The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-02
CITY DIRECTORY
FOR 1878 ISSUED
Shows That Richmond Has 1885,
295 Population i'll Area Soon
to Be Annexed.
HAS MANY NEW FEATURES
Transient Population. According
to Hotel Figures, Is More
Than 1000 Daily.

That most prolific and fruitful or
Richmond authors j. Lud. Hill. has
received from the press his latest mon
unentai work. the City Directory for
1910, winch this year is composed OF
l,'50 pages of up to- the minute infor-
thatlon about Richmond people and
Richmond Industries. Mr. Hill has now
begun the work of distribution. AL
! though 1t contains eighty eight pages
inore than last years directory, the
1918 issue is thinner and more handy.
nelng printed on paper not quite as
heavy ms formerly
I AS usual. tho duh lists of uamcs arc
empeliished by pages OF interesting
facts about the city's financial and bus
mess life, with Il complete tabloid
sketch OF the attractions. advantages
and resources Of Richmond in addition
TO tables OF statistics There is also
:, section, printed on blue paper labeled
Made III Richmond" having n list ten
lrages long Of the city's products. from
artificial limbs to toinbstones. baking
powder to wardrobes, and cigarettes
! 10 snathes.
Shows We Have iSS,.o5 People.
According to tho resourceful MIR Hill
there are 1SS,395 persons living and
breathing in the city Of Richmond AMI
its suburbs. a territory bounded on tho
west by Westhampton Lake on the
east by the National Cemetery on tho
north by Lakeside Park. and on the
south by Forest Hill Annex This is;
the territory which the Chamber of
commerce and other organizations are
urging the City Council to embrace in
the city's limits. The 1913 directory
actually contains 75.3lS names. which
represents only the male members or
the family and widows. To obtain tho
real population of the city the Asso-
citation OF American Directory pub
/ fishers has agreed that these figures
should be multiplied by two and one
I half. Alr. Hill produces figures on page
| ~ to show that the population OF
ricimond on incorporation az n city
\ III l7S2 was l,03i. composed as follows.
white, 5sS slaves. la5: free colored
persons, 49, He estimate sthat there
are In the corporate limits "A total of
/ $50 people living at this time. n
gain of exactly 70o2 over the United
states census report for 1910
kichmonds transient popula ton is
more than l,oOo. From the hotel reg
listers of the city Mr. Hill learns that
there is daily average of 900 visitors
! IN Richmond hotels the year around
me hotels have accommodations for
phones III the city. which is not pro
! portionate with the progress OF the
city in other lines, however
New Directory Fcnturcs
/ inc directory this year is augmented
by two additional features: n complete
Gel post law, postage table showing
| the exact amount of postage for any
| weight parcel from Richmond TO any
l Virginia post office. and a large folding
map, Inc best yet TO be made of the city,
/ marked To SHOW the location of The
! principal buildings and points OF inter-
est 1t is blocked OFF in numbered
squares. and The position OF any build
ing desired can be found AZ once by
/ reference 10 the guide on the lower cor
4 ner of the map.
Although the big book contains the
names OF residents OF the various sub
I urps OF the city, the names arc not
CLASSIFIED according To the city and out
Sklrts The names OF residents of
/ Highland Park are printed side bv side
OF city residents, with the distingulsh-
ing mark. II. r.. following the name.
MI residents OF Barton Heights are
designated by the letters e. H fol-
lowing, and South Richmonders by the
In The very forefront OF the book is
. preface from the Hill Directory Com
bdhN' snort summary Of the city's
wealth., nnance. manufacturing and
iroSfeSs. Then come &c yellow pages
or ciassiied advertising, being COM
piete business directory for the out-of-
town buyer The short sketch OF the
Guy resources, which follows the ad-
'crllslnS, was prepared by the Cham
per OF Commerce. II contains practt-
t"iiE every blt OF Information which
one might desire concerning Richmond
after the sketch is the Made in Rich
mona list and a map OF the battle
telds surrounding the city
Some Leading I'ansilicS
1hen comes the directory proper
comprising Liz closely printed pages
OF names OF which the cstimable family
OF smith occupies fifteen pages. the
.Iohnsons and Johnstons fifteen and one
haii pages. the Joneses another fifteen
pages and the Williamses fifteen pages
me rivalry among these four families
Tor The largest population was intense
ana The count virtually a tie In actual
hgures. there are about $500 repre-
sentatves of each of these four families
in Richmond
classified business directory Of
nearly 100 pages follows. Then comes
the classification of the city's popula
tlon according to streets. a section oc-
cNpYins 200 pages. After this is tho
miscellaneous directory, giving the city
and State officers. churches. schools
banks. clubs. hospitals, railways. or
tanizations and fraternal societies The
numerical arrangement of the city's
loo telephones prccedes the parcel
post section, which is the last portion
OF the ponderous volume.
Marriage License.
marriage license was Issued Yesterday
in the clerks office or the Hastings Court
4" Willie G. Turner and RUBY Earl Church