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ESSEN COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
SCHMIDT & SON
THE steam saw planing and wood turning mill conducted by Messrs. Schmidt and Son during the pasi fifty years, has rendered valuable service to the building industry of the city, and in particular to the western section, which has been built up within the last twenty years so surprisingly. The illustrations presented on this page, represent the time-honored plant, located on the cast side of Broome Street, between Spring- field and South Orange Avenues, with life-like photos of the founder and his enterprising son, who have devoted their lives to this particular industry which has contributed, in an humble degree, towards creating a Greater Newark.
To just such institutions as this over which the Schmidts preside, father and son, is Newark indebted for her phenom- enalgrowth and materialgreatness. With- ont the assistance of the steam saw and planing mill establishments the city would make but an ordinary showing.
This house, now so well and favorably known, began its career nearly half a cen- tury ago. Mr. Schmidt had been educated to the business and bad early been im- pressed with the onegrand desideratum in wood-working, that his timber must be thoroughly seasoned before using. When a piece of board went under his planers, or timber into his lathes, it was well chied, hard and elastic, with a fibre as straight as the bow wood of the native Indian. As his business grew and the want of assistance came upon him, he employed none but skilled workmen and the latest and best improved wood-working machines and machinery, and at this time there is in constant use in the factory as fine a plant of machines, machinery and wood-working tools as are to be found in any industrial establishment in the country. The factory buildings of this firm, which have a truthful illustration on this page, are
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very capacious, and have steadily pro- gressed as the increase of business demanded. The manufactory building is a three-story brick structure. 50 x 80 feet, giving a floor room in each story of 4,000 square feet. Along with this they have quite extensive yard room for storing tim- ber and lumber, and get the demand comes up fot still more room than can be commanded from plots Nos. 20 and 22 Broome Street. The great variety of styles, forms, patterns and shapes of wood articles which come forth from the doors of their factory would create some- thing of amazement in the mind of anyone umacquainted with the wood-working industry. The firm makes a specialty of carpenters' sawing and turning. and among the multitudinous products may be mentioned, columns, balusters, line and hitching posts, circular moldings and scores of articles in a great variety of patterns are reckoned among the output. Strangers have keen known to stand for hours in the presence of one of their turning lathes while the expert turner dexterously fashions the article of beauty
or utility, close watching him as he guides the sharp tool over its swift-flying form of seasoned wood of oak, mahogany, rosewood, pine, hemlock, or whatever kind of wood the heart of the operator may be for the time inclined to use for the purpose intended or to fill an order.
The buzz, upright and seroll saws, the planers and moulders as handled by this firm have done their part in the revolution in house trimming in the last fifty years. It is surprising, indeed, how beautifully many of these machines-automatic to a great extent-walk through the timber boards and planks placed before them, and it does seem as though by and by they would begin to talk-yes, in their own peculiar way they do even now speak a language that is easily interpreted by the manufacturer and banker, and we opine, as the years go by and the wealth of
FERDINAND A. SCHMIDT.
the capitalist unfolds more and more clearly to the view of the genius of inventions, and the guard- ian and key-holder of the still hidden mysteries of mechanics and mechan- isms is forced to listen to the persistent appeals to unlock the inner doors of this mner safe and set free for the uses of man the new, which perchance. may be old, that the great evolutions now in pro- gress may startle the world in novelty, value and gold- en purpose. As the great procession of the industry moves on, caparisoned in the finished harness of novelty and usefulness, the great cloud of witnes- ses will shout "well done."
HIENRY A. SCHMIDT.
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ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
HALEY & SLAIGHT
T THE city of Newark, N. J., has become noted throughout the civilized world, principally on account of the finely finished and durable qualities of its manufactured products. In this connection it will not be out of place to call some attention to the manufacture of cigars, which has now become a prominent factor among the numerous industries for which the city has become famous. Among the many enterprising firms engaged in the cigar trade there is, perhaps, none better or more widely known than the firm of Haley & Slaight, proprietors of the " Lincoln Cigar Factory," which form the illustrations on this page.
The business was originally founded a quarter of a century ago by the senior member of the present firm of Haley & Slaight, whose life-like photos are herewith presented. Both gentlemen are well- known Newarkers from away back, Mr. Haley being a practical cigar maker by trade, while Mr. Slaight is a salesman of considerable experience. The factory is thoroughly equipped with every known improvement to the trade, the choicest brands of leaf tobacco are selected for stock, and practical cigar makers only are employed on the numerous brands of cigars which are manufac- tured by the firm. The following popular brands are well and favorably known in the city and su- burbs : "Haley's Original Lincoln." " Little Phil Sheridan," "Sweet Marie," "Governor Griggs," "llenry Clay," "New Style Perfecto." etc., etc. The " Lincoln " brand has become famous to lovers of a good, quiet smoke, and are, without doubt, the best ten cent cigar produced in the United States.
Mr. Haley is a veteran of the war for the Union. a member of Lincoln Post, and is connected with many other organizations which reflect credit on our city and its wonderful progress in the mechan- ical trades. The members of the firm devote their personal attention to every detail of the cigar busi- ness, and by their diligence and honorable dealings with customers have built up a fair trade in genuine
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hand-made cigars. Of late years adulteration and deception have been carried on to a considerable extent in this country in the manu- facture of cigars, so that the diffi- culty of obtaining a first-class smok- ing article has become a by-word among lovers of the weed. There are, however, some firms that stead- fastly adhere to honorable methods. who manufacture and handle only genuine goods, and among such doing business in this city we men- tion with pleasure the - Lincoln Cigar Factory." whose founder. Mr George Haly, is a recognized au- thority on the grade and quality of leaf tobacco.
The brands made by this house are maintained at the highest stand- ard of excellence, and for quality. finish and flavor are unrivalled by any simular product in the country.
HENKY L .. SI MIGI1.
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ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
JOHN SCHICK
THEKE Me doubtless those who never think beyond the present, which they gorman- dize with satisfaction, never knowing or caring what may be in store for the morrow, when they are satisfied with the to-day. As the denuding of the virgin forests went on day after day. month after month and year after year, and wood fuel contin- und abundant, few there were who could or would trouble themselves about the future. where scarcity was certain to take the place of abundance. A word to the wise ought to be sufficient, But we opine that the halt will not be sounded till the time when the pick and shovel of the miner shall delve in vain and the car wheels no longer turn under the weight of their precious burden, and the puff of thick smoke from the pipe of the ocean steamer shall no longer gladden the heart of the watchman at Fire Island. Then, and not until then, will come up the dreadful alarm. So it was with the work of conversion of the beautiful trees of the forests into fuel, and which have been forced away forever. The ring of the woodman's axe that felled the beauties, now cease to salute the ear, and the tongue of flame to devour, so long as there was a promise of pay or profit in it.
There is no city in the American Union of like population that consumes annually more coal than the city of Newark, N. J. With a population of 235,000 inhabitants, in which manufacturing establishments ate so numerous, the coal trade is one of the most important industries in the city.
Among the many able and enterprising citizens now engaged in the coal trade of this city, we may mention the name of Mr. John Schick, who deals in all kinds of Lehigh and Free-Burning
coal, George's Creek Cumberland coal a specialty. A view of the office and yards which form an illustration on this page, located at Nos. 74. 76, 78. So and 82 Garden Street, Newark, N. J., between N. J. R. R. Avenue and Pacific Street. The business was established in May, 1875, and during the past twenty-two years, through hard work, energy and integrity, Mr. John Schick has built up a trade of which he may be proud. He has been before the public in general nearly twenty-five years, and during all that time he has demonstrated his repu- tation of conducting the business on strictly honest basis.
The liberal patronage which the public have accorded this gentleman demonstrates that Mr. Schick has always dealt in the best quality of coal; and he always gives full weight, twenty hundred pounds to the ton. The facilities which Mr. Schick possesses are in every respect \ No. 1, and he is prepared to furnish the very best coal in any desired quantity at
the lowest possible price. For the past ten years he has been most fortun- ately released from much of his business burden by his son, Albert Schick, who has taken the place of his honored father in the general management of the business. Mr. Al- bert Schick, whose por- trait is displayed before the public, is a very active young business man, hay- ing graduated from the New Jersey Business College in 1887. He has since been very active in the management of his father's business, and trom present indications he will make a successful helpmeet to his father.
JOHN SCHICK.
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JOHN SAHILK: JICE DEPOT.
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ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
FREUDENTHAL & ADLER.
T HE industries of Newark are so numerous and varted, that it would be difficult to name any known branch of trade which is not represented among them. Few cities, if any, can be found of simliar size and population where so many diversified industrial plants have been organized and established. The handiwork of Newark artificers have been in steady and ever-increasing demand in all the countries of the world, and in this connection, we desire to call the attention of the readers of ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED, to the merits of Freudenthal & Adler, proprietors of the Post Office cigar factory.
The demand for cigars and tobacco has grown to such large proportions that the trade necessarily involves considerations of great im- portance. But even this rule applies to the trade at large. It will be observed, readily enough, that some firms possess advantages over others in the same line of business, the result, in some cases, of long experience, while in other instances, the fact comes about through a natural aptitude for the particular trade in which these firms are engaged. In the making of a fine cigar, for instance Messrs. Freudenthal & Adler, of No. 276 Market Street, have obtained an enviable reputation for the famous brand of " Post Office " cigars manu- factured by this firm. The illustrations here displayed show life-like photos of the firm, also their factory and salesroom. Both gentlemen are Newarkers, and practical cigar-makers of considerable experience, having a reputation for the various brands of cigars which are manufactured by their house. The firm have made a success with their superior " Post Office" brand, which is claimed to be one of the best ten cent cigars that can be had ; rehahle and always the same.
Their other brands are known as, "Gold Prize," " True American," "Our Captain," " Captain C.," " F. & A. Specials," "F. & 1. Ponies," " Flor De Leopold," " Newark's," and numerous others. The firm give steady employment to over
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twenty-five men and boys. A choice stock of chewing and smoking tobacco, snuff, fancy pipes and smokers' articles, are always carried in stock. which are offered to customers at reasonable prices. All orders are carefully filled at the lowest market rates. The firm is well and favorable known in the trade, with good business qulifications combined with pluck and energy, having for their motto, the only rule whose guid- ance means success-the rule of commercial truth.
The consumption of cigars by the people of the United States, has increased to immense proportions during the past quarter of a century, while the trade of manufacturing them has steadily increased, and has now become one of the noted industries of
WILLIAM ADLER.
the country. Millions of capital is invested, and thousands of people find employment in the production of this luxury, which has become so popular among lovers of the weed. Messrs. Freudenthal and Adler, proprietors of the "Post Office" cigar plant, have, by their thrift. skill and attention to busi- ness, raised themselves up from the position of journeymen, to their present standing in the trade. The products of their factory, con- sist of the choicest brands of "Union made cigars," which are shipped to the leading cities of the country, and their home trade is of considerable importance in this city and its suburbs.
The firm enjoys a well earned reputation in trade circles, and the good-will and esteem of all with whom they have business relations.
LEOPOLD FREUDENTHAL.
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ESSEX COUNTY N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA
U NTIL. the establishment of this institution in Newark, on October 13, 1875, the overwhelming majority of the American people were denied the privilege and protection embraced in life insurance. There was ample insurance oppor- tunity for the rich or well-to-do minority : there was none what- ever for the wage-working majority. The former were able to meet the quarterly, semi-annual or yearly payments demanded by the only system of insurance then in operation in this country, the " Old Line" or " Ordinary " system; the latter were not. and hence were absolutely cut off from all opportunity to enjoy the benefits of life insurance protection. In a country whose fundamental principles and long established institutions were sworn enemies of class institutions, here was one most pronounced and exclusive. The consequence was that society, col- lectively and individually, suffered greatly. When death came, thousands of respectable but improvi- dent people had to be buried by individual or organized charity, or be cruelly consigned to a pauper's grave in the Potter's Field. And those left behind became, in many cases, either a public charge or were obliged to depend upon the bounty of others.
It was at this juncture that a handful of large- hearted and level-headed Newark manufacturers and other employers of labor were persuaded that a system of insurance based upon weekly payments and brought to the doors of the people could be made to succeed. Such a system had long been in successful operation in England, Why not here ? The only problem was one of adaptation to the different conditions and ideas prevalent in America a very serious problem, to be sure, but one that it was believed could be satisfactorily solved in due time.
And so, on the date stated, the Prudential Insul- ance Company of America came into existence, How the little acorn planted in a Broad Street basement twenty-one years ago has grown and grown, until now it is a mighty oak whose branches have spread out until they cover every populous centre of the United States, from Niagara Falls to Denver, Col., is a never-ceasing subject of wonder- ment, even to those who planted and cared for it. Its statement on January 1, 1877, shows that when it was not quite fifteen months old, it had less than 5,000 policy-holders. A\ year later it had but 11,226, To-day it has probably in its employ as many persons as it had policy-holders when it was twenty-eight months old.
"A history of the Company's progress from year to year," said an able and impartial writer, in a public journal recently, " would be simply a record of rapid und unchecked growth, exhibited in figures running into high and ever higher periods. The Prudential of to-day stands in the front rank of the great institutions of the world." Its total resources amount to about $19,000,000. The reserve on its poli- ries, legal and special, is about 815,000,000, and its capital and sur- plus to policy-holders amount to about $4,000,000. It has over 2.300,000 policies in force on its registers, insuring the almost in conceivable sum of about 8325,000,000. It has paid out in claims to date, over $25,000,000, or more than an average of one million dollars for every year it has been in existence. The pioneer of industrial insurance in America, its example was followed by other
companies as soon as it had fully demonstrated, by the all-satisfy- ing logic of success, the feasibility of the scheme as applied to this country. As a grand resul, there are now (1897) operating the system in the United States, some twelve companies. These combined have about 7,000 000 policy-holders. They cover over $800,000,000 of risks, the average policy being for only a little more than $too. They have paid out in claims about $80,000,000, and they give remunerative employment to an army of about 40,000 persons. Besides, the establishment of the system here has well-nigh abolished the Potter's Field, is saving many millions of dollars annually to the American tax- payer, and in scores of ways is making better men, better
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women and happier homes wherever it has been established.
The present (1897) officers of the company are: John F. Dryden, President ; Leslie D. Ward, Vice-President; Edgar B. Ward, Second Vice-President and Counsel ; Forrest F. Dryden, Secretary ; Horace Alling, Treasurer; John B. Lunger, Man- ager of Ordinary Branch and Actuary : Edward II. Hamill, M. D., Medical Director ; Wilbur S. Johnson, Cashier. Direc- tors : John F. Dryden, Leslie D. Ward, Horace Alling, Edgar B. Ward, Aaron Carter, Theo. C. E. Blanchard, Charles G. Campbell, Elias S, Ward, Seth A. Keeney, Fred. C. Blanchard, Edward Kanouse, Forrest F. Dryden, Jerome Taylor and William T. Carter.
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ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
EISELE & KING.
W ITIl thoughtful men, and women too, life insurance is a part of their business life. Prosperity as well as adversity, demonstrate its importance in the affairs of men. h is an effective means in securing the rewards of prosperity, and frequently fills the gap made by adversity. Among the many noted life insurance companies trans- acting business here, we take pleasure in mention- ing the Equitable Life Insurance Society of the United States, which is so ably represented in New Jersey by our well known fellow-townsmen, Messrs. Eisele and King, life-like photos of whom are pre- sented in the illustrations on this page.
The senior member of the firm, John C. Eisele, was born in this city August 1, 1865, and was educated in the Morton Street Public School. Starting in life as an errand boy in the employ of Benjamin F. Mayo, continuing with him until 1885. when he embarked in the life insurance business, as a soliciting agent for the Prudential of this city, and later with the Equitable Life Insurance Society of the United States. By his untiring industry, attention to business and perseverence, in four years he had risen to the management of the Society's affairs in the State of New Jersey, increasing the business from a few hundred thousand a year, to the proud position it occupies to- clay as the largest producing agency under one management, in the United States.
He has been connected with the building and loan associations of this city, and is an active member, being President of the Norfolk, and Treasurer of the Lincoln Buikling and Loan Associations. His career in real estate transactions has also been unusually successful, being to-day a large owner in Newark real estate, and deeply interested in all projects for the advance- ment and wellfare of the city of Newark. In 1893 he was elected to represent the people of the 13th Ward in the State Legislature and was re-elected in 1894, by the county, having received the the largest majority ever given to any candidate for Assembly in Essex County. Mr. Eisele is con- nected with many well-known charitable, benevolent, social and
JOHN C. EISELE.
into parternership with Mr. Eiseke, and has been a potent factor in placing the New Jersey agency of the Equitable Life Insurance Soci- oty of the United States in the position it occupies to-day.
The officies of the firm, located in the Firemen's Insurance Build- ing, north-east corner of Broad and Market Streets, is one of the most central places in the city. The entire second floor is taken up with the business of the company, which continues to grow steadily in favor with the best citizens of this city and the State of New Jersey.
The honorable and successful career of the New Jersey agency in the past, is a happy argury that the same policy will continue in the future, which has heretofore directed the business affairs of the Equitable Life Insurance Society of the United States.
RESIDENCE OF JOHN C. EISELE, ON AVON WENUE.
political organizations, being a member of Kane Lodge, No. 55. F. & A. M., Union Chapter. No. 7. Lucerne Lodge, No. 181, I. O. O. F. Corinthian Council, Royal Arcanum. Arion Singing Society, North End and Garfield Clubs. He also an active member in a large number of Republican associations.
Inability to personally attend to all the details of the ever increasing business in which he is engaged, necessitated a division of labor. He, in 1894, associated with himself in the business, Mr. Nathaniel King, who is the junior member of the firm. Nathaniel King was born in Washington, D. C., October 29, 1866, and came to the city at an early age. Graduating from the time-honored Newark Academy, he commenced to study the profession of law with our present City Counsel, Col. E. L. Price, but gave that up to enter upon his present business of life insurance, in which he has made an unprecedented success, being recognized as one of the largest personal writers of insurance in this section of the country. In 1894 he entered
NATHANIEL. KING
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ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
LOUIS A FELDER.
NEWARK, with her steady growth, will no doubt in the near future embrace the entire county of Essex and portions of Hudson. Bergen, Passaic and Union Counties. An event no less surprising has been successfully accomplished within a brief time in the consolidation of Greater New York, on the Hudson, East River and harbor coast line. In the achievement of this grand project, real estate will form no small part, and in this connection we take pleasure in calling the attention of our fellow-citizens to the merits of our fellow-townsman, Mr. Louis A. Felder, whose life-like photo and residence are presented in the illustrations on this page.
This well-known gentleman commenced his present real estate career in the office of the late James F. Bond, in 18So, and after several years of practical service he succeeded to the entire control of the business, in the management of which he had formerly been an assistant. Mr. Felder is a native of New- ark and was educated in the schools of this city. He occupies very pleasant quarters in rooms ti and 12 on second floor, in the Globe Building. Sco-804 Broad Street, corner Mechanic. The office is supplied with every convenience for the successful carrying on of an extensive and general real estate and insur- ance business. He buys, sells, lets and exchanges city and country property, procures loans on mortgages, invests money without loss of time or expense to the lender, and makes a specialty of renting houses and collecting rents. He generally has a variety of factories and residences for sale and to let. also parts of factories, houses and flats, and all business is transacted on the most liberal terms. Mr. Felder is a Commis- sioner of Deeds and a Notary Public, also a thoroughly experi- enved man in writing and effecting insurance in the most reliable companies, prominent among whom he is noted as being identified with the American Fire Insurance Co., of Newark. All kinds of risks are taken and insured at the lowest rates compatable with security.
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