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Mr. Rodrigo is closely identified with the Grand Army of the Republic, being a charter member of Phil. Kearny Post, No. I. of this department, who celebrated their thirtieth anniversary on October 26, 1896, and he is connected with many other patriotic, fraternal, indus- trial, social and political associations.
A. STEINES.
JEWARK is no doubt one of the greatest consumers of coal among N the cities of the American Union, and a well-known dealer in the black diamond trade is the subject of this sketch, Mr. A. Steines, a photo of whom is presented on this page. Ile was born in Germany. October 29, 1831, and came to America in June, 1852. Ile was educated in the schools of Newark, and is by trade a moulder, having served an apprenticeship with a well-known firm in this city.
Mr. Steins commenced business on his own account in 1875, starting a brass foundry which he successfully conducted for fourteen years, and during the past eight years has been identified with the coal trade. His office and yards are located at 706 Market, at the junction of Ferry Street, and all coal delivered by this enterprising citizen is well screened and guaranteed, to consumers, to be in every respect the highest standard of excellence. Mr. Steines also deals in new and second-hand machinery of ever description, and has earned by his thrift and enterprise an enviable name in all his business transactions.
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ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
HILL'S UNION BREWERY CO., LIMITED.
O N Springfield Avenue, one of the great business thoroughfares of the City of Newark, but a few blocks from its junction with Belmont Ave- nue, stands the plant of one of the leading and popular brewing institutions of the City of New- ark and County of Essex, New Jersey, viz: The Hill's Union Brewery Co., Limited. It is one of the oldest plants in the County, having passed through various hands and has exper- ienced many vicissitudes, but is now on the top wave of pros- perity and popularity.
The Company now conduct- ing the brewery purchased it in the year 1889. of William Hill, and has continued to conduct the business at the old stand, Nos. 333-345 Springfield ave- nue ever since. The Company has made many alterations and has built an entirely new and elegant storehouse, and has gathered as fine a lager beer brewing parapharnalia as is to be found in any brewing establishment in the State. It is a startling fact to make known, but nevertheless the truth lying therein must be told. Under the present management the brewery has nearly doubled its output, and now has a capacity of one hundred thousand barrels a year. Under the manage- ment of Mr. Arthur de Grouchy, the astute and business-like head of the concern, the sales of lager beer have increased one half, showing pretty conclusively that in the conservative and hard-headed business man is where the credit lies. In the short time that Mr. Arthur de Grouchy has handled the reins and directed the course of its business affairs, he has demonstrated the facts that he has the tact to increase trade and the ability to hold it. The corps of wide-awake, always-ready and business-like assistants which he has been marvelously fortun- ate in calling around him, has done not a little in helping him to push forward the affairs of the great concern and to lighten his own burthen. He has made a host of business friends. and numbers among those whom he meets socially, many who stand high in the community, and whom almost any might be honored by the touch of their palm. Mr. Arthur de Grouchy has a wide-open heart and is ever ready to take a deep and lively interest in all public affairs, and the poor and needy never go empty handed away from his door, if in his power to relieve their wants.
Now we come to the man who gives to the beer which has so popularized the concern, that peculiar flash and flavor which is delightful to those who watch and wait to taste and choose the brand of that brewer's make, which cheers, but does not inebriate, Mr. Pius Reiser, the brew-master. That Mr. Reiser carries with him the open sesame which unlocks the deep secret which lies concealed in the " beauty take " of the brew- ing science, few will deny, when they have tarried long, rising early and retiring late in order to secure the " crowning take,"
PLANT OF THE HILL'S UNION BREWERY CO., SPRINGFIELD AVENUE.
as drawn from the wood wherein is housed the lager of his make. By hard work, close study and with the utmost care, Mr. Reiser has succeeded in putting forth a brand of beer which has popularized itself and been named the A-1 American. Mr. Reiser is justly proud of his success, and his friends, and he has lots of them, feel that, without a doubt, his A-t Amer- ican brand is the foremost American beer on the market. Mr. Reiser is of a retiring disposition, and it is only when he has pleased his employers and the public that he has pleased himself.
Here comes in the fact that without rasp or jar the wonder- ful truth that the A-1 American lager beer is found in many a gentleman's cellar in New York City where the strong and in- toxicating liquors once held the front but are now driven out, but not without leaving the rich consolation to hearts no longer made sad, since temptation no longer lingers but has taken its departure, giving place to the mild German beverage which, while cheering the dispirited, gives tone to the digestive organs and stimulates to renewed health.
The brewery itself is a land-mark, the old building in which the business offices are now situated being erected in 1876. Old Union Park, which was laid out where the new storage house now stands, was the place where many of Newark's German-American citizens congregated in the days gone by, talked over the scenes where their homes were built away over the sea, sang the songs of the fatherland, and unwittingly, perhaps, made history for Newark by reason of the gathering of politicians who on occasions assembled there. Could some of those who have gone to their final reward return to take a survey of the grounds where they tended their gardens, they could easily exclaim, " We built better than we knew." The consumption of their beer is daily increasing and it will soon be beyond the power of the present plant to supply the demand.
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ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
THE AMERICAN BUILDING LOAN AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY.
T HOUGHTFUL men, and women too, frankly admit that the building loan and savings associations established throughout the United States are doing more to educate and encourage the people to become provident and thrifty than any institution in the country. Every one appreciates the fact that the monthly accumulation of small sums from many sources. and the investment of the funds thus obtained in good real estate mortgages at fair rates of interest, with the risk improved each month, not only by the natural appreciation of values, but by the steady reduction of the principal of the loan by the monthly payments of the mortagee, together with the mutual division of the profits between the borrower and the lender, as their interests appear, is undoubtedly one of the surest as well as most profitable means of reaching an end desired by most men, viz., the ownership of a home and the providing for a competency in old age. The American Building Loan and
paid shares issued at stop, withdrawable at . by time, worth sis per cent. per annum, interest payable semi-annually. These shares are intended for those who wish to make a short term investment and are without an equal when safety is considered. On payment of $50 per share, a dividend of eight per cent. per amnum will be paid semi-annually in lieu of other profits in of excess fixed dividends.
Another feature which commends itself, and not be found in many other similar organizations, is its suspension clause which provides that if a member is unable to pay dues at any time through sickness, loss of work, or other unfavorable conditions, he can obtain a suspension certificate for a reasonable period, allowing him to resume payments after his circumstances im- prove, without sustaining loss of dividends, and no dues of fines are charged pending resumption of payments.
To sum up, the whole plan of the American is one of equity and justice, and we recommend its shares to those desiring .1 safe depository for their surplus earnings as an investment without an equal. The management is in good hands, Mr.
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RESIDENCES ON HELLER PARKWAY, FOREST HILL.
Savings Association, of New Jersey, with home office at 673 and 675 Broad Street, Newark, is making rapid strides to the front, and not only in this city, but local branches have been and are being established throughout the State in all the prin- ripal towns. They are in a flourishing condition and report steady progress.
The American was organized as a national association in August, 1895, and commenced business in the latter part of September, since which time it has realized the promoter's fondest expectation. Of course, the primary object of the association is to enable every man who buys its shares to be- come his own landlord, and what grander purpose could any institution have than this? John Howard Payne immortalized himself by writing those beautiful lines, " Home Sweet Home," and yet he died an exile. But thanks to such institutions as this, no man inclined to be provident need ever be an exile, for its whole aim and plan is to preach economy to the improvident and help them to better things.
The American issues two kinds of investment shares-pre- paid at $50, to mature at Stoo in ninety-six months, and fully
E. J. Murphy, a real estate man of many years experience, is the President : W. H. Rowe, Vice-President ; S. W. Chapman, Secretary, and Arthur Ilinde, Manager of Agencies, also the organizer of this association and other similar institutions in the Old Country. The Board of Directors is composed of Messrs. Harvey C. Pearce and John Rowe, of Arlington, Ilon. C. Il. Baake, of Atlantic City, and Ion. Fred. Schuchardt, of Egg Harbor City. Mr. Frank C. Wilcox, who was for a number of years connected with the government of this city as assistant attorney, is counsel for the company. The mission of the American Building Loan and Savings Association, of New Jersey. is a laudable one and well worthy of public patronage. and all its operations are open to the fullest investigation.
It has been a settled fact for years that the public institutions known as building and loan associations have come among us and to use an old and hackneyed expression, "have come to stay." No institution which was new and untried was ever received by the working and middle classes, who are ever watchful and chary, with more implicit faith it its inate good- ness than the building and loan societies.
ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
THE elegant residence which our artist has so neatly brought out on this page was constructed and is now occupied by the veteran steam boiler manufacturer, Lewis J. Lyons. For many years Mr. Lyons has conducted the business of steam boiler making in Newark and is now enjoying the well-earned competency which his close attention to business, his upright character and well-known mechanical abilities have brought him. The exten- sive factory buildings wherein the business is con- ducted are situated on Commerce Street and Passaic Avenue.
JOHN G. KEARSING MANUF'G CO.
T THE city of Newark, New Jersey, has always
been noted in the harness and saddlery hard- ware trade, not only in this country but throughout the whole world, wherever the horse and carriage is used by the people. The company forming the subject of this inquiry have been established in business, in this city, since the year 1879, and its career, from the hour of its inception, has been signalized chiefly by steady and sure progress in the direction of merchantile prosperity. The plant is located at 88-98 Monroe Street, and is well equipped with machinery of every description, operated by experienced workmen, who are constantly employed in the manufacture of martingale rings, poker checks, buttons, rosettes and numer- ous other varieties for use in the harness and saddlery trade.
The goods are made from carefully selected materials and are unexcelled for their quality, finished appearance and dura- bility. The business of the house is conducted throughout the whole country, and a large share of the firm's trade is devoted to the export business. Mr. Kearsing and son, photos of whom are herewith presented, are practical mechanics who have considerable experience and possess an accurate knowledge of the trade which they so ably and successfully conduct. A large and complete assortment of the products are kept constantly in stock, and the reputation which the goods of the company have throughout the country is of the hightest character. Mr. Kearsing was born in New York City.
JOIN 6. KEARSING.
plumber by trade, having served an apprenticeship with the late Walter P. Dunn, after which he commenced business for himself. and by his thrift and attention to the wants of customers, has suc- corded in establishing one of the best equipped plumbing plants to be found in the Ironbound District of Newark. A photo of the gentle- man under consideration will be found on page 140 of this illustrated souvenir, and though one of the youngest men in the business he has executed several important con- tracts for the city and county government, as well as for private individuals. He is well-known in the Fifth Ward, which he repre- sents in the Common Council. He is one of the pioneers who founded the Newark Rowing Club, and is a member of many organizations.
RESIDENCE OF L. J. LYONS, ME. PROSPECT AVENUE.
E. B. WOODRUFF.
MONG the undertakers of the city of Newark few have A risen to a more deserved prominence than Enoch B. Woodruff, whose offices and ware-rooms are at 846 Broad Street. Here at all hours of the day and night he is found ready to respond to the call of those who are so unfortunate as to need the services of an undertaker. An experienced female is always in attendance. For convenience of location the establishment has few equals and no superiors, Enoch B. Woodruff is one of the oldest undertakers in Newark, and is a worthy representative of the calling and a citizen of high stand- ing. His photo, on page 236, is truly life-like and natural.
JAMES A. MC CARTHY.
THE subject of this brief sketch was born and educated in the Fifth Ward of this city, and is a practical sanitary
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WILLIAM II. KEARSING.
ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
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FREEBORN G. SMITH.
W E have only to run back over the history of music and musical instruments, in Essex County, but little more than a quarter of a century of time, to find the record of how and when the now celebrated Bradbury piano began its marvel- ously successful career, an instrument which in all probability has achieved a greater popularity than any other which has been put on the market, during any period of time since music was made to spring from pearly lips through .Eolian harp and sound-board combination in harmonic time. The Bradbury was named in honor of the late song writer and sweet singer, William B. Bradbury, of Montclair, who first manufactured the piano which now bears his name.
The health of Mr. Bradbury failing and his physician and friends advising him to discontinue the business, he sold out to Mr. Freeborn G. Smith, his superintendent, who has since con- ducted the business, his manufacturing establishment, deposi- tories, stores and salesrooms keeping pace with the "Brad- bury's " growth and popularity, and the increasing demand for this beautiful instrument among people of culture. At present
The following editorial notice which appeared in the Newark Item about the time the Bradbury piano concern moved into the present Newark quarters, corner of Broad and West Park Streets, voices a tribute richly deserved.
" As we were passing up Broad Street a day or two since, our attention was called to the elegant new quarters wherein is housed part of the piano interests of F. G. Smith, where the music-lov- ing public will find the sweet-toned instruments which continue to speak the name and musical fame of the lamented Bradbury in the same notes of gladsome harmony which leaped from the ivory keys under his skillful touch and from his almost inspired lips.
" Curiosity bade us call in the familiar old store building at the southwest corner of Broad and West Park Streets, Nos. 679 and 68t of the former, yet so elegantly altered and attired was it that nothing short of a formal introduction from the polite and business-like manager, Mi. F. R. Fechan, would satisfy us that it was the very same but metamorphosed place known to us of yore. Behind the great plate-glass windows, reposed on carpets of velvet, the very prettiest and costliest of pianos and the richest in tone of the Bradbury make, while all along down the sides of the ex- tensive exhibition and salesroom were ranged instruments which for style, price and richness of tone could not help satisfying the most fastidious buyer. As we drew forth the richness of tone by touching the keys as we passed, our wonder grew at the modest sum which we learned they could be bought for as we asked the price, and still the - wonder grew, why so many households, otherwise artistic- ally finished and furnished, are yet without a " Bradbury," and this, too, when everybody knows how elevating, refining and edu- cating piano music is. Just here may as well be interpolated a fact worth knowing. viz .: That instruments can be bought di- rect from the manufacturer at the very lowest possible prices and on the easiest terms imagin- able, the protit which ordinarily finds its way into the middle- man's pocket remaining with the purchasers of these beautiful pianos.
F G.SMITH
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SOL BRADBURY PIANOS 679
WEBSTER PIANOS.
FREEBORN & SITE
BRADBURY PIANOS.
CLEANED, MADE & LAID
FREEBORN G. SMITH IFR
HENNING MATES
STORED
E.G SAMT
ARTDEGEN PELE
LEN & CO 13
F. SMITH
THE BRADBURY PIANOS
PIANO WAREROOMS OF FREEBORN G. SMITH, CORNER BROAD AND WEST PARK STREETS.
the stores where the " Bradbury " is sold direct from the factory, number twenty-seven. Among these are the stores in New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Jersey City, Saratoga Springs, Washington, Chicago, Kansas City, Newark, etc., Brooklyn alone having five handsome warerooms and three large manufac- tories. For the past few years Mr. Freeborn G. Smith, Jr., has been a member of the firm, be taking to the business as naturally as a duck to the water, his father reposing great confi- dence in his business ability.
Mr. Smith, being a capital judge of human nature, has been able to keep about him such praiseworthy assistants and sitle's- men, that his great business has been run with very little friction. The " Bradbury" is represented in Essex County by Mr. F. R. Feehan, a gentleman who thoroughly understands the piano trade, and has presided over the business with a dignity and care which made it a success from the beginning.
"On ascending the easy flight of stairs leading to the second floor, we were amazed to find that the story 'had but half been told,' for here was another extensive exhibit and sales room, carpeted with rich .Axminster, moquet or Brussels, where the buyer can move from the rosewood or cherry, or from the exquisite upright (superior) grand concert, new upright or the familiar old square, and from either of which the tones will give out their sweetness for the satisfaction, delectation and with unalloyed pleasure, without disturbing sensitive or musical ears. And this reminds us that it might be well in this connec- tion to say how easy an instrument the piano is to learn to play. it requiring but little study, while persisteney in practice wins the day. Our readers may call as they pass that way, purchase an instrument and our voucher for it, if you try you will soon learn to play. Then, O, ecstatic satisfaction, even though life's journey is far beyond the month of May. We know, having tried,
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ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
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COAL & WOOD
COAL, AND WOOD YARD OF S. TRIMMER & CO , CORNER NEW JERSEY RAILROAD AVENUE AND LAFAYETTE STREET.
S. TRIMMER & CO.
O NE of the most important of the commercial interests Newark are those connected with supplying the needs of this city and its suburbs with all kinds of fuel. Among the enterprises of this character, a particularly noteworthy one is that of S. Trimmer & Co., who are wholesale and retail dealers in the best qualities of Lehigh and free-burning coal, hickory, oak and pine kindling wood, charcoal, etc., having their office at New Jersey Railroad Avenue and Lafayette Street. The business was established about twenty years ago by Mr. Samuel Trimmer, who was at that time a large dealer in wood exclusively, and in January, 1894. the present firm style was adopted. Previous to this time Mr. Trimmer had added the coal business to that of the wood industry. Mr. Trimmer was the pioneer in introducing to the dealers in Newark the very popular kiln-dried bundle kindling wood, and in fact the firm continue to make the wood branch of their business a prominent feature. They transact a larger business in this line than any other firm in the city, and make a specialty of hand- ling wood by the load, cord or in car-load lots. Their leading
specialty in coal is their noted Lehigh No. 2 nut coal, to which they pay particular attention, and the enormous quantity of this size that they handle speaks for the quality and popularity of this coal.
Their yard at New Jersey Railroad Avenue and Lafayette Street is 175 by too feet in dimensions, and contains large sheds for storing coal, charcoal and wood, and a fully equipped electric power kindling wood plant for sawing and splitting the wood into any desired length and size. Besides the very large quantity of coal carried at their yard, they also have a large storage capacity at the Lehigh Valley Coal Co.'s pockets, and are therefore able to supply every demand for the best grades of hard and free-burning coal for household use, steam coal for manufacturing, and bituminous coal for blacksmithing and forging, and charcoal especially adapted for jewelers' and plumbers' use. The business conducted by this firm is very extensive, for beside the almost countless number of private families that they supply, they count among their customers a large number of the representative manufacturing houses of the city. In addition to this they do a very large car-load business, supplying many plants through- out the northern part of New Jersey.
The firm is composed of Mr. Samuel Trimmer and Mr. Ernest C. Strempel. Mr. Trimmer is a native of New Jersey, a survivor of the war for the Union, and now resides in New York, where he is engaged in the same line of busi- ness. Mr. Ernest C. Strempel is a native and life-long resident of this city, and previous to his becoming a member of the firm, was for a number of years manager of the Newark business, and under his direction and management the busi- ness has assumed its present large proportions, as well as its unques- tioned reputation among the fore- most concerns in this line.
The illustrations present an ex- cellent view of the plant, on P. R.R. Avenue and Lafayette Street and of the proprietors.
SAMUL.1. TRIMMER.
ERNEST C. SIRAMPEL.
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ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED.
JOSEPH LOGEL.
IT would be difficult to select out of the whole miscellany of - Newark's domestic industries, one which has had a more important bearing upon the commercial affairs of the city than the trade in general family groceries. This important and necessary business stands foremost in line with the many com- mercial enterprises that have contributed to the steady growth and prosperity of the city. In reviewing the many able and honorable names identified with this particular industry, we take pleasure in mentioning that of Mr. Joseph Logel, a faith- ful picture of whom appears in the illustrations shown on this page. The business is located on Springfield avenue, corner Fifteenth street, and is one of the neatest and best equipped grocery plants in that section of the city.
Stocked with a large and well-selected line of general family groceries and provisions, including new crop teas, coffees, spices, dried foreign and domestic fruits, hermetically sealed goods of every description-in fact, everything in the line of food supplies known to the trade, all of which are received from first hands, from the best and largest markets in the country, enabling the enterprising proprietor to supply the customers at the lowest, rock-bottom prices. In connection with the grocery business, a well-regulated meat market is a prominent feature of the house, which is very convenient for the people residing in the neighborhood. Polite assistants are in attendance, and free deliveries are made to customers in all parts of the city and its suburbs. Mr. Logel was born in Providence, R. I., and was educated in the schools of the city. He has been identified with the industries of Newaik for nearly thirty years.
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