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O. P. TAYLOR
REAL ESTATE
INSURANCE
MORTGAGES
LINCOLN TRUST CO
Offering Complete Banking Services
61 WEYBOSSET STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
Telephone GAspee 2116
Established 1856 by Horace B, Knowles
Horace B. Knowles' Sons
INCORPORATED FUNERAL SERVICE
HORACE E. KNOWLES, Residence 188 Benefit Street
Funeral Chapel 187 BENEFIT STREET
Day & Night Telephone DExter 9880
L. WATSON CO Inc.
INSURANCE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FIDELITY AND SURETY BONDS
29 WEYBOSSET STREET TEL. GASPEE 0909
SYLVESTER M. BUDLONG AGENCY Writing Every Line of Insurance
ROOM 401, 148 WESTMINSTER STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND Telephone DExter 0500
THE CONGDON & CARPENTER CO.
SHEET METALS STEEL
INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES
405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND DExter 4200· 3
583 BEDFORD STREET FALL RIVER, MASS. Telephone 5-7403
E. W. SHIPPEE & SONS INSURANCE
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Hot Rolled and Cold Finished Steel Bars, Shapes, Plates and Structurals, Sheet Steel, Stainless Steel Bars, Sheets and Pipe. Copper, Lead, Armco Ingot Iron, Bolts and Nuts, Bronze Bearings
CARBORUNDUM PRODUCTS
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405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. Tel. DExter 4200
583 BEDFORD STREET FALL RIVER, MASS. Telephone 5-7403
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Providence Washington Insurance Co. Providence, Rhode Island
INCORPORATED 1928 Anchor Insurance Co. PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND Organized and Owned by the Providence Washington Insurance Co.
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Copyright 1944 by R. L. Polk && Co.
POLK'S PROVIDENCE (PROVIDENCE COUNTY, R. I.)
CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1944 CIV
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GENERAL INDEX
PAGE
PAGE
Abbreviations
24
Homes and Asylums 878
Alphabetical Directory
25
House Directory 1025
Apartment Buildings
827
House of Representatives 16
Assessors
9
Index to Advertisers 4
17
tory Publishers. 25 Buyers' Guide
Legal Holidays
17
Associations and Clubs-Commercial 829
Buildings, Office and Public 841
Military
12
Business Directory (Providence) 825
Parks in Providence
19
Buyers' Guide opp 824
Police Department
10
Cemeteries 844
Post Office 19
Chamber of Commerce .3 Buyers' Guide
845
Churches
846
Rhode Island State Business Directory 953
City Government
9
Rhode Island State Government 12
Rhode Island State Guard 12
Schools 10, 932
Senators 17
Commercial Organizations
829
Sheriffs 17
Congressional Districts
17
County Officers
17
State Government 12
Statistical Review 7
Custom Houses
18
Street and Avenue Guide 1025
Director of Public Welfare
9
Town and City Clerks 17
Fire Department
10
U S District Court 18
General Directory 25
U S Government Officers 18
Halls 877 Wharves 11
Societies 936
Courts 16,17
825
Classified Business Directory (Prov)
Classified Business Directory (State) . 953
Clubs . 851
Post Offices and Localities in R. I. 824
Charitable Institutions
Railroads 1173
Libraries 11
Association of North American Direc-
Justices of the Peace
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
THE PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Aetna Finance Co
71
Akerman-Standard Co The.
92
Curran & Burton Inc.
Doe and Little Fuel Co
Allenson Bros
101
Almy Water-Tube Boiler Co.
18
American Brass Company The
American Emery Wheel Works.
American Gill Screw Co The. .
American Multiple Fabric Co.
106
American Screw Co. .
101
American Surety Co of New York.
59
Anderson Sheet Metal Co Inc The.
101
Arnold, Hoffman & Co Inc.
31
Atlantic Coal Company. . .right bottom lines and 33
Automobile Mutual Insurance Co of America ...
inside back cover
Baccala James & Sons.
36
Ballou, Johnson & Nichols Co.
53
Barker, Chadsey & Co.
51
Barney Walter C.
59
Beach & Sweet Incorporated.
. back cover and
57
Beacon Finance Co . left top lines and
71 96
Bergin & Slide.
. left bottom lines and
Better Business Bureau of Providence
Blackstone Canal National Bank of Providence The ..
right top lines and 6
Blanchard Organization The.
.right top lines and
Bond Clothes.
Bowerman Bros
Braley's Creamery Inc ..
Brooks Gilbert F & Co.
22
Brown, Lisle & Marshall
Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co
Brunnckow C G Co.
Bryant Colege. 100
Buckley & Scott Inc. .right top corner cards and 84
Budlong Sylvester M Agency. .front cover and 57
Buffinton F H Co ..
Builders Concrete Units & Tile Corp.
right bottom lines and
Builders Specialties Co.
back cover and
C & M Manufacturing Co
Cady Moving & Storage Co
82
Calder Charles G Inc.
.right top lines and 2
Campanella & Cardi Construction Co ..
37
Campbell Duncan B.
right bottom lines and 96
5
Cardi Antonio B
.right bottom lines
Cardi D Inc.
.right bottom lines and 37
Carpenter John B Inc.
right top lines and 95 44
Carroll Robert F Sons The. . right corner cards and 47 4
Carter Barnett & Co ..
Cartier M N & Sons Company Inc .... left top lines and
87
Howe H M Co Inc.
17 Hunter Charles F.
Hurley Richard A. . .right corner cards and
Industrial Finance Company .. right top corner cards and Industrial Trust Company . .top edge and
City Hall Hardware Co. right bottom lines and 51 Interlaken Mills .
Cogens Inc. left top lines and 2 Collateral Loan Co. International Detective Service Inc .. right top lines and Irons & Russell Company
Collins Wm E Fuel Co right corner cards and
72 33
J & H Electric Co
Johnson Bros.
Johnson E A Company
.left bottom lines and
45 Johnson Oliver & Co Inc.
Kaplan's .
Kennecott Wire & Cable Co.
Kennedy's Inc .. .right bottom lines and
Kerwin Herbert A.
Keystone Oil & Coal Co.
Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Kinne ..
Knowles' Horace B Sons Inc. front cover and 47 44 75
79 Latham J A & Son ..
Cranston Oil Service. . right corner cards and 84 Laudati Roger Inc
Crook Frank Inc.
4 LeBon Bleach & Dye Works Inc.
105 38
28 60 37 60 56 75 61 68 37 26 102 48 80 89 X 91 78 50 30 69 70 15 80 27 53 61 103 79 64 36 79 33 83 4 97 97 72 7 104 2 68 43 65 92 86 68 106 32 102 34 23 97
67 21
Fox C J Co The.
Freeman E L Company
. left bottom lines and 103
Fuller Building Co.
Gallivan & Co Inc. .
Gammino M A Construction Co Inc.
Gammons John A Inc.
19 Gamwell & Ingraham .... back cover, right top lines and Gardiner Charles C Lumber Co ..
Garrahan William H & Company. ... right top lines and
Gerber's Inc ..
left top lines and
Gilbane Building Co Inc.
Goff James C Company
Goff & Page Co ..
Gorton Frank R & Sons.
Gowdey J A Reed & Harness Mfg Co The.
Grinnell Company Inc.
Gross G L & H J Inc. right bottom lines and 61, 97
Guertin Oil Company .left bottom lines and
Hall J C Company The.
Harris Texile Machinery Co
21 Harris William H.
Harrison A & Co Inc
Harvey & Otis Inc
Hennessey Laundry Co ...... right top corner cards and
High Street Bank & Trust Company
Hill James Mfg Co ..
Hogan Thomas P & Co
Holmes George R Inc.
Holt Robert G & Associates . left top lines and
Home Service Inc ..
Hood H P & Sons Inc. .left bottom lines and
Hooper-Holmes Bureau Inc.
Hope Building Co Inc The. .. . right top corner cards and
Horton H R Co.
Howard Clothes Corp.
Howard Realty Company
.right top lines and
Centreville National Bank.
Charter Bus Corporation. .". left bottom lines and
Citizens Finance Company .right bottom lines and
Citizens Savings Bank. . left top lines and
28 71 14
Colonial Finance Corp .. .right top lines and Columbus, National Bank of Providence.
72 14
Colvin Foundry Co ..
Congdon & Carpenter Co The.
inside front cover and front cover
Conley & Straight Inc.
99
Cooke Henry W Company .right top lines and 96
Corbett & Quirk right corner cards and 47 87
Corey's Inc
Corp Brothers .. 105
County Loan & Finance Corp. .left bottom lines and 72
Crandall E S ... .left bottom lines and
90
Doyle Realty Co.
Drabble Irving H
Dun & Bradstreet Inc.
Dupuis Frank Company.
Eagle Floor Surfacing Co.
Eastern Coal and Oil Co .. right top lines and
Eastwood Lumber Company
.right top lines and left bottom lines and 33 34 96 48 79 89 44 34 75
Edgewood Junior College and Secretarial School.
right top corner cards and 100
Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Co.
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the US.
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Provi- dence. .. right corner cards and
Foster J A Company back cover and
60 60 18
55 32 36 40
22 C 101
x 27 21
Capwell A A Company
Carpenter & Wood Co.
Crown Hotel The. 52 Lepore Fiore
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Allen & Reed Inc.
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Lewis John D Incorporated Lincoln Finance Corp. .right bottom lines and 73
Lincoln Trust Co ... .front cover and 15 Littlefield & Company Livermore & Knight Co Lothgren Eugene T ... 23 92 61 M-A-C Plan Inc of Rhode Island. . 73 right top corner cards and M R T Company Inc. MacColl, Fraser & Co .. 69 23 Maguire Roofing Company 100 Manchester & Hudson Co. .right bottom lines and 27 Mann George & Co Inc. 30 Mariani A A & Son .. 48 62
Massachusetts Indemnity Insurance Co.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
left top lines and 62 76 76
McKendall F D Lumber Co.
Mckinnon Construction Company.
right top corner cards and
McLeod Robert Burton.
McWilliams Mfg Co Inc The.
Mendes Funeral Home.
Michaels-Bauer Inc ..
Miller Chas Co left bottom lines and 85
Miller J W
. left bottom lines
Miller & George.
Monahan T F & Son.
Monroe Loan Society of Rhode Island Inc.
right bottom lines and
Morris Plan Company of Rhode Island The ..
right bottom lines and
73
Mortgage Guarantee & Title Co. . bottom edge and 95
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co of Newark NJ. 62
Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York The ..
62
Mutual System of Providence Inc .... right top lines and
74
63 Mutual Trust Life Insurance Co. .
Narragansett Electric Company The.
Narragansett Hotel
left top lines and 42 52 38 9
Narragansett Impovement Co.
National Bank of Commerce and Trust Co The.
National Glass Co Inc.
National Paper Co The.
National Plumbing & Heating Supply Corp
National Rock Wool Insulation Co
Nevin J Benjamin Co.
New England Butt Co
New Method Finance Corp
.right bottom lines and 74
New York Lace Store
.left bottom lines
Newcomb C F Inc.
Newell Coal & Lumber Co
Nicholson File Company ..
Nightingale, Baker & Salisbury.
65 29
Swanson G Fred Inc.
Swift-McNutt Co of R I.
Tanner Walter E S. left top corner cards and
Taylor Box Co ..
Taylor Forrest W Inc. Taylor O P. . . front cover and 98 40
Taylor, Symonds Co ..
Terminix Co of New England. 103 105
Thurston Mfg Co.
Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island.
Tower James H Iron Works The
Turks Head Coal Co ..
U S Gutta Percha Paint Co.
U S Ring Traveler Co
Union Finance Co ..
Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Union Trust Company
Victor Cleansing Co
Walker Electric Co Walker G H & Co.
Wallace & Tucker Lumber Co. ... . left bottom lines and 77 46
Walsh & Monahan Funeral Home.
Watson E L Co Inc. front cover and 64 99
Weston D M & Co Inc.
White A A Co Inc. .left top lines and 102
Providence Buick Company
Providence Chamber of Commerce The
Providence Concrete Corp ..
Providence Gas Co. . right top and right bottom lines and Providence Institution for Savings .... left top lines and 11 Williams & Anderson Co Inc The. 69
Providence Journal Co. . back cover and 82 Yellow Cab Company
PAGE 91
Providence Lithograph Co The.
Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co The ..... left top lines Providence National Bank ... . left top lines and 12 Providence Paper Co .. . right bottom lines and 88 Providence Plumbing Supply Co Inc.
left bottom lines and 90
Providence Washington Insurance Co.
Public Loan Corp
Purington O D Co Inc.
Puritan Life Insurance Company .
58 Putney J & Co. right bottom lines and 85
Quinn T J & Son Inc. 39
R I Supply Co .left bottom lines and 49 Real Estate Title Insurance Company of Providence .. back bone, right top lines and 93
Remington Horace & Son Co. 99 Respro Inc .. 70 PAGE
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co ..
back cover, left bottom lines and 13
Rhode Island Insurance Co.
Y
Rhode Island Label Works Inc. 90
Rhode Island Sand & Gravel Co Inc 39
Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Co 90 Richardson & Clark. . Richmond Electric Co. .left bottom lines and 24 42 Rock Wool Insulation Co of Rhode Island.
right top corner cards and 54
Roger Williams Savings Fund and Loan Association. .. right top corner cards and 18
Rogers Jewelry Co.
68
Royal Pen Shop right bottom lines and Rueckert Manufacturing Co 88 28 Rumford Chemical Works Sayles & French Inc. 29 34 Sears, Roebuck & Co. .right bottom lines 30 22
Sessions-Gifford Co Inc
Shaw Paper Box Co.
Shepard Company The.
Shippee E W & Sons Inc. . front cover and Short R W.
85
Silva M Curtis.
Smith E E Co Inc ..
Smith-Gibbs Company The
Soule Henry M Co
Spencer & Preston.
Starkweather J U Company .
Starkweather & Shepley Inc
.front edge and
State Lumber Co Inc. .
Stel-Wod Engineering Co
Stone C Moulton Co.
Sugarman Max .left top lines and 49 and Sugarman Max Funeral Home. . left top lines and 49 and 81 Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada.
Swan Point Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery ..
O'Connell J T Co Inc. .left bottom lines and 51 Old Colony Co-operative Bank. .left top lines and 17 Olneyville Ice Company 53 38
Orr John J & Son.
Outlet Company The .left top lines and Owens Henry & Co 41 78 92
Oxford Press. .
Paige C D & Company. .right bottom lines and Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis.
Palmer Spring Company. . left bottom lines and
Payne F S Co .. right top lines and
Pellett William P & Son Inc.
Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Co.
left bottom lines and 84 10
Peoples Savings Bank in Providence. .. left top lines and Peoples Storage Warehouse Co.
Petroleum Heat & Power Co.
Phenix National Bank of Providence The.
Phenix Trust Company
Phillips Roscoe C.
.right bottom lines and
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co.
63 21
Presbrey A A & Son Company Inc.
Providence Biltmore Hotel .. right bottom lines and 52 18
Providence Blue Print Co Inc.
Providence Box & Lumber Co.
20 4 White Fuel Co.
3 White J S Co.
. left bottom lines and 35 45 99
35 White Willis H & Sons Co.
50 Williams J H & Co. 49
.left bottom lines and 105
85 77 51 39 63 30 Y 77 26 71 81 64 29 40 40 86 22 98
58 24 5 44 81
103 83 Vaughn L Co.
right top lines and 94 66 35 87 81 74 64 17 26
left top lines and 16 16 76 Wallace R E.
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McDuff Coal & Lumber Co.
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INTRODUCTION
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THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 7 to 19, on white paper, presents lists of city, county, state and federal officials; post office, public school and fraternal organization Directories; statistical review; historical sketch; and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 823, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Providence, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 824 and separately paged from 1 to 106, on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Providence and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Providence, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 825 to 951, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
THE RHODE ISLAND STATE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY will be found on pages 953 to 1023, on white paper. This department is arranged alphabetically by business and Post Office.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 1025 to 1254. In this section the names of the streets are arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the inter- secting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. A feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes.
MUNICIPAL PUBLICITY
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in un- biased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Providence.
THE PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY LIBRARY
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Providence City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition of those progressive busi- ness and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers.
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City Directory Statistical Review
Suggested and Planned by American Community Advertising Association Adopted by Association of North American Directory Publishers (Information furnished by the Providence Chamber of Commerce) PROVIDENCE, R. I., SOUTHERN GATEWAY OF NEW ENGLAND
Form of Government: Under the New Charter for the City of Providence, approved by referendum on November 7th, 1939, elective officers are a mayor, to be elected at large, and members of the council, which body is to consist of 26 councilmen, two from each of the thirteen wards as the same are now constituted. The Charter became effective in its entirety January 1, 1941.
Population: 253,504 (1940 Bureau of Census Estimate).
Area: 18.34 square miles.
Altitude: Maximum 210 feet; minimum 4 feet.
Assessed Valuation: $505,017,720.
Predominating Nationalities in City: Native Americans, Italians, Irish, Eng- lish and Swedish.
Parks and Playgrounds: Sixty-five Parks covering a total of 961 acres, thirty- five Playgrounds covering 4,855,633 square feet.
Total City's Bonded Debt: $70,945,500 (Sept. 30, 1943).
Financial: Sixteen banks, six trust companies and four savings banks.
Post Office Stamp Sales Receipts: $2,225,447.90 (10 months).
Telephones in Service: (Not available).
Church Buildings: 121.
Building and Construction: Value of building permits to Nov. 1, 1943, $53,300. Real Estate: $404,392,480.
Tax Rate: $2.50 per $100 on real estate and tangible personal property; 40 cents per $100 on intangible personal property.
Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 1,500,000 people within the trading area covering a radius of thirty miles.
Hotels: There are twenty-two hotels. Newest hotel was built in 1922 (Provi- dence Biltmore).
Railroads: New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R.
Steamship Lines: Providence Tow & Steamboat Co.
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