,100,000 acres of irrigable land, 5,000,000 acres of which is under irrigation. Approxi- mately 33 per cent of the tonnage of the port is received from points on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, which drain a large portion of the "back country."


San Francisco is the port of call for 154 steamship lines. Of these 16 are intercoastal ; 14 Trans-Pacific, Hawaiian and Oriental; 17 United Kingdom and Continental Europe; 10 Central and South America; 6 Australasia : 20 coastwise ; 2 Africa, 2 round the world. There are also 18 inland water carriers with routes to Sacramento and Stockton. The remainder are owned and operated by oil, lumber and fishing interests.


San Francisco is served by four transcontinental railroads, which also operate north and south on the Pacific Coast and throughout the State of California.


INDUSTRIES-The 1931 (latest available) Federal Census of Manufacturing showed the following conditions to exist in San Francisco and the territory included in what is known as the Metropolitan Area ; San Francisco-Number of establishments, 2267 ; wage-earners, 34,402; wages, $47,321,083; value of prod- ucts, $317.986,065. Metropolitan Area (nine counties)-Number of establishments, 3540; wage-earners, 70,775; wages. $96,143,541 ; value of products, $767,865,179.




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