Arizona republican., 1909-05-05
CONFORMS TO NATIONAL PURE Fo
NEW CITY DIRECTORY
 A SURPRISING VOLUME
Warrants Assumption of a Popula- ton of 25,000 Within the Corpora tion.

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 Phoenix has a new city directory. not merely a good one, but as fine one as was ever put up in any cOun- try, well bound in green cloth and of attractive appearance. The ap pearance, however, is not it's chief recommendation, which is the ma terial inside the covers, but the ap pearance on the inisde is equally as attractive as the real value. The book was compiled by the Buck Directory company, of this city. and printed in Los Angeles. The color is made to harmoniZe with all the southern California directories issued this year, and is in contrast with all the former Phoenix directories issued
 The book is nearly twice as thick as the last Phoenix directory issued and contains about three times as much matter. the body of it being printed in eight point type solid as against twelve point type leaded in the old book. E. N. Buck, who has spent months of labor and much money in preparation of the book, says he be- lieves it as near perfection in point of compilation as it is possible to make a directory. And a careful in to the same opinion.
 The directory covers general Phoe- nix directory, general information directory business directory, appendix and the directories of Mesa, Tempe, Glendale, Alhambra and Buckeye There are 476 pages in the book and the various departments are on diff ferent cOlored paper, the Phoenix de partment being the larger, in white. The advertising pages are practically works of art. Some of the ads are beautifully engraved, or Autographed, and there are coupons that may be torn out and made as partial payment on goods, each five cent check ap- plying on a dollars worth. There are also some white ads on black background The general informa tion department gives all desired facts in connection with streets and ave nues, blocks. fire department, local government, fire alarms, all fraternal societies, etc, etc. The book is on sale at the POstoffice News store.
 An interesting feature of the book
  of the community The last directory people. or the city has had a most marvellous growth. It carried some thing like 1000 names in the Phoenix section, including wives and many minors. This volume carries in the Phoenix section about 14,000 names, including only male adults, widows and young women. excluding wives children and transients. The publish CT says that for every name listed. in his opinion, there is at least one other. a wife, child or transient not listed Or, to make the estimate, he believes the normal population of the city and it's environs is 30,000 peo- pie, to which he would add 5000 as the transient winter population. These are not all within the incorporation, to be sure, but are as much part or the community as any other. For instance the names are listed out Central avenue, and in other direc- tions beyond the corporation lines. But at least it may be cOnservatiVely stated that the population is nearer 25.000 than 15.000. the generally ac- cepted popular figures, within the corporation lines.
 Concerning the business of the city the following paragraph is taken from the preface of the book. In its pc rusal the reader is advised that in reference to any house. mercantile, professional or otherwise, the entire firm counts as but one. To illus trate in the case of lawyers, the fig ure is placed at about forty. Where there are two or more in one firm, all are counted as one firm, or one lawyer Here is the paragraph:
 Among the mercantile houses it is interesting to note that no less than seventy-three of them are en- gagged in the grocery business, while there are twenty-one dry goods houses. Nothing, however, gives clearer evidence that Phoenix is mak- ing substantial as well as rapid growth than the fact that there are forty contractors to attend to con struction work. Taking up the pro fessions it is noted that there are fifty physicians (and more than a nurse for each medicO, there being fifty-one trained nurses in the city, the dentists numer eleven, the law yers forty. engineers (mining, civil. etc) forty-five. There are twenty three restaurants where one may get something to eat and twenty three saloons where ones thirst may be quenched. There are no less than thirty eight public rooming houses and seven hotels. The real estate men number forty-five, the barber shops twenty, and the dress makers twenty-six. It is easy to dig out a lot of interesting facts from these pages that illustrate the rapidity or the city's growth, and the ines or it's development.