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Sacramento City directory, 1931, 1931
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1INTRODUCTION—Continued
3and business houses are arranged numerically under the name of each street and avenue, and the names of householders and business concerns are placed opposite the numbers.
5THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 831 to 912. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epitome of the business interests of the community. "The Directory is the common intermediary between Buyer and Seller." As such it plays no small part in the daily doings of the business world. "More goods are bought and sold through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
7NUMERICAL TELEPHONE GUIDE is given on pages 913 to 1002.
9MUNICIPAL PUBLICITY
11The directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as an industrial site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers 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.
13THE SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY LIBRARY
15Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Sacramento City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the oces 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.
17The publishers appreciatively acknowledge 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.
19SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY CO.
21SACRAMENTO STATISTICAL REVIEW
23Name of City—Sacramento.
25Slogan or Sub-phrase—"Heart of California."
27Form of Government—City Manager-Council.
29Population—93,685 (1930) (Gov't).
31Area—14 square miles.
33Altitude—25 feet.
35Assessed valuation—$121,517,335 with 2.08 mill tax.
37Predominating nationalities in city are Italians, Mexicans, Chinese and Japanese, Portuguese, Swiss, Austrians.
39Parks number 15 with 1264 acres valued at $2,428,750.00.
41Financial—10 banks, 4 trust companies.
43Post Office receipts of $894,486.96.
45Telephones in service—30,975.
47Church buildings—65.
49Building and construction—Value of building permits, $4,409,245.37, with 676 new dwelling units constructed this year.
51Industry—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.
53Trade—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.
55Hotels—There are 134 hotels, with total of 8976 rooms. Newest hotel was built in 1929.
57City served by 3 steam, 3 electric railroads.
59Amusements—Largest theatre or auditorium seats 5000 people. There are 13 theatres.
61Hospitals number 4 with 978 beds.
63Education—Number of schools 37, including 1 high school, 6 parochial and diocesan schools. Total of all teachers is 796. Value of all school property, private and public, approximately $8,021,218.00.
65There are 593,923 volumes in the libraries of the city.
67City Statistics—Total street mileage, 260, with 235 miles paved, none under construction or ordered. Miles of gas mains 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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