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Industrial Survey of Fort Wayne, Indiana
FORT WAYNE'S BUILDINGS
POPULATION
Industrial Survey of Fort Wayne, Indiana
INDEXES OF GROWTH
INCREASE IN POPULATION
POPULATION
120000
415398
110000
100000
90000
+86549
80000
70000
-63933
60000
50000
-- 45115
40000
-35393
30000
1890
1900
1910
1920
1928
1930
INCREASE IN BANK CLEARINGS
BANK CLEARINGS
$ 180000
$ 158338950
160000
$147658263
153161459
140000
120000
100000
80000
$ 66997686
60000
40000
$ 41215519
1908
1918
1925
1926
1927
1930
INCREASE IN POSTAL RECEIPTS
POSTAL RECEIPTS
$1006598_ $1078600-
-
$ 1000000
$907537-
900000
800000
-$ 706556
650000
$546711
1919
1921
1923
1925
1927
1930
500000
Industrial Survey of Fort Wayne, Indiana
POPULATION
INDEXES OF GROWTH
Item
1920
1927
Population
86.549
115.398
Postal Receipts
586.799.00
1.078.600.00
Bank Clearings
$69.726.581.00
$158.338.950.00
Railway Freight Tonnage
2.270,353
Industrial Employees
18.618
24.824
All Occupations
39.813
53.084
LIBRARIES
The following libraries offer reading and loan facilities to the public of Fort Wayne:
Law Library Room
Allen County
Court House Third Floor
301 W. Wayne Street
Public Library
County Department
301 W. Wayne Street
Public Library
Little Turtle Branch
1636 Wells Street
Public Library
Pontiac Branch
1023 Pontiac Street
Public Library
Richardsville Branch
2703 Broadway
Public Library
Shawnee Branch
2502 South Calhoun Street
Public Library
Tecumseh Branch
1314 E. State Street
High School Library
Central Branch
224 E Lewis
High School Library
North Side Branch
475 E State
High School Library
South Side Branch
3500 So Calhoun
STREET ILLUMINATION
Fort Wayne is a well-lighted city. Both the business and residential sections have lighting of the incandescent type, both multiple and series and with standards of mod- ern design. The following tabulation is an indication of these facilities:
RETAIL DISTRICT
Number Kind
60 Nitrogen lights 600 C P.
375 Ornamental single standard lights of the different number and sizes. 288-250 C. P. 6.6. Amp .. 47-250 Watt. 1-300 Watt. 39-100 Watt.
239 Ornamental lights five light clusters
239 60 Watt lamps.
956 40 Watt lamps.
65 Alley lights 100 Watt each.
RIVER BRIDGES AND SUB-WAYS AT RAILROAD ELEVATION
Number Kind
118 Ornamental light standards with the following lights 10-300 Watt. 44-200 Watt. 12-100 Watt. 102-60 Watt. 66-40 Watt. and one single nitrogen light 600 C. P. 20 Amp.
33 Red lights consisting of 2 100 C P and 31-60 Watt. 291 Overhead lights consisting of 13-250 C. P 6.6. Amp. 12-60 Watt. 266 100 Watt.
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
Number
Kind
995 Series Nitrogen lights 600 C P 20 Amp.
1000 250 C. P. ornamental lamps straight standard of 60 Watt each.
1000 Ornamental lamps straight standard
250 C P 6 6. nitrogen.
430 Alley lights 100 Watt each.
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Number Kind
1 2 Series Nitrogen lights 600 C P. 20 Amp.
53 Ornamental Straight Standard Posts with 27-100 W. 16-250 C P. 66. Amp. 8 300 C P. 6.6 Amp. 2 60 Watt.
3 Ornamental Posts of three light clus- ters with 9 60 Watt lamps.
36 Pavillion lights consisting of 1 200 Watt. 25 100 Watt and 10-60 Watt
3- Pole Fixture Lights consisting of 37- 250 C P. 6.6
230 Miscellaneous Lights consisting of 68. 40 Watt. 96-60 Watt. 67 100 Watt
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Industrial Survey of Fort Wayne, Indiana
FORT WAYNE THEATRES
ESTIC
Theatergoers and lovers of moving pictures will find Fort Wayne well equipped to cater to their individual tastes. The leading road shows, staging their productions in the Shrine Auditorium, vaudeville, stock companies. concerts and motion pictures are shown in the following popular-priced show houses:
Theaters
Seating Capacity
Location
Emboyd
3.000
Jefferson 8 Harrison
Palace
2.000
126 E. Washington Blvd
Jefferson
1.250
116 W. Jefferson St
Strand
1.400
134 E Wayne St.
Majestic
1.350
216 E Berry St
Colonial
625
1003 Calhoun Si
Rialto
750
2616 Calhoun St
Allen
850
1301 Calhoun St
Riley
900
1014 Calhoun S:
Transfer
3.25
622 Calhoun St
Capitol
400
106 W Main St
Shrine Auditorium
2.160
407 W. Berry St
Broadway
600
2441 Broadway
Maumee
500
Maumee Avenue
Creighton
1.200
1101 E. Creighton
Wells
500
1435 Wells St.
Little Art
600
1026 W. Berry St
State
600
1211 E State St
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Industrial Survey of Fort Wayne, Indiera
COMMERCIAL FORT WAYNE
An idea of the size and importance of Fort Wayne as a commercial and distribut- ing point, both wholesale and retail and its possibilities as a commercial city can best be had by studying the following data:
Fort Wayne has a trade radius of approximately 70 miles with an estimated population of 1.187,510 people.
The average rent of stores on the 100-per cent business streets is about $35 to $40 per front foot, per month, and in the tributary streets of about $15 to $20 per foot. per month.
Fort Wayne's stores rank with those of the largest cities. The quality of the mer- chandise is equal to that found anywhere in the country, with prices under the average of some of the largest cities and meeting the requirements of shoppers of all classes.
WHOLESALE HOUSES
17.77
WADAVH
Hollywood
FIFIFIFI.
A
PERFECTO
FOOD
Automobile Accessories
3 Hardware
5 5
Automobile Tires
1 Butter. Cheese & Eggs
Coal
3 Meats
10
Confections
10 Tobacco
3
Bakers
4 Wall Paper
?
Dry Goods
4 Paper
8
Drugs
1
Bakery Goods
4
Flour and Feed
6
Builders Supplies
5
Grain
1
Fruit
1
Grocers
5
Radio Supplies
I
Plumbing Supplies
5
Electrical Supplies
6
Boots. Shoes and Rubbers
1
Millinery
Total
99
Opticians
2
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COMMERCIAL FORT WAYNE
RETAIL HOUSES
oun f.
FR.IN
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Automobile Agencies
25
Dry Goods
12
Automobile Accessories
30 Department Stores
8
18 Electrical Supplies
25
Automobile Tire Agencies Bakers
30
Florists
14
Books and Stationery
6 Fruits
3
Cigar Stores & Stands ( including hotels)
28
Furniture
22
Confectioners (including hotels )
52
Furriers
4
Coal
Garages (Public)
5
Hardware
24
Radio Supplies
14
Jewelry
24
Restaurants ( including hotels )
136
Meat Markets
28
Shoes
31
Men's Furnishings and Haberdashery
16
Sporting Goods
10
Merchant Tailors
24
Stationers
6
Milliners
23
Women's Apparel
20
Opticians
6
5 and 10-Cent Stores
3
Photographers
9
25. 50-Cent and $1.00 Department Stores
Dressmakers
13
Druggists
79
Total
1.178
OTHER CLASSIFIED BUSINESSES
Beauty Shops Hatcheries
48 Seed Companies
2 Vinegar Companies
4
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Grocers
347
Pianos (musical supplies )
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HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS
Looking after the health conditions of Fort Wayne is a matter receiving the con- stant attention of those employed or engaged in this work. The personnel of the Health Department is as follows:
A President, a Vice-President, a Secretary. a Meat and Milk Inspector. a Bac- teriologist. and an Assistant Secretary.
The vital statistics for the year 1929, a typical year, are as follows:
Number of Births 2.167
Number of Deaths 1.378
Male
1.081
Male
668
Female
1.039
Female
679
Colored
47
Colored
31
Male
20
Male
16
Female
27
Female 15
Birth rate per thousand inhabitants 17.06.
Death rate per thousand inhabitants 10.9.
Number of accidents
73
Automobile accidents
27
Number of suicides
20
POST OFFICE DATA
An indication of Fort Wayne's growth may be obtained from the following data from the Fort Wayne Post Office from January 1, 1929 to December 31, 1929.
Postal receipts from January 1. 1919. to December 31. 1929:
Year
Receipts
1919
$ 546.711.64
1920
586,799.06
1921
706.556.45
1922
775.031.07
1923
907.537.04
1924
971.034.69
1925
1.006.598.80
1926
1.076,544.69
1927
1.078,600.07
1928
1.078.280.29
1929
1.067.969.08
Money Order Transactions
Year
M. O. Issued
Amount
1920
110.738
$1.114.802.26
1928
133,391
1.210.310.05
1929
136.898
1.247.026.91
Money Order Transactions
Year
M. O. Paid
Amount
1920
182.552
$1.230.946.89
1928
317.196
1.944.454 81
1929
306.005
2.147.950.68
Number of employees-214.
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Industrial Survey of Fort Wayne, Indiana
HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS
Looking after the health conditions of Fort Wayne is a matter receiving the con- stant attention of those employed or engaged in this work. The personnel of the Health Department is as follows:
A President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Meat and Milk Inspector. a Bac- teriologist, and an Assistant Secretary.
The vital statistics for the year 1926. a typical year. are as follows:
Number of Births
Male Female
1074
1284
Colored
65
Birth rate per thousand inhabitants. 19.1.
Deaths. 1225
Male Female
640
585
Colored
40
Death rate per thousand inhabitants. 10.3.
Number of accidents 70
Number of suicides
14
POST OFFICE DATA
An indication of Fort Wayne's growth may be obtained from the following data from the Fort Wayne Post Office from January 1. 1919. to December 31. 1927. inclusive:
Postal receipts from January 1. 1919, to December 31. 1926:
Year
Receipts
1919
$ 546.711.64
1920
586.799.06
1921
706.556.45
1922
775,031.07
1923
907.537.04
1924
971.034 69
1925
1.006.598.80
1926
1.076.544 69
1927
1.078.600.07
Money Order Transactions
Year
M. O. Issued
Amount
1920
110.738
$1.114.802.26
1927
144.659
1.295.755.32
Year
M. O. Issued
Amount
1920
182.552
$1.230.946.89
1927
325.591
1.829.147.13
Number of carriers. 79. Number of other employes, 130.
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POST OFFICE DATA
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EQUIPMENT
Parcel Post trucks, Mail Collection trucks. Total 16 trucks.
Estimate of parcels dispatched. January 1, 1929 to December 31. 1929, 1.200.000.
Estimate of parcels received January 1. 1929 to December 31, 1929. 1.000.000.
HOUSING FACILITIES
The housing facilities of Fort Wayne as of August. 1929. indicate the following situation to be true:
Total number of homes within the city limits, including double houses. apart- ments, etc .. 25.760.
Of these 17.855 are owned by the occupant.
7.587 occupied by renters. 110 vacant and ready for occupancy.
This indicates that 69.3', of Fort Wayne homes are owned by their occupants which is a very healthy condition and has a great effect on labor stability.
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EQUIPMENT
Parcel Post trucks, Mail Collection trucks. Total. 16 trucks.
Estimate of parcels dispatched January 1, 1927. to December 31. 1927. 1.200.000.
Estimate of parcels received January 1. 1927. to December 31. 1927, 750.000.
HOUSING FACILITIES
1
The housing facilities of Fort Wayne as of August. 1927. indicate the following situation to be true:
Total number of homes within the city limits. including double houses. apart- ments, etc., 27.434.
Of these 71.3', are owned by the occupant. 23.3", occupied by renters. 5.4', vacant and ready for occupancy.
This indicates that 71.3', of Fort Wayne homes are owned by their occupants which is a very healthy condition and has a great effect on labor stability.
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LIVING CONDITIONS
Living conditions in Fort Wayne compare favorably with those of other commu- nities of its size and those both smaller and larger. An index on living conditions follows:
Comparative Food Prices
Commodity
Fort Wayne
Marion, Indiana
Dayton, Ohio
Akron, Ohio
Chicago, Il.
Evansville, Ind.
Lorain, Ohio 7c
Decatur, 111. 61€
Elkhart, Indiana
Bloomington, III.
Canton, Ohio
Gary, Indiana
Muncie, Indiana
Toledo, Ohio
Peoria, Illinois
Indianapolis, Ind.
Sugar Ih.
61℃ 7c
1 32 1 45. 1 50 1 44
Coffee lh.
35€ 29€
42c
47¢
47 ¢
35€
35 €
45cl
49¢
40€
43 €
50€
54 €
40c
42c 35 €
4,5 €
4.5 €
Flour 24 |h.
82€ 1 10
1 48
95c
51c 1 40 1 3]
50€
50c
50€
55 €
57€ 1.5€
5,5 € 121
82c 1 44 50€ 49€ 17¢ 6ºc
54c 12: 18℃ 25€ 20c
21 ¢
Sirloin Stk. 1b.
321
40c
50c
4.3€
490
38€
35€
Veal Roast lb.
24!
25 €
35€
36€
25¢
56€
24c
27c 25€ 23c
12c
10c
15€
10€
13€
12¢
12¢
14¢
121
12¢
Tomatoes en.
12c
10c
12:
10¢
14c
10c
15€
10€
12c 20€
10¢
13¢
12€
12¢
12¢
1.3 c
Sc
12€
Peas can
12c 10c
121
13€
17¢
1.5€
17¢
15€
10€
15¢
12€
12c
12c
15€
121
15€
Lettuce lb.
12c 27c
25€
20c
12c
20c
15€
20€
13¢
20c
10c
15€
12¢
15€
15c
10€
1 75
1 00 1 56
1 50 35 ¢
35 €
29€
35 ¢
85€ 1 10
Butter Ib.
57℃ 57€
61¢
57¢
58€
58€ 12c
17 € 85c 39 €
15¢
14!
16€
39 €
25c 25€
15¢ SOC 24)c 22c
21c
21 ¢
21c
2ºc 41 c
30€ 22€
3.5 € 2,3 €
Fresh Ham lb.
24cl 30€
Pork Loin Ib.
22c 25€
260
24 €
32 €
22c
Sc
Xc
710
SC
Rice Ib.
7 ¢
10c
5€
10c
10cl
7 €
25c 22¢ 16€ 14€ ic 7 €
40¢ 25€ 25 € 30€ ic
35€ 25 € 25 €
324 241 275 22 ¢ 7c 76 12€
321 241
321 24 1
24c
18¢ 20c
Beans Il.
76
60€
35 €
40c
40€
51c 24)¢
171
1 00 57 €
85€
84€ 1 60
Lard lb.
15¢
17€
15€
15¢
1ºc 72c
69c
68c
15c 70c 280
02c
1 15
1 28
Eggs doz.
46€ 48€
4ºc
57€
55€
1 00 35 €
Bacon Ib.
Beef Roast 1h.
21c
25€
280
27 ¢
7¢
18c SC SC
52c 36€ 10c
25 €
Corn can
12¢ 10c
12c
10¢
16€
1.2¢
50c 28c 20¢ 28c 26c 2.3 € 20c
1 10
1 40 1 40 48¢
7c
1 35
1 40 35 € 18c
1 32 .35 €
RADIO BROADCASTING
NIMY STOR
Fort Wayne has two radio broadcasting stations. WOWO and WCWK. The call letters of WOWO denote "Wayne Offers Wonderful Opportunities."
WOWO is Indiana's most powerful station. operating at the present time on 5,000 watts day time and 2.500 watts night time on 228.9 meters. Steps are already
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12!
Tea lb.
68¢ 28¢
Otc
39€
25 €
65 c
Ashtabula, Ohio
7c
Potatoes bu.
43 ¢
30€
221
7c
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RADIO
on foot to increase the night time wattage to 5.000 watts. High grade programs are broadcast and splendid reception is received in thirty-six states of the Union and many points in Canada. This station has also been heard internationally, particularly its Columbia Chain Hookup.
Station WCWK operates on 500 watts and its programs reach a considerable radius about this city.
With these two broadcasting units, Fort Wayne is well situated to attract the commercial interests of the country as well as the interest of radio listeners on the regular and special programs broadcast from these stations.
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Industrial Survey of Fort Wayne, Indiana
FORT WAYNE MARKETS
One of Fort Wayne's strong claims as an industrial and commercial center, and one well worthy of careful consideration by those seeking locations for industrial and commercial purposes, is the geographical location of this city in relation to sources of raw and fabricated materials, finished product markets, lake ports, nearness to the population center of the United States, density of population and other factors of prime importance to industrial and commercial executives.
Within a three hundred mile circle with Fort Wayne as the center will be found the following states and important cities:
STATES
Michigan
lowa
Ohio
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
IMPORTANT CITIES
Indianapolis
Detroit
Gary
Grand Rapids
South Bend
Lansing
Evansville
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Toledo
Peoria
Columbus
Springfield
Cincinnati
Chicago
Cleveland
Madison
Youngstown
Milwaukee
Charleston
Rockford
Wheeling
Within this radius can be found practically all kinds of raw materials. either in their natural state or in a fabricated state, which are used in manufacturing, and within an approximate haul of three hundred miles or less from this city. A more detailed statement in this connection will be found on pages 84. 85 and 86 of this survey de- voted to raw materials and natural resources.
Within this three hundred mile radius of Fort Wayne reside twenty-three million people or 20.9% of the entire population of the United States. These people represent a tremendous buying power.
FORT WAYNE'S BUYING POWER
Fort Wayne's industrial diversification is a strong factor in the prosperity con- stantly enjoyed in this community. A periodic slowing up of one or more of the industries of the city does not have as great an effect as would occur in a city where less diversification exists.
Fort Wayne's purchasing power is greatly in excess of that of many other cities of its size and larger, due to the size of the annual payrolls of a number of the larger industries and commercial institutions located within its confines.
A railroad center of great importance. the home of a large life insurance company. a major public utility center as well as a leading commercial center. afford combined payrolls which make for constant and steady prosperity.
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Industrial Survey of Fort Wayne, Indiana
MARKETS
TRADE RADIUS
According to the 1920 Bureau of Census report there were approximately 1,089. 300 people living within a radius of 70 miles of Fort Wayne, thereby constituting an auxiliary to the local buying power due to this city being the logical trade center.
The approximate population on January 1. 1920. within circles circumscribed with Fort Wayne as a center and radii of 70. 100. and 300 miles, was as follows:
RADIU'S IN MILES 70
APPROXIMATE POPULATION JANUARY 1, 1920
100
300
1.089,300 3.545,551 23.958,751
MARKETS
70 MILE RADIUS 1,089.300 POP.
100 MILE RADIUS 3.545,550 POP
300 MILE RADIUS 23.563,987 POP.
20.9% OF THE POPULATION OF THEUS
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MARKETS
ESTIMATED TABLE OF INDUSTRIAL GROUPS IN 1927
Class of Industry
Number of Es- tablish- ments
Number of Em- ployees
Annual Pay Roll
Cost of Materials
Value of Products
Bread and other bakery products
32
681
S
945.161 $ 2.089.920 S
4.006.732
Clothing, women's.
5
370
287.872
680.097
1.283.716
Ice, manufactured
5
31
53.211
60.999
201,547
Lumber and its products
23
501
487.952
1.686.546
2.019.847
Printing and publishing
17
408
557,572
663.171
1.490.336
Pumps and pumping equipment
4
1.776
220,894
4.880.440
11.142.917
Miscellaneous. .
211
21.057
20.973.846
49.730.238
100.798.098
1-
Totals.
297
24.824 |$23.526.508 859.791.411 $ 120.943.193
This table is indicative of the employment situation and the size of Fort Wayne's payrolls which directly reflects the buying power and the stability of the community.
SURROUNDING TOWNS
Within a 70-mile radius of Fort Wayne, there are 951 villages, towns and cities which are linked to this community by rail. traction and bus lines. Excellent hard sur- faced and improved highways link these communities together and make this city easy of access.
The total population of these 951 communities is 889.781 and their annual purchases in Fort Wayne are very large.
Bank deposits in this radius, exclusive of Fort Wayne are $230.839.721.03 annually as of December 31. 1927, and the bank deposits average $498.17 per capita.
AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATION
Thirty-five thousand automobiles are owned in Allen County.
FORT WAYNE AS A MARKET CENTER
The geographical location and the further fact that twenty-three million people live within a three hundred mile radius of Fort Wayne, and further that about 20.9', of the buying power of the United States resides within a twenty-four-hour freight haul of this city, is plain evidence that this city has a well-substantiated claim to being a great potential market.
Located at the doorway of large raw material sources. Fort Wayne offers special inducements to manufacturers who are interested in reducing costs on raw and finished products through accessibility to markets and through reduced transportation charges.
NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
The present center of population of the United States is near the Indiana-Ohio line approximately where Fort Wayne is located. That Fort Wayne is near the center of population of the United States is also borne out by the fact that it is a medium point in telephone service on the Bell System of the country. The center of the eigh-
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MARKETS
teen million telephones in the United States is located thirty-nine miles southwest of Fort Wayne. Here the junction of the line divides the number of telephones equally north and south with the line dividing them equally east and west.
The marketing of nationally advertised and consumed articles can be done at a lower cost, other things being equal, at or near the center of population and the average freight haul to the ultimate consumer will be greatly reduced as compared to points fur- ther removed from this center.
Due to the fact that freight rates on finished products exceed those of raw mate- rials or semi-finished products, the location of Fort Wayne as a distribution center is worth the most serious consideration of the manufacturer or distributor of nationally consumed articles.
DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES
Fort Wayne's excellent transportation facilities by rail. traction, bus and auto truck make possible the distribution of products to the principal markets. Its direct east and west lines afford rapid service, spot and package car facilities, and other advan- tages to shippers of all types of merchandise.
N
NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION BY RAIL
-
1
MADISON
MILWAUKEE
GRAND RAPIDS
LANSING
ROCKFORD
DETROIT
- TO GHANA
CHIGAGO
142 MILES
TOLEDO
TO & STALO CLEVELAND
95 MILES
187 MILES
YOUNGSTOWN
To CALIFORNIA
0 PEORIA
TO WASHINGTON &LOLO
260 MILES
MILES
0- COLUMBUS
WHEELING
SPRINGFIELD
INDIANAPOLIS
19.
CINGINNATTI
EVANSVILLE O
LOUISVILLE
64.1442
FORT
WAYNE'S LOCATION WITH REFERENCE TO OTHER MID-WEST CITIES WITH RAIL DISTANCES
The economic center of the United States is moving westward and will be located near the Illinois-Indiana line for years to come.
The transportation facilities of this city will be discussed in detail under that heading in this survey.
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FORT
WAYNE
NEW YOR
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130 MILO
320 MILES
TO COLORADO [ TE."
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TRANSPORTATION
From a transportation standpoint. both freight and passenger. Fort Wayne is outstanding in the economic advantages offered to manufacturers and distributors of merchandise of all kinds.
The rate schedules, service, loading facilities, terminal facilities, yard capacity and many other factors together with the frequency of passenger and freight movements indicate the facility with which merchandise can be shipped in and out of the city for local or nation-wide distribution as well as for export.
RAILROADS SERVING FORT WAYNE
Fort Wayne is served by five trunk line railroads-the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the Nickel Plate Railroad Company, the Wabash Railroad Company. the New York Central Railroad Company, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Com- pany and the Indiana Service Corporation Traction Lines.
Fort Wayne has a daily average of 90 passenger trains and 190 freight trains inbound and outbound every twenty-four hours.
The annual volume of Fort Wayne's freight tonnage is approximately 2.270,- 353 tons. Annual revenues from the movement of all rail traffic approximates $13.158.095.00.
TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS
An analysis of the territory served by each of the railroads serving Fort Wayne together with the traction lines and their connections is briefly set forth as follows:
NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD
The line of the New York Central Railroad entering Fort Wayne was originally constructed by the Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railway. Construction of the line to Jackson. Michigan, was begun March 20. 1869, and the first train operated to Jackson in 1870. Shortly thereafter the line was leased to the Lake Shore 8 Michigan Southern Railway, which was absorbed by the New York Central Rail- road Company in 1916.
The New York Central Railroad Company, including the Ohio Central Lines. operates 6,534 miles of line. The main line stretches from Chicago on the west to New York City on the east, through Toledo, Cleveland. and Buffalo, multiple tracked the entire distance and shortly to be fully equipped with an automatic train control device. Important lateral lines extend north through New York State to Montreal and Ottawa, Canada, and to Clearfield. Pa .. on the south. A line extends to Youngs- town, Ohio, and the Ohio Central I.ines run south from Toledo through Columbus and into the coal fields of Ohio and West Virginia. Branch lines run to Detroit. Lansing. Jackson and Grand Rapids. Mich. The New York Central is the parent line of a system of owned. leased or affiliated companies operating a total of more than 12.000 miles of line in the United States and Canada and transporting nearly one-tenth of the rail-borne commerce of the country. Through these lines it reaches north to the Straits of Mackinac, south to St. Louis, Mo .. Cairo, Ill .. Louisville. Ky .. Evansville, Ind .. and Cincinnati, Ohio, and its main line is extended to Boston. Mass. Its lines serve the great industrial regions of Chicago. Pittsburgh and Detroit.
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TRANSPORTATION
Industrial Survey of Fort Wayne, Indiana
PENNSYLVANIA AND GRAND RAPIDS AND INDIANA RAILROADS
The Pennsylvania Railroad was built through Fort Wayne as a single track line about 1858. It has since grown to one of the most important east and west trunk lines, equipped with heavy, double track roadbed and automatic electric block signals throughout. On this are operated fast passenger trains in each direction at all hours of the day and night. providing all kinds of passenger service. from the Broadway Limited to the division local passenger train, and reaching all cities of any importance between Chicago. New York. Washington. Detroit. Toledo. Cleveland. Pittsburgh. Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis and. through its connections, direct fast passen- ger and freight service to every city, hamlet or shipping port on the American Conti- nent. Classified freight service is also operated on numerous fast schedules. giving Fort Wayne unexcelled freight service in all directions.
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