. 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" . going trainsand the large volume of business, including as it does, the packinghouse shipments,insures the best possible service. The Post Office Department, realizing the importance of the District as abusiness center, has established frequent deliveries, and collections of mails,and the postal service, already excellent, is bein
. 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" . going trainsand the large volume of business, including as it does, the packinghouse shipments,insures the best possible service. The Post Office Department, realizing the importance of the District as abusiness center, has established frequent deliveries, and collections of mails,and the postal service, already excellent, is being constantly improved; with theintroduction of the parcels post, adequate provision was made to give the Districtsatisfactory service. Both the Chicago Telephone Company and the Automatic Company, havelines in the District, and telephone service can be secured in either or both com-panies. Most important in any industrial locality is the convenience of medicalassistance in caring for injured or ailing employees. The District is most for-tunate in that respect, the offices of several surgeons fully equipped with all firstaid conveniences, being centrally located in the District. Ambulance servicehas been perfected and several excellent hospitals are nearby. 26. View of Loomis Place looking north from 37th Street. (Note the paved street, cement sidewalks and parkways) Electric Power The Central Manufacturing Dis-trict is served by the electric powerlines of the Sanitary Board, the EdisonCompany, and the Produce TerminalCorporation. The latter Companyfurnishes most of the current used,however, because of the close prox-imity of its power station and the effi-ciency of its facilities and organization.
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