This Directory was designed to give a panoramic view of the entire city, street by street. All of the streets are arranged alphabetically, with each street described as to starting point, termination and relative positions to other streets and landmarks.
For each street, all house numbers are arranged in numerical
progression with the intersecting streets noted at their respective
crossing points. Opposite each house number is place the name of the
married man, the wife's given name is shown in parentheseses immediately
after his name. In case of a place of business where the firm name is
not self-explanatory, the nature of the business is indicated.
Home ownership is indicated by the character 
Numbers and tenants in
office buildings and apartment houses are sub-arranged under the
street number of such buildings and apartments.
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