Philadelphia v. Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

Defendant owns property lying along the Delaware River, between Porter Street and Oregon Avenue, in the southeastern section of the City of Philadelphia, containing approximately sixty-six acres of which thirty-seven acres are fully improved by the erection thereon of a large manufacturing plant consisting of buildings, machinery, railroad tracks, storage yards, etc. By ordinance dated February 14,1914, the City of Philadelphia undertook a general and comprehensive plan of municipal improvement designed to promote the interests of the municipality as a seaport and…