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Sacramento City directory, 1925, 1925
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1INTRODUCTORY
3In presenting the thirty-fifth issue of the Sacramento City Directory, and by comparing it with the 1924 directory, the publishers feel that the city has made great strides in its growth, as well as in the number and variety of industries.
5We desire to thank all who have contributed to the success of the work either by generous patronage or in co-operation in furnishing information to our enumerators. The information has been taken by men who are carefully trained in this work and we believe this directory will compare favorably with any previous issue.
7POPULATION
9The present volume contains by actual count 40,777 names (which includes North Sacramento and Broderick), exclusive of married women and children, and also Orientals, an increase of 3,600 names over 1924. Using the multiple of 2 1/2, which is in general use by directory publishers, this gives an estimated population for Greater Sacramento of 101,942, an increase of 9,000 over 1924.
11Respectfully,
12SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY CO.
14April 1, 1925.
16Section 28, Copyright Law, in Force July 1, 1909.
18"That any person who willfully and for profit shall infringe any copyright secured by this Act, or who shall knowingly and willfully aid or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, or both in the discretion of the court."
20Sacramento Facts and History
21Supplied by the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce
23Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers is Sacramento, Capital City of the State, and county seat of Sacramento County, fourth largest city in the State, served by two transcontinental railways, the Southern Pacific and the Western Pacific, which, with their local branches, cover the entire Pacific Slope; three electric railway systems serve the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys and territory between Sacramento and San Francisco Bay cities. Ten motor truck lines and 126 auto stages operate daily in and out of Sacramento in every direction over the net work of paved highways, supplementing steam and electric railways and river transportation; 254 vessels ply the Sacramento River transporting annually 1,500,000 tons of freight and 105,000 passengers. The city is built on a level plain with an area of 14 square miles; 23 feet above low water level and 71 feet above sea level. The climate is semi-tropical with an average mean temperature of 60 degrees.
25The streets of the city are wide and attractive and are lined with elm, palm and orange trees; there are 11 municipal parks comprising 1,000 acres of park system; Sacramento is the location of the State Fair Grounds and the State Agricultural Society maintains exposition buildings, parks and race course with all facilities for fruit exhibits and stock shows; main points of interest are the State Capitol, built in 1873, which is famed for its architecture and mural paintings; the Capitol is surrounded by a park of 34 acres which is a veritable botanical garden; the grounds are studded with trees, shrubs and plants from every country on the globe. The Crocker Art Gallery houses the finest collection of paintings west of the Mississippi; an especially fine court house has been erected at a cost of $1,000,000; a city hall that is an architectural gem; Sutter's Fort, the greatest of old trading posts of the west. The old fort was built in 1839 and was the first interior settlement of white men in California. It now houses a priceless collection of relics of the gold rush period. Sacramento has 24 public school buildings, 15 of which were erected recently at a cost of more than $5,000,000 to replace older buildings; total school attendance in 1924 was 19,976; 50 churches embracing all denominations; fourteen hospitals, asylums and homes; 700,000 volumes in her libraries; 9 business and private schools; 22 hotels; 148 trains daily; 110 lodges; an annual industrial output of $100,000,000; assessed valuation $102,225,952.
27Sacramento is the largest deciduous fruit market in the world and is the distributing point for central and northern California; a large export trade is carried on in flour, rice, beans, vegetable seed; the Southern Pacific shops occupy 20 acres and employ over 3,000 men; the Western Pacific shops employ 1,000 men; in 1924 there were about 14,000 men employed in industry; there are also steel works, rolling mills, sheet metal shops, flour and grist mills, fruit and vegetable canneries.
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