Evening journal., 1916-03-15
MANY Interesting
CHANGES ARE FOUND
IN CITY DIRECTORY

The new City Directory for 1916 is
now being delivered by the publish
ors. the Eastern Directory Company.
Of this city. The books present a
marked appearance and improvement
over any directory ever published in
Wilmington AT the beginning Of the
book will be found a buyers guide.
which consists OF announcements OF
a great many manufacturers and bus
mess concerns. This section is called
the Golden Rod" section
The usual map OF the city follows.
For the first time a preface is printed
before the table OF contents. I'm this
preface is a list Of the number OF
names found in the book, amounting
to 43.507 FOR the city proper Ac-
cording 10 this total, the population
of the city Is estimated 10 be 97S40.
The business directory OF the city
follows next Beginning at page 15t
Is The main directory Of the residents
Of the city The list appears greatly
improved. in two columns For con-
venience Of reference the last name
of person is printed but once and
an the other persons of the same
name will be found together alpha
beucally arranged, beginning with
the letter "a" Fifteen hundred
cross references are given. TO as
sist in finding names.
The block or house directory also
is changed and improved. Hereto
fore the houses were arranged on
different sides OF the street In the
past the East Side was printed in
one list and then the West Side was
printed In another list. This year
every street is arranged under one
heading. For instance, Market street
Is found on page 772. under one list,
the number being run in numerical
order instead of the even numbers,
and the odd numbers being given in
separate lists This is a great con-
vonience and time saver in using the
house-tO-hOuse portion OF the book.
On page 737. at the commencement Of
the block section. ii is stated that on
an streets running In q nOrtherly
direction the odd numbers are on
the westerly side Of the street, and
the even numbers on the easterly
side Of the street
On streets running east and west
the odd numbers arc on the north
side and the even numbers on the
south side OF the street. Thus any
person can readily know exactly
where any house may be he desires to
look for Every cross street is shown.
A large cut OF the county and muni-
cipal building is TO be found. together
with the picture of Mayor Price in
the section containing statistical in
formation relative to the City OF VIII
mngion,
IN the golden rod section Of the
book will he found 26-page article,
prepared by Neil b. Sinclair, OF the
/ Chamber of Commerce. stating the
advantages and attractions OF viii
mington. This article will be OF
great advantage to the city, when th'
book is placed in all the directory
libraries Of the United States. The
publishers guarantee 10 place a copy
OF the book this wear In every direc-
/ tory library OF the United States and
Canada These libraries for the most
part are in the rooms either OF the
Chambers OF Commerce or the Boards
Of Trade. or other representative
bodies in the cities whore the book is
10 be found
The directory exchange will be
found IN 25O Of the leading cities Of
the United States, and is similar to
the directory library which the pub
fishers Of The Wilmington City Direc-
tory are furnishing and maintaining
in the rooms Of the Chamber OF
Commerce here with which readers
OF THE EVENING JOURNAL are al
ready familiar