Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, August 25, 1916, Night Extra, Page 4, Image 4
""S fcflr 'WgMjf " " -rH'i5,Wl,Si-i -r-- " H E.VENING MDGBR-PHILVDELPHIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1016. f f 'M ' H"ivTj 3 CHESTER GROWS s UKE SCHOOLBOY; TREBLES WEALTH Population of 38,000 Doubles in Decade Investments Reach $72,000,000 WAR ONLY ONE FACTOR Industries Ares Permanent and No Depression Will Fol low Peace Treaty Chesterv the oldest city In Pennsylvania. la fprglng rajildly forward on the crest of ene of the greatest Industrial development waves ever experienced by an American city. From virtual obscurity In the Indus trial ijvorld 10 years ago, Chester, through a period of phenomenal progress and de velopment, today has become one of the tlvest centers In the commercial and Indus trial tlfo of the nation. Most Important of all Is tho fact that Chester's growth has not been ephemeral. bo.rn only of the European war boom, but has been steady, continuous and consistent with the- opportunities afforded by the geo graphical location of the city It Is true that war orders have given an unusual Impetus to a number of the Industries dur ing the last two years, but oven thte growth has had the assurance of later permanence because the tremendous workshops were mado permnnent structures which can bo Utilized later In other pursuits. The Chester section Is that strip of land on tho western bank of the Delaware River between Crum Lynno and Marcus Hook. Many of tho Industries found It Impossi ble on account of their size to locate In Chester proper, but the city limits were easily extended and the district became known as the Chester section. FIGURES SHOW GROWTH. Tho remarkable growth during tho last decade Is strikingly shown by tho following approximate figures given by tho Chester Chamber of Commerce: loon. iln PosuUtion 3.nno Ts.oon Imiu.trlat wealth!. G-I:0.0uo.ooo J72.0UU.D00 NumlwT of Indui- ,, ... trim 1" 2" Uidtutrlea amploy- Insr more thn 1000 workmen.. 2 IB Tha population during the last decade has virtually doubled, but at the same time the Industrial wealth, the money Invested In Industry, has been more than trebled. Tho population Is expected to grow In proportion to the Increase In Industrial wealth as soon as homes can be b'ullt to accommodate tho new men. There Is a dearth of homes and many workers are forced to commute from Philadelphia. Tho wave of prosperity had Its Inception toward the close of 1906. At that time the Baldwin Locomotlvo Works, having out grown ts Philadelphia plants, purchased 184 apres1 of land at Eddystone and com menced the construction of shops -which now constitute the largest single locomotlvo plant In the, United States. The temporary boom was soon checked by tho subsequent panic, but not until much attention had been drawn to tho extraordinary advantages of the Chester section. STEADY GROWTH RESUMED. As tho signs of a panic disappeared tho growth began with a new stride. And then camo the world war In 1914, when the Allies turned to America for ammunition, runs, steelwork, locomotives and all other articles of war use. Although the wave of prosperity swept over the entire country, the Chester seqtlon, by reason of Its strategical location, became one of the greatest centers for this war trade. New enterpr(ses were started on every hand, established plants worked feverishly In Extending their facilities to take care of tho ever-growing trade, both domestic and foreign. The Industrial growth has limited only by the shortage of labor. From Crum Lynne to Marcus Hook huge plants began to spring Into being an though by magic. Plants of all kinds and for the manufacture et almost eyery commodity known to modern Industry were Included In the list. Some of the largest contracts from the foreign Governments were received by the Baldwin interests. Immediately they com menced the erection -of tremendous work shops, not temporary structures that would be abandoned after they had fulfilled their use, but buildings of steel and brick that could be utilized In the manufacture of locomotives or other peaceful devices after the close of the war. The Baldwin Interests, embracing the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the Reming ton Arms and the Eddystone Ammunition Companies, now employ 27.000 workmen, of which the locomotive works alone have 10.000. Among the other big industrial establish ments In the Chester region are the plants of the American Dyewood Company, the Genera) Chemical Company, the Congoleum Company, the Eddystone Manufacturing Company, the Penn Seaboard Steel Cor poration, the Tlndel-Morrls Company, t: Belmont Iron Works, the South Chester Tube Company, the Delaware River Steel Company, tho, Chester Shipbuilding Com pany, the Robert Wetherlll Company, the Aberfoyle Manufacturing Company, the Commercial Box and Envelope Company. the 0 W. Ketchan Company and the Sun Shipbuilding Company. The last-named concern was Incorporated recently for $5,000,000, and mora than 3,SQQ,000 Is being expended for the con struction of the new plant, which will be equipped to build standard-cargo ships up to 600 feet in length and 5 feet beam. The plant will he ready to begin work about October 1. MANX" MORC INTERESTS. A survey of the Industries n the Chester tactions leads one through the whole run and gamut of industries. There Is the tee) castings industry, fur Instance, grow ing Jn importance each year and giving employment to thousands; the shipbuilding Industry, In its Infancy yet, but grow ins ivth sucrj rapidity that It promises to out grpw the locomotive Industry within a few years; the textile industry, the oil Indus try, the dye Industry and so on throughout the entire long list in the manufacture of locomotive, marine and miscellaneous castings the Chester region leads the world, the six plants en caged In their manufacture in this section having an aggregate annual output of no less. than. 100,0(10 tons. The first steel castings In America were m4 at Chester 25 years ago. at the plant f the Peru; Steel Castings and Machine Works, now a part of (he Penn Seaboard Biesl Corporation, which stands on the his toric site of Perm's landing in America, on petber 25, J693. Tha chief steel casting plant of the Ches ter region is the penn Seaboard Steel Cor fo ration, representing a consolidation of the Fena Steel Castings and the Seaboard Steel jewKngs, companies. This plant, with its Balds works, further down the river, baa a capacity of approximately $000 tons a month, (hese castings ranging In weight from an ounce to a hundred thousand Mund. This is not the extreme limit as o v.lsht, either; in fact some years ago the.fe teas turned out at this plant a platten tor tha Camden Iron Company that weighed 13iL0iHl nounds. p Penn Seaboard. Steel Corporation's ytaftt la th largest In the Eaat It has 4 ieUl floor space of 1QQ.Q00 square feet One it Ma features is a fireproof storage safe, ffif- all pattens en cumbered, syniboted, JM'i and stored, and co&nected therewith, ST patttrit stop, whtro patterns are ex- , ta wj xtom 4yocm14.1i design and tot- the battleship Utah, the first stent ever cast In a single piece, whether here or abroad, But as Important as Is steel casting to the industrial life of this rapidly growing section of the Keystone State, It is by no means the only branch of the great steel In dustry that Is being comprehensively de veloped At the plant of the Tlndel-Morrls Company, for Instance, lire produced, on an extensive scale, steel (orglngs of every char acter, with a range of weight of from 10 to 45,000 pounds. IMPROVED STEEL CYLINDERS. A recent departure of the Tlndel-Morrls Company Is the manufacture of steel cyl inders' for the conveying of high-pressure gases, such as carbonic acid gas, oxygen and hydrogen, and cylinders for the stor age of liquified gases for lighting system, and nlr flasks for submarines, these cyl inders being made Under the Tlndel-Hol-llnger process, which, while somewhat sim ilar to Is said to be a decided Improvement upon the German Erhardt system. In the plant of the Belmont Iron Works, Chester possesses Its only establishment for the fabrication of steel for bridges and buildings. This plant Is situated at Eddy stone and covers some ten and one-half acres of ground Its buildings, all com modious and of the latest design, comprise beam, pattern, main bridge, rivet making and machine shop, powerhouse and office At this plant Is being fabricated the steel for tho Sun Shipbuilding Company's plant and for tho new olllca buildings now In course of construction at Fifteenth and Locust streets and Sixteenth and Wr.lnut streets, Philadelphia. Tha development of the ore-smelting In dustry has not been perfected in tho Chester region on a very considerable scale to date, but Its single blast furnace Is prospering mightily at present. This plant Ib the property of the Delaware River Steel Com pany, whose present name Is rather a misnomer, for It has no activity oilier than the smelting of Iron ore. Wrought-iron pipe used In tho drilling of natural gas and oil wells, the piping of gas and oil. the sinking of artesian wells, tho construction of ammonia plants and for a myriad other purposes In manufactured on a very largo scale by the South Chester Tube Company, which has an annual out put of about 60,000 tons a year. WIDE FIELD FOR IRON PIPES. Chester wrought-lron pipe finds a wide field. The great pipe lino that conveys the gas from the Caddo. La., field to Texarkana. for example, was made In Chester, and It has played an Important role In tho devel opment of the oil fields both of this country and of Mexico Tho plant employs about 700 men. As great as has been the development of the steel and allied Industries, Chester's textile Industries have not suffered In com parison. Her mills embrace cotton and woolen, lace and other of the more Im portant branches of tho spinning and weav ing trades, and the operatives employed run Into the thousands. Tho cardinal need of the Industry at the moment Is labor, both skilled and unskilled, especially weavers. In tho plant of tho Aberfoyle Manufac turing Company, Chester possesses one of tho leading novelty textile mills In the United States, its products competing with those of the foremost mills of Europe. Theso products consist of high-grade shirtings and dress goods, woven from cotton yarn, silk and artificial silk and mercerized yarns for use In the manufacture of hosiery, under wear, sweaters, garters, telephone cords, gas mantels and other knitted fabrics. This is one of tho few mills In tho coun try that havo attempted to produce a reallv fine-grade fabric. The first mill In the country to utilize artificial silk importing it from England before it was manufactured on this side of the Atlantic the Aberfoyle Manufacturing Company now has no fewer than 1S00 of Its looms weaving cloth. With an Investment of $2,000,000 and some 1600 employes, this plant Is the largest of Its kind In America. "BIG SHIPPING CASE PLANT. In the plant of the Commercial Box and Envelope Company this section has one of the largest plants for the manufacture of solid fiber shipping cases, cartons, folding boxes and envelopes in the East. The plant covers some 17 acres of ground, and has a water frontage of 700 feet. It has seven buildings, equipped with the most modern machinery. Tho plant makes Its own plates, and does all of its own printing. It is the purpose of the company to erect a large paper mill on tho property for its own use. At the present time the capacity of the plant is being approximately doubled. At the plant of the O. W. Ketcham Com pany, near Crum Lynne, is produced on an extensive scale every character of architec tural terra cotta, a material that in the last few years has become Indispensable to the American builder. flfr tie wu cast tha tost successful 4p4 to'u.s'.-iva xltBdrs, and here, too. fiaaitt fc--- as& jresirf a . ra&ffxa Asifna NEAR RIOT AT CITY HALL More Than Hundred Laborers Demand Delayed Pay From Director Datesman A gang of mcro than a hundred workmen stormed the office cf Director Datesman at City Hall today ana demanded the pay due them for work at the pumping stations of the Bureau of Water. The corridors re sounded with threats, and for a time things looked serious. Finally they learned that a paymaster had started wl'h the r month's wages, but the breaklri diwn of his automobile pre vented him from reaching Otis street wharf where the men are a ways paid. Finally the tardy paymaster arrived at r-n- TTnll in a taxlcab and was cheered when the men received their money. Men Taken in Poolroom Raid Freed The men arrested when police raided Jo seph Perrotte's poolroom have been dis charged by Magistrate Beaton for lack of evidence. Captain Kenny commanded the raid nnd said at the time .that the police had information that New York "gunmen" were there planning a big hold-up. Baltimore Closes Playgrounds BALTIMORE, Aug 2r. All the city play grounds, between 30 u.c 40 In number, have been ordered closed by the health authori ties as a measure of precaution to prevent Infantile paralysis from becoming epidemic (n Baltimore, ANOTHER AUTO VICTIM Robert H. Warden, 10 years old, 1614 Ridge avenue, struck and killed by an automobile at Broad and Cherry streets. ONE DEAD, EIGHT INMURED FROM DAY'S AUTO MISHAPS 82 Fatalities Since January 1 Six This Month Boy Killed After Parade Eight persons arc recovering from mo torcar Injuries today nnd arrangements nre being mnde for the funeral of Robert Warden, 10 years old. of 1B14 Ridge ave nue, who died in the Hahnemann Hospital when struck by an automobile At Broad and Cherry streets. Tho hoy, according to the police, attempt ed to cross Broad street after tho last sec tion of tin parade of tho Patriotic Sons of America had passed and In the Jam ran In front of the running board of nn auto mobile. George Carrlck. 3909 Spring Gar den Btrect. th6 driver of the machine, was held to await the action of the Coroner. This makes S3 motorcar fatalities since the first of the year and six since tho first of tho month. The victims In most cases have been young children nnd nged persons. Charles L Hutchinson, of Llanerch, was taken to the Bryn Mawr Hospital with three broken ribs us the result of a head-on col lision between two touring cars on Eagle road, Llanerch. yesterday. Three other oc cupants of the car were treated by a phy sician. Four men were Injured when a largo tour ing car crashed Into a pole at Broadway and Benson street while carrying a patient to the Cooper Hospital, Camden. Louis Tlano, 30 years old, of 130 Christian street, Philadelphia, who was tho patient, la re covering. The others were abln to leave the hospital after treatment. P0SIZI0NI NEMICHE A 2300 METRI PRESE DA LEF0RZEDI CADORNA La Russia Ammassa Un Esercito sul Confini della Rumania per Attaccare la Bulgaria TRA BULGARI B GRECI HARD LUCK JINX PURSUES HIM Candy Store Proprietor, Twice Visited by Burglars, Now Has $1000 Fire A flro early today in tho home of John Lauber, who lives with his family above his candy store at Sixty-third street and Saybrook avenue. Is the third stroke of hard luck Lauber has had this year. On February 7 burglars stole $200 In cash from him. On May 30 two men entered while Mrs. Lauber was in the store alone, and when she refused to give them money beat her badly. Her screams brought aid and the men fled. Today's fire caused damago of $1000. Mrs. Lauber and a 13-year-old daughter were saved by neighbors. Samuel Miller and William Earle. who climbed fences and sheds to get to a second-story window and lift the mother and daughter out. Lauber, who went downstairs to fight the flames, was badly burned. Earle, too, was hutt in a fall. An alarm was turned In by a motorman, who raced his car to the Sixty-fifth street and Woodland avenue station house. ROMA, 25 Agosto. II Mlnletero della Guerra pubbllca un rapporto del generalo Cadorna ncl quato ono annuiulato nuove vlttorie dello arml Itallatic. Gil austrlacl hauno nttnecato vlolentementc le posizlonl Itallane al Passo tli Vnirlnferno, ma sono statl resplnti, Ecco it testo del tapporto! Nolle Alpl dt Facsa una densa nebbta ha nstacol.ltn l'attlvlla' delta nostra artigllerln Not abblamo fatto ulterlorl progress! suite faltle del Monte Cauriol ed abbl 11 in o preso al nemlco una quarantlna dl prlglonlerl. Nell'nlta Val Degano 0 nella valte del But le batterle ncmlcho sono state nt tlve contro le nostra posizlonl. Not abblamo rcspinto un vlgoroso at tacco contro le nostre poslziont dl Valt'Inferno. Nulla dl nuovo vl e' nella zona dl Gorlzla e in quella del Carso. Gil aus trlacl bombardano dl nuovo Gorlzla ed 1 pontl sull'Isonzo. Ecco II testo del rapporto dl lerl del gen erale Cadorna circa la sltuazlone alia front 0, Italo-austrlaca: Piccolo opcrazlonl offensive da parte dello nostre truppe cl hanno dato II possesso dl alcunc nuove posizlonl nella' selvaggia area montuosa della Alpl dl Fnssa. Alia testata della valle dl Fossernlca nol abblamo occupato la Quota 2364, a sud dl Clma dl Cece. Con uu vlolento contrattacco II nemlco rluscl' a rlpren ilerc questa posizlonl, ma poco dopo no fu dl nuoo 0 deflnltlvamento cacclato dalle nostre truppe. Alia testata della valle dl Cla alcunt repartl della nostre truppo alpine con qulbtarono trlnceo ncmlche sullo falde del Monto Cauriol cd a Clma dl Cupola. Sul resto della fronto dl battaglla al sono avufe uzlonl Intermlttcntl dl artl gllcrla. SI rapportn altlvlta' da parte del vellvoll c dl repurtl In rlcognlzlone. Durante un volo hu Gorlzla una della nostre macchlne Nleuport abbatto' un aeropUno nemlco die si Incendlo' o cadde nolle vlclnanze dl Ranzlano. . II generale Cadorna ha splnto lo sue avan guardle fino a 14 mlglla da Trlesto o a poco a poco avanza sul dllllclle terrono montuoso dovo gll austrlacl si attaccano alle loro po sizlonl con la phi' grande tenacla. Nelle ultlme 24 ore, scrlve un corrispon dente dalla fronte dl battaglla, ho vlsltato la zona dell'Isonzo a sud dl Gorlzla fino a Monfalcone. A sud-est della citta' git Ital ian! hanno conqutbtato la seconda Ilnea, delle trlncee austriacho ed in alcunl puntl sono penetratl fino alia terza l.nea. Per moltl glornl c' contlnuato l'uragano dl granate In questa zona. Monfalcone, come tuttl gll altrl villaggi del Carso, e' stato quasi dlstrutto dat fuoco delle artlgllerle Nelle vlclnanze della cltta Un plrbscafo dl 16,000 tonnellate, che era stato costrulto per far6 vlaggl tra New York ed I port! austrlacl, e tre torpedlnlere sono statl rldotll a pezzl. L'altoplnno del Carso e' tutto rotto da cratcrl formatl da grahate. Trlncee aus trlache sconvolle, rcstl d retlcolatl dl ferro, cadaerl o carogrto el Incontrano dapper tutto. Grossl frammentl dl roccla, dlveltl dal prolettlll dl artlgllerla nel bombarda mento che precedette la cortqulsta dl Monte San Mlchele o dl San Martlno, si Incontrano iicl craterl scavatl dalla granate 0 plcnl dl cadaverl, coma Immense tombe. Le Hnee dl trlncee degll avversarll sono cosl' vlclne le una alle altre 'sul CArso, che I soldatl devono cssere costantemente In guardla dl glorno per evllaro I colpl del tlratorl dl fanterla. Telegrnmml da Parlgl dicono che I fran cesl hanno conqulstato nuovo trlncee a nord dl Peronne, cho c' II loro oblettlvo da alcuna settlinane, cd hanno oceupato Interamento II vlllagglo dl Maurepas. Clo' mostra che I'of fcnsla dcgll anglo-franccsl e' tutt'altro cho cessatn tnentre comlncla Una pnderosa often slva dcgll nlleatl nolla Penlsola balcanica. Ivl la sltuazlone va dlvenendo Bempre' plu' llitercssante, speclalmcnte per quanto rlgu arda la Rumania 0 da Grecla. lerl un telegramma da Atene dlceva che, In scgulto ad ordlnl perentofll pervenutl da Atone il comandante della guarnlglone grcca ,11 So) si era ntlrato In dlrcztOne sud per non opporre reslstenza alio truppo bulgarc che, avendo oceupato Demlrhlssar, si pre paravano a marclaro su Seres. Oggl In vce si npprende che quel comandanto e' tuttora In Seres, non solo, ma che 1 volon tarll greel accorrono ad arruolarsl per com battcre contro I bulgarl, eternl nemlcl del l'ellenlsmo. IV piobablle pero cho ordlnl slano realnuntc partltl da Atene per II rl tlro della guarnlglone dl Seres e che II co mandanto non vl abbla dato peso. French Dramatist Is Commended PARIS, Aug. 26. Lieutenant Henri Bernstein, of the aviation corps of the French army, was today cited In nn order of tho day for valiant services on the Macedonian front LUutenant Bernstein distinguished himself In rcconnoltcrlng duty and raids. Bernstein's exploits achieve additional Interest from the fact that ho once deserted from the French army. Afterward he fought a duel with Loon Daudct, son of tho author of "Sap pho." Ho Is ono of tho foremost play wrights in France. nm Chester Needs More Houses Chester Shipbuilding Co. Chester, Pa. MzmrnmmmnmmmmmmBmmmmmiimmmmM WTOMMiliBBiffll EDDYSTONE PLANT OF BELMONT IRON WORKS BELMONT IRON WORKS FABRICATORS OF" Philadelphia, Pa. 1 STRUCTURAL. STEEL Eddytlono, Pa. SWEENEY & CLYDE Insurance & Real Estate Homes, Factory Sites and Residence Property for sale in Chester and adjoining boroughs. Man ufacturers seeking ideal locations in this rapidly developing section will profit by communicating with us. 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