The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
BALTIMORE GROWS
IN MANUFACTURE
Number of Concerns Less, but
capitalization Greater.
MEMS CLOTHING, THE LEADER
Output of Industrial District, Ac-
cOrding ito Census of 1905, Was
s2C2, ,659,27I, Against $17G,9Oo,1 ,124
In 1900, Being an Increase of 14.0
Per Cent-Other Data.

Industrial District Of Baltimore" Is
the subject Of an interesting chapter in
a recent bulletin issued by the Census
Bureau. containing similar data regard
ing the principal manufacturing centers
in the United States. The data given
for Baltimore covers the city proper
and numerous plants in the immediate
vicinity. including the duck mills. north
of the city. the steel plant, east. and
the various industries OF Canton.
Baltimore is located at the head OF
Tldewater and navigation, on the Pa
tapsco River fourteen miles from Ches-
apeake Bay and about 900 miles from
the harbor the Patapsco River divides
into three branches. known as the
Northwest branch. the Southwest. and the
Middle These give the city a total
water front OF about twelve miles. Five
steam railroads connect the city w..h
the North, West, and South; steamships
ply regularly from tho port 10 foreign
and coastwise ports. and there are plen-
~
transportation. Electric railroads rur-
nish intercommunicatloR between the
city and the suburbs.
City Founded in 1923.
The city was founded IN l72S. and IN
corporated in 1926. In lSSS a large sec
tion OF suburban territory was added
10 i;s corporate limits.
The Baltimore industrial district COW
ers an area Of 2i6 square miles. and IN
1900 rad a population Of j5S65S. The
city of Baltimore embraces an area OF
thirty square miles. and its population
IN 1900 was 50S.e57. or s2s per cent OF
the total for the State. No State cen
sus Of the population was taken IN
1896.
The territory embraced, IN addition 20
Baltimore city. consists OF districts I. 3.
Q. 70. i3. "a. and Is, OF Baltimore County.
In 1900 the population per square mile
for the entire district was c3lZ. while fOr
Baltimore alone Il was 1856
The number Of establishments In 1908,
IN the industrial district. was 2.28. hav-
ing a capitalization OF 1856. Ie.SS2 as
against 2.352 establishments in 1900. with
a capitalization Of 22O09.527, showing a
decrease in number Of concerns OF as
and an increase in capitalization Of 3o.i.
or this number. 2.163 were In Baltimore
in 1905. and 2274 in 1900. showing a de-
crease in number or 40 The value Of
the product in the industrial district IN
1905 was 500. .659.252. and in 1900 il was
s176. s09.l2i showing an increase Of 1ib
per cent.
Mems Clothing Leads.
The manufacture Of clothing. as the
foremost industry that car be presented
separately. furnished employment for the
greatest number OF wage earners re-
ported for any OF the industries in the
district. The entire industry was within
the city Of Baltimore. and the products
we're valued at more than S220ooolo. OF
this total value. sos per cent was pro-
duced by the manufacture Of mems
clothing.
The various branches Of the iron and
steel industry held a high rank in this
district with nearly 1900 wage earn
ers and an output valued az over $i2,5Oo-
COO The largest establishments we're To-
Gated at Sparrow Point about six miles
from the corporate limits of Baltimore.
The smelling and refining OF copper
was really the leading industry for the
district. but the totals can not be shown
without disclosing the operations Of In
dividual establishments The Industry
was located at Canton, just outside OF
Baltimore. other leading industries
which can not be shown without dis
closures are coke. cotton goods, refining
OF petroleum. and shipbuilding.
steam Power Most Used.
or mechanical motive power used, 81
Oh horsepower. or 79S per cent. was
steam power. Electric power, rented and
owned. formed 122 per cent OF the total
Baltimore had Il. .36l horsepower. or 6l2
per cent OF the total power In the dis
trlct. The power reported was very wide
" distributed among the industries In
the iron and steel industry $500 horse
power. or 2A7 per cert of The total. was
used. The second largest amounts 80
horsepower. or 63 per cent-was report
ed for the manufacture OF cotton goods
BY the addition OF a number OF sur
rounding places that were closely con-
nected with Baltimore industrially and
commercially, the area OF the industrial
district is increased 20 1888, and the pOpu-
lation in 1900 to 722,090. The additional
territory embraces that part OF Balti-
more County not included in the indus
trial district: also districts 8. T. and in
Anne Arundel County. and the whole Of
Carroll Cecil. Hartford. and Howard
counties. In this additional territory
there are no cities or towns Of sufficient
size to be shown separately.
Canning Factories the Rule.
The leading industry shown for this
additional territory was the canning and
preserving Of fruits and vegetables, with
products valued at over 100000.
The greatest Increase. 1745 per cent. In
value OF products for this supplemental
territory during the period from 1900 10