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the master film producer regards the time propitious for its use.
The Philadelphia factory has been told of so many times that its history is not new. When Mr. Lubin purchased the magnificent 500-acre estate of the late John F. Betz, it was the first time that a film producer ever owned outright a millionaire's palace and all the grounds about that go to the making of everything that is princely and regal. Its purchase gave him facilities and equipment together vnth the atmosphere that one could need for the production of the most beautiful pictures that the art can produce.
But it was not alone in the artistic side of the business that Mr. Lubin hoped to see the great Betzv/ood plant at its zenith. Only recently the Philadelphia Water Department suffered from a broken main, and every manufacturing establishment had its supply curtailed. Imagine what such a loss would mean to the Lubin Company. With hundreds of releases of their own and other companies held up because of the accident, the new factory at Betzwood was there ready to relieve the congestion.
The entire factory was switched to Betzwood. Railroad fares of the factory force amounted to $600 for three days' work, and every release went out on time and the company saved a loss of $35,000 a day. Had Mr. Lubin not seen ahead at least a dozen years and had a supply of chemically pure artesian well-water, absolutely free from all chemical impurities, at Betzwood, miles away from the pollution of a city watershed, his business for three days would have been so crippled that the prestige of the Lubin plant would have been materially curtailed.
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