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Charlotte, North Carolina city directory [1923/1924]., 1924
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1Charlotte, N. C.
3PREFACE
5We take pleasure in presenting Vol. XXIV of the Charlotte, N. C. Directory which will compare favorably with any directory published.
7Charlotte is growing and growing fast, and well it may, for it has the natural and commercial advantages for growth surrounded by a good farming section, four railroad lines with over a hundred trains in and out of the city daily. The center of the textile trade for the Carolinas where textile machinery is either manufactured or where branch offices of textile machinery dealers are located. The home of the largest hydro-electric company of the United States which furnishes power to many of the mills of the Carolinas. The headquarters and relay offices for the Carolinas of the three largest telephone and telegraph companies. A large automobile tire manufacturing plant is located here. A branch of the Ford Motor Company, handling all the business for the Carolinas. The Southern Market for dyestuffs and chemicals; a large distributing point for motion picture films and the headquarters of the Carolinas of over 200 large corporations of national reputation. The largest banking center of the Carolinas with deposits of over $35,000,000.
9Commission form of government.
11An educational center, both public and private schools ranking among the best.
13We wish to thank the public for their courteous way of giving information and our patrons for their support.
15Population with suburbs 63,325.
17December, 1923.
19COMMERCIAL SERVICE COMPANY.
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