The Washington critic., 1885-07-06
a BUSINESS CENSUS.
Complete List of the Occupations
which Washingtonians are Engaged

Complete List of the Occupations in
which Washingtonians are Engaged.
The police have finished taking the
business census of the city. The follow
ing will show the number and character
of all places of business i'm the city:
Auction houses, 1 art schools, / agents, 10;
agricultural implements q; apothecaries, 13l;
auctioncers, Z; architects 10; antique furni.
ture 3: artists, 81 awning makers. 3; artists
materials, 1 artificial flowers / art decora
tions, 2; art galleries and frames, q. bleacher-
ios, .; butchers 30; bars and restaurants f0
bill posters. / builders .; brewers, Il beer
and meat /: butter 49, boilermaker, |; bar
rooms, BOG; bar and pool rooms, 81; billiards,
GO; bicycles, .; boots and shoes, USi ben
hangers and locksmths 3; brokers, 90; birds.
1 baker and liquors, /; books (socOnd-hand)
4 books etc .,33; book bnders7; book agents,
3; bakers, 81; builders supples.2; bone mill L.
bionzers, 2; brickyards and works, Z; botters
4; bankers, p BARRIERS, 40; boats ana boats to
hire, SO; baseball grounds, 1 broom factory, Il
blacksmiths 30; brush factory, 1; commercial
agents, q commission merchants. %; carpen'
taCturers, 3; coffee mills, 2; Clock-maker, L.
cigars and tobacco, 2O3: claim agents %; cat.
tie dealers, p coal and coke, china ana
glass, 16;cuniCctioncry. ll1 candies, .; cigar
makers, / commissioners of deeds, .; clothing
al; coal and iron agents, /: corn mill. |; col
lectors, 3; coal shippers, circulating libraries
-; carpet wCayers, I: cement and lime, > car
riage trimmings, /; carriage manufacturers
2l; cuppers and leechers, |; cabinet makers,
II: contractors, .; contractors and builders
s; carbon lights, Il chair Gamer. Il carpet
draughtsmen, 81 dyer and scourers, 10 dining
rooms, 3S; express. Z: eating-houses, 10: en-
grayers, l ]; electric light companies, 2; cleo
trcians. 2; employment offices, 2; furniture.
81; flour 10: toundries, IL; feed, 2O fancy
goods, 49, flour mills, 4; fertiliZing factories,
?; fruits. A. florists, 1; fish and game, l; felt,
lime and hair, =; feather and hair renovators.
|; fire eNtinguishers, ! iresco painter, /; file
holder factory, /; furnishing stores, 81; forest
supplies, 2; groceries, COZ; groceries and
liquors, 223; groceries and bar, 80; grocery
gas fixtures, 3: gun and locksmith 4: gun
manuiacturer, 1; iron cornices, p groceries
groceries, and painting, !; hair dressers;
4; hotel and bar, %; harness, and
trunks, %; hats and caps, 0;. herbs, |;
hotels, %; hardware, ~ hides and tallow, 9;
horse shoers 2: horse dealers 3; hair D: horse
and carriage bazar, 2; house and sign painters,
23 Ice, 10; insurance agents and companies,
~; insurance and real estate, l0 insulators !;
importers brica-brac, 1: importers of laces, /;
ice cream, .; iron raings, p instrument en-
graver. j; instruments, 10; jewellers, 62;
manufacturers, A: laundries, 16: livery, 81;
lumber 16; liquors, 27l; leather, 1; life and
trust company I; loan association, Il loex. e.
smith, /: meats, -; markets, 4; millinery, 21
81; paper mill, 1; sumac mills 1; wood saving
mill, l; machinists, q: moulding, i; model
maker, IL mineral waters, =, messenger SerN-
ice, Il; metallic roofing /; notions III; news
paper offices, IL; notaries, 9; news company, l.
opticians, t. oyster dealers, 81 produce, 6S
pipe works, q provisions, 40; paints and oils
ID plumbing, As; printing, 20; paper, 49, pic
lures and japanese, /; pawnbrokers, Z;
plumbers supplies, Z: paper boxes, /; plate
printer, ]; terra Gotta works, l; photographers
Do publishers, q; piano insurance, /; photo
copying, 1; pianos 3; produce foreign), 81;
paintings, g. pickles 1; picture frames, 8;
pork, l; pictures !; restaurants, ~; real
estate, 3; real estate brokers' -; real estate
agents, ~; railroads, 8; rag dealers, 3; coffee
roastcrs, p; stamping, .; shoe find
ings, z; stationery q; safes, stoves, ETC.,
AZ; ship chambers, p soap factories, b;
sewing machines, 10; shooting-galleries, l.:
shoe makers. 80; safe deposit, .; second hand
furniture, 2: show cases, |; surgical instru-
ments 2; shirt factories 2; sash, doors, and
blinds, 3: stained glass, /; sporting goods, L:
stair builders, .: slate roofers, .; slate man
tells 1; silversmiths, /; stone-yard /; silver
platers, 2; sale stables, A; skating Kinks, 2;
theatres, O. telephone companies, 3; tailors,
go: teas and coffee, ID; timers 10; tinware,
3; turkish baths, 2; taxidermsts, 3; telegraph
companies, q; type foundry, /: type writers, 2;
tobacco manufactures, 3: upholsterers, 8:
undertakers, 33; transfer companies, 1; under.
takers supplies, /; variety stores, 10; wood
and willow-ware, 3; wholesale meats, L
wholesale feed and flour, .; wire-workers, 2
wholesale paper dealers, 4; wig manufacturers
3; wall paper, .: wood and ivory, 81: wholesale
fancy goods, l. wholesale millinery l; woo1
and coal, 112: yeast powder, l.