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T. H. ELLIOTT EST. 1865
Real Estate - Insurance 64 CENTRAL STREET
R. M. HUMPHREY CO.
Realtors - Insurance G. I. LOAN CONSULTANTS
319 HILDRETH BUILDING 45 MERRIMACK ST. TELEPHONES 8445-8446
MªKenna FUNERAL HOME 757 . BRIDGE ST. PHONE 9731
For More Than 79 Years
THE CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK
HAS BEEN A MUTUAL SAVINGS
OPERATED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS DEPOSITORS
. MORTGAGE LOANS
. G. I. LOANS
. SAVINGS BANK LIFE INSURANCE
. PLANNED SAVINGS
58 CENTRAL STREET
TELEPHONES 5649 and 5640
DANIEL GAGE, INC. OSTERMAN COAL CO.
COAL . COKE OIL
COMPLETE HEATING PLANTS
OIL BURNERS AUTOMATIC STOKERS
YARDS
3-3551
552 Pawtucket St.
Tels. 5476-5477
2-6391
T. C. LEE & CO. General Insurance Agency 52 CENTRAL ST. TEL. 7216
D.T. S
COAL CO.
COKE LIME BRICK CEMENT
FUEL OIL
COAL AND OIL
HEATING AND COOLING EQUIP- MENT .
15 PRESCOTT STREET
DIAL OFFICE 6873
A
J. O. PINARDI President
G. B. McKENNA Treasurer
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THE LOWELL MONUMENT
CO., INC.
Original Designers and Manufacturers
FINE MEMORIALS
In GRANITE and MARBLE
SHOW ROOMS OPEN EVERY DAY INCLUDING SUNDAY
1056-1062 GORHAM STREET
TELS.
Office 2-3391
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DEPARTMENT STORE
Merrimack Palmer Middle Streets
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Modern To The Last Detail In Department Store Equipment
58 DEPARTMENTS ALWAYS STOCKED WITH NEW RELIABLE MERCHANDISE
LOWELL CITY DIRECTORY (1950)
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LOWELL
INCORPORATED A CITY IN 1836
A Progressive Community
INDUSTRIALISTS!
From every point of view this city's advantages are manifest to you.
SPACE
Conveniently located; substantially constructed; well-lighted properties ; small and large areas are now available and reason- ably rated.
WATER
For industrial processing, apparently of an unending quantity, the softness of which gives to it an unusual rating for manu- facturing purposes.
POWER
Electric, gas and water supplied at rates relatively lower than those of cities that are comparable.
TRANSPORTATION
Express, rapid freight and motor truck schedules afford fre- quent despatch throughout the day and night.
Successful manufacturing demands general workers who are well-schooled; craftsmen with technical knowledge; persons with disciplined minds and administrators with vision ; to bring to profitable fruition any industrial promotion. Lowell prides herself in the thought that she can supply these particular types.
All Communications for Further Details about the City of Lowell Should be Addressed to:
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
45 MERRIMACK STREET
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(1950) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
POLK'S LOWELL (MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS.)
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NO. 99 1950
GENERAL INDEX
PAGE
Abbreviations
20
Alphabetical Section
21
Assessors
11
Association of North American Directory Publishers
X
Bail Commissioners
12
Board of Health
11
Buildings-Office and Public
646
Buyers' Guide
.opp
Calendar
6
Cemeteries
648
Churches
649
City Government
11
City Officers
11
City Statistical Review
8
Classified Business Directory
637
Clergymen
650
Clubs
652
Commissioners
12, 15
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
16
Constables
654
Councilors
11
County Officers
14
Courts . .13,
15
Deputy Sheriffs
16
District Attorney
15
District Court
13
Fire Alarm Telegraph
12 12
Firemen's Fund Association
12 21
Halls
665
Homes and Asylums
666
Hospitals
667
House Directory
701 4
Legal Holidays
16
Libraries
13, 16, 673 16
Middlesex County Officers
17 16
Organizations
Park Commissioners
Parks
Playgrounds
15 13
Post Office
16
Probate Court
16 13 11
Public Welfare Dept
Railroads
690
Register of Deeds
16
Schools-Parochial
693
Schools-Public
13 693
Sheriff and Deputies
16
Signal Boxes
12
Social Security Board
16 16
State Officers in Lowell
17
Street and Avenue Guide
701
United States Civil Service Commissioners
16
United States Government
18
United States Internal Revenue
16
United States Officers .
16
United States Postal Information
19
Vocational School
14
Water Department
. .. .
12
Military
Newspapers
679 682 12 14
Fire Department
General Directory
Index to Advertisements
Medical Examiner
Police Department
Public Library
Schools & Colleges
State Government
636
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
PAGE
Achin & Cassidy
75
Achin Henry Jr 66
Allied Builders Co Inc right side lines and 35
American Cleaning Co 23
Antonas Jewelry Shoppe 73
Archambault & Son .... back cover and 51
Atlantic States Warehouse & Cold Stor- age Corp 110
Atlantic Transfer Co 90
Bailey F & E & Co Inc
right top lines and 44
Barr Engraving Co .. right side lines and 95
Barrows Travel Service Inc The 111
Bass Harry Inc 114
Bates E V & Company 82
Beaudry & Monette Inc
right side lines and 47
Bellerose Edward J
19
Bergerson Albert
69
3
Bissonnette Motors
Blake Memorial Funeral Home
54
Bon Marche Inc The
right top and right bottom lines and Boott Mills 37 3
Boyd Roger Inc
Brady John .
.right top lines and
26
Brooks, Jordan & Graves left top lines and 22 83 82 85
Brooks Machine Co
Builders' Supplies Inc
Burbeck Wm J Co .. left side lines and
Burlen Robert & Son right top lines and 20
Byam Bros Insurance Inc left top lines and
69
Caldwell Electric Co 47
Cantor & Company .. . left top lines and Capitol Motor Transportation Co Inc ... 113
66
Cawley Coal Co .... right side lines and 29
Central Registry for Nurses 95
Central Savings Bank The
Chamberland Philippe
front cover and
34
Chelmsford Fuel Co 29
Cherry & Webb Co ... left side lines and 38
Church Fred. C. & Co left bottom lines and 67
City Institution for Savings
10
Clermont Joseph Markets 59
Cloutier Television Center 48
Coburn C B Company
Cogger P Co left top lines, 60 and 94
back cover, right top lines and 104 Cohen Max J 75
Colmer Monument Works 87
Conlon's John Liquor Co Inc 80
Corbeil Joseph H 70
Corbett & Donohoe 75
Cote Leo F
92
Cote's Painting Service Inc
right side lines and 93
Crysler Company
86
Curran James P 24
Delaney Private Nursing Home
right side lines and 89
Demers Plate Glass Co of Lowell
59
Desmarais and Sons Inc left top lines and 96
Desrochers Mfg Co Inc
83
Diamond Taxi of Lowell Inc 110
Dickerman & McQuade Inc
right top lines and 24
PAGE
Dillon Dye Works Inc
left bottom lines and
23
Donahue & Donahue
75
Donaldson's
.left top lines and
95
Douglas & Co Inc 103 61
Douglas Supply Co Inc
Draper, Sears & Co .... back cover and 21
Dumas & Company
97
Dunigan Coal Company
right bottom lines and 31
Dutton Electrical Supply Co Inc left top lines and 46
Dutton Tire and Automotive Distributors
left side lines and
7
Elliott T H
.front cover, 67 and 100
Elliott's
. left top lines and
62
Father John's Medicine Co Inc
45
Fidelity Bank & Banking Co right top lines and
19
Flood, Valentine & Foisy
76
73
1400 Motors
4
front cover, right side lines, 30 and Gagnon Company The . . left top lines and
62
Garvey Frank J
Giatas George D
101
Gilbert Perley F Associates Inc 2
Golden Dairy Farm left side lines and 86
Goodrich B F
7
Gookin Furniture Co 56
Gordon James L Sheet Metal Works 106 Guyette Walter E Co . back cover, 68 and 100 Hart Raymond D 76
Harvey, Harvey & Walsh 76
Higgins Thomas M A 77
Highland Cleaners & Dyers Inc 23 Highland Laundry Co of Lowell 74 90 Horne Fuel Company 44
9 Howard Fred .... left bottom lines and Howard Woodbury F
77 25
Humphrey R M Co .front cover and 98
Hutchinson John A Jr 35
Ideal Battery Service . 7
Industrial Credit Corporation of New
England .
80
Johnson Thomas W Co
36
Kelly Edward Co 107
Kenney James L
50
Kidder, Peabody & Co
right bottom lines and
20
Kimball System Inc The
bottom edge and 109
Knowlton & Newton Co Inc
106
Kydd J & Sons Inc
85
L & L Transportation Co
right bottom lines and 112
Lagasse George
30
Lahue W C Inc
. back cover and
33
Lamarine A S Motor Co Inc 5
Laughton Cal Florist
50
Laurin H E Machine Co 83
Lee T C & Co
.front cover and
63
Lemire Ida
.right bottom lines and 114
L'Etoile
89
Lincoln Taxi 111
Litchfield Bros Oil Co 91
Lorrain Joseph A & Son 48
Lowell Buick Company
5
Lowell Chamber of Commerce
C
Foley Joseph J
Gage Daniel Inc
38
Gaumont Bros Inc
39
76
97
Howe Miss Inc .
5
PAGE
Lowell Commercial College Inc
front edge and 105
Lowell Co-operative Bank back cover and 11 opp inside front cover and back cover Pollard Funeral Home right side lines and 53
Lowell Electric Light Corporation The ..
Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank The right bottom lines and 12
Lowell Furniture Co Lowell Gas Co
56
left top and left side lines and 58
Lowell Glass Co Inc .. left side lines and 59
Lowell Institution for Savings 13 Lowell Monument Co Inc The
right side lines and inside front cover Lowell Motor Sales Inic
right top Ines and
4
Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co
64
Lowell Provision Co Inc 84
Lowell Sun Publishing Co inside back cover and Alpha Cards Lowell Trucking Corp 112
Lowell Window Shade Co 114
Lunn Fred & Son 93
Lynch Wall Paper & Paint Co
94
Macartney's Inc .. left bottom lines and 25
Mack W A Co
left side lines and 107
Mahoney Bros
54
Mailloux Bros
left side lines and
36
Maloof's
.right side lines and
95
Manning H A Co
42
Marion Louis & Son
left side lines and 34 7 48
Marsden Charles T
Martin Clothes 25
McGoohan Fuel & Appliance Co
back cover and 27
McKenna James W Sons Inc
front cover, left top lines and 52
McKittrick Frank G W Co right side lines and 60
McLaughlin Hubert L 77
McNamara James F .. left side lines and 101
McQuade Daniel E
8
Meehan & Kirwin
55
Merrimack Mfg Co 37
Merrimack River Savings Bank
14
Middlesex Co-operative Bank
back bone and 15
Middlesex County National Bank-Apple- ton Office . ... right top lines and 16
Middlesex Equipment Co Inc 96
Middlesex Fuel Co 32
Middlesex Machine Co
Middlesex Paper Tube Co Inc left bottom lines and 86 87
Middlesex Supply Co . right top lines and 47
Middlesex Village Motor Co
6
Modern Furniture Center Inc
57
77
Monahan Edward L
Monahan J C and W T left top lines and
22 70
107
Montminy Joseph F Dr
right top corner cards and 92
Morse & Beals Inc .. right top lines and 50 Morse Funeral Home right top lines and 53
Murphy's Detective Agency left side lines and 41
Murray Construction Co Inc The 108 New England Cement Block & Pipe Co .. 36 Neyman Furniture Co
Norcross & Leighton Inc right top lines and 55
right top lines and 68
O'Heir A E Co
Palm Grain Co
Pearson & Pearson 78
Pease Motor Co 6
Pepin Nelson J Co 83
Percival John C & Co
left top lines and 99
Picard J George 36 Poirier Henry right side lines and 57 Pollard A G Co
Porter Harold Leighton
2
Porter W E, OD
right top corner cards and 92 Preston Coal & Coke Co Inc 32 Prince G C & Son Inc
right side lines and 90
Prince Macaroni Mfg Co
82
Proctor Wm P Co .front cover and 81
Quigley-Flowers
50
Quinn Stove & Appliance Co
48
Red Arrow Taxi 111
Reliable Refrigeration Service 102
Rex Baths 19
Rex Grille Inc 102
Rice & Co Inc .right side lines and 72
Richardson G H 86
Riney M Edward 101
Robertson Co The
56
Rogers & Sherburne
78
Rourke Fred H Co 31
Runels Chester M .. left bottom lines and 101 Runels R E Construction Co
. right bottom lines and 37
Russell Lumber Co .. left side lines and 82
Sandler & Contakos
78
Saunders Funeral Home 54
Scally Edward 78
Scott Hardware ... right side lines and 61 Scott Jewelry Co .right bottom lines Sharkey M J Insurance Agency
left top lines and 70
Shaw's Service
91
Sherwin-Williams Co 94
Slattery E F Agency 70
Slowey Charles H 71
Smith Motors of Lowell Inc
left bottom lines and 6
Snow Frederic A & Co
right top lines and 2
Solazzo Anthony & Son 74 Soucy Joseph F Wire & Iron Works left top lines and 72
Spalding, Qua & Hall 79
Spenard Club Plan Inc
111
Staple Sewer Service 106
Staveley Joseph E 96
Stickney Arthur H 71
Sullivan Bros
97
Sullivan D T Coal Co
front cover, left side lines, 32 and 84
87
Towers Motor Parts Corp
Traders and Mechanics Insurance Co ..
65
Turcotte Arthur L & Co Inc 80
Turgeon Bros Inc
49
Union National Bank of Lowell
right side lines and 17
Urbanek's Printing Service
97
Victor Service Bureau
ribbon book mark and 40
Waldimer Pontiac Inc
left side lines and
5
Walsh James Sons .. right side lines and 35 Wannalancit Garage Inc 6 Washington Savings Bank
left side lines and 18
Weaver Frank L & Son 103
Weiner's Furriers Inc
57
White Electric Service 49
Whitney Guy H 71
Wilson E A Co top edge and 28
Wilson M & Co Inc
108
Wojcik Frank & Son
37
Wood-Aboott Company right top lines and 73
Wright Trucking Inc
113
Zacharer O'Hearn & Hannigan
79
PAGE
Lowell Cycle Shop 19 Y
O'Brien Daniel J & Son Insurance Agency left top lines and 69 57 59
Mongeau Leo R
Mongeau Shoe Store
Talbot Mills Inc ...... left side lines and Telegram Publishing Co The 88 8
Market Street Service Station
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INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 800 city, county, state and national Direc- tories, presents to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1950 edition of the Lowell City Directory.
Confidence in the growth of Lowell's industry, population and wealth, and in the ad- vancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Lowell to the world.
The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in Direc- tory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Lowell Direc- tory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
POPULATION
The population of Lowell at the time the U. S. Census was taken in 1940 was 101,389.
FIVE MAJOR DEPARTMENTS The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 8 to 18, on white paper, presents lists of city, county, state and federal officials; post office, public schools; statistical review; historical sketch; and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 21 to 636, on white paper. This is the only record in exis- tence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Lowell, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 636 and separately paged from 1 to 116, on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Lowell and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under head- ings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Lowell, the necessity of having this kind of information im- mediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 637 to 700, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alpha- betical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 701 to 896. In this section the numerical streets are arranged in numerical order followed by the named streets arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respec- tive crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having tele- phones.
MUNICIPAL PUBLICITY
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in un- biased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manu- facturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertise- ments of Lowell.
THE LOWELL DIRECTORY LIBRARY
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Lowell City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce, for limited free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive busi- ness and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
R. L. POLK & CO. Publishers.
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LOWELL
"THE CITY OF DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES" (Courtesy of the Lowell Chamber of Commerce) ANDREW A. MCCARTHY, Manager Statistical Review
Form of Government: Plan E (P.R.) with City Manager.
Population: 101,389 (U. S. Census 1940).
Area: Fourteen and one-half square miles.
Altitude: 100 feet.
Assessed Valuation: $106,327,650.
White Population: Approximately 101,000.
Colored Population: Negligible.
Predominating Nationalities in City: American, Irish, French and Greek.
Parks: 55 with 298,561 acres. Valued at $2,699,958.33.
City's Bonded Debt: $2,927,000.
Post Office Receipts: $797,245.72.
Telephones in Service: 30,751.
Church Buildings: Sixty-seven.
Building and Construction: Value of permits $12,420,112.00 with 455 permits issued including new buildings and alterations.
Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 250,000 people within Lowell's trading area. Hotels: There are four hotels with total of 234 rooms.
City Served by: Eastern Massachusetts busses, Boston and Maine and New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroads and many interstate bus lines.
Amusements: Memorial Auditorium seats 4,000 people. There are eight theatres, with a total seating capacity of approximately 11,000 people. Hospitals: Seven with 481 beds.
Education: Number of schools 29, including one high school and two voca- tional schools. Number of pupils 9,300. Total number of teachers 434, Value of public school property $4,443,140.00. There are approximately 8,820 pupils enrolled in the parochial schools.
Libraries: There are approximately 145,000 volumes in the libraries of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage 227 with 107 miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid 278.75, of sewers 156.40. Capacity of water works (muni- cipal) 38,920,000 gallons, daily average pump 6,500,000 gallons with 196.25 miles of mains.
Fire Department: Employs 244 men with 11 engines, 4 trucks, 1 protective and 11 station houses. Value of fire department property $687,300.
Police Department: Has 215 men, with 1 fixed radio station, WQNR, station to cruising car broadcasting system and 14 pieces of motor equipment.
Radio Station: Lowell, a link in the national broadcasting chains through WLLH, WLAW, WCCM and WOTW.
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LOWELL
Incorporated a town March 1, 1826; a city in 1836; the third city incorporated in Massachusetts
Lowell in the beginning of the 19th century was a village containing forty-five or fifty houses.
Lowell's natural advantages soon attracted artisans, as well as farmers. In 1796, the Pawtucket canal was built primarily for transportation purposes, but in 1820 it was har- nessed to furnish power to the textile mills beginning to flourish here. These cotton mills were built to supply cloth for the American trade, replacing that formerly imported from England.
In 1835 a steam railway was built, a necessity because of the growing importance of Lowell as a business center.
Lowell in Nation's History: Two Massachusetts governors resided here: General Benjamin F. Butler and Hon. Frederick T. Greenhalge. Among other Lowell citizens who have been pre-eminent in public affairs are Hon. Charles H. Allen, the first governor of Porto Rico and assistant secretary of Navy under President William Mckinley; Hon. Wil- liam A. Richardson, secretary in Grant's cabinet, Lucy Larcom, the poetess, and his Emin- ence William Cardinal O'Connell.
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