Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-30
NEW DIRECTORY.

The Hill Directory Company Of Alex
andria, and Richmond, Virginia, has
completed the latest directory Of Alex
andria and are now delivering it to the
subscribers. The book is nicely gotten
up and contains much useful informa-
ton regarding Alexandria and its bust
ness interests The preface furnished
by the Chamber of Commerce Of Alex
andria commencing OH page 2, gives
some very interesting facts and figures
in connection with the solid growth Of
Alexandria. The Hill Directory Com
pany are enabled to place copy OF the
Alexandria Directory in large num-
Der OF cities throughout the United
States where it is i'm daily use by the
travelling public This feature alone is
a very valuable one TO our city. We
are told by the publishers that they
have been met in very kindly spirit
by the business men and the citizens
generally, thus enabling them to secure
the necessary information for the
production that they hope will
be satisfactory and serviceable
TO the people Of your city. On page 5
is the general index which will enable
anyone to find promptly any of the
different departments of this work.
On page is the index of the pIo-
gressive merchants Of the city who
have shown their interest in the city
directory by advertising i'll it. Com
mencing OH page 8, is the miscellaneous
department showing the county, city,
state and general government facts.
On page Is comes the financial sec
ton, giving the officers OF the different
banks and deposit companies Follow
ing that comes the general informa-
ton i'm reference 10 the churches, so
cieties. etc. Commencing on page u
will be found a list of post, express,
and telegraph offices Of Virginia. This
list in itself should be great assist
ance TO the merchants Of the city be-
cause Que can see At glance exactly
the location Of each postofiice, also
whether there is an express, telegraph,
money order. or bank located there.
This is a new feature added by the pub
fishers. The directory heretofore
simply gave the list of post offices.
Commencing on page "a is the street
guide giving the exact location OF each
street. This is another new feature
On page 81 you will fud all the alb
breyiations used in this work which
should be Of service to all the users OF
the directory. From page 81 to 80 IS
the alphabetical department from which
we have the name OF all of the citizens
and business houses arranged alpha
beticaily. From page 2o7 to S2S IS the
business directory, giving under the
different headings all the different busl-
ness and other enterprises arranged so
that anyone can readily find them all III
a concise way. You will notice that
the book has been made more compact
than usual, there being AZ names tG
the maze. where the old book used
TO carry 43. In addition to that
the publishers have taken out
the cards that ran through the
center of the page This book also
contains map OF tne city WHICH - VI
the third page of the book. The
arrangement Of this book has also beef
changed, the old book carrying thu
white people in one department anC
the colorcd people in another. The
publishers found serious objection t.
that. for a man looking for a name an'
not knowing whether he is white OF
colored will have to look through both
so they have put them both together
designating the colored by a star II
front Of the name. This feature thu
publishers have found a good one
and it is always satisfactory to the gen
eral public to have the names in ont
department They believe the citizen
will appreciate the 're-arrangemen
they have made.