%0^ *bv" V*" :- -^^o* •: ' .-4' -JW^^' 'P. < ^t,"^'"^^ r.-?-^ ^<*-. - "-^^Q^ ». ^^■^ ^Jm^^\ 'fu.rS oV"^^siak- <»•_.•*• •u-o^ 'bV ». "> -'U.o^ o. ''TTV' a *bv" ^°^ ^.J^'» <> .1*" .o'' '^^'♦^r?^•' /v ^*^ -^0^ f^^M: '^ov^ :iM^y.\ '^'(u.rS' .v-^^Pk*- v,<-^' *- .-isstt-. -^z /jfe-, *«,,** .-i^^-, **.,/ .-afe--. **.,<•* .-w^-. % :. '"*u.o^ /, ^. -.v/Mw/ .^^>. -.i^i^.- ^♦"^^ -.wssw; .^^^v '.^^i^*- ^♦''^. 'bV ^ A** ♦J V <^ /^ ,' o *oV^ ^^,'*^\^^^ %*^-'/ '^^,'*^\«*^ "«=.'' l/>^ '♦. 'o. ^ -^"'^t.. . V' .' /^•>^' \ ^° -^s^;:."- ./**>;^'\ co^vaa^■^°o /\c;i^.\ C^°,^ '.^ ♦ e » ' <{,> ** q,. ..,,.' .0-' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FOUNDERS' WEEK 225th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HON. JOHN E REYBURN, Chairman GEORGE W. B. HICKS, Secretary George W. Boyd Martin G. Brumbaugh Edward Buchholz Frank H. Caven Henry Clay Morns L Clothier Charles E. Connell John P. Connelly John Converse George B. Davis Col. James Elverson, Jr. Bernhard Ernst Charles A. Gilliiigham Henry S. Grove Frank Hardart C. C. Harrison 1. Minis Hays James M. Hazlett William Henry Holmes Morns Jastrow, Jr. John VV. Jordan George W. Kncker Frank D, LaLanne Edwin O. Lewis J. R. C. McAllister George McCurdy William J. MiUigan Thomas L. Montgomery Col. Edward Morrell Thomas J. Morton Thomas T. Nelson Edward W. Patton Harry C. Raiisley Morris Rosenberg R. H. Riishton Thomas J. Ryan Charles Seger W. S. P. Shields John H. Stokley E. T. Siotesbury Hon. Edwin S. Sluart Walter T. Sykes John Thomson Harry J- Trainer Ale.\. Van Rensselaer Hon. John Wanamaker Barclay H. Warburton John W. Whitaker Clarence Wolf George \V Zane ()1"FICI.\I. II ISKiUKAI. S()r\i:.\II< riic (.'iiniinissidn named l>_\' ihc .Maxnr lor llii> ])Ui"|iiisc was cciiii])t)sccl (il the idlliiw iiii; citizens: THOMAS LYNCH MONTGOMERY 1 .ilirariaii, Suile 1-ilirary, llarri>l)urj4" JOHN W. JORDAN, LL.D. I. ilirariaii, Histurical SocietN ni 1 'ciinsyK aiiia GEORGE W. B. HICKS Statist iciaii !■ i tlu- M ayur JOHN THOMSON Librarian. J Ik- i'rcc Lil)rar\ ul I'liiladelpliia MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH, Ph.D., LL.D. .'^u]K'riiiU-iiilfni I if Sclionls, I'hiladeliiliia MORRIS JASTROW, Jr., Ph.D. l.iljrariaii, L'ni\crsity of Pennsylvania I. MINIS HAYS, M.D. l.ilirarian. American I 'liilosophical Society GEORGE M. ABBOT l.ilirarian, Lihrar}' L'nmpanx- of riiiladelpliia JOHN ASHHURST Assistant Lilirari.aii, Tlu- I'ree Library ul 1 'liilailcl|)liia WILLIAM J. MILLIGAN thief (,'lerk of .^clecl C'onncil, 1 'hiladelphia This C'dniniission lici^an its sessions (in I )ecenilKT idlli, mcetini;' in the r. I licks, cdnchicted a thurim.nii search id many original recdfds in possession id' the cit_\', of (irii^inal ductnnents in the ollice of the Secretary of Internal .Mfairs, I larrishurj;", and of many papers and docnmenls in ]iossc'ssion (d the several his- torical societies and libraries. In the orit^inal pajiers liled .it I larrishurn' were found a mimher siL;ned and sealed hy William iV'im wlu'rein he idliciallx' referred to the city of I'hiladclidiia in H>N_V lO 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PIIILAnELPII lA As a result of the Commission's work tliere was pre- sented to the Mayor on January 15, 1908, a lengthy report embodying' all the facts ascertained by the Commission. In this report the Conuiiission stated that it had discovered proof that the vear 1683 was the correct year of the founding of the city. It also presented evidence that in the same year there was a Seal of rhiladel[)hia, together with a totally different Seal of Philadel])hia County, bearing the same date, and the Provincial Seal of William Penn, also of the same year. The report of the Commission stated that as there was a se])arate Seal for Philadelphia, independent of the County Seal and that both were indepentlent of the Seal of the Province, it indicated that there was a separate go\-ernment for Philadel- ])hia in 16S3. The Commission also quoted in its report a letter of Penn to the Free Society of Traders, published in London in 1(383, and dated at Philadelphia the "i6th of the Sixth Moneth call'd August, 1683." If was in this letter thai William Penn wrote: "Philadelphia, the Expectation of those that are con- cerned in this province, is at last laid out to the great Content of those here, that are any wayes Interested therein." Further proof that Penn, the Founder, recognized the city of Philadelphia as early as 1683 was shown in that same year in a sale of lots within the city. The Commission foimd many records dated as early as April 2S, 1683, directing the Surveyor-General to lay out lots in the city. So important did the Conmiission consider these dis- coveries that in its report to the Mayor it recommended that a proper celebration should be made of the two hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the city. In addi- tion, the Commission recommended to the Ala}'or that the figures, 1701, appearing on the Seal of the city, should be removed therefrom. II OFI-MCIAI. II ISI'ORICAI. S()r\'l"..\ I U ( )n l'\-)ini;ii-y (i. HjoS, tln' Maynr ti-;iiisniillc(l id ('il\ C'duncils a nicssai^X', accDUipanird 1)_\ ihr rc'iiorl nf the (Uni- missioii. and iiii^cd that siiital>k- rccoi^nitidii lie made of the anniversary, and also tliat tlie reconiniendaticjn of tlie ("om- niission to remove Irom the City Seal the liL^ures, 1701. he ai)|)rinc, Amicuican C'riv in •iiii-; rNIIKI) StAI'KS (j_^ CnAI'TER KTCTTTII I'll il.Alii;i.l'll I A AND ITS 1 llNDUIlDS n|- I'olNI'S OI' IIlSroUK- Intkkkst Till". MixcA OI' Toruisi's anh I 'i.i;Asrui:-si:i-:Ki'.KS I'uoM All 1'auts of tiii'. World iii fllAITF.R XIXTII I'lIILADin.l'IllA. AS A M ANll'AC riKixi; L'\'\'\. TlUXS ( )lT ANNIIALLV from ITS FAt'ToUl l-'.S I'UODl'C'TS W'oRIII ( )\ MR Six MiNDRKD .Million Dollars 139 ClIAl'I'l'LK T1-:XTH I'll ii.ADKLi'iiiA Boasts of Stpkrii I\ail\\an- and Sii:a.m- siiii' SiiRX'HF AND A Local Svsti-:m oi' 'I'ransi'ortatiox SkCOND To X'oXL IX TUIC Col'XTRV I5I fllAI'TI'-R KLE\'E\TJI I'lllLADKLI'IIlA FiXAXCIAI. 1 XS ITI'l'I'IOXS IIWI'. AlAVAVS HAD A Trkmlxdoi's Ln I'l.i 'i-'.xi I'. IX IIII-; Moxi'/i \io Aii-airs o|- iiil: CorxTRV \C\\ fllAI'Tl'-.R TWi'I.I-TH l'.Rli:i' C'llROXOI.OIlK Al. lIlSI'ORV OI' Till', C'llA OI' I'llll.A- Di'.i.riiiA I'RoM rill-; I".arlii;si' Ri'.iords to Tiir; I 'Rhisicxr Li;xirR\ iTw) C()M.MITTl':i':S WIIICII ARRAXCI'.i) TIIF CI'.l.i'.l'.R ATlOX Com M i-ni;i-;s Comrosld oi- ('\\\ Offktai.s and Citizicns WHO I'LANiXKI) AND CARRIh'.D INTO [-".X I'.C'I ' IK LV IIII-'. AxNI- \'i:usAUv Cklkiskation 183 14 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE William Penn in Suit uf Armor Frontispiece Mayor John E. Reybtirn 6 Portraits — Clarence Wolf — E. T. Stoteslnir\ — Morris Rosenberg — Hon. 1 k-nrv Clay— J. R. C. McAllister— William Henry Holmes— C. C. Harrison...'. i8 Portraits — Dr. Martin G. Brunibaugli — Dr. 1. Minis Hays — Dr. John W. Jordan — George W. B. Hicks — Thomas L. Montgomery — John Thomson — William J. Milligan 20 Portraits — Barclay 11. Warburton — W. S. P. Shields — Morris Clothier — Hon. John Wanamaker — Alexander Van Rensselaer — Richard H. Rushton — Henry S. Grove 22 Portrait — Charles B. Hall j.? Portraits — Charles Seger — Edward W. Patton — George McCurdy — Thomas J. Ryan — James M. Hazlett — Eduard Buchholz — Thomas J. Morton 24 Portraits — Col. James Elverson, Jr. — Gen. Edward Morrell — Frank D. LaLanne — Hon. Edwin S. Stuart — George W. Zane — Harry C. Ransley — Harry J. Trainer 26 Portraits — Frank H. Caven — John P. Connelly — John H. Converse — George W. Boyd— John H. Stokley— Walter T. Sykes— John W. Whitaker.... 28 Portraits — George W. Kuckcr — Frank Hardart — Dr. Morris Jastrow, Jr. — Edward James Cattcll — Edwin O. Lewis — ThAmas T. Nelson — Charles E. Connell — Charles A. Gillingham — George B. Davis — Bernhard Ernst 30 Swedish Lutheran Church at Wieacao, 1677-1699 32 Penn's Treaty With the Indians 35 The "Welcome" 30 Dock Creek and Drawbridge, Northwest Corner Front and Dock Streets 42 Fairnian's Mansion and Treaty Tree 44 Penn's Cottage in Latitia Street 47 Fac simile of Charter of Philadel])lii:i, March 20, i6qi 49 Landing of William Penn at Dock Creek 57 The First Paper Mill in America 59 I he First Printing Press in America 61 Rapid Transit, Philadelphia to Lancaster and Pittsburgh 62 The "Flying Macliine" on its Way to New York in 1776 63 The First Steamlioat in the World 65 The Liberty Bell 67 Portrait — Benjamin Franklin 68 Signing the Declaration of Independence 70 The First American "Tea-Party" 74 Captain Ayers and the "Polly" 75 The Departure of the "Polly" 76 Carpenters' Hall 81 "Cliveden," The Chew House, Germantown 84 Mrst LTnited States Mint 88 Coinage Department of First United States Mint 89 Old Vault in First United States Mint 90 Arches in Basement of Old Mint 91 Schuylkill Water Works 92 Prison and Market Shambles 9^ The Fire Boat "Edwin S. Stuart" 101 Philadelphia Police and Fire Stations 102 IS I'AGE I'hc (iri'.-il I'lnvnc I louse, 1707-17.^5 loj The Centennial Exhibition Cirounds 106 Centre S(|nare Water Works 107 I'hilailelpliia Filtration I'lant at Torresdalc 108-109 Pennsylvania Railroad Station 112 Real Kstate Trust Co. Building 1 14 The Site of the City Hall 115 First City Hall, Philadelphia. 1683 to 1707 117 Second City Hall. Philadelphia, 1707 to 1735 118 Third City Hall. Philadelphia, 173.S to 1894 119 Fourth and Present City 1 lall, from 1894 120 Early View of the I'alls of Schuylkill 123 Scenes in Fairniount Park 126 Magnilicent River Drive — Statue of Grant — Memorial Hall — Zoological (iarden I'jitrance — Horticultural Hall — River Drive Tunnel New and Old Government I'.uildin.gs in Philadelphia 128 L'nited States Mint— Old Ciiited States Mint— Post Office Building- Ctistoni House Plnladelphia InstitiUions of Art ;iiul Science 130 Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial .-Xrt — Academy of the Natural Sciences — Philadelphia Commercial Museums — Pennsylvania Historical Society — Pennsylvania .\c.ideniy of the l'"ine Arts Philadelphia Institutions of Learning 132 University of Pennsylvania (College Hall) — Girls' Normal School — Northeast Manual Training School — Drexel Institute — Central High School — Girard College (Main Building) I'airmount Park and City Statuary I3.i Washington Monument — Lincoln Monument — Stephen Girard — Benja- min Fr.inklin — William McKinley — John Christian Bullitt .\l.irket Street, Looking West from Tenth Street 136 Philadelphia Church Buildings 1,38 I'riends' Meeting House — The Advocate (Episcopal) — Keneseth Israel — .'\rch Street M. E. Church— Grace Baptist Temple— Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul — Bethany Presbyterian Cliurch Phil.iilelphia Library Buildings 140 Ridgeway Branch, F'ree Library — Mercantile Lilirary — II. Josei)hine Widener Branch. Free Library — Spring Garden P.r.iiuii. hVee Library Philadelphia Societies and .Associations 142 Masonic Temple — Young Men's Christian Association — Odd l'\llnws' Temple — Pennsylvania Railroad Branch V. M. C. A. Philadelphia Bourse 144 "Old Ironsides" 14.^ Pliiladelphia Hotels 148 The Majestic — 'The .Mdine — Bingham House — Bellevue-Stratford — I lotel Walton — The Continental I ail-piece. View cjf Manufacturing liuildings 149 Philadelphia I lospital Buildings 150 Methodist ICpiscopal — St. Agnes — German — 1 lahnein.inn — Medico- Chirurgical — Pennsylvania Bird's- Eye View of the City of Philadelphia 152 Old I'reight Station. Thirteenth and Market Streets 154 1 lorse Car of Fifty ^'ears .Ago 157 Section of Market Street Elevated Road 157 Views of Elevated Road and Subway 160 Stephen (iirard's Bank 162 Portrait — Robert Morris 164 The I landsomest Banking 1 louse in the Country i()8 Pioneer Clearing and Log Cabin 1 70 Part of the State 1 louse Yard 174 Old London Coffee House 178 Second and Market Streets, 1799 182 Tower of City I lall. Showing Rodf of I'.uilding 184 16 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME RELIGIOUS DAY Sunday, October 4, iqo8 6.00 A. M. Formal opening of the Celebration by the ring- ing of Independence Hall bell in unison with all the church beils and chimes in the city. 10.00 A. M. Official Municipal Service in Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Church. To be attended by the Mayor, City Officials, Presidents of Select and Common Councils, and members of the Founders' Week Executive Committee, to- gether with the City's invited guests. Military Observance — Christ Church, Second Street above Market. Grand Army Observance — St. George's Metho- dist Episcopal Church, Fourth Street above Vine. Fraternal Organizations — various Churches of their own selection. 10.30 A. M. Special services — St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Fourth Street and Willing's Alley. Special commemorative services in Churches of all denominations. 2.45 P. M. Sunday-school children throughout the city will sing simultaneously: "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." 3.00 P. M. Knights of Columbus unveil Tablet at St. Joseph's Church. Various Church organizations will hold special services in all institutions. 4.30 P. M. Open-air services in Washington, Rittenhouse, Norris, Franklin and Logan Squares, and at Strawberry Mansion, to be addressed by lead- ing clergymen and ministers of all denomina- tions. Monster open-air service, with augmented choir, in front of Memorial Hall, West Fair- mount Park. 8.00 P. M. Special services and sermons in all the Churches. Special services in Germantown Churches to commemorate the founding of Germantown. 17 1— Clarence Wolf 5— J. R. C. McAllister 2 — E. T. Stotesbury 3 — Morris Rosenberg 4 — Hon. Henry Clay 6 — William Henry Holmes 7 — C. C. Harrison 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA CIVIC AND MILITARY DAY Monday, October 5, 1908 — Morning Sunrise Salute to the City by the guns of thirteen United States war vessels and foreign war vessels in the Delaware and at the Philadel- phia Navy Yard. 8.30 A. M. Proclamation by Eight Mounted Heralds at four entrances of the City Hall. g.oo A. M. Striking of first impression of new City Seal, in effect this day, by Mayor Reyburn, in the presence of City officials and the City's invited guests — Mayor's Office. g.30 A. M. Reception by the Mayor to the City's invited guests — Mayor's Office., 10.00 A. M. Unveiling of two Bronze Tablets, replacing two Wooden Tablets, on the old City Hall and old Congress Hall, Sixth and Chestnut Streets, by the Pennsylvania Society Daughters of the Revolution. 11.00 A. M. Unveiling Tablet in City Hall Courtyard by the Pennsylvania Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, to com- memorate the camp of Comte de Rochambeau, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army in America, with six thousand patriots in Sep- tember, 1781, while on their way to the final battle of the Revolution at Yorktown, where they assisted Washington in capturing Corn- wallis. Noon Luncheon to City's invited guests. 19 I — Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh 2 — Dr. I. Minis Hays 4— George W. B. Hicks 5 — Thomas L. Montgomery 6 — John Thomson 3 — Dr. John W. Jordan 7_William J. Milligan 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA CIVIC AND MILITARY DAY continued Monday, October 5, igo8 — Afternoon 1. 00 P. M. Mobilization and parade of 25,000 United States soldiers, sailors and marines ; Pennsyl- vania Division of the National Guard; sailors and marines from foreign war vessels. Grand Army of the Republic, and other military bodies. 5.00 P. M. Organ recitals in leading ^Churches. 7.00 P. M. Reception, Horticultural Hall. 7.30 P. M. Illumination of the City. 8.00 P. M. Municipal Celebration, Academy of Music, to which the President and Government officials, the Governors of the several States and the Mayors of the leading American cities, to- gether with the representatives of foreign Governments, have been invited. Addresses by leading men upon the City's history and development. Musical-Historical Drama, "Philadelphia" — This drama will be the History of Philadel- phia, acted. Army and Navy Night. Midnight Illuminations extinguished. I— Barclay H. Warburton 2— W. S. P. Shields 3— Morris Clothier 4 — Hon. John Wanamaker 5 — Alexander VanRensselaer 6 — Richard H. Rushton 7 — Henry S. Grove 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Morning 10.00 A. M. 10.00 A. M. i.oo P. M. 7.30 P. M. 8.00 P. M. Midnight MUNICIPAL DAY Tuesday, October 6, 1908 Devoted to general business, sightseeing and shopping tours. Laying of the Corner-stone of the Pastorius Monument in Germantown by the United German Societies, to commemorate the set- tlement of Germantown by Pastorius in 1683. Representatives from all States to participate in ceremonies, preceded by a street parade. Convention, Walton. Illumination Engineers — Hotel Convention of Osteopathic Physicians — Garrick Theatre. Parade of the Police and Fire Departments of Philadelphia ; the State Police ; details from Departments of other large cities, and the Volunteer Firemen of Philadelphia and Penn- sylvania. In this parade the evolution of the Police and Fire Departments from early times will be shown. Illumination of the City. German Celebration — Academy of Music. Assemblage of 1500 Clergymen of all denomina- tions in Friends' Meeting-house, Fifteenth and Race Streets, for discussion of William Penn as a Statesman and first Champion of Religious Liberty. Musical-Historical Drama, "Philadel- phia" — Franklin Field. Municipal Night. Illuminations extinguished. 23 Charles B. Hall Sergeant-at-Arms. Common Council I — Charles Seger 5 — James M. Hazlett 2 — Edward W. Patton 4 — Thomas J. Ryan 6 — Eduard Buchholz 3 — George McCurdy 7 — Thomas J. Morton 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA INDUSTRIAL DAY Wednesday, October y, 1908 Morning Devoted to general business, sightseeing and shopping tours. 10.00 A. M. Annual meeting, National Board of Steam Navi- gation. Meeting of Insurance Men — Philadelphia Bourse. Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Board of Trade. 1. 00 P. M. Great Industrial Parade, showing the Birth and Development of Philadelphia's Industries. This will probably be the largest industrial parade ever witnessed in the United States. 5.00 P. M. Organ Recitals in leading Churches. 7.30 P. M. Illumination of the City. 8.00 P. M. Parade of Labor Organizations, with descriptive floats. Musical-Historical Drama, "Philadelphia" — Franklin Field. University Night. Midnight Illuminations extinguished. 25 I — Col. James Elverson. Jr. 2— Gen. Edward Morrell 3 — Frank D. LaLanne 4— Hon. Edwin S. Stuart 5— George W. Zane 6— Harry C. Ransley 7— Harry J. Trainer 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S AND NAVAL DAY Thursdav, October 8, 1908 Morning Devoted to general business, sightseeing and shopping tours. 9.00 A. M. School children visit historic points of interest. At II o'clock assemble at State House (Inde- pendence Hall) for exercises. 9.30 A. M. Medical Convention, with representatives pres- ent from all States and foreign countries — Walnut Street Theatre. 1. 00 P. M. Review of United States and foreign war ves- sels in Harbor, followed by great River Pageant, in which over 500 vessels will par- ticipate. 5.00 P. M. Organ Recitals in leading Churches. 6.00 P. M. Naval Dinner at the Union League. 7.30 P. M. Illumination of City. 8.00 P. M. Parade of 15,000 uniformed members of the Order of Red Men, with historical floats. Musical-Historical Drama, "Philadelphia" — Franklin Field. 8.30 P. M. Elaborate Fireworks Display on Delaware River opposite Reed Street, Chestnut Street and Penn Treaty Park. Midnight Illuminations extinguished. 27 1 — Frank H. Caven 5_John H. Stokley 2 — John P. Connelly 4 — George W. Boyd 6— Walter T. Sykes 3 — John H. Converse 7— John W. Whitaker 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Morning HISTORICAL DAY Friday, October g, 1908 Devoted to general business, sightseeing and shopping tours. 10.00 A. M. Municipal Congress. Representatives of the leading cities to be present — City Hall. 10.00 A. M. Unveiling of Monument erected by the Italians of Philadelphia to the memory of Verdi — West Fairmount Park. 10.30 A. M. Central High School Alumni Reunion, Egyp- tian Hall, Wanamaker's. (Site of the original Central High School.) 1. 00 P. M. Historical Pageant. Descriptive of the history of Philadelphia from the time of the first Swedish and Dutch settlements to the present time. About 40 floats and 5000 characters will be shown in the demonstration. This pageant will be the first of its kind presented in any American city and will be on a much larger scale than any ever produced in England or Continental Europe. This parade will be the climax of the Founders' Week Celebration. 7.30 P. M. Illumination of the City. 8.00 P. M. Monster Parade, with numerous historical floats, by the Patriotic Order Sons of America. Musical-Historical Drama, "Philadelphia" — Franklin Field. Midnight Illuminations extinguished. 29 I — George W. Kucker 2 — Frank Hardart 3 — Dr. Morris Jastrow, Jr. 4 — Edward James Cattell 5 — Edwin O. Lewis 6 — Thomas T. Nelson 7 — Charles E. Connell 8 — Charles A. Gillingham 9 — George B. Davis 10 — Bernhard Ernst 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA ATHLETIC AND KNIGHTS TEMPLAR DAY Saturday, October lo, igo8 Morning Devoted to general business, sightseeing and shopping tours. 6 A. M. to Athletic Sports, National Regatta on Schuylkill 5 P. M. River, International Automobile Races, Foot- ball. 11.30 A. M. Road Drivers' Parade. Horse Racing on the Speedway. 1. 00 P. M. Parade of the Knights Templar of Pennsyl- vania and other States on Broad Street. 2.30 P. M. Knights Templar field exercises at Belmont Plateau, West Fairmount Park. 8.00 P. M. Fireworks Display, West Fairmount Park. Musical-Historical Drama, "Philadelphia" — Franklin Field. Knights Templar Night. 10.00 P. M. Parade of Knights Templar to the City Hall. II. 15 P. M. Formal closing of Founders' Week Celebration by the Knights Templar, who will extinguish the illuminations of the City Hall. EXHIBITIONS During the week there will be numerous exhibitions — his- torical, industrial, mechanical and scientific — at many places to be announced. Among them will be an extensive historical exhibit. North corridor, fourth floor. City Hall; historical ex- hibit, Pennsylvania Historical Society, Thirteenth and Locust Streets ; exhibit at Masonic Temple ; machinery exhibit, Phila- delphia Bourse, and many others. 31 u (/3 CHAPTER FIRST BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE SITE OF PHILADELPHIA TO THE TIME OF THE ARRIVAL OF WILLIAM PENN YY N the year sixteen hundred and eighty-three, WiUiam Penn, if, the founder, made his first visit to the present site of the city of Philadelphia. From that year the growth and development of this, the third largest city in the United States, so far as jxipulation is concerned, and also as a manufacturing centre, actually dates. Until recently historians have accepted the year 1682 as the time of the settlement and founding of Philaclelphia by William Penn. To the casual student of the historv of this city that date has also „^., ^ . ^. , •^ Philadelphia s been accepted without cjuestion as the time from which all reckoning Birth Dates should properly begin. To further emphasize that fact, the younger *''*"" ^^*^ student of history has invariably looked upon the great celebration in Philadelphia in 1882 as the bi-centennial of the founding of the city by William Penn. Many histories have also given 1682 as the year of the great founder's first visit to his new city. The bi-centennial celebration of 1882, obser^•ed upon a grand scale by the authorities and citizens of Philadelphia, was intended to commemorate the two-hundredth anniversary of the first landing of William Penn upon the shore of Pennsylvania, and the great cele- bration of that year actually began at Chester, Pa. The widely known painting of Penn's Treaty with the Indians i)\' Benjamin West, the first American painter of note, and which is to be seen in Independence Hall to-day, bears an inscription which has also assisted in spreading the impression that it was in the year 1682 that William Penn did make his treatv with the Indians on tiie site of the city he founded. OFFICIAL II ISTOKICAI. S<)r\'l-;\IK As ex])laine(l in the inlroduclorv cha]iter, recent careful research has (IciiKinstrateil to the satisfaction oi ah students llial William Penn did not make his lirst visit to liie ])resent site of Phila- delphia until early in the year i()S3, and that it was then he gave ^^^ official birthright to the cit\ and its government. These tacts have I'oundins of been corroborated by much documentarv e\idence found in the ' ^ * '' '" archives of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia and in possession of sev- eral historical societies. 1 lowever, what has been acce])ted as the most convincing proof that it was in i^cS^:; that Penn founded his city is found in Penn's own seal of that time. Upon the riband of this seal are the words and figures — ^\'I^.T.T.\M . Pfxx . Profkiktoi^ . .\xn . GOVKRXOK . PlIll.AUKI.PlIlA . S_:; . ]t must not be assumed that \\ illiani Penn was the I'lrst settler upon the shore of Penns\l\ania, or n])on the present site of Phila- deli)hia. Prior to his arrival, there were several attem])ts at coloni- zation. As early as 1623, there were efforts made to settle within the present borders of Pennsylvania, and particularly at the present site of the citv. In that vear, it is i)robable that Captain Kornelis jacobus Mev. a Dutchman, did ex])lore not onl\- the bay and river but also the site of this city, lie was among the first settlers who established a village at (doucester i\nn{ and there 1)uilt I'ort Xassau. To this date, man\' points .along the l)e];iware r>a\- .and River trace the origin of their names to these early Dutch settlers. (';i])e .M;iy. for instruice, be.ars the n.ame of this first settler. C'loselv associated with the earl\- history of the founding of l'hiladel])hia and the adjacent country .are the Swedes. The date of their e.arlv settlements along the Del.aw.are Uiver is 1^)38. .According to old maps, the Swedes h.ad m;in\- settlements along the Del.aw.are. from Xew Castle. Delaware, laid out b\- them under the name of Stockholm, as f.ar as the site of Philadeli)hia. and even beyond. The Sweiles, if we mav judge from the number of forts which they built, had enemies to fear. These forts, ])ri)bably nothing more than block- hou.ses. marked their settlements. One of these forts was erected in that section of 1 'hiladel])hia which liore the Indi.an name o| \\ iccacoa, 34 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA First Known Settlement meaning "'jjleasant place." This was in the neighljorhood where now stands Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Clnn-ch. These lands in the southern section of Philadelphia were tlicn in i^ossession of the Swedish family of Sven. The commander of this first fort was Sven Schiite, to whom reference has always been made by historians as the "first proprietor of the site of Philadelphia." As to the exact date of this Swedish settlement in this vicinity, facts °" ^'*^ are lacking, but it was some time prior to the year 1664. That year marked the ending of the Dutch rule and the beginning of the British power on the western shore of the Delaware. The Swedes, who had been permitted by the Dutch to colonize at different p(3ints along the river, lived on friendly terms with the Indians. They were a peaceful people, and in the main followed the pursuit of agriculture. Their homes, if such they could be called, were caves dug along the banks, or on the sides of hills. They \\ere Engraved by Banisfcr Aflci the lunnluig by Benjamin \\\-.;ti(^. where 1 'enn and his followers were royally received by the inhabitanls, niosllx- Swedes. Three days later, Penn proceeded to the Swedish settlement of Upland, which he renamed Chester, and where he remained for some time. There he convened the first Assembly, with Nicholas IMoore, the ])resident of the Free Society of Traders, as speaker. On December 7, after the As.sembly had been in .session for three days, the tirst laws in the ])rovince of Pennsylvania were enacted, including autliorily for establishing cities. Ik'fiire seeking another location for a city, Penn consumed the remainder of the month of December in going to New \'ork to confer with the authorities there, and in visiting Lord P>altimore, on Decem- ber K), for a conference relative to boundary lines. Farly in the following year, i<')S_:;, Peim, after .several trij)s north on the Delaware River, finally decided to locate his new city as now situated. Ihe .\sseml)ly at Chester had bv this time recog- nized Philadeli)hia County, and John Tost had been a])pointed as sheriff. The exact dav and month of Penn's first visit to the site of Philadelphia is unknown, hut Irom a careful examination of many original documents and records, it is shown that it was following his conference with Lord P>altimore regarding boundarv lines. .\fter deciding, in the early ])art of l()S_:;, to lav out his city fifteen miles north of Chester, the Council of the i*ro\ince of IVnn- s\l\ania changed its meeting place from Chester to Philadelphia, and here, on March 10, if)S3, Penn is known to have presided o\er that bo(l\-. .\t this meeting it is quite likely that the first laws relating to the new city were acted ui>on, and it was at this meeting that John Tost, who had been previously appointed sheriff of Plnladeli)hia Countv, made a re])ort. 38 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADFXPII lA By this time Penn"s Commissioners had ah-eady begun work laying out the city according- to Penn's plans. Shortly after the iirst settlements had ])ecn made, t(iwn lots were surveyed and sold and in a very short time a large numl^er of colonists had started the work of building- what was to eventually become the leading city of homes in the country. \\'illiam Penn was a natural ruler, and his gentleness, tem- pered with firmness, made him the idol of his people. It was Penn's desire that his i)rovince should be a Christian State on a Quaker ^. . ». model. He made it known from the beginning that the only condition State on a necessary to hold office or citizenship was Christianity. Although Q"^'^^'" '^"'•e' not fortv ^•ears of age when he founded the city, he was gifted with the wisdom and experience of one much older, and in many instances, Penn, by his humane acts, showed himself far ahead of his time. From an original drawing The "Welcome" Nessel nimn wliicli \\'illi:iiii I'oiin made his first voyage to the Delaware y) Ol'FIClAL II ISIOKUAI. SOUVKXIR A few wnrds aliuut llic early life of ihe fuuiuler will not he out of ])lace at this point. He was born at Tower Hill, London, October 14. i'i44. and was tbe son of Admiral Sir William I'enn and Alargaret jasper. His early education was acquired under slron,<;- Puritan influence, and it was during bis boybood tbat he first showed bis deep religious feeling and bis love for the doctrine of tbe Society of Friends. Much to tbe disappointment of his father, be continued to devote himself to tbe study of religion, and after having spent some ^ . ... time at Oxford, his father sent liim to I'rance to eliminate, if i)ossil)le. Early Lite of the bis religious tendencies. For a time the change did succeed in alter- Founder jj^g. pgiiji's thougbts, and on his return to England, after visiting Italy, he served for a brief period upon tbe staff of bis father — then great captain commander. Notwithstanding this, he soon again showed stronglv his dee]) religiotis feeling, and his letters were couched in (le\i)Ut biblical ])hraseolog"y. His father next, in 1666, sent him to Ireland to manage an estate in Cork, Init chiefly for the purpose of bringing- him once more to views of life not inconsistent with Cotirt ])referments. It was while in Ireland, in that year, that young Penn had taken part in i|uelling a mutiny, and as a reward, there was oiYered to him his father's company of foot, but to this his father denun-rcd. The famous portrait of Penn in the suit of armor was ])ainted at this ])erio(l. Penn, about this time, devoted more thought to religion. In September, 1667, while attending a meeting of Quakers in Cork, he assisted in ex])elling a soldier who had caused a disturbance. I*^)r this, he was, with others, sent to prison, but was quietly released. Following this occurrence he imhlicly declared his religion and became a minister of the denomination, lie wrote considerably on the sub- ject of Quaker doctrines and ])raclices and became one ot tbe Society's ablest defenders. He was always active in the work of releasing imprisoned Quakers, and attended mimerous Quaker meetings. Pi'im on many occasions got himself into trouble through his religion, and once was arrested and iin])risonc(l lor not rcmo\ing his hat in conrt. He earnestly reqtiested his I'aniil}' not to ])ay his line, ])ut it was ])aid. 40 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILAUELPHIA This occurrence haiipened aljout September, 1670. A year later he was again arrested in London for preaching the doctrines of the Society and was imprisoned for six months. During his incarcera- tion he wrote several works, the most important being "The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience," February, 1671. which was a noble defense of complete toleration. Following his release he traveled through Ilolland and Ger- many and founded several Quaker societies, and on his return to England, in K')^-', he married Gulielma Springett, the daughter of Sir AA'illiam Springett. Until the time Penn began to take an interest in his American possessions, he remained active in l)ehalf of the Quakers. When the time subse(|uently came for Penn to take the lands in this countrv, he found no difficultv in finding colonists. His years of work among the unfortunate and distressed of all nationalties had won for him a following who were only too eager to accompany him to anv place. His willingness to share with them hardships and privations soon made him their devoted leader, and thus it was when he was ready to set sail for his own possessions, he was not lacking in followers. Thus it was that Penn's scheme of colonizing the new lands brought so many nationalities together. It was also in this way that the tide of German immigration started, which resulted in the found- ing of Germantown by Pastorius in the fall of 16R3. These early settlers knew what to exi)ect, for Penn had prepared and distributed literature, not exaggerating the facts, but expressing what was to be ^gny exi)ected in the new countrv. Among his earlv colonists were crafts- Craftsmen 1-11 111 -1 Among First men of every sort. There were bakers, bricklayers, blacksnutiTs, colonists butchers, brewers, carpenters, cabinet makers, clock makers, farmers, millers, spinners, weavers, wheelwrights, wagon luiilders, and all classes of enthusiastic men. All were anxious and willing to give the best that was in them to improve their own condition and make for themselves homes in which they and their families could live hap- pily and without fear of oppression. 41 K V u V I r ( J, ^ •^ u O Q -T3 C «q ♦- C o ^ u^ f^ u C 1- O U ^, 4-> 3 4J ♦- > e u !-• o z >< >< c c c • *■ ^ ^ o *«• .i= «s (-> « c < -T3 .i= OJ CA 3 QQ -o 4J i- Q '^ H &% d _i; C3^ vg 3 o ♦* -t; 773 CO 3 03 flj DO "^ *- *J3 ^ «3 !-• Q ~o e u o Q 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Penn's followers were, in the main, representatives of many of the better classes. Some of these were fairly well supplied with all the comforts of life, while others were in humble circumstances. To Penn the question of one's finances did not appeal so much as did the fact that the ]ierson was devout, honest and willing- to aid even those less fortunate. The c[uestion of nationality or of creed mat- tered not with hiuL He made all welcome. This display of brotherly love in Penn won for him the enthusiastic support of his [jcople in the building of his city. Thus was Philadelphia established, and to this day it is the pride of all Philadelphians that the same feeling of brotherly love, of benevolence, of liberality and of charity have always been known to characterize the ])eople who ha\e made Philadelphia their home. At the time when Penn made his first visit to the new citv in the early spring of 16R3, he came from Chester in an open boat and made his landing near Dock Creek, close to the spot u])on which later was erected the lUue Anchor Inn. The few inhabitants who had pre- ceded Penn, together with the Indians who had witnessed his approach, extended to him an enthusiastic welcome. It is proper that reference should here be made to the Treaty Tree. That Penn had numerous meetings with the Indians and had made treaties with them, there is abundant ])roof in his own letters to the Free Societv of Traders and also to the Earl of Sunderland in I CiS 3, in which he described the methods of the Indians. As to Penn's ^ , „ ^' Site of the Penn original treaty with the Indians, made memorable by Benjamin West's Treaty Tree and ])ainting, it is based more or less upon tradition. There is much to Monument confirm the fact that Penn did make a treaty or treaties with the Indians, and also that the place selected was Shackamaxon, where was a small village settled bv Friends. (This site is to-day marked by a small i)ark containing the Penn Treaty Monument. The Flm Tree under which the first treaty ma}' have been made was blown down in 1810.) The first treat v between Penn and the Indians was probably nothing more than a conference between the Indians and the new 43 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR selllLTS for llic ])ur]iu>c' uf making frieii(lslii])s. exchanging cx'idcnccs of good will til each dthcr and the bestowal of gifts. 'Pliis is the accejitcd helief side. All these streets are to l)e fifty feet in width." 46 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHII.ADELPII I A of the New City As to tlie naming of Philadelphia, there have been several statements made, but the general belief is that Penn's ac(|uaintance ^^^ Naming with the Scriptures and the meaning of the word — brcnherly love — suggested it to him as tlie name of his city. According to early reports of the Society of l<"riends, the name Philadelphia was used by him for the name of the city at the time of his first visit. The first General Assembly of Pennsylvania met at Chester, in December, 16S2. That same month Penn a])pointed sheriffs for the three counties, whose tluty it was to notify the freemen of their right to api^ear in the Assembly. The Provincial Council was composed of eighteen members and the Assembly of fifty-four. The first meeting of the Council was at Philadelphia, March 10, 16S3, and was presided over liy Penn. It _. ■ . >c :-c.-^-- Penn's Cottage in Laetitia Street I'ti'D! an nUl f'lilll {CoJiimon/y catted Penn's House or Liftitui s House) This house, now standing in West Fairmount Park, was first erected in Lajtitia Court and was for a time the home of William Penn. It was the first brick house erected in Philadelphia, the bricks being brought from England. It was also the seat of the first city government- y 47 OFl-MCIAI. II ISTdUlCAI. S()U\"K\IR was prdhahly at this time that the first seal i>t' the citv was adopted. \\ here tlic first Council met is not defmitelv known — i)rol)a1)l\' it was either in the Blue Anchor Inn or in the Swedes Church. The suc- ceeding Council and those for years thereafter met in "Penn's cottat^e" in I.ietitia Court. This house, commonly called L;elitia's house, was linished earlv in the fall of 16S3, and was for six or seven years the scat of the cit\- i;()\-ernment. |)uring August, 1684, Penn sailed for England, after twenty months of activit\- in hnilding up the new city and visiting different parts of Pennsvlvania. During his ahsence he left the management of the Province to the Council and to Thomas Lloyd, whom he named Acting Governor. Little did he think that it wduld he se\'enteen years before he would again return. LIdmI acted as (Governor frmn 1684 to 1688, when Penn, dissatisfied with the actions of the Council and Assemhh', named five Commissioners to act for him and execute the laws. The new government \va.s short-lived, however, and, in December, ir)S8, after Thomas Llnxd liad refused to act longer as President of the Commissioners, he appointed, with Penn's ai)i)ro\-al, John Blackwell to serve as Governor. g.^^^ ^j Blackwell's career was short, lasting but two years, but mem- William Penn orable, becatise, in i68tj, Penn wrote in Llnyd, instructing him to Charter School found a school. This was the first institution of its kind in the city and was started on Fourth Street below Chestnut, east side. This was called the "Quaker School," and ;ifterwards came to be known as the William I'enn Charter School. Lrom iCmjo to 1693, Thomas Llo\-d .again served as Deputy Governor and also as President of the Council. It was during his Governorship nf the Province that the city received from William Penn its first ch;irter. The original of this charter is ti>-day i)re- scr\-ed in the archives of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. llumphre\- Morrev was named and constituted 1)\- Lenn as the lirst Mayor of the city, and practically every detail of the city government was provided for by Penn in his charter. So little is known of this uni(|ue charter that it is herewith reproduced in full, as a very import;inl feature of the earl_\- history ot the citv government. 48 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA --^S.ll^fek'^^Z^'J^'t^^ii^-^Z''^^^ — ,.'.lfJ,UrtK.5oH.-r^fn.'f...o-;.U.l»(''..,t,...(...11.Jn-^ ■.(*'"■ ^V^iS ■^„''^4^';i>^ ?^.^i'irX^'!t>^i .™y«O..J...u»,-.^i.jS,/..h.i;'v.-L'f'M/»-'-fr>r.-uiC-,T-.''tf>..»- t-'-Jp *".. ,..-.,,,..-,■.. ^: .. -- L Charter of Philadelphia, March 20, 1691 Fac-simile of the fir.t City Charter for Philadelphia given to the city by William Penn. The original is in possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 49 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR CHARTER Third Month 20th, 1691 WILLIAM PENN Propriety of the Province of Pen- silvania To all to whom these Prsents shall come sends Greeting &c. Know ye that at the humble petition of the Inhabitants & Settlers of this Town of Philadelphia being First some of the first Adventurers & Purchasers within this Charter for Province for their incouragement and for the more imediate Philadelphia ^ intire Government of the said Town and better regula- tion of Trade therein I have by vertue of the Kings Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England erected the said Town into a Burrough And by these Prsents do erect the said Town and Burrough of Philadelphia into a City which said City shall extend the Limits & Bounds as it is layd out between Delaware and Skoolkill And do hereby name and constitute Humphrey Morrey to be the present Mayor who shall so continue untill another be chosen as is hereinafter directed And I do hereby assign and name John Delavall to be the present Recorder to do and execute all things which unto the office of Re- corder of the City doth or may belong And I do appoint David Lloyd to be the present Town Clerk Clerk of ye Board and Clerk of the Court & Courts to be holden within the said City and Liberties thereof And I do hereby name constitute and appoint Samuel Richardson Griffith Owen Anthony Morris Robert Ewer John Holmes & ifrancis Rawle junr Being the present Justices Citizens and Inhabi- tants of the said City to be the present Six Aldermen of the said City of Philadelphia And I do also nominate & appoint Samuel Carpenter Thomas Budd John Jones John Otter Charles Sanders Zechariah Whitpaine John Day Philip Richards Alexander Berdsley James ffox Thomas Pascall and Philip James to be the present twelve Common Councilmen of the said City And I do by these Presents for me & my heirs & Successors give grant & declare That the said Mayor Recorder Aldermen & Common Council- men for the time being and they which hereafter shall be Mayor Recorder Aldermen and Common Councilmen within 50 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA the said City and their Successors for ever hereafter be and shall be by vertue of these presents One Body Corporate & Polituq in Deed and by the name of Mayor and Com- monalty of Philadelphia in the Province of Pensilvania And them by the name of Mayor and Commonalty of the City of Philadelphia One Body Polituq & Corporate in deed & in name I Do for me & my Successors fully create constitute and confirm by these Prsents And that by the same name of Mayor and Commonalty of the City of Phila- delphia they may have perpetual Succession And that they and their Successors by the name of Mayor & Commonalty of the City of Philadelphia be and at all times hereafter Powers of shall be persons able & capable in Law To have gett receive the Corporate and possess Lands Tenements Rents Liberties Jurisdic- Authorities tions ffranchises & Hereditaments to them & their Succes- sors in fee simple or for term of Life Lives years or otherwise And also goods chattels & other things of what nature kind or quality Soever And also to give grant let Set & assign the same Lands Tenements hereditaments goods & Chattels and to do and execute all other things about the same by the name aforsyd And also that they be and shall be forever hereafter persons able & capable in Law to Sue and be Sued plead & be impleaded answer and be answered unto defend and be defended in all or any the Courts & other places and before any Judges Justices & other persons whatsoever within the said Province & Territorys thereof in all manner of actions suits complaints pleas causes & matters whatsoever and of what kind or nature soever And that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Maier & Commonalty of the sd City of Phila- delphia and their Successors for ever hereafter to have & use one Common Seal for the sealing of all businesses touching the sd Corporation And the same from time to time at their will and pleasure to change or alter And I do for me my heirs & Successors give and by these presents grant full power and authority unto the Mayor Recorder Aldermen & Common Councilmen of the said City of Phila- delphia or any three or more of the Aldermen and Six or more of the Common Councilmen The Mayor & Recorder for the time being or either of them being present on the first second day of the week in the Second month yearly forever hereafter publickly to meet at a convenient Room OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOL'VKXIR or place within the said City to be by them appointed for that purpose and then & there nominate elect & chuse (by the Ballott) out of the Inhabitants of the said City fit and able persons to be in the respective offices & places of Mayor Aldermen & Common Councilmen And that such person who shall be so elected Mayor as aforesaid shall within three daies next after such election take his attesta- tion before the Governor of this Province or his deputy for the time being for his allegiance to the King & Queen & their Successors and lawful obedience to me and my Suc- cessors And shall be attested before the Mayor for the Courts of tyme being for the due Execucon of their Offices respec- Record and tively which promises and attestations the Mayor of the Their Power g^j^j ^-^y j^j. ^j^g time being is hereby impowered to take and administer accordingly And that the Maior Recorder & Aldermen of the sd City for the time being shall be Justices of the Peace and Justices of Oyer and Terminer and are hereby impowered to act within the sd City & liberties thereof accordingly as fully & amply as any Justice or Justices of the peace or Oyer & Terminer can or may do within the sd Province And that they or any three or more of them (whereof the Maior & Recorder of the said City for the time being shall be two) shall & may for ever hereafter have power & authority by vertue of these pres- ents to hear & determine according to the Laws of the Province & of the Kingdom of England All maner of pleas actions & causes Civil & Criminal whatsoever excepting Treason Murder & Manslaughter within the sd City & Liberties from time to time arising & happening Reserving the Liberty of Appeal according to the King's Letters Pat- ents & laws of this Government Hereby also impowering them or any three of them (whereof the Mayor & Recorder for the time being shall be two) with the Town Clerk to hold and keep a Cort of Record quarterly or oftener if they see occasion for the Inquiring hearing & determining of the pleas aforesaid as also for the hearing & Deciding causes in Equity arising in ye sd City And I do by these Prsents assign & appoint that the present Mayor Recorder & Alder- men hereinbefore named be the present Justice of the Peace & Oyer & Terminer within the sd City & Liberties aforesd And that it may be lawfull to & for the sd Mayor & Com- monalty and their Successors to erect a Gaol or prison & 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Court house within the sd City And that the Mayor and Recorder for the time being shall and by these presents have power to take Recognizance of debts there according to the Statute of Marchants & of Acton Burnel and to use & affix ye sd Common Seal thereunto & to all certificates concerning the same And that it may be lawfull to & for the Maior of the sd City for the time being forever here- after to nominate & from time to time appoint the Clerk of the Markett who shall have assise of bread wine Beer wood & other things & do execute & perform all things belong- ing to the Office of Clerk of the Markett within the sd City And I will that the Coroner & Sheriff of the County of Philadelphia for the time being Shall be the Coroner & Sheriff of the sd City & Liberties thereof But that the ffree- men & Inhabitants of the sd City shall from time to time as often as occasion be have equall Liberty with the Inhabi- tants of the said county to recommend or chuse persons to serve in the respective Capacities of Coroner & Sheriffs for the said City & County who shall reside within the sd City And that the Sheriff of the sd City & County for the time Officers for being shall be the Water Bayliff who shall & may execute ^oth City «&: perform all things belonging to the Office of the Water ^"'^ County Bayliff upon Delaware River & all other navigable Rivers & Creeks within this Province And in case the Maior of the sd City for the time being shall during the time of his Mayoralty misbehave or misgovern in that office I Do hereby impower the Recorder Aldermen & Common Coun- cilmen or four of the Aldermen and Eight of the Common Councilmen of the sd City of Philadelphia for the time being to remove such Mayor from his Office of Mayoralty and in such case or in case of death of the sd Mayor for the time being That then another ffit person shall within fouer dales next after such death or removall be chosen in maner as is above directed for electing the Maiors in the place of him so dead or removed And least there should be a failure of Justice or Government in the sd City in such Intervall I Do hereby appoint That the oldest Alderman for the time being shall take upon him the office of a Maior there & shall Exercise the same till another Mayor be chosen as aforesd And in case of the Disability of such oldest Alderman then the next in Seniority shall take upon him the sd office of Maior to exercise the same as aforesaid 53 Councilmen oi'l-lllAI. II ISTOkllAI, S()r\I';MU And in case the Recorder or any of the Aldermen or Com- mon Councilmen or any of the officers of & belonging to the said City for the time being shall misbehave him or themselves in their respective Offices and places they shall be removed and others chosen in their stead in maner fol- lowing that is to say The Recorder for the tyme being may be removed (for misbehauior) by the Maior and ye major part of the Aldermen and Common Councilmen respectively and in case of such removal or of the death of the Recorder Then to chuse another fit person Skilled in Law to be Recorder there and so to continue during pleas- ure as aforesd And the Aldermen so misbehaving himself may be removed by the Maior Recorder and major part of the Aldermen and Common Councilmen And in case of such removal or death Then within four dais after to chuse a fitt person or persons to supply such vacancys And the Common Councilmen Town Clerk Constables Clerk of the Markett and other Officers for neglect or misbehauior shall Elections of be removed & others chosen as is directed in ye case of Mayor and Aldermen And I do also for me and my successors by these prsents grant to the said Maior & Commonalty & their Successors That if any of the Citizens of the sd City shall be hereafter elected nominated & chosen to the office of Mayor Aldermen or Common Councilmen as aforesd and having notice of his or their sd election shall refuse to undertake & exercise that office to which he is so chosen That then & so often it Shall and may be lawfull for the Maior and Recorder Aldermen & Common Councilmen for the time being according to their discretion to impose such moderate ffines upon Such refusers so as the Mayors ffines exceed not ten pounds The Aldermen five pounds and Com- mon Councilmen four pounds and other Officers propor- tionately to Be levyed by Distresse & Sale by warrt under the Common Seal or by other lawfull waies To the use of the sd Corporation And in such cases it shall be lawfull to chuse others to supply the defects of such refusers in maner as is above direct for Elections And that it shall and may be lawfull to and for the Mayor Recorder and one of the Aldermen for the time being from time to time so often as they shall find occasion to sumon a Common Council of the said City And that no Assembly or Meeting of the said Citizens shall be deemed and accounted a Common 54 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Council unless the said Maior and Recorder and at least three of the Aldermen for the time being and fouer of the Common Councilmen be present And also that the said Mayor Recorder Aldermen & Common Councilmen for the time being from time to time at their Common Council shall have power to admitt such & so many ffreemen into their Corporation & Society as they shall think ffit And to make and they may make Ordain Constitute & establish such and so many good and reasonable Laws Ordinances & Con- stitutions (not repugnant to the Laws of England or of this Government) as to the greatest part of them at such Comon Councils assembled whereof the Mayor & Recorder or in their absence four of the Aldermen for time being to be alwaies some shall seem necessary & Convenient for the good Government of the said City And the same Laws Ordinances Orders & Constitutons so made to be putt in use and operation accordingly by the proper Officers of the said City And at their pleasure to revoke alter and make anew as occasion shall require And also to impose Punishment for such mulcts & amerciaments upon the breakers of such Violators of Laws & Ordinances as to them in their discretion shall be *''* ^^^ thought reasonable To be levyed as above is directed in case of {fines to the use of the said Corporation without rendring any account thereof to me my heirs & Successors with power to the Common Council aforesd to mitigate remitt or Release such ffines and mulcts upon the submis- sion of the parties And I do further grant to the said Mayor and Commonalty of the said City of Philadelphia That they and their successors shall and may forever hereafter hold & keep within the said City in every week of the year Two markett dales The one upon the fourth day of the week and the other upon the seventh day of the week in the place already appointed or in such other place as they shall think convenient And also three ffaires there in every year The first of them to begin on the Sixteenth day of the Third Month yearly and so to be held in & about the markett place and continue for that Sixteenth day & two days next following The next to be kept at the Center of the said City on the thirtieth & one & one and thirtieth dales of the Sixth Month yearly And third of the said ffaires to be held in or about the markett place on the Sixteenth seventeenth & Eighteenth dales of the Ninth Month yearly Hereby giv- 55 OFFICIAL IIISTOKKAI. SOUNKNIR ing and granting That this present Charter or Grant Shall in all Courts of Law and Equity be construed and taken most favorably and beneficially for the said Corporation Given under the Broad Seal of the said Province Witness Thomas Lloyd Deputy Governor of the said Province of Pensilvania with the advice and assent of the Provincial Council at Philadelphia the Twentieth day of the Third Month in the third year of the Raign of William and Mary King and Queen of England Anoqe Dni One Thousand six hundred ninety and one. THO: LLOYD Depty Govrr. Recorded in the Office of Rolls & Publiq Registry at Philadelphia the 29th day of the third Month 1691. Exd pr. Da. Lloyd Deput. Patent Book A. Place where seal was affixed (Endorsed : "Philadelphia City Charter.") First Paper Mill in America One of the intereslin^' features of this ])eri()(l and wliich pointed to tlie rai)id growth of the new eity was the ereetion of a paper-mill. This was the first pai)er-niill in Ameriea and it was located on tlie Wissahickon, near (iermantown. Anion^- the llrst owners was William Rittenhouse, a name prominent in the earl\- his- tory of Philadelphia and perpetuated to this day, and also William Bradford. It was at this mill that the ))a])er was made for the IVeckly Mcrcitrw the lirst pa])er ])ul)lislie(l in TennsyKania. Penn. in l'"n,t;"land. was preparing" to return to IMiiladelphia hut w^as detained hy King William, lie had heen several times arrested and tried on the ehar^es of treason, .and had his Province t.aken away from him. .\t this time (icwernor I'delcher, of the Province 9 n =r o OS 3 o < OFFICIAL II ISTOKTCAI. SOl'VKXIK ^ ork, was named as Governor-in-Cliiet of the Provinces of Xew ^'ork and Pennsylvania and of the county of New Castle. Penn, in the nieaiuinie. tlid not suhniit (juicth' to the injustices meted out to him, and was successful, in the close of the year 1693, ''^ heing- acquitted of the charo'es against him. ll()we\er. it was not until August, 1694, that King William restored him to his rights as Proprietary. It was during this same year that Penn's first wife. Gulielma, died. From 1695 to 1699, William Markham acted, by Penn's appointment, as the Deputy Governor of the Pri)\ince. During that jjeridd the citv continued to grow, and it can he noted here that it was in 1697 that the first steps for protection against fire were taken h\- the Council. The law directed that each householder should keep ready a swab at least twelve to fourteen feet long, and also two leather buckets, and that the justices should have made six or eight good hooks for the ])urpose of tearing down houses in case of fire; which thcv were empowered Id do when necessary, without ]ial)ility nv damages. One of the incidents of the period that IMarkham acted as Deputy Governor was the arrival of the famous Captain Kidd, the pirate, in Delaware Bay, where he was visited by some of the people, thtis giving rise to the report that Penn. himself, favored pirates. Later that vear. Kidd was captured in Long Island Sound, sent to England and executed in 170 1. On September 9, 1699, Penn, accompanied by his second wife, whom he married in 1696, and by his daughter Laetitia, .sailed from Penn's Return Cowcs, and reached Chester on December i. after a storm v passage. to the City .' in i6<>6 i he dav he landed he visited Markham and ihen went tn mectmg. where he delivered an address. In the month following he moved into what was known as ihe ".Slate Roof House." on .Second Slreel. on the site of the present Commercial Exchange. It was in this house that I'enns son. lohn. the "first .\nierican."' was liorn. The ensuing two years witnessed the closing days of I'enn in the Province. Many of the laws were amended and new regulations for the government of the citv were made. In September of the year 58 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA The First Paper Mill in America Located on W'issahickon Creek, near Germantown, Among the first owners were W'illiam Ritten- liouse and William Bradford. It was here that the paper was made for the H'eekly Mercury, the first paper published in Pennsylvania. following-, Penn was called back to England on matters of great in.iportance and pending his departure he hurried on the work of reviewing the laws. On October 28, 1701, he practicallv completed his labors when the Charter of Privileges was agreed upon and signed. In this charter liberty of conscience was assured to all "who shall confess and acknowledge One Almighty God," and "live quietlv under the civil government," and also that all who belie\e in Jesus Christ should be capable to serve the government. This Charter of Privileges paved the way for the incorporation of the citv, and also provided for the city to be represented in the Assembl\- ])\- two niem- 59 (II'KICIAI. II ISTOKUAl. SOUX'KMR bers. ( )n ( )cli)l)cr _'5, this charter was signed, witli lulward Shippcn named as Mayor and Thomas Story named as Recorder. Before (k'])artin,i;' for h'ngland. Peim apjiointed Anch'ew Hamil- ton as his I,ieiUenant-(iovernor. ( )n Xovenil)er i. 1701. acconi])anied by liis wife, liis dangliter L;etilia and his infant son jolm, he sailed in the ship Dalniaho}', sending' this ])arting message by his secretary to all his friends in the cit\': ■'("ii\'e mv dear lo\-e to all mv friends, who 1 desire ma\' labor to soften angry s])irits and to redtice them to a sense of their dnty; and at thy return give a small treat, in my name, to the gentlemen of Philadelphia for a beginning of a better understanding, for which 1 ])ray the Lord to incline their hearts." reiiii fullv intended rettUMiing to the Province, but unforeseen difficulties prevented him. lie was arrested mid imprisoned as a result of a financial transaction he had with his late steward of his Irish estates. Penn, who had been imposed upon by the swindling ^'»*'"K steward, had gi\-en him a conveyance of Pennsvlvania in 1600 for Incidents of . ' ' i> i , i ' i i • i ■ the Founder's i28oo, and it was upou the steward s death that the latter s heirs Life pressed for the nioiiev. Penn was compelled to mortgage his Province for £6800 to some friends in order to ])a}- the mone\ and be set free. Later, to relieve himself of other financial embarrassments, he agreed to sell his proprietary interests in Pennsylvania to the Crown for f 12,000, payable in four years. Of this amount he recei\ed £1000 before the dcL^d was executed. A short time afterwards he was stricken witli apoi)lex\- and lingered in a weakened condition until his death in Hurkinghanishire, Jiil_\- 30, 1718. The agreement to sell his proprietary interests was never carried out and his Pennsylvania lands were left to his wife, after the pavment of his debts. 60 CHAPTER FOURTH FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA JFITNESSED A RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRACTICAL ARTS AND IN THE ADVANCEMENT 0¥ SCIENCE HE first fifty years of Philadelphia's history shows a won- derful advancement for the new city, and instead of heing known as "Penn's experiment," its growth was watched with the keenest interest. As noted in a preceding chapter, among Penn's followers were tradesmen, mechanics, and workers of all kinds, and it was not surprising^ that the new city pros- pered from its \'ery beginning. As a result, Philadelphia took the lead as a manufacturing centre from earliest times. Here were cotton-, paper- and woolen-mills, brick-yards, ship-yards, and factories of all descri]itions, before they were known in any other part of the C(iuntr\-. The First Printing Press in America Benjamin Franklin, with liis brothers, used this press in Boston, before he came to Philadelphia 6i First American Manufacturing Centre Ol'FICIAI, HISTORICAL SOUVKNIR Rapid Increase in Population In less than four \cars I'dllnw ini;' llu- tirsl visit nl" the h'nnnder, Philadelphia conld hoast of liavin^- a jirinlinL;- ])r(.'ss, whicli was oper- ated hv William Bradford. This is a record of which every Philadel- phian may well be proud, es])ccially as it is known that in Massachu- setts there was no such instrument of civilization until eighteen years after the date of the landing at Plymouth Rock; that in Xew York there was none tmtil seventy-three years from the time of its coloniza- tion, and in A'irginia, none a])i)eared for more than a hundred years following the settlement of Jamestown. During the first fiftv years the population increased rapidly and had reached about 15,000. The number of houses during that period increased to 2500 or 3000. To tell in detail of the develop- ment of the city at this period is impossible in the limited s])here of this volume; but enough will be given or referred to so that the reader will see how progressive were the early inhabitants. During the early period of the eighteenth century the city government was well established. Edward Shippcn served as the first Mayor under the charter of i/Oi, and he was succeeded by other chief magistrates whose names to-day are prominently identified with the city's history. As Philadelphia is to-day known as having the best-paved streets of anv cilv in the world, it is interesting to note that the first record of anv foot pavements and crossing stones is found in the Rapid Transit, Philadelphia to Lancaster and Pittsburgh The first turnpike road in the L'nitecl States was from I'hilnclelphia to Lancaster. Pa., 62 niile^. anil was opened in 1794. Tlic first stage route was st.irted in August, 1804. 62 Early Paving 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Council meeting minutes as early as 1719; and also that at the same time some of the inhabitants had voluntarily paved the streets near their homes and places of business with pebbles. In the year 1761 the first general attempt was made to pave streets. Then Second of the Street, north of High (now Market), to Race Street, was paved from ^*''^^*^ the proceeds of a lottery. In the following year the Council passed an act regulating the "pitching, paving and cleansing the highways, streets, alleys, lanes, etc., of the settled parts of the city." The lottery of 1761, out of the proceeds of which Second Street was paved, yielded $7500 for that purpose. One of the peculiarities of that first paving was that the largest stones were used at the middle or arch of the street. This made the riding the roughest where it should have been the easiest. Curbstones did not appear until the year 1786, when they were first set on Water Street, from High to Arch Streets. For cleansing the streets, the city authorities in the early days made use of criminals, who were stationed at different places, chained to bombshells. Until the year 1782, Philadelphia in the present central part was not so level as it is now. The ground was undulating, as it is in *' '=" Why the the built-up suburban sections. In that year, an Act was passed to city's Centre level the city, and although many of the people thought such an '^ ^" ^*^*' expense unnecessary, those who urged the improvement well antici- Frnni till urigi}ui[ drazcing The "Flying Machine" on its Way to New York in 1776 Two days were required to make tlie trip each way. which was considered very fast time 63 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVKXIR pated the fulure needs of the city, as well as securing at once a system of drainage. At that time the street about the State House was three or four feet higher than now. The site of the i)resent Custom House was also (|uite a Iiill. and similar hills were in other nearby sections. .\^ I'hihulelphia to-day boasts of its railway and steamshij) transportation facilities, it can well claim that it was the first of any of the American cities to foster these enterprises. In the year 1751, less than sexcnty years following the coming of Penn, the tlrst line of transportation — b\- water and road — to New York was established. First to In that year was operated the Burlington and Bordentown line of i^e''e\op boats and stages. In 1756 was started the New York stage, via Perth Transportation ",.,,,. , , Haciiities Auiboy and Trenton. I he time taken by the trij) was three days. In 1765 a second line of stages to New \'ork, running twice a week, was inaugurated. Three days were re(|uired in making the trij) each wa\- and the fare was two pence per mile. There were no con- veniences for passengers in those days, nor were there any springs on the coaches to make riding comfortable. Ihat same year a line of packets and stages was operated to Baltimore, with service once a week. In I7()') a third line of stages to New York was started. This was known as "The Flying Machine," and was scheduled to make the trip from Philadelphia to New ^'ork in two dax-s, w^hich was con- sidered remarkably fast time. In the advertisements, one of the features of "The Flying Machine" referred to was that the "seats are set on springs." The fare was three pence i)er mile or tweiUy .shillings for the whole trip. In 177,^ the first stage-coaches were run to New ^'ork, making the trip in two days. It is quite a coincidence that the fare charged for that tri]) was four dollars, or exactly the same fare charged to-day for a round trij) in the nKjdern two-hour train service between the two cities. As to steamboat transportation, it is well to note here that it was in 17SS that the waters of the Delaware were traversed by a 64 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA boat propelled by steam, and that this boat was the first of its kind in the history of steam navigation. Although not a Philadelphian by birth, John Fitch, the inventor, had resided in the city for some time Philadelphia prior to the launch of his original boat. He was born in Connecticut, ^I*"^^/!*! ' ^ Trial of Firsi in 1743, and at an early age went to sea. Later he became a clock- steamboat maker, brass-founder and silversmith. During the Revolution he was a stitler to the American troops and amassed a good sum of money. In 1780 he was appointed Deputy Surveyor for Kentuck}-, but returned to Philadel])hia the following" year. Several years later, The First Steamboat in the World Trial trip of Fitch's steamboat on the Delaware River, .\ugust 22, 17 6S OFFU'JAl. II ISTORK'AI. SO T \' i; X I K while inakins;' a survey of llic nurtlnvcstcrn rcti'iuns, he conceived ihe idea of steam navi.s^ation and then applied to the le.j^islatures of several Stales for pecuniarv assistance to jierfect his ideas, hul was unsuc- cessful. In ijSf) he succeeded in forniint;- a company, and on July 26 of the same year he launched his first steam packet upon the Delaware. He also secured at the same time exclusive rights in steam navigation in Pennsyhania, Xew jersey and Delaware. {'"itch's steamboat was equiijped with ])a(ldles. ( )n one of its first trips it proceeded as far as Burlington, when the boiler burst. Credit of After being floated back to Philadelphia and a new boiler seciu'ed. Invention j]j^, i,,,;^^ ;io-ain made the trip to Burlington and further on to Trenton, Fitch ;in The Liberty Bell The Nation's most precious relic 67 ^ ■^■^^'■^v^;-^ 1 » -■" ;^i'.... - 1 i r J 1 ..4 3k ^?^ .-'r-^,,^ j^^^^^ ' '' ^■' .'■>^ >A IHo M •^.4,.^^* ^^^^H |A^ . 1 '"'Wm ^ ^B '^ ^A '^^ '^^^1^1 Wu m% mi -T^ -•Mi?--.. ■*• '^ .-T- i'rom the utiguutl by Martin In possession of the l-*ranklin Fire Insurance Company, IMiilatlelphia CHAPTER F IF T H BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S INFLUENCE, PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION, UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY FOUNDED BY PENN HERE are so many interesting features of the early devel- opment of Philadelphia that it is impossible in a volume of this size to do justice to all. Considerable space has been devoted to the work of the Founder, and while all the credit must be given to him in fovmding the city along liberal and liroad lines, more than passing mention should be accorded to Benjamin Franklin, the leading journahst, (li])lomat, statesman and philosopher of his time. Although not a Philadelphian by birth, this city will never forget what he has given to it and to posterity. Within the city's confines are lasting monuments to his achievements. He will always Franklin, be revered for his ])ul)lications and the fact that he was the first in J""''"^''^* statesman the countr_\' to revolutionize journalism. He will also be rememliered and as the founder of the Philadelphia Library, the Pennsylvania Hospital, P'i"'>«»P'ie'- the first general hospital in America, and his name will always be honored in educational circles as the founder of the University of Pennsylvania, and of the American Philosophical Society, which latter institution was the first of its kind in the countrv. In strictly numicipal alifairs, Franklin will forever be given credit as the originator of the street-paving system, with the result Leader that Philadelphia to-dav has probably the best-paved streets of anv '" '^^">' ■ - ■' Municipal city in the world. He was also the organizer of the first fire com- improvements pany, and the leader in the movements to establish a police svstem. It was he. also, who provided a scheme of defense against attacks on the city bv water. 69 J25''"" A.w l\■|■:KSAl•;^' Fur.\i)i.\(. di' ni i i.aihj.I'II ia In o-ovcninicnlal .-ilTair^, i-"raiiklin plaiiiie'd ilic lirsl ininciiK'nl 1(1 unite the Colonies, and nian\- of lii> ick'a:^ were cniliodied in the Con^tiluliiiii lit' the I'niled Stales. 1 le carried mi the caini)aii;ii which resnhed in the repeal ot' the Staiu]) Act, ;ind he served npnn the committee, uf which Jeffer.son was chairman, which framed the Declaration of Independence. 1 Ic was mainly instrumental in securini^' the treaty uf alliance with h'rance which assured the success ot the Kexiilntion, and he further served as a memher ot the I'nniniission which made the treat\- uf peace with (ireat r.rilain. And it was hranklin whu, in time of ])eace, organized the Postal system o| the I'liiled States. In scientific matters it will always he renienibered that it was Franklin wlm denmnstrated that electricity was an element in li_<;iu- nine. He it was who introduced the liyhtninp-rod. and he al.so devised /■>'()))i tlu' l^ainting hy 'Vrninhiiil Signing the Declaration of Independence OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR a stove, which bore liis name, wliich made possible the heating of buildings and houses at small cost. Franklin was born in Boston, January 17, 1706, and was the youngest of ten children. At an early age he engaged in business with one of his brothers, but when seventeen years old, in October, 1723, he came to Philadelphia, and it was here that he spent his life in the interests of his adopted city and his country. He c^uickly secured employment in a printing office, and after many trials and His Arrival tribulations, which included his first trip abroad, he bought, in '" Philadelphia September, 1729, the Pennsylvania Gazette. This newspaper then had ninety subscribers. His work, however, quickly placed him at the head of journalism in America, and his paper soon prospered. Two years later he established a Circulating Librarv, the first in the United States. In 1732 he began publishing Poor Riclianl's . Ihnanac, which he continued for twenty-five years. This had an annual sale of about 10,000 copies — far in excess of any other publication in the Colonies and ecjuivalent to-day to about 500,000 circulation. Franklin's first appearance in public life was in 1736, when he was elected a Clerk in the General Assembly. Two years later, he was elected a member of the Assembly and reelected for ten suc- cessive years. In 1737 he was appointed Deputy Postmaster of Phila- delphia. It was about this time that he organized the first police ^ ... ' '^ ^ Founded the force and fire company in the city. A few years afterwards he university of inaugurated the movement which led to the founding of the Univer- Pennsy'vama sitv of Pennsylvania and of the American Philosophical Society; the organization of a militia force; the paving of the streets, as noted in the preceding chapter ; and the founding of the Pennsylvania Hospital. It was also about this time that he made his discoveries in electricity, being the first to demonstrate that lightning and elec- tricity were one. Through his man\- achievements, both public and ]iri\-ate, Franklin soon became the foremost man in the Province of Pennsvl- vania. He was not only acquainted at home, Init abroad, and he was fully alive to the existing conditions of the times. He foresaw 71 22^TU ANNIVERSARY FOl"ND].\(; OF I'll ILAUKLl'lllA First to Foresee the Revolution His Death and Burial' Place among the first tlic threatened troul)le witl: tlie mother country, and as early as 1754 he pubhcly wrote that the Colonies must be united for their self-preservation. This was in reality the first act in the great drama which a few years later gave birlli lo the United States of America. In the vear 1757, after the relations between Pennsylvania and the ninthcr country were becoming strained, Franklin went to Englantl as the agent of the C"olon_\- and remained abroad for five years. Two years after his return home the Stamp Act again stirred up the Colonists and planted the seeds which subsequently grew into the Revolution. Again he went to England, but he was unable to avoid the war. While there he did predict to the English people that tile result would be the loss to them of their American possessions. In 1775 he returned home and was largely instrumental in h;iving the Continental Congress issue the Declaration of Independence, of which he was a signer. The story of his successful etforts in securing for the Colonies the cooperation of France need not be repeated here. Franklin died April ij, 1790, in his own house in Philadelphia, in the eighty-fifth vear of his age, and it seems most ap])ro])riate that he should have been buried at Fifth and Arch Streets, within a few blocks of where his printing house had stood. Although it does not appear upon his toml)stone. which is annually visited by thousands of sightseers to Philadelphia, this epitaph, which was written bv himself, forms a fitting close to this chapter THE BODY of P.EXJAMTX FRANKLTX. PRTXTF.R. (Like tile cover of an nld book, Its contents torn i mt. And strip])ed of its lettering;- and gilding'.) Lies here food for worms. ^'et tlic work itself shall not he lost. I'or it will (as he lielieves ) apjioar once more In a new And more beautiful edition Corrected and amended hv THE AUTHOR. 72 C H A PT E R SIXTH REVIEW OF THE GREAT HISTORIC EVENTS WHICH HAVE MADE PHILA- DELPHIA THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY AND THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE NATION ^UITE briefly must be recorded some of the principal acts of the Revolutionary period. This period of the progress of the nation, however, is of considerable importance to r~ Philadelphia, for it was here that the revolutionary spirit centered, followed by the birth of the nation. From that memorable day, September 4, 1774, when the first Continental Beginning Congress met in Carpenters' Hall, bringing together such famous Movement for men as George Washington, John Adams, John Jav, Peyton Ran- independence dolph, and many others of equal prominence, until the close of the Revolution and, in fact, until July, 1800, when the seat of the United States government was removed to Washington, Philadelphia's history forms a very important part of the history of the United States. This first Congress was composed of Quakers and men of all religious beliefs. Randolph, of Virginia, was elected president of the body, and Charles Thomson, of Pennsylvania, secretary. As is well known, the Congress made its final appeal to Great Britain for justice to the Colonists and adopted a declaration of rights. Prior to the first Continental CongTess there occurred in the Delaware harbor, just below Philadelphia, an act showing the temper of the people and which forecasted the approach of war. Few people are acquainted with the fact that Philadel- phia had a "tea-party" twenty days in ad\'ance of the much heralded Boston "tea-party." Philadelphia's "tea-party" occurred on October 16, 1773, while that of Boston was on November 73 (IFFUIAI. II IS lOUK Al, SOUNKXIR The First Tea"Part\ 5tli. When the news first reached 1 'enn>\l\ania that a ^^-peiiiiy tax on tea had 1)een ordered h\- I'.n^laiid, a mass nieetiii<;- was called in State Ihuise square and resolutions — strong- as it was possible to make them — were ado])ted declaring- that it was the duty of every American to oppose the ])avniem of the tax. One of the resolutions described as an enemx- to his coumrv "any American who dared handle this tea." This car^o oi tea was Iirought here on the ship folly, C'a])tain A\ers. When the ship reached (Gloucester Point a committee of citizens boarded it and handed the captain a letter in which ])art of the lan- guaj^'e was: "hdv to the ])]ace from whence you came: ll\- with- The First American "Tea-Party" .\n i-ntluisiastic puhlic meeting was held in the Stati: lUmsc S<|uarc, on October i6, 177.^. at which strong resolutions were adopted, refusing to pay the tax on tea. .\t this meeting a committee was appointed to wait on Captain .\yers. of the ship Polly, and instruct him not to attempt to land his cargo. 74 225TH ANNINERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Captain Ayers and the "Polly" fleeting of Captain Ayers on Christmas Day, 1773. when lie was informed of the resolutions passed by the Town-Meeting, October 16, 1773 out hesitation; tlv without the formaht\" (if a ])rotest; and ahove all, Captain Ayers, let us advise you to tl}- without the wild geese feathers." It was on December 27th that the PoU\ arrived. Cap- tain Ayers came to Philadelphia and was met liv a crowd of eight thousand excited people. He was given to understand that he must take the ship back to England after one day's grace allowed him to obtain food and water. The jjeople showed h\ their presence that they would not hiw the stamjjs under the Stamp Act. They refused to be taxed against their will, and 7S OFl'lCIAI. II ISIOklCAI. SOL'VKXTR at tliat carlv dale the rcxululinnarv sUirni shdwcd llial it was about to l)rcak in all its fury. The I'cnusyh'unia I'ackct. on lanuarv ,:;. 1774. rct'erred to the (k'i)arturc ot the I'oUy in a news item which read as follows: "On Tuesday last, at lhree-(|uar- ters of an hour after 3 o'clock. Captain Ayers of the tea ship PoU\ left Arch Street wharf to follow his ship to Reedy Island, and from thence to transport the I'.ast India Company's otTender to its old rottini;- place in Leaden llall street, Lonoston. lie was in the ])rime of First Test of his life, about fort\-three years old, and erect and strong. ]\Iore Bravery of iJian that, he had the resi:)ect and confidence of all the soldiers. From the American Soldier that lime until the close of the Revolution the success of the army and the fate of the countrv were de|)endenl ui)on him. About the middle of that month — June 17, 1773 — was fought the battle of lUmker Hill. The world knows the result. The brax-ery of the American soldier was there thoroughly tested. Xone shrank from the assaults of the Tlritish, and although the Americans were fin,'ill\- com- pelled to retreat in the face of a much superior force, both in numbers and miiitarv training, it was onl\- because the ]irovincials had no amnumition left with which lo continue the fight. While it was ])rac- tically a defeat for the .\mericans. it taught them that with a little more training thev could defeat the Redcoats. (ieneral Washington was on his wa\ to I'.oslon to take com- mand of the army, and when he heard how the .\merican troo])s fought in the battle, he declared — and his jirophecy was true — that "the liberties of the countrv are safe." ( )ne of the acts of General Howe, who was in charge of ]jart of the lirilish army in the battle, 7« 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA was to order Charlestown to l^e burned, and b\- night ()f that memorable day the greater part of the town was in ashes. The news of tlie battle and the burning of Charlestown was not long in reaching Philadelphia. Franklin, who was then directing the Committee of Safety, whose appointment had been authorized bv ^ ■ - hranklin Gives Congress, learned of the burning of Charlestown with feelings of Vent to great anger. So aroused was he that he wrote a letter to his former "'^ Anger friend, Strahan, a member of the English Parliament, showing- his bitter contemjH for this act. Franklin's letter, though brief, proved that while he was a man of peace, he knew how to be angrv. His letter was as follows : Phila. July 5, 1775. Mr. Strahan, You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our Towns and murder our People. Look upon your Hands ! They are stained with the Blood of your Relations. You and I were long Friends : — You are now my Enemy, — and I am ^'ours, B. Franklin. During the succeeding winter the three Colonies which had broken away from the rule of King George remained alone in their independence, l)ut on May 15, 1776, Congress adopted a resolution that all the Colonies follow the example of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and South Carolina. At the same time Congress opened the ports of the country to all nations. The cr)- everywhere was for independence, and in the Congress it was plainly evident that the delegates well knew the sentiments of the people. On June 7, Richard Henry Lee, of Mrginia, one of the foremost in demanding that the Colonies should assert their inde- pendence, prevented a resolution that "these united Colonies are and 79 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOl"\ KX I R First Step Towards Declaring Independence Where Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of right ouglil to he, free and indepciulent Stales; that tliev are ahsolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection helween them and Great Britain is and otight to he totally dissolved." For several da\s the resolution was dehated. and while many of the memhers of the Congress were in favor of declaring inde- l)endence at once, it was ag'reed that further action on the resolution shotild he postponed for a period of three weeks. In the meantime Congress, anticipating favorahle action u])on the adoption of the resolution which practically declared for the independence of the Colonies, appointed a committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, one of the delegates from A'irginia, as chairman; Benjamin Franklin, of Pennsylvania; Roger Sherman, of Connecticut; Rohert R. Livingston, of Xew York, and John Adams, of Massachusetts, to draft a declara- tion asserting what was set forth in the resolution presented hy Lee. In other words, it was evident that those who were leading to secure independence and liherty for the Colonies did not desire to adopt the resolution until such a time as they were ready to assert to the whole world that they had thrown off the yoke of Great Britain. To Jefl'erson was assigned the task of writing the great docu- ment and this work he accomplished in his hoarding-house, which stood at the southwest corner of Seventh and Market Streets. On this site to-day, now occu|)ied l)y a hank huilding, is a tahlet signi- fving that it was on that s])ot where the declaration was written. ( )n juh' I, when it was known that the Congress had planned to act tii)on the resolution, there was a great crowd of peo])le in the Stale House sqtiare. To the disappointment of all, however, action upon the resolution was delayed until the following d.iy. Again, a large crowd assemhled and again no action was taken. The peo|)le began to grow inii)atient. ( )n July 3, similar scenes were witnessed in the vicinilv of the State House, while in the Congress a hot dehate took place. It culminated on the evening of July 4, the year heing 1776. when the original resolution, accompanied hy the Declaration of Independence, was adopted, thus giving birth to a new nation. 80 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PIIILADELI'IilA Hardly had the vote been taken when the State House bell, which from that moment became known as the "Liberty Bell," rang out the tidings to the assembled multitudes. The news was received every- \\'here with the greatest jo\'. When this bell was first iM-ought from England, in 1751, it bore the prophetic inscription: "Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. — Lev. xx\-, v. x." What a prophecy ! And how that bell must have rung that memoralile night ! The cry of independence was carried from mouth to mouth, and proclamation of although the ])eople were jovful in the extreme, thev calmh- returned '"dependence to then- homes to prepare at once tor the struggle they knew was to Liberty Bell come. The next day copies of the declaration were sent to the com- manding officers of the Continental troops, the head of the army, and to all the Colonies. On July 8, at noon, the bell, then known as the Liberty Bell, was rung for the formal Proclamation of the Declara- Carpenters' Hall Place of meeting of the I'ir^t Continental Congress 81 F> <.')// iUi old print OFFICIAL IIISTOKICAI. SOL'VKXIK tion of Independence, and the i)lace selected for this act was in the rear of the State House, in the square. John Xixon. soldier and financier, read the g^reat document, and as lie concluded there was a mightv shout from the assembled iMijiulace, l)ut ahdxe the roar of the cheering r;uig out, in clear, bold and defiant tones, the great bell. For hours it rang, proclaiming Liberty, while all the church bells and chimes in the city joined with it in sounding the glad news to the people of Philadelphia. Thus, here in the city founded less than one hundred \ears before by William Penn, was born a new nation — The L'nited States of America. Relative to the Declaration of Independence, the original copy of which is well jjreserved at Washington, it was not until August, Original IJ/*^'- ^^'^^^ ^^ ^^'^s eugrossed and signed by the delegates. One of Declaration jj.,g niembers did not affix his signature to the great document until Preserved at . ' ■, " ,, -n, i Washington A oveuiber ot that year, and another not untn ijhi. 1 bus was the nation created in Philadelphia. The colonies were transformed into States, and the "Government 1)y the ])eople." with the declara- tion "that all men are created equal," at once began io Ik' a reality. In no sense has an attempt been made to ])ortray all the leading events of the Revolutionary period in this chapter, and, with few exceptions, references are only made to events aiiecting Philadelphia and vicinity between the years 1776 and 1783, when the treaty of ])eace was signed at Paris. About the time that Congress was debating the declaring of independence, Washington was preparing to defend New York City with a small and poorly equipped army against the superior British force under Howe. In August, just after the Declaration of Inde- ])en(lence had been promulgated, was fought the battle of Long- Island, in which many of the American force were captured. On the night of this battle, Washington, with the 1)ulk of his armv, ferried to Xew York, leaving the Pritish only ;i barren \iclor\-. In the autumn Washington withdrew with his dwindling forces into Xew jersey, and in the winter following had crossed into Pennsvlvania. .\t that time he had an army with him of about 8j Critical 225x11 AXXI\EKSAKY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA three thousand men. Tliis period was one of the most critical of the entire Revolution, for had Howe with the British pushed on to Philadelphia, the city would probably have been taken, and the moral effect might have ended the war. It was on Christmas night. 1776. that Washington recrossed the Delaware to Trenton, where he sur- Period of ]jrised a number of Hessians, capturing one thousand prisoners and **'* Revolution as many stands of arms. That same month and the following January witnessed a campaign carried on by Washington which demonstrated that the Americans were determined to finally drive the llritish out of the country. He not only defeated Cornwallis in the battle of Princeton, but practically held Xew Jersey by taking the heights of Alorristown. The historv of this campaign, so suc- cessful to American arms, has always been referred to as the most brilliant military campaign in history. Washington's successes, however, could not liave been possible at that time had it not been largely for Robert Morris, known since as the great American statesman and financier, through whose generosity and exertions the money was raised to carry on the cam- paign. He raised money on his own credit to aid Washington, and it was he who, during that December and January, carried on all the work of the government. Morris was born in England in 1704, l)ut came to America in 1747, and after serving in a counting house '^' . '^ '^ . Robert Morris, in Philadelphia for some years became, in 1754. a ])artner in the statesman and business. He was a delegate to Congress from 1776 to 1778. and F'"ancier was a signer of the Declaration. During the war he served on the committee of ways and means, and freely placed his immense fortune at the disposal of his country. His personal credit at one time was pledged to the amount of $1,400,000. In 17S0 he estab- lished the Bank of North America in Philadelphia, and until 1784 acted as superintendent of finance. In 1786 he was elected a member of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, and he was a delegate in the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States, in 1787. From 1788 to 1795, he was a member of the United States Senate. He died in Philadelphia, May 8, 1806. 83 UFFUIAI. II ISIOKUAI- SOL'XliNIK It sllMuld rnited Sljiics 1 l)c noted Iicrc. as a matter of tact, that tin- lirst a^' liaxiiii;' llu' Stars and Slri])c> was adopted 1)V How the First LoiigTCSS, Juiie 14, 1 JJJ. It is declared that this I'lrsi tlag was made c. .""„"" out of a soldier's white shirt, an old hlne armv overcoat and a red Stripes was Made lannel ])etticoat. It was lirst used at rort Stanwix. near Rome. X. ^'.. dnrin*;- I'.nr,!^oyne"s cam])ai.nn in 1777. I'anl Jones appears to ;U sea. In the States have been the lirst to h;i\-e nsed the "Stars ;ind Stripe the flag" atlopted hv Congress, the stars re])resented and the stripes the original thirteen colonies. The war continued, hut it was not until the summer and e.arh fall of 1777 that Philadel])hia was again the ■"hattle-ground." luirl\' in Septemher that vear, i iowe, with his troojjs. after having sailed up Chesapeake Bay, landing his force at Rlkton. met Washington's army at Brandywine Creek. The Americans, though defeated in this battle, quickly reorganized, hut were unable to prevent the British from taking Philadel])hia. In silence the ])atriotic peo])le of the cit_\' I " ( 1 1 i ■'"Jj^r "Cliveden." Ttie Chew House. Germantown .'\round this Iniilding cUisti-r m.iny nKniorii.> of llic ll.ittk' if (;crm,Tntuwn — Ui'vohitionary War 84 225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA received the British. Congress had hastily adjourned and removed to Lancaster, Pa. The Liberty Bell, then the pride of the people, as it is to-day, was first remo\-ed from the State House and taken to Allentown, Pa., to prevent it from falling into the hands of the British. There it was kept in safety until the British army had evacuated Philadelphia, when it was returned to the State House. With the Liberty Bell on this trip were taken the chimes of Christ Church, which had also taken part the year before in "Proclaiming Liberty throughout the Land." On October 4, following^, Washington boldly essayed to attack the British at Germantown, and had the campaign which he worked out been successful, he would surelv have overwhelmed them. The , r ,,-,'• , , The Battle battle was fought early m the morning and was almost a success, ^f Germantown when one of the advancing divisions lost its wav in a dense fog October, 1777 and fired upon another, thinking" it was the enemy. Thus Wash- ington's surprise resulted in a failure, and he and his army retreated to Valley Forge, just above Philadelphia, where the miserable winter months of 1777 and 1778 were spent. It was during these trying days of the countrv that Benjamin Franklin, who was then at Paris as a commissioner of the L^nited States, had succeeded in having France make a treaty of alliance \\ith this country. By this treaty France guaranteed the liberty and inde- pendence of the L^nited States and all its possessions, ''and the addition or conquests that their confederation may obtain during the French and war." At the same time a treaty of amity and commerce was agreed Germans to _ . Ill ' 1 1 - Aid of the Upon. Betore the treaty had been consummated, a number ot Americans Frenchmen had come to this country to aid in \\hat they declared was a struggle for liberty. Among the numljer was the Marcjuis de Lafayette. Al)out the same time other foreigners joined the American forces, chief among whom was Baron Steuben, a German, who gave great assistance in organizing and drilling the American troops. Fear of the French fleet approaching Philadelphia compelled the British to abandon this citv in the earlv summer of 1778. ^^'ash- 85 nrFICIAI. Tl ISTOKICAI. SorVKXIK ing'ton followed the rolrealin^ forces, and mi lunc J8 was fought the hattlo n\ .Monnioiuli. Il was the last I)attle of note fought on nortlicni soil. The remainder of tliis \ear contained no starthng events. The following years carried the campaign into the West and South. In the earlv part of 17S1, the s])eedv termination of the war was not looked for, hut with W ashinglon in the .\orlh, planning an attack n])on Xew \'ork t'itw and Lafaxx'tte ojjerating in \'ir- ginia, a sudden change came over the situation, indicating earl\- suc- cess for the .\merican arm\-. Washingtoti found that he would haw the assistance of a French licet in the C'hesa])eake, and he at once abandoned his Xew ^ drk campaign and i)roceeded southward. I'.arly in ()ctol)er following, the homhardment of \(irktown hegan, and on the i(;th of the month, the besieged armv surrendered. This prac- ticalK' marked the ending of the war, and steps to ado])t a treaty of peace soon followed. The American commissioners ai)])ointed to agree ui)on peace terms were b)hn jav, llenjamin Franklin, |ohn Adams, Thomas Jefferson and 1 lenr\- Laurens. After many difli- culties the treaty was agreed to and signed at Paris, Se]:)tember 3, Thus, just one hundred years after the first comings of Penn the peoi)le of this country ended the Fnglish control over the original colonies. Put while free and inde])endent, the countrv was not unitetl. In 1777. Articles of Confederation were proposed bv Con- The End of gress to the States, but were not ratified until 17S1. These Articles **'^ provided for a "firm league of independence" between the States, Revolutionary War but did not make them united. There was |)raclicallv no ceiUral government, as the Congress, com])osed of delegates from all the States, only had certain powers, .\niong them were the right to declare war or of making" peace, the sending or receiving of ambassa- dors, and the jjower of establisliing and regulating postal service from one State to another. Congress stood as the represeiUali\e of the American ])eople but il had no efllciencv as a go\ernmenl. The succeeding few xears foniid the conntrv in a distrcN^-ed condition, and it was soon shown that to maintain peace a strong 8() in 1787 22STH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA go\-ernnient was needed. The Congress quickly felt itself without the necessary power. In 1786 conditions became deplorable. Wash- ington was appealed to. and as he made it plain that he belonged to the country and not to any one State, his influence and advice were quicklv sought and followed. He was for a united govern- . . ^. , ,. ^ • '^ * Adoption ot the nient. Associated with him was Franklin. When the Constitutional Constitution Convention of fifty-five members assembled in Philadelphia, Mav 14, 1787, for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, Franklin took a prominent part. Among his colleag'ues in the con- vention from Pennsylvania were Robert Morris, Thomas Mifflin, George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons, Jared Ingersoll, James ^^'ilson and Gouverneur Morris. For four months the con\'ention lasted, with Washington presiding, and finallv, on September 17, a new Constitution was adopted and signed by all the delegates. On Sep- tember 28, following, the Constitution was referred to all the States for ratification. This took some time, and favorable action by the States was taken in this order: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, June Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Xo\'ember 21, 1789 Rhode Island, Mny 29, 1790 Again did Philadelphia figure ])rominenllv in the earlv his- tory of the country The Revolution which made the people inde- pendent was planned here: the Declaration of Indciiendence was 87 December /• 17S7 December 12, 17X7 December 13. 1787 January 2 1788 January 9. 1788 Fel)ruary 6, 1788 April 26, 1788 May -\v 1788 June 21, 1788 June ^5. 1788 July 26, 1788 Ol'inClAI. IIISTORUAI. S()r\'i:XIK First United States Mint Located on Seventh Street, above l-'ilbcrt. Dpened October, 1792 pnmnilg'ated here; the Continental Congresses met here, and the great Constitutional Convention, which made the free people united, was held here. The Constitution in itself gave to the new American nation a {'resident, a Congress, equal rights to the peo])le, and established the Sn])renie Court of the United States. 'idle new gnxernnient was organized at .\e\\ ^'llI•k. Wash- ington was elected President hv unanimous vote, an Imnor never paralleled. The election was held in January, 17S9, and it was arranged that the inatiguration of the new governnieni should he on the first \\'ednesda\- in .March. The lirsl W'ednesd.'iy fell nn -March 4, and thus il came ;ihout that that date is the day when a new President and ;i new Congress assume the duties of dtfice. The 88 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADKLPITIA Coinage Department of First United States Mint It was in this part of the building that the first coins were struck the Nation following year, 1790, Congress passed an Act establishing the National Capital at Philadelphia, and from that time until 1800, Philadelphia when the city of Washington was selected, Philadel])hia remained the the Capital of Capital of the Nation. With the government established, Philadel- phia took not onl_\- a commanding place in the histor)- of the nation, but became prominent as the leading manufacturing citv of the country. Even while the war was raging, the citv su])plied the 89 OFFUIAI. IllSTOKUAI. SOUVF.XIR Old Vault in First United States Mint wants of the I'litirc i)ci)])le. Tlicso early iiianufaclurcd ainiclcs. so esscnlial to the life of a natimi, and wliicli ha\'c since made I'liila- deliilna kiinwn as the leading" niannfaelnriiiL;- eil_\-, inclnded cotton goods, leather, paper, glass, llonr and many other necessities. In closing this chapter, il is pro])er to state that the tlrst ICnglish r.ihle printed in the United States was issned liere in 1782, and that on l)ecenil)er 21, 1784, the .liiicricaii Paily .ld:rrtiscr. afterwards the .liirora. the first dail_\- ne\\s|)a])er in the I'nited States. 90 22c;tII anniversary founding of PHILADELPHIA Arches in Basement of Old Mint Rear of 37 and 39 North Seventh Street was printed here. Tt was also in Philadelphia, on February 22, 17S8, that \^^ashington's l)irthday was first otificially celebrated. On March II, 1789, the city was incorporated by Act of the Legislature, and p.^^^ ^.^^ on April 13, following, Samuel Powell was elected as the first Mayor, Located in by Council, under the new charter. In October, 1792, the first United P'^-'^'ieiphia States Mint was established by Congress in Philadelphia, and it was located on Seventh Street, above Filbert. In 1794 the first turnpike road in the United States, from Philadelphia to Lancaster, sixtv-two miles, was constructed. On August 2, 1796, the first gas-light exhibited in the countrv was shown in this citv. 91 C'^'>-etnating llie names of the twenty-eight districts, boroughs and townships consolidated in 1854, the city has erected twenty-eight memorial lamp-posts upon the pavements surrounding the City Hall. These lamp-posts, which are cast in bronze, stand twenty-eight feet in height, and each one is surmonnled b\- twenty-eight one-hundred candle-power incandes- cent lamps. There were nine districts, six boroughs and eleven townships afl'ected by the consolidation act. The names of the dis- tricts, with the dates of their incorporation and a brief outline of their botmdaries inscribed upon the different lamp-posts, are as follows : District of Southwakk. Incorporated March 26, 1762. April iS. 171)4. Boundary — South Street, Passyunk Road, Seventh Street, ]\Iifllin Street, and the Delaware River. District OF XoKini;KX Liberties, incorjioraied .March 2S. 1803. Marcli 1(1, iSn). l'>ound;irv — b^rom middle of .Sixth Street and Delaware River and between \ ine .Street and C'ohocksink treek. District oi' i\i:xsiX(;Tox. Incorjjorated .March (■>. i8jo. Boundary — Belgrade and Xorris Streets and Lehigh Avenue; Sixth Street: Thompson and C^anal Streets and Delaware River. District of Spkixi; Garuex. Incorporated March _'_'. 1813. [March 2. 1827. Boundarx — \'ine Street. Sixth Street. I'oi)lar Street, Schuvlkill River, to beginning. 96 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA District of AIoyamensing. Incorporated March 24, 1812. April 5, 1848. Boundary — McKean, Broad, and Tasker Streets, Schuylkill River ; South Street, Passyunk Road, Reed Street, Seventh Street, IMitflin Street, and Delaware River. District of Penn. Incorporated April 19, 1843. February 26, 1844. Boundary — Poplar Street, Germantown Avenue, Susque- hanna Avenue, Tenth Street, Old Camac Street, Broad Street, Colum- bia Avenue, and Schuylkill River. District of Richmond. Incorporated February zy, 1847. Boundary — York, Belgrade and Norris Streets, Frankford Avenue, Hart Lane, Emerald, AA'estmoreland, Salmon and Pike Streets and Delaware River. District of West Philadelphia. Incorporated February 17, 1844. April 3, 1851. Boundary — Schuylkill River, Girard Ave- nue, Poplar Street and Westmoreland Avenu,e, Haverford Avenue. Forty-sixth Street and Walnut Street. District of Belmont. Incorporated April 14, 1853. Boun- dary — Schuylkill River, Girard Avenue, Poplar Street, Westminster Avenue, Haverford Avenue, Sixtv-third Street and City Avenue. Borough of Germantown. Boundary — Wissahickon Ave- The originar nue, Roberts Avenue, Wavne Avenue, Stenton Avenue and Wash- ^'^ boroughs With Their mgton Lane. Boundaries Borough of Frankford. Incorporated March, 7, 1800. Boundary — Frankford Creek, Wakeling- Street, Tacony Creek, Leiper Street, Harrison Street, Horrocks Street, Orthodox Street and Adams Road. Borough of Manayunk. Incorporated March 3, 1847. Boundary — Schuylkill River and Cinnaminson Run to Green Lane, Hermit Street, Pechin Street, to Schuylkill River. Borough of Bridesburg. Incorporated April i, 1848. Boundary — Delaware River, Pike Street, Point Road ( Richmond Street) to Green Lane (Kerbaugh Street), Frankford Creek. 97 7 C o o UJ (/) -T3 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Borough of Whitehall. Incorporated April q, 1849. Boundary — From intersection of Frankford Creek and Wakeling Street, to Tacony Street and Margaret Street, to Delaware River and mouth of Frankford Creek. Borough of Aramingo. Incorporated April 11, 1850. Boundary — Salmon Street, Frankford Creek, Front Street Road. Hart Lane, Emerald Street, AA'estmoreland Street, to Salmon Street. Township of Passyunk. Boundary — Delaware River, Ale- The Original Kean Street, Broad Street, Tasker Street, Schuvlkill River, and south- V'^^^Z I ownsnips ward to Delaware River. and Their Boundaries Township of Blockley. Boundary — Schuylkill River, Mill Creek, Baltimore Avenue, Ameaseka Creek, Cobb's Creek, City Ave- nue, Sixty-sixth Street, Virginia Road, Merion Road, Haverford Avenue, Westmoreland Avenue, Mill Creek, Woodland Avenue. Township of Kingsessing. Bc?imdary — Mill Creek and Delaware River, Baltimore Avenue, Ameaseka Creek, Cobb's Creek, Darby Creek, Bow Creek, Back Channel, Countv line and Schuvl- kill River. Township of Roxborough. Boundary — Schuylkill River, Wissahickon Avenue, County line, Schuylkill River at Cinnaminson Run, Green Lane, to Schuylkill River at Hermit Street, to beginning. Township of Germantown. Boundary — Washington Lane, Stenton Avenue, County line, Wissahickon Avenue, to place of beginning. Township of Bristol. Boundary — Stenton Avenue, Cres- heim Avenue, Cheltenham x^venue. Taconv Creek, Wingohocking Creek, Germantown Avenue, Roberts Avenue, Stenton Avenue, and Germantown Avenue. Township of Oxford. Boundary — Delaware River, Town- ship Line Road, County line, Cheltenham Avenue, Tacony Creek, Castor Road, Horrocks Street, Harrison Street, Leiper Street, Little Tacony Creek. 99 (il'I'U lAI, HISTdKU'AL S()r\F.XIK Towxsii IP OK 1,()\\i;k l)ri!Lix. P>ounl«jl-:'!! ! I ; ' 'I I "niiii,, "liiiiiii,, liiiiiiii f 'I ■^~ mil ,^ i-^ '^ rtr' I i 1 (f .fflV^'f. ■** I' Real Estate Trust Co. Building 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA The Site of the City Hall Work on the erection of the present magnificent City Hall was started January 27. 1871. In this view can be seen the old freight station, the mule trains on Market Street and the Masonic Temple. archway entrances i8 feet wide and 36 feet high, richlv embel- lished with polished columns and beautiful sculpture. Surmounting the building, which is one of its most attract- ive features, is its great tower rising to a height of 547 feet nyi inches. This tower is go feet square at the base and its Tower walls are 2t, feet thick. Surmounting the marble and the iron •*^'"^''^* *<» " ^ .... Height of work of the dome is a heroic statue of William Penn, the Five Hundred Founder, cast in l)ronze. This tower is 67 feet higher than the ''"'* Forty=seveii ^ '^ Feet great Pyramid of bigypt ; o<) feet higher than St. Peter's Church, Rome ; t^j feet higher than the Cologne Cathedral, and nearly twice as high as the dome of the National Capitol at Washing- ton. The Washington Monument onlv exceeds its height bv S feet. In the tower is the great clock, 361 feet above the pave- ment. The diameter of the clock-face is 26 feet. The length of "5 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR tlic niinutc-lKuid is lo feet 8 inches and its weight is 22^ pounds. The length of tlie hour-liand is q feet and its weight is 175 pounds. The hour marks are eaeli 38 inches long and 14 inches City Hall wide. The total weight of the clock installation com])lete is over ot ^ isi e ^^ tons. This clock was started December ^i, i8t)8. and has for Many • ^ ' y ' Miles since kej)! accurate time. One of the novel features in connec- tion wilh ihe running and management of this great timepiece is that at 3 minutes before <) o'clock each evening the corona of arc lamps encircling the tower is extinguished and lighted again at preciselv 9 o'clock. These lights, on a clear night, can be distinguished from elevated points for a distance of 25 miles from the city. The magnificent bronze statue of William Penn which sur- mounts the tower is 37 feet high and weighs 52,400 pounds. It was cast in 47 pieces and so skillfully joined that the most care- ful inspection fails to detect the junctures. The four great hanging stairways at the four angles of the building are master- pieces of architectural design and construction. Independence Hall, the "Cradle of Liberty," ne.xt to the City Hall is one of the city's greatest attractions. In it stands the nation's most priceless relic, the Liberty Bell. Work u])on this building was begun in 1729, and although it is located on Chestnut Street, between Fifth and Sixth, it was then far beyond The Old the heart of the city. Its style of architecture was after that State House, ,,f J^ j^,)]i(i ^ed brick mansion of the Georgian era, although its the "Cradle ,, , , , • , 111 1 1 of Liberty" well-known steeple, which was added at a later date, was ])at- lerncd after the Queen Anne style. As a whole, the building is referred to as a good s])ecimen of the jjalace architecture known during the reign of Queen .\nne. To-day the State Llouse, as it was first known, stands as it did during the days of the Revolu- tion, having been restored to its original condition in 1895. The building was intended for the Assembly of the Province of Penn- sylvania, bv which body it was first occui)ied in October, 1735. It then was without the steeple. The first steps toward the 116 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA building of a tower and steeple were taken in 1749 and com- pleted in 1 75 1. In I7<'^4 this steeple was taken down by reason of the decaying" of some of the wood-work. Until 1828 nothing was done toward restoring" the steeple, when Comicils made an appropriation of tA\elve thousand dollars for a new one. At that time the Liberty Bell, then a \'enerated object, was placed in an ui)iier stor}' of the building and a new bell suspended in the tower. In 1790, and for the next ten years, the State House served as the capitol of the nation. In the building at the south- east corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets, then known as Con- .»— fT'— "WW ¥..: : i^ i^'^ jBJiiLitffV^i^;^ First City Hall. Philadelphia, 1683 to 1707 117 OFFICIAL IIISTORICAI. SOl'VKXIU Second City Hall, Philadelphia, 1707 to 1735 Where Washington, Adams and Jefferson were Inaugurated gress Hall, Washington and Adams were inaugurated for their second terms as President and \'icc-President, and there also Thomas JelTersdii was inaugurated President in 1797. The huild- ing has also heen used for L'niled States courts and district courts, and almost all kinds of triljunals have at different times heen accommodated within its sacred walls. In i!^54. when the city proper was consolidated with the twenty-eight districts, town- ships and horoughs in Philadelphia County, the City governmeiii determined upon using the State House and gave notice to the United States courts to remove from the second story. Im'oiu that time until .March. |S(J5, Citv Councils occupied the second floor, the east chamher over Inde])endence Hall heing fitted u\) 118 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Third City Hall, Philadelphia, 1735 to 1894 for Select Council and the west one for Common Council. Prior Seat of the to i8s4, the Citv government was quartered in the buildina: at '''^^ Government ^^ ' . J *= for Many the southwest corner of Fifth and Chestnut Streets. Years Until 1S64 the Liberty Bell remained upon a frame in the tower. Then it was taken to the east room on the second floor, known as Independence Hall, in which the Declaration was signed. There it remained on exhibition for manv vears. In the Centennial year, 1876, the Bell was taken from its pedestal and hung in the tower by a chain of thirteen links, and in this commanding position, far from the reach of the hands of van- dals, it remained until January, 1885, when it was lowered to be taken on its second journey from the city, its destination being 119 OFFICIAI. IIISTOKTCAI. SOl'N'KXTR Fourth and Present City Hall, from 1894 New Orleans. Since that time the I'.cU lias been exliihiled at Atlanta, at Chicago, at Charleston, at lioslon, ami at ."^1. Louis. The sacred relic is now shown in a ijlass ca.se in ihc main entrance li> tlic l)uil(lin,L;-. .Since iSi)5. at which time the restoration of the State llimse was com])lete X C u & Q I I 225T1I ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA son, of the Supreme Court of the United States, as professor. This law school was formally opened December 15, 1790, in the presence of President Washington, members of his Cabinet, mem- bers of both hnu.ses of Congress, judges of the courts, and State _. . , & " -' o ' First Law and citv officials. In 1802 the University moved to a building School in the on the present site of the Post Office, Chestnut and Ninth Streets, '^"""*'">' and remained there until 1871, when the present property in West Philadelphia was acquired. The University at the present time has nearly fr)ur thousand students, five hundred teachers, and more than fiftv halls, lil)raries, dormitories, fraternity houses, etc. Its handsome and well-equipped buildings, some of them the finest in the world, are well worth a visit. In closing- up this chapter of places and points of interest mention can only be made of the locations of many institutions which should lie visited. Among these are the Drexel Institute, at Thirty-second and Chestnut Streets, "founded by Anthony J. yy^„y piaces Drexel for the promotion of education in art, science and indus- Which visitors tr)'; the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, at Broad and Pine Streets, founded in 1876, for the purpose of developing the art industries of the State; the School of Design for Women, foundetl in 1844, the oldest and most complete school of applied art in the United States ; the Ridgeway Library, Broad and Christian Streets, built after the design of a Doric temple, and which is the most elaborate library building in the country; and the magnificent Widener Reference Library, at Broad Street and Girard Avenue, which contains a remarkable Shakespearean collection. The visitor to the city must include in his tour the Post Office lluilding at Xintli, Market and Chestnut Streets; the new United States Mint, Seventeenth and Spring Garden Streets, the largest institution of its kind in the world and possessing the finest numismatic collection in this countr\-; Alasonic Temple, opposite the City llall, the largest building devoted exclusively to Masonry in the world, and which is most elaborately deco- ^33 Fairmount Park and City Statuary i_Washington Monument 2— Lincoln Monument 3 — Stephen Girard 5 — William McKinley 4 — Benjamin Franklin 6 — John Christian Bullitt 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA rated; Odd Fellows Temple, on Broad Street above Arch; the Free Library, on Chestnut Street above Twelfth, established by Franklin and his associates, the oldest in America ; the Academy of Music, at Broad and Locust Streets ; and the many magnifi- cent trust, l)ank and office buildings on Broad, Chestnut and Market Streets. A few words relative to a number of statues in Phila- delphia, all of which are really descriptive of the development of Philadelphia, will not be out of place. Many of them are to the memories of men whose names figure in the important early history of the city. Among these may be mentioned the statue to Benjamin Franklin on the Post Ofiice pavement ; the statues of Penn in the Pennsylvania Hospital ; the statue of Penn surmounting the City Hall ; of Stephen Girard on the City Hall pavement ; the statue of Girard in the Girard College grounds, presented by the city; of Commodore Stephen Decatur, in St. Peter's graveyard. Fourth and ' Pine Streets ; of Com- modore John Barry, in Independence Scjuare; of General John Fulton Reynolds on the City Llall pavement ; of General George B. McClellan on the City Hall pavement; of General George G. Meade, the hero of Gettysburg, in West Fairmount Park; of John Christian Bullitt, author of the present City Charter, on the City Hall pavement; of Dr. Joseph Leidy, on the City Hall pavement; of Frederick Graff, engineer of the first water works, Fairmount Park; of Matthias W. Baldwin, founder of the Bald- win Locomotive Works, Broad and Spring Garden Streets; of Thomas Godfrey, inventor of the mariner's quadrant, in North Laurel Hill Cemetery ; of John Fitch, the inventor of the first steamboat, in Laurel Hill Cemetery; the John Welsh Memorial Fountain and Garden in front of Memorial Hall, West Fair- mount Park; the statues of Elisha Kent Kane, the Arctic explorer, and Commodore Isaac Hull; Thomas McKean, signer of the Declaration of Independence ; Rear Admiral Dahlgren, in Laurel Hill Cemetery; the Yellow Fever Monument, in North 135 'li s:. c c 15 o o I-) 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Laurel Hill Cemetery, erected 1859 by the citizens in memory of the Philadelphians who sacrificed their lives fighting the fever in the South; the Washington Monument, the gift of the Society of the Cincinnati, at the Green Street entrance of Fairmount Park; the marble statue of Washington, in Conversation Hall, City Hall ; the wooden statue of Washington, Independence Hall ; the bronze monument of Abraham Lincoln, equestrian statue of General (irant, bust of President Garfield, all in Fairmount Park; the bust of President McKinley, in the Post Office; the heroic statue of President McKinley on the City Hall pavement — and many others in the city and in the confines of Fairmount Park. Of national interest will be the monument to be erected in Germantown to the memory of Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown, the corner-stone of which will be laid on Tuesday, October 6th. by the Gernian Societies of Philadel- phia. This monument, part of the cost of which will be defrayed by the Government, was designed b\- J. Otto Schweizer, a resi- dent of Germantown. So far as its department stores are concerned, Philadel- _. , ^, '■ Finest Stores phia has without question the finest in anv American city. Each in Any store in itself is an exposition, and one of the features is that '^'"^'■"^^" '*y strangers may enter all without the least intention of making- purchases. It is proper to call attention to the Young Men's Chris- tian Association of Philadelphia, organized in 1853, o"^ '^^ the oldest in this country. Its rooms are always open to strangers in the city. Within a short time the handsome new home on Arch Street west of Broad will be completed. Branches of the Association are located in all ])arts of the citv. 137 Philadelphia Church Buildings I — Friends' Meeting House 2 — The Advocate (Episcopal) 3— Keneseth Israel 4— Arch Street M. E. Church 6— Grace Baptist Temple 7— Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul 5 — Bethany Presbyterian Church C H A PTE R N I N TH PHILADELPHIA, AS A MANUFACTURING CITY, TURNS OUT ANNUALLY FROM ITS FACTORIES PRODUCTS WORTH OVER SIX HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS I2\HE City of Philadelphia is officially classed as third in the list of manufacturing cities of the United States; ii ''"^' in manufacturing from raw materials direct, Philadelphia stands first of all the manufacturing cities of the country. To tell of everything that Philadel- phia is foremost in would be to enumerate nearly all the im- portant articles needed not only by this country but also by foreign countries. Philadelphia annually manufactures more than $600,000,000 worth of products. To produce this vast amount of materials an army of more than 255,000 workers is constantly employed. Here many American industries had their birth. And the years have seen them grow and expand to enormous proportions. Thousands of other industrial plants have centred here because of the facilities which this city offers. Its eligible location on Birthplace two tide-water rivers, its proximity to regions of inexhaustible "^ '^^"■^ '^ J ^ American coal and iron ore. and its unsurpassed railroad facilities have industries combined with many other advantages, natural and acquired, to make Philadelphia a great industrial centre. Here American ingenuity has won some of its signal triumphs and American skill developed into finest execution, while financial resources and business acumen have guided both safely along conservative lines to the highest pinnacle of success. Philadelphia's industrial greatness is largely due to the diversification of its manufactures. From the five great raw ma- 139 u « 1-J T3 V eg « ho u C ^ "C I I c 3 J2 a a, 3 PQ OQ .S M I— I 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA terials — iron, steci, cotton, wool and Inniber — nearly everything into which they enter is made in this city. Almost everything needed in this enlightened age — from needles to locomotives, from buttons to clothing, from matches to furniture — is made here. Some of the greatest manufacturing plants of the country are located within the boundary of the city and the operatives of any one of them, if transported to some other place, would constitute a good-sized city of itself. But it is not only in iron and steel manufacture that Philadelphia outstrips other cities. In carpets and ruars alone „,^ ' ' 1 & Where this the annual output is valued at over $25,000,000; in leather, city Outstrips nearly $24,000,000; in hosiery and knit goods, $16,000,000; in '^" ^^*^"^ woolen goods, $12,000,000; felt goods, $6,000,000; in upholstery goods, $3,000,000. The iron and steel industries give Philadel- phia first place for these and many other products. Other great industries, in which -the city takes second and third place as compared with other centres, are the refining of sugar and molasses, of which Philadelphia's output is about $37,000,000; the manufacture of worsted goods, the value of which is about $27,000,000; clothing, about $31,000,000; printing and publishing, about $30,000,000; knit goods, about $15,000,000; chemicals, druggists' preparations, dyeing and finishing, textiles, cordage, fertilizers, cigars, cigarettes, silk and silk goods, shirts, confectionery, furniture, pens, shoes, machinery of every kind — all producing millions of dollars' worth of goods annually. In the manufacture of utilities for transportation by land and sea, Philadelphia not only supplies the greater part of this country's demands, but has become an important factor in meet- ing the requirements of other countries. With some of the lareest „ ° ^ & Purveyors ship-building plants located on the Delaware River, this city to the Entire offers the best facilities for world-wide competition in the con- ^'^ struction of war-ships, merchantmen and every kind of steam or sail craft. In this line Philadelphia has always been a leader. At the time when Penn founded the city in 1683 the Swedes 141 Philadelphia Societies and Associations I — Masonic Temple 2 — Women's Christian Association 4 — Young Men's Christian Association 3 — Odd Fellows' Temple 5 — Pennsylvania Railroad Branch Y. M. C. A. 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA built boats on the Delaware. Penn himself began to promote ship-building shortly after he founded the city. Many large ves- sels engaged in the West India trade were built at yards located on the river in the vicinity of the present South Street and Race Street. The real birth of Philadelphia as a ship-building centre actually began during the administration of President Washing- ton, when an Act was passed prohibiting the registry of foreign- built vessels. This Act, as amended and enlarged December 31, 1792, still stands as the basis of the navigation laws of the United States. Prior to that time no ship larger than 300 tons was built in this city- The first ships of the United States Navy were Iiuilt here in a yard in the old district of Southwark, below f^r Navy Old Swedes Church. This was the shipyard of Joshua Hum- Built Here phreys. On its site now stands the Washington Avenue grain elevator, the only landmark remaining in the neighborhood of the old church. Among the first ships built in Humphreys's yard was the frigate Philadelphia, which brought fame to Commodore Stephen Decattu-. There also was built the United States^ the forty-four gun ship, one of the three, of which the Constitution alone remains, which was equal to anything afloat at the time. Many of the designs of those first war vessels have been used in nearly all the ships since built for the navy. From the year 1830 dates the beginning of the great ship- yards in the Kensington District, there being then no less than fourteen ship-building companies along the Delaware. So exten- sive are all these vast establishments that they are looked upon more in the light of a public institution than a profit enterprise. Philadelphia-built ships are to be found in all parts of the world. Many of the battleships of foreign nations and a large number of fast transatlantic liners were built by Philadelphia workmen. Philadelphia is first in shipbuilding in the entire Western Hemi- sphere, and probably second to none in the world. 143 Philadelphia Bourse 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA ♦-i>^ "Old Ironsides" The first locomotive built by tlie Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1832 In the manufacture of locomotives Philadelphia has the distinction of having the largest establishment in the United States. Its product is sent to all parts of the world. Dating from 1832, when Matthias W. Baldwin built his first locomo- tive. "Old Ironsides," to the present time, over 25,000 locomo- tives have been built at the Baldwin works. Its main plant, in the centre of the city at Broad and Spring Garden Streets, is one of our greatest attractions. Fifteen thousand workmen are employed and the output is about 2500 locomotives annually. In the textile industries, Philadelphia has achieved phe- nomenal success and world-wide importance. This includes the manufacture of textile machinery as well as fabrics. In these trades more than 100,000 operatives are employed, and their an- nual wages exceed $50,000,000. In the manufacture of silks, woolen and worsted goods, lace curtains, oilcloth and many other fabrics, this city has a reputation limited only l)y the confines of civilization. The United States census shows that in two wards 145 10 Locomotives for the World Greatest Centre for Carpet Making OFKU lAI, IHSTOKICAL SOUVENIR of tliis cily more car])cls are manufactured llian in the entire kingdom of (Ireat Britain. \\'itliin a radius of live miles of the Cily Hall, nine-tenths of all the carpets woven in the United States are made. livery variety of carpet and ru<;- known to the trade is nianufactui"ed in this citv, from the primitive rag carpet to the finest (pialily rui;', eipial in the hest made ahroad. Of knit t;<)ods and liosierv Philade!])hia produces more than any other city in the world. In stockings alone the fac- tories make more than all Philadelphia could wear in a lifetime. The last industrial census shows the annual value of the hosiery and knit goods made in this city as over $15,000,000. Hut these figures are far lielow the real output. A more recent estimate places the value of men's and women's underwear at dduhle that amount and shows the capital inxested in machinery and mills alone is ahout $10,000,000. There are over two hundred mills devoted exclusively to the manufacture of hosiery. Our hosiery manufacturers pride themselves on their ahility to produce a hetter stocking at a lower ])rice than can he made in Europe. Jn the manufacture of knitting machinerv Philadelphia also excels. Much of the product of local estahlishments is sent to all parts of the world. There are about half a dozen manufac- tories engaged in this one particular line, the annual out|)ut of which is conservatively valued at o\-er $5,000,000. In silks and silk goods, in which the annual i)riKluct now is over $5,000,000, F'hiladelphia is rapidly becoming a leader. The founding of this industry here dates back only thirty-five Silk Industry years; realh' the date of the beginning of silk-making in the 's Well United .States. More than a hundred firms are engaged in the manufacture of various lines of silk goods in the city, among which may be mentioned broad silks, ribbons, ])lushes, velvets, curtains, and the entire line of silk u])b(ilster\- goods, cords, braids, military trimmings, dress and I'ur trimmings. While Philadelphia is a leader in wnnlcn and cotton goods, it also was the first city in the country to produce linen goods. In this 146 Rooted 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA newest branch of the textile trade home capital, labor and enter- prise have been very successful. The first machinery used by the manufacturers was purchased abroad; flax was secured in Russia and Ireland; but since that time the business, with the invention of American machinery, has grown into one of the city's most noted industries. Another industry centred in this city is the tanning and glazing of leather, and its manufacture into an infinite variety of goods for manv inirposes is conducted along the most extensive _ ... , ° .11 & Something of lines. In the items of clothing and underwear, Philadelphia mer- the Leather chants and manufacturers have won the highest reputation " "^'""^ throughout the United States, not only for the volume of busi- ness done in these lines but for the superior cjuality and relia- bility of the articles produced. And this applies to all products made in Philadelphia, their manufacture in this city really giving them in the trade the stamp of genuineness and solid worth. Philadelphia has won fame and ])restige in the making of fine furniture. The census of 1905 showed that there were 89 establishments in this city and the value of their annual output was close to $6,000,000. While Philadelphia may not hold first place in furniture making, it is generally admitted that the qual- ity is of the highest order. The brewers of Philadelphia are noted for producing a superior quality of beer, ale and porter, and in volume of busi- ness this city stands close to the head of the brewing industry in America. In the manufacture of food products, chemicals, medical and surgical instruments, and thousands of other articles that enter largely into the world's commerce, Philadelphia occupies a foremost position. \\'hen it is considered that there are upward of twenty thousand manufacturing establishments in this citv, it will be seen that it is impossible to describe the development of all the various trades. That same commercial enterprise which has car- 147 Philadelphia Hotels I — The Majestic 3 — Bingham House 5— Hotel Walton 2— The Aldine 4 — Belle vue-Stratford 6 — The Continental 225TH AXXIVKRSARV FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA ried their productions to every American trading- i)oint and into every American home will continue to carry them with con- Twenty stanth' increasino- volume across the seas to the people of every '^"^^'^ o 11. Industrial country. To Philadelphia's merchants and manufacturers the Plants highest credit is due for their untiring and determined eti'orts for the expansion of the country's export trade. It is largely due to them that the Philadelphia Commercial Museum was established. This summary of Philadelphia's manufactures would not be complete unless reference was made to the advance electricity has made in the industrial economy of business and home life. It was here that Benjamin Franklin first drew the subtle fluid from the clouds. And it was here, less than thirty years ago, that the first practical use of electricity for public lighting was a Leader shown ui3on our streets. Philadelphia's electric i)lants compare '" ■"^'^'"S . . . . . Electrical well with those of any other city in the world. The power dis- Goods tributed by these plants is rapidly revolutionizing the industrial \\orld. It was soon shown that what could he d(ine by the steam engine could l)e done more conyenientl_\- and at less cost to the consumer by the use of the electric motor. One of the results of the general use of the electric current was the develop- ment of a new industry for Philadelphia — that (if making electric machinery, appliances and equipments. Electric cars are made here for all the American cities, and the finest class of electric engines and varied forms of household utensils in which elec- tricity is the motive power. These include stoves, boilers, ovens, fans, heaters, sterilizers, and hundreds of other articles. 149 Philadelphia Hospital Buildings I — Methodist Episcopal 2— St. Agnes 3 — German 4 — Hahnemann 5— Medico-Chirurgical 6 — Pennsylvania CHAPTER TEN TH PHILADELPHIA BOASTS OF SUPERB RAILIFJT &f STEAMSHIP SERVICE & A LOCAL SYSTEM OF TRANSPORTATION SECOND TO NONE IN THE COUNTRY O FAR as transportation facilities are concerned, both l)y land and hy water, Philadelphia boasts of as good ,, as anv other citv in the United States. Only in New ^ York, which is the great metropolis of the Western Hemisphere and but a few miles from the ocean, are the water facilities better than here. So far as rail- road transportation is concerned Philadelphia claims the best in the country. In the matter of local transportation facilities, Philadelphia's electric system is second to none. While New York controls most of the import and export trade of the United States, this city is fast becoming its only rival. The aggregate of exports from Philadelphia is over $100,000,000 annually, with the imports close to $70,000,000. Land and The deepening- of the Delaware River channel to thirty feet, ^^t^"" which is now being carried to completion l)y the United States authorities, assisted by State and City governments, will give to Philadelphia an ocean-going trade which will develop rajjidly in the future. At the jjresent time there are over twenty foreign steam- ships carrying passengers and freight to all the large European terminals. In addition there are regular lines connecting with all the principal cities on the Atlantic coast and with Culian and South American ports. A trip along the river front will show many vessels loading or unloading cargoes. In respect to these, it should be specially noted that among the shipments from this 151 9. -^ " U *J c 4j u -^ X cu J u a < s a, O U to c p »i w §6^ U > -2 O 'O u E 5 n re ■" % J<: -5 re a > a a; < o — _ > CO b 5 ^ 3 V 3 E 00 re oj o O- _ - tul 3 S - ■ — (u :3 '^' c c c ^ " -^ o c >. -S i; re .ti c > j£ s: o. 'iv '-' " OJ ^ s. re j; m O re O c o ■£ a 4J C/J bi3 u u 4^ C n] u bO o > a rt ra ™ flj tfl " <" 5 ■;; C t^ r 3 > M bC C a ° > E ™ 5 a ,, w w tC u o « X :i ■- a> 3 o «> e ■o CO M ■= U -o 3 o « i >, >.« 4> P to ii ■t > o c J .S O J3 o X 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA city in whioli Pliiladelphia is a leader, is refined oil. Fully forty per cent, of the petroleum shipped from America goes from this port. The annual total is hetween six and seven hundred mil- liim gallons, representing a value approximately of $25,000,000. In the shipment of cereals of all kinds Philadelphia is a leader, and the shipper has facilities which are unsurpassed. To meet the requirements of this great trade, extensive loading piers and commodiotts terminals have been erected, monster grain eleva- tors have been built, and railroad tracks have been run alcjng the ri\-er front to accommodate this growing commerce. Not only Great in oil and cereals is Philadelphia a leader, but also in coal, ^i Cereals, This is due to the fact that Philadelphia is within a short dis- Coal and Oil tance of the onlv large mines of anthracite coal in the country, and also not far from the country's largest bituminous coal fields. Within the State of Pennsylvania is mined about sixty per cent, of all the coal produced in the United States. \'ery naturally the point of shipment for export trade has been Philadelphia. The average Acarh- value of the coal exported has been alwut $14,000,000. As to transportation by rail, Philadelphia is well eciuipped, and for receiving and delivering freight more than fiftv stations and warehouses have been erected within the city limits. Cars from every railroad in the countrv come into these depots, the ^yjanv Freight largest of which are located at Greenwich Point on the Dela- Depots ware, Girard Point, Broad Street and Washington Avenue, Eigh- teenth and [Market Streets, Thirtieth and ^Market Streets, Thir- teenth and Callowhill Streets, Twenty-third and Arch Streets, West Philadelphia, and the different piers on the Delaware as far north as Port Richmond. Numerous transfer stations are located at different points within the citv. Within the confines of Pennsylvania alone run the lines of one hundred and twenty-one railroads, and of this number twenty-five extend through or to other States. It is interesting to note here that the present great railway systems of this coun- 153 in the City OKKICIAI. IIISTOKUAI, SOUVENIR Four Great Railroads Centre Here "' v""!.!"?! !|| IIIlM ■^MillBl^KiHip^- Old Freight Station. Thirteenth and Market Streets. Now Occupied by Wanamaker's It was ill this building tliat the world- fainous evangelists, Moody and Sankey. held their great revival meetings try liad their orio'in here. Pliila(lel])liia was first connected in 1837 witli New York harbor ]n- rail, by way of tlie Camden tS: Anilioy Railroad, and five years later the Philadelphia & Readin.c,- Railroad was 0])ened to the coal fields of Pennsylvania. The oro-anization of the great Pennsvlvania Railroad system dates back to April 13, 1846. On Feliruary 15, 1854, the main line from Ilarrisbnrg to Pittsburgh was oiKMied. The line from I'hila- (lel])hia to llarrislmrg was made n|) of the Philadelphia c C/3 u « O V X u W V u V> u < u M •o ^_, c B u 3 C C re ^_, > c nj < ji: >» o nj OJ •— 1 S u J3 CO re £ O) O V 0^ Q u OJ 4_i W •o a> TJ c u > ™ a> ID 1^ •a c V u P3 o V "a. B o U T3 "« K s a tn >^ nj X W « a; 2 c o an V •o a: ™ X 3 CO T3 u 0) be lU T3 OJ w u > a o X X W c o s •o >, ■o H (J < > "5. 3 o ■a u c o u Ui Ui u < "o w a < ra > ro ra a a; o Ji! — a> W o s: u n U 3 hJ l+H c u H o o 3 u 4^ E c o c o re o n X rt j:: X 3 > w w M 00 M M m ^ u^ \D CHAPTER ELEVENTH PHILADELPHIA FINANCIAL INSTITU- TIONS HAVE ALWAYS HAD A TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE IN THE MONETARY AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRY HE financial history of Philadelphia forms a very important link in the chain of events in the city founded h}^ Penn. In the review showing Philadel- l)hia's industrial and commercial greatness it was stated that this city had the first hank in America and the first savings institution. With the rapid growth along indus- influential trial lines, the banking and trust companies have develoi)ed ^^'^^"se of •^ ' Conservative remarkable strength. This has been largely due to the con- Methods servative business methods which have characterized their management, and have won for them the highest confidence both at home aufl abroad. Philadelphia's banks and trust comi)anies have more than $175,000,000 cai)ital, surplus and undivided ])rofits, while private bankers contribute millions more to the aggregate. In its sav- ings institutions the latest reports of the Commissioner of Bank- ing show cajjital, surplus, and undivided profits of over $112,- 000,000. In the National banks alone the deposits are close upon $250,000,000, and in the trust companies over $300.- 000,000, in addition to total trust funds of $550,000,000. In order to ascertain Philadelphia's banking strength, the combina- tion of these figures shows the total capital, surplus, and undi- vided profits at $175,000,000, with total deposits close upon $600,000,000. Banks, trust companies, and all other financial institutions of the city, with their aggregate capital and surplus, give to 161 II c re « T3 o JC a 225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA this city a linancial strength and standing of great significance in tlie monetary alTairs of the country. The wealtli of Pliila- delphia is more generally owned by its citizens than will he found the case in any other great city. It has been mainly earned, inherited, accumulated, and kept here, and steadily augmented by judicious investment and thrifty management, until the depositories of this city have liecome a tremendous monetary power with a reserve force which can be utilized with telling efifect should occasion require. In this connection it should l;e recalled that Philadel]:)hia has more than once come to the aid of the Government. In the days of the Revolution, in the War of 1.S12, in the Mexican War, and in the Civil War, it was Philadelphia's i)rivate funds Philadelphia and banking caijital that helped the Government out of its '"^"'^'^" ■^ '■ ' Save the financial difificulties when large sums of money had to be quickly Nation raised. The names of Robert Morris,. Stephen Girard, Jay Cooke, E. W. Clark, and others, will never be forgotten. Bank- ing is conducted in Philadelphia in accordance with sound yet vigorous business methods, and wields a wholesome and far- reaching influence, while the great wealth of this citv furnishes the means for many extensive American enterprises. The history of Philadelphia would not be complete with- out reference to Robert Morris, the first great American finan- cier, who, in 1763, conceived the idea of establishing a bank here. This he carried into efifect in 17S0, when the Pennsyl- vania Bank was established. The men associated with Robert Organization Morris included Thomas Willing, John Nixon. Blair McClena- l^ ?.^ ^'"^^ ^ - Banking chan, James Wilson, George Clymer and William Bingham, institution The plan of the bank, as elaborated June 17, 17S0, was to open a subscription to the amount of £300,000 Pennsylvania currency, in real money, the subscribers to the stock executing bonds to the amount of their subscriptions, and the whole to form the capital of the bank, by the aid of which it was pro- posed to purchase supplies and transport food to the army. 163 OFFICIAL IIISTORUAI, SOrVKXIR Congress was otificiallv notifitMl uf ihe organizalimi nf iliis I)ank on June _'i, 1 7S0, and resolnlions were adopted jjledging the failli of tlie I'nited States for llie repayment of subscrip- tions. The bank commenced business July 17, 1780, on Front Street, just aliove Walnut. Its operations were successful, and none of those suffered loss who took stock in it — as much, nu doubt, fruin ])atriotic motives as with the hope of i)ecuniary gain. The affairs of this bank were wound uj) about the close of the year 1784. On December 31, 1781, an Act was passed by Congress creating the stockholders a corporation forever, under the title of "The President, Directors, and Company of the IJank of Robert Morris The first .American Financier, who financed the Government for the Revolution 164 225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA North America," restricting the amount of property to lie held by the corporation to $10,000,000, and thus the Bank of North America became the iirst incorporated bank not only of Phila- del]ihia but in the United States. It commenced business Janu- ary 7, 17S2, in the store belonging" to its cashier on the north side of Chestnut Street, west of Third, the very spot wliere stands the present building. It was very successful in its ojierations, but as doubts were entertained whether it would be entirelv valid as a financial institution in Pennsylvania without authority granted by the State, a bill was passed by the Assem- bly, on Februarv 25, 1782, incorporating the bank. It is the only National bank in the United States, with possibly one excep- tion, that is permitted to omit the word "National" from its title on its circulating currency and in other transactions. Stephen Girard became prominent as a financier in 181 2, when he purchased the building on Third Street, south of stg-hen Qirard's Chestnut, which had i)reviousl}' been occupied by the Bank of Activity as a the United States, and in that building-, while continuing his mercantile enterprises, he conducted a profitable banking business until the time of his death, December 26, 183 1. The Philadelphia Clearing House is an organization which can be said to be the "balance-wheel" of the banks. This organization, which in March, ii;oS, celebrated the semi-centen- nial of its foundation, is the heart of the financial body, and its influence is felt in aggregate business just as each individual or corjjorate enterprise is expedited and benefited Idv perfect system and the employment of the best methods in transacting its affairs. It was created by the banks for their nuUual con- venience, assistance and protection, and for the jnu-pose of simplifving business. At the time of the organization of the Clearing House, fifty years ago, there were in Philadelphia seventeen banks. Their aggregate deposits amounted to between fifteen and six- teen million dollars. The population was slightlv over half a 165 OFFICIAL HISTOKUAl. SOL'VKNIR The Clearing House and Its Purpose Two Banks Over One Hundred N'ears Old million. At present the Clearing House has thirty-two banks in its meml)ership whose aggregate deposits are over $250,000,000. It is a voluntary association coni]X)sed of the several hanks and is entirely without capital. While its organization d nf that year that it actually began operations. On its first dav the clearings amounted to $2,991,939.90, and the balance settled aggregated $147,437.24. In these days the clearings run anywhere from S15.000.000 to $25,000,000, and the balances settled average about $1,500,000. Since its organization in 1X5S only four out of the forty- five banks which have been its members have failed, and eight other banks, including five of the original memliers. have been absorbed by existing banks. There were no National banks at the time of its organization, the National Bank Act not taking effect until l'\'bruary 25. ic%3. The first to become a member was the Philadel])hia r>ank, organized September 19, 1863. This bank and the Hank of North America are the only two institu- tions in the cilv which have been in continuous ojjcration for more than a century. The k'armers' and Mechanics' National Bank began as a State bank March 16. 1809. vSince 1858 it has been fiscal agent for the State of Peniisyhania. In 1810 the National Bank of Northern Liberties began its career; in 1825 the Southw\ark National; the next year the Kensington National: in 1828 the Penn, first called Penn Township I'ank; in 1830 the Western National, taking its name from its first location, which was on Ninth .Street; in 1S31 the Manufacturers", which was first called the .Manufacturers' and .Mechanics' Bank; in 1846 the Trades- men's National, and in 1857 the Consolidation National. The Girard National Bank, which dates from 1832, virtuallv had its start in the first bank of the Ignited States chartered by Congress in 1791. Its present building has been occupied since July 24, 1797. When the old bank expired with 166 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA its charter, in 1811, Stephen Girard liought its huilding and started "Stephen Girard's Banking House." The business ended with his death, December 26, 1831, l)ut four days later pre- hminary steps were taken to organize the bank which now flourishes. All the old Clearing House banks became National banks by the end of 1864. The first National bank in the United States was the First National, Philadelphia. Its original charter was issued June 10, 1863, and it issued the first National bank-notes in the country. At the present time there are thirty-six National banks in Philadelphia and all but four small institutions are menil)ers of the Clearing House. As American banking had its birthplace here, so the first trust companies of the country originated in Philadelphia. These companies found a field of operation in various branches of business, such as safe deposit, title insurance, the management of real estate, receiving money on deposit, and the execution of ^ -^ ^ Trust Companies fiduciary trusts. The great success they have achieved is the originated best reason for their existence. In this city trust companies ^"^^ have increased in numbers, wealth, strength and influence. The trust company business of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania has developed largely since the Act of Legislature of 1890 amend- ing the Act of 1874 extending the rights and privileges of such companies. They have become important factors in the invest- ment of money and in the performance of a variety of duties involving monetary transactions. Trust companies are practically supplementary to and aids to banks rather than competitiors, and this view is sustained by the fact that the stockholders and the management of banks are often holders of trust company stocks and actively interested in their business. It is the purpose of the trust companies to utilize the deposits of those who are not actively engaged in industrial, commercial, or mercantile business, and who prefer to 167 OFl'UIAI. II ISTOUKAL SOL'VKX IK a Centur\ Old deposit ihcir nioiK-y where they eau olitain a small return of interest. Phila(lel])hia Stock l^xchani^e, first known as a stock l)oar(l, dales hack Id the he^inniii^- of the nineteenth century, D. ., , , . . , and its lii^st nieetin"-i)lace was in the iCxchano'c Coffee House Stock Exchange < in Second Street. Included anion^' its memhership from those earl\- da\s are the names of man_\' men wlm fii^ured prominently in the financial affairs of the city. The Stock Exchange wieUls great ])ower in jnihlic husiness. All trade depressions, panics, and imiHirtant events in the commercial or ])olitical world are (juickly rertected there. fhis article would not he com])lete if some reference were not made to the financial condition of the city itself. On July I, 1908, the funded deht of 1 'hiladelphia was $77,296,520.22. The assessed \alualion of real estate owned hy the city is ahont $83,500,000. The ])er cajMta credit is $98.08, as compared with $46.07 in Xew N'ork, S44.74 in Chicago, $59.60 in St. Louis, and S84.()i in Host on. The Handsomest Banking House in the Country New White Marble Building of Girard Trust Company Broad and Chestnut Streets 108 CHAPTER TWELFTH BRIEF CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA FROM THE EARLIEST RECORDS TO THE PRESENT CENTURY Rich in ISTORICALL^' connected witii the early annals of the United States, Philadelphia, the metropolis of Pennsylvania, is to-day the third city in the United States in ])opnlation. Besides being the third citv Historic of importance in the list of industrial cities in the 'Association country, it is unquestionably first, so far as its historical asso- ciations are concerned. The following chronological table shows in a brief way the history and growth of the city: 1609 1616 1623 1624 1633 1638 1643 1646 1655 1664 1677 1680 Henn- Hudson in the Half Moon visited Delaware Ba}'. Voyage of Hendrickson to the mouth of the Schuylkill. Landing of Kornelius Aley at Cape ;\[ay, so named after him. Fort Nassau, at Gloucester, Iniilt by Mey. Year in which the Dutch are reported as having purchased lands from the Indians. Swedish settlements located on the Delaware. Fort built and occupied by Swedes within the present boundary of city. Erection of the original Swedes Church on Tinicum Island. Dutch conquer the Swedes. Enghsh in turn conquer the Dutch. "Gloria Dei," the second Swedish church, erected at what is now Christian and Swanson Streets. Grant of Pennsylvania to William Penn by Charles IL 169 ^'dJ di:;* r . J I ^ ■ OQ 'a o c .2 CO o -T3 C CO e i68i Sept. 1682 April 25 May 5 June 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Lieut. -Governor William Markham arrived. Penn signed Frame of Government, practically the first charter for the colonists. Declaration of laws and regulations given by Penn. Thomas Holme, Penn's surveyor, examined sites below Chester and ten miles north of present site. July 10 Earliest survey of city lots on record. Blue Anchor Inn, Front and Dock Streets, afterward called the '"Boatman and Call," built. Oct. 24 A\'illiam Penn arrived at New Castle on the Welcome, then proceeded to Upland, which he renamed Chester. 1683 March 10 I'irst meeting of the governor and council held in Phila- delphia. Aug. 16 Penn in a letter wrote: "Philadelphia is at last laid out." Penn's house on Letitia Street built. First offices of the State. First English school founded by Enoch Flower. 1684 Brick Quaker meeting-house erected on Centre Scjuare. Return of Penn to England. 1685 First printing press established in Philadelphia, by William Bradford. The first work printed was an almanac, edited by Samuel Atkins. 1689 "William Penn Charter" School, on Fourth street, below Chestnut, established. First City Charter granted by William Penn. Penn deprived of government by William and Mary. Restoration of government to Penn. Christ Church built. Penn's second visit. "Slate Roof House," erected in 1689. the largest at that time in Philadelphia, occupied by William Penn. Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Church dedicated. First watchman, the forerunner of the city's police depart- ment, appointed "to go round ye town with a small bell in ye night time." 1701 Oct. 25 Charter granted city by William Penn, and Edward Shippen appointed Mayor. 171 I69I 1693 Oct. 20 1695 1699 Dec. 2 1700 Jan. Jan. 2 July 13 I7I2 I7I3 I7I5 1718 July 30 Dec. 8 1719 April OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVKXIK 1704 iMTst Treshytcriaii C'luircli, called "I'.utliniwood Church,'" built (in south side .Market Street, lielueen Second and Third. 1707 Philadelphia I'lapti.st ( )rt;'ani/.atiiin formed. Great Towiie House, used as a town hall and seat of municipal government and le,c;islature until 1735. erected on High ( Market) Street, between Second and Third. IVnn stricken with apoplexy. First almshouse established by the I'riends. Walnut Street, between Third and Fourth. I'erry to ( lloucester established. 1 )eath of William I'enn. I'irst tire entwine purchased by the Council. Ordinance passed for pa\ing streets with stone, and foot- ways witli brick. Dec. 22 .iiiicriain Weekly Mercury, first newspaper in .America out- side of Boston, established by Andrew I'.radford. 1723 Oct. Benjamin Franklin, 17 years old, arrived in Philadelphia. 1724 Carpenters' (iuild estal)lishe■ 3 O (/5 ^ O- 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 1775 1776 1786 1787 1788 1789 May 10 June II July 4 July 8 1777 Sept. 27 Sept. Oct. 15 1778 May 18 1779 1780 I78I March i 1782 1783 1784 Dec. 21 July 26 Feb. 22 July 4 March 11 April 13 Beginning- of the Revohition. Washington selected as Commander-in-Chief of Continental army, in the State House. Piano, probably first built in this country, made by John Behrent, Third Street below Brown. Second Continental Congress met in State House. Articles of Confederation prepared b}- conunittee of Second Continental Congress. Adoption and signing of the Declaration of Independence. Proclaiming the Declaration, State House Square, accom- panied by ringing of the Liberty Bell. Declaration read to the people by John Nixon. End of colonial system. British, under Gen. Howe, occtipy Philadelphia. Meschianza held at old Wharton House, on Moyamensing Road. Continental Congress moved to York, Pa. Battle of Germantown. Battles on the Delaware over the defences of the city. British evacuate Philadelphia. Incorporation of the University 'of the State of Pennsylvania. Bank of North America originated by Robert Morris. Articles of Confederation finall}' ratified by vote of States sitting in Congress. First English Bible printed in the United States, published in Philadelphia. End of the Revolution. Continental Congress moved to Princeton, N. J . American Daily Advertiser, afterwards the Aurora, the first daily newspaper issued in America, printed in Philadel- phia. Steamboat built by John Fitch, the first to be propelled by steam in America, operated on the Delaware. Constitutional Convention of the States held in Independ- ence Hall. W^ashington's Birthday first celebrated officially by public salute of artillery. Celebration of the new Union by a Federal procession. First Congress held initial session under the Constitution. New charter granted the city. Samuel Powel elected first Mayor by Council under new charter. 175 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOl"\KMR 1790 April 17 Death of Franklin, aged 84. Dec. 6 T 'nited States Government removed from Xew York to riiiladelphia. Law School of the I'niversity, first in America, established. 1 791 Union of the I'nivcrsity of the State of Pennsylvania with The College, under the title of the " University of Pennsyl- vania." 1792 Oct. United States Mint estal)lishe(l, cast side Seventh street, above Filbert. The only one in the L'nitod States until 1835. 1793 Epidemic of yellow fever in I 'hiladelphia. Four thousand deaths in four nicniths. 1794 First turnpike mad in the United States opened from Phila- delphia to Lancaster, 62 miles. 1796 April 4 Select Council, consisting of twelve citizens to serve three years, created by Act of Legislature. Aug. First gas-light in .America exhil)ite(l in Philadelphia. 1799 April 3 Governor signs l)ill removing seat of State government to Lancaster. 1800 July United States ( ii-Centennial Celebration of landing of ^^'illiam I'enn. William Penn's cottage ( Letitia House), built on Market Street between Front and Second about 1683, the first l)rick house in Philadelphia, relniilt in Fairmount Park. 1884 March Xew Post Ofifice building opened. J S3 Nov. 10 1877 May 15 1878 1879 Dec. 1880 I88I Dec. 3 1882 Oct. 6 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOr\EXIR 1885 June I 1887 Sept. 15-17 1888 March 12 1890 May 14 1892 Nov. 1893 1895 March 27 Dec. 20 1897 May 27 1898 Oct. 25-27 1899 April 27 Dec. 31 X<.-\\ L'harfer of riiila(k-l|)liia (tin.- I'aillilt I'.ill) ai)])rcived. C'l institutional Centennial Celebration. ( ireat blizzard paralyzed business in 1 'hiladelphia. i 'liiladelphia I'ourse, only one in .\nierica, and larjjest in the world, establislied. Foundation of the W islar Institute of Anatomy, connected with the I'niversity of Tennsyhania, first of its kind in tile world. first electric street railroad opened. Iiinnal opening- of Readinsj Railroad Terminal building. t ily governnienl ninxi'd to new City Hall. I'ormal opening of tlie lloiirse. Washington .Monument, at Green Street entrance to the i'ark. unveiled by IVesident McKinlev. I'cace Jubilee Celebration (.■omiuemorating close of .^])anish- -\merican War. National Exjjort lC.\])osition, first in the commercial his- tory of the Cnited .States, held in I 'liihi(leli)hia. President Mci\inle\- dedicated ( Irant .Monument. Fair- mount Park. .Magnificent ilhiniination (pf new City Hall and starting of the great clock. Tower of City Hall, Showing Roof of Building 184 COMMITTEES COMPOSED OF CITY OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS WHO PLANNED AND CARRIED INTO EXECU- TION THE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION The organization tliat deA-elopecl and put in operation the plans for the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Founding of Philadel[)hia consisted of a Gen- eral Executive Committee, with supervision over all matters. Committees Under this General Executive Committee were nine main com- whkh Arranged niittees — Finance. ^Nlilitarv, Religious. Industrial. Historical. Xaval Dis])lay. River Dis])lay, Transportation. Store Decoration. These main committees had working under them .'^^5 sub-commit- tees, each sul)-committee chairman reporting to the main com- mittee chairman. \\ ho in turn reported to the chairman of the Genera! Executive Committee. The total membership of all com- mittees and sub-committees was 898. 185 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HON. JOHN E GEORGE W. 205 Boyd, George W. G. P. Agt., P. R. R.. Broad St. Sta. Brumbaugh, Dr. Martin G. Room 696. City Hall Buchholz, Eduard 183 City Hall Caven, Frank H. 615 Fidelity Bldg. Clay, Hon. Henry City Hall Clothier, Morris L. 8th and Market Sts. Connell, Charles E. 181 City Hall Connelly, John P. 508 Commonwealth Bldg. Converse, John H. l5io Locust St. Davis, George B. 3930 Lancaster Ave. Elverson, Col. James, Jr. The Inquirer Ernst, Bernhard 2920 N. 6th St. Gillingham, Charles A. 1648 S. Twelfth St. Grove, Henry S. Rich.Tiond and Norris Sts. Hardart, Frank 818 Chestnut St. Harrison, C. C. 4th and Chestnut Sts. Hays, Dr. I. Minis ^66 S. 2lst St. Hazlett, James M. 1537 S. 5th St. Holmes, William Henry 52 E. Allen St. Jastrow, Dr. Morris, Jr. University of Pennsylvania Jordan, Dr. John W. 13th and Locust Sts. Kucker, George W. 1835 Land Title Bldg. LaLanne, Frank D. 214 Chestnut St. Lev/is, Edwin O. 509 West End Trust Bldg. McAllister, J. R. C. 218 N. 13th St. REYBURN, Chairman B. HICKS, Secretary City Hall McCurdy, George 1201 Chestnut St. Milligan, William J. City Hall Montgomery, Thomas L. State Librarian. Harrisburg Morrell, General Edward 1430 S. Penn Square Morton, Thomas J. 1453 N. loth St. Nelson, Thomas T. 333 Walnut St. Patton, Edward W. 404 Bet2 Bldg. Ransley, Harry C. 126 N. Front St. Rosenberg, Morris 716 N. Franklin St. Rushton, Richard H. Fourth Street National Bank Ryan, Thomas J. 1028 Land Title Bldg. Seger, Charles 1105 Betz Bldg. Shields, W. S. P. Witherspoon Bldg. Stokley, John H. 2947 Frankford Ave. Stotesbury, E. T. Dre.\el & Co.. 5th and Chestnut Sts. Stuart, Hon. Edwin S. Harrisburg Sykes, Walter T. Hancock and Huntingdon Sts. Thomson, John Free Library of Philadelphia Trainer, Harry J. 171 City Hall Van Rensselaer, Alexander iSoi Walnut St. Wanamaker, Hon. John r3th and Chestnut Sts. Warburton, Barclay H. Evening Telegraph Whitaker. John W. 2405 N. 5th St. Wolf, Clarence 1339 Chestnut St. Zane, George W. 2234 W. Lehigh Ave. 187 on"iri.\i. II iSTouicwi. solvkxik FINANCE COMMITTEE RICHARD H. RUSHTON. Chairman Fourth Street National Bank Beeber, Dimner President Union League Cramp, William Richmond and Norris Sts. Dolan, Thomas U. G. I. Co., Broad and Arch Sts. Earle, George H. Real Estate Trust Co. French, Howard B. Equitable Trust Co. Githens, Benjamin President Corn Exchange Nat. Bank Harrison, C. C. Provost University Fcnna. LaLanne, Frank D. 214 Chestnut St. McCall, Joseph B. 1000 Chestnut St. Nicholson, William R. Pres. Land Title and Trust Co. Riebenack, Max Pcnnsylva.iia Railroad Company Smith, E. B. 511 Chestnut St. Stotesbury, Edward T. 5th and Chestnut Sts. Van Rensselaer, Alexander 1801 Walnut St. Wagner. General Louis Third National Bank Widener, George D. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. Widener, P. A. B. 404 Land Title Bldg. Wing, Asa S. Pres. Provident Life and Trust Co. Wolf, Clarence 1339 Chestnut St. HISTORICAL COMMITTEE THOMAS L. MONTGOMERY, Chairman State Librarian, Harrisburg, Pa. GEORGE W. B. HICKS. Secretary 205 City Hall Abbott, Dr. A. C. City Hall Ames, Herman V. 210 S. 37th St. Anders, Dr. James M. 1605 Walnut St. Ashhurst. John Free Library Ashton, Dr. William Easterly ;oil Walnut St. Bache. Franklin 1510 Walnut St. Bachman, F. H. 131 S. 5th St. Baldi, C. C. A. 319 Green Lane, Roxborough Barber, Dr. Edwin A. Memorial Hall Barr, J. E. M.'4 Walnut St. Bartlett, Dr. Clarence M37 Spruce St. Beath, Col. Robert B. 419 Walnut St. Bergendahl, C. G. 316 Walnut St. Biddle, Dr. Thomas 22d and Sansom Sts. iSS 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Historical Committee — Continued Boyd, Peter North American Bldg. Brandt, Dr. Francis Burke Director. School of Pedagogy. Branson, Dr. Mary 1719 Arch St. Brazer, Major Thurber T. Oak Lane P. O. Brinton, Dr. Lewis 802 N. Broad St. Brown, Arthur Erwin Zoological Society. Fairmount Park Brubaker, Dr. A. P. Jefferson Medical College Brumbaugh, Dr. Martin G. City Hall Burch, Dr. Henry Reed Central Manual Training School. Burrett, Prof. O. H. Institution of the Blind. Overbrook Byea, Dr. Gynecean Hospital. i8th and Race Sts. Cadwalader, John 263 S. 4th St. Campbell, William J. 1008 Walnut St. Carson, Hon. Hampton L. 1336 Walnut St. Carson, R. T. 4629 Frankford Ave. Clark, Charles H. 119 S. 4th St. Coyle, Robert M. 425 Walnut St. Cheyney, Edward Potts 259 S. 44th St. Dana, C. E. 2013 DeLancey St. Dever, Dr. Richard Germantown Hospital Dixon, Samuel G. Academy of Natural Sciences Duane, Russell Land Title Bldg. Duhring, Rev. Herman L. Philadelphia City Mission Elkins, George W. Land Title Bldg. Erikson, Capt. A. J. 23d and Ritner Sts. Evans, Dr. Horace Y. 1631 Green St. Felton, E. C. SCO Girard Trust Bldg. Fife, Dr. Charles A. 1927 Chestnut St. Fisher, Sidney George 328 Chestnut St. Francine, Dr. A. P. 218 S. 15th St. Franklin, Dr. Melvin M. 1427 N. Broad St. Frazier, Dr. Charles H. Dean Med. Dept.. University Penna. Frazier, George H. 330 Chestnut St. Fox, Dr. L. Webster 1304 Walnut St. Fussell, Dr. M. Howard 189 Green Lane Genth, Dr. F. A. Polyclinic Hospital Gilbride, J. J. 2412 N. 6th St. Gray, Prof. W. F. Central High School Goepp, Dr. R. Max 332 S. isth St. Harley, Dr. Lewis R. Central High School Hartley, Dr. Harriet L. 1207 Locust St. Hays, Dr. I. Minis 266 S. 2ISt St. Henry, Dr. Frederick P. 1635 Locust St. Hetherington, A. G. City Hall Hevessy, Berthold Jewish Hospital. Old York Road Hexamer, Dr. C. J. 419 Walnut St. Hirsch, Dr. A. B. 171 1 Diamond St. Hirst, Dr. Barton Cook 1821 Spruce St. 189 225TH ANNIVKKSAKV ForxDiNt; OK I'll II.. \i)i:i. I'll lA Historical Committee — Continued Holland, Dr. James loth and Walnut Sts. Holmes, W. H. 52 E. Allen St. Howard, Dr. E. Clarence 508 S. loth St. Howson, Henry 109 N. 34th St. Jastrow, Dr. Morris, Jr. University of Pennsylvania Jenkins, Charles F. 150 Washington Lane. Gtn. Jenks, John Story 1937 Arch St. Jordan, Dr. John W. 13th and Locust Sts. Keen, Gregory B. Hist. So. of Pa., 13th and Locust Sts. Keim, Dr. W. H. 1716 N. i8th St. Keller, Prof. Harry F. Central High School Kelly, Dr. A. O. J. 191 1 Pine St. Kinsey, Hon. John L. City Hall Korndoerfer, Dr. Augustus 1728 Green St. Krusen, George C. 339 N. 15th St. Krusen, Dr. Wilmer 127 N. 20th St. Kucker, George W. 1835 Land Title Bldg. Landis, Capt. E. R. II S. 2ISt St. Latta, Thomas L. 3819 Spruce St. Lea, Arthur H. 2004 Walnut St. Leach, J. Granville 733 Walnut St. Learned, Prof. Marion D. University of Pennsylvania Leffman, Dr. Henry Women's Med. Coll., N. College Ave. Leiper, Capt. E. F. Front and Lehigh Ave. LaPlace, Dr. Ernest 1828 S. Rittenhouse Square Lewis, John F. Academy of Fine Arts Lloyd, Dr. J. H. 3918 Walnut St. Lucas, John 2212 N. 20th St. MacAlister, Prof. James Drexel Institute Macfarlane, John J. Philadelphia Museums MacMaster, Prof. J. Bach 3805 Locust St. Marshall, Dr. Clara M. 258 S. l6th St. Massey, Dr. G. B. Professional Bldg. McCook, Rev. Dr. Henry C. Devon. Pa. McClure. Col. Alexander K. City Hall McFadden, George H. 121 Chestnut St. McKean, H. Pratt 328 Drexel Bldg. McKean, Thomas 328 Drexel Bldg. Meigs, Dr. Arthur V. 1322 Walnut St. Mercer, Henry C. Doylestown. Pa. Miller, Dr. Leslie W. School of Industrial Art. Milligan, William J. City Hall Mills, Dr. Charles K. 1909 Chestnut St. Montgomery, Dr. E. E. 1703 Walnut St. Moon, Dr. Robert C, Witherspoon Bldg. Morris, Harrison S. 425 Chestnut St. Morris, John T. 826 Pine St. Myers, Dr. Albert Cook Moylan, Pa. 190 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Historical Committee — Continued Neff, Dr. Joseph City Hall Nelson, Thomas T. 333 Walnut St. Nolan, Dr. E. J. 1900 Race St. Norris, Dr. Richard C. 500 N. 20th St. Oberholtzer, Dr. Ellis P. 3509 N. 22d St. Ogelsby, W. D. Land Title Bldg. Packard, Dr. Francis R. 1836 Pine St. Page, Dr. H. F. 1907 Girard Ave. Paul, James W., Jr. Drexel & Co. Pennypacker, Hon. S. W. Schwenksville. Pa. Perrine, William S. Evening Bulletin Phillips, Charles L. 1507 Walnut St. Posey, Dr. L. P. 1807 Walnut St. Posey, Dr. Wm. Campbell 2ist and Chestnut Sts. Ransley, Harry C. 126 N. Front St. Remington, Prof. Joseph P. 1832 Pine St. Riesman, Dr. David 1624 Spruce St. Risley, Dr. S. D. 1728 Chestnut St. Robb, Prof. J. I. Northeast Manual Training School. Rodman, Prof. William L. 1904 Chestnut St. Rosengarten, James G. 411 Real Estate Trust Bldg. Rosengarten, Joseph G. 1704 Walnut St. Sachse, Julius F. Masonic Temple Sajous. Dr. C. E. de M. 2043 Walnut St. Schoff, W. H. Philadelphia Museums Scott, William H. 1211 Clover St. Search, Theodore C. Arcade Bldg. Sears, John V. 44th and Chestnut Sts. Sharpless. Dr. Anna P. 3926 Chestnut St. Sheldon, Prof. W. D. Girard College Shoemaker, Dr. Comly i8th and Buttonwood Sts. Shoemaker, Dr. John V. 1805 Walnut St. Sinkler, Dr. Wharton 348 S. 1 6th St. Smith, Prof. Edgar F. University of Pennsylvania Snively, Di«. I. N. 1617 N. Broad St. Spangler, Dr. Harry W. University of Pennsylvania Stahl, Dr. B. F. St. Agnes's Hospital Stanhope, Henry Gimbel Brothtrs Stern, Dr. M. J. 711 N. Franklin St. Talley, Dr. James E. 1927 Chestnut St. Taylor, J. Gurney 6041 Drexel Road Taylor, Dr. J. Madison 1504 Pine St. Test, D. T. Supt. Penna Hosp.. 8th and Spruce Sts. Thomas, W. H. Girard Bldg. Thomas, Dr. T. Turner 2005 Chestnut St. Thompson, Hon. Samuel Gustine 505 Betz Bldg. Thomson, John Free Library Trumbauer, Horace Land Title Bldg. I9T OKFU l.\l. HISTORICAL SOl'\K\IK Historical Committee — Continued Tyson, Dr. James 1504 Spruce St. Tyson, Dr. T. Mellor 1506 Spruce St. Wall, William H. Franklin Institute Waylan, Dr. Julia G. 183.. Tioga St. Welsh, Dr. William Municipal Hosp., 22d St. and Lehigh Ave. Wilcox, Joseph Wagner Institute Willard, Dr. DeForest 19th and Chestnut Sts. Williams. Francis Howard Welcome Society Williams, Dr. H. F. 50th and Market Sts. Wilson, Dr. Reynolds iith and Cherry Sts. Wolfe, Dr. Samuel 1701 Diamond St. Woodbury, Dr. Frank ;i8 S. i6th St. Wynne, Thomas 51st and Lancaster Ave. Young, Dr. J. K. J 22 S. 1 6th St. Zane, George W. 2234 W. Lehigh Ave. HISTORICAL PAGEANT Dr. Morris Jastrow, Jr., Chairman EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF HIS- TORICAL PAGEANT Albert G. Hetheringfton, Chairman HISTORIC SITES Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, Chairman LOAN EXHIBITION Dr. John W. Jordan, Chairman HISTORIC INDUSTRIES LOAN EXHIBIT Dr. Leslie W. Miller, Chairman POSTAL CARDS John Thomson, Chairman TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH SEALS John Story Jenks, Chairman CONVENTION OF EDUCATORS Prof. James MacAlister. Chairman HISTORIC PANELS Dr. I. Minis Hays. Chairman SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. HOSPI- TALS AND COLLEGES Dr. John V. Shoemaker, Chairman Dr. Frank Woodbury, Secretary FINANCE. WAYS AND MEANS Dr. H. F. Page, Chairman COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION Dr. John V. Shoemaker, Chairman SOCIETIES. SCIENTIFIC AND MEDI- CAL JOURNALS Dr. A. O. J. Kelly, Chairman COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS Dr. James Holland, Chairman COMMITTEE ON HISTORIC EXHIBITS Dr. Joseph P. Remington. Chairman ig2 225TH AXXIVERSARY FOUXDIXG OF PHILADELPHIA RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE REV. J. W. COCHRAN, Chairman Witherspoon Building GEORGE W. B. HICKS. Secretary 205 City Hall PARK SERVICE Rev. G. E. Rees, Chairman Adams, Rev. Clinton Baltzell 1743 N. 33d St. Adamson, Rev. Dr. C. Edgar 623 Catharine St. Alspach, Rev. C. B. 4923 Royal St., Gtn. Ash, Rev. Samuel S. 314 Lafayette Ave., Swarthmore Bamford, Rev. Dr. Wm. 1117 Shackamaxon St. Batman, Rev. L. G. nth and Berks Sts. Berkowitz, Rev. H. Broad and Mt. Vernon Sts, Berleman, Rev, F. W. 341 Fairmount Ave. Bickley, Rev, Dr, C. W, 1511 Orthodox St., Fkd. Bolton, Rev. J. Gray 2100 Pine St. Boswell. Rev. Charles H. 334 N. 63d St. Bowman, Rev. Dr. Linn 1938 N. Park Ave. Burriss, Rev. E, E, 63d St. and Girard Ave. Carty, Rev, Arthur C. 2752 N. i2th St. Caven, Frank H. 1415 North St. Channel], Rev. Wayne 1333 E. Susquehanna Ave. Conwell, Rev, Dr. Russell H. Broad and Berks Sts. Cope, Rev. Edgar 2650 N. 9th St. Coppin, Bishop L. J. 1913 Bainbridge St. Creditt, Rev. Dr. William C. 628 S. 19th St. Dager, Rev. F. E. Baptist Publication Society Dana, Rev. Dr. Stephen W. 3925 Walnut St. 13 EXECUTIVE Rev. August Pohlman, Chairman Davis, George B. 3930 Lancaster Ave. Downey, Rev, Dr. Wm, 225 Washington Ave. Doyle, Michael Francis (Rep. Archbishop Ryan), Land Title Bldg Edgar, Rev. W. J. B. Broad and Lombard Sts. Ernst, Bernhard 2920 N. 6th St. Ferris, Rev, G, H. 17th and Sansom Sts. Foss, Bishop C. D, 2043 Arch St. Fry, Rev, 'Charles L. 3262 N. Park Ave. Gaul, Rev. Dr. George 221 1 S. Broad St. Gibbons, Rev, Hughes O. 323 Pine St. Gilbert, Rev. F, A. 2434 N. Marshall St. Gray, Rev. Joseph R. Taylor 17 W. Stratford Ave.. Lansdowne GruDb, Rev. N. B, 5th and Diamond Sts. Guelich, Rev, Henry 1326 Airdrie St. Hanna, Rev. Dr. J. D. C, 426 N. 41st St. Hawes, Rev. Oscar B, 5224 Greene St., Gtn. Hill, Rev. E. Y. 255 S. 8th St. Hinkley, Rev. F. A. 15th St. and Girard Ave. Hoffman, Rev. I. Chantry 3501 N. 17th St. Holm, Rev. Dr. Gladstone 1332 N. i2th St. Hoover, Rev. Dr. S. H. 879 Highland Ave. Hoyt, Rev. Dr. Wayland 3604 Chestnut St. 193 22-,rn .\X.\I\KKS.\KV FOUXDIXC, OK I'l I I l.AUELPH lA Religious Committee — Continued Hughes. Rev. J. S. 2016 N. Twelfth St. Hunter. Rev. Dr. Robert igo2 Frankford Ave. Hutton, Rev. William l6;7 S. 13th St. Isenberg, Rev. James M. S. 1541 N. 7th St. Janney, Robert U. 15th and Race Sts. Johnson, Rev. Dr. A. i2og Lehigh Ave. Jones, Rev. Dr. William D. 1509 N. 20th St. Jones, Rev. Samuel 15th and Race Sts. Kirkpatrick, Rev. Thomas 1661 Harrison St.. Fkd. Kloss, Rev. C. L. l8th and Green Sts. Krauskopf, Rabbi Joseph Broad St. and Montgomery Ave. Landau, Dr. J. H. 7th St. and Columbia Ave. Lee, Rev. John Clarence 1519 N. Gratz St. Lewis, Edwin O. 509 West End Truft Bldg. Linaberry, Rev. William L. 222 In:Hana Ave. Long, Rev. D. E. 3347 N. Howard St. Lorah, Rev. Dr. George H. 1003 Green St. Loughlin, Rev. J. F. Allegheny Ave. and Belgrade St. Lynch, Rev. Dr. Frank B. 5034 Hazel Ave. Myers, Rev. H. W.. Jr. 1551 E. Montgomery Ave. Pidge, Rev. Dr. John B. Gough 2027 Wallace St. Pohlman, Rev. August 52d and Race Sts. Rees, Rev. G. E. 1003 S. 46th St. Richardson. Dr. N. Bybcrry, Pa. Riddles, Rev. G. A. I2th and Walnut Sts. Roberts, Rev. W. H. Witherspoon Bldg. Rosenberg, Morris 716 N. Frankli.i St. Rowland, Rev. Dr. A. J. 1630 Chestnut St. Ryan, Archbishop P. J. 225 N. l8th St. St. John, Rev. Charles E. 32 S. 2ISt St. Scouller, Rev. J. C. 19th and Fitzwater Sts. Sellew, Rev. Dr. E. P. 4th and Arch Sts. Shaffer, Rev. Dr. W. H. 5106 Larchwood Ave. Simes, Rev. S. B. 916 Swanson St. Steele, Rev. David McConnell 330 S. 13th St. Stern. Rev. Dr. Benjamin S. 413 N. 38th St. Stough, Rev. W. L. 20tl Memphis St. Thomas, Rev. N. S. 332 S. 2ISt St. Thomas, Rev. Dr. S. W. 1513 Gratz St. Tomkins, Rev. Dr. Floyd W. 1904 Walnut St. Washburn, Rev. Louis C. 317 S. nth St. Whitaker, Bishop Ozi W. I2th and Walnut Sts. Wiest, Rev. E. F. loth and Wallace Sts. Wilbur, Rev. Henry W. 140 N. 15th St. Wilson, Rev. J. G. 1228 Eric Ave. Wolle, Rev. E. S. Franklin and Thompson Sts. Woodring, Rev. E. S. 12th and Oxford Sts. Woolston, Rev. Dr. C. H. 1 1 23 Marlborough St. Worcester, Rev. W. L. 22d and Chestnut Sts. Young, Rev. C. A. Oxford and Hancock Sts. Zartman, Rev. Dr. Rufus C. 1815 Oxford St. '94 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR MILITARY COMMITTEE GENERAL EDWARD MORRELL. Chairman 1430 S. Penn Square COL. LEWIS E. BEITLER, Secretary 1921 N. 33d St. Beath, Col. Robert B. 419 Walnut St. Bowman, Brig.-Gen. W. P, 414 Girard Trust Eldg. Coryell, Col. James B. 1015 Penn Square Bldg. Craig, Joseph R. 710 N. 15th St. Davis, George B. 3930 Lancaster Ave. Davis, Major Howard A. Franklm Bldg. Elverson, Col. James, Jr. Philadelphia Inquirer Erb, Capt. J. Clayton 336 S. 13th St. Ernst, Bernhard 2922 N. 6th St. Good, Col. J. Lewis 921 Spruce St. Groome, Capt. John C. 1018 Clinton St. Hardart, Frank 1624 N. 15th St. Hendler, Capt. Charles J. Betz Bldg. Hutchins, Col. J. Warner 728 Sansom St. Kucker, George W. 1835 Land Title Bldg. Latta, Gen. James W. 1319 Pennsylvania Bldg. MacLeod, Capt. Norman 427 Chestnut St. Machold, Capt. C. M. 120 S. 6th St. Martin, Capt. Thomas S. 127 City Hall Mulholland, Gen. St. Clair A. 212 Post Office Bldg. Patton, Col. Edward W. 400 Betz Bldg. Price, Col. William G. 810 Sansom St. Redheffer, CoL W. H. 1328 Arch St. Ruschenberger, Com. C. W. 606 Real .Estate Trust Bldg. Ryan, Major Thomas J. 1028 Land Title Bldg. Schermerhorn, Capt. Frank E. 708 Crozer Bldg. Turner, Col. Hamilton D. 2459 N. 19th St. Tyler, Capt. W. Preston 1326 S. 46th St. Wiggins, Col. John R. 717 Heed Bldg. Worman, Major John D. Unfted States Mint Yohn, Harry I. City Hall EXECUTIVE General Edward Morrell, Chairman Col. Lewis E. Beitler, Secretary UNITED STATES AND STATE TROOP DISPLAY Brig.-Gen. W. P. Bowman, Chairman Capt. Thomas S. Martin, Secretary GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC Col. Robert B. Bsath, Chairman Major John D. Worman, Secretary COMMISSARY Col. J. Lewis Good. Chairman Capt. W. Preston Tyler, Secretary QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT Col. Hamilton D. Turner, Chairman Capt. J. Clayton Erb, Secretary HISTORIC DISPLAY Col. William G. Price, Chairman Major Howard A. Davis, Secretary '9.S (IFI'HIAI. II ISTOKU Al. .SOL'XKXIR INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE HON. JOHN WANAMAKER, Honorary Chairman 13th and Chestnut Sts. W. S. P. SHIELDS, Chairman Witherspoon Building EDWARD JAMES CATTELL, Secretary 682 City Hall Abrahams, William 13th and Hamilton Sts. Acker, A. Lincoln 1 2th and Market Sts. Aloe, Sidney A. Broad St. and Washington Allen, William 718 Market St. Altberger, Jacob P. 15th and Chestnut Sts. Anderson, Hon. Edward A. 1415 Filbert St. Armstrong, Thomas Builders' Exchange Asbury, John C. 1710 Christian St. Ashhurst, Hon. Richard L. Post Office Bldg. Ashman, Hon. W. N. City Hall Atkinson, John C. Builders' Exchange Audenried, Hon. Chas. Y. City Hall Ayer, F. Wayland 3d and Chestnut Sts. Bacharach, Solomon 131 Market St. Bailey. Walter A. Water and Tasker Sts. Barnes, J. Hampton Stephen Girard Bldg. Bartol, George E. Bourse Bldg. Barratt, Hon. Norris S. City Hall Baugh, Daniel 20 S. Delaware Ave. Bellak, Leopold W. 1219 Chestnut St. Bell, Hon. John C. Land Title Bldg. Bement, Clarence S. 1234 Real Estate Trust Bldg. Benson, Col. R. Dale 510 Walnut St. Bernstein, Arthur 3d and Westmoreland Sts. Bethell, F. H. 17th and Filbert Sts. Biddle. Hon. Craig City Hall Black, Hon. Hugh City Hall. Blankenburg, Rudolph City Hall Blasius, O. 1020 Chestnut St. Blum, Gabriel loth and Market Sts. Blum. Ralph loth and Market Sts. Blythe, Richard A. 114 Chestnut St. Boch, R. W. 618 N. i6th St. Bodine, James E. 413 Market St. Bok, Edward W. Curtis Publishing Co. Boltz, John H. 15th St. and Lehigh Ave. Bonner. James B. Pennsylvania Bldg. Borgner, Cyrus 23d and Race Sts. Bowers, Frank 24th and Brown Sts. Boyd, George W. Broad Street Station. P. R. R. 1 96 225TH AXXIXERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Industrial Committee — Continued Boysen, John A. 1812 Moyamensing Ave. Bradley, Thomas 2ist and Market Sts. Bregy, Hon. F. Amedee City Hall Brehm, William H. Allegheny and Trenton Aves. Bringhurst. Hon. R. R. City Hall. Bromley, John Front and Dauphin Sts. Brown, Francis Shunk Stephen Girard Bldg. Brown, Hon. Wilson H. City Hall Brown, James F. Land Title Bldg. Brown, Thomas Palethorp and Huntingdon Sts. Buchholz, Eduard City Hall Buchsbaum, I. 45 N. 3d St. Burk, Alfred E. 409 Arch St. Burk, Louis 1214 N. Third St. Burke, Henry Penn 41S Walnut St. Burlinger, William 1212 Market St. Burnham, George 1 103 Harrison Bldg. Burnham, George, Jr. 1218 Chestnut St. Burns, Robert J. Bromley's Sons Busch, Miers 515 Arch St. Burt, John 8th and Tasker Sts. Cabeen, Francis von A. 810 Arcade Bldg. Cadwalader, Hon. John = 35 S. 4th St. Cadwallader, Charles L. looi Chestnut St. Carr, Hon. W. Wilkins City Hall Champion, H. W. 24th and Vine Sts. Chase, Howard A. City Hall Clarke, Leon H. Sikes Chair Co., 23d and Ritner Sts. Clark, G. Ruth and Somerset Sts. Clark, Walton U. G. I. Co.. Broad and Arch Sts. Clay, Hon. Henry City Hall Clinton, C. H. Crozer Bldg. Clothier, Morris L. 8th and Market Sts. Collins, William i2th and Glenwood Ave. Converse, John H. 1610 Locust St. Conway, William 58th and Walnut Sts. Cook, Edwin F. 30th and Market Sts. Cortelyou, James T. Post Office Bldg. Costello, George M. 22: Chestnut St. Costello, P. E. Torresdale and Washington Aves. Cottingham, John C. 118 N. Delaware Ave. Cramp, William M. Commonwealth Trust Bldg. Crane, William 23d and Locust Sts. Cummings, J. Howell Pres. John B. Stetson Co. Cunningham, Thomas W. City Hall Cunningham, Patk. J. iioi Chestnut St. Dallett, Morris 256 S. 2ISt St. Daniel, C. A. 629 Market St. 197 2J5'''" Ax.\ i\ i:ks.\kv i"(irxi)i.\(; of rii ii.adij.phia Industrial Committee — Continued Davis, W. Wayne 146 N. Broad St. Degerberg. P. N. 161J Clicstnut Si. Disston, William Taco.iy Dobson, Jeffries J. Bank St. Dobson, John 21 N. Fro.it St. Donnelly, Charles P. City Hall Dougherty, William Builders' Exchange Duling, William S. igth and Buttonwood Sts. Durham, Hon. I. W. Betz Bldg. Dwyer, John Philadelphia Record Eiler, George, Jr. 5th and Cherry Sts. Eisenlohr, Otto loth and Market Sts. Elliot, George Bell Telephone Co. Elverson, James Philadelphia Inquirer Elwell, William P. 512 S. Delaware Ave. Ernst, Bernhard 2922 N. 6th St. Eglin, William C. L. 1000 Chfstnut St. Farnum, John -35 Chestnut St. Feeney, Frank 2336 s. 15th St. Felin, Charles F. York Road and Butler St. Felin, John J. 4142 Germantown Ave. Ferguson, Hon. William C. 503 Mutual Life Bldg. Fetterolf, G. H. Way.ic Junction. Fisher, John P. Post Office Bldg. Fitch, E. H. 306 N. Bread St. Fitzgerald, Harrington Evening Item Folwell, Nathan T. 6-'5 Chestnut St. Foster. John H. Emerald and Adams Sts. Ford, John W. 618 E. Girard Ave. Fow, John H. 1415 Filbert St. Frank, Jacob 13th and Arch Sts. French, Howard B. 2021 Spruce St. Fleisher, Louis 8th a.nd Arch Sts. Gantert, G. Hilton 317 N. Bread St. Gager, A. H. 6;3 Market St. Gendell, Hon. J. Howard City Hall Gibbon, Charles S. so N. ||i H lczil l i Captains; of Subusitrp THE MEN, THE MANUFACTURERS, THE FINANCIERS, AND THE MERCHANTS WHO HAVE MADE PHILADELPHIA FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE CIVILIZED WORLD A HEARTY WELCOME IS EXTENDED TO EVERY PHILADELPHIAN AND TO EVERY VISITOR TO PHILADELPHIA TO INSPECT THE PLACES OF BUSINESS AND THE INSTITUTIONS REFERRED TO IN THIS VOLUME. OFFICIAL IIISTORICAI. SOUVRNIR List of Advertisers .318 Abbott, Edwin M Alien & Company Alphia Knitting Alills American Assnrance Company... .Andrews, Wesley R .-\jax Metal Company .-\nierican Bank Note Company. . .■\merican Book Co .Vnierican Pnlley Company .-\inerican Seating Co .Argo Mills Co .\rmstronf; and Latta Co .■\rnolcl. James .-Xslibridge, .\bram Sharpies, Jr.. . .Vslilnirst. Richard L Atkinson, VVilmer Co .-\tlantic Frnit Company .-Vllantic Refining Co .-\tterlinry, William Wallace .Autolight and Motor Snpply Co .Anto Transit Co. of Philadelphia Aver, N. W. & Son Rader, Daniel S Baile. Robt. Co.. Inc Baily, Joshna L. & Co Baldi, C. C. A. Bros. & Co Baldwin Locomotive Works 330 Banca, Calabrese Barney, Chas. D. & Co Barrow, W. Brnce Bassett, McNab & Co Barnes, John I lampton Barnes. William Henry Bear. Wm. L. & Co Beebcr, Dimner Bellaks, James Sons Bell. John C Bell Telephone Company Belmont Iron Works Bemeiit-Miles Works 336- Beneficial Saving h'und Society Bemiett, Jacob & Son Bilgrim. Hngo liilolta. Frank R r.iiiren & Co liirkin, T. I. & Co liiickius, C. Co Bddenstein & Kucmmerle, Inc Undine. Sons & Co 1 '1 ilger & Cummins Bnnsor. C. V. & Co., Inc Ik>rnot, A. P., Bro. & Company Boyd. James &• Bro., Inc Boyertown Burial Casket Co Bowm.in. Wendell Phillips Bradley. Milton Co I Ireyer Ice Cream Co Bridesburg Paper Mills P.riggs' Riding .Academy Brill. J. G. Company 226-227- Bringhurst. Robert R Broun, Felix I'.rnwn, J. Howard & Co Urumfield, J. C Buchanan, George H. Company... Caldwell. J. E. & Co Campbell, James F Carroll, Ben. L Carroll, H. C. and Sons Carver, C. R. Company Castner, Curran & Bullitt Cattie Brothers Co Calls, Robert M Cazznlo, Stephen Chambers Brothers Co Chandler Brothers & Company... Chapin. George W Clark. F.. W^ & Co Clark's Iron Foundrv 464 314 450 279 476 349 298 291 350 423 451 411 297 474 472 290 382 -319 222 366 486 303 393 .361 446 372 ■331 260 255 .371 453 22s 22s 260 4S8 502 466 427 361 337 238 488 352 260 I 257 452 306 423 258 404 387 492 273 424 46 T 294 383 293 500 228 477 405 502 384 506 487 474 489 410 304 430 364 373 413 .34^ 258 449 255 351 Clark's, J. W. Sons Clopp, (jeo. B Connnercial Trust Company Connnonwealth Title Ins. & Tr. Co. 244-245 Connnonwealth Casualty Company Consolidated Dressed Beef Company County I'^ire Insurance Company Cramp. Mitchell & Shober Crane Ice Cream and Dairy Co Crawford, Joseph Ury Crcssey, Kendall B Creth & Sullivan Croft, [lowland, Sons & Co Crompton, John Company Cunningham Paving and Construction Co. Curtis Publishing Company 288 D'.'\mbrosio, V Davis Brothers Dawson, J. R. Mfg. Co Deemer & Jaisohn Delaware Insurance Company of Phila... Dennison Manufacturing Company Denny, Chas. W Devlin, Thomas Mfg. Co Dialogue, John 1 1. & Son Di Berardino, F'rank Di Berardino, Henry Dieiielt & Eisenhardt, [nc Dill & Collins Co Diller, Caskey & Keen Dimmick, J. K. & Co Disston, I Icnry & Sons, Inc 332 Di.xon, Joseph Crucible Co Dobbins, W. H. & Co Dodds, John A Dougherty, William R Doyle, Michael Francis Drake & Stratton Company Drayton & Elkins Duane. Russell Dungan, 1 lood, & Co Dyer. John 1',, Quarry Co Eavenson. J. & .Sons, Inc Eighth National Bank El lenberg, H arry Ellison, John B. & Sons Empire Galvanizing Co., Inc Employers' Indemnity Company of Phila.. Employers' Liability .Assurance Corporation England, Walton, & Co., Inc Enterprise Cornice Works Enterprise Mfg. Co. of Pennsylvania Ernst. Bernhnrd Eshleman & Craig Co Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co Etter Erecting Company, Inc Etting & Co Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank Fay, Edward & Son Fell Brothers Pels & Co Fidelity Trust Company I-'idelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland.... Field. Barker & Underwood Field & Company Finletter, Thomas Knight Fire .Association of Philadelphia Firth & Foster Company I-'iscbcr, Jos. C. & Son F'isher Leather Belting Co., Inc Franklin Xational Bank Fries- 1 larlev Companv Fuller. Allen J '. Gans Brothers Garrett-Buchanan Co Garrett, C. S. & Son Co Gatchel & Manning Gaumer. John L. Co Gazzam. Joseph M 296 3(14 248 246 279 496 266 243 379 224 271 J72 500 360 403 -289 259 508 365 500 268 285 402 .352 501 261 374 360 282 368 496 -333 295 299 4'7 401 47" 400 257 460 310 408 386 234 371 440 3S8 277 278 308 367 348 385 453 295 392 273 230 407 295 507 241 482 411 359 468 268 493 484 316 232 499 475 296 283 286 301 355 459 214 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Geilfuss', H. H. Son 388 Geiidell, J. Howard 503 General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corporation 276 General Fire Extinguisher Company 272 Gillindcr & Sons, Inc 325 Ginn & Company 292 Girard Trust Company 242 Glenn, George A. & Co 406 GoII, John & Co 404 Goodricli, B. F. Co 262 Gorman, James E 473 Graves, N. Z. Co 326 Greene, Stephen Company 287 Griffith, David R., Jr 478 Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co.... 240 Gummey, J. M. & Sons 370 Habermehl's, J. J. Sons 485 Hagan, John 414 Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Company 420 Hand, John E. & Sons 363 Harned, Thomas Biggs 463 Harned, Thomas Biggs, Jr 463 Harting, Mrs. G. L 505 Hastings & Co 323 Hanghton, Jonathan 405 Hauser, John 495 Hausmann, George & Sons ^87 Heath, D. C. & Co 293 Heller, Dr. Henry D 503 Henry & West 259 Hensel Colladay Company 447 Herb, M 416 Hess Machine Works 355 Hetzel, Geo. C. Co 448 Highland Worsted Mills 451 Hinckley, Robert H 465 Hinds, Noble & Eldridge 294 Hirst-Roger Company 442 Hofstetter Bros 297 Holmes & Clark 388 Holmesburg Trust Company 254 Home Life Insurance Co 271 Hoopes & Townsend Co 341 Horn & Brannen Manufacturing Co 353 Hulton Dyeing & Finishing Co 454 Hutchinson, Joseph Baldwin 222 Huyler's 388 Hydraulic-Press Brick Company 409 Insurance Company of North America 267 Insurance Co. of the State of Penna 270 Integrity Title Insurance Trust and Safe Deposit Co 252 Irwin, Charles 477 Irwin, James M. & Co 419 Italo-American Company 259 "IXL" Pump and Mfg. Co 365 Jackson, J. T. & Co 371 Tanney. St'^inmctz & Co 367 Jayne. Dr. D. & Son 321 Jefferson F'ire Insurance Company . . . 270 Jessup & Moore Paper Company .... 284 Johnson, Charles Eneu & Company.... 30^ Johnston, Holloway & Co ^12;^ Justice, C. G. Company 385 Keller Manufacturing Co 362 Kenilworth Inn 483 Kennedy, R. E. & Co 262 Kennedy, S. R. & S. W 383 Kennerly, J. Blair 456 Kent, Thomas, Manufacturing Co 456 Ketterlinus Lithographic Mfg. Co 299 Keyser, William H 294 Keystone Coal & Coke Co 429 Keystone Leather Co 309 Keystone Mutual Fire Insurance Co. . . 280 Klemmer, Joseph H 47=j Knickerbocker Lime Company 408 Kohn, Adler Si Co 448 Ladner & Ladner 473 Laird, Schober & Co 312 Lang, John, Paper Co 286 Lanston Monotype Machine Co 300 Latta, John S. & Co 326 Law & Burwell 419 Lawson, Thomas L. & Sons 259 Lawson, William J 478 Leas & McVitty, Inc 307 Leedom, Joseph 470 Leonhardt, Arno 297 Lewis, H. & W. H 447 Lifter Ice Cream Co 383 Lloyd, Stacy Barcroft 471 Lockhart-MacBean Co., Inc 455 Loeb, Elias & Co 316 Lombardi & Pascuzzi 39S Loomis-Manning Filter Company 498 Lucent Oil Company 326 Lukens, William H. R 465 Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery . . 238 Lynch Brothers 502 McAdoo & Allen 311 McAvoy Vitrified Brick Co 411 McCahan, W. J. Sugar Refining Co. . . 376 McCaulley. Robert 3S4 McCleman, H, A. & Bro 390-S9I McClure, A. K " . . 468 McCormick & Co 403 McCrea, James 220 McGaw & Gray 406 McHugh, M. & J. B 405 Mclntire, Walter C. & Company 428 McMahen, Wm. H 423 McNeely & Company 310 McNeely & Price 311 McNiece, William & Son 357 McVey, John Jos 294 Mackay-Smith, Alexander 474 Maguire, F. T 499 Maneely. Francis J 462 Mann, William Company 287 Manufacturing Company of America.. 385 Maris Bros 364 Marley, William Company 296 Marshall Bros. & Co 368 Maryland Casualty Co. of Baltimore.. 278 Massey, George Valentine 460 Mathers, J. W. & Sons 430 Mawson, John, Haircloth Co 444 Maxwell's. John Sons 413 Maxwell, Rowland & Co., Inc 363 Megargee, Irwin N. & Co 387 Megraw, John 373 Merchants' National Bank 233 Merchants' Trust Company 251 Metz, H. A. & Co 456 Metz, M. A. & Bro 450 Metzger, Chas. H 416 Middleton, Chas. G 388 Miller Lock Company 346 Moll, Edward M 374 Moon, Reuben 462 Moorhouse. R. T 293 Moxey, Edward P., Audit Co 260 Murdoch. A. J. M. & Co 384 Murphy-Parker Co 296 Mutual Assurance Co 265 Nace & Swartley Company 381 National Mutual Assurance Company. . 280 National Security Bank 235 Newburger, Henderson & Loeb 256 Newton Machine Tool Works, Inc 342 New York Life Insurance Company... 275 Nice Sz Schreiber Company 381 Niles-Benient-Pond Company 336-337 North Bros. Mfg. Co V. 353 North Philadelpliia Trust Co 254 Northern Trust Company 250 Northwestern National Bank 236 Oat, Joseph & Sons 356 O'Connor, Charles P 401 Oppenheim, Collins & Co 434 Orford Copper Company 498 O'Rourke, Michael 395 215 OFFICIAL HISIORICAL SOUVENIR Oxford Bindtry, Inc Patterson .Mainilactiiring Company . . . Patterson, R. & Company Patton, Robert Payne, John li Pearson, Enoch \V. Ptircc School Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities Pennsylvania I'irc Insurance Co., The. Pennsylvania Railroad Company ...218 Penn Steel Casting & .\Lachiue Co. . . . E'ennypacker, Samuel \V Penrose, Boies Peoples Bros Petry, N. A Philadelphia Contrihntionship. The Philadelphia l'"ire Brick Works Philadelphia Gear Works, Inc Phihuklphia (Jranitc and Marlile Works. Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Philailelphia Trust. Safe Deposit and In- surance Company Philadelphia Yellow Trading Stamp Co.. . Philips Pressed Steel Pulley Works... Phosphor- Bronze Smelting Co Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. . . Pioneer Marble Works Pooley Furniture Company Powers-Weightman-Rosengartcn Co Pugh, Charles Edmund Ragg, H. H., & Co Rea. Samuel Read, Howard W Real Estate Trust Co Reliance Insurance Company Remmey, Richard C, Son's Co Reyburn Mfg. Co Riebcnack. Max Ritter. Philip J., Conserve Co Roberts' Filter Mfg. Co., Inc Roberts, H. C, Electric Supply Co Koebling Construction Company Romano, Cesare Rombcrger, H. .\ Rorer, William W Rose, John Conkling Rotan, Samuel P Rothermel, P. F., Jr R( wland Maxwell & Co., Inc Ruwell, \Vm. F Sabin, Frederick, & Co Sajous, de M. Chas. E Samuel, Frank Sawyers, James Scarborough, Henry W Schell, Taylor & Longstreth Schenck, J. H. & Son Schilling, Frank H Schively, Edwin Ford Schlichler Jute Cordage Co Schnitzler, Chas. H Schweizer, J. Otto Scott Brothers Scott, Henry James Scott Pnner Company Sellers. William & Co.. Inc 334- .>hand. .Mcxander C .Sharpless & Sharplcss Shaw & Company Shern, Daniel J Silver, Burdett & Company Silver, William V., & Co Simmons'. John, Sons SiiTipson, L. P., & Son •Singer Mfg. Co Sloan, Howell & Co Smaltz, Cif)odwin Co Sniyser-Rover Company Snyder. J. 'R., & Co Soule. J. E 297 495 417 407 224 500 480 27A 239 -'67 -219 501 464 47;> 394 358 -'64 41.? .560 416 237 ■251 49Q 367 359 48S 416 4-' I 320 220 449 221 358 252 269 412 304 223 506 347 428 494 261 450 254 482 479 463 363 359 362 503 366 382 470 449 322 412 469 443 49" 413 .397 472 286 335 22.^ 453 396 473 285 384 299 490 504 362 314 407 381 502 South wark Foundry and Machine Co 340 Southwark Mills Company 441 Sparks, J. W., & Co 258 Standard Roller Bearing Company. .. .338-339 Steele, Wm., & Sons Co 402 Stern, Jacob, & Sons 315 Stern, .Marcus, Co 315 Stetson, John B., Co 435-436-437-438 Stevenson. .Maxwell 466 Stokes & Smith Co 304 Strang. R. C 429 Strawbridge & Clothier 433 Sullivan and Company 448 Summerill Tubing Co 363 Swain -Mfg. Co 361 Tabor Manufacturing Co 354 Taylor. N. & G. Co 328-329 Thayer. John Borland 221 Thomas, Dr. T. Turner 503 Tbreapleton's, W'm. B. Sons 450 Thurber. Stephen 378 Tognarelli & V'oigt 399 Toomey. Frank 367 Tow'iisend, Whelen & Co 256 Tradesmen's Trust Company 2J0 Trotman, H. E 356 Tumolillo, G 261 Turner-i. Wilkinson Manufacturing Company ... 40('> Wilkinson's. C. Sons 386 Williams. Charles & Son 280 Wilson. Howard B. & Co 373 Wilson, James L. & Co 446 Wilson, Joseph R 4''7 Wintersteen. .\bram H 461 Wistar, Underbill & Co 419 Witteman, A. P. & Co 3.54 Wood, T. F 4ifi Wood, R. D. & Co 35s Ycrkes, TIarman Afi<^ Ynimc. Smvth. Field Company 439 Zicglcr Bros 313 216 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA TRANSPORTATION A little over a century ago the first experi- mental railroad track in the United States was laid in this city, and in 1/86, just thirty-three years before the mind of the scientist had turned to the possibilities of steam for railway transpor- tation, the first vessel moved by that force was navigated here. From those periods the development of rail- way and steamship facilities has gone steadily- forward until no city in the country has a more complete S3'stem of transportation. There are three important trunk lines entering the city which, either directly or by leased lines, reach every available point North, East, South and West ; ocean steamers and sailing ships that touch at every port in the world, with lines of steamers running to Eastern and Southern cities, covering all avenues for freight and passenger trafific. The magnificence of this city's railway stations, located in the heart of the business dis- trict, is conceded by every traveler, those of the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia & Reading companies being among the most complete pas- senger terminals in the country. The Baltimore & tJhio depot, while not so elaborate or as beau- tiful architecturally, is not lacking in the conve- niences that modern travel demands. Two of these terminals are touched by the subway system of the Rapid Transit Company, so that direct connection is possible between points in the outlying counties and those on either of the railroads. The trolley system also figures largely when intercity transportation is considered, nearly every point within a radius of fifty miles being readily and cheaply reached by direct connecting lines which have converted far-away agricultural districts into accessible suburbs. The law recently enacted giving trolley lines the privilege of carrying freight will undoubtedly have a ten- dency to reduce carrying charges between nearby points and greatly help the city's manufacturing and commercial houses. The freight stations of the three trunk lines entering Philadelphia are to be found in every section of the city, the Pennsylvania Company alone maintaining thirty stations where freight is received and forwarded, while the Reading Com- pany has twenty-five stations scattered conve- niently through the manufacturing and commer- cial districts. The coal piers at Greenwich Point and Port Riclimond are the largest and most complete in the country, while great grain elevators at Girard Point, Washington Avenue wharf, and at Port Richmond receive the golden product of the West and load it into steamers for deliverv abroad. Still another near North Philadelphia station is used for local trade. Point Breeze, the terminus of the pipe lines of the Standard Oil Company, sends out yearly a large fleet of tank steamers with refined oil to light the other half of the globe. These railroads handle millions of tons of freight and millions of bushels of grain annually, nearly a thousand carloads of coal each day, and thousands of barrels of oil. In the business of a great industrial city like Philadelphia the most complete and economical transportation facilities are necessary, and to this end the Belt Line Railroad was constructed along the Delaware River front. It will even- tually girdle the city and touch all lines of rail- road, afifording equal facilities for handling freight on the water frontage of the city. East South and West. Six miles of line are in use, developing a great area of heretofore inaccessible territory. Among the transatlantic lines sailing from Philadelphia which have done so much to develop our commerce abroad are the Cosmopolitan Line to Rotterdam, the Philadelphia Transatlantic Line to London, and Philadelphia-Manchester Line to Manchester, England, the American-Red Star Line, Atlantic Transport, Hamburg-Ameri- can Line, and the Allan Line. The L^nited Fruit Company's steamers bring large cargoes of fruit from Cuba and South America and during the winter months are gen- erally well patronized by tourists. On the whole, no city in the world has better facilities for passenger or freight transportation. There is, of course, room for improvement in the channels, but the service furnished by the various companies is of the best and is kept abreast of every new industrial or commercial development. When we glance backward only a few years and see the strides that have been made for the comfort of the traveler and the economical hand- ling of freight, the modern system seems won- derful. In the old days slow-going trains and uncom- fortable cars rendered traveling undesirable, and the carrying of freight, often b}' teams, made prices almost prohibitive for such service. The old ocean-going packets were so slow, and some- times so uncertain, that the foreign tourist was always given a tearful farewell in the supposition that it might be the final journey. These improvements in transportation, while commendable, are only in keeping with the city's remarkable industrial and commercial growth, which will doubtless necessitate the doubling of such facilities within the next quarter of a centurv 217 * * Hi OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR * * i Pennsylvania Railroad Company i * * * afe "John Bull" EnKine. Camden and Araboy R. R., 1831 * Among the many facturs in the growth and importance of Philadelphia as a world-city, no * one stands out more pre-emincntl\' than the Pennsylvania Railroad. Its magnificent resources, centering in and around Philadelphia, its birthplace and home city, have turned thilher the eyes of the world. That the choice of Phil;ideipliia as tiie centre of this great transportation system by its incciJtors was a wise move is jiroven by history. When it was proposed, just before the Revo- lution, to establish a great national system of transportation roads, one of the first claimants for recognition as the Atlantic seaboard terminus of the proposed chain of highways was ^ Philadelphia. George Washington visited the region about I'ittsburgh in 1770 with a view to establishing a satisfactory route between the Colonies and the yet-unknown West. His idea was to make one of the points on Chesapeake Bay the eastern terminus, but almost immediately a society was formed to promote a system of State or National roads with the ijrincipal seaport terminus at Philadelphia. To this end all energies were bent. Whilst Washington was the pioneer in the development of the great railroad systems of the conntrx. it was the Indians with whom Penn made his treaty in 1682, who were the actual # % pathfinders for the Pennsylvania Railroad, which was the outgrowth of the many sporadic efiforts ^ toward the establishment of the State system of highways. ;% Driven onward in 1757 by white encroachment, these Indians followed the old trails west- % ward ; first to the banks of the Susquehanna, near the present City of Harrisburg, and later, in S 1757, still urged onward by the whites, up the Juniata, over the Alleghenies, and down the Cone- | maugh to the .Allegheny, near Pittsburgh. ^ % It was not until 1768 that the last of the tribe passed to the far West over this trail, little * imagining that the hated white man would, in less than seventy-five years, follow them over the % identical trail by a regularly constructed system of transportation, part railroad, part canal, and ^ part inclined plane to surmount the mountains. ^ The first link in the great chain now making up the Pennsylvania Railroad System was % forged in 1823. when the Pennsylvania Legislature incorporated a company to construct a line * of railroad from Philadelphia to Columbia. It was not until 1828, however, that actual work * was begun upon this link in the proposed system. In the meantime the Pennsylvania Canal, up * the Juniata; the canal from Johnstown to the Ohio River, and the Portage Railroad over the % summit of the Alleghenies, had been under construction. % In the year 1834 the entire line was opened from Philadelphia, and operated as a State enterprise. It never proved remunerative, however, owing to the great cost in the transferral of passengers and freight at the various junction points. But the growing travel to and from the great West necessitated a more perfect system of transportation, so on April 13. i84('. the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was chartered by the 218 * * 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA * State, and began its life of struggle and hardship in building up the great system as it now f % stands. 5 I The principal source of difficulty was a monetary one, those who shouted loudest for its % f welfare being the most unwilling to lend it pecuniary aid. But even this obstacle was over- S come and the work of construction was begun — first in a modest way ; later, as the demands of S travel urged, on a larger scale. 1 It was not until the year 1854 that the old route to Pittsburgh was abandoned, the company maintaining a through schedule of trains over its ever-lengthening tracks between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, by the old Portage Railroad. On February 15, 1854, the first through trains between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh were run over almost the identical route as that now used. | Then began a series of absorptions and new constructions that made the eyes of railroad % and business men the world over open wide. A number of roads, which had been built under f State and private patronage, were absorbed by purchase and leasehold, and connections built to * link them with the main system. # Through service between New York, Baltimore, Washington, Erie, Chicago, St. Louis, f Cincinnati, Cleveland and other important points was gained by these absorptions. Later ^ came the opening up of the great seashore resorts of the New Jersey coast by the control of ^ the United Railroads of New Jersey and the Camden and Atlantic and West Jersey Railroads, ^ and still later a gateway on the Great Lakes was obtained by the absorption of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad Company-. Starting with an initial line of about three hundred and sixty miles between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company now has directly under its control a system aggregating over eleven thousand miles of railroad, covering eleven States of the LTnion. Over a portion of its system, the old Cainden and Amboy Railroad, was operated the first locomotive used regularly in the transportation of passengers, the old "John Bull," now in the National Aluseum at Washington. To-day there are over four thousand locomotives in actual use. Beginning with a double daily service between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, there are now in actual operation every day in the year 1983 passenger trains on the lines east of Pittsburgh and Bufi^alo alone. The Pennsylvania Railroad has given to Philadelphia one of the most complete and elab- orate schedules of local trains in the world. There are 888 trains leaving and arriving at Broad Street Station, Market Street Wharf, West Philadelphia and North Philadelphia on weekdays and 534 trains on Sundays. There are within the city limits forty-four passenger stations. The beautiful suburban sections of Philadelphia have been largely fostered by the Pennsyl- vania Railroad through its suburban service. The magnificent home districts along the Main % Line as far as Paoli, the Schuylkill, New York, Media and Chester lines have been created S because the Pennsylvania Railroad provided adequate train service to and from Philadelphia. S It has made the seashore almost a suburb of Philadelphia. Encouraging travel thither by S frequent train service and low rates, it has stimulated the demand for finer hotels and better * accommodations generally along the entire coast line of New Jersey. % Philadelphia, in its two hundred and twenty-five years of life, has passed through many epochs, % but none of such far-reaching importance as that during the sixty years of the development of ^ S the Pennsvlvania Railroad. S I * * _ * * t Pennsylvania Railroad Standard Passenger Engine, 1908 !fi 219 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR James McCrea James .McCrea was born in Philadelphia, May I, 1848, and acquired his education in civil engineering at the Pennsylvania Polytechnic College. His railway service began in 1865 as rodnian and assistant engineer of the Connells- ville and Southern Pennsylvania Railroad, and he filled similar positions with various roads until 1871, when he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad as principal assistant engineer of the Construction Department, and three years later was made assistant engineer of maintenance of way of the Philadelphia Divi- sion. He was made superintendent of the Mid- dle Division in 1875, and of the New York Divi- sion in 1878. In 1882 Mr. McCrea was made manager of the Southwest System of the West- ern Lines, with headquarters at Columbus, C)hio, and three years later advanced to the position of general manager of all the lines west of Pittsburgh. He was made fourth vice-president in 1887, second vice-president in i8utler Extension and Columbia ISridge. llis jjromotion to the prin- cipal assistant enginecrsliip of the Columbia and Port Deposit occurred the same year, and in 1877 he was made assistant superintendent. Two years later he was superintendent of the Lewistown Division, and during the ensuing fourteen years held the same ])osition with the Frederick, the .Mtoona, and the Western Penn- sylvania Divisions, the Maryland Division of the P., W. & P.., the Washington Southern Rail- way and the Paltininre and Potomac Railroad. In 1803 'i;hingfnn, D. C. William W. Atterbury, General Manager of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was born at New Albany, Indiana, January 31, 1866. He was reared in Detroit, where his mother, a daughter of Charles Larned, resided until her death on December 16, 1907. His grandfather was Lewis Atterbury and his grandmother Catharine Boudinot, niece of Elias Boudinot, at one time President of the Continental Con- gress. After receiving a liberal preparatory educa- tion Mr. Atterbury was graduated from Yale University, and entered the service of The Penn- sylvania Railroad Company in 1886 as an ap- prentice in the Altoona shops. From 1889 to 1892 he served as assistant road foreman of engines on various divisions of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal- timore Railroad. In 1892 he was promoted to assistant engineer of motive power in the Pennsylvania Company's Northwest System, and- in 1893, to Master Mechanic for the Pennsyl- vania Company at Fort Wayne, Tnd. At this time he married Miss .M . II. Hoflfman, of Fort W^ayne. On 26th October, 1896, Mr. .\tterbury was advanced to su])erintendent of motive power of the Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh and Erie, and on October i, 1901 to general super- intendent of motive power. He was appointed general manager of the Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh and Erie on January i, 1903. Mr. Atterbury is a member of the Ritten- house, L'nion League and many other clubs of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Baltimore. He is also a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and of the American Societx' of Mechanical F.ngineers. 222 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Max Riebenack Alexander C. Shand Max Riebenack, Comptroller of the Penn- sylvania Railroad Comiiany, was born (October 12, 1844, and entered the company's service at the age of nineteen years. He filled various clerical positions until 1872 when he was a]5pointed Assistant Auditor of Passenger Receipts and was made Auditor in 1880. In addition he acted as Assistant Comptroller commencing in October, 1881, but in 1899 he gave up the Auditorship to devote all his time to his duties as Assistant Comptroller. In 1905 he was advanced to the position of Comptroller, since which time he has been identified with the most important railroad organizations in the United States, and has be- come widely known for his administrative ability and for his knowledge as an account- ant. Much credit is due to Mr. Riebenack for the success of the Pennsylvania Railroad A'^oluntary Relief Department, the Employes Saving Fund and the Company's Pension Department, for he worked indefatigably to perfect the plans whereby these organ- izations have been made of such practical aid and benefit to the employes of the company and its allied lines. Mr. Riebenack occasionally finds time from his arduous duties to contribute to railway lit- erature and ranks as a standard authority on the subject of railway accounting matters. He has been President of the Association of Amer- ican Railway Accounting Officers and was, in 1905, appointed by his company to represent it at the International Railway Congress held in ^^^ashington, D. C. He has been a Director and Treasurer of the Union League for a num- ber of years. Mr. Riebenack was married December 9, 1869, to Eleanor Gertrude, daughter of Thomas M. Simpson, and has four children : Eleanor J.. Henry G., William B. and Edwin Earl Riebenack. Alexander C. Shand was born at Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on July i, 1858. He was educated at Anderson Lhiiversity, Glasgow. Mr. Shand's service with the Pennsylvania Railroad began in 1879, in connection with location and construction work at Connellsville, Pa. Two years later he was put in charge of the construction of the Torrens shops. From February, 1882, to August, 1884, he was Assistant Supervisor and En- gineer in charge of the location and construction of branches on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railway. Mr. Shand was appointed Supervisor of the Altoona yard in August, 1884, and five years later he was made Assistant Engineer of ^laintenance of Way at Altoona. On August i, 1900, he became Principal Assistant Engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Division, and five months later was ap- pointed to the position of Superintendent of the Altoona Division. Mr. Shand received his appointment as En- gineer of Maintenance of Way June i, 1903. On April I, 1905, he was made Assistant Chief Engineer. Nearly a year later, March i, 1906, he was appointed Chief Engineer of the lines east of Pittsburgh and Erie. 223 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Joseph Ury Crawford Joseph Ury Crawford was born in Fox Chase, now part of Philadelphia, August 25, 1842, and entered the L'niversitv of Pennsylvania in the Class of i86j. In April, 1861, he enlisted in the 17th Penn- sylvania Regiment, Washington Grays, and at the expiration of his term was made Second Lieu- tenant of Company B, 6th New Jersey Volun- teers. He was promoted to the First Lieutenancy at the Battle of Williamsburg, and to the Cap- taincy at Seven Pines. He received honorable mention for bravery in action on several occasions, and since the war has twice been honored with the Presidency of the Survivors Veteran Association of the 2d New Jersey Brigade. After the war Mr. Crawford entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad system and was Senior Assistant Engineer of the Alexan- dria and Fredricksburg Railroad during 1871 and 1872. He was Principal Assistant and afterwards Engineer of the California Division of the Texas and Pacific Railroad under Col. Thomas A. Scott, ujion whose recommendation he was appointed Consulting Engineer of the Government of Japan in 1876, constructing the first railroad in that country, for which he was decorated with the order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor. Mr. Crawford returned to the Pennsylvania Company in 1882 and is now Engineer of Branch Lines and a director of several subsidiary companies. He was also Consulting Engineer and In- spector of the Imperial Government Railways of Japan, and it was through his efforts that .American specifications and standards of shop practice were adopted by that kingdom. Mr. Crawford was Consulting Engineer for the L'nited States in its examination of tJie trans- portation facilities in Cul)a in 1898 and 1899. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery Loyal Legion of the United States, The I'hiladelphia Club, and the Huntingdon A'allcv Countrv Club. John E. Payne Mr. John E. Payne is President of The Erie & Western Transportation Co., an important stibsidiary company of the Pennsyh'ania Railroad Co. This Company is operating fifteen steamships on the Great Lakes, twelve of them freight steamers and three of them combined passenger and freight steamers. The Erie & Western Transportation Co. is also the owner of the Connecting Terminal Railroad Co. and the \\'estern Warehousing Co. Mr. Payne entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1862, and has had a continuous service with the Penn- svlvania Ivailroad since that time. 224 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA William Henry Barnes William Henry Barnes was born in Philadelphia July 12, 1829, and received his education in private schools. In 1848 he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company, and served on surveys and construction on the Western Division until 1856, and for the next seven years was, successively, assistant superintendent, secretary and comptroller of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway. From 1863 until 1871 he was in the service of the Union Line and Empire Transportation companies, and was then made Treas- urer of the Pennsylvania Company, which position he occupied until 1883. He was receiver of the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company from 1884 until 1892, and upon the reorganiza- tion of that company was made its president. Mr. Barnes has been a director of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company since December 12, 1889. He is also a director of the Pennsylvania Company, the Pittsburgh. Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company and other allied companies ; and has been president of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway Company since January 14, 1901. Mr. Barnes comes of sturdy New England stock, his father, Henry Barnes, having been a native of Marl- borough, Mass. Mr. Barnes resided in Pittsburgh from 1857 to 1884. On October 27, 1857, he was married to Miss Eva Hamp- ton, daughter of the late Judge Moses Hampton, of Alle- gheny County. Mr. Barnes removed to Philadelphia in 1884, where he has since resided, and has a summer resi- dence at Devon, Pa. He is a member of the Union League and the Sons of the Revolution. John Hampton Barnes John Hampton Barnes, son of William Henry and Eva Hampton Barnes, was born in Pittsbtirgh, Pa., December 24. i860. After a preparatory education in the city of his birth he was sent to Yale, from which fam- ous college he graduated as B. A. Deciding to take up the profession of law as his life work, Mr. Barnes entered the Colum- bia Law School. He was admitted to the Bar at Philadelphia in 1883. Mr. Barnes is a Republican in politics, but has never taken an active hand. His practice is large, being principally confined to corporation work. He is a member of the Philadelphia Club, the Radnor Hunt Club, the Racquet Club and the University Club of New York City. Mr. Barnes resides at No. 1817 Delancey Place and has a beautiful summer residence, "West Acres," at Devon, Pa. His offices are in the Girard Building, Broad and Chestnut Streets. 225 OFFUIAI. 11 ISTOKICAI. SOL'XKX 1 K ll'orks of The J, C. Bnil t (iiMf.iiiv at r).>d Strecl and H'ootHaml .-hemic The J. G. Brill Company I The vast car and truck business of The J. G. Brill Company was commenced in i86g. when John George Brill and his eldest son, G. Martin Brill, organized as J. G. Brill & Son, with shops at the northwest corner of Thirty-first and Chestnut Streets and at Twenty-fifth and Lom- bard Streets. Previous to this time both had been valued foremen in the car-building plant of Murphy & Allison, then located at the corner of Nineteenth and Market Streets. That con- cern was among the earliest builders of horse cars, and when their plant was destroyed by fire in 1868 they gave up the department de- voted to horse cars and gave their entire atten- tion to the construction of steam passenger and freight cars, and the Brills took this opportunity to establish themselves in the horse car busi- ness. John Albert Brill, a younger son, was at that time of their force. Three years later, in 1872, James Rawle purchased a one-third inter- est in the business, and the name of the firm was changed to J. G. Brill & Co. In 1870 a plant was built on ground extending from Thir- tieth to Thirty-first Street, south of Chestnut Street. At the very beginning the firm commenced to make improvements on existing types of street cars, particularly in regard to eliminating unnecessary parts and reducing the weight to a minimum, and also changing the form of run- ning gear to secure easier riding qualities. The individual requirements of railway companies were carefully studied and designs made to meet each case. Radical improvements in vari- ous details followed in rapid succession, and soon railway men came to recognize a Brill car by its superior and well marked characteristics. The large amount of skill required in the con- struction of horse cars will be appreciated when it is remembered that the vehicle is called upon at times to carry more than double its own weight, withstand the severe strains of a shifting load and be hauled over tracks which would now be considered atrocious. The durability of these lightly constructed cars is astonishing, for they stood the hard usage of fifteen, twenty and even thirty years' service, and there are to this day horse cars equipped with electric motors still giving good service. The business grew rapidly; large orders were obtained from the railways of Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans and practically all of the principal cities of the United States and Canada, and extended into the large cities of Mexico and South America, Great Britain, Europe and Aus- tralia. Highest awards were received at the Centennial Exposition in 1876; the Exposition of Railway Appliances held at Chicago in 1883, and at Barcelona, Paris and other cities. In 1887 the concern was incorporated, and in the following year at the death of John George Brill. G. Martin Brill succeeded him in the presidency. The plant had been increased to the fullest extent possible on the land avail- able, but, as more space was demanded by the * I I **«*«**-^\-v.i*****A^************-#****##-;^*******«**;ii*-^^ 226 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 1 ^ |^T^^^^^ff5B?^■ S2.a:L \i r n.i I'T—Ti"" i feS pSt**''"^^ ^ jS^B g ^^r n — ■.■■■■ • — ^-. r- 1 '-Cn,r.'<-i-libU' C ( /V/ ,;/ / . rapidly growing business, a tract of eighteen acres was purchased in 1889 which, with ten adjoining acres purchased two years ago, forms the present site of the company, situated at Sixty- second Street and Woodland Avenue, at the in- tersection of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio Railroads. Up to 1887 the horse reigned supreme as a means of propulsion for street railways, but that the limit of his usefulness had been nearly reached was apparent to most railway men. Even as far back as the Centennial Exposition the inadequacy of animal traction was demon- strated when, during that summer, more than 2000 horses perished in Philadelphia from the heat and overwork carrying the crowds, repre- senting a loss to the street railway company of more than half a million dollars. Cable lines were installed in various large cities and ele- vated railways became factors in building up the outlying districts of some of the largest cities. The Brill plant was established at its present location just in time to handle the large business that resulted from the introduction of electric traction. Between the years of 1880 and i8go the development in types of cars to suit the ever-increasing demands followed each other so rapidly that dates at which the various inventions were introduced are not accurately known. Cable systems were scarcely installed when they were superceded by electricity. About the year 1887, Appleton, Wis., Montgom- ery, Ala., Scranton, Pa., Cleveland and Kansas City had trial lines. Then at Richmond, Va., an electric system of larger extent was attempted and became successful after many difficulties had been overcome. In 1889-90 the West End Road, Boston, introduced it on a larger scale with an overhead trolley, and other cities quickly fol- lowed. As an illustration of the rapid changes taking place, a cable system was installed in New York for operating the Broadway lines which in less than two years was replaced by an electric plant. During the early period of electric railway development the members of the Brill Com- pany, who had been studying electric power for propulsion of street cars for many years, realizing that the use of mechanical means for propulsion would bring a greater strain on the car frame than it could withstand, introduced the idea of mounting the machinery, first that which carried the grip of cable cars and later that which carried the motor, independently upon a separate frame mounted on the wheels, and built the first electric trucks, the forerunners of all present types. In the early experiments with electric motors, the motors were connected to the car framing and the power was transmitted to the axles by means of chain or rope drives and the inventors of the different methods were a long way from suc- cess until the Brill truck enabled the motor to be mounted on the truck itself and be geared directly to the axle, thus relieving the car body of strains and vibrations which threatened to demoralize further experimenting. As late as 1892 Philadelphia was not alto- gether converted to the idea of electricity, for on the 9th of May of that year a town meeting was held in the Academy of Music to oppose the introduction of the electric railway system. Within a few years the development of city * * * * * «-*«*«##i&f^'*-**##«****«#f^-^Sff*-^ii#»j^**f^«-#*##«*#*#*#*i&*-^;¥**##;^^ 227 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR * I Brill Car exhibited at the Centennial Exposition, 1S76 % * * % transportation in all parts of the country was Another type of patented car which has so rapid that it was generally found necessary achieved great success is known as the "Nar- to use longer cars, and again the Brill Company ragansett" — an open car mounted on double was equal to the situation, and produced a truck suitable for the peculiar requirements. The truck is known as the "Maximum Traction,'' having a pair of large driving wheels and a pair of small wheels, with the load distributed in trucks and having a pair of steps on each side, the upper step being on the flange of a Z-bar sill and within the line of the posts. The old- fashioned type of double-step car is too wide for service on most lines, and the single-step such a way as to bring 75 per cent, upon the or running board, when used with double-truck drivers and reducing the radiation of these open cars, is too high for safety. This car has wheels. By this means the cars were carried as proven immensely popular for summer excur- low as though they were mounted upon single sion travel, and among the roads using it may trucks. Practically all double-truck cars were be mentioned the Atlantic City & Suburban Ry. mounted on this type and for many years it In addition to the types mentioned The J. G. had the field to itself. Other types of trucks Brill Company builds all kinds of cars known to were invented and were the forerunners of the modern street and interurban railroads — double- standard trucks for the various fields of modern deck cars for foreign countries, combination service. Brill trucks are unique in form and open and closed cars, express cars, electric loco- construction and include frames made of a sin- motives, sprinklers, snow sweepers, snow plows, gle solid forging. It is an interesting fact that funeral cars, etc., and horse cars still continue these forgings are the most intricate forgings of large size made anywhere in the world. Late in the "nineties" the Brill Convertible car and the Semi-Convertible car were success- to be furnished to some of the Latin-American countries. Due to the remarkable growth of in- terurban lines throughout the country particu- lar attention has been given to cars for this form fully introduced, having undergone many years of service. Steam types are also constructed by of developing. The Convertible type has win- the company, but this class of equipment is dow sashes and flexible metal panels which slide chiefly built by the Wason Manufacturing Com- into pockets in the side roofs, combining an pany, Springfield, Mass., which company is entirely open and an entirely closed car in one, owned and operated by The J. G. Brill Com- conversion from one type to the other being pany. Other companies also under the same made in a few minutes. The Semi-Convertible ownership and control are: American Car Com- car has the same window system as the Conver- pany, St. Louis; G. C. Kuhlman Car Company, tible, but the side panels are solidly built in. Cleveland; John Stephenson Company, Eliza- and, due to the extra large window openings, the beth; Danville Car Company, Danville, Illinois, car is excellently adapted to summer service. G. Martin Brill died in March, 1906, having This type of car is now the standard of the been the president eighteen years, and John A. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, United Brill died in March 1908, after twenty years of Railways & Electric Company of Baltimore, and other large systems in this country and abroad. For a number of years a larger number of cars of the Brill Semi-Convertible type have been built than any other. % service as vice-president. James Rawle suc- ceeded to the presidency in 1906. The other general officers are: Samuel M. Curwen, Vice- President and General Manager, and Edward Brill, Treasurer. 228 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF THILADELPHIA FINANCE As a matter of history Philadelphia's bank- ing institutions are coordinate with the Republic itself, for it was thirteen years before the Declar- ation of Independence that Robert Morris, the first great American financier, conceived the idea of founding a bank in this city. It was not until 1780 that his plans were consummated and the Pennsylvania Bank, the first in America, was established. The most able financiers of that period seem to have been located in Philadelphia. The wealth of the country was centred here, and it was natural that the thirteen struggling col- onies should look to those pioneer financiers for the money and credit to successfully carry on the the war against England. With the growth of population and business Philadelphia's financial importance grew stronger. and the many new enterprises found aid and en- couragement here. It was here also during the darkest hours of the Rebellion period that the Government, then on the verge of a crisis, found in Jay Cooke a financier who successfully induced the banks and capitalists of the city to invest heavily in Government bonds, and thus restored the confidence of the country at large and saved the credit of the Government. By acts like these, by the possession of clear judgment, and by the liberality that insures pro- gress, the banks and bankers of this city have won such a high reputation. In a community where financial talent was so plentiful as far back as colonial days it is a natural sequence that the first bank should be established here, and that this city should con- tinue to lead in financial matters. The first incor- porated bank in the United States was established here in 1782, and the first National bank to issue National bank-notes in the country was chartered here on June 10, 1863. Trust companies also had their origin here and have contributed largely to the general repu- tation for solidity and sound financial methods that have characterized Philadelphia banks and bankers for more than a hundred and fifty vears. The integrity of the officers selected to manage affairs has had much to do with this high stand- ing. Private bankers, stock brokers, and others interested in money matters, bear the same repu- tation for business acumen and fair dealing. To show the city's speedy growth, it may be stated that on the first day the Clearing House opened, March 22, 1858, the clearings amounted to $2,991,931.90. At the present time the clear- ings run from $15,000,000 to $25,000,000 daily. This represents the business of only thirty-two banks, four small banks and the trust companies not being members of the Association. These figures are enormous, but we approach the gigantic when we view the $175,000,000 of capital, surplus and undivided profits of the city banks and trust companies ; the millions more which private bankers contribute to the aggregate and the $112,000,000 capital, surplus and undi\'ided profits of savings institutions. The total capital, surplus and undivided profits of the banks and trust companies is $175,000,000, with total deposits of $600,000,000, and in addition there is $550,000,000 of trust funds. This great wealth constitutes a very Gibraltar of strength and a power in finance of unlimited force. An institution that wields great power in financial affairs and on public business is the Stock Exchange. This association includes among its members some of the best known finan- ciers in the city. The Exchange, composed mainly of shrewd men of staid methods in ordin- ary deals, becomes pandemonium in times of panic and depression in values, for it is there that the finger is kept on the business pulse of the nation and a natural depression or an attempted inflation sometimes causes a battle of financial giants that is amusing to the spectator, but often tragic to one or both of the contestants. The figures above quoted prove that Phila- delphia is a wealthy city and that its carefully invested wealth precludes any possibility of per- manent disaster. In each successive panic through which it has passed the period of recov- ery has grown shorter, and this is largely due to the confidence inspired by its financiers, who always stand ready with money and advice to restore normal relations with the countrv at larg-.^. Upon such conditions Philadelphia as a manufac- turing city depends in a measure for its pros- perity. 229 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR ^ ^ ^ ^ The Farmer f and Mechanic f National Bank of ThUadeiphia O RG A A' I Z f.D I t'l^ '"-"^\" hank is located. The institution was incorporated in ujoo. and conmienced busi- * ness on July 2d of the same \ear. The $1,000,000 capital was paid for by subscribers at $200 a share (par $100), thus enabling the bank to begin with a surplus of $1,000,000. A thor- oughly modern and well equipped bank has been ])rovided, prepared to give its customers every facility that may be justified in business conditions. The management invites the accounts of banks, bankers, corporations, mercantile firms and individuals. The officers of the bank are: J- R- McAllister, President: J. A. Harris, Jr., Vice-President: E. P. Passmore, Cashier; C. \'. Thackara, Assistant Cashier: L. H. Shrigley, Assistant Cashier: f Manager Foreign Exchange Department, William \\'right. The board of Directors includes jl William H. Barnes, President of the Allegheny X'alley Railroad Company, and Director of the j Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Samuel T. Bodinc, \'ice- President United Gas Improvement f Company ; James C. P.rooks, President of the Southwark Foundry and Machine Company; John . H. Converse, of the Baldwin Locomotive \\'orks : Thomas DeWitt Cuyler, lawyer. Director of the Girard Trust Company, Commercial Trust Company, Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Equi- table Life Assurance Company; George H. Frazier, of Brown Bros, and Co., Bankers: William F. Harrity, lawyer, Director of the Equitable Trust Company and Trustee of the Mutual Life Insur- ance Company of New York; William H. Jenks, of Randolph and Jenks, and Director of the Girard Trust Company; Edward B. Smith, of Edward B. Smith and Co., bankers; Henry Tatnall, Fifth \'icc-President and Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and Director of the Girard Trust Coni]ianv and the Commercial Trust Company; Levi C. Weir, President of the Adams Express Company and Director of the Commercial Trust Com])any ; J. Rutherford McAllister, President of the Franklin National Bank and Director of the Commercial Trust Company ; Fred- erick L. Baily, of Joshua L. Baily and Co., Dry (ioods Commission Merchants; Effingham B. Morris, President Ciirard Trust Company and Director of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company t and Commercial Trust Company; Edward T. Stotesbury. of Drexel and Co., Philadelphia, J. P. Morgan and Co., New York, and Morgan Harjes and Co., Paris; Henry C. Frick, of Pittsburg; Percy C. Madeira, President Madeira. Hill and Company; John B. Tlia\er, Fourth \'ice-Presi- dent Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Ellis Puscy Passmore, Cashier I'ranklin National Bank; and J. Andrews Harris, Jr., \'ice-President Franklin National I'ank. A recent statement of the bank showed its condition as follows : Resources, loans and discounts, $20,754,612.51; due from banks, $3,501,354.42; cash and reserve, $6,849,300.21; exchange for clearing house. $1,456,119.03; total, $32,561,386.17, Liabilities: capital, $1,000,000; surplus and net profits, $2,286,719.37; circulation, $992,600.00; deposits, $28,282,066.80; total, $32,561,386.17. ^ 4. ■iHM-4-^4- •»■ 'I' 'I- ■»■ •»■ •l"'fi-*****-M'***-^**^i-^** * 't- ■!■ •!■ **** »»»^i^♦^i^»♦♦'i^'»♦♦^^»^^»4-^^^'^4^♦♦^i^^•^i^♦»♦4^<"^^^i^^^»■}■»^V 225TII AXXIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 101 ^ The Merchants National Bank of Philadelphia The facilities of this modern commercial bank are at the disposal of responsible merchants on terms which merit inquiry F. W. AYER. President WM. A. LAW, Vice-President THOMAS W. ANDREW, Cashier W^. P. BARROWS, Ass't Cashier M . Capital, Surplus and Profits, $1,850,000 ISB 233 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR €igf)tf) iSational Panb ORGANIZED 1864 Second Street and Girard Avenue Capital, $275,000 Surplus and Net Profits, $850,000 0iUctvi CHARLES PORTER, President oi Charles Porlcr &, Son, Mfrs. CHARLES B. COOKE. Cashier SAMUEL BELL, JR.. Vice-President of Sanuiel Bell St. Sons, Flour JOHN D. ADAIR. Asst. Cashier SAMUEL DISSTON CHARLES PORTER SAMUEL BELL, JR. l9irector£( ROBERT CARSON THOMAS .A. HARRIS FRANK BUCK WM J. MONTGOMERY SAMUEL T. KERR ROBERT S. IRWIN THEODORE F. MILLER 234 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA m J? a i M K national Security Banli » K S ^ S 8 » I 8! ^ ^ 8 ^ i& Franklin Street and Girard Avenue K Capital. $250,000 Surplus and Net Prolits. $700,000 PHILIP DOERR, President OFFICERS J. H. DRIPPS. Cashiier GEORGE KESSLER, Vice-President S5 W. H. HORN C. G. BERLINGER JAMES DOAK, Jr, JOHN G. SCHMIDT DIRECTORS PHILIP DOERR JOHN HAMILTON GEORGE KESSLER FRANKLIN L. SHEPPARD PETER A. SCHEMM GEORGE B, ALLEN GEORGE BAUM WILLIAM A. RECH FRANK SCHOBLE tJ^t^l^yiCSKKKSKKSKSKliSKSKSCSKHMKKKSSSffiE^ffiffiffiHSKK 235 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR MaSWW'^SSSWWW w^« »• w w WW w w b« w k« w »» w w^« w w »• k. ORGANlZtD 1886 l1ortl)\ve$tcrn national Bank Corner Girard and Ridge Avenues PHILADELPHIA CAPITAL SURPLUS $200,000.00 $300,000.00 EDWARD A. SCHMIDT. President AUG. W. WOEBKEN, Vice-President LINFORD C. NICE. Cashier DIRECTORS EDWARD A. SCHMinr J. CATHERWOOD ROniNSON AUG. W. WOEBKEN OTTO C. WOLF D. CHAS. MURTHA GODFREY R. REBMANN GEO. P. SCHOBER JOHN E. HANIFEN JESSE L. DOYLE JOSEPH F. WITTMAN A. RAYMOND RAFF ANDY BRANN EDW. C. 5HMIDHEISER HARRY A. POTH ^*0*0C»0aiMMMtiStam^^0\9%^%,^w \, X, %, X, xw X, xw xw xw X *« k» %•> \0 t. 236 225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society 700 to 710 WALNUT STREET ESTABLISHED DECEMBER 2, 1816 INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 23, 1819 The Present Office Building of Thie Oldest Saving Bank in America July I, 1908: Assels, $99,114,692.33 Deposits. $88,925,773.89 Number of Depositors. 262.336 OFFICERS G. COLESBERRY PURVES, President JAMES M. WILLCOX, Vice-President SAMUEL WOODWARD, Secy and Treasurer ALVIN S. FENIMORE, Assistant Secretary THOMAS J. BECK, Assistant Treasurer J. PERCY KEATING, Solicitor MANAGERS EDWARD S. BUCKLEY J. DICKINSON SERGEANT JOHN T. LEWIS, JR. JOHN H. CONVERSE EDWARD H. COATES H. W. BIDDLE JOHN T. MORRIS G. ASSHETON CARSON EFFINGHAM B. MORRIS CHARLES PLATT ARTHUR E. NEWBOLD WILLIAM W. JUSTICE WILLIAM H. JENKS C. S. W. PACKARD J. RODMAN PAUL CHARLES E. INGERSOLL G. COLESBERRY PURVES T. DeWITT CUYLER FRANCIS 1. GOWEN JOHN W. PEPPER CHARLES BIDDLE GEORGE C. THOMAS GEORGE McCALL JAMES RAWLE ROBERT H. PELS, Comptrolufr 237 OFFICIAL IIISTORUAL SOUVENIR lit IS * The Beneficial Saving Fund Society OF PHILADELPHIA XPHRIENCE has demonstrated the beneficial results to the indus- trious and careful of having; a place for the investment of their earnings, where the)- would be perfectly secure and be increased by a reasonable interest. It was with this laudable intention that the P>eneficial Saving Fund Society of Philadelphia was incorporated April 20, 1853. From small beginnings, it has grown until now its 12,000 depositors have over Ten Million Dollars on deposit. It has no capital stock, but has accumulated a surplus of One and a Quarter Million Dollars. It is managed solely in the interest of its depositors, its managers and officers not being allowed directly or indirectly to borrow any money from the Society. Its investments, a complete list of which is printed annually in all the newspapers of this city, are the most conservative and carefully selected of any institution, security being the first essential. In addition to the examinations made by the State Banking Examiners, the board of managers has the investments, books and accounts verified yearly by certified public accountants. The officers are Ignatius J. Dohan, President ; Andrew J. Keegan, Vice- President ; Alfred J. Murphy, Secretary and Treasurer, and Anthony A. Hirst, Esq., Solicitor. >K ?K St m Chas. N. V0LLU.M, c. 1'. A. Jas. Whuaker Fernlev, c. r. a. ROBT. B. Volu'm. c. p. a. Established 1875 VOLLUM, FERNLEY & VOLLUM Certified Public Accountants 90r-910 Betz Bmlding PHILADELPHIA Cable Address : VOLUME TELEPHONE WILLIAM M LYBRANO ADAM A. ROSS, JR. T, EDWARD ROSS ROBERT H MONTGOMERY JOSEPH M PUGH Ly brand, Ross Bros. &. Montgomery CertifieJ Public Accountanls NEW ^■ORK PHILADELPHIA 165 Broadway Land Title Building 2.^^ 22STH AXNIVERSAKV FOUXOlXr, OF PII ILADEI.PH lA THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities TRUST & SAFE' DEPOSIT COMPANY 517 Chestnut Street Philadelphia CAPITAL $2,000,000 SURPLUS $3,000,000 INCORPORATED MARCH 10. 1812 C. S. W. PACKARD, President ^39 OFFICIAL II ISTORICAI. SOUVKMK (Guarantee l^rusit anb ^afe JBeposiit Co. In its Fire Proof Building, Nos. 316-318-320 Chestnut Street Chartered by Special Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania Capital Surplus Receives Deposits subject to check at sight, and allows interest on daily balances. Loans money on approved collater- als at current rates of interest. $1,000,000 600,000 Acts as Transfer Agent or Registrar of Corporation Stocks and Bonds. Acts as Elxecutor, Trustee, Guardian, etc. Receipts for and keeps Wills with- out charge. Rents Safes in its Fire and Burglar Proof Vaults (which are protected by six Hall Double Chronometer Time Locks) with Combination and Permutation Locks that can be opened only by the renter, at $5 and upwards per year. Especial attention is called to our vaults for the storage of large packages of silverware and other valuables in bulk, our facilities for handling such being unsurpassed. RICHARD Y. COOK. President CHARLES E. PANCOAST. Trust Officer HARRY J. DELANY. Vice-Pres. and Treas. JOSEPH E. BORDEN. Assistant Secretary HOWARD E. YOUNG. Sec'y and Ass't Treas. SAMUEL M. ZACHARIAS. Sup't of Vaults WILLIAM ROTCH WISTER JOSEPH MOORE. Jr. RICHARD Y. COOK HARRY J. DELANY DIRECTORS JAMES HAY HERBERT M. HOWE. M.D. CHARLES E. PANCOAST JAMES F. SULLIVAN ROBERT BEATTIE GEORGE D. McCREARY GUSTAVUS W. COOK MARCELLUS E. McDOWELL. Jr. WILLIAM A. LATHROP 240 a 225TH ANl^riVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA i Fidelity Trust Company I Tlie FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY is one of the oldest and strongest financial o institutions in the City. It was incorporated b_v a special Act of Assembly in March, 1866, S under the name of The Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company. At that time § the insurance of fidelity and the receiving of securities on deposit were comparatively new S branches of business. With these objects in view, the company also joined the intention of X developing the business of the execution of trusts, which was immediately entered into. All S of these branches of business resulted in a rapid growth with the exception of the insurance ^ of fidelity, which has never been carried on by this company. The name of the company o was afterwards shortened to Fidelity Trust Company by amendment to its charter. ® For the purposes of its business the company erected a fire-proof building and vaults of great strength. These were afterwards entirely re-built and from time to time the com- pany has extended its accommodations. It now exclusively occupies a large building with a frontage on Chestnut Street east of Fourth of seventy-five feet and extends in an "L" shape to Fourth Street on which its frontage is ninety feet. The safe renters' vault, which is practically a structure of three stories on the Fourth ^ Street front, is 50' x 30' and is of immense strength. No other company has as convenient § and commodious apartments for its safe renters as the Fidelity. In this respect great contrast § is obseiwable between the Philadelphia companies and those of other cities. The Company con- § ducts the general business of a trust company, receiving moneys on deposit subject to check ; V the receipt of securities and valuables on safe-keeping receipt ; the renting of private safes ^ in its vaults accessible to the renter under private key. In connection with the safe-rental g department, a commodious room is provided for the exclusive use of ladies, where coupons may be cut and papers examined in private. The buildings and vaults are guarded night and day by a large force of watchmen, with a complete electrical system for periodical reports at electric stations. The Trust Department is one of the most active in the city, both in the execution of pri- vate and of corporate trusts. The aggregate amount of personal estate held in its Trust Department on January 31, 1908, was $106,797,740, in addition to real estate of the appraised value of about $16,000,000. Tlie Company is authorized by its charter to accept all trusts, such as e.xecutor, admin- istrator, guardian, assignee, receiver and trustee under appointment by the courts, corpora- tions or individuals. It has been an important feature in the administration of this Company that from the beginning all of its trust estates are kept entirely distinct from those owned by it in its corporate capacity. All trust funds are deposited in other institutions in special trust accounts, and a special vault, separated from that of the Company is provided for the accom- modation of the trust securities and papers. The Company also acts as agent and attorney-in-fact for the collection of income and the management of estates of individuals, and in such cases receives the securities upon safe deposit. The corporate business extends to the execution of all corporate trusts, including mort- gages, the registration and transfer of loans and stocks of corporations and in the pavment of coupons, etc. The growth of the Fidelity in these various departments has been remarkable, and many of the various institutions formed in other parts of the country have been formed upon its model. It was the first of the "Fidelitys." The management of the institution has been conservative from the beginning, and it has been the custom to set aside a portion of its profits each year. By this means the surplus of the Company has been set aside entirely out of earnings. The capital of the Company is now $2,000,000 and its surplus $8,000,000, which is exclusive of its undivided profits, which on January 31, 1908. amounted to $887,196 in addition. Dividends were paid by the Company for many years at 18%, and are now on the basis of a 5% quarterl)- and an extra dividend of 5% has been declared in February of the last two vears. g 241 OFFICIAT. IIISTOUKAI. Sf)r\!;\IR I CHARTERED 1836 | I GIRARD TRUST COMPAXY I * KKOAD AX]) CHES'riN'UX STRKETS PHI LADEL PHI A s % * I I I CAPITAL AND SURPLUS SLO.UOO.OOO OFFICERS EFFINGHAM B. MORRIS, President WILLIAM NEWBOLD ELY, ist Vice-President ALBERT ATLEE JACKSON, zd. Vice-President CHARLES J. RHOADS, 3d. Vice-President and Treasurer EDW. SYDENHAM PAGE, Secretary GEORGE H. STUART 3d., Assistant Treasurer SAMUEL W. MORRIS, Assistant Secretary J. SNOWDON RHOADS, Trust Officer MINTURN T. WRIGHT, Real Estate Officer Effingham B. Morris John A. Brown, Jr. Benjamin W. Richards John B. Garrett William H. Jenks William H. Gaw Francis I. Gowen Israel W. Morris MANAGERS George H. McFadden Henry Tatnall Isaac H. Clothier Thomas DeWitt Cuyler C. Hartman Kuhn James Speyer Augustus D. Juilliard William T Elliott Edward J. Berwind Randal Morgan E. T. Stotesbury Charles E. IngersoU John S. Jenks, Jr. Henry B. Coxe Edgar C. Felton 242 0: 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA -M THEODORE W. CRAMP HOWARD ELLERY MITCHELL SAMUEL L. SHOBER S. PEMBERTON HUTCHINSON 0: DEPOSITS RECEIVED INTEREST ALLOWED Issue Travelers' Letters of Credit and Drafts Payable in principal Cities of Europe Members NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE Connected by private wires with principal Cities of the United States UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BONDS Bought and Sold BONDS FOR INVESTMENT Details on Application CRAMP, MITCHELL & SHOBER 1411 CHESTNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. 243 :[n] OFKHIAI. HISTOUICAL SOUVICXIR o ~ g I The Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust Company 1201 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Prepared by Charles K. Zug. Trust Officer 111? sri s^*!2«?ii HISTORY ■JII1-: aj.M.M()X\vi:.\LTii title insurance and trl'ST company was incorporated July 26, 18S6, witli a capital of $250,000.00. It oijcned for business November I, 1886, at No. 706 Chestnut Street. In September, 1889, the Company purchased 813 Chestnut Street, and having had the buildinjj adapted to its uses, took possession in i8yo. On Saturday night, December 11, 1897. No. 811 Chestnut Street was destroyed by fire, and No. 813 Chestnut Street was partially burned and the interior entirely wrecked. The Directors met at the Con- 5 5c<><>c<>CM>c«>o<>ciooocMXi¥■ H- •4- >«• •2. •J- >5- •ir •J- •*■ t Out of Town Accounts Solicited COUNTRY CHECKS With but few exceptions credited at par Acts as Executor, Administrator Guardian, Trustee and Assignee TIME LOCKS RENTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES In Burglar Proof Vaults Boxes can be opened only by the Owner Mail Deposits Promptly Acknowledged OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 4 M I.■^■^^■■I■■ ^ <•^^^i^^^4»■^4>»^><^»♦^^^^♦^•4^^^♦♦*4•^i"^♦♦♦*♦*<^'^^^^•^^^^^^^^^^4^^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦'M'^^^ ^ The Real Estate Trust Co. I i'9 of Philadelphia J Mill Ittn i^iiOki!',! liiiSiniii:: 'B UJ ii,In. iiYlWufl ^"^-i- ;: r? -'-< J -■«•.'. . CAPITAL $4,683,800 I Solicits Current Deposit Accounts, allowing Interest. Acts as Agent for the Purchase and Sale of Real Estate in and around Philadelphia. Collects Interest, Dividends and Income of all kinds. Acts as Financial Agent for Institutions. Collects Rents, Negotiates Mortgages. Receives and Executes Trusts of every des- cription. Rents Safe Deposit Boxes in Burglar-Proof Vaults. Takes General Charge and Management of Properties. Acts as Registrar, Transfer or Financial Agent for Corporations and as Trustee under Cor- poration Mortgages. GEORGE H. EARLE, Jr.. President S. F. HOUSTON, Vice-President EDW. S. BUCKLEY. Jr.. Treasurer JOHN A. MCCARTHY. Trust Officer WM. R. PHILLER. Secretary SOUTHEAST COR. BROAD AND CHESTNUT STS. ^ ®l|^ Jutrgrttg (Tttlr 3iuiuraun\ Sntst auii Baft ir^uisit Co. Southwest Corner Fourth and Green Streets, Philadelphia Capital Stock. FuM Paid » 500.000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 625.000.00 Deposit. 3.191.918.29 Interest Allowed on Deposits Money Loaned on Approved Security Banking Department Receives money on deposit, subject to check on sight, allowing 2 per cent, interest and 3 per cent, on ten days' notice. Rents boxes for safe keeping of valuables. in burglar and fire-proof vaults, for $3.00 and upwards. Letters o( Credit and International Cheques for Travelers issued, available everywhere. V- i» OFFICERS GEORGE KES5LER. President JOHN G. VOGLER. 1st Vice-President HERMAN PHILIP SPAETER. 2d Vice-President PHILIP E. DIRECTORS Ceorse Keulcr Philip Spactcr Jno. G. Voglcr C. J. Prciwndanz Philip Doctt Chnrlei Mahler John Gieenwood William Roesch Fred It Orlttnsnn Wm H Rookilool Fred'k Gacckler Brrnhatd Ern»l Cha:. G. Berlmscr Albert Hfllwia GeorRc Na» Daniel W. Grofly Title and Real Estate Department Examines and Insures I ities to Real Elslate. Collects Rents. Dividends, Interests, Etc. Money loaned on Mortgage and Mortgages for sale. Attends to all details pertaining to Buying, Selling and Conveying of Real Estate. Trust Department Transacts all Trust Company business and acts in the capacity of Executor, Administrator. Guardian or Trustee, taking entire charge of estates. /\ll Valuables Received for Safe Keeping. Wills receipted and kept in Safe Boxes without Charge. Wise H MAN. Sec'y and Treas. GUCKES. Tfjrfi Officer J. Edwin Rrch Auguii P. Kunzie Altint .Schoc-nhut Cha*. W. Miller Wm. G. Berlinaer Chas. Slrickler Jacob Kramer I. P. Sirittmatter >ocwXM5c«*D«oci«c«o»iCKMX(0^:«:toc^^ 252 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA *>U3ING THE UNION TRUST COMPANY 715-719 Chestnut Street Clarence L. Marper PRESIDENT George Burn ham. Jr. VICE PRESIDENT Wm. J. Clark TREASURER. John Stokes Adams TRUST OFFICER ■g ff *l''^'^'t''^'^rt*'j?'^'^'^'^'^'^*i?*j?'l?*^'^'i''^'l*'j?*i?*t'*j?'^'^*^ 4- 4> •J- •§< 4< 4< •5- ■i> ■i- 4< 4- 4- THE WEST PHILADELPHIA TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY Lancaster Avenue and Fortieth Street, Philadelphia CAPITAL SUR.PLUS Full Paid) (Earned), $500,000.00 300,000.00 OFFICERS AUGUSTUS I. WOOD, President CHRISTIAN G. GROSS, First Vice-President J. PENROSE COLLINS, Second Vice-President and Title Officer RALPH I. LEVERING. Secretary and Treasurer WESLEY H. HOOT, Assistant Secretary HENRY B. GARBER, Assistant Title Officer ALEX. SIMPSON. Jr. EDW. W. WOOLMAN JOSEPH JOHNSON PETER F. CARROLL CHRISTIAN G. GROSS DIRECTORS JAMES C. SHEDWICK SAMUEL D. HALL WILLIAM R. NICHOLSON JAMES M. KELLEY J. HENRY JAHKE JAMES G, FRANCIS FREDERICK A. GENTH, J. PENROSE COLLINS ROBERT PATTON AUGUSTUS I. WOOD Jr- «?• -*• <¥ * •*• *■ •*• *^l^'^'^l^it'l^'^it'iX*'^ltiiXn^i^-X*i^i-i4 >^vf' >{> >^4 kl^ >{'■{'>{' vj- a^ .^ i^ >^ t^ bid >^ >^ •{• kt< 1^ ^-Si OFFICIAL II ISIOKUAI. SOUVENIU W^illiatn W. Rorer Certified Public Accountant was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and received his elementary education in the public schools of his native county and later in Philadelpliia. lie pursued a coniniercinl course at I'eirce Scliodl and was gradu- ated in 1884. Since that time he has been continuously engaged in the study, teaching and practice of bookkeeping and practical accounting. He has been employed with mer- cantile and manufacluring conccrr.s as bookkeeper, business manager, chief accountant and treasurer. Mr. Rorer early established a reputation as a con- sulting accountant, and in the summer of 1898 opened an office in the Lippincott Building. Me successfully passed the required examination before the Stale Hoard of Examiners and was duly commissioned a certified public accountant by Governor William A Stone, De- cember 19. 1901. Mr. Rorer maintains an office as a certified public accountant in the Real Estate Trust Building. Mr. Rorer's services have been in demand as an instructor in higher accounting. He was for several years a lucmber of the Faculty of Peirce School and later of the Evening School of -Accounts and Finance of the University of Pennsylvania, in addition to which he has conducted private classes in practical accounting. He is a member of the Penn.sylvania Institute of Certified Public .Accountants, the American .'\ssociation of Public Accountants, the Society of Political and Social Sciences, Bookkeepers' Beneficial -Association, Peirce School Alumni Association, Twenty-third Sectional School Board, and other civic and fraternal organ- izations. Capital $125,000 Surplus $25,000 J|olmesturs ^ru£it Company HOLMESBURG PHILADELPHIA OFFICERS WARREN T. RAWSON President JOSEPH H. BROWN Vice-President WILLIAM M. ROWLAND Treasurer and Secretary * North Philadelphia Trust Company Sv WILLIAM M. CORDON President LEE SOWDEN Sccretary-Trctsurer WELLINGTON ]. SNYDER Title and Trust Oficcr 3^ t t I Broad Street, Germantown and Erie Avenues, Philadelphia | 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA E. W. Clark & Co 321 CHESTNUT STREET New York Correspondents FIRST NATIONAL BANK CLARK, DODGE & CO. CHAS. D. BARNEY & CO. Dealers in Investment Securities MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGES NEW YORK, 25 Broad Street PHILADELPHIA, 122-24 South Fourth Street 255 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR ESTABLISHED 1837 CHAS. S. WHELEN J. HUNTER EWING WM. B. WHELEN THOMAS L. ELWYN TOWNSEND WHELEN & CO. Bankers and Stock Brokers MEMBERS Philadelphia and New York Stock Exchanges No. 309 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA All Classes of Stocks and Bonds bought and sold on 8 o i commission and carried on favorable terms Interest allowed on Deposits subject to check at sight ^ APPRAISEMENTS of Estates Made Free of Charge O 8 INewburger, Henderson & Loeb Members New York niul Phihulelphia Stock Hxchniiues BANKERS AND BROKERS High Grade Investment Securities Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold on Commission Correspondence hwited 527 Chestnut Street loo Broadway IMiihidelphia New York 256 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Established 1865 BIOREN ^ CO BANKERS 314 Chestnut Street • > JOHN S. BIOREN WALTER H. LIPPINCOTT E. CLARENCE MILLER EDWARD C. DALE HENRY D. WIEAND Deposits received, subject to check Corporation and municipal loans neg;otiated Dealers in investment securities Stocks and bonds bought and sold on commission in all markets Members of Philadelphia £? New York Stock Exchanges DRAYTON & ELKINS BANKERS LAND TITLE BUILDING Investment Securities Allow Interest on Deposit Make Loans Sub/ecf to Approved Collateral MEMBERS New York and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges VERNER & CO. BANKERS NORTH AMERICAN BUILDING PHILADELPHIA 257 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Bodine, Sons £? Co. Lar.^c uKTcantilc Ikuiscs occasion- ally rrtiuirc addiliDiial nmncy to carry on their business, even a large capital sometimes proving inadequate. At such a time they will ])Ui their paper on the street for sale. If the house is an exceptionally g<'>o(l i>ne, their paper is eagerly sought after hy investors. A number of large bankers and brokers of Philadelphia make a specially of this branch of the business, notably the well- known firm of Bodine, Sons »& Co., located at Xo. 129 South Fourth Street. The business was originally estab- lished by Keen, I'.udine (K: Co., in 1867. Mr. Keen died in iNifi, and the business has since been carried on as Bodine, Sons & Co. This hrm transacts a gen- eral banking and brokerage business, and has a large list of customers securing commercial paper through them. Care is exercised at all times that the inter ests of the buyer are fully protected, niilhing but the best class of pajjcr being dealt in, mostly issued by jironii- nent Philadelphia houses and leading firms and corporations throughout the State. Some of the large New >'ork hou.ses make use of this firm in i)lac- ing their paper. 'Jhe members (if the tirm are George 1. Bodine. i*"ranklin i. I'lddine, Robert E. Stuneback. Curnelius I'udine and George 1. Bodine, jr. The Imnse is well and favoral)lv kn^wn in linancial circles, the members being all natives of this city, and pronn'nent in social and club circles. F. T. CHANDLER PERCY M. CHANDLER Chandler Brothers & Company BANKERS m BROKERS MEMBERS OF Philadelphia Stock E.xchange New York Cotton Exchange New York Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Third and Walnut Streets PHILADELPHIA BRANCH OFFICES: 1 1 1 Broadway i Rooms 808 and 809 1 New York 941 and 942 Real Estate Trust Building, Philadelphia Private Wires to all Financial Centres J. W. Sparks & Co, Members Philadelphia Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Transact General Stock Exchange Commission Business Chestnut & Third Sts. Mariner & Merchant Building INVESTMENT SECURITIES jnUNICIPAL. STEAM AND ELECTRIC RAILROAD BONDS PRIVATE WIRES New York Pittsburg Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago 258 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA HENRY & WEST BANKERS Members New York and Philadelphia Stock Ex- changes. Dealers in high- grade Investment Securities. Interest allowed on deposits subject to check. BROAD AND CHESTNUT STREETS Philadelphia V. D'AMBROSIO Spanker ^ profeer N. W. Cor. 8th and Fitzwater Streets First Italian Bank Founded in Philadelphia ESTABLISHED 1886 General figenf for fhe Fabre Line Steamship Company Drafts Sold on any City of the World Thomas L. Lawson & Sons BROKERS Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold on Commission No. 19 South Third Street PHILADELPHIA 3talo=^mencan Companp iCiiiiitril Serafim & Ciavarelli Co. 901 CHRISTIAN STREET PHILADELPHIA General Banking and Steamship Agency Real Estate Brokers Foreign Exchange 259 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Established 1897 Win. L. Bear & Co. (Members Chicago Board of Trade) BROKERS Pennsylvania Bldg., Chestnut and l^th Streets, Philadelphia STOCKS— BONDS— INVESTMENTS 30 SECONDS to Chicago Board of Trade 2 MINUTES to any Grain Market in America Our CHICAGO WIRE is a part of the Logan & Bryan Circuit The largest private wire system in the world LANCASTER YORK HARRISBURG •i. 1^ »}* »j» <^ »j»»|« -jtfj* fjt »^ iij. .^ •{» •!* »|» »!* "^ f^ t^ »j» -^ •!« fjf -^ 'J* "^ "I* 4* 4* "t 't^ The Edward P. Moxcy — — Audit Co. ^=— Edward P. Moxey. C. P. A. Edward P. Moxcy. jr., C. P. A. Accounting Work of Every Description For Banks, Trust Companies. Railroads, Corporations, Firms and Individuals. 1201 to 120J Real Estate Trust Building PHILADELPHIA BANCA CALABRESE FRANK R. BILOTTA CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER S E. COR. 7TH AND CHRISTIAN STREETS PHILADELPHIA 260 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA ESTABLISHED IN 1887 G. TUMOLILLO BANKER AND BROKER 927 and 929 South Eighth Street PHILADELPHIA I I I FRANK DIBERARDINO 82 1 CHRISTIAN ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA Branches 6328 Vine Street, West Philadelphia Sixth and Webster Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. General Agent Royal Italian Mail Steamship Company NtW YORK ITALY Member of the Firm TUmOLILLO & DI BERARDINO 1 22 South Second Street, Philadelphia, Pa. General Agents of "Italia" Steamship Co. Direct Service Philadelphia — Italy Bell Telephone KeystoriC Telephone Main. 1938 CESARE ROMANO BANKER BROKER AND STEAMSHIP AGENT Proprietor of the Pottstown Trap Rock Quarry and Crusher Laborers Furnished for Railroad, Reservoir Grading, Etc. General Office 807 South Eighth Street Philadelphia, Pa. 261 OFKICIAL TIISTOUICAI, SOL'VEXIU The Certified Public Accountant Essential to SUCCESS IN BUSINESS One of the factors most essential to business success to-day is the certified public accountant, whose services have become of inestimable value and importance to business ami linancial interests. The guide by which every merchant, manufacturer and business man conducts his business and upon which he plans his transactions are his books and accounts. The latter must not only be accurate, but should be so systematized as to readily show the experience and condition of his business and thus enable him to wisely determine his operations. Experience has shown that the technical knowledge and skill of the certified public accountant is all- important in the formulating and devising of sys- tems of accounts to properly and adequately meet the peculiar requirements of diverse business or fi- nancial concerns. In the settlement of bankruptcy matters, where the accounts have (either through intent or carelessness) been incorrectly kept, the services of a skilled accountant are absolutely es- sential to the proper adjustment of such aflfairs and the conserving of creditors" interests. Jacob H. Schiff, the eminent fmancier, says; "It is almost im- possible to obtain a correct judgment of any under- taking 'a'illiout the assistance uf the expert accountant." Philadelphia, as the centre of the manufacturing in- terests of the United States, fittingly ranks amongst the foremost of our great cities in the number of her practicing public accountants, prominent among whom may be mentioned The United States Audit Company. Dre.xel building, with a branch office at 320 Broadway, New York. This company was incoi - porated in March, 1903, continuing the business successfully conducted for many years by Peter Ballingall. Certified Public .Accountant, who is the President of the company, which has an excellent staflf of experienced and able accountants to meet the growing demands for its services in Philadel- phia and New York, and in many of the Western and Southern States. While speaking of The United States Audit Company, we might cite a case which was recently decided in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, involving over $40,000. The de- cision was given almost entirely on the evidence of Mr. Ballingall, who was retained as expert account- ant on the case, and whose testimony was de- scribed as being "Direct, accurate and utterly unim- peachable, and its influence in such an important legal action cannot help but go a long way toward directing widespread attention to the true value of the work of the certified public accountant. R. E. Kennedy ^ Co. Certified Public Accountants Cost Systems A udiling and Accounting in all its branches 929 CHESTNUT STREET PHIL.ADELPHIA The B. F. Goodrich Co. AKRON, OHIO |][^] Manufacturers of Tires of All Descriptions Mechanical Goods and Druggists' Sundries [i Philadelphia Branch 1332 ARCH STREET 262 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA INSURANCE Having been the pioneer in so man)' of the arts and industries, it is fitting that this city should have been the birthplace of the first scheme of insurance on the American Continent. In 1738 the first fire company was organized here, and at that time there was not a single insured building in the city. The early colonists felt the need of some pro- tection from loss by fire, but it was not until fourteen years later that steps were taken to organize a company for that purpose. The result of this move was the first fire insurance company in America. It was known as "The Philadelphia Contributionship for the In- surance of Houses from Loss by Fire," and was organized in 1752 with Benjamin Franklin as a subscriber and a member of the Board of Direct- ors. The company issued policies for a term of seven years upon the payment of a deposit, the interest on which during the continuance of the policy belonged to the company. No other com- pany was organized in America until 1783. x^t that time the Contributionship, claiming that trees in front of houses interfered with the throwing of water during a fire, announced its intention ot raising rates upon property where there were trees. A large number of those insured objected to this increase and seceded from the original com- pany. They made a demand for the old rates, and being refused formed The Mutual Assurance Company for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire. Ten years later the Insurance Company of North America was organized and it was the first joint-stock company in this country. It confined itself to fire and marine business, although its charter allowed it to write all kinds of insurance. The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania obtained its charter in 1794 and the L'nion Mutual Insurance Company in 1804. In 1759 the first life insurance company was organized. It was known as The Corporation for the Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and for the Poor and Distressed Wid- ows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers. It is a wonder that the awful title did not smother this pioneer organization, but it still exists and is successful, although its title has been abbre- viated to The Presbyterian Annuity and Life In- surance Company. Since this early period there have been many companies of various kinds organized in Phila- delphia. These include fire, life, accident, health, and surety companies, all of which have found a prolific field in the rapidly increasing population. Just as badly as the workingman needs in- surance for his home in case of fire, he as badly needs insurance to protect his wife and little ones in case of his death. He also needs insurance in case of sickness when he is incapacitated for work and his family must be provided for. Again, he needs accident insurance, for in a big city with its attendant dangers insurance must again stand between him and possible want and priva- tion. Another great aid to a workman is the surety company. He has a position to go to which requires a bond and knows not where to get one. The surety company, with the same beneficence displayed by the other companies in the case of fire, sickness, accident, or death, comes to his aid and furnishes the security demanded by the employer. It is therefore obvious that no form of insur- ance should he neglected. It is a protection in every quarter. A man who by hard labor acquires a home should protect himself from loss by fire, and he should also look after his family by the protection alTorded by the other forms of insur- ance. The man of wealth does not neglect these matters, though far more able to stand loss than the workingman. The statistics of the companies in the various lines show that a large proportion of the popula- tion invests in at least one or more of the various forms of insurance, which shows that the people are acquiring wisdom through the useful knowl- edge which the companies and their many agents are daily disseminating. A very large number of Philadelphians own the houses in which they dwell, hence the name "City of Homes. ' These have been acquired by frugality, and the man who is frugal usually possesses sufficient shrewdness to protect by insurance the home he has worked so hard to secure. 263 OFFICIAL HISTOKICAL SOUVENIR THE PHILADELPHIA COXTRIBLTIONSHIP For the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire 212 SOUTH FOURTH STREET The Oldest Insurance Company in America The old "Hand in Hand," as this Fire Insurance Company is generally called, was founded on March ^5, 17S~, and a meeting was lield at the Court House on April ijth of the citizens of Philadelphia who had subscribed to certain Articles of Agreement "for their own mutual security and for the common security and advantage of their fellow citizens and others," called a Deed of Settlement, which for over lOO years was signed by all who took out a policy in the Company. The Inrst name subscribed was James Hamilton, then Lieutenant-Governor of the Province. Benjamin Pranklin headed the list of Direciors, who at their first meeting adopted a seal for the Company of four hands united. This badge, or mark, was placed on every properly which was insured, and gave notice to the volunteer firemen, who, in many cases w-ere members of the Contribulionship, that they should exert every effort to save the building, as they would have to bear their proportionate share of the loss. The plan of the Company was that of Mutual Insurance, and the members were called Contributors. The policies were issued for a term of seven years upon tlie payment of a deposit, the interest of which dur- ing the continuance of the policy was used by the Company to pay losses and expenses, any balance being returned as a profit, and if insufficient to meet these charges, the deposit itself was used and the Contributor was personally liable for half as much more. In 1763 the Contributors unanimously voted to create a surplus fund out of any profits, and to do away with their personal liability beyond the amount of their deposit money, and in 1810 the policies were changed to perpetual. The directors met generally at a Public House about six p. m., and while they received refreshments for their services, they were fined two shillings if they were absent, and these fines were applied to erecting mile-stones, the first in this part of America, on the higlnvays leading from Philadelphia. During the Revo- lution the Company aided in protecting the City from fire by sweeping the chimneys of those houses where the owners were away and the British soldiers were quartered. From the first the Company adopted the plan of inspecting all the buildings it insured, and this plan has always been adhered to. As a result of this, and the care taken in the investment of the funds of the Company, as well as in keeping the expenses at a most reasonable figure, its progress has ever been a pleas- ant and prosperous one, and as Horace Binncy. Esq., the well-known lawyer, who was a Director for 41 years, said in his address at the Centennial celebration of the Company in 1852. "There never was a period when a loss of any extent disturbed the finances of the Company." and this statement still holds good, as it is now-, after 156 years of business, the strongest active fire insurance company in the world. The Company still writes only perpetual insurance on brick and stone buildings in Pennsylvania, and its policies are valued not only because of the strength and stability of the Company, but also because a par- tial loss does not reduce the amount of the insurance, which is only atTected when a total loss is paid for a single fire. In addition to this, all policies which have been with the Company for ten years or more now participate in any dividends declared, which, since 1895. have been at the rate of 10 per cent, a year on the deposit money so held. No wonder, therefore, that a Contribulionship policy is greatly prized, since it gives the best insurance as well as a most profitable investment, and the old Company is to-day looked upon by Philadelphians with pride as the link which binds the past with the present, and gives promise in the future to continue to give the best indemnity against fire and maintain the dignity and honor of our beloved city. OFFICERS Chairman John T. Morris Secretary and Treasurer J. SoMERS Smith, Jr. Assistant Secretary Charles T. Cowtf.rtiiw.mt John T. Morris E1.LIST0N P. Morris J. Rodman Paul \VlMI\M RliTfll Wl^TKK DIRECTORS Franxis a. Lewis Charles S. W. Paikard V\' alter George Smith Wharton Sinki.kh, M. O. Charles Biddle James Logan Fisher Roland S. Morris George MgCam. 264 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA ♦ <• * The Mutual Assurance Company For Insuring Houses From Loss By Fire % t * * This old and staunch company owes its origin to a pecular rule adopted in 1783 b\' the only insurance company in America at that time. This company, after some heavy losses, decided to refuse to insure houses with trees in front of them on account of their branches ? preventing the water from reaching the front of the building in the event of a fire. The fire apparatus in use at that time was primitive and the water supply feeble and pre- * carious. The compan_\"s decision was considered unreasonable by a large number of people J insured in it, and the objecters to what they termed an arbitrary rule met and adopted the V following : * "\\'nEKE.\s, A great number of the Citizens of Philadelphia who are proprietors of Houses * X in said City and its Suburbs, many of whom now are, or have been Alembers of the Corporation X T for insurinsr houses from Loss bv Fire, have found convenient and agreeable to them to have T f Trees planted in the Streets before their Houses, which the said Corporation have thought J* proper to prohibit by one of their By-Laws, also the same is expressly permitted by a Law of X 1; the State, and notwithstanding Application has bjen made by about forty of their Members to ^ * have said By-Law repealed who signified their willingness that an addition should be made to f % the Premium of their Insurance for the supposed Risciue attending Trees in Cases of Fire as 4> % is done with respect to Bake Houses, Coopers", Apothecaries' and Oil Men's Shops, Stores con- X •s* taining Pitch, Tar. Brimstone, etc., which .\pplication has been granted. * X "U'hkkefori-:, We, the Subscribers, desirous of insuring our Houses from Loss by Fire, and * % seeing ourselves precluded from the Advantages of the present Institution, have judged it nee- || * essary to form another society for the purpose aforesaid, and do therefore hereby mutually agree || * with each other as follows, to wit : * ^ "That as soon as so many Persons as have propertv in Houses to the value of One Hundred ^ * Thousand Pounds collectively, and who hereby agree to have them insured by the intended j Institution, shall have subscribed their names to this Writing, a Meeting of the Subscribers * shall be called to form a plan for the Management thereof. % * "That in order to determine the value of the Property intended to become the object of T ■^ insurance, each Subscriber insert the Number and Situation of his Houses designed to be insured. * "That, as we have no Design or Intention to prejudice the institution already established, and I; are only actuated by a desire to insure our own Property, we do agree that if the By-Law above * referred to shall be repealed within two months from the Date hereof and a reasonable Premium % fixed for the supposed additional Riscjue attending Trees, that this agreement shall be void ; "t otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue, f "Philadelphia. July 5th, 1784." .> The old company refused to recede from the stand it had taken and a meeting of the dis- || satisfied ones was held at the City Cof¥ee House, September 29, 1784, and the Company was f organized by the choice of thirteen Trustees and a Treasurer, and a Deed of Settlement made. <♦ Trees were allowed by the Policy and a charge of 17 to 20 shillings with a proviso that they * should be kept trimmed down to the eaves of a house, and if any tree was planted and not ^ * reported within a year the Policy should be void. * The Charter was obtained February 2/, 1786. The Corporators named being Matthew X Clarkson, William Craig, Benjamin Wynkoop, John Phillips. John Clement Stocker, Thomas * Franklin, Isaac Jones. Jolui Harrison, Joseph Sims, Phillip \\'ager, James Cooper, Presley Black- * iston and John Wharton — who were also named as Trustees of the Company until the .\nnual % Meeting in the following October. 4, t The Act of Incorporation also creates the office of Treasurer and names George Eiulen as 1| * the first Treasurer, to remain in office until the .Annual Meeting of the Insurers on the first 4* ^. Monday in October following. 4. A The Company has enjoyed an uninterrupted career of prosperity for over a century. The || * meetings of the Trustees have been held on the second Wednesday of each month from the t « early history of the Company to the present time. They were originally hekl at the Court % ^ House, City Hall, Indian King and house of Henry Knorr on the Schuylkill, until the purchase X * of an office in 1812, No. 54 Walnut Street, w-here the Company continued till \8^(-i. when the f ■i' present office. 526 ^^'alnut Street, was bought and occupied. * 4! The Trustees at the present time are : J. Dickinson Sergeant. Henr\- W. Biddle. John T. |l 1| Lewis, Jr., Effingham B. Morris, G. Assheton Carson, Chas. Morton Smith, Owen \\'ister. Wil- ^ * Ham D. \\'insor. Emlyn L. Stewardson, S. Weir Mitchell. .Arthur E. Xewbold, Francis E. Bond, ^ % Geo. W. Xorris, and Treasurer Clififord Lewis. t, ^ » ! ' ' ♦ * *V * I ' * ! ' ' t ' > t *4*^*$**$'^'^*4*^i**$* 4*^*^ *!** ? * * I * * t * 't *^*^$**$*^'?* ' T * *l* *?*^*4' *I* 'T' 'I* *t* 'l*^^^'t' 'I* 't* *X* *t* *I* 't* 'I* 'I* 'T**$* *t* i* ^^^mI*^ »^« »!■ »^< »jn$*> 26s OFFICIAL II ISTORKAI. SOrVKXlU 4»^ ^■' ^ .J. .;. .J. .J. ^ •♦• .J. .5. ^* *j. *j. •> .; County Fire Insurance Company WC<5*3«> * * * * * * * * * * * t t t The County 1-ire Insurance Co. lias cuniplcted its seventy- fifth year of successful business and entered on the last quar- ter of its centurx- run with prospects that hear high testimony to the business accunien of its management. The com])any was incorporated by act of legislature, May .^. 1832, as The 1-ire Insurance Company of the County of i'hiladelphia. and was authorized lo do Inisiness the 25th of January, 1833. but it was not until the following April that the first office, on the cast side of Third Street, above Vine. was opened and business started. This location was in the old Northern Liberties District, the charter stipulating liiat the conii)any should always be located north of \'ine Street. This provision was afterwards repealed, and in 1868 the company purchased and altered to its needs the present build- ing at Xo. no South Fourth Street, eventually rebuilding and enlarging the structure. The ])aid-up capital of tlie Company was originally $100,000, but in 1880 it was increased to $200,000 when operations were extended beyond the local field and the business grew so rapidly that the capital was again increased to $400,000. During the first fifty years of business the company was very conservative and its growth correspond- ingly slow, the assets in 1880 being but $278,068. During the last twenty-five years a vigorous management has materi- ally increased the growth and the last statement showed assets of $1,086,492.53, of which $186,183.44 is net surplus over all liabilities, and $586,183.44 is a surplus to policyholders. Not one cent was ever contributed to the surplus by the stockholders, which was earned despite the fact that during its career the company has paid losses amounting to $3,201,819.00 and dividends to stockholders of $956,400.00. In 1905 the company abandoned its old charter and secured the passage of a new act which broadened its privileges by eliminating some of the original charter's restrictive sections. The company for many years had come to Ije known as the L'ounty hire Insurance Co., and the new act legalized this change of name. The president of the ci ni])any is Charles R. I'eck, who has been identified with the insurance business for forty-two years: the vice-presi- dent is Alfred F. iNloore. mamifacturer of insulated wire, and the secretary is Edgar A. Law, will) has jiractically spent his entire business life with the company. The gentlemen composing the I'.oard of Directors are: Alfred F. Moore, Jose]ili .Moore, Jr., Joseph A. IJremer, \\'illiam W. I-'itler, John W. Pearce, Henry E. Drayton, (icorge Stevenson, George Fales Raker, M. D., Antoine nournonville. Walter II. Rossmjissler and .\lexander M. !•"( x. Ir. * * I t t * t * I t t ♦ ♦ I * * * * * t t ♦ * * t •>*• *^ »*4 •*« **4 tjl •*« ^««^ <{• V^* l^*** ^4^l^»2* 1^ ^ t^ *J* »J» «S* »*« ^« »*« ^ »*« V^ •^^ 266 225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA ^ FOUNDED 1792 I OLDEST STOCK FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA 232 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Cash Capital, $3,000,000.00 OFFICERS CHARLES PLATT, President EUGENE L. ELLISON, Vice-President BENJAMIN RUSH, Second Vice-President GREVILLE E. FRYER, Secretary and Treasurer T. HOUARD WRIGHT, Assistant Secretary HENRY W. FARNUM, Marine Secretary JOHN O. PLATT, Assistant Secretary .8 DIRECTORS Charles Piatt Edward S. Buckley Edward H. Coates John S. Jenks Edward Hopkinson George H. McFadden William D. Winsor Henry W. Biddle G. Assheton Carson C. Hartman Kuhn Nathan Trotter Arthur E. Newbold Charles P\att, Jr. C. S. W. Packard J. Percy Keating Lincoln Godfrey G. Colesberry Purves Bayard Henry R. Winder Johnson John W. Pepper PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY INCORPORATED 1825 CHARTER PERPETUAL Cash Capital . . . Reserve for Reinsurance Outstanding Claims Net Surplus . - . Total Assets . - . R. DALE BENSON, President JOHN L. THOMSON, Vice-President W. GAKDNER CROWELL, Secretary OFFICE : 508-510 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 267 $750,000.00 $3,794,536.17 $302,296.97 $1,615,283.97 $6,462,117.11 CHARLES W. MERRILL, ;>ssisiant Secretary HAMPTON L. WARNER. Assistant Secretary \VM. J. DAWSON, Sec'y Agency IJepartmenl Ol'FICIAI. inSIDKllAl. SOlN KXIU **»>-:'-:":">^<">^*<*********'>**2"*«**^**"2* ***************************** *********^^ * * Fire Association of Philadelphia Yr—^'\ Organized in 1817 by the Old Volunteer Fire Department. 1817 Assets, $7,840,675.19 m Offices, 407 and 409 Walnut Street Philadelphia * ^.^,^,4.^M{.4.,j.^^*^^^>4«5.*<.4i*<"K** ***************************************************** THE DELAWARE Insurance Company of Philadelphia Formerly the Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Company, was organized in Delaware County, Pa., in 1835, with its head office in Chester, Pa. It moved to Philadelphia in 1838, and in 1855 erected its present office building at S. E. Cor. Third and Walnut Streets In 1891 it purchased the adjoining property on Third Street, and now has a corner location which extends from street to street. The Delaware has been in all the large conflagrations, and has always maintained its motto "Just, Prompt and Certain," under all circumstances. It numbers among its Directors some of the best known business men in Philadelphia, and transacts business throughout the entire United States, with but few exceptions. 225TII ANXIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA United Firemen^s Insurance Company In tlie }(.'ar 1858 a number of volunteer fire engine, hose and hook and ladder companies of Philadelphia, who were not members of the Fire Association, agitated the question of forming another insurance company, and in i860 a special act was secured from the Legislature for the incorporation of the United Firemen's Insurance Company, with a guaranteed capital of $100,000. Twenty-eight volunteer companies were in the list of incorporators. In April, 1 861, notwithstanding the (out- break of the Civil War, the company began busi- ness with Conrad B. Andress, Northern Liberty Hose Company, as president ; William H. Fagen, ]Moyamensing Hose Company, secretary, and William A. Rolin, of Schuylkill Hose Com])aiiy, as treasurer. Business was restricted under the charter to the City of Philadelphia and none but members of the volunteer fire department could hold stock. These restrictions were later removed by amend- ments to the charter. The first perpetual policy of the company was issued to Samuel P. Fearon, who was chief engineer of the volunteer fire department from 185'! to i860. Since that time the company has built up a large and valuable perpetual business. The company did not extend its business outside of the city until 1873. In 1882, Joseph L. Caven, Esq., a well-known citizen of Phila- delphia, was elected president and he so served until 1892. when he resigned to accept the |)residency of the Real Estate Title Insurance and Trust Company. He was succeeded by Robert B. Beath, who had been elected secretary of the company in 1881. Mr. Caven served as vice-president until he died. In 1882 the company purchased the prop- erty at 419 W'alnut Street, and erected thereon the present office building, which was ready for occupancy in Decen^bcr of that year. The present directors and officers of the company are : DIRECTORS Alfred Moore. ,\ttorney-at-Law Holstein DeHaven, President Real Estate Title IiiNuraiici- and Trust Company Henry B. Tener, Secretary and Treasurer Mort- Kape Trust Co. of Penna. William Wood. Manufacturer James Caven, Manufacturer Louis Wagner, President Third National Bank Harry M. Rolin Treasurer Merchants' Fund Charles W. Welsh, Robt. Glcndinning & Co.. Hankers Albert Foulds, Treasurer Consolidated Ice Mfg. Co. OFFICERS President. Robert B. Beath Vice-President, Dennis J. Sweeny Secretary, Henry A. Knabe Assistant Secretary. William G. Wible The Reliance Insurance Company Tlie Reliance Insurance Company of Phi]a^**«^^,3*^^,{*«2.*3*4{>«{*<{*«{««{*^«{**{>^^*{**3*42*^»^»4*^^^^^^^,j. ,{.,{. ,3.«^^^^^«,^^^^^*j* ,*,,;, *;,,*., .^,.*«»^«,j4^«^^.,^^,^^^^ 272 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF rHILAUEIPH lA Bell Phone, Lombard 2136 Keystone Phone. Main 1772 ^i A. M. WALDRON General Insurance Agent and Broker WALDRON BUILDING 426 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Insurance of all kinds effected in first class stock Companies only at the lowest rates. Liberal forms of policies. Losses promptly adjusted and paid from this office. i»e? ja^ s^^ ^ h i* Companies represented : ^ Westchester Fire Insurance Co., of New York Si Palatine Insurance Company, Ltd., of London S Alleraannia Fire Insurance Co., of Pittsburg ^ German Fire Insurance Company, of Pittsburg S Milwaukee Mechanics' Insurance Co., of Milwaukee ^ German Underwriters' of Milwaukee, Wis. S Milwaukee Fire Insurance Company of Milwaukee % Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance Co., of Detroit S Dubuque Fire and Marine Insurance Co., of Dubuque, Iowa •¥* German Fire Insurance Company of Peoria S Virginia State Insurance Company, of Richmond * ETTING &. CO. 327 Walnut Street PHILADELPHIA THE KEYSTONE FIRE EXTINGUISHER Is the most effective Hand Chemical Fire Fighting Appliance manufactured. It is simple in operation and quick in action. Chemical Fire Engines, Hose Wagons and Fire Protection Equipment generally Manufactured in Philadelphia by JAMES BOYD & BRO., Inc. 14 North Fourth Street OFKICIAI. HISTORICAL SOr\i;.\lU the Pcnit IHutual CifeT nsurance K/ompany & One of the oldest aiul nuKt sulisuuiiial insiiimioiis in tlie City of Philadelphia is The i'ciiii Mimial Life Insurance Company, h was founded in 1S47. Its growth has been gradual and steady, it having been the constant aim of the management to maintain a "just balance between conservatism and progress. The Company began its sixty-tirst year with $425,956,270 of paid-for insurance on its books. This immense volume of insurance protection, all held by resi- dents of this counirv. is guaranteed bv a reserve, or re-insurance fund, of $78,717,822. The reser\e is calculated and maintained at a much higher standard than is required by law, and is the strongest guarantee possible of the fulfillnu-nt of every provision of the insurance contract. 1 he Company is ])urely mutual ; it has no stockholders. Every policyholder is a member of the Company and shares with every other member in the prosperity of the institution. The affairs of the Company are controlled by a Board of Trustees, composed of twenty-seven members, who are elected by the policyholders voting in person. The charter under which the Company operates prohibits the use of proxies. This wise pro- vision prevents ilie accmiiulation of voting interest in the hands of any one person or group, and assures to the members control of the Company. The work of the Board is done largely through the instrumentality of committees, the members of which come into close contact with and acquire an intimate knowledge of the details of every department. I he assets of the Company are invested under the supervision of the Hoard of Trustees upon recom- mendations made by the Finance Committee, which meets weekly for the purpose of considering invest- ments. The high character of these investments is attested by the fact that on December .?i. 1907, there was ""'y $352.50 of overdue interest on mortgage loans of $36,727,213, and not a single bond out of total holdings of $32,678,344 was in default. This statement is eloquent of wise selection and needs no further comment. The Trustees order frequent examinations and verifications by expert accountants. In the last three years the books have been audited five times by disinterested exiuniners: in 1905 by three Stale Insurance Depart- inents; in 1906 by the .\udit Company of New York; and in 1907 by Messrs.' Dickinson, Wilmot and Sterrett, of Philadelphia. The result of each inspection has shown that the officers of the Company have faithfully and capably performed their duties. In view of financial conditions during 1907. The Penn Mutual made a wonderful record, issuing $69,366,148 of paid-for new business— a gain over 1906 of $2,143,586. During the first six months of 1908 the new busi- ness of the Company, notwiJistanding the general business depression throughout the country, made a gain over the same period in 1907 of $2,843,747. The policy contracts of The Penn Mutual conform to the most rigid requirements of every State in \yhich il does business. They are free from technicalities, contain every proper privilege, and provide the most liberal cash, loan and extension values. OFFICERS George K. Johnson, President Lincoln K. Passmore, Vice-President William II. Kingslev. Second Vice-President John llfMPHREVS, Secretary and Treasurer J. RfRNETT Guiii, .\ctuary Atwoou S.mith John II. \V.\tt Richard S. Brock Robert Ddrnan Noah A. Plv.miton Frank Markoe Jo.SEI'H BdSLER Benjamin Rowland TRUSTEES IIarkv Rogers Sa.mlel B. Stinson James Bi'tterwortii Charles I). Barney RoiiERT C. Drayton Edward T. Stoteshlrv .\rtiiir Brock Joi[\ B. Morgan J. .\i.mi;rt Caldwell Chas. S. W. Packard James F. Hole E. Eldridge Penncck J. F'dward Dirham Clement B. New hold Morris L. Clothier Rcii;ekt C. Liitincott John Bancroft 274 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA The Largest International Life Insurance Company in the World. Sk Is the only Company that issues an Incontestible Policy. Sk Harold ^eirce General Agent William E. Bueliler Manager 222 Drexel Building, VkHadelpkia , Ta. 2/5 OKFICTAT, 11 ISTOKU AI. SOIAHXIU ss xt fS fi Xi Xi t> Xi The General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd. Casiualtp Snsurance FRANKLIN J. MOORE United States Manager Assets, over . . . _ . Reserves and Surplus, over Deposits with Insurance Depts., over $1,600,000 1,400,000 500,000 ■ilLUi General Accident Building 400 Walnut Street Philadelphia Lines of Insurance Written ACCIDENT HEALTH BURGLARY LIABILITY ELEVATOR TEAMS AUTOMOBILE xi xi Xi fj tJ rk t" «k Xi 0'* *.» Xi Xi Xi Xi Xi Xi • ft Xi xi • ft fJ • ft Xi Xi • ft xi • ft Xi w tJ • ft ?3 • ft Xi ft* fJ • ft ft* • ft ft* Xi • ft ft* xi • ft ft* ti • k ft* • ft ft* xi • »•»•*•»• t« »• ft 276 225''"" AXXIVERSARV FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA The Employers' Indemnity Company of Philadelphia WEST END TRUST BUILDING PHILADELPHIA, PA. OFFICERS FRANK R. TOBEY, President ' TREVANION B. DALLAS, Vice-President and Secretary FERDINAND E. TRUDEL, Treasurer and Asst. Secretary PHILIP N. LEROY, Assistant Treasurer S. CHARLES BUNTING, JR., Superintendent of Agencies MEREDITH B. COLKET, Superintendent of Claim Dept. W. PARRISH PEARSALL, Superintendent Inspection Dept. DIRECTORS CHARLES W. ASBURY TREVANION B. DALLAS WALTER A. BAILEY FRANK R. TOBEY FRANKLIN M. HARRIS HENRY C. LOUGHLIN CHARLES S. WALTON J. W. CANNON THOS. J, JEFFRIES JAMES H. GAY ELLISON A. SMYTH G. GUNBY JORDAN t O o Sixteen Years Successful Operation Assets over $500,000.00 The only Company in United States confining its operations exclusively to Liability Underwriting FORMS OF POLICIES ISSUED Manufacturers Employers Teams Manufacturers Public Automobile Contractors Employers Property Damage Contractors Public Elevator General Owners Contingent EQUITABLE RATES LIBERAL POLICIES PROMPT SETTLEMENTS OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR i THE EMPLOYERS' 1 j'C Liability Assurance Corporation, Limited, of London -* SAMUEL APPLETON, U. S. Manager, Boston, Mass. Cash Assets in the United States $4,316,002.79 Surplus to Policy Holders in the United States $1,355,472.15 .* * jl; Issues Policies protecting against loss by BURGLARY. LARCENY or ;.^ I THEFT, and all DAMAGE to premises caused by BURGLARS. | GET THE BEST * Claims settled immediately upon receipt of satisfactory proof. --^ * Apply to I W. A. L. LAUGHTON I 5 Manager, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware ^ I 416-420 'Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. | ^ Maryland Casualty Company of Baltimore Assets $3,987,217.39 Surplus to Policyholders . . 1,683,928.20 Si m. HIS Company writes all classes of Accident, Healih, Liability, Boiler, Fly Wheel, 'g Burglary, Theft, Sprinkler Leakage, Water Damage and Plate Glass Insurance, fe It maintains in Philadelphia a separate Branch Office with a complete Inspection ; Bureau and Claim Department. This office is located at 311 Walnut Street ^ ^^ and is in charge of Mr. John W. Donahue as Resident Manager. The Company ;^; numbers among its policyholders some of Philadelphia's largest business concerns as well as ^5 many of its most prominent citizens. Its constant and rapid increase of business is evidence g of its high financial standing, its reliable policy contracts and its prompt and liberal payment g " of losses. It is the livest, most progressive and soundest Company engaged in the casualty § ; business today, and merits the patronage of every Philadelphian. « JNO. W. DONAHUE | Resident Manager | 311 Walnut Street Philadelphia | 278 225TII AXXIVEKSARV FOUXDIXC; OF PHILADELPHIA ^♦fjt ^H$H5»»J»«jMj**}t*Jt^*J*^ ♦J»1$MjH$t*J»**-M5**Jl *J»^*2*^2»*X**2*^ •J«»$t-»J«»**-^H>J»^Mj*»*****»J«^****^*^«-^*^»J^ ■^"J**J'»»*^»"^**J^J*^^*J»'J*^ ^hJi-^I^mJuJ* Officers D. E. Stevens, President Henry C. Stewart, V-Pres. E. S. Cook . Secretary Milton Birch, Treasurer $100,000.00 deposited with the Insurance Department of the State of Pennsylvania, for the protec- tion of policy holders. Ideal Policies BETTER THAN THE BEST COMMONWEALTH CASUALTY, COMPANY HOME OFFICE Real Estate Trust Building PHILADELPHIA, PA. COVERS ALL accidents! AND ALL DISEASES NO MEDICAL EXAMINA- TION REQUIRED PHILADEtPHIA To the extent of from $20 to $100 per month, whether caused by accident or disease— and also allow $500 if consumption develops to defray expenses ; IV^;.".*^f'.'A"*'^; in additibn we pav from $100 to $10, 000 for accidental deathi, or loss of any two limbs or both eyes at a smal cost of from $1 to $S a month'. These, are three features of special appeal to the thoughtful man. This offer a ppeal.-j to You, doesn't it^ ^^'ou^d- n ' t you take ad- vantatje ofit.ifall of this Company ' s excl usive b e n e fi t s were ex- plained by a hustling person a 1 representa - five? WE WANT YOU to act in this capa city and we will pay you a liberal^ commission and give exclusive territory. Write at once for terms. ADDRESS HOME OFFICES WE PAY EXPENSES DUPING - YOUR IU.NE55 ^ t t I AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY I * ^ j I "* rilUNG the ip.atiy I'tunsylvaiiia tinancial institutions r^L having their headquarters in Philadelphia, there is none perhaps that has had a more interesting history, that has had a more successlul career — measured by the usual standards of success — nor that enjoys a better reputa- tion for fair dealings with the public than does the American Assurance Company, which conducts an industrial health, acci- dent and life insurance business in its own home office building at Thirteentli ami Spring Garden Streets. This company has only recently rounded out its first ten years' existence, during which time it has established its business in about one-third of the populous States of the Union. During this period it has paid to its beneficiaries more than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, and has at present a paid-up capital of $175,000.00, $1 10,000.00 of which is deposited with State insurance departments to guarantee its contracts. Its present assets aggregate nearly half a million dollars, with a sur- plus to policyholders of nearly one-quarter of a million dollars, and its policyholders number something over 30,000 professional and business men, artisans, mechanics, skilled and unskilled labor, which consti- tutes the bone and sinew of our country. As an evidence of the great confidence that is reposed in it by the public. It need only be cited that when this organiza- tion, in 1903, decided to remcorporate as a legal -reserve stock company, it placed upon the market $25,000.00 of capital stock of a par value of $10.00 per share, which was speedily ^jBjjj^^^ % 'Jif <^kL ' tf 1 M\ c 'H Mi^ ^i ^ Thirteenth and Spring Garden Streets Philadelphia siih^cribed for at ."^u.so per share. When this capital was increased to $100,000.00, in 1904, shares of the par value of $10.00 were sold at $15.00 each. In 1906, $75,000.00 of additional stock was sold at $20.00 per share, par value- $10. The preat popularity of this company is due in large measure to the fact that its policy contracts appeal most strongly to the industrial classes, since they provide for a liberal weekly indem- nity to be paid in the event of sickness or accident, and an ample amount for funeral expenses in the event of the death of the insured — all this in one contract, the fixed premium for which is only $1 per month. Resides this, the company is engaged in the regular life insurance business, its straight life insurance policies being strictly mod- ern, and providing for the largest amount of indemnity that is consistent with the premiums established therefor. The founder of the American Assurance Company and its President since its organization is Mr. Reinhold R. Koch, a prominent citizen of Germantown, who has had an extensive schooling in the prac- tical insurance field. It is not too much to say that to his untiring energy, his determination and perseverance, and to his strict adherence to the principles of cor- rect conduct m his business relations with the public is to be credited the success of his organiza- tion, which has been iittle less than phenomenal. President Koch has, however, been fortunate in surrounding himself with an efficient corps, of officers and heads of depart- ments, as well as Deing supported by a conservative and well- balanced Board of Directors. *H*^-K**K**>*M*^-^<'^^*^H»*<*^:*^^^*K-^ 279 OKFICIAI. II IST(lKIC.\r, sorvi'.xiR Charles Williams ^ Son PHILADELPHIA AGENTS Commercial Union Assurance Co. Limited of London 416-420 "Walnut Street Our Mollo : * ' Uniformly Courteous Treatment and Prompt Payment of all Just Claims. " A review of the insurance interests of Phila- delphia will not 1)0 coni])]ete without reference- to the above firm, which, like Philadelphia itself, grew from small beginnings to one of the leading and most respected in its line of busi- ness. 'i'his tirm was founded by Charles Wil- liams, in December, 1873, and his first place of business was a desk in the rear office of one of the Agency Life Insurance companies at 142 South Fourth street. By his individual efforts he built up a sufficient clientele to warrant more commodious (piarters. and about the year 1876 he moved to an office in the rear of 218 Walnut street. His business grew l)y close attention upon his ])art to its calls, and in the year 1888. in connection with his insur- ance brokerage, he took up the agency branch of the business, and accepted the appointment c^ this sou^'EXIH w^^s rMAUi": hy DTI.T. & COLLINS CO. MAKERS OF HIGH GRADE PRINTI^^G PAPERS AVHOSE :\I1LLS ARE LOCATED I?f THE CITV ()!<' PHILADELPHIA oisr THE DKLAWARE RIVER THE sPECitiCATioisr OF th;is ;imake i>;^ requests for kius PLACES ALL PRINTERS ON" THE SA:ME RASIS AS RPXiARIJS THIS IMPORTANT ITEINI OF COST A>fl> I>JSC"RE:* THE BEST OBTAINABLE SAMPLES SH0\VI>;G THE PRINTED EFFECTS SECURED ON- EACH ORADE, AND FULL INFORIMATIOX FURNISHED ON RECEII'T OF REQUEST FRO^M RESPONSIKLE USP:RS 282 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA wwaswwwwwsss^i Established 1873 Me ^ ^ s i m. I 18 and 20 South Sixth Street 283 ♦♦♦♦♦♦ OFFICIAL IIISTOKICAL SOUVF.XIK ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ THE JESSUP & MOORE I PAPER COMPANY Manufacturers of High Grade Papers and Soda Pulp I Augustine Mills Rockland Mills Delaware Mills : PHILADELPHIA OFFICE 28 S. Sixth Street Wilmington, Del. Wilmington, Del. Wilmington, Del. NEW YORK OFFICE | 290 Broadway ►♦♦♦♦♦< ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 284 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA ^ -^yiSEik^^MUMMW HERE IS ONLY ONE ff mm^^m A Unique Business and Its Development. The Dennison Manufacturing Company carries on a peculiar business — in facttliere is no other like it. Beginning in 1844 with the manufacture of fine papei boxes for jewelers (the first jewelers' boxes made in America) , it has gradually grown, recognizing need after need in life's busy round and aiming to supply it, until to-day the Dennison business card reads : " Tags, Tickets, Checks, Labels, Seals, Fine Paper Boxes, Jewelers' Cases, Sealing Wax, Glue, Paste and Mucilage, Passe-Partout Binding, Crepe Paper, Paper Napkins, Paper Decorations" and a much longer list of small things, all exceedingly useful and all made in the best manner possible and nearly all original with the Dennison Manufacturing Company. For instance, take the tag — one of the most common and indispensable conveniences of the day. It is hard to realize that until 1863, when Mr. Dennison invented a tag machine and patented the Dennison Patch Eyelet, all tags used in America were imported at high cost or crudely made by hand. To facilitate the handling of all this small merchandise, five "houses" and twenty offices with resident salesmen are maintained in the United States and Canada, together with a London agent for English and Continental trade. Of these "houses" the Philadelphia establishment is a good example, occupying an attractive store at 1007 / i.Ci Chestnut Street. The handsome salesroom and Art Department here have proved a revelation to Philadelphians and strang- ers alwaysfind it interesting. A cordial welcome is ex- tended to all to call during Founders' Week. 'E'citiiiioii aMatmfacliniiij doiiKxiiiij The Tag 'Nakers 1007 Chestnut St., Philaoa. NEW YORK ST. LOUIS BOSTON CHICAGO THK FII;.'!T DKNSISON KACTUKY Silver, Burdett & Company The book publishing business of Silver, Burdett & Company, with houses in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Dallas and London, England, was founded April 21, 1885, by Edgar C). Silver, who for two years following his graduation from college had been with D. Appleton & Co. For a year Mr. Silver conducted the business alone and then associated with Elmer E. Silver, j\l. Thacher Rogers and Henry C. Deane, under the firm name of Silver, Rogers & Company. In 1888 Mr. Rogers was succeeded by Frank W. Burdett, and the firm became Silver, Burdett & Company, and was incorporated May 2, 1892, the present officers being Edgar O. Silver, presi- dent: Henry C. Deane, vice-president; Albert E. Carr, treasurer, and Frank W. Burdett, secretary. Mr. Silver, the founder of the business, has continued at its head since its establishment and has been the president and general manager of the Company since its incorporation. The other part- ners have also continued their active connection as officers and directors of the corporation. The line of business as originally started was the publishing of the Normal School Course, a series of text-books in vocal nuisic for school use. These were published and introduced with such suc- cess that they became the leading text-books of their kind in the public schools of the United States. Mr. Silver's plan from the outset was the conscientious production of school and college text-books, musical instruction books and standard literature of the highest possible excellence — in line with the best trend of educational thought and practice and in harmony with the methods and requirements of progressive educators. From the beginning this purpose has been kept steadily in view. In consequence the growth of the business has been steady and constant, showing that these is ample place and opportunity for a business planned and conducted along the lines laid down by the founder, embodying as they do the best elTorts of author and publisher to interpret the real educa- tional needs of both pupil and teacher. 285 OFKICIAL HISTOKU'AL SOU\"I-:XIU BALSAM SANITISSUE TOILET PAPER The great popular specialt\- of the \ear for families and fine trade, is made from an extra line quality of tissue, treated to a bath of pure and softenin.ii ingredients and put up in popular shape — 3 rolls or 3 packages for 25 cents. Made onl\- by SCOTT PAPER COMPANY Seventh St. and Glenwood Ave. Philadelphia, Pa. Makers also of the well-known S. P. Co. Cabinets and Toilet Paper. Ex- tensively used in public places and known as the great economizer of waste. Makers also of all the u.sual kinds of Toilet Paper. K. H. MORRIS Prtrsidcnt FREDERICK GEIGER Secreiary Established I8r3 John Lang Paper Co. liicorpiTuted under the Laws of Pennsylvania Manutacturers of Roofing and Deadening Felt and Carpet Lining N. W. Cor. 24th and Vine Streets PHILADELPHIA Both Phones RAW HIDE WATER PROO PAPER 7^ Briefly- Everything; in PAPER C. S. GARRETT & SON CO. 20 and 22 South MarshaU Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. 286 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA The House That Mann Built WILLIAM MANN Born 1814 Died 1881 Founder of William Mann Company Sixty years ago, in 1848, William Mann began the foundation of what has become the largest sta- tionery, blank book, printing and lithographing es- tablishment in the country. His first wareroom was at 74 North Fourth Street, where half was used as a dwelling and half for stock and manufacturing purposes. This place was outgrown in a few years, and he rented the second floor at 25 South Sixth Street, in the meantime having increased his facilities by the addition of a horse and wagon. While in this building he invented what is known the world over as "Mann's Parchment Copying Paper." The Sixth Street store soon becoming too small, the business was removed to the northeast corner of Third and Chestnut Streets, only to be followed a short time after by the rental of Drex- el's old banking building at 48 South Third Street. A completely stocked stationery and blank book store was established there. These quarters were soon inadequate, and in 1873 the five-story building at 529 Alarket Street, with 24 feet frontage and over 200 feet deep, was purchased; the basement, first and second floors being used for stationery supplies and stock, the remaining upper floors containing the factory. In 1893. the manufacturing end of the business reached such a magnitude that property on the northeast corner of Fifth and Commerce Streets was bought, and work begun on an eight-story building, each floor having an area of 6000 square feet. This was occupied in the fall of 1894. In 1881 the company built its own mill at Lambertville. N. J., for the manufacture of copying papers. The staid, broad, conservative principles which the founder incorporated into the conception of the business has been lived up to and carried out every year since, until to-day it is looked upon as the leader in its class. iMr. Mann early realized that a sale, to be perfect, must be mutually profitable to both buyer and seller: and this policy has been the backbone of the organization. OFFICERS: CHAS. H. MANN JNO. B. BUZBY H. A. DAVIS PRESIDENT TREASURER SECRETARY H. A. PRIZER C. H. PRICKITT JOS. S. WILDS VICE PRESIDENT ASST. TREASURER ASST. SECRETARY WILLIAM MANN COMPANY Blank Books. Filing and Card Index Cabinets ani Supplies STATIONERY Loose Leaf Dc^vices, Print- ing and Lithographing 529 MoLrket St.. Phila.delphiaL 105 Chambers Street. New York Stephen Greene Company Stephen Greene, fotmder of the Stephen Greene Company, was born in Herkimer County, New York, September 25, 183 1. In his childhood the family moved to Columbia, Pennsylvania. At fif- teen he was teaching a District School, but he had become an ardent admirer of the early career of Benjamin Franklin, and at sixteen entered as an apprentice the office of The Pennsylvania Intelli- i^enccr at Harrisburg. From 1853 until 1857 ^""^ was editor and part owner of The Columbia Spy, and in 1858 came to Philadelphia as partner in the firm of Ringwalt & Brown. In 1861 he took charge of the printing house of H. G. Leisenring, and in 1871 entered the firm of Helfenstein & Lewis, the name being changed to Helfenstein, Lewis & Greene. In 1876 the firm became Lewis & Greene, and in 1881 Mr. Greene became the sole owner. He conducted the business in his own name until Jan- uary, 1900, when it was incorporated as the Step- hen Greene Company. After a brief illness he died May 21, 1908. Mr. Greene was intensely interested in the de- velopment of the printing art, and in the course of an address on the subject to some close friends in 1 901 said, "To have had any part in bringing about this high excellence is indeed an honor, and I deem it an even higher honor to have mingled for so many )ears with the busy workers, and to have gained and still retain tlicir friendship and love." \\'hile very successful in business, Mr. Greene had no aspiration for the accumulation of great wealth, and gave a large proportion of his means to widely distributed charities : it was hard for him to resist an appeal unless convinced that the object w-as of doubtful merit. He is missed the more bv reason of his continuous acti\'ity until a verv short lime before his death. 287 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Founded A. D. 1J28 by Benjamin Franklin THE FIRST HOME OF THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, IN CHRIST CHURCH YARD NEAR SECOND AND MARKET STREETS Under title of "Universal Instructor in all Arts and Sciences and Pennsylvania Gazette," there began, in Christmas week, 1728, the publication of what is now THE SAT- URDAY EVENING POST. With Benjamin Franklin's shrewd management the name was cut down to "Pennsyl- vania Gazette" on October 2, 1729, and the magazine became a power in the colonies. Franklin sold his share in the magazine to David Hall, his partner, in 1765. In 1805, the grandson of David Hall became publisher. Upon the death of David Hall, in 1821, his partner, Samuel C. Atkinson, formed an alliance with Charles Alexander, and, in the summer of that year, they adopted the title of "THE SATURDAY EVENING POST." THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, in 1897, absorbed THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, which at that time had a circulation of 3500. Now the Post circulates more than 900,000 copies per week. THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL was established in 1883 by Cyrus H. K. Curtis. The first year the subscription list amounted to 25,000. In 1884, the circulation reached 100,000. In 1888, the 400,000 mark had been passed. The present circulation of THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL is 1,200,000 copies per month. 288 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Concrete Details of The Curtis Publications The still increasing size of THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY'S business now necessitates the facilities furnished by the new building shown at the bottom of this page. More than a Million Dollars' worth of white paper is used in a year. If all the copies of a single month's issue of THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL were piled flat one on another, the pile would be about four miles high; that is, forty times as high as the Washington Monument. More than a million and one-half letters are received during a year. On one day, 44,750 subscriptions were received. Between 20,000 and 30,000 manuscripts a year are read. Including both publications, the monthly output is over 2200 million printed pages each month. A single edition of THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL contains as many copies as there are words in the entire Bible, and 500,000 copies to spare. More than 10,000,000 postage stamps are used in a year, not including the $180,000 we pay the Government for carrying our magazines as second-class mail. Fifty railroad cars are required to move and distribute a single edition of THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL. More than 200,000 pounds of ink are used in a year. More than 50 printing presses are required in the service of both magazines. The number of persons employed at the Home Offices and Manufacturing Plant ranges between 1000 and 1200. ■ -> I',- TH= NEW BUILDING OF THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INDEPENDENCE AND WASHINGTON SQUARES, PHILADELPHIA TO BE OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL AND THE SATURDAY EVENING POST 289 OFFICIAL lIISrOKICAL SOINKXIK Philadelphia Enterprise Not One Philadelphian in Fifty Knows About THE FARM JOURNAL IT We will send THE FARM JOURNAL lo any good I'liiladeliiliian possessing a wholesome pride in our great city. h\e years, postage paid, for $1.50. Take the FARM JOURNAL and get a hreath ni fresh country air. ^ , , , WILMER ATKINSON CO. Wilmer Atkinson Charles F. Jenkins 1024 RACE STREET September, 1908. t (Here goes) THE FARM JOURNAL, a purely I 'hilaclcii>hia prnduct, has by far the largest cir- culation of any farm ]iapcr in the Unitetl States. THE FARM JOURNAL has by far the largest circulation of any farm paper in the world. (In each foreign country there is a single farm paper whose circulation exceeds any other in that country as THE FARM JOURNAL in the I'nited States,) THE FARM JOURNAL lias a larger circulation than the combined circulations of all the nineteen papers of largest circulatioti in the following countries: Austria, Australia. Relgium, Denmark, England, France, Holland, Hungary, Italy, japan, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Peru, Brazil and Mexico, In fact, THE FARM JOURNAL has a circulation three times the combined circu- lations of all the nineteen leading papers in all of the countries named above. ^ THE FARM JOURNAL is read from Alaska to Florida, from Xcwfoundland to | Southern California, from Hudson's Bay to the Gulf of Z\Iexico ; it blankets the American Continent and circulates freely in the islands of the seas — Samoa, Hawaii, Porto Rico. Cuba and the Philippines. THE FARM JOURNAL is the only paper in the world whose patrons subscrilje five years or more in ail\ ance for it — no one year subscriptions taken. THE FARM JOURNAL has never inserted a quack medical advertisement. THE FARM JOURNAL began a quarter of a century ago to guarantee the good faith and honesty of its advertisers, and has paid out thousands of dollars to make the guarantee good. THE FARM JOURNAL is read exclusively by "( )ur Folks." and there are nearly three millions of them. (The term "circulation," as above used, ajjplies only to subscri])tions for which cash has been paid in advance, mostly for five years, many for ten years, with all sample and unsold copies and exchanges eliminated from the count.) The American Farmer is King Bee, producing sex'cn billion dollars of jiroducts annually. In the heart of the .American Farmer THE FARM JOURNAL is % 290 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA American Book Co. PUBLISHERS of the Leading Text - Books for Schools and Colleges New York Cincinnati Chicago Philadelphia Office: 1326 Arch Street 291 OKFUlAl, 1! ISTOKRAl. SOrVKXIR GINN £? COMPANY PUBLISHERS OF SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TEXT BOOKS BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO LONDON 1901 Gion & Company's Boscon Of&ce. situated two door« west of the State House on the site of the old John Hancock House. c ^^Oi-^ 2^ it'.'^^'^^^^J 1 1{ furty years that have passed since Edwin Ginn founded the house of Ginn & Compan\-, in 1867, have constituted a period of unprecedented development along educational lines in which the firm has played no inconsiderable part. The first publication undertaken by Mr. Ginn was Craik's English of Shakespeare. This was followed by the famous School Shakespeare and the Harvard Shakespeare by Dr. Henry N. Hudson, which, together with Allen and Grcenough's Latin Grammar, Goodwin's Greek Grammar, and, still later, Wentworth's Alathcmatical Series and the College Series of Greek and Latin Authors, established a standard which has yet to be surpassed. In the field of common school books Stickney's Readers and the well-know'n Classics for Children Series intro- duced the idea of supplementary reading. Then followed a long list of successful text- books, among which JNIontgomery's Histories, Frye's Geographies, the Cyr and the Jones Readers, Smith's .\rithmetics and Myers's His- t(jries hold an Imnurahle jjlace. During this period the business naturally outgrew its original iiome at 13 Tremont Place and was removed to more spacious quarters at 29 Beacon street. New offices were established in New '\^ork in 1871, in Chicago in 1880, in Columbus in 1891, in Dallas in 1891, in Atlanta in 1894, and in London (England) in igoi. Li ailditiun, depi)sitories were started in San Francisco, New ( Jrleans, and l^ortland (Oregon), and agencies were opened in nearly every large city in the country. .At the same time .Mr. (linn greatly widened his field of activities by gathering around him a number of able men, most of whom are still actively associated with the firm. .Mr. George A. Plimpton, of the New York office, was the first to become associated with .Mr. Ginn in .\pril, 1881. The membership of the firm lias been further increased by the admission of .Mr. Lewis Parkhurst, 1890; Mr. O. 1^. Conant, 1891 : .Mr. T. W. Gilson, 1891 ; Mr. F. .M. .\mbrose, 1S91 ; .Mr. 11. II. Hilton, G.nn w Company-^ N^w ch,«eo Office 119081. ' ^^94 : Mr. Ricliard S. Thomas, 1898; .Mr. Charles Tni. bu.ia.na ,. acvorcd cm.rcly ,0 Che .,or.8c and || -J'], i,rl ,^,,., ,,,,■,, .,,^1 _M ,. ThomaS 11. Lawlcr, sale of (jinn bf Company s publicatiunit. U contains a '^ restaurant and a comfortably furnished rest room for I QOC. the women employees. THE ATHENi^UM PRESS A buildtn^f with a frontage of 200 feet and a depth of 400 feet, devoted entirely to printing, binding and shipping Ginn & Company's publications. The Press has a capacity of a daily output of 25.000 bound books. 292 22^TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA BRIDESBURG PAPER MILLS FOUNDED 1878 BRIDESBURG, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Operating three Paper Machines adapted to manufacture of LIGHT WEIGHT AND SPECIAL PAPERS A LARGE ASSORTMENT of regular sizes and weights in both sheets and rolls carried IN STOCK at the mill in White and colored book and envelope papers Colored cover and poster papers White and colored lining papers Colored wrapping papers Hard sized papers for Box Makers' use High grade Cheviot papers in antique and super finishes We are always ready to submit samples Special Sizes, weights and shades and make quick shipments made to order R. T. MOORHOUSE; Paper Maker DIRECTORS 8 C H. AMES, Boston W. E. PULSIFER, Ne-a> York W. H. IVES, Chicago H. C. FOSS, Boston § D. C. Heath & Co. ( Incorporated) Q Publishers of Text Books for Schools I and Colleges \ 60 J Stephen Girard "Budding I Philadelphia | BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO LONDON g Represented by FRED GO WING | O 293 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVEXIR William H. Keyser BOOKS BOUGHT and BOOKS SOLD at 1229 Arch Street Philadelphia. Pa. We purchase Large Libraries or Small Parcels of Books for Cash. Send or call. Any Book Furnished If you are interested in History you will want to see Dr. Thorpes' book — written by a Philadelphian, from a Philadelphia view-point — for Philadelphia schools. School Text-books, on all Subjects ; Translations, and Teachers' Helps. "How to pass a Civil Service Examination" is particularly valuable. HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE 1412 Arch St. Philadelphia, Pa. William H. Kcyscr commenced his business career at the age of fificcn years, as an employee of Leary's Old Book Store, where he was a fellow-clerk of Gov- ernor Edwin S. Stuart, afterwards establishing the firm of William H. Keyser & Co., wholesale dealers in school books. The business grew rapidly and the firm finally erected a commodious building at No. 1017 Arch Street, especially adapted to their business. Mr. Key- ser always took an active interest in politics, and for nine terms served his district as a representative at Harrisburg, and finally resigned to become State Sena- tor. Mr. Keyser became a member of the -State Com- mittee in 1S88 and has since continued in the position. He has attended many State conventions as a delegate, and as a representative was on many important com- mittees. He is a recognized leader in Twentieth Ward politics and resides at No. 1715 North Eleventh Street. Milton Bradley Co. Manufacturers of Kindergarten and School Supplies, Drawing Material and School Water Colors, Card Cotters, Photo Supplies and Games. Publishers Of School Books on Kindergarten. Primary, Drawing and ManualTraining Work and Dealers in School Supplies of all kinds, Material for the Arts and Crafts, etc., etc. ft^ (^ j^ Milton Bradley Co, 1209 Arch Street Philadelphia 294 2_'5TH AXNI\-ERSARV FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA § THE BEST ESTERBROOK STEEL PENS 26 John street, New York. Works: Camden, N. J. 250 VARIETIES TO SUIT ALL WRITERS Founders of Pen Making in America I i American ) ]* Graphite Take that pencil out of your pocket ! Look at it ! Is it of good quality? Nowadays a lead pencil is indispens- able, but many people give no attention to the pencil they are using. The lead may crumble, break or be full of grit. It is annoying to cut thru cross-grained cedar, and to be obliged to wet the lead Those, however, who profit by past experience, are as careful in selecting a pencil as they are in fitting themselves with a hat or pair of shoes. We are advocates of good lead pencils, and we believe it is conceded by all, that in the long run the best is the cheapest DIXON'S "AMERICAN GRAPHITE" PENCILS are the product of most advanced ideas and choicest materials. Much care, thought ,nnd study have made the leads in Dixon's "AMERICAN GRAPHITE" pencils smooth, tough and durable. They are carefully and accurately graded to suit all requirements. The wood casing is the softest and straightest grained cedar, which renders sharpening easy, and affords absolute protection to the leads. Always ask for the pencil having the mark of sterling quality " AMERICAN GRAPHITE." This mark represents the highest art in pencil making. For sale by all Stationers. JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE COMPANY PHILADELPHIA BRANCH 1020 ARCH STREET Main officts and factory, Jersey City. N. J. Fell Brothers LABEL CUTTERS 34 NORTH FIFTH STREET Entrance 504 Cuthbcrt Street Paper, Card, Cloth, etc., cut various shapes Punching: ior Loose Leaf Systems Founded March 12, 1887 295 OFFICIAL mSTOKICAI. SDl'VI'.X I K The 'William Marley Company An industry in wliidi this city should take pride is that of Ixiokliindinij, for the work turned out here has a national reputation, and the work- men who graduate from Philadelpiiia's shops are eagerly sought after hy binderies in other parts of the country. Prominent among the firms who have helped make and sustain this name is the William Marley Company, 712 Cherry Street. The firm of William Marlev & Co. was formed in June, 1869, when William Marley and Aamn X'anGilder bought the bindery of Charles 11. .Murot, then located on the fifth floor of 605 Arch Street. Two years later the business had expanded and it was found necessary to secure larger quarters. A portion of the Hastings Building, 127 North Seventh Street, was leased. In 1873 more room was needed for the constantly increasing business and the firm secured the entire second and third floors of the new annex of the Sherman P>nilding. 712 Cherry Street. In 1892 William Marley, one of the founders of the firm, died, and a stock company was formed undiT the name of The William Marley Company. Modern machinery for binding edition work and all kinds of jobbing in ])rint work was added to the ])lant. With this increase in e(iuii)ment the company has been alile to keep up with the work and is in a position to handle anything in their line with dis- patch. The officers of the company are Riciiard \"an Gilder, President ; William Wagner, \'ice-President, and Charles Wagner, Secrctar\- and Treasurer. GANS BROTHERS Manufacturing Stationers PHILADELPHIA HENRY PARKER Presiden: EDGAR A. MURPHY Scc'y-Treas. MURPHY^PARKER CO. Edition Book Binders ^ N. W. Cor. Seventh and Arch Streets PHILADELPHIA J. W. Clark's Sons The late J. W. Clatk. son of the founder of the business This firm, tin- Dl.lcst in ils liiu-. w.ns established liy Ihomas Clark, gr.iiulfalhir ..( the present proprietors, ninety-eight years ago. In 1856 the lirm became Thomas Clark vS: Son, and when the founder died tlie following year, J. W. Clark succeeded. The latter died in 1878, and the business was continued bv his sons, lames Harrison Clark and .1. Walker Clark, under the present name. The offices and nkint, located at the northeast corner of .Seventh ami Commerce streets, is e.iuipped with the •.ttest presses, and cutting m:..hincs, operated by steam power, liookhinding in every style is artistically and caref.illy executed. The I'resbyterian i,oard of Publication, during its entire career, has been a patron of the house. The brothers are widely known in business circles and arc prominent Free Masons. James Haf- rison Clark was in active service during the Civil War and is Past Commander of Post No. 77. O. .\. K. 296 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Arno Leonhardt Oxford Bindery T n e R P R JI C € D The Oxford Bindery, Incorporated, situated at 529-31 Arch Street, and 524-26-28 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, was established in 1876 at 15 N. 5th Street, Philadelphia, and in 1885 was moved to present location, where with increased floor space and up-to-date machinery is now one of the best-equipped plants in the City of Philadelphia. Its present officers : MR. ARTHUR H. BLACKBURN Presidenc and Manager MR. ALEXANDER RICKERTS Vice-President MR. CHARLES FOERSTER Secretary are men who have grown up with the business from boyhood, and each in his respective position is capable of looking after the wants of the trade. Arno Leonhardt is the sole proprietor ol the firm of 'I'heo. Leonhardt & -Son, Philadelphia, which was founded in 185 i by the senior member. This firm makes a specialty of Commercial work, and the superiority of their Bond work is recognized by the largest Banking Institutions. They create designs in Letterheads to please the most fastidious customer, and the execution so thoroughly resembles steel-plate the difference is rarely detected. Old and New Jobbing of Every Description JAMES ARNOLD BOOK s. BINDING BLANK BOOKS No. 518 Ludlow Street Philadelphia, Pa. Special Low Prices lor Binding CurrenI Monthly Magazines Established 1874 Hofstetter Bros. Lithographers Blank Book Makers Fine Color and Commercial Work ol Every Description Dry Goods Bands, Labels, elc. Office and Bank Stationery Flat Opening Blank Books Loose Leal Ledgers. Binders Sheets " Lowest Prices consisleni with Firsl-class Work Let us Estimate on Your Next Order 247-49 South Third Street Philadelphia 297 OFFICIM. HISTORUAI, SOCVKXIU American Bank Note Company Its plant at 410 Sansom Street a model of its kind A Philadelphia Concern which has grown to world-wide prominence IN 1795, when Robert Scott founded the American Bank Note Company at Philadelphia, it was then about one hundred years since the first hand written bills of credit or paper money had appeared in this country. Very little progress had been made in their manufacture. Following the Revolutionary War, however, actual trading in government bonds, in bank stocks, in insurance shares and in foreign bills of exchange became so active as to develop a very considerable demand for securities whichweresuitablyengraved towithstandthe efforts of counterfeiters. It was here that Scott saw his opportunity. His start was unpretentious. But upon thefoundation which he laid has been built up the foremost engraving house in the world. After a period of suc- cessful activity in Phila- delphia the main office of the company followed the nation's financial head- quarters to New York. Its Philadelphia offices and works have been re- tained, however, and their development has been hand in hand with that of Philadelphia financial in- stitutions. In fact the company has come to be regarded as a sort of supply house for Phila- delphia's prominent banks and bankers. In its beautiful new building recently erected in the centre of the city's financial district, the banker arranges for the actual physical pro- duction of the securities demanded by his plan of financing some corporation. Here takes place the transition from the prepara- tory period to that of real execution in the flotation of a bond issue. Administrative and Tixcciitive Offices Broad and Bcavcr Sts., New York The American Bank Note Company has earned its pre-eminence through the appli- cation of certain fixed principles. It has insisted on constant progress in the engrav- ing art; and it has insisted on the most conscientious integrity in its dealings with its clients. The former policy has given it the exclusive use of invaluable processes and machinery; the latter has given it a priceless possession in the complete con- fidence of the governments and corporations whose patronage it enjoys. Together they have placed the company in a position to conduct sales and manu- facturing departments of particular efficiency. As a natural adjunct to the organization there has been added a typo- graphical department for the production of all forms of printed matter. In this department is pub- lished the monthly maga- zine, The Imprint, which the company sends out, upon request, to users of engraving and printing by way of keeping them in touch with present-day progress in commercial art and security work. The magazine has proved of great service to users of advertising literature in that it features each month specimens of the printing which the company is producing for its various clients. The Philadelphia plant is in charge of the Resident Manager, Marshall H. Runk, and is splendidly equipped. The local house is of special convenience to the financiers of the city as they thereby receive the benefit of dealing directly with a permanent repre- sentative of the company. 298 225TI1 ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA John Simmons'' Sons The late John Sinunons, founder of the house Since the establishment of the first paper mill in Germanlown the manufacture and sale of that com- modity and of paper stock has been one of the thriving industries that have made Philadelphia noted through- out the country. Among the houses that have gained a sterling repu- tation in that line is that of John Simmons' Sons, who have large warehouses at Nos. 28 and 30 South Marsliall Street. The house was established by John Simmons, who in the early eighties was a prominent figure in business affairs and who was also at that time a member of City Council, and is now conducted by his sons, Wil- liam L. and Thomas F. Simmons. The firm handles everything in the paper and paper stock line, including printing and wrapping papers and bookbinders' boards. The sons have maintained the high reputation en- joyed by their father- W.H.DOBBINS&CO. W. H. DOBBINS. Rres. M. B. DOBBINS. Treas. £ v. DOBBINS. VicePres E. L. MAJLACK. Sec'f. 46 North Second Street, Philadelphia WHOLESALE Paper and Stationery Millinery Bags and Boxes Oyster and Ice Cream Boxes Eaton Crane 6 Pike Co. Papeleries Tablets Typewriter Paper I KETTERLINUS LITHOGRAPHIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY FOURTH AND ARCH STREETS PHILADELPHIA 299 OKFICIAI. II ISI'OKU'AL SOUVKXIK THE MONOTYPE Sets Type Both Makes A IVIA ^ets lype The only Sorts Caster /\1^ JJ Composing Mach ine Casts Type in All Sizes 5-point to 35-point Body Type, Display Type Borders, Spaces and Quads For AH Kinds of Composition Plain or Intricate All Sizes 5-point to 14-point Any Measure up to 60 Picas "The Versatile Machine that Keeps Itself Busy" Lanston Monotype Machine Co. Office and Factory: 1231 Callowbill Street, Philadelphia, Pa. EVERY TYPE fhT/pL.Tca^.-r.^^ MONOTYPE 300 225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 301 OKKICIAL IlISTOKICAI. SOUVENIR t * I * Charles Eneu Johnson £? Company The Philadelphia Printing Ink Works The Product of a House that is Familiar Everywhere * t t * * * * t t * * I:.' ■ PHiLADEL-PHiA Printing InkWorks Accurate reproduction of views showing original factory at tenth d lombard streets started january ;-|804 and the growth and enurcehents during a century of existence •1804- Tenth Street Office & Works. i90*jon oimokt. site 1854- * I Throughout the length and breacllli of the hind, wherever printing inks are used, the firm name "Charles Eneu Johnson & Company" is recognized as a sufficient guarantee that the goods bearing it are as good as money can buy. Their big factory at Tenth and Lombard Streets has become the parent house of a great system stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Its principal branch offi- ces and warehouses are at New York. Cleveland, Chicago. St. Louis, and at San Francisco, with minor branches at Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans and other cities. In addition to the printing ink factory proper occupying almost a city block at Tenth and Lom- bard Streets, large varnish and dry color plants with the most modern equipment are in operation, enabling the company to make all its products directly and more economically from the raw materials. Everything in the line of printing or lithographic ink is made by the firm, all of an equal stand- ard of excellence. The house is the oldest in the country engaged in this line. It was established in this city in 1804, and incorporated in 1883. rapidly increasing in size and importance. During the century of its existence it has contributed largely to the wonderful advance (almost revolutionary) in the printing business along mechanical, technical and artistic lines, and this has called for the highest skill in compounding the inks for the various uses to which they are put. Starting at a time when only the first principles of the printing art. as it exists to-day. were known, each movenunt has been carefully followed up. Skilled workmen, practical chemists and the most improved appliances have served etjually to make their products unexcelled. Historically it is worthy of mention that four generations of the Johnson family have impressed their mark on the growth, expansion and policies of the company. Beginning with Charles John- son, of Philadelphia, who on January 7, 1804, laid the foundations of the business at Tenth and Lom- bard Streets, there followed successively Chas. Johnson. Jr., who died at a ripe old age and then Chas. Eneu Johnson, who remained at the head of the company as its president until his death in 1897. Three surviving sons, now in the prime of life, trained to their profession, and a corps of asso- ciate oflicials complete the present organization and direct its aflfairs. * + * + * ............ . .. TV 'I' 'I' '1' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'J' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' V *V 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' i}^4..3.4.4^^.;Mi.^<{»>4>.^4H{>.:.<{M{..:..>.:^:..:.^^<>^;>^>3i4^ 302 225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Under the Hat of Penn The good ship Welcome that brought William Penn to his city and province two hundred and twenty-five years ago, brought likewise the first printing press to reach this country, although three other of its colonies had been settled more than fifty years before. With this early recognition of the value of the printed page, it is only natural that there should follow in the same community the first paper mill, the first type-foundry and the first advertising agency in America. Nor should it, either, be thought strange that right here, under the hat of Penn, in this old Quaker town — the staunchest city in America, there should be found to-da}- the largest advertising business in the world, conducted by Phila- delphia people on the Philadelphia idea — Keeping Everlastingly at it Brings Success. In order to be successful it always has been and always will be necessary ^.^^ Sv.lv for a business man to tell others what he has or what he is doing. Whatever the method employed, such telling is advertising. It may be a conversation, a letter, a show window, a sign, a poster, a catalogue, a circular or a sample ; but, verih-, where many people of unknown address are to be given a business announce- ment the best way of all is to tell them in the wa>- the)- get their other information, or news — in the way yon are now getting this — by means of the printed page. The firm of N. W. Ayer & Son was organ- ized in April 1869 — 39 years ago — by two men who then invested two hundred and fifty dollars. To-day they have two hundred and fifty trained helpers. In ten years they were doing the largest business in their line. This position has been maintained by them ever since. There is but one explanation for this and that is — they have made it pay business men to advertise. No order too small, none too large for Ayer iS: Son. Our business is com- posed of many littles and many littles that have grown big. We give counsel, furnish plans, select the mediums, purchase space, pre- p a r e advertisements, register the service given and care for all the other details of Newspaper, Maga- zine and Outdoor Advertising. ij^ioNUiiQlvAtlife *y^ 303 Ol-KICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Carver Steel Die Stamping Presses Made in Four Sizes /2 X 9 3>< x8 x8 2K x4 C /?. Carver Company N. E. Cor. Fifteenth and Leiiigh Ave. Philadelpliia * .AA *.:.*.! w w ..;♦.;«;..;..;♦.;..;♦.;..;«.;..;..;..;. .;4.;,.;..;..;. .;».;«;. .J. .;..;..;..;..; Paper Box Machines »*ill «■■ Cut Shows Wrapper and Cluer fj; Ti.:ht Wrap Work Wrapper, four sizes. Gluer, two sizes. Corner Cutter. Slenciller. Lacer. Shoulder Box Gluer. Shoulder Box Presser. Extension Bottom Gauge. Thumb Hole Cutter. 1 he S. & S. Machines are indispensable to the manulaclurer who desires to obtain the best quahly at the lowest cost. Stokes & Smith Company 1011 Diamond Street Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK BALTIMORE PITTSBURGH ST. LOUIS CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE Jilanufacturing Companp PAPER SPECIALTIES Tags, Tickets, Labels MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY ALLEGHENY AVENUE & 23RD STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. 4 304 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA LEATHER, BOOTS, SHOES, Etc. The great industry that has to do with the tannage of leather and the manufacture of shoes has always been an important one to Philadel- phia. With the first settlers, including as they did men of all trades and crafts, were tanners and shoemakers, and among the earliest manufac- tured products of the young city were tanned leathers and most of the shoes worn b}* its in- habitants. From these small beginnings the growth has l)een steady and constant, and while there has been nothing phenomenal in it, yet those who are identified with either branch of this industry have the best reasons for pride in the progress that has been made since the first primitive efforts of the early settlers. In leather and in shoes Philadel- phia stands for the highest quality. It is quality more than quantity that has always been the aim of Philadelphia manufacturers, and while the bulk of the total leather output and of the shoes manufactured in the city and distributed from it aggregates many millions each year, yet it is in the quality of this output rather than mere quan- tity tliat Philadelphia ranks unquestionablv first. As a manufacturing centre of chrome-tanned glazed kid this city is undoubtedly the leader in all ways. Goat skins collected from all parts of the earth find buyers among the many morocco manufacturing establishments here, and the out- put of finished stock is greater than that of any other city. Not alone in the home market but in every foreign shoe centre do these manufacturers find profitable customers. Closely connected with this division of the tanning industry is the manufacture of chrome- tanned patent leathers, for which goat and colt skins are most largely used ; and this latter prod- uct is also an important factor in Philadelphia's leather industry. The advances made in produc- ing a "patent" colt or "patent" kid stock that is durable and brilliant in finish or uniform in qual- ity are nowhere more marked than in those estab- lishments devoted to this product in Philadelphia. Se\'eral firms are interested in the production of sole and belting leathers, and some of the high- est grades of these leathers are the product of Philadelphia manufacturers whose customers are to be found all over the country. To a man with the knowledge of the shoe business the mere term, "Philadelphia-made footwear," at once conveys the idea of high qual- ity, discriminating style and expert designing; and this reputation for quality extends to every point from coast to coast where shoes are sold. Although the shoe manufacturers of the city em- ploy thousands of trained hands, both men and women, it is not known as a shoe city in the sense that some New England towns claim that dis- tinction. There are factories in other places of greater capacity than those of Philadelphia, but in no instance are the shoes finer made, more closely conforming to the current mode, or more honestly constructed than those which bear the name of a Philadelphia maker. Since living con- ditions are desirable and pleasant in the city the best and most expert help is always available. As a centre for the distribution of footwear made in the East and elsewhere Philadelphia holds an important place, and the number and representative character of the firms engaged in this liranch of the business make it a most impor- tant market. These houses are noted for energy and ag- gressiveness. Whatever is best and most season- able in the market and what is in demand from their customers it to be found in their stock. Their representatives co\'er an extensive territory, run- ning out to what might be termed the nearer middle West and all of the Southern Atlantic States, and the business that results from their trips in the spring and fall clearly demonstrates the esteem in which their respective establish- ments are held by the trade of those sections. 305 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOL'\EXIU * t C. BOCKIUS CO, Nos. 421, 423 and 425 N. American Street The C. Bockius Co. nol only enjoys the distinclion of being a century-old tirm, but is entitled to iht- iidditional prestige of being the pioneer morocco house in the United States, and the one that fostered the industry in this eonnlry until tlie supremacy of Philadelphia morocco was conceded liy llic buyers of the world. The founder of the ho\ise was Chris. Bockius, a German, who had learned his trade in .Innotia, at that time noted for its production of colored leather, and who came to this country in 1784 at tlic requesl of the bVanklin Institute, which had by resolution determined to iransphuit the trade to .-\mcrica. In a frugal way a business was started that grew beyond all exiiect.ition, and an industry was established that now employs thousands of workmen and represeiUs millions of dollars of invested capital. The original Bockius was succeeded by his son Charles, and he in turn by his sons Christopher and George, who continued business in the original plant at N'o. 143 Margaretta Street. The firm was dis- solved in 1851 and Christopher started business at St. John and \\'illow Streets. He died in 1868 and the factory descended to his son Charles, so that for four generations the name of Bockius has been foremost in the trade, and each successor has by the adoption of new formula and the installation of improved machinery made the fabric manufactured by them the standard of quality in the markets of the world. A few years ago the old factory was demolished and a handsome six-story structure erected on the site, and in 1904 the firm was incorporated as the C. Bockius Co. The present officers are: Charles .1. Kunz, President; Samuel Thompson, Jr., Vice-President, and Sherman T. Moycr, Secretary and Treasurer. The company is one of the most extensive exporters in the United States, and its stock can be foimd in every country in Europe. The plant is a model one nm entirely by electricity and equipped with the latest improved machinery. »»»»^»»^^»»^^»»^>^^»»»^^^^^^■^^■^■^^»4^^^^^^^^^H^»»^^^^'»»»^^■l^»^l^^'^^»»^^^w^ In connection with this world-wide recognition, they add with pardonable pride: "In our business career we never allowed a demand for payment to be presented a second time, and our fire losses since i860 have totaled less than $300." 307 OFFUIAL IllSTOKUAI. SorVKXIK 1 t I England, Walton £? Co., Inc. t I I * In the early 50's James England eslahlishetl himself on .Mari^'aretta Street, below Sec- * * ond Street, as a' morocco finisher, and continued in this business until 1865. at which lime -t- ♦ + * % his son. Captain Thomas "S". Knrjland. retired from the army, havin.q; served through the * war of the Reliellion, and the firm of James England & Son was formed. This firm carried ^ * on the business as curriers and jolibers in leather at J33 Xorth Third .Street. * * In 187J James England retired from the firm. and. the partnership having been dis- T * solved, a new firm was formed under the title of England & liryan. the new i)artner being | % Edwin II. r.rvan. wlm had also resigned from the armv in 1865 with the rank of lieutenant. ^ * W illiani I'.ngland. an uncle of Thomas Y. England, was a special partner in the new ^ X firm. .\s the business grew the firm of England & I'ryan began to tan for themselves, as * ^ well as to job and curry leather, and in 1870 moved to the southwest corner of Third and tj * \'ine Streets, their present location. ^ In 1880 they purchased the Schlosser Tannery near Westminster. Md.. which was ;:; noted for the high class leather that it produced. I In 1885 thev acc|uired the tannery at Harrisonburg. \'a., which had formerly been ^ owned by }. 1'. Ilouck & Co. |; In 1888 Charles S. Walton, son-in-law of Thomas England, was admitted to the firm. .^ During the succeeding years the firm bought or built three more tanneries, situated * at Newport. Tenn.; Walland. Tenn.. and Waynesville. X. C. thus giving the firm of F.ng- * land & r)r\-an a total tanning output of 1000 hides a day. 4. ( )n the first of December. 1899. Spencer K. .Mulfnrd and .\lahlon In. I'.ryan. both of ? whom had been connected with the firm for a number of year.s, were admitted into the <, ])artnershii). and the partnership was continued without any changes until December 1. ^ 1904. at which time it was dissolved. .\ corporation was then formed under the title of * England. Walton t^' Co.. Inc., with the following officers: j> Thomas Y. England, President. % j Charles S. Walton. First Vice-President and Treasurer. % Spencer K. Mulford. Second Vice-President. * Mahlon R. Bryan, Secretary. Ij. i (In |;inuar\- 2. 1906. .Mr. Thomas Y. England, tlie senior nn'mbcr of the lirni died. A *;. * change in the officers was necessitated, and the jiresent officers are : ^ * Charles S. Walton, President and Treasurer. ^ Spencer K. Mulford, First Vice-President. I Mahlon R. Bryan, Second Vice-President. ^ Clifford S. Warren, Secretary. | * With this organization the corporation carries on its business to-day. ^ In addition to being large tanners of Oak Belting liutts and Scoured Oak liacks and ♦ % I '.ends. England. Walton & Co.. carry on a considerable jobbing business in Texas. Hem- 4- t lock and I'nion Leather. The Philadelphia Currying Shop has su])plied the I'nited States * * Covernment with their standard harness leather for many years, in addition to producing * A the famous (loodvear Insole I'.ends. ♦ i- ' . , * * The Welt Factory turns out large quantities of (loodyear Welting, and in addition to ♦ % their Cut Sole Factory turns out more cut .soles, women's and men's, than any ><\hcv cutter ^. J of high grade scoured oak leather. « X " ' .. ^ ? It was alwavs the policv of the oKl firm of l-"nglanil \- l'.r\;in to si)arc nci ellMrts to ])ro- « + * It was always the policy of the oKl firm of l-"nglanil iV- l'.ry;in to s|)arc no cCfMrts to ])n S duce the very highest grade of leather, and for the past 35 years the repiHalinn ol their ^ * leather has spread all over the I'nited States, and England iS; r.ry;in"s leather l)ecamc the * f standard by which the values of other tannages were judged. Tlu- corporation of England. * * Walton & Co.. has carried out this policy, and wherever the highest grade of belting and 4. * the finest shoes are made. England. \\'alton & Co.'s leather is in demand. | 308 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Keystone Leather Co. Manufacturers of SHOE LEATHERS Q a N O > s WORKS" CAMDEN, N. J. 327 Arch Street, Philadelphia Also Tanners of STERLING PATENT COLT AND KID For Bristol Patent Leather Co. f*."^ 32 7 ARCH STREET PHILADELPHIA 85 SOUTH STREET BOSTON works: BRISTOL, pa. 309 oi'FiciAi. II isTOKicwi. sor\'i:\ I u ESTABLISHED 1809 Jk Mf Celebrate our "ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY" 1909 McNEELY & COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF Best Wearing Black Chrome Glazed Kid and Golden Brown Kid Suitable for Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes Main Office, 400 Arch Street Factory, 19th Ward | Philadelphia, Pa. | * Hi ■S GLAZED KID BLACK, COLORED AND DULLS DUNGAN, Hood & Co., inc. Philadelphia Boston CABLE addresses: DUNHOOD-PHILADELPHI a : HOODDUN-BOSTON CODES used: a. B. C. 4tm and Sth EDITIONS, WESTERN UNION Works: 2100 N. American Street. Philadelphia, Pa. 310 i 225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF nil LADF.LPHIA ■ ■*. >. ■♦■ .♦- >. >. .♦. ■♦. ■♦■ ■ ♦. ■♦■ ■♦- .» ■». * > » .« .*. -♦■ ■*■ ■♦■ ■♦. ■». ■*■ ■♦■ >. ■». ■*■ .^ .*»A.Ji»**4*i»*»i*iA J* J»A J'-AAV**.***t,»V»t»w*fc*^ OJTO) MANUFACTURERS EXPORTERS TSue Fop^Ear Slhioe IS MADE OF OTM CIENTU HROME TANM GILAZED MID OFFICE AND SALESROOMS « I * LONDON ROCHESTER f I70°I72 Mo Fo^mrtifci Streetl \fr boston st. louis | f FHILADEILFInlHA ^^^ sydiney, n. s. wales yokohoma. japan | McADOO ^ ALLEN scoured oak unioist ano hemlock sole leather Texas Oak and Belting Butts Soft Sole and Goodyear Inner-sot^ixg Razor Strop Backs Russet Leathers t 329-333 NORTH THIRD STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. 3" I g OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR LAIRD, SCHOBER & CO. Manufacturers of High Class Footwear NINETEENTH & BUTTONWOOD STS. PHILADELPHIA, PA. In ihc vear iSCx} Samuel S. Laird starlcd ihc nlamll"aclurin^■ of chil- dren's shoes in a small wav in the northeastern section of Philadelphia, dis- trihutini;' the jiroduct in the State of l'ennsyl\-ania and the near Western counlrv. In a verv short lime the firm of "Laird, Sclmlier iS; Mitchell" was organized on a much lar^'er scale, taking' in more territory for the distrihu- tion of their i)r()diict, and manufacturinii' a much lar^'er line of children's footwear. Seeing' an oi)|)(irtunitv of enlar^-ini^' the hnsiness, and knowini^' that condi- tions throu.^hout the country were ripe for the mamifacturiuij;- of a line line of ladies' footwear, in 1S75 J.aird, Schoher e\: Mitchell tixik advantage of being located in Philadel])hia (the city second to none in the manufacturing of § tine goods), and commenced the mamifacture of ladies' hand-sewn wells and hand-sewn turns, distributing their ])roduct o\er the entire I'niled States. This tirm was reorganized in iSi)4 1)\- Sanutel .S. Laird, Geo. P. Schober, John L. Laird and William S. Duling, forming the present ])artnership of "Laird, Schober & Co.," continuing the manufacture of ladies' fine lnotwear. The rapid growth of their Inisiness made it necessary from lime to time to enlarge the ])!ant, and tn-da\- thev are located in a modern factory situated at Xineteenlh and riutloiiw nod Streets, producing more high-grade footwear than any factory in tiie Lnited Slates. During the lin.anci.al ])anics and times of dei)ression this house has confined itself striclb' to manufacturing high-class goods, which has done nuich to maintain the re])Utatioii of Phi!adel])liia, the home of tine footwear. The i)roduct of this firm can be found on sale throughout the Ignited S States, ITu'opi-, (";ui;id;i ;nid .\u>tr;dia b\ re])resentati\e, first-class dealers. g o 312 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA m: :[g] Founded in Philadelphia 1869 ZIEGLER BROS. Makers of High Grade Shoes for Women and Children Have made and marketed over 15,000,000 pairs to the leading retail merchants in this nation. The business of the past year being the largest in the history of the house. Unswerving devotion to the work of fine shoemaking is what we build upon, and we most cordially invite the trade to inspect our product. ^ '^ 1 I 1 1 i ' . 1 : '8 'I 9 Sa . r* ZIEGLER BROS. 117, 119, 121 NORTH FIFTH STREET 0: -M 313 + * + + OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR j.i;iitii|i. l .. } .. l .»i}iiti|iitii ; i- | --|'i''!''i'4'<'<''i''>'j. TRADE MARK SM/\LTZ, GOODWIN CO. MAKERS OF * + Fine Shoes ♦» SOME STYLES CARRIED IN STOCK »» I Race and Uth Streets Philadelphia t t * ^.{.i{..{.i|i.j«jM}.4Hj«{M}..j..i.^i}. ■{..}. iiMi..iMi.^i>.X..I.4i>X«<-. 4- <«4m.'.m.;.h;«^ ALLEN ^ COMPANY 3f. MANUFACTURERS OF MISSES' CHILDREN'S AND INFANTS' Fine Shoes 222 N. THIRD STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA, 314 i 225Tn ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Jacob Stern ^ Sons The business of Jacob Stern & Sons was founded in i860, Iiy Mr. Jacob Stern, who located at 1061 Germantown Avenue. He en- gaged in a commission business in hides, skins and wool. A few years later the sons of Mr. Jacob Stern. Moses H. and Charles K., were taken into partnership, and the business soon assuming larger proportions was removed to 1005 Bodine Street. After being- in business here for several years they entered into the wool-pulling busi- ness, and this branch of the business was suc- cessfully carried on by Mr. Jacob Stern until his retirement in 1900, when the firm ceased wool-pulling and confined their entire efforts to dealing in hides, skins, tallow, grease and wool. In 1882 Mr. Isaac Katzenberg, the son-in- law of Mr. Jacob Stern, was admitted to the firm and larger quarters again being necessary, the firm moved to their present building, 428 North Third Street. A few years later a larger place was again needed and they annexed a building in the rear, 423 North Orianna Street. At the present time they are occupying these two buildings together with the property 422- 24 North Third Street, and 434-36 North Third Street. In 1900, after the death of Mr. Charles K. Stern and tlie retirement of Mr. Jacob Stern, the firm was re-organized to its present mem- bership, consisting of Moses H. Stern and Isaac Katzenberg. Marcus Stern Co. One of the pioneer houses in the hide and tallow business was originally established in 1859 by Mr. Marcus Stern in a location near Girard Avenue and Marshall Street, later into larger quarters on Third Street below Willow, where he was soon recognized among the trade as one of the foremost in his line. In after years, when Philadelphia was in its glory in the manufacture of leather in the various branches, it was then, when this house achieved' its high success and reputation among manufacturers in general. As an example of i\Ir. Stern's methods of dealing, we are told of an incident that happened at the close of the Civil War, a time when raw material was at a premium. Mr. Stern suc- ceeded in securing a lot of calfskins. On their arrival three equally prominent manufacturers claimed individual privilege to buy the entire lot, each bidding up the other in prices. "Boys," said Mr. Stern, "this lot of skins is going to be equally divided among you, at a fair price," and nothing could induce the owner to change his decision. In 1893 Mr. Stern associated with himself his son-in-law, Mr. A. Selig, who took over the management of the business, then finding their quarters inadequate, purchased the large four- story building at 347 N. Second Street, which the firm now occupies. Various alterations were made giving facilities to handle large quantities of hides, which after being graded and selected are sold to difi^erent tanneries, ac- cording to their various requirements. Mr. Stern retired from active business in the year 1897. He died at the age of 76, in January, 1904. Mr. Ralph M. Selig, a grandson of Mr. Stern, who was then connected with the firm as a buyer, took over Mr. Stern's interest at his death. The fundamental principles, which were so deeply implanted by the founder of this house, are still adhered to and carried out by his suc- cessors. 315 ol-l'H lAI. lllSTdRKAI. S()1'\KX1K o o Cable address LOEBELIAS, Philada. ' (ABC 5TH Edition CODES Used , Wl DE BROOK'S ' WESTERN UNION TELEPHONES 'Bell i keystone ELIAS LOEB ^ CO. older liiilc men of tlie as sti'ictK' reliable and O o o o Established by l-^lias Loeb, one t^if the few remainini^ of the country, this conceiii has become well known all over the world, responsible, anil well worthy of all the confidence reposed in its care. It haiulles largely all (grades and selections of Hides, Calf-skins, Sheepskins, Cattle ;ind Horse Tails. Tallow, Grease, Hair, etc., and maintains commodious offices at 447, 449 North Third Street, ;uul warehouses' a t 4 I :; to 418 North American Street. The firm consists of Mr. Elias Loeb and his son Charles Loeb, and because of their lon;^ good standing and |)Oi)ularit\' amongst the ti'.ule. it enjows preference and confidence everywhere '4 A A A A »*• *V *% »*• »^ •% W^ •% *% kt* •% w^ v% A •*• >*« •** »;• tj^ THE FISHER LEATHER BELTING CO., Inc. * t * "c4ll That's "Best in belting" "FISHER" WATERPROOF OAK-TANNED LEATHER BELTING t * * * .J. Our Factory and Offices 408-10-12-14 Vine Street PHILADELPHIA % I * ■5- t A A A A A A A A •!• 3-6 ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA OILS, CHEMICALS, PAINTS AND DRUGS This city has always iiad an important place in the history of medical practice in this country, anil in the making and distribution of drugs, medi- cines, etc., in conjunction therewith. ( )ne of the \ery earliest drug stores in Philadelphia of which any reliable record exists was that of Christopher .Marshall, who commence:^°i% The Atlantic Refining Company's export case, which is well known in every part of the globe. During the year 1907 some 4,200,000 of these cases, each containing two five-eallon cans, were shipped direct to Corea, Japan, China, Philippines, Egypt, Australia, Uruguay, Chile, etc. IITUMI NOUS COAL COTTON f2.66e.6B2 2.50 '( CORN $3,722,632 3.49 OLEO OIL $3,741,707 3,5'.',. CATTLE S5.138.500 4.82 : LARD $7,921,535 7.43'! FLOUR $9,849,227 9.24 , WHEAT $I0,5S6,87I 9.9'; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS EXPORTED BY THE ATLANTIC REFINING CO. $23,647,194 22.2 , The tank steamship "Iroquois," one of the largest bulk oil carriers, trading at Point Breeze. Capacity, 59,200 barrels, or the equivalent of 500 tank cars. On the last vovage to this port the "Iroquois" was loaded in one day. The above graphic analysis of the entire export trade for the year 1907, from the port of Philadel- phia, shows that the Atlantic Refining Company con- tributed 22.2 per cent. The areas of the squares in the pyramid show the relative importance in value of the ten principal export products of this port. 3'9 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Powers- Weightman-Rosengarten Co. Snanufacturing Clicmists NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA ST. LOUIS POWERS & WEIGHTMAN, Founded 1H18 ROSENGARTEN & SONS, Kottiided i8-3^ POWERS- WEIGHTMAN-ROSENGARTEN CO. Coiiwolidnted 1905 CHEMICALS MEDICINAL TECHNICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC 320 i 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA A Philadelphia Land Mark DR. D. JAYNE'S FAMILY MEDICINES ^ m ^ ^ m 4S af ^ For seventy-eight years the City of Philadelphia lias been identified to count- less thousands throughout the civilized world as the home of Dr. Da\-id Jayne and his universally-esteemed Family Medicines. First manufactured by Dr. Jayne alone and later b}' him in associa- tion with his son, under the name of Dr. D. Jayne & Son, these remedies in a sur- ])risingly short time became known and used in every town and hamlet of the United States. Their efficiency in reliev- ing and curing the several ills fur which they were recommended extended their reputation to foreign lands, and the demand for them there has steadily increased, until now there is scarcely a ]:)lace in the world where Dr. D. Jayne's Family Medicines are not known, used and valued. In order to accommodate his rapidl}- increasing business Dr. Jayne erected in 1850 the building pictured in the accompanying wood cut; it was at the time the tallest office building in America, and as such has remained one of the landmarks of the city ; it is believed to be one of the best examples of early massive Gothic architecture in the country. An accurately engraved reproduction of this building is used on the trade-mark stamp, and also on the wrapper design of several of Dr. Jayne's preparations — and in this wav it has become familiar to many thousands of persons in this and other countries, and has served to identify the building to strangers who visit Philadelphia for the first time. In 1843 Dr. layne began the publication of his Medical Almanac and (juide to Health, which is still continued. It is printed in many different languages' for circulation in all parts of the globe, and its calendar pages containing calculations of the phases of the sun and the moon and of the constellations and tides, make it an invaluable aid to sailors, farmers and all who are interested in the studv of astronomy. The fame of Jayne's Expectorant, Ja\ne"s Tonic A'ermifuge. Jayne's Sanative Pills, and of the other preparations manufactured by Dr. 1). ja^ne & .Son, has grown with the passing years, and the esteem and confidence with which they are regarded b)' the public is so great that in spite of the many competitors who have arisen during these seventy-eight years, they still hold the first place in many homes as the most uniformly successful prescriptions for the relief or cure of the various ills for which the\- are recommended. ik ^ Si ^ DR. D. JAYNE & SON ^ ^ 242 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. '^^M'X'M'XH'^XMi .^2T OFFICIAI, lllsniKHAI. SOUVKNIK Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son P( i IS Remarkable indeed has been the origin and growth of the firm of Dr. J. H. Sclienck & Son. which might be said to have grown from a home-made remedy to its present large proportions. The fonnder of the house, the father of the present proprietor, was born near Flemington, N. J., about three- ([uarters of a century ago. Of a well-known family, he learned the tailoring trade, but before he had attained his majority he was stricken with pulmonary trouble. A change of climate and occu- pation apparently gave no relief, and the young man was given up by his physicians. Upon the suggestion of an old friend of the family, he tried an old-fashioned remedy. It was the turning point in his health and fortune. He grew better, and in less than a year was apparently as well as ever. The medicine which he had made himself was. as the news of his cure spread, ap- plied for by friends and neighbors. The demand spread beyond the possibilities of charity and friendship and Dr. Schenck (he had since studied medicine) commenced the manufacture of the rem- edy. Orders came thick and fast from all parts of the countrj', and as the transportation facil- ities were limited in his home section, he moved to Philadelphia. From a few simple appliances and one room in his own Iiome, his plant grew amazingly. Larger quarters were necessary, and after several such moves — always to larger quarters — he located at the northeast corner of Sixth and Arch streets, where the business is now carried on by his son. Dr. J. H. Schenck, on a large scale. The manufacture of Schenck's Tonic and the Mandrake Pills was taken up subsequently and to-day constitutes the business of the house. The founder died a few years ago, forty years after liis physicians had given liim up, but the results of his experiments of more than a half-century ago, judging from the immense business of the house, still seem entirely competent to supply the needs of to-day. This story of the introduction of Dr. Schenck's medicines the writer knows to be true, because he was well acquainted with a fellow'-workman of Dr. Schenck who sat upon the same tailc^r's bench with him, and who remembers his giving up his work im accomit of the condition of his health. The formula for the Pulmonic Syrup was given tn tlu' wrili-r by this same individual, who had pre- viously received it from Dr. Schenck. — From an article by Dr. Clement B. Lowe, in the Pharmaceu- tical Era. % 1 Si Si. 322 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Johnston, Holloway £? Co. Among the old Philadelphia concerns that have seen over a half-centur)- of active service under the direct proprietorship of the founder or his lineal descendants is that of Johnston, Holloway & Co. The business was founded in 1843 by Dr. W. Holloway, trading under the name of W. Holloway & Co., and, in keeping with conditions at that early period, the original store on Market Street, above Eleventh, was modest and unpretentious. In 1853 Mr. H. C. Johnston and Mr. James Cowden acquired interests in the business, and the name was changed to Johnston, Holloway & Cowden. The new firm desired to develop the busi- ness and secured larger C|uarters on Third Street, eventually removing to Fifth Street, above Chest- nut, where for a dozen years they conducted a con- stantly increasing drug business. In 1868 the firm decided to give up the drug business and confine themselves to the manufacture and sale of proprietary medicines exclusively. With this end in view the large building at No. 602 Arch Street was secured. In 1874 Mr. James Cowden withdrew from the house, and, his interest being taken over by his son, Mr. M. A. Cowden, and Mr. W. F. McPherson, the firm's name was changed to Johnston, Holloway & Co. Mr. H. C. Johnston died in 1878, and his interest was purchased b}- the surviving members. Nine years later the firm was dissolved and Dr. Holloway, the original founder, acquiring the spe- cialties by purchase, again became the sole pro- prietor and removed the business to the present quarters, No. 531 Commerce Street. The old firm name was continued, and upon the death of Dr. Holloway, May 28, 1900, W. Holloway, Jr., became the sold owner of the extensive business, thus mak- ing sixty-five years of active business, of which the founder had direct supervision for over half a century. The specialties manufactured b>- Johnston, Holloway & Co. are : Holloway's V'egetable \^ermifuge Confections Holloway's Arnica Plasters Heiskell's Ointment Heiskell's Medicinal and Toilet Soaps Heiskell's Blood and Liver Pills Hoofland's German Piitters Hoofland's Podophyllin Pills Da Costa's West India Tootlnvash Kromer's Hair Dye Hastings £? Co. MATTHEW HASTINGS Among the industries of the city that have earned world-wide fame by the excellence of their products is gold beating, and the pioneer and lead- ing firm in the line is Hastings & Co., who have existed continuously for eighty-eight years. The house was established in 1820 b}- Robert Hastings, who died ten years later and was suc- ceeded by his brother, Matthew, who conducted the business until his death in 1865, when his sons, Robert E. and John V. Hastings, assumed control, and, continuing the firm name, made it known throughout the civilized world by the quality of their product. The factory of Hastings & Co. is located at Nos. 819 and 821 Filbert Street and is one of the most completely equipped and the largest in its line in the world. In addition to the manufacture of gold leaf, the firm also makes bronze liquid, bronze powders, gold paint, glass gold, edge gold, silver leaf, aluminum leaf, composition leaf and gold and silver bullion. Ever}' detail of the business is carefully watched and the leaf especially selected for each order. This care insures the production of high-quality goods and has earned a name for Hastings & Co. that places them at the head of the gold beating firms of the world. At the exhibition of the Franklin Institute in 1874, Hastings & Co. were awarded a silver medal, the First Premium, for the excellence of their goods, and a most conspicuous honor was conferred upon the product at the Centennial in 1876. when the firm received the onlv meumed contr«)l of the itusiness. 1 1 bad been chartered under the laws of the .State of Pennsylvania with a paid-up capital of ? 1. 000. 000. and in its organization included the business of Johnston Hros.. of New \'ork. which had for several years been prominent in the manufacture of dental supplies. The officers of the company were: Dr. James W. White, presi- dent : Henry M. Lewis, general manager; J. Clarence White, sec- retary, and Samuel T. Jones, treasurer. The expansion of the business still continued, and the large building supposed to be equal to any possible growth had become crowdtd and many of the products had to be made outside. The Johnston Brothers* business brought with it a plant on Staten Island. X. Y.. which had sufficient land to provide facilities to relieve the overcro wiling .-tud make it possible to produce in its own factories the goods that had been manuf-ictured outside. New and improved machinery was added to the Staten Islan-l plant and the force of employees increased. In a few years addi- tional factory buildings wtre erected, and the plant is to-rlay the largest and best appointed in the land. The pressure on the Philadelphia factory continued to increase and in 1890 a large building in I'rankford was purchased, to which the departments of steel instruments, case-making and cabinet work were removed. The capacity of this factory has since been increased by the purchase of adjoining properties and the erection of new buildings. The demands for the company's jiorcelain teeth became eventu- ally so great that a property 85 x i.io on Twelfth Street, below Walnut, was purchased and a superb factory with five stories and a basement was erected for its use. Two adtlitional stories have recently been added to give more room. On May ^7. 1891. Dr. James W. White, who bad been president of the comi»any continuously since its formation, died. He had been associated witli his brother during nearly the entire business career of the fotinder. and his loss was keenly felt. Mr. 1 Itnry M. Lewis was elected to tile vacancy and Mr. William 11. Ciilberl, who had been witli tlie bouse for twenty six years, was made general manager. Tn 190: Mr. J. Clarence While resigned the secretaryship and wa> succeeded by Mr. Constant K. Jones. In January. 1903. Mr. Samuel T. Jones. \\ bo had been treas- urer of the company since its organization, diid, and Mr. George R. Robinson succeeded to the vacancy. On the death of Mr. Lewis, in the early ]>art of 1906. Mr. William H. ('.illurt was elected president, and Mr. W. Littell White, a grandson of the founder of the business, general manager. The growth of the comi)any's business has continued unceas- '"gly. its history being a record of almost uninterrupted expansion until it is at the present time the largest in its line in the world. v^ilb branches at New York. Boston. Chicago. Brooklyn, .\tlanta. Rochester, Berlin. Toronto, Xtw Orleans and Cincinnati. The present officers are: William 11. Gilbert, president; \\ . Littell White, general manager; Constant K. Jofits. secretary, and George R. Robinson, treasurer. The Board of Directors include William H. (nlbert, Samuel S. White. Jr.. William .\. John-ton. I. Clarence White and Joseph Cresson Fraley. 324 22^rn ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA ffz GILLINDER & SONS, Inc. 135 OXFORD STREET PHILADELPHIA * *- T^ Established in 1861 by WILLIAM T. GILLINDER Incorporated 1694 * * Factories: Oxford Street, Tacony * f * * * * *- * % EMPLOYEES 900 * * Pioneers in the Manufacture of Glassware, for Lighting Purposes, in the United States ^ Si ■^i:-'»i^iii('il^i(i(ii^ii'i6i(-9i'9ii('rl'?^-96ii'!i^^ ****************** 325 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR N. Z. Graves Co. The manufacture of paints, varnishes and japan is an industry that has grown steadily in this city during the past half-century until the Phila- delphia product is known and recognized through- out the world for its superior quality. ( )ne of the largest and most successful manu- facturers in this line is N. Z. Graves Co., with gen- eral offices at Nos. 22 and 24 South Third Street and plants at Twentieth and Tasker Streets, Broad and Geary Streets, Trainer's. Pa., and Sixth and Jackson Streets and Twelfth and Federal Streets, Camden, N. J. The business was established in 1881 by Nelson Z. Graves and was incorporated as N. Z. Graves Company in 1903, the officers being Nelson Z. Graves, president ; Ferdinand J. Graves, vice- ]3resident ; Nelson Z. Graves, Jr., second vice- president; \'irginius 1'. Graves, treasurer, and H. W. Ilayden, secretary. The growth of the business in the twenty-seven years since its establishment has been phenomenal, and the five large plants of the Company are taxed u> keep the ever-increasing trade supplied. Branches are maintained in New York City, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Ga., and Havana, Cuba, and the product finds ready sale in every market of the world. The goods manufactured by X. Z. Graves Co. are: X'arnish. japan, red lead, litharge, white lead, dry colors, orange mineral. litlin])]ii)ne. colors in oil, colors in japan, colors in distemper, the mir- ror stone system, Zenith ready-mixed paint and nitrite of soda. Visco Motor Oils Lucent Oil Company In the manufacturing of "N'isco Motor Oils" the Lucent Oil Co. have at last solved the impor- tant want, felt by the owners of automobiles for the maximum use of cars, to the minimum cost of wear and material. Satisfactory lubrication of en- gine cylinders means contentment aii George E. Taylor died in 1882. when the present members of the firm, together with % |j George W. B. Taylor (deceased 1899). ha\-e continued the business up to the present time. ^ ^ .\fter the AfcKinley protective tariff went into eft'ect they were among the first to com- * :^ mence the manufacture of roofing-tin in this country. This was in 1891. A year or two later an =!i Jt extensive tract of land was secured in the southern portion of the city, and the present tin- S j; plate works erected there. This tinplate works comprises to-day the largest and best- ^ Vc equipped tin-house in this country for the manufacture of tinplate of all kinds, having a '§ "il producing capacity of one million base boxes of tinplate yearly. % ;■ The company also operate their own open-hearth furnaces, rolling mills and black]ilate $_ 'M plant at Cumberland. Maryland, thus having control of all the processes of manufacture ^ It from the pig iron and pig metals to the finished sheet. They are thus enabled to give care- ^ ^ ful personal attention to all the intricate processes of manufacture, and continue, as in ^ i former years, to be the leading house for high-grade roofing-tin in this country, always ^ ;§ closely associated with any movement for the betterment of the industrv. * ^ They are the largest independent makers of tinplate, operating the only complete tin- ^ ^ I)late manufacturing works east of the Pittsburgh district. The companv now has agencies ;« * in all of the larger cities of the United States, their "Target and Arrow Old Style" brand ?| 1 being recognized as the highest standard for roofing-tin in this country. ^ |; The success of this house from its inception is rightly attributed to the high standards % ;* steadfastlv maintained for its products, and the widespread, energetic publicity that has ^ ?v advocated their use. ^ ^ |j Their Open-Hearth Steel ^^'orks, Furnaces. Rolling Mills, h'oundry. Sheet and Black- ^ $ plate Mills and Copperas Chemical Plant are located at Cumberland. Md., and their Tinplate * '£ Works at Swanson, Meadow and Tasker Streets. Philadelphia. The business is conducted % 5^ from the general offices of the company in the Mariner i^- Merchant Building. Chestnut anrl $ I Third Streets. Philadelphia. ' "^ | ?/: Visiting merchants desiring to visit the Tinplate Works will be shown every courtesy % S. and furnished with guides. ^^ Vr $ 329 OFFICTAT. niSTOKICAT. SOL'VEXIR The Bald^vm Locomotive W^orks The r.alchviii Locomotive Wdrks, the greatest institution of its kind in the world, and the source of su]i])ly for kx"oniotives for use in every civilized country on the globe, is distinctively a Philadel])hia institution. M. W. BALDWIN The Baldwin Locomotive Works dates its ori- gin from the inception of steam railroads in Amer- ica. Called into existence by the early require- ments of the railroad interests of the country, it has grown with their growth and kept pace with their progress. It has reflected in its career the successive stages of .A.merican railroad practice, and has itself contributed largely to the development of the locomotive as it exists to-day. .A. history of the I'aldwin Locomotive Works, therefore, is in a great measure a record of the progress of locomo- tive engineering in this country, and as such cannot fail to be of interest to those who are concerned in this important element of our material progress. The Baldwin Locumotive Works occupies about 1 8 acres of ground in the heart of Philadel- phia. The ])rincipal sho]5s arc Situated in the rect- angle bounded on the north by Spring Garden Street, on the east by liroad Street, on the south by the I'hiladilphia and Reading Railway Subway — which gives the works track facilities — and on the west by Eighteenth Street. iMuishing and repair shops are also located on Pennsylvania .Avenue, be- tween Twentv-sixth and Twentv-eighth Streets. The iron foundries and blacksmith shops are situated at Eddxstone, about 12 miles from the city, where a tract of 184 acres is owned by the works. The Standard Steel Works, an allied concern, lo- cated at IJurnham, Pa., sup])lies the works with heavy forgings, large quantities of steel castings and such finished products as tires, springs, and steel tired and solid rolled steel wheels. The largest annual output in the history of the works was reached in 1906. when 2t>(t() liKomotives were conipleted, together with duplicate parts, equi- valent to at least one hundred locomotives. Other interesting facts concerning the present organiza- tion are given in the following statement Xumlier of men employed 19,000 Hours of labor per man per day 10 Principal departments run continuously, hours per day 23 Horse power employed, steam engines. ... 12,138 Horse power employed, oil engines 4.850 Number of buildings comjirised in the works 47 .Acreage comprised in the works. Philadel- phia 1 7.8 .\creage comi)rised in the works. Eddxstone 184.0 -Vcreage of floor space comprised in build- ings 63.2 Number of dynamos for furnishing light, incandescent 7 •Vuniber of dynamos for furnishing light, arc 16 Horse power of electric motors employed for power transmission, aggregate 14,200 Number of electric lamps in service, incan- descent 7.000 Numlier of electric lamps in service, arc. . . 951 Number of electric motors in service 1,115 Consumption of coal, in net tons, per week. 3.000 Consumption of iron, in net tons, per week. 5,000 Consumption of other materials, in net tons, per week i ,460 The following table gives data regarding the out]nit of the works from 1900 to 1906: 1900 1217 7,(y^ $4,401,600 $20,556,513 1 90 1 1375 208 2.081,200 22,242,790 i(p2 1533 100 1.063,600 28,388,138 1903 2022 78 7.U-^oo 37,783,274 1904 1485 283 2,384,200 23,191.873 1905 2250 413 4.655.800 40.931.473 1906 2666 j')2 3.458.500 46.341,332 330 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA The )'ear 1901 was especially noticeable for the A distinguishing feature in the method of con- large volume of domestic business handled, there struction which characterizes these works is the being great demand for motive power from the rail- extensive use of a system of standard gauges and roads of the West and Southwest. Large orders templets to which all work admitting of this process were placed with the Fjaldwin Locomotive Works in is required to be made. The importance of this this year b}' the Union Pacific ; Chicago, Burlington arrangement in securing absolute uniformity of es- and Quincy ; Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf ; Toledo, sential parts in all engines of the same class is mani- St. Louis and Western ; Atchison, Topeka and fest, and with the increased production since 1861 Santa Fe ; Chicago and Alton ; Missouri, Kansas it became a necessity as well as a decided advantage, and Texas; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul; and As early as 1839 Mr. Baldwin felt the importance Southern Pacific Railroads. The Pennsylvania of making all like parts of similar engines abso- Railroad, in this year, ordered over one hundred lutely uniform and interchangeable. It was not at- and fifty locomotives of various types from the tempted to accomplish this object, however, by Baldwin Locomotive Works, and the Baltimore and means of a complete system of standard gauges Ohio Railroad also placed an order for over one until many years later. In 1861 a beginning was hundred locomotives. made of organizing all the departments of manufac- T , . , ■, r 1 ■ , ture upon this basis, and from it has since grown an In 1901, 1375 ocomotives were built, of which elaborate and perfected svstem, embracing all the 526 were compounds, SIX compressed air, and forty- essential details of constfuction. An independent five electric. Two hundred and eight locomotives, jg tment of the works, having a separate foreman or 15 12/100 per cent, of the total product, were ^,^^, ^,, adequate force of skilled workmen with spe- exported. The average number of men employed ^-^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^1^^ purpose, is organized as per week for the whole year was 9595. t],^ Department of Standard Gauges. A^ystem of The month of Februarv, 1902, witnessed the standard gauges and templets for every description completion of the twenty 'thousandth locomotive of work to be done is made and kept by this depart- built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. ment. The construction of the twenty thousandth Thus had been developed and perfected the locomotive and the completion of seventy vears of various essential details of existing locomotive prac- continuous operation were celebrated on the even- tice when Mr. Baldwin died, September 7, 1866. ing of Februarv 27, 1902, at the Union League, of He had been permitted, in a life of unusual activity Philadelphia, bv a banquet at which 250 guests, in- and energy, to witness the rise and wonderful in- cluding many of the most representative men in the crease of a material interest which had become the L'nitecl States, were present. distinguishing feature of the century. He had done nuich, bv his own mechanical skill and inventive In May, 1902, the largest locomotive to that genius, to contribute to the development of that rlate built was turned out by the Baldwin Locomo- interest. His name was as "familiar as household tive Works. This was a "Decapod" engine, built words" wherever on the American continent the for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, locomotive had penetrated. An ordinary ambition The total weight of the engine alone was 267,800 might well have been satisfied with this achieve- pounds, of which 237,800 pounds were on the five ment; but Mr. Baldwin's claim to the remembrance pairs of driving wheels. It was designed for heavy of his fellow men rests not alone on the results of freight hauling on the steep grade encountered on his mechanical labors. A merely technical history, one section of this road. Still heavier locomotives such as this, is not the place to do justice to his have since been constructed, the largest for the memory as a man, as a Christian, and as a philan- Great Northern Railway, weighing 355.000 pounds thropist ; vet the record would be manifestly imper- without the tender. feet, and 'would fail properly to reflect the senti- ~, . ,, . ^ ... , , , ments of his business associates who so long knew the Jorl- '^ ^°"''^' ''''^'"''^^ ^ "" ^'"°'''^^' °^ him. in ^11 relations of life, were no reference made '■ ■ to his many virtues and noble traits of character. Works cstalilished 183 1 After the death of Mr. Baldwin the business i.oooth locomotive built 1861 was reorganized in 1867 under the title of "The S.oooth " " 1880 Baldwin Locomotive Works." M. Baird & Co., pro- looootli " " t88o prietors. Messrs. George Burnham and Chas. T. . ,, ., ^ Parry, who had been connected with the establish- '"'' ^^ 109^ ment from an early period, the former in charge of 20,000th ' 1902 the finances, and the latter as General Superinten- 30.000th " " 1907 dent, were associated with Mr. Baird in the co-|)art- nership. Present members of the firm of Burnham, Wil- liams & Co., which controls the works, include George Burnham, William P. Henszey, John PI. Converse, William L. Austin. Samuel M. Vauclain, Alba P. Johnson. 331 OFFICIAI. 11 ISTOKICAI. SOUVENIR + DISSTON * I * I * * * + t * t t * + 1840 1908 The Saw Iiidiislry of llcrn\ I >isst>iii ."^ Sims, liu., Iiati its inception at Knmt and Laurel Streets, Philadel- phia, in 1840, at whirli lime the f..iiiidir, Henry Disston. constituted the entire ■• force "— sawmaker, bookkeeper, salesman and proprietor. The result to-day is Illustrative of what has heen accomplished by energy, perseverance and a determination to make saws of the highest graved designs, high (jualitv and uniform ity, wot k easier, last longer and are purchasable at a reasonal)le price. All DISSTON SAWS are made thr..ughout in the Disston establishment; the steel is made in the Disston Steel Works, under a special formula which produces a material peculiarly adapted for saw purposes, a complete laboratory being maintained ex- clusively for the making of physi- cal and chemical tests of Disston Steel in order to insure accurac\' ami uniformity, while in the Saw Works, with its numerous depart ments, each step inthemany differ eiit operations of saw making is based on the Disston methods of maiuifacturing w'hich have been denionstrated to be productive of superior working results. These facts account for the marked individuality and superiority of the DISSTON RRANDof SAWS. The present plant of Henry Disston and Sons, Inc , Phihulel- phia. Fa., is the largest and most complete of its kind, both in extent anil capacity, covering liftv acres of ground, tui which are erected fifty four buildings, and givin.g employment to over 3500 persons, to which may Ik- added the manv In ;nu h lupuses both in this country and abroad. All this is the outgrowth of the adherence to the will devised policy of the founder, whose chief purpose and aim was to make the highest grade of saws attain.ible at the least jiossible cost to the user. When Henry Disston was asked : What do you put in your saws that makes themsogood ? he replied : " Good steel and hi>nesl work," and the carrying out of this i)rinciple has been and is the earnest purpose of his successors. HENRY DISSTON & SONS, Inc. KEYSTONE SAW, TOOL. STEEL AND FILE WORKS. PHILADELPHIA, PA. + l*« **« **« >■*« **< >*« !■*< ^K^*^ «^ «{»>{» ^ < >|» *S* » t * ■ ! ■ * } • " i * 4* * X * ^* * } * " { ' ^ « ^ ^ «j» ^ » j i » | « *^^ «{»*{>»{«»{» ^ » ^ « » 4 « » f * » i * 'If "X* " S * .^32 225TM ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA J, * . ♦ < t X t Q. ♦ J ♦ Q t < t J t * c t * ♦ «5 z ♦ ? t/:i ♦ i5 h u H CO J O O H Pi s? UJ ♦ -J ♦ ClH ♦ ♦ Q ♦ ;z t <: A ♦ Z t o t H t « t * t ^'^^'i^^i^^*'i^^i^H^^i^li*^i^*}^^^*^*l^.^iHf^*^^ 333 ()Ki-Mti.\r, iiisroKU Ai. s()r\i:.\iK t W^illiam Sellers & Co., Incorporated The House of William Sellers & Co., Incorporated, has been established for more than sixty years. It started in the Kensington district, close to the spot upon which William I'enn made his famous treaty with the Indians. At tirst it manufactured Shafting and Mill Gearing, and followed with Machine Tools. Neither of the.se lines was then a distinct business, but it realized the im])ortance of creating them as such, and in due time it ac(|uired a re])Utation for work of the highest quality in superior and distinctive designs for the objects in view. In 1855 the plant was moved to its present location. Sixteenth and Hamil- ton streets, where it occupies two blocks between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, the Reading Subway and Buttonwood street, extensive improvements and new btiildings having been added from time to time. Tn iS(% the House was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania under its present title. Its products, which are known all over the world, comprise Metal Work- ing Machine Tools for nearly all classes of work — Lathes, Planers, Slotters, Shapers. Drilling and Boring Machines, P)oring and Turning Mills, I'oll Cutters, I'orcing Machines, Drill Grinders, Tool Cirindcrs, .Milling Machines, Straightening Machines, Punches and Shears, Bending Rolls, Riveters. Sand Mixers, Wliecl Presses, Turntables, Transfer Tables, Hydraulic Machinery, Steam ll.inimers. Testing Machines (Kmery System) of such exceeding accuracy as to be capable of recording the strength of a strand of human hair or of manv tons. Tra\eling and : lib Cranes of the smallest and of tlie largest capacities, and Injectors lor leeding J t . . . * J water to boilers, so reliable and of such range as to feed a locomotive engine run- |; 1 ning eniptv or hauling the heaviest train of which it is capable. % 1 ' ' ■ * I •^ X + I J I * X 4- ^.■^■■^.■^■■^■■^i■^■.^.■^■^■.^».^»^.»^■»<.»»»<.^.»<•»»»»»»^■4..^^^■^»<■^■»>^»^♦»^•;•♦>^♦♦»4^»»»»^^♦»♦»»^^■^^»»^^♦^^^^♦»»^^ 334 * 225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PIIILADKLPHIA * ♦ t ■J* * This House has been an exhibitor at all the International Expositions of t importance for nianv years as well as a frequent exhibitor at important local 1 exhibitions. It has received the following awards: * X 4> :> Gold Medal, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1854. Gold Medal, Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1857. Gold Medal, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867. Three Medals, American Institute, New York, 1869. Five Medals and Grand Diploma of Honor, Vienna, 1873. Three Medals, International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876. Grand Prize, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889. || Three Medals, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Grand Medal, Exposition, Paris, 1900. Grand Prize and Gold Medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. * Its present ofificers are: J COLEMAN SELLERS, JR., President and Engineer. ALEXANDER SELLERS, Vice-President. JUSTUS H. SCHWACKE, Manager and Secretary. GEORGE A. FAIRLAMB, Treasurer. DAVID L. LUKENS, Purchasing Agent. 335 (i|-KI( lAL IIISTOKUAI. SOUVENIR ± + ± + I Niles-Bement-Pond Company I ± * ^ Ihat rhiladelphia holds an iniimrlain i)lace in ihc Macliiiu- 'I'oul Jnduslr} J % is evidenced by llie .Xiles-lienienl-i'und C'unipany having in tliis ciu' llieir ^ X BcuK-nl Miles Works and Crane 1 )e]iannienl, eullecti\ely eni])l(i\inL; ahnul % + fifteen hundred men. % + ... ? X L ]) 111 ihe \'ear oi 1N41S the construction ol machine tools had ne\'er ;|; X been made a specialty in this country, each machine shop constructing its X + own according tti its needs, and with results showing great crudeness of X + design and an entire lack of taste and finish. About the date mentioned. * ± conditions began to change, as the demand from users of machine tools + X vvas tor machmes of good construction, designed on scientitic lines, to best ^ X meet the requirements to which they were to be ptit. which resulted in X X the eslal)lishment of several small shops devoted to machine tool design X * and construction, and which, in later vears, after continued improxemenl % t Mild exi)ansion, combined under one head as the "Xiles-lleiiient I'oiid t Om + + , . ^, . . •{• X pany," now the largest Machine Tool Builders m the worUl. + + I'y a gradual development since the organization of the .Xiles-Bement- * 4; I'oiid C'ompanv, the design and construction of Alachine Tools has been * * si)ecialized al the several plants, so that no one plant now builds the full f + general line, but instead each plant confines itself to the machines assigned * + to it as its specialty, thereby dc\-eloping" the tools to a higher degree than t. X I'rom the C'itv of Philadelphia ha\-e been sent, through the Beinenl- ± + Miles Works and the Crane Department, to all parts of the wdrld, tlu + found in large numbers the product of this Company, attesting t, wlu're armor iilale + 4" ... .... + the best engineering skill that the country can ])roduce lor this special line t of machinerv ha> been evoked. + and larye toryiui's are made, one finds as well the massne machnu's and * 4* . - •*■ Steam iiammers built bv the Xiles Hement-Pond Compain' — some oi these X * ■ ■ ■■ ■ . . ■ . . . ^ + ■{• _'_'5'r" ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA t ^ NILES-BEMENT-POND CO. + 4- 4- 4- 4> 4- •J- ■i- •s- -5" -5- ■i- -r* ■J- ^ -J- Jm •¥ -}■ 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- ^ 4" 4" 4" 4- 4< 4« 4- J. 4- 4- •i, 4- 4 4 4- 4" 4" 4- 4- 4" 4- 4- 4- 4< 4> 4- 4" 4" 4< 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4" 4> 4< 4- 4- 4" 4- 4< 4- 4< 4- 4- 4< 4< 4< 4> 4< 4" 4- 4- 4> 4" 4< 4< 4- 4- 4" 4- 4< 4- 4> 4- Bement Miles Works, Philadelphia, Pa. Complete Machine rool and Crane Equipment for Machine Shops SLOTTERS, FROM 6 IN. TO 68 IN. STROKE VERTICAL DRILLS UP TO 60 IN. Electric Cranes 2 to 200 tons Capacity Hydraulic and Boiler Shop Machines HORIZONTAL BORING AND DRILLING MACHINES, 46 IN. TO 80 IN. Complete Equipment tor Railway Shops and Ship Yards STEAM HAMMERS 250 TO 40,000 LBS. FALLING WT. 4- •J- 4- •i- •J- •i- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- ■^ •f 4- 4- 4* 4- 4- 4- ■i- 4- ■i- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- •i- 4- 4- 4- 4" 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4" 4- 4" 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4" 4- 4- 4- 4" 4- 4- 4- 4" 4> 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- BORING MILLS, 25 SIZES. FROM 30 IN. TO 30 FT. SWING 337 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR * * * * * * * * * * * * * * + * * t * * t * * * t * + + + Standard Roller Bearing Company Office Building, 50 feet wide by 100 feet long; Chemical Laboratory and Testing Department, 60 feet wide by 120 feet long; Roller Bearing Automatic Machine Department, 140 feet wide by 500 feet long; Roller Bearing Department (Hanger Department), 70 feet wide by 236 feet long, three stories; Automobile Axle Department, 95 feet wide by 300 feet long, two stories; Annular Ball Bearing and Special Grinding Departments, 95 feet wide by 300 feet long, three stories; 1 Among the widespread variety of iiioclianical industries for which Phila- delphia is famous, none presents a more interesting example of remarkable growth and expansion than the Standard Roller Bearing Company, whose extensive plant now reaches from Fortv-eighth Street to Fifty-second Street f on Merion Avenue, with its main office building and executive headquarters located at Fiftieth Street and Lancaster Avenue. The officers of the Company are : Samuel S. Eveland, President ; Wm. | B. Osgood Field and Lenox Smith, Vice-Presidents, and Wm. M. Baldwin, Secretarv and Treasurer. This Company has acquired, at different times since 1902, twelve valtiable manufacturing companies, with their entire assets, located in other sections of the country, and has removed these to Philadelphia and absorbed them in its 1 ? local factory. These acquisitions have not only broadened and strengthened ♦ the increasing ])restige of this concern in its chosen field, but as a result it * now possesses the largest plant in the world devoted exclusively to the man- | ufacture of anti-friction bearings, including steel, brass and bronze balls, ball f bearings, thrust bearings and roller bearings for all mechanical purposes. | Its organization is very complete in every detail, and some idea of its + scope and magnitude may be obtained from the following description of the | various departments, covering a total of over 500,000 s(|uare feet and extend- | ing over half a mile in length: ■ .». » • ».•..»..» » ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ -•■ -»- ■•■ -•■ ■ m ■■■ ». ■•■ .«. ». ». ■■■ ■• .» .* TT*!**!* ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ T~ "~*t**r"rv'r~ "▼•!•▼ "1 L A A A A A «1 + + + 338 * 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA j «^^ .<$nj»^«l>^-^«| n |*^«$.-^ ^ ^4{m{i ^4* ^ ^i$* ■ $ * 4 ' 4 * ' t * ' I * * } ' 4* * £ * * l * 4* 't* "I* 4* "t* ^^«t**$*'*S*^*fr^''$'"'$*'4**$*4*^^*^**$*4' 4* ^ ^ t * 4**1' 4^ I ^ I t T Steam and Drop Hammer Forging Department, 120 feet wide by 150 feet long; Crucible Steel Castings Plant and Iron and Brass Foundry, 100 feet wide by 200 feet long; Steel Converting and Tempering Plant, 80 feet wide by no feet long; Ball Forging and Tempering Department, 80 feet wide by 200 feet long; Ball Turning, Blanking and Pressing Department, 100 feet wide by 143 feet long, two floors ; Pattern Shop, 75 feet wide by 100 feet long; Drafting Room, 75 feet wide by 100 feet long; Ball Grinding Department, 75 feet wide by 230 feet long; Ball Finishing Department, 75 feet wide by 230 feet long; Ball Gauging, 58 feet wide by 233 feet long; Ball Gauging, Inspecting and Stock Departments, 47 feet wide by 100 feet long; three floors ; Stables ; Sprinkler Plant, with storage tanks, 200,000 gallons capacity and 8^4 miles of piping ; Power Plant, Engine and Generators, 2500 horse-power; Coal Storage Bins, 1500 tons capacity. All of their product is manufactured in their own works, with the excep- tion of the raw material used in the iron _ and brass foundries and crucible ^ steel castings plant, and the bar steel used in manufacturing ball and roller bearings. With the possible exception of the automobile industry, probably no busi- ness has developed more rapidly during the past five years than the manu- facture of ball and roller bearings; its possibilities can be better appreciated when it is known that anti-friction bearings are sold at prices ranging from 2 cents to $7500 for a single bearing, and are used to carry loads from a few ounces, running at 25,000 revolutions per minute, to loads of 1,500,000 | pounds at slow speed and 250,000 pounds at 500 revolutions per minute. Notwithstanding the rapid growth of the business, it is still in its infancy, and this Company is prepared to submit designs of bearings which they would recommend, if furnished with the necessary information giving weight to be carried, revolutions per minute, shaft diameter and purpose for which the bear- ings are to be used; also supplying the estimated saving in power to be secured by the use of anti-friction bearings. Their I)road experience in supplying over a million bearings of various types, for all classes of work, has resulted in the accumulation of much data of inestimable value, from which they are enabled to design bearings for all loads and speeds. Manufacturing, as they do, over fifty types of ball and roller bearings, all having their proper place in which to be used, they are ably equipped to recommend the proper bearing for any specific condition or purpose. 339 Ol-1-IClAL lllSTUKKAI. SOUVENIR -V? * Southwark Foundry and Machine Company IIk' plant of the Soulliwark Foundry (S; Machine Co. had its inception in the Imsiness estahlished l)v tlie lirni of Merrick <^ Townc, which was ors^anized in iS^f), and l)ei;an mi the present -^ite die manufacture 111 suj^ar machinery, marine eiii^ines and s^'as yeneralins^' ai)paratus. Samuel \ . Merrick. n\ that linn, was a ]iri)miiieiU citizen, and interested in se\eral im])ortant in^litntions of the citv. In i86t, Mr. Towne withdrew and Mr. Merrick then associated with him his sons. j. \ atiyhan and William II.. under the linn name i)\ .Merrick iS: Sons, who cn June 25. iSSo, the Southwark Foundry ^; Machine Co. was inc(ir])orate(l under the laws of Pennsylvania, and has since continued unimerru])tedl_\". I )uring die previous ownershij) the works had been increased from time \n lime, hut the jjresent Company, hy the addition of new huildings and modern facilities, has diiu])led the ca])acit_\- of the plant, giving" em])]o\iiient now to 750 men. The main works at present comprise an entire cit\ block, bounded b\' Washington .\\enue. b'ederal, b'ifth and b'ourth .Streets. In addition die ( 'oni- l)any also owns ;i large ])roperlv on the north side of Washington .\\'enue. opposite the works, which has been titled with e\er\ facilitx' for storing sup- l)lies. Adjacent to the works there is also a large modern i)attern warehotise. This Com])any has the distinction of building the largest engines used in the production of steel and iron, as also for electrical ser\ ice. It is e(|uip|)ed to build these either for high si)eed, which type i-> repre- sented by the 1 'orter-Allen luigine. the original high speed design: or for medium sjjced. which re(|uirenient is met b\- the welbknown t"orliss type of engine. Flowever, as built bv this Com])anv. the latter design is a distinct advance over all others now in the market, nianv imjjrox emeiits being incorporated. The Coni])any also enjoys an enviable reputation as builders of blowing engines for blast furnaces and IJessemer steel works, which are manufactured in various sizes, some single engines weighing one million pounds. \ot only is a large business done in this countrw but these engines are built ;ibroad to their designs under license agreemeiUs. .\ lurther line in which the Sotlthwark Com])an\ is ])reeminent is the manufacture of central condensing ])lants. These are largelv used at the present time to economize in steam consumption. Their sxsteni is regarded by those (|ualil]ed to know as the most reliable and economical on the market to-day. It h;is been tlu' aim of the Comi)anv to alwavs design and iiroduce relined machinery of the highest grade, and that shown in the continual dem.and for its product b\ The main oflice is at the works. W ashinijton it h;is been diserimin;ilini .\\enue and ^uccesstu users. ■"iflli Street IS Phil; i(tel])lua. Pa., and the officers of the Com]);ni\ are: lames resident; James II. .M;done\'. .Sccretar\ ;md Treasurer: Thomas Jr.. Superintendent. c r> rooks .\lirkil ^ % .340 IVill AXNIVERSAKY FOUXDIXG f)F PHILADELPHIA Hooper CTowDfeDd Co. Efta^bliibed 1849 Ma.D\ifewd\irer>s of Bolt>s, Cold P\iD(fbed NMt&,RivetsXc. Office B.i>d Works: 1330 BUTTONWOOD STREET PHILADELPHIA RoUmg mWs: HOOPESTON, PENN. 341 OI'KICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR NEWTON SI Dtting Machines 6" o 96" Strokes (I 1 i vii gfP Horizonta Mill ng Machine Various Sizes and Types for all Classes of Work Horizontal Boring, Drilling and Milling Machine Originators of Heavy Milling Machines Special Keyseat Milling Cold Saw Cutting OfF Machines Machines Builders o^ Standard and Special Machine Tools adapted to all classes of Metal Manufacturing 72" Rotary Planing Machine Steel Foundry Cold Saw in Operation Newton Machine Tool Works, Inc. PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES: Berlin, Heinrich Dreyer; Vienna, Rudolf Salzer ; Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium and France, Fenwick, Freres & Co., Paris, France 342 J 22sTH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 1858 E non 1908 Fifty Years of Successful Business Administration non Chambers Brothers & Co. Established 1858 Chambers Brothers Company Incorporated 1888 CYRUS CHAMBERS, Jr. President of CHAMBERS BROTHERS CO. And one of the founders of its business in 1858 Founders' Week in the City of Philadelphia represents the Fiftieth Anniversary of the establishment of the firm by two brothers, Edwin and Cyrus Chambers, Jr., the latter surviving. His inventions in Machinery for Folding Sheets of Paper, and in Brick Making Machinery formed the basis of this business, and have continued the specialties to which the Company devotes its attention. Mr. Chambers is the patentee of many notable inventions and improvements in these lines, as well as other mechanical devices. The active business management has naturally passed to younger men, and for several years has been in the hands of J. H. Chambers, General Manager ; S. B. Chambers, Treasurer ; and H. K. King, Mechanical Engineer, who have all had the benefit of their senior's training. The product of this Company has always been of high quality, is largely used in the United States, as also in foreign countries, and after fifty years is still the acknowledged standard. The works employ about 175 men and are located at Fifty-second and Media Streets. ^ Ik ?^ )fe fe ^ ^ iuV.^f^^i 343 OFI'UIAL IIISTOURAl. SOUVKMK I The ""pi¥/^|^" Bottle Washing and j I Improved J-jJ.\^-• >■ «•»•«*«•»•«•«»«*« »^ *« *• 0% »%m\ *• 0% »%0\9\0\. 350 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Clarke's Iron Foundry J. Alfred Clark, proprietor of Clark's Iron Foundry, Gray's Ferry Road, Wharton and Thirty- fifth streets, is one of the youngest and most pro- gressive men in the iron foundry business in this city. Mr. Clark commenced business in a very mod- est way in 1896 with but four or five employees, and in twelve years has established a reputation in all parts of the United States as one of the leading manufacturers of chemical castings in the world, and during that period his establishment has grown into one of the best equipped for all classes of work in the city, giving employment annually to more than six thousand men and covering almost an entire city square. His success in his chosen and fair treatment of customers desire for the maintenance of cor- he does business or employs, any shape or weight and has man-hole frames and covers, the city departments, the Key- panies and to many private con- of castings for the filtration He succeeded to the Greger ents on noiseless asphalt, filled and has a large trade in this Open-mouth and grate-top castings and high-grade cast- Thirtieth street and Gray's Ferry Road Original Plant— Started in 1896 line is due to untiring energy and employees and an eager dial relations with all with whom Mr. Clark makes castings of furnished large quantities of stop boxes and other castings, to stone and Bell Telephone Com- tractors, besides large quantities plant. Manufacturing Company's pat- man-hole covers and frames, necessary product for city streets, inlets, grate bars and grey iron ings in loam, green and dry sand are among the specialties turned out by the Clark foundry, and, in fact, there is nothing known to the trade that they are not equipped to make. Mr. Clark's long experience and unequalled facilities make it possible for him to make prompt delivery of all orders and to give the lowest prices for first-class work. Y Present Plant-1908 Thirty-flfth Street and Gray's Ferry Road 351 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR THOMAS DEVLIN, President WILLIAM J. DtVLIN Vice President LOUIS J. McGRATH, SECftETARv and Treasurer FOUNDERS Malleable and Grey Iron» Siccl and Brass Castings. Orders from Special Patterns Nearly and Promptly Executed. MANUFACTURERS Malleable Iron Fittings for Gas, Steam and Water, threaded with Briges standard for the American market or with Whitworth standard threads for European and other markets. Saddlery. Carriage. Wagon, Trunk, Tinners, Builders, and Miscellaneous Hardware. Fitting and Machine Work by Skilled Designers *and Mechanics. THOMAS DEVLIN MANF'G CO. INCORPORATED MALLEABLE IRON FITTINGS Malleable Iron Works BURLINGTON, N. J. Office and Grey Iron Works LEHIGH AVE., AMERICAN AND THIRD STS. PHILADELPHIA, PA., U. S. A. FINISHERS Electro Plattne in Gold, Silver, Nickel, Brass and Bronze. Tinning, Japanning, Galvanizing, Painting and Decorating. CABLE ADDRESS, GRAVLIN WESTERN UNION CODE BEVEL GEARS are cut by me theoretically correct, and so are adapted to fine machinery of all kinds. I have special facilities for cutting SPUR, WORM, SPIRAL, MITRE and INTER- NAL Wheels. Let me quote on your specifications. Special Machines For Cutting Bevel Gearing HUGO BILGRAM MACHINIST 1231 Spring Garden Street ' ' '^" PHILADELPHIA, PA. 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA NORTH BROS. MFG. CO. | located at N. E. Cor. Lehigh Avenue and American Street, Philadelphia, are Manufacturers of Hardware g Specialties. Their leading products are Lightning, Gem, Blizzard, and Crown Ice Cream Freezers, Yankee A Tools consisting of Spiral Screw Drivers, Ratchet Screw Drivers, Automatic or Hand Drills. They also g manufacture Fluting and Plaiting Machines, Ice Chippers and Shaves, Christmas Tree Holders. g To meet the needs of larger Ice Cream Machines they are now making Machine Freezers in various o styles, also Ice Breakers, to run by power. X Their Freezers and Tools, etc., enjoy not only a large trade at home, but are exported to all principal v countries outside of the U. S. O Si; fe ^ The Horn & Brannen Manufacturing Co. Makers and Dealers in Electric, Gas, and Combination Lighting Fixtures Nos. 42 J, 42g, 4JI and 433 North "Broad Street Philadelphia 353 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR i THE TABOR MANUFACTURING CO. | Eighteenth and Hamilton Streets X PHILADELPHIA, PA. t ENGINEERS AND MANUFACTURERS OT T FOUNDRY MOULDING MACHINES t Power Squeezing Vibrating Machines Hand Ramming Stripping Plate Machines J Power Ramming Stripping Plate Machines Hinged Machmes with Straight Draft, Hand Turnover 'f Power Ramming Split Pattern Machines Hinged Machines with Straight Draft, Power Turnover i Hand Ramming Vibrating Machines Elastic Flask Clamps, Vibrator Frames, Snap Flasks, Etc. X TAYLOR=NEWBOLD COLD SAWS I ^A/ilh Inserted Teeth. Designed to meet tne requirements of Steel Foundries, Rail Mills, Frog and T Switch Shops, Structural Steel Plants and Machine Shops in general <• t TAYLOR SAW TOOTH GRINDERS % For Grinding Taylor-Newbold Saw Teeth % * TAYLOR UNIVERSAL TOOL GRINDER | For Grinding any kind of Shaped Metal Cutting Tool to a Predetermined Shape by means of a Former T TAYLOR=NEWBOLD HIGH SPEED STEEL HILLING CUTTERS I With Inserted Helical Blades, Treated by the Taylor.White Process, for use on Heavy Slab * Milling Machines and Plain Milling Machines ^ * Philadelphia has produced some of the best locomotives, as well as steamships, in this country. Manufacturers ot Philadelphia, and vicinity, are now building the fastest motors for motor cars and motor boats. We make crank shafts, finished complete, and forg;ing;s, for the most of them. t A. P. WITTEMAN (^ COMPANY Nos. 1203-1205 Fidelity Mutual Life Bldg. Phila-delphia. Pervna... U. S. A. Works. CHESTER. PENNA. 3S4 8 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA The Hess Machine Works This important industry was founded eighteen years ago by John A. Hess, and the progress made in the manufacture of file-making machinery has been so rapid as to necessitate a large and expen- sively equipped plant at Twenty-fifth and Callowhill streets. The machines turned out are recognized as the most rapid producing by file manufacturers eyery- where, and the facilities for equipping entire plants for the making of files and rasps are unsurpassed. The works also construct hack saw cutting and setting machines, patent high-speed lathe and planer cutting tools, patent mandrel presses, dental broach machines and patent key filing machines. Mr. Hess is a practical man of long experience, and the success he has attained is the result of inde- fatigable effort. One of the best testimonials to the character of his work is the world-wide reputation his machinery has attained, fully ninety-nine per cent, of the trade being export, and including a class of purchasers who are yery critical and always searching for the best made. R. D. WOOD & CO., Philadelphia, Pa. We Make CAST IRON PIPE VALVES and HYDRANTS GAS HOLDERS PUMPING ENGINES HYDRAULIC MACHINERY CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS GAS PRODUCERS GAS PRODUCER POWER PLANTS I t I t V I I ROBT. BIDDLE Pres. JOHN L. GAUMER Vice-Pres. C. LESTER SHERMAN. Jr. Sec'y and Treas. John L. Gaumer Co. TWENTY-SECOND AND WOOD STREETS PHILADELPHIA WROUGHT IRON, BRASS AND BRONZE WORK LIGHTING FIXTURES "THAT ARE DIFFERENT" SPECIAL DESIGNS GET AN ESTIMATE 355 t t I I t I I t I i I 5. f OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR The United States Metallic Packing Company The I'nited Stales Metallic Packinj; Companv. 429 North Thirteonth Street, was iiiciir]irirated un- der the laws nf I'eiinsyivania in iSSj. and fnmi that time on has been nianufactiiriny- in the City of Philadelphia. This Company manufactures metallic packings for the piston rods and valve stems of locomotives, stationary and marine engines, pumps, etc., also ])neumatic track sanding devices and pneumatic bell- ringing devices for locomotives. These specialties are largely used in all parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Com- pany also does an export business. The devices manufactured by this Company are all standard in their respective lines, and various awards have been received from time to time at International Expositions. PUMPS Steam. Electric and Belt-driven Artesian Deep W^ell Pumps and Hand Pumps H. E. TROTMAN 111 N. 3rd Street Philadelphia, Pa. Send for Catalogue 1 Established 1788 JOSEPH OAT & SONS MANUFACTURERS OF COPPER, BRASS AND SHEET IRON WORK GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BRASS FOUNDERS BUILDERS OF COPPER AND CAST IRON VACUUM PANS AND MULTIPLE EFFECT EVAPORATORS FOR ALL PURPOSES 218 to 234 QUARRY STREET Philadelphia s^ 3.S6 22STH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA The United Galvanizing Co., Inc. The value of steady application, fair treatment and high-grade product is shown by the growth of the United Galvanizing Company, whose plant at Nos. 520- 24 Beach street and 525-29 North Front street, is one of the best equipped in the country. The extensive business was started in a modest way by George jNIcNaul, who came to the United States from Ireland and entered the employ of the Philadelphia Galvanizing Company as a galvanizer. In 1881 he decided to embark in business on his own account, and, associating with Charles A. Chamberlain, the galvanizing firm of Chamberlain: & McNaul was launched. The firm was successful from the start, and in 1893 Mr. Chamberlain retired and Mr. J. C. Hulshizer was admitted to partnership, the firm name being changed to George McNaul and Co. Ten years later the business had grown to such proportions that it was decided to incorporate, and the present company was the outcome, with Mr. McNaul as president. The other officers are: J. C. Hulshizer, vice-president; G. Eugene Harlan, secretary and treasurer, and a board of di- rectors, which includes: John P. Harlan, George Mc- Naul, J. C. Hulshizer, William H. Morris and G. Eugene Harlan. The plant of the United Galvanizing Company is equipped with every modern appliance for high-grade work and quick handling. The product includes gal- vanized or black hoops and bands, round bars, flat bars, channels, angles, chains, bolts and nuts, spikes and nails, washers, tees, half-rounds, half-ovals, clinch rings, drive rings and lag screws, which can be sup- plied on a small or extensive scale to all coast cities, by water, at low cost, or by rail to all inland points. The company also do galvanizing of all kinds of ma- terial at lowest possible prices. The company's goods are favorably known in every part of the globe, for it supplies the trade throughout the entire world. William McNiece £? Son The Excelsior Saw Works, of Philadelphia, located at Xo. 515 Cherry Street, was founded by Mr. William JMcNiece, one of the pioneer saw makers of this coimtry. Mr. McNiece came to the United States from Ireland when a boy and indentured himself to Mr. Jesse Bakewell, one of the first saw makers in this country. After finishing his apprenticeship, Mr. AIc- Niece embarked in business for himself, and his progressive methods and attention to detail soon established a name among users of saws and an enviable reputation for honest business dealings. His product was high in grade and superior in quality, the excellency of the tempering in the saws being especially notable. In 1888 Mr. Edward B. McNiece, a son of the founder, who had previously been instructed in all the various methods of conducting the busi- ness, was admitted to partnership, and the high 'itandard of excellency has been maintained since. In addition to the manufacture of saws, Mr. McNiece has an enviable reputation for making various articles in the construction of which saw steel figures and is especially sought after by manufacturers and others when difficult problems in tempering arise. 357 OFFICIAL TIISTORICAI. SOUVF.XIR J. GEO. BUCHER President MARTIN M. PEARLMAN Vice-Pres't «nd Sec'y ELIAS G. PEARLMAN Tretsurer THE EMPIRE GALVANIZING COMPANY INCORPORATED Office: 1001 CHESTNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA s V V V Galvanized Pipe ALL SIZES IN STOCK Telephones: Bell and Keystone Galvanizing in All Its Branches Facilities for Handling the Largest | Works: 2501 to 2519 East Cumberland Street ClaSS Of WOrk ^ Boilers and Engines EVERY SIZE AND FOR EVERY DUTY In Stock for Immediate Shipment HOWARD W. READ N. W. Cor. Third and Arch Streets PHILADELPHIA. PA. Established 1899 PETRY SECTIONAL SASH WEIGHTS HANG PLUMB AND CANNOT UNLOCK IN BOX PATENTCO ie08 SPECIALTIES MANUFACTURED IN QUANTITIES CASTINGS Gray and Malleable Iron, Steel, Brass, Bronze and Aluminum. District Representative for WEED CHAIN TIRE GRIPS. Headquarters for all kinds of CHAIN N. A. PETRY 422 Commerce Street 358 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA ELEPHANT BRAND ♦ WIRE ROPES for STANDING RIGGING, TILLER ROPES, Etc. RICH BRONZE COLOR liHIIilHIM I 2200 WASHINGTON AVENUE. PHILADELPHIA. PA. ELEPHANT BRAND - ^^- ^^. - INGOTS. CASTINGS, WIRE. RODS, SHEETS, Etc. DELTA METAL CASTINGS, STAMPINGS AND FORGINGS ORIGINAL AND Sole Makers in the U. S. VERY STRONG AND RIGID | I I REQUIRE NO ARTIFICIAL COATING. DO NOT SOIL HANDS NOR SAILS | I TESTED BY TWENTY YEARS' SERVICE ON SALT WATER Field & Company INCORPORATED 52 NORTH FIFTH STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. IMPORTED TOOL AND HIGH GRADE STEELS WM. F. RUWELL Jilarlitutsl mill lEngtnppr 719-721 Noble Street PHILADELPHIA Special Adenlion given (o Break-down Jobs, also Repairing ol Ice Making Machines and Pumps. Repairs made to all kinds ol Steam Engines. Cylinders and Valve Seats Rebored in present position at short notice. Bell and Keystone Telephone Connection ALL WORK GURRRNTEED STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS MACHINERY IN GENERAL MADE AND REPAIRED 359 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVF.XIR GEAR WHEELS EAR CUTTING PHILADELPHIA GEAR WORKS, inc. GEO. B. GRANT PresidenI and M. E. GEO. L. nARKLAND, Jr. Trtas. and Bus. Mfir. 1120-22 Vine Street PHILADELPHIA The John Crompton Company The Jcilin C'roiiii)toii Company, established in 1844. was the first factory in the United States iiiakiiifj paper boxes, druggists' pill and powder bo.xes. which were at that time the only kind of paper bo.xes used. The ])aper box industry has grown from this small l)ej,Miining to its present vast proportions. In 1872 .Mr. Harvey Piatt bought a half inter- est in the Inisiness, which was thereafter carried on inidcr tlic name i:>f Jno. Crompton & Co. .\l)uut iSjy John L'runipton died and Air. Harvey Piatt bought the Cromjiton interest and cimtiniicd the business under the same name. In \i)02 the business was incorpurated as The Jiihn Ciximpton Co. Mr. Harvey Plait died 1904. and his sons, Alonzo W. and Harvey E. Plait, now control the business. One of the company's sjjccialties is the finer grades of paper boxes such as are used by confec- tioners, jewelers, druggists and perfumers. Their trade is not a local one, but extends over the entire coiuitr\-. ESTABLISHED 1 S7a I24CORPOI%>VXSL> 1002 DIENELT cfe EISENHARDT INCO R I^O R AT EID MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS MACHINISTS POM'KR TI^VM.MERS HYDKO-EXTRACTORS LINOLEUM MACHI>.-ERY OIL CLOTH PRINTING 1NLA.CHINES ELECTRIC MOTORS and GENERATORS SPECIAL HYI3RATTLIC and ELECTRICAL DEVICES RKPAIRS OF ALL KINDS Main Okkice and 'WoRKe HOWARD. THOMPSON AND MASCHER STREETS PHILADELPHIA 360 2J5TI1 AXXIVRKSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA STEEL BRIDGES AND BUILDINGS STOCK BEAMS AND SHAPES BRIDGE RAILINGS ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK BELMONT IRON WORKS Main Offices and Shop Philadelphia Bridge Shop, Eddystone, Pa. I^H "Ask your Plumber'' SWAIN MFG. CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Oval and Square German Silver and Copper Pantry Sinks and Drain Boards German Silver, Copper, Zinc il'n'?!!^^!";"'"^" Bath Tubs Tanks, Seats, Rims, Etc. 2106-24 Wood Street Philadelphia, Pa. I. M c. COOKING RANGES WARM AIR HEATING ROOFING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO JOBBING 813 and 815 S. 19th Street PHILADELPHIA 361 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVKXIR I -~-'-N Keller Manufacturing Company FORMERLY JULIUS KELLER TOOL AND MACHINE WORKS 21ST ST. AND ALLEGHENY AVE. Manufacturers of Special Tools and Machinery Frederick Sabin & Co. CONTRACTORS FOR RANGES HOT AIR STEAA AND HOT WATER HEATING Furnace Fittings and Registers 237-39-41 Bread Street Philadelphia Sloan, Howell & Co. IRON, STEEL and SUPPLIES Manilla Rope Wire Rope Bolts and Nuts Rivets Crane Chain Boiler Tubes Cold Rolled Steel Shafting Coil and Elliptic Springs Fire Brick Yale and Towne Chain Hoists Hickory Sledge and Pick Handles Mining Drill Steel Shovels and Scoops Protective Paint Cotton and Wool Waste, etc., etc. OFFICE WAREHOUSE 26 S. 13th St. 133-3 N. 2d St. Philadelphia 362 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Maxwell Rowland £? Co., Inc. Formerly Jonathan Rowland £? Son Established 1827 From an humble beginning eighty-one years ago, the firm of Maxwell Rowland & Co., Inc., has grown to be the largest and Ijest known house in its line in the country. The works, originally a shop in which the founder of the business worked alone and found ample time to fill the small orders at that period, have grown with the steady expansion of the busi- ness until they cover fifteen acres of ground. The goods manufactured are shovels, spades and scoops, and the name "Rowland" on any of these articles is a guarantee of excellence, both as to workmanship and material. It was the aim of the founder in starting the manufacture of shovels and spades to produce an article that, by superior quality alone, would com- mand trade, and in this he was wonderfully suc- cessful. The goods gradually found their way into every market, and the reputation gained in the early days has never been allowed to suffer by de- terioration in quality. In 1893 Maxwell Rowland & Co. was incor- porated. The present officers are : Amos C. Shall- cross, President: James M. Rowland, Treasurer; H. Maxwell Rowland, Secretary, and George B. Rowland, Manager. Since that time the business has been extended considerably until the output, which is enormous, extends throughout the entire L'nited States and to many foreign countries. The works are located at Holmesburg. along the banks of the picturesque Pennypack Creek, and are admirably situated. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company's tracks running directly past the works afford unsurpassed shipping facilities, while Pennypack Creek fur- nishes unlimited water power, the latter being of vast importance, when the present high price of fuel figures so largely in the cost of production, and so materiallx increases the selling price of a commodity. Jonathan Rowland's sons, who so materially aided their father in the development of the large business were Charles, William, Samuel and Max- well. They were succeeded by Ma.xwcll Rowland & Co., previous to the incorporation of the company. 363 Summerill Tubing Company 114 South Second Street Philadelphia Seamless Tube in all Metals STEEL All Sizes from I -100 of an inch up to twenty inches Brass, Aluminum, Copper, German Silver All, sizes from J -100 of an inch up to 5-8 of an inch in all g;aug;es John E. Hand & Sons NAVIGATING INSTRUMENTS COMPASS ADJUSTING Factory ACTO, N. J. Salesroom 222 Walnut St. PHILADELPHIA OFFICIAL HISTOKR'AI. SOTVIIX I K J» Bell Phone, Kensingto" A9-64 D NOT IN THE TRUST Keystone Phone, Park 49-85 D ;] Cattie Brothers Co. y Philadelphia Tinning AND Galvanizing Cilorks ALiLi KINDS OF TINNING AND GAbVANlZING DONE 1708-10-12-14-16 NOf^TH HOWARD STREET PHlLiADELiPHlA 0%0\w\0 \0 \0 \» k« \W \0\0 \0 k« «•> «• \0\0 \0%0%0\0\i^\^ \0:%9%^.\0:%0:\0\0\m\^.\0^*\0^0 k*W>l/«« ««»« %« « ^ »« «« » r »» »« »«»*.« *r «r t. y>V// rtH(/ Keystone Telephone Conuections GEO, /I CLOPP Structural and Ornamental Iron M^orks Office and llWks J- /■/-/<^-2J-2j-2§ Filbei-t Street Philadelphia , Pa . Aii agrtemt^Hts are comiitionai on the ttart'OiCHrrgnee of strt antt ciiutts 0/ tlettiy beyond our control /'rices iul'Ject to change without notice TROLLEYS PHILADELPHIA &r_ fii': :^ CRANES MARIS BROS PHILADELPHIA 364 J 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA * ,T. P.. Dawson, Pres. and Treas. F. A. Richter, Vice-Pres. B. H. Dawson, Sec. ESTABLISHED 1890 NCORPORATED 1906 J. R. DAWSON MFG. CO. 1520-22-24 N. Palethorp St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. MANUFACTURERS OF HOUSEHOLD AND OFFICE WIRE GOODS This business was established by J. R. Dawson in a small way and has grown to he the largest of its kind in this city if not in the country. Our Tin Plating is equal to any and excelled by none. Good goods at reasonable prices and square dealings with all is our motto. Many of our first customers are still with us. Does not this spealt well for our goods? Our goods can be found in nearly every city and town in the United States as well as in foreign countries. If interested in this line of goods it will pay you to write for our catalogue No. 18. ii-ilii'»ii-i('»9^9tii-ii^»-^ii'ft»»%rc-»»ii^i69i'i0l^-»-!^^'^^^^^^^ PATENT APPLIEO FOR >*. t\ i*< >*< >*« »*< t't >*« »*i 1*1 t*t t*< '*f. i\ t*i t*« i*« t*i t*t 1*1 t*i t*t >*< 1*1 1*1 r*i >*« i*« »*i 1*1 1*) »*i »*i »*i 1*1 1*1 Approved by the Philadelphia Board of Health The Improved "IXL" Anti- Freezing Automatic Low-down Closet Combination WITH GALVANIZED TANK AND LID Guaranteed against freezing if properly set One of our leaders Simple No flush pipe No washers No fittings inside of tank Complete drainage of all water surfaces Quickly adjusted Fasten tank against wall, ready for use The FIRST low-down anti-freezing closet Plate 4-ixl— patent applied for Also we manufacture Air Compressors, Beer Pumps, Sewage Ejectors, Cellar Drainers, Water Lift Pumps, etc. SEND FOR CATALOGUE ] "IXL" PUMP AND MFG. CO. i PATENTEES AND MAKERS 805 So. 1 1th St. 804 So. Clifton St. ; PHILADELPHIA, PA. ; .^.>*.j*«<^««<**H-^«<**H"H*^***>K.**^..H.^^*«<*: 365 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR ****************** ;>******#***#***^f**********#******************«^ * FRANK SAMUEL I The firm of FRANK SAMUEL was established in Philadelphia in 1888, and is at present composed of FRANK SAMUEL and S. M. TOMLINSON, the latter having been taken into partnership in 1892. Branch offices have been established in Boston, New York and Pittsburg. The firm is at present the leading importers of Ferro Manganese, Spiegeleisen, Manganese and Iron Ores, at the port of Philadelphia. They have always made a specialty of handling large quantities of old material, and have had notable contracts, such as the handling of the entire Traction Company's conduits and rails, amounting to some 10,000 tons. They are contractors of old material with the Pennsylvania Railroad and other large Railroads centering in the east. They are also agents of Blast Furnaces, handling the output of Pig Iron, and furnishing the furnaces with Coke and Ores. * ^ * ****************** ;i=*******************************************«*************** t COMPLETE MOTOR CAR OUTFITTERS * * * * * * '4*4*^4*^ * "A DIFFERENT KIND OF ACCESSORY STORE" THE AUTOLIGHT AND MOTOR SUPPLY CO., Inc 506-508 NORTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA GCORGC LEC THOMPSON. phcsioCnt JOSEPH A. JANNEY, Jn . TBEASURCn 2 DOORS ABOVE SPRING CAROCN STREET I * * t * ++++*****+**+***+******++**+*'i !•++++**+•» JOSEPH A, STEINMETZ. SECRETARY .J* PAUL P. RrPPlEN. GENERAL MANAGER *^ 366 225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Bell and I. telfphones KeystoneJ Link Belt Sprocket Wheels FRANK TOOMEY BOILERS, ENGINES MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION The Largest Assortment of Modern Machinery SOLE AGENT FOR The C. & H. Automatic & Shde Valve Engines Troy Vertical, Stationary & Marine Engines Hoisting Engines, High Grade Horizontal, Vertical Locomotive & Marine Boilers, Reilly Steam Pumps Van Wie Centrifugal Water & Sand Pumps, Lathes Planers, Shapers, Drill Presses, Milling Machines Wood Working Machinery, etc. J 27-1 31 North Third St. Philadelphia This is the Philips Pressed Steel Pulley, manufactured at Fourth Street and Glenwood Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., by the Philips Pressed Steel Pulley Works. // has no equal Any OLD PLUG ^A ^H is good enough for any OLD PLUG ^FlashLiglit^l OF A CAR, ^^k best ^^1 BUT MILEAGE ^^^Inthc^^l INTERESTS the owners of high class ^^^woiid^^l Motors. FLASH LIGHT PLUGS ^^^^1^ ^^^^^H have given 5000 ^^^^^B^ i^^^^^l MILES WITH ^ r=^^^^^M CLOSED BON- ^^^^ErTn— ^^^^^^1 NETS and were ^^^^^H'll' :^^^^^^l then ready for a ^^^^HM^—^^^^^^^I trip around the ^^V^^Wiii^V^jl world. Our PLA- ■ imiiiiSffw-^Sihlf*' - TINUM POINTS " w^^^|fjs5i:»'r ?Hl*« cost us $41.00 per ffl*^ ounce, BUT the POINT is the ^^ LIFE OF IT, and OURS LIVES LONGER than any other PLUG I N THE WORLD. IN STOCK ALL PHILADELPHIA SHOPS Janney, S teinmetz & Co. Fourth an d Market Streets Price $1.50 Philadelphia FRANK TYSON, Proprietor 571 North Forty-fourth Street Phone, Preston 291 A Enterprise Cornice Works Copper and Galvanized Iron Cornices, Roofing and Metal Skylidhts 4714 Market Street Philadelphia 367 OFFICIAL II ISTOKICAI. SorXKMK Marshall Bros. (^ Co. One of the many l'hiladeli)hia firms that are well alono; in their second half of their century run is that of Marshall Brothers & Co., dealers in tin plate, sheet and plate iron and steel, with offices at No. 30 West Girard .\venuc. This old house, which has a record of seventy- two years of steadily increasing business, was founded by Caleb and John Marshall at Marshall- ton, Del., the product being sheet iron, of which there were but two manufacturers in the country at that time. In 1856 the works were removed to Philadel- jjhia which, to the progressive founders, presented a larger and better field for the extension of their already growing business. The two founders of the business died in the late eighties after relinquishing the business to Al- fred. Wilnier W., and J. Howard Marshall, sons of Caleb Marshall. In \Ht)() the manufacturing end of the business was sold to the American Tin Plate Company, since which time the firm has conducted a jobbing business in the lines previously manufactured. Alfred Marshall is the only survivor of the three brothers who successfully conducted the busi- ness for thirty years. Associated with him is Ed- ward T. Adams, who entered the firm in 1899, and S. Furmau Marshall, son of J. Howard Marshall, who acquired an interest in 1903, and under their able management the business has steadily increased until the house is recognized as one of the leaders in its line in the I'nited .States. Marshall brothers & Co.'s establishment is the scene of continuous business activity, and the his- tory of tlie firm is the record of seventy-two years of c instant ex[)ansion. consc(|uently the equipment of their plant is modern in every ])articular and the facilities for the conduct of their large business is most complete. In this city of i<\<\ and stanncli firms there are several in the connucrcial line that have for upwards of a century been conducted by members of the same family, but there are few in the in- dustrial line that have achieved this distinction, and none in any line that have preserved the prestige and reputation for business acumen and honesty always enjoyed by Marshall I'rothcrs and Co. John M. Walton Capl. Joliii M. Walton, City Cuntrullc.-. was born in Strotidsburg, Pa., in 1842, and was educated in the Moravian Schuol. Lititz. Pa. He came to Philadelphia after the War of the Re- bellion with his father, who was treasurer in the U. S. •Mint, and in 1S71 became second lieutenant in the Fourth U. S. Cavalry. Seven years later he was made first lieutenant and retired as captain through disabil- ity received in the service. Returning to this city he served in Councils from 1882 until 1895. when he resigned to become city con- troller, a position to which he has been successively re-elected ever since. Capt. Walton is a member of the Union League, the Grand .\rniy of tlie Republic, the Society of Vet- erans of Indian \\'ars. the Masonic Fraternity, and several political organizations. 1887 1908 DILLER.CASKEY&KEEN Enterprise Stove Works S. W. Cor, Sixth and Berks Sts Philadelphia, Pa. Manufacturers of HARMONY RANGES HARMONY FURNACES and Jennings Patent Cast Iron Gutters, Roof Supports, Bench Fittings, Ventilating Machines, etc., for Greenhouse Construction 368 225TH ANNIVF.RSARV FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA REAL ESTATE From the caves and dug-outs of the i^ioneer settlers to the stately and palatial office building or modern residence is a transition far greater than the years taken for its accomplishment. The first settlement in Philadelphia before the founding of the city was at Dock Creek, where land that had been previously sold in England was allotted to the settler. A map of a prospec- tive city had been prepared, divided into "Lib- erties," and in one of these sections a lot was given presumabl}- to induce emigration. In just two hundred and twenty-five years some of these gift lots, considered of little value when allotted, were bringing $4000 per foot ! This will give some idea of the steady growth of realty values in Philadelphia and some concep- tion of the importance of the real estate business. This business, which represents the transfer of property worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually and gives employment to an army of men and women, has a history that dates from the time of Penn, for it was the proprietor him- self who, previous to setting sail for America on April ID, 1681, wrote to his kinsman, William Markham, who had preceded him, "to survey, set out, rent and sell lands." Thus was the business launched in Philadelphia, and in the intervening years it has grown to mammoth proportions. Penn's title to the ground on which Phila- delphia stands was granted to him by charter from King Charles II, but he intended to deal fair!}- with the Indians who occupied the land, and in 1681 he wrote to them saying "the King had given him a Province which he desired to oc- cupy with their love and respect." Later the tribes must have received some compensation, for there are in existence old deeds, not recorded, that convey the entire site of the city to Penn. A\'hat the tribes actuall}- received is not known, but as values are determined by demand and as demand was small in those days, the considera- tion must ha\-e been trifling. It is hard to make a comparison of values between the two periods, but it is safe to presume that the price of a Chestnut Street lot at present would at the time of settlement have bought the entire city proper. Broad and Market Streets, which is a good locality for comparison, was the site gf Centre Square on the plan made two and a quarter cen- turies ago and up to the time of the erection of the public buildings. L'pon this ground was erected, in 1685, a meeting-house, and from one of the early historians it is learned that "the meeting-house was jn a lonely spot in the forest, too far oflf for convenience, and was eventually deserted and allowed to go to ruin." Could a better illustra- tion of the increase in realty \'alues be given? A better comparison can be made with values twenty-five years ago and at the present time. In 1883 a merchant desired to negotiate a mort- gage on his Market Street property. The amount asked for was $150,000 and the brokers loaning the money were some time in deciding to take the mortgage. Figuratively, the active man ol the firm, who was considered an expert in his line, counted ever}' brick before the money was forthcoming. Less than twenty-five years after- wards the merchant borrowed $6,000,000 on the same property and there was not a question asked as to the security. Of course, the property had been improved in twenty-five years, but over $5,000,000 at least of the amount represented tne appreciation of value of the ground. Penn's statue on the tower stands over the very spot "that was too far ofif for convenience," and in an area that can be seen with the eye, overlooks millions and millions of dollars" worth of beautiful homes, palatial office buildings, com- modious mills, and handsome mercantile struct- ures, and only two centuries removed from a wilderness through which the Indians roamed. 369 OKKK lAl. 11 1ST(JUU'A1. SOUVENIR J. M. Gutnmey £? Sons In 1867 the offices of the firm were removed to No. 733 Walnut Street, which location was maintained for thirty-nine years, and it was here that this old and conservative firm, that had be- come a landmark in the business, experienced some of the most successful years in its career. In 1872 tiie firm sustained a great loss in the death of its founder, John M. Gummey, to whose untiring energy and extensive business knowl- edge its success was largely due. In 1895 James McF. Gummey was admitted to the firm, and two years later George S. Gum- mey acquired an interest. In 1898 Charles F. The real estate firm of J. M. Gummey and (iummey, who had been active in the business for Sons was established si.xty years ago, and during thirty-sexen years, died, sincerely mourned by all that period it has built up a reputation for pro- who ever had business dealings with him. In gressiveness and integrity second to none in the 1903 Henry R. Gummey withdrew from the part- city, nership and the following year George S. Gum- _, , , , , , . T . -> f ""-'V rcliri-'d from membership. 1 he founder of the business was John Ai. Gummey. who first located at No. 8 South Seventh During the latter part of this period the city Street, and who marked out a line of procedure was awakening to new conditions. The retail that had for its basis unswerving honesty of pur- and general business was moving westward, pose and absolute loyalty to those who entrusted and while property in some of the streets near the their business to him. This course brought a Delaware River had depreciated, values were large volume of business which was executed ajipreciably increasing all over the city and record with the painstaking care for which Mr. Gummey jjrices were being made near Broad Street, so soon became known. His ready grasp of every that the firm of J. M. Gummey & Sons, which for detail of the business brought him much in re- ^7 years had kept abreast of the times, decided quest in appraisements, and his efforts contributed to move with the current, and handsome quarters greatly towards the improvement of local realty were secured at the northeast corner of Broad values, particularly in the heart of the city. and Walnut Streets. In 1852 Thomas A. (iunnney was admitted < 'n May ist of this year the firm w^as incor- to the firm, which, though in existence but four jjorated, James McF. Gummey becoming Presi- years, was considered one of the inost prominent dent, and the board consisting of Herman Hoopes, agencies in the city. The business still continued .\rcliil)al(l (1. I'honison, John D. Taylor and Wil- to grow rapidly, and in 1856 larger quarters were liam Macdonald, and will continue to transact a secured at No. 148 South Fourth Street, and two general real estate brokerage business as a cor- years later these quarters were found inadec|uate poration on the same lines as during the past tor the increasing business, and the firm secured sixty years. what was then considered commodious offices at .,,, , . r ^1 u r /- 1 -, -.ir , r- ...... I fie liusmess of the house of Gummev has .No. S20 Walnut Street, and added to their regular , , . ..1 i- . . .1 , 1' . , .■ , , r , • • , ahvavs been strictly confined to the sale and rent- business the sale of real estate at auction in the ■ ' c , ^ ^ , ,. • • 1 , ,„.,,,,. „ , mg of real estate, and the experience gained bv rhiladelphia Lxchange. ■ ' , , . . •, , , ^ ,, ,' ' '^ Its long years of service is available to those who In 1861 Henry R. Gummey and Charles F. are purchasers or sellers, owners or tenants, and Gummey were admitted to the firm, and two years the fairness which has always marked its rela- later Thomas A. Gummey, who had been one of tions in dealing with these two classes is the main the partners for eleven years, withdrew in order reason why it still exists and still occupies a prin- to devote his entire time to the practice of law. cipal place in realty circles. 370 .1 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Harry Ellenberg The real estate business has no more indefatigable worker than Harry Ellenberg, who has labored assidu- ously to raise values and improve realty conditions in the northern section of the city. The result of this persistent effort has been the converting of barren tracts into at- tractive home sites, the building of commodious dwellings and a steady increase in population due to improved conditions. Property in the section has accordingh' advanced in value, and as a result of his labors, Mr. Ellenberg enjoys a lucrative business, having the reputation of handling his client's business with an honesty of purpose that is appre- ciated by buyer and seller alike. Mr. Ellenberg, who has been aptly termed the "'North Philadelphia hustler,'' is located at No. 3543 Germantown Avenue, in a building newly constructed and especially fitted up for the expeditious handling of his large selling and renting business. While more especially interested in the North Phila- delphia section, Mr. Ellenberg's business extends through- out the entire city, and he figures in many real estate trans- actions in other localities, and in addition has a large renting list, to which he gives his personal attention. Besides his real estate and insurance business Mr. Ellenberg is very largely interested in many building and loan associations as officer, director and stockholder. WHITESIDE & McLANAHAN M. HAWLEY McLANAHAN Real Estate Agents and Brokers j^^ N. W. Cor. Fifteenth and Pine Streets FOUNDED 1864 Established 1876 J. T. Jackson Frederick T. Haines Warren J. Hainrs J. T. JACKSON ^ CO. Eeal fetate JProfeerg Chestnut and Thirteenth Southeast Corner Philadelphia RENTS SALES MORTGAGES Etc. ESTABLISHED 1886 W. BRUCE BARROW REAL ESTATE FACTORIES AND LARGE BUILDINGS A SPECIALTY 130 NORTH TWELFTH STREET PHILADELPHIA Expert in the Appraisement of Properties Jor Receivers, Trusts, Executors, etc. Horse Power Calculated. 371 ()KI-I( lAl. IIISIOKIC AI. SOrvi-.NIR + •J- 4- + + + + + •* + I * * * t t + + + + + + + + + CAV. C. C. A. BALDI President JOSEPH F. M. BALDI Treasurer V. A. BALDI Secretary C. C. A. BALDI BROS. (^ CO. INCORPORATED Beal Cs^tate ^rofeerg anb Conbepancers Mortgatges Negotia-ted Houses Bought and Sold Esta-tes Managed Bell Telephone, Walnut 6-97 Money Loa-ned Rents and Interest Collected Keystone Telephone, Main 14-16 r^jt^L* C. C. A. BALDI m. BR.OS. 3talian Cxcftange panb Foreigrx Money Bought and Sold Representa-tives of Banco Di Napoli. Italy Bell Telephone, Walnut 4-89 Keystone Telephone, Main 15-90 ^<|*a*.* 928 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia 1011-17 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia •*• >i- •i- + + + + •4- 372 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA John Megraw No one man in the entire city has done as much in real estate development and added so materialh' to Philadelphia's fame as the "City of Homes" as John Megraw. The section west of the Schuylkill is, he claims, the "garden spot of the world," and it is there he has labored to create a neighborhood of beautiful homes. During the last twelve years Mr. IMegraw has erected 3000 houses at a cost of $12,000,000. and has had as high as 1183 workmen in his employ at one time. He is to-day the owner of more real estate in ^^'est Philadelphia than any other one man in the city. In his creation of the home beautiful Mr. Megraw has taken man}' barren sections and con- verted them into most desirable sites. In so doing he has opened and dedicated to the city, free of charge, over four miles of streets, making residential sections that are the handsomest in the cit}'. Mr. Megraw is a firm beliex'er in West Phila- delphia's future. He has a handsome home there, and points with pride to the steady increase in realty values. It is the most accessible of all the suburban sections, and he is confident that no one can make a mistake in buying there. The elevated road brings the extreme western limit of the city within a few minutes of the business centre, and values must go on increasing daily as every a\-ailable foot of idle ground will soon be occupied. Mr. Megraw stakes his reputation, based on twelve years of building experience, on the wis- dom of this statement. He has offices at No. 407 Land Title Building, No. 1547 South Fifty-third Street and Xo. 5207 Baltimore Avenue, with a competent staf¥ of salesmen to show the public his beautiful homes. Howard B. Wilson & Co. A widely known uptown real estate broker- age office is the firm of Howard B. Wilson & Co. (succeeding William H. Kennedy & Co.), located at No. 2122 Germantown Avenue. The office has been in practically the same location, "Cohock- sink," for the past twenty-five years, and during that period has handled some of the largest trans- actions uptown. The collection of rents and management of properties for clients is its specialtv. Another branch of its business which has been of especial benefit to that section of our city is the mortgage department — in assisting home- buyers by arranging for loans on first and second mortgages, both from individuals and Building and Loan Associations. This branch is no longer restricted to the northern districts, but is now extended throughout the city. Howard B. Wilson, of the firm, is a member of the Bar. and the preparation of legal papers, the care of estates, and all matters requiring a knowledge of the law are given his personal attention. ROBERT M. CATTS REAL ESTATE TRUST FUNDS MORTGAGES CONA^EYANCING 300-301 LAND TITLE BUILDING PHILADELPHIA 373 OFFICIAL IIISTOKICAI. SOUVENIR Henry Di Berardino Henry Di Berardino, proniinerit in real estate and banking circles, was born in Abruzzi, Italy, October 7, 1877. and received his education in the schools of his native town and those in this country whicli he later attended. Before attaining his majority he was made manager of the foreign exchange department of a Boston banking house, and after familiarizing himself with the business came to Philadelphia, where, with his brothers, he founded the banking house of Di Berardino Brothers. In 1905 he withdrew from the firm and started in the real estate business, taking offices at Xo. 723 Walnut Street, where he is still located. Mr. Di Berardino is a director in the Federal Trust Company, Broad and Federal Streets, of which he was one of the original organizers and incorporators. He is married and lives in Tioga. Edward M. Moll Kdward M. Moll, prominent in real estate circles, was born in this city. After leaving school he entered the office of an uptown real estate dealer. After mastering every detail of the business, during a service of fourteen years, he became a member of the firm. During the five years he remained a partner he materially aided in largely increas- ing the business. One year ago the partnership was dis- solved and Mr. Moll took offices in the Franklin Building. Twelfth and Walnut Streets, where he conducts a general real estate, conveyancing and insurance business. Mr. Moll's specialty is "quick money," it being pos- sible w^ith his system of quick search to apply for a mort- gage and receive the money the same day. He has a record of an application made at two o'clock in the after- noon and the receipt of the money by the applicant before the close of business hours. Mr. Moll is also secretary and solicitor of eight or ten building associations. HENRY J, WALTER SECRETARY TEN BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS 1218 CHESTNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. CHARLES C. WHITE CHRISTIAN E. WHITE 5441 HAVERFORD AVE. 6500 LANSDOWNE AVE. BOTH PHONES C. WHITE BR^OS. Contractors an^ Bricklayers 5441 MAVEUFOUI) AVENUE PHILADELPHIA. PA. Lawful Measurers 374 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA FOOD PRODUCTS , Gigantic tasks are sometimes easily over- come if no previous thouglit is given to their mag- nitude; for if no attention is paid to an obstacle it ceases to inspire fear and is more readily van- quished. What would appear an almost appalling un- dertaking, were it given thought commensurate with its proportions, is the feeding of this city's immense population. In times of war we have read of an army of one hundred thousand men and of the difSculty a thoroughly equipped gov- ernment, with unlimited means and perfect ma- chinery, had in feeding the men. Yet, in this city of a million and a half, many times greater than some of the world's most famous armies, the feed- ing process goes on endlessly without friction of any kind, and, what is more surprising, with no apparent effort. This is because the purveyors who constitute the commissary of the city never stop to think of the herculean task they are daily performing ; of the elaborate system developed by the constantly increasing demand, or the productive territory that lies within easy access — a territory of al- most unlimited resources which produces enough for local needs and has something over to ship to other points. There is probably no section in the country so well equipped for the production of food and so capable of self-sustenance as Philadelphia and the nearby counties. Many counties in eastern Pennsvlvania have fine grazing lands which produce an extra quality of beef ; while those devoted to wheat and other grains furnish the mills located here with the ma- terial that goes into flour and cereal foods. The farmer within a radius of fifty miles finds it pro- fitable to market his products here, and over the roads leading to Philadelphia pass an almost end- less line of wagons loaded with the produce from his productive soil. Every railroad entering the city brings carload after carload of farm products in season, and every conceivable form of sailing vessel on the Delaware River transports fruits, vegetables and other eatables from the States contiguous to its shores. Fish and oyster boats come by hundreds with every conceivable variety of food from the sea and its tidewater tributaries. Like the roads, which all lead to Rome, so do these many avenues lead to the commission merchant and wholesale dealer, who with their corps of skilful assistants are ready to dispose of anything that may be in demand by the people. In thousands of homes the prayer "Give us this day our daily bread," is said without thought of the labor required in the fulfilment of the re- quest. The world is contented when it awakens for the morning meal and gives no thought to the army of tired men that has labored throughout the night, and, fairy-like, brought the things wished for. The men who perform these seeming miracles leave their beds at one o'clock in the morning and, receiving the foodstuffs from the various sources, commence the work of distribu- tion to feed the hungry hordes for the ensuing twenty-four hours. When the daylight workers, after a day of labor, trudge by their places of business, they have disappeared, and thus the world remains in ignorance of how it is fed. But it would pay this unthinking public to investigate a little — to go forth at early dawn and look at the markets before they have been devastated, for in no city in the country is there a finer dis- play. The great distributing centres at Thirtieth and Market Streets, Water and Dock Streets, and Delaware Avenue and Vine Street fairly teem with the best of the country's product, while the merchants along Dock, Front and Water Streets, and onYine and New Market Streets, have in the early morning hours a display of good things that is worth a few hours' loss of sleep to see. The market for fish and oysters is also a scene of daily activity, and the various market- houses scattered about the city, more particularly the one at the Reading Terminal, have appetizing assortments of everything edible. The market-houses are daylight displays, but as the entire story of the city's feeding cannot be learned from them, it is probable the public wi'l sleep on and remain ignorant. 375 OFFICIAL II ISTOkKAI. SOIXEXIR ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t I ♦ t t t t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ W. J. McCAHAN President R. S. POMEROY Treasurer W. J. McCAHAN, JR. Secretary JAMES M. McCAHAN Manager [D]: 10 THE W. J. McCAHAN SUGAR REFINING CO. 0: SUGAR R- ,, OIIAWWC fUVIft SUGARS Cubes, Powdered, Granulated, Fine Granulated, Coarse Granulated, Extra A, Confectioners' A, Extra BB, Extra CC, Yellows, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 REFINERY TASKER STREET WHARF Piers 68 and 69 South Wharves DELAWARE RIVER SUGAR HOUSE Northwest Corner WATER AND MORRIS STREETS OFFICES Front and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ .3/6 r**"****"***** 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA WILLIAM WEINERT &. COMPANY Commission Mercliants S. W. Corner Front and Vine Streets S. W. Corner Second and Dock Streets PHILADELPHIA, PA. \ Fancy Fruits and Vegetables from all Parts of the Globe Best Brands Florida and California Citrus Fruits Both Phones Best Brands ROCKY FORD Cantaloupes Correspondence requested and shipments solicited from all parts of the United States Cable Address Weinert William Weinert & Company have been established in business for the last twenty-six years, in which time the firm has carried on a general fruit and produce commission business, handling goods from all parts of the country. Their i)lace of business is advantageously situated, being within a stone's throw of the most important transportation companies" receiving and distributing X stations and the fruit auction companies. Their main office is located at the I southwest corner of Front and Vine Streets, with stores at the latter place * and Second and Dock Streets. The California office of this concern is in Los Angeles, and they have business connections in every market of importance in the Linited States. ^m2m{m{mJm{m{i-^*-^h^-m^«$)^h» 377 OFFICIAI. U ISlciUICAI. SOrVF.XIR Stephen Thurber riiiiisyh ania is celeliratcd as a tine farm and dairvint;' State, especially the cnunties adjacent to Philadelphia, and its dairy products, notably the print butter, are the standard of excellence in the markets of the I'nited States. There are a number of houses in the city which make a specialty of this delectable neces- sity, chief among' which may be mentioned the produce commission house of Stephen Thurber, of I02 Vine Street. Mr. Thurber, founder of the business, was born in this city in 1870 and was educated in the public schools here. During; vacation periods his time was spent on a farm, where he gained a vast amount of knowledge of farm and dairy products which has been of much \alne to him in his busi- ness life. His active training was received in the pro- duce house of J. L. Jordan, now deceased, who was at one time a leader in the trade. Later he was made manager of the butter and egg depart- ment of the J. 1'. Moyer Co., one of the leading produce commission houses of the city. About fourteen years ago he decided to em- bark in the business on his own account and started in a modest way. His vast experience and acquaintance with buyers in all sections brought him a large trade from the start and this has steadily increased until it re(|uires several teams to supjily the local trade alone. Mr. Thurber is an ex])ert in butter and not only handles the product of nearby creameries, but reaches into every good ]iasturage countv in the adjoining States and conse(|uently secures a fair share of the best butter made in the middle and nearby western States. Mr. Thurber also handles large quantities ot eggs and gets the product from all the States within the safe s]iip])ing distance rif the city. which insures a high-grade product. In addition he does an extensive l)nsiness in domestic and im[)orte(l cheese, handling only the finest grades, such as New York State creamery and the best the foreign markets afford. lie occupies the entire building at 102 \'ine Street, having several floors comi)letely filled up with the most modern refrigerating and cold storage apparatus for the proper handling of the goods. The superior facilities and connections con- trolled by ]\Ir. Thurber are widely recognized and direct relations are maintained with the leading sources of supply, as a result of which he is en- abled to meet the largest demands promptly and efficiently rendering most valuable service to both shippers and buyers and. being in close touch with all the markets of the country, is en- abled at all times to quote the lowest prices con- sistent with hi.gh quality goods. The \'alue of the experience gained bv .Mr. Thurber"s long apprenticeshi]) untler two of the best firms that ever did a commission business in Philadelphia, is apparent in the conduct of his business. Everything is personally supervised by him and no detail of the business is too small for his attention. His early training on the farm has also been helpful to him and these, in addition ti-) a natural bent for the business and an intuitive faculty for gauging the markets has led to his success. There is no house on the street that stands liiglur with shippers of produce or the buyers thereof. His treatment of the consignor is al- ways just and he treats his customers with cour- tesy and consideration, thereliy ac<|uiring a popu- larity with both classes. Mr. Thurber has lieen a niemi)er of the Pro- duce Exchange for many years and a number of f>ther fraternal and social organizations. I lis wiiK- ac(|uainlance and ]iopularity in the commission business led to his selection as chair- man of the I'lUtter and Egg Committee of Found- ers" Week and he gave much time and attentitm to the position and rendered efficient aid to the General Committee to make the celebration a success. ^7» 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA ASK FOR * CRANE'S ICE CREAM (Name Registered August 7, 1906, U. S. Patent Office) CAKES AND CANDIES ARE ABSOLUTELY PURE Visit our Tea Room where we are serving Lunches at Popular Prices * I * f * * * I 'j1^- The Home of Crane's Pure Ice Cream and Baking I I I * We invite you to visit our establishment at 23d Street below Locust Street to see tor yourself the sanitary conditions under which our goods are made, and the purest ot ingredients used. * * * I MAIN OFFICE, TWENTY-THIRD STREET BELOW LOCUST | a^ fife I STORE AND TEA ROOM, 1331 CHESTNUT STREET | * 379 Ol-I'ICIAI. IIISTOKRAI. SOUVICXIR ^^C*fT'f ■f*f*?*f ^"f^f^f^-f*^^*?*^****' "• '• '* •• '• ** '* ** '* '• ** '«*•*«*«*«*«•«*«•«•**«••*•••*%:*<»«•<•«•«*»•••«•«*«*«•«•«,•»•••*•«•«•«*••«•«•»*•*«*«•«•«•«•*•«* ■'*•••»•*•**••»*••*•-•*%•**»*»•*•»»»•»•»•»• k> *m *v k« hr\r kr >.r tr »> *r »> k» W »• «• »V k* k«r »« k« k«k« «^ k«^« W^« kr %« k« W k« k» «« tc »« »« »«>Wk« »• W %« »« k» W W Wk* k« k« h« »« k« ft* ft« t ;J (i 0% JJ fj West Philadelphia Stock Yard Company f^i i i iif^h 51 ^ THOMAS B. SHRIVER PRESIDENT JOSEPH M. HARLAN SECRETAR^ AND TREASURER 1^ 1 ' J]l'=Jlli ^51 [d] i i B i H n Thirtieth and Race Streets i Philadelphia 3.X0 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA * * * * * * ESTABLISHED 1868 We have almost unlimited outlets for fancy CREAMERY BUTTER. FINEST EGGS and POULTRY SHIP US We make Quick Sales Prompt Returns Chas. E. Harvey, Pres. Wiljon F. Lobach, Sec'y and Treas. Nace & Swartley Company SPECIALTIES Fine Butter, Eggs and Poultry General Produce Commission No. 7 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Pa. References: Merchants Nat. Bank, Commercial Agencies Full Prices Correct Weight and Count * * * * I Good Cold Storage and every facility for handling, to best advantage. Butter. Eggs and. Poultry in large lots I ^i^^^i^i^i^i^'^i^i^-^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^ii'i^i^i^^m^i^i^i^i^^ ESTASLISHtD 1846 NICE & SCHREIBER COMPANY Butter and Egg Commission Merchants No. 8 SOUTH WATER STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. OUR PLATFORM for the Campaign of 1908 and every other year 1st Plank : — A square deal for every customer. All goods guaranteed to be as represented and to give entire satisfaction or returnable at our expense. 2d Plank : — Purity of all goods handled. Uniformity of quality. Full weight. Prompt service. 3cl Plank : — Prices (ba.sed on daily wholesale markets) as low as it is possible to make them without sacrificing our standard of quality. Goods sold on a basis of weekly settlement. Having the facilities, the goods, the right prices, we solicit your business if our platform looks good to you and you are dissatistied with your present supply of Butler, Eggs and Cheese. Get in communication with us at once, we .shall be glad to take up the matter with you, (]Uote prices, etc. R. SNYDER £? CO. Fine Butter, Cheese, Eggs, etc. No. 4 South Water St. Philadelphia ESTABLISHED 18?2 BELL AND KEY5TONE TELEPHONES Our Price List of Butter, Eggs Mailed on Request and Cheese 381 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR The Atlantic Fruit Company Importers of Bananas and other Tropical Fruits MAIN OFFICE CALVERT BUILDING. BALTIMORE. MD. Division Offices New York. Baltimore and Philadelphia James Sawyers From the stand])! )iiit of ])rogres.siveiiess this Coni])any is ]>niniiiicnt : altliiniL;!i hut fmir years old it has surged ahead to the position of second in importance in the United States. They are ncnv operating sixteen steamships between tropical ])oints and the States, which business continues the year round, and during the winter months all divisions continue with no less than eight ships in the service. .^urticient of these steamers to keep a continu- ous service Ijetween Baltimore and Jamaica, and Pliiladel]ihia and Jamaica, are of the .\i ty]X' and ei|ui]ii)ed for ])assengers, operating un(kr an i t\\ciU\' men on llic road and in llie James Sawyers was Ixini in W'est- nioreland, lui^land, and caiiir to I'liiladel- phia in 1S7J, sectirin^' a posilinn willi the Xiirth I^onns\lvania Railroad C'oni])any, wliich Ik- held lor three vears, and resjo-ned to start husiness for himself. His first \-entiire was in a small way, on Xorth Water Street, ;ind then to still Larmier (|tianers: hnt his hiisiness grew hevond his e.\])eotation, ami when the West rhil;idel]>hia Market o])ened he leased the stores Xos. _'<),V'. -\)?i^ and ?j)-[0 Market Street, where he does a larLje general wholesale .and johhing l)ro(luee hn'-iness, emnlo\'inL;' a foree of American license. The ])oints at which their su])])ly of fruit is obtained are princi])ally the Island nf Jamaica. l)oth north an courteous treatment of all with whoiu he comes in eoulacl. The resttlt is a high re])Utation with the trade and the shi|)])ers with whoui he does htisiness. Mr. .^awver> is a memher o| the Masonic I'raternity and (d' the .Sons of St. (le5cal trade is also large and the firm is rated second to none in its line. J. C. Brumfield The fruit interests of riiiladeli)hia constitute an important factor of its business activities, this being recognized as one of the leading markets of the country and the distributing point for a largely populated terri- tory. Foremost among those engaged in this important line is J. C. Brumfield. .\'o. 406 New Market Street. Mr. Brumfield succeeded to the business of J. W. Moore in 1898, and since that time has built up an ex- tensive business. lie makes a specialty of bananas, and having been long identified with the business has gained an experi- ence that enables him to meet every demand of the trade with promptness and ofTer the best grade of the fruit at the lowesi market prices. .Mr. Brumfield gives personal supervision to his growing business and lias built up an enviable reputa- tion for fair dealing and handling the choicest grades of fruit obtainable. The produce trade, that very necessary adjunct to a large city, has no nmre prominent and active member than Robert McCaulley, whose large estab- lishment at No. 156 Dock Street is the daily scene ^<{* ^«{*<2* ^ •> • Manufacturers of Soaps of Every DescripUon 386 * * * * * * * * I * * * * 22=,Tn ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA George Hausmann £? Sons Among foods, pork figures prominently, contributing as it does many products of an appetizing nature. Prominent in this line is the old-established house of George Hausmann & Sons, whose plant is located at Fifty- first Street and Westminster Avenue. This firm is one of the largest engaged in this line of business in this section of the country and its establishment is equipped with the latest and most modern appliances for sanitary packing and complete refrigerating plants for the cooling and preserva- tion of the product. Only the best stock is used, and in addition to the personal care given every detail by a member of the firm, quality and cleanliness are further assured by the presence of United States Government inspectors. Volt's Pork Products X^ — j^ — or v^ U.S. /inspected /& S. **A ^ " AND PASSED J / 4714 WESTMINSTER AVENUE PHILADELPHIA, PA. DRINK BONSOR^S Famous Philadelphia COFFEES Tickle the Taster 15 and 17 South Front Street PHILADELPHIA Everything in Paper Envelopes and Cardboards CATALOGUE ^ COVER PAPERS A SPECIALTY IRWIN N. MEGARGEE ^ CO., Inc. 12 and 14 So. Sixth Street 3 and 5 So. Marshall Street PHILADELPHIA 387 OFFICIAL IIISTORirAI. SOrVFXIR H. H. Geilfuss' Son 'Ihe business of H. H. Geilfuss' Son, manufacturer of ornamental confec- tionery at 1 202 \'ineSt. , was established in 1862 ly Herman H. Geilfuss, who came to this country from Osnalirueck, Ger- man)', with his father in 1S46. He continued the busi- ness until 1900, when he was succeeded by his sons, William F. and I'hilip J. Geilfuss, the latter being sole proprietor since the death of William F. Geilfuss. The goods manufactured are cake ornaments, pan- orama eggs and novelties for banquets and all holidays, which find a sale over the entire United States. Holmes £? Clark Frank P. Clark Otic of ilif leading firms doing business at the West Philadcipliia Stock Yards is that of Holmes & Clark, who arc engaged in the live stock commission business. The house was established in 1884 for the sale of cattle, sheep, lambs, calves and hogs. FVank P. Clark is now the head of the business and its active director. By hard work, careful management and knowledge gained by years of experience tlie business has grown to large proportions and the firm is now among the leaders in its line, enjoying a high reputation with shipper and purchaser. Mr. Clark with his corps of experienced salesmen in each department look after the receipt and sale of all consignments. Fountain Drinks M E A N 1 are jerved to perfection at ^^t^j^ Retail Stores. Our Ice Cream Sodas, Sundae.s & Pho.sphates cannot be equalled for Purity, Quality and Flavor While at our Stores do not fail to purchase a Box of our Delicious Candies for your Family or Friends in the Country if you want \^Jj' Purity and Do In I Flavor Slorcjk niany\%hpre Sales A|£vnts pvery^here you want the hest Caramels he world ? Buy •efiaaa^ 1320 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PHONES KEYSTONE. WEST 4424D BELL. PRESTON 3961 CHAS. G. MIDDLETON DEALER IN High Grade Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc. Hotels, Restaurants, Institutions, Caterers and High Class Boarding House Trade Supplied. Prompt Setvice. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED AS REPRESENTED 2918 MARKFT STREET, PHILADELPHIA and WILDWOOD, N. J. .^s.s 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS One of the most marked of Philadelphia's many features in the real estate market is the dis- tribution of ownership of its thousands of homes among people of moderate means. It is to this fact that the building interests of the city owe the unparalleled expansion of the last fifteen years. ,-\. trip westward on the elevated trains makes this mammoth growth plainly apparent. Here in one of the largest of the many sections of the city recently developed can be seen miles of two-story dwellings, mostly owned by their occupants, where but a few years ago were vacant lots. Thousands of these houses are being erected each year, and thousands of new owners annually acquire personal interest in the city's welfare. The builder is encouraging this desire for ownershi]), and each succeeding year brings a better quality of houses and more of them, yet the demand never seems to be satisfied. One of the many large operators erecting dwellings for those of moderate means stated recently that he had con- structed three thousand houses in the last twelve years and had sold them all, not in rows or pairs, but to individual purchasers who were investing in a home. There is probably no city in the Union where so many workers own their own homes. This is due to the liberal terms ofTered by builders, and partly to the habit of saving and the desire for ownership fostered by the building and loan asso- ciation, which, in its perfected form, was first de- veloped here. In every section of the city is seen the work of the men who build to keep up with the rapidly growing population. No part of the city is too re- mote or too unattractive for improvement. Farms, truck patches and waste lands have disappeared year after year until an almost continuous chain of homes, numbering over 275,000, extends over the city's I2Q square miles of area. The cause of this large increase in dwellings is, of course, due to the growth of manufacturing and commercial houses, and here again the work of the builder shows improvement and expansion. In the business centre the large stores and warehouses of everv description show the skill of the present- day designer and builder. In these the most im- proved methods of construction have been used and the structures compare with any buildings erected for like purposes anywhere in this country or abroad. They are monuments of honest and con- scientious workmanship. This advance in construction is also shown in the mammoth industrial plants recently erected here. There are probably a score of firms execut- ing this work, all capable and well equipped, who are making life more endurable to the laborer by putting up a new class of factory buildings, where much study has been given to sanitary conditions. While these builders have been working to erect homes and workshops, the contractor for street and sewer work has not been idle. In the making of a house convenient and a city beautiful both of these are prominent figures, for while one has been delving in the earth to make home a sani- tary spot the other has been at work improving the highways, until over seven hundred miles of mod- ern paving have been laid, and parks and play- grounds in the crowded city beautified. It can readily be seen that building and con- tracting are here more important than any other industry, employing as they do more skilled and unskilled laborers than any other line, and repre- senting more invested capital, which is raiiidly in- creasing each year. It used to be said that Philadelphia hail plenty of room to spread and that extremely tall buildings \yould not be necessary for years to come, but with nearly every available foot of ground built upon, it looks as if the centre of the city would shortly have to figure and plan for perpendicular expansion. The work of the building trades has created not only a beautiful city, but a city of homes, for it seems as much attention, proportionately, has been paid to the dwelling of the workingman as to that of his rich employer, and the modest cost has re- moved the necessity of living in courts and tene- ments like many of the workers in other large cit- ies, where air and light are scarce and grass and shrubbery seldom seen. 389 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 000Cm>>0Cm>:>00C<<^Ch5O00C<>0<>000OCK>OChX>^^ 8 H. A. McCLEMAN & BRO. General Contractors Excavations f Grading, Stone cMasonry Cement Work, Seijoers Dealers Lime, Sand, Cement, etc. Juniper Street and Moyamensing Avenue Philadelphia a 390 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA g -5 H. A. McCLEMAN & BRO. Contracting Teamsters Light and Heavy Hauling Juniper Street and Moyamensing Avenue Philadelphia c«c«iCMXM»:* 391 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR I ETTER ERECTING COMPANY, Inc. CONTRACTORS Market Street Elevated Eailway, for Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company Ereeted by Etter Erecting Company LET US FIGURE WITH YOU Address all Communications to Camden Office Third and Lemon Sts ETTER ERECTING COMPANY, Inc. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Shopa, Camden, N. J. For the furnishing and erection of Bridges, Buildings. Structural Steel, Iron and Wood Work ^ Skilled Mechanics Casualty Insurance We furnish and erect Flag Poles of any description ^ Thk KTTElt Traveler, used in eonstruetion of Market Street Elevated hy the Etter Erecting Company >(>(>l>00O<>0/' 225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA I MACHINERY AND SAFE MOVING A SPECIALTY SCOTT BROTHERS * * * * GENERAL TEAMSTERS RIGGERS AND CONTRACTORS 1529 S. Front Street 68 N. Fourth Street I Phones, Bell, Lombard 2161 ; Keystone, Main 1136 Phones, Bell, Market 4712 A; Keystone, Main 4242 D 1 PHILADELPHIA I Residence Phones, Bell. Lombard 2843 D ; Keystone, Main 5994 A i The firm of Scott Brothers was organized in 1857 | on a very small scale and with an" equipment for the lightest f I kind ot hauling. That period was not one of extremely I I heavy machinery and safes, and consequently the expert | I teamster and rigger was not so largely in demand. I I The firm received its first contract from the city in | I 1870, and from that time on the business increased and | I Scott Brothers, to keep pace with the heavy demand on its 1 I equipment, found it necessary to add thereto from time to time, I until now they have the most complete plant for their work * of any concern in the country. % They have been doing city work for thirty-eight years, | i . - % I and in addition haul for the telephone companies and many | i big corporations. They also do every kind of rigging, and no | I machinery is too large to be successfully moved with their I improved equipment. | * !5te 397 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR ^xtrx-mxwx'^x** »\0%:0%-»%:0% »% •«*% «« >« «« «« «« «< *«>«•«*« «« •• «« •« •« «« *« «« *« ** *««« «*>*•*« «< '\t^\0 \m'\w \^ k«««'k<>k« W-k*»«k«-k«>« »• kv »« k« tv »v »•■ ka kv •« k« »v «»»«««»» k« »■ «v «« »v »««« k« ^ »'»« »« k« k« «« b» k« k* 4« ». i « O Lombardi £? Pascuzzi Splendid examples of self-made men, Messrs. Lombardi and Pascuzzi, the well-known sewer contractors, stand ])reeminent in this city. Their careers are real lessons to the young- in what may lie accomplished through energy and enterprise. The success of Messrs. Lombardi and Pascuzzi has been attention and care to whatever they undertook. Luck played no pari. They have a rei)Utation for always being on the jol). These uku ha\e gone thrdugh a hard training school since they came to this country as lads, and the position they hdid to-day is well deserved. The partncrshi]) has only been in existence for two years, but the firm is already known as one of the most capable and progressive in tlie city. Much of their work has l)een done for the City of Philadelphia, and many of the finest sewers were constructed through their efforts. One of their most recent bits of work was the laying of the sewer along Florence Avenue, known as the Thomas Run .system; reconstruction of main sewers on Twelfth Street, from Lom- bard to Locust Street, and one on Sixty-ninth Avenue from Dicks Avenue to Elmwoiid .Avenue, to say nothing of numerous liranch sewers through- out the cit\-. It is no wonder, then, that with such actual experience, varied as it has been, thev are equipped to do work of the most diflicult nature. They employ from 80 to 140 men regularlv. The tirm's offices are at 601 ik'tz r.uildinc'. V W b« »« k* »«»« kv *v »* tr »*»«»•»«»« k« »#»««« k« k* »« ». « 0% 0\ 0\ 0\0% 0%0\0\ *«««««•«««, 398 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA TOGNARELLI &. VOIGT jtlobelerg anti Bccoratorg 2310 CHESTNUT STREET NDEFATIGABLE Effort, Advanced Methods and Careful Atten- tion to those small details which produce artistic results, are the three factors that have brought the firm of Tognarelli &j Voigt, of No. 2310 Chestnut Street, into prominence as modelers and casters of plaster and composition of any size and description. C Each member of the firm is an artist of ability, and their services are greatly in demand by architects and builders in the casting and modeling line, and by decorators who recognize the artistic \alue of their relief work. C The prestige gained by Messrs. Tognarelli and Voigt, through their high-class work in many of the buildings throughout the city, has brought them orders from every part of the country, and they number among their customers many of the best architects, builders and decorators in the United States. C, They are at present engaged upon elaborate models of the handsome new chapel of the Washington University at St. Louis. This magnificent building was designed by Messrs. Cope and Stewardson, the prominent architects of this city, and Messrs. Tognarelli and Voigt were selected to make the model because of the painstaking and careful character of their work. dL A scale model of the new building of the College of Physicians being erected at Twenty-second and Ludlow Streets, also designed by Messrs. Cope and Stewardson, which was exhibited at the last exhibition of the T-Square Club, and was highly spoken of and appreciated by the leading architects, is a testi- monial to the high character of the firm's efforts along this line. C. Philadelphia has long been noted for its industrial greatness and commercial power, and like all cities that have attained greatness along these lines it is awakening to a desire for artistic development and a " city beautiful." It is the conscientious effort and artistic endeavor such as Messrs. Tognarelli and Voigt put in their work that will make this desire a realization and eventually make our city as well-known artistically as it is industrially. •^•OChXhX>OCm>^OChXK^>CmX«^^ G. T. RICHARDS, President, Philadelphia, Pa. E. B. HAWKINS, Vice-President, Duluth, Minn. W. E. JENNINGS, Sec'y and Treas., Philadelphia, Pa. L. H. PARTRIDGE, Ass't Secy and Treas., Philadelphia, Pa. The Drake & Stratton Company Contractors Pennsylvania Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Farmers Bank Building, Pittsburg, Pa. First National Bank Building, Duluth, Minn. 400 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Charles P. O'Connor Charles P. O'Connor, general contractor, with offices in the Betz Building, is particularly well equipped both by experience and organi- zation to take care of every description of municipal and general contracting work. Previous to 1900 Mr. O'Connor was con- nected with the railway department of William Wharton, Jr., and Co., of Philadelphia, and for two years was inspector for all of that firm's steam and street railway work. This position he resigned to obtain practical and field experience and become assistant chief of party for the Harris Engineering Co. on their rapid transit improvement at Cardington, which included every description of general contracting. Mr. O'Connor resigned to take a position as superintendent of construction with Messrs. Dodge & Day. During the time that he spent with this firm of engineers Mr. O'Connor became thoroughly acquainted with reinforced concrete construc- tion and the installation of machinery and power plants, as well as general building con- struction work. When the changes of track and signal sys- tem was undertaken by the Pennsylvania Railroad at Broad Street Station, Mr. O'Con- nor was made assistant to assistant supervisor Bertolette, and took immediate charge of the work. Mr. O'Connor was next connected with the large operation at McCall's Ferry Dam on the Maryland Division of the Pennsylvania Rail- road. The work under Mr. O'Connor's super- vision also included the installing of a new block signal system due to the change of line of the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad, necessitated by the construction of the dam. When work on the East River Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad was begun, Mr. O'Connor was connected with the alignment corps for three months, when he was made inspector and placed in charge of tunnel "A" under the East River. Mr. O'Connor severed connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad to enter into the general contracting business with Mr. J. F. McNichol and Mr. C. N. Smith, under the firm name of McXichol, Smith & O'Connor. Besides numer- ous minor operations, much municipal work was successfully completed during Mr. O'Connor's connection with this firm, among which was the grading of Margie street and Sedgeley avenue, through the old Potter's Field, and the grading of Orthodox street, Frankford, from Richmond street to the Delaware river, one of the largest pieces of work of the kind ever accomplished ir. Philadelphia. Mr. O'Connor is now in business for himself, and can bring to bear on future work the fine organization he has built up and the wide expe- rience of big work as well as accurate knowl- edge of its every detail. William R. Dougherty William R. Dougherty, the well-known carpenter and builder, stands at the very top of his profession in this section of the country. Some of the most famous struc- tures in this city and its vicinity have been erected under his direction, and will stand for generations as monuments to his knowl- edge of his craft. Among his work of recent years are three of the handsome Carnegie library buildings which are being erected throughout the city. The three built by Mr. Dougherty are located at Fortieth and Walnut Streets, at Wissa- hickon, and at Holmesburg. These struc- tures are regarded as models of their kind, and have done much toward adding to the beautv of their respective sections. Most of the work of the Jewish Hospital, an institution whose appearance is so at- tractive as to almost serve as a tempta- tion for a passer-by to become ill, was done bv Mr. Dougherty. St. \'incent's Home and Roman Catholic Protectory, at Norristown, together with a numlier of fine buildings at the University of Penn- sylvania, are among the monuments to this famous builder's work. Mr. Dough- ertv has had an experience of twenty- four vears in business for himself, and his patrons have included many of the best-known citizens of the comnumity. His offices are located at 1604-10 Sansom Street. 401 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR t * I ^ I Wm. Steele &^ Sons Co. t puilbing; Construction 1600 Arch Street Philadelphia i * t * * * + + + * * t ' I I I Specialists in Reinforced Concrete and * 4* Slow-Burning Construction | O<>O:CW»MCfcC>0^5o£<>iO<8:iosK^:eos:^^ Cunningham Paving and Construction Co. General Contractors 1345 ARCH STREET Philadelphia 403 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Bolger fe? Cummins P.olger & Cummins, contractors, with offices in tlic Cliclten Trust Building, Gcnnantown, while a younc; firm, having been organized June I, 1907, have already achieved a sterling reputa- tion, owing to the high character of the work, jniblic and ]irivate, which they have done during the past year. The firm is well equipped in both its execu- tive and mechanical ends. The senior member, John F. Bolger, was for twenty years connected with the textile machinery trade, covering the United States and Canada, and occasionally contributing to the trade journals pithy articles covering his line. He is well and favorably known to the manufacturers in every section of the country as a man of keen business acumen and executive ability. The junior member, jcihn \ . Cummins, was for years connected with one of the leading firms of contractors of this city, and his position enabled him to acquaint himself with every detail of the business, and there is nothing in the mechanical end or the estimating line that he cannot handle with perfect familiarity. The firm's line of work covers the building of main and branch sewers, macadam roads of first-class character, for public or private use, and grading and ])aving of all kinds. They are already known for their promjit and business-like methods, the natural result of a thorough business training of a practical and technical character. The firm has satisfactorily conqjleted a number of contracts in l'liiladel])liia and its suburbs and also in the adjoining coun- ties, and has received commendation for the char- acter of its work in sewer building and macadam roads. Messrs. Rolger & Cummins have a new and first-class equipment for all work in their line, and can furnish estimates and start an operation in an incredibly short time. They push every job to a quick completion, and this prompt- ness, although a little unusual, is one of the reasons for the poijularity already attained. Stephen J. K. liolger, a son of the senior member, is connected with the business as manager in an active capacity. John Goll ^ Co. As successful buiklers John (idll & Co. have but few equals in this city, and their work will stand for years as true memorials t<^) their genius and industry. John Cu)ll, the founder of the firm, was one of the numerous natives of Cierniany who. having cast their lot with this ccumtry, have enriched their adopted land through their efforts. He was born in Wittenberg in iSj8. and served his apprenticeship there. In bis yciulh he trav- eled on the continent, and found employment as a skilled mason in many of the famous luinijiean capitals. In 1847, recognizing the advantageous field offered in America to skilled mechanics with ability, brains and energ\', he sailed for New' \'ork. In 1888 he organized the firm of John ( ioll & Co., with his v.ide-awake and ]iracticall\ trained nephews, John A. (ioll, William }L doll and (ieorge Coll, as partners. After the death of the founder, the l)nsiness was continued upon the same high standartl by his surviving ])artners. George Goll and John A. (ioll retired two years ago, and the business is being successfully con- ducted by W. H. Goll. .\mong some of the splendid cniitracts for constructive work executed bj' the firm are: the Twent\-third .Street arch for the JMlbert Street extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad; the re- modeling of the Broad Street station, the founda- tions and masonry for the Pennsylvania Railroad train shed, the Pennsylvania Railroad freight sta- tion at Seventeenth and Market .'Streets; the Mer- chants' Warehouse on .Shackamaxon .Street; the I'Vankford Junction station and tunnel for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Pnwelton .\venue ])as- senger tunnel for the I V-nnsyK ania Railroad; the passenger tunnel at the .\orth Philadelphia sta- tion : the elevated freight line at Thirty-first and Market Streets; the tunnels at the West Phila- del])hia station of the Pennsyhania Railroad, and mnnerfius other works for the elevation of tracks and elimination of grades and also structures to facilitate the handling of freight. The firm has its offices at 1539 I'ilbert Street. 404 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Bell. Spruce, 4131 D ICevsxone, Ra.ce, 1554 Residence Belt,. Xiooa, 5833 A Jonathan Haughton CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER 1502 LAND TITLE BUILDING PHIL A DELPHIA 1^ III ^||C=IOI=3||l llll 1| M. 8- |. B. McHUGH OENEKAL CONTRACTORS 7 13 and 714 Arcade Building Fifteenth and Market Streets PHILADELPHIA |c= III ^llr— loi-^lli III! ^1 FELIX BROWN (General Contractor CEMENT AND ARTIFICIAL STONE PAVEMENTS Cementing done in all colors to suit Granite and Blue Stone Curbs Furnished and Reset OFFICE : 27 North Juniper Street Philadelphia ESTIMATES FURNISHED 405 OFFICIAL IIISTORICAT. SOL'VFXTR ♦•M-^^-i- 4- ■>•♦♦»♦»» ^^»^^'^^»^^^»»»»-»»»-H-»»»» ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦jX8t9xeKC9X8X8:sx8»:w:itosy:^^ ■ ■ - o 1 LET US ESTIMATE ON ANYTHING EDW^ARD FAY cfe SON CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS 2666 Richmond Street Philadelphia BOTH PHONES TELEPHONE ROBERT PATTON CONTRACTOR Masonry Twenty^first and Filbert Streets ^^^^^^*'"^ Philadelphia Dredging 407 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR '\ ^ .O ^ WonHBiirnf LI d Burnt LIME * * * * * * ■ MAIN DEPOT 24'-?ST. BEL. CALLOWHILL BRANCH DEPOT AMERICAN CDAUPMIN STS. Common liiiK' has been for many centuries one of the most important of buildin.c: materials, but up to a very recent date it has been prtxhiced in old-fashioned pot kilns of the type used by lime-burners since time immemorial. Within the past decade there has been a remarkable increase in the demand for the product, and particularly for lime of a light grade. The Knickerbocker Lime Company, known throughout the country for its progressiveness, has established a thor- oughly modern ])lant at Mill Lane, Pa. This plant is equipped with the most improved kilns in America, and the plant is the largest of its kind in the country. William 11 Irvine is the efficient president of the Com])any, which has its main depot on Twent\-fourtli -Street below Callowhill, and a branch station at .American and Daui)liin .'streets. I * * t * * * * * .>^4.^.^^4^<.<..{.^Mf.5«5.^^^.^.^^^.5.^,4Mj..{.^H^<«5^^,^>,j^^^^.^K^,^^i{Mi.<..^^ Telephone Connections '1* 'I' 'I' '♦' *1* * I * *♦* *i' '♦* * I * ' ♦ * *?* '♦' *$>^^*$**$* *Sf *»* '4* *i* ^ ' ' 4 ' ' I * ' 4 * *t* 'if * $ * *I* " I * *♦* »^^»^*$»<$» ^*$* *{« *t* *X* *I* *S*^ ^*^*4**$* * X * * t ' * X * * ! ' ' t * * ♦ ' * ♦ ' ' S * * I * * 1 * ' ? ' *$' '^* ' I * *^*i' ' I ' ' 1 * * X * ' t ' '*' '^ ' l"I ' ' I ' ' I ' * i ' ' l"l ' + ♦ I + + + The John T. Dyer Quarry Co. NORRISTOWN, PA. SHIPPERS OF * * * * * * * * * * * * * t t * + t * + 408 Crushed and Building Stone For Macadam, Concrete. Ballast, Foundations. Etc. Birdsboro Trappe Rock Marysviile Trappe Rock Howellville Blue Slone Locksley Stone Philadelphia Office: Harrison Building, Market and Fifteenth Streets V * + * I 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA IKON SPOTS Hydravlic-Press Brick (papany LaRQEST AaNVFACTVRERS and DlSTRlBVTORS OF Fro^t Brick in the World 5o Plants Annval Capacity eoo.oco.ooo [\mh Office and Works St.Lovis,Ao. Branch Factories Ohio Division Central Division SovTH Park, Ohio Ccllinsville.Ill. Roseville.Ohio Brazil, Ind. Findlay.Ohio Porter, Ind. A\enoa\on I E .Wis. Wrenshall,A\inn. Western Division Chanvte.Kans. Kansas City, A\o. EASTERN DIVISION Diamond, Kans. Winslow.N.J. OA\AHA,iSEB. Washington, D.C. Philadelphia Branch Real EstateTrvst Bvildinq Philadelphia, Pa. I: 409 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR EUGENE H. CARROLL PETER F. CARROLL Mj^ H. C. Carroll and Sons Brick Manufacturers All Kinds of Building Bricks Constantly on Hand Capacity, 20,000,000 Sixty-seventh Street and Gibson Avenue Philadelphia m m^. 410 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA The McAvoy Vitrified Brick Co. The McAvoy X'itritied Brick Company is known as one of the most substantial business concerns of Philadelphia. The company was organized twelve years ago, and has met with signal success in its career. Its great endeavor is the supply of shale paving bricks and blocks, and its products are recognized by engineers and municipal authorities throughout the country as the best material of the kind on the market. The members of the firm have made a careful study of the quality of the product, and only first-class goods in every respect are permitted to leave their establishment. So high ranks the reputation of the firm for its integrity, and so much is the product of the plant in demand, that the entire output for a year in advance is already sold. The plant of THOMAS B. McAVOY the company is operated under the personal direction of Thomas B. McAvoy, whose knowl- edge of the brick industry, in all of its details, is unsurpassed. Mr. McAvoy has devoted sixty active years to the manufacturing of bricks in this city and its vicinity. The plant of the company is located at Perkiomen Junc- tion, on the main division of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, and is one of the best equipped of the kind in the United States. The annual capacity is 15,000,000. The main offices of the company are located in the German- American Building, at 1345 Arch street. The officers of the company include : Thomas B. McAvoy, President and Treasurer: John D. Stinger, \'ice-President : and John C. McAvoy, Secretary and General Manager. Directors: R. Y. Filbert. Kennedy Crossan, R. D. Thomp- son, George F. Murray, Thomas F. Cunning- ham, and T. B. McAvov, Jr. ARMSTRONG AND LATTA CO. ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS LAND TITLE BUILDING THOS. L. LATTA President PHILADELPHIA B. F. ROBERTS Sec'y &Treas. Armstrong and Lalla Company, Engineers and Conlraclors. have designed and constructed Ihiirly ol the large Piers on the Delaware River Iron!, a large amount ol work in Baltimore. Washington, Norfolk, and work lor the U. S. Government ; also many large buildings in and around Philadelphia, and are at present engaged in build- ing three sections o( the Philadelphia , & Reading Elevated Railroad. FIELD, BARKER & UNDERWOOD Incorporated ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS 718 Arcade Building: PHILADELPHIA, PA. We design, superintend and construct Water Works Water Power Developments Water Purification Plants Sewerage Systems Sewage Disposal Plants Street Improvements Foundations Bridges 411 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Richard C. Remtney Son's Co. RICHARD C. REMMEY He was born in I'liiladclpliia in 1835, and re- ceived his education in the Public Schools. At an early age he became connected with liis father in the manufacture of chemical and salt tjlazed stone- ware. In 1859 he assumed full cnntrol of the busi- ness, which was the oldest and leadino; establishment of its kind in America. It was founded by his {jreatjjrandfather in Xew York, in 1684. and re- moved to Philadelphia in 1810. The works have been in constant operation for 224 years, and throu":!! four j^enerations of the same family, manu- facturing all kinds of S|)ecial .chemical wares, from one to six hundred gallon capacity, together with chemical brick, and chemical rings for packing Glover Towers for manufacturing chemists, fertil- izers, and others. As well as our works at Cumberland and Com- merce streets, we also have a large i)lant in P.rides- burg, Phila., facing on the Delaware river, for the manufacture of fire brick, tiles and chemical bricks. The most skilled workmen are employed in our line of business, and we are capable of filling all orders, large or small, we may be favored with, having facilities for shijiment by rail or water to an^ part of the world. -Mr. Richard C. Remmey. having deceased on September 13, 1904, the business (if Richard C. Remmey & Sons was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania on the 17th day of February, 1905, in the name of Richard C. Rcnnncy Son's Co.. the business being under the management of Robert H. Remmey, I'resident and Manager; J. B. Rem- mey, Secretary and Treasurer; and Henry H. Rem- mey, Superintendent: who have made very extensive improvements in this line of manufacture, and under whose management the business has greatly in- creased. Telephones Frank H. Schilling i^ougf), Cut anb |3olisijcb (Granite Snbiana Himffitonc Sole Agent CONCORD WHITE GRANITE John Swenson Quarries 412 Perry Building Philadelphia, Pa. Clheiirles Wsirimer Msiiauflfsictlus. shear's airtdl Dflstlyilbxuitlors -i^ ^ ^ Cement, Lime, Sand, Plaster, Stone, Brick, Pipe, Coal Warner's Philadelphia and Wilmington Freight Line MAIN OFFICES WILMINGTON, DEL. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Land Title Building NEW YORK No. I Madison Ave. 412 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA I PHILADELPHIA FIRE BRICK WORKS | 23d AND VINE STREETS PHILADELPHIA * I * % * np'HIS concern was established in 1856 by John Newkumet and has been ■*■ in successful operation ever since, manufacturing strictly high grade fire clay products, in all its branches, for Cupola linings, boiler settings, Gas House Retorts and settings, Bake Oven tile, etc., of which they carry in stock a full line and make special shapes to order. Having their own clay mines in the famous Perth Amboy district and controlling the entire output, assuring them of a No. I uniform quality of the finest clays, they are in a position to quote the lowest prices on their products, which are of the highest grade, having been awarded the Gold Medals, Centennial 1876 — Jamestown 1907. STEPHEN CAZZULO Sculptor Mantel and Altar Builder PLASTER OF PARIS AND CEMENT DECORATION MODELING A SPECIALTY 22 1 5 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia ^tone anti ^KHoob (Cartiing John Maxwell's Sons Granite and Blue Stone mh Below Spruce Street Philadelphia Established lS54 413' OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOfVliMR o X o 8 s 6 i s X X o o o V $ JOHN HAGAN Cut Stone Contractor o o 8 8 o 8 o o 8 8 SAWED AND CUT STONE for Building and Monumental Work POLISHED WORK A SPECIALTY Main Office and Yard American, Cambria and Philip Streets BOTH PHONES g REFERENCES Church Holy SpinI, Atlantic City N. E. Manual Training School, Philadelphia DuPont Building, Wilmington, Del. Police Court Building, Washington, D. C. Union Trust Building, Harrisburg, Pa. Brancfi Yard and Wharf Delaware River and Comly Street ^ Quarry, Stonington, Maine 414 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 00 o c -■= o u c o to HO 3 to ^^1 c£ "U ?3 « « 5 1-- _ w 4) J2 2S . S3 O _ <= TJ § c S >-° ■^ (0 C " « 5 £ -Do c u o o O OS LU N 2 -"s > X c >TJ s u ■- o y c 'en f- H— : t o ., " " I ■55 S 0:5 415 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVE.N'IK THE PIONEER MARBLE WORKS of West Philadelphia Founded in 1S4S by Aaron Wood ). F. Wood, Successor GRANH K AND MARBLE • Chapin " Monument at Mechanics' CemetL-ry Founder of the order of O. U. A. M. Designed and executed by this firm in 1904 Sixty years con- tinuous service in the erection of Cemetery memorials for the people of Philadelphia and vicinity. Almost every bur ial spot, city and coun- try, within a radius of one hundred miles, contain many fine specimens of Granite and Marble designs executed by this work- shop. Twenty workmen employed. Special designs by Thos. H. \Vood, artist-sculptor, whose recent creation in marble statuary, the " Bicycle Boy," at l-'ernwood, has become famous as a high-class rcmetery memorial Estimates fur nished and personal attention given to all work. |. F. WOOD Fernwood, Del. Co., Penna. Both Telephonet MOHUMIENTAIL Worll:!© Frankford Ave. bel. Bridge St. Near Cedar Hill Cemetery Frankford, Philadelphia Residence, 1685 Dyre Street 1 have one of the best and most modern equip- ped plants of machinery for Cutting, Carving, Lettering, Polishing, etc., enabling me to give strictly first-class work at most reasonable prices. Estimates cheerfully given. Work executed in ail parts of the country. ALL WORK GUARANTEED PHILADELPHIA GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS SpecimeD of my Work Erected in Ml. Veinon Cemetery M. HERB. Propriftor Bel I Phone ^«J^ Designer and Constructcr of Artistic Memorials Cemetery Lots Enclosed Wyoming Avenue and Second Street Pike PHILADELPHIA Branch Yaida Entrance of Northwood Cemelery 416 * * ♦ t * t 225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA R. PATTERSON ^ COMPANY I CUT STONE CONTRACTORS I FRANCES E. WILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOL. ORLEANS AND EMERALD STREETS All Kinds of Building and Cemetery "Work * * * Pavements Laid and ^ Repaired at Short f Notice 4- Bell Phone. Tioga 41-12 D | I York Road above Butler Street, Philadelphia | Keystone Phone, Race 2092 Bell Phone, Locust 1782 D JOHN A. DODDS Office and Yard 206 to 210 S. 24th St. Residence, 250 North 22d St. Philadelphia MONUMENTS Headstones, Coping and Posts Cut Stone Work in General Lettering, Cleaning and Re-setting House Work and Jobbing attended to ESTIHATES AND DESIGNS FURNISHED 417 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Turner-Forman Concrete Steel Co. 1201 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia « I * ? % * Engineers and Contractors in Reinforced Concrete Construction WAREHOUSE FOR THE WEIGHTMAN ESTATE Twelfth Street and Washington Avenue. Philadelphia * The illustrations show tw^o of the largest ware- houses in Philadelphia. The structural parts of these buildings are of rein- forced concrete consiruc- sfe tion. designed and erected * * by us. _^ _IS_55 ;? 5? ^ »:| ^ ^ g^ 53 :^ gg aa pi_g^ ^ ^ m 33.59 .ia_B9JLIL g^nnni * t * * * * ACME TEA COMPANY WAREHOUSE Fourth and Willow Streets, Philadelphia 1 When you build, use Reinforced Concrete * Write for pamphlet descriptive of the above buildings and others * 418 225TH AXXIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA it a MICHIGAN WHITE PINE HEMLOCK R. W. WISTAR F. S. UNDERHILL T. N. NIXON WiSTAR, UNDERHILL & CO. WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS REAL ESTATE TRUST BUILDING PHILADELPHIA IS 15 J5 ALABAMA PINE HARDWOODS Market 938 EasI 232 James M. Irwin & Co. Lumber Dealers OFFICE AND YARD 967 to 973 Beach Street 974 to 980 North Delaware Ave. PHILADELPHIA NORTH CAROLINA Sizes, Box Boards and Belter Grades Flooring. Fencing WHITE PINE Box Boards and Better Grades ALSO all thicknesses ol Lumber lor Manu- lacturing Boxes EDWARD LAVC THOS. BURWELL LAW & BURWELL Philadelphia Granite Works MONUMENTAL AND BUILDING WORK Cut Stone Work of All Kinds Both Phones S. W. Cor. 24th and Locust Sts., PHILADELPHIA 419 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR * * The Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Company I I ^ « VISITORS entering the city from the direction of New Vorl< will liardly fail to notice among the * large industrial establishments bordering the Pennsylvania Railroad near North Philadelphia ^ Station the line new plant of the Hale & Kilburn Mfg. C^f^|^»^.^|i^^^^>|^.i^.i^.|«>|<»^|i^>^.ij^>^F|^.i^>^»^li^.i^ 423 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Boyertown Burial Casket Company * * The start of the Boyertown Burial Casket Co., at Boyertown, Pa., in 1894, requirfd hut a few thousand square feet of floor space. Our Factory Plant now, hy reason of niakiny; Quality and Workmanship the first consider- ation in the manufacture of our line, has so developed our husiness that the factory equipment covers no less than 1 54.000 square feet. The line of "Wood-finished, I Metallic and Cloth-covered I Caskets, W^ood and Metallic Out- * side Cases, Dry-goods and Hard- % "ware enjoys a continuallv increasing I demand, hoth from a large general I trade, and a strong demand for goods * in Philadelphia. To handle and show the best and largest assortment of goods in funeral furnishings, and to more ably meet the requirements of the trade in general, in conjunction with our steady growth in Philadelphia, the Company planned and executed tlie erection of a modern and well-equip- ped Ten-story Solid Concrete Structure, the largest and most complete Funeral Supply Building in the world, prominently located at 1211 to 1217 Arch Street, midway between the two large railroad terminals, and in touch of all public buildings. We now have an unsurpassed factory equipment producing a line of goods known because of their Quality and Workmanship, with new and well-adapted Business Quarters and Spacious Display Rooms, especially attractive iiecause of a complete and up-to-date line of goods alwa\s on hand. BOYERTOWN BURIAL CASKET CO. | BOYERTOWN AND PHILADELPHIA | 424 Boyertown and Philadelphia * I 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA GAS AND ELECTRICITY Gas and electricit)-, each contributing heat, Hght and power to the world's equipment, have been most active agents in the develo]3ment of this citv. Early in the nineteenth century the use of gas as an illuminant met with strong opposition, but in a few years this fear had been overcome and its general adoption in houses and for street light- ing followed. It has been truthfully said that the scenes of crime are those of darkness. With the use of gas on the streets and in the alle\s the haunts of the crim- inal became scarce in the city, and assaults by high- waymen and footpads largely decreased. For this reason alone gas soon became popu- lar, but when in later years it was made to serve other purposes, its value was unstintingly con- ceded, man's ingenuity soon devised means by which gas could be used for heating and cooking in the home, and for running machinery at an' enormous saving in fuel bills, without the accom- panying bother and dirt of coal. There are a score of uses to which gas has been put, and its success in every line to which it has been adapted makes it rank as one of the greatest of modern discoveries. In usefulness and adaptability to domestic and commercial purposes electricity is doing wonders these days. It was in 1731 that Franklin demon- strated that lightning and electricity were the same, and his experiments with the mysterious cur- rent turned attention to it. It was not until the Centennial Exhibition in 1876 that its use in light- ing was first brought to public attention here. One of the marvels of that exhibition was the instan- taneous lighting of thousands of gas jets by an electric spark. From that time electricity has made great strides, until now there are in this city over 200,000 miles of wire for electric purposes, nearly 90 per cent, of which is underground. The advent of electricity as an illuminant was of great importance to mercantile interests. It turned the down-town shopping section into avenues of daz- zling brilliancy, converting them into promenades, along which show windows, brilliantly lighted, dis- played their goods to the nightly throngs. In the lighting of this city generally 12,000 arc lamps are used. While the electric current contrib- utes power in thousands of industrial establish- ments and in innumerable homes it is used for lighting, for culinary purposes, for ironing, and a score of other domestic purposes, and suffering humanity is made more comfortable in warm weather by the fans it operates. The telephone, almost indispensable in the home, and of incalcuable value to the merchant and manufacturer, and the telegraph lines which bring- remote sections into almost instant communication, are among the useful purposes to which this mighty force has been put. Another use to which electricity has been ap- plied here, and one of vital interest, is that of the police and fire alarm system, under control of the city's Electrical Bureau. This department has supervision over all electric construction and light- ing, and is the instant medium of fire alarms, police service and other urgent matters. Fire alarms are now very generally reported from the nearest tele- phone and instantly transmitted to the engine houses. The underground railway system was only possible through the harnessing of electricity as a motive power, and the elevated railway is endur- able because electricity has superseded steam, with its attendant noise and dirt. The trolle\- lines for street use and the third rail system for interurban travel are additional evi- dences of electricity's value, while its use in sur- ger\- and for a thousand other purposes makes it indispensable. All this development has been made within thirty-five years, yet scientists say that electricity is onlv in its infancy. It is certainly a sturdy youngster : when full grown its accomplishments will be marvelous. 425 Si ^ 8 i r: OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR THE STORY OF PHILADELPHIA GAS g in ijtjO, while Washington was slill President, and I'hihidclpliia was 'y I'i the capital nf the L'nited States, tlie tirst ihnnnnating gas ever seen in :; g America was exhiljited Iw a fireworks nianufactnrer. who called it "in- [: 8 flaniniahle air." Prior to that time our ancestors were dependent for i\ I light ui)on the candle or the old whale oil lam]) — for jietroleum was not \] i discovered until more than fifty years later. In those days the city ex- |i I tended along the Delaware River from \ine to South Streets and cov- ji ^ ered less than a square mile — a mere village. Desinte its size and the \i proverbial peace and quiet of its Quaker citizens, the streets, after dark, 5; w-e are told, were infested v.ith dangerous characters, who plied their ii nefarious trade in disdain of law and order, surrounded, as they were, bv •< an impenetrable darkness. This state of affairs provoked some public- \\ spirited citizens to agitate the question of gas lights for our main streets. j] But violent o])position, based on ridiculous and ignorant misapprehen- 11 sions, prevented the establishment of the Philadelphia gas works until l\ 1836. Wlien this was done only two stores were equipped for gas light- :: ing, and the capacity of the works was but 75,000 cubic feet i)er day, || and the ])rice was $3.50 per thousand. » 1 hat was but 72 years ago, and consider for a moment the wonder- « ful growth of our citv, and, coincident therewith, of the gas industrv. « To-day our city covers over 130 s(|uare miles, gives occupation and slu-l- jj ter to over 1,500,000 people, and the annual output of gas from our sev- :] eral works runs into the billions of cubic feet. 'o It is not alone in the vastness of our growth that the wonder is. but \\ m the impro\enieiU in the (juality of the gas and the many inventions jj now at our disjxjsal by which gas can be so readily api)lied. not only to 51 our domestic needs, but even to our yreal industries. l\ The incandescent l)urner has made gas the best and cheajiest light ?« for the home, the office, the factory and the store. Gas kitchen appliances « have made life easier ;md brighter for those who must do our housework: h the drudgery of the kitchen is a thing of the i)ast. We should look to o that in our "City of Homes" which adds to mw domestic comfort, adds to the very joy of lixing. ( )t .'ill the stories of the achiex'cments of modern science none is more wonderful, as a])plied to human comfort and ha])piness, lh;in the slor\- of gas in the C'it\- of I 'hiladel])hia. I'XITPI) (;.\S l.MI'RoXl'Ml-.XT ("( )M PAW 426 fj 22sTH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA f Philadelphia is proud of its telephone system and service and has reason to be. as the Bell tele- phone system in Philadelphia is probably not sur- passed in efficienc}' by that of any city in the world. The telephone and the transportation systems i| have been the factors that have made the 130 || square miles of Philadelphia a unit from business * and social standpoints. * Alexander Graham Bell gave his first public demonstration of the telephone at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. Since the telephone was first used commercially in this city in 1877. the service and equipment have continually advanced to meet the demands of the public. Skilled engineers are constantly studying and experimenting so that subscribers may enjoy the advantages of every progression in the telephone art. At first the telephone growth was slow — the telephone was new and its utility had to be proved. Later, as the value of telephone service became more appreciated, the plant was exten- sively enlarged, and the number of telephones increased by leaps and bounds. In 1SS3 there were 2106 Bell telephones in Philadelphia, in 1888 — 2.gSo in 1903 — 44.950 1898— 8,668 1905— 75.687 1900 — 15,834 1908 — 102,193 a growth of which Philadelphia is particularly proud. The development includes private branch exchange systems of from three or four to 2000 telephones in hotels, department stores and busi- ness houses; systems of four to ten telephones in residences and many public telephones conve- niently located throughout the city. Philadelphia is practically all Belltelephoned, and the Bell lines have become the beaten path for the most important financial matters, the mil- lions of business transactions, the daily household purchases, and most of the duties which were for- merly done by mail, telegraph and messenger. Reasonable rates, broad business methods and good service have developed Philadelphia telephonically. Each additional telephone installed adds to the value of the service to the subscribers. The service that has not only the greatest number of jj_ local stations, but has connections with sub- X scribers in practically all the other cities and f towns throughout the Eastern, Southern and Central States, is the one of the greatest value to 4, the public. * Within the past ten years ninety-five per cent T of the Bell Company's lines in Philadelphia have % been placed underground at an enormous cost, 4* thereby minimizing interruptions by storms, etc. The Telephone Company thus also contributed largely toward "The City Beautiful." In Philadelphia there are now twenty-one buildings used for telephone purposes exclusively. The largest ones are classed with the city's hand- somest buildings. They are of the latest fireproof type and contain the highest development of tele- phone equipment. To provide the best standards of construc- tion, maintenance and operating, schools are maintained through which employees must pass. I * t The necessity for courtesy and accuracy is v strongly impressed upon the student. Of appli- 5, cants for operators' positions, but one-fifth are * finally accepted, showing the great care used in * selecting these employees who are to come in ^ closest touch with the public. ^ What the Bell Telephone Company has done for Philadelphia 1. Brought every city and town of importance within a thousand miles, in touch with Philadelphia at a moment's notice; 2. Increased the value of real estate in outlying sections; 3. Placed the city's manufacturers, merchants and consumers in immediate touch with one another; 4. Annihilated space and time, lengthened lives and minimized emergencies of every kind; 5. Aided in the capture of law-breakers and pre- vented or lessened the dangers of fire; 6. Assisted in the accomplishment of the other- wise impossible, countless times daily in the social and business worlds; 7. Adopted every appliance of proved value and every advanced method known in telephony in order that its patrons may enjoy the best possible telephone service. It has en- deavored to give a business and residence service that is even more than might be reasonably demanded. It invites fair criti- cisms of the service and business methods at all times. To reach anyone, anytime, anywhere USE THE BELL L Executive Offices The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Seventeenth and Filbert Streets »*^*^*^.M$M{*^fr^r^M^>^f^>»^>^»^»^t^t^»»JMJM$»»^*^«^**^^M$*^»^nJMJM$t*j»»^^^»^«j»*^^»^>^»*^« *^* »t< >4« > X ' '^*t*^t**I*^*I"I* 427 OFFICIAL HISTOKICAI. SOUVENIR + ELBLIGHT Lamps and Cables Make Electrical Decorating Easy Installations carried out quickly and quietly and without defacing property * Department Stores Less Expense * * + t * t * I k B f W^ Store and Window Displays UNITED ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO. 1708 Sansom St., Philadelphia, Pa. Representing ELBLIGHT COMPANY OF AMERICA NEW YORK CITY Oc * * t * I ^•»»^^^^^^^^^<^^»^^»♦^^M^>»^.<♦^.<.».i.»^>»»^4.^^^4.4^».jMi.^^»^.}.4.^»^.»4.^„i.»■^■■^i^,^■» Walter C. Mclnlirc Frank E. Mclntire Walter C. Mclntire ^ Company Electrical Engineering and Contracting Motors Generators Li^ht and Power Plants Repairing Electrical Machinery Interior Wiring. Telephones and Electric Bells Electric Time and 'Watchman's Clocks Southwest Corner Fifth and Commerce Streets Philadelphia There is an EASY WAY to insure the receipt of lowest prices on Electrical Material. It consists in addressing a request to H. C. ROBERTS ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. 905 ARCH ST. PHILADELPHIA WE CARRY THE LARGEST STOCK OF LIGHTING \ POWRE / STREET RAILWAY SUPPLIES TELEPHONE MARINE HOUSE GOODS Ask for Catalogue on the line which interests you Bell 'Phone Filbeil 3616 Keystone 'Phone Race M5 428 J 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Keystone Coal and Coke Co. The Keystone Coal and Coke Co. was incor- porated March, 1902, and was the result of consoli- dation of eight companies in order that expense of operation could be minimized and better transpor- tation facilities secured. The companies merged were the Greensburg, the Carbon, the Salem and the Hempfield Coal Com- panies in the Greensburg basin, and the Claridge, the Arona, the Madison and the Sewickley Gas Coal Companies in the Irwin field. This was the largest combination of mining interests in Pennsylvania up to that time, representing 9000 acres of Pitts- burgh vein of coal, and 3000 acres of undeveloped Freeport coal. Since the merging of interests the Keystone Company has opened four new mines, the Iveystone shaft, the Hunker mine and the Hempfield, Nos. 2 and 3 mines, making a total of twenty-five mines in steady operation with an annual output of from 6,500,000 to 7,000,000 tons of coal, and giving em- ployment to 5000 men. The most modern methods are used in the com- pany's mines, mining machines having been installed at Keystone and Salem, and in several mines electric and compressed air motors are used for the trans- portation of coal underground. In others the rope haulage system is used, the mule having been en- tirely discarded except for short hauls to reach trunk lines of motor trains. The company also uses all three methods for taking out coal — shaft, slope and drift. It also ope- rates coke plants at Salem and Carbon. The Carbon product is used for domestic purposes and by small manufacturers, while that of Salem sells in the gen- eral market. The Keystone Company has enjoyed unprece- dented prosperity, no strikes or labor troubles hav- ing interfered with its operation for many years. This is partially due to the policy of the company, which looks carefully after its employees. The houses are good and comfortable and kept in excel- lent condition, and many of the mining villages are models of neatness and thrift. In addition the com- pany cares for injured employees and those who are unfortunate through sickness. The Keystone Com- pany owns a large number of individual cars as well as much trackage throughout the region. The Directors of the company are: Hon. George F. Hufif, Robert K. Cassatt, Col. L. B. Huff, E. M. Gross, Richard Coulter, Alexander Coulter and Robert Pitcairn, Jr. Hon. George F. Huff is President ; Richard Coulter, Jr., Secretary, and L. B. Huff, Treasurer and General Manager. WALKER £? KEPLER 531 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. The oldest established electrical house in the Quaker City. Business was first started in 1883 with a storeroom on South Tenth Street above Market and office room in the old Ledger Building, Sixth and Chestnut Streets. From the Ledger Building the office was moved to the basement of 108 South Fourth Street, to which place the storeroom was also moved. Business increased very rapidly and necessitated a change to larger quarters, which resulted in the occupancy of the pres- ent four-story building opposite the State House on Chestnut Street. JNIany of the foremost Philadelphians in business and private estates have been patrons of this old-estab- lished firm. Complete electric lighting and power plants have been installed for the illumination and power of the largest office buildings and manufacturing industries of the City and surrounding country, numbering hundreds of installations, both private and municipal. Walker & Kepler are able to satisfy any electrical want from the smallest to the greatest and can be relied upon for anything in this line of work. R. C. STRANG COMPLETE - ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS ELECTRIC ^\ Qj WIRING in all its branches 723 Walnut Street Both Phones 429 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE ■^ C o*' "POCAHONTAS"" v5M0KELESS^ A SYMBOL OF QUALITY Our registered trade-mark cverin^; THE CPXEHRATED C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS COAL corresponds to the Sterling Stamp on Silver, as the Initcd States Cleological Survey has made it THE STANDARD IdR GRADING ALL STEAM MEL C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS Is The Only American Coal That Has Been Officially Indorsed Ey THE GOVERNMENTS Of Great Britain. Germany And Austria. And Is The Favorite Fuel With The ''I United States Navj , Which Has Used It Almost Exclusively For Many Years Unequaled for the Generation of Steam and Domestic Purposes CASTNER, CURRAN ^ BULLITT Sole Agents C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS COAL MAIN OFFICE: Arcade Building, 1 South 15th St., PHILA., PA. POCAHONTAS TRADE MARK REGISTEnED I Broadway, New York Ciiy SO Congress Street. Boston, Mass. BRANCH OFFICES: Citizens' Bank Building, Norfolk. Va, Neave Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. Old Colony Building, Chicago, 111 Terry Building, Roanoke, Va, EUROPEAN AGENTS: Hull, Hlyth is: Company, 4 Fenchurch Avenue, London, E. C, Englantl m E ^ i ^ ^ SELLING % FOR 51 YEARS J. W. MATHERS & SONS COAL. WOOD. COKE S. W. COR. 10TH ST. & WASHINGTON AVE. PHILADELPHIA I 430 J ;th anni\eieen established, and a large sum already accumulated. Another organization of which the firm is proud is the Strawbridge and Clothier Chorus, made up entirely of store employees, and regarded as among Philadelphia's notable musical organizations. This is the only large store in Philadelphia that is not opened at night during the holiday shopping season, the finn looking beyond the extra dollars that would thus be gained, and believing that this policy serves the best interests of the public as well as of their employees. The Strawbridge & Clothier store is among the fa'nous institutions of which Philadelphia is justly proud. ^M|t ^»^ ■^♦»^^^^*^»*^«< { « » j i * | « ' } >^*^> » X > » X * *X' *$' *?**l*^' 'I' *I* ' I ' *I* *I* * » ' ■^^^^H$Hj^^♦}^^.^^♦^M$^♦j.^.^.^♦»^^$»♦}^^^♦^^^K^ i^t^H^ini^ »}t »^« >^»}>^^ >I^**I*^*^*i 433 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 8 «)+*+*4^ •!":-♦♦♦+•>♦•!••!•+♦♦♦♦♦•! t •♦♦■J' 442 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA St * 3: % ISAAC SCHLICHTER, President W. H. HEISLER, Treasurer '^. K. DWIER, Secretary * The Schllchter Jute Cordage Co. i * I % I * Manufacturers of all kinds JUTE CORDAGE ESTABLISHED 1857 WORKS Frankford Junction Pliiiadelphiia OFFICE 20 North Front Street Philadelphia I * * % Reg. U. S. Pal. Off. 443 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR l^w'f^'f*'?*- 0'2cacww»»r^^i©sw:!'H*3'K?KKXi'2^:; § 9, B I o (2 The John Ma\vson Hair Cloth Co. The large plant of the John Mawson Hair Cloth Co., at Kensington Avenue and X'enango Streets, fittingly illustrates what indomitable will and persistent pluck will accomplish. The business was started but ten years ago by Mr. JNlawson. who at that time had one loom, and the mill consisted of a small room in what he terms a "shack." He was his own weaver, loom-fixer, business manager and salesman, but the prospects looked bright to him. and although everyone predicted dire failure, he plodded along much encouraged by orders, which the high (juality of the goods he manufactured was bound to bring. Mr. Mawson had but four hundred dollars when he started his mill ami the increased busi- ness in the first year, although small, made it necessary for him to get increased ca])ital. The business was therefore incorporated under its present firm name, but Mr. Mawson has long since bought everv share of stock held Ijy other ])ersons, and is now the absolute and only owner "i the business. All this has been accomplished in ten years in addition to building a mill at a cost of $46,000: another one adjoining at a cost of $17,000. and installing a jjcrfect equijiment which now consists of 220 looms and the accessory machinery. The product of the Mawson establishment is hair cloth, serge linings and French llanncls. Nearly everyone is familiar with the manner of making linings and flannels, liut few know mucli about hair cloth and its manufacture. Sjjecia] looms are required for the work : and the horse hair, taken only from the tail of the animal, and of various lengths conies to the mill in round bundles about two and a half inches in diameter. In weaving, a cotton war]) is used and the hair, after lieing loosened, is placed near the loom, where a selecter, with almost human pre- cision, picks up a single hair from the bunch. This is quickly grasped by the ni])])cr. which carries it across to the loom and quickly returns for each succeeding hair the selecter takes up. ( )nce at tlie loom the work of weaving is similar to that where cotton yarns are used. The hair used comes from Siberia and Russia, and the price is governed by tlie jiroduction there. The peasants come into the villages twice a year, the occasion of their semi-annual fair, and bring the horse tails just as they are cut from the animal. These are bought by agents of the hair manufacturer, the prices being low or high, according to the plentifulness or scarcitv of the tails. It is then washed, dressed and sorted into lengths, the long jiieces being used for weaving and the shorter ones fur brush makers and mattress manufacturers. The best hair comes from the wild horses in .^duth .\nicrica. but as they are now nearly extinct, jiri ductiim from that source is ended. There are two ounces of weaving hair in e^ch horse tail and seven pounds make eighty yards of cloth, so that it means the extinction of a horse and a half for each yard made. The price of the liair is now about Si.io jier pound, and ranges from a lower figure to $1.75. which is the highest reached. What will be done when the su]iply is exliausted is hard to surmise, as nothing lias ever been found, or is likely to be. that will suiijilant jiorse hair in niakint; h'nings, as the elasticitv which makes a garment retain its jierfect sliape is lost in any other material. Mr. Mawson ascribes his success to the fair manner in which he treats everyone and tlie high quality of the goods he makes. That thev are po])ular and in demand is proven by the fact that in nine out of the ten years he has been in business, his mills liavc run twenty-fnur hours every day. He caters only to the best trade, to which he sells direct, having a resident agent in everv large citv. I B B 5? f? l»»c:;var.'Eccc'KC'::t;»:ss race: \^\w k« «• W \» k*'** k« t« h«k« «« \r «« \¥ \0 *» t«^»» %ir%r »# i0 %*%0\0\0 \0 444 :25TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA o. o. o o o o s CHAS. J. WEBB. President C. EDWIN WEBB, Vice-Piesident JOHN S. WHILLDIN, Treasurer WM. A. FASSNACHT, Secretary Chas. J. Webb & Co., inc. $ Commission Merchants o o o o o o Importers and Dealers Cotton Yams, Wool, Hair, Noils Wastes OFFICES ii6 and ii8 CHESTNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. 9, S Cable Address— Webb Phila. i 8 445 OFFKIAI. II ISTDKICAI. SOTNICX I U 1 JOSHUA L. BAILY &. CO. j I ©rp #oob£( Commisigion jWerctjantis i * PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE ATLANTA 30-36 So. 15th Street 100 Md. Nat. Bk. BIdg. 242 Equitable Bldg. NEW YORK CHICAGO CINCINNATI 39 and 41 Thomas Si.— 217 Church St. 294 5th Avenue 900 Neave Bldg. BOSTON ST. LOUIS SEATTLE 78 Chauncy Street 448 Century Bldg. 405 Bailey Bldg. SELLING AGENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING MILLS: Erwin Cotton Mills Co. Clifton Mfg. Co. DURHAM, N. C. . LiONDALE MiLLS Erwin Cotton Mills Co. D E_ Converse Co. cooleemee, n. c. Erwin Cotton Mills Co. DUKE, N. c. Glendale Mills Natchez Cotton Mills Durham Cotton Mfg. Co. Arkwright Mills ^. PcAoi r«x-rr-,Ki Mmio InmanMills li Pearl Cotton Mills Arcadia Mills '!; Aurora Cotton Mills Toccoa Cotton Mills % Exposition Cotton Mills Cowpens Mfg. Co. !•: Trion Mfg. Co. Neuse River Mills j- Glenn-Lowry Mfg. Co. George Brown's Sons ;'v Great Falls Mfg. Co. Byram Mfg. Cq. 'i, Parkmount Mills ^ 0<8>0"<>0000ChX>00<<>0^ JAMES L. WILSON &. CO. JBrp CootJs; Commisisiion § jHerdjantsi o 239 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia o 48 Leonard Street o New York OOCKX85CmX>C<>(X>C>OOOOCm50000000.00000000CKm>OCm?OOC^^ 446 i 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA H. & W. H. LEWIS 238 Chestnut Street O o o o s o o COMMISSION MERCHANTS WORSTEDS AND WOOLENS MEN'S WEAR WOMEN'S WEAR UNIFORM CLOTHS NEW YORK BALTIMORE • BOSTON CHICAGO o Established 1851 HENSEL COLLADAY COMPANY MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS jBraibg, Hatries^' Bregg, Cloak anb jtlillinerp tKrimmmgg Franklin and Vine Streets, Philadelphia ? X t I * I * * * t t Branch Offices : * NEW YORK 415 Broadway NEW YORK 621 Broadway CHICAGO 200 Monroe Street % BOSTON 56-f Washington Street MONTREAL 43 St. Sacrament Street * * *> 447 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR ESTABLlJHhU 18^b KOHN, ADLER & CO. Importers and Manufacturers RIBBONS, SILKS AND MILLINERY GOODS IVholesale Only 720 MARKET STREET to 713-15-17-19 RANSTEAD STREET Mu^rrlurar l^nstrrii Sullivan and Company Hlhfllraalrrii miii Jmpurlrra 817-819 Arch Street Phi adelphia 5^nttnus lii)ttr (Slinks o o o o o o GEO. C. HETZEL CO. CHESTER PENNA. Z 8 o 448 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA H. H. Ragg ^ Co. The wool trade is one of the most impor- tant of the many mercantile branches which have added to this city's great prosperity, because of the number of factories located here for the weaving of carpets and all kinds of woolens and textiles. It is a well-known fact that the Quaker City is the centre of the carpet trade of the country and manufactures nearly 80 per cent, of such goods. Among the firms identified with the wool business is that of H. H. Ragg & Co., who have offices and storerooms at 18 Letitia Street. Mr. Harold H. Ragg is an Englishman by birth, and came to this country in 1891 ; started business in the same year, and in 1895 organized the firm of H. H. Ragg & Co. He has built up a very im- portant trade with local mills, and by acceptable business methods has done much in upholding the high mercantile standards of wool dealers in the business conununitv. Founded 1843 W. p. West & Son 1 1 BANK STREET PHILADELPHIA Pocketings, Wigans, etc. Canvas Paddings NEW YORK BALTIMORE CHICAGO DUNDEE Harrison B. Scheil Henry W. Taylor Wm. M. Longslreth Bt{}2[{, giaijlur Sc iJougatrrtli YARNS 230 and 232 Chestnut Street PHILADELPHIA BOTH PHONES GEORGE W. CHAPIN 229-231 CHURCH STREET COTTON YARNS Crochet Lace Edgings TORCHON LACES Braids Threads Tapes For Manufacturers GEORGE W. CHAPIN 229-231 Church St. Philadelphia, Pa. 449 OFFICIAL II ISTORUAI. SOUVENIR H. A. Romberger H. A. Rombergcr, one of the most progressive manufacturers of high-grade hosiery, has in thir- teen \ears built up a very large business by goods of quality which he obtains by the use of the best materials and the employment of skilled workers. Mr. Romberger has three mills in this State, located at IMiddletown, Newport and Wiconisco, maintains offices in Rooms 336 and 338 The Bourse, and has selling offices in New York, Balti- more, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Chicago. The product of the mills are men's, women's and infants' hosiery in all the popular lines. -Mr. Rombergcr ascribes his success to methods a little different from those generally used, whicii consist of a i)erfect system of organization, not only in the conduct of his mills, but in the executive end of his business, where ofttimes shrewdness ajid skill are factors to be rcckonci] with. Then in the production of his goods he uses the best stock and obtains the best possible work- manship because he never shuts down the mill> and never runs on short time. Jhis forethought for the welfare of the opera- tors has a tendency to secure belter effort on their l)art. and the production of a Inglier grade of goocW. reducing the great e.xiiense of imiierfect work to a minimum and insuring better service to the wearer of the product. Mr. Romberger's goods are known wherever the best hosiery is sold, and his jjroduct is distri- buted all over the United States, with a fair share of export trade. Alphia Knitting Mills The Alphia Knitting Mills. occui)ying the large building at Nos. 310-312 and 314 North Orianna Street, were started in 1SS4 by M. A. Metz. The business at this time was confined to the manufacture of crochet goods and the product was of the best quality, bringing a steadily increasing trade. In 1896 the firm name was changed to M. A. Metz & Bro., H. W. Metz, a brother, being ad- mitted to partnership. The firm hatl been so successful in the manu- facture and marketing of crochet goods that it de- cided to increase the field of operations, and in 1898 the manufacture of sweaters and other knit goods was commenced. The same success that marked the founding of the original business followed the introduction of the added lines, until now the Alphia Mills are among the largest in tlie country making this class of goods, with selling agencies in New York. Chi- cago and San Francisco. The full line manufactured includes knit and crochet novelties, sweaters, sweater coats and many other articles made of wnnlcn >'arn or zephyr. Established since 1885 Win. B. Threapleton's ^Sons^ MANUFACTURERS OF Full Fashioned and Seamless HOSIERY Howard and Huntin§:don Streets PHILADELPHIA, PA. 450 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA THE ARGO MILLS CO. SPINNERS HIGH GRADE COTTON YARNS MILLS Gloucester City, N. J. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE Merchant and Manner Building oocKK8»5c««3C6C9»:905:9:8:ra >: I i *¥¥•!! t 'Ktr 1 « «*ii '^■■"*'- and State Streets * Highland Worsted Mills "'"'^ Camden, N. J. Manufacturers of plnC WoFSted YamS ^h5m5»^*^|hJ»^JmJ»^i^»^i^^»*J»«J*^J. ^»4^^ 451 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL ^OrVEXIR :?:: ut:u^c:^'J;:^aB^a^Kffiasl^ \m »«'««■'«• ««'»«%. »*«»%■•••%•»•%.•** LOOM WOVEN Lace Curtain: SMHidl DRAPERY NET: I 'A I a Original Ideas J. W. SMITH, Gen'l Manager Complete Assortment Execulive Offices: CHESTER, FA New York Salesroom Kensington Building 73 Fifth Ave., corner 15th St. Chicago Salesroom American Exp. Building GEO. E. REHM, in charge ^ n 0\ ;< JJ 0\ ■I i n a 0\ I n I o 'A I fi ti I 452 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Bassett, McNab ^ Co. 1009 Filbert Street Philadelphia Importers and Jobbers of Upholstery Goods of Every Description This well known house is the direct successor of Brown, De Turck & Co., who commenced this business at 218 South Second Street in 1878, and after a long and very successful career were suc- ceeded by De Turck, Bassett & Co., and in a short while moved to the above address, and were suc- ceeded by Bassett, McNab & Co., February 15, 1902. This shows a continuance of thirty years' busi- ness, and trade relations of the present firm extend to all parts of the United States, Canada and Mexico. It is the fixed intention of this house to keep at all times in the fore, with every new design in silk, wool, linen and cotton fabrics of the very best manufacturers of Europe and America. In addi- tion a line of cabinet hardware is always in stock. The names of the gentlemen comprising the I^resfiit firm are: Henry Bassett, Chas. M. Stout. Henry J. Fudge, James C. Chamberlain, all well- known citizens of Philadelphia. Sharpless & Sharpless 19 South Fifteenth Street 18 South Broad Street 100 Yards South of Bioad Street Station f 4 I I 1 ESHLEMAN & CRAIG CO. Custom Shirt Makers ^ and Launderers ^ Guarantee reasonable wear for Shirts and Collars of their own make when laundered only by them. T)« ^ ^ 1127 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA Both Phones. Bell: 1543 A Keystone: Race 266 453 * + * * • * OFFICIAT. II ISTOKICAI. Sni'VKXlR HULTON DYEING & FINISHING , CO. (INCORPORATED) + + t t Dyers of Fast Colors Cotton, W^oolen and W^orsted Yarns. Slubbing in the Ball * Finishers of Men's NVear Fabrics, Dress Goods, Etc., W^oolen and W^orsted Piece Goods *.' • > 2712 JASPER STREET, PHILADELPHIA 454 4 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA LINCOLNl Trade Mark Registered SUSPENDERS GARTERS BELTS S The LOCKHART-MAC BEAN CO., Inc. 12 J7 Market Street, Philadelphia 455 OFFKIAI. IIISTOKKAI. SOTVEXIU + t t + + + + + Established January 1, 1843 Thomas Kent Manufacturing Co. Woolen Goods Blankets Manufacturers of Flannels Fine French Worsted Yarns U. S. Standard Olive Drab Covert Cloths, Flannels and Serges a Specialty MILLS union mills rockbourne mills ridley mills runnymede mills CLIFTON HEIGHTS PENNA. Bell Telephone, 160 Lansdowne + <*■ + j..j.^^.+^+4..j.4.+.I.4.4.4.+4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4-4>4-4-'t++'i-4-+4-4-4-4'4'+4-+-t+++4-+++4-++4'4-+++4'++4-4'4-+++++++++4-+++ /. BLAIR KENNERLY Miner and Shipper of VALLEY SMOKELESS BITUMINOUS COAL and Manufacturer of BECCARIA FURNACE AND FOUNDRY COKE GENERAL OFFICES: 1110-1115 Penn Square Building PHILADELPHIA. PA. Incorporated 1903 H. A. Mctz & Co. 104 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Aniline and Alizarine Colors Dycstuffs and Chemicals 45'' 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA BENCH AND BAR For over two hundred years Philadelphia's Bench and Bar have been adorned b)' some of the greatest minds known to the legal world — men of argumentative skill, brilliant oratory and keen power of anal_\'sis, and as a natural sequence it was here that the first law school in America was established. A half century before the Declaration of Inde- pendence was signed the province began to be noticed for the learning and attainments of its judges and lawyers, and during the ensuing hun- dred years this fame was greatly added to by the skill and probity with which the English common law was interpreted for the early colonists, and with equal intelligence modified to suit the changed con- ditions following the Revolution of 1776. At that period new questions were constantly arising, and the early legislation of the province attests the progressive spirit of the lawyers, as many of them were members of the legislative body. The history of Revolutionary times shows that the judges of the courts at that period were men famous for their learning and painstaking care, and that the members of the Bar enjoyed a like reputa- tion, being profound in their knowledge of the law and skilful in the presentation of their cases. It may with justice be noted that the probity of the Bar has been jealously maintained to the present day, and that the reputation of its members for learning suffers nothing in comparison with that of the legal giants of the past two centuries. In a retrospect as brief as this it is impossible to give the long list of illustrious names that have figured in the legal history of the city since the provincial period — names that have spurred on many a struggling student and been the incentive to effort that has added other honored names to the roll. The customs and traditions of the earlv Bar are remembered with reverence by the lawyers of the present day, and the system of courts, noted for simplicity, still i^revails and bears daily testimony to the strong legal knowledge of the pioneers of the profession. But the Bar as now constituted does not de- pend upon history and tradition for its eminence. It is not on account of the great men who have made it famous and respected in the past that it enjoys the confidence of the entire country, but rather on account of the zeal, earnestness and allegi- ance of its present members, who are as learned and devoted as any of their predecessors. There are, of course, in a body of men numerically as large as the present-day Bar those who are weaklings and some who are unscrupu- lous : but taken ensemble the quality has never de- teriorated, and the gentleness, dignity and learning that characterized the jurist of the old days still survive. It is because of changed conditions that we occasionally refer to the "old school" and sigh for the "old-fashioned lawyer," forgetting that in the hurry and bustle of modern life the lawyer of a half century ago would be at an immeasurable disadvantage. These conditions have not changed the quality of the Bar, but have merely brought into being a practitioner and counselor who, while possessing the qualities of strict integrity, deep learning, and bril- liant oratory, has in addition the powers of quick analysis and instant decision — necessary require- ments in the new environment. The powdered wig. the "claw-hannner" coat with brass buttons and the laced sleeves and knee- breeches, associated in our minds with courtliness and dignity, have vanished, but the man of the hour remains. He is not picturesque — he may not be even graceful — but he is learned, able and gentle, quick to act with fidelitv to court and client, resourceful of brain, and giving the same honesty of purpose to his profession as did the man of yore. The spirit of modern times has revolutionized every trade and profession, but the Bar of Phila- delphia has changed but little. It has advanced in methods, but not to the detriment of dignity, and has jealously guarded the three attributes that made it famous : honesty — gentleness — learning. 457 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR DIMNER BEEBER Dininer Beflitr. jurist. lawyer ami financier, was luirn in Muncy, Pa.. Marcli 8, 1854, of German ancestry. His greatgrandfatlier, having settled in Berks County in 1768, took part in the Revolutionary War, and was awarded a tract of land in the valley of the west branch of the Susquehanna River for services rendered. It was upon this tract, now a part of Lycoming County, that the soldier settled after the war, and it was there that his descendants lived for three generations. As a boy Mr. Beeber evinced a strong desire for books and study, and his parents, being in good circumstances, allowed him to follow his inclinations for a professional life. He received his preparatory training at the Selins Grove Academy, afterwards entering Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, and graduated as a bachelor of arts at the age of twenty years. During his school and college days he displayed an unusual fondness for the study of English classics, biogra- phies and history, all of which inspired an ambition for a public career. Upon graduation, in 1874, Mr. Beeber took up the study of law in the office of his brother, J. .^rtley Beeber, Williamsport, and two years later was admitted to prac- tice. He removed to Philadelphia in 1876 and .soon made a place among the leaders of the younger Bar. In 1884 he became a partner in the firm of Jones, Carson & Beeber, the other members being J. Levering Jones and Hampton L. Car.son, Attorney-General of the State under Governor Pennypacker. This firm enjoyed an extensive practice and was engaged in some of the most important cases before the State and Federal Courts. It was dissolved by the withdrawal of Mr. Carson, since which time Mr. Beeber practised alone, although still occupying the same suite of offices in the L.ind litle I'.uild- ing with Mr. Jones. Recognizing Mr. Bceber's fitness for public position, seven hundred prominent members of the Bar signed a testimonial in i8<)S, riroinmcnding his nomination as Dis- trict .Attorney. .\ vacancy occurring in the Superior Court in January, 1899, Governor Hastings appointed him to fill the vacant place. He served with distinction for one year, but, not being a self-seeking politician, he made no eflfort to secure a nomination and election for the full ten-year term, and retired to his private practice upon the installa- tion of his successor in January, 1900. Judge Beeber has achieved distinction in financial and business circles, as well as in the ranks of the legal profession. He has been for years a member of the Union League, serving for one term as Vice-President of that body, and was elected its President in December, 1906, to succeed the present Gov- ernor, Edwin S. Stuart. He is also President of The Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust Company, located at Twelfth and Chestnut Streets, to the affairs of which he devotes himself during the banking hours of each day. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Club and of the American and State Bar Associations. During his college career he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Society, and has since been an honorary member of the Phi Beta Kappa. He has been awarded the honorary degree of A.M. by Princeton University. In politics Judge Beeber is a Republican of a pro- nounced independent type. He holds the duties of citizen- ship to be paramount to those of a partisan, and has not hesitated to act independently in local and municipal politics. wluM. in his judgment, independence would bcs' promote the public interest. He has taken a prominent part in presidential campaigns, beginning with the Garfield campaign in 1880. He remains loyal to the faith of his German ancestry in religious matters, and is prominently identified with the Lutheran denomination. Judge Beeber attributes his first strong impulse towards a career at the Bar to reading in his boyhood d.ays the biographies of statesmen and lawyers. He counts among the influences of his life's success home, school and early companionship in the order named, supplemented by private study and extensive contact with men in active life in his later career. 458 225x11 ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA I JOSEPH M. GAZZAM t t I i Z Joseph M. Gazzani, the well-known lawyer, identical with the law now in force, but which was * was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., December 2, 1842. defeated in the lower house. He was author of % His father. Dr. Edward Despard Gazzam was the law which did away with the calls for spe- f promment as a physician, lawyer and stateman, cial elections for State officers, and thus affected 3- and was one of the organizers of the Free Soil a great saving to the State, and maiiv other ini- Party and its first candidate for Governor. His jiortant acts. He was appointed by Governor mother w'as Elizabeth Antoinette de Beelen de William A. Stone, Commissioner from Penn- Bertholft' and was a granddaughter of Baron sylvania to represent the State at the South Frederick Eugene de Beelen de BertholfT, who Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposi- was Austrian Minister to the United States from tion of 1902, and also a mem.ber of the Penn- 1783 to 1787. Air. Gazzam was educated at sylvania Commission, by Governor Samuel ^^'. the L'niversity of \\'estern Pennsylvania and Pennypacker to the Louisiana Purchase Exposi- was admitted to the Allegheny County bar, tion at St. Louis. Januar}- 6, 1864. His admission to the Supreme Mr. Gazzam is president of the Rees Welsh Court of Pennsylvania occurred Xovember, Digest and Law Publishing Company, was one of the organizers of Quaker City National Bank, and fourteen years its vice-president. He is vice-president cf the Ames-Bonner Company, of Toledo, Ohio ; vice-president of the Dent's Run Coal Company, Pennsylvania : chairman of the Board of Directors of Peale, Peacock & Kerr, Incorporated ; director in the Delaware Company, and others. He was one of the pro- jectors of the Beech Creek Railroad and the town of Gazzam was named for him. J\Ir. Gazzam is a life member of the Penn- sylvania Historical Society, the Fairmount Park Association, the Franklin Institute, Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Forestry Association, Pennsylvania Academy cf Fine Arts, Zoological Society, the .-\merican 1867; to the Circuit and District Courts of the Academy of f^olitical and Social Science, and * United States in Alay, 1869, and to the Supreme member of the Genealogical Society of Penn- f Court of the United States, A larch ly, 1870. sylvania, the Archseological and Pal?eontological f He practiced law in Pittsburgh until 1879, his Society of the I'niversity. He is an ex-president * partner being ex-Congressman Cochran, who of the Pennsylvania Club, a life member of the ? is vice-president of the Missouri Pacific Rail- L'nion League and Lawyers' Club of Philadel- * road. In 1879 Mr. Gazzam removed to Phila- phia, a memlicr of the Young Re|)ublicaiis of * delphia where he has since practiced, and is now Philadelphia, the National Arts Club and the f the senior member of the firm of Gazzam, Wal- City Club, of Nev,' York City, and the Toledo f lace and Lukens, with offices in the Baile\' Club of Toledo, Ohio t t t '.uilding. No. 1218 Chestnut Street. Mr. Gazzam was married in 1893 to Nellie t ^ Mr. Gazzam is a Republican in politics. .M. .\ndrews, of New Orleans, and they have T |; He was a member of the City Council of Pitts- two children, Joseph M. Gazzam. Jr., and Olivia |; I burgh in 1869-73 a"tl elected State Senator in M. deB. Gazzam. His city residence is No. 265 ^ ^ 1876, from the Forty-third Senatorial District South Nineteenth Street and his summer home * 'f of Pennsylvania. While so serving he intro- is the picturesque Kenilwcrth Inn, at Biltmore, T 'k duced a marriage license hill, which was almost N. C. J t ^ I 459 OFFiriAL TlISTDRirAL SOU\li\IK Russell Duane Russell Duane was born on Jmu- 15. 1866, being the son of Rev. Clias. W. Duane. a clergy- man of the Protestant Episcoi)al L'iun-ch. He is a lineal descendant of Benaniin Franklin : Richard iJaclie. former Poslmaster-General ; William j. Duane, former Secretary of the Treasury, and John Inskecp. former Mayor of Philadcl])hia. Mr. Duane received the degree of A.B. in 1888 from Harvard University and the degree of LL.P.. in 1891 from the I'niversity of Pennsylvania. Since that time he has practised law coiuinuouslv in the city of I'hiladelphia, having been since U)04 the senior member of the law firm of E)uane, Morris. Heckscher & Roberts, having offices at 1617 to 1623 Land Title Pniilding. He has devoted him- self mainly to active practice in the courts, having appeared constantly in the local courts and from time to time in the .'supreme Court of the I'nited States, the I'nited States Circuit Courts of .Appeal for the Second and Third Circuits and the I'nited States Circuit Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of Xew York and in the Supreme Court of Penn- sylvania. Among the notable litigations with which he has been connected ma\- be mentioned the l-'rench Spoliation cases at Washington and the Behring Sea Arbitration between the I'nited States and Great Britain. He is also Lecturer on Court Pro- cedure at the law school of the L'niversity of Pennsylvania. Mr. Duane is a member of the .\nierican Philo- sophical Society, the Philadelphia Club, the l'ni- versity Club, the Peiin Club, tiie Phi I'eta Kappa Society, the .American Bar Association, the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity, the Conteiuporary Club, the Young Republican Club, the Society of the Sons of the l\e\iihuion. the Society of the War of 181 2, the American .Academy of Political and Social Science. ;md the Jniiii r Legal Club. Mr. Duane is married, has three children and resides at 2028 DeLancey Place, Phila02. the organization for conar in Se])tember. 1886. He took a ])ost- graduate course in the Law School of the l'niversit\ of Pennsylvania and was admitted to jiractice in the Philadeliihia County courts in 1887. later being admitted to the Supreme Court of the .State and the Circuit, the District and the Supreme Courts uf the United States. Mr. Tustin is a memlier of the .Masonic nrder. Sons of the Revolution, the I'nion League, the I'niversity an, lur over a century, been noted for the eminence of its nicnibtrs and the production of men famed for cleverness in debate and oratory and their knowledge and interpretation of legal lore. Many of those affectionately referred to as of the old school are passing away, but their places are being filled by members of the Junior Bar who display marked ability in their profession and have already established reputa- tions and practices that compare favorably with their illustrious predecessors. Prominent among these is William T. Wheeler, who was born in Philadelphia March joth. 1S7J. and who graduated from the I'niversity of Pennsylvania Law School. Soon after graduation and admission to the liar Mr. Wheeler look u]) corporation and commercial practice as a spieialty and has been highly successful. He has a large clientele, and his knowledge on every question pertaining to his special line makes his services most valuable. Richard Lewis Ashhurst Ricluird Lewis Ashluirsi was born in Naples. Italy, February 5. 18,58, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1S56 and adniiltcd to the Philadelphia Bar in 1859. On .\ugust 8. 1862, Mr. .■Xshhurst entered the Llnited States service as First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 150th Pennsylvania X'olunteers and served with his regiment in the .\rniy of the Potomac, and on staff duty until September. 15. 186,3, when he resigned owing to the effect of wotmds received. He was brevclted captain for meritorious service at Chan- cellorsvillc, and major at Gettysburg for gallanlry. Mr. .\shhursl is a member of the .Xnierican Philo- sophical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsyl- vania, the Union League. Rittenhouse and Country Clubs, president of the Philadelphia .\theneuni. vice- dean of the Shakespeare Society ard vice-chancellor of the L;iw .\ssociation. Mr. Ashhurst has always been a Republican in ])olitics and is now serving as postmaster. 47^ 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Daniel J. Shern Daniel J. Shern was born in tliis city March 2, 1871, and received his early education at the South Broad Street Military Academy. He subsequently attended the Peirce School, from which he graduated in 1887 and shortly after- wards became an assistant professor in that well-known institution of learning. Mr. Shern, anxious for a legal education, entered the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1889, and three years later graduated with the degree of LL.B. He was immediately admitted to the Bar and commenced the practice of his chosen profession. Mr. Shern is an ardent Republican and has, since attaining manhood, taken a great interest in politics and was in 1902 elected to the House of Representatives, and is a candidate for re-election in November. Ladner £? Ladner Albert H. Ladner, Jr. Grover Cleveland Ladner Foremost among the rising lawyers of the Philadel- phia Bar are to be found Albert H. Ladner, Jr., Esq., and Grover Cleveland Ladner. Esq., who are practising to- gether under the firm name of Ladner & Ladner, with offices at the Land Title Building and N. W. corner Fifth and Green Streets. The senior member of the firm, Albert H. Ladner, Jr., Esq.. is the oldest son of Hon. Albert H. Ladner, the well-known Democratic magistrate. He was born October 21, 1882, educated at the Central High School and Temple University, was admitted to the Bar March 12, 1906. Grover Cleveland Ladner is the second son of Magis- trate Ladner. He was born in Philadelphia, January 8, 1885 ; educated at the North East Manual Trainin,g High School. He studied law at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his degree of bachelor of laws in 1906. He was admitted to the Bar October 15, 1906. John M. Walton Capt. John i\L ^^'alton, City Controller, was born in Stroudsburg, Pa., in 1S42, and was educated in the Moravian School. Lititz, Pa. He came to Philadelphia after the War of the Re- bellion with his father, who was treasurer in the U. S. Mint, and in 1871 became second lieutenant in the Fourth U. S. Cavalry. Seven years later he was made first lieutenant and retired as captain through disabil- ity received in the service. Returning to this city he served in Councils from 1882 until 1895, when he resigned to become city con- troller, a position to which he has been successively re-elected ever since. Capt. Walton is a member of the LTnion League, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Society of Vet- erans of Indian Wars, the Masonic Fraternity, and several political organizations. James E. Gorman James E. Gorman, a well-known member of the Phila- delphia Bar, was born in this city in i860, and graduated from the Central High School at the age of seventeen years. Deciding to adopt the law as a profession, Mr. Gorman spent the next six years in hard study and was admitted to the Bar March 5, 1883. He has been in active practice ever since and has met with great success, most of which he ascribes to the studious and industrious habits formed by the extent and character of the practice of his preceptor. He has been re-elected as magistrate at the House of Detention to hear all juvenile offenders arrested in the City of Philadelphia and has heard all such cases for the past two years without a single day's vacation. 473 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Abram Sharpies Ashbridge, Jr. Bishop Ozi W. Whitaker Prominent among the lawyers of tlie cily is Abram Sharpies Ashbridge, Jr., who has a large clientele and is heard almost daily in the Civil Courts. Mr. Ashbridge was born February 15, 1863, at Ondawa, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and entered the University of Pennsylvania when but fourteen years of age. He graduated in 1882 and inunediately entered the Law School, and during his term also studied with R. C. McMurtrie, the famous corporation lawyer, and T. \Y. Kimbcr. Upon admission to the Bar Mr. Ashbridge immediately com- menced the practice of his profession, and liis merits and ability soon won recognition, meeting with particular suc- cess in cases of negligence and accidents, with suits for damages. He is a great reader and is thoroughly conver- sant with corporation law. Mr. Ashbridge is an enthusiastic sportsman and is fond of hunting and golf. James F. Campbell James F. Campbell, attorney-al-law, was born May 27, 1872, in Davenport, Iowa. His early education was received in the Brooklyn Polytechnic and the Gramercy Park School, New York City. He also attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Lehigh Uni- versity, finally entering the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated as LL.B. in 1895. Mr. Campbell is a son of Judge James D. Campbell, general counsel of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, and resides at Oak Lane, in the 42d Ward of the city. He is Republican in politics and was recently nominated for the Legislature on that ticket. He is a member of the St. Nicholas Club, New York City; the Huntingdon Valley Country Club, the Young Republicans and the University Club. His offices are in the Franklin Building, 12th and Walnut Streets. The Rt. Rev. Ozi W. Whitaker, D.D.. LL.D., Bishop of Penn- sylvania, was burn in Xew .Salem. Mass.. .May 10. 1830. He gradu- ated from Middlclmry College, X'ermont. in 1856, as a B.A., and three years later the M.-'\. degree was conferred uptm him. Upon graduation he entered the General Theological Seminary, New York City, and graduated in 1863. immediately taking orders as a deacon and being ordained priest the same year by Bishop Eastburn. He was rector of St. John's Church, (lold Hill, Nevada, for two years, and for eighteen months of St. Paul's Church, Englewood, N. J. From there he went to St. l^aul's Church. Virginia City, Nevada, and was consecrated bishop in 1869, becoming missionary bishop of Nevada. In i886 he was made bishop-coadjutor of Pennsylvania, and a year later was made bishop of the diocese. From the time of his ordination Bishop Whitaker has been well and favorably known by his work for the Episcopal Church, and his zeal and ability brought him the degree of D.D. from Kenyon College in 1869, and the degree of LL.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of many sermons, addresses and pastorals. Alexander Mackay-Smith .-\lexander .MacUay-Sniith. U. D., Bishop-Coadjutor of the F.piscopal Church for the Diocese of Pennsyl- vania, was born in New Haven, Conn., and his early training was received at St. Paul's School, N. H. He later attended Trinity College, Hartford, and colleges in England and Germany and studied theology at the General Theological Seminary in New York. He was ordained deacon in 1876. priest in 1877 and received the degree of D. D. in 1889 from Trinity College, and of S. T. D. from Hobart College the same year. He was in charge of Grace Churcli. South Boston, from 1877 to 18S0, and rector of St. John's Church, Wash- ington, from 1893 to 1902, as well as archdeacon of Washington from tqoo to 1902. lie was elected bishop-coadjutor and consecrated in Philadelphia, May i, 1903- 474 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA Allen J. Fuller Allen J. Fuller, General Superintendent in the Bureau of Water, was born in Philadelphia, July ij, 1849. After acquiring a thorough business and technical training he, in 1873, became attached to the Water Department in the capacity of draughts- man. ^Ir. Fuller served in this position for eleven years and displayed such ability and efficiency that Col. William Ludlow, at that time Chief of the Water Department, made him his first assistant engineer. His knowledge of the department was so complete at this time that when John L. Ogden became chief he selected Mr. Fuller for his first assistant. This was in 1886 and he continued to hold the first assistanc\- until June i, 1900, when Chief Frank L. Hand appointed him to the office of general superintendent. Mr. Fuller is peculiarly fitted for the place he occupies, being careful and painstaking, and de- voted to the work of which he has such intricate knowledge. Air. Fuller is now rounding out thirty-four years of continuous employment by the municipal- ity, and during that long period he has discharged every duty devolving upon him with zeal and fidel- ity. He has made his department a continuous study, with a desire to increase, if possible, its efficiency, and the restdt has been the conduct of its alTairs along the most approved business lines. Mr. I^uller is a member of the Franklin Insti- tute, American Water Works Association and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and is also a member of several political clubs, prominent among which are the Young Republican Club, Twenty-fourth Ward Republican Club and the Lincoln Club. Joseph H. Klemmer Joseph H. Klemmer, Director of the Depart- ment of Supplies, was born in New York City, August 24, 1855, but removed to this city with his parents when eight years of age, and received his education in the schools here. As a young man Mr. Klemmer evinced a keen interest in public affairs, and allying himself with the Republican party became an important factor in the politics of the Eleventh Ward. He soon made his influence felt, and was a leader in the movement that wrested the ward from the Democratic party and fixed it per- manentl}' in his party's ranks. Mr. Klemmer was at one time in the L'nited States Internal Revenue service, where he remained until appointed to an auditorship in the Controller's office under Harper Jefifries. During President Harrison's administration Mr. Klemmer was made a Postal Inspector, and in 1895 he was appointed Harbor Master of the Port of Philadelphia, a position which he filled with great credit, and during his incumbency he took an active part in the movement to secure the deepening of the Delaware River channel. In the fall of 1903 he was elected Register of ^^'ills by an overwhelming majority. Mr. Klem- mer's knowledge of departmental work and his prominence in Republican politics made him a logical candidate for the head of the Department of Sup- plies to which he was appointed by Mayor Reyburn. The office under Director Klemmer has been placed on a firm business basis and its affairs are conducted with the same care that won commenda- tion for him when Harbor Master. Mr. Klemmer is a member of many political and social clubs and has a handsome country home at Glenside. 475 OKinCIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR Boies Penrose Wesley R. Andrews When J. Donald Canicnm retired tmni ihe United States Senate in iSyj he was succeeded hy a I'hiladelphian. lioics Penrose. In the twelve years he has served in that body Senalur I'enrose has made a record tliat is a source of pride to his friends and followers. Boies Penrose is a member of an old and hiijlily-honored Philadelphia family. He was born in Philadelphia. November i, i860. He is the son of Dr. Richard A. E. Penrose and Sarah Hannah Jloies. He is descended on every side from the oldest and best Colonial stocks. His forbears, without exception, have been hi,s;hly es- teemed an/() tem- pore of tlie Senate. He was a delegate to the Re- publican National Conventions of 1900, 1904 and 1908. He was Chairman of the Republican State Committee from 1903 to 1905. and since 1904 has been a member of the Republican National Connuit- tee. He is a ])rominent figure in the .Vational Republican Campaign. He was elected to the United States Senate for the term beginning March 4, 1897. and was re-elected by the full jiarty vote of the legislature in igo^. lie has no opposition in his I>arty for re-election to the Senate. Wesley 1\. Andrews is a veteran of politics as well as of warfare. He i)artici]:)ated actively in the l-"renioiit campaign of 185C). although not old enough to vote. Colonel .\ndrews was l)orn at Sugar Grove. Warren County. Pennsylvania. De- cember 23. 1837. -^t the outbreak of the Civil ^^'ar he enlisted as a private soldier. In 1862 as a first lieutenant he left with his regiment for serv- ice in the de])artnient of the Gulf. In 18^)3. on accoiuit of the serious condition of his health, he was granted leave of absence. While convalescing Lee crossed the Potomac, headed for Pennsyl- vania. I'^rom Governor Curtin young .\ndrews received authority to raise an additional regiment of infantry, and was selected for lieutenant colonel. I'efore the regiment was completed an order was issued directing all officers and enlisted men to report to their regimental head(|iiarters. lleforc ]\rr. .Andrews could return the battle of (iettssburg had been fought, and New \'ork City was in the hands of a mob. Mr. Amlrcws rejiorted to Major- General .Sanford. He was highly conijiliniented bv that officer for courage and efficiency. -After the war Colonel .\ndrews engaged in mercantile business until 1SS4, when he established the Meadrillr Tribune. Tliis jjajicr he conducted with sign;d aliilily for luany years. Tn 181,15, \\ben ]\latthew Stanley Quay ftiught ior su])remacy in this State. Colonel .Andrews was on duty coU'^tantly in Phil;idel|)hi;i as his assistatit. Later he was chosen secretary of the Republican State Commit- tee. Tn 1905 he was elected chairman, a ]iosition he has since retained. lie is a skilful political leader and one of the most efficient organizers Pemisylvania has jiroduced in recent years. i'ersonally he is \ery ])opular. Senator Quay often remarked that Colonel .Andrews had "a wider ])ersn the course of study was increased by the addition of declamation and orthography. A special normal course was also organized for the preparation of teachers for the public schools. Dr. Peirce. before organizing the college, had been a successful teacher in the public schools of Philadelphia for a number of years, and had the reputation of having prepared more young men for the high school than any other teacher in Philadelphia. In 1869 the growth of the college rendered it necessary to secure larger quarters; the entire second floor of the Inman Building, at the corner of Tenth and Chestnut Streets, was taken. The faculty was increased by the addition of four instructors, making eight in all. and a department of English was added for the benelit of students who were not sufficiently advanced in their studies to take the regular course of the school. In 1870, at the request of the Centennial Commission, Dr. Peirce made an elaborate exhibit of the work of his college, which attracted the attention of visiting educators from all over the country, and the college was at that time awarded a diploma and medal. In 1S81 the name of the institution was changed to Peirce College of Business. In 1882 the college took one of the most important steps in its history, when it moved to its present home in the Record Building, which had just been com- pleted. It occupied the whole of the fourth floor as school rooms and one room on the second rtoor as an oflice. The attendance during the previous year had increased to 730 students, so that this change of location became absolutely necessary. .\t this time the faculty was again increased and the course of study broadened. On June 15. 1882, the first public commencement of the school was held at the .Academy of .Music. In the fall of 1883 an epoch in the history of the college was marked by the organization of the Department of Shorthand and Typewriting. The attendance in this department was at first small, due to the occupation being a new one and a prejudice against employing young women in business offices. These objections were soon overcome and tlic attendance increased rapidly. In 1893 the name of the institution was changed to Peirce School, and in the spring of 1896, Dr. Peirce. the founder, dying, the attend- ance decreased materially, but increased again when it was found that the high standard of the founder was being maintained. The present courses of study combine a gen- eral English education with a training in practi- cal commercial subjects and are designed not to make bookkeepers, but to make the future busi ness man. Medals and diplomas were awarded the school at the National Export Exposition. 1899; at Paris in 1900; nt Buffalo in 1901. and at Charleston in 1902. The school has a special course for students from Spanish-speaking countries, and is now in the greatest period of its history, the enrolment for 1907-08 being 2018. 'I I * * * * * -.Vi****T^**-A'-***#******************^^ 480 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania Founded 1740 The University of Pennsylvania dates from 174U. when the School which became the College was founded. With the foun- dation of tlu- Uepartnunt of Medicine in 1765, the first to be established in North America, and the foundation of the Department of Law in 1790, the first to be established in North America, professional education began here, and the University of Pennsylvania, with its College and Professional Schools, became in fact the first institution in North America which did the work and bore the name of University. Its University charter dating, under its present title, from 1791, superseded an earlier charter of the University of the State of Pennsylvania, granted 1779. and absorbed in the present Institution. The University of Pennsylvania comprehends the following Departments of Instruction: Departments of Instruction Other University Departments are; Catalogue and Circulars The College, founded 1740. comprising (i) the School of Arts; (2) the Towne Scientific School; (3) the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. The Department of Medicine, founded 1765. Tlie Department of Law, founded 1 790; re-established 1S50. The Department of Dentistry, founded 1878. The Graduate School, founded 1882. The Department of \'eterinary Medicine, founded i S84. The Laboratory of Hygiene, founded 1S92. The L'niversity Library, founded 1749. The L^niversity Hospital, founded 1874. The Department of Physical Education, founded 18S5. The Department of Archreology, founded 18S9. The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, founded 1S92. The Houston Club, founded iSg6. The L-niversity Catalogue, published annually in December, gives information regarding all Departments of the University. Applications for copies of the Catalogue and Circulars of Information should be addressed to the Secretary, L-niversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. The number and distribution of students in the dilTerent courses in 190S was 4^79. These students came from 45 States of the LTnion and 41 Foreign Countries. The members of the Faculties of the L-niversity in 1908 numbered 435. The Courses in the College are arranged in six groups, as follows: TL-a CoIIpo"** ^' "^'^^ School of Arts, (a) The Course in Arts and Science; (b) The Courses in Biology; (c) The Course in I lie V.'Ullc^t:: Music. II. The Towne Scientific School, (a) The Courses in Architecture; (b) The Courses in Mechanical f^QU—ees and Electrical Engineering; (c) The Course in Civil Engineering; (d) The Course in Chemistry; (e) The Course in Chemical Engineering. III. The Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, (a) 1 he Course in Finance and Commerce; (b) The Evening School of Accounts and Finance. IV. The Saturday Courses for Teachers. V. The Summer School Courses. \'I. The College Courses for Teachers. Admission A special circular, giving admission requirenients, will be sent on request. The Graduate School The Medical Course The Graduate School offers instruction of the most advanced character in Literature, Language. Pure Science, history, the Economic and Social Sciences, Philosophy, Archeology, etc. The George Leib Harrison Foundation provides endowed Fellowships and Scholarships for advanced students to whom they may be assigned, and enables them to carry on their investigation while workincr for the master's and doctor's degrees. The Course in Medicine, four years in length, is given in the recently erected Laboratories and in the University Hospital, which represent the finest and most complete equipment that exists to-day in any country. The L.aW Course '^^^^ Course in Law is given in the new building, which is the largest and best equipped in the United The Dental Course States, devoted exclusively to the use of law students. The Course is three years in length. Tlie Dental Course is three years in length and is given in Dental Hall, specially built and equipped for the purpose, with the most modern facilities for teaching every branch of the subject. The Veterinary Course The new laboratories of the Department of Veterinary Medicine represent the best that the world affords for instruction in all brandies of that science, and include large hospital facilities, which enable students to gain practical and first-hand experience in their profession. The Catalogue contains full information as to the requirements for admission and as to tuition fees The University Library and Museums All students have access to the University Libraries, which contain 300,000 volumes, and to tlie various Collections in the Free Museum of Science and Art. TL _ rjnrfvjltori^^ '^^^^ LTniversity Dormitories are the most comfortable and convenient residences possible for students of the 1 lie A^U I lU C L'niversity. Thoroughly heated and lighted and provided on every floor of every house with shower baths and lavatories of the must approved kind, they are in every way perfectly sanitary. The rent of rooms is very moderate, less than the cost of similar or even inferior accommodations elsewhere. For information apply to the Bursar, College Hall. Students' Physician and Ward in Hospital A special ward in the University Hospital is set apart for the use of students who may become ill. The L-niversity appoints each year a competent physician to give his services freely to such students as may need them. The Houston Club, the first of its kind at any University, founded and housed in 1896, in one of the most beautiful of the University buildings, is the centre of the social life of the student-body. All students of tlie L%iversity are if^so facto members of the Club, and. subject to nectssary regulations, have the full use of the Club rooms, library, reading rooms, billiard rooms, bowling alleys, etc. The Club is used by about three tliousand students a day, during term time. The University has by this means provided pleasant and profitable recreation and environment for its students and they are able to occupy themselves every hour of the twenty-four on the University's domain. The Houston Club Physical Education The new Gymnasium, with its magnificent equipment of apparatus, separate rooms for particular branches of training and large swimming pool, is located on Franklin Field, so that indoor and outdoor exercise may De combined. All students, except those specifically excused, are reuuired to exercise regularly in the Gym- nasium under trained instructors. A physical examination is made of all students, including examination of their eyes. 481 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOU VEX IK John Conklin^ Rose John Conkling Rose, Chief Claim Agent of the I'ennsylvania Railroad Company, was born Marcli I. 1863. in Rosclle. N. J-, a town named after his father, the late Col. John C. Ro.se. Mr. Rose lived continuously in the State of his birth until two years ago. when he was ap- pointed to his present position and removed to Germantown. Upon finishing his academic education Mr. Rose studied law with the firm of Daly & .Machin, New York City, but left the profession to enter the railroad business, beginning with a subor- dinate position in the Motive Power Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Jersey City, and since that time has been engaged almost con- tinuously in railroad work. He was connected with the Kings County Elevated Railway in Brooklyn, upon its completion, and was at one time Su])crintendent of the Xew York and Sea- beach Railroad, and later Right of \Vav Agent of the P. C. C. & St. L. Railway at Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1892 he re-entered the service of the Pennsylvania Company, being connected with the Transportation Dejiartment at Jersey City, where he continued until ajipointcd to his ]iresenl posi- tion. Mr. Rose is a director in several corporations and is connected with the Presbyterian Church and the Masonic fraternity. He is also a member of the Xew York Railroad Club and a number of other organizations and societies. While a resident of Xew Jersey Mr. Rose was connected with the Xational Guard of that State, being successively Adjutant of the Third Regiment. Commandant of .\rtillery, and at one time Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of the State. He is the author of several works connected witli his travels: is a Republican in ])olitics and was formcrlv one of the Police Commissioners of Elizabeth, X. T- Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland The Eidelity and Deposit Company of Mary- land was chartered in 1890. Its initial capital was $250,000. This was subsequently increased from time to time until at present its capital is $2,000,000, and its surplus $2,345,978. The latter is the loss paying power of a company without touching its capital. Edwin Warfield, recently Governor of Maryland, was the founder of the company, and there is no doubt that to him is due the credit in a large measure of popularizing cor- porate suretyship. When he organized the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland there were but two other companies doing a strictly surety business, and they confined their operations to a limited field, principally that of bonding bank and mercantile employees occu- pying positions of trust. Mr. Warfield real- ized the possibility of greatly increasing the scope of the business, and it was that which prompted him to organize the company. .\fter he organized it he found that it was necessarj- to have Congress, as well as various State Legislatures, enact laws providing for the acceptance of corporate suretyship. He, therefore, blazed the way for others to follow. y\s an evidence of the growth of the surety business since the organization of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, it is only necessary to cite the fact that the total pre- miums received by ;dl companies in 1890 were about $750,000. while in H)o7 the total was $11,000,000. Pennsylvania was one of the first outside .States the Fidelity and Deposit Comjiany of Maryland entered, and Philadelphia the first Pennsylvania city in which the company opened offices. Mr. Herman Hoopes, the com- pany's Resident Vice-President at Philadel- phia, with oflfices at 505-509 Real Estate Trust Building, has been the company's representa- tive in Pliiladelphia ever since it entered the State. 482 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA I ^eniltoortf) 3nn s a *HIS beautiful house is located at Biltmore, N. C, in the most picturesque portion of the health-giving I pine belt. It is but ten minutes by trolley or a twenty minute drive from the Court House at Asheville, 'and Kenihvorth carriages connect with the trolleys. The Inn is elegantly furnished and equipped with every modern convenience, such as steam heat, pure spring water, elevator, electric light, telephone and telegraph offices, billiard rooms, reception parlors and guest rooms en suite with bath. Every room is sunnv and cheerful, and each is located on one of the fronts ot the house overlooking a vista of beautiful and rugged scenerv. The grounds include 150 acres, devoted to golt links and lawn tennis courts, and in the woods connected with the hotel are many fine walks. The beautiful Swannanoa River flows through the grounds. K 1; J? Topographically Kenihvorth Inn is ideally situated and its environment is charming. It adjoins the Ij Vanderbilt estate and is near the noted residence but suffers none in comparison with that magnificent home, as the O Inn is architecturallv beautiful and its grounds are well kept 8 v.* All that man's ingenuity could suggest and his handiwork accomplish has been done for the comfort of 55 guests, and their health is even considered by the adoption ot an iron-clad rule against the entertainment of consumptives. The Inn is open all the year and is always ready for the reception ot guests. Tickets should be bought H and baggage checked direct to Biltmore station, where coaches meet all trains. A handsome booklet is furnished on application. 483 OFFICIAL HISTORICAI. SOUVEMR 1 "2*^'l' * » * *t' ' I" ?**! " !' * t ' 'i* *S** ? ' * t ** t * "f** *"? ** ! ' ' t * * t ' ' t"!" t** T ' ' t ' " C * ' t '*t**i*^*^**i**I'**I**»* •••• •!**> •> •!• ♦ <* •■** "J* ^* ♦♦> "J* •!■• ^^ + + * * * I + JOS. C. FISCHER & SON Cositumers! 255 South Ninth Street Philadelphia, Pa. + t * * + * * * * + * t * * * * * I t + * + Tfid niiich credit cannot be given to the energy and ingenuity of the above tirin in designing and supplxing llie more than 5500 costumes suppHed to and used by tlie committee in charge of the pageant in connection with Founders" Week. W'liile tlie committee have given Air. Fischer and his son a general idea if their needs — and ail the assistance in their p(T\ver — it is only right and jiroper to say that were it nut for the knowl- edge and ability of this firm the whole thing nnght have fallen. .\s it is every detail of each anil every costume used is abscilutel\ correct from a b.istoricai standpoint, and 90 per cent, of the costumes used in this most magnificent display are perfecth new. It has required all of Mr. Fischer's regular force of sixty-two hands (the largest of any costumer in the country ) besides a number of e.xtra ones engaged for the occasion working day and night, to carry out this stuix-ndous contract, involving the outlay of many thousands of dollars for new material. This business, started in a very small wav in 1871 at 102O Si..uth Si.xlli Street, rajjidiy increased until the present location was bought b\ .\Ir. l''ischer some eighteen years ago, and to- day the entire four-story building is given over to the designing and making of costumes. Within tlie past year tlie lirni lias been conii)elIcd to put in electrically-driven machinery. Tiiis firm constantly has on the road the full eciiiipment of from eight to fifteen theatrical troupes, shipping their costumes all over the United States, Canada, Cuba anil .Mexico. 'riiey supply most of the .Mardi Gras at New Orleans, yearly: Alfred K. .-\arons, F. C. Whitney, Madame Melba, Damrosch, Maineselle Awkins. etc.. and stand reaily at all times to equip any play, for private or professional use, on an hour's notice. * * * ♦♦♦♦■M'^-**-;- •:• ♦• '*?**{"'S*'i"i**i**>**i**^' t ' ' t ' ' I ' ' 1 ' "S** !"! ' ' I ' ' t ' '1' ' 1 ' ' I"I ' ' t"3 **S*^^* I ' ' 1 ' ' I ' * ! ' ' 1 **1**1* *I* * I + t * *i* 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA I J. J. Habertnehrs Sons I * * * * * I * ^ Although J. J. Habermehl's Sons were selected as the producers of the Historical Pageant, probably the handsomest street spectacle ever beheld in this country, they do not specialize in that direction. They are primarily florists, but by florists is not intended that old ra'ce of dealers who grew and sold flowers, made bouquets and other floral objects. The Historical Pageant is one of the revelations of Philadelphia's latent genius for doing things. It is entirely a Philadelphia production, and every decorative car. every property, to use a theatrical term, used in that splendid cavalcade, which unrolled three centuries of the city's his- tory, was manufactured under the direction of this firm. Yet, in spite of the complete manner in whicli this important work was accomplished, it was only a side line in the business of the firm. It is because of the experience and the good taste which characterizes the eft'orts of the firm as florists that they were able to produce such beautiful appointments for the spectacle, although it was a proposition outside the ordinary lines of their business. But florists, such as J. J. Habermehl's Sons, in these days, are more than merely raisers of flowers. They are also decorators, and decorations for important fashionable functions require a peculiar talent for realizing" artistic effects combined with taste wliich is unfalteringly correct. The world's demand for invention, for novelty, and for new effects makes some of its most severe calls upon the florist. The modern florist plays an important part in almost every large function. The ball room must be transformed to resemble something else; and the dinner table must convey some hint of appropriate- ness to the peculiar occasion. It is the florist who has to answer these demands. He lias to furnish the inventive genius, the artistic skill, and even these talents would avail nothing if finally the flowers and ornamental S greens used were inappropriate or of dubious quality. A grand effect might be easily spoiled by a decorator & who was not at the same time an experienced and tasteful florist. S Unusually large facilities also are required by the florist who is called upon to produce the pleasing effects % so much admired on social occasions. "The transformation of the four plain walls of a ball room call for * a trained force of artists, florists, and workmen, and require abundant material from which to make the ^ proper selection of plants, cut flowers, and the score of other appointments which together, under trained ^ direction, make for beauty. Profusion must be suggested without any semblance of crowding ; elaborate % workmanship must give the impression of accidental effects ; and these are scarcely likely to be obtained S unless the florist and decorator has facilities equal to the demand. * J. J. Habermehl's Sons, who maintain offices at the Bellevue-Stratford, and at Twenty-Second and % Diamond Streets, are probably the largest retail florists in Philadelphia. .-Kt Twenty-second and Diamond ^ Streets their greenhouses, numbering about twenty, cover almost half a square of ground. This means that ^ the firm has the facilities necessary for nroducing any floral decorations required. No occasion demanding s floral treatment is too large for the firm to handle successfully, and the fact that all the cut flowers used by S them are raised in their own greenhouses is evidence that the flowers are always fresh. That they are ^ always the correct thing can be assured, for it is the people who know what is the proper thing who are S the firm's customers. S; S * 485 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR ooo.oc>chx<><>oooo:ooo<>5oooooocw:«>ooc^^ o o o Auto Transit Co. of Philadelphia Operating a line of Electric Busses and Automobile Coaches from Broad and Shunk Streets to Fairmount Park, via Broad and Diamond Streets. Busses run every tliree minutes and the route covers seven miles of Philadelphia's most beautiful avenues, passing among other points : Bellevue-Stratford Hotel Hotel Walton Acarfemy of Music Art Club Manufacturers* Club Union League New Girard Trust Building John Wanamaker Store City Hall Broad Street Station (P. R. R.) Masonic Temple Odd Fellows' Temple Academy of Fine Arts Lyric Theatre Adelphi Theatre Baldwin Locomotive Works Lu Lu Temple Boys' High School Park Theatre Hammerstein's New Opera House Hotel Majestic Grand Opera House Temple University Fairmount Park Trolley Station The comfort, speed and elegance of this com- pany's vehicles insure patrons the most pleasant and attractive nde in Philadelphia at a minimum rate of fare. The busses connect at Fairmount Park with the Park Trolley Line, which circles the Park on both sides of the Schuylkill River and by which this magnificent pleasure ground may be viewed m all its beauty and grandeur. After crossing the Schuylkill, the visitor is carried through a succession of natural wonders, which have justly earned for Fairmount Park the title of the grandest municipal park in the world. In addition lO the beauties of nature — especially gorgeous in the Autumn season — there may also be vis:ted in the Park many buildings and places most intimately connected with the history and splendor of our city and nation. Poinis in Fairmount Park Memorial and Horliculturai Hall of the Centennial Elxposition Lelitia Penn s House Washington Monument Sunken Gardens Smith Memorial Arch Benedict Arnold's House Children's Play Grounds National Regatta Course Founders' Week Auto- mobile Race Course And Hundreds of others o o 8 o o o o 8 s 8 General Office and Plant, Thirty-first and Dauphin Streets PETER J, HUGHES Vice-President and Gen'l Manager HENRY LODGE Assistant General Manager SAM'L H. CARPENTER Secretary and Treasurer BERNARD A. HUGHES Purchasing Agent KgaiXfCi 488 225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA BEN. L CARROLL The expansion of Philadelphia is nowhere more marked than on its western Ijorder, and no section so teems with life and business as that from Fortieth Street west and from Woodland Avenue to Overbrook. In this locality the greatest activity in realty is going one, and one of the busiest and most pro- gressive operators is Ben. L. Carroll, whose com- modious offices at the intersection of Sixtieth Street, Haverford and Girard Avenues are daily visited by hundreds of home-seekers. Mr. Carroll has been in the real estate busi- ness just four years and, though a very young man, he has made a record for quick selling that has made his older competitors "sit up and take notice." He was born in West Philadelphia, January 4, 1884. and is a grandson of Henry C. Carroll, who was one of the first settlers, and a prominent resident of that part of the city known as Hadding- ton. Mr. Carroll was educated at the public schools, and after a course at La Salle College turned his attention to real estate. He early exhibited a remarkable aptitude for the business and, quickly grasping the details, he started with an energy that his competitors thought foolhardy, but which proved to be onlv keen busi- ness judgment. The result was the building up of a large Ijusiness which has very materially aided in developing the section Mr. Carroll has chosen for the scene of his labors. Mr. Carroll does not attempt to do any busi- ness outside of West Philadelphia. Upon entering the business he recognized the fact that the ele- vated railway, then in prospective, would be of in- estimable value to the locality, and he arranged his plans accordingly, and some idea of his foresight can be gleaned from the fact that during the past year he sold real estate valued at $3,000,000, the average price of the houses disposed of being $3000, representing 1000 properties. This means an average of nearly three houses a day for each working day in the year, and is the reason why Mr. Carroll does no business in other sections. He can't, he's too busy at home. The houses sold during the past year were mostly purchased for homes by people of moder- ate means and are all occupied. One doesn't have to figure much to see what value a business of this extent means to a community, for the purchasing power of one thousand families means something to retailers. This mighty accomplishment seems stupen- dous when it is known that it was the result of one man's efforts, but it is possible that it will be eclipsed, for Mr. Carroll has unbounded faith in the territory, and has matured plans for a still larger campaign. He recently purchased from Solomon Green- berg, for $100,000, a large tract of ground on Sixty-third Street, between Master Street and Lansdowne Avenue, and has already commenced the erection of a large number of three-story houses. This operation will be a large one and means the outlay of several hundred thousands of dollars. Mr. Carroll's faith in West Philadelphia real estate is based on logical reasoning. He claims that it is handier than any other suburb ; that the cost of living there is as cheap as in other localities, and that it is possible to buy a home there cheaper than one of the same construction elsewhere. For these reasons he claims property must continue to increase there, and the natural advantages of the locality are making it a large city in itself. He ad- vises those who scoff at his claims of West Phila- delphia's greatness to make a visit and satisfy themselves of its rapid and solid expansion. In addition to the building and sale of houses, Mr. Carroll also has properties for rent, and trans- acts everv other branch of the realtv business. 489 OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOCVEXIR L. P. SIMPSON ^ SON Prominent among the real estate operators who have been active in developing tlifferent sec- tions of Philadelphia is the firm of L. P. Simpson and Son. witli otifices at the northeast corner of Nineteenth ami Wliarton Streets, and Xo. 707 Walnut Street. The l)usiness was established in 1880 by Lewis P. Simpson, who had previous experience in the real estate brokerage business, and who was firmly impressed with the possibilities of southern realty. He concluded that the vacant territory there was ripe for improvement and commenced the erection of a class of dwellings that became at once popular and made his reputation as a pioneer builder of homes of a better quality than had been erected there up to that time. In 1888 David C. Catanach became a partner of Mr. Simj^son, and the name of the firm was changed to Simpson and Catanach. This partnership continued for seven years, during which time many localities were improved with beautiful homes for those of moderate means. In i8y5 Mr. Catanach retired from the firm and was succeeded 1)\' (1. Wallace Simpson, son of the founder, and the firm name was changed to its present title, L. P. Simjison and Son. Mr. L. P. Simpson died .\i)rii 22. 1908. at the age of fifty-eight years. an