R. L. Polk's Tampa city directory, 1921, Part 2

Author: R.L. Polk & Co.; R.L. Polk & Co; Floridiana Collection. FTS
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Jacksonville, Fla. : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1226


USA > Florida > Hillsborough County > Tampa > R. L. Polk's Tampa city directory, 1921 > 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).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118


BRUGE INVESTMENT COMPANY Suite 603 STOVALL BLDG., TAMPA FLORIDA Phone 3239


THOS C. HAMMOND, Pres, and Mgr.


A. G. WEAVER. Sec'y a d Treas,


Hammond-Weaver Co.


INCORPORATED REALTORS


City and Business Property, Residences, Lands, Sub-Divisions, Orange Groves, Real Estate Investments and Loans, Apartment House Sites


3 and 4 GIDDENS BLDG. PHONE 3140


42


REAL ESTATE


W. L. McNevin & Co.


REAL ESTATE


Lands, Orange Groves, City Residence and Business Property


Sunset Beach


306 and 308 Stovall Bldg.


Tel. 3040


JOHN H. DREW W. H. KENDRICK


Drew & Kendrick


Improved and UnImproved City Property Timber Lands Phosphate Lands Citrus Lands Orange Groves Farm Lands


Real Estate and Building


Plans and Specifications Furnished, Supervision of the Construction of all Classes


Loans Negotiated


of Building


Esther by Contract or Cost Plus Basis


Phone 4973


Rooms 7 and 8 Gas Building, cor. Madison and Tampa Sts.


HARRIS REALTY CO.


ERNEST C. HARRIS, Prop.


GENERAL REAL ESTATE


Rent Collections


First Mortgage Loans


Room 12 First National Bank Building Phone 3271 Tampa, Fla.


43


REAL ESTATE


Orange Groves


High-Class Investment Securities


Business Chances


L. J. Mountz Investment Co.


Farming


Truck


Timbered Cut Over Grazing


LANDS


Real Estate in All Its Branches


City Residence and


Business Property


HILLSBORO HOTEL, GROUND FLOOR


Rentals


317 TWIGGS STREET


Office Phone 4094


Residence Phone 73-115


GEO. WEEKS, President


C. W. FARNSWORTH, Seo'y and Treas.


The Weeks & Wilder Co.


CAPITAL $100,000.00 DEALERS IN


REAL ESTATE OUR SPECIALTY


City and Suburban Property LOOK FOR OUR SIGN


Loans and Investments


Office: American Nat'l Bank Bldg.


P. O. Box 762


Tampa, Florida


RESTAURANTS


JOHN M. NELSON


R. CHAMBERS E. C. CHAMBERS


EAGLE CAFETERIA


NELSON AND CHAMBERS BROS., Props. TAMPA'S ALL AMERICAN MODERN PRICED CAFETERIA


WHERE THE HOME FOLKS EAT


207-209 Twiggs St., Opposite Strand Theatre TELEPHONFS 3025-3568


Tampa


44


RESTAURANTS


ALBERTUS CAFE


Right next to Albertus Hotel Just Opposite Union Station


Quick Service and Moderate Prices Unexcelled Regular Meals. Short Orders Try Our French Drip Coffee 944 Twiggs St. Phone 4738


Ideal Cafe and Restaurant S. SERRA. Prop


Unexcelled for Spanish Meals and Dishes We Send Out Orders Gladly


1223 Franklin St.


Phone 2182


SAILMAKERS


H. W. Bodden


Sailmaking and Rigging Awnings, Tents and Fruit Basket Manufacturer Best Material -- Hand or Machine Sewed 108 Franklin opp. Buick Garage


MORE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE


DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH


45


SHEET METAL


E. J. DANIEL CO. SUCCESSORS TO F. R. BERRY CO.


GENERAL SHEET METAL WORKERS


Roofing, Tanks, Repairs Metal Automobile Bodies FENDERS AND RADIATORS


1008-1010 FLORIDA AVE. PHONE 4465


Favorite Manufacturing Co. Preserving and Canning Equipment


BLOW PIPE WORK AND GALVANIZED STEEL TANKS SHEET METAL WORK OF ALL KINDS LET US RE-LINE YOUR REFRIGERATOR 1510 Franklin St. Telephone 4367 Tampa, Florida


Tampa Sheet Metal Works


JIRETZ & NIESL, Proprs.


All Kinds of Sheet Metal Work and Roofing


Metal Roofing and Skylights Made and Repaired


AUTO RADIATOR and FENDER WORK A SPECIALTY


101 E. Henderson Ave., cor. Tampa Phone 3127


MORE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS


OF THE DIRECTORY ·THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH


46


SHIP BUILDERS


ERNEST KREHER Pres. and Gen'l Mgr.


PETER O. KNIGHT Vice-Pres.


MAX KREHER Sec. and Treas.


Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Marine Engineers and Machinists BOILERMAKERS, BLACKSMITHS


Iron and Brass Founders Iron and Brass Castings


Steam Hammer Forgings and Castings Architectural Iron and Steel Work General Repairing and Welding


S. Water Street Phone 3225


SHIP CHANDLERS


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.


47


STEAMSHIP LINES


Tampa-Isle of Pines Line


PHILIP SHORE, Manager


Regular Freight and Passenger Service Between Tampa and Isle of Pines Ports, Including Los Indios, Nueva Gerona, Sante Fe and Sante Barbara. Sailings from Tampa every other Friday


Information Concerning Rates, Bookings, etc, Gladly Furnished Upon Request


OFFICES: Tampa, Florida. Room 706 Stovall Building


Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, Cuba. TELEPHONE 4202


STORE FIXTURES


AMERICAN STORE FIXTURE CO. L. V. CASH, Prop. McCray Refrigerators for all Purposes American Oil Pumps and Tanks Iron Safes, U. S. Slicing Machines Stimpson Computing Scales


200 FORTUNE ST.


PHONE 4840


TRUNK MANUFACTURERS


Tampa Peninsular Trunk Factory C. T. WILSON, Proprietor


Trunks at Wholesale and Retail; Repairing at Factory Prices


MAKERS OF THE


THEY LAUGH AT STAND-MO THE BAGGAGE MAN TRUNK 1533 Franklin Street Phone 3419


48


TRANSFER AND STORAGE


Union Transfer Co.


THOMAS F. GRACE & SON, PROPS.


"Our Man Meets You At The Gate"


BAGGAGE TRANSFERRED TO AND FROM ALL POINTS OF THE CITY AND SUBURBS


Storage, Packing, Shipping


We Exchange Your Checks for Our Own and Deliver with Promptness and Expert Care


PHONES 3601 and 4464


Office, Union Station Warehouse, 1004 Finley


Cook Transfer and Storage 1307 Sixth Avenue


Phones 2142-3586 Night Phones 2439, 73-119


NEELD & SONS TRANSFER CO.


Machinery, Safes, Freight and Furniture Moving Long Trips a Specialty


11 A. C. L. Bldg. 416 1-2 Ashley St. PHONE 3245


49


TYPEWRITERS


Consolidated Typewriter Co.


F. L. HORNBROOK, MGR.


CONSOLIDATED TYPEWRITER @ TAMPA, FLA.


Agents For ROYAL AND CORONA TYPEWRITERS


EDIPHONE DICTATING MACHINES


Rotary Neostyles, Etc. Prompt Attention to All Repairs


607 MARION ST., CORNER ZACK


PHONE 2417


UNDERTAKERS


Call the Ambulance Phone 4747


R MATION


B. MARION REED 1007 Florida Av., Cor. Harrison St.


50


UNDERTAKERS


F. T. BLOUNT CO.


FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS


Open Day and Night


First-Class Ambulance Service


Calls Answered Promptly


PHONE 3985


409 TYLER STREET


J. LAWRENCE REED


Undertaker and Embalmer


507 Marion., cor. Twiggs


Phone 2259


WALL PAPER


Gulf City Painting and Decorating Co. I. B. MILLER, Mgr.


Wall Paper and Paints, Wholesale and Retail Varnishes, Stains and Painters Sundries PEN. PHONE 3912 112 FORTUNE ST., Cor. Tampa St. TAMPA, FLA


WOOD DEALERS


T. J. CARUTHERS LUMBER YARD and WHOLESALE WOOD DEALER


Cord Wood, 2-foot Engine Wood, Veneer Roller Blocks Slabs, Stove Wood, Blocks 121 S. FLORIDA AVE. South of S. A. L. Freight Office


P. O. Box 478 Phones 1080 and 2426 Tampa, Florida


51


MORE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE


DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH


52


R. L. POLK


J. WIGGINS


R. L. POLK. & CO.'S TAMPA CITY DIRECTORY 1921 VOLUME XX


Containing an Alphabetical List of Business Firms and Private Citizens, a Directory of the State, City and County Officials, Banks, Churches, Public and Private Schools, Clubs, Secret Societies, Labor Unions and. Other Organizations, 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


PRO


PUBLICO


VITACITYCITY


1893


DIREDIRECDIREC


UKONMIZED MIRECDIRECDIREC


DIRECTORY


PUBLISHERS


Price Ten Dollars


R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers Jacksonville, Florida


ASSN. OF NORTH


AMERICAN


F2 T15


-91759651 P7694


Copyright 1921 by R. L, Polk & Co.


.


4


-


Index To Contents


Page


Abbreviations


175


Academies and Schools


72


Alphabetical List of Names 176


Asylums and Hospitals 72


Bands 1160


Banks


72


Boards of Trade


73


Cemeteries


73


Christian Associations 73


Churches-White


73


Churches-Colored


75


City Government


69


Classified Business Directory


1153


Clubs and Societies


75


Consuls and Consulates


76


County Government


82


Courts


82


Educational


69


Fire Alarm Boxes


71


Fire Department


70


Halls and Buildings


77


Labor Unions


80


Libraries


78


Newspapers


78


Parks


78


Police Department


71


Postoffice


78


Public Schools


70


Secret Societies


79


State Government


69


Street Guide and Directory of Householders 85


U S Local Officials 82


West Tampa City Government 83


92611


Index To Advertisers


Page


Ahrano J M & Co


Left inside lines


Albertus Cafe


45


Albertus Hotel


27


Alexander Lumber Co


Top stencil


American Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co


Left bottom lines and


32


American Store Fixture Co


48


Arlington Hotel


28


Atlantic Coal & Ice Corporation Right center lines


Automatic Printery The


Left center lines


Bank of Commerce


Front cover and


16


Bates-Hudnall-Jetton Co


40


Baughman G Norman Co


Front cover


Beckwith-Range Jewelry Co I


Back cover and 31


Beckwith & Warren Co


Left top lines and 41


Bender Electric & Supply Co


Back cover


Bicycle Garage


Left inside lines


Bigham Jay E & Co


Left side lines and 51


Bodden H W


45


Booker-Cannon Co


Left center lines


Boston Shoe Fixry


Left inside lines


Brogden, Ricketts & Haworth


18


Bruce Investment Co


42


Cal Motor Car Co


Right inside lines Left inside lines and 6


Caruthers T J


51


Central Service Station


14


. Chalker & Wade


Right side lines and 9


Citizens-American Bank & Trust Co


Left top lines and 16


Clayton, Eaton, Horton & Saussy Right bottom lines


Consolidated Typewriter Co Left bottom lines and


50


1 Cook Transfer & Storage Right bottom lines and


49


Daniel E J Co


Right side lines and


46


Diaz Garage


398 23


Downing Mfg Co


Right center lines and 40


Drew H & W B Co


Right inside lines


Drew & Kendrick


43


Eagle Cafeteria


Left side lines and 44


Electric Fixture Co


Right top lines


Electric Service Co


Left inside lines and 9


Evans Auto Exchange


_Back cover and 10


Exchange National Bank


Right top lines and 16


Falsone Motor Car Co


Right center lines and


10


Favorite Manufacturing Co


Right center lines and


46


Ficcio V


Left bottom lines


1


1


I


1


I


1


1


I


1


1


I


I


1


1


1


I


1


1


1


1


1


Cantrell C G


1


1


1


I


1


I


1


1


I


1


1


1


6


Blount F T Co


I


1


Dorn Frederick


57


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page 47


Fielder & Mitchell


Fiene Electric Co


Left top lines


First National Bank


2


Florida Auto & Supply Co


Left side lines and


11


Florida Bag Co


1160 and 1200


Florida Machine & Engineering Co


Left inside lines


Florida Office Supply Co


38


Foy Hubert V


Front cover and


6


Fuller W R


Right top lines


Fuss C M Co


22


G & H Motor Car Co


Backbone and


7


Garcia's Restaurant


Right inside lines


Glenn Clyde Co


4


Goddard Stanley Co


Right inside lines


Gourlie Music Co


34


Grahn Fred A


Right bottom lines


Greene C W & Co


Greeson & Joughin


Opposite 537 41 51


Gulf City Painting & Decorating Co


Gulf Fertilizer Co


Gulf Iron Works


Gulf-Southern Co


Hammond-Weaver Co


42


Hardin J B


Right center lines and 27


Harris Realty Co


43


Hendry-Knight-Griffin-Bentley Co


Left top lines and


31


Hensley N W & Co


Right top lines and 28 3


Hixon's Magnolia Pharmacy


Right side lines and 21


Hodge & Sherman


Right top lines and 24 41


Ideal Cafe & Restaurant


Left side lines and


45


Justen J E


27


1 King's Auto Service Back cover


King's Drug Store


Right top lines


Knight & Wall Co


Front stencil and 26


Lewis & Williams


15


Lopez J V


31


Lowry & Prince


29


Lozano F Son & Co


18


McGucken & Drew


Right inside lines


McKay, Clarke & McKay


29


McNevin W L & Co


43


McPherson Motor Co


Left side lines and 11


Maas Bros


Left bottom lines


Mabry Realty Co


Right side lines


Macfarlane Nellie H


Left center lines and 31


Marlboro Hotel


Left bottom lines


Meeks A E


Right side lines and 1230


1


I


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


I


1


I


1


I


1 1


1


1


I


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


I


1


1 1


1


1


1


1


1


I


1


1


1


1


1


1


I


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


I


I


1


1


1


1


1


I


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


23 33 14


Hillsboro Hotel


1


1


1


1


1


1


T


I


.


f


Holmes & Jetton Co


1


1


58


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Mountz L J Investment Co


44


Multi Advertising Service


Right inside lines


Neeld & Sons Transfer Co


Left inside lines and 49


Nelson Frank E


32


Neville, McIver, Barnes & Co


Left center lines


Odorless Dry Cleaning Co


Right side lines


Office Equipment Co Right bottom lines 1 1


Overman's J H Tire & Rubber Works 1


Right inside lines and


12


I Owen-Cotter Jewelry Co Left side lines 1 I


Owen D F Co


Front cover and 12


Owen-Franklin Motor Co


Front cover


Palace Drug Store


21


Parker E W


Left top lines and


18


Parsons & Co


Left center lines


Patrick's Court Square Pharmacy


22


Perry Paint & Glass Co


Right bottom lines and


38


Philpitt S Ernest


Right side lines and


35


Pierce-Brown Electric Co Front cover


Pierce Electric Co


Front and back covers and 1


23


Polk R L & Co


52


Purcell Drug Co


Right inside lines and 22


Ramsey T W


Left top cards in Street Guide and 50


Reed J Lawrence Left side lines and 51


Reo-Varn Motor Co


Left center lines


Rhodes-Mahoney Furniture Co


Left top lines and


25


Roesch Paper Co


39


Schramm Jack N Co


19


Senour Hardware Co


Right side lines and


27


Shaw-Clayton Stationery Co


Left bottom lines


Shore Philip


48


Sierra Ramon & Sons


Back cover


19


Southern Lumber & Supply Co


Right bottom lines and 33


1164


Sparkman & Co


Left bottom lines


Stallings Otto P & Son


Right top lines and 30


Standard Motor Sales Co


15


Standard Scale & Fixture Co


24


Starr Piano Co


Right bottom lines and


35


Starr Tire Service


8


Steed S P


Right center lines and


24


Tampa Book & Stationery Co


Right center lines


Tampa Box Co


17


Tampa Business College


Left center lines and back cover


Tampa Coal Co


Left center lines


Tampa Coca-Cola Bottling Co


Right side lines


Tampa Drug Co


1


1


F


I


1


F


I


1


1


I


1


1


Southland Finance Co


I


I


1


*


Southern Detective Agency


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


I


1


1


1


21


Right center lines Reed B Marion


I


59


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Tampa Electric Co


Right. bottom lines


Tampa Furniture Co


Left center lines and 25


Tampa Gas Co


Bottom stencil


Tampa Insurance Agency


Left bottom lines and 30


Tampa-Isle of Pines Line


48


Tampa Paint & Glass Co


Left inside lines and


38


Tampa Peninsular Trunk Factory 1


48


Tampa Rubber Tire Works


Left bottom lines and


13


Tampa Sand & Shell Co


Right inside lines


Tampa Sheet Metal Works


46


Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Co


47


Tampa Shu Fixry


Back


cover


Tampa Steam Ways Co


34


Tampa Storage Battery Co


15


Tampa Times


36


Tampa Tribune


37


Taylor R H


13


Thomas Fred National Detective Agency


Right top lines and


20


Thomas W W Hardware Co


Right bottom lines


Thompson Electric Co


Left top lines and


23


Towne's Tampa Steam Laundry


Left bottom lines and 32


Turner Marble & Granite Co


34


Turner Music Co


35


Union Transfer Co


Left side lines and


49


United Motor Co


14


Walter & Smith Music Co 1


Left inside lines and


35


Weeks & Wilder Co


44


West Coast Fertilizer Co


1181


White Star Laundry


Left top lines and


32


Wilson W B


32


1


1


I


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1 1


1


1


1


1


1


1


I


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1 1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


Preface


In presenting this, the twentieth volume of the Tampa City Directory, the publishers feel confident they are giving to the public the most complete and accurate directory ever issued.


The department of Miscellaneous Information beginning at page 69 is a complete and comprehensive guide to the State, County and City governments, Churches, Public and Private Schools, Banks, Courts, Hospitals and Asylums, Clubs, Benevolent, Literary and other associations, Labor Unions, Secret Socie- ties, etc. This is followed by the Street Directory, or Householders Guide, pages 85 to 173, which consists of the name and description of each street and avenue in alphabetical order, the numbers on each street also being shown together with the names of the occupants of each building and at what number the intersect- ing streets cross. By use of this department the exact location of any house or building in the city can be immediately and exactly ascertained.


The Alphabetical List of names commencing at page 176, contains the names of all business firms and corporations, and the inhabitants of the city over a certain age, together with the occupation and address of each individual. The Classified Business Directory, beginning at page 1153, is a complete exhibit of the commercial, manufacturing, professional, financial and other business inter- ests of the city, arranged in alphabetical order under their respective headings.


The canvass for the current edition as heretofore, has been extended to cover West Tampa, Seminole Heights, Sulphur Springs, Moody Heights, Ballast Point, Palmetto Beach, Gary and other outlying territory, the residents of which are so closely identified with the city as to make their inclusion in the city directory a necessity.


Population.


Directory estimates of population are not in any sense theoretical, but founded upon facts, and the names contained in the work substantiate the claims made by the publishers. In estimating the population of Tampa the ratio of 21/2 to each name has been used. From long and varied experience this multiple has been found the most dependable and is the one most used in the large cities. There are contained in this volume 33,926 names, and by the use of the above mul- tiple a population of 84,815 is indicated for Tampa and continguous territory.


In conclusion we wish to extend our thanks to the public for their co-opera- tion and assistance and to the patrons of the work for their patronage, without which a creditable publication would be impossible.


Respectfully,


R. L. POLK & CO.


TAMPA


GATEWAY TO PANAMA


FLORIDA


Tampa is an attractive, rapidly growing city, located on Hills- borough and Old Tampa Bays, thirty-five miles from the Gulf of Mexico.


The city has shown marvelous increases from year to year in al- most every line of growth, as is evidenced by the following tables :


POST OFFCE RECEIPTS


I 900


$ 33,505


1910


168,272


1920


603,877


(Tampa passed the Six Hundred Thousand Dollar mark in 1920, putting the city among the "First Fifty" postoffices in the United States. )


INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS


1900


$ 496,560


1910


638,535


1920


1


1


2,028,469


CIGARS MANUFACTURED


1900


147,848,000


1910


201,405,000


1919


422,795,819


(On account of cigar strike in 1920, the 1919 figures are given in cigars manufactured. Strike is now settled and factories rapidly resuming normal output.)


PHOSPHATE SHIPMENTS


(By Water)


Tons


1 900


386,203


1910


1, 120,384


1920


1,314,865


(Phosphate shipments practically cut off during war period. Fu- ture prospects particularly bright.)


I


1


A Walk in Plant Park.


Lafayette Street Bridge,


63


TAMPA STATISTICS


BUILDING PERMITS


1900


$ 268,000


1910


1,685,586


1920


2,636,092


WATER COMMERCE


Tons


1900


446,790


1910


.1,525,000


1020


2,149,000


RAILROAD FACILITIES


The two main trunk lines are the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and the Seaboard Air Line Railway. connecting with all points, East, North and West. The Tampa Southern Railroad gives service be- tween Tampa and Manatee River points. The Tampa & Gulf Coast Railroad operates between Tampa and the West Coast section, Clear- water, St. Petersburg, Tarpon Springs, etc. The Brooksville and Hernando County section is served by the Tampa Northern Railway.


SEA-GOING FACILITIES


Splendid passenger and freight service is rendered between Tampa, Key West and Havana by the Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company. The Mallory Steamship Company operates a weekly freight service between Tampa and New York and between Tampa and Mobile. The Gulf & Southern S. S. Company operates passenger and freight service between Tampa and New Orleans. The Wilson Line and the Home Line operate services between Tampa and St. Petersburg and Manatee River points. The Tampa-Inter- ocean S. S. Co., owned and operated by Tampa men, is operating U. S. Shipping Board steel steamers on regular lines and sailings to various foreign ports. In addition to the lines enumerated, there are scores of vessels carrying cargo in and out of Tampa, particularly in the schooner trade with Cuba and Central America.


64


TAMPA STATISTICS


ELEMENTS IN CITY'S ADVANCEMENT


Tampa's climate is one of its greatest assets. Thousands of peo- ple come to the city because of its delightful climate; many of these people become permanent residents, many become winter residents, and a good percentage of them invest in the city or section. Tampa's back country, a splendid farming and citrus fruit section, is largely responsible for the city's growth and development. The city is well supplied with parks and playgrounds, handsome municipal, federal and office buildings, beautiful residential sections, well-paved streets and permanent highways in all directions. Tampa is building on a solid foundation.


INDUSTRIES


Tampa is famous the world over for the clear-Havana cigars made in the local factories, of which there are approximately 200. (This industry has just emerged triumphantly from a nine-month's cigar strike; the manufacturers winning out in an open-shop contro- versy.) Shipbuilding has become a permanent industry in Tampa, eight ships, amounting to 39,820 deadweight tons, were launched from Tampa yards in 1920, giving the city a total shipbuilding record of 24 ships, aggregating 116,220 tons. Other products manufactured include fertilizer, furniture, office fixtures, asphalt paving blocks, cigar boxes, candies, marmalades and jellies, macaroni, soap, mat- tresses, coffee, machinery, and numerous others.


CITY STATISTICS


Area of the city, 8.6 square miles.


Total street mileage, 171.71 miles. Miles paved streets, 101.65.


Sewers, 98 miles.


Sidewalks, 184 miles.


Total death rate per 1,000 for 1920, 12.6.


Total birth rate per 1,000 for 1920, 21.8.


City assessment, 1920, $34,056,811.00, based on actual value 50 per cent.


City tax rate (new territory), 23 mills.


City tax rate (old territory ), 251/2 mills. County tax rate, 30 mills.


State tax rate, II mills.


School tax, 3 to 8 mills.


65


TAMPA STATISTICS


County and State assessments based on cash value of 25 to 33 per cent.


Tampa Electric Company furnishes light and power. Light rates on a sliding scale 12c down to 6c per k. wo h., according to quantity used. Retail power rate 912c to 31/2c. Wholesale power rate based on maximum demand. Company operates 100 electric cars, with 60 miles of track.


Tampa Gas Company. Lighting and fuel scale ranges from $2.03 to $1.50 per 1,000 cubic foot, minimum charge $1.00 for 450 cubic feet.


Tampa Waterworks Company. Water rates range from 17c to 9c per 100 cubic feet ; minimum of 735 cubit feet for $1.12 monthly.


Peninsular Telephone Company. Automatic system; sub-ex- changes in various parts of city. Long distance connections to all parts of country.


EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES


Tampa's schools are modern in every way. Operated on plan of six years grammar school, three years junior high school and three years senior high school. In addition to public schools there are a number of private schools and commercial colleges.


BANKS


Three national banks, five state banks or trust companies doing a general banking business, one exclusive trust company, and the Morris Plan Company ; $23.747,838.82 deposits for 1920; $5,095,- 083.06 capital, surplus and undivided profits.


CLEARING HOUSE


1908 (This institution organized late in 1907) $ 53.766,400.53 125,210,452.16 1920


66


TAMPA STATISTICS


PROPERTY VALUES


Good residence property runs from $40 to $100 per front foot. Good building lots in suburbs range from $150 to $2,500. Store-rooms rent from $50 to $750 a month. Owners net about 8 per cent on value of property. Mortgages made on about 60 per cent of valua- tion, interest from 5 to 8 per cent. Office rooms rent on an average of $25 a month, with new buildings at higher rental and offices in older buildings lower.


REAL ESTATE AND BUILDING


During 1920 there were 13,574 real estate transfers in Hillsboro County, an increase of 2,370 over 1919. Total value of building per- mits for 1920, $2,686.092. Better than "a home a day" was Tampa's average for 1920, there being 367 residences built within the city limits.


MISCELLANEOUS


Tampa's "Road of Remembrance," the Memorial Highway ex- tending from the city limits to the county line on the West, is bor- dered with oak trees and oleanders. Tampa has two excellent 18- hole golf courses with handsome club houses. Tampa has a Tent City with all conveniences; 40,641,680 feet of lumber was imported through the port of Tampa in 1920; 10,297,000 cocoanuts were im- ported through the port in 1920. Tampa thermometers have never registered above 96 in the thirty years of U. S. Weather Bureau serv- ice in the city.


Where does your Advertising


When your advertising matter goes out hit or miss to any old sort of a list of names, there's bound to be tremendous waste.


Polk's lists are different- because they are based on original data-the data that goes into Polk's 400 City, County, State and National Directories. Directory publishing is our principal business.


98% delivery is guaranteed on our lists- can you ask for any better proof of efficiency ?


Form letters-well executed-command attention. We do addressing, multi-type- writing, filling in, folding, enclosing and mailing.


R. L. POLK & CO. LETTERS-LISTS-MAILING


Wabash 2478-PHONES-Auto. 54-269


RAND-MCNALLY BLDG. CHICAGO


Write for our free "List of Lists"


Polk's Publications


National


Architects' and Builders' Directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pa. Dental Register and Directory of the United States and Canada. Medical Register and Directory of North America. National Iron and Steel, Coal and Coke Blue Book. Real Estate Register and Directory of the United States and Canada.


City and County Directories and State Gazetteers


ALABAMA


Birmingham Mobile Montgomery, and 6 others




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.