Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directory 1910, Part 1

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THE CABRA

1900

CONGRES

Class

Book

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EQUITABLE LIM Insurance, Company OF IOWA Da

Homem

Admitted Assets January 1, 1910

Liabilities- Surplus to Policy Holders

$8.688;519.25 7.393,123,47 1,295,395.28

Insurance in Force January 1, 1910, $14,679.4

NEW AND STRICTLY UP-TO-DATE LIFE AND ENDOW! POLICIES hued at reasonable rates, with Annual Dividende and bies are Nooured by deposit of the full Reserve with the

STATE OF IOWA

Amount of such Deposit January 1, 1910

If you WANT THE BEST life insurance, or an whonot for the de which sells it, or TO BORROW MONEY on your farm who.

OFFICERS

Cyrus Kirk, President J. C. Cummins, Sopretury

H. C. Hubbell; Vice President H. D. Thompson, Trowun 1. 8. Nuller, Autuar

Chas. Al Snyder, And. Soc.

C. P. Hanawalt, Medical Director.

TRUSTEES

C. Hubball

Cyrus Kirk

Simon CITY

T.C. Cummins

Robert Fullerton

HED .. Thompson !!!

Mi ubbell

(1910) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

IN ALL THAT IS GOOD, IOWA AFFORDS THE BEST

Royal Union Mutual Life Insurance Company

Des Moines, lowa

An Old Line Level Premium Life Company

Organized by Iowa Men and Chartered under the Laws of Iowa, March 18, 1886

Officers

FRANK D. JACKSON, President SIDNEY A. FOSTER, Secretary CARL B. PRAY, Treasurer JAMES TAGGART PRIESTLEY, Medical Director

Largest Cash Settlements

Agents Wanted

Correspondence Solicited

Hawkeye and Des Moines Fire Insurance Company

FOF DES MOINES

ORGANIZED 1866

Capital Paid Up Assets over $200,000.00 1,500,000.00 Surplus to Policy Holders over 500,000.00

THE LARGEST AND STRONGEST INSURANCE COM. PANY OF IOWA

H. R. HOWELL, President

GEO. G. HUNTER, Vice-President W. D. SKINNER, Treasurer

R. S. HOWELL, Ass't Secretary

C. S. HUNTER, Secretary

Willcox - Howell - Hopkins Co. CITY AGENTS

Representing.

The Strongest Line of Stock Companies Insuring against Fire, Lightning, High Winds, Plate Glass-and' Rents

Personal Accident and Employers' Liability Aetna Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn.

Fidelity and Surety Bonds of all Kinds

ELEPHONES

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(1910) R. L. POEK & CO.'S"

Cash Capital, $100,000

STATE

INSURANCE COMPANY

DES MOINES, IOWA

Total Assets

$433,002.60

Liabilities, Except Capital

273,898.56

Surplus, Policy Holders

159,104.04

THE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY

Was organized in 1865; is therefore forty-five years old. Has a reputation for fair- ness. second to none. It has paid to its policy holders for loss by Fire, Lightning and Tornadoes the enormous sum of

FOUR MILLION, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS

THE STATE is a home company, confines its business to Iowa, and is worthy of the patronage of all Iowa people. Its directors are among the strongest and best-known men in Iowa. They are:

B. Umfrid

A. L. Hager

Theo. F. Grefe

W. M. Elliott

M. R. Voorhees

C. L. Powell

H. A. Elliott

L. E! Harbach

D. W. Smouse

J. B. Sullivan

ITS OFFICERS ARE

H. A. ELLIOTT, President

WEBB M. ELLIOTT, Secretary

FRED GREFE, Asst. Secretary

M. M. PRATT, Vice-President

JNO. A. ELLIOTT, Treasu

SHE FRONT COVER

ELLIOTT CO., Agents

DES MOINES OTRY DIRECTORY (1010)

Citizens

National

Bank

Des Moines, Iowa U, S. DEPOSITORY

Corner of Sixth and Walnut Streets

Capital Surplus

$200,000 $ 100,000

OFFICERS

J. G. ROUNDS, President GEO. E. PEARSALL, Cashier

S. A. MERRILL, Vice-President Wm. W. MAISH, Asst. Cashier

DIRECTORS

C. L. Gilcrest G. E. King

Geo. E. Pearsall

Samuel A. Merrill

W. E .. Coffin B. A. Lockwood M. Strauss Morris Mandelbaum .

SEE_FRONT COVER

STATE

SAVINGS

BANK

Des Moines, Iowa Corner Sixth and Walnut Sts.

Capital Surplus

$50,000

$25,000

Does Only a Savings Business Interest Paid on Time Deposits

M. STRAUSS, President GEO. E. PEARSALL, Cashier

J. G. ROUNDS, Vice-President I. M. LIEBER, Assistant Cahier

DIRECTORS

M. Strauss .T. Slade

J. G. Rounds

Dr. D. W. Smouse! W. R. Coffin

A. Merrill, Geo. E. Pearsall

J. G. Rounds

(1910) RIDE POLK & COSI

The

People's Savings Bank

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ARTHUR REYNOLDS H. BLAIR, WHOM

C. A. BARE. Cashier A. J. ZWART, ANDI

DES MOINES NATIONAL BANK

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The Central State Bank

Des Moines, Iowa

Capital $200,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 62,115.85

Officers

SIMON CASADY, President

H. B. HEDGE, Vice Pres.

J. D. WHISENAND, Vice Pres.

FRED. S. RISSER, Cashier

Directors

R. T. WELLSLAGER HI. B. HEDGE J. G. OLMSTED W. H. LANGAN J. W. HILL II. A. ELLIOTT CHAS. R. CHASE J. D. WHISENAND SIMON CASADY FRED S. RISSER

Accounts of Banks, Bankers, Corporations and Individuals Solicited

Collections a Specialty and Remitted on Day of Payment

The Capital City State Bank In the Bank Building, Fast ith and Low ust its

OFFICERS

HENRY WAGNER, President

J. A. MCKINNEY, Cashier

J. A. T. HULL, Vice-President.

D. J. VAN LIEW, Asst. Cash.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

F. W. CRAIG J. D. MOGARRAUGH W. L. READ HENRY WAGNER

J. A. T. HULL J. A. MCKINNEY D. J. VAN LIEW

If you are looking about for the services of an institution well equipped to transact all branches of legitimate banking, this bank solicite your business, promising liberal treatment and courteous consideration.

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(1910) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

ESTABLISHED 1872

Valley National Bank

DES MOINES

Corner Walnut and Fourth Sts.

U. S. Depository

W TE invite accounts, subject to check, from busi- ness firms and individuals and recommend the payment of your bills by check, thus preserving com- petent receipt.

4 per cent Interest Paid on Savings Accounts in the Valley Savings Bank Under Same Management

OFFICERS

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Combined Capital -

- $350,000.00

Combined Surplus & Profits 150,000.00 Combined Deposits - 3,000,000.00

R. A. CRAWFORD, President D. S. CHAMBERLAIN, Vice Pr. C. T. COLE, JR., Vice Pr. W. E. BARRETT, Cashier H. S. HOLLINGSWORTH,

Asst. Cashier-

The Century Savings Bank OF DES MOINES

With ample capital and facilities for the proper hand- ling of every branch of a legitimate banking business; solicits accounts from the right kind of people, promis ing every attention to detail that will insure pleasant and long continued relations.

Liberal Terms and Courteous Treatment

L.E. STEVENS, President D. A. BYERS, Cashier

L. E. HARBACH, Vice President B. B. VORSE, Asst. Cashier

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1910)!

German Savings Bank

Des Moines, Iowa

Capital

$100,000.00

OFFICER'S

.James Watt ( J. C. O'Donnell J. O. Wells John H. Hogan

President Vice-President. Vice-President Cashier

DIRECTORS

Jesse O. Wells DI H: Kurtz James Watt Wm. M. Wilcoxen H. B, Hawley Jerry B. Sullivan Louis C. Kurtz L; J. Klemm J. C. O'Donnell,

President L. J. Wells Livery, Co. President L. H. Kurtz Co. Formerly Warfield, Howell, Watt Co. Attorney at Law Pres. Great Western Accident Ass'n Attorney at Law Secretary L. H. Kurtz Co. Farmer Vice-President

Iowa®

Trust Savings Bank

N. E. Cor. East Fifth and Locust Streets

IOWA TRUSTS SAYINGS BANK

A NEW BANKING INSTRUMENT Fac simile of our new Savings Certificate or Bank Money Order ·Designed for our exclusive use.

Self Identifying - Payable on Demand -| Bears 4% interest - Interest computed every six months- Combines Certificate of Deposit with Traveler's Check, New York or Chicago Draft

W. B. MARTIN President A. O. HAUGE, Cashier

G. S. GILBERTSON, Vice-President L. M. BARLOW, Asst. Cashier

(1910) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

lowa Loan and Trust Company

Nos. 207, 209 and 211 Fifth Street

Des Moines, Iowa (Incorporated 1872)

Capital Surplus and Undivided Earnings

$500,000.00 685,000.00

W. E. COFFIN

GEO. F. WALKER G. W. GRAY

President Vice-President Treasurer

EDWIN HULT Secretary

Four per cent interest paid on Time Deposits and Savings Accountsi Five per cent interest paid on funds invested in debentures, Real Estate Mortgage Loans made at current rates.

Mortgages purchased.

Municipal and School Bonds bought and sold. Have for sale a list of Securities ex- empt from taxation in Iowa.

. Accepts any municipal or corporate trust not inconsistent with the laws of Iowa. Acts as Trustee under Mortgage for any corporation or individual and as Registrar and Transfer Agent for corporations.

Will hold any Real or Personal Estate on trusts created by agreement with any indi- vidual or corporation.

TEXAS PANHANDLE LANDS

In the Famous Long Grass Country, near Dalhart Adapted to General Farming and Stock Raising

DES MOINES PROPERTY-IOWA FARMS

WE ALSO OWN

The Merchant's Safe Account Co.

Making the only Fire Proof Short Account' System on the Market. Also The Creger Curtain Fastener, for Carriages and Automobiles. Guaranteed not to come Unfastened, or tear the Material

Write us for Information

Star Land Company

202-3-4 Commercial Building

F. G. COLLINS, President

Des Moines, Iowa WILLARD FERGUSON, Sec. and Treas

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1910)

Kirkwood Hotel Des Moines, Iowa

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EUROPEAN PLAN

One Hundred and Fifty Rooms

Sixty-five with Bath Rates 75c to $2.50 per Day i

KIRKWOOD CAFE and GRILL ROOM

Most popular places to eat in Des Moines Grill Room open all night

Kirkwood Hotel Co.

T. E. VEITCH, Pres. and Mgr. MATT. KANE, Sec'y and Treas.

(1910) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

The WELLINGTON

EUROPEAN DES MOINES

New and Absolutely Modern -

200 Rooms, 50 with private baths. Long distance 'phone in every room. Large, Well Lighted Sample Rooms close to wholesale and retail district, public buildings and theatres. Three blocks from Rock Island and Union Stations Elegant Cafe in Building

VISIT OUR DUTCH ROOM The Most Beautiful and Romantic in the City

The Cafe is Unsurpassed in beauty of decoration, and the service both a la carte and table d'hote, is in entire harmony with the elegant sur; roundings. The cuisine is of the highest class and is offered at popular prices .;

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1910)

Telephone Walnut 4587

OPENED NOVEMBER 1, 1910:

THE NEW EUROPEAN Hotel Cargill

Seventh Street and Grand Avenue DES MOINES, IOWA

All Modern Conveniences. Hot and Cold Water and. Telephone Service in Every

Room.

Also Rooms with Private Baths

LOCATED IN CENTER OF BUSINESS DISTRICT CONVENIENT TO ALL DEPOTS AND THEATRES

CALL AND SEE US

ROOMS $1.00 UP

(1910) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

lowa's Best Clothing House

Mark Johnson (o 503-505 WALNUT ST.

FIRST FLOOR

Men's Clothing Department Men's Hat Department

Men's Furnishing Department

Boys' Clothing and

Furnishing Department

BASEMENT

Receiving Department

Reserve Stock Department Trunk and Traveling Bag Dept.

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1910)

19.

The Des Moines

. 213 NINTH STREET

Clay Manufacturing Co. PHONE WALNUT 4693

MANUFACTURERS OF

Terra Cotta Brick, Pressed Brick, Plastic Clay Facing Brick, Fire Brick, Building Tile, Etc:

W. F. MITCHELL, President B, F. SEGNER, Secretary

W. F. Mitchell Company

General Contractors And Proprietors

ASBESTINE STONE WORKS

Bonds given for satisfactory completion of work. Contracts taken for all kinds of building. All kinds of job work promptly attended to.

SHOP AND OFFICE : 116 and 118 West Eighth Street

GIVE US A TRIAL AND WE WILL GUARANTEE SATISFACTION.

DES MOINES, IOWA

(1910) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

Martin-Culbertson Company

EVERYTHING IN : WOODWORK ::

Phone Walnut 32 Des Moines, Iowa

J. W. TURNER, President

PAUL V. REILLY, Secretary

J. W. Turner Improvement Company

: : Engineering and General Contracting

Underground Conduits and Cable In- stallation a Specialty. Electrical Plants Civil and Electrical Engineering Heavy Concrete Foundations, Piers, Abutments and Dam Construction. Sewers and Septic Tanks. Water Works. :: Paving

309

YOUNGERMAN. BLOCK

309

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1910)

JAS. MAINE, Pres. H. A. MAINE, V.Pres. and Gen'l Mgr. K. J. MAINE, B. M. E.

O. B. MAINE, Sec .- Treas. H. E. MAINE, B. MI. E.

JAMES MAINE & SONS CO. L

General Contractors

Superintendent furnished for all classes of work. Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. · ALSO

Manufacturers of Sand Brick

Yards East Twenty-first and Maury Streets

Office (119 Eighth Street, Des Moines, Iowa Marsh Place Building, Waterloo, Iowa

PHONE WALNUT 804

See Right Side Lines

Your Business is Good

THEN MAKE IT BETTER

Others have greatly increased their business by advertising in the City Directory,

and SO CAN YOU.

(1910) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

Jaeger Manufacturing

Company

MANUFACTURERS OF

Store, Bank and Office Furniture, Stairs, Show Cases, Counters and Shelving.

215-217-219-221-223-225 EAST THIRD STREET

Des Moines Rubber Stamp Works

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IVA SVGNO 32ATION JEST

Rubber Stamps and Supplies - Notarial and Corporation Seals Stencils, Baggage Checks Metals Badges, Etc. Numbering Machines

ROBERT B. DRYSDALE Basement 202 Fifth Street

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1910)

Des

Moines Bridge and Iron Works

Main Office, Des Moine's, Iowa Eastern Office, Pittsburg, Pa.

Shops

Des Moines, lowa Pittsburg, Pa.

Bridges Roofs Buildings Water Towers Fire Escapes

See Side Lines

MADISON COAL CO.

COAL

For Domestic and Steam Use MINERS AND SHIPPERS RELIABLE COAL

- Mines 23d and Hickman Ave

Phone Walnut 866

305 West Seventh Street

DES MOINES, IOWA

(1910) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

WHEN YOU BUY

GLENWOOD

LUMP

Glenwood Coal, you get value received in every shovel full to the ton. It burns when you want it to, and holds a good fire? all the time.

To save money you should fill your coal bin now with

Glenwood Coal

GLENWOOD COAL CO.

414 Eighth Street

Phone Walnut 2212

Standard Glass and Paint

Co.

WHOLESALE AND |RETAIL

Paints, Oil, Varnishes Plate and Window Glass -

For Every Purpose

Phone Walnut 909

915-917 Walnut

DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1010)

The National

Real Estate Journal

Official Organ of The National Association of Real Estate Exchanges. Endorsed by Local Real Estate Exchanges Everywhere

·PUBLISHED |MONTHLY 1

Every Real Estate Man Should Read

the Paper Devoted to His Calling

The National

Real Estate Journal

Is the Whole Thing in the Real Estate Business Only $1.00, Worth $100 to any Real Estate Man

SUBSCRIBE NOW

R. L. POLK & CO.

DETROIT,

MICHIGAN

(1910) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

LEWIS-WALLACE PRINTING CO.

Lewis-Wallace Quality Is Standard

Your Guarantee of Satisfaction

Adequate Equipment Efficient Service Prompt Delivery

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DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1910)

ESTABLISHED 1870

R. L. POLK & COMPANY PUBLISHERS

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Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa Kansas. Kentucky,

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Texas, Utab, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.

CITY DIRECTORIES

ALABAMA.

Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma.

ARKANSAS. Fort Smith, Helena, Hot Springs, Jonesboro. Litte Rock, Paragould, Pine Bluff, Texarkana.

GEORGIA. Augusta, Brunswick, Columbus, , Macon, Valdosta. HAWAIIAN TER. Honolulu and Hawaiian Ter.

IDAHO. Boise City, Kootenai, CALIFORNIA. Nez Perces, Los Angeles, Ramona, Riverside, San Bernar- dino, San Diego, Santa Barbara. Pocatello. ILLINOIS. Joliet, Springfield. INDIANA. Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Lafayette, COLORADO, Richmond, Colo. Springs, Terre Haute, Colo. City, Vincennes! IOWA. Bdone, Grand Jnct., Pueblo,: Salida City, Trinidad.

DIST. OF COL. Washington.

FLORIDA. Jacksonville," Chanute, Key West, Pensacola, Tampa.

KANSAS.

Emporia, Ft. Scott, Hutchinson, Iola, Lawrence, Ottawa, Parsons, Pittsburg, Topeka, Wichita. MARYLAND. Baltimore, Cumberland.

MICHIGAN. Adrian, Alpena, Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Bay City, Benton Harbor, Calumet, Detroit, Escanaba, Flint, Grand Rapids, Hillsdale,

Bozeman, Butte, Houghton Co., Dillon City, Ionia Co., Jackson, Council Bluffs. Kalamazoo, Des Moines, Fort Dodge! Mason City Sioux City.

Ludington, Manistee, Marquette, Menominee,

TOR

Muskegon, Owosso, Petoskey, Saginaw, St. Joseph, Sault Ste. Marie, Traverse City.

MINNESOTA. Albert Lea, Austin, Duluth, Faribault, Mankato, Minneapolis, New Ulm, Owatonna City,

St. Paul, Stillwater.

MISSOURI. St. Joseph.

Toledo,

York City.

Fairmont,

Parkersburg,! Wheeling.

OKLAHOMA. Enid, Guthrie, Lawton, Shawnee,

SOUTH DAKOTA. Huntington, Mitchell. TENNESSEE. Memphis, WISCONSIN. Ashland, Marinette, Superior. Nashville. UTAH. Logan City, WYOLLING. Ogden, Park City, Provo, Salt Lake

City.

Cheyenne, Laramie.

General Offices, 68, 70 and 72 Griswold St., Detroit, Mich.

DISTRICT OFFICES :

Baltimore, Bay City. Boise, Butte, Cheyenne, Chicago,

Colo. Spgs .; Columbus, Des Moines, Duluth, Fort Wayne Grand Rapide

Helena, Honolulu,

Los Angeles, Memphis, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Jacksonville, Kalamazoo, Little Rock.

Nashville, N. Y. City, Ogden,

Omaha, Pittsburg, Portland, Pueblo, Saginaw,. St. Joseph,

St. Louis, St. Paul,

Spokane, Springfield,

Salt Lake,Tacoma, Scranton, Toledo;

Beattle,

Washington,

Bloux City, Wheeling

WASHINGTON. Adams Co., Bellingham, Chelan Co., Ellensburg, Everett, .

PENNSYLVANIA. Gray's

NEW YORK. Tona wanda.

'NORTH DAKOTA. Minot.

OHIO, Chillicothe, Columbus, Coshocton, E. Liverpool, Findlay,

Altoona, Braddock, Butler, DuBois, Duquesne, Erle, Greensburg, Kittanning, Homestead,

Harbor, Lewis Co., Lincoln Co., N. Yakima, Olympia, Seattle, Skagit Co., Spokane,

Lancaster, Lebanon,

Tacoma,

Walla Walla, Whitman Co.

Range Towns, Lima,

Marion, Salem, Tifin,

Mckeesport, Pittsburg and Allegheny, Scranton, Washington, Wilkes-Barre, Clarksburg,

WEST VIRGINIA. Charleston,

Washington C. H.

MONTANA. Anaconda, Billings,

Fort Benton, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, Lewistown, Livingston, Missoula.

So. McAlester OREGON. Albany City, Astoria, Baker City, Coos County,

Dallas City, Douglas Co. Eugene City, Portland, Salem,

So. Oregon.

NEBRASKA. Beatrice, Fremont, Hastings, Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha, York.

(1910) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

The G. W. Parsons Company

NEWTON IOWA

Manufacturers French Excavating Machinery

Crucible Steel Castings, Manganese Steel Castings, Automobile Steel Castings, Steel Castings of any size and weight

Grey Iron Foundry, Muni- cipal Castings, Sewer Man Hole Tops, Meter Pit Tops, Catch Basin Grates, Lamp Posts --- Gas and Electric

, DES MOINES OFFICE, 207 Securities Building PHONE WALNUT 4788

GEO. F. LAMBERT -

SALES MANAGER

R. L. POLK & CO.'S DES MOINES CITY

And Valley Junction

DIRECTORY

FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING DECEMBER 1, 1910

Volume XIX

Containing an Alphabetical List of Business Firms and Private Citizens, a Directory of the City and County Officers, Terms of Courts, Churches, Colleges, Public and Private Schools, Benevolent, Literary and other Associations, Buildings, Banks, Etc.

AND A COMPLETE

Classified Business Directory of Des Moines And an Improved Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders of the City PRICE SEVEN DOLLARS

COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY R. L. POLK & CO.

"The DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN

BUYER **. SELLER."

717-718 JOWA LOAN AND TRUST BLDG., DES MOINES, IOWA Member Association of American Directory Publishers FOR LIST OF PUBLICATIONS SEE PAGE 27

F629 DAA/8 (19/10.) Direcciónes

INTRODUCTORY

The canvass for the information contained in this, the nineteenth edl- tion of R. L. Polk & Co.'s Des Moines City and Valley Junction Directory, has been as complete as is possible to make it and covers all the terri- tory included within the limits of Greater Des Moines. :

As well as being an annual enrollment of the citizens, their occupa- tion and places of business and residence, the City Directory is a record and an exposition of the city's progress from year to year, and a com- plete encyclopedia of everything that pertains to the people, their gov- ernment, churches, schools, societies, clubs, associations and other in- stitutions. It is one of the most frequently consulted books in print and wherever used is a splendid advertisement of the city's resources.

.'POPULATION OF GREATER DES MOINES, 109,355.

In this issue, not counting business firms, corporations, duplicates, churches, schools, etc., there are 43,742 individual names. Using the .multiple of 21%- to allow for the names of women and children not in- cluded in the canvass-we have a present population of 109,355 for the area covered by the Directory.

There is considerable difference between the Directory estimate and the result of the recent Federal enumeration-The Directory canvass is made under a duplicate system, including both residence and place of business or employment, which reduces to a minimum the chance of omissions and the work is performed by men who are trained to it and who follow it as an occupation. The government census is the result of a single residential enumeration, which presents few if any opportunities for proof of its correctness, and is usually conducted by persons having no prior experience in such work. Again, the work of the United States census is confined stictly to the limits of the city, whereas the Directory canvass has always reached beyond the city limits in all directions where thouands of names are obtained which will be found listed in this book and which make it much more valuable as a work of reference than it would be were the publishers to leave out the adjacent territory. Taking these conditions into consideration it is reasonably certain that the Directory estimate is nearer the actual population.

DES MOINES TODAY.

The capital and commercial metropolis of Iowa and the city that is doing things-big things and many of them, is beautifully and health, fully located on gently sloping hills at the confluence of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers pear the geographical center of the state.

The city's railroad facilities are not surpassed anywhere, each of the following lines giving distinct and independent outlets: Burlington Route; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago Great Western; Chi- cago & Northwestern; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; Fort Dodge, Des

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Moines & Southern; Iowa Central; Minneapolis & St. Louis; St. Paul & Des Moines, and the Wabash. Over 100 trains carrying passengers ar- rive at and leave the city daily, and an average of 11,000 carloads of in and out freight of all kinds per month (132,000 carloads for the year) is the record of business done for two successive years by the railroads centering here. In addition to the above there are over 175 miles of freight-carrying interurban roads and others being promoted.

Des Moines is front in manufacturing in Iowa, its 312 factories cover; ing a line of varied interests and employing 12,800: operatives.

Des Moines is the leading jobbing point in Iowa. At the present time there is scarcely a line of goods for which there is any demand what- ever that is not represented here, And what is better, Des Moines is a competitive market; two or more houses in each line. Jobbing trade for the year, including the farm machinery and vehicle business over $100,- 000,000.

Des Moines occupies a notable position in the business world as the headquarters of more insurance capital than is employed in any city west of Chicago, the city having, because of its many and strong companies, long been known as the "Hartford of the West." The home offices of fully 46 insurance companies, including fire, life, fraternal, etc., are lo- cated here and receive over $11,000,000 annually in premiums.

The whole city and the surrounding country being underlaid with the best quality of bituminous coal, large mines being operated in and near the city, the Des Moines manufacturer is enabled to put fuel into his coal bins at a nominal cost. 1

. Architecturally no city of its size anywhere excels Des Moines. Ma- jestic public buildings, magnificent business blocks, stately churches, spacious and handsome school buildings, grand mansions and beautiful dwellings tell the story of civilization and prosperity and of social and individual progress. :

The state has here a capitol building costing $4,000,000; historical building costing $500,000; state fair grounds representing $2,500,000 in- vested; all departments of the state government and headquarters for all the state institutions are here.

Area-55 square miles.

Assessed Valuation-$20,528,531.

Bonded Debt-General Bonds, $833,000; Special, $478,000.

Tax Rate-37 1-10.

Miles of Streets-400. Miles of Paving-85.

Miles of Public Sewers-109.

Miles of Electric Street Railway-80; five tickets for a quarter with universal transfers.

Parks 19; acres, 719; value, $845,000.

Electric Light-Arc lights, 1,076; incandescent lights, 105,213.

Water Works-145 miles of mains; 1,500 fire hydrants; minimum charge for water furnished by meter, 75 cents per quarter.

Fire Department-Men, 108; station houses, 15; horses, 50; extension ladder trucks, 1; hose and chemical wagons, 5; chemical engines, 3; hook and ladder trucks, 4; hose carts, 9; value of buildings and lots, $201,833; value of apparatus, $82,397.

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