Baltimore city directory for the year commencing 1905, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Baltimore : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 2422

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The Kranz-Smith Piano Co., 100 North Charles Siret CHICKERING: BRADBURY: MEHLIN: PACKARD & WEBSTER I

BOTH PHONES

13 LOBE & CO., General Auctioneers, 502 Fidelity Bldg.

GEO. BREHM & SON

ONE GRADE ONLY

BEER

Carefully Bottled af the Brewery for Hotel and Family Use Brewery, Bottling Dept. and Main Office, Belair Avenue BOTH PHONES.

HOTEL RENNERT ..

Baltimore, Md.

Within One Square of the Shopping District.

The Standard flotel of the South.

The Cuisine of this Hotel hss rinde its style of cooking famous.

The only Ehtct in the world where the chesapeake Bay products Fish, Oysters, Tera rapin and Cany as bach Duck- are prepared in their peries. tion.

MODERN IN EVERY DEPARTMENT

EUROPEAN PLAN

Rooms $1.50 Per Day and Upward

FIREPROOF BUILDING

Hennegen, Bates Co.

JEWELERS AND SILVERSMITHS

DIAMOND MERCHANTS

7-9 East Baltimore Sheet, Baltimore, Mid.

HOTEL JUNKER 20 and 22 E. FAYETTE ST. #

CURORGANI STRICTLY STAG

BALTIMORE

SCHOOL OF LAW

LECTURES EVENING

BARTLETT, HAYWARD & CO.

OFFICE:

Wilson Bldg., N. E. Cor. Charles and Saratoga Sts.

WORKS:

Pratt, Scott and McHenry

Streets

C. & P. Telephone, Mt. Vernon 5534. C. & P. Telephone, Gilmor 20 and 21. Md. Telephone, C-738. Md. Telephone, Henrietta 26.

BALTIMORE, MD.

REPRESENT

Otis Elevator Company

NEW YORK, N. Y.

-ALSO-

Morse, Williams & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

MANUFACTURERS OF

Standard Hydraulic Passenger and Freight Elevators MARYLAND

HIGH-GRADE ELECTRIC PASSENGER AND FREIGHT ELEVATORS AN LIBRAR

HYDRAULIC HOISTS, ETC!LE DEPT. 46.09

BOTH PHONES.

THE HIGHEST AWARD AT THE CEN- TENNIAL EXPOSITION.

JAMES BATES' SONS,

SUCCESSOR TO JAMES BATES, Patentee and Manufacturer of

BATES' HAND ELEVATORS -AND- Dumb Waiters.

PATENTED APRIL 18, 1871. REISSUED JULY 25, 1876. IMPROVEMENTS, 1884.

OVER 15,000 IN USE. For FACTORIES, WAREHOUSES, STORES, HOTELS, HOSPITALS,

And every place where Merchandise, etc., is transferred from one story to another.

Particular Attention Paid to Repairing Elevators and Hoisting Machinery.

Send for Price List and Circulars Con- taining Reference.

Wire Rope of All Sizes on Hand.

Steam, Electric, Gas and Hydraulic

ELEVATORS

Of the Most Approved Patent, Adapted for

Warehouses, Mills, Sugar Re- fineries. Breweries, Etc. ALL KINDS OF

CASTINGS

For House Fronts, Mills, Factories, etc.

Tobacco Screws of All Kinds Furnished at Shortest Notice.

James Bates' Sons,

Iron Foundry and Machine Works,

Corner Pratt and President Sts., BALTIMORE.

C. & P. Telephone, St. Paul 4017.

H. F. RADECKE

H. D. LOUIS

RADECKE & LOUIS PACKING BOX

RADECKE & LOUIS. BOX MANUFACTURERS.

117

121

MANUFACTURERS

117 to 121 West Cross Street, BALTIMORE, MD.

Carpenter Jobbing Promptly Executed

BOTH TELEPHONES

DECATUR H. MILLER, JR., Sec'y. HARRY G. SKINNER, Pres. and Treas.

- THE

WM. SKINNER & SONS SHIP BUILDING AND

DRY DOCK COMPANY

OF BALTIMORE CITY

FOOT EAST CROSS STREET, BALTIMORE, MD.

C. & P. Telephone, St. Paul 2516. Maryland Telephone, Henrietta 331

Atlantic Transport Steamer "Michigan." Length, 505 Feet

Dry Dock --- 600 Feet Long. 23 Feet of Water on Sill

ATLANTIC TRANSPORT LINE

Direct Line From New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore to London. Excellent Passenger Service From New York.

Minneapolis. 13,000 tons Marquette. 8,500 tons

Minnehaha. 13,000 tons Mesaba

8,500 tons

Minnetonka.

13,000 tons Menominee. 8,500 tons

Mississippi.

11,000 tons Manitou.

8,500 tons

Massachusetts

11,000 tons Minnesota. 5,000 tons

Maine.

11,000 tons Maryland.

4.250 tons

Missouri. 11,000 tons Montana. 4,250 tons

Mackinaw 4,500 tons

National Line

Manhattan.

12,000 tons Europe .......

America.

5,500 tons

New York to London Direct

Hamburg-American Line

Direct Lines From Baltimore and Philadelphia to Hamburg

Bengalia 10,000 tons Bethania. 10,000 tons

Bosnia. 10,000 tons Brisgavia.

9,200 tons

Belgia 10,000 tons Badenia.

9,200 tons

Lord Line

Direct Lines From Baltimore to Belfast and Dublin and Cardiff

Lord Downshire 6,500 tons Lord Erne. . 6,200 tons

Lord Dufferin. 6,500 tons Lord Ormonde. 6,000 tons

Lord Antrim. 6,200 tons Lord, Iveagh. 5,000 tons

Lord Roberts 6,200 tons Lord Charlemont. 5,000 tons

Empire Line Baltimore to Leith

For Rates and Other Particulars Regarding Any of the Above Lines, Apply to

Atlantic Transport Company

Third Floor Chamber of Commerce Building, Baltimore

9 Broadway, New York

4 Sherman Street, Chicago

511 Bourse Building, Philadelphia

412 Guaranty Loan Bidg., Minneapolis

JOHNSTON LINE

(BALTIMORE TO LIVERPOOL)

Rowanmore.

12,000 tons Vedamore.

7,000 tons

Indore ... 9,000 tons Ulstermore. 7,000 tons

Quernmore.

9,000 tons Templemore.

7 000 tons

SAILINGS WEEKLY

PURITAN LINE (BALTIMORE TO ANTWERP)

Oakmore.

6,000 tons Gorsemore.

4,750 tons

Incemore.

4,750 tons Aranmore.

4,750 tons

REGULAR SAILINGS

DONALDSON LINE (BALTIMORE TO GLASGOW)

Athenia

10,000 tons Lakonia

6,000 tons

Parthenia

8,500 tons Orthia.

6,000 tons

Marina.

8,000 tons Kastalia.

6,000 tons

Salacia.

5,000 tons

REGULAR SAILINGS

BLUE CROSS LINE (BALTIMORE TO HAVRE) REGULAR SAILINGS

BLUE CROSS LINE

REGULAR SAILINGS TO OTHER CONTINENTAL AND U. K. PORTS

For Further Particulars Apply to

PATTERSON, RAMSAY & CO.

GENERAL AGENTS Stewart Building, Gay cor Lombard.

Temporary

Location:

326 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Md.

Queen Anne's Railroad Company

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BALTIMORE TO THE OCEAN YO MILES.

The Shortest, Most Direct and Cheapest Line Between Baltimore, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey Coast

Baltimore to the Ocean, 90 Miles

The Queen Anne's Railroad passes through the following towns :

Kent Island, Stevensville, Chester, Narrows, Jackson Creek, Win- chester, Walsey, Queenstown, Centreville, Bloomingdale, Wye Mills, Willoughby, D. & C. Junction, Queen Anne, Hillsboro, Downes, Tucka- hoe, Denton, Hobbs, Maryland; Hickman, Adamsville, Blanchard, Green- wood, Owens, Oakley, Ellendale, Wolfe, Milton, Whitesboro, Overbrook, Lewes, Rehoboth, Delaware; and by Steamer during the Summer Months to Cape May, N. J.

CONNECTIONS

Connects at D. & C. Junction for points on Delaware and Chesa- peake Railway-Easton and Oxford.

Connects at Greenwood with Delaware Division of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.

Connects at Ellendale with the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad.

Freight and Passenger Rates and Schedules, Map of Route and any information cheerfully furnished upon application.

Steamer leaves Pier 10 Light St. Daily (except Sunday). For Schedule see Baltimore Papers.

BALTIMORE OFFICE, PIER 912 LIGHT STREET WHARF. JOHN C. BOSLEY, Gen'l Pass. Agent

C. & P. TEL. CALL, SOUTH 64.

MD. TEL. HENRIETTA 91.

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70SONTON

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Pier 91/2 Light Street Wharf

MILE

FCHURCH NILL

Merchants & Miners Transportation Company STEAMSHIP LINES

For Boston, Mass., Savannah, Ga., Providence, R. I., Norfolk and Newport News, Va.

Freight Taken for All Points North and South, Through Bills of Lading Issued, Through Tickets on Sale and Baggage Checked to All Points North and South

FREIGHT CAPACITY UNLIMITED. QUICK DISPATCH AND GOOD SERVICE. ACCOMMODATIONS AND CUISINE THE BEST

Boston Line

Steamers sail from Baltimore, via Newport News and Norfolk, for Boston every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. From Norfolk for Boston every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. From Boston, via Norfolk and Newport News, for Baltimore every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Baltimore and Savannah Line

Steamers sail from Baltimore for Savannah every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day. From Savannah for Baltimore every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Philadelphia and Savannah Line

Steamers sail from Philadelphia every Tuesday and Friday. From Savannah for Philadelphia every Wednesday and Saturday.

Providence Line

Steamers sail from Baltimore for Providence, via Newport News and Norfolk, every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. From Norfolk for Providence every Monday, Thursday and Saturday. From Providence for Baltimore, via Norfolk and Newport News, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Newport News and Norfolk Line

Steamer leaves Baltimore for Newport News and Norfolk daily. From Norfolk and Newport News for Baltimore daily, except Tuesday and Wednesday.

Freight or Passenger Rates, Schedules, Diagrams of Steamers, Maps of Routes and Any Information Cheerfully Furnished on Application

C. R. GILLINGHAM, Agent, Baltimore, Md. W. P. TURNER, General Passenger Agent. A. D. STEBBINS, General Manager.

J. C. WHITNEY, 2d V. P. &. T. M. C. S. HOSKINS, Gen. Frt. Agent. C. H. SMITH, Gen. Agent.

General Offices, S. E. Cor. Light and German Streets, Baltimore, Md.

ESTABLISHED 1837. David's Patent Disintegrating Mill

FOR BONES, PHOSPHATES, TANKAGE, ORES, CLAY, FISH SCRAP, SALT CAKE, ETC., ETC. Fertilizer Machinery, Mixers, Rolls, Breakers, Etc. MARINE RAILWAYS, CLAY TEMPERERS BY STEAM OR HORSE POWER.

Send for Catalogue. Repairs Promptly Attended To. C. & P. Telephone, South 63. JAMES MURRAY & SON, 102 to 108 E. York St., BALTIMORE, MD.

Baltimore Steam Packet Company, The Old and Reliable Chesapeake OLD BAY LINE

Between BALTIMORE, OLD POINT COMFORT, NORFOLK and PORTSMOUTH, VA.

Steamers, Swiftest and Most Powerful, with New- est Appointments and Furnishings.

Connect at Portsmouth with Seaboard Air Line. At Norfolk connect with Atlantic Coast Line, Norfolk & Carolina, Norfolk & Southern, and Norfolk and Western Railroads and with Old Dominion Line for New- berne and Washington, N. C., and Richmond, Va. At Old Point Com- fort with C. & O. Ry. and Virginia Navigation Co. for Richmond, Va.

SCHEDULE.

(Daily, Except Sunday.)

Union Dock (Balt.), Arrive.

6.30 A. M.

Leave. 6.30 P. M. Arrive. 6.00 A. M.

Light Street Piers.

Old Point Comfort.

Leave. 7.30 P. M. Leave. 6.20 P. M.

Arrive. 8.30 A. M.

Portsmouth,

Leave. 5.40 P. M.

BERTHS FREE. Meals on the European Plan.

JOHN R. SHERWOOD, Vice-Pres't and Gen. Mgr.

CHARLES C. GARRETT, EMMETT BROWN, Gen'l Pass'r Agt.

Traveling Pass'r Agt.

S. STARK,

Upholsterer

AND CABINET MAKER,

429 N. Fremont Avenue, Near Franklin St.

Old Furniture Re-Covered Equal to New. REPAIRING, VARNISHING AND POLISHING. C. & P. Telephone, Mt. Vernon 1535-W.

FREIGHT AND PAS- SENGER SERVICE,

Reserve Staterooms at "BAY LINE" TICKET OFFICE,

321 W. Baltimore St. and 506 Light St. Also at Albaugh's, Fayette and Hanover Sts., and Seaboard Air Line Office, 215 N. Charles St.

- Arrive. 7.00 A. M.

Norfolk.

DOBLER & MUDGE PAPER

OF ALL KINDS

WRITING,

WRAPPING

AND PRINTING

Binders' and Box Boards

No. 113 HOPKINS PLACE

BALTIMORE, MD.

C. & P. Telephone, Mt. Vernon 2587

Maryland Telephone, Courtland 2165

ESTABLISHED 1820.

CHAS. SLACK & SONS, Wagon and Truck Manufacturers, 1221 CATHEDRAL STREET (Maryland Telephone, B 1091.)

Repairing a Specialty. BALTIMORE, MD,

CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP CO. "CHESAPEAKE LINE."

Elegant Passenger Steamers "Augusta" and "Atlanta," For Old Point Comfort and Norfolk, Va.

Steamers leave Baltimore daily (except Sunday) at 6.30 P. M. and arrive Old Point Comfort at 6 A M. and Norfolk at 7.15 A. M., where connection is made with the Rail Lines for all points South and Southwest.

"YORK RIVER LINE."

Elegant Passenger Steamers "Charlotte" and "Baltimore," For West Point and Richmond, Va.

Steamers leave Baltimore daily (except Sunday) at 5 P. M. and arrive West Point at 7.30 A. M. and Richmond 9.25 A. M.

Steamers leaving Baltimore on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and leaving West Point on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, call at Gloucester Point and Allmond's Wharf; and steamers leaving Baltimore on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat- urdays, and West Point on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, call at Yorktown and Clay Bank.

Steamers Leave Baltimore from Piers 18 and 19 Light=Street Wharf.

Through tickets to all points can be secured, baggage checked and staterooms reserved from the City Ticket Offices, No. 317 North Charles street, 127 East Baltimore street, or the General Offices, 530 Light street, Baltimore, Md.

REUBEN FOSTER, E. J. CHISM,

General Manager. General Passenger Agent.

T. H. McDANNEL, Traveling Passenger Agent.

Flamm'S Map of Baltimore NEW INDEX

Compiled From the Latest Surveys, Private Plans and Best Authorities. Size, 5x6 Feet, Mounted.

ALSO NEW MAP OF WASHINGTON, D. C.

Publishers,

Wm. A. Flamm & Co., 126 N. Calhoun St. R. L. POLK & CO., of Baltimore, Inc., Agents, 957-959 Calvert Building.

UNITED FRUIT CO.'S STEAMSHIP LINE From Baltimore to Jamaica STEAMSHIPS "BROOKLINE" OR "BARNSTABLE"

BOSTON

UNITED

TIMORE

PHILADELPHIA

STATES

CHARLOTTE

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MOBILE

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NEW ORLEANS

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200

HAVANA

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SANTO DOMINGO

JAMAICA

PORT ANTONIO

Scheduled to sail from Pier foot of Hughes avenue and Henry street, Baltimore, every Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Distance 1350 miles, and make the voyage each way in four and a half to five days.

Passengers can make close connections from Port Antonio for Kingston and other points on the Island.

These steamers are fitted up with first-class passenger accommodations. All state- rooms are forward of machinery on saloon deck, light, large and airy, fitted with electric lights and all modern conveniences. Table first class.

For further information and pamphlets, apply at office of

UNITED FRUIT COMPANY

C. C. BUCKMAN, Manager.

S. M. BUCKMAN, Asst. Mgr.

H. B. RASCH, Div. Pass. Agt.

Foot of Hughes Ave. and Henry St., - - Baltimore, Md.

500

Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Company

Rail and Water Routes to all points on the Eastern Shore of Mary- land and Virginia and Western Shore of Virginia.

Direct Route to Ocean City, the Favorite Seaside Resort for Marylanders and Washingtonians.

A Fleet.of Eighteen Commodious and Handsomely Fitted Out Steamers Plying on the Great Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries

Comfortable Staterooms. Good Cuisine. Polite Attention

Every inducement for those seeking Health, Pleasure or Business. Unexcelled facilities for both Passenger and Freight Traffic.

Steamers leave Baltimore from Piers 3, 4, 47/2 and 5 Light Street Wharf to connect with the Railroad at Claiborne, and for the Choptank, Tred Avon, Wicomico, Tuckahoe, Nanticoke and Piankatank Rivers, and from the Foot of South Street for the Pocomoke, Messongo and Occohannock Rivers.

For Rates, Schedules and Other Information, Address

WILLARD THOMSON,

General Manager.

T. MURDOCH,

Gen'i Frt. and Pass. Agent

CHARLES ZIES Engineer and Machinist 314, 316 & 318 S. Fremont Ave., BALTIMORE, MD.

CHARLES ZIES

Manufacturer of Steam Engines Steam and Hand Elevators Brewers' and Butchers' Machinery

Pipe Fitting, Steam and Hot Water Heating REPAIRING PUMPS A SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR FOR Ice Making and Refrigerating Plants

Repairing Promptly Attended To. C. & P. Tel., Gilmor 154. Maryland Tel., Henrietta 82.

MARCUS W. WOLF & CO., IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE STATIONERS,

204 & 206 W. GERMAN ST.

Headquarters for Writing Paper, En- velopes, Blank Books, Lead Pen= cils, Papeteries, Etc.

Dealers in Wrapping Paper, Paper Bags, Twines, Paper Shades, Etc.

Importers of German Slate Pencils, Pho- tograph and Autograph Albums, Scrap Books, Ink Stands, Leather Goods, Etc.

Sole Proprietors of

Congress, Capitol, Midway and Loch Raven Brands of Writing Paper in All Sizes and Weights.

National Inks and Mucilage, School Slates, Climax and New Era Lead Pencils, and the Celebrated

O. K. Pen Company's Steel Pens,

The Best Pens for the Money Manufactured.

MARCUS W. WOLF & CO.

PAPER ENVELOPES

IMPORTERS

WHOLESALE STATIONERS

Marcus W. Wolf & Co.

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NINETEENTH ANNUAL EDITION.

The Nineteenth Annual Edition of the Baltimore City Directory, with such improvements as have been suggested during the past year, is herewith submitted.

The first anniversary of the fire-February 7-finds the business section half rebuilt and 225 places of business occupied and 170 in various stages of construction. In another year's time the city will have recovered from one of the worst disasters that has afflicted a modern city. A year ago, according to the official records of the Appeal Tax Court, the conflagration swept away 1,443 buildings in the heart of the commercial life of the city. Baltimore refused outside aid, and with a courageous heart is rising from the ashes. Where stood rows of plain, red brick, and often small, structures, inhabited by man for scores of years and showing the wear of time, have arisen taller and wider structures, more ornamental and artistic in design and with the cleanliness that goes with new buildings. Low and crowded together buildings have given way to business places of generous proportions, with large windows to let in the sunlight.

Many buildings are of brick, with terra cotta trimmings, or with fronts of glazed or vitrified bricks in all shades from cream to brown, relieved with decorated cornices, ornamental terra cotta work or designs in black metal, producing an artistic effect, which contrasts with the severely plain brick fronts of before the fire.

The Burnt District Commission has acquired 424 lots needed in the wharf district for street widening and for the Marsh Market Space district, leaving 958 lots for rebuilding purposes. Statistics for the month of January show that there were being erected 386 separate buildings, covering 509 of the 958 lots left for re- building. At the end of the year nearly 200 buildings had been completed and were occupied or ready for occupancy, leaving 162 in various stages of construction.

The ruins had hardly cooled when two new buildings were started, one being completed March 22. In April, 30 buildings were going up, and in May the num- ber had increased to 60 under way. June 7 there were 110 buildings going up, and two weeks later the number had increased to 136. By August the total was 236. September saw 324 new structures, and during October 358 buildings were being erected. December came in with 378 new buildings, and eight more were added during that month, making a total of 386 at the close of last year.

While the number of buildings is not as great as a year ago, they are larger and of greater value. The property that occupied the 958 lots in the New District was assessed at $10,840,975. The declared valuation of the 386 buildings in exist- ence at the close of the year was $10,995,342. On the theory that 20 per cent. should be added to the declared valuation to ascertain the true valuation, the total value is $13,194,400, or $2,353,425 greater than the entire assessment of a year ago.

The greatest progress in the New District has been along Baltimore street, where 145 of the 160 lots have been built upon, structures are being erected or planned for. The corporations and merchants are returning to the city's chief thoroughfares, where they were located before the fire. The tendency has been toward higher structures, there being more six, seven and eight story buildings than formerly.

The rapidity with which the New District is being rebuilt and the high class of the buildings being erected make it certain that in days to come Baltimore will look back upon the fire as an incident in the city's history in which much perma- nent gain offset temporary loss. It is a New Baltimore. that is rising from the ashes-a New Baltimore of fine warehouses, progressive business methods and indomitable energy. That the city will continue to grow and push forward admits of no doubt, and that it will eventually become one of the World's greatest seaports, as well as the metropolis of the prosperous South, is equally plain. A deeper channel will come within a few years; better docks are under way, and there are now three trunk lines to the West. Given these advantages and the natural in- dustry of her people, Baltimore seems upon the brink of the most noteworthy era in her history.

POPULATION.

An estimate of the population of a city is something necessarily enjoined upon the Directory publisher, and the figures given to the public as a census report are veracious and arrived at from careful calculations. The "Directory census" is based upon the number of individual names appearing in the publication, and therefore should be more reliable than a census taken in any other manner. There is considerable difference between the Directory estimate and the United States census. The Directory canvass is made under a duplicate system which clearly proves the enumeration or omission of each name. The work is performed by men who are trained to it and who follow it as an occupation, and to whom per- manent employment is guaranteed if their work is found to be reliable. The can- vass includes all persons living or doing business within the city limits and adja-

cent thereto. The United States census is the result of a single enumeration, which presents few, if any, opportunities for proof of the correctness of the work, often conducted by persons having no prior experience in such work, without the promise or hope of continued employment in the same line. Under such conditions it is not improbable that in their canvass many names are omitted. In fact, it is inevitable.

The Directory system provides that all names be taken at both dwellings and business places, and proves that a single enumeration cannot be complete, for many names of traveling agents, etc., are taken at business places, which cannot be ob- tained at boarding or rooming houses. The readily accessible residents of Balti- more are no doubt fairly represented in the government enumeration, but it is certain that the Directory estimate is nearer the actual population.

This volume contains 217,600 individual names, which, multiplied by 31/4, the ratio which has hitherto been found to correctly embrace the names of women and children not included in the Directory, and deducting 35,000, the figure we claim represents the suburban residents, would indicate a total population of 672,200.

In this connection it should be borne in mind that the names and addresses of persons in the Directory are not confined to the city limits proper (as in the case of the United States census), but include the adjacent suburbs, which are practically a part of the city.

A DIRECTORY IS FOR SERVICE.

No person can get the best results from a good Directory except through an understanding of its resources and how to utilize them. To learn the scope of in- formation given in this Directory consult the Index to Contents on Pages 20 to 22.

Following the introductory is a list of removals, alterations and omissions received too late for insertion in the alphabetical arrangement of the book.

Next is the index to contents and index to advertisers, followed by the street and avenue guide, names and locations of prominent buildings, wharves and docks.

The Street Directory has been carefully revised and will be found full and complete.

The alphabetical list of names begins on page 101. From pages 1901 to 2352 inclusive, is the Classified Business Directory, giving the names and addresses of all business and professional persons and firms, arranged under their respective headings, and constituting, in fact, a mirror of the business of the city.

Our Directory Library, containing Directories of all the principal cities of the United States, Europe, Canada, Central America, Mexico, West India Islands, etc., having been destroyed by the fire, is being replaced as quickly as possible, for the free use of our patrons. In addition to the benefits which our citizens will derive from this valuable library, our "Exchange System," which places the Baltimore City Directory in all Directory Libraries throughout this country and Europe, serves as an excellent advertisement for a prosperous city, for no other publication can convey such an idea of the city, its growth, its people, with their trades and professions, its schools, churches, societies, banks, railroads and incorporated com- panies, and all the various institutions and organizations. The wide circulation of the Directory enables capitalists and business men in every locality to communi- cate with citizens and to note the progress and improvements the Directory annu- ally records.

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Baltimore city directory for the year commencing 1905, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Baltimore : R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 2422

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Baltimore : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 2422