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INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY
Homes
Data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census in 1920 showed Indian- apolis to have 228 homes per 1,000 population. This is an average of less than five persons per residential unit, and gives Indianapolis more homes per 1,000 than any other city over 200,000 population in the United States. It is estimated that approximately 40% of the families own their own homes. According to a recent post office survey there were 101,354 residences and 13,761 apartment units in Indianapolis, a total of 115,115 living units.
Streets
Streets of Indianapolis are wide, well-paved and level. All downtown streets are 90 feet wide, and Washington Street, which is the leading business street, is 120 feet wide. The movement of automobile traffic has been facilitated by the designation of preferential speedways for passenger cars only. Heavy traffic thoroughfares have been established also, though not for exclusive use. The purpose is to provide through trucking routes from one section of the city to another, and at the same time to divert this heavy traffic from the thoroughfares having passenger car congestion.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, located in the heart of the city, is recog- nized as one of the finest pieces of colossal sculpture in the United States. It was built in the years 1887-1901, at a cost of approximately $600,000. It is 284 feet high and is the second tallest monument in the United States. The Washington Monument in Washington, D. C., stands 555 feet.
War Memorial Plaza
The City of Indianapolis, Marion County, and the State of Indiana have joined hands to provide the wonderful Memorial Plaza, which includes five city blocks in the heart of our state capital. The memorial building proper has a base of 180 feet square, with a tower approximately 50 feet square rising to a height of 230 feet. This building -an everlasting tribute to those who gave to their country their services and to those who made the supreme sacrifice-has been constructed of Indiana limestone. The entire Plaza to cover five full city blocks when completed, will represent an expenditure of over $10,000,000.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the foremost brick motor race-course in the world. The annual Decoration Day Sweepstakes attract drivers and more than 125,000 spectators from all parts of America and from Europe.
General
Indianapolis is located in the center of both the corn and wheat belts of America. This fact has made Indianapolis the second largest corn market in the United States and also one of the leading wheat centers. The Indianapolis Board of Trade is one of the six largest grain markets in the country. More than 36,000 cars of grain were handled last year. The supervision of a business involving $55,000,000 a year is entrusted
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AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY HOME STRETCH
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to this organization. The following were handled through Indianapolis in 1930: 5,445,000 bushels of wheat, 24,201,500 bushels of corn and 10,810,000 bushels of oats. The principal agricultural products of the territory surrounding Indianapolis, in addition to wheat. corn and oats, are dairy products, beef, mutton and pork, fruit, potatoes, poultry and eggs, hay, rye and canning vegetables. These products exceed $250,000,000 annual value. Produce and fruits are raised extensively in the districts surrounding Indianapolis, and furnish raw materials for canning factories and packing and preserving plants.
The Union Stock Yards in Indianapolis is one of the largest markets of its kind in the country. Following are stockyard receipts for the year 1930: Hogs, 1,714,207; cattle, 237,159; calves, 174,230; sheep, 286,708.
One of the largest army posts in the country, Fort Benjamin Harrison, covering 2,415 acres, is located six miles northeast of Indianapolis.
Indianapolis has three daily newspapers, one of which publishes a Sunday edition. In addition to this, we have a daily commercial newspaper, several weeklies and a num- ber of regular neighborhood publications.
Two radio stations carry the "Voice of Indianapolis" to the world. WFBM and WKBF are, from a civic standpoint, outstanding achievements for the city of Indian- apolis.
A large municipal market helps to reduce the cost of living in this most livable city. Funds for the maintenance of the city's charities are secured through the Com- munity Fund.
The achievements of such Indianapolis personages as James Whitcomb Riley, Meredith Nicholson, Booth Tarkington, Thomas R. Marshall, Charles W. Fairbanks, Albert J. Beveridge and Benjamin Harrison speak well for the city's culture and its spirit of endeavor. Indianapolis long will be remembered as the birthplace of many cherished poems known all over the United States as the works of James Whitcomb Riley, the great Hoosier poet.
Indianapolis is characteristically a city of sociability. Pervaded by the well-known spirit of Hoosier hospitality and culture, this city stands high as a social and cultural center. Nine Indianapolis clubs own their own buildings. Four of these are conveni- ently located in the downtown district. Each of these serves a particular function in the city's social life and is supported by a substantial membership.
Six country clubs, located in private estates, maintaining swimming pools, golf links, tennis courts, add to the social life of the city.
The slogan, "The Cross Roads of America," is appropriate. Within sixty miles, to the southwest, is the center of population of the United States. At a less distance, to the northeast, is the center of manufacture. The nation's east and west traffic must traverse the level plain extending from the Great Lakes on the north to the Ohio River on the south. A large volume of this through traffic, both automobile and rail, passes through Indianapolis. The National Road and the Dixie Highway cross here. Indianapolis is truly the crossroads.
General Population Figures
1930 population-city of Indianapolis 364,161
1930 population-Marion County 422,000
Population within 100 miles (estimated) 2,000,000
Population within 200 miles (estimated) 15,000,000
Classification of Industries (Estimated 1930)
Automobiles
$ 76,000,000
Meat Packing and Slaughtering
63,000,000
Metal Trades and Machine Shops
49,000,000
Automobile Accessories 31,500,000
Wearing Apparel 20,000,000
Canning Industry
21,000,000
Printing and Publishing
15,000,000
Grain and Cereal Products
12,000,000
Biological Products
11,000,000
Foundry Products
8,000,000
Dairy Products
7,500,000
Bakery Products
6,000,000
Paper Box Industry
6,000,000
Paints and Varnishes
6,000,000
Candy and Confectionery
4,500,000
Coffee Roasting
5,000,000
Furniture and Veneers
4,000,000
Wooden Boxes and Cooperage
4,000,000
*All other industries
15,400,000
$365,400,000
*"All other industries" includes some whose value of production would equal or surpass some shown in the classifications, but which cannot be classified without dis- closing individual operation.
Distances from Indianapolis to Surrounding Large Cities
Chicago
183 miles
Cincinnati
110 miles
Cleveland
285 miles
Columbus, Ohio 181 miles
Detroit
303 miles
Louisville
110 miles
St. Louis
248 miles
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Miscellaneous Facts-Indianapolis (Latest Available Reports)
Airports
Altitude
739 feet
Area (33.625 acres)
54.15 square miles
Distance north and south, 13.06 miles; east and west, 11.38 miles.
Assessed Valuation $691,336,210
Automobiles-passenger 113,589
Banks-Number of (3 national, 20 state, 10 trust) 33
Bank Resources $282,945,000
Boulevards-miles of 59
Building and Loan Associations-Number of 58 Resources $ 99,680,167
Building Permits-Number of
6,268
Value Building Permits $ 8,148,969
Bus Lines-passenger, in city
11
Bus Lines-passenger, entering city
16
Capital Investment (1920 Census)
$207,544,000
Carloadings (outgoing) carried by six railroads (1930) 177,488
Carloadings (inbound) 1930 253,375
Churches, all denominations-number of 340
Climatic Data-Average January temperature 28 degrees
Average July temperature 76 degrees
Clubs-Downtown
5
Clubs-Luncheon
25
Clubs-Country
6
Electric Service Meters
127,000
Fire Hydrants-Number of
5,231
Gas Mains
864 miles
Gas Meters
85,000 11
Golf courses (18-hole) 5 municipal, 6 private
Grain Receipts, Bushels-Wheat, 5,445,000; corn, 24,201,500; oats, 10,810,000.
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Hotels-providing 2,500 rooms-first-class 70
5
Other Hotels-providing 5,500 rooms
Interurban Lines Entering City 13
Interurban Station-largest in the world-cars in and out per day. 350
Latitude 39 degrees, 46 minutes, 10 seconds
Library-500,000 volumes-20 branches and one business branch.
Live Stock Receipts-Hogs, 1,714,207; cattle, 237,159; calves, 174,230; sheep, 286,708.
Longitude 86 degrees, 09 minutes, 45 seconds
Manufactured Products-Value (1920 Census) $398,666,741
Manufacturing Establishments-(1927 Census) 776
Estimated for 1929 850
Monument-Soldiers' and Sailors'-Begun 1887; completed, 1901, cost, $600,000-284 feet 6 inches in height.
Motion Picture Houses
80
Parks
25
Post-office Receipts (1930)
$4,536,394
Radio Broadcasting Stations-WFBM and WKBF
2
Railroads-6 lines
16 divisions
Residences-Number of (101,354 houses; 13,761 apartment units) 115,115
Retail Stores-Estimated number of 4,300
Salaries (1920 Census) $18,819,927
Schools-public and parochial (including kindergartens) 168
Sewers
591.60 miles
Street Car Lines-miles of
165
Street Lights-number of
6,666
Streets (improved 448.75 miles)
196.84 miles
Tax Levy $2.78
Telephones
86,000
Theatres (legitimate, vaudeville, etc)
5
Tourist Camp-6 acres, wooded grounds-cost per night
25c
Trains-passenger, entering city daily
175
Transient Population (estimated)
25,000
Union Station-all tracks elevated, covers 7 acres.
Value of Products-1930 estimate $365,400,000
Vital Statistics (1928)-births, 6,399; deaths, 5,318.
Wage Earners (1927 Census) 45,752
Salaried Employes (1920 Census) 10,429
Wages (not including executives), 1927 Census $54,969,212
Wages-estimated for 1928 $74,000,000
Hospitals (major) 1 state, 1 city, 7 general
Sidewalks 646.91 miles
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Water Mains 609.34 miles
Water Meters 76,493
Wholesalers and Jobbers-estimated number of
300
FACTS ABOUT INDIANA
Indiana in 1816 became the nineteenth state.
Area: 36,354 square miles-ranks 37th in area in the United States.
State Flower: Blossom of Tulip Tree.
State House built 1878-1888, at a cost of $1,980,969.
Population (1930) : 3,225,418; ranks 11th in United States.
1920 Census: Males, 1,489,074; females, 1,441,316; native whites, 2,698,203; foreign-born whites, 150,868; Negroes 80,810.
Number of Families (1920 Census) : 737,707.
Industry (1927 Census) : Number of establishments, 4,909; number of wage earners, 291,131; value of products, $2,153,479,432.
Products: Iron and steel products, automobiles, automobile bodies and parts, railroad cars, foundry and machine shop products, etc.
Assessed Valuation of Taxable Property (1925) : $5,430,702,085.
Wealth Per Capita: $3,225; 1923 Census, $8,829,762,000.
Roads: 73,000 miles of roads, 4,752 miles in the State Highway System, of which 2,218 miles are paved.
Agriculture: Number of farms, 205,126; acreage, 21,063,332; value of crops, $497,229,695. Center of population of United States is near Whitehall, Owen County, Indiana.
Prominent Indiana Statesmen: President Benjamin Harrison, Vice-President Thomas
R. Marshall, Charles W. Fairbanks, Thomas A. Hendricks and Schuyler Colfax, and Senator Albert J. Beveridge.
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 organ- ization 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 most out of it who gives most to it. The dividends are based on the investment.
POLK'S INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY 1931 Copyright, 1931, by R. L. Polk & Co.
Miscellaneous Information
For information not found in this department see regular Alphabetical Section or under proper headings in the Classified Business Directory
CITY GOVERNMENT City Hall nw cor Ohio and Alabama Officials
Mayor-Reginald H Sullivan
Secretary to the Mayor-Walter W Watson City Clerk-Henry O Goett Deputy City Clerk-Mrs Marguerite Dillon Chief Probation Officer-Solon C Vial
Department of Finance
City Controller-Wm L Elder
Deputy Controller-Francis M Coleman
Deputy Auditor School Board-Frank Brubeck
License Clerk-Harry Branson License Clerk-Arth C Rodgers
Barrett Law Clerk-Cecil McConnahy Barrett Law Bookkeeper-Martin Walpole Finance-Francis A Muelbacher
Department of Law
Corporation Counsel-Edw H Knight City Attorney-Jas E Deery
Asst City Attorney-Herbert M Spencer Municipal Court Deputy-Louis P M Adams
Claim Agent-John E Loftus
Stenographers-Esther M Yohler and Mrs Anna F Hammerbeck
Attorney for Park Board and Recreation Dept- H Nathan Swaim
Attorney for Health Board-B Howard Caughran
Attorney for City Plan Commission-Albert Stump
Attorney for Sanitary Board-Jos J Daniels Attorney for Claim Dept-John E Loftus
Board of Public Works
E Kirk McKinney, Pres, Louis C Brandt and Chas 0 Britton, members
Exec Sec-Ernest F Frick Custodian City Hall-Bernard F Kelly Bookkeeper-Joseph McNamara
Department of City Civil Engineers
City Civil Engineer-A H Moore Senior Asst City Civil Engineer-M G Johnson Street Dept Head-Carl F Kortepeter Sewer Dept Head-W W Southard Asst Sewer Engineer-Chas P Culley Chief Clerk-John A Weinbrecht Asst Clerk-Paul O'Brien Chemist-Chambers H Underwood
Chief Inspector-Wm Holl
Track Elevation Engineer-M N Bebee Flood Prevention Engineer-Harvey Cassady Street Lighting Dept-John F Noonan Drafting Dept-Sherman Henricks
City Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals
Geo T O'Connor, Pres ; Mrs Lelia E Taylor V-Pres; J W Atherton, L J Bornstein and F W Mayer ; H B Steeg, Eng ; Adolph Emhardt, A H Moore, Paul Brown, Fred Gardner and E Kirk Mckinney, ex- officio members
Assessment Bureau (Dept of Public Parks) Chief Clerk-Martin H Walpole
Barrett Law Department
Chief Clerk-Martin H Walpole
Street Department
Street Commissioner-W H Winship Asst Street Commissioner-Albert J Zins
Chief Clerk-Wm Schoenrogg
City Asphalt Plant-Jos Wilson Supt 924 E New York Supt City Light Inspection-John F Noonan Supt Municipal Garage-Jerry Gates Chief Inspector of New Work-Michl A O'Brien
Board of Public Safety
Chas R Myers, Pres ; Frank C Dailey and Donald S Morris, members; Walter O Lewis, exec sec Stenographer-Edna H Allen
Market Master-Harry R Springsteen
Asst Market Master-R Meo
Dog Pound Keeper-Eliz Conger
Weights and Measures Department
Chief Insp-Grover C Parr
Deputy Insps-Clarence Stewart, Chas Howe, Fred Eisenhut, Ed Miers and Al W Miller
Building Inspection Department
Commissioner of Buildings-W F Hurd
Chief Inspector-Wm E Holmes
Asst Commr of Bldgs-T D Lee
Board of Plumbing Examiners-J A Diggle, Chairman ; Frank Irish, Oscar Stoehr, W F Hurd, Dr Herman Morgan ; Margt Kern, Sec
Building Inspectors-K K Wark, Gar Davis, Leland P Davis, Myron Clark
Elevator Inspector-John McGregor jr
Chief Clerk-Theo Schory
First Asst Clerk-F E Hansing
Second Asst Clerk-Garnette Davis
Statistician-Mrs Fannie Werbe
Sign Inspector-Frank Hougham
Department of Public Parks Board
Adolph Emhardt, Pres ; Paul E Rathert, V-Pres ; Logan C Scholl and Jackiel W Joseph Commissioners ; Mary E Griffin, Sec; Chas A Myers, Chief Clerk
Attorney-H Nathan Swaim
Auditor-Cora E Hartman Supt of Parks-A C Sallee
Asst Supt-David D Morris Forestry Inspector-Geo Featherstone Engineer of Parks-Jas E Perry
Recreation Dept-David Kilgore, Director
Custodian Tom Taggart Riverside Park-Geo J Kitzing
Custodian Brookside Park-James M Driver
Custodian Ellenberger Park-J V Rawlings
Custodian Christian Park-Henry Sauter
Custodian Camp Sullivan-Sherman McGriff Custodian Douglas Park-
Custodian University Park-Sherman McGriff Custodian Fall Creek Pkwy-Geo Featherstone Custodian Garfield Pkwy-Matthew Schaefer Custodian Burdsal Pkwy-Geo Featherstone
Custodian Rhodius Park-Wm Fitzgibbons
Custodian Willard Park-Ray Thompson
Custodian Woollens Gardens-Geo E Mays
Custodian Boulevards-John W Ripley
Purchasing Agency
Albert H Losche, Purchasing Agent Wallace A Jutt, Asst Wm Gibson, Chief Clerk John Logan, Inspector
City Council
Ernest Ropkey, Pres ; Fred C Gardner, Geo A Henry, Carl A Hildebrandt, James A Houck, Chas A Morgan, Maurice A Morgan, Leo F Welch, Clarence I Wheat- ley
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Officers of the Common Council
Ernest C Ropkey, Pres; Leo F Welch, Pres Pro-Tem ; Henry O Goett, Clerk
Term of Office-First Monday in Jan. 1931, to first Monday in Jan. 1932
Standing Committees
Finance-Chairman Houck, Welch, Gardner, Hildebrand, Tennant
Safety-Chairman Tennant, Wheatley, Welch, Morgan, Gardner
Works-Chairman Hildebrand, Tennant, Morgan, Gard- ner, Welch
Health-Chairman Welch, Houck, Henry, Morgan, Ten- nant
Parks-Chairman Gardner, Houck, Wheatley, Hilde- brand, Henry
Law and Judiciary-Chairman Henry, Tennant, Wheat- ley, Hildebrand, Morgan
Elections-Chairman Morgan, Welch, Henry, Houck, Wheatley
Welfare-Chairman Wheatley, Houck, Henry, Hilde- brand, Gardner
Police Department Headquarters se cor Alabama and Pearl
Chief of Police Jerry E Kinney
Sec of Police-Arch D Hinch
Chief of Detectives-Fred Simon
Major of Police-Herbert Fletcher
Capt of Traffic-Lewis L Johnson
Capt of License Inspection-Otto Ray
Capt of Police-Otto W Petit
Capt of Police-Jesse McMurtry
Capt of Police-John Mullin
Capt of Police-Edw Helm
Capt of Detectives-Herman Rademacher
Lieut of Police-Leolin Troutman
Lieut of Police-Walter F Claffey
Lieut of Police-Marion VanSickle
Lieut of Police-Michl Morrissey
Lieut of Police Francis Reilly
Lieut of Police-Leonard B Forsythe
Lieut of Police-John Sheehan
Lieut of Police-Albert Perrott
Lieut of Police-Eug Shine
Substation No 1-24th and Ashland av
Substation No 2-445 Indiana av
Substation No 3-428 W Morris
Substation No 4-1136 Prospect
Substation No 5-Broad Ripple 63d and Bellefontaine
Substation No 6-300 N Sherman dr
Substation No 7-Kenwood av and 30th
Substation No 8-537 N Belle Vieu pl
Department of Public Health and Charities
Board of Health Commissioners-Dr Fredk E Jackson,
Pres ; Evans Woolen Jr, V-Pres; Obie J Smith, Dr
H S Leonard members, Herman G Morgan, MD, Sec Jas Shea, Chief Clerk
J R Dunwoody, Chemist
E M Amos MD, Nutrition for Delicate Children
Wm A Doeppers, Supt City Hospital
C C Hess, Business Mgr City Hospital
J H Young, Chief Inspr of Meats
B Howard Caughran, Attorney
Wm V Boyle, Bacteriologist
Mrs Nelle Dixon, Supvr Tuberculosis Division
Glen Burton, Director of Child Hygiene
Alice Jones, Supvr School Nurses
Ethel E Carlson, Supt of Nurses Training School
Board of Sanitary Commissioners-B J T Jeup, Pres; O C Ross, V-Pres and A H Moore
Custodian of City Buildings
City Hall-Bernard Kelly
Tomlinson Hall-Beverly Howard
Police Station-John Fields
Board of School Commissioners (Offices, Administration Bldg., sw cor Ohio and Meridian)
Russell Willson, Pres ; Julian Wetzel, V-Pres; Maude C Miller, Fred Kepner, Merle Sidener
Attorney of the Board-Albert Baker
Regular Meetings of the Board at its offices, Adminis- tration Bldg, sw cor Ohio and Meridian, on second and last Tuesday evening of each month at 8 o'clock Bills must be left at the office of the Business Direc- tor not later than the Wednesday preceding Board Meeting, otherwise they will lie over provided, how- ever, that bills relative to building operations shall be left only on the Wednesday preceding the first monthly meeting
Officers of the Board
President-Russell Willson
V-President-Julian C Wetzel
Treasurer-Clyde E Robinson
Secretary-Frank L Reissner Business Director-A B Good
Superintendent of Schools-Paul C Stetson
Vocational Director-Harry E Wood
Librarian-Luther L Dickerson
Fire Department
Headquarters-Southeast cor New York and Alabama Chief of Force-Harry E Voshell 1st Asst Chiefs-Harry H Fulmer and Fred C Kennedy
Battalion Chiefs-1st Dist, Oscar L Happ and Robert T Hansell ; 2d Dist, Otto J Petty and Roscoe A Mc- Kinney ; 3d Dist, Michl A Murphy and John W Black- well ; 4th Dist, Wallace M Fisk and Wm T Clune; John J O'Brien, Instructor
2d Asst Chief in Charge of Fire Prevention-Virgil T Furgason
Secretary-Harry R Gould
Stenographer-Adda Rinker
Gamewell Division-Wm B Griffis Chief 405 City Hall Supt Police and Fire Alarm Telegraph-Wm B Griffis Gamewell Operators, also Telephone Operators-Frank Owings, Jos M Patterson, Louis H Gass, Chas House- holder, Herbert T Aker. Walter W West, G Godwin, H V Vaughn, R Treadway, C Brown, F Watson, M Logan, E Carnes
Pumper Co No 2-1575 Roosevelt av; Bert Unversaw, Capt
Pumper Co No 3-1136 Prospect ; Jesse B Ray, Capt
Pumper Co No 4-Cor Morris and West; Arth T Rose- meyer, Capt
Pumper Co No 5-125 W Fifteenth ; Frank F Kissell, Capt
Pumper Co No 6-533 W Wash ; Chas B Shank, Capt Pumper Co No 7-New York and Alabama; Rupert O Marshall, Capt
Pumper Co No 8-748 Massachusetts av; Wm Arthur, Capt
Pumper Co No 9-537 N Belle Vieu pl; Chas T Tread- way, Capt
Pumper Co No 10-Cor Russell av and Merritt; Chas Gregory, Capt
Pumper Co No 11-1030 E Washington; Harry N Campbell, Capt
Pumper Co No 12-Cor Vermont and Sherman dr; Wiley L Osborn, Capt
Pumper Co No 13-Cor Kentucky av and Maryland; Harvey J Kepple, Capt
Pumper Co No 14-Thirtieth and Kenwood av; Wm E Hanna, Capt
Pumper Co No 15-2101 English av ; Albert Ray, Capt Pumper Co No 17-Cor Madison av and Morris ; Daniel W Hill, Capt
Pumper Co No 18-1915 W Washington; Herbert R Gardner, Capt
Pumper Co No 19-S E cor Morris and Harding; Guy M Lewis, Capt
Pumper Co No 20-352 N Beville av ; Grover C Todd, Capt
Pumper Co No 21-2321 N Olney; Benj G Cronley, Capt Pumper Co No 22-Cor Twenty-fourth and Ashland av; John R Miller, Capt
Pumper Co No 23-Udell and Rader; Kenneth W Burns, Capt
Pumper Co No 24-Cor Nineteenth and Dexter; Halick K Pruitt, Capt
Pumper Co No 25-5432 E Washington; Robert L Simmes, Capt
Pumper Co No 26-N W cor Webb and Raymond; Wm Hueber, Capt
Pumper Co No 27-2918 E Tenth; Wm Pflueger, Capt Pumper Co No 28-512 E Maple rd; Albert A Judd, Capt
Pumper Co No 29-2302 Shelby; Wm Stiegelmeyer, Capt
Pumper Co No 30-Cor New Jersey and South; Oscar E Ragsdale, Capt
Pumper Co No 31-Cor Kentucky and Maryland; John M Mahoney and Benj Lieberman, Lieuts
Pumper Co No 32-Cor Bellefontaine and Riviera dr; P J Riley, Capt
Hose Co No 1-443 Indiana av; Clarence W Miller, Capt
Hose Co No 16-16th and Ashland av; Albert J Bask- erville, Capt Truck Co No 2-1575 Roosevelt av; Jas F Aldrich, Capt
Truck Co No 3-1136 Prospect ; Louis Tschaegle and Henry C Rothemel, Lieuts
Truck Co No 5-124 W Fifteenth; Thos J Duncan, Capt
Truck Co No 7-E New York se cor Alabama ; John L Fehrenbach, Capt Truck Co No 11-1028 E Washington ; Ernest G Hinch- man, Capt
Truck Co No 13-Kentucky av and Maryland ; Philip Kile, Capt
Truck Co No 14-Thirtieth and Kenwood av; John Monaghan, Capt Truck Co No 17-Madison av and Morris ; Philip Moss, Capt
Truck Co No 18-1913 W Washington, Robt Miles and Geo James, Lieuts
Truck Co No 19-Cor Morris and Harding; Eug C Mezger and Jas Welsh, Lieuts
Truck Co No 22-24th and Ashland av; Wm T Coch- rane, Capt
Truck Co No 25-5532 E Washington; Chas C Davis and David B Dillon, Lieuts
Truck Co No 27-2918 E 10th; John D Feeney and Michl Qualters, Lieuts
Truck Co No 29-2302 Shelby; Wm A Pollikan and Alonzo Riggs, Lieuts
Truck Co No 30-New Jersey and South; John Fitz- gibbon, Capt
Truck Co No 32-Cor Bellefontaine and Riviera dr; John W Miller and Carl S Sims, Lieuts
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
Squad Wagon Co 7-Headquarters, New York and Ala- bama; Geo Townsend. Capt Squad Wagon No 30-New Jersey and South ; T Frank Craig. Capt Water Tower No 13-Maryland and Kentucky av ; Benj Lieberman and John MI Mahoney, Lieuts
Repair Dept-New Jersey and South ; Frank A Braun, Master Mech, Frank Schleuter Asst Master Mech
Fire Alarm Signals
4-Pennsylvania and Market
5-English Theatre
6-East and New York
7-Noble and Michigan
8-New Jersey and Mass av
9-Pine and North
10-Pine and Market
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