CHESTER, - Delaware County PA History

CIIESTER, PENNSYLVANIA. 57
TilE POLICE nm'AIfJ'MENl t •
The Policc Dcpartment consists of a Chief and fourtecn
officers-scven day and sc\'en night officers. That this small
forcc is amplc for thc protcction (,f the pcacc and propcrty of
our pcoplc spcaks morc e10qucntly than words that wc arc a
lu\\'-abiding community.
TELEPIIONE ANI> TELEGRAPH SERVICE.
Thc city is conncctcd by telephonc with Philadelphia and
\Vilmington, and all other places within a radius of twcnty
milcs. In Chester thcrc arc 165 subscribcrs, avcmging 1000
calls pCI' day and rcquiring 125 miles of wire, Thc scrvice is
uniformly good. The means for telegraphic communication
arc excellent, as it must needs be to accommodate so large an
industrial community.
FACII.ITIE."i FOI{ I.lGIITING.
Gas was introduccd into Chestcr in 1856, and the company
opcrating thc works havc tanks capablc of storing 160,000
cubic fcct.
The Chcstcr Elcctric Light and Powcr Compan)' was organizcd
in J885, and its pl'cscnt (;apital stock is '$70,000. Thcy
havc an cxcecdingly finc plant, consisting of six boilers, four
cngincs of 600 horse-powcr, and dynamos with Cl capacity of
55,800 candlc pOWCI" Two hundl'cd and scvcnt}'-six cit}'
lights, of 32 candle powcr, to burn all night, arc furnishcd, and
260 business houscs, dwcllings and mClnufilctol'ics a1'C supplicd
with 2,640 lights, and 22 motors arc in daily opcration,
cHEs'nm's NEWSI'Al'lms.
Thcrc are six ncwspapcrs--two daily a1id fOUl' wcckly-pub­
IishcCl in thc City of Chcstcr, in ol'Clcr of scniol'it)' as follows:
Thc Delaware County Nt/moltl-tlll, startcd in 1833 by Y. S,
\Valtcr, now published by \VaI'd R. Bliss; Thc DclawaI'c
County lJt'l1It}Crat, startcd in 1S35 by Caleb Picrcc, now owncd
by HCIll'}' F. Frysingcr; Thc DelawaI'c County Ad1localt',
startcd in 1866 by ) 01111 ~pencer, and still publishcd b}' him;
The Chcstcr 1£1Jt'In'lIg ,Vi:ws, startcd in 1872 by F, Stanhope
Hill, now published by 'V. H, Bowcn; Thc Chestcl' lJaili