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November, 1917 THE MARINE REVIEW “a ee valli ttt eee ie Newest Municipal! Piers in the Port of Philadelphia THE HARBOR OF PHILADELPHIA IS THROBBING WITH COMMERCIAL AND : INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY The Second Largest Port in the United States A FOREIGN TRADE OF $326,536,548 in the first six months of 1917 Exports - - - - $263 ,848,038 Imports - -. - - 62,688,510 The Domestic Business is of Greater Volume Shippers have learned the advantages of the Port of Philadelphia This is what the officers of a $75,000,000 corporation think of Philadelphia’s Port as a Shipping Terminal: Calvert Townley, Assistant to the President of thé Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, writing on September 29, 1917, said: “During 1916 it was decided to increase existing facilities, and after an exhaustive study of the advantages of manufac- turing in different parts of the United States the Philadelphia district was selected as the most desirable location. A tract of land — of about 500 acres was acquired, situated between the towns of Essington and Lester, about nine miles from City Hall, and having a frontage of something more than one mile on the Delaware River, and at just about the close of the year 1916 the immediate con- struction of a factory development thereon was begun.” The Philadelphia Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries Is Engaged In Building Up A NEW AND MODERN PORT THE BEST SERVICE PIERS OF UP-TO-DATE CONSTRUCTION There are $13,000,000 available for water-front extensions GEORGE S. WEBSTER, Director of the Department, Bourse Building, Philadelphia HA Please mention THE Marine REvIEW when writing to Advertisers ) pea) ~y Ss 2) 8 al ni os) Not to be taken trom the mmc MR ———4 = == eS office.