The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-05-19

Ter OF the lWenIleIu. steam LrdlQS lot
suburban traffic became archaic. The
old Broad street station of the Penn
sylyania was outgrown, the old Chest
nut street station of the Baltimore &
Ohio seemed page from an almost
forgotten past; and the Reading ter
minal-well, that might have been mod
ern in Centennial times, but 1t was
antiquated In the late twenties. Elec-
trification had. to come. Underground
traffic was the only way to speed up
the city's great suburban transporta-
ton.
The Pennsylvania led off. 1t would
abandon the old Broad street station
and build itself a suburban station
underground, where all its trains into
the metropolis could connect with the
Quaker City's subways and its be-
Meath the ground concourses. No long
er would the visitor into Philadelphia
have to take his life In his hands
crossing the roadways around City
Hall square. But that was only half
of the Pennsylvania's problem. Old
West Philadelphia station was night
mare to all of the millions who used
it. A great station on Thirtieth and
Market streets, where the through
traffic Of the country could tie to-
gether with the suburban service, was
the solution Of the problem.
The opening up of the new monu-
mental Pennsylvania station and the
putting into service of the Broad
street suburban station made possible
the razing of the Chinese WALL" as
the great viaduct into the old Broad
street station was called. In its stead
there will be opened up In the not
distant future a new highway, known
as Pennsylvania boulevard, extending
from City Hall square to the imposing
and classical east facade Of the Penn
sylvania terminal.
The railroad improvements are re-
sulting In the unsightly section Of the
Schuylkill Immediately south of Fair
mount park being canaliZed and boul-
evard-bordered and in giving the heart
of Philadelphia that sort of cleaning
that delights every eye. Green will
grow tomorrow where CRIME -four
ished yesterday, and the dreams Of
city planners will be living realiza-
lions where ugliness but lately reigned
supreme. On her part, Philadelphia
plunged into a new era of urban
planning of startling proportions and
magnificent conception. She would
provide the diagonals to the north
west and the northeast that became
so needed in the day when the automo-
bile began to crowd every main
thoroughfare.
Modern Highways.
The famous Roosevelt boulevard, the
great diagonal to the northeast, with
its broad, high-speed central lane bor-
dered on either side by parking and
local traffic lanes, took care of the
northeast situation. To the northwest,
from City Hall square to the entrance
to West Paramount park, runs the
other diagonal, Paramount parkway,
that marvellous S3OOO0,OOO thorough
fare which the city has opened. 1t
was frank appeal for the city beau
tiful that created this magnificent
drive from city hall to the Art mu-
scum, where Paramount park begins.
A thousand buildings had to be RACED
and $19,O00,000 had to be spent for
the real estate involved In the open
ing up of this masterpiece of urban
development.
The city's industries are rooted in
that remote past before the machine
age reached it's height and when men
of high skill had to do by hand what
mere machine tenders can do today.
Such men loved their little homes and
had no taste for tenements. Their
sons and their sons sons have fol-
lowed.
This home-loving spirit has played
an important role in shaping Phila-
delphia's problems. Those of urban
transportation have never been so
pressing, for the Philadelphia wage
Garner prefers to have his home with
in walking distance of the factory In
which he is employed; and whether In
Tacony or Manayunk, Bridesburg or
Passyunk, Kensington or Southwark,
you will find the average workman
living near his place of employment.
The same circumstances that served
to make the Philadelphia artisan
man with a distaste for tenements,
but intent with an ambition to own a
home, have served to make him man
with leaning toward savings bank
accounts and building and loan invest
ments.
A concomitant of all of these quail
ties is the Industrious habit, through
which Philadelphia has attained the
centage Of skilled labor Of any major
city. With such a fine quality Of la
Dor, It Is little wonder that the ma
tional census-takers were able to find
277 distinct lines of commodities be-
ing manufactured In the Philadelphia
metropolitan area: that 1t ranks first
In the output Of hosiery and knit
goods; in carpet and rugs: in cot
ton lace and saws, and high In the
manufacture of leather. hats, fur felt,
linoleum, and many other commodi-
ties.
In a normal year the great work
shop of the world produces 100000,
600 worth of manufactured products,
including 100000 yards Of carpet,
100000 hats. 4OO,OOOOOO cigars, and
100000 saws. With but one-sixtieth
of the nations population, the city of
the great Penn produces about one
twenty-fifth of all it's manufactures.
Travel where he will, from polar
circle to polar circle, in any longitude
around the earth, the traveller will
never get away from the things that