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179
Whipple Eugene B.
149
White A. A. Co., Inc ..
222
Providence Gas Co .. 159
Spencer Heater Co ..
White J. S. Co., Pawtucket .
153
Providence Granite Co. 138
Spencer .& Preston. .
163 White Willis H. & Sons Co.
217
Providence Ice Cream Co. 161
Starkweather J. U. Co., Inc. 132 Wholey Boiler Works.
125
Providence Journal Co. 197 State Welding Co., Inc.
233 Williams & Anderson Co. Inc. The.
176
Providence
Lithograph Co. 211
Steinert M. & Sons Co.
197 Wilson Robert S. Co. Inc ...
111
Providence National Bank. 118
Stinson Roy A. Funeral Home, Conimicut 157 Winfield Fuller Co. Inc ...
Providence Ornamental Iron Works 174 Stone C. Moulton Co .. 180 Wolf Maurice A ..
111
Providence Public Market Co ... 304
.. insert opp
Strickland Franklin N Laboratory 133
Workingmen's Loan Assn. The.
181
Providence Steel & Iron Co .. 173 Sugarman Max. 155 Yorkshire Indemnity Co .. 164
Providence Visitor ... 209 Sunrex Co. . 201
Providence Wall Paper House Inc. . 171
Swan Point Cemetery 130
Providence Washington Insurance Co. . back colored Y
Swect L. & Co. 183
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Purington O. D. Co., Inc.
139
Swift-McNutt Co. of R. I. 140
Puritan Life Ins. Co.
166
Talcott W. O. & M. W. Inc. 124
Quinn T. J. & Son Inc., Berkeley. 137
Quinn Thomas & Walter Inc. Original Bradford Soap Works Inc., River Point .. 227 Orr John J. & Son. . 141 Rathbun Thomas R. & Son.
Osborne Oil Co., Lakewood. 199 212
Oxford Press. .
164
Read & White ...
145
Remington Horace & Son Co ..
Palmar Building Co ..
Pawtucket Dycing & Bleaching Co., Pawtucket ..
Pawtucket Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Pawtucket. 163
Pawtuxet Valley Daily Times, Inc., Arctle. 197
212
Rhode Island Discount Co.
182 162
Rhode Island Ice Co ...
Rhode Island Label Works Inc ..
210 166
Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Co. 142
Peoples Savings Bank in Providence 119
207
Peoples Storage Warehouse Co
224
R. I. Tool Co ...
125
R. I. Wire Works Inc ..
233
Richmond Sheet Metal Supply Co.
221
Petroleum Service Co. Inc ..
Root Hiram G ..
200
Pettee Charles S
Phenix Trust Company, Phenix.
121 122
Sanborn's A. J. Sons Inc. 194 180
U. S. Ring Traveler Co ..
Vaughn L. Co ..
129
Sessions-Gifford Co. Inc .. 132
Pocasset Cemetery, Cranston.
223 Walker Electric Co. .
148
Shippee E. W. & Sons Inc ... . . front cover and
169 Wallace & Tucker Lumber Co.
184
Small R. T ..
207 183
Watson F. H. Inc ..
215
Providence Electric Blue Printing Co. 143
Soule Henry M., Pawtucket.
141
Providence Electrotyping & Plating Works. 206
Spencer F. E. Co. Inc ..
204
207
Providence Institution for Savings. 117 Starkweather & Shepley Inc. .back colored Y Wilkinson E. DeF. Co. 227
Watson E. L. Co. Inc. front eover and 164
208 111 Wexler Max & Sons.
Petroleum Heat & Power Co ..
231 200 201 130
Penna Charcoal Co ..
Peirce Thomas F. & Son .. 222 Pelchat John O ... 107 Pellett William P. & Son Inc., Norwood. 196 199 200
112 142 228
Remington Printing Co.
218 209 180
Respro Inc., Auburn ..
Reynolds Prescott D.
170
Reynolds Press The.
Rhode Island Mutual Llability Ins. Co.
R. I. Sand & Gravel Co., Hillsgrove.
R. I. Supply & Engineering Co.
191
Read Byron Co., Anthony.
157
Paige C. D. & Co ..
Paine, Webber & Company
Petersen George V.
United States Fire Ins. Co ..
164
U. S. Gutta Percha Paint Co.
183 141 130
149 106 198
What Cheer Laundry.
.. back cover and 165
Yorkshire Insurance Co. Ltd. 164
Tally Joseph M ... 134
Rau Fastener Co ...
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City Directory Statistical Review
Suggested and Planned by American Community Advertising Association Adopted by Association of North American Directory Publishers
Name of City: Providence, R. I.
Slogan or Sub-Phrase: Southern Gateway of New England.
Form of Government: Mayor; Board of Aldermen, thirteen members, one from each ward; Common Council, thirty-nine members, three from each ward.
Population: 252,981 Federal Census.
Area: 18.34 square miles.
Altitude: Maximum 210 feet; minimum 4 feet.
Assessed Valuation: $619,420,120.
Predominating Nationalities in City: Native Americans, Italians, Irish, Eng. lish and Swedish.
Parks and Playgrounds: Fifty-nine Parks covering a total of 959 acres, twen- ty-two Playgrounds covering 62.2 acres.
City's Bonded Debt: $43,669,712.04.
Financial: Eighteen banks, seven trust companies with total resources of $336,394,040.01 and three savings banks with $186,572,642.95 total deposits.
Post Office Stamp Sales Receipts: $1,976,312.03.
Telephones in Service: 61,009.
Church Buildings: 121
Building and Construction: Value of building permits $2,520,950 with 49 new dwelling units constructed this year.
Real Estate: Value $414,083,560.
Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 500,000 people within the trading area cover- ing a radius of thirty miles.
Hotels: There are twenty hotels. Newest hotel was built in 1923 (Providence Biltmore).
Railroads: New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R.
Steamship Lines: Rhode Island Marine Transportation Co, Colonial Naviga- tion Co., Dyer Transportation Line, Merchants & Miners Transportation Co., New England Steamship Co., Providence, Fall River & Newport Steamboat Co., Providence Tow & Steamboat Co., also the Fabre Line to Europe
Amusements: Largest auditorium seats 5,850 people. There are eighteen theatres, with a total seating capacity of 34,187 people.
Hospitals: Seventeen.
Education: Number of schools 114 public schools with 11 annexes, including three high and eight junior high schools. Number of pupils in public schools 47,546, in private schools 14,000. Total of all teachers in public schools is 1,563. Value of all public school property approximately $18,- 067,320.
Libraries: There are 599,954 volumes in the libraries of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage. Platted streets 415, with 308.23 miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid 353, of sewers 373.69, electric street rail- way 98.84. Capacity of water works (municipal) 37,000,000,000 gallons, daily average 24,998,082 gallons, with value of plant estimated at $11,285,- 245.38. Fire department employs 489 men with following equipment: thirty-seven pieces in twenty-eight stations houses. Police department has one hundred and eighteen officers, 259 patrolmen with five stations and four sub stations and one hundred and fifteen pieces of motor equip- ment including twenty-six motorcycles.
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Providence was founded in 1636 by Roger Wil- liams. Incorporated in 1832. The oldest bank in America and the first Baptist meeting house in the country are located in the city. Brown University, founded in 1764, and many institutions of the early eighteen hundreds are within the city limits. The first directory of names and addresses of persons located in the city was published in 1824.
Providence is the second city of New England in point of population, a fact of special significance, inasmuch as the figures of the United States Census Bureau credit the city with 252,981 inhabitants, yet its area is only nineteen square miles. This City is the trading centre for an immediately adjoining pop- ulation of fully five hundred thousand people; fur- thermore, if we include an extended area, the pop- ulation of which turns to Providence more than to any other city, that trading population is increased to seven hundred and fifty thousand. Recent statis- tical estimates prepared for the Census Bureau with a view to establishing boundaries for Metropolitan Providence place it eleventh in arca among cities of the United States.
Many factors contribute in making Providence a great city in respect, not only to population, but to industrial activity. Situated as it is on Narragan- sett Bay with its deep channel and other superior water facilities, the city is in a position to call to its service transportation by water as well as by rail. The activities of the Port of Providence increase year by year and they will expand at a tremendous rate when there shall be established in the city ele- vators which can supply grain cargo to fill the bot- toms of ocean steamers.
Providence is more than usually well provided with excellent public utility facilities. Its Gas Com- pany is known as the most efficient in the industry in New England. Its highly efficient electric serv- ice has grown to very large proportions. The street railway system, now embodied in the Rhode Island Public Service Company, furnishes service not only within the city, but to many outlying points. Its telephone service is the equal of the best in the New England Telephone and Telegraph system, of which it is a part.
The densely populated industrial district of Providence, with its large population to be fed and clothed, is known in all parts of the United States as a distributing point of great importance. Because of the excellent educational opportunities offered, there is a large student population attending Brown University, Pembroke College, Providence College and various smaller private schools.
Providence is particularly fortunate in having a diversity of manufactures. It is not dependent on any one industry. The great industries which have distinguished the city for many years include tex- tiles, jewelry, silverware, iron and steel. It has, for instance : the largest machine shop in the world ; the largest finger ring manufacturer in the country; the largest file manufacturers in the world; the largest silverware manufacturers in the United States; the largest screw manufacturer in the world; one of the leading newspapers of the country, the Providence Journal. Back of these industries and supporting them is a great variety of products, large and small, that have a national reputation. Few cities in the United States send out daily so many small pack- ages of so great a variety of manufactured articles as does Providence.
The city government has been carefully admin- istcred, hence Providence has one of the lowest mu- nicipal tax rates in the country, a low bonded indebt- edness and numerous other advantages. Among the most important of these is the wonderful water sup- ply now impounded in an area some seven miles from the city, and as large as the city itself, which ensures pure water for human consumption and a plentiful supply for fire emergencies.
Providence retail trade is prosperous, as it should be, in the centre of so great a population. Likewise the wholesale trade, which reaches out over an area extending into Connecticut, Massachusetts and other New England states.
Few cities have been more active in providing adequate facilities for the care of the sick and needy ; its hospitals are equal to all demands. The munici- pality has been active in providing for its citizens those agencies, such as parks and playgrounds, that contribute to the promotion of life and health. The parks form the centre for annual events which attract hundreds of thousands of people for enjoyment and cultural development. Best known among these events is the Annual Festival of the Providence Fes- tival Chorus in Roger Williams Park.
Providence is an attractive city in which to do business and to live in comfort and security. This is evidenced by its continued increase of population over that which follows a steady birth-rate, due to the coming from all parts of the country of investors of both capital and labor. Newcomers are accommo- dated in Providence as in few other cities with pub- licly conducted enterprises which ensure good health, excellent educational opportunities, good living con- ditions and satisfactory returns.
For those who are interested in obtaining gen- eral information or detail particulars regarding the municipality and business opportunities it is recom- mended they write to the Providence Chamber of Commerce.
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POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS
STATE CENSUS OF 1925. UNITED STATES CENSUS OF 1930.
Total, in 1925, 4,144,205, Total, In 1930, 4,249,614.
* Cltles designated by an asterisk.
Shire towns in SMALL CAPITALS.
TOWNS
1925
1930
TOWN8
1925
1930
TOWNS
1925
1930
Barnstable.
Bristol.
Manchester.
2,499
2,636
Bourne
3,015
2,895
*Attleboro.
20,623
21,769
Merrimac.
2,349
2,392
Chatham
1.741
1,931
Dartmouth.
9,026
8,778
Middleton.
1,667
1,712
Dennis. ..
1,749
1,829
Dighton.
3,208
3,147
Nahant. .
1,630
1,654
Eastham.
494
543
Easton
5,333
5,298
Newbury
1,432
1,530
Falmouth.
4,694
4,821 Falrhaven.
10,827
10,951
*NEWBURYPORT ...
15,656
15,084
Harwich.
2,077
2,329
*FALL RIVER ...
128,993
115,274
North Andover ...
6,839
6,961
Mashpee.
298
361
Freetown
1,663
1,656
Rockport.
3,949
3,630
Orleans.
1,078
1,181 Mansfield ..
6,590
6,364
Rowley
1,408
1,356
Sandwich
1,479
1,437
North Attleboro ..
9,790
10,197
Salisbury
1.820
2,194
Truro
504
513
Norton. .
2,769
2,737
Saugus.
12,743
14,700
Wellfleet
786
823
Raynham.
2,128
2,136
Swampscott
8,953
10,346
Yarmouth.
1,532
1,794
Rehoboth.
2.332
2,610
Topsfield
915
986
29,782
32,305
Somerset.
4,818
5,398
West Newbury.
1,337
1,549
Berkshire.
*TAUNTON
39,255
37,355
496,832
498,040
Adams.
13,525
12,697
Alford.
221
200
383,795
364,590
Becket
778
672
Cheshire.
1,842
1.697
Clarksburg.
1.222
1,296
Dalton . .
4,092
4,220
Dukes.
Chilmark
240
252
Bernardston.
844
893
Great Barrington.
6,405
5,934
Gay Head
168
161
Charlemont.
820
816
Hinsdale.
1,044
1,144
Oak Bluffs. .
1,314
1,333
Conway
931
900
Lee. .
4,058
4,061
West Tisbury
332
270
Deerfield
2,968
2.882
Lenox.
2,895
2,742
Erving.
1,344
1,263
Monterey
348
321
4,862
4,953
GREENFIELD.
15,246
15,500
New Ashford
85
75
Heath.
298
331
*North Adams ... Otis
395
367
Amesbury.
11,229
11,899
Leyden.
270
261
Peru. .
113
108
Andover.
10,291
9,969
Monroe.
143
218
*PITTSFIELD ..
46,877
49,677
*Beverly
22,685
25,086
Montague.
7.973
8,081
Richmond.
619
583
Boxford.
581
652
New Salem
519
414
Sandisfield
480
412
Danvers
11,798
12,957 Northfield ..
1,821
1,888
Savoy
399
307
Essex. .
1,403
1,465 Orange.
5,141
5,365
Sheffield.
1,614
1.650
Georgetown.
1,888
1,853 | Rowe ..
292
298
Stockbridge.
1,830
1.762
*Gloucester.
23,375
24,204 Shelburne.
1,538
1,544
Tyringham.
280
246
Groveland.
2,485
2,336 Shutesbury.
208
222
Washington.
231
222
Hamilton.
2,018
2,044 Sunderland
1,290
1,159
W. Stockbridge ..
1,212
1,124 *Haverhill.
49,232
48,710|Warwick
364
367
Williamstown.
4,006
3,900| Ipswich
6,055
5,599 Wendell
397
353
Windsor.
388
387
*LAWRENCE
93,527
85,068
Whately.
1,229
1,136
121.255
120,700 Lynnfield.
1,333
1,594
49,598
49,612
-
307
EDGARTOWN
1,235
1,276
Buckland
1,555
1,497
Hancock.
510
361
Gosnold.
142
120
Colerain. 1,562
1,391
Lanesboro ..
1,181
1,170
Tisbury
1,431
1,541
Gill.
918
983
MtWashington ..
58
60
Hawley ..
354
313
New Marlboro.
991
864
22,717
21,621
Essex.
Leverett
664
677
Provincetown.
3.787
3,808 *NEW BEDFORD . . 119,539
112,597
*SALEM
42,821
43,353
Seekonk
4,191
4,762
Wenham
1,145
1.119
Swansea.
3,250
3,941
Ashfield
919
860
Egremont.
477
513
Florida.
362
Westport.
4,207
4,408
BARNSTABLE.
5,774
7,271
Acushnet ..
4,135
4,092
Marblehead.
8,214
8,668
Brewster.
774
769
Berkley
1,118
1,120
Methuen.
20,606
21,069
*Peabody
19,870
21,345
Franklin.
*Lynn
103,081
102,320
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TOWNS
1925
1930
TOWN8
1925
1930
TOWNS
1925
1930
Hampden.
*Medford
47,627
59,714
PLYMOUTH.
13,176
13,042
Agawam.
6,290
7,095
Natick.
12,871
13,589 Rochester.
1.100
1.141
Brimfield .
840
884
North Reading ..
1,689
1,945
Scituate. .
2,713
3,118
*Chicopee.
41,882
43,930
Reading.
8,693
9,767
W. Bridgewater
3,121
3,206
E. Longmeadow. .
3,134
3,327
Sherborn.
929
943
Whitman.
7,857
7,638
Hampden
632
684
*Somerville
99,032
103,908
164,257
162,311
*Holyoke.
60,335
56,537
Stoneham.
9,084
10,060
Longmeadow
3,333
4,437
Sudbury
1,394
1,182
Suffolk.
Monson ..
5,089
4,918
Townsend ..
1,895
1,752|
*BOSTON,
.779,620
781,188
Montgomery
191
141
Tyngsboro
1,107
1,358
*Chelsea.
47,247
45,816
Palmer.
11,044
9,577
Wakefield
15,611
16,318
33,261
35,680
Russell
1.398
1,237
*Waltham ..
34,746
39,247
16,158
16,852
Southwick.
1,267
1,461
Watertown ..
25,480
34,913
*SPRINGFIELD ...
. 142,065
149,900
Wayiand
2,255
2,937
876,286
879,536
Tolland.
150
134
Westford
3,571
3,600
Wales.
434
360
Weston.
2,906
3,332
W. Springfield
15,326
16,684
Wilmington.
3,515
4,013
Wilbraham.
2,833
2,719
*Woburn.
18,370
19,434
327,088
335,496
860,414
934,924
Hampshire.
Nantucket.
Amherst ..
5,972
5,888
NANTUCKET.
3,152
3,678
Belchertown
2,905
3,139
Chesterfield.
445
420
Cummington.
508
531
Norfolk.
Easthampton ..
11,587
11,323
Avon.
2,360
2,414
Dana.
657
505
Goshen.
251
248
Braintree.
13,193
Greenwich.
450
238
Canton.
5,896
5,816
2,913
3,083
*Gardner.
18,730
19,399
Huntington.
1,543
1,242
Dover.
1,044
1,195
Hard wick.
3,046
2,460
*NORTHAMPTON ..
24,145
24,381
Franklin.
7,055
7,028
Holden
3,436
3,871
Plainfield.
282
306
Medfield.
3,867
4,066
Hubbardston
1,067
1,010
Southampton ..
916
931
Millis.
1,791
1,738
Leicester.
4,110
4,445
Ware.
8,629
7,385
8,977
10,845
Lunenburg
1,875
1,923
Worthington. .
429
485
Plainville.
1,512
1,583
Milibury
6,441
6,957
75,122
72,801
Randolph
5,644
6,553
New Bralntree.
423
407
Sharon.
3,119
3,351
Northboro.
1.968
1.946
Stoughton
7,857
8,204
Northbridge.
10,051
9,713
Arlington.
24,943
36,094
Wellesley.
9,049
11,439
Oakham
525
502
Ashland
2,521
2,397
Weymouth.
17,253
20,882
Paxton.
591
672
Ayer
3,032
3,060
Wrentham.
3,214
3,584
Petersham.
672
660
Bedford.
1,514
2,603
Phillipston.
384
357
Bilierica.
4,913
5,880
Royalston
821
744
Boxboro
333
312
Rutland
2,236
2,442
Burlington.
1,431
1,722
Shrewsbury
5,819
6,910
*CAMBRIDGE ..
119,669
113,643
Abington.
5,882
Carlisle
510
569
Bridgewater.
9,468
Chelmsford.
6,573
7,022 *Brockton.
65,343
63,797 Spencer.
6,523
6,272
Concord
7,056
7,477
Carver ..
1,306
1,381 Sterling
1,516
1,502
Dracut
6,400
6,912
Duxbury.
1.688
1,696 Sturbridge.
1,845
1,772
Dunstabie.
338
384 E. Bridgewater. . 3,538
3,591 Sutton.
2,174
2,147
*Everett
42,072
48,424 Halifax
614
Framingham.
21,078
22,210
Hanover
2,755
Groton.
2,428
2,434
Hanson.
2.166
Holiiston.
2,812
2,864 Hingham
6,158
6,657
Warren
3,950
3,765
Hopkinton.
2,580
2,563 Huil.
2,652
2,047
Webster.
13,389
12,992
Hudson
8,130
8,469
Kingston.
2,524
2,672 Westboro
6,348
6.409
Lexington ..
7,785
9,467| Lakeville .. .
1,439
1,574
West Boylston .. .
1,916
2,114
Lincoln.
1,306
1,493 Marion.
1.271
1,638
W. Brookfield. . ..
1,314
1,255
Littleton.
1,411
1,447
Marshfield.
1,777
1,625
Westminster ..
1,884
1,925
*LOWELL.
110,296
100,234 Mattapoisett
1,556
1,501
Winchendon ....
6,173
6,202
*Malden
51,789
58,036 Middleboro.
9,136
8,608
*WORCESTER ...
.190,757
195,311
*Marlboro.
16,236
15,587 |Norwell
1,466
1,519
Maynard.
7,857
7,156 Pembroke
1,480
1,492
489,697
491,242
Ashburnham.
2,159
2,079
Athol.
9,602
10,677
Auburn
4,927
6,147
Barre ..
3,329
3,510
Berlin.
1,071
1.075
Blackstone.
4,802
4,674
Bolton
801
764
Boylston.
970
1.097
Brookfield
1,401
1,352
Charlton.
2,295
2,154
Enfield
749
497
Bellingham.
2,877
3,189
Douglas
2,363
2,195
Granby.
810
891
Brookline.
42,681
47,490
E. Brookfield.
*FITCHBURG.
43,609
40,692
Hatfield.
2,702
2,476
DEDHAM.
13,918
15,136
Grafton.
6,973
7,030
Middlefield.
223
197
Foxboro.
4,934
5,347
Harvard
996
987
Pelham.
519
455
Hoibrook.
3,273
3,353
Hopedale
3,165
2.973
Prescott.
230
48
Medway
3,144
3,153
Lancaster.
2,678
2,897
South Hadiey.
6,609
6,773
Milton
12,861
16,434|
*Leominster.
22,120
21,810
Westhampton ...
337
374
Norfolk
1,213
1,429
Mendon. .
1,030
1,107
15,049
Milford
14,781
14,741
*Quincy
60,055
71,983
Millville
2,366
2,111
Acton.
2,387
2,482
Walpole.
6,508
7,273
N. Brookfield.
3,046
3,013
Ashby.
907
982
Westwood.
1,706
2,097 Oxford.
4,026
3,943
Belmont
15,256
21,748
262,065
299,426
Princeton.
773
717
Plymouth.
5,872 Southbort
2,053
2,166
9,055 Southbridge ..
728 | Templeton.
4,368
4,159
2,808
Upton
1.988
2,026
2,184 Uxbridge.
6,172
6,285
Williamsburg.
...
1,993
1,891
Norwood.
14,151
15,712 Dudley
4,594
4,265
Hadley
2,888
2,682
Cohasset.
2,394
2,427
Holland
141
137
Stow.
1,185
1,142
Ludlow
8,802
8,876
Tewksbury
4,985
5,585
7.966
7,524
Chester.
1,514
1,464
Pepperell
2,779
2,922
Wareham.
5,594
5,686
Granville
609
674
*Melrose.
20,165
23,170 Plympton.
511
511
Blandford.
437
545
*Newton.
53,003
65,276 Rockland.
*Revere ..
Winthrop.
*Westfield
19,342
19,775
Winchester.
11,565
12,719
Worcester.
Clinton.
14,180
12,817
926
Needham.
Middlesex.
15,489
14,264
...
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Shirley
17.
POPULATION OF RHODE ISLAND
BY COUNTIES, CITIES, AND TOWNS FOR 1920, 1925, 1930 *Cities designated by an asterisk. Shire towns in SMALL CAPITALS
Towns and Divisions of the State
1920
1925
1930
Barrington
3.897
4,938
5,162
BRISTOL. .
11,375
12,707
11,953
Warren.
7,841
7.997
7,974
Totals
23,113
25,642
25,089
Kent County
Coventry.
5,670
6,379
6,430
EAST GREENWICH
3,290
4,157
3,666
Warwick.
13,481
18,273
23,196
West Greenwich
367
407
402
West Warwick
15,461
18,215
17,696
Totals
38,269
47,431
51,390
Newport County
Jamestown
1,633
1,773
1,599
Little Compton
1,389
1,383
1,382
Middletown *NEWPORT
2,094
2,245
2,499
30,255
27,757
27,612
New Shoreham
1,038
1.070
1,029
Portsmouth
2,590
2.798
2,969
Tiverton.
3,894
4,539
4,578
Totals
42,893
41,563
41,668
Providence County
Burrillville
8,606
9,413
7,677
*Central Falls
24,174
25,403
25,898
*Cranston.
29,407
34,471
42,911
Cumberland
10,077
10.238
10,304
East Providence
21,793
26,088
29,995
Foster
905
1,069
046
Glocester.
1,389
1,630
1.693
Johnston
6,855
8,668
9,357
Lincoln
9,543
10,581
10,421
North Providence.
7,697
9,055
11,104
North Smithfield
3,200
3,571
3,945
*Pawtucket
64,248
69,760
77,149
*PROVIDENCE.
237,595
267,918
252,981
Scituate
3,006
3,348
2,292
Smithfield
3,199
3,948
3,967
*Woonsocket
43,496
49,681
49,376
Totals
475,190
534,842
540,016
Washington County
Charlestown
759
1.124
1.118
Exeter
1,033
1,182
1,314
Hopkinton.
2,316
2.737
2,823
Narragansett
993
1,357
1.258
North Kingstown.
3.397
4.399
4,279
Richmond
1,301
1,719
1.535
SOUTH KINGSTOWN
5,181
6,085
6,010
Westerly
9,952
11,177
10,997
Totals.
24,932
29,780
29,334
WHOLE STATE
604.397
679.260
687.497
Bristol County
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Mayor-James E. Dunne, Office, City Hall, Residence, 18 Flora Street
Executive Secretary - Edward H. Barry, Office, City Hall. Residence, 154 Wesleyan av.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
' President-Frank J. Duffy
President Pro Tempore-Donald O Burke
First Ward-Rush Sturges, 55 Power st Second Ward-Walter S Grant, 14 Ogden
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Fourth Ward-Frank A. Prete 493 Branch av
Fifth Ward-Danl E Geary 102 Ard- more av Sixth Ward-John F Conaty, 80 Dover st
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Ninth Ward-Herbert E Humes, 25 Ruskin st
Tenth Ward-Donald O Burke, 241 Wash av
Eleventh Ward-Peter F Hughes, 65 Comstock av
Twelfth Ward-Raymond E Shaw- cross, 155 Bath
Thirteenth Ward-Geo Mancini, 298 Bway
Clerk, Raymond P McElroy. Office, City Hall. Residence, 701 Smith st
Sergeant. Thos P Haven. Office, City Hall. Residence, 217 Regent av
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President-Thos A Cahir
First Ward-Ivory Littlefield, Henry T Farrell, Chas T Richmond
Second Ward-Alf B Lemon, Jos A Lockhart, Arthur A Thomas
Third Ward-Donald G Clark, Edwin Eayrs, Theo S Knapp
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