R.L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis city directory, 1924, Part 1

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Indianapolis directory R. L. POLK & CO.'S

INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY

-1924-

CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BUSINESS FIRMS, CORPORATIONS, FOL- LOWED BY THEIR OFFICERS, COPARTNERSHIPS GIVING NAMES OF . PART- NERS, AND PRIVATE CITIZENS WITH THEIR OCCUPATION, BUSINESS CON- NECTIONS AND HOME ADDRESS, A DIRECTORY OF ALL CHURCHES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, BENEVOLENT, LITERARY, RELIGIOUS AND OTHER SOCIETIES, BANKS AND TRUST COM- PANIES, A COMPENDIUM OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OFFICERS OF THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY GOV- ERNMENTS, A STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE AND DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS.

A BUYERS' GUIDE

AND A COMPLETE

CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY

The

DIRECTORY

Vol. LXX

IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN

$15.00

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R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers 225 N. New Jersey Street INDIANAPOLIS

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INTRODUCTION

The 1924 edition of the Indianapolis City Directory is herewith pre- sented to patrons. The publishers feel assured that the work affords a complete and comprehensive epitome of the vast and diversified interests and activities of the city-civic, social, commercial and industrial.

In the present volume all of the essential features contained in pre- vious 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.

The publishers enjoy the prestige and advantage of a complete organ- ization and thorough system essential in the production of Directories, and the additional advantage of having the courteous co-operation of citi- zens in furnishing information. These factors added to the liberal sup- port of patrons as shown by the advertisements displayed upon the printed page were vital to the success of the publication.

The statistics presented following this introduction are eloquent as visualizing the greatness of Indianapolis. Touching as they do every phase of the city's commercial, industrial and social life, they are both instruc- tive to residents as well as to the thousands who consult the Directory in the Directory Libraries maintained in all the principal cities, where copies of this Directory are placed by the publishers.

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, Churches, 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 progressive business men and concerns, arranged by classifications appro- priate to the nature of the business pursued. The Directory is the com- mon intermediary between the Buyer and Seller.

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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.

DIRECTORY LIBRARY.

A library of City and County Directories and State Gazetteers is maintained by us in our offices, 225 North New Jersey Street, for the free use of our patrons. As the latest Directories are issued they will be added to the Library, thereby keeping it up-to-date from year to year. We extend a cordial invitation to each and every one of our subscribers to make frequent use of the Library and to consult the Directories on file as often as desired, when information in regard to any individual, firm, corporation or institution located in other cities is desired.

POPULATION.

In this issue of the Directory there are listed 143,504 individual names ; a conservative estimate of the population is obtained by multiply- ing the number of names by 21/2, 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 358,760, a gain of 12,150 over the population of 1923.

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, based on estimates of the U. S. Census Bureau, Bell Telephone Co., Engineers, City Directory and several other surveys had, at the end of 1923, about 355,000 population, showing an increase of more than 40,000 people since 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 transient population of more than 20,000 people daily.

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

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 has about 500 miles of improved streets.

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 525 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 about 89,000 families occupying 78,000 dwellings.

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

More than 9,000 new homes have been built in the last three 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 oyer 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

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

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 1923 were 3,741,506.43.

Indianapolis is the home of ex-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 9 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 45 banks and trust companies and branches with resources of more than $250,000,000.

Indianapolis is known as a "panic proof" city.

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 has the largest interurban passenger station and the largest interurban freight depot 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 1923 comprised 2,875,648 hogs, 527,855 cattle, 123,883 sheep and 1,409 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

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.

Illiteracy in Indianapolis has been reduced to 2.1%.

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

Indianapolis has 83 public schools, 4 high schools, and 40 free kindergartens.

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 172 white protestant churches, 64 colored protestant churches and 21 catholic churches.

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, just completed, cost over $2,000,000, and combines 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 two municipal theaters are maintained in Public Parks afford- ing 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's Associa- tion, Retail Coal Dealers' Association and Better Business Bureau comprise the leading ones.

Products valued at more than $450,000,000 were manufactured in Indianapolis during 1923.

Indianapolis has approximately 1,215 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.

INDIANAPOLIS

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 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, Dusen- berg, H. C. S., Marmon, Stutz, National, Premier, Monroe, Elgin 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 importance to each of us to realize that the Chamber of Commerce is an organi- zation 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 do 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

Page

Abbreviations

305

Insurance

Additions, Removals, etc

2155

Interurban Lines

8 6

Advertising Department 131

Labor Organizations

Alphabetical List of Names

306

Legal Blue Book

2275 71

Banks

47 44

Miscellaneous Information

Building Associations

49 Miscellaneous Societies and Organizations Museums 97

72 75

Cemeteries

Musical Societies

Charities

50 Newspapers

7 5

Churches and Sunday Schools.

City Officials

Police Department

77 43

Clubs

Public Buildings, Halls, etc

College Societies

Public Parks

County Officers

46 Public Schools

Courts

55 Railroads

86 87

Fire Department

56 44

Schools Secret and Benevolent Organizations.

80 Special Advertising Department.

Foreign Consuls

State Schools

8 8

General Directory

305 Street and Avenue Guide 1677

1675

Householders' Directory 1677

Street Railways 86

Incorporated Companies

Trust Companies

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

A-1 Letter Shop 104

Adams Jas B & Son Inc

148

Advance Electrotype Co

182

Advertisers Letter Service 105 Bessire & Co 127

Aetna Cabinet Co 251

Aetna Trust & Savings Co 129

Akron Truss Co 287

Aldag F W Co 149 and 163

Aldag Paint & Varnish Co 255

Allen L T Overland Sales 117

Bock Equipment Co

Boehm J F

.278

Bookwalter-Ball-Greathouse Printing Co ....

.268 and opp 411

Borcherding W C Co.

229 and opp 2291

Bowen A W .

... right bottom lines and 114

Bowley Geo J & Co

185

Boyer Walter T Co .... left bottom lines and 118 Bradford E W 261 and 2276

Brannum-Keene Lumber Co

front

cover

and

230

Bretzman Charles F

Bridges-Dickinson Co

.right bottom lines and 218

Broad Ripple Auto Co

115

Broad Ripple Lumber Co

234 Brookside Lumber Co .... left top lines and 234 Brydon Charles H

265

Builders Construction Co

left bottom lines and 151

Burdsal A Co The

265

Burford Wm B

251

Burnet-Binford Lumber Co back cover and

231

Business Furniture Co

251

Butler College

177

Campbell Circular Adv Co

104

Canning J J & Co

265

Capital Paper Co

259

Capitol Lumber Co .left side lines and 234

154

Bebinger Charles E. 2276 Carlin Music Co

248

Cartinhour-Bowman Co

118

Becker Charles S & Co 144 Bemis Bro Bag Co .... left bottom lines and 126 Ben Davis Lumber Co 234

Berkshire Life Insurance Co

Page 213

Bernd Peter & Son 118

Berner Robert Structural Steel Co 286

Blackers Chile Parlors

277

Blackwell John J & Son

left side lines and 294

Blasengym Walter T

294

Block Wm H Co

171

Allen Wm S Co. .... right bottom lines and 273 Allied Coal & Material Co

.right side lines, 148 and 162

Allison W D Co

American Auditors Inc

Armstrong Wm H Co

202

Artificial Ice & Cold Storage Co

205

Association of North American Directory

Publishers

9 €

Asperger Otto A 246 Atkins E C & Co 281

Atlas Coal Co

162

Automobile Underwriters 218

Auto Radiator Service Co 117

Ayres L S & Co .... front stencil edge and 170 B & B Accessories Co 118

Bachman F M Co 233

Baldwin Piano Co 247

Balke & Krauss Co 233

Ballard Ice Cream Co 206 Ballmann J H & Sons 257

Bamberger & Feibleman

Bankers Life Co of Des Moines

... right bottom lines and 213

Bankers Trust Co

.. left side lines and 139

Banner Furniture Co

193 and 194

Barber-Warnock Co .... right top lines and

114 Barker Edward & Son 273

Bass W H Photo Co 263 Capitol Transfer Co

Page 69

Asylums, Hospitals, etc.

47 Libraries

Bands of Music

7 5 Medical and Dental Colleges and Societies Military

Board of School Commissioners

Buyers' Guide

Classified Business Directory

Post Office

Federal Officers

Flats and Apartment Houses

Hospitals

Street Railway Routes

Indiana State Government 41

Township Officers

Central Business College .. front cover and 174

Central Rubber & Supply Co

119

2276

264

102

241

263

50 Patriotic Orders

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

Central States Coal Co .. left side lines and 160 Central Supply Co 264 Hall-Neal Furnace Co

Central Wall Paper & Paint Co 297 Hall & Hill left side lines and 220 220

Central Wire and Iron Works 302 Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co

Century Paper Co 259

Chance Frank S 107

Chandler & Taylor Co 184

Christena-Teague Piano Co

248

Circle Talking Machine Shop 249

Citizens Gas Co 166

City Ice and Coal Co .... left top lines and 160

City Trust Co 130 Haueisen Otto F Co

Claycombe & Stump 2276

Claypool Hotel

Cline Fred Co .. front cover, right side lines and 271 Henry Furnace & Foundry Co

Collier Robert M

163 and opp 2196

Weights Bureau

205

Commercial Fuel Co

131

Continental National Bank 224

Courtright

Crane Co

202

244

Creditors Assn

Crescent Paper Co

Cruse J S Realty Co right bottom lines and 273

D & C Navigation Co .... opp inside back cover D & D Transfer & Storage Co 298

Davey H J & Son ........ right top lines and 253 Davis Coal & Block Co ...

.. right bottom lines, 149 and

163

Day Thos C & Co

Dean Bros Co

Dedaker R N

Dee Wm E Co

149

Dell Frank M.

left top lines, 149 and 163

Diener Bros

right side lines and

246

Dixie Service Station 119

Dolbey & Van Ausdall 251 Indiana Air Pump Co 270

Dolmetsch E C Co The.

.. left bottom lines and

284

Doney Rogers & Co

Doser-Allen Paint & Glass Co 256

Downey Brandt C Co

Dun R G Co

244

Dynes-Pohlman

Lumber Co

right bottom lines and

235

Eaglesfield Hardwood Flooring Co

201

Eastman J D Co

Edison Electric Co 181

Empire Life & Accident Ins Co

218

Indiana

Terminal Warehouse Co

298

284

Indiana Tire & Rubber Co

120

Indiana Title Guaranty & Loan Co 100

Indiana Trust Co

140

Indianapolis Coal Co .... left top lines and 161

Fatout H B Co

183

Indianapolis Cordage Co .

167

Federal Underwriters 214 Indianapolis Electric Supply Co 181

Fenton, Steers, Herbst & Klee. 2277 Indianapolis Electrotype Foundry 182

Ferree-Case Lumber Co

right top lines and 235

Fidelity Trust Co

Fieber & Reilly

219

Fife Geo W Equipment Co 241 .left side lines, inside back cover and 215 Indianapolis Lumber Co 236

Finn Bros 294

Flanner & Buchanan .. left bottom lines and 292 Fletcher American National Bank

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R.L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis city directory, 1924, Part 1

Author: Publication date: 1924 Publisher: R.L. Polk Number of Pages: 2380

Author:
Publication date: 1924
Publisher: R.L. Polk
Number of Pages: 2380