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CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1934 LXXX
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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations
Advertising Department
101
Alphabetical List of Names
209
Apartment Buildings.
1691
Associations and Clubs-Commercial.
1692
Bands and Orchestras
1703
Banks
1703
Board of School Commissioners
34
Buildings-Office and Public.
1711
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
1712
Buyers' Guide.
101
Cemeteries
1713
Churches
1715
City Officials
33
Classified Business Directory
1689
Clergymen
1718
Clubs
1721
Convents
1726
County Officers.
36
Courts
42
Federal Officers
38
Fire Department.
34
Fraternities and Sororities
1738
General Directory
209
Golf Clubs and Courses
1743
Halls
1747
Homes and Asylums.
1749
Hospitals and Dispensaries
1749
Householders' Directory
1265
Incorporated Companies. 1750
Indiana State Government. 36
Labor Organizations. 1765
Legal Blue Book
opp 1768
Libraries
1771
Military
42
Miscellaneous Information
14
Museums
1778
Names Received Too Late For Regular Insertion
43
Newspapers 1779
Parks and Playgrounds 1786
Police Department.
33
Post Office
39
Public Buildings, Halls, etc
1711
Public Schools.
42
Railroads
1795
Schools-Parochial
1804
Schools, Colleges and Academies.
1804
Social Settlements
1807
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal.
.1807
Societies-Miscellaneous
1808
Societies-Patroitic. 1808
Special Advertising Department.
State Schools. 30:00- 101
42
Street and Avenue Guide 852361 1265
Township Officers
36
Page 208
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Acme Window Cleaning Co ..... .. back cover and 206 Aetna Cabinet Co ... 185
Aler C C Co The. 265 Allied Retailers Credit Clearing House ...
American Central Life Insurance Co.
. right top lines and 157
American Loan Co ... front eover, left side lines and 172 American Paper Stock Co. 191
American States Insurance Co.
166
Antlers Hotel.
Armstrong V M.
(Legal Blue Book)
Ashby Samuel ... (Legal Blue Book)
Association of North American Directory Pub- lishers Y
Ayres L S & Co .. .front stencil edge and 134
Ballard Ice Cream Co Inc ..
Bamberger & Feibleman. . (Legal Blue Book)
Bankers Trust Co.
124
Banner-Whitehill Co. right top lines and 144
Barrett Hardware Co .. .left side lines and 147 193 Bass W H Photo Co Inc. 194
Bassett Co The ..
Berkshire Life Insurance Co. 164 Bessire & Co Inc .. 120 175
Best Laundry The. .
Better Business Bureau.
207
Billy Grimes Tire Co. .
Bingham, Mendenhall & Bingham
(Legal Blue Book)
Block Wm H Co The.
135
Bowen A W Co ... .right top lines and 111
Brennan W A Inc .. 197
Broad Ripple Auto Co.
112
Brown L MI Abstract Co ..
Bryce Oil Corp.
Burdsal A Co The 190 Burford Wm B Printing Co. 185 177
Burnet-Binford Lumber Co.
Capital Ice Refrigerating Co.
Capital Paper Co. . left side lines and 191
Capitol Dairies Inc. .left top lines and 180
Capitol Motors Co .. .left side lines and 112 177 191
Cash & Carry Paper Co Inc ..
Central Rubber & Supply Co.
113
Central Supply Co ..
Chaille Emerson W & Co ...
Church Members Relief Assn ..
.. right top lines and
Circle Engraving Co Inc .. 141 .right side lines and 176
Citizens Motor Car Co ..
City Hall Parking & Tire Service. Clark Oliver H.
Claycombe & Stump.
. (Legal Blue Book)
Claypool Hotel .. 150
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co.
.left top lines and 167 167
Cox. Conder. Bain & Cox.
. (Legal Blue Book)
179
Cram George F Co The
Crane E A ..
.left side lines and
165
Crescent Paper Co .. 191 X D & C Navigation Co 186
3 and 196
Dell Frank M.
... right side lines
Doyle Edward .. (Legal Blue Book)
Dux Edward F Stone Co. 201
Emerich Furniture Co The .. . left top lines and 145 Emerson-Scheuring Tank Co .. 202 Employers Liability Assurance Co. 171
Em-Roe Sporting Goods Co. 201
Equitable Life Assurance Society.
.right side lines and 167
Ernst & Ernst ... left side lines and 103
Excelsior Laundry Co .. .. back cover and 174
Feeser Frank S Co Inc ... . left side lines and 111 Losey Motors Inc. .
Fenton. Steers, Beasley & Klee. . (Legal Blue Book)
Fidelity Trust Co ...
Fletcher Avenue Saving & Loan Assn. .
.... right side lines and 201 Foot Saver Boot Shop ...
Forbes . Hubbard Lumber Co. 178 Foster & Messick. 167
Furnas Ice Cream Co. 156
Gardner Joseph Co. .left side lines
Garrison Samuel E ... . (Legal Blue Book)
Gates F E Marble & Tile Co. 179
General Outdoor Advertising Co Inc. 201 General Underwriters Inc. 168
Geupel Carl MI Construction Co.
133 Gibson Co ... . right side lines and 113
Goodrich & Emison.
(Legal Blue Book)
Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co ..
Gregory & Appel Inc.
.left side lines and 164
Grimes Billy Tire Co ... 113 Guarantee Agency Inc. . 168
Guarantee Tire & Rubber Co ..
right side lines, 114 and 203
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Halgren Ross MI.
171
Hall-Hottel Co Ine ..
Hall-Neal Furnace Co. 143
Hall & Hill 168
Harlan Myron S. 168
Harrison Wmn Henry. . (Legal Blue Book)
Hatfield Electric Supply Co. 140
Hatfield Paint Co.
. right side lines and
187
Hauk Charles B. .right side lines and 169
194
151
Herdrich & Boggs.
103 202
Hetherington & Berner Ine.
Hisey & Titus ... 142
Hodges Storage & Auction Co ... right side lines and 107 Holmes J Frank ..... backbone, right side lines and 159
Home Lumber & Supply Co ... .back cover and 177 192
156° Hood & Hahn ..
Hook Drugs Inc. .. left side lines
132
Hoosier Fence Co ..
141
Hoosier Motor Club. front cover and 117 151
Hotel Antlers.
Hotel Claypool. 150
Hotel Severin. 153
Hotel Washington. 154
128
Indiana Hotel Cc .. 150
113 Indiana Law School. left side lines and 138 Indiana Liberty Mutual Insurance Co ....
Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co .. . left top lines and 169
Indiana Mutual Fire & Cyclone Insurance Co .... 169
Indiana National Bank ... backbone and 121 205
Indiana Terminal & Refrigerating Co.
Indiana Travelers Assurance Co. 168
Indiana Trust Co .. 125
173
Indianapolis Coal Co .. top stencil, left top lines and
Indianapolis Commercial Printing Co.
.right side lines and 196
Indianapolis Engraving Co.
.141 and 193
Indianapolis Industrial Center Ine.
Indianapolis Life Insurance Co
.right side lines and
160
Indianapolis News The .. . right top lines and 183 Indianapolis Paint & Color Co ... left top lines and 188 Indianapolis Power & Light Co ... left side lines and 139 Indianapolis Public Welfare Loan Assn ..
Indianapolis Railways Inc.
197
Inland Securities Corp.
173
108 198 Insurance Building. 184
Isensee Oliver W. 176
Johnson Chevrolet Co.
.right top lines and 114
Johnson -- Maas Co Inc ...
.right side lines and 178
Johnson W H & Son Co. 143
Jones George K ..
. left top lines and 167
Jones, Hammond. Buschmann & Gardner .. (Legal Blue Book)
Kahn Tailoring Co ..
202
Katz Max Bag Co Inc.
. left side lines and
119
Kiefer-Stewart Co. 136
Kirby Mortuary. .
142
Kirschner Auto Service Inc .... right side lines and 114
Kothe Herman W.
(Legal Blue Book)
Lain Business College.
.left top lines and 137
146
Langsenkamp F H Co ..
Lathrop-Moyer Retail Inc.
.left top lines and 115
Levey Printing Co ...
left top lines and 195
Lieber Brewing Corp
.front cover and 127
Lincoln Oil Refining Co ...
.bottom stencil and 109
192
Lockwood, Goldsmith & Gault
London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. 170 115
Lumber Mutual Agency
. left top lines and 169
124
Lustgarten Edward.
. (Legal Blue Book)
128
Lux Laundry Inc.
right side lines and 175
Madden W M & Co .. 104
Manufacturers Supply Co.
. left side lines and 140
Maplehurst Farms inc ..
182
Marion Paint Co.
. left side lines and 189
Marott Hotel.
right side lines and 152
Marott Shoe Shop .. . front cover, left side lines and 200 Matson. Ross. McCord & Clifford ..
. (Legal Blue Book)
Mccullough J G Agency
198
McKelvey & Kell.
141
Means & Buenting.
. (Legal Blue Book)
Merrifield Hugh D.
(Legal Blue Book)
Model Creamery.
. right top lines and 182
136 205
Morrison L E & Co ...
Murat Tire & Battery Co.
.left side lines and 115
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co ..
170
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
170
Mutual Insurance Agency. . left top lines and 169
131
154
198 Carter-Lee Lumber Co ...
194 198 166
113
Cooling-Grumme-Mumford Co.
Davey Hugh J.
Dean Bros Co.
.right top lines and 158
Mooney-Mueller-Ward Co
197
... right side lines
Hayes Bros Inc.
Hoosier Coal & Oil Co .back cover and
Hydraulic-Press Brick Co.
.left side lines and 169
.. left side lines and 102 4
Indianapolis Bond & Share Corp.
Langen & Meyer ..
right side lines and 126
Fletcher's Dr W B Sanatorium ..
199
Lyman Bros Inc.
right side lines and 193
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Mutual Life Insurance Co of NY ..
. left side lines and 170 Neff F B Printing t'o. 196 Neuronhurst 199 Newberger, Simon & Davis. ... (Legal Blue Book) News The ... .. right top lines und 183
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co .... .left side lines and 165 Northwestern Natloual Life Insurance Co ... .left top lines and 165
Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp .. right side Ines and 169 Ogden James Al. . . (Legal Blue Book)
Old Line Automobile Insurers. .... right side lines und Inside back cover
Ollve George S & Co 104
Pearson Plano Co .. 182
Peek Charles t' Inc. .left top lines aud 173
Peerless Foundry Co .. 113
Peoples Fuel & Supply Co Inc
right side lines and 132
Peoples State Bank.
125
Ploneer Distributing Co. 107
Polar Ice & Fuel Co.
backbone and 155 Polk R L & Co ..
106, 118 and 178
Polk Sanitary MIlk Co The ..
.back cover, left side lines and 181 Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co .. 171
Public Welfare Loan Assn ...... right side lines and 176 Rallroadmens Building & Savings Assn ...
Ramsdell Guy A .left top lines and 129
.. left side lines and 170
Reserve Loan Life Insurance Co .... front cover and 161 Roberts W 1I & Sons
182
Kocap & Rocap ..
(Legal Blue Book)
Rogers & t'o ...
104 107 143
Rybolt Heating Co.
StAgnes Academy. right top lines and
138
Sanborn Electrle Co .. 140
right side lines and 135
Wege Marble & Tile Co of Ind ... left side lines and 179 Western Audit Co.
103
Wetherald M W. .right side lines and 133
Wiles & Wilson Motor Service Inc. .
. left side lines and 116
(Legal Blue Book)
199
Severin Hotel.
153
Woodsmall H H Agency Inc ..... right top lines and 163
Wright Oldsmobile Co .. .left top lines and 115
York J E & Son.
. right side lines and 203
York T Edgar & Sons.
.right side lines and 203
Shoptaugh A G. .. 171
Short Cech E.
Shotwell trier MI .. ( Legal Blue Book)
Showalter Earl W & Co Inc .. ... back cover and 112
Smither Henry t' Roofing Co. 198
Spradling, t'arter & Jordan. 101
Stall R Niven. (Legal Blue Book) Standard Accident Insurance Co.right top lines and 171 Standard Nut Margarine Co ..
Standard Oil t'o ..
Starks Agency. 198
State Guaranty Life Insurance Co.
State Mutual Life Assurance Co.
Steck Wm F. right side llnes and 194
Stein Theo Jr .. .left top lines and 162
.left side lines and 173
Stewart's Book Store.
Stone. Stafford & Stone ..
Suesz Otto J.
.. back cover. 202 and 203
Tarpenning-La Follette Co The
Taylor J H Transfer & Storage Co. . back cover and Tennyson W II.
170 130
Terhune's Secretarial College.
Torelle B Carlton. left side lines and 149
Traylor Joel T ..
.left top lines and 165
Trustees System Service. .
176
Umphrey & Hartz ... front cover, left side lines and 172
Union Title t'o. right side lines and 102
Union Trust Co .. .top lines and 123
United Credit Bureaus Inc .. . left side lines and 105
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co ..
167 149
Vaut'amp Hardware & rou Co .. Velling Fred W. . left side lines and 142
Vonnegut Hardware Co.
.right side lines and 148
Wallerich C H Co ..
.left top lines
Warnock C O Co .. .right top lines and 110
Washington Hotel ..
154
Washington Park Cemetery Assn Inc.
Wasson H P & Co ..
left side lines and 130
Sander & Recker Furniture Co ... left side lines and 146 Sargent Harry G Palnt Co ..
190
Schley & Trask. Legal Blue Book and 192
Schlosser Chalmer. . (Legal Blue Book)
Schoen Bros .. .left top lines and 130
Schumacher John A Co. 128
Willson & Willson.
Woodruff Place Nursing Home ..
Security Trust Co. .right top lines and 122
Sharp Harry A Co .. right side lines and 116
Sholty Motor Co Inc. .right side lines and 116
Page 168
MORE GOODS
ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH
186 2
166 171
Stern Louis & Co.
Swalm HI Nathan. .
(Legal Blue Book)
199
201
185 171
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INTRODUCTION
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INDIANA STATE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT
Universally admitted to be the grandest achievement of architectural and sculptural art in the world, designed to glorify the heroic epoch of the Republic and to commemorate the valour and fortitude of Indiana's soldiers and sailors in the War of the Rebellion and other wars.
Begun, 1887; completed, 1901; dedicated, 1902; cost, $600,000; diameter of plaza surrounding monuments, 342 feet 7 inches; diameter of terrace, 110 feet; height of terrace, 16 feet 4 inches ; monument foundation, 69x53 feet; depth of foundation, 30 feet; height of monument, including foundation, 314 feet 6 inches ; height of monument from street level to top of statue, 284 feet 6 inches; height of Victory statue, 38 feet shaft at top, 13 feet 3 inches; balcony, 16 feet.
The balcony, 22812 feet above the ground, is reached by an electric elevator or by stairway consisting of 32 flights-324 steps. On reaching the balcony, visitors look over a beautiful panorama of Indianapolis and vicinity-a delightful view, not surpassed anywhere. Below the balcony is a bronze astragal bearing the dates 1861-1865 on the four sides of the shaft. Midway the monument is a second bronze astragal, em- blematic of the Navy, and further down, a third bronze astragal, representing the Army. On the east and west sides of the monument are the two largest groups that have ever been carved out of stone-the one on the east representing War, the other, Peace. On the south front are two heroic statues, each cut out of a huge block of stone ; one representing the Infantry, the other an ideal Cavalry Scout. On the north front are the Artillery and Navy representatives, same as on the south. On the east and west sides of the terrace are magnificent cascades, over each of which flow 7,000 gallons of water per minute. With eight immense candelabra, carrying 48 are and 150 incandescent lamps. Monument Place is the most brilliantly and beauti- fully lighted spot in this country. On subordinate pedestals occupying positions in the four segments, are bronze statues of Gov. Morton, Gov. Whitcomb, Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison and Gen. George Rogers Clark. Above the entrance facing the south is the inscription of dedication :
"To Indiana's Silent Victors"
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INTRODUCTION
INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE North Meridian St., Opp. University Park )
INDIANAPOLIS
"THE CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA" CAPITAL OF INDIANA; COUNTY SEAT OF MARION COUNTY
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SERVE TO VISUALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MODERN AND PROGRESSIVE CITY IN ITS COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASPECTS
THE LOGICAL LOCATION FOR BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS HAVING NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
Prepared by Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
When Indiana was admitted to the Union in 1816 it became the nineteenth state. Congress adopted a resolution donating four sections of land to the State for its cap- ital. The present downtown square mile, chosen in 1821 as the site for the location of the state capital, after considerable discussion, was named Indianapolis. On this one mile square, at almost the geographical center of Indiana, the city was laid out by the same engineer who designed the street plan of Washington, D. C. Not only is Indianapolis near the exact center of the state of Indiana, but it is likewise near the center of the great Middle West, called the most typically American section of the nation.
Population
The Federal Census for 1930 gave Indianapolis a population of 364,161. It is the capital and largest city of Indiana, and is twenty-first in population in the United States. It is the second largest state capital. Indianapolis has maintained a steady, normal growth in population.
1930 CENSUS
Color, Nativity and
1930
Per cent Distribution
Citizenship
Total
Male
Female
1920 Total
1930
1920
Total population
364,161
176,647
187,514
314,194
100.
100.
White
320,064
155,282
164,782
279,411
87.9
88.9
Native
306.324
147,968
158,356
262,453
84.1
83.5
Foreign-born
13,740
7,314
6,426
16,958
3.8
5.4
Negro
43,967
21,263
22,704
34,678
12.1
11.0
Other races
130
102
28
105
The Bureau of the Census has established a metropolitan district for Indianapolis, having an area of 311.75 square miles and a total population in 1930 of 417,685, of which 364.161 are in the city of Indianapolis and 53,524 outside. The general rule followed has been to include with the central city all surrounding contiguous minor civil divisions having a density of not less than 150 inhabitants per square mile, but to include also any minor civil division of less density, if it directly adjoins the central city or is nearly surrounded by other minor civil divisions that have the required density.
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