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T H E P H I L A D E L P H I A ?* E C O 2 D 9, 16 i j

Wetherill PrideBuilding's Success.

NE of the moat important factor* in the development of tUonearby progressive city of Chester has been the firm of RobertHi Company, located there

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In this sucRichard* Wetheril l .

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of Chester. After an

turned his attention to learning thebusiness thoroughly. He acquired apractical knowledge of al l i ts detai ls,and was soon in charge of i ts draftingdepartment. Finally he started out forhimself, aided and supported by business friends and acquaintances whorecognised his worth and felt sure hisdetermination, persistence and intel l i gence would bring aim success. In thecourse of a year Mr. Wetherll l 's business had grown to such proportions heformed a partnership with his brother.Mr. Richard Wetheril l , wh o bad .begun with him in the capacity of bookkeeper.A r e W o r l d K n o w n

Working on conservative l ines, keeping constantly sbreast of the time, thefirm of R obert Wetheril l & Companygradually grew to be known throughout the country. The individuality ofMr. Robert Weth eril l was. and is today,stamped on al l their transactions. Heis a man to whom great success hassimply whetted his appetite and arnbition to do greater things; a man whoknows only one method for doing business, an d that a strict adherence thouesty and fair dealing with everybody. His own employees say Mr.Wetheril l is first to reach the plant inthe mornings and the last to leave atnight. He never takes a vacation. Heknows even the smallest detai ls of hisbusiness, and this despite the fact thathis plant is constantly fi l l ing orders ofevery kind for al l parts of the country.Today Robert Wetheril l & Companyare known throughout the world asone of the largest and the most trustworthy in their l ine. The gery officesand employees of the corporation furnish the best proof of the reasons whythe Wetheril ls have been successful .From office boys up to departmentheads there is a wonderful enthusiasmand interest in the business . TheWetheril ls work on a basis that theinitiul cost is not what should bewatched most closely in machineryconstruction, but the making of high-grade machinery that wil l keep thefuture running cost lowest, and therebyeffect the greatest possible economy.They have proved that an inadequateinitial cost instead of making a saving

results in a greater and needless costonce operation has commenced.T h e E n g i n e s N e e d e d

Because of the fact that the elevators in the Widener Building wil l beoperated by electricity, i t ! necessaryto have more engines to generate thepower than if the elevators were ofthe plunger type.The official statement of the engines

A New Lumbera New BuildiFirm inin g

The GuinivenLumber Company1400 Wid ener Building

NOR T H C AR OL INA P INEA N D Y E L L O W P I N ER O U G H A N D D R E S S E DJohn J.Guiniven, President

Mr. Guiniven is well kn own to the lumber trade, having been in the business (or30 years .

Telephone, Walnut 3897. Our telephonenow connected and order* being taken inthe Widener Building.

placed in the building is as fol lows:8 cross compound non-condensing Corl iss engines 19 and 30 by 86 direct connected to 400 kilow atts, 8 wire enginetype, O. C. Generators and one crosscompound non-condensing Corliss engine, 15 and 24 by 86, direct connectedt 250 kilow atts, 3 w ire D. C. generator.This simply menus in everyday Ianguage that the engines which wil l furnish al l the electric power to the Widener Building are the very latest in sci urine construction. They are thetype known and proven to give thegreatest economy in operation.The swarding of this contract tothe firm of Robert Wetheril l & Company was in itself s recognition of theworth of s concern located so close toPhiladelphia, and which has gainedsuccess and prominence that few concerns achieve.This success proves, too. the day isnot past when a hard working and determined American boy may forge hisway to the top. Recently there died uman who had been in the employ ofthe Wetheril l plant for thirty-fiveyears, aud it was alongside of thisvery man that Robert Wetheril llearned his trsde originally.The officers of Robert Wetheril l &Company also include Mr. James 11Carthwaite as secretary, besides thetwo Wetheril l brothers.

In Str e e t Ra i l way sTime was when Robert Wetheril l 4cCompany had a leading part in streetrailway construction. T his was in thedays when the cable car, now long.since forgotten by most people withthe rapid advanee of the electric trolley car, furnished municipal transit.The Wetheril l firm built the cableroads and power houses, and thenlater, with the swift chance to trol leynly in this city, jbut in Baltimore, Washington. Pitts-1 urgh, Trenton, and throu ghout theSouth, this Philadelphia corporation iscalled upon most frequently to put thefinal covering on the new structures.Throughout this territory is a perma-i ent record of their abil i ty and thelasting qualities of their produets.When Blizzards RageThe working force of the Warren-Ehret Company is a veteran one.There are roofers who have been intheir tmploy for mote than thirtyyears: others only five years less, andthe average time of employment ismore than ten years. This speaks well ,indeed, for the fair treatment el themen who actually cover the buildingtops. And. necessarily, fairness to employees reflects the general policy of aconcern.When storms and fires cause damageto roofs the trained men of the Warren-quated and is- generally co ndemned. Ehret Company get busy immediately.Various reasons are found for this I But, fortunately, slag roofs stand amodern change, chief of which is thatof cost. The cost of the mainten anceof a tin roof for the time of the l i fe ofa good slag roof would exceed by farthe cost of the slag roof and the original cost of the slag roof would be farless than that of tin.Today the Barrett SpecificationRoofing is most generally recognized asthe standard and highest type ofroofing. It is of five-ply and the stron gest of any such covering. lea din garchitects throughout the country absolutely require its use for many of thefinest constructions. The four-ply roof-ing is known as the Ehret Slag Roof-ing, and it, too, is recognized as thebest of i ts class.WThen the late Michael Ehret. in1848, introduced built-up compositionroofing it is doubtful i f even he, thepioneer, recognized its possibil i ties andfuture popularity. Today a large percentage of the entire roofing done isslag roofing, and Philadelphia can pointto one of i ts early citizens as thepioneer. A few years after his ventureMr. Ehret patented slag roofing andthus controlled the general output, aright he had unquestionably earned.Today, of course, these early patentshave run out and slag roofing in general is open to anybody, but the developed and modernized Ehret firm is sti l lrecognized and acknowledged as the

leader in the industry.The Warren-Ehret Company hasbeen the outcome of a business that

great deal of adverse weather withoutgiving way. Fnlike tin roofs, they arenot liable to be torn off completely bysSQdafl gusts of wind and unexpectedstorms.In Philadelphia the Warren-EhretCompany has fifteen cangs of roofers,r .ml each can cover two houses a day.

Plan of Second Floor Arcade Shops

35,000 Barrels of CementUsed in Construction WorkA' it the Portland < enient requiredfor the Widener Building hasbeeS furnished by the VulcanitePortland Cement Company. It isThu s between 1" and 186 hou res can ' estim ated that more tha nbe roofed in a week bf this efficientforce. And repairs can be madequal rapidity.Experts predict that in the nearfuture al l buildings and dwell inghouses wil l be covered with slanroofing. They state emphatically i t isthe popular covering of the presentand the probable only covering of thefuture. Tin has seen its day and is ona rapid decline as a standard roofing.There is a satisfaction to Philadelphians in knowing that the modernmethod is a result of the foresight, sndingenuity of one of their own citizensr.early three-quarters of a century ago.Likewise the knowledge that hispioneer methods and thoughts sti l l influence the continuation of his originalhouse, now known as the Warren-Ehret Company, makes it natural forthe average person to turn to this concern when the rooting question is intheir mind, whether the proposed jobbe a skyscraper such as the WidenerBuilding or a l i ttle dwell ing place. In

both cases i t is equally wise to usenone hut the best in protection againstthe elements.

Scenes From Europe's BattlefieldsW E were crossing a battlefield fourdays old. It was remarkablehow it resembled the ordinarykind of field. Th e French had conquered quickly at this point and the deadhad been buried. Except for frequentmounds of earth headed by sticks forming a cross; except for the marks ofshrapnel in the roads and on the trees;except for the desertion of every l ivingthing, this countryside was at peace.The armies had fought over a frontof many miles. We traveled slowly. Aswe topped s rise we stopped andsearched into the valley below with ourglasses. A mil away in the cup ofthe valley we ssw a moving mass. Itfi l led the roadway from hedge to hedgeand appeared to be approaching us. Wedrove more slowly and stopped severaltimes. We saw that the moving massstretched back a considerable distance-perhsps the length of a city block. Westopped our engine and waited in theroad.

As the mass came nearer It outl ined j ed the middle of the road and moveditself into men. We saw that they were! ade in either direction. Those behindsoldiers, but we could not d istinguish ' M l ikewise, unti l there was n lane forthe uniform. So we waited. We even, th th "* *The n we saw tha t the so l die r s So a k e d Br i t i sh Tommy, wi th a baa*t h a t [ * o v p r e e .ve, winked his good eveWe lf_ * fll,d touched his cap in salute

|B\0Q8 barrels were used. In other words, thiswith! would total about 1000 ton s of Port-hind cement.Offices of the Vulcanite PortlandCement Company are in the LandTitle Building, and their product isrecognized as among the best in themarket. To the building world theVnleanite needs no introduction. ftsuse in building after ouilding of bigproportions is best proof of i ts value.A question may arise in some mindsas to the possible difference in themanufacture of cement. It is anatural inquiry, but one easi ly answered. The care exercised in themanufacture of the p roduct is nn important reason one brand may exeelanother, and the second is the factthat the stone from one company'squarry may be a l i ttle better qualitythan that from another concern's. Thetiade-mark of Vulcanite is one forwhich reputation has been made bythe excel lence of the product and themanner in which the company hasstood behind its product.The Vulcanite Portland Cement Company began its manufacture of cementfar bark in !94, and since that timelias been a leading factor. On theWidener Building it was not knowndefinitely as to the amount of cementthat would be needed for the foundation work. Consequently a contractft as made with the V ulcanite C ompanysimply covering al l the cementWould be needed.

Many people con fuse cement and lerhoeker. Belmont and Plaza Hotels,concrete. For those who are doubtful New York; the stairs and platforms inas to the two a l i ttle explanation wil l | al l station s of the New York RapidTransit Subway, and 10,000,000 fastof sidewalk in Chicago, 111Cement sidewalk s are formed by casting or tampering concrete so as whenhardened to form cement stone slabs

prove beneficial: Concrete is made ofcement with sand and stone and water.It becomes practical ly an artificialform of stone.There is confusion, too, as to thename "Portland" used to describecement. It is derived from the colorof the product, not from any citywhere it might he made. It was firstin England for the foundationsunder water* of the Ed dyston e Lighthouse. After being mixed in water itassumed the color of a stone commonlyknown as the Portland, and in thismanner the name was secured.The Vulcanite brand is one of theohiest and most uniform of cements.In Philadelphia it has been used considerably in the erection of the largebuildings and hotels. A few of theseare the Ritz-Carlton Hotel , the StockFxchange Bnilding, part of the Belle-vue-Stratford Hotel , and the older section of the Land Title Building. Formore than twenty years the producthas been on the market.Many are the modern uses of cement.In the country, as well as the city, is

in place on the job. It makes a permanent and lasting sidewalk, and isequally durable when nsed for driveways, a floor wearing surf ace forbuildings, platforms in tbe stations oftransportation l ines, wharf floors, cellar floors, snd l ive stock feeding floors.It is important that the best materialbe used in the manufacture of Po rtland cement sidewalks, and thus theVulcanite Portland Cement Companyhas been enabled to build its presentlarge and ever-increasing business.The exceptional qualities which makeVulcanite Cement superior to otherbrands, i t is c laimed, are its persistentcharacteristics of slow setting sndrapid hardening, enabling the contractor to place the concrete before it hatset, and thus permit the use of tberoad, or concrete, at an earlier datethan would be safe with other brands.

This is due to the composition of Vul-its value being more generally reoog-1 canlte being high in lumina and l imenized. Cement sidewalk paving is common, but often its erheiem-y is forgotten. Of the important sidewalk s laidwith Vulcanite Portland cement herear e a f e w-P hi l ade l phi a Rapi d Tr ansit Subway stations. Broad Street Station, Bellevuc-Strntford Hotel , UnionStation, Washin gton, 29.O00 barrels;that :Orand Central Station, New York; Cityi College, New York; t be Astor, Knick-

sarywere not of the same regimenttheir uniforms were conglomerate.saw the misfits of the French l ine regiments, the gay trappings of the Spahisand Chasseurs d'Afriqne, the skirt trousers of the Zouaves, Turcos and Senegalese, the khaki of the English Tommies ami the turbans of the Hindus.But al l these men in the varied costumes of the army of the al l ies woreone common mark a bandage. Arm orhead or face was wrapped in whitecloth. For these on whom we waitedwere the wounded who could walk.They were going from the battle trenches to the rear.The men in the front rank glanced

wonderingly at the big motor that block-

BECKER'S SHOP IN ARCADE

Chester Traction CompanyANNOUNCES

That they will remove their executiveoffices to the newtWidener Building

Where they will occupy larger and morecommodious quarters, permitting betterservice to their patrons.Chester Traction Company

We took our hats off ns the trngic crowdsurrounded us. Th e Tommy sat downon our running board and 1 handed hima cigarette.The cigarette established cordial relations at once. Tomm y's lean face wasbrowned by the sun and streaked withdirt. About the bandage which encircled his head and crossed his right evewere cakes of dirt. He asked me: "Isthis Frawnce, or is it Belgium?" Atmy answer he squirmed around on therunning board, cal led to a companionin khaki just coming up. his arm in asfiag, "*K says its Frawnce." Theother shrugged his shoulder indifferently and saluted us.I asked the man fi) l l ta i the battle ,but again he , .nly shrugged his shoulder. The man on the running boardturned his eye upward and said: "It's'e ]| . that's wot i t is." I replied that myquestion hod to do with the course ofthe battle which side was winning; sndhe. too, shrugged at that. Then hearose and plodded on, and I gsve acigarette to his companionA score of men stood about the frontof the car, where the hauffenr wasbusy handing out spples and pears. Mycompanions were busy on the oppositeside with a dosen French infan trymen,tel l ing the Istest news from Paris andgiving out newspapers. I leaned overthem, the box of s anoae bright 1at the thought of tobacco, and at thesmell of it now arising on all sides . Hewas tobacco hungry He was morethan that. He was tebaeco star\ iugHe poked his other arm into th,' . arThen 1 gave him a cigsr He hungover the car frame as I held out th.l ighted tip of my oWa cigar. He puffeda cloud into the interior. He looked athi* cigar fondly and seemed t. measure its length. It was a good ,\gnr Itit had been a misers hie cheroot hi*regard would have heen the same. Hetook another puff, and drew a completemouthful into his lungs His rheeksbulge*! and his eves gl inted inward asthough he looked at the tip af hin>*p 1 wond ered how lon g he couldkeep thst huge nvmthfnt of smoke withm him Again he held the cigar closej to hi* eye* and warned to measure its

< length. Finally he poured forth thei smoke from nose and month and ejaculated the only English word he knew,"Geodr

r r > i IK nnme "liecker" is one that iswell known in Philadelphia as astandard for high-grade men'swear. And this honor is due entirelyto Mr. Isaac BecJkef, the head of TheBecker Company,For more than 2~> years Mr Isaa cBecker has been prominent in Philadelphia business circles and has built up awonderful reputation.It is fi tting, therefore, that a shop ofThe Becker Company should he locatedin the Widener I' .i ii lding Arcade. Thenew Becker store, with a complete as-

IDftH. and consists of Mr. Isaac Beckerand his son, Mr. Isadore (i. Becker.Years and years before, however. Mr.IsaSc Becker had established himselfin the sale of men's wear.Mr. Becker's first store was at 38-40South Fifth street. From that beginning he has progressed unti l today TheBecker Company has stores at 30South Fifteenth street. 0OS Chestnutstreet and Juniper and Filbert streets.Kach is equipped with a ful l l ine ofthings neeessary for men's comfort indortmont of men's furnishings, hats and wear. The Wid ener Buildin g Arcad eshoes, wil l be unquestionably among thevert finest in this city.More than 2fl0 square feet of floorspace wil l be used by The Becker Company The entire arrangement of thenew atOTS will be in I novel an d original arrangement. The general fixtureswil l le of mahogany, and th e show,.flsos of the best grnde of glass sndwith tasty i l luminstion. The shoe department wil l be located on s meMsnineHoor, and this arrangement wil l add tothe beauty and style of the store.Tbe Becker Company was started In

shop wil l make the fourth of The Becker Company stores.When the Mint Arcade stood wherenow is the Widener Building, TheBecker Company had a store there.The opening of the new store, therefore is in the nature of a return toold successes and glories. Ix>ng beforethe Widener Building bad nee red completion The Becker Company had madeits arrangements for the floor space.This was due to the foresight of Mr.Isaar Becker, who realised the opportunities and advantag es in such a site .

and burned harder than other cements.For years the Vulcanite PortlandCement Company advertised the factthat the value of a Portland cementwas in slow setting and rapid hardening. At the last meeting of the International Association for Testing Materials this statement was made andconcurred in by the representatives ofthe various nations present, thus making a triumph for tbe Vulcanite claims.

Washburn& GrangerDeanDumpingGrates

50 Church St.N e w Y o r k

Some PEOPLES ExcaimtiomBellevue StratfordHotel AdelphlS\rn-ll(t HotelHltt < arltonWsnsmaker Hldf.Reading TermtaslI . Mint

***** Several oth ers

Keith's ThestreR Americso BMf.Me Kl< h HintPsnn Mutual Ringst r swbr l ngeA ( tot bierOtmfcet BrosLand Title fclag

Before a aingle s tone could be la idbefore thefirst rivet could be driven for the new

WIDENER BUILDINGP H I L A D E L P H I A 'S F I N E S T B U S I N E S S

S T R U C T U R Ethe excavation had to go down to bed rock .Down to where the rock riba of Mother Earthwould give an immovable foundation for th isgreat build ing.Thousands of cubic yards of dirt, gravel, rocks,sand, had to be dug out and carted away, notonly expedit ious ly , economically and on scheduletime, but without disturbing the traffic of thisbusiest of our city's streets.And because of their wide experience in handlingsuch work for Philadelphia's greates t build ingsbecause they know how to do it as it must bedone the contractors selected for th is most important work were

PEOPLES BROS.CONTRACTORS

25th and Callowhill StreetsROBERT J PEOPLES ANDREW PEOPLES

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