Distribution and production in the Philadelphia Area

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Identifikator:: 1828226742

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217445

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Distribution and production in the Philadelphia Area

Place of publication:: Philadelphia, Pa.

Publisher:: Philadelphia Business Progress Association

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 13 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: The Philadelphia Market Area

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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

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