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Title: The Central Manufacturing District : Chicago Junction Railway Service : a book of descriptive text, photographs & testimonial letters about Chicago Junction Railway Service and the Central Manufacturing District - the center of Chicago, "The Great Central Market"
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Central Manufacturing District (Chicago, Ill
Subjects: Central Manufacturing District (Chicago, Ill Industrial districts Railroads
Publisher: (Chicago? : s.n.)
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s of construction or equip-ment, which are the results of experience and study, adding to its desirability. Buildings in the Central Manufacturing District are erected by contractafter competitive biddings, and care is used to award contracts only to responsiblecontractors. Railway tracks for each building are put in before constructionstarts, thereby enabling contractors to handle their material from cars economically.The District also contracts annually for large quantities of construction material,prices of which are often lower than contractors can obtain. In such case, thecost of buildings is reduced proportionately. As a result of close competition amongbidders, possible economies, and the careful inspection of all buildings undercontract, it is safe to say that the Central Manufacturing District is constructingbuildings more economically than is possible anywhere else in Chicago, and, at thesame time, securing a most substantial, attractive, and practical class of buildings. 15
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Birds-eye View of Ashland Avenue Yard of Chicago Junction Railway, looking west. with a capacity of 8,000 cars This is one of the largest freight yards in Chicago Railway Freight Service The Central Manufacturing District is served by the Chicago Junction Rail-way, which is the inner belt line of Chicago connecting directly with every Trunk Linerailroad entering Chicago. Over the tracks of the Chicago Junction Railway, mustpass every pound of freight moving in or out of the Stockyards, Packingtown,or the Central Manufacturing District. With this enormous tonnage, the Junctionis enabled to give service which would not be possible under other conditions. The Junction tracks and equipment are maintained in the highest state ofefficiency. The Junction has over sixty modern switching engines, engagedexclusively in the switching of freight and it is no unusual thing for 200 enginesof connecting lines to be on the Junction tracks in a single day. The Junction Railway permits no passenger tra

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  • bookyear:1915
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Central_Manufacturing_District__Chicago__Ill
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  • booksubject:Industrial_districts
  • booksubject:Railroads
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