Scan 2
1908 Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directory, 1908
37 lines. Read by computer on 17 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1FACTS ABOUT DES MOINES.
3Des Moines has 1200 Acres of Beautiful Parks.
4123 Miles of Paving (Brick and Asphalt.)
5118 Miles of Water Mains.
6134 Miles of Gas Mains.
7An Assessed valuation of $74,000,000.
8An Outstanding debt of but $741,000.
9The Best Traction System in the West.
10Interurban Lines in Every Direction.
1119 Steam Roads in and out of the City.
126 Express and 2 Telegraph Companies.
1398 Churches—All Denominations.
1453 School Buildings.
1513 Colleges and Technical Schools.
1632 Hotels.
1719 Banks with $34,000,000 Deposits.
185 Theaters and 3 Vaudeville Houses.
19An Auditorium seating 4,000.
20The Coliseum seating 14,000.
2131 Coal Mines.
22600 Industries, Large and Small.
23Daily Newspapers with a Combined Circulation of 121,000.
24Farm and Agricultural papers with 520,000 Circulation.
2545 Home Insurance Companies.
262 Railroad Payrolls of over $40,000 a Month Each.
27Coal Mine Payroll of over $245,000 Monthly.
28Insurance Payroll of over $300,000 Monthly.
29Third Largest Millinery Jobbing House in America.
30Iowa State Fair Annually.
31Conservative Financial Methods.
32Moderate Real Estate Values.
33Abundant Manufacturing Sites.
34Ample Supply of Efficient Labor.
35Moderately Priced Homes.
36Des Moines is the capital of Iowa. The State has here a Capitol costing $3,000,000, Historical Building costing $5,000,000, State Fair Grounds representing $2,500,000 invested—All of the Departments of the State Government and headquarters of all the state institutions are in Des Moines.
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