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Sacramento City directory, 1936, 1936
50 lines. Read by computer on 17 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, TENANTS OF OFFICE BUILDINGS AND OTHER BUSINESS PLACES, AND STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE covers pages 637 to 847. In this section the names of the streets are avenues are arranged in alphabetical order; the residences and 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.
3THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 869 to 945. 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."
5NUMERICAL TELEPHONE GUIDE is given on pages 947 to 1029.
7Municipal Publicity
9The 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.
11The Sacramento Directory Library
13Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Sacramento City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained at the offices at 828 I Street, cor. 9th, for free reference by the general public. This library is one of a 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.
15The 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.
17SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY CO.
19Sacramento Statistical Review
21Name of City—Sacramento.
22Slogan or sub-phrase—"Heart of California."
23Form of Government—City Manager-Council.
24How Incorporated—City.
25Population—1930 U. S. Census report, 93,750; local estimate at present, 101,600. (The following based on the 1930 U. S. Census): White population of age: Males, 31,898; females, 34,179. Total colored (Negro) population, 762. Total number of males in city, 49,790; females, 43,960. Native white population is 76.4% of the whole. Predominating nationalities of foreign-born residents: Italian, German, English, Canadian, Irish.
26Area—14 square miles.
27Altitude—25 feet above sea level.
28Climate—Mean annual temperature, 60 degrees F.; average annual rainfall (or precipitation), 17.76 inches (50 yr. average).
29Parks number 25, with total acreage of 1204, valued at $2,693,300.00.
30Assessed valuation—$93,161,800, with $1.89 per $100.00 tax rate in old city; $1.87 in annexed sections.
31Bonded Debt—$7,016,020, Jan. 1, 1935.
32Financial Institutions—9 banks and 1 trust company, with clearings of $360,963,933.44 for the year 1935; 9 savings banks, with total savings deposits of $37,112,890.88 on December 31, 1935; 6 building and loan associations.
33Postal Receipts—$1,052,133.36 for year ending December 31, 1935.
34Telephones in service—31,533.
35Churches number 60, representing 21 denominations.
36Building and Construction—Building permits valued at $1,975,887.50 in 1935.
37Real Estate—Number of families (each apartment considered a home) 29,387, with about 65% owned by occupants.
38Industry—Chief industries of the city and surrounding territory, manufacturing, agriculture, transportation, distribution and trading center. Number of manufacturing establishments 202, employing 7103 men and women, paying wages of $10,319,439 annually, and having products valued at $50,045,281 annually as per report covering the year 1929. Principal manufactured products: Fruit and vegetable canning, railroad manufacturing and repair shops, slaughtering and meat packing, rice cleaning and polishing, sheet metal and tin cans, flour and mill feeds, almond shelling, printing and bookbinding.
39Trade Area—Retail area has radius of 100 miles, and population of 200,000. Wholesale area has radius of 370 miles, and population of 1,500,000.
40Newspapers—Daily, 3; daily and Sunday, 2; weekly, 5.
41Hotels number 124, with total of 7985 rooms. Newest hotel opened in 1929.
42Railroads—City served by 5 railroads, as follows: Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Santa Fe. Electric (2), Sacramento Northern, Central California Traction Co.
43Highways—The following highways run through, or to, the city: U. S. 40, U. S. 50, U. S. 99.
44Airports number 1 (municipal).
45Amusements—Largest auditorium (municipal) in city seats 5000 persons. 15 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 15,628 persons. Number of golf courses in, or near, the city, 3.
46Hospitals number 6 (including 2 emergency), with total of 889 beds.
47Education—Number of public schools 33, including 1 junior college, 1 senior high school and 7 junior high schools. Number of parochial schools, 6. Number of pupils in public schools, 23,977. Number of teachers in public schools, 732. Value of public school property, $7,959,045.00.
48Public Libraries—(number, including branches) 5, with total of 477,716 volumes.
49City Statistics—Total street mileage 289, with 246 miles paved and none under construction. Miles of gas mains, 350; of sewers (sanitary), 270; of electric street railway, 44. Number of water meters, 23,875; light meters, 30,164; gas meters, 26,699. Capacity of water works (municipal), 64,000,000 gallons, with daily average pump of 23,000,000 gallons; 234.3 miles of mains, and plant valued at $3,500,000. Fire department has 175 paid men, with 6 autos, 9 engines, 8 hose and chemical wagons, and 3 hook-and-ladder trucks, in 10 station houses. Value of fire department real estate and equipment, $432,690. Police department has 131 men, with 1 station and 25 pieces of motor equipment. Value of police department and equipment, $32,232.69.
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