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HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL TABLES


HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL TABLES

 

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LOCATION AND AREA

 

            DAYTON, the county-seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, is located on both banks of the Great Miami River, at the confluence of Stillwater, Mad River, and Wolf Creek with the Miami, and on the line of the Miami and Erie Canal, sixty miles north-northeast of Cincinnati, and seventy-one miles west by south of Columbus.  Its latitude is thirty-nine degrees forty-four minutes north, and its longitude is eighty-four degrees eleven minutes west from Greenwich, or seven degrees eleven minutes west from Washington.  It is an important station on eleven railroads, which belong to four great systems, namely:  The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis and the Dayton & Western, of the Pennsylvania Lines; the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis and the Dayton & Union, of the “Big Four” System; the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, the Dayton & Michigan, the Cincinnati, Dayton & Ironton, and the Cincinnati, Dayton & Chicago, of the C., H. & D. System; the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio, of the Erie System; the Dayton, Lebanon & Cincinnati Railroad, and the Home Avenue Railroad.  Thirty-six hard-graveled roads radiate in all directions from the city, with an aggregate length of over six hundred miles.  The extreme dimensions of Dayton are:  east and west, five and one-eighth miles; north and south, three and one-half miles.  Its area is about ten and three-quarters square miles.

 

POPULATION.

 

                        1796….about 36.                    1840….6,067.                   1870….30,473.

                        1802….Five families.               1845….9,792.                   1880….38,678.

                        1810….383.                            1850….10,976.                 1890….61,220.

                        1820….1,139.                         1860….20,081.                 1896….About 80,000.

                        1830….2,954.

 

CITY GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONS

 

(Compiled from latest reports.)

 

MAYOR.

 

            Elected for two years; ex officio president of Board of Police Directors and Board of Health, and organizes the City Council; appoints the Board of City Affairs, the Tax Commission, Board of Work-House Directors and Board of Elections.

 

BOARD OF CITY AFFAIRS.

 

            Four members; term of office four years, one being appointed each year by the Mayor; powers executive.

 

CITY COUNCIL.

 

            Sixteen members, elected from eight wards by the voters of the wards; term of office two years, half expiring each year; powers legislative.

            Measures involving expenditure and public franchises must be approved by both City Council and Board of City Affairs.

 

BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

 

            Four members, appointed by the Mayor, one secretary.

 

BOARD OF EQUALIZATIONS.

 

            Six members, elected by the City Council.

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

 

            City clerk, elected by the Council; treasurer, elected by the people; comptroller, solicitor, engineer, sealer of weights and measures, market-master, superintendent of levees, appointed by the Board of City Affairs; wood-measurer, elected by the people.

 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

 

            Board of Education.-Sixteen members, elected for two years from eight wards by the voters of the wards, half being elected each year.

            Officers and Teachers.-Clerk, superintendent of instruction, superintendent of buildings, truant officer, city board of examiners with three members, twenty principals, twenty-five High School teachers, three Normal School teachers, two Manual-Training School teachers, four special teachers, 251 district-school teachers; total number of teachers, 305.

            Enumeration of School Youth (Between six and twenty-one years of age).-Public schools, 10,180; High School, 207 boys, 474 girls, or a total of 771; Normal School, 31; grand total, 10,982.  In Manual-Training School, 45 pupils from the High School and 76 pupils from the eighth grade of the district schools; total, 121.

            Number of Pupils in Public Schools.-District schools, 5,143 boys, 5,037 girls, or a total of 10,180; High School, 297 boys, 474 girls, or a total of 771; Normal School, 31; grand total, 10,982.  In Manual-Training School, 45 pupils from the High School and 76 pupils from the eighth grade of the district schools; total, 121.

            Schools.-Nineteen district schools, one high school, one manual-training school, one normal school, two night grammar-schools, two night drawing-schools.

            Buildings.-Twenty-nine district buildings, including annexes, one high-school building, one library building.  Total value in 1895, $1,269,416.50; including personal property, $1,323,525.50.  Value of High School:  lot, $60,000; building, $255,000; personal property, $11,358; total, $326,358.

            Finances.-Receipts, exclusive of temporary loans and bonds, for the year ending August 31, 1895, $314,878.14; expenses, exclusive of bonded debt and temporary loans, $355,700.81; bonded debt, August 31, 1895, $485,000.

 

PUBLIC LIBRARY.

 

            Board of six members, elected by the Board of Education; librarian, cataloguer, five library assistants; occupies a fine stone library building, fire-proof, erected in Cooper Park in 1886-87, and valued at $100,000; contains 35,325 volumes and 1,292 pamphlets, card and printed catalogues; museum attached; expenses, 1894-95, $10,830.50, of which $2,601.70 was spent for the purchase of books and periodicals, and $1,094.03 for the museum.

 

POLICE DEPARTMENT.

 

            Organization.-Mayor and four police directors, secretary, police judge, clerk of the police court, superintendent, captain, five sergeants, detective sergeant, surgeon, seventy-five patrolmen (eight mounted), two turnkeys, court bailiff, two telephone operators, one police matron.

            Headquarters.-In City Building.

            Equipment.-One central station, two substations, one patrol house, two patrol wagons, one ambulance, sixteen horses.

            Finances.-1894:  Receipts, $76,622.31; disbursements, $69,959.99; balance, January 1, 1895, $6,662.32.

            A police benevolent association.

 

WORK-HOUSE.

 

            Four directors, appointed by the Mayor, superintendent, matron; one work-house.

 

FIRE DEPARTMENT

 

            Organization.-Four fire commissioners, chief and secretary, first assistant chief, second assistant chief, seventy-six firemen.

            Equipment.-Twelve engine, hose, and hook-and-ladder houses; a fire-alarm telegraph system, with over one hundred boxes; four steam fire-engines; two chemical engines; thirteen hose wagons; three hook-and-ladder wagons; two telegraph wagons; three buggies; thirty-six horses.

            Finances.-1895 Cost of maintenance, $67,217.29; value of real estate, $90,500.

            Service.-Number of alarms in 1895, 344; total loss, $21,978.05; total value of property where fires occurred, $2,012,675; total insurance, $1,011,557.  The loss amounted to only about twenty-five cents per capita of the population.

            A firemen’s benevolent association.

 

WATER – WORKS.

 

Established, 1870.

 

            Organization.-Three trustees, secretary, assistant secretary, chief engineer, first assistant engineer, second assistant engineer, superintendent of street department, two inspectors and collectors.

            Equipment.-One pumping-house; three engines, with combined daily capacity of 29,000,000 gallons; eighty-five eight-inch tube-wells, driven to a depth of forty-five to fifty feet; over ninety-six miles of street mains, 937 fire-hydrants, 8,607 service connections, 1,3000 meters.

            Finances.-Total expenditures, 1870 to December 31, 1895, $1,792,560.39; total income to December 31, 1895, $938,872.77; net cost to December 31, 1895, $853,687.62; water-works bonded debt, November, 1895, $765,000, which is gradually being paid; cost of pipe, hydrants, etc., and laying of same, 1870-95, $7000,000; received from sale of water, 1870-95, $86,926.83; net earnings, 1870-95, $342,000.

            Quality of the Water.-The quality of the water, by recent analysis, has been found to be first-class.  It is clear, cold, and remarkably free from injurious matter.  In a recent analysis an average of only forty-eight germs to the cubic centimeter were found in the samples examined.  The average temperature in the pipes is about 50º.

 

BOARD OF HEALTH.

 

            Mayor and six members of the board, health officer, secretary, meat inspector, four sanitary policemen.

 

CITY INFIRMARY.

 

            Three directors, superintendent, clerk, city physician.

 

MARKETS.

 

            Two market-houses, with street markets adjoining; one market-master.

 

TAX COMMISSION.

 

            Six members, appointed by the Mayor

 

TAXES.

 

City Expenses, 1894-95.

 

            Board of Health and Sanitary …………….…….             .10 mills              $4,104          82

            Bridges ………………………………..…………..            .25 mills              10,262          05

            Elections …………………………………………..            .15 mills                6,157          23

            Fire Department ………………………...………..          1.75 mills              71,834          37

            General Expenses ………………………..….…..            .60 mills              24,628          93

            Hospitals (Deaconess and St. Elizabeth) ….…..           .05 mills                2,052          41

            Infirmary …………………………………...……...            .05 mills                2,052          41

            Lighting …………………………………………....            .70 mills              28,733          75

            Police Department ……………………….…..…..          1.10 mills              45,153          03

            Parks and Levees ………………………………..            .05 mills                2,052          41

            Street Cleaning …………………………………..             .75 mills              30,786          16

            Street Improvement ……………………………..             .35 mills              14,366          87

            Sewers …………………………………………..              .05 mills                2,052          41

            Work-House ……………………………………..              .05 mills                2,052          41

            School Paving …………………………………..              .10 mills                4,104          82

                                                                                          6.10 mills          $250,394           08

            City Interest and Sinking Fund …….……..…..            5.45 mills            223,712           73

                                                                                                                  $474,106           81

 

Board of Education, 1895-96.

 

            Regular Levy …...………………….……….….                7.00 mills        $288,974           49

            Manual-Training School ……………….……..                .20 mills                 8,256         41

            Public Library ……………………………..…..                .25 mills               10,320         52

 

Taxes for All Purposes, 1895-96.

 

            City, County, and State …………………….                  26.00 mills      $1,078,333        82

 

Tax Valuation, 1895-96.

 

            Taxable Property ………………….……….                                          $41,282,070

 

BONDED DEBT.

 

General Bonds.

(Principal and interest payable from a direct tax upon the General Duplicate.)

 

            Outstanding March 1, 1895-

                  Bridge ………………………………..…………..………..                         68,000    00

                  City Hall ……………………………..……………..……..                         71,000    00

                  City Prison …………………………..…………….……..                          10,000    00

                  Extending Indebtedness ……………..…………….…..                         150,000     00

                  Fire Department ……………………..…………….…....                          24,000    00

                  Funded Debt ………………………..………………......                         249,000     00

                  General Street and Improvement …..………………...                            50,000    00

                  Levee ……………………………..……………..……....                           30,000    00

                  Park Street Sewer …………………..……………….....                        126,000     00

                  Police Deficiency…………..………………..…………..                           36,000    00

                  Sewer …………………..…..………………..……...…..                         150,000     00

                  Street Paving …………..…..………………..……...…..                        528,000     00

                  Southwestern Sewer ………………..……………..……...                       17,000    00

                  Street Improvement ………………..……………..……….                      150,000     00

                  Wolf Creek Improvement ………..……………….……....                        50,000    00

                  Water-Works …..……………..…..……………….…..…..                     505,000     00

                  Water-Works Enlargement ……..……………..………....                         3,000    00

                  Water-Works Enlargement ………………………..…......                     280,000     00

                        Total …..………………..……...…..………….…..…..                $2,497,000     00

 

Improvement Bonds.

(Principal and interest payable from assessments upon abutting or benefited property.)

 

            Outstanding March 1, 1895-

                  Street Paving ………………………………..…….……...                  $1,178,000     00

                  Sewer ……………………………..……………..………...                      180,000     00

                  Special Assessment …………………………..……...…..                       36,165    00

                        Total …..……………….…..…………………….…….                 $1,394,165     00

 

PERIODICALS.

 

SECULAR.

 

Daily.-Six, one of which is German.

Weekly.-Nine, one of which is German.

Monthly.-Two.

            Total.-Seventeen.

 

RELIGIOUS.

 

Weekly.-Eleven, one of which is German.

Semimonthly.-Nine, one of which is German.

Monthly.-Three.

Quarterly.-Nine, one of which is German.

            Total.-Thirty-two.

            Grand Total.-Forty-nine.

 

CHURCHES.

 

            Baptist, 11.                                           Methodist Episcopal, African, 2.

            Baptist Brethren, 1.                                Methodist Protestant, 1.

            Christian, 2.                                           Methodist, Wesleyan, 1.

            Congregational, 1.                                  Presbyterian, 7.

            Disciples of Christ, 2.                             Protestant Episcopal, 3.

            Dunkards, 2.                                          Reformed, 5.

            Evangelical Association, 2.                     Roman Catholic, 7.

            Hebrew, 3.                                             Salvation Army, 1.

            Lutheran, 7.                                           United Brethren in Christ, 12.

            Methodist Episcopal, 10.                        United Presbyterian, 1.

Total, 81.

 

CHURCH AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

 

PROTESTANT.

 

            Union Biblical Seminary, the theological school of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ; four professors, one general manager, and forty-three students.

            St. Paul’s German Lutheran School, common branches.

 

ROMAN CATHOLIC.

 

            Eight parochial schools and academies.

            St. Mary’s Institute; twenty-one officers and professors, 275 students in institute, and 120 students in normal department.

 

PRIVATE.

 

            Miami Commercial College.                    Young Ladies and Misses’ School.

            Dayton Commercial College.                   Home School for Boys.

            English Training School.                         Conservatory of Music.

            Deaver Collegiate Institute.                      Dayton College of Music.

 

BENEVOLENT AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

 

            Young Men’s Christian Association.-A Protestant Institution, founded in 1870; occupies a fine stone front building on the south side of Fourth Street, between Main and Jefferson; value of property, over $100,000; membership, over 2,500; conducts religious, educational, and physical departments, including manual training and industrial education; has reception-room, parlors, reading-room, junior room, educational rooms, shop, entertainment hall, gymnasium, bath-rooms, and athletic park; receipts in 1894-95, $19,386.95; expenses, $19,269.65.

            Woman’s Christian Association.-A Protestant institution, founded in 1870; occupies excellent brick buildings on the south side of Third Street, between Ludlow and Wilkinson; value of property, $60,000; membership, about 850; includes a young woman’s department; conducts religious, charitable, educational, and physical departments, lunch-room, and exchange; has reception-room, parlors, reading-room, educational rooms, entertainment hall, industrial class-room, gymnasium, bath-rooms, etc; receipts in 1894-95, $4,279.41; expenses, $4,242.92.

            Young Women’s League.-Founded in 1895; occupies a brick building on the west side of Jefferson Street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, membership 450; conducts religious, educational, and physical departments, and lunch-room.

            Young Men’s Institute.-A Roman Catholic institution; occupies a brick building on the south side of Fourth Street, between Ludlow and Wilkinson.

            St. Joseph’s Institute.-Conducted by the Catholic Gesellen-Verein, for the benefit of young men; organized in 1868; furnishes reading-room, gymnasium, and free circulating library; building located on Montgomery Street.

            Protestant Deaconess Home and Hospital.-Founded in 1890 by the Protestant Deaconess Society of Dayton; occupies an expensive pressed-brick building on south side of Apple Street, between Main and Brown, costing, with equipment, about $150,000; capacity, 175 patients.

            St. Elizabeth Hospital.-A Roman Catholic institution; founded in 1878; conducted by the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis; occupies a large brick building on the west side of Hopeland Street, between Washington and Albany, costing over $65,000, capacity, 242 patients.

            Widow’s Home.-Founded in 1875, by the Woman’s Christian Association; occupies a brick building on the northeast corner of Findlay and May streets; capacity, twenty-eight inmates; endowment, $37,358.79; receipts for year ending October 5, 1895, $3,124.99; expenses, $2,911.59.

            Montgomery County Children’s Home.-Founded in 1866; occupies a brick building on the east side of Summit Street, south of Home Avenue; number of inmates in February, 1895, fifty-one, of whom thirty-eight were boys and thirteen were girls; total received from the founding 1,864.

            Christian Deaconess Home.-Monument Avenue, West Side.

            Children’s Home.-116 South Ringgold Street.

            Bethany Home.-For homeless girls and women; 159 East Park Street.

            National Soldiers’ Home (Central Branch).-Founded in 1868; located a short distance west of the city; grounds cover six hundred and twenty-five acres; number of inmates, about 6,000.

            Southern Ohio Asylum for the Insane.-Founded in 1852; located at the south end of Wayne Avenue; capacity, 800 patients.

            Humane Society.

            Women’s Christian Temperance Union, No. 1.

            Women’s Christian Temperance Union, No. 2.

            St. Joseph’s German Catholic Asylum.

            Other Societies.-Numerous lodges of Masons, Knights of Pythias, Knights of St. John, Old Fellows, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Grand Army of the Republic, Sons of Veterans, Woman’s Veteran Relief Union, Order of United American Mechanics, Knights of Labor, trades unions, and other orders.

 

LITERARY AND MUSICAL SOCIETIES.

 

                                    Present Day Club.                                  Shakespeare Club.

                                    Woman’s Literary Club.                          Philharmonic Society.

                                    “H. H.” Club.                                          Mozart Club.

                                    Emerson Club.                                       Harmonia Society.

                                    Friday Afternoon Club.                            Maennerchor.

 

POLITICAL CLUBS.

 

                                    Garfield Club.                                         Thurman Club.

                                    Jackson Club.                                        Lincoln Club.

                                    Gravel Hall Club.

 

SOCIAL, CYCLING, GYMNASTIC, AND OTHER CLUBS.

 

                                    Dayton Club.                                         Dayton Gymnastic Club.

                                    Dayton Bicycle Club.                              Dayton Turngemeinde.

                                    Y. M. C. A. Wheelmen.                          Stillwater Canoe Club.

                                    Dayton Lawn Tennis Club.                      Ruckawa Canoe Club.

                                    Dayton Angling Club.                              Dayton Camera Club..

 

MILITARY COMPANIES.

 

            Phoenix Light Infantry, Company G, Third Regiment Infantry, Ohio National Guard.

            Gem City Light Infantry, Company I, Third Regiment Infantry, Ohio National Guard.

 

STREET-RAILWAYS.

 

            City Railway.-Third Street Line, form the east end of Third Street to the Soldier’s Home; electric; length of line, over six miles of double track and less than one-quarter mile of single track.

            Fifth Street Line, from the east end of Huffman Avenue to the Soldiers’ Home, electric; length of line, over two miles of double track.

            Authorized capital, $2,100,000; total length of lines operated, over fourteen and one-half miles of double track and about three-quarters of a mile of single track.

            Oakwood Street-Railway.-From the north end of Salem Street in Dayton View to Oakwood, at the south end of Brown Street; electric; capital, $3000,000; length of line, about four miles of double track.

            White Line Street-Railway.-From the corner of Main Street and Forest Avenue in Riverdale, via Main, Third, Ludlow, Washington, and Germantown streets to the Soldiers’ Home; electric; capital, $4000,000; length of line, about six miles of double track.

            Wayne Avenue and Fifth Street Railway.-From the south end of Wayne Avenue, via Wayne Avenue, Fifth, Jefferson, First, Keowee, and Valley streets to the east end of Valley Street in North Dayton; horse-cars, capital, $100,000; length of line, about three miles of double track and about one mile of single track.

            Dayton Traction Company.-South Main Street, from the corner of Fifth and extending to Calvary Cemetery; electric; capital, $250,000; length of line, one and one-half miles of double track and one and one-half miles of single track.

            Total length of street railways operated, over twenty-nine miles of double track and about three and one-quarter miles of single track.  About two and one-half miles of double track being used jointly, the net length of double track is about twenty-six and one-half miles.

 

STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

 

            Total length of streets in the city, one hundred and fifty-eight miles, of which nearly twenty-five miles are paved, as follows; asphalt, fourteen miles; brick, nearly nine-miles; granite, over one mile; Medina stone, over one-half mile.  Total cost of paving, $1,8000,000.  Eighty-three miles of streets are graded and graveled, and fifty miles are unimproved.

 

COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

 

            Board Trade.- Officers:  president, first vice-president, second vice-president, secretary, treasurer, fifteen directors.

            National Banks.-Seven, with combined capital of $2,500,000, and cash assets of over $3,000,000; a clearing-house.

            Building and Loan Associations.-Seventeen, with combined capital amounting to $43,350,000.

            Incorporated Companies.-One hundred and seventy, with capital stock of over $25,000,000.

            Builders’ Exchange.-Officers; president, first vice-president, second vice-president, secretary, treasurer.

            Gas Company.

            Natural Gas Company.

            Electric Light Company.

            Telegraph and Cable Companies.-Two.

            District Telegraph Companies.

            Telephone Exchange.

            Railways.-Eleven, with sixty-four passenger trains daily.

            Manufacturing Establishments.-Number, about one thousand; capital invested in 1894, $11,650,043; value of manufactured products, 1894, $10,163,913.60; wages paid, in 1894, $2,176,156.15.  In number of factories in capital invested in manufacturing industries, and in wages paid, Dayton ranks as the third city in the State; in value of manufactured products, fourth.

 

POSTOFFICE STATISTICS, 1895.

 

Postage Receipts…………………………………………………………………$178,451.08

Expenses of Office…………………………………………………………….…...$74,648.98

Number of Money Orders Issued………………………………………………………19,852

Value of Money Orders Issued…………………………………………………..$154,367.35

Number of Money Orders Paid………………………………………………………...60,058

Value of Money Orders Paid…………………………………………………….$333,093.77

Pieces of First-Class Mail Received………………………………………..……..4,480,000

Pieces of All Other Classes Received……………………………………….……3,948,800

Special Letters Received………………………………………………………………...9,831

Pieces of First –Class Mail Dispatched……………………………………..…….7,620,907

Pieces of All Other Classes Dispatched………………………………………….7,054,850

Special Letters Dispatched………………………………………………………………6,257

Registered Letters and Parcels Received……………………………………………40,920

Registered Letters and Parcels Dispatched………………………………………….19,742

Total Number Pieces Received and Dispatched………………………………..23,120,645

Weight in Pounds of Second-Class Matter Mailed by Publishers…………………..47,441

Number of Carriers………………………………………………………………...…………40

Mail Trains Arriving Daily……………………………………………………………….……39

Mail Trains Departing Daily………………………………………………………………….42

 

PARTIAL ENUMERATION OF MERCANTILE, MANUFACTURING, AND OTHER BUSINESS CONSERNS.

 


Abstracters of Titles……………………...…..4

Agricultural Implements, Dealers….……...10

Agricultural Implements, Mfs…………….....6

Architects…………………………………….10

Architectural Iron, Manuf………………..…..1

Art Glass……………………………………...1

Artificial Flowers……………………………...1

Artificial Stone Pavements…………….…....2

Artist……………………………………........22

Asbestos Packing and Mill Boards………...1

Asphalt Pavements……………………….....2

Asphalt Roofing………………………….......2

Attorneys-at-Law……………………..…...123

Auctioneers…………………………….....…..6

Autographic Registers, Manufs……….…....2

Awnings, Manufs……………………….…....4

Bakeries……………………………..…..…..50

Baker’s Supplies………………..………....…1

Baking-Powder, Manufs………..………...…6

Banks, National………………………...…….7

Barber Shops……………………….….….120

Barbers’ Supplies…………………….…..….1

Baskets, Manufs………………………...…..9

Bicycles, Dealers……………………….….13

Bicycles, Manuf………………………...……1

Blackboards, Slate Stone, Mf……………...1

Blacking, Manuf……………………..……....1

Blacksmith Shops……………………...…...36

Blank Books, Manufs……………….….....…5

Boarding-Houses…………………………...72

Boats, Manuf……………….….……………..1

Boat-Houses…………………………….…...3

Boilers, Steam, Manufs………………...…...4

Bolt and Screw Cases………………….…...1

Bookbinders……………….….…………..….6

Bookbinders’ Machinery, Mf………………...1

Book-Cover Dies and Tools……………..….1

Book Publishers……………….………......…4

Booksellers and Stationers……………......10

Boot-and Shoe-Makers……….……….....113

Boots and Shoes, Retail…………………...46

Boots and Shoes, Wholesale………….…...1

Boxes, Manuf……………….….……….....…1

Brass-Founders………………..………..…...3

Brass Goods……………………………..…...2

Brass Stamps………………………...….…...2

Breweries……………….…………...……....17

Brick, Manufs.…………………………….…11

Bricklayers…………………………...……...17

Brickmaking Machinery……………...………1

Brokers……………….………………...…....18

Brooms, Manufs……………...………..……11

Brushes, Manufs………………………...…...2

Building and Loan Association….………...17

Candy, Manufs.………………..………...…...4

Candy-Molds, Manuf………….…….…..…...1

Canning Factory……………………………...1

Carbon, Manuf……………….……………....1

Car-Furnishings, Manuf………………...…...1

Carpenters and Builders…………….…...118

Carpet Cleaners…………………………......7

Carpet Dealers…………………….………..14

Carpet Weavers…………….……..…...…..11

Carriages and Buggies, Dealers…….….....4

Carriages and Buggies, Manufs…….….....9

Cars, Railroad, Manuf…………………..…..1

Cash Registers, Manuf………………….…..1

Caterers…………………….…...………..…..2

Cement Pavements……………..………....13

Chain, Manufs…………….….....………..…..2

Chairs, Manufs……………….....…….….…..1

China and Queensware Dealers……...…..10

Church Furniture…………...…...…………...1

Cigar-Boxes, Manufs…………...……….…..3

Cigar Dealers……………….…..…………..53

Cigars, Manufs…………….……….…...…..58

Cistern Builders…………………….....……..5

Civil Engineers…………….….…….....……..6

Clearing-House…………….……….....……..1

Clergymen……………….……….....……..135

Clothing Dealers…………………......……..27

Clothing Renovators………....……...……..19

Coal Dealers………….……………………..40

Coal Miners………….………………………..4

Cold Storage………………..………….……..1

Commercial Colleges…………...……….…..2

Commission Merchants……….…………...11

Confectioners, Retail……….….……….…..55

Confectioners, Wholesale………..………..10

Cooper Shops…………...…………….……..7

Coppersmith………….…………………..…..1

Corsets, Manufs……………….……………..3

Cotton Batting………………………….……..1

Daily markets………….……..………..…..112

Dairies…………...………………….…...…..25

Dental Electrical Specialties…………….…..1

Dentists…………...…………...………...…..31

Detective Agency………..……...……….…..1

Dressmakers…………...………….…..…..300

Druggist, Wholesale………..………....……..1

Druggist and Apothecaries………….……..55

Dry Goods, Retail…………...……….....…..44

Dry Goods, Wholesale……..………....……..4

Dye houses…………...………………..……..2

Electric Construction and Supplies………...5

Electric Light Company………...……….…..1

Electric Supplies, Dealer……………..……..1

Electrical Engineers…………...………...…..2

Electrical Goods, Manuf………..……….…..1

Electrotypers…………...……………………..2

Employment Agency…………...………..…..1

Engravers…………...…………………….…..6

Express Companies…………....……..……..7

Fancy Goods…………...……………..….…..8

Fans, Ventilating…………...………….....…..1

Feed Stores…………...……………….…....32

Fences, Manufs………….…….……………..4

File-Cases, Manuf……………..……………..1

Files, Manufs…………...……………..….…..2

Fire-Alarm Operators………………….……..1

Fire-Brick and Clay…………...……….……..4

Flavoring Extracts…………………......……..2

Flax-Mill………….……………………..……..1

Florists……………………….………..……..18

Flour-Mills………….…………………..……..9

Freight Lines…………………....………..…..9

Fresco Artists………….………..………..…..2

Fruit-Growers………….……………..……..11

Fruits, Retail…………...……………..……..10

Fruits, Wholesale…………….………..……..6

Furnaces, Warm Air………………......……..7

Furniture, Dealers…………...………....…..16

Furniture, Manufs………….…...………..…..5

Furniture-Cars………….…...…………..…..12

Galvanized Iron Cornices…………….….….6

Gas-Burners and Appliances………...….….1

Gas Company………….…...………….….....1

Gas Company, Natural……………….…..…1

Gas-Engine, Manufs………….………..……3

Gas-Fitters and Fixtures…………….........15

Gas-Machine, Manuf………….………......…1

Gas Range and Heater, Manuf……….…….1

Gasoline Stove, Manuf……….….…….....…1

Grain Dealers………….…...………….....…..5

Grain Elevator………….…...…………...…...1

Grocers, Retail………….…...………..…..307

Grocers, Wholesale……….………..………..9

Guns, Pistols, etc.………….………....……..2

Gunsmiths………….…...……………..……..3

Hardware and Cutlery……….……...….…..12

Hardware, Wholesale……….………..…...…4

Harness and Saddles……….…...…………17

Hats and Caps………….………..…..……..20

Hedges………….….…………………..……..1

Hotels………….…...…………………....…..19

House-Furnishing Goods……………..……..8

House-Movers and Raisers…..……………..2

Hubs, Spokes, etc. ………..…………….…..2

Hydraulic Machinery……………….....……..2

Ice, Dealers………..…..…………..…..……..3

Ice, Manufs………..……..………….....……..2

Ice Cream………..……..……..………...…..13

Ice and Refrigerator Machinery, Manuf………..……..……………...….……....1

Ink, Manuf………..………………...……..…..1

Insurance Agents………..……………..…..38

Insurance Companies, Fire….……..…..…..9

Insurance Companies, Life……………..…..2

Iron-Founders………..………………....…..10

Iron Posts, Manuf……………...……………..1

Iron- and Wood-Working Machinery.……....1

Jewelers………..………………………..…..26

Justices of the Peace……...………….……..4

Kindergartens………..…………………...…..3

Lamps and Lamp Goods……………..……..1

Lasts, Manufs………..……………..………...2

Laundries………..……………………..…....17

Leather and Findings………..………….…...2

Lime, Plaster, and Cement……………..….11

Linseed- and Cotton-Oil Machinery………..2

Linseed Oil, Manufs……………………..…..4

Lithographers…………………..………...…..3

Livery-Stables……………..…..………..…..36

Loan Agents………..…………………..….....6

Loan Officers ………..…………………...…..5

Locksmiths ………..……………………...…..2

Lumber Dealers ………………………..…..15

Machine Knives, Manuf……..………….…...1

Machine Tools…………………………....…..2

Machinists………………….…………...…...15

Machinists’ Tools………………………...…..1

Malleable Iron Works…………………....…..1

Mantels and Grates……………………...…..4

Marble Dust………………….………………..1

Marble Quarry……………….…………...…..1

Marble Works………………….……………..8

Mattresses, Manufs………….…………..…..4

Meats, Wholesale……………..…...…….…..2

Mechanics’ Tools……………..…..……...…..3

Medicines, Patent…………..…..…..….…..19

Men’s Furnishing Goods……....…..….…..32

Mercantile Agencies…………...…....…..…..3

Milk Depots………………………...…..……..8

Mill Supplies………..…..………...…………..4

Milliners, Retail…………..…..……….….....41

Milliners, Wholesale…………..….....….…..2

Mineral Water, Manufs………...…..…...…..2

Mittens, Manuf…..…..………………………..1

Model Makers…………..…..…………..…....2

Motor, Water, Manuf………..…..……...,…..1

Music Colleges…………………..…..….…..2

Music Publishers…………………..…..…....1

Music Teachers..…..…………………..…..80

Musical Instruments, Dealers…..….…...…..5

News Depots…………………………..……..8

Notaries Public…………………...………..114

Notions, Retail…………………..….......…..20

Notions, Wholesale…………….…...…...…..5

Novelties, Manufs……………..………....…..2

Nozzles, Manufs…………….…..……….…..2

Nurseries…………………………..……...…..6

Nurses………………….………………........37

Oculists and Aurists……………………...…..3

Oils……………………………………….…..15

Opticians………………………………….…..5

Overalls, Manufs…………………...…….…..3

Oysters, Fish, and Game……….……….…..7

Pails, Manuf……………………………....…..1

Paint, Manuf……………………………...…..1

Painters, House and Sign…….…….……..73

Paints, Oils, etc………………….…....….…..7

Pants, Manufs……………………….…...…..3

Paper, Dealers……………………….…..…..3

Paper, Manufs………………………..…..…..7

Paper Bags………………….………..……....1

Paper-Box Makers’ Machinery……….……..1

Paper Boxes, Manufs……………….…...…..2

Paper Hangers……………...………….…...27

Paper Hangings……………...……….….....17

Paper-Mill Machinery……………..………....1

Paper and Wooden Plate, Mf…………….....1

Parquetry Floors……………...………….…..1

Patent Attorneys……………...……….……..3

Patent Solicitors…………….……….…..…..2

Pattern-Makers……………...……….……..11

Pension Attorneys……………………....…..2

Pension Claim Agents……...…….……..…..3

Perfumery, Manuf………….………..…...…..1

Photographers………………….……….…..17

Photgraphers’ Supplies….……….……..…..2

Physicians………………….……….....…..147

Pianos and Organs………….…………...…..7

Pictures and Picture Frames…..…..…..…...9

Planing-Mills…………………..……..…...…..8

Plasterers………….…..…...…………...…..21

Plows, Manufs……………..………..…...…..2

Plumbers………….…………..………...…..15

Pork Packers…………………..…...…....…..4

Potteries…………………………...……...…..2

Poultry Dealers………………..….....…...…..2

Printers, Books and Job……..…….......…..26

Pumps………….………………………....…..8

Putty, Manuf……………………....……….....1

Rags, Metals, etc……………...….……...…..7

Railroad Ticket Brokers…………...………...3

Railway Cars, Manuf……………...………....1

Railway Supplies, Manuf…..……...………...1

Real Estate…………………….………..…..62

Restaurants……………………….…….…..23

Ropes and Cordage……….……..……...…..1

Rubber Goods………….……………..….…..1

Rubber Stamps…………………………..…..3

Safe Deposit Companies……...………..…..2

Saloons…………...…………………..…....399

Sash, Doors, and Blinds, Manufs………..…9

Sawmills………………………….……….…..2

Saws, Manufs…………………….…………..2

Scales, Computing, Manuf…………..…...…1

School Furniture, Manuf………………...…..1

Screws, Manuf…………………..……….…..1

Sculptors………….…………………...….…..2

Sealing-Wax, Manuf……………………..…..1

Second-Hand Stores………….……………..2

Seeds………….……………………….....…..4

Sewer Pipe………….…………………….…..7

Sewing-Machines, Dealers………………..15

Sewing-Machines, Manufs…………..……...1

Sheet-Iron Workers…………...………....…..3

Shirts, Manufs……………...………….....…..6

Shoes, Manuf………………………….....…..1

Showcase Dealers……………………....…..2

Sign Painters…………...……………..…….10

Soap, Manufs………………………….....…..6

Spice-Mills………….……………………..…..5

Spraying-Machines, Manufs…………….…..2

Stained Glass………………….………....…..1

Stair-Builder…………………..….……….…..1

Stationers………….…………………....…..12

Steam-Engine Builders…….…………....…..3

Steam-Fitters…………….……………….…..7

Steamship Agents……………….……....…..3

Stencils…………………………..………..…..2

Stenographers………………….………...…..6

Stock Yard……………………………......…..1

Stockings, Manuf……………..……….....…..1

Stone-Cutters’ Tools, Manufs……………....3

Stonemasons……………...…………....…..22

Stone-Quarries………………..………....…..3

Stoneware……………………………......…..2

Stone-Yards…………………...….…………..5

Storage………….………………………….....4

Stove-Polish, Manuf……….………..…...…..1

Stoves, Manuf………………...………….…..3

Stoves and Tinware, Dealers……………...35

Straw-Boards, Manuf…………………....…..1

Street-Cars, Manuf……………………....…..1

Street Contractors……………………...…..16

Street-Paving Contractors…..………..…....2

Street Sprinklers…………………..……..…..7

Subscription Books…………………......…..3

Sweeping-Machines, Manuf…………...…...1

Switch and Car Locks, Manuf…………...….1

Table-Slides, Manuf………..…………....…..1

Tablets, Manuf…………………..……….…..1

Tags, Manuf……………………..…….....…..1

Tailors, Merchant…………………..…...…..38

Teas and Coffees, Retail…………………..10

Teas and Coffees, Wholesale………....…...1

Telegraph Companies……...…………...…..3

Telephone Company……………….…...…..1

Telephone Construction………………...…..1

Theaters…………………………..…………..2

Tinware………………………....……….…..10

Tobacco, Leaf…………….…….…………..22

Tobacco, Manufs……………...………...…..3

Tobacco Machinery……………………...…..1

Toilet Articles, Manuf…...…………..…...…..1

Toys…………………………………...…..…..3

Transfer Companies………………..…...…..2

Trunk Materials………….…………..…...…..1

Trunks, Valises, etc………………….…..…..4

Twines and Cordage……………….…....…..2

Typewriters………….………………...….…..3

Umbrellas, Manuf………………………...…..1

Undertakers…………..………..………..…..10

United States Commissioners…...……..…..1

Upholsterers…………..…...……….……....10

Varnish, Manufs…………..………..…….…..2

Veterinary Hospital…………..………......…..1

Veterinary Surgeons…………..………...…..4

Wagon-Makers…………..….……….……..26

Washing-Machines, Manuf…….…………...1

Water-Supply…………..……….………..…..2

Water-Wheels, Manufs……….………...…..2

Wheels, Manuf…………..……………….…..1

White Lead, Manuf…………...………….…..1

Wind Engines…………..……………..….…..1

Window Glass…………..…………….....…..2

Window Shades………………………….…..3

Wood Dealers…………..………...………...11

Wood- and Iron-Working Machinery…….…1

Wood Mantels, Manuf………….………..…..1

Wood and Willow Ware…………..………....2

Yeast, Manufs…………..….…….…………..3


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