Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
$12O,OOO,OOO FOR CITY
IN WESTINGHOUSE PLANT
Big $15,OOO,O0O Works at Essing.
ton Will Bring Huge
Sums Here
WILL EMPLOY THOUSANDS
Economic Stimulus in Building New
Suburb Made Necessary by
Immense Factory

The construction of the SIS, 900 900 elac-
trlc plant Of Westinghouse Church. Ks-,
& Co. at Essington, taken with the mersar
of the Westinghouse Machine Companv
and the Westinghouse Electric and Manu-.
featuring Company will mean an electrioa,
machinery manufacturing company capab,.
OF doing a business Of s12O O0O, 900 a wear
D. Five years ago the establishment OF a
mllion-dollar manufacturing plant OF anv
variety would have occasloned comment
and discussion through the State. Today
with the nation dealing in billions the con.
struction of a Sl5,000000 plant goes nv
with little more than passing comment.
The big fact remains. however. that such
an enormous plant will greatly stinuIa,.
enterprise and local business. Thousands
of men will be employed. New homes will
spring up Stores and business houses will
follow in the wake of the communit,
growth and the economic development ~
Philadelphia will receive a great stimulus
through the development of the suburb.
WILL START NEW CITY
The new Westinghouse plant at EssinV-
ton will be one Of the largest electric manu-.
featuring establishments in the STATE ara
in the nation The mill yard embraces Wis
tually a thousand acres stretching along
the Delaware River for a solid mile The
enterprise will give steady work to about
5000 men, and these will form the nucleus
Of a community of $4,000.
Virtually the entire machinery Of ths
plant Will be devoted to turning out Gov.
ernment work needed in the present war
1t will not end its period of usefulness with
the end of the war. however for the ten.
denotes in modern Industrial operations ara
decidedly toward increasing use OF elec-
trical machinery Of all kinds
BIG FIELD SEEN
The waste in operation of isolated small
steam power plants compared with con-
Centration in central steam electric Rener
ating units ESPECIALLY with the unprece.
dented prices for fueD. the prospect OF
extensive hydro-electric work, the increas.
ing use by railroads of electric power in
numerous branches Of service and the big
field in equipment of shipping are some OF
the factors on which may be predicated a
demand for the output of the electrical com.
panies on scale never approached before.
The Westinghouse Electric Company IL.
self took in during April and May electrical
business amounting to S15,000,00O or al
the rate of S9O,0O0,0OO per annum The
May business was $8 100000 The West
inghouse Machine Company is doing close
to 100000 Of business a month, or at an
annual rate of about $9,00O,OOO. The rew
lcssngton plant when completed will be
able to handle $15,000,OO gross a year
All told, the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company within a year or
two (when the Esslngton unit is ready for
full operation) will be a $4,000 900 an
mum concern. with the same capitalization
as at present
As the Essington plant comes into opera
| tion 1t is probable that the machine COM
| pany department will gradually be trans
| ferred to it, leaving its facilities added to
the East Pittsburgh plant available for tur-
| bine, generator and such work