R. L. Polk & Co.'s Salt Lake City City Directory 1905.: Containing a complete alphabetical list of business firms, corporations and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city, county, state and United States officers; churches, clubs, colleges and schools, hospitals, labor organizations, libraries, newspapers, secret and benevolent societies, etc. Also a complete classified business directory.

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UTAH STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 603 East So. te m p le '-Salt la k e City, U tah HOW W E GROW . The following table shows the number of actual names contained in R. L. Polk & Co.'s Soli Lake City Directories, and the increase in population from 1897 to 1905, inclusive: Y e ar. 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1908 1904 1905 N u m b e r o f N a m es. . . . . . . . . . . 24,804 . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 25,827 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,460 . . . . .. ............. ;. 2 8 ,2 0 2 '...'. .. 29,216 ......... ................. 82,564 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35*137 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,478 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,430 . . . . .. P o p u la tio n . . . . . 74,412 . . . . 77,481 . . . . 79,380 . . . . 84,606 . . . . 87,648 ........ 89,551 . . . . 87,842* ...... 91,195* . . . . 90,967+ M u ltip le of 24 u sed , in s te a d o f 2-f- a s in p re v io u s y e a rs. . iX a 21 “ “ “ 21 “ “ 1903 a n d 1904. N u m b e r o f N a m e s U n d e r E a c h L e tte r o f T h e A lp h a b e t , in T h is D ir e c to r y . B 1,346 Forward 3,794 M N ..... ..... 0 P ..... ........ Q R ..... ..... 3,065 1,621 D E E ’ 1,110 1,309 JÉ/ -/ 1,779 H 3,416 S T ....... ....... I 148 If,544 y ...... U ..... K 1,200 w ....... L ,1,928 867 Y .....; J Be Forward 23,127 23,127 2,514 957 678 2,154 53 2,050 4 ,032 1,386 62 299 2,771/; 264 83 z ...... Total 40,430