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1907 Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directory, 1907
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1INTRODUCTORY
3There is no city in the United States which offers more inducements as a place to live and do business in than the city of Des Moines, the Metropolis of the State of Iowa, and famous for its Railroads, Interurbans, Factories, Jobbing and Retail Houses, Banks, Schools, Colleges, Churches and Homes—Des Moines has thrived wonderfully and with every added year of prosperity and growth, its citizens have waxed even more ambitious. Today it stands upon the threshold of a new era of development and no one to pass through its prosperous looking, well kept thoroughfares, to visit its busy factories and up-to-date stores and to look upon the new buildings in course of construction could fail to be impressed with the fact that "We are Building a City Here."
5DES MOINES HAS
7110 Miles of Paving (Brick and Asphalt.)
8146 Miles of Sewerage System.
9151 Miles of Curbing.
10112 Miles of Water Mains.
11125 Miles of Gas Mains.
1296 Miles of Electric Street Railway.
13750 Acres of Beautiful Parks.
14Interurban Lines in Every Direction.
1519 Steam Roads in and out of the City.
1698 Churches—All Denominations.
1749 Schools, Public and Private.
1813 Colleges and Technical Schools.
1928 Hotels.
206 Express and 2 Telegraph Companies.
2119 Banks with $25,000,000 Deposits.
2280 Conventions Annually.
2310 Opera Houses.
24A large Auditorium, seating 3,000.
254 Great Daily Newspapers.
2669 Newspapers and Periodicals.
2740 Farm Implement Houses.
2810,000 Telephones in Use.
29600 Industries, Large and Small.
30Iowa State Fair Annually.
31Conservative Financial Methods.
32Moderate Real Estate Values.
33Thrifty and Intelligent Population.
34Abundant Manufacturing Sites.
35Ample Supply of Efficient Labor.
36Moderately Priced Homes.
37Plenty of Schools, Libraries, Churches and all that go to make a delightful place of residence.
38Business Transactions in Des Moines annually exceeds $80,000,000.
39Improvements for 1907, including the Iowa Portland Cement Com plant, exceeded $4,000,000.
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