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PIERGE ELECTRIC CO.
315 Franklin St. Electric Scarties and Automobile Accessories
Horseshoers Telephone 3322
910 Twiggs St.
AV SSOU ML 901
D. F. OWEN CO.
J. W. NICHOLAS, Menager
DISTRIBUTORS AND SOBRERS Motor Car Accessories and Supplies
VULCANIZING
COMPLETE STOCK OF FIRESTONE TIRES and TUBES
Our Service is Cr excell 1-
PHONE 4717 219 FRANRIJK, Com. To kgen
TAMPA SHIPBUILDING and ENOSTESGHTG CO.
SUCCESSORS TO TAMPA FOUNDRY @ MACHINE CO. Manufactorucs el Phosphate Mining and General Machinery Sieel Vessels and Predges TAMPA, FLORIDA Office, Foundry, Machins, and Make PHORE 8226.
BANK OF COMERA
Capital $120,000 Wa Pay Interest on Sar nas Certificates of L YOUR ACCOUNT IS SOLD " We Pay You te in
PIERCE-BROWN ELECTRIC CO. ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION
CRACOWANER'S
Cells It For Less
2688
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF TAMP
Tampa, Florida
Capital $ 400,000
Surplus $600,000
UNITED. STATES DEPOSITORY
MENT
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LIBRARY
UNIVER .... VIUM.IN. MORIDU
ORIDA
1905
T. C. TALIAFERRO, President R. J. BINNICKER, Cashier
Cashier R$. McMASTER, Assistant E. P. TALIAFERRO 3d, Assistant Cashier
J. W. SIMF ON, Assistant Cashier
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HOTEL HILLSBORO
TAMPA, FLORIDA
" Top O' The Town"
300 Rooms 250 with Bath
Root Garden
Fire Proof Modern
A Hotel for the Traveling Man and the Tourist most Popular Cafe in the City. L. B. SKINNER, Pres.
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This is the New $100.000 Club House of the
CIRCULO CUBANO BENEFIT SOCIETY
IT CONTAINS CAFE, LIBRARY, BALL-ROOM, GYMNASIUM, SWIMMING POOL and THEATRE
Corner 14th Street and 10th Avenue TELEPHONE 3583
Membership open to all, including ladies Enrollment Dec. 31, 1918, 3,000
Drug Stores at 1323 7th Av. and Cor. Howard Av. and Oak St., West Tampa
DR. A. J. KOHLY, President; FLORENTINO DIAZ, Vice-President; ENRIQUE SANTA CRUZ, Treasurer; ANTONIO G. PEREDA, Secretary
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TAMPA Business COLLECE,
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, Spencerian and Gregg Course Typewriting, Common English Course DIPLOMAS AND DEGREES CONFERRED ON GRADUATES DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOL PHONE 4476
L. M. HATTON, Pres.
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
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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.
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 I, 2 and 3 First National Bank Building
TAMPA, FLORIDA
FIRE INSURANCE SPANISH TRANSLATOR
NOTARY PUBLIC
J. V. LOPEZ
REPRESENTING: United States Fire Ins. Co. of New York, Exchange Underwriters Agency of Royal Exchange Assurance, London, Eng.
316 1-2 Franklin and 1419 9th Ave. Tels. 2899 and 2582
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Knight & Wall Co.
ESTABLISHED 1884
KNIGHT AND WALL COMPANY
KNIGHT AND WALL CO
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 MILLESUPPLIES
Lafayette and Tampa Sts., TAMPA, FLORIDA
Phone: Private Exchange 2631
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THE TAMPA MORNING TRIBUNE
EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR
Only Full Associated Press Morning Paper in South Florida. Lar- ger circulation than any Five Papers in this Section combined. Full Associated 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 St.
Spanish Course DINNERS
Hotel and Restaurant PHONE 2817
ARLINGTON HOTEL
MRS. J. D. RUSHING, Propr.
All Outside Rooms, Running Water, Screened Throughout. High Class Standard. MODERATE RATES
1219 Franklin St. Telephone 2264
PACKARD
PIANOS
EDISONS
KURTZMANN
TURNER
MATHUSHEK
RENTED -- EXCHANGED STORED : MOVED
VICTROLAS
BRUNSWICKS
Turner Music Company
608 Franklin St. TAMPA
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W. G. ALLEN, Pres. and Mgr.
C. G. COPP, Sec.
J. O. WEATHERWAX, Cashier
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TAMPA DRUG CO.
WHOLESALE
DISTRIBUTERS OF
Cor. Florida Ave. and Washington St.
TAMPA DRUG CO.
South Florida's Wholesale Drug House
Phones 2304-3752
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.
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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.
Phones 4640 and 4649 TAMPA, FLORIDA
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Evans Auto Exchange
LESLIE W. EVANS, Propr.
Our specialty is the
SALE OF USED CARS
Automobiles repaired by experts
Full Stock of Accessories, Oils and Gasoline We Guarantee You a Square Deal
1115 Florida Ave., Cor. Fortune
Phone 4211
CADILLAC
AND DODGE BROS. MOTOR CARS
Largest Garage in the South
FERMAN MOTOR CAR CO., Inc.
TELEPHONE 2234 405-407-409-411 JACKSON STREET
UNITED MOTOR COMPANY DISTRIBUTORS
MAXWELL TOURING CARS AND TRUCKS
Repair Shop for Maxwell Cars. All Maxwell Parts GASOLINE AND OILS
P. O. Box 821 Phone 3550 Cor. Nebraska and 7th Aves. TAMPA, FLORIDA
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"UNITED STATES TIRES ARE GOOD TIRES"
Plain, Usco, Chain, Nobby and Royal Cord
Delivered and applied anywhere
Anytime of day or night without Extra Charge for the Service
Atlantic Tire Service Inc. DISTRIBUTORS
A Complete Repair Shop
Phones 2111-2323
Lafayette St. Cor. Florida Av.
MADE IN TAMPA FLA.
TTO FIT ANY CAR.
F. R. BERRY CO.
Tinners, Plumbers and Sheet Metal Workers
GASOLINE AND OIL STOVES
Automobile Radiators and Repairs 1008-10 Florida Ave., Tampa, Fla.
Vulcanizing by Experts Chapel Vulcanizing Co. A. J. MEARS and W. E. BOSTICK Proprs. Vulcanizing, All Kinds of Tire and Tube Repairing, Re-treading In all Emergencies COME TO US Satisfaction Guaranteed ...
1106 Florida Ave.,
Phone 4123
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BUILDING MATERIAL
Sash
Cypress Finish
Doors
Pine Finish
Blinds Glass
Mouldings
Lumber
Flooring Sash Weights
Lath
Sash Cord
Brick
Cypress Siding
Plaster
Washington Cedar Siding Oak Flooring
Ceiling Siding
Cement
Maple Flooring
Lime
corright-
Builders' Hardware
ALL GOOD MILL WORK WE HAVE THE GOODS AND PRICES Hillsborough Lumber Co.
Office and Yard: Cor. 22d St. and 6th Ave. PHONE 4613
Factory and Yard: 19th Ave. and Cypress St. PHONE 4647
Wholesale and Export Dept .: S. Water St., Ft. Carew St.
Phone 3245
TAMPA STEAM WAYS COMPANY (INCORPORATED)
Capital, $100,000.00
R. A, CROWELL JAMES M. HENDERSON I. S. CRAFT
Pres .- Treas. and Gen. Mgr. Secretary 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
Telephone 2097
Highland Ave. and Estelle St.
Oak Finish
Shingles
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FREDERICK DORN
Residence Hotel Almo
Cass and Florida Ave. Phone 4539
Store and Office 216 Polk St. Phone 4141
Dealer in New and Used Electric Motors, Ceiling and Desk Fans-All Standard Makes I rebuild and refinish your old fans like new.
For sale, buy and exchange National Cash Registers, Typewriters, Safes, Desks and Scales. Expert repairing in this line.
All work guaranteed, or money refunded if not as represented.
Inventions perfected, Mechanical and Elec- trical.
JAMES G. ANDERSON, Pres. ALEX. SZABO, Mgr. and Treas.
Eagle Roofing and Art Metal Works (INCORPORATED)
Manufacturers and Jobbers
Cornice and Skylights Tin, Tile, Slate, Asbestos Barrett Specification and Composition Roofing
Embossed Metal Ceiling
Guttering and Piping
Sheet Metal Jobbing
PHONE 3285
P. O. BOX 670
Office and Shop: 203 Cass St.
Warehouse: 805 Tampa St.
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Knight Candy Manufacturing Co.
INCORPORATED
F. C. FRAZEE, Pres. A. J. KNIGHT, Vice-Pres. TRAVERS G. BROWN, Sec. Treas. and Gen. Mgr.
WHOLESALE CONFECTIONERY AND
SODA FOUNTAIN SUPPLIES
MANUFACTURERS OF
CANDIES and CHOCOLATE
1102 Florida Ave. - Telephone 3248
J. B. HARDIN
Hardware, Stoves, Paints, Oils and Glass Wagons and Harness Everything in Hardware that you can Possibly need 2205-2207 7th Ave. Telephone 2762
"The Gold Gun"
FRANK. E. NELSON GUN
AND LOCKSMITH GUNS, AMMUNITION and SPORTSMEN'S GOODS
Opening and Repairing Safes. Repair Cash Registers, Trunks, Umbrellas, Musical Instruments, Machines, Etc. GUNS FOR RENT
Telephone 3295
1427 FRANKLIN STREET
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Business University
OF TAMPA
Courses Offered In
Stenography and Bookkeeping
Higher Accounting, Banking, Civil Service, Court Reporting and all Commercial Subject
We use a Scientific method of instruction based upon established efficiency principles
If you want a practical Education, we can give it to you
Rates Reasonable No Entrance Examination
"Give her a Pet and make her Happy"
HEISE'S PET SHOP
1405 Seventh Av. BIRDS Fancy Dogs and Angora Cats Gold Fish, Aquariums and Cages Seeds and Tonics for Birds and Dogs
Roesch Paper Company
Wrapping Paper, Bags Twines Stationery and Paper Specialties
130-132 S. Franklin St. Tampa, Florida
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Bustillo Bros. & Diaz, Inc.
Manufacturers of
FINE HAVANA CIGARS
Cor. 15th St. & 11th Ave. Ybor City
P. O. BOX 382
TAMPA, FLORIDA
HAVANA FACTORY
Zuleuta 48
NEW YORK OFFICE
257 Fourth Ave.
F. Lozano Son & Co.
Manufacturers in Bond of
Fine Clear Havana Cigars
21st St. Cor. 4th Ave.
Telephone 4003
Nebraska Cleaning Co.
FRENCH CLEANING, PRESSING, DYEING AND REPAIRING
At the Same Old Prices
2703 Nebraska Ave. Phone 71-870
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Marlboro Hotel
D. WEBER, Manager "In the Center of Tampa" Tampa and Zack Streets Ideal Stopping Place for the Traveling Public Cool Clean Rooms, Running Water, Prices Right
LIST OF NAMES
Any Business-Any Locality Accurate and Up-to-the-minute
WE publish over 400 Directories - City, County, State, National and Trade. We furnish real live up-to-date lists of all trades and professions.
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Tampa Daily Times
South Florida's Great Home Daily
Carrying the full day and night reports of the Associated Press, over leased wires, and employing a corps of trained correspon- dents in Florida, the nation and in all the principal coun- tries of the world.
The most complete news service of any Florida daily
Published At The Tampa Times Building
Washington and Franklin Streets. Tampa
R. L. POLK
J. WIGGINS
R. L. POLK & CO.'S TAMPA CITY DIRECTORY 1919
VOLUME XVIII
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 BUYER'S 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., Publishers Jacksonville, Florida
MEMBER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN DIRECTORY PUBLISHERS
Copyright 1919 by R. L. Polk & Co.
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PREFACE
The eighteenth annual edition of R. L. Polk & Co.'s Tampa City Directory, herewith presented, is issued with the assurance that all of the varied informa- tion 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 gen- erally 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 eity.
The following interesting data has been prepared by Mr. L. P. Dickie, sec- rctary 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, 1919
78,085
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 excepions.
As, Shown by Postoffice Receipts
1901
36,332.00
1918
318,072.00
As Shown by 'Internal -Revenue: Receipts.
1901
$ 408,110.00
1918
1,984,856.00
As Shown by Cigars Manufactured.
1901
$ 147,330,000 368,072,628
As Shown by Customs Receipts.
1901
$ 865,409.00
1918
1,582,770.00
As Shown by Phosphate Shipments.
1901
326,000 Tons
1918
173,347 Tons
1918
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1901 1918
As Shown by Building Permits.
304,588.00 $
383,397.00
Railroad Facilities.
Atlantic Coast Line.
Sea board 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 points.
Seagoing Facilities.
Mallory Line to Mobile and New York.
P. & 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.
Numbers of sailing vessels are operated by individuals and firms between Tampa and various Cuban and Central American ports.
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 ge divided on other questions, the people are a unit on everything that affects the prosperity 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 peo- ple from the higher latitude to realize that Tampa is, in summer, cooler by far than the average American city-at 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.
Industries.
Principal industry, clear Havana hand-made cigars. Output one million daily. Wood and steel shipbuilding, wood working establishments, fertilizer, brush, macaroni, paint, trunk, mattress, broom, candy, insecticide, asphalt pav- ing 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 reports, $40,000,00.
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 paved streets, 100. Miles sewers, 92.
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Realty Records.
Last assessed value of real estate, $31,877,162.00.
Actual value about 50 per cent.
City tax rate, new territory 211/2 mills City tax rate, old territory 241/2 mills 17 mills County tax rate
State tax rate
8 mills
3 to 8 mills School tax
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 sup- ply, 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 .-- Fire stations, gasoline motor equipment.
Schools .- Nineteen; number pupils, excess of 8,000; teachers, 186; private schools, 3; business colleges, 3.
Total trolley mileage, 53.31 miles owned by Tampa Electric Co., fare 5 cents; transfers.
Banks.
National banks, 4; State banks, 5; Trust companies, 1; 1 Morris Plan Co. (for small borrowers) ; total deposits excess of $18,000,000; capital, undivided profits and surplus, total $4,212,362.32.
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, 1918.
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 250,000.00
Total 1918
$3,150,500.00
Sinking fund, May 31, 1918, $442,634.32.
Market value of 5 per cents., 1041/4 ; 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 $10.00 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.
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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 pub- lic 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 commercial importance of Tampa as does the City Directory.
Population.
The customary means of estimating the population of a city, is to multi- ply 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 31,234 names. By use of the multiple of 21/2 a popu- lation of 78,085 is indicated for Tampa and contiguous territory.
In conclusion we desire to express our acknowledgment 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.
April 1, 1919.
Respectfully, R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abbreviations
Academies and Schools
Page 137 33
Alphabetical List of Names
137
Asylums and Hospitals
33 33
Banks
Board of Port Commissioners
34 34
Boards of Trade
Cemeteries
Christian Associations
Churches-White
Churches-Colored
City Government
Classified Business Directory
Clubs and Societies
Consuls and Consulates
County Courts
County Government
Educational
Fire Alarm Boxes
Fire Department
Gary City Government
Halls and Buildings
Labor Unions
Libraries
Newspapers
Parks and Places of Amusement
Police Department
Postoffice
Public Schools
Secret Societies
State Government
29
Street Guide and Directory of Householder's 45
Telegraph and Telephone Companies
42
U S Local Officials. 42
West Tampa. City Government
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Alexander Lumber Co
Top edge
American Business University
Left center lines and 17
American Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co Left side lines
American National Bank
Bottom edge
American Welding & Tank Co
Left center lines
Arlington Hotel
9
Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation Right center lines
Atlantic Tire Service Inc
13
Automobile Tire Co
Right side lines
Baker & Holmes Co
Left center lines
Bank of Commerce
Front cover
Beckwith & Warren Co
Left top lines and
6
Berry F R Co
13
Bicycle Garage
966 and 1003
Bigham Jay E & Co
Right top lines
Blount F T Co
Left side lines and 1021
Bustillo Bros & Diaz
18
Cameron & Barkley Co
Left side lines
Chapel Vulcanizing Co
13
Chero Cola Bottling Co
Right center lines and back bone
4
Citizens Bank & Trust Co 1
Left top lines
City Quick Service Tire Co
Right inside lines
Comparetto & Co Right inside lines 1
Cracowaner Daniel Front cover 1 1
Crenshaw Bros Seed Co
Left top lines
Curb Oil & Mining Exchange
Left center lines
Diaz Garage
Dorn Frederick
Downing Manufacturing Co
Right center lines
Eagle Cafe
Ribbon book mark
Fagle Roofing & Art Metal Works
15
Electric Fixture Co
Left inside lines
El Pasaje Restaurant & Hotel
9
Evans Auto Exchange
Right bottom lines and 12
Exchange National Bank
Right top lines
Exchange Real Estate Co
Left side lines
Ferman Motor Car Co
12
Ficcio
Left bottom lines
Fielder & Mitchell
10
First National Bank
2
First Savings & Trust Co
5
Florida Mutual Fire Insurance Co
994
Florida Office Supply Co
Left bottom lines
Fuller W R
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Govreau L George
Left bottom lines and 981
Greene C W & Co
Opposite 444
Gunther E J Rubber Tire Works
Right bottom lines
Hardin J B
16 17
Heise's Pet Shop
Hendry-Knight-Griffin-Bentley Co
Left top lines
Hillsboro Hotel
3
Hillsborough Lumber Co
Right center lines, back cover and 14
Hodge & Sherman
Right top lines
Justen Joseph E Left center lines
King's Auto Service King's Drug Store
Right and left top lines
Knight Candy Manufacturing Co
16
Knight Garage
Right bottom lines
Knight & Wall Co
Front edge and
7
Lopez J V
6
Lowry & Prince Lozano F Son & Co
Back cover
Mckay J C & Son
Left center lines
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Circulo Cubano
1
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Right side lines
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Maas Bros
Left bottom lines
Macfarlane Nellie H
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