F 159 wn«KLtb N. BOYD, 431 WOOD STREET _ PlTTSRIIBftu D ^ PrdDMdDltf imw 99 "The March of Progress" Mural Painting by John W. Alexander in Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa COMPLIMENTS OF Pittsburgh Industrial Development Commission FOURTH EDITION — NINETIETH THOUSAND REVISED TO NOVEMBER, 1913 P4P7 THE REAL PITTSBURGH Facts and Figures Presented by THE PITTSBURGH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION President: - H. P. BOPE. Vice-President: F. F. NICOLA. Treasurer: - W. H. DONNER. Secretary: - W. C. DOUGLAS. Advtg. Mgr.: J. J. NORDMAN. COMMISSION H. P. BOPE, Vice-President and General Manager of Sales, Carnegie Steel Company. F. F. NICOLA, W. H. DONNER, President, Cambria Steel Company. D. P. BLACK, President, Real Estate Trust Co. JAMES C. CHAPLIN, Vice-Pres., Colonial Trust Co. MORRIS BAER, Kaufmann-Baer Company. W. C. COFFIN, Structural Engineer, Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. ROBERT FINNEY, General Agent, B. & O. R. R. Company. ROBERT GARLAND, President, Garland Nut & Rivet Company. R. L. O'DONNEL, Gen. Supt., Penna. R. R. J. M. SCHOONMAKER, Vice-Pres., P. & L. E. R. R. Co. JAMES F. KEEN AN, Pres., Haugh & Keenan Storage and Transfer Co. J. ROGERS FLANNERY, President, Vanadium Metals Company. G. W. C. JOHNSTON, Sec'y-Treas., Pittsburgh Terminal Warehouses. FACTS ABOUT Q "Pittsburgh is, and will continue to be, the greatest iron and steel center of the world." — Judge E. H. Gary Chairman, United States Steel Corporation. <\ "The industries of Pittsburgh are admirably located, and, in addition to the enormous field which will always exist in the east and central west, which it Pittsburgh : Good For Business The center of a population of 5,000,000, in directly tributary territory. Cheapest and best fuel in the world ; Pitts- burgh coal possesses 10 to 20 per cent more heat units than any other bituminous coal. Plenty of available sites at reasonable prices for both large and small manufacturing plants; eighty miles of harbor line along three rivers. Manufacturing machinery and tools exempt from taxation. Abundance of skilled labor. Banking facilities; Pittsburgh banks lead all cities of the country in proportion of capital and surplus to gross deposits. Splendid transportation facilities — to be made even better by Ohio River Improve- ments. All water route to Panama Canal. Live Chamber of Commerce and other business organizations. Business administration of municipal af- fairs; council of nine prominent business men; board of education, twelve men of large affairs and three noted women educators. PITTSBURGH will continue to serve, it is favorably located for the export trade of the world .... Proposals are under consideration which, when carried out, will add still further to the efficiency of Pittsburgh's plants, increase their capacity, diversify their output, and improve the social and economic conditions of those engaged in the industry." — James A. Farrell President, United States Steel Corporation. Pittsburgh: Good to Live In Good wages; reasonable taxation. Desirable small residences and apartments in various sections of the city and surrounding boroughs at fair prices or rents. Strong financial institutions to help you own your own homes. Excellent schools, colleges, libraries, etc. ; recreation and amusement facilities ; free organ recitals. Pure water supply; health record high. Smoke nuisance being rapidly abated. Lowest costs for coal and natural gas for domestic uses. Technical training schools for youth and adult; co-operating shop educational systems, giving the student actual shop experience in the mills and factories in connection with a technical course. Twenty square miles of parks; free btnd concerts; clean amusements. Pittsburgh's Ton nage It Has Quadrupled in Fifteen Years ; It Has Doubled in Eight Years The Record for Fifteen Years Year 1897.. 1898.. 1899. . 1900.. 1901. . 1902. . 1903.. 1904. . 1905.. 1906. . 1907.. 1908. . 1909.. 1910.. 1911. . 1912. . Railroad 36,679,415 39,387,925 49,475,211 57,005,465 64,125,000 78,950,000 79,750,000 77,750,000 92,000,000 113,000,000 146,798,351 104,500,508 145,580,388 156,301,531 152,073,897 164,594,915 River 7,318,366 7,407,243 9,181,486 8,813,166 9,100,000 10,900,000 10,673,394 8,209,356 11,023,928 9,000,000 14,395,816 11,454,895 12,426,154 11,431,737 12,519,776 12,476,323 Total 43,997,718 46,875,168 58,656,699 65,868,613 73,225,000 87,850,000 80,423,394 85,959,356 103,023,928 122,000,000 161,194,167 115,955,403 158,006,542 167,733,268 164,593,673 177,071,238 Total, 15 yrs. 1,557,972,606 166,331,640 1,724,304,246 Compared With Tonnage of World's Great Ports PITTSBURGH! 177,000,000/ GREAT LAKES J* 146,000,000 TONS Year Tons 1911— Port of Liverpool. . 14,767,993 1911— Port of London. . . 20,978,223 1911— Port of Hamburg. . 23,776,188 1911— Port of Antwerp.. 26,656,480 1912— Port of New York. 27,222,903 1911— Suez Canal 25,417,853 1911 — Tonnage of Great Lakes (more than half of which is contributed by Pittsburgh) 146,631,563 1912— Pittsburgh's Ton- nage 177,071,238 The tonnage of New York, London and Hamburg, the great- est ports of the world's three great maritime nations, com- bined, was 71,977,314 tons. Pittsburgh's tonnage, 177,071,238 portofnewyork tons, is nearly 2k times this total. Pittsburgh's tonnage in 1912 exceeded the combined tonnage of the Great Lakes and the Suez Canal by 5,000,000 tons. THREE GREATEST OCEAN PORTSvj 71.000,000 TONS 27,000,000 N. v TONS ^ SUEZ CANAL 25.000.000 TONS Pittsburgh — Strongest Banking City in the United States Pittsburgh leads the great cities of the country in proportion of capital and surplus to gross deposits. Here were the percentages in August, 1913, all National Banks and Trust Companies included: Pittsburgh 36 % St. Louis 28|% Philadelphia 26^% Baltimore 24|% New York 21 % Chicago 19 % Boston 17|% Cleveland 1 5 % Detroit 14 % Buffalo 12i% Pittsburgh Banks and Trust Companies, 1913 Number 86 Capital $ 53,670,000 Surplus and Undiv. Profits 99,104,000 Deposits 417,437,000 Dividends (Year 1912) 7,073,178 FOURTH CITY IN Cap., Suip. FIFTH CITY IN INVESTED CAPITAL and Profits DEPOSITS Deposits $599,196,000 New York . . . $2,840,711,000 Philadelphia .... 193,132,000 Philadelphia . 724,306,000 177,717,000 Chicago 991,414,000 Pittsburgh . . 152,774,000 Boston 745,236,000 Boston 130,375,000 Pittsburgh 420,048,000 St. Louis 87,360,000 Cleveland . . . 317,012,000 55,405,000 St. Louis .... 302,880,000 Cleveland 48,840,000 Buffalo 228,761,000 Cincinnati 34,673,000 Baltimore . . . 226,230,000 Buffalo • 28,716,000 Detroit 198,539,000 Detroit 28,488,000 Cincinnati . . . 133,514,000 [The above. tables are revised to Septemb er, 1913.] Clearing House Exchanges, 191 1-1912 Pittsburgh Advances One in Rank Year 1911 Year 1912 New York . . . $92,372,812,735 New York. . $100,743,9' i ; J^'. Chicago 13,925,709.802 Chicago .... 15,380,795,541 Boston 8,339,718,582 Boston .... 8,963,808,530 Philadelphia . 7,691,842,937 Philadelphia 8,166,286,613 St. Louis 3,859,681,136 St. Louis. . . 4,027,580,808 Kansas City. 2,578,730,359 Pittsburgh 2,798,990,215 Pittsburgh 2,520,285,912 Kansas City 2,713,027,916 Baltimore . . . 1,767,682,328 Baltimore . . 1,957,474,680 Cincinnati . . . 1,277,555,300 Cincinnati . . 1,369,215,000 Cleveland . . . 1,012,557.805 Cleveland . . 1,150,397,653 988,647,059 1,127,793,196 Buffalo 516,876,770 Buffalo . 579,088,538 The city where the banks are strongest offers the best security to depositors, the best accom- modations to borrowers, and the best facilities to investors. "Pittsburgh, Fifth City" U. S. Census Bureau's Official Report of Metropolitan Districts of 25 Cities The U. S. Census Bureau's figures on the metropolitan areas of the chief cities of the country places Pittsburgh in fifth place in the list of metropolitan districts. The Metropolitan District of Pittsburgh compares in population with the Metropolitan Districts of other great cities as follows. The Metropolitan District as computed by the Census Bureau covers a radius of approximately ten miles in each case. New York 6,474,568 Buffalo 488,661 Chicago 2,446,921 Los Angeles 438,226 Philadelphia 1,972,342 Milwaukee 427,175 Boston 1,520,470 Providence 395,972 Pittsburgh.... 1,042,855 Washington 367,869 St. Louis 828,733 New Orleans 348,109 San Francisco- Kansas City (Mo. Oakland 686,873 and Kans.) 340,446 Baltimore 658,715 Louisville 286,158 Cleveland 613,271 Rochester 248,512 Cincinnati 563,804 Seattle 239,269 Minneapolis-St. Indianapolis .... 237,783 Paul 526,256 Denver 219,314 Detroit 500,982 Portland, Oregon. 215,048 Pittsburgh's Raw Materials Feed a Thousand Industries HARDWARE— Total Value Produced in United States $45,770,1 71 jk EZfJ/ of the raw material came from *TiDyO Pittsburgh District. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS— Total Value ProducedinU. S . $1 1 2,007,344 jk Jk i\f of the raw material came from ^T^ryO Pittsburgh District. AUTOMOBILE S— Total Value Produced in U. S $320,000,000 Jk rz ~7(yf of the raw material came H-O. I yO from Pittsburgh District. MACHINERY— Total Value Produced in U. S $687,901,388 *^ ^ f\f of the raw material came from O ■ fO Pittsburgh District. Mr. Outside Manufacturer: How Much Freight Do You Pay Per Year on Your Raw Material ? "The Pittsburgh District" Census Report, Principal Manufactures, Year 1909 — Metropolitan District of Pittsburgh Value Capital. Products. Brass, bronze $ 4,275,850 $ 3,397,537 Brick, clay working. 6,402,004 2,432,383 Cars.R.R. shop work 8,937.099 17,365,456 Cutlery, tools 3,565,921 3,086,268 Electric machinery... 49,184,808 20,260,163 Fo'd'y, machine shop 70,585,128 52,411,013 Glass (all kinds) .... 21,184,109 9,260,569 Iron and Steel: Pig iron 100,116,105 85,584.235 Steel (rolled) . . . 234,689,014 237,186,077 Pipe (iron and steel, wrought). 7,353,477 7,168,723 Tin plate, and iron and copper sheets 5,350,604 11,174,765 All other iron and steel 8,388,200 7,574,394 Leather 1,870,899 1,422,022 Liquors (all kinds) . . 26,185,985 11,885,733 Lumber and wood- working 4,864,477 4,745,626 Paint, varnish 3,878,767 3,779,518 Oil, petroleum, etc... 2,834,055 4,665,804 Printing, publishing. 10,375,382 9,663,449 Slaughtering, meat packing 4,006,950 14,492,440 Soap 1,200,245 1,232,164 Tobacco 1,920,770 3,715,594 Wagons, vehicles.... 1,910,083 1,031,239 All other 163,449,114 65,280,321 District Total. . $642,527,046 $578,815,493 The same report gives the following addi- tional totals for the district (manufacturing plants only): Annual payroll $115,049,924 Materials used 366,892,433 Employees in manufacturing 159,977 Number establishments 2,369 Census Comparisons, Population and Value of Product [U. S. Census Report by Metropolitan Districts, 1910] Value Mfd. METROPOLITAN Value of Product DISTRICT OF Population Mfd. Product Per Capita Pittsburgh 1,018,463 $578,815,000 $575 St. Louis 759,446 328,495,000 433 Cleveland 637,425 271,961,000 426 Detroit 531,591 252,992,000 476 Buffalo 528,985 218,804,000 414 Pittsburgh in Iron and Steel (Corrected to Dec. I, 1913) — PIG IRON — Number of blast furnaces in entire country 421 Number of blast furnaces in Pittsburgh District 84 Percentage entire country in Pittsburgh District 20% Tons Production pig iron, entire country, year 1912 (official) 29,726,937 Production pig iron, Pittsburgh District, year 1912 (official) 1 0,001 ,099 Percentage in Pittsburgh District 30|% — STEEL — Number Bessemer converters in Pittsburgh District 37 Number Bessemer converters in entire country 1 84 Percentage in Pittsburgh District 20% Number Open-hearth steel furnaces in Pittsburgh District 358 Open-hearth steel furnaces in country. . . 971 Per cent, in Pittsburgh 37% Tons Total production of steel in Pittsburgh District, 1912 11,199,430 Total production of steel in State of Pennsylvania, 1912 15,633,754 Total production of steel in entire country, year 1912 31,251,303 Pittsburgh's percentage of steel output to total for country 36% Pittsburgh's percentage of steel output to total for Pennsylvania 71 %% [This includes steel of all kinds, Bessemer, open-hearth and crucible — the raw materials from which all finished steel products in this country are produced.] World's Pig Iron Output, 1911 [Complete world's statistics for 1912 not available] Entire World* 63,251,731 tons United States (1912) 29,726,937 " Germany 15,280,527 " Great Britain 9,874,620 " France 4,410,856 " Russia 2,865,000 " Austria-Hungary 2,095,000 " Belgium 2,103,120 " Canada (1912) 912,878 " Sweden : . 633,8u0 " Spain 353,500 " Italy 235,000 " All other countries 535,000 " ♦Note: A slight discrepancy in this total from the actual footings of the figures that follow it is occa- sioned by the use of 1912 figures for U. S. and Canada. Pittsburgh Against the World in Pig Iron Pittsburgh District (1912)— 10,001,099 tons. All of Great Britain— 9,874,620 tons. State of Ohio entire— 6,802,493 tons. Canada, France, Sweden and Spain combined — 6,311,034 tons. States of Illinois, Indiana and Michigan combined (including Chicago and Gary) — 4,657,987 tons. State of Alabama— 1,862,681 tons. Pittsburgh's production of pig iron in 1912 was 66 per cent, of the total for Germany, and was greater than the total production of any country on the globe excepting America and Germany. Pittsburgh district in 1912 produced nearly a mil- lion tons more pig iron than the combined produc- tion of France, Russia and Belgium, which three countries rank fourth, fifth and sixth among the pig iron producing nations. Pittsburgh District in 1912 produced 16 per cent, of the world's output of pig iron. Pittsburgh's Varied Metal Products The annual statistical report of the American Iron & Steel Institute for 1912 says (p. 137): "In 1912 Alleaheny County made over 48.6 per cent, of the total production of pig iron in Pennsy'vania, and over 20.5 per cent, of the country's total production (as against 19.6 per cent, of country's total production in 1910;; over 49.8 per cent, of the total production of steel ingots and castings in Pennsylvania, and over 24.9 per cent, of the country's total production ; over 42.7 per cent, of the rail production of Pennsylvania, and over 1 1 .4 per cent, of the country's total production ; over 51.8 per cent, of the produc- tion of structural shapes in Pennsylvania, and over 37.3 per cent, of the country's total production ; over 45 per cent of the produc- tion of plates and sheets in Pennsylvania, and over 24.2 per cent, of the country's total production ; over 65.5 per cent, of the produc- tion of merchant bars in Pennsylvania, and over 33.3 per cent, of the country's total production ; over 73.3 per cent, of the production of skelp in Pennsylvania, and over 31.5 per cent, of the country's total production, Allegheny County produced in 1912 over 49 per cent, of all kinds of finished rolled iron and steel in Pennsylvania, and over 24.3 per cent, of the country's total production." These percentages refer to the production of ALLEGHENY COUNTY alone, whereas the zone of the Pittsburgh mills and steel works extends for 25 miles beyond the boundaries of the county. The Center of the Steel Car Building Industry Pittsburgh District possesses the largest three steel car building plants in the world. Men employed in three plants, 19,000 Consumption of Steel 900,000 Gross Tons Annual production (steel and wooden) 78,000 Cars Annual capacity. 100,000 Cars Capacity per day 350 Cars Freight Cars Built in steel wooden total U. S. in 1912 66,250 86,179 152,429 Passenger Cars Built in U.S. in 1912 1,418 1,642 3,060 Pittsburgh's Share, Country's Output 50 pet. The Center of the Tin Plate Industry Pittsburgh District produced 60 per cent, of Tin Plate Output of the United States, in 1912. Pounds Total production of Tin Plate in United States, 1912 2,157,055,000 Production Pittsburgh District Estimated) 1,300, 000, 000 Capacity of Tin Plate Plants of the Country, Dec. 1, 1913 484 hot mills Capacity of Pittsburgh District Plants. 293 hot mills Pittsburgh District possesses % of country's total tin plate capacity. 10 Pittsburgh District Produced Two-Thirds of Glass Output of Country in 1912 Bottle Glassware— Twenty-four plants in Pittsburgh District produced in 1912. $10,420,000 [Pittsburgh has been the cradle of the American bottle industry; and all machine-made bottles are to-day made on a Pittsburgh machine, devel oped by Pittsburgh glassmakers.] PLATE GLASS— Sixteen plants in Pittsburgh District pro- duced in 1910 (latest published figures) . . . $10,211,000 Capital invested 17,260,627 Output reported 23,448,000 sq. ft. Output cf U. S., year 1909 60,105,000 sq. ft. [Pittsburgh is tbe headquarters of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., the lead- ing maker of plate glass in this country.] Window Glass— Fourteen window glass plants in Pittsburgh District produced in 1910 $ 6,640,000 [Pittsburgh is headquarters of the American Window Glass Co., the largest producer in the country.] Pressed Glass, Tableware, Etc.— Sixteen pressed glass and tableware plants in Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh District in 1913 produced $ 6,700,000 [Pittsburgh is headquarters for United States Glass Co., largest producer of tableware and pressed ware in the United States, with five of its seven plants located in Pittsburgh District.] Lamps, Chimneys. Electric Glass— Twelve plants in Pittsburgh and vicinity produced in 1912 $ 5,520,000 [Pittsburgh is central headquarters of - Phoenix Glass Co., largest producer of lamp glass and electrical goods in the world, and of Macbeth-Evans Company, largest producer of chim- neys in United States.] Total glass output, Pittsburgh District $39,491,000 Output of glass (all kinds) , in United States, year 1909 (Government Census Bulletin, census of 1910) $59,926,000 Two Million Dollars a Week in High- Grade Machine Products Government Census Bulletin (1910) for Metropolitan District of Pittsburgh Value of Plants Output Electrical machinery, apparatus and supplies 18 $ 20,260,163 Airbrakes, springs, wheels, car equip- ment, locomotives, cars 25 27,473,216 Foundry and machine shop prod- ucts; machinery 218 52,411,01 3 Total foundry and machine plants, locomotive and car shops 261 $100,144,392 Cutlery and tools (such as are not classified in " machinery ") 20 3,086,000 11 Pittsburgh in Coal and Coke Bituminous Coal PITTSBURGH Coal is Pronounced by United States Geological Sur- vey as the Highest in Heat Units in the Country. Year 1912, Nit Tons Pittsburgh District (all bitumious) 98,528,508 Pennsylvania (bituminous) 161,865,488 Ohio 34,528,727 West Virginia 66,786,687 Indiana 15,285,718 Total production bituminous coal in United States (excluding lignite coals mined west of Mississippi, of inferior steam power) 391,660,803 Total production coal in United States, all grades 534,466,580 PITTSBURGH DISTRICT PRODUCED— 3/ of the bituminous coal mined in Penn- /5 sylvania in 1912. Tkr^ Tim^c the total out P ut of the inree limes state of Ohio in 1912. n times the total output of West Virginia 3 in 1912. Pittsburgh District's Output of Bituminous Coal for 1912 was twice the combined ontput of Ohio and Indiana. World's Production of Coal, Year 1909 1,078,155,696 tons Pittsburgh District's Production. 98,528,508 tons Pittsburgh District's Proportion of World-Output 9 per cent. Connellsville Coke, 40 Miles Away — The Standard Coke the Country Over Production — Year 1912 Tons Connellsville Coke 20,837,934 Pennsylvania, All Grades 27,438,693 Alabama, All Gaades 2,975,489 West Nirginia, All Grades 2,465,986 United States 43,983,599 Connellsville District Produced Within Two Million Tons of One-Half of All the Coke Made in the United States. Pittsburgh's Fuel Feeds a Nation's Industries Tons Pittsburgh coal shipped over Great Lake routes, year 1912 14,250,000 Shipments of Pittsburgh coal via Mo- nongahela and Ohio rivers, calendar year 1912 9,943,333 Rail shipments, exclusive of coal for lake shipment, or coal consumed in Pittsburgh District, or coal used in coke-making .26,500,000 Total, year 1912 , 50,693,333 Coal shipped into Pittsburgh from mines 16,000,000 Freight Costs on Pittsburgh Coal at Home Average price at mine, best Pittsburgh steam coal $1 . 10 River freight charge, mine to dock, Pitts- burgh harbor 10 Average freight on rail haul, mine to plant in Pittsburgh District 35 Rail rate, Connellsville coke, to points in Pittsburgh District 75 Rail Freights on Pittsburgh Coal and Connells- ville Coke to other points: Coal Coke To Cleveland, O $ .98 $1 . 65 " Toledo, 1.00 1.85 " Buffalo, N.Y 1.25 1.85 " Detroit, Mich 1.40 2.10 " Chicago 1 . 90 2 . 50 " New York City 2.20 2.85 " Philadelphia 1 . 85 2 . 05 " Erie, Pa 78 1.65 " Youngstown, 70 1.20 " Baltimore, Md 1 . 80 1 . 80 " Milwaukee, Wis 1 . 90 2 . 70 " Columbus, 1.65 " Canton, 1.40 Mr. Manufacturer: Why pay the railroads to haul the best fuel in the world many miles to your plant ? Bring your plant to the fuel. 13 Allegheny County Population, 1910 Pittsburgh City 533,905 McKeesport 42,694 Braddock 19,357 Homestead 18,713 Wilkinsburg 18,924 Adjacent Territory 384,870 Total, Greater Pittsburgh .1,018,463 Why the World's Manufacturers Want Pittsburgh Coal Pittsburgh Distriot has the best and most persistent bed of bituminous ooal In existenoe; not only uniform In thiok- ness of seam, but in quality. The British Thermal Heat Units of the Pittsburgh ooal along the Monongahela River and in Washington county exceed 14,000; in other words, the Pittsburgh ooal Is ap- proximately 90 per cent, perfeot In quality. With the exception of Georges Creek and some Pooahontas ooals, which are not as uniform in bed, henoe more difficult to mine, Pittsburgh ooal excels any ooal we have by 10 per oent. to 20 per cent, in heat unit value. The lower grade ooals in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois run from 10,000 up to 12,500 In heat units, averaging but little over 11,500, as against Pittsburgh ooal averages of 13,500 to 14,500, thur making a differenoe of 20 per oent. In efficiency. Gas and ooke will be the fuels of the future. We have the best gas and the best coking ooal for the produotlon of gas and for metallurgical purposes. In the total, It Is Just as rloh In by-produots as any other ooal and will be the great fuel of the future. Nature's location of this fuel In olose proximity to the natural oenters of consumption assures Pittsburgh District's oontlnuanoe as the industrial oenter of the world. — From a statement dictated for this publication by John W. Boileau, coal expert and geologist, Pittsburgh. Postoffice Statistics for Year Ending June 30, 1913 Carrier stations 21 Sub-stations 85 Pieces of mail handled 437,146,608 Annual receipts $3,136,125.09 Number of employees 1310 Pittsburgh in 1913 is sixth city in postal receipts. 14 Pittsburgh District, Center of Natural Gas — The World's Cheapest Fuel Cubic Feet Natural Gas Production in the United States, 1912 562,203,452,000 Of which States of Pennsylvania and West Virginia produced. .251,237,923,000 Valued at $51,888,693 Practically all of this is produced' in territory directly tributary to Pittsburgh. Cubic Feet Gas piped into Pittsburgh in 1912 (three companies) 77,480,000,000 Miles of pipe line running into Pittsburgh from the gas fields of two States 5,950 Gas is cheap in Pittsburgh because this city is the nearest large industrial center to the gas fields. Per 1,000 cu. ft. Average price of gas for industrial uses in Pittsburgh 14.5 cents Price in lake front cities 30 cents Assessed Valuation City of Pittsburgh (1912) $ 838,839,150 Allegheny County (1912) 1,247,094,860 The valuation of the county is divided in the following manner, the county assessors placing the valuation somewhat lower than do the city assessors: City of Pittsburgh $838,839,150 City of McKeesport 38,640,620 Boroughs 246,219,070 Townships 123,396,020 Crucible and High Grade Steels Tons Output of the country in high grade crucible tool steel, 1910 122,303 Entire State of Pennsylvania 71,814 Pittsburgh District 61,500 Pittsburgh's proportion of country's output 50% Pipe and Tubing In pipe and tubing, Pittsburgh district pro- duced, 1912: Iron pipe 180,000 tons Steel pipe, boiler tubing, seamless tubing 640,000 tons Pittsburgh's Total. . . 820,000 tons Country's Total 1,828,000 tons Pittsburgh's Work for Science Laboratory Equipment — a Direct Aid to Industry Government Laboratories — Testing stations of the United States Bureau of Mines, Bureau of Standards, and Geological Survey. Equip- ment for special investigations and tests of clays, brick, cement, concrete and structural steel. Headquarters of Mines Safety division of United States Bureau of Mines. Tests of coal, and of mine gases. Carnegie Institute of Technology — Special labora- tories, provided with costly equipment, for the testing of all building materials, including stone, brick, cement and concrete, steel, etc. Mechanical engineering laboratory for testing machinery and' adjustment of weights and measures. University of Pittsburgh — Special research division for the benefit of the manufacturer, under charge of Robert Kennedy Duncan, Director of Industrial Research and Industrial Chem- istry. Includes a system of Industrial Fellow- ships to undertake special laboratory research in any industrial or manufacturing line, at the behest of the manufacturer. Scientific Societies — Pittsburgh furnishes unex- ampled opportunities for association with scien- tific bodies. The Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, with headquarters in the Oliver Building, is one of the largest and most influ- ential engineering bodies in the country. The mechanical, structural, metallurgical and min- ing sections have separate organizations. This society draws its membership largely from the 7,000 electrical, mechanical, metallurgical and construction engineers connected with the Westinghouse industries, the Carnegie Steel Co., the United States Steel Corporation, the American Bridge Co., and the great independ- ent steel companies in Pittsburgh. Among other technical engineering bodies with local sections in Pittsburgh are the American Insti- tute of Electrical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, the Institute of Electro- Chemical Engineers, the Illuminating Engi- neers, etc. All these bodies have provision for associate or student memberships. Free lectures on scientific, archaeological, engi- neering and technical subjects are given at intervals through the winter at Carnegie Insti- tute and the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Educational Institutions University of Pittsburgh Founded 1 787 Faculty, 275. Campus, 43 acres. Students, 2,600. College School of Economics and Evening School of Accounts and Finance. School of Engineering (Co-operative Plan). School of Education. School of Mines. School of Medicine. School of Pharmacy. School of Dentistry. School of Law. Summer School. Special Saturday Classes. Industrial Chemistry, 50 Fellowships for Indus- trial Research. Carnegie Institue of Technology Built and Endowed by Andrew Carnegie Faculty, 204. Campus, 32 acres. Students, 3,045. School of Applied Science. School of Applied Industries. Margaret Morrison Carnegie School for Women. School of Applied Design. Day and night classes in: all of the schools. Duquesne University Faculty, 49. Students, 691. Pennsylvania College for Women Faculty, 24. Students, 270. High Schools Buildings, 9. Instructors, 122. Students, 5,169. Public Schools Buildings, 126. Teachers, 2,498. Students, 81,596. 47 private schools and business colleges. "There are already thousands of uses of the electric current, and still we have only begun. .... It will some day cool us in summer and heat us in winter. It will propel all of our trains; it will increase the products of our soil; and it will promote our health. Pitts- burgh has become one of the foremost centers of electrical industries; and its citizens,_ in consequence, will have benefits and opportunities of ?n unusual character in the development of this wonderful force of Nature. No genius has been endowed with the power to predict its possibilities." — George Westinghouse. Show Places of Pittsburgh Qualifications as a Convention City. Carnegie Institute — Covers four acres, half an acre more than the Capitol at Washington. Cost Andrew Carnegie $6,000,000; with tech- nical schools adjoining and all endowments, $24,000,000. Music Hall, with great organ and free re- citals weekly. Art Galleries, with third largest permanent collections in the country and annual In- ternational Exhibition. Museum, in which special attention is given to geological exhibits and the sciences. Carnegie Library, eight branches, 22 sub-sta- tions. Number of volumes, 358,732; circu- lation, 2,130,538; attendance in reading rooms, 1,393,446. Technology department, 40,000 volumes relating to trades and in- dustries. All privileges free to residents of Pittsburgh. Auditoriums — Exposition Hall, used annually, September- October, for Western Pennsylvania Exposi- tion. Main building contains second great- est floor space of any exhibit building in the country; floor area larger than Madi- son Square Garden, New York. Soldiers' Memorial Hall, cost $1,650,000; seat- ing capacity 2,550. Duquesne Garden, scene of horse show, auto show and similar annual exhibitions. Theatres — Ten theatres, including most perfect theater in the country outside New York, built without stairways. Clubs — Five country clubs, with well-equipped golf and tennis courts; strong civic club organi- zations, two matinee clubs, patronizing clean racing; many handsome downtown clubhouses. Center of Educational Life- Pittsburgh has, in the 1 heart of its residence district, at the Oakland entrance to Schen- ley Park, the nucleus for the finest institu- tional group in the country — including the new University of Pittsburgh, now under construction; Carnegie Institute, Library and Music Hall; the Carnegie Technical Schools; Phipps' Conservatory; the Pitts- burgh Athletic, University and other club- houses; the Eighteenth Regiment Armory; St. Paul's Cathedral; Forbes Field of the Pittsburgh Base Ball Club and the site for the new City High School. Special Advantages to the Manufacturer Location — Pittsburgh is the natural gateway between the East and the West. It is nearer the center of fifty millions of peo- ple, or the major population of the United States, than is any other industrial district. This means a saving of freight in the as- sembling of the raw materials, and in the distribution of the finished product. Pitts- burgh is within 12 hours of the sea, within 12 hours of the Mississippi valley, and within six hours of the Great Lakes. Rail and Water Transport — Besides an unex- ampled system of railroad terminals, Pitts- burgh has the Allegheny, Monongaheia and Ohio rivers. On completion of the Federal Government's plans for siackwater im- provement, Pittsburgh will have the bene- fits of water navigation to the Gulf at all seasons of the year. The government already has expended $20,000,000 on the Ohio and its tributaries, and has $6,000,000 of work under construction. This will give Pittsburgh an all-water route to the Pan- ama Canal and the Pacific coast. Taxation — Pennsylvania's taxation laws are more favorable to the manufacturer than those of any other State, corporations be- ing exempt from State tax on as much of their capital as is invested in manufactur- ing, including real estate used for manu- facturing. In city and county, they are exempt from taxation on all machinery and tools. Investments — Pittsburgh is an equally good piace for the investor. The local tax on bonds or money loaned at interest is 4/10 of one per cent. Household goods are exempt. Opportunities for Apprentices Special Night Trade Schools — Carnegie Tech. Summer Courses in Engineering and Mining Branches — University of Pittsburgh. Apprenticeship Co-operative Courses — Special co-operative and apprenticeship courses in technical branches by University of Pitts- burgh and Carnegie Technical Schools, which include actual service in mills, shops and electrical works as a part of the in- struction. 19 Pittsburgh, a Healthy Place in Which to Live Mortality Rate That Pittsburgh is a healthy place in which to live is attested by the official figures issued by the Census Bureau for the year ending January 1, 1910, which shows that, among 15 of the largest cities in the country, Pittsburgh stands fourth in the mortality table, only three cities having lower death rates. Following is the official mor- tality rate per 1,000 inhabitants: Deaths Deaths per 1,000 per 1,000 Indianapolis 14.3 Newark 16.5 Chicago 14.6 Boston 16.8 Buffalo 15.2 Jersey City 16.8 Pittsburgh 1 5.9 Denver 17 St. Louis 15.9 Baltimore 18.7 New York 16 Washington 19 Philadelphia 16.4 New Orleans 20.2 Cincinnati 16.4 Typhoid Rate Reduced to Minimum Census Bureau statistics for the year 1912 show 12 great cities with a worse typhoid death rate than Pittsburgh, with only two excelling it. The rating of 12.7 per 100,000 inhabitants is given Pitts- burgh for four-fifths of the city's area, which was supplied with filtered water. The filtered water supply is now being extended to the other one- fifth of the city's area. Following is the official rating: Deaths Deaths per 100,000 per 100,000 Newark 11.8 Detroit 20.4 New York 12 Buffalo 21 Chicago 12.6 Milwaukee 21.1 Pittsburgh 12.7 Indianapolis 22.2 Cincinnati 13.3 Philadelphia 22.3 Cleveland 13.3 Baltimore 24.8 Boston 13.8 Washington 34.2 St. Louis 16.2 Parks, Recreation Facilities 22 Parks, 1,388 Acres. 22 Theatres. 23 Playgrounds and Vacation Schools, attendance (1910), 883,830. Zoological Gardens, Conservatories. Forbes Field, finest ball park in the world. Athletic Club, most complete and broadly planned in the country. The Bigness of Pittsburgh Largest pipe and tube mill in the world. Largest structural steel plant in the world. Largest glass manufacturing plant in the U. S. Largest independent wire manufacturing plant in the world. Largest independent concern manufacturing steel buildings and bridges. Largest brake manufacturing plant in the world. Largest corporation in the world manufacturing rolling mill machinery. Largest commercial coal plant in the United States. Largest works in the world for finishing alum- inum. Largest pickling and preserving plant in the world, employing 3,500 hands and 500 traveling sales- men. Largest electrical manufacturing works in the world, employing 13,000. Its steel works and blast furnaces give employ- ment to 75,000 men. Leads the world in the manufacture of iron, steel, glass, electrical machinery, steel cars, tin plate, air brakes, fire brick, white lead, pickles and preserves, cork and aluminum. Pittsburgh is the national plumbing supply center, the .annual volume of business done in this line being $7,000,000. The largest warehouse in the world, covering twenty-three acres of floor space, is located in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh has a jobbing market serving 10,000,000 people and doing an annual business of $1,- 000,000,000. It has 509 miles of paved streets. Pittsburgh has 22 parks containing 1,387 acres, valued at over $7,000,000 on which she is spending over $300,000 each year in mainte- nance alone. For the hauling of materials, coke, iron ore and limestone, which are made into pig iron in the Pittsburgh district, 88,000 freight trains, with an average load of 3,400 gross tons apiece, are required every year. The Pittsburgh district comprises a population of almost 4,000,000 living within a radius of 40 miles of the court house. PRINTED BY WM. G. JOHNSTON & C< PITTSBURGH