CHESTER, - Delaware County PA History

24 CHESTl~R, PENNSYLVANIA.
required to operate it. Logwood, Fustic, and several other
dyewoods are imported to the amount of 8,000 tons yearly,
and the annual product of the works is valued at $300,000.
Of the dye stuff" exported Germany and England receive the
bulk, while Russia, China and Japan buy in smaller quantities.
Shipments are also madc to the Pacific coast. The what"fage
is excellent, and the large number of vcssels engaged in the
carrying tradc can rcceive and discharge their cargoes with thc
utmost despatch. The value of this large plant is $100,000.
CIIESTER FOUNDERY AND MAClIlNE CO;\II'ANY.
The works of this Company arc situated in that part of
Chester called" Penn Landing." The stone. marking the spot
where \ Villiam Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, first landed,
is directly opposite thc works. The plant is bounded by Penn
and Front streets, Concord avenue, (on tracks of Philadelphia
& Reading R. R.) and Delaware rivcr front. The lot on which
the buildings are situated contains over four and one-half acres,
and 400 feet of it front on the Delaware river.
The Company was organized Sept. 24th, 1886. The present
officers are H. B. Black, President: Theo. \V. Stone, Secretary;
and Lewis. Miller, General Manager. The main buildings consist
of a substantial brick machine shop, blacksmith shop, and
foundry. The machine shop is designed to be 400 feet long by
80 feet wide, one-half, or 200 feet, on the colonnade plan, with
centre 40 feet by 200, 35 feet rise, the two side wings 20 feet
by 200, 16 feet rise; the other 200 feet, three stories high,
making 64,000 feet of tloor surface. Covering the centre space
is a twenty-ton Morgan tra\'eling Cl',tne, with 35 feet lift. Railroad
tracks extend into this part of the machine shop, so that
all material can be unloaded and loaded very quickly by the
aid of the overhead crane.
The blacksmith shop is designed to be 40 feet widc by 100
feet long, with 16 feet rise! and is equipped with forges and
Bement & Miles steam hammer, enabling them to do all kinds
of heavy or light forging. The foundry building is 125 feet
long by 100 feet wide, built on the colOllllade plan, with centre
space 50 feet span, by 45 feet rise; the two side wings 25