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PIERCE ELECTRIC CO.
315 Franklin St. Supplles and Fixtures Phone 3444
Ford
T HERE is only one reason why Ford cars are demanded by over half the car buyers in this country. They are better cars. The Ford has demon- strated its superiority by all the tests of time, in every kind of use. The demand is great because the value is great. Better order yours NOW!
Runabout $345; Touring Car $360. Sedan $645. All prices 1.o.b. Detroit
Orders taken by
D. F. OWEN 405 Lafayette St. and 406 Jackson St. PHONES 4717-4240
TAMPA FOUNDRY AND MACHINE COMPANY DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF
PHOSPHATE MINING MACHINERY, CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS, DREDGES, STEAMBOATS, IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS, STEAM-HAMMER FORGINGS, BOILERS and ENGINES, OXYGEN-ACETYLENE WELDING, GENERAL REPAIRING, HYDRAULIC DREDGING, BUILDERS OF STEEL VESSELS
PHONE 3225 SOUTH WATER ST.
QUALITY SERVICE I. W. Phillips & Co.
Brick, Line, Cement, Plaster, Roofings, Crates, Etc. BUILDING MATERIALS
Morgan & Bell Sts., Tampa, Fla. Phone 2247
FOR A HOMESITE Sce VIRGINIA PAR W. L. McNEVIN, Agent, Strand Bidg. Phone Slå
Tel. 3322
WAGNER BROS., Horseshoers
910 Twiggs St.
Tampa Veterinary Infirmary
Tels. 2322.4341
910 Twiggs St.
Phone 2245
STANDARD AUDIT CO.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF TAMPA
Tampa, Florida
Capital $400,000
Surplus $540,000
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T. C. TALIAFERRO, President R. J. BINNICKER, Cashier
R. J. McMASTER, Assistant Cashier E. P. TALIAFERRO 3d, Assistant Cashier
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THE CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST CO.
Organized October 1895
TAMPAFLORIDA
CAPITAL $250,000.00
SURPLUS (Earned) $500,000.00
RESOURCES $3,000,000.00
4 PER CENT. INTEREST
Paid on Savings Accounts of ONE DOLLAR And Upwards
Business entrusted to us will receive prompt and accurate attention Every facility and accommodation in keeping with the account will be extended.
We cordially invite a personal in- terview or correspondence.
Interest Paid on Time Deposits
DR. L. A. BIZE, President E. M. HENDRY, V .- President
C. E. ALLEN, V .- President W. W. TRICE, Cashier
Assistant Cashiers, D. H. LANEY and W. W. BLOUNT
DIRECTORS : UPEVLISTYY
Jno. T. Dismukes, E. B. Lucas, W. B. Gray, C. E. Allen, S. R. Morey, Ed. M. Hendry { [ ] Dr. L. A. Bize, A. L. Cuesta, Enrique Pendas, W. W. Trice, Frank Bentley 1 W. E. Dorchester, Isaac Maas, D. C. Gillett and D. H. Laney
Samba Florida. V. S.
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AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK
OF TAMPA
Capital $250,000
SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS = $200,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted
Four Per Cent. Interest Paid in Savings Department Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent in our Burglar and Fire Proof Vaults
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M. W.CARRUTH, U Inf.oui, President
L. L. BUCHANAN
Cashier
C. L. KNIGHT, Vice-President
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First Savings and Trust Co. OF TAMPA 512 Franklin St.
Save Your Money Save Your Money
We Pay 4% Interest Compounded Quarterly, or 5% Semi-Annually
We Make Loans on Real Estate or Collateral Security We Act as Administrator of Estates and Executors of Wills
DIRECTORS :
A. C. CLEWIS
C. H. CLEWIS
B. COSIO
L. L. SPAFFORD
R. M. CLEWIS
J. A. M. GRABLE
H. L. KNIGHT
ERNEST KREHER
H. J. WATROUS
P. O. KNIGHT
J. B. MOODY
W. I. WEBB
M. W. CARRUTH I. S. CRAFT
K. E. WHITAKER
ALLEN & REILS SEED CO. (INCORPORATED)
"QUALITY PARAMOUNT"
Garden, Field and Flower Seeds Insecticides, Poultry Feeds and Supplies
STATE AGENTS FOR Midland Poultry Food Company Petaluma Incubator Co. O. B. Andrews. Co. Zenner Disinfectant Co. Consolidated Products Co. Etc. Etc.
P. O. BOX 1075 TELEPHONE 2201 911 FLORIDA AVE., TAMPA, FLA.
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HORSES AND MULES THE GUARANTEED KIND
For the Farm, Grove and for all purposes. We have First-Class Horses and Mules always on hand for sale or exchange, and can sell and de- liver them to any community in Florida at prices that will make you buy. Don't bring horses or mules with you to Florida, nor buy until you see our stock and prices. Everything guaranteed as represented or money refunded. WE KNOW HORSES AND. MULES.
STRICKER & BATES, Livery and Sales Stable TELEPHONE 2338 409 JACKSON ST.
THE Business COLLEGE
TAMP
TAMPA.FLA.
Corner of Grand Central and Edison Aves.
The Largest and Best All-Year College in the State for
Business and Banking Course Shorthand and Typewriting Course Common English Course DIPLOMAS AND DEGREES CONFERRED GRADUATES
DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOL
Phone 4476
L. M. HATTON, Pres.
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Knight & Wall Co. ESTABLISHED 1884
HEADQUARTERS FOR Hardware, Mill Supplies, Sash, Doors Blinds, Oils, Paints, Stoves, Ranges China, Crockery and Queensware Guns, Ammunition, Sporting Goods and Farming Implements
KNIGHT & WALL CO.
HARDWARE AND MILL SUPPLIES
Lafayette and Tampa Sts.,
TAMPA, FLORIDA
Phone: Private Exchange 2631
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THE TAMPA MORNING TRIBUNE
EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR
Only Morning Paper in South Florida. Larger circulation than any four papers in this section combined. Full Associ- ated Press report by leased wire service
THE TRIBUNE
DAILY
SUNDAY
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EL PASAJE Restaurant and Hotel
PRIDA & ALVAREZ, Proprietors
Finest Dining Rooms and Banquet Halls in the South Sunday Dinner With Music a Specialty Cuisine Service the Best
Ninth Avenue N. E. Corner 14th Street
Wines and Liquors Phone
4002
Hotel and Restaurant Phone
2817
MADE
TAMPA FLA.
TO FIT ANY CAR .
W. J. BERRY & CO.
TAMPA PLUMBING CO.
Tinners, Plumbers and Sheet Metal Workers
GASOLINE AND OIL STOVES
Automobile Radiators and Repairs
1008-10 Florida Avenue
TAMPA, FLORIDA
Boston Rubber & Metal Co.
M. SMITH, Propr
WE BUY All Kinds of JUNK, METALS, RUBBER, BAGS, RAGS, BOTTLES, Etc.
1510 Central Ave. Tel. 3783
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BUILDING MATERIAL
Sash
Doors Blinds Glass
Flooring Ceiling
Mouldings Oak Finish Cypress Finish Pine Finish Lumber Shingles Lath
QUALITY
COPYRIGHT.
IBER
Siding Plaster Cement
Brick Lime Sash Weights Sash Cord Cypress Siding Washington Cedar Siding Oak Flooring Maple Flooring Builders' Hard- ware
ALL GOOD MILL WORK WE HAVE THE GOODS AND PRICES
Hillsborough Lumber Co.
Office and Yard Cor. 22d St. and 6th Av. Phone 4613 Factory and Yard 19th Av. and Cypress St. Phone 4647 Wholesale and Export Dept S. Water St., Ft. Carew St. Phone 3245
Orders From Any Part of State Given Prompt Attention 28 Years Experience All Work Guaranteed
S. F. BRENGLE BUILDING MOVER
Phone 2423 418 E. Amelia Ave. Tampa, Fla.
Contractor for Handling Heavy Machinery, Smokestacks, Etc.
Tampa Welding Shop
C. W. VOGT, Propr.
Oxy-Acetylene Welding of Castings ALL WORK GUARANTEED
105 TAMPA ST., Near Washington Tel. 3383
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W. M. FIELDER
T. J. MITCHELL, JR.
Fielder & Mitchell
TAMPA AND PORT TAMPA
Ship Chandlery, Engineers' Supplies Fresh Meats and Groceries
STEAMSHIP SUPPLY STATION
ALL GOODS BEST QUALITY
Phone 4018, Tampa Franklin and Whiting Sts.
PACKARD
PIANOS
KURTZMANN STERLING .
MATHUSHEK
RENTED -- EXCHANGED STORED : MOVED
EDISONS VICTROLAS
Turner Music Company 608 Franklin St. TAMPA
Correct Footwear FOR BOTH SEXES From Infancy to Maturity
We Are Exclusive Agents for Johnson & Murphy SHOES FOR MEN
Blumberg Bros. SMART FOOTWEAR
504 Franklin St. Phone 4229
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"THE GOLD GUN"
FRANK E.NELSON
1427 Franklin St.
GUN
and Locksmith
GUNS, AMMUNITION AND SPORTSMEN'S GOODS
Opening and Repairing Safes. Repair Cash Registers, Trunks, Umbrellas, Mu- sical Instruments, Machines, Etc.
Guns for Rent Telephone 3295
J. B. HARDIN
SUCCESSOR TO
Altman & Knight Hardware, Farm Implements
Harness and Saddlery
Weber and Florence Wagons Avery, John Deere and Rivers Plows Tip Top Stoves and Ranges Guns and Ammunition I. H. C. Kerosene Engines Deering and McCormick Mowing Machines Anthony Fence Bradley's Fertilizers
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2209 Seventh Ave.
PHONE 2762
YBOR CITY
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TAMPA, FLA.
Tampa
Steam Ways Company (INCORPORATED) Capital, $100,000.00
R. A. CROWELL Pres. Secy-Treas. and Gen1. Mgr.
I. S. CRAFT Vice-President
Directors:
R. A. CROWELL I. S. CRAFT P. G. WALL J. M. HENDERSON and P. O. KNIGHT
Marine Railway Equipped for Hauling Out and Repairing Vessels of All Descriptions up to 180 Feet in Length and 11 Feet Draft.
Launches, Speed Boats, Marine Engines, Oil Engines
HIGHLAND AVENUE and ESTELLE STREET TELEPHONE 2097
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W. G. ALLEN, Pres. and Mgr. C. G. COPP, Sec.
J. O. WEATHERWAX, Cashier
TAMPA DRUG CO.
WHOLESALE
DISTRIBUTERS OF
TAMPA DRUG CO.
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South Florida's Wholesale Drug House
Cor. Florida Ave. and Washington St. Phones 2304-3752
ARLINGTON HOTEL
Mrs. J. D Rushing Propr.
All Outside Rooms, Running Water. Screened Throughout, High Class Standard
Moderate Rates 1219 FRANKLIN ST. TELEPHONE 264
G. V. PRIMROSE
Exclusive Bicycles and Repairs "Reading Standard" Bicycles "Crawford" Bicycles
214-216 TYLER ST. TEL. 3072
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UNITED STATES TIRES
PLAIN, USCO, CHAIN, NOBBY and ROYAL CORD
Are Good Tires
Delivered and Applied Anywhere
Anytime of Day or Night without extra charge for the Service
CARNES QUICK TIRE SERVICE
DISTRIBUTORS
A Complete Repair Shop
PHONES 2111-2323
LAFAYETTE AT TAMPA ST.
Roesch Paper Company
Wrapping Paper, Bags, Twines Stationery and Paper Specialties
106 Tampa St. Tampa, Fla.
U. S. Bicycle Shop C. GUINCHO, Proprietor
Gun Repair Work Bicycle Repairs Key Fitting
Good Workmanship
Right Prices
1309 FRANKLIN ST. TEL. 72-322
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REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
O. G. SEXTON, Attorney-at-Law
E. C. HARRIS, Mgr. Coll. Dept.
SEXTON && HARRIS Real Estate
Rent Collections
First Mortgage Loans
Room 12, First National Bank Building
Phone 3271 TAMPA, FLA.
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W. H. BECKWITH G. C. WARREN W. D. WHITAKER
Beckwith & Warren Company
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS
Orange Groves, Timber Lands and City Realty
LOANS A SPECIALTY
Rooms 1, 2 and 3 First National Bank Building TAMPA, FLORIDA
FIRE INSURANCE
NOTARY PUBLIC
J. V. LOPEZ
REPRESENTING: United States Fire Ins. Co. of New York, The Insurance Underwriters of The Insurance Company of the State of Penn- sylvania, Exchange Underwriters Agency, Roy- al Exchange Assurance, London, Eng.
1805 15th
Tels. 3763 and 2582
WE FURNISH:
Up-to-date lists of any business or pro- fession. Address envelopes and mail circulars.
R. L. POLK & COMPANY
DETROIT CHICAGO
JACKSONVILLE
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Cigar Manufacturers Department
ESTABLISHED 1857
Sanchez & Haya Co. Havana Cigar Manufacturers Factory No. 1, TAMPA, FLA.
PRIZE MEDALS AT Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Nashville, Buffalo and Charleston
SANCHEZ & HAYA CO.
17th St., at 14th Ave.
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Established in 1912
San Martin & Leon Co.
WEST TAMPA, FLA.
MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE
Clear Havana Cigars
MADE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
BRANDS EL BRICHE FLOR DE SAN MARTIN & LEON HOYO DE CUBA
Cigars Made from Tobaccos Grown on Our Own 12 Tobacco Plantations in Cuba
MADE IN BOND
Sold From Coast to Coast
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Tampa Box Company
Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies
Fancy Boxes, Boit Nature, in Fact We Make Anything Out of Wood to Pack Cigars In
OUR SAW MILL DEPARTMENT
Carries a Large Stock on Hand of Florida Cedar for Cedar Chests, Cuban Mahogany, Mahaugha and Other Hard Woods
We have recently installed a new department for the manufacture of Round, Square and Oval Cigar Boxes (Tin Can Shape) Also Round, Oval and Square Paraffine Lined Coffee, Tea and Spice Cans.
WE ALSO MANUFACTURE A SHIPPING CASE THAT IS PROOF AGAINST THEFT AND ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF GOODS WHILE CASE IS IN TRANSIT
Made strong, looks well and will get you cheaper freight rates and save you money.
YOU MUST BREAK THE SEALS TO GET INTO CASE
Patented May 19, 1914, and November 10, 1914. Send for photo.
We manufacture a combination Cigar Humidor and Cellarette for the DEN AND CLUB. Made from Cuban Mahogany and has a piano finish. Ask for prices. Send for photo.
Agents for "SPON TEM" hot or cold water paste that can be used for labels, bottles, wall paper; in fact, will stick anything where a paste is required.
We carry on hand at all times from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 feet of sawed CUBAN CEDAR
Prices on Application.
Tampa Box Co.
Phone 4649 TAMPA, FLORIDA
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Member of Associated Press
Private Leased Wire Service
THE TAMPA DAILY TIMES
South Florida's Oldest and Best Established Newspaper
TELEPHONE YOUR WANT ADS Call 2170 RATES: One cent a word, one time. Mini- mum 25c. Five insertions for the price of three
Order The Times delivered to your home every afternoon. Get the news of the day the day it occurs
OFFICE AND PLANT
Franklin and Washington Streets
Phones 2116-2170
R. L. POLK
J. WIGGINS
R. L. POLK & CO.'S
TAMPA CITY DIRECTORY 1917
VOLUME XVI
Containing an Alphabetical List of Business Firms and Private Citizens, a Directory of the City and County Officers, Churches, Public and Private Schools, Benevolent, Literary and Other Associations, Banks, Etc., a Complete
Classified Business Directory of Tampa
"THE BUYERS' GUIDE"
AND A REVISED STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE AND DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS OF THE CITY
Price Seven Dollars
Directory Library: Board of Trade Where Directories, of Principal Cities are on File for Reference
R. L. POLK & CO., Publisher's, Tampa, Florida
MEMBER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN DIRECTORY PUBLISHERS
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Copyright 1917 by R. L. Polk & Co.
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PREFACE
The sixteenth annual edition of R. L. Polk & Co.'s Tampa City Directory, berewith presented, is issued with the assurance that all the varied information desirable in a modern, first-class directory of a growing city is given with specific accuracy and that it is everything which the best skill in directory making has been able to produce.
The actual worth of the City Directory is becoming more and more generally understood every year. Its value as a book of reference and as a guide to all the residences and business houses, streets, public buildings, churches, schools, banks, societies and organizations, and, in fact, all the institutions of the city, has always been recognized. As a history of the progress of the city and as an unequalled advertisement of its resources, the directory is growing in popular favor year by year.
The scope of this volume has in nowise been reduced and embraces all the features heretofore familiar to the directory user. The canvass has included all of "Greater Tampa" and even the more remote suburbs, such as West Tampa, Seminole Heights, Sulphur Springs, Moody Heights, Ballast Point, Palmetto Beach, Gary, etc., for, while all of these places are not within the corporate limits, their residents are so closely identified with the industrial and business life of Tampa as to render their inclusion most desirable in a Directory of the city.
The following interesting data has been prepared by Mr. L. P. Dickie, secre- tary of the Tampa Board of Trade:
Growth of Tampa as Shown by Population.
Population in 1880.
720
Population in 1890
5,532
Population in 1900
15,839'
Population in 1910
38,524
Directory estimate January 1, 1917.
71,305
Increase 1880-1890
659.0 Per Cent
Increase 1890-1900
186.3 Per Cent
Increase 1900-1910
138.5 Per Cent
Has greatest increase of any city in the State; if West Tampa was in- cluded in Census returns it would show from 1900 to 1910 the greatest increase of any city in the United States with but two exceptions.
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As Shown by Postoffice Receipts.
1901
1916
$ 36,332.00 237,587.55
As Shown by, Internal Revenue Receipts ..
1901
$ 498,110.00
1916
1,011,987.61
As Shown by Cigars Manufactured.
1901
$ 147,330,000 312,456,376
1916
As Shown by Customs Receipts.
1901
1916
$ 865,409.00 1,887,945.10
As Shown by Phosphate Shipments.
1901
326,000 Tons
1916
380,480 Tons
As Shown by Building Permits.
1901
$ 304,588.00
1916
1,296,148.00
As Shown by Tonnage-Port of Tampa.
1901
131,208 Tons
1916
1,035,520 Tons
Railroad Facilities.
Atlantic Coast Line.
Seaboard Air Line.
Charlotte Harbor & Northern.
Tampa and Gulf Coast.
Tampa Northern.
And branch lines of the A. C. L. and S. A. L. to various inland points.
Seagoing Facilities.
Mallory Line to Mobile, New York and Key West.
P. and O. S. S. to Key West and Havana.
Gulf and Southern Steamship Co. to New Orleans.
Favorite Line to St. Petersburg and Manatee River points.
Juanita to Green Springs.
Towles Line to Fort Myers, Key West and Miami.
(All in passenger and freight service.)
Southern Steamship Company to Philadelphia and Texas City.
Bull Line to Atlantic ports.
Gillett Line to Cuban ports.
Gulf Import and Export Co., line to Central America.
And other freighters to all points of the world carrying lumber, naval stores and phosphate.
Cause of Tampa's Growth.
A great factor in the upbuilding of Tampa is its civic pride. However they may be divided on other questions, the people are a unit on everything that affects the prosperiy of the city.
Tampa has long been noted for its delightful winter climate and the city has become a great resort for tourists and health seekers. It is hard for people from the higher latitude to realize that Tampa is, in summer, cooler by far than the average American city-a fact verified by the official weather records.
As a Residential City.
Tampa is delightfully situated as a residential city. No other American city has such a wealth of foliage, gigantic oaks, magnolia, camphor and palm trees, and exotics, and a luxury of glorious shrubbery peculiar only to this climate, adorns its broad streets, that makes the city beautiful.
Industrial.
Coal, wood, crude oil and gas used for fuel.
Phosphate, fuller's earth, yellow pine, cypress, glass sand, and other raw materials available in endless quantities.
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$ 70 ea
Industries.
Principal industry, clear Havana hand-made cigars. Output one million daily. Wood working establishments, brewery, fertilizer, acid phosphate, brush, inacaroni, paint, trunk, mattress, broom, candy, insecticide, ship building plant, asphalt paving block plant, and scores of smaller factories.
Number of factories, approximately 350.
Capital invested, $25,000,000.
Number operatives, 20,000.
Annual wages, $18,000,000.
Annual products, $40,000,000.
Government statistics of 1909 shows capital invested in Tampa industries increased in ten years 293 per cent., and value of products 149 per cent.
City Statistics.
Area of city, 8.6 miles.
Total street mileage, 174.71 miles.
Miles brick streets, 70; rock, 15.
Miles sewers, 92
Realty Records.
Last assessed value of real estate, $31,016,590.
Actual value about 66 2-3 per cent.
City tax rate new territory
21 mills
City tax rate, old territory
24 mills
County tax rate 22 mills
State tax rate
61/2 mills
School tax .3 to 8 mills
County and State at 33 1-3 per cent. of valuation.
Tampa Water Works .- Capacity 17,000,000 gallons; rate, up to 5,000, 17 cents per 100 cubic feet; over 50,000, 9 cents per 100 cubic feet. Source of supply, artesian wells ranging in depth from 200 to 300 feet.
Tampa Gas Co .- Lighting scale from $1.44 to 90 cents per 1,000 C. F., ac- cording to quantity used. Minimum charge, $1.00; 85 miles of mains.
Tampa Electric Co .- Rate 10c to 5c per k. w. for lighting, and 91/2c to 31/2c for power; alternating current.
Small water power used by Electric Co., located north of city on Hills- borough River.
Police Department .- Gamewell signal system, motor patrol, and motorcycles for traffic officers.
Fire Department .- Five stations, gasoline motor equipment.
Schools .- Nineteen; number pupils, excess of 8,000; teachers, 186; private schools, 3; business colleges, 1.
Total trolley mileage, 52 1-10 miles; owned by Tampa Electric Co., fare 5 cents; transfers.
Banks.
National banks, 4; State banks, 4; Trust companies, 1; total deposits excess of $10,000,000; capital, $1,590,000; undivided profits and surplus, $1,075,000.
Material and Labor.
Cost, common lumber, $18.00; brick, $9.00; lime, 90c bbl. Portland cement, $1.40 bbl .; open shop town, mechanics, 8 hours; common laborers, 9 hours.
Carpenters, $3.60; brick layers, $5.60; plasterers, $5.60; painters, $2.50 and $3.00; plumbers, $4.50; laborers, $1.50 to $1.75.
Real Estate.
Real estate principally owned by local capital.
Doubling in value in four years in business section. Speculation is safe in realty.
Best store rooms rent from $100 to $400, 8 per cent. of value of property.
Only one ground lease for ten years in business section, and but few leases made for over three years.
Mortgages. Mortgages are made 60 per cent. of value. Interest from 6 to 8 per cent.
Bonded Debt, May 31, 1916.
1896 issue, 25 years, 6 per cent., Jan. 1, 1921. $ 300,000.00
1899 issue, 30 years, 5 per cent., June 1, 1929 100,000.00
1899 issue, 30 years, 5 per cent., June 1, 1929 170,500.00
1905 issue, 50 years, 5 per cent., June 1, 1955. 300,000.00
1905 issue, 50 years, 5 per cent., June 1, 1955 140,000.00
1911 issue, 50 years, 5 per cent., June 1, 1961 190,000.00
1912 issue, 50 years, 5 per cent., June 1, 1962. 1,700,000.00
1915 issue, 50 years, 5 per cent., June 1, 1965 opt. 1935.
249,000.00
Total 1916 $3,149,500.00 Sinking fund, May 31, 1916 $292,891.25.
Market value of 5 per cents., 104 1-4; 6 per cents. cannot be purchased.
Office Buildings.
Modern office rooms, about 12x14 feet rent for average of $25.00 per month. Old office rooms, same size, $10.00 to $15.00 per month. Scarcity of office rooms, especially from December to May.
Dwellings.
Value of land on good residential streets, $25.00 to $85.00 per front foot. Average value of dwellings on same, $5,000.00.
Ten per cent. of value, gross rent.
Rental of workingmen's homes from $8 00 to $15.00 a month.
Values of Business Property.
Cass and Franklin intersection hub of city. Value of land in this section, $1,200.00 per front foot.
Directory Library.
A library of City Directories is maintained by the publishers at the Board of Trade for the free use of the public. These directories are kept up to date and are of great value for reference. The Tampa City Directory is placed in other directory libraries throughout the United States, where it serves the public as a valuable book of reference, and is a splendid advertisement for the city. There is no other publication which conveys an idea of the size, business and commer- cial importance of Tampa as does the City Directory ..
Population.
The customary means of estimating the population of a city, is to multiply the number of names in the City Directory by 21/2 to allow for the names of women and children not included in the Alphabetical List of Names. In the present volume there are 28,522 names. By use of the multiple of 21/2 a popula- tion of 71.305 is indicated for Tampa and contiguous territory.
In conclusion we desire to express our acknowledgement of the support accorded the work and to extend the promise of every effort to fill the field in the future as in the past.
Respectfully, R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers.
March 1, 1917.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page 139
Abbreviations
Academies and Schools
34 139
Alphabetical List of Names
Asylums and Hospitals
35
Banks
35
Board of Port Commissioners
35
Boards of Trade
Cemeteries
Christian Associations
Churches-White
Churches-Colored
37
City Government
31
Classified Business Directory
917
Clubs and Societies
Consuls and Consulates
County Courts
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37 38 46 46
County Government
Educational
Fire Alarm Boxes
Fire Department
Gary City Government
Halls and Buildings
Labor Unions
1
1
Newspapers
39
Parks and Places of Amusement
40
Police Department
34 40
Public Schools
32 42 29
State Government
State Legislature 29
Street Guide and Directory of Householders.
49
Telegraph and Telephone. Companies 45
U. S. Local Officials 45
West Tampa City Government
46
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Libraries
32 33 33 47 38 44 39
Postoffice
Secret Societies
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35 36 36 36
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Abstract & Title Guaranty Co.
Alexander Lumber Co_
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Allen & Reils Seed Co
5
American Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co.
Left side lines
American National Bank
Bottom edge and
4
American Supply Co.
Opposite 492
Arlington Hotel
Right bottom lines
Baker & Holmes Co
Left center lines
Baughman G N Co
_Opposite
492
Beckwith & Warren Co
Left top lines and
16
Berry W J & Co
925 and 964
Bigham Jay E & Co
Right top lines
Blumberg Bros
Left side lines and
11
Boston Rubber & Metal Co
9
Brengle S F
10
Carnes' Quick Tire Service
14
Chero Cola Bottling Co.
Right bottom lines
Citizens Bank & Trust Co
3
City News Depot
965
Downes' Quality Clothes Shop
981
Downing Manufacturing Co
Right center lines
El Pasaje Restaurant & Hotel
Inside back over
Fenole Chemical Co
Left top lines
Ficcio V
Left bottom lines
Fielder & Mitchell
11
First National Bank
2 5
First Savings & Trust Co
955
Ford Auto Shop
Front cover and
922
Fort & Parslow
918
Fuller W R
Right top lines
Gillette L W
Left center lines
Glass Clarence H
918
Glenn Clyde Co
Right center lines and 407
Greene C W & Co
Opposite
428
Gulf City Painting & Decorating Co
Opposite
434
Henderson-Blount Co
983
Hendry & Knight Co
Left top lines
Hardin J B
12
Hillsboro Shoe Hospital
Left side lines and 978
Hillsborough Lumber Co
Right top lines back cover and 10
Hodge & Sherman
Right top lines
Jackson S W
957
King's Drug Store
Right and left top lines
Knight & Wall Co
Front edge and
7
Lawrence Drug Stores
Right top lines
Lee's Polishing Service
920
Lopez J V 1
16
Lowry & Prince
Back cover
Luten Bridge Co
928
Lyons PF
Right top lines
McGucken & Hyer
Backbone and 935
Mckay J C & Son
Left center lines
Marinello Shoppe Licensed
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