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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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our new bag factorybuilding called for the best of railway facilities, bothfor carload and L.C.L. freight, so as to promptly reachfrom our own siding all of the outgoing lines frcmChicago. V/e needed, also, to be near a district fromvihich we could draw a large number of factory employesof both sexes, and still have easy access to the down-town district for local deliveries, when needed. Werequired a modem building of large floor space,constructed to fit our manufacturing requirements, andto afford us the maximum of light and air, that couldnot be interfered with by our neighbors. All of theseproblems, as well as others, have, we believe, beensuccessfully worked out in the Central ManufacturingDistrict, and our new building now being constructed atAshland Ave* & 37th Street, demonstrates our faith iniihis locality as the most satisfactory site we couldfind in Chicago. Yours very truly, THE UniON BAG & PAPER COMPANY.EGB/ilb By-^d2j=u*^ ^, (Ri o^-^-^-oUXry >.^BlL>. ;^^.^o^
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P. A. Starck Piano Company Building, 39th Street and South Ashland Avenue THE P. A. Starck Piano Company was formerly located inseveral sites about Chicago, coming to the Central Manufac-turing District from Blue Island Avenue and Robey Street, in theBurlington District, after giving a great deal of study to the variousindustrial sections of Chicago. The new plant shown above embodiesthe most advanced features in building construction applied to thepiano industries. Maximum light has been provided by the use ofthe Fenestra Sash Windows, and efficiency of operation throughouthas made this plant an ideal one. The building has four floors andbasement, is built L shape with long sides on Ashland i\venueand 39th Street. Contains 125,900 square feet of floor space. Thetower, by reason of the break in Ashland Avenue at this point,commands a view for several blocks south on Ashland Avenue.S. Scott Joy, District Architect; E. W. Sproul Company, GeneralContractors. 70

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