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Sacramento City directory, 1930, 1930
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1INTRODUCTION—Continued
3publishers have placed copies of this issue of the directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Sacramento, for business men everywhere realize that the city directory represents a community as it really is.
5THE SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY LIBRARY
7Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Sacramento City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices at 423 J Street for free reference by the general public. This library is one of the system of more than 400, installed and operated in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada, under the supervision of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, of which The Sacramento Directory Co. is a member.
9The publishers appreciate the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the city directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
11SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY. CO.
13SACRAMENTO STATISTICAL REVIEW
15Name of City—Sacramento.
17Slogan or Sub-phrase—"Heart of California."
19Form of Government—City Manager-Council.
21Population—65,908 (1920) (Gov't); 110,723 (1930) Estimated.
23Area—14 square miles.
25Altitude—25 feet.
27Assessed valuation—$121,517,335 with 2.08 mill tax.
29White population is 108,723.
31Colored population is approximately 2000.
33White population of age: Males, 40,000; females, 35,000.
35Number of all males is 58,009, and of all females is 52,714.
37Native born population is 78.8 per cent of whole population.
39Predominating nationalities in city are Italians, Mexicans, Chinese and Japanese, Portuguese, Swiss, Austrians.
41Parks number 15 with 1264 acres valued at $2,428,750.00.
43Financial—11 banks, 4 trust companies with total deposits of $139,354,799.20, assets $146,926,677.09, and bank reserves of $77,305,197.67; 11 savings banks with $53,094,740.07 total deposits.
45Post Office receipts of $894,486.96.
47Telephones in service—30,975.
49Church buildings—65.
51Building and construction—Value of building permits, $4,409,245.37, with 676 new dwelling units constructed this year.
53Industry—Number of establishments 604, employing 8500 men and 5000 women, paying wages $23,927,874 annually, and having products valued at $73,589,278 annually.
55Trade—Territory (retail) serves 350,000 people within the trading area covering a radius of 50 miles. Jobbing territory serves 500,000 people within a radius of 250 miles.
57Hotels—There are 134 hotels, with total of 8976 rooms. Newest hotel was built in 1929.
59City served by 3 steam, 3 electric railroads.
61Amusements—Largest theatre or auditorium seats 5000 people. There are 13 theatres.
63Hospitals number 4 with 978 beds.
65Education—Number of schools 35, including 1 high school, 5 parochial and diocesan schools. Number of pupils in public schools 24,564, in private schools 1700. Total of all teachers is 796. Value of all school property, private and public, approximately $8,021,218.00.
67There are 593,923 volumes in the libraries of the city.
69City Statistics—Total street mileage, 260, with 235 miles paved, none under construction or ordered. Miles of gas main laid, 14; of sewers, 3; electric street railway, 44; capacity of water works, 64,000,000 gallons, daily average pump of 23,910,000 gallons, with 219 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $3,000,000 (bond issues). Fire department employs 183 men with following equipment: 6 autos, 8 pumping engines, 4 hose carts, 5 chemical wagons, 3 hook and ladder trucks, in 13 station houses. Value of fire department with property is $181,505. Police department has 110 men with 1 station and 11 pieces of motor equipment, 7 motorcycles.
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