The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-16


feet the Business of Publishing
Reliable City Directories-AII the
Important Firms In the United
States Are Represented-St. Pauls
Work Is Highly Commended.
The first annual meeting Of the Ameri-
can Association of Directory Publishers
was held yesterday at the Ryan hotel and
members were present representing al
most every firm in the United States pub
fishing city directories. The convention
met in the forenoon, with President David
V. Gould, of st. Louis, in the chair. An
afternoon session at which trustees were
elected for terms Of one year was also
held, but both were executive. The newly
elected board of trustees will meet to-
day to elect officers of the association for
the coming year.
The American Association of Directory
Publishers was organized last November
with a membership of thirty The OBJ
1ect of the organization, as stated by
President Gould, is to perfect the business
of publishing reliable city directories. The
| recent large increase in the directory
business and the Importance of the work
in large cities made an organization ne
cessary. The thirty members repre-ent
all the important directory firms in the
/ United States, including the one which
publishes st. Paul's annual, cover 100
! cities and furnish directories to 10,5OQ,000
! people.
The business of the morning session
/ was largely routine. The members pres
ent joined in a general discussion of
methods of work and Of getting out ac-
curate volumes, and the accumulated
business of a year was transacted. At
! IL o'clock a recess was taken and the
/ second session convened at 4:30 yesterday
! afternoon. The election of trustees was
the only feature Of the afternoon, eight
being chosen to fill unexpired terms, as
follows:
n David V Gould St: Louis; R. L. Polk,
Sn it6l'' w. P D.. iMuT4ocki BoSton; 1; F:
Haven. Conn; ]. L. Hill, Richmond. Va.
r. H. Donnelley, Chicago; w. H Bates,
New York; A. G. Wright. Milwaukee.
The evening session was dispensed with,
and at the invitation of the ST Paul
members the visiting directory men took
a tally-ho ride through the business por-
ton of the city, afterwards visiting the
residence district on St. Anthony hill
The following members were present at
the annual meeting:
David V. Gould. St Louis. president.
! Gould Directory company; r. L. Polk,
Detroit, first vice president, Polk Direc-
tory company; w. e. Murdoch, Bost on,
second vice president; R. H. Donnelley.
treasurer; w. II. Bates, New York Trow
Directory company, secretary; G. b.
Franks, Peoria, III; J. L. Hill, Richmond.
| Va; c. B. Hoy, Kansas City; G. B.
Mills, Ann Arbor, Mich; W. II. Lee.
New Haven, Conn; H. N. Stone, Quincy
Ill; A. ". Williams Cincinnati, O.; A. J..
Paul, and others. Proxies were received
| from New Orleans, Denver, Syracuse,
| Cleveland. Philadelphia. Atlanta, Read
| ing, WatertOwn, N. Y. and Omaha.
In speaking Of the work of the associa-
ton yesterday, President Gould said:
This is only the second tine s.nce
directories were first published that the
men who make them have come together.
| The association is of recent organization,
/ but has been Of immense value already.
I Our members represent firms from Port,
! land, Or, to Boston, and from St. Paul
to New Orleans and Atlanta, Ga, and as
soon as the association is a little older
every firm in the United States will be
represented. The association aims to keep
in touch with improved methods of pub
fishing and the tremendous growth and
/ increasing Importance of the works which
we issue make it an excellent help. We
aim to improve our directory staffs and
Introduce through our organization any
new methods which may come up from
| time to time.
II have noticed with interest the new
directory published here. 1t appears to
! be most excellent one and certainly
reflects great credit upon one of our
members, Mr.. T. F. Smith, who directed
the work of gathering the information
and putting the volume on the market