Evening journal., 1914-07-01

bringing about this happy result
The Delaware river proposition
however. is something for the near
future, We hope, to bring about Just
at present we must confne ourselves
to the splendid waterways that are
now useful TO us. The Christiana
River is probably one Of the most
! frequently used navigablo streams in
the United States. The Government
maintains an engineering Office IN
+ Wilmington principally for its main
/ tenance. IL is kept az a depth Of %
feet at low water In the near future
a permanent dredging plant is to be
installed by the government and its
usefulness still further advanced. All
along It's banks are located manu-
featuring industries which produce
! millions Of dollars in products In
cluded in the list of these plants are
three shipyards. the Harlan and Hol-
/ lingswOrth Corporation, the American
Car and Foundry Company and the
Pusey and Jones Company. All three
of these industries maintain big
plants. Two Of them are among the
greatest car builders I'm the country
and the third. the Pusey and Jones
! Company, manufactures among other
things paper-making machinery which
! it sends TO all parts OF the world.
The Chesapeake and Delaware
canal connects the Chesapeake and
Delaware Bays. connecting with New
! York by the Delaware and Raritan
Canal. These rivers and canals are
In the proposed system of deeper in
land waterways along the Atlantic
seaboard
The Chief Industries.
The principal industry in Whining
ton Is the manufacture of leather.
There are fifteen factories engaged
/ in this business, employing a total of
/ about 1000 persons. The annual
payroll for this industry alone
reaches the enormous sum Of
l S1.S00,O0 Wilmington can be right
/ fully termed the greatest morocco
/ producing community in the world
/ II has the largest factory manufac-
turing glazed kid on earth and only
one other city possibly tops it in out
put This is Philadelphia. Shoe leather
4 made in Wilmington finds a market
the world over. millions of dollars
: worth of the finished product being
shipped annually to foreign coun-
tries This industry is Of first Inn
/ Dortance both as to value of products
I and of manufacture In the year
/ 1909 the latest figures obtainable,
over 100000 goat skins, valued at
more than -S10,000,00O were treated
in the local factories, and over
100000 sheep skins valued at 100000
were similarly treated. The by-pro-
/ ducts such as glue and glue stock,
] hnfr and uoOI aIao form, "a taIuobla
item.
Aside from the Altoona shops, the
! Pennsylvania Railroad car shops,
located at Todd's Cut, are the
; greatest In the country This inn
mense plant, together with the Pull
man Company's plant easily makes
Wilmington one of the most impor-
tant cities IN the United States for
car repairing In the production
Of new cars few plants are the equal
of the Harlan and Holllngsworth
/ Corporation and the Jackson and
Sharp plant of the American Car and
Foundry Company. Railroad cars
turned out by these companies are
sent to all quarters of the globe, even
10 far-off China The car shops of
the former concern are considered
the most up-tO-date in the country
hundreds of thousands OF dollars
having been expended within recent
time perfecting this part of the com
pany's business. All old buildings
are being replaced as quickly as pos
sible with thoroughly modern build
lngs of iron and concrete construc-
/ tion.
The building of railroad cars in
J N Of ON No D.. I.N
Samuel Harlan, a member of the then
Harlan and Hollingsworth Company.
Wilmington now enjoys the proud re-
putatlon OF turning out the most lux
urlous railway car i'm the world
This plant also enjoys the distinc-
ton Of having constructed the first
iron steamship launched in the United
States. The vessel was the Bangor
and left the ways of her builders in
the year 1914
Aside from the extensive improve
ments being made TO the car shops
Of the Harlan and Hollingsworth
CORPORATION, big changes are under
way in the shipyard, which, when
finished, will make that yard one of
the most important in the country.
Immense electric cranes Of the latest
many other Improvements under
construction. When these are COM
pleted. the concern will be able to
: build vessels OF more than 500 feet
in length.
In the large textile dyeing and
finishing plants of the Joseph Ban
croft and Sons Company, Whining
ton may also boast. and Justly. of
: having the largest industry of this
kind In the country. This firm EN-.
Is ploys hundreds OF men and women
many Of whom live In company-ownet
II houses which rent reasonably. Thes,
houses are located around the firm,
e rlants and are well kept and max,
q splendid homes for the families O.
u machinlsts employed in the big fac
e tories
8 Fibre is one Of the principal pro
ducts OF Wilmington, there being fiv
y factories engaged in the manufactur
g of this material in and around tn
e city. In fact this city may be con
q sidered the centre of this industry 4
e the United States. In recent year
y fibre has grown 20 be a great mar
l. ketable article and the material
J. used in the manufacture Of hundred
d OF articles that find ready sale.
d One other thing that Wilmingto
T Is famed for is papermaking mach
(, inery. The Pusey and Jone
II Company hold this field alone an
ships the machines to all parts of tn
world. Ice making machinery. turne
% out by the Remington Machine Com
f many also may no found in man