Venice Statistical Review - 1936
Name of City:
Venice
Slogan or sub-phrase:
California’s All-Year Playground.
Form of Government: Part of City of Los
Angeles
Population: Gov’t census
10,260 (1936) Local est. 22,000
Average
Temperature: 66, Rainfall: 10 inches
Financial: 2 banks with $2,000,000.00
total deposits
Telephones in service:
2,653
Churches:
10
Industry: Employing 2,000 men and
300 women, paying wages $13,000,000 annually, and having products valued at
$11,000,000 annually. Approximately 4/5 of this activity can be attributed to
oil development. 225 wells employing 2,500 men. About 15,000 barrels daily
production.
Trade: Territory (retail)
serves 50,000 people within the trading area covering a radius of 3 miles.
Jobbing territory serves 100,000 people within a radius of 6 miles.
Newspapers: Venice Evening
Vanguard
Hotels: There are 10 hotels,
with a total of 500
rooms.
Transportation: City served by
Pacific Electric Railroad, Bay Cities Transit Co., Culver City Municipal Bus and
Motor Coach Co., and Pacific Greyhound.
Amusements: There is 1 theatre with a
total seating capacity of 1500 persons.
Education: Number of schools: 9,
including one high school, one parochial school. Number of pupils in public
schools: 3,000. Number in private schools: 600. Total of all teachers: 150.
Value of all school property, private and public, approximately $2,500,000.00.
University of Loyola, 600 students.
Libraries: One with 13,000
volumes
City Statistics: Total street
mileage 250, with 80 miles paved. Miles of sewers 65, electric street railway
10 miles. Fire Department employs 46 men with following equipment: 5 autos, 2
engines, 1 hose and chemical wagon, 1 hook and ladder truck, 1 rescue company, 1
Foamite company, in 2 station houses. Police department has 63 men with 1
station and 6 pieces of motor equipment.
Posted: Tue - July 1, 2003 at 07:09 PM