^OOULD-^ KmuKJi»» mi St* I SHOWING THE GtovuH'v of '3?opn.fatioii, 3»vctca^c c^ o)3u^inc:^^ avvb ?)]Lcvtc ziai 3 Ht pr cue vncvvt* — ALSO THE — Post Office Statistics, From the Time of the Last National Census till May tst, 1886. iUL 20 m6 I PUBLISHED BY THE Gould Directory Co., 813 Locust Street, St. Louis, Mo. A THE PROGRESS OF ST, LOUIS, The natural demand for information, as to the growth and develop- ment of population and material wealth, partieularlj' in great cities, hardly meets with sufficient satisfaction from the regular decennial census of the United States. Ten j'ears is so long an interval between each count, and the changes that occur therein are so vast, that our eager, rapid living and rapid growing communities are continually asking for something more, a lunch as it were, between the two regular meals. Recognizing this, our law gives authority for a State census to be taken at the semi-decennial periods; but, whenever there is a failure to appropriate the necessary funds for the purpose, as is usually the case, the law remains a dead letter. The year 1885 having been permitted to go by without any effort on the part of the authorities to provide the required information, although the demand for it is perhaps greater than was ever before known, the publishers of Gould's Directory have deemed it proper to obtain and collate certain facts, from official and other som-ces, which will afford the people a fair and sufficiently reliable idea of the progress that has been made since the census of 1880, and of the rate at which St. Louis maintains its growth. In 1880 the United States census showed a total population in this citj^ 350,518, an increase of about 14 per cent, over 1870, when the same census showed a population of 310,804. Taking this statement as a basis, it there- fore will be plain, that if a similar rate of increase can be shown by the concurring testimony of several independent facts, the city is maintaining its growth. If, however, the rate of growth can be shown to have been 16 per cent, in a little over five years, instead of 14 per cent, in ten years, then the city will have much more than doubled the rate of growth which prevailed in the decennial period ending in 1870. This can be done, and at the risk of offending that class of citizens, who, having proved failures in life themselves, have nothing to do but stand on the street corners and croak out dismal declarations of retrogression ; we propose to show how : In the first place Gould's Directory itself furnishes, perhaps, the most unfailing guide, short of an actual census, as to population, that can be found. It is certain, at least, not to err on the side of too great expan- sion, for it is the direct interest of its publishers to provide by constant supervision and repeated sifting against the publication of fictitious, dupli- cate or useless names. In the old days, when the city was half its present size, this watchful supervision was not maintained, and all sorts of names were published, including even the migratory negroes of Clabber Alley, and other equally delectable neighborhoods. But as time has passed by, and population has grown, it has become an economical necessitj' to im- prove in the direction of pruning, and for the past five years constant efforts have been made to exclude from the Directory all names that are not directly of importance to the business or social life of the citj'. In pur- suing this policy it may here be s*^^ated that since 1880 no less than 20,000 names have been, from time to time, excluded — names of negroes, of tran- sient boarders, of commercial travelers who, though thej- represent St. Louis houses, do not reside here, names of Chinese, and names that used to be pi'inted in duplicate — once for the place of employment and once for the boarding house or other residence. It will be obvious that, not only is this change a substantial addition to the value of the Directory, but that it must be taken iuto consideration in studying the effect of the following table, -which shows the number of names printed annually since 1880: Year. Number of Names in Directory. 1880 120,568 1881 131.614 18S2, 138,614 1883 128.618* 1S84 120.802 18S5 135.r)10 1886 141,008 *Year of greatest xcision of useless names. XoAV, ignoring for the present, the element suggested by the above mentioned excision of useless names, the actual increase shown in the number of names in the Directoky of 1886, as compared with 1880. is 20,440, or m the neighborhood of 17 per cent. Apply this per centage to the census figures of 1880, less one per cent, allowed for the fraction of a year yet unexpired (the U. S. census is taken in June and July), or, in other words, add 16 per cent to 350,518, and we have as the result over 406,000. Add to this 15,000 of the 20,000 names dropped, 5,000 being au ample allowance for duplicate and non-resident drummers of St. Louis houses, and the total population is somewhat in excess of 420,000. Nor can these figures, so far as the Dieectory is concerned, be controverted. They are rather under than over stated, as any one may see who will take the trouble to examine them. It now remains to take up and consider in their turn other statistics, of authenticity, and see in how far they support the conclusion already reached. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. The first place to look for corroborative evidence on this point is, na- turally, the records of attendance at the Public Schools. The following table will show the number of pupils enrolled, and the average number in daily attendance, for the years named; School No. Daily Average Yrs. Enrolled. Attendance. 1880-81 37,887 34,893 1881-82 38,956 35.955 1882-83 39.569 36,075 1883-84 39,170 36,007* 1884-85 40,180 37,033 1885-86 41,983 38,468 Here it is necessaiy to call attention to a change in the interpretation of the law, which affected the enrollment and attendance of children for the year 83-84, marked thus (*), and subsequent years. Prior to that time there was hardly any restrictions as to the age of children admitted to the Kindergartens, a branch of the schools which had grown to be of consider- able importance. But legal steps Avere taken which had the effect of draw- ing a rigid line at six years, below which age children were declared uneligible for admission to any of the public schools. This excluded at one blow 3,3G4 children from the schools, or rather, in the year before the step was taken there were 3,364 children under six years, included in the num- ber of daily attendants, while in the school year 1883-84 their places could not be taken by a similiar number of the same age. Another point has also been taken into consideration. The daily attendance for 1SS5-6 is only brought down to the end of the first winter quarter, which is always the smallest in the year, owing to the severity of the weather. But taking the figures for the latter year as it stands and adding to it 3,364 for the number of children under six years excluded as above explained, and we have 41, 832, to compare with 34,8'J3 average dailj- atteudauee at the schools in 1880- 81, about 3,000 increase in round numbers, or slight!}' over 20 per cent. Now take the U. S. census of 1880; 350,518, and add to it 20 per cent, and we have something over 420,000, exactly the same result as that brought out bj' a consideratiou of the Dikectouy figures. This branch of the sub- ject may be dismissed with the renuirk that a comparison of the school en- i-ollment for the same years, will give almost the same result. BUILDING STATISTICS. The next point that uaturallj^ suggests itself for consideration is. the building statistics, for increased ijopulatiou means more houses to live in, more shops to work in, and more and bigger stores and offices to transact business In. Here we have the official figures of the city government, which gives us the number and reported value of building permits issued. We say reported value, because it is notorious that in making application for a building permit, the builder always estimates the cost at the lowest possible figures that he thinks will pass muster. The following are the figures : Number of Reported Buil(:)iii2;s. Value. 1880 1,854 §3,790,650 1881....^ ,.1,'J6G 4,448,552 1882 2,361 5,010,554 1883 2,4U1 7,123,878 1884 2.60!» 7,316,685 1885 2,670 7,376,519 Here the increase has far surpassed the 20 per cent, standard, tending to show that not only has the population grown fully up to the ratio indicated in our former calculations, but that wealth and the instrumentalities of in- creasing wealth have grown more than twice as fast. COAL CONSUMPTION. There yet remains one element, the records of which are kept in distinct shape, which has a direct bearing on the increase of population. Coal is of universal consumption, and its increased or decreased use is an unfailing in- dication of the rise or fall of population, though the percentage of change, owing to the fact that it enters so largely into all manufacturing and power enterprises, cannot be expected to run on all fours with the percentage of change in population. The following totals of coal receipts for the years named will, however, furnish convincing proof that we have not over es- timated the increase in numbers of the peox)le of this city : Coal received in St. Louis. Bushels. 1880 41 ,892,356 1881 44,720,175 1882 47,750,375 1883 50,687,225 1884 52,349,600 1885 53,387,064 Here there is over 28 per cent, of increase in the last over the fii-st year, much of the extra 8 per cent, attributable, no doubt, to the increase of the manufactures of the city, but some undoubtedly, to the increased prosperity of the industrious people. Another point of significance in this connection is that the use of anthracite coal has grown from 40,000 tons in 1880 to 80,000 tons in 1885, just double. Having thus biiefly discussed the main features, which have a more or less direct bearing on the increase of the population, and having demon- strated beyond possibility of cavil that in making a claim of 420,000 popula- tion for St. Louis, we were rather below than above the mark, it remains for us to discuss a few other of the leading business and material elements of the city. Every figure quoted above or below is from official sources ; none have been prepared for the occasion, but all are taken from records, annual and otherwise, which have been kept bj' the proper officers, having charg;e of the various classes of statistics dealt with. BANKS AND BANKING. One of the most unfailing indications of the condition of busi- ness in any cit}'^ is to be found in the annual reports of its banking affairs. But even these require some study, must be read with judg- ment and discussed in the light of modif^'ing events. If we say, in a general way, that there has been an average shrinkage in values, for instance, of 25 per cent, since 1879, in all classes of merchandise, we shall be sustained and more than sustained by the experience of business men in nearly every branch of trade. The deduction from this accepted fact, therefore, will be that every 8750 of clearances in 1885 represented fully as great a volume of transactions as 11,000 did in 1S80. Bearing in mind this important factor, we submit below a tabulated statement of the bank clearings, capital and surplus, and deposits in the banks of the city for the past six years, as provided by the courtesy of Mr. E. Chase, manager of the St. Louis Clearing House: Capital and Surplus. Deposits ami Due Banks. Clearings. 1880 11,3-28,617 38,374,919 . 1881 11,696,063 44,791,718 833,000.000 1882 13.492,964 42.361.861 863,000.000 1883 14.133,587 46.617,607 871.000,000 1884 14,742,123 : 38,102.712 785,202,177 1885 14.6.33.652 44.234.154 759,130,425 ♦Not reported. v Here it will be observed that the years 1884 and 1885 show a considerable falling off as compared with the preceding three years. This was, it will be remembered, the period of greatest recent finan- cial depression, and St. Louis, though she did not suffer to anything like so great an extent as other commercial centers, still had to bear her share of the burden. But, if we apply the principle above enunci- ated, and make proper allowance for the shrinkage of values, what appears to be and actually is a falling off in the values represents also an actual gain in the volume of goods dealt in. The increase in cash capital and surplus in the six years of over $3,300,000, and that notwithstanding the fact that two banks retired from business during the period, and the growth of the deposits during the same time by nearly $7,000,000, are most satisfactory features of the review, giving as they do further proof of the proverbial stability of our commercial affairs. INSURANCE. Another important element in forming a correct judgment of the progress of a city may be found in its fire insurance statistics. The following table, kindly supplied by Mr. James A. Waterworth, presi- dent of the Board of Fire Underwriters, gives the premiums and losses reported to the board for the past six years : Premiums. Losses. 1880 SI .612.132 $1,041,172 1881 1 ,596.298 1.405.936 1882 1 ,897,910 1,305,843 1883 1 .989.511 974.861 1884 1.928.52.-> 1.487,500 1885 E.?timated, 1.900,000 Estimated, 475,000 In discussing tliese tables the only one that need be touched upon for our purpose is that of the premiums ; the other is added simply as a matter of general business information. It will be seen that the naked premium figures show a total increase of nearly $300 - 000 ; but though this indicates an increase of nearly 20 per cent., it by no means represents the actual facts. Figures, it has been said never lie ; nor do they, when exhibited in the right light by men who understand how to use them. Handled otherwise they frequently are made the instruments of telling the most frightful fibs. In the case under consideration it is proper here to state that by the unanimous voice of the companies represented on the board in 1882, premium rates were increased in this city a probable average of 50 per cent. This was brought about by complaints that losses were out of all pro- portion to revenue, and that the companies were actually losing heavy sums of money every year. Naturally, one would expect what actu- ally did occur ; a partial increase in revenue and a partial reduction in the risks underwritten. The rise in price of insurance caused many insurers to reduce the amounts insured down to the lowest possible figure, while some went to the length of ceasing insurance altogether. But this was not all. The increase in price, coupled with the strin- gency of the rules adopted by the Board of Underwriters, offered in- ducements to a certain class of brokers to do an irregular, or what is regarded as irregular, insurance business. Through them there has arisen a somewhat extensive system of placing insurance in foreio-n companies, who have failed or refused to place themselves in line with the requirements of the i^tate law, and who profess to be able, by the consequent avoidance of certain burdens, to afford to sell insurance cheaper than the "regular'' companies. Mr. Waterworth estimates that at least S170,000 of this irregular insurance was done in this city last year. The comparison, therefore, between the years 1880, when there was practically no non board insurance, and 1885, should be corrected bv adding $170,000 to the figures of the latter year, making it $2,070,000 as against .$1,612,132 in the former. 'Calculated this way, it will be seen that the actual business in the six years has in- creased over 25 per cent. Since 1882 the vast improvements that have been made in the Fire Department of the city, now one of the finest and most extensive in the world, has enabled the board com- panies to institute a regular policy of gradual reduction of rates, the reduction amounting, according to the estimate of the president of the board, to 15 per cent., leaving the existing rates about 35 per cent, higher than they were at the beginning of that year. CITY ASSESSMENTS. In making a comparison of the growth in values of all classes of property in the city, it is proper to call attention to the fact that the increase has gone on, as will be seen by the annexed tables, concur- rently with a slow, but steady reduction in the rate of taxation. This will be worth remembering when the city revenue comes to be con- sidered. The following are the respective assessments for the year named : ^ Rate of Taxation. Real Estate. Real and Personal. *01cl Limits 18S0 135,824,980 160,493,000 2.G0 1881 139,897,470 1G7.3G4,230 2.60 1882 IGl ,679,250 191,948.450 2.58 1883 163,479,060 192,563.640 2.55 1884 178.596.650 210.124,370 2.55 1885 177,857,240 207,91 0,350 2.55 *The rate in the new limits has been reduced in the same proportion. Here we see a total increase of values in the combined real and personal propert}- of the city of over 30 per cent., a margin over the rate of population increase that signifies much iu favor of the growing prosperity of the cit}'. CITY DEBT AND REVENUE. Space will not permit of the publication of a tabular statement, by years, of the revenues and debt of the city ; it must suffice to give the figures, therefore, for the two extreme j'ears, 1880-1 and 1884-5, the latter being the latest date accessible, as our fiscal year closes in April. In 1880-1 the net revenue of the city, exclusive of the pro- ceeds of the sale of renewal bonds was $5,407^462.60, for the fiscal year ending April, 1885, 6,266,046.69 Increase $858,584.09 Totaldebt April, 1881.. " 1885.. $22,417,000 22,016,000 Decrease $401,000 It should be stated here, during the fiscal year "now drawing to a close there have been several large sums of the debt paid off and extinguished, but the statistics will not be accessible till Maj', How the credit of the city has improved will be seen by the prices realized for renewal bonds, and the reduction of interest. In 1880 city renewal bonds, 10-20 's, bearing 5 per cent, interest sold for 81,037.66 per $1,000 ; in 1882, renewal bonds of the same sort, but bearing only 4 per cent, interest, sold for $1,015 66 per $1,000. In 1885 similar 4 per cent, bonds sold for $1,017.80 net, which figure corrected to compare on the same level with the other sales, which were sold with accrued interest, would be equivalent to something over $1,022 per $1,000. And, in the current fiscal year, $95,000 bonds sold to meet a floating gas debt, which the courts had decreed valid, but which had been in dispute, but sold ''flat," that is with about 15 days accrued interest, at $1,028.12 per $1,000. Thus it will be seen that in the six j'^ears, the credit of the city has grown so that its 4 per cent, bonds are worth within a very few cents of what its 5 per cent, bonds used to be worth. CITY IMPROVEMENTS. The following tables show in complete form the improvements made b}^ the city in the six 3'ears under discussion : STREET CONSTEUCTIOl!^ AND EECONSTRUOTIOl^. Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Macadam. Granite. Asphalt. AVood. Total. 1880 ri 2.68 .58 3,26 1881 .2 1.80 .37 2.17 1882 1 2.86 S 1.03 1.92 4.78 1883 4.79 2.58 8.40 1S84 g 4.16 5.69 1-01 10.86 1885 S .59 8.51 1.28 10.38 Total Miles... 13.12 21.86 3.86 1.01 39.85 SEWER COIifSTRUCTION. 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 Total Miles Miles Public Sewers. 1.48 1.31 1.28 .73 1.26 1.30 7.36 Miles District Sewers. 4.83 7.33 5.73 4.39 7.45 9.00 38.73 Miles Total. 6.31 8.64 7.01 5.12 8.71 10.30 46.09 WATER DISTRIBUTION. Miles Pipe Laid. 1880 12.29 1881 12.73 1882 10.18 1883 , 3.74 1884 19.61 1885 21.60 Though not coming strictly under the head of municipalimprove- ment, it may here be properl}^ stated that during the six years just closed there have been about 35 miles of new street railroad laid in the city. We have thus presented to the subscribers of Gould's Direct- ory such statements of the principal points in the development of St. Louis as must be most gratifying to them as well as to all who take an interest in the welfare of the city. Had space permitted other matters of interest, such as the vast extension of railroad facilities, the inci'ease of elevator capacitj', the enormous growth of a variety of the leading branches of business and numerous other things that are well known to every business man. But sufficient has been done to establish and maintain our contention that instead of retrograding or standing still, as some of the professional croakers and barnacles would have the people believe, our city has made a great, a steady and a most satisfactory advance ^n every way, in population, in business enterprise and in solid wealth, even during a period when commercial stagnation and financial stringency afflicted the whole civilized world. THE ST. LOUIS POST OFFICE. There is nothing more certain than that as a business community like that contained witliin the limits of the city of St. Louis, increases in numbers and in wealth, so will it require and make increased use of the mails. Having this axiomatic fact in view, application was made Postmaster "VVm. Hyde for comparative statements of the business done at the St. Louis Post Office during the six years from 1880 to 1885 inclusive. Responding cordially and promptly to the request, he called upon his subordinate officers, Major J. B. Harlow, Supt. of mails, and Capt. L. G. Kiernan, Snpt. of Letter Carriers who compiled the information from the records of the office which we print in the following tabulated statements. With regard to Second, Third and Fourth class matter, newspapers, general printed matter and merchan- dise respectively, the tables show the aggregate annual transactions to the close of last year, and the amount handled during the first three months of this year, the last few days of the quarter being estimated with the utmost care. The following are the tables : Comparative statement of 2nd, 3rd and 4th class matter, originating at and dispatched from St. Louis, Mo. Year. Second. Class. Third Class. Fourth Class. 1880 *3,497,509 lbs. 734,634 lbs. 115,859 lbs. 1881 3,264,039 " 972,494 " 108,227 " 1882 2,672,529 '• 1,143,667 " 120,764 " 1883 4,105,814 " 1,284,400 " 133.900 *« 1884 *4904,186 •' 1,507,059 " 174.549 '' 1885 4,799 410 " 1.690,888 ' 201,630 '' *Presidential election years. Statement of 2nd, 3rd and 4th class matter, originating at and and dispatched from St. Louis, Mo., for quarter ending March 31st, 1886. Year. Second Class. Third Class. Fourth Class. 1886. 1,197,845 lbs. 427,370 lbs. 47,047 lbs. Here it will be seen that the increase in Second class matter for the six years has been over 38 per cent ; in Third class nearly 130 per cent; and in Fourth class nearly 75 per cent. The per centage of in- crease in all classes for the first three months of 1886 is still larger. 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"VVTiile New York has more hotels, she has none that can compare, if any that can equal the New Southern Hotel of this citj\ a brief description of which can- not but be interesting. Most people will remember the terrible flre which destroyed the old Southern in 1877. This structure had been quite famous, on account of its beauty, commodiousness and size as well as of the numerous events of national importance of which it had been the scene. When it was burned it seemed as though a disaster had befallen the whole country, and for a time it appeared doubtful whether it would be replaced. But, a year or two after the fire, the late Hon. Thomas Allen, then president of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad, and more recently a Eepresentative in Congress of the Ninth (St. Louis) District of Missouri, took hold of the matter, and in a verj^ short time thereafter the new Southern began to make its apiiearance, occupying the same site as the old, but largely extended both as to area and accommodation capacity. THOROUGHLY FIRE-PROOF. Instructed by the fate of the former building, as well as by similar dis- asters in other parts of the countrjr, Mr. Allen wisely concluded that the new structure should be absolutely fire-proof in every partic+ilar. In carry- ing out this design, neither the teachings of experience, the skill of the most accomplished artists, nor expense of any kind was spared. From the basement fioor to the roof of the house there is not any material of a com- bustible nature used in construction, except only the doors, window fi-ames and sashes, and these are all made of hard wood, which cannot be easily ignited. All the floors are composed of railroad iron joists, set in cement concrete, and the whole furniture of a bed room might be purposely set on fire and entirely destroyed without the occupant or the next room being aware that anything unusual had happened. In fact, since the new building has been open, the bake shop has actually been burned by accident^ and none of the guests in the hotel were aware of it, so perfect is the isolation of every part of the house from every other. The important bearing of this quality on the comfort and safety of the guests will be fully ai^preciated by the ti'av- eling public. Perfection of fire proofing is sometimes claimed, but we have reason to believe that, with possibly one exception in New York, there is no hotel except the Southern of St. Louis, that absolutely fulfills all the condi- tions promised. , APPEARANCE OF THE BUILDING. Inside and outside the Southern Hotel is one of the most beautiful in the world. It occupies a block 290x270 feet and is six stories high, the rooms on the top of the building, owing to its fire-proof character, being quite as de- sirable as those on any other floor. The exterior is a handsome gray stone, and the rotunda hall on the ground floor, running the full length of the build- ing each way, is paved with fine white marble. This magnificent hall is in the form of a cross, the main hail running from Walnut Street to Elm. 290 feet long and 60 feet wide, and that from Fourth to Fifth Sreet (Broadway) 270 feet long bj' 30 feet wide. When illuminated with the electric lights and thronged, as it always is. with representative men from all parts of the world, it presents one of the finest sights that can be seen afly where. Up-stiirsthe reception and other rooms are fitted up and finished in the most luxurious style and admirable taste, nothing that is known to what may justly be called the science of hotel keeping being omitted. The kitchens are on the top of the building, and, thus, all the smell of the cookery is discharged upwards directly into the atmosphere, a most admirable arrangement and one in wide contrast to most other hotels. The culinary arrangements aie perfectly de- signed and as perfectly carried out, the result being that the Southern Hotel table has a reputation everywhere that is unapproachable for excellence, rarity and liberality. Such being the facts it is no wonder that the Southern is the chosen meet- ing place on all occasions when conventions of a national character occur in St. Louis. At the recent National Medical Convention, the Cattle Conven- tions of the last two years, and on all occasions it is the headquarters of the leaders, and. oonseciuently. when auj'one desires to meet men of distinction who are ti-aveling in the West for any purpose, the first enquiry is always addressed to the Southern Hotel,' St. Louis. Mo. TWOlILLlor DOLLAR One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars worth of this one shoe sold in 1885. We shall make Two Hundred aud Fifty Thousand Dollars worth in 1886. By having best standard qualities put together by skilled work- men, we prodrace a better and a more even shoe than other manufac- turers. Our Rubber trade in 1885 amounted to a quarter of a million, and our total sales to two millions of dollars. The "Shoe and Leather Reporter'' quotes us as having received I during 1885, 2,947 more cases than any other house in the UnitedStates. Satisfaction guaranted in every instance. HAfflLTON-BPOT SHOE CO. ST. LOUIS. The Two First Prizes and Gold Med.als at New Orleans World's Exposition 1886, Philadelphia 1876, Amsterdam 1883, Paris 1878, lor Finest Bottled Beer and Best Exhibit of Beer. AMERICA'S FAVORITE ^tlR, ALL OUR BEERS ARE MATURED AND RIPE. Our Large STORAGE CAPACITY enables us to store all Beer 4 to 6 montlis before drawing from the Vaults^ which accounts for unexcelled quality of our Beer. The Largest Storage Capacity of any Brewery in America or Europe. TABLE OF ANNUAL SALES. Sales- -1874 26,299 Bbls. 1875 34,797 " 1876 53,567 " 1877 68,320 " 1878 98,183 " 1884-1885 1885-1886 - Sales— 1879 131,035 Bbls. " 1880 186.471 " " 1881 236,635 " " 1882 295,203 " " 1883 350,000 " 350,000 Bbls. - 400,000 " LIBRfiRY OF CONGRESS 014 432 934 P %