. ere areno idle factory buildings here. Many new and varied industries havecome to this district in recent years. Those which have come are pros-perous and are growing more so year by year. Unquestionably the largest addition to Chesters long list of in-dustries was made when that largest of all industrial plants. The Bald-win Locomotive Works, located at its very door. In all, the Baldwinplant covers an area of 224 acres. This is land enough to house a popu-lation of 13,440 people, based on twelve families to the acre. Some idea of
. ere areno idle factory buildings here. Many new and varied industries havecome to this district in recent years. Those which have come are pros-perous and are growing more so year by year. Unquestionably the largest addition to Chesters long list of in-dustries was made when that largest of all industrial plants. The Bald-win Locomotive Works, located at its very door. In all, the Baldwinplant covers an area of 224 acres. This is land enough to house a popu-lation of 13,440 people, based on twelve families to the acre. Some idea of the greatness of this industry may be gathered byquoting from an address delivered by Mr. Alba B. Johnson, presidentof The Baldwin Locomotive Works, on the occasion of a Know-Your-Neighbor dinner, tendered ~Slr. Johnson by the citizens of Chester,under the direction of the Civic Advancement Commission, in Januaryof last year. The affair was one of the most notable gatherings everheld in Chester and was i>articii)ated in liy manufacturers, business forf/i. forty-one
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