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Industrial Directory OF NEW JERSEY
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Cities, Towns and Villages Having a Population of One Hundred and Over, with their Respective Populations, Railroad, Banking, Express and Postal Facilities; also Alphabetically Arranged List of Articles Manufactured in New Jersey, with Names of Firms and Location of Factories, Cities and Towns Offering Special Industrial Opportunities.
COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY THE
BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF NEW JERSEY
UNDER DIRECTION OF
WINTON C. GARRISON, Chief
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 1909
CAMDEN, N. J. :
S. CHEW & SONS CO., PRINTERS,
1909.
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General Contents.
Page.
Introduction
V
New Jersey ix
Explanations xiii
Trunk Line Railroads and Branches XV
Industrial Opportunities XXIii
Factory Sites Given Free of Cost. XXV
Industrial Enterprises Assisted Financially xxvi
Workmen Wanting Employment. xxviii
Water Power xxxi
Idle Factory Buildings xxxiii Boards of Trade. xxxiv
Industrial Advantages XXXV
Places on Navigable Waters.
xxxvii
Farm Land for Sale.
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6061
Coast Summer Resorts xxxix
Inland Summer Resorts
x1 Description of Cities and Towns.
I-477
Index to Manufactories 481-620
Direct
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INTRODUCTION.
"In places wherein thriving manufactories have erected themselves, land has been observed to sell quicker and for more years purchase than in other places."-Locke.
The present volume is the second revision and third issue of the Industrial Directory of New Jersey, the series covering to- gether a period of eight years since the publication of the first edition. That the book has gone far toward supplying a long- standing want seems to be reasonably proven by the fact that notwithstanding the greatest care was exercised to limit its dis- tribution to such persons only as desired to consult it for serious business purposes, the preceding editions, consisting of five thous- and copies each, were practically exhausted within one year after publication.
The purpose of the Directory is to assist the industrial, com- mercial, agricultural and social development of the entire State and its component communities by giving their joint and several advantages the widest possible publicity. Adam Smith, in his treatise on the "Division of Labor," has truly said that "the most opulent nations generally excel all their neighbors in agriculture as well as manufacture, but they are eminently more distin- -guished by their superiority in the latter than in the former." It seems apparent, therefore, that in the struggle for "opulence," on the lines indicated by the great economist, the State or Nation having the greatest natural advantages will surely surpass the less favored ones, provided proper measures are taken through which a knowledge of just what it has to offer shall be placed within reach of all who desire information on the subject.
The Industrial Directory was planned to perform this service for New Jersey, and the very marked progress of recent years in population, manufacturing industry, agriculture and commerce,
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seems to indicate that such a publication was needed, and that this one has gone far toward supplying the want. Before the first edition of the Directory was issued, the active business world knew but little relating to the hundreds of minor communities in the State, and the valuable industrial opportunities to be found among them; but the industrialist, the agriculturalist, the mer- chant and the home-seeker, desirous of investigating the advan- tages offered by New Jersey for their several purposes, have since then, with its assistance, been enabled to do so in a most satisfactory manner.
In compiling the Directory the sole purpose has been to pre- sent a truthful statement of industrial conditions-actual and potential-in the cities, towns and villages of the State, giving at the same time an outline description of each community suffi- cient in scope for an introductory reference, and pointing the way by which, if desired, more detailed information could be se- cured.
The list of cities, towns and villages includes all having a population of one hundred and over ; these appear in alphabetical order, followed by a descriptive note giving railroad connections, population, banking facilities, manufacturing plants-if any- agricultural interests, facilities for water power, church and school accommodations, together with many other details of in- terest relating to each place. Where special inducements are offered for the purpose of attracting manufacturing industry, the character of such concessions is fully explained and the names of one or more residents who are ready on request to furnish further information are given for-with comparatively few ex- ceptions-all the towns.
An examination of these notes will show hundreds of places in the State having populations large enough to furnish a fair supply of labor, enjoying fine climatic conditions and the best of transportation facilities to the great industrial and commer- cial centers of the country. Some of these towns are situated on navigable rivers and have the advantage of water and rail routes for the transportation of passengers and freight. Many others are on streams of smaller size, from which valuable water power inay be developed.
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In by far the largest number of towns there is a most eager desire on the part of the inhabitants for labor-employing indus- tries which would serve to put money in circulation, stimulate improvements and furnish work for young people who, in the absence of such opportunities, must-to avoid idling away what should be the most productive years of life-sever domestic ties by going far from home in search of employment. The Indus- trial Directory affords all such communities an opportunity of speaking for themselves and laying before the public through the medium of its pages a statement of their several claims to the consideration of those in search of satisfactory locations for in- dustrial or home purposes. The descriptive notes containing this information were written from statements furnished by the best local authority, and are therefore reliable in every essential re- spect.
Following the exposition of community advantages and con- ditions will be found a complete list of manufacturing establish- ments in New Jersey, under an alphabetical classification which indicates the character of the goods made and the factory or office address-street, town and county of each. The material for this general index to manufactures was drawn from the rec- ords of the Bureau, supplemented by a thorough canvass of all the industrial plants in the State, through which the information relating to each establishment included in the manufacturers' in- dex was obtained.
The first and second editions of the Industrial Directory were published respectively in 1901 and 1906; the present volume bears the date 1909, but the dates relates to the year 1908, and here- after the book will, after thorough revision, be published every third year unless public interests should seem to require and the means at the disposal of the Bureau shall permit its being issued at briefer intervals.
The "Index to Industrial Opportunities," which follows the matter relating to the trunk line railroads in the front of the book, will enable the investigator to find readily such places as offer the advantages in which he may be most interested.
In the immense amount of preparatory work incidental to the compilation of the Directory most valuable assistance was ren- dered by boards of trade, postmasters, officials of cities, towns
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and villages, and also by the manufacturers who operate the thousands of industrial establishments throughout the State, which are the real basis of our collective and individual prosperity. To all these public spirited gentlemen, officials, firms and cor- porations, the Bureau hereby tenders its thanks for valuable aid most courteously rendered.
WINTON C. GARRISON, Chief, Bureau of Statistics of New Jersey.
New Jersey.
Leading Facts of Interest Relating to the Progress of New Jersey in Population, Wealth, Manufacturing Industry, Agriculture and Transportation
AREA IN SQUARE MILES, 8,224, OF WHICH 7,514 IS LAND, AND 710 WATER.
Population, 1908.
Based on the State Census of 1905, plus the ratio of annual increase-2.9 per cent.
Total population
2,330,683
Total white population
2,244.293
Total colored (negro) population. 86.390
Native born population.
1,878,799
Foreign born population.
451,884
Density of population-number of persons per square mile of
territory
283.4
Population at five year periods from 1850 to 1905, with increase of the same in absolute numbers and by percentages :
INCREASE FOR EACH PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
AVERAGE INCREASE PER YEAR.
YEARS.
POPULATION.
Number
Per Ct.
Number
Per Ct.
1850
489,555
1855
569,500
79,945
16.3
15,989
3.3
1860
672,035
102,535
18.0
20,507
3.6
1865
773,500
101,465
15.I
20,293
3.0
1870
906,096
132,596
17.I
26,519
3.4
1875
1,020,584
II4,488
12.6
22,897
2.5
1880
1,131,116
110,532
10.8
22,106
2.2
1885
1,278,033
146,917
13.0
29,383
2.6
1890
1,444,933
166,880
13.I
33,376
2.6
1895
1,673,106
228,173
15.8
45,635
3.2
1900
1,883,669
210,563
12.6
42,113
2.5
1905
2,144,143
260,474
13.8
52,095
2.8
Average ratio of increase for each period of five years, 14.4 per cent. Average ratio of increase per year from 1850 to 1905, 2.9 per cent.
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Progress of Manufacturing Industry from 1850 to 1908.
YEAR.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INVESTED.
TOTAL NUMBER OF WAGĘ EARNERS EMPLOYED.
TOTAL AMOUNT PAID IN WAGES.
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL GOODS MADE.
1850
$22,293,258
37,830
$9,364,740
$39,851,256
I860
40,521,048
56,027
16,277,337
76,306,104
1870
79,606,719
75,552
32,648,409
169,237,732
1880
106,226,593
126,038
46,083,045
254,380,236
1890
250,805,745
173,778
82,944,118
354,573,57I
1900
502,824,082
241,582
110,088,605
611,748,933
1905
715,060,174
266,336
128,168,801
774,369,025
1908
919,110,394
298,454
152,280,633
940,238.869
Average ratio of annual increase in capital invested.
9.5 per cent.
Average ratio of annual increase in number of wage earners.
4.0
Average ratio of annual increase in amount paid in wages ....
6.0
7.I
66
Average ratio of annual increase in value of all goods made .. Proportion of total population employed in manufacturing industry
12.8
66
Average amount of capital invested in manufacturing industry per capita
$393 92
Average value of the annual product of manufactured goods per capita
403 42
Agriculture.
Total area of land.
4,808,960
acres.
Area of farm land.
2,840,966 66
Area of improved farm land. .
1,977,042
*Area of unimproved farm land.
863,924
Area not included in the two foregoing classifications
1,967,994
Number of farms.
34,650
Average area of farms
82.0 acres.
Average value per acre of farm land.
$65 44
Value of farm lands, including buildings and implements ..
266,500,000 00
Value of farm stock of all kinds, including poultry
41,368,738 00
Total value of farms and farm property.
307,868.738 00
Total value of farm and dairy products.
57.743,153 00
Average value of farm products per acre.
20 30
*Practically all the "unimproved farm land" is capable of crop production and will in time be brought under cultivation to meet the demands of a rapidly increasing popu- lation. Much of that which is-for the time being-incapable of profitable cultivation is, nevertheless, producing some value in the form of timber, natural grass for pasture and salt hay. The strictly unproductive area consists of the pine barrens where the sand is coarse and destitute of humus or soil, the very marshy salt meadows, the swampy swails of the interior .and the extremely rocky ridges of the northern counties.
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RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION, 1908. Steam Roads.
Mileage in operation. 2,353.63
Number of employes whose duties are performed wholly or for the most part in New Jersey. . 46,284
Total amount paid in wages during the year. $29,502,611 00
Miles of line per 100 square miles of territory
30.29
Electric Street and Elevated Roads.
Mileage in operation.
1,198
Number of employes, exclusive of officers and clerks. 8,624
Amount paid in wages annually
$3,803,853
Canals-Miles Length in New Jersey.
Delaware and Raritan Canal and feeder
68.86
Morris Canal
106.48
Total length of canals. 7
175.34
SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS. Banks and Trust Companies.
Savings Banks-Number of. 26 Deposits
$93.867,582
State Banks- 66
19
13,321,903
National. Banks --- 66
177 140,277,57I
Trust Companies- 66
77
142,842,990
Total bank deposits
390,310,046
Number of deposit accounts with banks and trust companies (not including National Banks)
606,999
Building and Loan Associations.
Number of associations
449
Aggregate value of all assets. $73,697,889
Aggregate number of stockholders
157,354
WEALTH.
Wealth of New Jersey in Specified Classes of Property.
Real property and improvements. $2,217,618,697
Manufacturing machinery, tools and implements. 253,198,469
Farm implements and machinery 10,286,358
Live stock, including poultry. 41,368,738
Railroads and their equipments
394,267,376
Street railways, shipping, water works, etc.
254,142,469
Gold and silver coin and bullion 48,545,540
All other forms of wealth.
625,314,461
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Total value of all property 3,844,742,108
Average wealth per capita.
1,750
DEVELOPED WATER POWER IN NEW JERSEY.
By Drainage Basins.
Delaware River (N. J. side)-No. of wheels .. 489 Horse power .. 18,122
66
. . 13,580
Raritan River
204
66 6,309
Total number of water wheels in use. 902
Total developed horse power
38,01I
Power Used in Manufacturing Industry Exclusive of Water Wheels.
Steam engines- No. of.
3,961 Horse power ..
419,210
Gas and gasoline engines-
255
66
66
7,579
Electric motors- 66
8,233
66
66 100,556
Compressed air motors-
65
. . 4,638
Total number of engines and motors in use.
12.514
Total horse power of engines, motors and water wheels.
569,994
Rank of New Jersey Among the States of the Union in:
Territorial area
16
Population
Railroad mileage to territorial area.
I
Value of annual product of manufacturing industry
6
Value of farm property.
6
Aggregate wealth in all forms
II
Aggregate wealth per capita.
Developed water power. 24
2
Per capita value of manufactured goods.
Proportion of population employed in manufacturing industry
3
Density of population-number of inhabitants per square mile of territory 3
66
66
209
Passaic River.
43
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Explanations.
Inducements to Manufacturers.
The cities, towns and villages named in this volume may, with only a few exceptions, be regarded as ready to welcome the establishment of manu- facturing plants and willing to favor such enterprises so far as their vary- ing local circumstances may permit. The places in which factory industries are not desired are limited to a small number of select residential communi- ties, in which business men of the large cities make their permanent homes, and to a number of the coast and inland summer resorts.
To Obtain Information.
Inquiries relating to industrial or other matters should be addressed to one or another of the persons whose names appear in the descriptive note of the community about which further information may be desired. Where no such references are given, inquiries should be addressed to the local post- master, who, if not himself in a position to give the desired information, may generally be depended upon to refer correspondents to some one in the community who can and will do so.
Tax Rates and Values of Taxable Property.
Valuations and tax rates given for each city, town and village are those for 1908-the latest available-and not therefore applicable to succeeding years .. Property values in all communities are almost certain to increase from year to year, while tax rates vary according to the exigencies of local governmental requirements. The figures, however, while correct for only one out of the three years covered by this issue of the Directory, were in- corporated in the descriptive notes as furnishing a species of information which most people contemplating becoming part of any community would most naturally desire to have. In taxation matters every indulgence per- mitted by law is accorded to manufacturing plants.
Population.
The figures relating to population are given on the most reliable local authority for each place. There may be, and probably are, a few instances where a town or village bearing the same name as the township in which it is situated has been mistakenly credited with the population of the larger division instead of its own, but errors of that kind, if they occur at all, are very few in number and do not impair the general accuracy of the descrip- tive notes in which they may occur.
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Industrial Opportunities
The cities, towns and villages offering special opportunities and induce- ments to manufacturing industry will be found under the title "Industrial Opportunities," grouped in alphabetical order under appropriate sub-headings. Through the page number, which is given in each instance, full particulars may be learned by consulting the note relating to the town.
Index to Manufactured Goods, and Manufacturers.
To find the name and address of any particular individual, firm or cor- poration engaged in manufacturing industry in New Jersey, look for the proper trade name or designation of the goods which it produces in the alphabetical list of industry products. If operating in this State, the name of the goods and also the title and address of the firm making them will be found there together.
To Locate Places on the Map.
Note the letters and figures on the map border midway between parallels and meridians; the letters and figures after each name indicate in which one of the small squares formed by the intersecting meridian and parallel lines the city, town or village will be found.
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The Trunk Line Railroads and Their Branches Trav- ersing New Jersey.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Miles of Road in New Jersey, 404.53.
New York Division.
MAIN LINE.
Delaware River, at Trenton, to North River, at Jersey City, Terminus.
BRANCHES.
New York Bay Railroad-
From connection with Main Line east of Waverly to New York Bay at Greenville.
Passaic Branch-
From connection with Main Line east of Waverly to West End of Meadows Yard.
West Newark Branch-
From connection with Main Line 2,800 feet west of Emmet Street Station., Newark, to south side of 18th Avenue, Newark.
Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad-
From connection with Main Line at Perth Amboy Junction, west of Rahway, to Perth Amboy.
Bonhampton Branch-
From connection with Main Line at Metuchen to Bonhampton. Millstone and New Brunswick Railroad-
From connection with Main Line at Millstone Junction, west of New Brunswick, to Millstone.
Rocky Hill Railroad-
From connection with Main Line at Monmouth Junction to Rocky Hill.
Princeton Branch-
From connection with Main Line at Princeton Junction to Princeton.
Delaware River Railroad and Bridge Branch-
From connection with Main Line at Frankford Avenue, Philadel- phia, Pa., to Haddonfield, connecting with the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD-(Continued.)
Amboy Division.
MAIN LINE.
Camden to South Amboy.
BRANCHES.
Jamesburg Branch-
From connection with Main Line at Jamesburg to Monmouth · Junction.
Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad-
From connection with Main Line at Jamesburg to Sea Girt.
Bordentown Branch-
From connection with Main Line at Bordentown to Trenton.
Columbus, Kinkora and Springfield Railroad-
From connection with Main Line at Kinkora to Lewistown.
Florence Branch-
From connection with Main Line at Florence Station to Wood's Iron Works, Florence.
Camden and Burlington County Railroad-
From connection with Main Line at Pavonia to Pemberton.
Burlington and Mount Holly Branch-
From connection with Main Line at East Burlington to Mt. Holly.
Mount Holly, Lumberton and Medford Railroad-
From connection with Camden and Burlington County Railroad at Mount Holly to Medford.
Vincentown Branch-
From connection with Camden and Burlington County Railroad at Ewansville to Vincentown.
Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad-
From connection with Camden and Burlington County Railroad at Birmingham to Bay Head Junction.
Browns Mills Branch-
From connection with Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad, I.7 miles east of New Lisbon, to Browns-Mills-in-the-Pines.
Island Heights Branch-
From connection with Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad at Island Heights Junction to Island Heights.
Philadelphia and Beach Haven Railroad-
Extends from Manahawkin to Beach Haven.
Barnegat Railroad-
Extends from Barnegat City Junction to Barnegat City.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD-(Continued.)
Belvidere Railroad.
BELVIDERE DELAWARE RAILROAD.
MAIN LINE.
Trenton to Manunka Chunk.
BRANCHES.
Martins Creek Railroad-
From connection with Main Line at Martins Creek to State line, middle of Delaware River.
Flemington Branch-
From connection with Main Line at Lambertville to Flem- ington.
Enterprise Railroad-
From connection with Main Line at Coalport to East Trenton.
Millham Branch-
From connection with Main Line at Coalport to Millham Junction.
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY.
Miles of Road in New Jersey, 390.
MAIN LINE.
Jersey City to Phillipsburg, connection with Lehigh and Susquehanna Division in Pennsylvania.
Newark Branch- New York to Newark.
West Side Connecting Branch- Jersey City and Bayonne.
Constables Hook Branch- Bayonne to Constables Hook.
Perth Amboy Branch- Elizabethport to Perth Amboy.
Sound Shore Railroad- Elizabethport to Sawyers.
Raritan North Shore Branch- Perth Amboy to Raritan River Clay Beds.
Newark and Elizabeth Branch- Elizabeth to Newark.
South Branch- Somerville to Flemington.
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CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY-(Continued).
High Bridge Branch-
High Bridge to Dover and Rockaway.
Hopatcong Branch-
Kenvil to Lake Hopatcong.
Ogden Mine Branch -- Lake Hopatcong to Edison.
Chester Branch- Middle Valley to Chester.
New York and Long Branch Division-
Perth Amboy to Point Pleasant.
New Jersey Southern Division -- Atlantic Highlands to Bayside.
Matawan to Navesink Highlands.
Navesink Highlands to Long Branch.
Matawan to Freehold.
Long Branch to Eatontown.
Bridgeton to Greenwich Pier.
Lakehurst to Toms River and Barnegat.
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
Miles of Road in New Jersey, 109.79.
Main Line from Jersey City, through Newark and Bound Brook, to Phillips- burg, with terminals at Jersey City and Newark.
Principal Branch from South Plainfield to Perth Amboy, with extensive tide- water terminal at the latter place.
Constables Hook Branch joins the Main Line at Constables Junction and extends to Constables Hook at Bayonne.
The Bloodgood Branch joins the Main Line at Picton and extends to the Essex Mills on the Rahway River.
The Perth Amboy and Raritan Branch joins the Perth Amboy Branch at Keasbeys and extends to the clay beds on the Raritan River.
The Flemington Branch joins the Main Line at Flemington Junction and extends to Flemington.
The Clinton Branch joins the Main Line at Lansdown and extends to Clinton.
The Pittstown Branch joins the Main Line at Lansdown and extends to Pittstown.
The Paper Mill Branch joins the Main Line at Musconetcong Junction and extends to Hughesville.
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THE DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD.
Miles of Road in New Jersey, 176.24.
The passenger terminals of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail- road (lessee of the Morris and Essex Railroad Company) are in Hoboken, north of the Hoboken-Jersey City line.
The freight terminals, consisting of eight freight and three coal docks, are in Jersey City, south of the Hoboken-Jersey City line, extending to the terminals of the Erie Railroad on the south.
The Morris und Essex Railroad (Main Line) extends from Hoboken, via Newark and Morristown, to Phillipsburg.
The Boonton Branch leaves the Main Line two miles west of Hoboken, runs via Paterson, crosses the Main Line at Denville, and connects with it east of Dover.
The Newark and Bloomfield Branch leaves the Main Line at Newark and extends to Montclair.
The Passaic and Delaware Branch leaves the Main Line at Summit and extends to Gladstone.
The Chester Branch leaves the main Line near Port Oram and extends to Chester.
The Hopatcong Railroad leaves the Main Line near Hopatcong Station and extends to Lake Hopatcong.
The Morris and Essex Extension leaves the Boonton Branch east of Paterson and extends to freight yards in the city of Paterson.
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