The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-12
M'CALEb PREDICTS BOOM
IN South HARRISBURG
Continued From First Page.

The Importance of that station there
will be understood by Harrisburgers
more and more after the completion of
the South Harrisburg station which
win be the receiving station.
Goods received in South Harrisburg
Will be transferred at Division street
so that the two stations are, in sense,
nee essary 10 each other. The full i'm
portance OF the Division street station
cannot, therefore, be impreSsef on Har,
risburgers until the South Harrisburg
station IS in oseration in connec tion
with IL
1.-THE Heart Of Distribution
Mr.. McCaleb sad that it was very
fortunate for Harrisburg "that the
railroad dropped that transfer station
at this point and it is that more than
any other factor that should make this
scity's slogan: Harrisburg, the
Heart of Distribution. This slogan
SHOULD be used, ne said, in attracting
business 70 this city.
The combination OF the receiving
freight station and the transfer sta
tion Will work wonders in the CONNER
cisl life OF the city, as the railroad
man looks at it. The receiving station
III SOQln VIII dtkIslCl ~ It's
vicinity warehouses and storage houses
and facilitate the loading or unloading
of local freight. 1t is but a short haul
from there 10 the transfer station.
where the actual work of transferring G
freight &c the proper trains takes place.
Tt is that operation that puts Harris
burg on the freight railroad map and
has opened the wat for quick delivery
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TO many cities of Importance. This
gives this city the right to claim TO
be the "heart of distribution.
Mr.. MeCaleb was asked TO tell what
Harrisburg might expect when the new
South Harrisburg station is completed
and opened for the public. He was
signing warrants while a bootblaek
was busy putting a shine on his shoes,
but he gave a slight nod indicating
that he was paying attention TO the in
Reviewers question.
To Be a Warehouse District
''The freight receiving station,
which will be credit TO the city, will
naturally draw to its locality storage
houses and wholesale firms. For a
while it was uncertain where the
freight station would ,sout it is posi-.
lively located now, and it has been
my experience tbat wholesale houses
usually located as near a freight sta.
tion as possible.
The superintendent intimated that
some Harrisburg firms were awaiting
fhe initial move of the Pennsylvania
in placing the neS freight station be.
fore making plans for building ware.
houses. ,.--
; The Pennsylvania railroad does not
have any more ground than is neees-
sary for its new project. except that
purchased along Mulberry street for
the Cumberland Valley railroad double
tracking. according to Mr. MeCaleb.
The Harrisburg Storage Company
has located at 437 South Second street
being the first firm to follow the lead
of the Pennsylvania. and, in Mr.. Me
Caleb s opinion, it is altogether likely
that the section about the new freight
station will become wholesale dis.
triet exclusively, large warehouses
surrounding the new station.
In many ways this station. which
will Permit the more speedy handling
OF freight, Will increase Harrisburg s
elsim, to being a "heart of distribu.
tion.'' Mr.. McCaieb indirectly an.
swered query or this subject by talk.
ing of the freight transfer at Division
street.
The Work at Division Street
'tThe Division street transfer affords
better facilities for handling the freight
and dispatehinAi it quickly to its desti
nation. 1t is the transfer facilities
which gave the Pennsylvania railroad
the opportunity to make daily deliverie: