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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Document type:: Monograph

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Title:: The Philadelphia Market Area

Collection:: Economics Books

in the United States. A manufacturer or distributor with a plant located in the Philadelphia Area may reach overnight by established trucking facilities, thirteen percent of the total population of the United States and twenty-one percent of the nation’s total annual spendable income. This in spite of the fact that the Area represents only seven-tenths of one percent of the total area of the country. ARENT Ps. SPE Yon in 1603 "211, ESTABL VALUE CF WIR FACTQOF "a ® REBAR EVERY NISHT Df eYROSH TAN AREA i MARKETING AREA fpacrez TRUCK. RAILROAD FREIGHT Bip wna | MGemNG SEMCLNING | 4 MOMING. TANT Toh Sry 1% 1 Avorn] % | AMGUNT | of ELATEI0 TI {46,0001 47] 376100 111.1] _Jo800d 23.7 £410,216 [145 P3044 5151254163413. 715" 2]ada1z 34568 3 17:818,6031208 139.805, 7526.6 [S463 ab .. J16391357174.. I Saale] 52730 is Is Si Tak 86 JiR 223 [32 25.544] 31.018 5,705,356 72.817 204434] 83. ODT A Mia op’ » MIMN*§ or Sr— —, fLtoviajana LO INA PISTRIBUTION AREAS PHI LADELPHIA MOTOR TRUCK & RAILROAD FREIGHT SAE scr rrr rps sesso TUT IRE TE ons LT —iriomie = womans A” wom Railroad Freight Areas Beyond the overnight trucking area lies a vast territory reached by second, third and fourth day railroad freight service over the three trunk-line railroads serv- ing Philadelphia which permit manufacturers in the Philadelphia district to ship direct to virtually every point on the North American continent. By two-day railroad freight delivery from Phila- delphia it is possible to reach the principal cities in a territory embracing a population of more than 43,000,000 whose annual spendable income is ap- proximately $40,000,000,000—forty-seven percent Extent of Influence 7! { 21 of the nation’s total. The annual industrial produc: tion of this second day area is $32,025,546,000— fifty-one percent of the nation’s total. R.R.Freight Area Dtved Biotes Second Day Total "og, Area (sq. mi) ... 146,000 2,978,774 4.7 Population .......° 43,044,815 121,572,000 85.4 Spendable Income $39,899,252,000 $85,680,000,000 46.6 Industrial Establishments .. 92,730 195,000 Wage Earners .... 5,888,441 8,825,000 Wages ....00v0n0n $6,036,892,000 $10,950,000,000 Value of Produets $32,025.548 nnn $62,760.000.000

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