Polk's Crocker-Langley San Francisco city directory, 1939, Part 2

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1680

USA > California > San Francisco County > San Francisco > Polk's Crocker-Langley San Francisco city directory, 1939 > Part 2

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

1873 Florists

1767 Lumber

1888 Telegraph Company

1928 Collections

back cover and Page 64

Page 19 left bottom lines and Page 27

left side fines and Page 66 right side lines and Page 28 Page 19

left bottom lines and Page 24

Page 13 Page 31

1888 Insurance

1908 Loans 1894 Shoes

1923 Clothing

1925 Automobile-

1906 Jewelers

1936 Loans

Est. Business

1928 Hotel

1880 Painters 1867 Forwarding Agents

1932 Collections

1924 Bank

......

..... ...

.....

PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

PIER NO. 10.

STATISTICAL REVIEW

Name of city, San Francisco.

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

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

Population, 634,394 (1930 U. S .- official): 761,654, Jan- mary 1, 1939 (Chamber of Commerce estimate).

Native white population : 441,583 (1930).

Foreign born: White population-153.386.

Total white population-594,969.

Colored population: Negro, 3803. Other races: 35.622.

White population of age: Males, 53 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, Irish, English, Canadian and Chinese.

Arca, 44.82 square miles.

Altitude, sea level to 965 feet.

Average temperature, 56.1º. Daily mean maximum, 62.6°. Daily mean minimum, 50.2°.

Parks: 49, and 66 recreational centers. Total acreage, 4579. Assessed valuation. $993,399,466; all property, with $4.04 tax rate (1938-1939).

City's funded debt is $161,145,200 (June 30, 1938).

Limit of future bond issues, $63,471,549.

Financial: There are twenty-one banks, 16 under State supervision and 5 national banks, with total deposits of $2,- 557.590.326 (1937); resources, $2,836,353,780 (1937); debits to individual accounts, $10,992.930,000 (1937): clearings. $7,- 913.846,000 (1937): time deposits. $1,455,331,436 (1937); de- mand deposits. $10,992,930,000 (1937).

Post office receipts of $9,661.319 (1937). Telephones in service, 275,204 (1937).

Churches number approximately 300.

Building and construction: Value of building permits, $20,245,440 (1937), number 7807.

Real estate transfers total 8701, valued at $68,603,707 (1937).

Industry: Number of establishments, 1961; employing 34,- 395 total wage-earners, paying wages of $40,943.446, and hav- ing products valued at $287.461,451 (1935, U. S. Mfrs. Census).

Trade: Territory (retail) serves 1,846,807 people within the trading area covering San Francisco Metropolitan Area, jobbing territory serves 3,232,702 people within a radius of 250 miles. Many firms distribute to the 11 Western States, as San Francisco is Western headquarters for 1300 firms of national distribution.

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

City served by 3 transcontinental railroads having 7 trans- continental routes, as follows: Southern Pacific. Western Pa- cific and Santa Fe. The Northwestern Pacific serves the North Coast of California. The city is also served by 177 steamship lines.

Amusements: There are approximately 78 theaters, with a total seating capacity of approximately 83,357 persons. Largest theater or auditorium seats about 12,000 persons.

Hospitals number 31.

Education: Number of schools, 180 public, including 23 high schools and a number of parochial and diocesan schools. Number of pupils enrolled in public schools, 101,237; in pri vate schools, 14,000 (est.).

There are 520.000 volumes in the libraries of the city.

City Statistics: Total street mileage. 890 miles, with 730 miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid. 1005; of sewers, 97 miles, main trunk; street railway, 384.93 miles. Capacity of water works (municipal), 64.126,000,000 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" W'. Longitude and situated on a peninsula bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north and cast by the Bay of San Francisco and on the south by wooded hills and fertile valleys. Its eleva- tion extends from sea level to 905 feet. The city covers an area of about 45.2 square miles and is built principally on hills. The population as of January 1, 1939, amounted to 761,654.

The San Francisco Bay Region was discovered in July, 1709, by Don Gaspar de Portola's soldiers, who were seek- ing 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 religions 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, ar- rived 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 rule.

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 popu- lation increased steadily and the port became the most im- portant 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 Committee and after a short campaign succeeded in ridding the city of the law breakers.

GOVERNMENT

San Francisco has a combined City and County Govern- ment functioning as a Municipal Corporation, which began January 8, 1932, to operate under a new Charter ( Frechokt- er-). Under this new Charter the Legislative Powers are vested in a Board of Supervisors consisting of Hl members. The Administrative Powers are vested in a Mayor and a Chief Administrative Officer, the latter appointed by the Mavor. The people elect the Mayor, Assessor, Treasurer. Sheriff, Public Defender, Supervisors, District Attorney, C'ity Attorney, Municipal and Superior Court Judges and the members of the Board of Education.

l'he salary of the Mayor is $10,000 per year and the major Departments under him include the Police. Fire, Park, Rec- reation, and Library, the Art Commission, the Utilities Com mission, Civil Service Commission, and City Planning Com- mission.

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

The Controller is responsible to the Mayor and is ap- pointed by him subject to the confirmation and approval of 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 gate- way 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 nat- ural protection from the ocean to the waters of the San Fran- cisco Bay. To this has been added the most comprehensive clocking and berthing facilities, rail and freight connections, modern and well-equipped warehouses, etc. San Francisco harbor has 17.5 miles of berthing space and this is constantly being added to; there are 195.62 acres of pier and wharf arca, with a capacity of 2.030.600 tons of cargo; 43 modern piers; facilities to dock the largest vessels; seven drydocks: 160 spur tracks: 66 miles of harbor trackage connecting pier- and warehouses; car capacity for 3600 cars; 42 cranes, der- ricks 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 operat- ing their own schedules. San Francisco harbor facilities are valued at $100.000,000.

The water-borne commerce of San Francisco has trebled since pre-war days and now ranks second in value of all ports in the United States, and outranking all other Pacific Coast ports by nearly $170,000,000 annually.

Arrivals and departures of vessels show the following in- creases :

Registered

Arrivals Tonnage

Departures Tonnage

1923

6792 15.049,446

6830 14,802,870

1938. .

5140 17.248,061

5121 7,512,629

Exports during 1937 amounted to. .$136,024,000

Imports during 1937 amounted to. .. $ 90,876,393

The principal exports by value are bulk oil, dried and canned fruits, cotton, machine parts, barley, fresh fruits, auto parts, and canned fish.

The principal imports are coffee, copra, paper, burlap and whiskey.

The 1938 report of the U. S. Army Engineers shows the distribution of the cargo tonnage, domestic and foreign, dur- ing 1937 as follows:

Total tonnage, San Francisco Bay 28,812,967 Tons

Foreign tonnage 4,328,550

Inland waterway tonnage 7.952,590

Domestic Coastwise and Intercoastal tonnage 16,531,827 "

Besides the movement of commodities by water, there is a large rail traffic in San Francisco; during 1937 it reached 217,949 carloadings and unloadings, not including less-than- carload business.

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. Approximately 33 per cent of the tonnage of the port is received from points on the Sac- ramento and San Joaquin Rivers, which drain a large portion of the "back country "

San Francisco is the port of call for 177 steamship lines.

TRANSPORTATION

San Francisco is the terminus of three Class I railroads nd a number of short lines. These railroads thoroughly lanket California and neighboring States, and by means of leven major transcontinental routes with convenient connec- tons, provide fast, dependable service to and from all parts f the United States, Canada and Mexico. Passenger trains, econd to none, are operated to and from the city.

All raifroads connect with the State Belt Railroad serving le San Francisco waterfront and many industries, and absorb ile switching charges on line haul carload traffic. Reciprocal rrangements between all lines permit efficient handling of ars within the switching limits at rates ranging from 37c to 9c per ton. Trap car privileges are available. Between all oints in the San Francisco switching limits and those of Oakland and Richmond the rate is 77c per ton, minimum harge $16.50 per car.

Overnight freight service is provided to Los Angeles, to lost points in the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys, to umerous points along the coast, to southern Oregon and vestern Nevada. A greater proportion of the territory west f the Rocky Mountains is reached to advantage from San rancisco than from any other Pacific Coast port.

Store door pick-up and delivery for less than carload traf- c is available between San Francisco and many points in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho and Oregon.

Intercoastal water rates bring San Francisco as close to he Atlantic and Gulf Coasts as Chicago and northern Missis- ippi Valley points. Sailings to Atlantic Coast ports average 5 per month; to Gulf ports six per month.

Departures for the Hawaiian Islands average 10 per month.

Over fifty steamship lines operate hetween San Francisco nd foreign ports providing frequent passenger and freight ervice to and from the major ports, in the Orient, Aus- ralia, New Zealand, the South Sea Islands, both coasts of Central and South America, northern and Southern Europe nd certain ports in Africa. Round-the-world liners leave an Francisco monthly. San Francisco is the home port of ome of the most luxurious passenger lines operating on the Pacific Coast.

Coastwise lines furnish frequent service between San rancisco and other ports in California, Oregon, Washing- on, and British Columbia. A huge fleet of inland water car- iers ranging from palatial passenger steamers to humble arges navigate San Francisco Bay and waters tributary hereto, carrying an immense tonnage to and from the ultra- modern docks of the city.

San Francisco is the focal point of two new great bridges, he San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, a link in both U. S. lighways No. 40 and No. 50, and the Golden Gate Bridge, link in U. S. Highway 101.

Over thirty common carrier truck lines provide scheduled ervices between San Francisco and points in California and eighboring states. In addition, more than 600 truck opera- ors having headquarters or agencies in San Francisco hold itrastate contract carrier, radial common carrier, or city arrier permits from the Railroad Commission of California r interstate contract carrier permits from the Interstate Com- icrce Commission. All rates and services are subject to egulation by these Commissions.

Bus lines which are also under regulation radiate north, ast and south providing fast, commodious passenger service etween San Francisco and all important points in California nd the elven Western States. There are also four trans- ontinental bus services. In addition, there are numerous ightseeing tours operating between San Francisco and eighboring points of interest. Busses are always available bor charter parties,

Three modern air terminals in the San Francisco Bay srca are within thirty minutes of the heart of San Francisco. The recently enlarged Municipal Airport is the focal point of anscontinental and north/south services by the most mod- rn transport planes. San Francisco is the eastern terminus or the famous clippers providing service to and from the lawaiian Islands, Philippine Islands and the Orient. Ser- ice to and from Australia and New Zealand is in process i development.

MANUFACTURES

The manufacturing industries in San Francisco comprise an important part of the city's activities, leading in number of employees and amount of payroll nine major activities in San Francisco. One-quarter of all the people engaged in industry and business in San Francisco are employed by the manufacturing industries. The annual payroll amounts to $57,927,000 or 22 per cent of the 1935 total reported by the U. S. Census for San Francisco.

The value of manufactures in 1937 is estimated at $311,- 033,000, compared to $287,461,000 as reported in the 1935 United States Census.

Manufacturing Activity in San Francisco Reported by U. S. Census

1935 (a)

1933

Number of Establishments . . 1,961

1,683

WVage Earners

34,395

30,691

Wages

$40,943,446

$33,107,340

Cost of Materials

$159,050,366

$116,025,328

Value of Manufactures

$287,461,451

$221,325,675

1931

1929

Number of Establishments

2.263

2,526

Wage Earners

34,502

45,482

Wages

$47,321,255

$67,911,982

Cost of Materials

$159,667,076

$261,911,488

Value of Manufactures

$318,131,977

$483,712,296

Index of Manufacturing Activity in San Francisco Based on Payroll-1926=100 Index

1928= 96

1930=97 1932=53

1934=57

1936=64

1929=102

1931=77

1933=51

1935=61

1937=66

The ten manufacturing classifications reporting highest value of product in San Francisco in the 1931 U. S. Census (b) amounted to $135,885,062, or 42.7 per cent of the total. They are:

Printing and Publishing

$34,590,977

Coffee and Spices

29,774,418

Bread and Bakery Prolucts

15,943,981

Meat Packing, Wholesale

13,865,984

Canned and Dried Fruits and Vegetables .

11,614,932

Clothing, Women's 8,264,791

Foundry Machine Shop Products

7,546,422

Bags, Other than Paper

4,937,406

Mattresses, Bed Springs

4,760,939

Furniture, Store and Office

4,585,212

San Francisco-Oakland Industrial Area*

1935 (a)

1933

Number of Establishments ..

3,142

2.649

Wage Earners

78,690

66,313

Wages

$93,714,891

$71,108,819

Cost of Materials

.$534,490,950

$366,261,604

Value of Products

$829,371,028

$598,290,815

1931

1929

Number of Establishments 3,468

3,866

Wage Earners

69,923

93,314

Wages

$95,058,473

$137,342,436

Cost of Materials

$447,831,445

$671.779,596

Value of Products

$734,474,927

$1,128,011,246

Comparative figures for 97 classifications of industry for thirty major industrial areas of the nation show the San Francisco-Oakland Industrial Area averaged seventh as a manufacturing center in 1929. The San Francisco-Oakland In- dustrial Area ranked first in five industries; second in two industries; third in eight industries; fourth in five industries: and fifth in ten industries: and between sixeh and tenth in fifty-one,

The ten manufacturing classifications reported with high- est value of product in the San Francisco-Oakland Industrial

"Includes Alameda. Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties.

(a) Preliminary.

(b) The 1931 U. S. Census report was used because it is probably more representative of recent conditions than the 1933 report. the latest available by cities.

Area in the 1935 C. S. Census amounted to $287.297,850 or 34.6 per cent of the area total. They are:

Petroleum Refining

$73,338.212

Canned and Dried Fruits and Vegetables. 47,958,715

Printing and Publishing

37,314.800

Meat Packing

34,361,687

Bread and Bakery Products

23.406,396

l'aints and Varnishes

17,271,398

Steel-works

15,761,568

Motor Vehicles

14,207,919

Chemicals

12,235,969

Liquors, malt

11.441.180

Many of the large key industries in the San Francisco Met- ropolitan Area with their plants outside of the corporated city limits have their headquarters in San Francisco, from which they conduct their finances, purchases and sales.

RETAIL TRADE

Retail trade, one of the nine major activities in San Fran- cisco, ranked second in number of employees and third in amount of payroll.

Trade at retail in San Francisco for the year 1937 is esti- mated at $337,000,000. The final U. S. Census reports reveal trade at retail for 1935, reported by 10,251 stores in San Fran- cisco, amounted to $298,371,000. These stores reported 10,271 proprietors and Arm members, and 39,020 employees. The annual payroll amounted to $43.541,000 and the operating expenses, including payrolls, totaled $92,971,000.

The per capita sales for San Francisco led all other im- portant counties in California. The retail sales per capita in San Francisco amounted to $443. in Los Angeles to $373, and in the State to $360.

FINANCE

San Francisco has become the financial center of the West, principally because of the operating advantages avail- able to those institutions which have centered their activities here. Thirteen hundred firms of national reputation have established their Western Headquarters in San Francisco.

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is the head- quarters of the Twelfth Federal Reserve District, which ranked third in volume of business during 1937, measured by bank debits.

One of the major regional Stock Exchanges in the United States is maintained in San Francisco. There are also the San Francisco Curb Exchange and the San Francisco Mining Exchange.

The fourth largest bank in the United States has its head- quarters here, and six of the 21 banks in San Francisco are among the first 50 banks of the nation. Four banks are branch systems operating a total of 594 branches throughout the State. Of the 21 banks in San Francisco, 16 are under State supervision. Of the 16, 3 are commercial and savings; I strictly savings; 1 savings and trust; and 2 title insurance companies operating trust departments. There are 5 national banks, all of which operate trust departments. The trust de- partments are under State supervision.

San Francisco is the insurance center of the West. More than 12 billion dollars of insurance is in force in California. Seven hundred authorized companies were doing business in California at the close of 1936. The premiums and assess ments of all groups amounted to $335,833,070 in 1935.

Federal Reserve District Debits-1937

New York .

$211,309,616,000

Chicago

61,750,261,000

San Francisco

$0.337,023,000

Cleveland

30,793,461,000

Boston

25,728,132,000

Philadelphia

22,516,065,000

S. F. Bank Clearings

S. F. Bank Debits

1932. .

. $5.053,854,000

$ 7,743,014,000

19,33. .

4.684,591,000

7.431.020,000

1934.

5,475,193,000

8,180,813,000

1935 . 0,408.835.000 0,567,839,000

1936. .

7,230,152,000

10.637,827,000

1937.

7,913,846,000

10,992,930,000

Debits to Individual Accounts-1937

New York City

.$197,835,939,000

Chicago

37.347,536,000

Boston 16.778,745,000

Philadelphia

16,344,752,000

Detroit

11,928,037,000

San Francisco

10,992,929,000

Bank Clearings-1937

New York City $186,739,777,521

Philadelphia 19,724,000,000

Chicago

17.013.474,941

Boston

11,913,702,225

San Francisco

7,913.846,281

Pittsburgh

7.387.019,411

San Francisco Exchange Transactions

Stock

Curb

1932

$ 77.379,642

$16.052,547

1933.

114,809,719

16,503,658

1934

67.796,052

12,894,718

1935

118,423,735

24,138,949

1936

171,538,186

32,586,604

1937

144,196,470

27.477.753

Building and Loan Association Assets

There were nine companies with their head offices in San Francisco in December, 1937.

Dec., 1933

$103,669,348

Dec., 1934

85,847.277

Dec., 1935

71,405,597

Dec., 1936

65.624.752

Dec., 1937

58.545,357

Deposits and Resources-San Francisco Banks

Time Deposits

Demand Deposits

12/31/32.

$ 813,737,992

$ 931.520,347

12/31/33.

1.166,939,647

620.349,553

12/31/34.

1.277,069,921

777.981,190

12/31/35.

1,410,138,552

926,635,190

12/31/36.

1.401,261,540

1,175,048,500

12/31/37

1,455,331,436

1.102.258,890

Total Deposits

Resources

12/31/32.

$1,745.258,339

$2,084,063,004

12/31/33

1,787,289,200

2.103,114,513

12/31/34.

2,055.051,873

2,375,700,359

12/31/35

2,336.773,742

2,599,364,528

12/31/36

2,576,310.046

2.848,811.490

12/31/37

2,557,590,326

2,836.353,780

Postal Receipts

1932

$7,961,451

1935

$8,690,861

1933.

7,913,183

1936.

9.345,838

1934

8,407,264

1937

9,601,319

Number of Individual Income Tax Returns

1931.

.55,173

19,34

69.358

1932

.06.050

1935

83,348

1933.

.69,086

19,36.

92.240

PUBLIC BUILDINGS

First comes the group in the Civic Center, declared by the Duke of Connaught to be the finest thing of its kind in the world. The group consists: (1) City Hall, of classic design, surmounted by an immense dome, higher than the dome of the Capitol at Washington. Cost. $4,000,000. (2) Exposition Auditorium, seating capacity of 12,000 in the main auditorium, with numerous small halls; cost, $2.000,000. (3) San Fran- cisco Public Library; cost. $1.500,000. (4) State Building; cost $1,000,000. (5) War Memorial group of buildings, as a part of Civic Center, cost, $4,000,000, consisting of civic opera house, American Legion halls, etc. A Federal Builling. cost, $3,000,000.

C'alifornia Palace of the Legion of Honor, in Lincoln Park, overlooking the Golden Gate, is a replica of the Palace of the Legion of Honor in Paris. It was presented to the city. The structure cost $2,000,000. United States Mint. located at Mar- ket street and Duboce avenue. built in 1937; Post Office Building, corner of Seventh and Mission streets; Ferry Build- ing, at the foot of Market street on the waterfront, built by the State in 1896 at a cost of $1.000,000. It is 659 feet long and 156 feet wide, and in addition to serving as a ferryboat terminal, contains many State offices. The Customs House

and United States Appraiser's Building represent an expendi- ture of more than $1,000,000. In Golden Gate Park are located the De Young Memorial Museum, Academy of Sciences, Steinhart Aquarium, Museum of Anthropology. At Kearny and Washington streets is the Hall of Justice, erected in 1910 at a cost of $1,000,000, containing police courts and the crim- inal department of the superior court. The Golden Gate Bridge cost $35,000,000, was completed early in 1937 and - opened to traffic in May, 1937, and the San Francisco-Oak- land Bay Bridge, at a cost of $78,000,000, was opened to vehicular traffic November 12, 1936. San Francisco East Bay Terminal (at Mission and First streets) is a $2,000,000 struc- ture opened to interurban train service January 15, 1939. -

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

Polk's Crocker-Langley San Francisco city directory, 1939, Part 2

Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1930 Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 1680

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1680