. The Central Manufacturing District : Chicago Junction Railway Service : a book of descriptive text, photographs & testimonial letters about Chicago Junction Railway Service and the Central Manufacturing District - the center of Chicago, "The Great Central Market" . One exterior and two interior views of Electric Power Station of Produce Terminal Corporation, furnishing electric current to District industries 27. View from Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company Building at Ashland Avenue and 37th Street, looking west, showing large residence section of labor-ing classes, tributary to the District partic
. The Central Manufacturing District : Chicago Junction Railway Service : a book of descriptive text, photographs & testimonial letters about Chicago Junction Railway Service and the Central Manufacturing District - the center of Chicago, "The Great Central Market" . One exterior and two interior views of Electric Power Station of Produce Terminal Corporation, furnishing electric current to District industries 27. View from Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company Building at Ashland Avenue and 37th Street, looking west, showing large residence section of labor-ing classes, tributary to the District particularly in maintenance and repairs. The rates for current are as low in theCentral Manufacturing District as anywhere in Chicago, and the service given isunexcelled. Labor Supply There is no better point for securing labor, skilled or unskilled, in the city,than in the Central Manufacturing District. The great packing houses and alliedindustries at the Yards constantly employ a great number of mechanics, engineers,machinists, clerks, (men and women) factory help, office employees, and foremen,making the District a mecca for the unemployed. It is easily accessible on afive-cent fare from thickly populated sections, where live the laboring birds-eye views shown in this book indicate the extent of the residencesections adjoining and within walking distance of the Central ManufacturingDistrict. With
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