The times., 1899-11-26

an inch thick, and contains one hundred
and fifty pages Il is bound with yellow
card board. and on the face Of the binding,
and also on the title page, is the follow
ing:
THE WASHINGTON DIRECTORY,
Showing
The Name, Occupation, and Residence
OF each
Head OF a Family. and Eaci Person in Business;
The Names ri
The Members Uf Congress and Where They Board,
Together With other Useful Information
BY JUDAH DELANo,
Washington.
Printed and i0r Sale by William Duncan, Twelfth
Street & West
The advertisement printed on the sec
ond page follows:
The first General Directory for the city
Of Washington is herewith presented to the
public. in the hope that it VIII be found
what the compiler has spared no pains in
endeavoring to make il, worthy OF their
patronage.
IN order TO state the places Of residence
as explicitly. and, at the same time, as
concisely. as possible, a system OF con
traction was necessary to be adopted
which il is presumed. there viii be no diff
dculty in understanding. The following ex-
amples viii serve as an explanation TO
those who require il: Street north. is
expressed by Fn. and Twelfth Street west
by l2w, and the other streets on the same
plan-dw. is for dwelling and btw be-
tween The other contractions are sufIi-
eiently ineligible without explanation.
To those unacquainted with the plan
of the city il may be OF service 10 state
that all the streets running east and west,
are designated by letters Of the alphabet
and by the word north OF south, according
as they are situated north OF south OF the
Capitol which is the dividing point; as
A Street north and 4 Street south. which
are the first streets north and south Of the
Capitol.
the streets running north and south
are designated numerically, and by the
word east and west, according TO their po-
siuions with respect TO the Capitol; as
First Street east, and First Street west.
Washington, December, 1922"
Items in the Index.
In the index occur these items. which
sound strange in the Washington OF today:
Board Of Aldermen. Board Of Guardi-
ans to the Poor. Board Of appeal, Bounda-
ries Of the Wards. Chimney Sweeps. Clerks
OF the Markets, Coal Measurers, Board of
Building City Hall. Commissioners for
Draining Low Grounds, Commissioners of
the Burial Grounds, Female Cent So
ciefy of Washington, Regulations Regard
ing FootWay. Trees. and Pumps, Inspector
OF Tobacco. Levy Court for the County Of
Washington. Licenses TO Tavernkes spers,
Managers OF the City Lotteries. Qualiica-
tions Of the Mayor and City Officers, Quail
ffcations Of Voters. Tax on Stoves, and
Wood C0rders
When Mr. Delano's Directory was Pub
Hshed the population OF Washington was
1924 no greater than that OF Alexandria
today AT that tine the population of
Alexandria was about .00G so that there
was little difference in the size of the TWO
cities. The population Of Georgetown was
1859. There was great rivalry between the
three cities.
The population Of Washington in 1922
was as follows: White males, 4 7S6: white
females. 4,S2G; male slaves, $50. female
slaves. 1.0G5, free c0IOred males. 750; free
colored females. 946. The white p0pua-
tion was 9605. and the coIored population,
364l. The white population by wards fol-
lows: First ward, ,7S5; Second. IT76;
Third. 1917 Fourth, 1886; Fifth. g56;
Sixth. . G26.
The officers OF the corporation OF Wash
iugton as given in the old directory fol-
low:
Mayor. Thomas Carbery: Register. viii
liam Hewitt; Clerk 20 the Mayor ard Regis
Ter. Thomas j. N0yes; Board Of Aldermen
and Common Council. First wa-C- Alder
men. Charles ". Goldsbor0ugh, Henry NJ
Steiner. councilmen. Alexander McInure,
William p Gardner James Gather; sec
ond ward-Aldermen, James H0ban,
John A Wilson; councilmen, Henry
smith. Francis Coyle; Third ward
Alderman William W Seaton. PIES
ident. courciimeu. Peter Force Wal
Ter Clark. Nathan Smith, Fourth
ward-AlGarmen. Benjamin Burch VII
liam A Bradley; counciltaen, George
Watteustou. president. John Pic. Elias b
Caldwell; Sixth War5-Aldermen. James
Middleton. George BIogden. councilnen
Griffith Coombs, Edward :. Lewis, Clement
Boswell. Sixth ward-AldGrmcn. Israel Lit
tie Edward " Clark couucilmeu. Adam
Lindsay. Philemon Moss, John Nowland.
secretary 20 the board OF aldermen, Eras-
mus J. Middleton.
The officers urdC- the corporation follow
Board Of Guardians Of the PoOr-Charles
". GoldsboroUgh John NcCIeIland. Peter
Force. John Pic, Richmond Johnson. Ad-
Am Lindsay, Alexander McWillilms; jose ph
j. McCorlle, secretary; Robert Clark in
tendant, Mrs. Parry. matrcn
Board o. Health-Dr. Thomas Sim. Dr.
Henry Hunth Dr. Thomas Sewall. Dr.
Frederick May. Dr. Richmond Johnson DR.
Charles B. Hamilton, Massrz. Charles "
GOldsborough. Thomas IT, ellis. John Tn
derw00d, Elias b. Caldwell George BIog-
den. John Crsbb, and Alexander McWil-
lisms.
City Commissioaers-Fir Ward. Samuel
HeTKnesss Second and Third wards. Joseph
Dougherty. Fourth ward. John Chalmers,
Fifth and Sixth wards John b. Forrest
Board OF Appeal-WIlam Worthingtou.
Samuel Burch, James Hobau, Samuel Nil
Ter
Commissioners for Building City Hall
Thomas Carbery Mayor; William Prout
Bowen C. Weightman. George Swceny,
John r. Ingle
Commissioners for Draining Low Ground
Thomas Carbery Mayor; James Hoban
Rowen c. Weighiman. Adam Lindsay
Ccp--e Wattersion.
Collectors Of TaEes-Joseph Bromley for
FIrst and Second wards; John Frank for
Third and Fourth wards. George Adams
for Fifth and Sixth wards.
Police Bstables-Frederick Hines
John Waters. Charles ". BUteler Joseph
". Beck. william Smith, Enoch Bryan.
Clerks Of The Markets-Phillip Williams
Western Market. John Waters Centre
Market. Benson Mccormick Capitol Hiil;
Peter Little, Eastern Branch.
Managers OF the City teries-Thomas
Il. ellis. Andrew Way, William Brent
Daniel Rapine, John Davidson.
Commissioners OF the Burial Grounds
John Chalmers. Daniel Rapine John Crabb.
David EasiOn, Robert King. Benjamin NJ
Best: John l. BrightwcH, sexton; Phillip