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Alpena City Directory 1883 \ t INTRODUCTION. Yl.ldlog to u general demuod for au Alpena Dlrtlelory, the publlcatlon of thla. the fire! volume of the -..·ork. wu undertaken. It waa tlooe with the belief !but the service would t,e uppreclateu, aod would reflect c redit oo the city u well as oo the publishers. The information hlUI beeo collected aod compiled I.Jy thoroughly compctt•nl persona. although more than ordinary difllcultlee hov" been eocouo1cred, c hiefly from the fact I.bat the city I• unnumbered, and. in tile oulJlklrt,., 1lu, numes of tbe atreeta are, lo maoy caaee, not koowo to the retiideol>< on them. llod boullt!II are ftcqu~otly so 11ituated 11,j to mnkc it 1ilmot1t lmpoaslble 10 locate theru llC<:urately, al tbe 1111,me timu the publlshel'!l huve lo oo 11eo11e relaxed their dl'orte or spared expeullt! to make It come up to thetr promlae and the public expectation. The plan of tile work divides tbc Information contained lo the book 1010 four part~. the first 100 l)llge8 arc devoted 10 K deecrlptloo of the city. miAcellaoeoue loformlltioo. em- bracing a slrtiet guide, chy aod county officer.. churclt dlrt:elory, llat of lleCrd 80Cletleii, 11teamboat lioe., uod many other ueeful Items. From page 101 to 826 will t,e found the ulphabellcal 1111 of real· deota lo the city; Ible ill follt>wed by the names of t hose living In other parta of the county, llnd the whole Is 11upplemeote<I by a complete clu· allled bwtloelll! dirtletory cootaloiog tb~ oamea and 11ddre&Ht:8 of all per• sooa engaged io bualoclll! or the profeaaioos. arruoged under the head- ings to which auch buaioeu eotltlt:ll them . .\8 1111 uddeodum, & cluel- lled ·1111 of firms located io other cllle>< wbo arc •ubscribers to the work will be found. The po•tioo of tb1: work devoted to the city of Alpeoll coot&ins 8,/188 Individual name., and Lhla, u •log a 111ultiple of 8. which Is lower than &ha& uaually &alteu by directory 1mbli•her•. gives" population o f 10,704: the COUDIY portion CODtaiOJI 779 nume,i, l'ljUOI. by U8ing lbc same mul • tlple, to 2,887 lohabitaota, making for th1: c ity and county a combined population of 1:l.041. A1 tbe l!. S. cenau•. tllkeo in 1880, gave the entire county 8, 7~ inhabiluou. it will iJI: 110011 tbllt I.be proportion or incraae during the put three yeal'!l hM bccu ncnrly 60 per cent; a belier abowlug, it la thought. than e&n be mmle by uny other county lo the etate. To thoee who have p11trool7.ed anti encouraged Ihle publication thuu are warmly extended. ( GENERA·L IN DEX. . ~ P.&.OL Alphabetical Li11t of Names, City . . ... ... 99 and 326 Alphabetical List of Names, County ........ !327-349 Banda ......... .. ......... •.... . •••••••••••• 40 Banke .... .. . .................... • • • .. - • • • 41. Bay City LiMt of PatronR (Cl~11ified) : .... . 880-392 Boards-City ......... . ..... . .............. :16-!!7 Cemetariea. . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . • . • , , , . • • • • 48 Uhorobes .................. . .. •. . ·. • • • • • • • • • • 46 C. Go t . 86 1ty vernmeo . . ............. . ........... . Classified Bueioe11s Di ctory .... ·. : .. .... .• 351-379 County Officen ..................... . .. , • • • • Courts .... ... . ... , • • • • • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 56 66 Descriptive Sketch ........... . ... .. . ....... 17-26 Detroit Lier nf Patroni< (Cla11sified) ........ 380-392 East Saginaw List of P11.tro1111 (ClaHsifieil) .. 380-392 Fire Department ........................... 38-39 Foreign Clasaifierl_ List .... .. .. ...... . .... : 380-392 Index to Ad vertietJments. : ............ • • • • . , • 12 Justices of the Peacl• .... ....... . .. . .. • • • • . • • 57 \ Library ................. • . ... • • • • • • • • • · • • • • 40 Michigan State Gov!'rnment ............. . ... 58-59 Military ......... . ... . ............. . ....... 3940 Miecellaneo11~ Socil'tie11 . . ... .........•....... 53-6~ Name~ receiverl too ll\tt> for regular in11erti~n... 16 Newapaper11 ... . .......... ... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4.8 Po11t Office .. .. ............. ... .. , • , , • • • • • • 4346 Poat Offioee in Alpena County ... . . .. . ... , • • . . 6? Public Buildings, Blocks, etc ........ ...... .. 33-34 Saginaw Li11t of P11tro1111 (CIR8llified) ... • . .. 380-392 Secret Sooietie11 ....... .... .. ... . ........... 49-63 Steambol\t8 ............ . ....... • • • • • • • • • • • • • 46 Streets and Avenues : ..... ..... ....... • • • . • • 27-32 Telegraph and Telephone ....... . .. . . . .. .... 41-4.2 U S Govemmen, . .. . ....................... • 67 Ward Boundarie9 .......................... 32-s:I ,I