The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-19

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! some Lively MsanfaetusanG.
J Philadelphia manufactures eight
locomotives every working day. or 81
$50 In the year. These locomotives on
q perfectly levsd track would haul 1884,
600 loaded cars Of afty tons capacity.
Philadelphia manufactures each year
IS,oOe, 600 yards Of eaSpet--enough to
put q belt around the earth and leave a
remnant long enough to reach Gin
cinnah.
Philadelphia manufactures each year
S4.0oo.ee0 yards Of worste0 goods
enough TO mako . suit OF clothes for
every man over nineteen years of age
now resident in the New England and
Middle Atlantic States
Philadelphia manufactures each year
100000 dozen hose and half hose,
enough to allow two pairs for every
man, woman and child in the United
States.
Philadelphia manufactures each year
100000 dozen underWear-enough to
give two shirts and drawers to every
one in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia manufactures each year
$500. 0e0 hats. The bands. end ON end.
would reach from Philadelphia to Den
yer.
Philadelphia manufactures each year
xoVsVVVsVVV y8xUO VI OOSSO1S V4CSo 0VVssO
enough to make . pair Of sheets for
every family In the United states.
Philadelphia manufactures each year
100000 yards of wooden goods
enough to make uniforms for all the
armies Of Europe now in active SER
! vice.
/, Philadelphia has los national banks,
trust companies and savings funds.
with total capital and surplus Of $l07.-
oeO.0oo and deposits Of $751;. eco. go.
Philadelphia has LEGO bu1tneaS firms
sale trade.
I Philadelphia has an export and i'm
port trade Of s17s.0oo.oO0 annually.
Philadelphia In past nfty-two years
has borrowed $I36,0O0.0O0: has paid
OF $73.O0o.000 Of this debt, and now,
with only $63,000,00O outstanding, owns
; property valued at more than $277.-
|; 600. geo.
! Philadelphia's assessed realty values
/! have Increased $1to.0O0.0o0 In the past
!: nve years. during which period the city
/ has built more than $4,000 dwellings.
/ Philadelphia has 600 Buildings So
| cdeties, with $ss.eoo.0oo Of assets.
4 Connercial Philadelphia.
|! Philadelphia was founded a. . city in
1855.
4 Philadelphia il the city which gave
/! birth to the Bill Of Rights.
|. Philadelphia is the home Of the
/ Declaration Of Independence.
II Phiiadelphia 10 the birthplace Of the
i Constitution Of the United States.
|. Philadelphia was the home Of the
Arst United States mint.
|: Ph1ladelphit was the homo OF the
|. Arst United states post-oWce.
II PhiIadelphia hes always been the
/ financial rallying point OF the republic.
In the War Of Independence, Robert
Morris financed the army: in the War
OF 1872. Stephen Girard replenished an
empty treasury; In the Mexican War.
E. w. Clark successfully financed the
government.
Philadelphia's two great universities
have Q student enrollment In excess OF
S,eOo. while her pubic and Jarochtel
schools furnish educational facilities
for more than $4,000 children
|: Philadelphia IL the great medical
educational centre Of the United States.
with SIX medical colleges Of interna-
\ tional reputation
i Philadelphia has SAC churches. 33s
|: hospitals and asylums.
L Phlladelphia has 3ll public schools,
with an enrolment OF 100000 pupils.
II Puiladelphis has ffty-seven parks
ana squares, one Of them being the
largest park In the world. eoutaininS
over 1890 acres.
ID Philadelphia has 1.Sc0 miles Of grad
ed and paved stJeet2
PhilaAelphia he's TIE finest high
pressure are service In the world.
drawing water direct from the Dela-
ware River, with tWenty-inch distSt-
buting main supplying twelve and SIX
teen-inch mains into business district;
its special pumping plant. which can
be put - instant operation. has . ca
pacisy Of le.ee0 galleos . minute. With
Q power to tnrvw (two-inch stream
$50 test VERTICAL This service 10 now
being isseslJed ~ other cstsea
Philadelphia has 1.SsS miles OF weter
main IN use. II placed IN . straight
line they would reach from Ph1ladel-
phia to Hayana. Cuba
|. PhiIadelphia contains S42.oee buil1-
inss. Of which 3le.oee are dweuings: Ss
per cent q these dwellings ere &C.
cuDsea ~ only one family, sud - ~
ceae haSs besa bulk within u VoSs
ten yeaFS
|; PhiIsAeiphsa has thirty miles Of avail
able river frost, lying between two
great rivers. Wish tharty-feot channel
|. % ~ -.
Il Pnns1eIpAsa hiss $50 miles q essetrse
srs@vays. iucluding e1evnSsd, surface
|. PANo1SaVAse = chs erssse0e wOk-
49, - sAe wsss1. becsase 80 No. ne
largest Aedy % skilled labor ever
eashsreA tcgesAer In one city. - s1tuas-
@ W9shsa . ssW hosrr railway haul %
o. grOasess cosl AevAs 81 ~ vos91.
WA Q AOwn groae erom mines 60 fac.
ssVy. saA - tRe dsetrs6vtiag voint for
she srsAe % ss.see.see peoVSe.
|, Philsoe1pAsa hos . Ane psst, with
Sxe>oosve coastal 80 sroUs.Ae1antSc
OesoasA1p e1esWsses 81 Sares ersos
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