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JACKSONVILLE WITH MAP and ST. AUGUSTINE MAKE DllEW S YOUR 8 HEADQUARTERS m WHEN IN JACKSONVILLE W j You will find here your Favorite Fiction* |g| 4 Books on Florida and other subjects. |g| H Complete stock Kodaks and Supplies. |g| H Everything in Souvenirs. ^ 11 45-49 W. Bay St. 46 W. Forsyth St. 22-30 W. Bay St. |$| Largest, Oldest and Best in the South PRICE 35 Cts. THE H. & W. B. DREW COMPANY, Publishers 45 West Bay Street JACKSONVILLE, FLA. LIBRARY Library OMiV^RSiTY OF MIAMI TABLE OP CONTENTS Automobile Rates, by hour 19 Automobile Roads in County 2 0 Auto and Taxi Services , 18 Baggage, Cab, Taxi and Auto Rates 19 Bird's Eye View of City 15 Bridges and Viaducts 16 Cemeteries 17 Churches 9-12 City Ordinances 19 Clubs 12 Chamber of Commerce 23 Consuls, Foreign 22 Distance to the Principal Cities in Florida by Auto . 24 Express Offices 17 Florida Game Laws 16 Fraternal Orders 13-15 Game Laws 16 Green Cove Springs 6 Hotels 21 Hospitals, Homes and Orphanages 22 Jacksonville Facts in Sentences 2 Libraries 9 Mandarin 6 Newspapers 8 Orphanages 12 Orange Park 8 Ostrich Farm 6 Parks 4 Public Buildings 9 Points of Interest for Tourists to Visit 6 Railroads 18 Rules of Traffic 19 St. Augustine 15-18 Special City Ordinances of Interest to Strangers. 19 Steamship Lines 17 Societies and Fraternal Orders 13-15 Theaters 8 Trolley Rides 5 Taxi Service 18 Telegraph and Telephone Companies 17 Weather Bureau , 16 JACKSONVILLE FACTS IN SENTENCES Location—On the St. Johns River, 17 miles from Atlantic Ocean. Climate—^Mean average temperature 70 degrees. Population—Including suburbs, 121,862. Increase in five years, 24,286. Death Rate per Thousand—16.8. Area—15 square miles, 7,760 acres land, 1,840 acres water. Paved Streets—92.4 miles. Water Front—7 miles. Bank Capital and Resources—$45,371,189.01. Bank Clearings—August, 1921, $33,207,671.02. Miles of Street Railway—64.14 miles. Railroads Operated—Five. Ocean Steamship Lines operated (passenger)—Three. River Steamship Lines operated—Three. Schools—21 for whites, 10 for colored. Telegraph Companies—2; Wireless 1. Telephone Companies—Local and long distance. - River Channel—28 feet at mean low tide. Park Area—778 acres. Public Library—62,000 volumes. Hospitals, Asylums and Orphanages—21. City Property, fixed and passive, value; City Light Plant—Value $2,558,676.31. Waterworks Plant—Value $1,426,703.69. Water Supply—(Average daily pumping) 6,800,000 gallons. Bonded Indebtedness—$5,092,500.00. Assessed Value of Taxable Property—$71,055,000.00. Water Mains, Miles—119.34. Sewers and Drains, Miles—127.75. Railroad Passenger Trains, Daily—105. Tonnage of Port—6,022,990 tons. Fire Department Stations—8. Firemen Employed—140. Policemen Employed—131. Fire Boat (pumping capacity)—6,000 gallons. DON'T GO HOME UNTIL YOU HAVE VISITED DREW'S STATIONERY, BOOK AND ART STORE LARGEST AND FINEST FN THE SOUTH HEADQUARTERS FOR ALLIGATOR LEATHER GOODS SOUVENIRS OF ALL KINDS FLORIDA BOOKS AND BOOKLETS KODAK AGENCY DEVELOPING and PRINTING 45-49 ) Thru from Street 46 W. W. Bay St. ) to Street Forsyth St. 22-30 West Bay Street FOUNDED THREE SCORE AND TEN YEARS AGO NO NOVELTY TOO NEW, IF IT HAS QUALITY WE HAVE IT PARKS Barrs Field Baseball Park—Myrtle Avenue comer C. Street; take Kings Road Street car at Main and Bay Streets. South Jacksonville Baseball Park—Take Ferry at foot of Main Street. Park is to the left of the South Side landing. Springfield Park—Including waterworks grounds, Main Street at Hogans Creek and extending west to Silver Street and thence north to Eighth Street. Con taining the Zoo, alligators in captivity, public tennis courts and beautiful tropical flowers. Reached by Main Street, Fourth and Pearl, or First and Walnut cars. Confederate Park—Main Street at Hogans Creek, extending east to Walnut Street. Delightfully laid out with beautiful flower '"beds, famous rose arbor and gardens. Contains artificial lake and well-equipped children's play grounds; also beautiful monument to the Women of the Confederacy. Reached by same cars as Springfield Park. Hemming Park—In front of Windsor Hotel. Bounded by Laura, Duval, Hogan and Monroe Streets. Beautiful flower beds, palmettoes and fountain. Con federate soldiers monument in the center. Riverside Park—Jacksonville's oldest recreation ground where stately oaks delight the eye of the camera enthusiasts. It has picturesque streams, foun tains, bridges and enchanting paths where many plots and plays in motion pictures are enacted and photo graphed. Take Riverside or Ortega car, getting off at Gilmore Street, walk two blocks west. Fairfield Park—East Duval between Franklin and Georgia Streets. A very pretty and well-equipped park reached after a delightful car ride through the eastern part of the city. Take cars marked Fairfield or Florida Avenue. LaVilla Park—Church Street through to Enterprise, near Myrtle. Take cars marked LaVilla or Hogan Street. Lincoln Park—Lincoln Avenue and Highway. Take Highway car. Phoenix Park—Take Phoenix Park car at Main and Bay, or any cross street and Main Street when car is going north. Florida Ostrich Farm—Riding and driving ostrich daily. Take ferry at foot of Main Street, grounds are to the right of the south side landing. TROLLEY LINES Main Street Line—Through the beautiful suburb of Springfield and return. Thirty-five minutes round trip. Riverside-Pearl Line—Beginning ; at Magnolia and Riverside Avenue car proceeds to city via St. Johns Avenue, Oak, May and Riverside Avenue, Main and Bay Streets to Fourth and Main, t o Fourth and Pearl, to Pearl and Eleventh, to Eleventh and Main and back on Main to Main and Bay and on to starting point in Riverside. Riverside Line—Through the most beautiful resi dence section of the city, along the St. Johns River to the city limits and return in forty-eight minutes, round trip. Ortega Line—Over the Riverside line and continuing to this pretty suburb along the river, crossing McGirts Creek and affording a view of Jacksonville, 6 miles down the river. One finds there mammoth oaks draped in moss, good boating, fishing and crabbing. Round trip ride of one and one-half hours. Murray Hill Line—Get car at Main and Bay, go west on Bay Street, pass Union Depot and on to beautiful Murray Hill section. Back to Main and Bay Streets. Fairfield—Union Depot—The westward terminus is the Union Depot; the eastward runs through attractive Fairfield to the city limits. Forty-eight minutes round trip. Lackawanna Line*—The terminus of this line is the mammoth Seaboard Air Line Railroad shops. A com fortable ride of about one hour. Phoenix Park Line—Traverses Main, Eighth and suburban streets to the suburb of Milldale, on the St. Johns River, the seat of large lumber and phosphate industries. Round trip, one hour. Camp Johnston Express Line—Traverses the Ortega line and then along the county road to the Camp. A through line only. Brentwood Line to Florida State Fair Grounds—Car starts at Union Depot on West Bay Street and goes East on Bay to Main Street, north on Main Street through beautiful iSpringfield residential section on through Brentwood section to Fair Grounds. POINTS OF INTEREST FOR TOURISTS TO VISIT Ostrich and Alligator Farm—Also has a Zoo. One of the most interesting attractions in Jacksonville. Ostriches and alligators and other rare sub-tropic fauna. Ostriches perform at 11:00 a. m. and 3:00 p. m. every day. South Jacksonville, reached by ferry at foot of Main Street. Big Oak at South Jacksonville—Largest oak in Florida within two blocks of Main Street ferry in South Jacksonville. Arlington Heights—Beautiful mammoth water oaks covered with moss, located on a cliff—thus giving a beautiful view of lower St. Johns River. Interesting turpentine still there also. Take Fairfield car at Main and Bay Streets and get off at Beaver Street, walk two blocks to the right to the Arlington Ferry. Half hour service. One may visit small Orange Groves on this trip. Passengers and autos taken on the ferry. Confederate Monument—White shaft of Georgia granite, surmounted by bronze statue, Hemming Park. Atlantic Beach—Splendid surf bathing. Wonderful motoring for 20 miles along the beach within few feet of the water; beautiful cottages and summer homes. Reached by East Coast Railroad. Trains leaving all day on about a two-hour schedule. Consult time table. Jacksonville Freight Terminals—Finest in the South. On west Bay Street. Excursion Steamers—For St. Johns River points, enquire at information bureau in Chamber of Com merce. The St. Johns River is one of surpassing beauty and interesting historical association. Visit the site of the former home of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin by this route. Mandarin—Visit this interesting and beautiful place of mammoth water oaks covered with Florida moss, large and well kept orange groves and see the old home of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Btowe. Day Line Steamers " Magnolia" and "Helen" leave daily 10:00 a. m. and 2:00 p. m. from Main Street wharf, returning at 6:00 p. m. Green Cove Springs—Wonderful sulphur springs 40 feet deep; huge covered swimming pool where water l always 72 degrees^very healthful. A quaint, attrac tive and modern hotel (Quisianna Spa). 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