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Fort Des Moines, only United States cavalry post in the country, lies five miles south of city and is connected by electric railway.
The state has here a capitol building costing $4,000,000; historical build- ing costing $500,000; state fair grounds, representing $2,500,000 invested; all the departments of the state government and headquarters for all the state institutions.
Advertising Des Moines-A copy of this Directory is placed by the pub- lishers in the Directory Libraries of the principal cities throughout the country, whereby all the information contained in the work is placed at the disposal of the people of these cities for immediate reference. The benefit to Des Moines from this country-wide publicity is obvious.
DIRECTORY LIBRARY.
A Directory Library, supplied with current issues of the directories of 4 the principal cities of the United States and Canada, is maintained by the publishers at their offices in the Iowa Loan & Trust Building, for the free use of patrons.
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers.
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GENERAL INDEX
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Abbreviations
77
Advertisement, Index to
31
Alphabetical list of names 77-1135
Business Directory 1363-1604
Alterations, Removals, etc.
35
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Miscellaneous Information .. .. .... 37-76 Street and Avenue Guide. .. 1163-1361 Valley Junction Residence and Business Directory. .1137-1162
INDEX TO MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
Alarm of Fire, Directions for
Giving 38
Asylums and Hospitals. 53 Banks 54
Cemeteries
55
Chemical Engines, Location of.
38
Churches 56
City Government 37
Clubs and Societies 65
Colleges and Schools.
60
Combination Chemical
Engines
and Hose Carts, Location of ... 38
County and Township Officers. 50
Courts 61
Department of Health. 37
Express Companies 61
Federal Officers 62
Fire Alarm Stations 37
Fire Department. 37
Government of the State of Iowa. 52
Grand Army of the Republic. 65
Hospitals and Asylums 53
Insurance Companies.
62
Libraries 64
Medical Colleges
Medical Societies 64
Military Organizations
65
Miscellaneous Clubs and Societies. 65
,
Missions . ..¡ 59
Newspapers and Publications 68 Orchestras and Bands. 69 Police Department. 37
Post Office
69
Public Schools, Officers,
Independ-
ent School District ..
39
Railroads
69
Rates o
Fare for Public Car-
riages
38
Schools 39
Secret Societies 70
State Board of Control 52
State Board of Health.
52
State Board of Medical Examin-
ers
53
State Boards of Commissioners. . .
52
State Officers
52
Town Assessors
50
Township Assessore
50
Township Clerks
51
Township Constables
51
Township Justices of the Peace .. 51
Township Trustees 51
United States Army 64
Voting Precincts
43
Ward Boundaries
42
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DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1912)
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS 1
Page.
Acme Supply House. .1476
Adder Machine Co The, top line back cover
Adelman J D, left bottom cor cards
Aetna Life Ins Co of Hartford
.
Conn
!1480
Allward Bowman Glass
Co.
.. . . ..
.1464
Alverson & Montrose, front cover
American Life Ins Co,
right top
cor cards
American Lithographing & Print- ing Co, right bottom lines and opp
91
Anchor Fire Ins Co, left top cor cards
Ankeney Linseed Co, right bottom gor cards
Anthony Cycle Co
1385
Antique Furniture Shop
1557
Arntz Lew, left bottom cor cards
Art Sign Shop The
1582
Automobile Owners Mutual Co-
1
operative Assn
1482
Aylesworth & Bredimus
1583
B & S Fuel & Feed Co
1407
Babcock Institute of
Pharmacy
and Chemistry
1400
Backman Sheet Metal Works, bot-
tom line front cover and
1579
Badgley U S G, left bottom lines
and
1413
Baird-Taylor-Crawford-Lewis Co, right top cor cards.
Baker Machinery Co, back cover ..
Ballard Wayland C Agency, back cover
Bankers Accident Ins Co, right top cor cards
Bankers Life Co, right top lines ..
Barber Asphalt Paving Co ....
1392
Barrick & Son, left bottom lines and 1572
Beckman Bros 1511
Benson & Marxer, right top lines Bickel Bros Sheet Metal Works. .. 1593 Bilz Sign Co, left bottom cor cards
Page.
Blount-Evans Coal & Mining Co, left top cor cards
Blue Line Transfer Co, opp
1595
ʻ
Boldrick, R H
1416
Bomer, Joseph E
1417
Boston Market Co, right bottom cor cards
Brewbaker J M
1456
Brotherhood of American Yeomen,
opp
1498
Brown-Camp Hardware Co, opp. . 1470 Brown-Corley Motor Co, left bot- tom cor cards and. 1371
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co, opp 191 Bullard Optical Co 194
Bureau of Engraving
1446
`Burnett J G
1417
Caldbeck, W H
1529
Campton Wall Paper Co
1464
Capital Cigar Store
1402
Capital City Commercial College, right top cor cards
Capital City Plumbing Co ...... 1559
Capital City Printing Plate Co .. 1540
Capital City Sign Co, right side
lines
Capitol Hill Granite
& Marble
Works, opp
1538
Carbon Coal Co
1406
Carr & Adams Co, inside front
cover
Casualty Co of America 1485
Cavanagh B J, left bottom
cor
cards and
1484
Central Iron Works
1512
Central State Bank, front edge and 10
Central Trust Co of D M.
1597
Century Lumber Co
1527
Century Savings Bank
11
Certainty Fuel Yard
1408
Chase & West Inc, right bottom cor cards
Chiesa & Co, opp
236
Citizens Cigar Store.
1402
Citizens Electric Co, right bottym
lines
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Citizens National Bank The, front
cover and
7
Clancy P J & Co Inc, left top cor
cards
Cline Bros Contracting Co.
1415
Coca Cola Bottling Works.
1389
Cole J E
1363
Commercial Club, right top lines
Concolino W D
1515
Coon C A, right side lines
Cram Frank & Sons
1395
Cressey & Wingate
1427
Crocker Cigar Store
1402
Dahlberg C L & Co.
1587
Darwin Co The
1509
Deere John Plow Co of Moline,
opp
308
Des Moines Beer Co, opp
314
Des Moines Bridge & Iron Works,
right side lines and
20
Des Moines Building & Material
Co
1395
Des Moines Cabinet Co
1370
Des Moines Clay Mnfg Co Inc
18
Des Moines Electric Contracting Co 1443
Des Mones Engineering & Const Co, right top lines
Des Moines Garage & Mnfg Co, left side lines
Des Moines Light Co
1439
Des Moines Marble & Mantel Co, left bottom lines
Des Moines National Bank, front
cover and
9
.Des Moines Rubber Stamp Works
18
Des Moines Saw Mill Co.
1527
Des Moines Sheet Metal Co, top
line front cover and
1580
Des Moines Still College of Osteop-
athy, opp
319
Des
Moines
Structural
Steel
Works
.1367
Des Moines Tent & Awning Co 219 and 1592
Des Moines Trust Co.
1597
Des Moines Welding Co.
1374
Dickinson Warren
1404
Drake University, opp
334
Drennan W A
1419
Dudley & Coffin 1519
Dudley & Weaver, left bottom cor cards
Eagle Coal
Co, left bottom cor
cards
Page.
Elliott Hotel Co, opp .
: 914
Ellis Wall Paper Co, opp
355
Enamel Concrete Brick Co
1392
Equitable Life Ins Co of Iowa ..
3
Evans F O Piano Co, right top lines
Fagen Susan, left bottom cor cards
Feige George J
.373 and 1547
Ferren Frank & Son
1418
Fleming Brothers Inc, opp
386
Flint Brick Co
1393
Flynn Building, inside back cover
Foley J B
1390
Franz F W
398
Frisk E J
1519
German Savings Bank
12
Gladstone J S
1566
Glasgow Woolen Mills,
right top
lines
Glenwood Coal Co, right side lines and 20
Globe Machinery & Supply Co.
.1537
Goodman-McCormick Co Inc.
1396
Graham J E
1549
Grahl-Hermann Co, left side lines
and
1427
Great Western Electric
Co.
1443
Grimes R E
1509
Guthrie Bros
1566
Hanger Arthur C, opp ..
468
Hansman John
1419
Harrah & Stewart Mnfg
Co.
1372
Hartman & Hubbard
1412
Hawkeye and Des Moines Fire Ins Co 5
Herring Motor Car Co
.1373
Highland Park Fuel & Feed Co .. 1409
Holehan Matilda Mrs
515
Holmes Express & Transfer Co, line front cover
Hopkins Bros Co, right bottom
lines and
1585
Horton H B Mrs
867 and 1433
Hotel Randolph Co, opp
526
Hough Wm B Co
1413
Howard Chas L
1513
Howig-Robinson Co
.1383
Hudson Edwin P
1520
Hull J E, left bottom lines and. 1596
Independent Auto Co
.1374
Inter-State Business Men's Acci-
dent Assn, opp back paster
..
Iowa Auto & Supply Co right top lines and 1373
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Page.
Iowa Boiler & Iron Works 1387
Iowa Dairy Co 1429
Iowa Iron & Metal Co.
1514
Iowa Loan & Trust Co.
13
Iowa Machinery & Supply Co.
1529
Iowa Novelty & Brass
Works
.1530
Iowa Plumbing Co
1472
Iowa Seed Co
1578
Iowa Trust & Savings Bank
12
Italian Importing Co, opp
555
'Jacobs J E
1432
Jahn & Ollier Eng Co.
1447
Jeffrey Auto & Tire Co
1375
Jenkins & Co
1539
Jepson A L Mnfg Co,
right top
cards
Jewett Lumber Co, right bottom cor cards
Johnson Mark Co, left bottom cor
cards and
17
Johnson Motors Co
1372
Keeley Institute Inc, opp
590
Kell Otto
1430
Kennedy Katherine A
1470
Kentucky Express & Baggage Co.1449 Kenyon Printing & Mnfg Co, opp. 597 Kinney Charles Noyes 1401
1513
Kirch Hermann
Kirkhart A S, left side line
Kirkwood Cigar Store
1403
Kirkwood Hotel Co
15
Koss Geo W
1418
La Feira Land Syndicate
1567
Lagerquist Carriage & Auto Co .. 1374
Lane Wilfred C
1552
Lantz H H & Co, left top cor cards
and
14
Larsh M F Planing Mill .1603 Lehman W H, left top cor cards
Lejko Geo
1599
Lennan Electric Co,
right side
lines
Lenning Chas E ..
1567
Leslie Frank
1441
Lewis & Van Sickle Ço
1513
Linane D J
1430
Loetscher-Jaeger Mnfg
Co.
19
Longerbone Bros
1416
McCamon F W
1596
McClure Co The, right bottom cor
cards
McCutchen & Verran Co A B C cards
Madison Coal Co, left top cor cards
and 19
Page.
Maine Jas & Sons Co, right side
lines and
1418
Maple' Block Coal Co, left side
lines and
1406
Martin J D.
1416
Martin Manning Co Inc, back bone Matthews Carriage & Auto Co ... 1378 Mechanics Savings Bank right top cor cards
Merchants Transfer Co, left top
lines and
1451
Meredith F L
1520
Midwestern Conservatory
1541
Milwaukee Beer Co, left side lines
Mitchell Advertising Agency
1364
Mitchell W F Co
1415
Montgomery Wm
1565
Moon D E Ptg & Engr Co, right
bottom cor cards and opp
.1446
Morrison J Campbell
1367
Moyer Auto Co
1375
Mungers Laundry, right bottom lines
Murray Sign Shop
1582
Mutual Life Ins Co of New York,
embossed line back cover
. .
National The ..
772 and 1404
Neiman Carl H
1521
Neumann Arthur H & Co, right
top lines and
.1417
New Midland Electric Co, right
bottom lines
1
Noland S K, left bottom lines.
...
Northern Artificial Limb Co.
.1368
Northwestern Hotel
1477
Northwestern Laundry
1517
5
Orcutt Mnfg Co, right side lines
Orwig & Bair
1521
Page S D & Co, opp
807
Park Coal Co
1409
Patti Paul V
1452
Paulus John
1365
Peoples Savings Bank, back bone
and
8
Percival - Porter - Ford Insurance
Agency, right top cor cards and. 1479
Perkins Electric Co
.1444
Peterson Tailoring Co, right bot-
tom cards
Poncele Water Co, bottom line
back cover
Porter-Tidrick Co
1374
Pratt Paper Co
1551
Randall Lumber Co The, left side
lines
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Page. .1553
Regenia Utility Dress Form Co
867 and 1433
Reliable Rug Factory
870
Riddell Automobile Co
1371
Robinson ฿ E
1513
Rogg Chas W Co The
1437
Romanelli
G Drug Co, left side
lines
Root A I Co
1366
Rowat John
1428
Royal Union Mutual Life Ins Co,
embossed line front cover and 4 Rumely Products Co .... 901 and 1365
St John & Barquist Co, back cover
and opp
907
St Joseph's Academy, opp
1410
Savery Hotel Co opp.
915
Schlampp Frank Co Inc
1513
Schlater Bros
1593
Seaman C O
1556
Sears Auto Co, left bottom lines
and
1372
Securities Building 930
Seick Tent & Awning Co
1379
Shackelford Brick Co
1393
Shannon & Mott Co, opp
1456
Shepherd Wm H, right top cor cards
Sinclair Earl M .1552
Smith C B right side lines and. . 1384
Smith Music House, left side lines
Standard Life Ins Co, left top cor cards
Star Engraving & Printing Co .. 1448 State Insurance Co, front cover and 6
State Savings Bank
7
Steele Jay P
1560
Stellmacher Wm H
1452
Sterzing O L
Page.
.1568 ,
Stevenson Jesse F, back cover . Superior Fixture Co, right bottom cor cards
Thayer E S
1522
Thomas Plumbing Co
1560
Towne N C & Son, back bone
Trisler Chas H
1588
Turner J W Improvement
Co,
right top cor cards and
1419
Turner & Brownlie
.1387
Tusant J E & Son Co,
side line
back cover
Tuttles Letter Shop, right bottom lines
Reliable Rug Co
870
Union Building & Investment Co, right bottom lines
University Express & Transfer Co.1449
Valley National Bank
11
Van Arnam Bazar
1435
Veatch Edwin S
1437
Vita M A
1515
Walker Plumbing & Heating Co. . 1473
Ware Transfer & Storage Co.
.1557
Warner E H
1565
Wellington Hotel
16
Wells L J Livery & Automobile Co.1525 Wheeler Lumber Bridge & Supply Co, right bottom lines
White M E Land Co
1452
Wilcox & Stubbs Co
1429
Wilkinson L A & Son
1563
Willcox-Howell-Hopkins Co, bot- tom edge and 5
Wilson Bros
1416
Witmer & Kauffman, top edge and.1480
Worthington E C, left bottom lines
Wragg M J Nursery Co.
.1517
,
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DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1912)
Valley Junction
Page.
Page.
Carmody W H Jr
1140
St Joe Hotel
1136
Donahey H M
1136
Scheuer M M Dr 1136
First National Bank
1136
Schultz Henry
1136
Gallaher P Dr
1136
Sharpe W S Dr 1140
Henshaw Fred 1140
Thompson L L 1138
Iltis H M. 1140
Thornton F E Dr 1136
Jacobson M L
1140
Valley Junction Savings Bank 1138
Kent A H
1140
Wegener E L 1138
McMurray D H
1140
Young & Son 1138
Alterations, Removals, Etc. :
American Farm Prod Co 784 9th Bain Roy D rest 202 e 5th rms 952 e 7th
Ball Blanch M Mrs res 612 so e 5th Barnes Wm H real est 1601 13th
Barney Chas L instructor D M Ath- letic Club res 1525 Maine
Black Walker H ins agt 311-12 Citi- zens Natl Bank bldg res 1926 Easton boul
Boreman Arthur I adv mngr Mer- chants Trade Journal res 1327 32d Brinton Nelle M student Drake Uni- versity bds 1220 29th
Burley Erma (Burley Sisters) mas- sage 600 5th
Burley Gretchen (Burley Sisters) manicure 600 5th av
Burley Sisters (Gretchen and Erma) masseurs and manicure 600 5th Campbell Murray, A agt Ginn & Co bds 520 42d
Casady Thos Rev rector St Marks Episcopal Church study 513 e 6th Tel Maple 1858 res 638 18th
Dalton May bds 727 3d
deBorde Kate M bds 729 3d
Des Moines Windmill & Tank Co 1339 e 9th
Drake Collection Agency 214 Man- hattan bldg
Elimino Medicine Co Dr E C Scott propr 1332 26th
Eaton Office Supply Co 409 6th av Farrell Danl J switchman bds 1112 Day
.
Goldsberry Anna rms 1012 Woodland
Hand Wm A ins agt 311-12 Citizens Natl Bank bldg res 543 43d Hooker Loyd H propr Paige Automo- bile Co res 1305 Locust Jennings E C v pres Sou Land Sales Co res 323 Creighton av LAIRD MADISON R
Real Estate and Lands, 218-220 Good Blk, Tel Walnut 547, res 909 Laurel, Tel Walnut 4752
LUKENS CHARLES S General Contractor and Repair Work, Decorating and General House Repairng, 511 Maury
Miles R H, adv agt 415 Locust (2d fl) res 44th and Urbandale av Musgrave E C pres Sou Land Sales Co res 1067 23d Nangle Frank E sec Sou Land Sales Co res 1439 Locust
Nolan Minnie nurse 1060 6th av Paige Automobile Co L H Hooker propr 918 Walnut
Payne Wm A contr 1420 Buchanan Potthoff Wm C electr bds 1426 16th ROYAL LAND CO
C F Miller Mngr, Real Estate, Farm and Emigration Lands, 502- 504 Clapp Blk, Tel Walnut 3700 Southern Land Sales Co, E C Mus- grave pres A M Jennings v-pres and mngr F E Nangle sec and sales mngr 306 Youngerman blk Voss Henry W soir Realty Clearing House Co res 949 Clinton av Woodbury Geo W & Co (Geo W Woodbury) insurance agts 311- 12 Citizens Natl Bank
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1912
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Election first Monday in April ev- ery even year. Council meets Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday of each week at 9 a. m., at City Hall, Locust nw cor East First.
Mayor-James R. Hanna.
Secretary-Edward C. Lytton. Councilmen-Zell G. Roe, Fred T. Van Liew, Wm. A. Needham, Jos. I. Myerly.
Treas .- John Backman.
License Collector-Geo. C. Burnett
Auditor-D. T. Burns.
Dep.Louis Van Hoesen.
Civil Engineer-Fred Carss; Asst., John Budd.
City Clerk-Horace Susong. Asst. City Clerk-Harriet M. Ken- dall. Corporation Counsel-H. W. Byers. City Solicitor-R. O. Brennan; Asst., Eskil C. Carlson.
City Stenographer-Reika ley.
Find-
City Claim Agent-Wm. Kern.
City Plumbing Inspector-P. A. Kehoe.
-
Police Judge-Hubert Utterback. Police Clerk-J. T. Genevay Supt. of Fire and Police Alarms- J. E. Pearson. Supt. of Markets-M. J. Morrison. Dept. of Public Affairs-James R. Hanna, Mayor.
Dept. of Streets and Public Imps. -Jos. I. Myerly, Supt.
Dept. of Acc. and Finances-W. A. Needham, Supt.
Dept. of Parks and Public Prop- erty and Cemetery- Zell G. Roe, Supt .; John A. Heaton, Sec.
Dept. of Public Safety-Fred T. Van Liew, Supt .; Judd Dempsey, Sec. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
President-James R. Hanna. . Secretary-James M. Morgan, Jr. City Physician-H. L. Sayler.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Headquarters, w s Second between Locust and Grand av.
Chief of Police-J. W. Jennie. Asst. Chief of Police-C. C. Jack- son. Clerk-James Cavender.
Captains-G. J. Breeding, Geo. Sta- ples.
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Sergeants-R. M. Leasure, W. E. McDowell.
Desk Sergeants-A. G. Miller, Faye Hankins, W. L. Kelly. Health Officers-D. A. McNerney, George W. Dickey, J. E. Holehan, James M. Morgan, Jr., Benj. Wilcox. Detectives-E. E. Johnston chief; James MacDonald, Jesse McKircher, A. R. Brackett, W. D. Sims, Thomas Pettit, Thomas Denholm, Jay Hub- bard, Ed Hunt.
Jailer-A. R. Brackett.
Police Matrons-Mrs. E. L. Bab- cock, Mrs. M. L. Collins.
MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COM- MISSION.
City Hall.
Chairman-Henry Riegelman, H. H. Stipp, Dr. C. N. O. Leir, Edward C. Lytton, Clerk.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. Headquarters, Second 8W cor
Grand av.
Will Burnett, chief; Warren Tay- lor, first asst .; Wm. Drady, second asst.
Captains-No. 1, Joseph Murphy; No. 2,Harvey Brown; No. 3, C. W. Wilkins; No. 5, Andrew Rundberg; No. 13, L. H. Curran, No. 15, Harry Cree.
Secretary-B. W. Cavender.
FIRE ALARM STATIONS.
12-Fourth and Vine. 13-Twenty-second and Cottage
Grove av. 14-Edison and Union.
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15-Twenty-fourth and University av.
16-Third and Crocker.
17-Nineteenth and Drake Park av.
18-Monroe and Union.
19-Eighth and Elm. 21-Third and Court av.
22-Seventh and Walnut.
23-Fourth and Walnut.
24-Sixth av. and Walnut.
25-Seventh and Locust.
26-Eighth and Walnut. 27-Thirteenth and Day. 28-Thirteenth and University av.
29-Fortieth and Ingersoll.
31-Nineteenth and Pleasant.
32-Fifteenth and Grand av.
33-Forteenth and Forest av.
34-Ninth and Grand av. 35-Sixth and State. 36-E. Fifth and Market.
37-Fourth and Ascension.
38-Twenty-ninth and Cottage Grove av.
39-Seventeenth and Woodland.
41-Eighth and School.
42-Sevententh and Crocker, En- gine House No. 5.
43-Tenth and Center.
44-S. E. Sixth and Hartford (Se- vastopol) 45 -- E. . Sixth and Allen, Engine House No. 8.
46-Sixth and School. 47-Sixth and Clinton (H. P.)
48-Sixth and Boston avs.
51-E. Sixth and Grand av.
52-Twelfth and Lyon.
53-E. Thirteenth and Walnut.
54-E. Sixteenth and Walnut.
55-E. Fifteenth and Buchanan. 56-Ninth and Washington av. 57-Thirteenth and Scott. 58-Ninth and Des Moines. 61-E. Second and Walnut. 62-E. Fifth and Locust. 63-Engine House No. 2, E. Fourth and Walnut. 64-E. Sixteenth and Grand av. 65-Seventeenth St., Court and
Walker.
66-E. Twenty-sixth and Walnut. 67-Eighth and Plum, Engine House No. 13. 71-E. Fifth and Court av. 72-E. Eleventh and Court av.
73-Ninth and Fremont. 74-Fifth and Elm. 75-Second and Market.
81-Ninth and Indiana av. 82-E. Twelfth and Polk, Engine House No. 7.
83-Seventeenth and Des Moines. 84-Twentieth and Clark.
85-E. Fourth and Hayes. 91-Sixth and Grand av. 92-Cor. Bluff and Forest av.
93-Grand av and Twenty-seventh.
212-Second and Grand av.
213-Fifteenth and Court av.
214-Penn av and North.
215-Twenty-eighth and Dean av.
216-Fifth and Walnut.
217-Sixth and Locust. 222-Eighteenth and Walnut.
223-Ninth and Walnut.
224-Methodist Hospital.
225-Fourth and Court av.
226-Fourth and Locust,
412-Twenty-fourth and Ingersoll.
413-Fifteenth and Grand.
414-Fosters Opera House.
415-Berchel Theater.
416-Auditorium.
417-Shubert Theater.
421-Kirkwood Hotel.
422-Majestic Theater.
423-Princess Theater.
418-Empire.
LOCATION OF CHEMICAL EN- GINES.
No. 1, Second and Grand av. No. 2, E. Twelfth and Polk.
No. 3, E. Twenty-eighth and Dean No. 7, 1401 E. 12th.
, LOCATION OF COMBINATION CHEMICAL ENGINES AND HOSE CARTS.
No. 3, E. Twelfth and Lyon.
No. 9, E. Eighteenth and Walnut.
No. 10, Highland Park.
No. 11, Twenty-fourth and Uni- versity av.
No. 12, 535 40th.
LOCATION OF HOSE COMPANIES.
No. 1, Second and Grand av. . No. 2, 411-413 E. Walnut.
No. 4, Eighth and School.
No. 5, Seventeenth and Crocker.
No. 6, 1219 Edison av.
No. 8, E. Sixth and Allen.
No. 13, Eighth and Plum.
No. 14, Twenty-eighth and Dean av.
No. 15, Seventh and State.
DIRECTIONS FOR GIVING AN ALARM OF FIRE.
1. To give an alarm, go to the nearest box, break glass, turn key, open door, pull the hook to the bot- tom of the slot once and let go; leave door open.
2. Do not pull the hook if the fire bells or small bell in the box is striking, as that indicates that an alarm has already been given.
RATES OF FARE AUTHORIZED BY CITY ORDINANCES RELA- TIVE TO PUBLIC CARRIAGES, ETC. Section 13. That the owner or
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driver of any omnibus, cariage, cab, herdic, or other vehicle licensed un- der this chapter, shall be entitled to demand and receive not to exceed twenty-five cents (25c) for each pas- senger conveyed any distance not ex- ceeding one mile.
For each passenger over one mile and under two miles, fifty cents (50c). For each passenger with trunk, one mile and under two miles, seventy-five cents (75). Each ad- ditional passenger of the same party, twenty-five cents (25c). Provided, that sixteen blocks shall constitute one mile. And they shall be entitled to add to the above rate between the hours of 12 o'clock at night and 6 a. m., twenty-five cents for each pas- senger. And are entitled to charge when employed by the hour, one and 50-100 dollars ($1.50) for the first hour, and for each additional hour one dollar ($1); and they are hereby required to convey any passenger car- ried by them to such part of the city as he or she may require.
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