Journals of Yesteryear
Sarasota Has:
Two banks
Two dairies
One bakery
Two lawyers
Six churches
Two garages
One orchestra
One shoe shop
229 telephones
One gunsmith
One ice factory
Board of Trade
Five physicians
Three tin shops
One silversmith
One music house
Two fruit stands
One planning mill
Two fish markets
One public school
One cigar factory
One Woman’s Club
One jewelry store
One wagon works
Eight contractors
Three drugstores
Three paint shops
Two racket stores
One express office
Three restaurants
One public library
One haberdashery
Four barber shops
Four beef markets
Two dental parlors
One Baptist church
2000 feet of seawall
Two machine shops
Four pressing clubs
A telephone system
Six boarding houses
One Catholic church
Seven grocery stores
One blacksmith shop
Two hardware stores
Two dry goods stores
Three Sunday schools
Two millinery parlors
One Methodist church
One Episcopal church
Three furniture stores
One art and gift shop
One $10,000 club house
Four cold drink stands
Two lumber companies
One electric light plant
Two Vulcanizing plants
Seven benevolent orders
One photograph gallery
110 electric street lights
Two weekly newspapers
One pool and billiard hall
One Presbyterian church
Two frame and art stores
A brass band organization
Volunteer fire department
Six fire insurance agencies
Waterworks owned by city
Twelve real estate agencies
On moving picture theater
Two livery stables
First class sewerage system
A well-equipped gymnasium
Two Five and Ten Cent stores
The prettiest bay in the world
Eight miles concrete sidewalks
Three plumbing establishments
One undertaking establishment
One Yacht and Automobile Club
Five dressmaking establishments
United States Postal Savings Bank
One and one-half miles graded streets
Five and one-half miles telephone lines
Four and seven-eights miles sewer mains
Four and three-fourths miles water mains
Four and three-fourths miles paved streets
Six and one-quarter miles improved streets
Eleven miles concrete sidewalks by Jan. 1st
One high school building which cost $23,000
1900 feet of water front park between the Seawall and brick street.
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