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Alphabetical Section (Gloucester, page 109; Rockport, page 317). Gives names, occupations and addresses of men and women eighteen years old or over, also all business houses. Wives' names are listed immediately after that of the husbands, enclosed in parentheses. The names of partners in firms are also given in this department. Dates of deaths during the previous year are given and, where possible, the addresses of people who have moved to other cities. Much other in- formation is given that cannot be found elsewhere.
Classified Business Finder Sections (Gloucester, page 73; Rockport, page 99). All business houses, individuals in business for themselves, and professional men are listed without charge under the heading that best describes them. The more pro- gressive houses, realizing that it pays to be easily found, pay a nominal charge for special listings in heavy type, under every heading where a buyer might look for them, cross-indexed to a descriptive space in the "reference section."
Buyer's Guide (Page 33). Where more information than is possible to give under the headings is placed on file for buyers' and seller's reference. The value of this department cannot be estimated. It is an index of the best business in- terests of the city, and stands for them and the ciy in reference libraries all over the country, as well as on the desks of progressive business men. It is ac- cessible to everybody, and the logical place to look for specific information. This probably explains why no other form of publicity is so generally endorsed by business men, as a glance at this department will show.
Street and Home Owners Directory (Gloucester, page 257; Rockport, page 349). A complete list of streets, giving intersecting Streets and enabling one to tell at once between what streets a given numer lies, and the quickest way to get there. All business houses, individuals in business, and householders are listed in numerical order upon their respective streets, giving description. A feature of great value and convenience.
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Map (Opposite). The clearest map ever made of the city, on a scale large enough to see, and small enough to be handled easily.
Miscellaneous Information (Gloucester, page 19; Rockport, page 314). Organization of City Departments, giving officers-Post Office branches-Parcel Post zones and rates-Courts-Population tables-Calendar, etc.
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INDEX TO CONTENTS
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PAGE
Abbreviations 110, 317
Gloucester Street Directory 257
Aldermen 17
Halls and Public Buildings .77, 100
Alphabetical Section. 111, 317
Harbor Masters. .17, 314
Assessors 17
Holidays
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Index to Advertisements.
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Associations & Clubs Commercial .74, 99
Labor Organizations. 86, 102
Blocks, Buildings, Halls, &c. 77, 100
Libraries
.87, 102, 315
Board of Health. 17, 314
Light Houses and Harbor 21
Board of Public Welfare.
17, 314
Master in Chancery 20
Buildings-Public & Office 77, 100
Medical Examiner 20
Business Directory of Gloucester 73
Military
21
Business Directory of Rockport. 99
Parcel Post Information.
22
Buyers' Guide 33
Calendar 6
Parks
Cape Ann Light Station 315
Points of Interest. 24
Cemeteries 78, 100
Police Departments 19, 314
Census of Massachusetts. 13
Population
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Chamber of Commerce. 158
Port Wardens
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Churches
78, 100
City Government 17
Probate Court. 20
City Offices. 17
Public Administrator 20
City Statistical Review. 9
Public Health Service 21
City Statistics. 23
Railroad Passenger Stations .91, 103
Classified Business Finder. .73, 99
Registrars of Deeds.
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Clubs 79, 100 Registrars of Voters. 17, 314
Commissioner of Wrecks.
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Constables
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Rockport General Directory 317
County Commissioners.
20
Rockport House & Street Directory 349
County Officers.
20
Rockport Town Officers 314
Courts
20
School Department 19, 314
Sheriff 20
Directory Library 87
Signal Boxes. 18, 314
District Attorney
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Societies
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District Court. 20
Statistical Review
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Straitsmouth Light Station 315
Street Directory of Gloucester. 257
Street Directory of Rockport. 349
Gloucester Classified Business Finder .. 73
Superintendents, Inspectors, &c. 17
Gloucester General Directory 109
United States Coast Guard. 21
Gloucester House & Street Directory. 257
Water Commissioners.
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Gloucester Statistics
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Wharves
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Drives 25
Fire Alarm Signal Boxes. 18,
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Fire Departments. 18, 314
Rockport Classified Business Finder 99
Custom House. 23
Post Offices. 21, 315
Park Commissioners .17, 314
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
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Alderman Choate B. 61 Main .. line on back cover
Allen Raymond C. 33 Beach, Manchester. 41 Andrews L. E. & Co. 117-121 Main. 49
Armstrong Harold L. 14 Pleasant. line back cover and 60
Atlantic Supply Co. 37 Rogers 49
Brown Allan F. 2 Harbor terrace 58 Brown William G. Co. 186-190 Main. 44 Browne George L. 30 Main. front cover and 47 Burgess Elmer F. 220 Main and 12 High . top lines and 46 Rockport
Busy Bee Restaurant, 84 Main. line front cover
Cameron C. F. 2663 Main. 59
Cape Ann Motors Inc. 95 Bass av. 35
Cape Ann National Bank, 154 Main. 38
Cape Ann Savings Bank, 109 Main. 39
Cape Pond Ice Co. 1053 Main.
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Chanticleer Ice Cream (Saunders Ice
Cream Co), 53-55 Washington.
front cover and 51
Chisholm John Fisheries Co. 35 Wharf .. 45 Cleary Daniel E. 45 High. . 55
Comeau Leo E. 276 Main .... line back cover
Cooney Sail Co. Inc. 31 Wharf. 60 Cooper-Bessemer Corp The, 49 Duncan .. 44 Corliss Bros. Inc. 9 Procter. . 57
Cunningham & Kerr, 111 Main.
top lines and 53
Davis Frank E. Fish Co. 93 Rogers. 45
Dodge C. Furniture Co. North st and Des- mond av. Manchester-by-the-Sea. 48
Ederer R. J. Company, 53 Duncan 45
Elwell Warren A. 1914 Main Trust Co. bldg 51
Essex Tire & Supply Co. 288 Main. 36 Faulk Bros. 2 Gloucester av .. 43 Fernwood Garage, 199-211 Essex av. W. G. 34 Ferron P. H. & Co. 351 Main. 59 Flye Everett A. 156 Main .... line front cover Frost D. O. Corp. 5-7-9-11 Wharf. 41 Garland Simon, rear 13 Pearce 42
Gloucester Auto Sales Co. 23 Western av. 34 Gloucester Business College, 209 Main rm. 202 61
Gloucester Daily Times and Cape Ann Advertiser, 3 Centre. . 56 Gloucester Garage Co. 130 Washington .. 35 Gloucester Motor Co. 23 Western av ... 35 Gloucester National Bank of Gloucester,
185 Main. . top lines and 38
Gloucester Safe Deposit & Trust Co. 191- 193 Main ... 37
Granite Savings Bank, 51 Main, Rockport. 39 Gray Charles J. & Sons Inc. 129 Main. top lines and 61
Greely James C. 85 Pleasant. . 47
Griffin & Co. 50 Commercial. 42
Gronblad Albert A. 4 Tucker 43
Hall Bros. 446 Washington 43
Hart Garage Co. Inc. 447 Main. 36
Hodgkins' D B Sons, 30 Pearl cor. Rail- road av .. 48
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Hotel Savoy, 215 Main. .
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Howard John F. Co. 19 Main 44 Jack's Dent Shop, 6 Pearce. . 36 John Alden Coal Co. Whittemore st. 42 Johnson John A. Inc. 1. Duncan. .
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Lane Everett T. 459 Washington. 58 Linen Thread Co. Inc. The, 105 Maple- wood av. 46
Lothrop L. D. Sons, 68-70 Duncan .. line back cover and 46
Ludlow Manufacturing & Sales Co-Na-
tional Net & Twine Division, 211 Con- gress, Boston. . 45
MacDonald Electrical Co. 15 Washington. Mahony G. Everett Inc. 201 Main rm. 11 back cover and 53
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Morey Richard L. 201 Main. 51
National House Furnishing Co. 196-198 Main. . . line front cover Nauss L. B. & Sons Inc. Railroad av. opp. Depot .. back bone, top and bottom ends, front edge and 54
Noble E. G. 22 East Main.
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Nunes Hannibal A. 50 Mt. Vernon 57 Perkins & Corliss Inc. 1-3-5 Middle. 35
Persson Karl A. 19 Pigeon Hill st. Pigeon Cove 49
Pettingill Gilbert N. 119 Main. 40
Phillips Earl O. Inc. 159 Main. 41 Pike Willard S. 75 Washington.
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Polk R. L. & Co. 179 Lincoln, Boston 34 Pratt Charles R. 17 Maplewood av 43
Presson Express Co. 17 Rogers .. 61
Purdy Albert H. 132 Main, rm. 7 40
Reed George A. & Son, 19 Myrtle sq. 46
Reed's Roy Garage, 67 E. Main. 36
Roberts George E. 21 Wharf. 60
Rockport National Bank, 23 Main, Rock- port 40
Rogers George K. Store, 150 Main. 53
Ruth Sherman B. Inc. 3 Bruce pl. 61
St. Joachin's R. C. Church, 9 Broadway av. Rockport. 40
Saunders Ice Cream Co. (Chanticleer Ice Cream), 53-55 Washington .. front cover and 51
Smith J. Raymond, 17 Railroad av. Rock- port . 55
Smith L. E. Company, 221-223 Main. 50
Steele & Abbott Co. Inc. 5 Pearce .. back cover and 58
Steele's George Sons, 120 Main .. front cover and 52
Thurston George W. Inc. 34 Railroad av. opp. B. & M. Station .. 34
Thurston Helen Lane, 20 Pleasant, Rock- port 60
Todd George H. Corp. 19 Mount Pleasant, Rockport 41
Tompkins C. F. Co. (The Patillo Store), 67 Middle. .... line front cover and 48 Young Men's Christian Association, 71 Middle. front colored 3
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GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
" The Fish City"
Form of Government: Commission com- posed of Mayor and four Aldermen.
Normal Population: 23,811 (Mass. Census 1930).
Summer Population: 60,000, estimated. Area: Thirty-six square miles Altitude: Fifty-five feet.
Assessed Valuation : Personal $3,355,550; Real Estate $38,145,785; Automobile $853,- 050; Vessels, $1,037,796 with $33.60 tax per $1,000.
White Population: 24,204 Colored Population: None.
White Population of Age: Males 7,714. Fe- males, 7,763.
Number of All Males: 11,990. And of All Fe- males: 12,214.
Native Born Population: 85 per cent of whole population.
Predominating Nationalities in City: Native American, Italian, Portuguese, Finnish, English.
Parks and Playgrounds: Eleven with 700 acres.
City's Bonded Debt: $1,984,000.
Financial: Two National banks, One Trust Company, with total deposits of $7,952,- 420.52, resources $9,185,787.20. One sav- ings bank with total deposits of $6,771,080, resources $7,504,160; One co-operative bank with total resources of $4,133,288.97.
Post Office Receipts: $145,017.67 (1937) Telephones in Service: 6,705.
Church Buildings: Twenty-three.
Real Estate: Dwellings total number 6,006; total acres of land 9.846.
Industry: Number of establishments fifty- two, representing a capital investment of $5,174,308, employing 1,837, paying wages $1,830,371 annually, and having products valued at $9,145,582.
Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 40,000 peo- ple within the trading area covering a ra- dius of thirteen miles.
Hotels: There is one commercial hotel open all year, with total of twenty-seven rooms; also twenty-four hotels which operate only in the summer months.
City Served By: Boston & Maine railroad. Amusements: There are two theatres, with a total seating capacity of 1,862 people. Hospital: One with eighty-five beds, fifteen basinets.
Education: Number of schools twenty-three including one high school, one parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools 4,069. Total of all teachers is 160. Value of all school property, private and public, ap- proximately $1,343,472.
Libraries: There are about 30,000 volumes in the library of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage one hun- dred twenty, with approximately ninety miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid, fifty- nine, of sewers, eighteen miles main lines (approx). Capacity of water works (muni- cipal) 975,000,000 gallons, daily average pump of 1,751,526 gallons (1937), with 100.62 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $2,995,375.68.
Fire Department: Employs 95 men includ- ing a chief, a deputy chief, a motor super- visor, six permanent captains, 34 perma- nent men and 52 callmen, with the follow- ing equipment: £ five pumping engines (combination), three ladder trucks, 2 hose wagons, 2 combination hose and water trucks, 1 squad wagon, one straight chemi- cal and a chief's car, one fire pump aboard lighter. There are six fire stations. Value of fire department property $290,000.
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City Electrician: Has two cars in service. Police Department: Has thirty regular men and ten reserve men with one station and eight pieces of motor equipment.
GEOGRAPHY
Gloucester is located about thirty miles northeast of Boston, Massachusetts. The orig- inal town of Gloucester occupied the whole northern promontory of Massachusetts Bay, known as Cape Ann and was bounded on the north by Ipswich Bay, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Massachu- setts Bay and on the west by the towns of Manchester, Essex and Ipswich.
Cape Ann is divided into two nearly equal sections by the Annisquam River, an arm of the sea extending from Ipswich Bay about four miles towards and into Gloucester Har- bor. Gloucester of today retains practically its same boundaries and includes the follow- ing districts: Magnolia, Annisquam, River- dale, West Gloucester, East Gloucester, Bay View and Lanesville. The northeastern por- tion of the Cape, however, which was in- cluded in the territory of the original town of Gloucester, is separated into what is known as the town of Rockport, the extreme end being known as Pigeon Cove.
The principal harbor is on the south side of the city and is formed by Eastern Point- a strip of unequal width extending in a south- westerly direction about three miles-a rock bound coast that defies the violence of surg- ing waves dashing almost constantly against it, and affording within a safe shelter and anchorage for a large fleet.
The surface of the town is uneven; and its peculiar character strikes every beholder at first sight with astonishment. Bald, rocky hills, bold and precipitous ledges of rock, with acres of bowlders of various sizes, in many places scattered thickly over the sur- face, combine to present a rare scene -of naked ruggedness. The small tracts and patches of clear land, by which this view of barrenness is occasionally relieved, are cov- ered with a strong and fertile soil, suited to the growth of most of our New England agri- cultural products.
The rocks of Cape Ann are granite, of a beautiful, dark color and are easily wrought into blocks of any needed size. Quarries have been opened in different localities, sev- eral at Rockport, at the lower extremity of the Cape; others at Lanesville and at Bay View-suburban districts of Gloucester prop- er. The products of these quarries in the form of monuments, decorative ornamenta- tions, paving blocks, etc. are shipped to every part of the world.
In all, Cape Ann is picturesque. It is truly typical of the rock bound coast of our north- ern Atlantic States. A drive around the shore road from which an open view of the ocean is afforded practically throughout the entire route, presents a picture of rugged rocks dashed over with spray, these interposed with as many as forty beaches of various sizes around the entire Cape. The drives around Cape Ann are pretty. The inland roads through wooded sections of hard-wood growth give a touch of country life in sharp contrast to the rugged scenery along the shore.
HISTORY
From the time of the early explorers Gloucester, Mass., has occupied a large place in the history of New England and the na-
tion. It is claimed that the Norsemen in 1001 skirted the New England Coast, which they called New Vineland and landed here. It has also been said that they called the place "Kroasnes", the Cape of the Cross; that they were attacked by the Indians, their chieftan, Thorwald, being killed and buried on shore. In 1605, as authentically recorded, Cham- plain, on a voyage of exploration and discov- ery sailed about the cape which he named CAPE AUX ISLES.
The next year in early September he founded what is now Eastern Point and came to anchor in the inner harbor between Five and Ten Pound Islands-so named for the sums for which they were purchased from the Indians in Colonial times. Champlain was charmed with the place and made a pro- longed stay. His name for it was singularly appropriate, "Le Beau Port", the Beautiful Harbor.
After Champlain's departure came Captain John Smith and Miles Standish with his com- pany of followers. The honor of making the first settlement, however, which was also the first permanent settlement in Massachusetts Bay, belongs to the Dorchester Colony, a company formed by the Rev. John White, a Puritan minister, rector of StPeter's church of Dorchester, England. His colony sailed for and reached what is now Gloucester in 1623, not, as had been supposed, for the purpose of escaping religious persecution. Its real ob- ject was the pursuit of the fisheries which had been successfully carried on off the New England Coast since 1606. The site of the first settlement was at Stage Fort, now a public reservation known as "Stage Fort Park", where their landing is suitably com- memorated with a bronze tablet which bears an inscription telling the story of their orig- inal landing.
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