Eddystone

The work of moving the huge Baldwin Locomotive Works from Philadelphia to Eddystone is well under way. The historic locomotive company has grown up with modern Philadelphia, and now occupies over 11 1/2 city blocks. One block will probably be retained and improved as a main office and public auditorium. The rest of the ground sites will be sold as soon as the present factories are removed.

At Eddystone, Baldwin made its first acquisition of land in 1906. The company has already erected a foundry, boiler shop, cylinder shop, and smithy and wheel shops. The company owns 596 acres of land there, and 185 buildings. Already there has been an appreciable advance in land values there, owing not only to the advent of the Baldwin shops, but also of plants of the Westinghouse, Sun Oil and other companies.

The moving will take about five years to complete. Last year alone, about $3,000,000 was spent in timing charges. Samuel M. Vauclain, President of Baldwin, is known as a far-sighted executive. His determination to proceed with moving the Baldwin plant is thought by some to indicate his opinion that just now was a slack period in locomotive manufacturing, but a good one in which to sell city realty.