General Directory of the City of El Paso for 1886-87. Page: II
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II EL PASO CITY DIRECTORY.
PREFACE.
In presenting this, our first City Directory of the business
men and citizens of El Paso, we trust all our elf orts to improve
on all former works, and to please the numerous patrons who
have supported the directory have not been in vain- W e
labored diligently and encountered many disadvantages,
especially amongst the Mexican population which we have
partially omitted, as obtaining names and occupations is im-
practiable and for which due allowance will be given in
estimating population; yet we have spared neither time nor
expense in making the Directory as thorough as it is possible
to make a work of the kind, and we trust that it will not be
found deficient in anything pertaining to a first-class City
Directory. We do not claim it to be entirely free from errors
as changes may have occured which have escaped our notice
since our canvas, as such changes are bound to occur in as
rapid a growing town as the City of El Paso, which has sprung
up within the past four years from a population of 200
to a city of 6,240, not including the Mexican residents, say
seventy-five families, basing our estimate on the lowest esti.
mate given in City Directory publications, four population to
each name, and which by comparison with our actual count
1,500 names, adding to this our Mexican omitions of 75, gives
El Paso a population of 6,540, an increase of 6,340 in the past
four years. In larger and more settled cities in the Eastern
States a ratio of five is admitted to each name, but in railroad
centersjand towns where'there is a large floating population the
ratio of four is admitted to be a correct estimate. In closing
we trust we have fully merited the generous support tendered
us by the enterprising citizens of El Paso and to all our
patrons, officials and members of the El Paso Bureau of In-
formation. We return our sincere thanks for favors shown us
in obtaining information.
C. A. GOULD & CO., Publishers,
El Paso, Texas.
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C. A. Gould & Co. General Directory of the City of El Paso for 1886-87., book, 1886; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth213966/m1/6/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at El Paso.