Baltimore city directory for the year commencing 1917, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Baltimore : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 2548

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BALTIMORE CITY DIRECTORY W

FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING JULY Ist, 1917

Containing an Alphabetical List of Business Firms and Private Citizens, a Directory of City Officers, Terms of Court, Churches, Public and Private Schools, Benevolent, Literary and Other Associations, Banks, Incorporated Institutions, Etc. Also a Revised Street and Avenue Guide, Showing Nearest Car Line to Each House, Etc. AND A COMPLETE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY "THE BUYER'S GUIDE"

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TOMITI INTRODUCTION

The 1917 edition of the BALTIMORE CITY DIRECTORY is presented with the conviction that the result attained must reflect credit upon the thorough system and faithful efforts of the publishers; no class of work requires more diligence and carefulness than the compilation of such information as the DIRECTORY contains. With this fact in view the work has been prose- cuted with a determination to make this necessity of the modern business world a reliable representative of the city with all its various institutions and organizations, its incorporated companies, banks, churches, schools, socie- ties, orders, etc .; its business firms and private citizens. All those features which have commended themselves in directory making in the past have been retained and new ones have been added, and the work is equal in every respect to the greatest metropolitan directories, possessing in addition some features peculiarly adapted to this community.

The DIRECTORY is a fixed institution. It is now recognized as the one particular medium which carries a large volume of municipal data, not pro- curable elsewhere. That is why it has its own particular value; that is why it has won its way into public favor. We have been earnest and sincere in our endeavors to make the DIRECTORY an item of real service to the people, thus contributing some share towards making a greater city of Baltimore.

The "Index to Contents," following this Introductory, will enable the user of the volume to find any information desired.

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BALTIMORE THE AMERICAN CITY NEAREST THE BIG WORLD MARKETS: "THE GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH."

Baltimore is a growing and thriving industrial centre, situated at the head of the Chesapeake Bay, with an ample and beautiful harbor, and with water sufficiently deep to accommodate the largest steamships afloat.

Other Atlantic seaboard cities have almost reached their final growth of commercial development; that is, so far as water facilities are concerned. Baltimore, on the contrary, is attracting more and more attention because of the abundance of her possibilities.

Heavy port charges and severe terminal costs in other big Atlantic seaports are making shipments from those cities almost prohibitive. Balti- more, on the other hand, by reason of her abundant room and splendid facili- ties, is admitted to be the most promising seaport in this section of the world. Baltimore has no municipal port charges.

It matters not what an industrial enterprise may need, those needs can be found advantageously in Baltimore. Water facilities, railroad accommoda- tions, reliable labor, financial institutions, fine shipping terminals, excep- tionally fortunate geographical position, attractive sites for manufacturing plants, super-abundance of cheap power, and a city delightfully charming in which to live.

There are three trunk line railroad systems entering here with extensive elevator and other shipping facilities. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Western Maryland Railroad give Baltimore abundant accessibility to all markets north, west or south.

BALTIMORE DIRECTORY, 1917.

BALTIMORE HARBOR.

Baltimore may well boast of her beautiful harbor whose salient features are unsurpassed. The channel leading from Baltimore is 35 feet deep and 600 feet wide. Baltimore is on the Patapsco River, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, and is about 150 nautical miles from the Capes, where Chesapeake Bay enters the Atlantic Ocean, and is 14 miles from the mouth of the Patapsco River. The mean average tide is but 12 inches. There are 6 miles of munici- pal wharfage front, 32 miles of private wharfage, 10 miles of which are occu- pied by railroad piers and docks; there are also 1.4 miles of oceanic steam- ship docks; there are 2 miles of fine terminals controlled by wharf and dock companies; industrial concerns occupy 19 miles of waterfront. There are many miles of additional waterfront available at reasonable prices. There are at least 10 feet of water in the immediate environs of Baltimore Harbor. A uniform depth of 35 feet is maintained up to the piers provided for trans- Atlantic steamships. The harbor affords every facility for anchorage and dockage, of loading and unloading, to all manner of craft, from the far- famed Chesapeake Bay oyster pungy to the leviathan Atlantic liner.

GRAIN EXPORTING.

Along with its forward movement in industrial affairs Baltimore has likewise maintained her prestige as a great grain exporting city. This is shown by the record of the last two years. The exports were as follows :

1914. 1915. 34,053,431

.20,882,558

Wheat. Corn. 2,998,887 17,477,000

For 11 months of 1916 there was shipped through Baltimore 41,534,748 bushels of wheat and 20,018,423 bushels of corn ; same period last year 28,834,- 411 bushels of wheat, 16,740,563 bushels of corn.

The total exports of all kinds of grain from Baltimore in 1915 aggregated 90,171,602 bushels. Along with these raw grain shipments, Baltimore ex- ported 922,466 barrels of flour. In 1915 Baltimore was the leading city in the United States in the exportation of corn, oats and rye and was next to New York in the exportation of wheat and barley. Baltimore exported more wheat than Montreal, the great grain shipping port of Canada. In the total of all grains shipped, Baltimore, in 1915, exported about 25,000,000 bushels more than the combined totals of shipments from both Boston and Philadel- phia.

ELEVATOR STORAGE CAPACITY.

The splendid outlook for this city in the matter of a very large increase in the volume of trans-Atlantic and South American shipping means that many additional millions of bushels of grain are certain to come here from the West and Canada for purposes of export. Hence the coming demand for greater elevator service.

With the Pennsylvania Railroad's new elevator, the total grain storage capacity of the Baltimore elevators of the three railroad systems operating here is 8,600,000 bushels.

This storage capacity is distributed as follows :

Bushels.

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad-3 elevators 2,750,000

Pennsylvania Railroad-3 elevators. .3,750,000

Western Maryland Railroad-1 elevator 2,100,000

Total. . 8,600,000

WAREHOUSES.

On the harbor front and elsewhere in the city are located spacious fire- proof storage warehouses, having the most up-to-date equipment for loading and unloading elevators, heating and refrigerating plants, etc.

Certain warehouse receipts issued by storage warehouse companies are negotiable through Baltimore banking institutions.

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DRY DOCKS AND MARINE RAILWAYS.

A floating dock, twelve marine railways and three dry docks, the largest of which is 628 feet long and 125 feet wide, are located at this port.

TRANS-ATLANTIC AND COAST LINE STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING VESSELS.

There are nineteen steamship lines here regularly engaged in trans-Atlan- tic and other foreign trade, while many tramp steamers and sailing vessels make Baltimore a rendezvous.

Local companies operate steamers in the Chesapeake Bay and coastwise trade. Hundreds of sailing and motor vessels are owned and operated in the vicinity of this port.

THE BIG BAY TRADE.

There are various lines of modern steamboat service plying between Baltimore and the numerous ports and private wharves on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, as well as between Baltimore and Washington, Nor- folk, Richmond and Philadelphia.

About four thousand officially documented vessels are engaged in the bay traffic, and practically all of them trade at Baltimore.

RAILROAD FACILITIES.

Baltimore is the home of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Its adminis- trative offices are here. Its tracks practically engirdle the city. Its freight facilities are second to none in the country, and it reaches out with connec- tions in every possible direction.

Two of the most important divisions of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany converge in Baltimore and make it easy to ship to any possible point covered by the entire Pennsylvania system. The company maintains divi- sion offices and extensive terminals in Baltimore. Its numerous export and domestic elevators, storage warehouses and terminals are of the usual excellent type. A number of modern piers afford every facility for the trans- shipment of the company's traffic north, east, south and west.

Baltimore is the main terminus of the Western Maryland Railroad, which is closely affiliated with the great New York Central system.

The Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad has 78 miles of trackage through the very rich farming country of Baltimore and Harford counties in Mary- land, and York county in Pennsylvania.

All railroad and steamboat companies have advantageous traffic arrange- ments with the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railway, the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Norfolk & Western and the Seaboard Air Line, making Balti- more the best distributing point in the United States for the large and rapidly increasing Southern business.

Interurban .- The W., B. & A. Electric R. R. operates between the Na- tional capital and Baltimore, and between the State capital and Baltimore.

The Maryland Electric Railways operates the Annapolis Short Line between Baltimore and the State capital. Its terminus at Baltimore is Cam- den Station.

Magnificent factory lots, with both water and railroad connections, are available. They are for sale or lease. There is a free lighterage zone along the waterfront for certain classifications of freight in carload lots, by virtue of which factories and other industries not actually on a railroad line can enjoy the advantages of railroad connections.

CITY OF HOMES.

The real estate market is handled upon a basis in this city that makes it more than easy for a Baltimore laboring man to own his own home. That is the reason so large a percentage of Baltimore's laboring element are home dwellers, not tenement dwellers. The real estate system here enables pur- chasers to buy on the easiest imaginable payments.

INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.

Baltimore has a series of splendid "Industrial" or "Beehive" buildings where heat, light, power and space in proportion to the large or small needs of any and all kinds of industries can be had on terms and conditions attrac- tive even to the infant enterprises.

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BANKING FACILITIES.

Baltimore has numerous banks and trust companies. The financial leaders have caught the step of the twentieth century progress and are ready to do their part in promoting the future development of industrial Baltimore. It has the best and biggest bonding companies in the world.

WHOLESALE MARKET.

The business field of Baltimore is broad, because this city is one of the greatest miscellaneous jobbing centres in America. Baltimore has a national reputation for selling more goods for the price paid than almost any other big wholesale market in the United States. Merchants come here because they know, from experience, that this is the place to get the best goods; and they also know that this is the place to get the best goods for the least money.

THE NEW BALTIMORE.

It is common knowledge that Baltimore possesses advantages not sur- passed by any city in the country. As a residence city it is more than ordi- narily attractive. Its climate approaches that of Southern California. Its proximity to the markets of the Middle West and South, with exceptionally low freight rates, put it in a position to defy competition. As a place for a varied line of factories it is utterly without rival. It has abundant labor, with strike tendencies at a minimum. It has nearby sources of fuel and raw material. It has a perfect harbor, with deep water, fine channel and modern terminals. It has a combination of railroad systems with freight rates, West and South, lower than any other Atlantic seaport. It is closer to the east and west coast of South America and the Panama Canal than any Atlantic or Pacific seacoast city. And, finally, in the matter of its physical construction, it has lovely homes, beautiful parks, fine paved streets, splen- did churches, handsome educational institutions, world-famous hospitals and a high standard of culture, decency and morality.

At the cost of millions of dollars Baltimore has modernized herself. Since the disastrous fire in 1904, over $200,000,000 have been expended in construction of handsome commercial blocks and "skyscrapers." She is a credit to her people ; she is a credit to the American nation. Her many miles of smooth streets, her fine filtered water, her model sewer system, her ex- cellent fire department, her improving public schools, her high general aver- age of municipal cleanliness-all tend to make her a city of pronounced desirability.

New York alone excepted, Baltimore has as good hotel accommodations as any city in the country.

The street car system of Baltimore is probably unsurpassed in America. Its long rides for five cents, its finely equipped cars and a service which railroad men admit to be without a peer, will afford accommodations to thous- ands to enjoy trolley rides along the historic Chesapeake Bay and into the picturesque suburbs, with their numerous places of amusement, where sum- mer opera, high-class attractions and fine music can be had at small cost.

COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.

The effort of American cities to gain in prestige power and prosperity must primarily be credited to individual initiative, but in the complex char- acter and scope of modern business life and advantage of bringing into play the concerted force and influence of the many is readily recognized. A voluntary association of men rather than any one man becomes the instru- ment for promotion and for guidance. It reflects the civic and economic aspiration of a community. Thus every city, large and small, has its organi- zation of business and professional men through which is expressed the hope and possibilities for greater things. The Merchants and Manufacturers' Association and the Chamber of Commerce are the logical organizations in Baltimore.

The activities engaged in by them are, in a measure, at least, a sug- gestive index to the present commercial, industrial and civic tendencies of the community.

They have supplemented individual effort by collective effort in prompting a spirit of progress, in stimulating enterprise and growth, in bringing the natural advantages of the city to the highest stage of development and in advancing the civic ideas of the community. They furnish organizations that bring local men of affairs together, group their abilities and centralize their responsibility.

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INTERESTING ITEMS REGARDING BALTIMORA

It was in Baltimore that the ---

First patent for a locomotive was secured.

First steam engine, for traction purposes, was operated,

First steam vessel entirely of iron was constructed,

First to construct the famous full-rigged ships known as the "Balti- more "Clippers."

First iron building was erected.

It was in Baltimore that the

First American armor plate was made,

First bonding security business was started, and Baltimore is still the leader in that field,

First submarine ever launched, known as "Winan's Cigar Boat," was built,

First Peruvian guano was imported,

First umbrella factory was established, which is still operating,

First plan of dairy lunch rooms, now known all over the country as the "Baltimore Dairy Lunch," was put in operation.

It was in Baltimore that the-

First private bank in America was established,

First electric railroad tunnel in the United States was constructed by the B. & O. R. R. from Camden to Mt. Royal Stations, conse- quently it was the first to use electric locomotives through a tunnel,

First city in the Union to erect a monument to Columbus,

First city to introduce a polytechnic school in its public school sys- tem.

It was in Baltimore that the-

First national bank to keep open day and night began operation, First trunk line system in the United States ran from Baltimore to Wheeling, W. Va.,

First city to manufacture metallic pens,

First revolving printing press was put in operation,

First steam vessel to cross the Atlantic left this port.

Baltimore was the-

First city in the United States to operate a municipal band, where the band renders popular concerts during the summer at con- venient junctions of important streets in various parts of the city,

First city to provide music for street dancing whereby the young and old, during the summer months, can enjoy dancing on the sur- face of the specially prepared highways.

First city to inaugurate a municipal symphony orchestra, so op- erated as to enable music lovers to enjoy the best of music at a nominal cost,

First city to adopt a specially composed municipal song set to spe- cially composed music.

Baltimore produced the "Star-Spangled Banner," our national anthem. Francis Scott Key caught the inspiration while watching the bom- bardment of Fort McHenry, September 14, 1814. The first copy of the song was printed in Baltimore and the first musical rendition of the song was in a Baltimore theatre.

Baltimore is the first city in which a national convention was held for the nomination of a President and Vice-President. This was in 1831. The following are the successful candidates for the Presidency who have secured their nomination in Baltimore: Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, Taylor, Pierce, Lincoln and Wilson.

Baltimore is the shortest route to Southern Europe and Africa.

Baltimore is closer than any other big Atlantic seaport to Cuba, Jamaica and South American cities on the East Coast.

Baltimore is 470 miles closer than San Francisco to the city of Val- paraiso, Chile, the chief seaport on the west coast of South America. Baltimore, as a distributing centre, is closer to the South and the Great Middle West than any other Atlantic seaport.

Baltimore is the commercial strategic point on the Atlantic Coast.

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STATISTICAL FACTS ABOUT BALTIMORE.

Population, 558,000 (Census of 1910). Estimated for 1918, 678,000.

Area-31 square miles.

Altitude 460 feet (at highest point) above tidewater.

Assessed valuation-$868,426,115.

Bonded debt-$94,209,579.50 gross; $43,613,445.43 (January 1. 1917).

Tax rate $1.98 (no country tax).

Miles of streets-437; 195 of alleys.

Miles of paving-419; 113 of alleys.

Miles of public sewers-884.

Miles of electric street railway-404.

Gas mains laid-777 miles.

Parks and parkways, number of-65; number of acres, 2,295; value, $7,242,192.

Water Works-Capacity, 4,000,000,000 storage gallons; daily average number of gallons pumped, 98,000,000 (filtered) ; miles of water mains, 845; value of plant, $12,927,000 (owned by city); value of mains, $6,700,000.

Fire Departmetn-Number of men, 510; station houses, 40; horses, 160; automobiles, 35; engines, 45; water towers, 2; hook and ladder trucks, 23; fire boats, 2; high pressure companies, 2; value of buildings and lots, $1,057,- 122; value of apparatus, $2,110,315.

Police Department-Number of men, 1,145; number of stations, 8.

Public Schools-Number of schools, 111; 3 high schools, 1 City College, 1 Polytechnic Institute, 1 teachers' training school; number of teachers, 1,850 ; number of pupils, 70,965; value of buildings and lots, $7,284,569.66. Schools, parochial and diocesan-97.

Schools, miscellaneous-92.

Number of books in public library-346,104.

Post Office receipts 1916-$2,993,388.

Exports 1916-$308,973,829.

Imports 1916-$38,941,666.

Number of banks and banking houses-61.

Bank deposits 1916-$270,205,377.

Bank clearings 1916-$2,206,338,952.

Number of theatres and vaudeville houses -- 114.

Number of hospitals-30.

Number of hotels-95 large and small.

Manufacturing-Number of factories, 2,500; number of operatives, 86,- 312; wages paid annually, $42,588,476 (1916) ; values of annual output, $299,- 919,866 (1916).

DIRECTORY LIBRARY.

A Directory Library, supplied with current issues of the Directories of the principal cities of the country, is maintained by the publishers at their offices, 1203-1205 Calvert Building, for the free use of patrons and the gen- eral public, who can refer to it at any time. As the latest books are issued they will be added to the Library, thereby keeping it up-to-date from year to year.

The publishers take this opportunity of thanking the Merchants and Manufacturers'. Association and the citizens for the valuable assistance ren- dered in the way of furnishing information concerning themselves and their business for this Directory ; also the public-spirited and progressive business and professional men for the support given in the way of patronage.

R. L. POLK & CO. OF BALTIMORE. Publishers.

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INDEX TO CONTENTS

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ABBREVIATIONS

201

Advertising Club of Baltimore. .2653

Aged Men's Home. . 2658

Aged Women's Home. 2658

Alliance of Charitable & Social

Agencies

2662

American Association for Study and

Prevention of Infant Mortality .... 2662 American Bar Association. . . 2664

American Amateur Trap Shooters' As- sociation .2664

Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons .2676

Ancient and Honorable Mechanical Company of Baltimore. . 2664

Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of

the Mystic Shrine. .

.2676

Anti-Saloon League of Maryland. .2664

Appeal Tax Court. 2636

APPENDIX

2632

Architectural Commission 2636

Ariel Rowing Club. . 2653

Arion Singing Society . 2664

Arizona Automatic Air Association .. 2664

Army and Navy Union. : 2664

Art Commission 2636

Art Galleries

. 2641

Arundel Club 2653

Ashburton Improvement Association .. 2662

Association of Fire Underwriters .... 2664

Association of Maryland Line ... 2663

Association of Maryland Pilots ...... 2663

Association of Trained Nurses of Bal- timore 2664

Athletic Association of Johns Hopkins University 2665

Automobile Club of Maryland .. . . . . 2653 Baltimore Association for Improve-

ment of the Condition of the Poor. 2665 Baltimore Association of Credit Men. 2663 Baltimore Athletic Club .2653

Baltimore Automobile Dealers' Asso- ciation .2665 Baltimore Chamber of Commerce .... 2657

Baltimore Chapter American Institute of Bank Clerks .. 2665

Baltimore City Christian Endeavor

Union

Baltimore City Medical Society .. 2665

2665

Baltimore Clearing House Association 2642 Baltimore Club 2657

Baltimore Coal Exchange 2657

Baltimore Coffee Exchange. .2657

Baltimore Country Club. 2653

Baltimore Drug Exchange. .2657

Baltimore Federation of Labor

2665

Christian Workers

. 2666

Baltimore Fruit Exchange. .2657 Baltimore Fruit and Produce Asso-

ciation 2665

Baltimore Jobbing Confectioners' As-

sociation .2668

Baltimore Life Underwriters' Associa- tion 2663

Baltimore Meat Packers' Association. 2665

Baltimore Orphan Asylum. 2658

Baltimore Osteopathic Faculty. 2665

Baltimore Postoffice Outing Club .2653

Baltimore Press Club 2653

Baltimore Reform League. 2665

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Baltimore city directory for the year commencing 1917, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Baltimore : R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 2548

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Baltimore : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 2548