Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directory 1922, Part 1

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EQUITABLE LIFE OF IOWA

OVER $290,000,000.00 OF INSURANCE IN FORCE

Iowa's Own Company

The Equitable of Iowa is distinctly an Iowa institu- tion. It was the first life insurance company estab- lished in Iowa. It was founded by Iowa men. It is managed by Iowa men. It invests its money in Iowa

. farm mortgages. Inspired by integrity, the thome folks" of Iowa have shown unusual confidence in this company which is so much a part of Iowa tradition.

Its Successful Record

is a tribute to the confidence of Iowa people in their pioneer company. That it has doubled in size in less than four years is due, not only to its moderate rates and large annual dividends, but also to the loyalty of its policyholders. The greatest assets of the Equitable | of Iowa are its satisfied policyholders.

HOME OFFICE

DES

MOINES

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N. C. TOWNE & SON REALTORS

Improved Farms For Sale in Iowa, Minne- sota and North Dakota

Unimproved lands in Minnesota, North Dakota and Canada for sale at Bargain Prices on Easy Terms in tracts of from 40 acres to 5,000 acres in a body. These lands are well located, accessible to markets and adjacent to railroad stations.

INFORMATION, PLATS AND LITERATURE FUR- NISHED ON REQUEST.

420-421 Polk Building

Tel. Market 1612-

DES MOINES, IOWA

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Willcox - Howell - Hopkins® and Mulock

202 United Bank Building. Telephone Walnut 1082

The Oldest and Largest General Insurance Agency in the State ESTABLISHED 1865 .

We are Exceptionally Well Equipped to Serve You in the Following Lines:

Fire and Lightning High Winds, Cyclone, Tornado

Use and Occupancy

Rents Sprinkler Leakage.

Plate Glass

Bank Burglary

Accident and Health

Workmen's Compensation

Resident Burglary and Theft Steam Boiler - Burglary, Safe and Show Case Fly Wheel Public and Elevator Liability Automobile Fire, Theft, Liabil- ity, Property Damage and Collision Insurance Fidelity and Surety Bonds

General Agents GLOBE INDEMNITY CO. OF NEW YORK -

CHAS. C. NORRIS Manager Real. Estate Department

"OUR FACILITIES ARE YOURS"

W. V. WILLCOX.

H. R. HOWELL

W. W. WADDELL

B. C. HOPKINS E. H. MULOCK

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ESTABLISHED 1847

Penn Mutual

Life

of Philadelphia

Issues all forms of Life Insurance Policies, including Partnership, Corporation and Monthly Income Policies.

Compare our rates and values with those of any other company.

Specimen policies showing cost, values and privileges furnished on request without any obligation on your part.

S Send us the date of your birth.

Orer $11,000.000 Carried by Citizens of Des Moines, Iowa

ANY INFORMATION DESIRED WILL BE GIVEN BY

Rumsey & Basham

General Agents

408-411 Crocker Building

Des Moines, Iowa

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The United State Bank

Des Moines, Iowa

Seventh Street, Corner Grand Ave.

Invites the Savings and Checking Accounts of Individuals and Business Firms

4 Per Cent Per Annum Paid on Savings Accounts . Compounded Semi-Annually

( Foreign Exchange Bought and Sold Travelers Cheques Issued

OFFICERS :

FRANK D. JACKSON, President

V. W. MILLER, Vice President A. C. NELSON, Cashier

I. G. LUCCHESI, Asst. Vice President D. B. CASADY, Assistant Cashier and Manager Foreign Department A. E. CASS, Assistant Cashier

DIRECTORS 7

WAYLAND C. BALLARD N. M. HUBBARD, Jr. ERNEST' A. JACKSON

FRANK D. JACKSON

CHARLES W. JONES

VERNON W. MILLER FRED H. PEASE CARL F. PERCIVAL CARLTON B. PRAY LEO E. STEVENS GEORGE A. WELLS

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Established 1872

Valley National Bank

DES MOINES, IOWA

Corner Walnut and Fourth Streets :

United States Depositary

We invite accounts from business firms and individuals.

Our modern equipment and excep- tional facilities are at your service.

Safety Deposit boxes for $2.00 per year and upwards.

rent,

4 PER CENT INTEREST

PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS IN THE

VALLEY SAVINGS BANK

Under Same Management .

Combined Capital

$ 350,000.00

Combined Surplus and Profits - 600,000.00

Combined Deposits 6,500,000.00

OFFICERS

R. A. CRAWFORD, President

D. S. CHAMBERLAIN. Vice President

C. T. COLE. Jr .. Vice President

W. E. BARRETT, Cashier

CLARENCE M. CORNWELL, Asst. Cashier JOHN H. GINSBERG, Asst. Cashier

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THE

PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK Des Moines, Iowa

Capital $100,000.00 Surplus $250,000.00 Other Profits $50,000.00 Deposits $4,000,000.00

DIRECTORS

M. L. Sheuerman Dr. D. W. Smouse

Chas. H. Martin

Frank P. Flynn J. S. Carpenter

R. J. Fleming

H. D. Thompson E. A. Slininger A. D. Struthers

OFFICERS

CHAS. H. MARTIN, President

FRANK P. FLYNN, Vice President

E. A. SLININGER, Cashier CARL W. MESMER, Asst. Cashier

ROSCOE C, MORROW, E. R. MILLARD and EUGENE H. TAYLOR, Assistant Cashiers

(See Backbone)

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Des Moines National Bank

Southeast Corner

6th & Walnut Sts.

Des Moines, Iowa

A STRONG, well-managed Bank under Gov. ernment supervision offering prompt, cour- teous service in the following departments:

Commercial Banking

Strong connections throughout the country. Individual attention given to accounts.

Safe Deposit

Twenty-seven hundred boxes in the most modern fittings, affording the highest degree of safety.

Savings

Savings earn 4 per cent interest and the Savings Department is a part of the National Bank.

Foreign Exchange

Complete facilities for supplying Money Orders, Travelers Checks and Letters of Credit.

CAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS

OFFICERS

JOHN A. CAVANACH, President JOHN H. HOGAN, Vice President H. R. HOWELL, Vice President GEORGE C. WILLIAMS, Asst. V. Pres. HERBERT I). HORTON, Asst. V. Pres. CLARENCE'A. DIEHL, Asst. V. Pres.

WALTER J. ROBERTS, Asst. V. Pres. ANDREW J. HUGLIN, Cashier OTIS L. JONES, Asst. Cashier

R. H. COLLINS, Asst. Cashier CARL HUMMELL, Asst. Cashier EDWIN F. BUCKLEY, Asst. Cashier

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FEE

BOYD AND MOORE

Our New Home

SINCE 1875 this institution has grown steadily and solidly, keeping step with the progress of Des Moines and of Iowa. Our new home, northeast corner Sixth and Walnut, is designed to make possible im- proved service in all departments.

IOWA'S LARGEST BANK,

IOWA NATIONAL BANK DES MOINES SAVINGS BANK & TRUST CO. SECOND FLOOR FLEMING BUILDING, SIXTH & WALNUT

IOWA

WAT

BANK

ONAL

CAPITAL :. 12,000.000.

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Iowa Trust & Savings

Bank

TEACHOUT BUILDING, 500 EAST LOCUST STREET

WE DO A COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS BUSINESS

WE PAY

4 Per Cent Interest Compounded Semi-Annually on Savings Accounts

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT OUR POLICY Progressive Yet Conservative

RESOURCES OVER $2,000,000.00

WE ARE AT HOME EVERY DAY

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

A. O. HAUGE, President L. M. BARLOW, Cashier

C. B. HEXTELL, L'ice President CLARENCE MICKELSON, Asst. Cashier

JOHN A. BENSON, Vice President

GEO. D. JORGENSEN, Asst. Cashier

CEO. J. HEGGEN, Asst. Cashier CHAS. F. LYNDE A. C. HANGER

1. O. LARSON

SOL PANOR

O. K. OLSEN

CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF DES MOINES 316 FIFTH STREET

CASH CAPITAL. $1.000,000.00 SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $850,000.00

Deals in First Mortgages and Investment Bonds. Acts 'as Executor,

Administrator, Guardian and Trustee.

SCOTT RAWSON, President

CHAS. L. GILCREST, Vice President.

1 .. M. GRIMES. V. Pres .- Trusts

TAYLOR GRIMES, V. Pres .- Loans

R. E. JACKSON, Assistant Secretary

DIRECTORS

Mark L. Johnson Charles L. Gilerest

1 .. M. Grimes

Taylor Grimes

W. C. Harbach I. W. Hubbell

L. C. Kurtz

H.'S: Nollen

Charles A. Rawson

Scott Rawson

R. E. Rollins

H. E. Rumsey

M. Samish

W. E. Tone

N. M. Wilchinski

LISTS

ANY BUSINESS ANY LOCALITY

UP-TO-DATE ACCURATE

FURNISHED BY R. L. POLK & CO., DETROIT, MICH. and CHICAGO. ILL.

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Bankers Mortgage

Company

We are in the market to purchase outright, . entire issues of

COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, SCHOOL, DRAINAGE, ROAD BONDS AND CHOICE IOWA FIRST MORTGAGES

and solicit offerings of same by public officials.

Banks and Others. Correspondence and Interviews Invited.

A Selected List of Iowa Tax Free Municipal Bonds and Iowa Mortgages Constantly Carried on Hand, Suitable for Conservative Investors.

WE BUY AND SELL ALL ISSUES OF GOVERNMENT BONDS.

Bankers Mortgage Co.

705-6 Bankers Trust Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa

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Burns Brothers Company

INVESTMENT BANKERS

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, $1,000,000

500 WALNUT STREET DES MOINES, IOWA

TAX EXEMPT BONDS

Government, State, County, City, School, Drainage, Road District and Special Assessment Bonds Bought and Sold i

Corporation Bonds Investment Securities Mortgages

Debenture Bonds

General Insurance

OFFICERS

J. R. BURNS, President

E. R. HOLLAND, L'ice President

J. B. BURNS, Vice President-Treasurer

M. H. COHEN. General Counsel

A. E. READ, Sec'y, Mgr. Insurance Dept. R. W. MORRISON, V. Pres. Bond Dept.

A. M. HAMILTON, Auditor

DIRECTORS

J. R. Burns C. F. Momyer

E. R. Holland

J. B. Burns

M. H. Cohen

L. E. Goode

J. C. Lambertson

B. B. Herron John T. Sudmeier

R. W. Harper Uvalde Burns James Phelan J. E. Buland

H. C. Jordan <

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Jaeger Manufacturing Co.

GENERAL MILL WORK

DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS

STORE FIXTURES, SODA FOUNTAINS, CABINET WORK OFFICE AND BANK FURNITURE

Telephone, Walnut 770 1

Eighth and Vine Streets

CAUTION

no payment until the work is delivered, and our solicitors have strict orders not to take payment for either advertisements or subscriptions.

R. L. POLK & CO.

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Burns Brothers Company

INVESTMENT BANKERS

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, $1,000,000 1

500 WALNUT STREET

DES MOINES, IOWA

TAX EXEMPT BONDS

Government, State, County, City, School, Drainage, Road District and Special Assessment Bonds Bought and Sold

Corporation Bonds

Investment Securities

Debenture Bonds

Mortgages

General Insurance

OFFICERS,

J. R. BURNS, President

E. R. HOLLAND, Vice President J. B. BURNS, Vice President-Treasurer

M. H. COHEN. General Counsel

A. E. READ, Sec'y, Mgr. Insurance Dept. R. W. MORRISON, V. Pres. Bond Dept. A. M. HAMILTON, Auditor

DIRECTORS

J. R. Burns

C. F. Momyer

E. R. Holland

J. C. Lambertson

J. B. Burns

M. H. Cohen

L. E. Goode

B. B. Herron John T. Sudmeier

R. W. Harper Uvalde Burns James Phelan J. E. Buland

H. C. Jordan

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Jaeger Manufacturing Co.

GENERAL MILL WORK

DESIGNERS.AND BUILDERS .

STORE FIXTURES, SODA FOUNTAINS, CABINET WORK OFFICE AND BANK FURNITURE

Telephone, Walnut 770

Eighth and Vine Streets,

CAUTION

Pay no money in advance to itinerant Directory Canvassers. We are led to mention this from the fact that certain parties have been fraud- ulently using our publications as specimens, and by that means collecting money in advance. Before signing an order, see that it has the name of R. L. POLK & CO. printed thereon. We ask no payment until the work is delivered, and our solicitors have strict orders not to take payment for either advertisements or subscriptions.

R. L. POLK & CO.

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Hotel Fort Des Moines

400 Rooms - 400 Baths

Servidor Service

Popular Price Coffee Room.

Permutit Softened Water .

W. F. MILLER, President and Manager 1

O. H. WERTHER, Assistant Manager

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Hotel Savery

300 ROOMS 300 BATHS

Popular Price Coffee Room

Unique Chinese Tea Room

T. H. HOFFMAN, Manager HAL W. MINTON, Assistant Manager 3

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1 Motor List Company

MARTIN TUTTLE, President 401 GRAND AVENUE

LATEST REGISTRATIONS AT REASONABLE PRICES

We compile special lists of all kinds on short notice, and issue a statement monthly for each county in the entire United States, showing the new car sales

15,000 feet of Floor Space 200 Employees

Mail Order Campaigns' Planned and Executed Complete .

ADDRESSING-LONGHAND OR TYPEWRITER

FORM LETTERS-FOLDING-MAILING

TUTTLE'S LETTER SHOP

401 Grand Avenue

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HOTEL IRWIN

New (European)

Absolutely Fireproof Most Popular Hotel in Iowa's Capital

HOTEL IRIWIIN

. 1

100 ROOMS, 90 WITH BATH, CIRCULATING ICE WATER IN ROOMS, CLOSE TO THEATERS, SHOPPING DISTRICTS, BOTH WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AND COURT HOUSE. ACROSS FROM UNION R. R. STATION AND ONLY ONE BLOCK FROM C., R. I. & P. DEPOT.

W. T. IRWIN, Manager

RATES $1.50 AND UP

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DES MOINES STEEL CO.

QUICK

1,000 Tons Steel in Stock

for Immediate Shipment

S E

STEEL FOR BUILDINGS BRIDGES

FIRE ESCAPES , STEEL LUMBER AND LATH

ORNAMENTAL IRON

CONCRETE REINFORCING BARS

RANSOME CONCRETE MIXERS

R V I C E

DES MOINES STEEL CO.

FIFTH AND TUTTLE STREETS, DES MOINES, IOWA

Phone Walnut 2400

J. E. VAN LIEW, President

Loetscher

Burch Mfg.

Co.

Wholesale Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Quality . Millwork 1

SERVICE B

Interior Finish and Cabinet Work

[

EAST FOURTH AND VINE STREETS Telephone Market 2550

S E R

POLK'S 11 DES MOINES

CITY AND VALLEY JUNCTION DIRECTORY

1922

VOLUME XXX

CONTAINING A MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY OF STATE, COUNTY AND CITY. GOVERN- MENTS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, CHURCHES, SECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES, ETC., A STREET GUIDE AND HOUSEHOLDERS' DIRECTORY, AN .ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED LIST OF BUSINESS HOUSES AND PRI- YATE CITIZENS, GIVING THEIR FULL NAMES, OCCUPATION OR PURSUIT, AND ADDRESS. ALSO A COMPLETE

CLASSIFIED BUSINESS. DIRECTORY

"The Buyer's Guide"

" The DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN BUYER - SELLER."

PRICE

$12.00

OFFICES

717-718 Polk Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa -

Member Association of North American Directory Publishers

R. L. POLK & CO., Compilers and Publishers

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Introduction®

The volume herewith presented to patrons embodies the thirtieth edition of the Des Moines City Directory. Especial care Jhas been exercised to secure a thorough enumeration of the residents of the City and its manifold business interests. The work presents as complete and 'comprehensive a Directory as it is possible to produce, having in view. the volume of information assembled for compilation.

The several features of the Directory which have given such satis- faction to patrons in former issues have been retained, while several have been amplified and improved, as suggested by experience. The standard attained, in the previous issues is fully maintained in this one and the Directory will prove to meet the needs and requirements of patrons as fully as its predecessors.

The statistics presented in this introduction are impressive as indicating the wealth, industry and culture of the city and of the terri- tory of which Des Moines is the center.

The Directory has five distinct departments arranged in the order following:

The Miscellaneous Department, included in pages 33 to 66 contain in- formation concerning State, City, County and Township officers, Asylums . and Hospitals, Cemeteries, Churches, Courts, Federal Officers, Insurance Companies. Libraries, Military Societies, Clubs, Fraternal and Benevolent Societies, Newspapers and Periodicals, Post Office, Railroads and Secret Societies.

The Alphabetical List of citizens, business firms and corporations is embraced in pages 67 to 1388.

The Valley Junction Residence and Business Directory occupies pages 1389 to 1419.

The Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders covers pages 1391 to 1692.

The Classified Business Directory or 'Buyers' Guide is included in pages 1693 to 1975; this department shows the manufacturing, mercantile and professional occupations compiled under headings . appropriate to the class of industry pursued or professions followed.

POPULATION OF GREATER DES MOINES.

The Federal Census of 1920 credited Des Moines proper with a popula- tion of 126.468 a gain of 40,100 of 46.4 per cent over the census of 1910, but the canvass for this Directory taken over two years after the Federal census, covered not only Des Moines proper but a large outlying suburban territory. The total number of names in the present Directory is 56,501 in this number is included no firm name, church, school, institution or anything else which does not stand for the name of an individual. Using the multiple 212- to allow for the mames of women and children not , represented in its columns -- we have 141,252 as the estimated population of the territory covered by the Directory. canvass.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

The city is administered under what is known the country over as the "Des Moines Plan." a type of commission rule. A Mayor and four Councilmen are elected for a two year period without regard to party lines or city location, and they, upon election, divide among themselves the duties of the five departments, Public Affairs, Accounts & Finances, Public Safety, Streets & Public Improvements, and Parks & 'Public Property. The transition from the old aldermanic plan was effected at an election June 30, 1907. and there is no agitation for a return to the former methods.

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DES MOINES The City of Certainties

Notable Statistical Features of the Metropolis ..

of lowa-Civic, Social, Commercial, Financial and Industrial (Furnished by L. B. Jeffries, Industrial Secretary, Chamber of Commerce.).

BUILDING.

The following is the record. of building permits and cost of construc -! tion since 1915:

1915.

757 $1,873,616

1916.

856

3,387,896

1917

982

2,640,469

1918.

670

4,110,566

1919

.1,220.

5,266,185

1920;

i. . ·938

4,191,230

1921

. 1,348: 3,720,545

HEALTH AND SANITATION.

The total number of deaths for 1920 according to the city health authorities was 1668.

The total number of births for the same period was 2719.

Elevations above the city base, which is 774.74 feet above sea level, range upwards to 228 feet.

The average yearly temperature is 49.3 degrees.

The highest average month is July with 75.5 degrees F. The lowest is January with 20.4 degrees F.

The mean Temperature Winter is 23.4.

The mean Temperature Summer is 73.0.

The average precipitation (inc. snow) annually is 32.45. Annual average snowfall 34.2 (10 inches snow equals 1 inch rain). The average humidity the year round is 79.8 at 7 A. M. The average humidity of the year round is 63.4 at 7 F. M.

As noted in foregoing outline we top the list of

cities of the nation as regards typhoid from water supply. There is no prevalence of epidemics of any sort. | As all other sections of the country we suffered from influenza in 1918 but national health authorities minimize this danger henceforth.

The city owns: a hospital valued at $150,000 and a detention hospital at $25,000 additional.

LIVING ACCOMODATIONS.

Housing accommodation's are as good, if not better, than any city of similar size and placement in the nation. Testimony offered before the Senate Committee on Reconstruction and Production, in - session here November 12, 1920, estimated a shortage of at least 1,000 dwellings. This shortage, due to lack of construction during the war period, abnormally high prices during the post-war years, etc. has been accentuated by the , rapid growth of the city (46.4% for the past ten year period). That this has been taken care of.to a considerable extent is evidenced by report of the Iowa Housing Commission that of the 1,582 dwellings erected in the fourteen cities of the first class (15,000, or over) in Iowa for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, 929 or almost two thirds were built in Des Moines. 600 dwellings in addition to duplex and apartments were built during the city's last fiscal year ending April 1st, 1921. The present outlook for construction is very promising.

The population of Des Moines according to the 1920 Federal Census was, 126,468. The Newspaper Feature Bureau placed the 1921 population at 131,527. R. L. Polk & Co. in their latest City Directory estimates the actual population, including several small neighboring incorporations served by the street railway and other utilities and dependent upon the city for support, at more than 140,000. Those actually living within the confines of the city in 1920 divide themselves into 30,157 families. ! Ac- cording to Federal Census figures Des Moines leads the nation in per- centage of home owning citizens- 51.1%.

. The cost of living varies from month to month and is very, difficult ascertainment. Home owning means gardens, poultry, etc., and it: would be safe to say that taken by and large, the cost of sustenance here

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is somewhat less than that of the country at large as outlined from month" to month by the National Industrial Conference. Board, Dun's, Bradstreet, and other reliable sources. ; A Municipal Market House costing $130,000 provides direct contact between the city and the surrounding farm pro- duets.

FIRE PREVENTION.

With the excellent water supply, pressure and reserve noted the city is fortunately situated; as regards the all important feature of fire protection. The number of men employed in the Fire Department is 200. The total number of pieces of fire apparatus is 28, all motorized, and the value of same is $184,896 .: Fire alarm boxes, hose, | cables, tools and, supplies total $89,710. Real estate and buildings for the 15 stations reach a value of $237,692. There is 33,00% feet of hose in service. The total fire loss, insured and uninsured, for the year 1920 was $1,008,898 on valuation of buildings, and contents involved of $17,462,332. There were 1472 alarms. A new Building Code is now in process [of preparation based upon the specifications of the National Board of Fine Under- writers. This will wipe out 190 points of deficiency in fating. A new pumper' at the water plant betters the situation 169 points: ( A new oil and explosive ordinance in course of preparation will take care of 190 points. These and other matters now being taken care of wiN raise the city from 4th to 2d class National, which is a rating enjoyed by only the better protected cities.

LAW ENFORCEMENT.

The police force under the Superintendent of Public Safety numbers 138 persons, including the executives and office assistants. There are 88 patrolmen and traffic officers, 6 sergeants, 3 captains, Chief and Asst. Chief and 5 special officers. There are 20 detectives under a Chief of Detectives. 3 singeons, 2 policewomen and 2 matrons. .

The Department occupies its own building with the Municipal Court erected recently at an outlay of $600.000. The value of equipment exceeds $20,000, of which more than half is motorized equipment. The Detective Department possesses a Bertillion Cabinet with more than. 3.000 photographic descriptions of criminals.

The force, as well as that of the Fire Department, is picked by competitive examinations conducted by a Civil Service Commission, business and professional.men.

VICE CONDITIONS. 5

Des Moines has no segregated district.

Her streets are unusually well lighted by an extensive electrolier system .:

The' percentage of floating population is small.

Illiteracy is small.

. Surrounding, tributary country peopled by thrifty, intelligent popu- lation.

ELECTRIC POWER.

1 The Des Moines Electric Company, privately owned, furnishes ser- vice to some 25,000 meters and has a capacity of 25,000 kilowatts. They offer power as cheaply, and in many instances cheaper, than similar utilities in cities making big capital of their cheap power schedules. This is due largely to an abundance of steam coal mined in and around the city, and hydro-electric power generated from the Des Moines River. Iowa's bituminous coal output has approached nine million tons, in a single year, the state being eighth in the nation in production of this commodity. Heat properties represented in British Thermal Unit range as high as 15,251; Calories, 8,473. More than three thousand miners alone are employed in what may be termed the industrial district of Des Moines, many mines being within the city limits. Power schedules in wholesale quantities are based on either Connected Capacity, Actual Demand or Guaranteed Monthly Consumption. The company will gladly quote specifically when requirements are outlined either in person or . in writing. Reduced rates for off peak use are written under all forms of contracts. The current is A. C. 60 cycle. Residence lighting charges are 6.6c per kilowatt hour for all current used.

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GAS.

The Des Moines Gas Company is a private corporation, with .a capacity of 5,000,000 cubic feet daily. There are 250 miles of mains and approximately 30,000 meters. The present net price per thousand, irrespective of quantity consumed, is $1:24.

The present consumption amounts to approximately. 900,000,000 cubic feet per annum, leaving ample reserve for emergency and expansion. The size of mains ranges from 4 to 36 inches in diameter. The product is carburated water gas, 560 B. T. U. S.

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