Evening journal., 1915-05-06
WORKERS ARE HAPPY
IN MODERN Village
New Settlement Sprung Up
at Marcus Hook, Clean
illness" is the Slogan

CHESTER. Pa, May 6-From
acres Of swamps. bitches and un-
Travelled ground situated within IS
minutes trolley ride from Chester,
new community. whose slogan is
Cleanliness" has sprung up. The
model village is located at Marcus
Hook This place a few years ago
was a quiet little place. To-day Mar
Gus Hook is the scene of great in
dustrial activity. The hum OF mill
wheels can be heard at all hours OF
the night and day.
Roads which years ago were iso-
lated today are crowded nightly with
jiinoy automobiles made out of old
farm and truck wagons. These
vehicles operate daily between Ches-
ter and Marcus Hook The passon-
gers are men from various parts of
the globe who have left their native
lands to work in the mills and fac
tories
How do YOU get TO Marcus Hook?"
is the question asked by scores of
men these days when they alight from
trains at the Chester railroad station.
No matter in what part of Chester
you may be, all you can hear dis
cussed is Marcus Hook. If at the
movies or attending a dance. it is the
same way. When a man or woman
in Chester is out OF work. he or she
is told not to waste any time but to
hurry down to Marcus Hook
Every factory and mill in Marcus
Hook today is working full time. In
many work is being done at night.
Men from distant cities are arriving
there daily. Among those who reach
Marcus Hook arc men who never saw
the inside of a mill and never were
near a spinning wheel. If the char
acter and reference of the applicant
seeking work is good. he is hired.
Experienced instructors are assigned
to give the raw recruits a few points
of practical experience.
The largest plant at Marcus Hook
which employs close to 1000 men. is
the American Viscose Company
manufacturers of artificial silk. This
concern. which is backed by a group
of English capitalists, has similar
plants in England and Switzerland
Il is reported that another plant will
be started in Japan. II is this con-
Germ which was instrumental in
creating a model village for its en-
ployes The houses where the en-
ploycs spend their time when not
busy at work are located across the
street from the group of red build
ings.
AT the present time there arc about
$50 handsome brick houses for the
pnnnlovpe Tho structures arp In
Gated in a valley. The houses arc
surrounded by green fields. and chill
dren playing on the verandas can sec
the Delaware river and the boats
which ply up and down. Many oi
the tenants of these model houses al
one time lived in the dirty tenement:
in Philadelphia.
The houses are rented TO the en-
ployes for from S12 10 SIS a month
4 To become a tenant of one of thI
houses. which have bathrooms anC
other up-to-date improvements. it il
| necessary to be an employe OF th'
American Viscose Company. Eacl
house has a large yard. a verandi
and a small plot of ground covered
with grass in front of it.
Employees Made Happy.
Besides creating model houses fol
IFS employees. the American Niscos'
Company has done many things tC
make life a pleasure for the womer
and men who work in their plant II
the mill is special restaurant
where employees can buy meals al
noon hour at very low prices. AnC
then there is a recreation room. On