R. L. Polk & Co.'s Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County, Utah) City Directory 1940: including Garfield, Magna, Midvale, Murray, Sandy and all suburbs. Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a complete street and avenue guide and much information of a miscellaneous character; also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory

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11 S ta tistica l R ev iew S a lt L a k e C ity , “ C e n te r o f S c e n ic A m e r i c a .” T o u r i s t s a n d V i s i t o r s to U ta h in 1 9 3 9 , a p p r o x i m a t e ly , i , 1 5 0 ,0 0 0 . F o r m o f g o v e r n m e n t, C o m m is s io n . P o p u l a t i o n , U . S. G o v e rn m e n f/jQ 1 9 4 0 ) 1 5 0 ,0 2 1 . A re a , 53 s q u a r e m ile s ., A l t i t u d e « , 3 5 7 .2 3 — S a l t L a k e B a s e a n d M e r id ia n . M e a n a n n u a l t e m p e r a t u r e , 5 1 . 6 ; r a i n f a l l , 1 6 .1 3 i n c h e s . A s s e s s e d v a l u a t i o n , $ 1 3 4 ,2 5 8 ,6 6 1 w i t h $ 1 5 .0 0 p e r $ 1 ,0 0 0 t a x r a t e . W h it e p o p u l a t i o n iS 99 p e r c e n t, e s ti m a t e d . A m e r i c a n b o r n p o p u l a t i o n is 8 6.1 p e r c e n t o f w h o le p o p u l a t io n . C o lo re d p o p u l a t i o n is 1 p e r c e n i,l e s ti m a t e d . N e w s p a p e r ^ t h r e e d a ily ., P a r k s a n d P l a y g r o u n d s , 2 0, w ith 6 ,7 0 7 .8 3 a c r e s . C ity ’s b o n d e d d e b t is $ 7 ,1 9 1 ,0 0 0 (D e c . 31, 1 9 3 9 ^ » F i n a n c i a l : 7 b a n k s a n d 2 t r u s t C o m p a n ie s w ith t o t a l d e p o s it s $ 1 0 2 7 1 0 ,0 0 4 .0 1 lit(M a rc h 2 6 , 1 9 4 0 ) ; t o t a l r e s o u r c e s $ 1 1 4 ,7 0 4 ,5 3 7 .2 1 ( M a r c h 2 6 , 1 9 4 0)) a n d c l e a r i n g s o f $ 7 8 7 ,4 1 5 ,1 1 6 .5 9 , t o t a l fo r 1939. P o s t O ffice ; r e c e i p t s : $ 1 ,3 8 8 ,2 7 6 .8 9 , t o t a l f o r 1 9 3 9 . T e l e p h o n e s in s e r v ic e , M ay 31, 1 9 4 0 , 4 3 ,7 4 5 . C h u r c h e s , 1 5 9 ; r e p r e s e n t i n g 20 d e n o m in a tio n s ;; 7 u n d e n o m i n a t i o n a l . B u i l d in g a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n : n u m b e r o f b u i ld i n g p e r m i t s , 2 ,1 5 0 , v a lu e d a t $ 4 ,8 9 7 ,5 1 6 X 1 9 3 9 f |g t T r a d e : T e r r i t o r y ( r e t a i l ) s e r v e s 3 0 0 -,0 0 0 ^ p e o p le w i t h i n t h e t r a d i n g a r e a c o v e r in g a r a d i u s o f 50 m il e s .; H o te ls : 15, w ith a t o t a l o f 2 ,7 8 8 r o o m s } ;; C ity s e r v e d b y 9 r a i l r o a d s (6 s te a m , 3 e l e c t r i c ) . G o lf c o u r s e ! ! 5 ; 3 m u n ic ip a l , 2 p r iv a t e . A i r p o r t s : 2 ; 1 M u n ic ip a l, 1 p r i v a t e l y o w n e d . ; H ig h w a y s : 4 F e d e ra l. .; L a r g e s ® t h e a t r e o r a u d i t o r i u m I ( T a b e r n a c M I s e a t s 8 ,0 0 0 p e o p le . , T h e re , a r e 17 t h e a t r e s w i t h a t o t a l g a t i n g c a p a c i ty o f a p p r o x i ­ m a t e ly 3 1 ,0 0 0 p e o p le . H o s p i t a l s : 5, w i t h a t o t a l o f 1 ,0 7 3 b e d s . E d u c a t i o n : N u m b e r o f s c h o o ls 51, i n c l u d i n g 11 h i g h s c h o o l s , 1 u n i ­ v e r s i ty , 10 p a r o c h i a l a n d d io c e s a n ' s c h o o ls . N u m b e r o f p u p i l s in p u b l ic s c h o o ls , 3 1 ,3 0 0 ; in U n iv e r s ity , 3 ,8 0 0 . T o t a l n u m b e r o f p u b l ic s c h o o l t e a c h e r s is 9 1 0 . V a lu e o f p u b lic s c h o o l p r o p e r t y , a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 1 2 ,3 2 7 ,0 0 0 .0 0 . T h e r e a r e 4 p u b l i c l i b r a r i e s w ith a t o t a l o f 1 8 2 ,7 8 8 v o lu m e s . C ity S t a t i s t i c s : T o t a l s t r e e t m ile a g e 5 4 0 w i t h 128 m ile s p a v e d ; m ile s o f g a s m a in s , la id 4 7 9 .1 ; o f s e w e r s 36 9 m il e s ; ¿ h e s t r e e t r a i l ­ w a y c o m p a n y o p e r a t e s 6.7 1 r o u t e m ile s w i t h e l e c t r i c s t r e e t c a r s 2 2 .5 r o u t e m ile s w i t h e le c t r i c b u s e s , a n d 1 9 6 .5 9 r o u t e m i l e f e w i t h g a s b u s e s . S t o r a g e c a p a c i ty o f s t o r a g e r e s e r v o i r s is 1 ,6 9 2 ,8 9 4 ,0 0 0 g a ll o n s . S t o r a g e c a p a c i ty o f d i s t r i b u t i n g r e s e r I W o i r s 5 2 ,2 6 1 ,0 0 0 g a ll o n s , a v e r a g e d a ily w a t e r c o n s u m p t i o n a p ­ p r o x i m a t e l y ; 2 8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 g a ll o n s : T h e F i r e D e p a r t m e n t e m p lo y s 118 m e n w i t h t h e f o llo w in g e q u i p m e n t : 5 a u to s , 10 e n g in e s , ' 2 h o o k a n d laddei* t r u c k s a n d 3 s e r v ic e t r u c k s m 8 s t a t i o n h o u s e s . T h e P o lic e D e p a r t m e n t h a s 1 62 m e n w i t h 2 s t a t i o n s a n d 28 p i e i t l o f m o t o r e q u i p m e n t . T h e P o lic e D e p a r t m e n t o p e r a t e s a tw o - w a y r a d i o p a t r o l s y s te m .