CHESTER, - Delaware County PA History

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Chester has unusually good facilities for the shipment of
merchandise. Three competing railroads and the river lines
a(fi:lrd ample accommodation for the rapid and safe conveyance
of the products of our factories. Large steamships carry the
raw material and the finished productions of our dyewood,
steel, and oil works directly to and from our city to foreign
countries. Two express companies, and numerous messengers
who daily transact business in Philadelphia for Chester merchants,
also facilitate commercial intercourse.
TIUDE CE~TEI{S Ql·ICKI.Y HEACIIEI>.
The proximity and case of comlllunication with the commercial
centers of the countn' .. should not be overlooked. New
York can be reached in three hours, Boston in nine, Baltimore
in two and a-half, \Vashington in threc, and Philadelphia, fourteen
miles distant, in se\'cnteen minutes. The passenger
service of the Philadelphia. \Vilmington & Baltimore Railroad
and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is not excelled between Chester
and the points named by any other roads in the country. They
have the finest road-bed, the most superb rolling stock, and the
fastest trains of any road.
Chestcr prcsents advantages that should be well considered
by every intending investor in manufacturing enterprises.
There is plenty of ground suitable for manufilcturing sites, and
the facilities for receh'ing and dispatching goods aloe first-clclss.
I .q~itimate enterprises will always find a wal'ln welcome from
our people, ,and ample capital is constantly ready for investment.
The stock of our main industries is largely held by our
own citizens, :\IId we doubt not the)' will always be ready to
forward the interests of Chester by subscribing liberally toward
the establishment of any enterprise that promises a fail' return,
and gives employment to our mechanics.
Nor could any business man or corporation, seeking a place
to start an industryt find one with greater attractions. \\lith
labor and material so reasonable in cost, with unexcelled facili-