The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-07
PHILADELPHIA.


From the Public Ledger.
The churches in the city number 739.
There are thirty-hve hospitals in Phila.
delphia.
The population of Philadelphia is over
/, $50 900.
The appraised value Of Fairmount Park
| is S15, ,l7O,2I4
The first Continental Congress met in
Philadelphia, 1774
The first law school in America was
opened I'm Philadelphia in 1890.
The first public library in America was
founded here by Franklin in 1881.
Buildings used exclusively for business
| and store purposes number 6,4S5.
For ten years, from 1890 to 1900, Phila-
delphia was the National Capital
The first college of dentistry in the
| world was founded in Philadelphia.
There are seventy-nine banks, savings
and deposit companies in Philadelphia,
The first Bible in English printed in
| America was issued in Philadelphia, 1852.
The first American fire company (vol-
unteer) was organized in Philadelphia i'm
| 1886 N
The first American flag was made at
| what is now No. 239 Arch street, by Mrs.
| Betsy Ross.
The first important water works in
| thi country was commenced in Philadel-
| phia May 2, 1893.
Exclusive of hospitals, there are nearly
| 200 buildings used for benevolent and
| charitable purposes.
| The first Polar expedition fitted out
| from North America sailed from Phila-
| delphia March 4, 1853
The first printing press set up in Phil
| adelphia was brought over in PENIS ship
| the Welcome, in 1852.
The first hospital in connection with q
| university in the United States was
! opened in Philadelphia.
| Philadelphia has an area of 12a1b square
| miles 1t is twenty-five miles long, ard
| from five to ten miles wide.
The oldest business house in the United
! states is in Philadelphia. It was estab-
| lished more than 200 years ago.
It's annual production of all kinds is
| valued at over SGO0, 900. O00 and it has a
| foreign trade of over 500, 900, 900.
The first lithograph made in America
| was drawn and printed in Philadelphia
| by an artist named Bass Otis, in 1919
| Philadelphia produces nine-tenths of all
| the carpets made in this country, and
| more than are made in Great Britain.
|
| Philadelphia. of which number 23s,292 are
Of brick, 12,S73 OF stone and 12,SO4 of frame.
| The first paper mill built on this con-
| ttnent was erected on the banks of the
! Wissahickon creek (now Fairmount park
in 1890.
| Germantown avenue is ten miles long,
| and is perhaps the longest business street
in the world. Market street is nearly siX
| miles in length.
| The first Bible printed in America was
| published in the German language by
| Christopher Saur in Germantown, now
a part of the city, in 17l3.
| Congress established. in 1892, the first
| United States Mint, at what is now No.
| 20 North Seventh street, and here the
| first United States coins were struck.
| The first medicGl school in this country
| was established here in 1751 There are
now five great medical colleges in Phila-
| delphia, attended by students from all
| parts of the world.
Over 1000 miles of streets are opened
| in Philadelphia. Broad street is opened
for ten miles and paved with asphalt for
eight miles. the longest thoroughfare so
| paved in the world.
| The Delaware river has a deep water
| front of nineteen miles, and the Schuyl-
| kill river has fourteen and one-half miles
| VI water front. Inc SCnuNlklll river is
| spanned by eighteen bridges within the
city limits.
Philadelphia has 3t2 school buildings.
| valued at about S12OOO,OO0. The pupils in
| attendance number 10000, taught by $500
| teachers. The pedagogical library OF
| Public Education contains 5000 volumes,
| and is considered the finest in the United
States The yearly cost of maintenance
| is sl,300000.
The City Hall is the largest building on
| the continent. 1t is 4S6l2 by 47O feet, and
| covers four and one-half acres. 1t has
| 634 rooms having an area of fourteen and
| one-half acres. The tower to the top of
the statue of Penn is 547 feet 3i4 inches in
| height, and is ninety feet wide at the
| base. The clock face is 361 feet above
| the pavement and has diameter OF
| twenty feet. The building was practical
| ly begun in 1871 The cornerstone was
| laid in 1874, and it has cost to date about
| S22 900, 00O The statue of Penn which
surmounts the tower is thirty-seven feet
in height