Hill's Charlotte (Mecklenburg County, N.C.) City Directory [1959], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1959
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1700

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Haverty Furniture Co.

Hayes Nursery

right bottom lines and

Helms J G.

Herrin Bros Coal & Ice Co.

right bottom cards and

Heyward T C & Co.

left side lines and

Hill Directory Co Inc

Hilton's Famous Brands Shoe Store Inc

Holbrook Contracting Co.

left bottom cards, 62 and

Hollingsworth's GMC Truck Co Inc.

right bottom lines and

Home Federal Savings & Loan Association

back cover, left top lines and

Home Realty & Management Co Inc

left side lines and

Hoppe Motors Sales Inc

left top and side lines and

Hotel Charlotte.

. left top lines and

Hotel Mayfair .

left top cards and

Hotel Mecklenburg

right side lines and

Hotel Selwyn .

Hotel Wm R Barringer left top lines and

113

Howard Johnson's Restaurant

left bottom lines

Indoor Comfort Co.

right side lines, 4 and

Industrial Steel Co Inc .

left side lines and

Interstate Electric Co.

. left bottom cards and

Interstate Roofing & Asphalt Co Inc .

right bottom lines and

Ivy Lodge . .

Janitor Supply & Service Co Inc

Jarrell W G Machine Co.

back cover, right top cards and

Jefferson Standard Broadcasting Co

front cover, right top lines and

Jewell J K . .

Johnson Bruce Trucking Co Inc

right top cards and Jones J O . .

Jordan-Morris Distributing Co

left side lines and

K & E Realty Co.

.right side lines and 184

Kale-Lawing Co. Kendrick Brick & Tile Co Inc

backbone, right side lines and 153

Kenzell Electric Service .

ight bottom cards and

Kerley & Edwards Co.

ight bottom lines and

Kirkland C W Co.

left bottom lines and

Kirkland C W Steel Co.

left bottom lines

Kugler's Studios .

.left side lines and 161 62

Lakey Construction Co

left side lines, 39 and

Lamb Construction Co

left side lines and 63 9 179

Lawing's Inc.

Lawter and Pritchard Co. left sid

Laxton Construction Co Inc .

Lee Associates Inc ..

right top lines and

Lee J Grover Jr & Associates

. left side lines and

Lefler Concrete Block Co. .

right top cards and

197 25 202

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company The

127

Liquid Asphalt Co .

160 85

Little Hardware Co Inc

. left side lines and

108

Local Finance Co. .

. left side lines

Lowder Coal & Oil Co

M & J Finance Corp.

Mack's Tree Service

.right bottom cards and 206

46 89 96

Kerr Thomas F & Co.

179 77

Lawing Auction Co.

lines and 63 64 138 125

Leonard & Nicholson Royal Tire Service

Lewith Wilson Machinery Corp. .

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Lisk Pharmacy .

right side lines and

160

Fulbright Claude M . .

157 166

Grier's Funeral Service

187 101 133 96

right top lines and 102 104 151 73 52 135

83 199 79 15 192

175 16 112 116 114 117

Hunter Harvey B Dairies .

187 111

189 145 129

136 022 183 209 51 24

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Mann Jethro R

left bottom cards, Y and

Manpower Inc .

Markham J E.

Marley Realty Co

.left bottom lines and right side lines and

Martin Transfer & Storage Co Inc.

Massey Hardware Co.

Mayfair Hotel.

Mayfair Hotel Corp.

McCall Bros Pump & Well Co

front cover, right top lines, 43 and

McClure R H .

McCorkle-Gettys Realty Co Inc

McDevitt & Street Company

McDonald Realty Co .

Mc Manus Locksmiths

McNinch S S & Son .

Mcl-hail Bray & Co.

Mecklenburg Finance Inc

Mecklenburg Hotel . .

Mecklenburg Hotel Corp.

Mecklenburg Nurseries Inc

Melton's Hardware

Merritt Floyd P.

. left top and bottom cards, 40 and

Meyers Furniture Co .

Midwood Flower Shop .

Mincey W R Furniture Co

Ming Tree Restaurant The .

Minit Car Wash.

Moore Sheet Metal Co

Moss Trucking Co Inc .

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Mullis Construction Co

. left bottom cards and

Mutual Savings & Loan Assn

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Nance Motor Co Inc

Niagara of the Carolinas Inc.

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Nisbet E P Co. .

Norman's House Demolishing

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North Charlotte Credit Co. .

Occidental Life Insurance Co of North Carolina

Old Dominion Box Company Inc

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Orr Motor Co.

Orvin Motor Court .

Paint Craft Store .

Parker-Gardner Co

Pate Electric Co.

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Pennsylvania Oil Co .

right bottom cards and

Peoples Savings & Loan Association .

Perry- Mincey Co The .

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Pettice Cleaning Service

left bottom cards and

Piedmont Mountain Freight Lines Inc.

Pines Motel The .

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co

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Plaza House Inc The .

right bottom cards and

Porter H F Plumbing Co

Potts-Brown Company

Pound& Moore Co.

Power Brake Co Inc.

Presbyterian Book Store

Price A Z & Associates Inc.

Price-Wells Inc ..

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Pyramid Life Insurance Co.

. left side lines and

Quality Lumber & Supply Co.

right side lines and

Queen City Trailways

Queens College .

Rayfield J A Home Repair Service

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Reese's Antique Shops

Rembrandt Studios Inc.

Rent-It Co .

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Ridenhour & Hartsell.

Roberts Ruth Realty. .

Robinson's Bob Auto Service

Rogers Barbecue .

Roseland Floral Co Inc.

Sanders Diesel Injection & Hydraulic Service

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Saxon's Inc.

212 196

Schwartz & Son Inc

Selwyn Hotel .

117

161 49 201 184 20

Sapp Electric Co.

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Realty Brokers Inc. .

181 8

right side lines and 152 157 . left side lines and 180 64 148 left top cards and left top cards and 108 116 116 213 134 65 184 65 left top lines and . left side lines and 180 132 181 127 132 .right side lines and right side lines and . left side lines and 114 114 150 109 66 left top cards and 104 97 right side lines and . left top lines and 105 188 X left side lines and 198 205 66 193 10 19 139 100 . left top cards and right top lines and 213 131 127 right side lines and 36 right side lines and 23 115 155 165 . right top lines and 89 154 194 103 75 208 146 155 left side lines and 105 left top cards and right top lines and 166 . left top cards and 73 152 37 35 110 right top cards and 128 125 41 47 52 73

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Martin Chas B.

McClure Lumber Co

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N C State Motor Club Inc .

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Sherin's Ed Garage.

Showcard Machine Co

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Shu Fred C .

right top cards and. 67 111

Shuman - York Co.

4 and

Slack Refinishing Co.

Small Jack H Plastering Co

Smith D F . . .

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Smith Johnson C University

. left bottom cards and

Smith L T Home Improvement Service

Smith-Regal Flying Service .

Smith Tile & Marble Co.

Snyder M R Co .

South 21 Curb Service Restaurant

Southeast Airmotive Corp.

Southeastern Construction Co

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Southeastern Truck Refrigeration Inc.

. left side lines, 185 and

Southerland Blue Print Co. .

Southern Electric Service Co Inc

Southern Flight Inc .

Southern Flooring and Acoustical Co . left side lines and

Southern Heritage Life Insurance Co

. back cover, right bottom cards, 122 and

Southern Metals Co Inc.

Southern Pest Control Co Inc

Southern Piping & Engineering Co Inc

Southern Woodworks

Spangler C D Construction Co Inc.

Spangler Realty Co. Sparks Realty Co.

Speir & Co Inc

Speir N G Inc . front cover, left top cards, 143 and

Standard Plumbing & Heating Co

Standard Printing Co

Stewart James E

Stikeleather W E

Stogner C H . right bottom cards, 37 and

Stone E B Finance Co Inc

right bottom cards and

Sunset Awning Co

Suttle W A.

side lines and top stencil, right top lines and

Thies Realty & Mortgage Co.

backbone, right top lines and

Thomas C C General Contractor

Thomas Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc

Thompson Antique Company .

Thompson F N Inc .

Thompson John Beauty Salon Inc.

Threadgill Cecil B .

Thrower's Sunoco Station

Todd's Flowers Inc .

Tolson J S .

Torrence Chas A .

Transportation Supply Corp

Tryon Repair Service .

Tucker-Kirby Co

United Junk Co

Upchurch C W & Co Inc

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Uva Industries Inc.

Vinson Realty Co Inc .

W SO C Broadcasting Co.

Waddell Construction Co Inc

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Walke Henry Co The .

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Walker's Drug Stores

left bottom cards and left side lines and

Westside Ice & Fuel Co Wheeler R Marret Co.

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White Plumbing Co.

Wiggins Fred J Construction Co

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Wilkinson James W.

Wm R Barringer Hotel.

left top cards and . left top lines and right side lines and right side lines and

Wilson George N Agency Wood Jack Ltd. Woods Frank Inc. Wooten L A .

. left top cards and right top cards and

Yandle Electric Co

Yearwood Construction Co

left top cards, 41 and right bottom lines and

89 71 201 128 71

Yellow Cab Co Inc .

Yopp Insurance Agency Inc

Young Construction Co . right side lines and Young Motor Co. left bottom lines and 21

130 21 137 183 172 200 118 85 190 140 117 74 167 70 128 113 70 74 128 139 18

Wearn Lumber Co The .

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Williams Furman R.

Williams J "Ken"

. left top lines, 35 and . . left side lines left bottom lines and . left side lines and 47

. right top cards and right side lines and back cover and

Ward Robert R .

.right top cards and 168 170 left side lines and 131 158 73 94 26 . . 78 98 144 68 right side lines and 17 8 69 right side lines and 34 . left top cards and 74 left top cards and 20 C 76 162 9

Swinson Food Products

right bottom cards and 76 5 203 85 .left side lines and 186 7 . left bottom cards and 67 35, 50, 84, 90 and 206 163 88 6 95 123 195 160 167 . right side lines and right side lines and 47 68 182 182 126 176

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CHARLOTTE "QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUTH"

(Courtesy Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Inc.)

Location

Charlotte, chief city of the Carolinas, dominates a rich, undulating plateau between the Appalachian Moun- tains and the Atlantic coastal plain. The city is the geographic center of a young, rapidly expanding market. It is 624 miles southwest of New York; 266 miles northeast of Atlanta; 745 miles southeast of Chicago; 393 miles southwest of Washington; 160 miles from the Atlantic Ocean; and far south of knee-deep snow. Charlotte is ac- cessible from every direction by every known conveyance except an ocean-going ship. It is 765 feet above the sea, in latitude 35 degrees 14 minutes n .; longitude 80 degrees 50 minutes w.

Climate

With an altitude of 765 feet, Charlotte is blessed with a pleasantly mild climate throughout the year. The average annual temperature is 60.2 degrees, with a seasonal variation of 36.5 degrees from 42.3 degrees in January to 78.8 degrees in July. Pleasant, mild temperatures are enjoyed for more than six months of the year -59.7 degrees in spring, 61.3 degrees in fall. Average winter temperature is 43 degrees; summer, 77 degrees. The frost-free season spans midyear from March to November, averaging 237 days. Other data: Annual rain- fall average 43.09 inches. Morning humidity average 79 per cent; noon, 54 per cent, and evening, 64 per cent.

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Population

Charlotte, with a 1958 estimated population of 164,000 is by far the largest city in the two Carolinas, and Mecklenburg County, with a 1958 estimated population of 268,000, is the most populous county. Other significant census figures for Charlotte are: 1850, 1,065; 1900, 18,091; 1920, 46,338; 1940, 100,899; 1950, 134,042. The females have a slight majority of 51.8 per cent. The white races accounts for 72 per cent. Less than 1 per cent is foreign-born. The population of the retail trading area (60-mile radius) exceeds 1,500,000; the wholesale trading area (150-mile radius) has a booming 4,500,000 consumers.

Government

Charlotte is governed by a popularly-elected mayor and seven member city council. A city manager, appointed at the pleasure of the council, is the administrative head of the city government. The City hall is a handsome three story building of neo-classic design which was erected in the early 1920's on a site six blocks from the center of the city. Public services include excellent schools, an expertly-manned police department, a modern fire de- partment, extensive water and sewerage facilities, health and welfare departments and many others.

Mecklenburg County, of which Charlotte is the seat, is governed by a board of County commissioners. The chairman of this board is the chief administrative officer of the county. Historic Mecklenburg, the wealthiest county in the state, has a line school system and an efficient rural police force, and provides its citizens with superior public services, The Mecklenburg County Court House, situated adjacent to the City Hall, is an im- posing building with stately columns of neo-classic design. Like the City Hall, it has become one of Charlotte's showplaces.

Taxes

The City and County in 1958 assessed ad valorem taxes on all real and tangible property at the following rates per $100 valuation: City, $1.88; County, $1.35 (includes 40¢ special, county school tax levy). In actual practice property valuations are well below true values. Only minor occupational licenses are required by the City. North Carolina income tax is assessed at a rate of 3 per cent for the first $2,000 net income; 4 per cent on the next $2,000; 5 per cent on the next $2,000; 6 per cent on the next $4,000; and 7 per cent on all over $10,000. Corporations are taxed 6 per cent on their taxable net incomes. Liberal exemptions are allowed for both individ- uals and corporations.

Commerce

With almost 2,000,000 people living within easy motoring distance of Charlotte, the City has become one of the 25 greatest markets in the nation. The retail sales volume now exceeds $335,100,000 annually. Over 1,600 retail establishments offer consumers almost every conceivable product. Downtown streets are lined with modern well-appointed stores which through attractive merchandising, draw people from all sections of the Piedmont. The city's per-family buying power is tops for the Carolinas.

Charlotte, strategically located in the center of the Southeast, is rapidly becoming Dixie's leading distributor. Hundreds of trucks, operated by 102 different truck lines and four railroads moving an average of 290 carloads a day, shuttle goods in and out of this vast Dixie warehouse. According to recent estimates, wholesale sales in Charlotte came to over $1,500,000,000. This volume of wholesale distribution outstrips such larger cities as Birmingham, Richmond, Nashville and Jacksonville.

Wholesale distribution from Charlotte has grown so tremendously in recent years because the city is well situated to serve the growing Southern market and has superior transportation facilities. More than 500 national companies have established offices or warehouses in the city.

Charlotte is far and away the financial giant of the Carolinas. The city's seven large commercial banks clear- ed $7,974, 708,582 in checks during 1957. One of Charlotte's many investment banking concerns is ranked as the ninth largest in the country, which is a reflection of the financial activity of the city. Charlotte also has a branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.

Industry

Charlotte is the geographical center of the vast Southern textile industry which has its heaviest concentration in the Piedmont Carolinas, where two-thirds of all the looms and spindles in the South are located. Although there are 60 textile mills in the immediate vicinity, Charlotte, unlike many Southern cities, is not completely dependent upon textiles. Machinery, chemicals, food products, furniture, clothing, printing, building materials, all are major products of Charlotte's balanced economy.

Charlotte's 500 manufacturers employ more than 24,000 persons, many of whom have developed great skill in the technological processes of modern industry. In addition, there is a sizable reserve of manpower on the many farms of the surrounding area available to supplement the present labor force. Charlotte industry always has enjoyed excellent labor-management relations and has never had a major work stoppage.

Charlotte offers manufacturers many advantages which have contributed to the rapid expansion of industry in this area. Some of the advantages are: (1) Reserve of readily trainable labor. (2) Superior rail and trucking facilities. (3) Excellent communication facilities. (4) Extensive power and water supplies. (5) Excellent plant sites and buildings. (6) Pleasant, mild climate. (7) A friendly, progressive community. (8) Central location in the Southeast.

Utilities

Charlotte is headquarters for the Duke Power Co., which supplies electrical power throughout the Piedmont Carolinas. The vast Duke Power system has 32 hydro-electric plants and 8 steam plants. Total rated installed capacity is 2,647,800 kilowatts. Duke Power's forward-looking policies, requiring an investment of more than $30,000,000 each year, have played a vital part in the industrialization of the Piedmont.

Natural gas from Texas and Louisiana gas fields is distributed in Charlotte and the Carolinas by the Pied- mont Natural Gas Co., with headquarters in Charlotte.

The City of Charlotte has invested an estimated $20,000,000 in its water facilities. The present rated capacity of the system is 45,000,000 gallons per day. The city was the first in the Southeast to introduce fluorine into its water as a means of reducing tooth decay. The fluorination program, which was begun April 1, 1949 will be particularly beneficial to future generations of Charlotte citizens.

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Central Business District

CHARLOTTE-"Queen City of the South"-This surging city of 164,000 (est. 1958) is a center of commerce and industry. Charlotte, flourishing chief city of the Carolinas, dominates the Piedmont, a broad, rolling plateau extending from the foothills of the Appalachians to the flat Atlantic Coastal Plain, New York is 570 air miles northeast, Atlanta 231 air miles south. Altitude is 765 feet.

Transportation

Charlotte is the transportation center of the Carolinas. Four railroads operate 18 passenger trains and freight car loading for 1957 was 77,752; five air lines operate 88 scheduled flights a day from Charlotte's modern, new, $1,329,000 terminal; seven bus companies schedule over 160 regular departures each day; and 102 truck lines naul thousands of tons of goods to points throughout the South and East. Railroads with lines into Charlotte are: Southern, Piedmont & Northern, Seaboard, and Norfolk-Southern. Air lines are: Eastern, Capital, Delta, Piedmont and Southern, Bus Companies are: Atlantic Greyhound Lines Inc .; Greyhound Lines; Carolina Coach Co .; Queen City Coach Co., Carolina Scenic Stages; Queen City Trailways and Carolina Transit Lines.

Communications

The Southern Bell Telephone Co. has 97, 685 telephones in Charlotte. The company has calculated that the city population alone will exceed 237,000 by 1866, and is rapidly expanding facilities on this assumption. Southern Bell's state headquarters are located in Charlotte.

Education

Charlotte's excellent public school system embraces 50 schools with an enrollment of 31,063. The Mecklen- burg County system has 40 schools with an enrollment of 23,799. Both systems are now undergoing large expan- sion programs. Charlotte's five parochial schools have a combined enrollment of over 1,300. Colleges located in and near Charlotte are: Queens College, Charlotte College, Johnson C. Smith University, Negro-co-educational, Carver College (Negro), Davidson College (in Davidson, N. C., 20 miles north), Belmont Abbey College (in Bel- mont, N. C., 12 miles west of Charlotte). In addition to these Charlotte has many fine business schools. Among these are Burton Institute, Kings Business College, National School of Commerce, Carolina Business School, Comptometer School and Dora Ellis Business School, National School of heavy Equipment, Metropolitan Busi- ness College and International Accountants Society, Inc.

Medical Facilities

Charlotte has four excellent general hospitals with a combined total of 1,211 peds, and several hospitals with 325 beds. The city has over 273 doctors. of which 228 or 83.5 per cent are either certified or eligible for

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certification by a specialty board. Because of these facilities and the availability of such a large number of specialists, Charlotte has become a medical center of considerable importance. The general hospitals are Charlotte Memorial, Presbyterian, Mercy (Catholic) and Good Samaritan (Negro). Plans for expansion of fa- cilities at Memorial Hospital include a new wing and a new nurses' quarters building. Cost of the expansion is expected to exceed five million dollars. Presbyterian Hospital has added two new wings at a cost of approxi- mately one and one-half million dollars.

Newspapers and Radio Stations

Charlotte has two widely-circulated, daily newspapers. These are the Charlotte Observer (published morn- ings circulation 151,600, Sunday 167,500) and the Charlotte News (published evenings except Sunday, circulation in excess of 70,000). There are eight radio stations broadcasting programs of all major networks. These stations are: WBT (AM& FM, CBS); WSOC (AM and FM, NBC); WAYS (AM & FM, ABC); WGIV (AM, Independent), WIST (AM, Mutual and Dixie FM); WMIT (FM), WWOK (Independent), WKTC (Independent).

Television

Charlotte has two television stations, WBTV (CBS), the Carolinas' first television station, began opera- tions in July, 1949 and added facilities for color telecasting in August, 1954. WSOC-TV (NBC, ABC) began operations in April, 1957.

Recreation

Charlotte's broad community program includes nearly every conceivable sport and form of recreation. There are 31 parks and playgrounds, 18 motion picture theatres, 8 golf courses (5 public), private swimming pools, Municipal Pool, the Little Theatre, a modern sports arena, and four modern community centers. Professional baseball and ice hockey and college and high school football are enjoyed by Charlotte citizens. A $4,698,000 Auditorium-Coliseum is the scene of operas, concerts, Broadway plays, sports events, and all types of shows. Charlotte's Park Center is the site of civic events, sports events and shows.

Travelers Accommodations

Charlotte has six principal hotels with 1,250 rooms and a number of smaller hotels. In addition, there are numerous first-class motor courts and tourist homes convenient to the motoring public. The largest hotels are: Hotel Barringer, Hotel Charlotte, Selwyn Hotel, Mayfair Hotel, Mecklenburg Hotel and Clayton Hotel.

Finger Tip Facts About Charlotte's Sound Growth

1940

1957

Per Cent Increase

Population

100,899

164,000*

+ 62.5

Manufacturing Employees

11,903

23,750

+ 99.5

Water Meters.

18,402

52,909

+187.4

Assessed Valuation

$109,180,400

443,890,720

+306.5

Telephones .

22,217

97,685

+339.6

Electric Meters

28,822

123,659

+329.0

Natural Gas Meters .

8,500*

13,822

+ 62.6

Value Building Permits

4,285,729

$ 19,030,409

+344.0

Retail Sales .

$ 47,552,000

$ 335,100,000

+604.7

Wholesale Sales

$ 207,901,000

$1,500,000,000 **

+621.4

Bank Clearings

$ 847,446,979

$7,974,708,582

+841.0

* 1951 Figure

** Estimate

Daily Average Water Consumption.

8,551,000

20,891,000

+144.3

Postal Receipts

1,190,044

4,958,177

+316.6

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Charlotte City Hall

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Mecklenburg County Courthouse

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Statistical Review

Form of Government-Council-manager.

Area-31 square miles.

Climate-Mean annual temperature, 00.2 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 43.09 inches.

Altitude-765 feet above sea level.

Parks-31, including playgrounds.

Financial Data-7 banks of all types. Branch of Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond located here, 4 building and loan associations.

Postal Receipts-$4,958,177 (1957).

Telephones in Use-97,685.

Churches-386, representing 26 denominations.

Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $19,030,409.

Industry-Chief industry of city and surrounding territory: Textiles, food processing, machinery and metal products, chemicals, furniture and wood products.

Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 60 miles, and population of 1,500,000; wholesale area, radius of 150 miles, and population of 4,500,000. 1,631 retail stores with annual sales of over $335,100,000.

Newspapers-2 daily, 1 Sunday and 2 weekly.

Radio Stations-8 (AM and FM); also 2 TV.

Hotels-6 principal, with total of 1,250 rooms.

Railroads-4: Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Norfolk-Southern and Piedmont & Northern.

Highways-U. S. 29, 21 and 74; State 16, 27 and 49.

Airports-3 privately-owned: 1 municipal, 5 miles from center of city.

Amusements-Auditorium, seating capacity, 2,500: Coliseum seating capacity, 13,500. 8 golf courses in city and suburbs, including several municipal courses. Memorial Stadium seating capacity, 16,000 and Griffith Park seating capacity, 5,000.

Hospitals-4 large hospitals and several small ones, with total of 1,214 beds.

Education-Queens College; Johnson C. Smith University (Negro); Carver College, Charlotte College, 50 public schools, including 2 senior high and 9 junior nigh schools. 5 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 31,068.

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Hill's Charlotte (Mecklenburg County, N.C.) City Directory [1959], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1959 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 1700

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1959
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1700