Polk's Indianapolis (Marion County, Ind.) city directory, 1923, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Indianapolis : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 2270

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INTRODUCTION

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The 1923 edition of the INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY is here- with presented to patrons. The volume embodies the sixty-ninth issue of the publication, and constitutes a complete, modern Directory, fully com- mensurate in style, make-up and information with the Directories of the larger cities of the country. The Directory has ever kept pace with the uniform growth and progress of the city and expansion of its manifold interests and activities and is steadily devoted to the advancement of all that is vital in the commercial, social and industrial life of the municipality.

In the present volume all of the essential features which have proven so satisfactory to our patrons in previous issues have been retained and amplified and improvements added as suggested by experience, in order to add to the value and usefulness of the Directory thus fully meeting the requirements of patrons; the approbation and continued patronage accorded the work are constant incentives to better service.

The Directory contains a valuable fund of information concerning State, County and City Executives, Banks, Asylums, Hospitals and Homes, Building Loan and Savings Associations, Cemeteries, Charity Organiza- tions, Churchces, Clubs, College Societies, Courts, Federal Officers, Foreign Consular Corps, Insurance Companies, Labor Organizations, Libraries, Newspapers and Periodicals, Medical and Dental Colleges, Miscellaneous Organizations, Musical Societies, Post Office Data, Public Buildings and Halls, Parks, Public and Private Schools, Railways, Secret Societies, etc.

An invaluable feature of the Directory is the Buyers' Guide, printed on tinted paper and containing the advertisements of prominent and pro- gressive business men and concerns, arranged by classification appropriate to the nature of the business pursued-"The Directory is the common intermediary between the Buyer and Seller."

The statistical review which follows this Introduction is especially noteworthy as clearly visualizing the greatness of the city in its civic, social, commercial and industrial aspects.

POPULATION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS

As in previous years the Directory canvass was not confined to the actual city limits but embraced all adjacent suburban territory, the resi- dents of which are to all intents and purposes a part of the social, com- mercial and industrial life of Indianapolis; their residents are dependent upon the city for their prosperity, and they enjoy the civic advantages offered by it, since most of the residents have their business interests and activities therein and are intimately connected with it in every relation except governmental.

In this issue of the Directory there are listed 138,644 individual names ; a conservative estimate of the population is obtained by multiply- ing the number of names by 22, to allow for the names of married women and children which have not been included in the enumeration. This gives Greater Indianapolis a population of 346,610, a gain of 11,350 over the population of 1922.

A complete library including directories of all the principal cities is maintained in our offices, 225 N. New Jersey Street, for the convenience and free use of our patrons. For the benefit of our advertisers and as a means of advertising the City and its business interests, copies of this edition of the Indianapolis City Directory will be placed on file in the Directory Libraries in all of the larger cities throughout the country.

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

INDIANAPOLIS

"THE RAILROAD CITY". SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SERVE TO VISUALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MODERN AND PROGRESSIVE CITY IN ITS COM- MERCIAL, FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASPECTS; FURNISHED BY THE INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Indianapolis, at the end of 1922 was estimated by the U. S. Census Bureau to have a population of 342,718, showing an increase of 28,524 over 1920.

In population, transportation facilities, and volume of business, Indianapolis is the largest inland city in the world, not on navigable water.

Indianapolis is within 55 miles of the center of population of the United States.

Indianapolis is the commercial, industrial, as well as the political and governmental capital of Indiana. Directly in the center and having a name suggestive of its state, Indianapolis is more truly a capital than any other city in America.

Indianapolis has a floating population of more than 20,000 people daily.

Thirty-three per cent. of the population have individual incomes exceeding $1,800.00 per year.

Indianapolis ranks eighth among all large cities in per capita wealth which is $1,913.17.

The assessed valuation of Indianapolis is in excess of $600,000,000.00.

Indianapolis will have a population of 500,000 by 1935.

Indianapolis is known as a home owning city.

Indianapolis is known as the economic center of the United States for shipping and receiving goods.

Indianapolis' climatic conditions are ideal both for industry and agriculture.

Low humidity prevails both in summer and winter.

Practically 16 hours of daylight may be utilized during the season suitable for outside work.

Indianapolis has an area of 49 square miles.

Indianapolis had 700 miles of permanently improved streets January 1, 1923.

Indianapolis has 169 miles of city electric car lines operating over double tracks with 5c car fare and 2c transfer.

Indianapolis has 500 miles of sewers and 475 miles of water mains.

Indianapolis' water supply is thoroughly filtered and chlorine treated to insure purity. More than 40,000 analyses are made annually.

Indianapolis has 85,000 families occupying 75,000 dwellings.

Indianapolis has more homes per thousand people than any city in the United States over 200,000.

More than 5,000 new homes have been built in the last two years.

There is nothing to hinder the city's growth in any direction, making it unnecessary to live in congested tenement houses because of restricted building conditions.

The Public Library erected at a cost of $510,000 is one of the most beautiful in the country. It contains over 225,000 volumes and maintains 15 branches throughout the city.

Indianapolis has a splendid Y. M. C. A. erected by the public at a cost of $250,000- also a fine Y. W. C. A. and recently a colored Y. M. C. A. was erected.

The John Herron Art Institute is one of the noted art museums of the United States.

The Soldiers and Sailors Monument located in the heart of the city is recognized as one of the finest pieces of colossal sculpture in the United States and is second in height only to Washington monument.

Fort Benjamin Harrison located just outside of the city is one of the largest army posts in the country.

Indianapolis is represented in the American Association of Baseball, winning the pennant in 1908 and 1917.

Indianapolis has one of the largest city market houses in the United States, supplying fresh products from the country.

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Indianapolis has the greatest motor speedway in the world. Every year the 500- mile race is held here between drivers from all over the world. This is the world's premier sporting event and attracts thousands of people from all lands.

The United States Post Office and Federal Building is valued at $5,301,937.

Indianapolis Post Office receipts for 1922 were $3,307,943.53.

Indianapolis is the home of Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall, the late Vice- President Charles W. Fairbanks, the late James Whitcomb Riley, the late Benjamin Harrison, of Booth Tarkington and Meredith Nicholson.

Indianapolis has 25 parks well distributed throughout the city and connected by a beautiful boulevard system.

Indianapolis has 7 golf courses and many public tennis courts.

Indianapolis is the National Headquarters of The American Legion.

A war Memorial Plaza, 5 blocks in length, having at its head the beautiful Public Library, and at its foot the Post Office and Federal Building, is soon to be built by the city, county and state.

The plaza will practically adjoin the down town district and in the middle block will be built a magnificent Memorial Building to house The American Legion and other patriotic societies.

Indianapolis is the seat of the following State Institutions: Indiana State Fair, Indiana Institute for the Blind, Indiana School for the Deaf, School of Medicine of Indiana University, Indiana University Extension Center, Indiana Girls School, Indiana Women's Prison and the Central Hospital for the Insane.

Indianapolis Fire Department is completely motorized and of highest efficiency.

Indianapolis has 19 hospitals and dispensaries, ranking among the finest in the country.

Down-town Indianapolis, according to experts is the best planned of all cities. There is not a street less than 90 feet wide and the one having the heaviest traffic is 120 feet in width.

Indianapolis has 35 banks and trust companies with resources of more than $200,000,000.

Indianapolis is known as a "panic proof" city.

Indianapolis is 21st in population but 13th in retail sales.

Indianapolis has 54 building and loan associations with resources of more than $50,000,000.

The Railroadmen's Building and Loan of Indianapolis is the largest in the world.

Indianapolis has about 38 large modern, centrally located office buildings. Office rental ranges from $1.00 to $3.00 per square foot per year.

Indianapolis has about 4,300 retail stores and 300 jobbers.

Indianapolis has the home offices of 38 insurance companies.

Indianapolis has 17 railroads and 13 interurban lines making direct connections with all parts of the state and nation.

Indianapolis has the best location in the United States for quick economic parcel post delivery. The first three or four zones in which the lowest rates prevail cover a more thickly populated business territory than any other city.

There are 75 mail trains in and 80 mail trains out of Indianapolis every 24 hours. Mail deposited at the Post Office before noon will reach any destination within 500 miles in time for the next morning delivery.

There are from four to six deliveries and 10 to 15 collections in the business district every day and from 2 to 3 deliveries and 2 to 6 collections in the residence section.

Indianapolis is the largest interurban center in the world.

Indianapolis is the commercial center of an agricultural territory of great wealth. Crops within 100 miles of Indianapolis are valued at more than $500,000,000.

More than 20,000,000 bushels of corn are handled annually by our Board of Trade. Indianapolis Stock Yards receipts for 1922 comprised 2,266,551 hogs, 508,784 cattle, 146,924 sheep and 2,481 horses and mules.

Indianapolis, on account of its central location and the net work of good roads leading in is the largest "drive in" hog market in the world.

Indianapolis is the only city whose merchants were twice awarded the "Truth Trophy" by the Associated Advertising Clubs of America. The better Business Bureau of Indianapolis is assigned to the task of keeping Indianapolis advertising up to this high standard and is in a large way responsible for the result.

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Illiteracy in Indianapolis has been reduced to 2.1%.

From kindergarten to college, Indianapolis offers educational advantages unsur- passed in any city.

Indianapolis has 78 public schools, 3 high schools, and 47 free kindergartens.

A fourth high school is to be built in North Indianapolis to relieve the. congestion and the long distance some students must go.

Butler College of Indianapolis recently received an endowment and will move to a larger and better location here. This will enable them to become an important insti- tution in a few years.

Many other schools, giving training in business, medicine, law, art, pharmacy, veterinary practice, industry, missionary work and social service, are located here. The School of Medicine of Indiana University is located in Indianapolis.

The Typothetae School of Printing, in connection with the Arsenal Technical High School under the auspices of the United Typothetae of America offers the best available course in the printing industry.

Pupils in the schools are cared for by a special group of doctors and nurses who give the best of advice and treatment.

Indianapolis has 233 churches of all denominations.

Indianapolis aids charity by the Community Chest method. The leading business men of the city collect and distribute the funds to the various organizations once a year eliminating the individual soliciting of each organizaton.

Indianapolis has 9 social clubs which own their own buildings. The home of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, now under construction will cost over $1,500,000 and will combine the finest features of all the best athletic clubs of the country.

Parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, baseball diamonds and golf courses furnish everyone of all ages ample opportunity for out-door recreation.

Indianapolis has seven theaters which bring the best plays, vaudeville and musical attractions. Fifty-five cinema houses show the best moving pictures produced.

During the summer of 1922 two municipal theaters were established in Public Parks affording free entertainment to thousands of people.

Indianapolis business men are well organized. The Board of Trade, Merchants Association, Associated Employers, Business Men's Association, Central Indiana Pur- chasing Agents Association, Credit Men's-Association, Employment Manager' Association, Retail Coal Dealers' Association and Better Business Bureau comprise the leading ones.

Products valued at more than $427,000,000 were manufactured in Indianapolis during 1922. *

Indianapolis has approximately 1215 manufacturing concerns making over 850 distinct articles.

Indianapolis has the largest exclusive manufacturer of silk hose in the country.

Meat packing and slaughtering concerns turn out products valued at- $135,000,000.

Indianapolis has the largest independent hog killing plant in the United States.

Indianapolis has the largest shock absorber factory in the world.

Pop corn machines made in Indianapolis out number all other makes.

Indianapolis has the largest exclusive cotton glove factory in the United States.

Indianapolis has the largest manufacturer of poultry remedies in the world.

Indianapolis is the home of one of the largest food product manufacturers in the world. The kitchens of this plant are known the world over for their size, beauty and cleanliness.

Indianapolis has the largest manufacturer of commercial auto bodies in the world.

One of the largest manufacturers of pharmaceutical products in the world is located in Indianapolis.

Indianapolis has one of the largest hog serum laboratories in the world.

Indianapolis has one of the largest plants manufacturing silent transmission chains.

Indianapolis has one of the largest battery plants in the world.

Indianapolis has one of the largest manufacturers of motorized fire apparatus in the world.

One of the leading saw manufacturers of the world is located in Indianapolis, making saws of every size and description.

Indianapolis manufacturers located on the Belt R. R. have advantages no city in the United States can offer to her industries. They ship goods and receive goods

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directly from or to their plants, over any railroad entering Indianapolis, by routing. through the Belt R. R. which does the switching for all lines at a uniform rate.

Indianapolis manufacturers have enormous trade in foreign countries.

Indianapolis has great diversity of industry. Surplus labor caused from depression in certain lines is soon absorbed by the other lines not affected.

Indianapolis is fast becoming a center for the manufacture of wearing apparel of all kinds.

Indianapolis furniture companies furnish cabinets for many of the eastern talking machine companies.

Over $225,000,000 is invested in industry in Indianapolis.

Indianapolis is known all over the world as the "Quality Car City"-Cole, Duesen- berg, H. C. S., Marmon, Stutz, National, Premier, Monroe, Stratton, and the Frontenac racing cars are made here.

Four Indianapolis made cars have been victorious in the 500-mile race at the Indianapolis Speedway.

Some of the best racing motors in the world are designed and made in Indianapolis.

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The one organization in a community which upholds the ideals of good citizenship, right living and active co-operation among individuals and organizations making up the city's life is the Chamber of Commerce. It surveys the community with a telescope to see the whole at once and at the same time with a microscope to search out the details. It encourages and co-ordinates individual efforts and takes its prominent place in all worth- while community activities. It spells its mission in life "Give" not "Get". The Chamber of Commerce is the guide, philosopher and friend of the home city and the community. With this background in mind any community must thoroughly realize that the efforts of community upbuilding tend toward evolution. It therefore becomes of the utmost impor- tance to each of us to realize that the Chamber of Commerce is an organization through which public spirited citizens in a community may express themselves collectively on questions of community welfare and through which they may make their collective desires effective. Cities to not happen-co-operation builds them. In business as in life, he gets the most out of it who gives the most to it. The dividends are based on the investment.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abbreviations

339

Interurban Lines 122

Advertising Department

131

Alphabetical List of Names

339

Legal Blue Book 2203

Asylums, Hospitals, Etc.

Bands of Music ...

112

Banks

Board of School Commissioners.

Miscellaneous Information

Buyers' Guide

131

Miscellaneous Societies and Organizations 108 Museums

112

Charities

Musical Societies

112

Churches and Sunday Schools.

112

City Officials

Patriotic Orders

113

Classified Business Directory

2083

Police Department

Clubs

104

114

College Societies

130

Public Buildings, Halls, Etc.

116

County Officers

Public Parks 122

Courts

104

Public Schools 124

Federal Officers

Railroads

122

Fire Department

Schools

123

Flats and Apartment Houses

116

Secret and Benevolent Organizations 125

Foreign

Consuls

339

Street and Avenue Guide. 1635

Hospitals

Street Railway Routes.

1635

Householders' Directory

1635 Street Railways 122

Indiana State Government.

Township Officers 96

Insurance

105

Trust Companies

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

A-1 Letter Shop.

140

A & E Distributing Co.

281

Active Coal Co ......... left side lines and 195

Adams Jas B & Son (Inc)

185

Advance Electrotype Co ..

219

Advance Tent & Awning Co 160

292

Aetna Trust & Savings Co

162 326

Aldag F W Co ..

.185 and

198

Aldag Paint & Varnish Co.

295

Allen L T Auto Exchange. 151

Bland & Foerderer. 305

Block Wm H-Co .. 208

Bock Equipment Co. 279

Boehm J F 317

Bond & Mortgage Co. 180

Bookwalter-Ball-Greathouse Printing Co.

Boozer-Patterson Co.

307 and opp 445

151

Bowen A W .... right bottom lines and 148 Bradford E W .. .300 and 2204 Brannum-Keene Lumber Co. .. embossed line front cover and 267

Breed, Elliott & Harrison. . .. right top lines and 179

Bretzman Charles F

302

Bridges-Dickinson Co ..

.. right bottom lines and 255

Broad Ripple Auto Co. 149

Broad Ripple Lumber Co 272

Brookside Lumber Co .. 273

Brossman Charles 222

Buck

Co The.

152

Builders Construction Co

.. right bottom lines and 188

295

Burford Wm B 292

Burnet-Binford Lumber Co. and back cover 268

Burpee-Johnson Co. 162 Business Furniture Co 292 Butler College 212

Barber-Warnock Co .. right top lines and 148 Barker Edward & Son. 311 Byfield Chas H. 143

Bass Photo Co .. 302

Beaman R J ..

137

Bebinger Chas E. 2204

Becker & Overman. 179

Bedell George V .. 143

Beech Grove Lumber Co. 272

Bemis Bro Bag Co.

... left bottom lines and 161

Berkshire Life Ins Co .. 251

Bernd Peter & Son .. 151

Berner Robert Structural Steel Co. 325

Bessire & Co .. 161

Blacker's Chile Parlors. 316

Allen Wm S Co .. right bottom lines and 311 Allied Coal & Material Co ..

.... right side lines, 185 and 198 Allison W D Co The. 303

137

American Loan Co .. 266

134

Armstrong Wm H Co 241

Artificial Ice and Cold Storage Co

244

Association of North American Directory Fublishers

2082

Atkins E C & Co.

320

Atlas Coal Co.

198

Automobile Underwriters (Inc)

255

Ayres C C ..

188 207

Ayres L S & Co. . front stencil edge and B & B Accessories Co.

B & F Mfg Co.

225

Bachman F M Co.

272

Baird & Crumbaker

Baker-Shook Co The

Baldwin Piano Co ...

272

Ballard Ice Cream Co 244

Ballmann J H & Sons. 296

Bamberger & Feibleman. 2204

Bankers Trust Co .... left side lines and 173

Banner Furniture Co ..

230

Libraries

108

Medical and Dental Colleges and Societies ĮMilitary 108

108

Building Associations

Cemeteries

100

Newspapers

Post Office

105 94

105 Special Advertising Department .. 131

General

Polk's Indianapolis (Marion County, Ind.) city directory, 1923, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1923 Publisher: Indianapolis : R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 2270

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Indianapolis : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 2270