Polk's San Francisco (San Francisco County, Calif.) city directory, 1961, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1953
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 2806

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Tel. GArfield 1-1493

EVERETT W. STARK & COMPANY

INDUSTRY - CONSTRUCTION

519 California St.

Norris, Beggs & Simpson

REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGE LOANS

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

243 KEARNY ST.

INSURANCE TEL. Douglas 2-5660

SAN FRANCISCO 8

Carew and English ESTABLISHED 1890 FUNERAL DIRECTORS 350 MASONIC AVE. AT GOLDEN GATE

PHONE Flilmore 6-2414

Montgomery

TERMITE AND PEST CONTROL

1167 HARRISON

MArket 1-6388

KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE CO. KANSAS CITY MO

LIFE INSURANCE - ANNUITIES

Retirement Income and Endowment Policies Over $125,000,000 in California

BROKERAGE ACCEPTED - LIBERAL COMMISSIONS Insurance in Force over $1 600,000,000 Assets over $460,000,000

HUNTER AND HUNTER AGENCY 550 California St., Room 770

San Francisco, 4

Phone YUkon 6-0456

A. E. CAMPANA R. DEL CURTO

ANCHOR REALTY LOANS-RENTALS-INSURANCE

2122 Market Street

San Francisco 14, Calif. Phones MArket 1-2700 and 1-0888

BAY COUNTIES TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY TITLE INSURANCE ESCROWS LITIGATION REPORTS - PERSONALIZED SERVICE

135 Hayes Street.

Mission Bronch : 5315 Mission St Redwood City Branch 2476 Broadway San Mateo County

COMMERCE - INSTITUTIONS

GENERAL INSURANCE BROKERS (SEE YELLOW PAGE ' S)

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1223 04590 5321

San Francisco's Hotel

Sir Francis Drake

HOME OF THE STARLITE ROOF A WESTERN HOTEL ED. SEQUEIRA, General Manager

Dine superbly in any one of our three new settings, created for your pleasure

* DRAKE'S TAVERN: "All the warmth and comfort of old English hospitality." Cocktails - Luncheon - Dinner Special Dinner Sundays 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

* GOLDEN HIND: Breakfast, luncheon, tea and dinner. Open 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Cocktails 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

* STARLITE ROOF: Cocktails and entertainment, a panorama view of San Francisco and the bay. 21 stories high in the sky. Open 10 a.m. - I a.m. Buffet luncheon daily. Sunday Brunch 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Powell at Sutter Streets, just off Union Square

TRANS-BAY

FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

To Save is to Have Your Savings Will Work for You

All Savings Up to $10,000.00 Insured By the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp. of Washington, D. C.

HOME LOANS ON MOST CONVENIENT PAYMENTS

SECURITY - AVAILABILITY CONVENIENCE

SAVINGS LANTY OF YOUR SAVINGS

FEDERA

NO LOA

INSURED

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CORPOR

TO SAVE IS TO HAVE

MEMBER

All Savings Up To $10,000.00 Insured By The Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation of Washington, D.C. YOUR SAVINGS WILL WORK FOR YOU HOME LOANS ON MOST CONVENIENT PAYMENTS

WAlnut 2-0400 2400 Sutter Street San Francisco

ANdover 1-6543 3800 East 14th Street Oakland

D'ORAZI INVESTMENT COMPANY

REALTORS - BROKERS

Hotels and Motels -- Apartment Houses

Leases -- Loans

Downtown Buildings -- Business Investments

VICTOR W. D'ORAZI

340 KEARNEY STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. YUkon 6-2277

340 13th OAKLAND, CALIF.

Highgate 4-5812

MIDTOWN BLDG. SACRAMENTO, CALIF.

Gilbert 1-0229

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For COMPLETE REAL ESTATE Service ...

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POLK'S SAN FRANCISCO (SANFRANCISCO COUNTY, CALIF.)

CITY DIRECTORY 1961

Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also the

YELLOW PAGES

With a Special ADVERTISING SECTION and a Complete CLASSIFIED LIST

FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX

DIRECTORY

PUBLISHERS

PUBLISHERS NOTE

The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.

The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correctness of all' information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.

The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.

R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers

A OT

INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX

R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 1,000 city, county, state and national Directories, present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1960 edition of the San Francisco City Directory.

Confidence in the continued growth of San Francisco's industry, population and wealth, and in the advance- ment of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting San Francisco to the world.

The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public through- out the country, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the pub- lishers 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.

Three Major Departments

The three major departments are arranged in the following order :-

I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of San Francisco, arranged in alpha- betical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city. Preceding this catalog, like- wise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a great metropolis and port city like San Francisco, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and professional world.

II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the second major department, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of San Francisco, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.

III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on green paper, is the third major department. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, fol- lowed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are ar- ranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of tele- phone numbers.

Municipal Publicity

The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a port, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Direc- tory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of San Francisco.

The San Francisco Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the San Francisco City Directo. y, a Directory Library is maintained at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 700 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.

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.

R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers.

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES

A-1 Answering Service

.left side lines and

A-1 Custom Finishers & Cabinet Makers

.right side lines and

A-1 Transfer Co ..

.left side lines and

Acme Juices Headquarters.

.left side lines and

Alberton Realty Co. .

.left side lines and

Allied Accident Investigators

.right side lines and

American Construction Co

.right side lines and

Anchor Realty .

front cover, right side lines and

Anderson C A Funeral Parlors

right top lines and

Anderson & Perkins Inc. .

.left side lines and

Anthony Earle C Inc .

Archer Travel Arrangements Inc

right side lines and

Arthur Signs .

.right side lines and

Austerman Plumbing.

.right side lines and

Austin's Boots & Shoes

95 16

Baldwin & Howell .

right top lines and

Barrett Jack Truck & Auto Leasing Inc

.front edge, right top lines and

Bay Counties Title Guaranty Company

front cover, right side lines and

Better Homes Realty.

right bottom lines and

Bonded-Stanway Motors.

. . right side lines and

Bowerman's Pharmacy Inc.

Brush Slocumb & Co Inc

.right side lines and

Buckbee Thorne & Co

right top lines and

California Pacific Title Insurance Company

right top lines and

California Savings & Loan Company. .

.back cover, left top lines, right top lines and

Canadian Bank of Commerce The (California)

front cover, right side lines and

Carriel K Real Estate.

.right side lines and

Cassidy Harold J Realty Co

. right bottom lines and

Cervetto Building Maintenance Co.

right side lines, 15 and

Cimino J Jr Co

right bottom lines and

Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association .

left top lines and

City Title Insurance Co.

left top lines, left bottom lines and

City Transfer & Storage Co

.left side lines and 57 43

Clodine's Interiors .

right top corner cards and

Coldwell, Banker & Company

. bottom edge, left bottom lines and

Colonial Realty and Investment Co.

.left side lines and

Consolidated Business Services

left side lines and

Cournale & Co.

left side lines and

Credit Managers Association

. left bottom lines and

Crescent Jewelers

.right side lines and

Crosetti Bros Inc

right top lines and

Cruttenden, Podesta and Co .

. left top lines and

Currivan's Chapel of the Sunset

.right side lines and

Curtis & Tompkins Ltd .

.right side lines and

Dean Witter & Co.

left top lines and

right top corner cards and

106

Denault & Co.

. left top lines and

Der -

.left side lines and

76 50

right bottom lines and

Co Inc .

.left side lines and

. left bottom lines and

.right side lines and

. C and

.right side lines and

. backbone and

right bottom lines and

. left bottom lines and

.left side lines and

107

. left bottom lines and

right tou. ", right bottom lines and

101

75 10 111

Bay Garage Door Co.

.left side lines and

Elyth & Company Inc.

.left side lines and 75 99 9 23 105

112 91 14 25

Carew and English Inc.

65 116

75 93 113

65 76 19 76 20

Northern and Central California

15 106

30 16 76 100

Davis Realty Co.

.right side lines and

.77 116

20 67 77

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co

Page 107 31

53 75 50 89 71 29 19 5 116 97 64

Balboa Building Materials

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

Ensenada Restaurant. .

. right side lines and 8.7 47

Equity Funding Corporation

right bottom lines and

Equity Securities Corroi tion (formerly Gordon C McCormick Inc). . . right bottomn lines

Estate Funding Corp:frito

. right bottom lines and

Exposition Fish Grotte-,

Restaurant Insert and

F & L Van Lines Inc .

.right side lines and

Feder Jack M .

.right side lines and .

Fleur de Lys Real Estate Co

right bottom lines and

Folger J A & Co.

.left side lines and

Fong Wan Herbalist

.left side lines and

Fox Nailer Corp.

.right side lines and

Franklin Savings & Loan Association .

.left side lines and

Frohman Murray and Associates.

. left bottom lines and

Fulton Painting Company

. left bottom lines and

Golden Gate College

.left side lines and

Golden State Building Maintenance Co

right side lines and

Gordon Don Realtor

right top lines and

Gordon Walter M

.left side lines and

Granat Bros

. left bottom lines and

Grisez Chas J Co

left top lines and

Gump's Inc .

left top lines and

Halperin Company The

.right side lines and

Hannaford & Talbot.

left top lines and

Hardy Dorothea E.

.left side lines and

Harrigan, Weidenmuller Co

Harrington Gene Realtor .

Harrison George Realty & Insurance

Harvey Thomas D Realtor .

.right side lines and

Hastie Real Estate Inspection & Repair Inc

left top lines and

Hayman Brothers Inc

.right side lines and

Heald's Business College.

.left side lines and

Hermann Safe Co The

. left bottom lines and

Hill Co. .

right bottom lines and

Hills Bros Coffee Inc

.left side lines and

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation of California

right top lines and

Hotel Californian .

.left side lines and

Hunter & Hunter Agency

left top lines and

International Engineering Company Inc.

.left side lines and

Jim's Richfield Service .

.right side lines and

Jones Geo W Jr & Co .

.right side line 3 and

Jones Maintenance Service

. left bottom lines and

K C Adjusters

.left side lines and

Kansas City Life Insurance Co

front cover, left side lines and

Key Real Estate Investment Co

.right side lines and

Krout and Schneider .

left top lines and

Larkin Specialty Manufacturing Co

Manufacturers Insert

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

right bottom lines and

Liberty Realty Co.

back cover

Madison & Burke

left top lines, right top lines, left bottom lines, 24 and

. right top corner cards and

Mann Realty Co

.right side lines and

Manpower Inc

right top corner cards and

Marsh & McLennan - Cosgrove & Company.

.left side lines and

Maxwell Galleries

right side lines and

McAlister J W Co.

McAvoy, O'Hara Co

McGovern Bros Realty

right side lines and

Merchants Credit Association.

right top lines and

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.

right top lines and

Meyer Milton & Co

. left top lines and

Miller I Realty.

.right side lines and

. Mission Realty Co

left top lines and

Mohr Frank J Investment Securities

.left side lines and

Montgomery Pest Control Inc .

front cover, left top lines, 33, 63 and

More Frank Shoes for Women.

Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center.

.left side lines and

Murphy C M Oldsmobile

right side lines and

Music and Arts Institute of San Francisco

Mutual of Omaha

. left bottom lines and

54 46 81

Lois Harper Realtor

.left side lines and 81 32

Magnin I & Co

Mailways Inc .

54 81 23 48 2 11 28

Johnson Calvin C Realty

front cover, left side lines and

13 39 44 68 23

Hurst James Co.

.left side lines and

95 80 6 80 15

Johnson Reynold C Co.

44 81 20

L'Emporio Lucchese. .

79 79 109 80 94 90 80 17

Gray N & Co .

36 63 105 78 79 79

94 16 73 78 52 27 78

Firmo Lumber Compan

51 86 58 77 54 78 17 37 58 93 47 62

82 107 109 117 37 9 94

82 19 102 73 82

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

Mutual Realty System Nona Realty .

backbone, lelt top lines and

Norberg Adjustment Bureau Inc.

right b/tom lines and

Norris Beggs & Simpson .

left top lines, right +4 lines, Y and

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co of Milwaukee The

O'Callaghan Charles J Real Estate & Insurance .

Ocean Shore Iron Works

Pacific Auto Air Conditioning Co.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co .. . . tabbed insert, left side lines, right side lines, left bottom lines and

Pacific Metals Company Ltd. .

. right top lines and

Pacific School & Office Supply Inc .

.right side lines and left top lines and

"Paoli's Restaurant

Restaurant Insert and

Parker Neel D .

. . left side lines and

Parkside Realty

.right side lines and

Party Props

right side lines and

Perkins Dudley Co

.left side lines and

Pischoff Sign Co.

. Z and

Professional Secretarial Service.

left bottom lines and

Raedeker & Mulholland Interiors.

. left bottom lines and

Ransohoffs Inc .

right bottom lines and

Raymond E N & Associates

.left side lines and

Retailers Credit Association of San Francisco Inc

.back cover and

Rom Linda Realtor.

right bottom lines and

Rosenbaum Plumbing Co

.left side lines and

Rucker-Fuller Co.

.left side lines and

StFrancis Hotel

left top lines and

StGermain & Co.

.left side lines and

StMary's Hospital.

left side lines

Sanford William Inc

right side lines and

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

San Francisco Examiner

right bottom lines and

San Francisco Federal Savings and Loan Association

.left side lines and

School of Real Estate

.right side lines and

Schwabacher & Company

back cover, right top lines and

Scotty's Transmissions

.right side lines and

Security-Pacific Insurance & Realty Co

Shearson, Hammill & Co

right top lines and

Shreve & Company .

.right side lines and

Simpson Allen Real Estate Co.

right bottom lines and

Sinaloa Mexican Cantina and Restaurant.

.right side lines and

Sir Francis Drake Hotel

left bottom lines, A and

Skyway Realty .

.right side lines and

Staats William R & Co.

right top corner cards and

Standard Oil Company of California .

right top lines, right bottom lines and

Stark Everett W and Company.

.front cover, back cover, right top lines and

Stauffer Chemical Co

.left side lines and

Suhr H F Co Inc .

right top lines and

Suhr & Wieboldt .

.left side lines and

Sumitomo Bank of California The

right top corner cards and

Sun Hung Heung Chinese Restaurant.

. right bottom lines and right side lines

Sutro & Company

. left bottom lines and

107

Terminix of Northern California Inc

back cover, right side lines and

Thomas Bros Maps. . .

right side lines and

.left side lines and

Town Motel and Vinmar Motel

.right side lines and

Trans-Bay Federal Savings & Loan Association.

right side lines, B and

Trevor & Co

. left top lines and

Trodden T J Co

left side lines and

Umbsen, Kerner & Stevens.

left top lines and

Valente, Marini, Perata & Co.

. left bottom lines and

VanEtta Motors Inc.

.right side lines and

Variety Club Blind Babies Foundation

left bottom lines and 61

Veterans Painting and Decorating Co

.right side lines and

62 8

Vogel Les Chevrolet Co.

. top edge, right top lines, left bottom lines and

Warren Realty. .

.left side lines and

Washington T W Realty Co

.left side' lines and

85 60

West M G Co.

right bottom lines and

Western Tire Sales.

.right side lines and

110

108 54 22 12 84 56 92 74

Thomas G W Drayate & Rigging Co Inc.

Tilles Ken Bail Bonds

Tobby's Golden Key Realty.

United Schools .

right bottom lines and

47 84 95 30 7 9

VanNess Oldsmobile .

right side lines and 82 69 19 70 ont cover and 114 46 83

Northern Counties Title Insurance Co

.left side lines and right bottom lines and Manufacturers Insert .left side lines and

Paine Webber Jackson and Curtis

Pierce-Rodolph Storage Co Ltd.

4. 34 55 61 103 87 49 83 62 56 58 96 98 49 117 50 18 83 64 60 40 83 37 21

Salvation Army The

93 95 104 12 48 106

53 74 89 41 84 51 35 45 16 29 31 14 88

Sundown Wood Products Co

VII

INTRODUCTION

Western Title Insurance Company

Whitcomb Hotel The Willis & Pedersen Winston's Moving & Storage Co.

.left side lines and .left side lines and

Y M C A Hotel.

.left side lines and 43

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SAN FRANCISCO

"CENTER OF WESTERN INDUSTRY, TRADE AND COMMERCE"; "THE NATION'S WESTERN CAPITAL" (Prepared by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Research Department)

SITUATION

San Francisco, "City by the Golden Gate," whose City Hall is situated at 37 degrees 47 minutes north latitude and 122 degrees 25 minutes west longitude, on a hilly peninsula with altitudes ranging from sea level to 933.6 feet U. S. Base, is bounded on three sides by water. Of a total of 93.1 square miles, only 46.38 are land. It is among the few world cities with the distinction of having more than half of its entire area washed daily by the ocean's tidal currents.

San Francisco has within its boundaries three islands -- Yerba Buena, Treasure and Alcatraz -- besides the Farallon Islands group some 32 miles west of San Francisco, which have been included in the City and County of San Francisco since 1872.

Photo by R. L. Copeland, released by San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Aerial View of Downtown San Francisco

INTRODUCTION

POPULATION

The 1960 U. S. Census gave San Francisco a population of 740,316, representing a loss from 1950 of about 4.5 per cent. Even though several cities in the Bay Area lost population in the decade, the losses were coun- tered by sizable gains in the newer, outlying cities of the metropolitan area. Many of the older areas in the city have become less congested, and in most dwellings the total number of occupants has dwindled. Predomi- nating nationalities of foreign-born residents: Italian, German, Irish, Canadian, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Mexican.

AREA, ALTITUDE, CITY FINANCES

Area -- 45.45 square miles (land, 46.38 including islands).

Altitude -- Sea level to 933.6 feet city datum.

Assessed Valuation -- $2,060,074,171, all property, including $82,472,258 veteran and welfare exemp- tions. $8.48 tax rate (1960-61) includes $0.017 levied by Rapid Transit District, but collected by City.

Bonded Debt -- $223,788,200 (June 30, 1960).

CONSTRUCTION

1960 was another record year for construction in San Francisco. Projects authorized by building per- mits amounted to $130 million, 18 per cent above the previous year's record of $109.9 million. Permits issued numbered 11,741, or 6.5 per cent above 1959, and the number of dwelling units authorized (3880) was 26 per cent higher than 1959's record of 3069.

Some of the major projects authorized or under way during 1960 included two buildings costing over $10 million (Hall of Justice; Hilton Hotel); five projects costing over $5 million (International Building, Alice Griffith public housing, the Comstock and Fontana cooperative apartments, and the completed Bayshore- Southern Freeway Interchange); and another 22 projects costing from $1 million to $5 million apiece.

In 1960, the largest single contract ever awarded for construction in San Francisco was made -- $32.5 million, for the 20-story Federal Office Building at Civic Center. Work on this project is now under way and is scheduled for completion by mid-1963.

Another milestone was passed last year, with the first sale of cleared land by the San Francisco Re- development Agency. This was in the 30-block, 108-acre Western Addition, where the Japanese Cultural Cen- ter and at least 1,100 dwelling units will soon rise. At least five separate organizations will develop varied housing (cooperative, moderate income, retired, etc.).

Another redevelopment project which received nation-wide attention was the Golden Gateway. In a unique design competition, Perini-San Francisco Associated won the award for the redevelopment of 45 acres of the city's ancient produce area. This will generate 2,174 apartment units in eight 25-story buildings, an 1800-car garage, and a 25-story office building, at an estimated cost of $60 million to $80 million. The first phase of construction will begin in 1962 and last for three years; demolition has already been started.

Still another redevelopment project moved ahead with commencement of grading in Diamond Heights, a barren, 331-acre hill-site near Twin Peaks. Here some 3,040 homes and apartments will go up, adding as many as 8,000 people to the city's population by 1963.

Other multi-million-dollar projects announced recently which should commence in 1961 are the Port of San Francisco's super-terminal project at Islais Creek; the Wholesale Produce Market's move to Islais Creek; rehabilitation of the Civic Auditorium; a second passenger terminal at International Airport; the Franklin Hospital relocation program; and the first leg of the Southern Freeway

UTILITIES

.San Francisco is the headquarters of the country's largest operating utility, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., which serves 47 counties in northern California. Their Vallecitos Plant near Livermore was the world's first privately-financed nuclear power plant, and they are now building the country's first geothermal power plant in nearby Sonoma County. Water comes from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Hetch Hetchy Reservoir through a 167-mile pipeline system, and is stored in several reservoirs in Alameda and San Mateo counties. Capacity of the municipal water department reservoirs is estimated at 275,000,000,000 gallons, with storage during 1959 (a dry year) ranging between average monthly lows of 64 per cent to highs of 76 per cent. San Francisco had in 1959 a total of 60.6 telephones per 100 population-one of the world's highest percentages of telephone usage. At the end of 1960, there were 327,751 resident main telephones and 236,955 business main stations in San Francisco -- a total of 564,706.

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Polk's San Francisco (San Francisco County, Calif.) city directory, 1961, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1953 Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 2806

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1953
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 2806