R.L. Polk & Co.'s Baltimore city directory for 1903, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: [Baltimore] : R.L. Polk & Co.
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THE KRANZ-SMITH PIANO CO. 109-111 N. Charles St. Sole Agents Chickering, Bradbury, Mehlin Pianos. Factory Prices. CANy Terman

GEO. BREHM & SON ONE GRADE ONLY BEER.

Carefully Bottled at the Brewery for Hotel and Family Use.

Brewery, Bottling Dept. and Main Office, Belair Avenue. BOTH PHONES,

INTERNATIONAL TRUST COMPANY

OF MARYLAND,

23, 25, 27 E. BALTIMORE STREET, (OLD "HAMILTON EASTER" SITE.)

Interest Allowed On Deposits Subject to Check.

INTS

Special Rates On Time Deposits.

COMPANY

Send for. Statement and List of Directors.

TRUST OF MARYLAND.

Capital,

$2,000,000.00 $1,539,734.42

Surplus and Undivided Profits,

See Advertisements, Page 71, Special Bank Department, Front of Book, Also Opposite Page 2212.

Hennegen, Bates Co.

Jewelers and Silversmiths, DIAMOND MERCHANTS, 13 E. BALTIMORE ST., BALTIMORE, MD.

HOTEL JUNKER 20-22 E. FAYETTE ST.

EUROPEAN STRICTLY STAG EVERY CONVENIENCE UP TO DATE.

Houses and Ground Rents Bought and Sold. Collections Made Property Carefully Managed ..

Real Estate Broker.

12 E. Lexington St. Room 6, Second Floor.

IRA H. HOUGHTON

Gef a Bottle for Home Use From Your Druggist or Barber.

ASK YOUR BARBER FOR A RUB.

La St. Paul Ste

Vie

VIE-VEER HAIR TONIC

General Trust Company Business Transacted.

Bartlett, Hayward & Co.,

OFFICE: Continental Trust Building,

WORKS:

Scott and McHenry Sts, BALTIMORE, MD.

REPRESENT Otis Elevator Gompany, NEW YORK, N. Y. -ALSO- MORSE, WILLIAMS & CO., Philadelphia, Pa.

WORK

GAS

FOUNDA

MANUFACTURERS OF Standard Hydraulic Passenger and Freight Elevators,

High=Grade Electric Passenger and Freight Elevators,

HYDRAULIC HOISTS, &c.

OFFICE:

C. & P. Telephone, St. Paul 2257.

Md. Telephone, Courtland 738.

WORKS:

C. & P. Telephone St, Paul 1513. KYLA

Md. Telephone, Henrietta, 26. DIOCESAN LIVE

DALRYMPLE DEPT. 4607

C. & P. TELEPHONE, ST. PAUL 4017.

THE HIGHEST AWARD AT THE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.

James Bates' Sons,

SUCCESSORS 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 Re- pairing Elevators and Hoist- ing 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 Refineries, 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, Cor, Pratt and President Sts.,

BALTIMORE.

C. & P. Telephone, St. Paul 4017

JAS BATES WALTO.

H. F. Radecke.

H. D Louis.

RADECKE & LOUIS, PACKING BOX MANUFACTURERS 1,

8 RADECKE & LOUIS. BOX MANUFACTURERS.

117

119

121

117 to 121 W. Cross Street,

BALTIMORE, MD.

Carpenter Jobbing

Promptly Executed.

Both Telephones. 9

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 E. Cross Street, C. & P. Telephone, South-442, BALTIMORE, MD.

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 | Menominee

8,500 tons .

Minnehaha. 13.000 tons Manitou. 8.500 tons

Minnetonka.

13,000 tons Minnesota

5,000 tons

Minnewaska (Building), 13,000 tons

Mohawk.

4,500 tons

Marquette

8,500 tons Maryland.

4,250 tons

Mesaba.

8,500 tons Montana .

4,250 tons

Mackinaw . .4,500 tons

National Line.

Manhattan

.12,000 tons Europe.

.. 5,500 tons

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

Bristol Channel Line.

Baltimore to Bristol.

Empire Line. Baltimore to Leith.

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

Atlantic Transport Company FIFTH FLOOR,

Continental Trust Building, Baltimore.

1 Broadway, New York, 511 Bourse Building, Philadelphia,

234 La Salle St., Chicago,

412 Guaranty Loan Bldg., 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.)

Fitzclarence. 6,000 Tons | English King. 4,500 Tons

Cambrian King. 5,500 Tons |Storm King .. 4,000 Tons REGULAR SAILINGS.

DONALDSON LINE (BALTIMORE TO GLASGOW.)

Parthenia .. 8,500 Tons | Orthia.

6,000 Tons

Marina. 8,000 Tons

Kastalia 6,000 Tons

Lakonia 6,000 Tons

Salacia. 5,000 Tons

Tritonia ..

5,000 Tons

REGULAR SAILINGS.

BLUE GROSS LINE

(BALTIMORE TO HAVRE.) REGULAR SAILINGS.

BLUE GROSS LINE

REGULAR SAILINGS TO OTHER CONTINENTAL AND U. K. PORTS.

For Further Particulars Apply to

Patterson, Ramsay & Co.,

GENERAL AGENTS,

Donnell Building, Baltimore, Md.

Queen Anne's Railroad Company

KILMINGTON

Havre de Grace

BELAIRO

LEMON GROVE

ER$

Chas. H. Tilghman, Vice-President.

Robt. W. Smith, Treasurer.

Wollense

FARE RIVER

COUMPTION

praicheste

CHESTERTOWN

DOVERO

CHURCH MIL

WHAROUIS C.

DELAWARE

CENTERVILLE

DO CENSTOWN

BAY

BOWLS ANNAPOLISO

NO ALDOMINERALE

T 1

70 GENTAN

ASÍPÉ MAY

WASHINGTON

OUETN ANNE

MILES

UPPLAG MARLEORD

GREENWOOD

ELLENDIE

LEWE

PEASKON

NILTON

BRIDGEVILLE

REHOBOTHO

BALTIMORE TO THE OCEAN SO 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:

Love Point, Kent Island, Palmer, Stevensville, Chester, Narrows, Winchester, Walsey, Queenstown Centreville, Bloomingdale, Wye Mills, Willoughby, D. & C. Junction, Queen Anne, Hillsboro, Downes, Tuckahoe, Denton, Hobbs, Hickman, Adamsville, Blanchard, Green- wood, Owens, Oakley, Ellendale, Wolfe, Milton, Whitesboro, Over- brook, Lewes, Rehoboth, and by Steamer during the Summer Months to Cape May.

CONNECTIONS.

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

Connects at Greenwood with Delaware Division of the Philadel- phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad for Laurel, Seaford, Delmar and Salisbury.

Connects at Ellendale with the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad for Georgetown, Snow Hill and Franklin City.

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

Steamer Leaves Pier 10 Light-Street Daily (Except Sunday). For Schedule see Baltimore Papers.

BALTIMORE OFFICE, PIER 10 LIGHT STREET.

WM. D. UHLER, Gen'l F. & P. Agent,

Love Point, Kent Island, Md. C. & P. TEL. CALL, ST. PAUL SOUTH 516. MD. TEL., HENRIETTA 91.

PAPE

HENLOPEN

ATL

Wm. H. Bosley, President.

IP MILES

NILUKBOLO

MILES

Merchants and 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 Lad- ing 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 New- port News, for Baltimore every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Baltimore and Savannah Line.

Steamers sail from Baltimore for Savannah every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday. 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 Nor- folk, 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 Nor- folk 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. and T. M.

C. S. HOSKINS, Gen. Frt. Agt. C. H. SMITH, Gen. Agent. GENERAL OFFICES, 214 AND 216 E. GERMAN ST., 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

BAY LINE

Steamers, Swiftest and Most Powerful, with Newest Appointments and Furnishings.

Connect at Ports- mouth with Sea- board Air Line. At Norfolk connect with Atlantic Coast Line, Nor. folk and Carolina Norfolk and South ern, and Norfolk and Western Rail- roads, and with Old Dominion Line for Newberne and Washington, N. C.

LEAVE. SCHEDULE. ARRIVE. A. M.

P. M.

(Daily, Except Sunday.)

Union Dock,

6.30

103 E. Baltimore Street.

6.30

Light-St. Piers,

7,30

Old Point Comfort, 6.15

6.20

Norfolk, 7.00

5.40

Portsmouth,

8.30

Meals on the Euro- pean Plan.

JOHN R. SHERWOOD,

Vice-President and General Manager.

EMMETT BROWN, General Passenger Agent.

S. STARK, Upholsterer

AND

CABINET MAKER,

429 N. FREMONTAV., Near Franklin St.

Old Furniture Recovered Equal to New.

REPAIRING, VAR- NISHING AND POLISHING. Manufacturer of the "Royal Couch."

Freight and Pas- senger Service. Reserve Staterooms at

"Bay Line" Ticket Office,

Also at Albaugh's, 15 N .- Charles st., and Seaboard Air Line Of- fice, Continental Trust Building.

Berths Free.

E. T. MUDGE.

G. A. DOBLER.

DOBLER & MUDGE,

WHOLESALE

Paper Warehouse

-AND-

PAPER STOCK.

Manufacturers of

Book and News Paper,

All Grades, Sized and Unsized.

No. 113 Hopkins Place,

BALTIMORE, MD.

C. & P. Telephone, St. Paul 720. Maryland Telephone, Courtland 2165.

ESTABLISHED 1820.

CHAS. SLACK & SONS, Wagon and Truck Manufacturers,

1221 CATHEDRAL STREET,

COAL CART AND WAGON 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 at 9.15 A. M.

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

Steamers Leave Baltimore From Piers 18 and 19 Light-St. Wharf

Through tickets to all points can be secured, baggage checked and state-‹ rooms reserved from the City Ticket Offices, Nos. 109, 120 and 127 East Baltimore street, or the General Offices, 530 Light street, Baltimore, Md. REUBEN FOSTER, E. J. CHISM. - General Manager. General Ticket Agent.

T. H. McDANNEL, Traveling Passenger Agent.

R. L. POLK & CO.

Benjamin R. Sheriff, Manager,

PUBLISHERS BALTIMORE CITY DIRECTORY, BALTIMORE CITY BUSI- NESS DIRECTORY, MARYLAND STATE GAZETTEER. MEDICAL REG- ISTER AND DIRECTORY OF NORTH AMERICA. ALSO DENTAL DIRECTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND WEST- ERN GAZETTEERS. Circulars Addressed from the Latest Publications.

957=959 CALVERT BUILDING,

Southeast Corner Fayette and St. Paul Streets.

United Fruit Co's

STEAMSHIP LINE FROM

BALTIMORE TO JAMAICA. STEAMSHIPS

"Brookline" or "Barnstable."

BOSTON

UNITED

NEW YORK

PHILADELPHIA

BALTIMORE

STATES

PORT NEWS

CHARLOTTE

NORFOL

ATLANTA

ROUTE

SAVANNAH

MOBILE

JACKSONVILLE

W ORLEANS

TAMPA

UNITED FRUIT COS SSLINE

KEY WEST

100

HAVANA

ISLANDS

BANES

HAIT

SANTO DOMINGO

JAMAICA

PORT ANTONIO

Scheduled to sail from Bowly's Wharf, Baltimore, every Wednesday morn- ing 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 staterooms 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, Nos. 205-207 Bowly's Wharf, Baltimore, Md.

BAHAMA

500

BALTIMORE, CHESAPEAKE AND ATLANTIC

RAILWAY COMPANY.

WATER AND RAIL ROUTES to all points on the Eastern Shore of Maryland 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, 42 and 5 Light-Street Wharf to connect with the Railroad at Claiborne, and for the Chop- tank, Tred Avon, Wicomico, Tuckahoe, Nanticoke and Piankatank River Lines, and FROM THE FOOT OF SOUTH STREET for the Pocomoke, Messongo and Occohannock River Lines.

For Rates. Schedules and other information, address

WILLARD THOMSON,

T. MURDOCH,

General Manager.

Ft. and Pass. Agt.

CHARLES ZIES, Engineer and Machinist 314, 316 and 318 S. Fremont Avenue, Baltimore, Md.

CHARLES ZIESI

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. CALL, ST. PAUL 1541. MARYLAND TEL., HENRIETTA 82.

MARCUS W. WOLF & CO.,

IMPORTERS AND

Wholesale Stationers,

204 AND 206 WEST GERMAN ST. Headquarters For Writing Paper, Envelopes, Blank Books, Pape- teries, Lead Pencils, Etc.

DEALERS IN WRAPPING PAPER. PAPER BAGS, TWINES, PAPER SHADES, ETC.

Importers of German Slate Pencil-, Pho- tograph and Autograph Aibum ., Scrap Books, Ink Stands, Leather Goods, Etc. Sole Proprietors of

CONGRESS, CAPITOL, MIDWAY AND LOCK RAVEN BRANDS OF WRIT- ING PAPER IN ALL SIZES AND WEIGHTS.

National Inks and Mucilage, School Slates, Climax and New Era Lead Pen- cils, and the celebrated

O. K. PEN COMPANY'S STEEL PENS, The Best Pens For the Money Manufactured.

MARCUS W. WOLF & CO.

PER

IMPORTERS.

WHOLESALE STATIONERS

Marcus W. Wolf & Co.

206 THENVEL 3PT PAPER 204

Established 1830.

JAMES YOUNG,

STEAM

BOOK,

ALWAYS

WITH YOU.

NEWSPAPER,

JOB,

PRINTER,

304

East Baltimore Street, OPPOSITE SON OFFICE.

PRESSWORK A SPECIALTY

Magistrates' & Constables' Blanks

Read "The Baltimore Telegram."

LITERATURE,

ART,

DRAMA,

POLITICS.

Oldest and Only Illustrated Weekly in the South.

Established 1862.

The Baltimore Telegram,

JAMES YOUNG,

Publisher and Proprietor. -OFFICE-

N. E. Cor. Baltimore and North Streets, BALTIMORE, MD.

Society, Fraternities. Miscellany.

$1.00 Per Year. 50 Cents for Six Months. Payable in Advance.

Patronize Home Industry.

The Only Illustrated Paper in the South.

R. L. POLK & CO.'S BALTIMORE CITY DIRECTORY FOR 1903. :

Containing an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Firms and Private Citizens-A Classified. Business Directory, which Contains a Full and Complete List of All Trades, Professions and Pur- suits - A Miscellaneous Directory - A Revised Street Direc- tory-City Officers-Terms of Court - Court Clerks-Public and Private Schools - Churches - Incorporated Insti- tutions-Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., Etc.

SEE PAGES 20, 21 AND 22 FOR NAMES NOT FOUND ELSEWHERE,

"TO FIND A NAME YOU MUST KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT."

VOLUME XVII.

PUBLISHED BY R. L. POLK & CO.

ASSOCIATION

PRO

UBLICO

AMERICAN

189

DROGIDIREC DIREC

DIRECTORY

REGISTERED

1800

COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY

B. R. SHERIFF, Manager, 957-959 CALVERT BUILDING, S. E. CORNER FAYETTE AND ST. PAUL STREETS. Price to Non-Subscribers, $7.00.

Printed by Evening News Publishing Co., 119 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1903, by R. L. Polk & Co., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.

PUBLISHERS3

PID

F 189

CHANGES IN THE Baltimore City Directory From 1796 to 1903.

NAME OF PUBLISHER.

Pages of Names.

Number of Names.

crease of Names.

Those marked

"D" Decrease.

Date.

1796

THOMPSON & WALKER (in Writing)

119

2,975

867

1802

CORNELIUS W. STAFFORD ..

196

5,774

1,932

1810

WM. FRY.

206

6,798

1,024

1812

182

4,732

D2,066

1819

R. J. MATCHETT.

305

9,355

4,715

1824

R. J. MATCHETT

281

10,397

D 219

1829

401

13,634

1,698

1833

193

14,282

648

1837-38|

343

17,464

3.182

1842

414

18,630

1,166

1845

JOHN MURPHY.

438

19,872

1,242

1847-48|R. J. MATCHETT

400

21,200

1,328

1849-50|

459

22,950

1,750

1851-52

328

29,616

6,666

1853-54

353

31,064

1,448

1855-56

378

41,202

10,138

1858 -- 59

406

42,224

6,064

1860

443

53,025

10,80!

1864

478

54,345

1,320

1865-66

502

56.726

2,381

1867-68

610

72,948

18,603

570

67,830

1868-69|JOHN W. WOODS

639

76,680

3,732

1870

744

83,500

6,820

1871

741

82,483

D1,017

1872

766

91,920

9,437

1873

745

91,635

D 285

1874

733

94,557

2,922

1875

727

93,783

D 774

1876

768

102,376

8,593

1877

771

98,688

D3,688

1878

796

99,500

812

1879

892

107,716

8,216

1880

1,017

122,936

4,094

1882

1,051

127,171

451

1884

SHERIFF & TAYLOR.

1,269

133,245

6,074

1885

SHERIFF & TAYLOR.

1,390

139,000

5,775

1885

JOHN W. WOODS.

1,400

137,200

7,702

1886

BALTIMORE DIRECTORY CO., SHERIFF & TAYLOR ..

1,551

136,835

D1,265

1886

JOHN W. WOODS ..

1,435

135,913

D2,187

1887

R. L. POLK & CO., B. R. SHERIFF, Manager.

1,158

141,276

5,363

1889

.€

1,230

154,625

3,861

1891

1,333

164,973

5,315

1892

*1,307

171,721

6,748

1893

+1,512

182,952

11,231

1894

*1,457

185,039

2,087

1896

$1,643

203,661

10,032

1897

1,664

208,000

4,339

1898

*1,632

216,476

8,476

1899

*1,562

218,680

2,204

1900

*1,457

212,722

D5,958

1901

1,550

215,450

2,728

1902

$1,638

212,020

D3,430

1903

1,650

214,500

2,480

*Decrease in number of pages caused by abolishment of part of the running advertisements.

¡Increase in number of pages partly caused by insertion of running advertise- ments.

THE ABOVE DIRECTORIES ARE ON FILE IN OUR OFFICE, ROOMS 957-959 CALVERT BLDG., S. E. COR. ST. PAUL AND FAYETTE STS., AND CAN BE REFERRED TO BY OUR PATRONS AT ANY TIME.

. . 1

1,501

193,629

8,590

1881

1,056

126,720

3,78₺

1883

1884

JOHN W. WOODS.

1,146

129,498

1888

1,178

150,764

9,488

1890

1,283

159,658

5,033

1856-57 JOHN W. WOODS

320

36,160

5,096

1822-23 C. KEENAN.

338

10,616

1,261

1827

354

11,936

1,539

1831

299

11,661

D2,621

1840-41

1814-15 JAMES LEAKIN.

160

4,640

D2,158

113

3,842

De-

Increase

4€

944

118,942

11,225;

2,327

1895

1867-68 HOUSTON & CO.

Introductory.

Seventeenth Annual Edition.

The City Directory is without exception the book most frequently consulted by the majority of citizens of every class, and hence, is the most useful. It is as indispensable in all cities of considerable size as Electric Lighting, Street. Railways or Newspapers. By The Directory a close estimate of the actual population of a city can be estimated, and the name, home and business oc- cupation of the citizens recorded. It has also a valuable historical charac- ter, making its yearly volume useful for the historian and the attorney. As. legal evidence, it is in frequent use, and is a recognized authority in the Courts and in tracing the whereabouts of missing people it is a book of com- mon use.

The following estimate of population may be of interest to all. The Di- rectory of 1902 contained 212,020 names; the Directory for 1903 contains 214,500 names. This is indicative of a population of fully 697,125. This is figured . on. a basis of 314, the figure heretofore used to represent the women, children and. transient population not represented in the Directory.

While this does not agree with the United States or State censuses, it must be remembered that in addition the Directory canvass is more thor- oughly and systematically conducted and made by trained men, and has not. been confined to the city limits, as several of the suburban towns are includ- ed. While the estimate of population may seem an exaggeration, we, think it is not in excess of the actual number of souls located in Baltimore, City and its suburbs. By careful estimate the population of the suburban towns we canvassed is fully 32,400. Deducting this amount from 697,125, the total. pop- ulation given above, the population of Baltimore City is fully 664,725.

For further information as to the growth or decrease in the population of the city since 1796 see table opposite.

Our Patrons and the Public may be surprised at the difference between the size of last year's Directory and this year's volume. In explanation, will ex- plain the cause by stating that this year's book is printed on paper fully one-fifth lighter in weight than we have used heretofore, and that we cut out eight hundred and sixty-eight top corner card Advertisements, thus saving fully eighty-six pages; and by so doing the work will be less cumbersome and more convenient to handle; besides this the binding will be more durable and lasting.

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

Our Directory Library contains Directories of all the principal cities of the United States, Europe, Canada, Central America, Mexico, West India Islands, Etc. (see catalogue of same, pages 66 to 68) for the free use of our patrons. In addition to the benefits which our citizens derive from this valuable library, our "Exchange System," which places the Baltimore City Directory in all Di- rectory 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 companies, and all the various institutions and organizations. The wide circulation of the Di- rectory enables capitalists and business men in every locality to communicate with citizens and to note the progress and improvements the Directory annu- ally records.

The Publishers desire to call the attention of the public to the itinerant-di- rectory publishers and fakirs that periodically visit Baltimore, who, assuming a local character, on the plea of "home enterprise," bleed the people for use- less advertising at the expense of legitimate publishers. They generally wind up at the Criminal Court or in Jail, as we have seen in severalrecent instances. BEWARE OF THE MAN WHO CARRIES A BALTIMORE DIRECTORY IN SOLICITING ADVERTISEMENTS, UNLESS HE CAN SHOW AUTHORITY FROM US!

The usual care for which the Publishers have acquired a national reputa- iton has been devoted to the compilation, printing and binding, all of which has been done in this city.

To find a name you must know how to spell it. It is not uncommon for members of the same family to spell their names differently, preserving the pronunciation. A few instances, as follows: Cain, Kain, Kane; Cohen, Cohn, Kohn; Kelley, Kelly; Kenney, Kenny, Kinney; Paine, Payne: Read, Reed, Reid; Reis, Reiss, Rice; Schneider, Snider, Snyder; Smith, Schmidt, Schmitt. Directo- ries are arranged and printed in exact alphabetical order. If the examiner knows the way the name is spelled, and will follow out the order of the alpha- bet, he will save time and vexation of spirit. With sincere thanks to all who have patronized the work, the press and the public in general, we are

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R.L. Polk & Co.'s Baltimore city directory for 1903, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1887 Publisher: [Baltimore] : R.L. Polk & Co. Number of Pages: 2204

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: [Baltimore] : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 2204