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ADVERTISEMENTS.
LIST OF PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORIES.
PUBLISHER. YEAR.
PUBLISHER. YEAR.
PUBLISHER.
YEAR.
Francis White 785
John Adems Paxton .. 1813
A. McElroy
1842
John Macpherson. 1785
B. & T. Kite 1814
66
1844
James Ilardie 1793
66
1794
Edward Davis 66
66
1846
Edmund Hogan.
1795
John Adems Paxton .. 1818
1847
Thomas Stevens
1796
16 '1819
1848
Edmund Hogan ..
1796
Edward Whiteley.
1820
66
1849
McCarty & Davis. 66
1822
66
1850
66
1798
1823
185 1
Robert Desilver
1823
1852
6,0
1800
66
66
1801
James Robinson
1802
Robert Desilver.
1828
1855
66
1829
1856
66
66
1805-
"
66
1831
66
1858
66
66
1806
66
66
1833
1859
66
1860
S. E. Cohen.
66
66
1809
A. McElroy.
1861
66
60
..
1810
1839
1862
1840
1863
Census
66
66
1841
MURPHY & ALLISON, No. 190S Market Street, Philadelphia, MANUFACTURERS OF
RAIL ROAD CARS,
Are prepared to fill orders for PASSENGER CARS, of finest finish and with all the latest improve- ments, both for Steam and Horse Railroads.
! Also, build BAGGAGE and MAIL CARS, and BOX, PLATFORM, COAL and CONSTRUC- TION CARS, of superior patterns and workmanship.
GIRARD TUBE WORKS,
Filbert Street Wharf, Philadelphia,
MURPHY & ALLISON, Proprietors, MANUFACTURE SUPERIOR COKE WELDED WROUGHT IRON TUBES,
FOR GAS, WATER, STEAM, &C. And supply the Trade with FITTINGS, VALVES, &e., of all kinds and best finish.
66
1843
Clement Biddle 1791
James Robinson 66 66
1817
1845
Cornelius W. Stafford, 1797
16
1799
. .
1853
Thomas Wilson
1825
1854
60
1803
66
1804
1830
66
. .
..
..
"1807
66
1835
66
1837
..
1808
A. McElroy
1824
..
1857
..
1811
1816
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
HENRY SIMONS
U. S. NATIONAL
WAGON WORKS.
Office, No. 523 New Market Street.
Factory at North Second and Cumberland Sts. MILITARY DEPOT,
Northwest Corner of Sixth and Master Sts.,-
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Orders to address of Office, will have prompt attention for all articles in the above branches.
SOUTHERN DEPOSITORIES.
No. 113 GRAVIER STREET, opposite St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans. DANIEL FITLER, . Agent at Mobile, Ala.
Galveston.
Indianola.
Lavacca.
Houston.
San Antonio.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
CONNECTICUT Elutual Life Insurance Company,
HARTFORD, CONN.
Accumulated Capital over $5,000,000.
JAMES GOODWIN, President. G. R. PHELPS, Secretary. Office in Philadelphia, 404 Walnut Street.
Amount received for Premiums, during the year 1861, . $831,034 88 Amount received for Interest from its investments, during the year 1860, 286,465 40
Total receipts during the year, . $1,117,500 28 Total amount of Losses during the year, (89 lives, 95 Policies,) 254,440 00 Amount of Dividends paid to Policy-holders during the year, 201,836 00 Total amount of Dividends paid to Policy-holders to date, 1,959,079 00 Total amount of Losses paid to date, 2,753,901 77
THIS COMPANY, organized in 1846, on a system entirely Mutual, furnishes Insurance in all the various forms, and to meet all the various contingencies for which Life Insurance is desired, at the actual cost to the policy holder. There is no Stock or Guaranty Fund to absorb the profits, but all the surplus is annually allocated to the policy holders, in proportion to the amount of the pre- mium they pay, and may be appropriated to the payment of renewal premiums, after the first four years.
Some of the Important Reasons why this Company should be Preferred.
It offers abundant SECURITY, in a large accumulated Fund, derived from Premiums, amount- ing to Five Millions of Dollars.
Its ECONOMY in the management of business permits large dividends to policy-holders, which have averaged 50 per cent, per annum.
Its DIVIDENDS are ANNUAL, and are paid, during the life of the assured, in cash to those who pay their premiums in cash, or applied in canceling the notes of those who pay their preminms partly by note. Over $200,000 have been thus refunded to policy holders during the past year.
It is prompt in PAYMENT OF LOSSES.
It ACCOMMODATES the insured in the settlement of their premiums on Life policies, by receiving a note for one-half, when the preminin amounts to $50 or more,-thus furnishing insurance for double the amount, for nearly the same cash payments, as is required in an "ALL CASH COMPANY."
Much has been recently written and extensively circulated, by a prominent Life Insurance Com- pany, condemning the credit or half-note system, as practiced by this and some other prosperous Companies. The illustrations accompanying those attacks explanatory of the system, exhibit either an inexcusable ignorance of the plan, or a wanton effort to mislead and prejudice those who seek insurance upon the most equitable and economical plan. The explanations thus published to illus- trate the half-note system, do not, it is believed, apply to any Company in the country, certainly not in the least degree to the CONNECTICUT MUTUAL, in which there cannot be an accumulation of premium notes beyond four half premiums; as the dividends apply to cancel those notes after the first four payments. Parties are not, however, required to give a premium note to this Com- pany; but, if preferred, may pay all cash, in which case, their, dividends are applied to a reduction of the premium.
The Directors have ordered the dividend of 1859 to be paid during the current year, as the renewals become due and are paid-by reduction of the premium of those who have paid all cash, or canceling the notes of those who have given notes for one-half.
Applications for Insurance received, and Pamphlets, and every information in regard to the business, furnished on application, by mail or otherwise, to
WADLEIGH & TILDEN, Agents, 404 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
ROYAL INSURANCE CO.
FIRE AND LIFE, OF LIVERPOOL.
Subscribed Capital,
· $10,000,000
Paid-up Capital and Assets, Held in New York,
4,257,420
543,302
The correctness of the above statement is certified to by the United States Consul in Liverpool, and a Notary Public in the city of New York.
The increase of the "ROYAL" Fire Premiums is more than double that of any other Company, and more than 30 per cent. of the entire increase of all the Londou offices combined. The Auditor- General's report shows that the premiums of the " ROYAL" in this city are 40 per cent. of all the premiums received by the Foreign offices in Philadel- phia.
LOSSES SETTLED IN PHILADELPHIA WITHOUT REFERENCE TO LIVERPOOL, BY
GEORGE WOOD, Agent, No 226 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Fire Office, First Floor.
ROYAL LIFE INSURANCE BRANCH,
No. 226 Walnut Street, Second Floor.
Independent of the above sums, the "ROYAL" Life and Endowment Fund amounts to
$1,620,000.
This Fund is, in proportion to the risks it represents, as large as the funds of the best mutual and other life insurance establishments, yet the Company offers as additional security to life insurers its entire capital and assets.
THE ROYAL LIFE OFFICE insures on the lowest terms compatible with absolute security. Its premiums are not higher than those of mutual and other companies.
THE ROYAL LIFE exposes the insured to none of the dangers inherent in the mutual system.
The premium paid is not an expenditure, but an investment.
The Dividends of the "ROYAL," hitherto amounting to 2 per cent. per annum on the sum insured, are the highest ever continuously paid by any reliable mutual company, while the advantages offered by the " ROYAL" are tantamount to non-forfeiture of life policies.
Policies can be surrendered to the Company at their equitable value, or new policies granted in licu thereof, without further payment of premiums.
Further information may be bad by personal application, or by letters, directed to the
Life Department of the Royal Insurance Company,
No. 226 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
INCORPORATED
OFFICE,
MARCH 27,
FIRE AS
A
OF PHILA
No. 34
1820.
N. FIFTH STREET.
The Trustees of the Fire Association of Phila:
Insure from LOSS BY FIRE in the City of Philadelphia only,
MERCHANDISE of every description, BUILDINGS; and HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. TRUSTEES. GEORGE W. TRYON, President. JOS. R. LYNDALL, LEVI P. COATS, SAMUEL SPARHAWK, CHAS. P. BOWER.
JOHN PHILBIN, JOHN CRAIG, JOHN CARROW, GEORGE I. YOUNG,
WILLIAM T. BUTLER, Secretary.
FIRE INSURANCE.
MECHANICS' INSURANCE CO.
OF PHILADELPHIA, No. 138 North Sixth St., below. Race, INSURE
BUILDINGS, GOODS, AND MERCHANDISE GENERALLY,
FROM LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE.
The Company guarantee to adjust all losses promptly, and thereby hope to merit the patronage of the public.
DIRECTORS.
WILLIAM MORGAN, FRANCIS COOPER, JAMES McCANN, JAMES MARTIN, JAMES DUROSS,
MATTHEW M'ALEER,
BERNARD RAFFERTY,
THOMAS J. HEMPHILL, THOMAS FISHER, FRANCIS MCMANUS, HUGH O'DONNELL, MICHAEL McGEOY, EDWARD McGOVERN,
THOMAS B. McCORMICK, JOHN BROMLEY, FRANCIS FALLS, JOHN CASADY,
BERNARD H. HULSEMAN,
CHARLES CLARE, MICHAEL CAHILL.
BERNARD RAFFERTY, Secretary. FRANCIS COOPER, President.
----
WM. H. HAMILTON, JOHN SOUDER, PETER FRITZ, PETER A. KEYSER,
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
LEONARD BENKERT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL MANUFACTURER OF
GENTLEMEN'S & BOYS' BOOTS, SHOES & GAITERS,
NO. 16 CHESTNUT STREET, OPPOSITE MASONIC HALL, PHILADELPHIA.
DYOT LE GLASS WORKS. H. B. & C. W. BENNERS,
MANUFACTURERS OF CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS, Wine, Porter, Mineral Water, Pickle, and Preserve
TTLES,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, No. 27 South Front Street, Philadelphia.
MATHEMATICAL, OPTICAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Engineers, Surveyors, and Dranghtsmen supplied with every article in their line. Schools, Colleges, and Families furnished with AIR PUMPS, ELECTRICAL, GALVANIC, and MAG- NETIC APPARATUS, &e. SPECTACLES, MAGIC LANTERNS, MICROSCOPES, OPERA GLASSES, and TELESCOPES in every variety, made and sold by
JAMES W. QUEEN & CO., 924 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
HENRY BELFIELD & CO., BRASS FOUNDERS, COCK MANUFACTURERS, AND AXLE MAKERS, Broad Street, above Noble, PHILADELPHIA.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
SAMUEL S. WHITE,
SUCCESSOR TO
JONES & WHITE, MANUFACTURER OF
PORCELAIN TEETH, AND DENTISTS' MATERIALS,
GOLD AND TIN FOILS, DENTAL INSTRUMENTS,
GOLD AND SILVER PLATE,
OPERATING CHAIRS, CORUNDUM WHEELS,
LATHES, FURNACES, ROLLING-MILLS, BLOW-PIPES,
And all other articles used by the Profession.
CATALOGUES SENT ON APPLICATION.
ALSO, PUBLISHER OF THE
DENTAL COSMOS.
A MONTHLY RECORD OF DENTAL SCIENCE.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PROFESSION.
EDITED BY J. D. WHITE, M.D., D.D.S., A.M .; J. H. McQUILLEN, D.D.S .; GEO. J. ZIEGLER, M.D.
Price, $2.50 a year, in advance. Single Copies, 25 cents.
DEPOTS:
528 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
16 Tremont Row, Boston.
658 Broadway, New York. 102 Randolph Street, Chicago.
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10
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania.
OFFICE, Nos. 4 and 5 EXCHANGE BUILDING, North side of Walnut Street, between Dock and Third Streets, PHILADELPHIA.
STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS
Of zuid Company, February 1, 1862, published in conformity with the provisions of the Act of Assembly of April 5, 1842.
MORTGAGES.
Cash market value.
All of which are Erst Mortgages upon properly in this City
$111,500 00
LOAN BONDS.
Par value.
71 $30,000 City of Pittsburgh. 6 per cent 21,300 00
$15,750 City of Philadelphia, 6 " 91
14,332 00
$1.3,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 6 per cent 100
15,000 00
$15,000 Harrisburz. Portsmouth, Mt. Joy and Lancaster Railroad, 6 per cent. 90 14,400 00
$11,000 Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company, 6 per cent
96
10,560 00
$10.413 13 City of Philadelphia, 5 per cent ..
S3
8.642 79
$6000 City of Philadelphi,, 6 per cent. (uot taxable) 97
6,820 00
$5000 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, 6 per cent. 70
3,500 00
$10,000 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, 6 per cent ( Mortgage). 102
10,200 00
$3000 Schuvikill Navigation Company, 6 per cent, of ISS2 .. 6714 2,025 00
$11,000 United States Treasury Notes, 7 3-10 per cent. (Coupon). .100 11.000 00
STOCKS.
$15,000
150 shares of Northern Bank of Kentucky ..
80
14,400 00
$10,000 200 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
10,400 00
$ 5,000 160 Scrip of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com auy. 36
5,760 00
$ 4,000 40 Franklin Fire Insurance Company ... 2:0
10,000 00
$ 5,500 110 Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coat Company
6,600 00
$ 5,000 100 Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad Company
45
4,000 00
$ 7,500 150 Monat Carbon Railroad Company
35
5,250 00
$ 4,0 0 40
Union Bank of Tennessee .. .
95
1,000 00
$ 1,500 15 Pennsylvania Fire insurance Company
20)
3,000 00
៛ 3,350 67 Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad Company
1,675 00
$ 2,000 40 Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.
25
1,000 00
$ 2.50
5
= Susquehanna and York 6 4
25
125 00
250 10 Easton and Wilkesbarre "
10
100 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Notes Receivable and Bills of Exchange.
75,673 47
Policies, the Premiums of which remain unsettled, and good debts due in account ..
87,522 59
Cash in Bank, and on hand ..
33,155 28
Scrip of sundry Mutual Insurance Companies, $372.50 at 20.
74 50
Dollars
438,516 13
INCORPORATED IN 1784.
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
CAPITAL, $200,000.
· PROPERTIES OF THE COMPANY, FEBRUARY 1, 1862, $438,516.13.
MARINE, FIRE AND INLAND TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE.
DIRECTORS.
HENRY D. SHERRERD,
SAMUEL GRANT, JR.
CHARLES S. LEWIS,
CHARLES MACALESTER, WILLIAM S. SMITH. WILLIAM R. WHITE,
TOBIAS WAGNER. THOMAS B. WATTSON,
HENRY G. FREEMAN,
GEORGE C. CARSON, EDWARD C. KNIGHT, JOIN B. AUSTIN,
GEORGE HI. STUART,
WILLIAM HARPER, Secretary. HENRY D. SHERRERD, President.
.
WILLIAM SELLERS.
JOHN SELLERS, JR.
WILLIAM SELLERS & CO. 9 Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixteenth Street, ·PHILADELPHIA, MANUFACTURE
ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS' TOOLS.
IMPROVED SHAFTING,
With SELF-ADJUSTING BEARINGS and DOUBLE CONE COUPLINGS, to admit of easy attachment.
RAILWAY TURNING AND SLIDING TABLES AND PIVOT BRIDGES.
The Turn-Tables and Pivot Bridges fitted with PARRY'S PATENT ANTI-FRICTION BOX.
Sole Manufacturers of GIFFARD'S PATENT FEED INJECTOR for Feeding Steam Boilers.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. W. & J. F. STARR, CAMDEN IRON WORKS,
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY,
Office in Philadelphia, 125 South Third Street, MANUFACTURERS OF
ALL KINDS OF CASTINGS & APPARATUS FOR GAS WORKS.
WROUGHT IRON ROOF FRAMES, FOR RETORT AND OTHER HOUSES.
RETORTS, and all CASTINGS required for setting them in the latest and most improved modes.
WASHERS, CONDENSERS, SCRUBBERS and EXHAUSTERS, for relieving the Retorts from pressure.
PURIFIERS, varying from 2,000 to 1,500,000 cubic feet daily purifying capacity.
Wrought Iron LIME SIEVES, for PURIFIERS.
STATION METERS, OF ALL SIZES.
GAS HOLDERS, TELESCOPIC AND SINGLE,
WITH CAST IRON GUIDE AND SUSPENSION FRAMES.
GAS GOVERNORS, OR REGULATORS.
STREET MAINS,'
From 1} to 48 inches diameter, for Water or Gas.
STREET MAIN CONNECTIONS, SUCH AS BRANCHES, BENDS, DRIPS, SLEEVES, &C.
STOP VALVES, FROM 3 TO 30 INCHES,
EITHER BRASS FACED OR PLAIN.
rought Iron
rk.
ALL THE SMITH & SHEET IRON WORK REQUIRED IN AND ABOUT GAS WORKS.
The Decimal System of Numbering Houses.
One Hundred Numbers ere set apart fer each square, end the initial-
or starting-points are at the Deleware River and Market Street.
Persens can, by merely looking at the numbers on the Houses,
know bew many squares they are from the Deleware or Market Street.
By-Streets are numbered as though they extended to the Delaware.
Numbers properly arranged, suggest distances to the mind; but improperly placed, they lead to confusien.
_
Areh,
.. 100
Market, .. 1
1
No. 501
No. 401
No. 301
No. 201
No. 101
No. 1
NORTH.
ISCHUYLKILL[
SOUTH.
No. 2300
No. 2200
No. 2100
No. 2000
No. 1900
No. 1800
No. 1700
No. 1600
No. 1500
No. 1400
No. 1300
No. 1200
No. 1100
No. 1000
No. 900
No. 800
No. 700
No. 500
No. 400
No. 300
No. 200
No. 100
No. 2
SOUTH.
Market, 1
1
101
201
301
Pine, . . . . ... 400
401
Lombard, . . 500
501
South, .... 600
601
Shippen, . . . 700
701
Fitzwater, . . 740
Catharine, . . 800
80I
Christian, . . 900
901
- Carpenter, . . 1000
1001
Washingt'nAv 1100
1101
Federal, . . . 1200
1201
Wharton, . . 1300
1301
Reed, . . . . 1400
1401
Diekerson, . . 1500
1501
Tasker, . . . 1600
1601
Morris, . . .. 1700/
1701
Moore, . . 1800
1801
-
Montgom'y A¥ 1800
1801
Columbia Av. 1700
170I
Oxford, . . . 1600
1601
1501
140I
130I
1201
901
801
Coates,
... 700
701
601
501
401
301
201
101
No. 2301
23d.
22d.
21st.
20th
19th.
18th.
17th.
16th.
15th.
14th.
13th.
12th.
11th.
10th.
9th.
8th.
Market Street.
4th.
3d.
2d.
Front.
Del. Av.
DELAWARE.
Sixth
Chestnut, . . 100
Sansom, . . . 122 -
Walnut, . .. 200
Loeust, . 242 -
Spruce, 300
NORTH.
No. 2201
No. 2101
No. 2001
No. 1901
No. 1801
No. 1701
No. 1601
No. 1501
No. 1401
No. 1301
No. 1201
No. 1101
No. 1001
No. 901
No. 801
No. 701
Street.
Parrish, .
. 836
Brown, .. 800
Green, . . . . 600
Sp. Garden, . 520 -
Buttonwood, . 500
Noble, . . . . 438
Callowhill, . . 400
Vine, . ... 300
Race,
... 200
Cherry, 134
,
Jefferson, . . 1500
Masters, . . . 1400
Thompson, . 1300
Girard Av. . 1200
Poplar, . .. 900
or Market Street.
.
SCHENCK'S
PULMONIC SYRUP,
For the Cure of Consumption, Coughs & Colds.
The great virtue of this medicine is, that it ripens the matter and throws it out of the system, purifies the blood, and thus effects a cure.
SCHENCK'S MANDRAKE PILLS,
For the Cure of Liver Complaint, &c.
These Pills are alterative, and produce a healthy action of the Liver, without the least danger, as they are free from Calomel, and yet more efficacious in restoring a healthy action of the Liver.
SCHENCK'S SEA-WEED TONIC,
For the Cure of Dyspepsia, Indigestion, &c.
The Tonic produces a healthy action of the Stomach, creating an appetite, forming chyle, and curing the most obstinate cases of Indigestion.
ROBERTS C.Z.
These remedies are a certain cure for Con- sumption, as the PULMONIC SYRUP ripens the matter and purifies the blood. The MAN- DRAKE PILLS act upon the Liver, create a healthy bile, and remove all disease of the Liver, often a cause of Consumption. The SEA-WEED TONIC gives tone and strength to the Stomach, makes a good digestion, and enables the organs to form good blood, and thus creates a healthy circulation of healthy blood. The combined action of these Medicines, as thus explained, will cure every case of Consumption, if taken in time, and the use of the Medicines perse- vered in.
Dr. Schenck's Principal Office is at No. 39 NORTH SIXTH STREET, where he can be found every Saturday to prescribe his reme- dies, to give advice, and examine lungs with his Respirometor, if required.
PRICE OF THE PULMONIC SYRUP, $1 per Bottle, or $5 per half dozen.
PRICE OF THE SEA-WEED TONIC,
$1 per Bottle, or $5 per half dozen.
PRICE OF THE MANDRAKE PILLS, 25 Cents per Box.
MCELROY'S
PHILADELPHIA CITY DIRECTORY
FOR
1863. -
CONTAINING THE
NAMES OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CONSOLIDATED CITY, THEIR OCCUPATIONS, PLACES OF BUSINESS, AND DWELL- ING HOUSES; A BUSINESS DIRECTORY; A LIST OF THE STREETS, LANES, ALLEYS, CITY OFFICES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, BANKS, ETC.
Twenty-Sixth Edition.
THE NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS, IN THIS EDITION, ARE PRINTED IN CAPITALS, AND THE SAME COURSE WILL BE PURSUED IN ALL FUTURE EDITIONS.
See Changes and Removals, etc., page xxxiii.
PHILADELPHIA: E. C. & J. BIDDLE & CO. A. MCELROY & CO. PRINTED BY C. SHERMAN & SON. 1863.
THE CITY DIRECTORY FOR THE PRESENT YEAR .- Owing to the unfavorable condition of the weather, the work of canvassing for the 1862 di- rectory has not yet been commenced. Mr. MeElroy expects to begin operations on Monday next, if not sooner. One of the greatest difficulties experiencod by canvassers is tho reticence of "domestics." Some of these flatly refuse to give the needed in- formation until the whole system of directory.pub- lishing, with its attendant benefits, is set forth to their satisfaction ; others, faneying the canvassor a tax-collecter in disguise, purposely give incorrect information, for the sake of a laugh in their sleeves at having so shrewdly outwitted him; with others the answer is, "call again," or " leave your name and residence, and Mr. So-and-so will call when he is in the neighborhood." Thirty-three por cent. of the old-maid housekeepers " want to see that man particlar, and want to know whether he doesn't live at the other end of the town, and couldn't leave a small bundle at Miss Shimphorn's select academy," or at some other equally unapproachable placo.
Of course, a refusal precludes all chance of get- ting any information from that habitant. Somc- times the canvasser will not be listened to at all, because, after a stranger had called at the house last week, a silk umbrella was missing. In fact, a hundred ridiculous pretexts for ovading his proper and necessary questions are trumped up by silly housekeepers, who would feel called upon to dis- play indignation if their intelligence were called in question. Therefore, the work of canvassing is one of unending vexation, and requires a set of men with lamb-like dispositions.
After the canvassing is complete, the assortiug of the material is proceeded with ; next in order comes the compilation of statistics, municipal schedules, etc., and, finally, the writing of a prefaco. The work is then placed in the hands of the printer, and tho sheets are ready for tho binder in about twenty days thereafter.
Since the year 1837, when his first directory was issued, Mr. MeElroy has mostly monopolized this branch of business. All who have attempted to compete with him have failed, either from inex- perience or other cause. Ilis first work contained 31,500 names-something of a difference from 1861, with its imposing array of one hundred and sixty- five thousand, or about as large as the army of the Potomac !
Previous to Mr. McElroy's connection with the business, numerous persons had at various timos en- deavored to make it one of profit. Tho first of them was Francis White, who appeared upon tho scene in 1785. lle was followed by John MacPher- son, who was succeeded in 1791 by Clement Biddle, in 1802 by James Robinson, and in 1828, by Robert Desilver.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863,
BY A. MCELROY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
CURIOSITIES OF THE CITY DIRECTORY .- The twenty sixth annual issue of McElroy's Phila- delphia Directo y, just issued, contains nearly eleven thousand more names than the Directory of 1862. The present work contains about 114,000 names. the collection and publication of which have entailed an amount of labor inconceivable to those not con- versant with the business. The collection of the names alone occupies from thirty to forty men during the entire months of October and November. The mass of names thus collected, amounting to nearly 300,000, must then be compiled and collated, and the duplicates destroyed. This is rendered necessary by the fact that, in a very few cases, can a person's residence be discovered at his place of business, and, vice versa, it is a rare thing indeed that one member of a firin can inform a collector where his partners reside. Finally, when the work is com- pleted, it calls forth more grumbling and discontent than any other kind of publication. As an example, Mr. Smith tells the collector who calls on him, that he does not wish his residence put down ; Mr. Jones asks to be put down only as a gentleman, and Mr. Brown refuses to give his name entirely, stating that he thinks "directories are only good for thieves and detectives." When the book comes out, Mr. smith says he won't have the book, because his re- sidence is not put down ; Jones says that he is no gentleman, (in which perhaps he tells the truth,) but is only a blacksmith. Finally, Brown's friends, not being able to find him in the book, charge him with being a skulker, and he in turn pitches into Mr. McEl- roy. The hardest part of the labor connected with the publication, however, is the reading of the proofa. Proof-reading is at all times a tedious business, but to go over a hundred thousand names, and afterwards remain uncertain whether fifty thousand of them are correctly spelled, ia indeed discouraging. As usual, the Smiths prevail in this year's Issue, being 1367 In number-of these only 155 are .Johns, so that a letter directed simply to John Smith, Philadelphia, has an extremely large chance of reach- ing the proper .John. The aristocratic branch of this family, the Smyths, are only 19 in number, and the extra aristocratie family of Smythe is represented by only one scion. There is an evident desire on
the part of the great Smith family to cover the ob- scurity of the name by attaching to it that of some great personage, witness the number of Washing- ton, Julius Caesar, and Byron Smiths, not to speak of the famous author of Gil Blas.
Per contra, there are only two names in the di- rectory commencing with an X, though so inany persons sign it instead of their names, There are 605 Browns, 480 Joneses, and 198 Greens living amongst us, and it may be a satisfaction to our Democratic friends to know that the Whites out- number the Blacks by IS1. This artlele may he con- cluded by stating that very many persons agree to subscribe for the directory, and after their names are inserted in large capitals refuse to take the work on some frivolous pretext. In no single year, since 1838, have the subscriptions to the book been suffi- cient to cover the expense of its publication.
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