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Sacramento City directory, 1942, 1942
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1Four Major Departments
3THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms and corporations is included in pages 21 to 660, on white paper.
5DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, TENANTS OF OFFICE BUILDINGS AND OTHER BUSINESS PLACES, AND STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE covers pages 661 to 844, on pink paper. In this section the names of the streets and 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. Home property ownership is indicated by the character (©), placed immediately after the name of the householder and telephone is indicated by the character (Â) placed immediately before the name.
7THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 844, and separately paged from 1 to 84, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests in Sacramento. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to substantial purchasing factors. The advertisements have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best and, as such, merits a survey by all buyers keen to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The city's activities, in many phases, are authentically pictured. In an ambitious and progressive community like Sacramento the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available is very great, and frequently pressing. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal support the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.
9THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 845 to 924, on white paper. 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."
11Municipal Publicity
13The 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.
15The Sacramento Directory Library
17Through 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 500, 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.
19The 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.
21SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY CO.
23Sacramento Statistical Review
25Name of City—Sacramento.
26Slogan or sub-phrase—"Heart of California."
27Form of Government—City Manager-Council.
28How Incorporated—City.
29Population—1940 U. S. Census report, 105,958.
30Area—[address hidden] miles.
31Altitude—30 feet above sea level.
32Climate—Mean annual temperature, 60.3 degrees F.; average annual rainfall (or precipitation), 18.02 inches (50 yr. average).
33Parks number 25, with total acreage of 1204, valued at $2,693,300.00.
34Assessed valuation—$126,271,060, with $1.89 per $100.00 tax rate in old city; $1.88 in annexed sections.
35Bonded Debt—$7,041,260.00, Dec. 31, 1941.
36Financial Institutions—8 banks, with debits of $1,824,522,000 for the year 1941; 9 savings banks, with total savings deposits of $58,255,369.00 on December 31, 1941; [address hidden] and loan associations.
37Postal Receipts—$1,458,912.98 for the year ending December 31, 1941.
38Churches number 60, representing 21 denominations.
39Building and Construction—Building permits valued at $8,243,537.00 in 1941.
40Industry—Chief industries of the city and surrounding territory, manufacturing, agriculture, transportation, distribution and trading center. Number of manufacturing establishments 470, employing 15,845 (including seasonal workers) men and women, paying wages of $13,711,305 annually. 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.
41Trade Area—Retail area has radius of 100 miles, and population of 500,000. Wholesale area has radius of 370 miles, and population of 1,500,000.
42Newspapers—Daily, 3; daily and Sunday, 1; weekly, 5.
43Hotels number 124, with total of 7985 rooms. Newest hotel opened in 1929.
44Railroads—City served by 4 railroads, as follows: Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Sacramento Northern, Central California Traction Co.
45Highways—The following highways run through the city: U. S. 40, U. S. 50, U. S. 99.
46Airports number 3—Municipal, U. S. Army repair depot and supply base, and Mather Field.
47Amusements—Largest auditorium (municipal) in city seats 5000 persons. 19 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 19,204 persons. Number of golf courses in, or near, the city, 3.
48Hospitals number 7 (including 2 emergency), with total of 1009 beds.
49Education—Number of public schools 34, including 1 junior college, 2 senior high schools and 7 junior high schools. Number of parochial schools, 8. Number of pupils in public schools, 30,936. Number of teachers in public schools, 828. Value of public school property, $10,829,712.
50Public Libraries—(number, including branches) 5, with total of 650,413 volumes.
51City Statistics—[address hidden] mileage 306, with 292 miles paved and none under construction. Miles of gas mains, 340; of sewers (sanitary), 286; of bus and electric street railway, 62. Number of water services, 33,474; electric meters, 36,574; gas meters, 33,585. Capacity of water works (municipal), 64,000,000 gallons, with daily average pump of 25,600,000 gallons, 273.48 miles of mains, and plant valued at $3,588,461. Fire department has 190 paid men, with 9 autos, 2 utility cars, 1 squad wagon, 5 water wagons, 3 trucks, 3 hose wagons, 9 engines, 9 station houses and [address hidden] of fire department real estate and equipment, $670,125.03. Police department has 146 members, 22 civilian employees, with 1 station and 37 pieces of motor equipment, all radio equipped. Value of police department and equipment, $286,465.71.
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