necessity for a two-hour ferry trip to reach the
Maryland city.
In determining the line between Philadelphia
and Baltimore on the eastern shore of Chesapeake
Bay, therefore, the usually accepted practice was
followed of allowing fifty land miles for every two
hours of water travel. The railroad time schedules
oetween Philadelphia and points on the Eastern
Shore are even more favorable to Philadelphia
han the land travel factor. In computing the
boundary the cost of the ferry ride and delays in
meeting schedules are not considered.
Pp e—
Railroad As to the influence of railroad
Travel facilities, distance was not the
Focior only factor considered, but also
train schedules, running time
and frequency of service. As
an example of this, it is seen that while Harrisburg
is twenty miles nearer to Baltimore than to Phila-
delphia, this city can be reached from Harrisburg
in virtually the same running time. and by three
times as many trains daily. Virtually the same
situation exists with respect to Williamsport.
Extent
of
Area
——————
The Philadelphia Market Area
includes twenty-five counties in
eastern Pennsylvania, ten in
southern New Jersey, the entire
state of Delaware, and six coun-
ties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Although embracing only seven-tenths of one
percent of the total area of the United States, the
poe}
United States
Total %
2978,774 | oa
121,572,000 5.3
$85,680,000,000 | 6.0
195,000 5.6
8,325,000 7.9
$10,950,000,000 7.7
$62.750.000.000 £0
’hiladelphia Market Area contains five percent of
‘he national population, seven percent of the value
of manufactured products, and six percent of the
total spendable income.
Philadelphia Overnight Trucking Area
Extent The territory covered in this
of Overnight Ye is
approximate 5 square
Coverage wy The rie of the
highly developed distribution
system afforded is apparent when it is shown that
within this area, in addition to its tremendous popu-
lation, there are 52,373 industrial establishments,
employing 1,641,495 wage earners who are paid
$2,335,744,000 annually, and who produce each
year manufactured goods valued at $13,969,318,000.
By virtue of definitely established schedules and
wide coverage of territory, the manufacturer in
Philadelphia may have his goods placed on a truck
here late in the afternoon and delivered the follow-
ing morning to his customer at virtually any point
within the area. One large trucking firm in Phila.
delphia maintains a twice-a-day service within a
fifty-mile radius.
Service in the overnight area is naturally best
between the principal points. More than thirty
regular motor truck companies operate nightly be-
tween Philadelphia and New York. Philadelphia-
made dress goods are placed on hangers in trucks
here in the late afternoon and are on sale in New
York department stores the next morning.
The speed and regularity of motor freight serv-
ice within the Philadelphia trucking area is made
possible largely by the great network of modern
improved highways which radiate in every direc
tion from the city.
{J
Trucking Area
United States
Total %
2,973,774 1 0.72
121,672,000 | 18.5
$85,680,000,000 20.8
26.9
19.7
21.3
29 a
Area (sq. mi) ..
Population ......
3pendable Income
Industrial
‘Establishments ..
Wage Earners ....
Wages ..........
Value of Produete
21,475
16,410,216
$17,818,803,000
52,373
1,641,495
$2,385,744,000
£13,968,318.n°
195,000
8,325,000
$10,950,000,000
£62.750,000.000
Scheduled overnight trucking
service keeps Philadelphia busi-
ness houses and industries in
daily contact with a vast terri-
tory in which live more than
16,000,000 persons who have total annual spendable
incomes approximating $18,000,000,000. Long-
haul, direct point-to-point motor freight service is
maintained from Philadelphia to cities approxi-
mately 150 miles distant, while way-freight motor
truck service is maintained on a daily schedule
within a radius of one hundred miles of the city.
This overnight motor freight area extends to
New York and Baltimore, through all of New Jersey
except the extreme northwestern end, all of Dela-
ware and eastern Pennsylvania. The area is
bounded by Baltimore, Harrisburg, Sunbury, Scran-
ton, Stroudsburg, New York City, Asbury Park.
Atlantic City, Cape May and Lewes, Delaware.
This area is one of the greatest concentration
senters of population, wealth and business activity
Motor
Freight
Service