Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-09-19
The new CITY DIRECTORY
Third City as to Size and Business
in the neutrality-suspicious.
observation-disclosures
.ss@ Computations. eis
BOOM1Na BIsMARCK.

Mr.. NJ. 81. Jewell, is just completed and
gives a glowing picture of the city's past
and present and its prospective future.
It's chapter on the, early history Of, Bur
leigh County discloses some very inter.
est:ng facts regarding the experiences OF
Bismarck's pioneers of 1872 8, and brings
vividly to mind the astonishing results OF
the incessant toll which has character
lied the merchants of this city. It shows
but few business failures and states that
there never has been failure in Bismarck
that was not directly attributable TO gam !
bling, women or wine. In 1873 the firms
of j W. Raymond s. Co. and Mclean &
Macnider we're comparatively small in
stitutions. Today these two firms do
more business than any other two on the
line of the Northern Pacific. :J.W. Ray
mond in building the 2 ssaiEoiiot
aLEe MAGNIFICENT BRICK BLOCK
in which IS located his store and
bank, did much toward the improvement
of Bismarck, and Mclean & Macnider
have ventured out in every direction lead
ing to the city's advancement. w. B..
Watson and Dan Eisenberg, the dry goods
kings, both have large and fine stocks of
goods, IN contrast to 1873. The mer-
chants have all prospered, and in relation
to buying goods of home merchants the
directory says: "Considering the prices
they offer, no one is justified in sending
abroad for goods. The. nome merchant
pays his local tax, and contributes his
Share toward building up and, protecting
society. Among thoseo;Who for fire
protection and police regulation, and for
the civil expenses Of society," athe e1ner-
chants head the list, and they therefore
deserve all the patronage that the people
have to bestow.' &1sR2 l5s-5'1..~! !
AS this work contains the name and
residence of every one living in the city,
as we'll as a history of early frontier vlife,
the people will find it, very useful refe:
ence. Mr.. Jewell has also numbered the
streets giving each lot its respective num-
Der. This is a very useful guide to
strangers and convenient for the mcr-
chants. The following is the rccapitula-
ton showing the = .,''.5 e q ...,. ~ IN,
OCCUPATIONS, TRADES, ETC. ~
Agricultural i'm mplement dealers, Z; gun
smith / agents, misceuaneeoous, 28; arch
itect. I: bakers, 4; banks, ;.breweries, 4 ::
brick ward. L. butcher shops, 3; black
smith. Shops, I; c1othiers, 4; clerks, ETC..
IS; cigar manufactures, |; dalrymen, i;
dentist, 1; doctors, ~ drug stores, q;
drevers and herders, =; dry goods stores,
4; Touring mills, 1 5; furniture dealers, 3;
freighters, contractors, and spectators,
IS; fruits and confectionery, ~ general
business, 90; general merchandise, IL:
government officials, 6; harness-shops, =:
hotels, 8; hardware stores, 3, jewelers., :;
LAWYERS, 9; laundries g.; livery and sale
stables, s., lumber. yards, 2; mechanics,
49,; milliners, ETC., 6; ministers, 4; news
paper, 1; painters, 10; photographer, l.:
printers, g.. restaurants, 6; saloons, "a;
shoemakers, 6; surveyors, 3; soda water
manufactures, I; tailors, 4; teachers, 3;
teamsters and stage. drivers, 21S; taxi
de1mist, /.
Number of male adults, 1924. Popula-
tion. reckoning 2M people to each male
adult 2.816. Number Of school children.
$50. Population, reckoning 8 people t"
each pupil, 2,816. ~ #
Thus it will be seen that the population
piven Bismarck in the directory has been
proven correct from two standpolnts:
first, by the number of male adults. reck-
oning i to ~ persons less to each than
is reckoned in eastern cities; second, by
the number of school children, reckoning
persons more to the scholar than IS
reckoned by eastern directory compilers.
for the reason that frontier cities are
composed of more single men than are
those of the east