Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directory 1893, Part 1

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GILLITT TAILORING CO.


CALDAECK. MamR. 600 E. LOCUST ST.


1860. THE WASHINGTON LIFE 1693. INSURANCE COMPANY


OF NEW YORK, W. A. BREWER, Jr., President., W. HAXTON, Vice-Pres't and Seo'y.


ASSETS, $12,500,000.00


QUESTANDING INSURANCE, 51,561,932.00


Vald to Policy Holders Bince Organization, . - 22,177,597.11


Not as old as the oldest or as big as the biggest. But safes! among the safe, strongest among the strong. 84.70 per cent. of its assets being invested in loans on bond and mortgage, first las . on real estate, being the largest per cent. held by any Life Insu .. ance Company. . M. T. V. BOWMAN, Manager for Iowa, OFFICE OVER IOWA NATIONAL BANK, 4th AND WALNUT STREETS. See Front Page V.


Des Moines Electric Company, ELECTRIC LIGHT & ELECTRIC POWER,


LIGHT. Electric Lightis supplied through a reliable and accurate meter. Discounts given to large consumers.


POWER Delivered in ANT QUANTITY for the purpose of operating ANY AND ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY.


J.A. COLBY, GENERAL MANAGER, OFFICE AND WORKS: 105 CHESTNUT STREET, WEST SIDE.


(See Right Top Lines.)


JOHN OWENS, Pres. W. E. COFFIN, Treas.


D. F. WITTER, Vice-Prey. J. H. BLAIR, Sec'y.


W. H. HEIGHTON, Ass't Treas.


Iowa Loan and Trust Co.


Nos. 207, 209 and 211 Fifth Street.


LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.


INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS. (See Page De.)


J. H. MERRILL, A LEDERER, J. G. ROUNDS, H. T. BLACKBURN, À |PRESIDENT.


VICE PRES ..


CASHIER. ASS'T CASHIER.


Citizens National Bank OF DES MOINES, IOWA, Cor Fifth and Walnut Streets. Capital, $200,000 Surplus, $100,000


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DIRECTORSI


JOALLAKAN,


ED. WRIGHT J. G. ROUNDS, H. YOUNKER,


ETTERRELLA. LEDERER J. R. ROLLINS, J. H. MERRILL, W. R. ODELL. B. A. LOCKWOOD.


See Page 81.)


NORTH DES MOINES ICE & COAL CO. ( See Page Opp. Classified Ios Dealers.)


CHAS. F. HOL M, MERCHANT TAILOR, 518 EAST LOCUST STREET.


HAWKEYE


Insurance


ASSETS,


1866 1-28.617.4


1867 65.044.87


1868


120103209


1869


140003.26


1870


150.385.22


:1871


158387.07


1872


188.561.13


The following is a statement


in cich year


1875


338,678.89


Officers.


1876


429.683.41


1877


511,225.65


A. HOWELL, President. JAMES CALLANAN, I'- Pres. WAD. SKINNER, SPCY. .W. ;. COLE, Ass't SPcy. Lo' sSTUTZ, Cashier.


18.78


552,634.01


1879


593,135.79


1880


603,190.97


1881


620,051.91


1882


650,203.98


1883


675,948.71


1884


704,731.92


1885


708,235.21


ARY.


18 86


¥709,172.55


Me:


1887


709,589.14


1888


711,245.16


1889


712,428.07


1890


713,319.61


1891


713,895.71


1892


720,694.42


1893 733.419.83


T "HE HAWKEYE insures property against fire, lightning and tornadoes, and has done more business, paid more losses and has a larger surplus over all liabilities than any other Iowa company. It is purely a home institution, confining its business to Iowa alone. As to its standing among Iowa people; we refer to the above. showing, which speaks for itself.


Patronize Home Institutions and Industries is the watchword. Don't send your money out of the State when you can get a policy in one of the best Companies, Home or Foreign, by patronizing the HAWKEYE INSURANCE CO. of Des Moines, Iowa. (OVER)


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Company Moines, lowa. MARCH 6, 1865.


207 & 209 Fourth Street,


'of assets on the First of January since organization.


Directors.


4-


. . Of Des ORGANIZED


Office in Co. s Building,


1873


243.050.18


18 74


289,559.13


JAMES CALLANAN. G. M. HIPPEE. R. S. FINKEINE. JAS. L. CALLANAN. W. C. COLE. W. D. SKINNER. A. HOWELL.


26300


DURCH PORTLAND PUBLIB. SS T. OTES MOINES CITY


DIRECTORY,


III


THE


Equitable Life Insurance Co., OF IOWA.


1


Do Not Send Your money East For Life


Insurance.


HOME OFFICE, DES MOINES.


Assets January 1 1893. $907.029.40 Liabilities, (4 per cent Actuaries table) 661,199.47


Surplus to Policyholders, $245.829.93


EASY POINTS


For Busy Men to Examine.


Strength-$140,00 of Assets for each $100.00 of Liability. Safety-Every Policy Secured-as provided by law-by de- posit. of interest-bearing securities with the State Auditor of Iowa .:


Policies+All forms of Life, Endowment, Investment, Semi- Tontine and Return Premium Endowment Policies is- sued at as low rates as any other regular Life Company.


Profit-Interest Earned on mean amount of Assets in 1892, 7.02 per cent,


Death Losses to mean amount insured in 1802, 0.71


per cent


Progress-Insurance written in 1802, $1,507,300.00, a gain over 1891 of 46 per cent.


OFFICERS:


F. M. HUBBELL, President!' C. OUMMING, Secretary G. P. HANAWALT, Med Director.


CYRUS KIRK, Vice President, R. T. WELLSLAGER, Treasurer. I. T. MARTIN Supt. of Agencies.


HOYT SHERMAN, .R.T. WELLSLAGER, FRED C. HUBBELL,


DIRECTORS: F. M. HUBBELL,| CONRAD YOUNGERMAN, J. C, CUMMINS,


ROB'T FULLERTON, CYRUE KIRK, I. T. MARTIN.


Patronize a Home Institution 1


and Help to Build up IOWA.


. IV


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


DES MOINES Gement Paving Company. ;


F. R. STEHM, PROPRIETOR.


MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF


CEMENT WORK.


CEMENT WALKS, CURBING, CELLARS, GARDEN WALLS, CARRIAGE HOUSES, STABLES,


DRIVEWAYS, Etc.


All Work Warranted to Give Satisfaction, at Lowest Possible Figures.


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OFFICE:


719 Seventh St.


Des Moines, lowa.


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1860


WHY INSURE IN THE


1893.


WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO.


OF NEW YORK. t


RECAUSE: Although. Not as Old as the Oldest, .


Or as Big as the Biggest, It Is


Safest Among the Safe. Strongest Among the Strong.


AND ITS CONTRACTS ARE AS


Good as Gold Bonds and Bear Better Interest Than U. S. Government Bonds.


Old Enough! Safe Enough! Strong Enough and Good Enough for Anybody. - That's why I insure my life in it > > Can you or anybody else give any better Reason for insuring in any other Company? Does any Company offer any More reliable inducements or present stronger claims?


BECAUSE: Its Assets of Over $12.500.000 Are


Invested in Undoubted Securities.


E are justified in saying that no securities are so staple and safe for the investment of a life insurance company as well selected bonds, or, mortgages, and that from no other sound securities can so large a rate of interest be realized.'! - 3th Ail Report of the Mutual Life of New York.


NAME OF COMPANY


Per cent of Loans on Bond and Mortgage to Gross Assets.


Washington . Connecticut Mutual


60.97


United States! IEtna


58.27


47.87


Provident of Philadelphia


42.34


Mutual Life of New York


42.02


Equitable of New York.


19.77


New York Life of New York Provident Savings


17.00


7.41


-Connecticut Insurance Report, 1892, page 386


BECAUSE: No clap-trap, disreputable or dishonorable methods are resorted to by its Manager, his Special or, District Agents, to obtain business. Its business is done by strict adherence to the truth in every department. These are some of the reasons why I insure in the Washington.


BECAUSE:


Corner Fourth and Walnut, Over Iowa National Bank. $1.


M. T. V. BOWMAN, MANAGER FOR IOWA. D. F. BOWMAN, SPECIAL AGENT.


DES MOINES, IOWA ..


84.35


1.


DES MOINES | CITY DIRECTORY.


VI


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


Burlington Route


1


-


2


BEST LINE


CHICAGO OR ST. LOUIS


DENVER


ST. PAUL


MINNEAPOLIS


DES


MOINES


CITY | DIRECTORY.


VII


'


CAGE


EQUITABLE FIRE-PROOF OFFICE BLOCK - BEST IN THE STATE.


State Agency Equitable Life Assurance Society. LEE B DURSTINE, Menager.


VIII


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


1


D. L. MUTOHLAR & SON


PROPRIETORS.


D.L. MUTCHLARS SON


GENTS


COLOR


ORY


CLOTH


DRESSES AND


OLEANED DYCO AND CLOAKS.


REPAIRED.


WORKS-East First Street, bet. Walnut and Court Avenue. OFFICE-221 Locust Street. .


Dyeing Silk and Woolen Goods


OF ALL KINDS.


Gents' Clothing Cleaned of Dyed Without Ripping. Piano and Table Covers, Window Curtains Cleaned or Colored. Kid Gloves Dyed Black. Orders by Mail Promptly Attended to.


PRICE LIST SENT ON APPLICATION.


:


5


A MAGNIFICENT TRAIN.


THE


ROCKY MOUNTAIN"


LIMITED


OVER THE CHICAGO,


ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC Popularly known as the


"GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE'


To meet demands, this Company added a new train on May first. It is No. 21 and called the "Rocky Mountain" Limited.


NOTHING LIKE IT WEST OF CHICAGO.


This is strictly a Limited Train, its equipment new and made, especially for it, and no extra charge over regular (ticket rate.


This train has the "Rock Island's" Popular Dining Car Service. No finer equipment on any train in America.


After arrival of fast trains over trunk lines from the East, this new train leaves Chicago daily at 10:25 A. M., thus avoiding all tedious delays in Chicagu depots, and is only one night out to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, arriving at these important foot-hill cities next afternoon, in advance of all competitors.


Our "Big 5" leaves Chicago daily at 10 P. M., is only one day out, arriving at Denver the second morning at 7 o'clock Has bining Car Service. Especial attention is called to our new time to Kansas City on our train No. 11, which leaves Chicago at 6 P. M. daily, arrives at Kansas City at 9 A. M. in time! for all connections West, South and Southwest.


The Rock Island is the only direct line to Manitou.


U. S. O. HOUGH. City Passenger Agent.


DES MOINES LOWA.


E. ST. JOHN.


W. I. ALLEN Ben'I M'gr. Ass't Gen'IM'gra


JNO. SEBASTIAN, Gen' IT'H't & Pass. Agt.


GENERAL OFFICES) CHICAGO.


ANEW


TRAIN


BET


WEEN


LAKE AND MOUNTAIN.


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1


IE BIG FIVE


1


IS A


VESTIBULED TRAIN


SLEEPING CARS DINING CARS CHAIR CARS


DES MOINES


CITY DIRECTORY.



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X


DES MOINES


CITY-DIRECTORY. -


DES MOINES


FIRE


INSURANCE O.


1


Indemnity against Fire, Lightning and Tornadoes.


Assets, -


$400,000.00.


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---


CONFINES ITS BUSINESS TO IOWA.


LARGEST GAINS LOWEST RATIO AND


OF LOSSES


OF ANY COMPANY IN THE STATE.


Patronize a Home Company and Help to Build Up lowa


and its Queen City.


Office in Company's Building, 405 Court Avenue.


J. G. ROUNDS, President


J. S. CLARK, Secretary and Manager.


(SEE RIGHT TOP LINES.)


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


XI


THE


DES MOINES, NORTHERN


& WESTERN RAILWAY CO.


THROUGH PASSENGER AND FREIGHT LINE BETWEEN;


DES MOINES AND CHICAGO,


CHICAGO, ST. PAUL


MILWAUKEE


MINNEAPOLIS;


SIOUX CITY,


COUNCIL BLUFFS.


AND OMAHA.


The Des Moines, Northern & Western Railway Form the Above Line, in Connection with the


CHICAGO, MII WAUKEE & ST. PAUL R'Y,


Thus Opening Up Over 10,000 Miles of Railway To the City of Des Moines.


For Further Information, Call on or Address,


L. M. MARTIN, GENERAL MANAGER,


HORACE SEELEY, A. G. F. & T. A. DES MOINES.


DES MOINES.


XII


1


DES MOINES CITY


DIRECTORY.


WABASH RAILROAD.


THE WABASH RAILROAD


COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE


"BANNER ROUTE


IS THE DIRECT LINE BETWEEN


DES MOINES


AND KANSAS CITY


AND ST. LOUIS


=


THROUGH SLEEPING CAR LINE


Runs Daily Between the Above Points.


FOR ALL INFORMATION, CALL ON OR ADDRESS.


F. CHANDLER G. P. & T. A., SAINT LOUIS.


L. M. MARTIN COMMERCIAL ACT., DES MOINES.


DES MOINES OITY DIRECTORY!


* PLATT *


BRICK AND FIRE PROOFING CO.


MANUFACTURERS OF


Fine Pressed Building Brick,


PAVING, AND FIRE BRICK,


CALCINED FIRE CLAY.


AND FIRE CLAY GOODS GENERALLY.


Fine Face Building Brick,


OF. SHADES:


CREAM BUFF. RED, AND MOTTLED.


FIRE BRICK A SPECIALTY.


PRICES REASONABLE, QUALITY CONSIDERED


FACTORY AT VAN METER, IOWA,


NINETEEN MILES WEST OF DES MOINES, ON THE C., R. I. P. RY.


SAMPLES SENT OM APPLICATION. ADDRESS


PLATT BRICK & FIRE PROOFING CO., 1 1 706 YOUNGERMAN BLOOK, DES MOINES, IOWA.


XIV


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


. C. E. RAWSON, Prest. and Gen'l Mngr. Hon. G. L. DOBSON, Vice-President. : 0. P. WRIGHT, Treasurer., . Mrs. L. C. RAWSON, Secretary.


CUMMINS & WRIGHT, Legal Advisers. CHAS. W. EATON, M. D., Medical Director. C. E. RAWSON, O. P. WRIGHT, and Mrs. L. C. RAWSON, Executive Committee.


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DES MOINES LIFE ASSOCIATION.


AGENTS WANTED. Address. C. E. RAWSON, President.


DES MOINES, IOWA.


TO INSURANCE AGENTS.


1.


- GENTLEMEN-The Des Moines Life Association, operated on the "Rawson System" of life insurance, is not a high rate company or a low rate company, but an organization whose premiums are based on insurance experience, and are sufficient, but not exorbitant. According to the sworn reports of the old- line companies to the New York Insurance Department for the past thirty years, we are collecting just a little more money to pay death losses with than they do, but not nearly as much for expense and reserve. Thus you will see · that, by basing our mortuary collection on this experience, we are absolutely safe at less than one-half the rates charged by old-line companies. We need not tell you that an agent's value is measured by his ability to collect premi- ums, or that it is much easier to collect a premium of $75 for a $5,000 policy in our company than it is for a $2,000 policy in an old-line company. This is why' agents say that the Des Moines Life Association is a bonanza for them. The insured, for the same premium, gets more than twice the insurance fur- nished by the old-line companies, and insurance that is absolutely safe, and yet the agent's commission is about the same. We write as many Iowa people in a month as any old-line Iowa company write in a year. We are doing business in eight different States, and before the close of 1893 will be in at least twenty States. For three years in succession we have written more Iowa business than any one company, eastern or western ..


We have some good territory for special or general agents, Address.


C. E. RAWSON, PRESIDENT, DES MOINES, IOWA,


SEE NEXT PAGE.


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READ i


THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY.


ABSOLUTELY SAFE-READ CARE- FULLY.


W E wish to explain why the Des Moines Life Life Association is absolutely safe for all time to come. The money paid In by the people. for insurance is divided into three different funds, .3


Mortuary. Reserve. Expense.


These three items comprise the elements that make up the gross premium charged. The fol- lowing shows the amount charged by old-line companies for pure life insurance, and also the amount charged by us.


Cost of Old-Line Insurance at 4ge 40 for $1,000.


Mortuary Reserve! Expense.


$19 20


8 95-831 21


Cost of Des Moines Life at Age 40 for $1,000.


Mortuary : Reserve.


$ 9.00 40


Expense.


8 00 -- $15 00


You can see from the above that we collect more to pay our death losses than do the old-line or legal reserve companies, but much for reserve and expenses


not nearly as The president of many of the old-line companies draws a salary af 850,000 per annum (the same as the President- . af: the United States), a few of them get $65 000, while our president simply gets phy for the time le puts in, and must be paid from the $3.00 per . $1,000, as well as all the rest of the expenses of the company.


BUSINESS MEN ASK FOR OUR INSURANCE


Several of our Des Moines men, during the past year have either called at our office or asked us to call on them and write their applications for a policy, which has been very gratifying indeed .: None has been more so than a man whose name; is familiar not only to insurance men but to the: njasses of people of the great State of Lowva. ; We: refer to Adam Howell, president of the Hawkeye. Fire Insurance Company of the city. Not long sidee, Mr. Howell said, as we were dining to- gether, "Why don't you call and write meia policy in your company?" at the same time spy- ing that he had heard a great many good things said about the D. M. L. A., and felt that we were worthy of the support of our home people, as we we're building up " Western institution that was a credit to our city and State. We appreciate the conifience thus placed in the D. M. L. A: by a man that stands on the top round of insurance and at the head of a company that needs no in- production to the people of Iowa. | We feel that we have added to our membership a valuable il name, one that will carry weight with it, At the same time we have increased Mr. Howell's estate just $2,000,


REFLECT


AND THEN


AGT.


Built in the Three Years and # Quarter that the Company Has Been Operated on the "Rawson System. '


July 1, 1889.


$000.00


Det. 1, 1889


4,100.00


Jan. 1, 1890


11,327.19


April 1, 1890


20,970.19


July 1, 1890. 27,340.19


Det. 1, 1800.


35,525 . 17


Jan. 1, 189 39,193.76


April 1, 1891


49,650.76


July 1, 1891 55.810.70


Oct. 1, 1891


67.185.76


Han. 1, 1892. 1$8,31


April 1, 1892 763.3 1


July 1, 1892


8


3 1


Jan 1, 1893


April 1, 1893


July: 1, 1893


1


2 2, 7


We wish to impress it on your mind that the above assets all belong to our policy-holders. No. stockholders to absorb the savings. On the other' hand, at the end of each tenth polley year, this fund is equally divided among poffey-holders who have kept their policies in force for ten full yenrs. giving them their choice either in cash or paid- up insurance.


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TEN REASONS


WHY The Leading Life Insurance ;Agents prefer to represent this Company, and


WHY us.


The Masses of the People Insure w


FIRST .- Because we write pure Life Insur- ance without any side issues.


SECOND .- Because we pay our death losses promptly and in full.


THIRD .- Because we dlo the leading busi- nese in Iowa, old-line or nej,


FOURTH .- Because we pay our agents a cash commission on the fifteenth of each month. FIFTH .- Because we have no membership fee, making our plan much more desirable.


SIXTH :- Because our payments are fixed, `doing away with post-mortem of pann-the bat assessments.


SEVENTH. - Because we


always have money to pay death losses promptly, and to loan out on Jowa farms.


EIGHTH .- Because in case a policy-holder gets totally disabled he can draw one-half of the benefit while living.


NINTH .- Because we write the Joint Polley on man and wife, or any two relatives, with the full amount payable to the one that lives the longest. The best, as Noah said when he invited them into the ark, "come in pairs;"'


TENTH .- And because our dividend, at the end of ten years, will equally divide the accumu- lations' between every policy holder that has kept his policy paid| up for ten full years. If they have paid one dollar too much it will be returned to them with interest, making the cheapest in- surance obtainable.


DES


MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


XV


OUR PYRAMID.


ASSETS.


Oct. 1, 1892


XVI


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


ROUTE


BLUE of IOWA GRASS


DES MOINES . KANSAS CITY


RAILWAY.


THE QUICKEST AND MOST DIRECT LINE TO


LINCOLN,


DENVER


COLO. SPRINGS, PUEBLO,


SALT LAKE,


CHEYENNE, LEADVILLE OGDEN,


AND


All Oregon and California Points.


UR TRAIN No. 1, leaving Des Moines at 8:30 A. M., makes direct connection with C., B. & Q. FAST DENVER DAY EXPRESS at Osceola, arriving at Denver at 7 o'clock the next morning. -


THE + SHORT + LINE ฿


TO ALL POINTS IN SOUTH AND SOUTHWESTERN IOWA making direct connections in Union Depots at all .Junction points.


CITY TICKET OFFICE,


No. 232 FOURTH STREET


DEPOT OFFICE,. C., B. & Q. PASS. STATION FOOT OF FOURTH STREET.


IN KIRKWOOD HOUSE BLOCK.


C. E. MESSNER,


CITY TICKET AGENT.


JAMES HUNTER, . DEPOT TICKET AGENT.


JOHN C. NEWTON! Vice-President and Gen. Manager.


THEO. C. SHERWOOD, Supt, and Gen. Passenger Agent


DES MOINES, JOWA.


1


DES MOINES


CITY DIRECTORY.


CHICAGO


ANO T RUNK RY


CRAND


DINING CAR


LINE


IN CONNECTION WITH


DETROIT, GRAND HAVEN


AND MILWAUKEE RAILWAY.


GREAT WESTERN DIVISION


GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY


Is a Favorite Route


EAST VIA NIAGARA FALLS


W. J. SPICER, Gon'] Manager,


GDO. B. REDVE, Traffic Manager.


W. E. DAVIS, Gen'l Pass. Agt.


CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK R'Y.


GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY,


" L. J. SEARGEANT, Gen'l Manager. N. J. POWER, Gen'l Pass. Agent.


MT. CLEMENS DETROIT AND CHICAGO LINE.


A Magnificent Line of New Pullman Buffet Sleeping and Parlor Cars is run between Mt. Clemens, Detroit and Chicago, via Durand. Dining Car Service attached, serving breakfast before arrival at Chicago.


CHICAGO AND SAGINAW VALLEY LINE.


A Daily Line of Pullman Sleeping and Parlor Cars is run between Chicago and the Saginaw Valley, via Durand, in both directions.


THE GRAND HAVEN LINE


1


is a Popular Summer Route to Milwaukee and the West and Northwest.


PALACE SLEEPING


AND


-


R. L. POLK & CO.'s


OT


TON BELT ROUTE ILWAY,


ST. LOUIS


STE RN


TO-


ST. LOUIS, CAIRO, MEMPHIS AND ALL POINTS BEYOND.


Free Reclining Chair Cars


and Pullman Buffet Sleepers.


THE ONLY LINE TO TEXAS RUNNING


...


Through Coaches and Pullman Buffet Sleepers -TO -- MEMPHIS,


and delivering passengers in depots of connecting lines without a long and disagreeable omnibus transfer across the city.


THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO ALL POINTS IN THE


SOUTHWEST.


All Lines have through tickets on sale via


The Cotton Belt Route.


Rates, Maps, Time Tables and all information will be cheerfully furnished on application to any agent of the Company, or


R. M. CARTER, Traveling Pass'r Ag't. - FT. WORTH, TEXAS.


W. H. WINFIELD, General Pass'r Ag't, TYLER, TEXAS.


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DE8


MOINES 'CITY DIRECTORY.


The missouri Pacific Railway


*


+ SNIVEL MIVIT


St. Louis, Kansas City and the West. --- BETWEEN


SOLID TRAINS DAILY FROM


St. Louis and Kansas City to Pueblo and Denver, VIA THE COLORADO SHORT LINE, THROUGH PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPING CARS.


..... ........ E QUIPPED WITH


CEO. O. SMITH, General Manager, H. O. TOWNSEND, Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent,


Omaha and Wichita.


To Kansas City, Atchison, St. Joseph, Lincoln,


ST. LOUIS, MO.


FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS


PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPING CARS


R. L. POLK & co.'s


Che Iron Mountain Route.


FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS


THE


STEE


FOR IRON


MOUNTAIN


Route.


THE GREAT THROUGH LINE VIA


ST. Louis


GARKANSAS & TEXAS. TO


..


AMERICAN RANKE VOTE DOLLY


4 DAILY TRAINS St. Louis to Texas and the Southwest.


The Shortest and Quickest Line to the City of Mexico via Laredo.


SLEEPING CARS THROUGH WITH ONLY ONE CHANGE.


No Change of Cars St. Louis to San Francisco.


THE ONLY DIRECT LINE


TO THE


GREAT HOT SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS


For rates and detailed information, address GEO. C. SMITH, General Manager. HI. C. TOWNSEND, Gen'l Fass. and Ticket Agent ST. LOUIS, MO.


Antonio and Laredo without change .. Fort Worth, Dallas, El Paso, Austin, San Memphis, Little Rock, Houston, Galveston,


PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPING CARS


- TO


-


MALVERN and TEXARKANA.


TO-


LITTLE ROCK,


RIL POLK & CO.'S


DES MOINES CITY


AND POLK COUNTY


ALICE LIER IBRARY --- $26.300 Ort:ani Mei DIRECTORY


1893.


CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED LIST OF BUSINESS FIRMS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS; A STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE; MISCEL- LANEOUS DIRECTORY; CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS ; TERMS OF COURT; CHURCHES; COLLEGES; PUBLIC AND PRI- VATE SCHOOLS; BUILDINGS; BANKS; INCORPO- RATED INSTITUTIONS; RAILROADS; SECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES, ETC.


AND A COMPLETE


CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


R. L. POLK & CO., COMPILERS AND PUBLISHERS, DES MOINES.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1893, by R. L. Polk & Co., in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.


GENERAL INDEX.


PAGE


PAGE


Abbreviations. Advertisements. .Tto


. 143


Manufacturing, Mercantile and Busi-e ness Department .. .97 to 142 Miscellaneous Information. 47 to 80


Alphabetical. List of Names. 143 to 644'


Alterations, Removals /etc. 16' Parks and Public Buildings 44, 45 Business Directory. 691:tp 818; Polk County Resident Directory.645 to 690 Financial Department 81 to 964 Street and Avenue Guide . . 17 to 44


INDEX TO MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.


PAGE


PAGE


Ancient Order United Workmen


Asylums and Hospital 55 Mercantile. 66 Banks. 55 56 Military. 66


Board of Dental Examiners ..


Board of Education.


48


55 Miscellaneous and Private Schools. 68 Miscellaneous Clubs and Societies. . 66 Musical Societies


Board of Medical Exam ners.


55 56


Newspapers and Publications .:


Churches


Northwestern Legion of Honor


City Engineer's Department.


Odd Fellows


City Government


City Printer.


Commissioners of Pharmacy.


Orchestras and Bands


Common Council


47


Order of the Sons of St George


Places of Amusement ..


Police Department


Department of Health. Elks


75


Exchanges ...


66/ 59


Railroads 71


Rates of Fare for Public Carriages'.


Roman Catholic Societies!


Fire Department.


47:


Royal Arcanum


Foreign Consuls 59 Schools : 48


Secret Societies


Grand Army of the Republic ..


64


State Agricultural Society


77


Insurance Companies


64. 65 State Board' of R R Commissioners 55


10 of KS B ...


76


State Horticultural Society 55


Knights of Pythias


76


State Mine Inspectors; 55 54


State Officers


Street Railroads! 72


Libraries.


65


Universities and Colleges. 79


Location of Chemical Engine's 48 Location of Hook and Ladder Trucks 48 Ward Boundaries 50 76 |


Masonic Organization. 73 Woodmen


76 78 77 United Ancient Order of Druids 77 United Order of American Workmen. 76


Labor Organizations.


Legion of Honor ..


Select Knights of America.


Incorporated Companies. 59 to. Independent Order of Good Templars. Independent Order Red Men


State Board of Equalization 55 54


State Board of Health .


Officers of Independent Public School Districts ... . .. 49 89 77 70 48 67 70 51 72 48 79. 77 49 73 77 55


67 68 68 77 74


County and Township Officers Courts


52, 58 58 47


Political Organizations Post Office,


Precinct Boundaries


Express Companies.


Federal Officers 59 47


Fire Alarm Stations


Government of the State of Iowa 54 67 ---


75


Knights of Honor


56 41 47 47 55


Cemeteries


Medical and Dental Societies, 65


Ancient Order Hibernians. 75 75 Medical Colleges. 65


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DES MOINES, CITY


DIRECTORY.


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


lowa State Gazetteer


AND


BUSINESS DIRECTORY


FOR


O 1893


CONTAINS


A Complete Alphabetical List of Every City, Town, Village and Cross Road in the State of Iowa.


ALSO


A Classified Business Directory


INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.


PAGE


PAGE


Corison & Lee, right top lines Cotton Belt Route (Tvler, Texas), oppo- site front page XVI.


Allen O G ..


750


Dahlberg CL & Co.


807


Amsbury & Co .. 136 Dale & Brown. 768




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