St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-22
The Minneapolis Directory
Company Comes Out First
by Being Last.
Cries Of "Stealing"and "Stuff-
ing" From R. L. Polk
& Co.
A Brief History Of the Terri
BILE Directory War That
Is Waging.


Polk Il Co., was given to the public, or
rather the vital points of its compila-
ton were made known. 1t con-
tanned 74,l30 names of individuals,
which, using the accepted multi
plier of 2.94, gave population of 217, 662.
Yesterday advance copies of the direct
DRY issued by the Minneapolis Directory
Publishing company were furnished to
the press. 1t contains rs, 126 names, or
1,116 more names than the directory is
sued by the hated opposition.
Eurekal
Using the same multiple of 2.94, the
population of Minneapolis is 223, $40,
6,15S more individuals than was shawn
by the other directory. Nothing
but intense rivalry could have brought
about such showing. Cries of ''stuff-
ing" and repeating" from the opposi-
ton are lost in the glory OF the achieve
ment.
To understand the nature of the fight
the public should learn that for thirteen
years c. Wright Dawson published the
directory of Minneapolis. The
wear and tear on his nerv-
GUS system caused by the strain
of keeping up with the growth
of the st. Paul directory was too much
III MN, anu llt ltiSG } cdI Solu ouo W ~
l.. Polk d Co., the well-known di-
rectory publishers. The transfer in
Guided the use of his name, good will
and patronage, and about this time Col.
c. NJ. Foote, Uncle Selah Mathews and
Aid. F. G. Barrows conc luded nobody
had q Sinch on the directory business
and decided to try their luck. For
weeks the emiSSarieS of the rival con-
Germs have been securing the city for
names, landing their respective direc-
tories and decrying the merits of the
opposition. The works were compiled
under lock and key, and consultations
were held in closets. Polk Il Co. gained
the advantage of coming out first, but
the Minneapolis company laid back in
the shade and now claims to have come
out first by being last.
But the end is noty apparently.
r. l.. Polk & Co., through Charles S.
Careins, applied to the United States
circuit court, now in session at Kansas
City, for restraining order prohibiting
the issue Of the Foote-MathewS direc-
tory, upon the grounds of copying
from last years Dawson directory,
copyrighted under the United States
laws. Yesterday word was received
from him that Judge Brewer had
granted a temporary injunction. Col.
Foote was appraised of this interesting
fact by a GLOBE reporter last evening
and asked what he was going to do.
"Dow yelled the colonel, going up in
the air about two feet. "Dow he ex-
claimed. "Why we're going to keep on
publishing the Minneapolis city direct
DRY, you darned fool. We are not quit
tiers. We have got the right to publish
directory if we want to and
we're going to do it. We
have had no notification of any such ac
ton of any court, and will keep on until
we do. | guess there's enough support
for Minneapolis institutions and feeling
of home pride to back us up. too"
A STRICTLY REGULATION
review of the new directory shows it to
be handsomely-printe volume OF
1926 pages, and typographicallya beauty,
The book contains 7G,126 individual
names, allowances being made of course
for names rereated in corporation and
firm titles. This exceeds the number
OF names contained in the Davidson di-
rectOry by 1,176, and many are inclined
to think that this is right. Using amul-
tiplier of 212, this would give a total
population of 100, 315, but with the null
tiplier of 90, which has been used here
tofOre, and which was used in making
up the Davidson directory, the pop
ulation is brought up to 223,-
SO, while the other direct
DRY makes it only 217,622.
The miscellaneous department of the
new directory does not, perhaps, contain
quite so much information as the David
son directory, but what is given is put
in clear. concise way, which is at
once pleasing and catchy. This is es-
pecially true in reference to the news
paper and church departments, and in
the classification of streets. This street
guide is one of the most i'm
portant features in the book
and has evidently received a
great deal of attention. 1t
is so arranged that the location of any
street in the city may be at once ascer-
tanned by reference to large map of
the city and a table which proceeds it.
This map has the wards all in different
colors, and shows each line of street
railway. Then there is table showing
what places of interest are passed
by each line of street railroad.
The miscellaneous department begins
With brief but accurate history of the
commercial and municipal growth of the
city. a complete business. educational,
society and general directory, all being
concise and to the point A pleasing
feature Of the book is that it does not
contain as many heavy, black lettered
advertisements as the other directory,
which gives it much neater appear
ance.
In note to the public, which is in the
nature OF preface, the publishers say:
I've recognize that the work is not per-
feet in all its innumerable details, and
yet we dare assume that no similar pro-
duction ever published in this or any
other city has had the benefit of more
thorough and conscientious work. The
cOmpllerS commenced their task with
the ldea-first, of making per-
manent feature of the pub
LEGATION of directory for the
city of Minneapolis; secondly, of keep
ing the work entirely in the hands of a
company, every member of which was
a resident and taxpayer in the city,
and none of whom had any extensive
the work in SO thorough and efficient a
manner that there would be no room
hereafter for any similar publication -
The publishers of the book pay their
compliments to the publishers of the
opposition directory in this way:
I'm the prosecution of their work
the compilers request the CO.
operation of the business interests of
this community. They are seeking nc
1aVorS that would not be cheerfully eX-
tended to any other legitimate business
enterprise, to be established and sus-
tanned in growing and progressive
community. They found the field un-
occupied by any parties interested in
the city, and have occupied it-first. as
agood, legitimate business enterprise
and secondly, SO that they might con-
tribute something to the advancement
of the community in which all their ma.
terial Interests are conferred"
RAILROAD EMPLOYt;s