Evening journal., 1915-08-03
TRADE DIRECTORY Of
commerce CHAMBER
Contains 172 Pages OF Use
full Information and
Membership List
ADVANTAGES OF CITY
ARE FULLY SET FORTH

Inc CndmOeI OF commerce Ids 10
sued its membership list and Classi-
fed Trade Directory. The book con-
tains 172 pages and is brimming full
of useful information. In addition to
the membership being classified, con-
siderable information is furnished
Included is the schedule of railroad
and trolley lines. On every leaf of
the directory the reader is reminded
to buy in Wilmington or that Work
not knocking-builds a city. Advice
is given regarding printing impostors'
and bad accounts and setting forth
the operations of the credit rating
bureau.
Many persons will be surprised to
learn salient facts about Wilmington,
as follows:
Geographical Location-27 miles
southwest of Philadelphia, 50 miles
northeast of Baltimore located on
Delaware river at the junction of
Christiana and Brandywine rivers,
county seat of New Castle county. five
miles frontage on Delaware river.
Area-10.1S square miles (6.519
acres).
Population-92.O 2.O57 Census esti-
mate. 1910. Number of voters regis
tered 1912. 23,102; number of votes
cast 1912, 2O724; population by color
and nativity: 1900, native white
56.312: foreign-born white 10.426;
colored, 9,77O;l 1910. native white
64,6S1; foreign-born white, 1858;
colored. 9,1O2.
Transportation Facilities.
Pennsylvania Railroad Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, Philadelphia and
Reading Railway. three suburban
trolley lines Zone of which goes direct
to Philadelphia). one river steamer
line to Chester and Philadelphia. one
river. freight line to Philadelphia
hourly Delaware river ferry service
TO New Jersey points. reducing mile
age for automobilists to New Jersey
seashore resorts by p miles.
Consolidated street railway system
with universal transfers.
Easy access TO market for fuel aEt
raw material, with low freight rates
35-foot channel in Delaware river
at Wilmington, 21-foot channel in in
ner harbor.
Municipal.
Government-Mayo and Council
consisting of President and twelve
members
The original charter of the borough
Of Wilmington was granted by Kinl
George II November 16. 1899
The borough charter was suppressed
ed by a municipal charter granted b.
act of the Legislature January is
1892
New s1,5OO,OOO joint Municipal ant
County Administration Building.
City Departments: Board of Edu
cation president and twelve mem
bers; Street and Sewer Board presi
dent and two members: Board O
f. Park Commissioners. president AM
eleven members. of which four ar
ex-officio; Board of Police Commis
sioners president and two members
Board of Water Commissioners. presi
dent and two members; Board o
Health, president and four members
Board of Public Utility Commission
ers. president and four members.
Thirty-one public schools Gnclud
ing two high schools average dali.
school attendance. 1880 z
parochial and private schools.
Seventy and seventy-nine-hun
dredths miles of paved street
(rubble 9.12 miles; granite block
1926 miles vitrifed brick. 1872
miles; ordinary macadam, 1887
sheet asphalt, 1.01 miles; "Amiesite
macadam, IA mile; bituminous ma
cadam, 447 miles: Warren
Bitulithic 81 miles; Portlan
Cement Concrete. .2S2 miles; asphalt
concrete, LES milel.
One hundred and twenty-five an
thirty y-eight-hundredths miles q
sewers (115.76 public. 662 private
Three hundred and seventy-fou
2000-c.p electric arc lamps; &C
40-c.p electric incandescent lamps
4 60-c.p. electric incandescent lamps
172 S0-c.p. electric incandescer
lamps; 67S gas incandescent lamps
IA gas arc lamps.
Annual cost of lighting streets. $50
527S3; S50O.o0O appropriated and in
mediately available for new stree
paving: "a miles electrical currer
wire; 226 miles telephone wire; 6.e
miles of telegraph wire: 405 mile
of conduits; 4726 miles of street raj
way trackage; S5.SS miles Of ga
mains.
Main park system, 4O5 acres lin
proved. 266; wood land, 139);
small parks C66 acres); total par
- acreage. All; eight supervised pla!
grounds; Is municipal baseba
helds; seven football fields; fol
swiming pools; 10 tennis courts.
Annual attendance at Municip
swimming pools, $4,000.
Well trained and efficient PoliC
Department, with a total of 125 me
Twelve fire companies with
pieces of fre-hghting apparatu
'' nearly all motor-driven: 1850 FIR
men; 1902 modern fire hydrants.
Municipal water plant supplyir
l2,0OO.OO0 gallons of pure Brand,
vine water daily; modern fltratic
system
Unique and ideal city market. opt
10 farmers wagons. bringing
vegetables, fruits and produce fro
rich surrounding agricultural section
of Delaware, New Jersey and PEN
sylvania.
Revenue and Taxation.
Total assessed property value. SIS