. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . After the crude material enters thebuilding it follows its regular course until it reaches the erectingroom finished, from whence it is packed and shipped direct, uponthe cars in waiting. There are hundreds of men employed in thisfactory alone. It is the largest, finest ami most complete factorvand plant for the manufacture of organs in the world. Their organscan be seen in the leading Cathedrals, Churches and private resi-dences in every part of the United States. The directors and officers of the Company are: Theo. , President; M. Price, Tr
. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . After the crude material enters thebuilding it follows its regular course until it reaches the erectingroom finished, from whence it is packed and shipped direct, uponthe cars in waiting. There are hundreds of men employed in thisfactory alone. It is the largest, finest ami most complete factorvand plant for the manufacture of organs in the world. Their organscan be seen in the leading Cathedrals, Churches and private resi-dences in every part of the United States. The directors and officers of the Company are: Theo. , President; M. Price, Treasurer; Geo. H. Carpenter, Sec-retary ; S. M. Curtis (Vice-President National Bank, Newark, Del.),D. McK. Hobart. 136 PHILADELPHIA ASH POPULAR PHILADELPHIANS. MANUFACTURERS. POWERS & WEIGHTMANS LABORATORY ■ 9 The War of 1812, with Great Britain, created a greatscarcity of chemicals in this country and resulted in suchhigh prices as stimulated their manufacture in the UnitedStates. Consequently in 1S1S, a building on the north side. Powers & Weightman-s LaboratoryNinth and Parrish Streets of Archstreet,west of Twelfth, was se-cured by Messrs. Farr& Kunzi, the originalmembers of the pres-ent firm of Powers & Weightman, and used by them as aLaboratory, being among the first buildings used for thatpurpose in this country. Constantly increasing business made it necessary tochange the location of their works to Fairmount avenueabove Fourth street, and finally, in 1839, to their presentsite which was then upon the outskirts of the city. In the more than seventy years of its existence the firm name has undergone but three changes. In 1838 to JohnFarr & Co. ; in 1841, to Farr, Powers & Weightman, and in1S48, to Powers & Weightman. The Laboratory at the Falls of Schuylkill, where someseventy acres are owned by this firm, was erected in 184S,and its capacity has been increased by the erection of otherbuildings as the necessities ofthe business demanded. Hereare made sulphuric, nitric,m
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