The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-10
e|TYS ADVANTAGES AS A
F.; TRADE Center REVIEWED
Miller Brothers and Company's Publ
{ cation "Facts and Figures" Sums
: Up Promising Local Business Con-
ditions

!. The Spring number of "Facts and
Figures, published by Miller Brothers
& Company, contains in addition to de-
seriptions of properties in Bellevue
Rark and other attractive sections OF
the city, an account OF Harrisburg $
advantages as Trade Center :"
which sums up existing conditions in
this city as follows;
"'The many advantages of Harris
burg as a shipping point has been so
Continuously and persistently dwelt
upon at conventions and gatherings of
manufacturers and business men gen
orally that We are now rapidly realiz-
ing the result of this united effort. The
large concrete warehouse building of
the son-Brantingham Implement
Company at Tenth and Market streets,
is nearing completion and the company
expects to open for business about the
middle of March. The territory to be
covered by the Harrisburg house, as
the main branch house of the East is
that section of the country east of the
Ohio river and extending as far south
as Bristol, Tenn. When you consider the
immense territory you will at once
realize the prestige it will give Harris
burg as an agricultural implement dis
tributing center. The building when
fully completed will be very attrac
tive one, and substantial improve
ment to the city.
"The merits of Harrisburg's claims
as distributing center are not only
appreciated by outsiders, but by local
people as well, as is fully shown in
the building by local capital of the
eight-story storage warehouse on South
Second street. The buildings erected in
three sections, with a five-story struc-
ture in the center, is occupied by the
Harrisburg Storage Company and the
Paxton Flour and Feed Company. In
novations not seen this side of Pitts
burg or New York have been installed
in the general merchandise warehouse,
down which grain in bags and boxes
can be lowered rapidly and with care.
These are so constructed that eggs can
be shot down and delivered on table
without the shells being cracked. Some
idea of the immensity of the plant may
be gained from the fact that there are
94,372 square feet of floor space. More
than three hundred car loads of mer-
ehandise and grain could be stored at
one time and still leave plenty of room
for the workmen to get about.
''Another instance of home appre-
citation is shown by the Sigler Piano
Player Company whose new factory is
located near Derry street on the old
Ensminger Planning Mill site. The
building is a substantial brick struc-
ture and will be up-to-date insevery fea-
ture, including the best and most mod
ern lighting, heating and ventilating
systems. 1t has twelve-foot basement,
in which manufacturing can be done,
as it extends well above the ground
level, furnishing plenty of light. Three
stories rise above the basement, and
each is equipped in an especial way
for the several kinds of work to be
done on that floor. The construction
is such that hundred-foot wing can
be added at any time, and the walls are
heavy enough for the adding of an
other story if needed.
"No less an authority than Mr.. Will
lam B. McCaleb, superintendent of the
Division of the Pennsyl- |
lania Railroad, in recent interview
'"o INV iOiio"ihS w od, VI lidl
rs trade center: From now on Har- |
'isburg can look for the consummation |
If many plans for the building of |
both by individuals and
The fact that the railroad |
$ actually at work preparatory to lay
ng its network of tracks and build |
ng its great freight station in the big
lrea it has acquired south of Mulberry,
gives tangible proof that this is to be
me of the greatest wholesale dis
ributing centers on the whole Penn
ylvania System
",Just recently the Loose -Wiles
Biscuit Company of New York, Bos-
on and Kansas City, recognizing Har-
isburg's advantages as distributing
enter has located a wholesale branch
ere, ana will distribute every va
iety of bakery product to Harrisburg
nd adjacent cities from this branch
An order for three hundred armor-
d motor trucks has just been received
" the Morton Truck and Tractor Com
any of this City. This means work
or 250 men,