History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 48

Author: W. Woodford Clayton, Ed.
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia: Everts
Number of Pages: 1224

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Floral Court, No. 1, O. of the M. S. (degree), meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month at Hermann Hall.

ODD-FELLOWS .- Franklin Lodge, No. 9, meets every Monday evening in Herald building, 109 Broad Street.

Elizabethport Lodge, No. 116, meets every Tuesday evening at Odd-Fellows' Hall, 110 First Street.

Hansa Lodge, No. 145, meets every Thursday even- ing at Washington Hall, 843 Elizabeth Avenue.

Memorial Lodge, No. 165, meets every Wednesday evening, third floor, Library Hall.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS .- Olive Branch Lodge, No. 78, meets every Wednesday evening at corner of Franklin and First Streets.

TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES .- Appello Division, No. 178, S. of T., meets every Friday evening at 110 First Street.

Lincoln Division, No. 27, S. of T., meets every Tuesday evening, third floor, Library Hall, No. 19 Broad Street.

Prosperity Lodge, No. 62, I. O. G. T., meets every Friday evening, corner of Franklin and First Streets.

Resolute Temple of Honor, No. 15, meets Monday evenings in Temple Hall, Herald building, 109 Broad Street.

Dawn of Day Social, T. of H. and T., No. 11, meets second Thursday of each month in Temple Hall, 109 Broad Street.

Fidelia Council, No. 6, T. A. and S. T., meets fourth Thursday of each month in Temple Hall, 109 Broad Street.

Ark of Safety (colored), No. 20, I. O. of G. S. and D. of S., meets every Wednesday evening in Halsey building, No. 81 Broad Street.

St. Patrick's T. A. B. Society meets monthly at St. Patrick's Parish School.

First Gospel Temperance Reform Club meets Mon- day evenings at 206 Broad Street.

Women's Christian Temperance Union meets Mon- day and Friday evenings at 206 Broad Street.

MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES .- Orient Council, No. 46, Junior O. U. A. M., meets every Tuesday evening in Herald building.

Mount Vernon Council, No. 11, Sovereigns of In- dustry, meets second Thursday of every month at Hermann Hall.

Cherusker Company, No. 6, Germania Shutzen Bund, meets first and third Thursdays at No. 2 First Street.

Allemania Lodge, No. 128, D. O. H., meets every Thursday evening at Washington Hall, No. 843 Elizabeth Avenne.

Jacob's Lodge, No. 5, D. O. H., meets every Tues- day evening at National Hall, 127 First Street.

Rein Many Lodge, No. 3, D. O. H., meets every Monday evening at 224 Elizabeth Avenue.

Eintracht Lodge, No. 215, D. O. H., meets Friday evening at National Hall, 127 First Street.

Ancient Order of Druids, Crow No. 10, meets every Monday evening at Washington Hall, 843 Elizabeth Avenue.

Independent Order of Red Men, No. 75, meets every Wednesday evening at Washington Hall, 843 Elizabeth Avenue.

Ulric Dahlgren Post, No. 25, G. A. R., meets first and third Monday evenings of each month at Her- mann Hall.

Ancient Order of Hibernians, No. 1, meets second

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Monday of each month at National Hall; No. 2 meets second Wednesday of each month at Hermann Hall; No. 3 meets second Thursday of each month at National Hall.

Union County Caledonian Club meets first and third Monday of each month at No. 9 East Scott Place.

Fortschritt Debating Club meets every Wednesday evening at Hermann Hall.

Germania Singing Society meets every Monday and Friday evening at Hermann Hall.

Concordia Singing Society meets Friday evenings at Concordia Hall.

Teutonia Singing Society meets Saturday evenings at 127 First Street.

Elizabethport Building and Loan Association meets third Thursday after third Monday of each month at National Hall, 125 First street.

Phil Kearney Guard (Co. C, Third Regiment). Headquarters, room 15, Arcade.

Livingston Council, American Legion of Honor, No. 177, Library Hall, meets second and fourth Thursday in each month.

Oliver's Cornet Band meets Mondays and Fridays, 135 Elizabeth Avenue.

Jackson Association meets Tuesdays, Central Hall.

Elizabeth Turnverein Vorwaerts meets Tuesday and Friday evenings, at Hermann Hall, No. 9 East Scott Place.

Elizabeth Chess Club rooms, No. 9 East Scott Place.

Humboldt Order of Foresters, No. 4, meets every Tuesday evening at Central Hall, corner Third and Fulton Streets.

Loan and Building Association meets second and last Tuesday in each month at 947 Elizabeth Avenue.

St. Patrick's Alliance, No. 2, Herman Hall, No. 9 East Scott Place.

ELIZABETH ORPHAN ASYLUM .- Trustees, Mrs. J. G. Nuttman, Joseph Cross, W. W. Thomas, Alfred DeWitt, D. R. Downer, Henry Chandler, Theodore Johnson, Mrs. A. Chester, H. Higgins, H. M. Baker, S. A. Clark, H. R. Cannon, Daniel Denham, Jr., Miss Jane Crane, Mrs. F. Brown, Joseph Alward, R. T. Haines, John Kean, Mahlon Mulford, M. S. Gales, Thomas C. Davis; First Directress, Mrs. R. T. Haines, 852 North Broad Street ; Second Directress, Mrs. S. A. Clark, 641 Pearl Street; Treasurer, Mrs. H. M. Baker, 114 Westfield Avenue ; Secretary, Mrs. Joseph Alward, 131 Catharine Street; Finance Com- mittee, Mrs. H. M. Baker, R. T. Haines, John Kean, W. W. Thomas, J. G. Nuttman ; Committee on Ad- missions and Indentures, Mrs. Joseph Cross, Mrs. F. Brown, J. G. Nuttman, S. A. Clark, Joseph Alward ; Committee on Education, Mrs. S. A. Clark, J. Cross, D. R. Downer, J. G. Nuttman, Cannon, Marsh ; Housekeeping Committee, Mrs. De Witt, Kean, Henry Kiggins, M. S. Gales, F. Brown, D. R. Downer, W. W. Thomas, Davis; Wardrobe Committee, Mrs. H.

R. Cannon, M. Mulford, D. Denham, Jr., H. Chan- dler, T. C. Davis, Miss Jane Crane, Mrs. Johnson ; Advisory Committee, Hon. B. Williamson, Rev. E. Kempshall, Rev. W. C. Roberts, Rev. W. S. Lang- ford, Dr. M. W. Woodward, W. W. Crane, Esq., Al- fred De Witt, Esq., Henry Kiggins, Esq., A. C. Kel- logg, Esq., Joseph Cross, Esq. ; Matron, Miss E. A. Feeks; Matron's Assistant, Miss E. S. Philhower ; Teacher, Mrs. A. A. Pennington ; Physician, L. W. Oakley.

Friends of the children may visit them on the second Wednesday of each month. The asylum is open to visitors except Saturdays and Sundays.

OLD LADIES' HOME .- First Directress, Mrs. J. G. Nuttman, 136 Madison Avenue ; Second Directress, Mrs. S. W. Waterbury, 289 North Broad Street; Treasurer, Mrs. R. W. Townley, 504 North Broad Street; Secretary, Mrs. J. F. Pingry, 445 West- minster Avenue; Advisory Committee, Dr. J. S. Crane, W. V. McDaniel, J. Alward, R. W. Townley, J. A. Davis, G. W. Tubbs; Finance Committee, Mrs. S. W. Waterbury, R. T. Haines, R. W. Townley, F. WV. Foote; Housekeeping Committee, Mrs. H. D. H. Snyder, E. Brittain, J. O. Hoyt, T. Carlton, B. Wil- liamson, Jr., S. W. Waterbury, J. B. Squire ; Admis- sion Committee, Mrs. R. W. Townley, H. D. H. Snyder, W. B. Tucker, M. Brandagee, F. W. Foote, J. G. Nuttman; Visiting Committee, Mrs. Dr. Crane, D. H. Pierson, R. C. Helfenstein, Miss M. J. Chet- wood, Mrs. Dr. Stearns, W. W. Crane, J. B. Norton, J. P. Brown ; Church Committee, Mrs. W. W. Crane, J. Cleveland, J. E. Kemble, H. W. Smith, T. King, W. H. Coursen, J. F. Pingry.

ELIZABETH GENERAL HOSPITAL .- Opened Nov. 1, 1880. Capacity, twenty-five patients. President, Lebbeus B. Miller ; Vice-President, Albert B. Hazard ; Treasurer, W. P. Thompson ; Secretary, William T. Day ; Staff, Drs. James S. Green, Alonzo Petit, J. Otis Pinneo, Thomas N. McLean ; Surgeons, Drs. James S. Green, Lewis W. Oakley, Victor Mravlag, Alonzo Petit; Physicians, Drs. J. Otis Pinneo, J. S. Crane, W. A. M. Mack, Thomas N. McLean ; Board of Managers, I. B. Gates, R. W. Woodward, E. D. Smith, H. Pfarrer, B. Urner, E. Ives, C. H. Rollison, J. A. Dix, A. W. Lukens, N. C. J. English, C. W. Van Horne; Matron, Miss A. A. Olssen.

ELIZABETH SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS .- President, G. W. Bailey, M.D .; Vice-President, E. P. Edwards; Secretary and Treasurer, C. A. Richards ; Counsel, James R. Eng- lish.

EVERGREEN CEMETERY, North Broad Street, near city line .- President, Henry Meeker ; Vice-President, William B. Tucker ; Secretary and Treasurer, Edward S. Atwater ; Superintendent, J. B. Looker ; Trustees, J. Davis, S. S. Thompson, J. W. Townley, O. Wood- ruff, E. S. Atwater, S. L. Moore, J. S. Dod, H. Meeker, G. B. Jenkinson, P. Jones, M. Sontheimer.

MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY, Madison Avenue, near

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city line .- In charge of Rev. Father Gessner, of St. i Patrick's Church.

Incorporated and Manufacturing Companies .- Among the numerous incorporated and manufactur- ing companies of the city of Elizabeth are the fol- lowing :

Bouker Fertilizing Company. John Bouker, presi- dent.

Creosote Wood Preserving Works. E. R. An- drews, proprietor ; Henry B. Rent, superintendent.

Elizabeth Enamel Oil-Cloth Company. John Bouker, president ; John Booker, secretary ; George F. Hawkes, treasurer.

Elizabeth and Newark Horse-Railroad Company. Jacob Davis, president ; Edward J. Cleveland, secre- tary ; Frank W. Munn, superintendent.

Elizabeth Pottery-Works. L. B. Beerhower & Co. Elizabethport Building and Loan Association. John Lamond, president; Martin Houlihan, secre- tary; William Hicks, treasurer.

Elizabethport Manufacturing Company. William Shove, manager.

Elizabethport Shear-Works. Mosen N. Strauss, proprietor.

Manhattan Stove-Works. Munsell, Rollo & Co., proprietors.

Phoenix Rubber Company. William C. Colton, president ; C. T. Petchell, secretary and treasurer.

Besides these there are the cordage manufactory of William Day ; the Steam Cordage Company, D. B. Whitlock, E. M. Fulton, and A. W. Lukens compris- ing the firm; Robert Edwards' saw-mill; the New Jersey Car-Wheel Manufacturing Company, Thomas Thatcher superintendent. This establishment belongs to the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and is on Marshall and Front Streets. The buildings are of brick, and turn out on an average twenty-five wheels per day.

ELIZABETHPORT MANUFACTURING COMPANY .- In the year 1836, Jonathan Ropes, Elihu Harrison, and Thomas B. Wood organized a company, situated on Front Street between Marshall and Franklin Streets, covering over fifty lots of ground, or nearly three acres of land, hesides owning a large dock on the Kill von Kull for shipping their goods. They erected large brick foundries, as well as buildings for finish- ing their goods. The incorporate name of Elizabeth- port Manufacturing Company, malleable and common iron castings, finished carriage and saddlery hard- ware. For a while the firm did not meet their antici- pations, but in 1853, Mr. William Shove took charge of the establishment, and since then their business has largely increased. They employ a large number of skilled workmen, who are finishing some of the best goods for the market, and also taking charge of patented machinery, finishing and completing for im- mediate service a new invention of Alfred Sauton for the purpose of digging and loading of clay and also of coal upon cars and boats, and it is claimed by this

machinery a vessel can be loaded by this elevator a ton a minute, this method of handling doing away with much hand-labor and saving of time in the re- ceiving and unloading of vessels. This firm has some of these elevators nearly finished; they have been tested and found to do the work.

Under the firm-name of Worrall & Co., at Eliza- bethiport, there has grown up a large business within a few years, Isaac G. Worrall, superintendent, em- ploying a large number of skilled machinists and other artisans. Their immense brick buildings are on Front Street, between Franklin and Fulton.

FOUNDRIES AND SAW-MANUFACTURERS, MACHI- NISTS AND FORGES .- This large manufactory of saws, builders' castings of every description, columns, gir- ders, beams, baker-oven mouths, furnace-oven doors and frames, bars, dampers, peal-plates, bottom-plates and ovens, cauldrons, kettles, retorts, oyster-house castings, green-house castings, jewelers' steel-face dies and presses, hatters' irons, heaters, japanners' box-stoves, brass-founders' furnaces, extra cast-steel saws, circular-, hand-, mill-, panel-, and rip-saws, butchers' box-saws, saw-mandrels, plasterers' trowels, mitering-rods and tools, best English sheet, cast steel, etc., was established in 1843 by Noah and John Wesley Worrall.

STOVES AND RANGES .- One of the largest stove and range manufactories and foundry was estab- lished by Munsell & Thompson in 1860, with cap- ital amounting to $200,000, their establishment cov- ering some two acres of ground, situated at Nos. 130, 132, 134, and 136 Fulton Street, running through to Frauklin Street, these covering some two hundred and fifty feet. They have a large brick foundry, also finish- ing and polishing buildings. Their establishment is not only known all over the United States, but also in Canada, South America, and Europe. They have a number of patents for these ranges and base-burners, and make the best ranges, which give great satisfac- tion, they being the leading firm. They employ some two hundred men, the majority of whom are skilled workmen. Mr. James A. Munsel and Robert B. Thompson retired from the firm in 1880, and the firm is now composed of Eugene Munsel, William H. Rollo, Lewis W. Kingsley, and Franklin Brooks, as the firm-name of Munsell, Rollo & Co., with capital of $250,000.

SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY. CAPITAL, $10,000,000 .- The works of this company are situated within the city limits of Eliza- beth, near the western terminus of the Central Rail- road bridge across Newark Bay. In order to combine in one grand establishment the various branches of their extensive manufacturing business, which had been formerly carried on at various widely-separated points, the Singer Manufacturing Company in 1870 purchased forty acres of land on the south side of the Central Railroad track, bordering on Newark Bay, and erected the mammoth structure known as the Singer

M.B. Tucker

Charles, son of Lewis Tucker, of Connecticut, was one of the earliest settlers uf Elizabethtown, and one of the original " As- sociates." llis name is appended to an "Oath of A Leagance and Fidelity, taken by the Inhabitants of Elizabeth Town and the Jurisdiction thereof, beginning the 19th February, 1665." It also appears on many of the ancient records in different capacities. lle was a large land-owoer and an influential and active man among the early pioneers. His son, Wessels Tucker, was born Jan. 30, 1741, and was a carpenter by trade. Ile died Jan. 30, 1805. Luke, son of Wessels, was also a carpenter, and was born Aug. 13, 1785, and died March 20, 1865. lle was strongly opposed to the institution of slavery, and was one of the early members of the Republican party. For many years he was the agent of William Gibbons, who ran a stage-line between New York and Philadelphia, and had charge of all his property at Elizabeth. Ile resided in a bouse located near where St. Mary's Cemetery now is. Another branch of the family also located at Elizabethtown at an early period, and was repre- sented, among others, by Lewis Tucker, a consin of Luke. Charles Tucker, Jr., and Warren Tucker are also found men- tioned in the local records, the former as early as 1694.

William Burnett Tucker, son of Luke Tucker, was born on Sept. 13, 1812, He received only a common-school education, and in early life learned the trade of a tinsmith with Elijah Kellogg, with whom he subsequently became associated in business. Mr. Kellogg disposed of his interest in the concern to Moses Hatfield, and the latter having been hought out by Mr. Tucker, the firm of Tucker & Ogden was organized, with Job Ogden as the junior member. This firm continued to do business together for thirty years at the site of No. 41 Broad Strect. The building was purchased by Messrs. Tucker & Ogden in 1854, and hecame the sole property of the former in 1869. In that year Mr. Tucker associated his son, William B. Tucker, Jr., with him in business, and the firm of William B. Tucker & Son cuntinued until Jan. 25, 1881, when the senior member withdrew. The business has since been successfully carried on by William B. Tucker, Jr., at No. 225 Broad Street.

For many years Mr. Tucker was one of the most active and influential residents of Elizabeth. A man of plain parts. he confined himself closely to business, and commanded the re- spect of all by his straightforward and consistent conduct. Though no aspirant after public position, he was for several terms a member of the Borough Council, and after the formation of the city of Elizabeth served one term in the municipal Com- mon Council, performing his official dnties in a satisfactory and honorable manner.

lle took great interest in all movements tending to ad- vance the material and social welfare of his native place, and was for many years one of the most active members of the borough fire department. lle was also for a long time a director of the Elizabeth Mutual Insurance Company ; was director and vice-president of the Elizabetbtown Savings Insti- tution : a director and vice-president of the Elizabeth Library Association ; and a trustee of the Evergreen Cemetery Com- pany from the time of its organization, and vice-president at the time of his death. In the First Presbyterian Church, of which he was for many years a consistent member, he was for a long time a trustee, and subsequently a deacon and ruling elder, holding the latter office at the time of his demise, on Feb. 5, 1882. He was a life-member of the American Bible Society, and active in the affairs of the Home for Aged Women, Elizabeth, of which his wife was one of the founders. He was also a liberal contributor to the various other worthy objects of his day, and his life, though quiet and unostentatious, was well-rounded and consistent to the close.

Mr. Tucker married Miss Hannah E. Bell, daughter of John Bell, of Monmouth County, N. J., who survives him, together with bis two children, viz .: Cornelia J., wife of Frank Cory, of Elizabeth, and William B. Tucker, Jr. The latter was married in 1869 to Miss Mary Tucker Smylie, daughter of James M. Smylie, of Paterson, N. J., and a descendant of another branch of the Tucker family. In their children, six in number, are therefore merged two branches of the family springing from one common ancestor.

John Ogden

The Ogden family is one of the oldest in Union County, and has been represented by many of the most distinguished men of the State. John Ogden, the ancestor of the family in New Jersey, was one of the original patentees of Elizabethtown, and an influential and popular citizen. Ile resided at Stamford, Conn., in 1641, within a year after its settlement. Early in 1644, in company with others, he removed to Hempstead, L. I., of which he was one of the patentees. He was made a freeman of Southampton. March 31, 1650, and was chosen by the Geocral Court, at Hartford, Coun., one of the magistrates of the colony in 1656, 1657, and 1658. Ile subsequently held other offices of distinction in the colony. Later still he became one of the original " Associates" of the Elizabethtown patent, and with his five sons, John, Jonathan, David, Joseph, and Benjamin, he was among the first to remove to the new purchase and ereet a dwelling on the town plot. IIe erected and operated one of the first grist-mills in the new colony, and held many offices of prominence. Ile was the acknowledged pioneer of the town; in his house the first white child of the settlement was born, and he was a veritable leader in church and State until his death in 1681. From him have descended the numerous branches of the family since represented in New Jersey.

Timothy Ogden, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a tanner by trade, and during the Revolutionary period operated a tan-yard on what is now Elizabeth Avenue, near Spring Street. Near his home plot dwelt his sous, among whom was Moses, father of our subject, and a tailor by trade. He was born Feb. 6, 1774, and married Dec. 6, 1797. Rhoda Hal- sey (horn Jan. 13, 1780, died Jan. 16, 1864). Moses Ogden died June 9, 1847. His children were John, born Sept. Il, 1799; William, born Sept. 6, 1802, died Dec. 18, 1845; Joseph G., born Nov. 21, 1806, died Feb. 6, 1867; and Moses 11., born Aug. 11, 1815, died Jan. 29, 1861.

John Ogden was born at the family residence on Elizabeth Avenue on the dato indicated above. IIe received only a como- mon-school education, and in early life was appreutiecd to Col. Elihu Brittin, to learn the trade of cabinet-making. Upon attaining his majority he removed to Derrien, Ga., and en- gaged in the manufacture of the cotton-gin. After a few months he returned to his native pluce, and engaged in cabinct-making.

He continued to follow this occupation during his life, grad- ually enlarging the scope of his business and adding that of undertaking. lle was a man of plain parts, earnest and in- dustrious, and strove only to perform the plain duty of a man and a citizen. He was no politician, although he served for A term as a member of the Town Council of Elizabeth. While not a man of large means, he contributed liberally to the support of the various worthy institutions of his day, and was a zealous and faithful member of the First Presbyterian Church of Eliza- beth. He died at a ripe old age on July 21, 1877.

Mr. Ogden was first married on April 6, 1823, to Joanna II., daughter of Aaron Ross, of Elizabeth. His children were John H., born Jan. 9, 1824, died Dec. 7, 1861; Sarah R., born Sept. 2, 1825, died Aug. 25, 1826 ; Sarah R., born May 18, 1827, mar- ried Nov. 29, 1847, William Lockman, of Tompkinsville, Staten Island, where she resides ; Moses C., died Oct. 6, 1834; James C., born Aug. 10, 1831 ; George R., born Aug. 6, 1834, died Feb. 9, 1865; Joseph G., born March 9, 1837; Moses C., born Aug. 15, 1839, died Dec. 12, 1871 ; and Mary P., born May 18, 1844, died April 14, 1881. Mr. Ogden's second wife was Miss Anu E. Miller, to whom he wns united on Nov. 14, 1850, and who survives him.

James C. Ogden, son of John, is a leading furniture denler and undertaker in Elizabeth. He represented the Fourth Ward in the City Council from 1875 to 1879, is president of the board of trustees of the First Presbyterian Church, one of the direc- tors of the Elizabeth Savings Institution, and a director of the Library Hall Association. He was married on Nov. 26, 1856, to Miss Lydia Drake, who died Aug. 26, 1873. His second wife, Miss Sarah W. Halsey, to whom he was united Jan. 4, 1877, died Ang. 15, 1878. His son, Frank Clark Ogden, is the only surviving one of four children. Joseph G. Ogden, the other son, is now a member of the City Council from the Fourth Ward. Ile served three years in the late war as a member of Company A, of the First New Jersey Infantry, is lieutenant and paymaster of the Veteran Zouaves, treasurer of the Veteran Zouaves' Association, and of the Exempt Firemen's Association, and one of the directors of the Exempt Firemen's Life Insur- ance Company. Ile was married June 1, 1868, to Miss La- vinia MeCullough, and is in business with his brother.

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Works. The buildings cover over fifteen acres of knowledge relating to the subject, was the only Re- flooring. The main building, fronting on First and formed Dutch Church in East Jersey prior to 1664, Trumbull Streets, is an imposing fire-proof edifice, although the Dutch people and ministers left in New eleven hundred feet in length, fifty feet in depth, and Netherland at the time of the conquest afterwards established many others. The church of Elizabeth, therefore, may be regarded as the second church of any denomination planted in East New Jersey. Prob- ably a similar Puritan Church at Newark was the third. covered with a slate Mansard roof, from which rise stately towers. The foundry, fronting on the rail- road, is one thousand feet long and one hundred wide. The building used for cleaning, casting, japanning, etc., is five hundred and thirty feet long, fifty feet deep, with two wings of seventy-five by one hundred Owing to the loss of the records, it is impossible to tell precisely when the church was organized or the meeting-house built. The first founders of the town were a religious people, and church-members at home in Connecticut and on Long Island. Those who first applied for a grant of land under the Dutch govern- ment, in order to form a settlement here, had it stipu- lated in the conditions of purchase that they should be allowed the "liberty to gather a church of their own in the Congregational way." Probably they enjoyed the same liberty when they became settled under Governor Nicolls, and that it was not long after that event when they had a meeting-house and a worshiping congregation, according to the custom prevailing in New England. and thirty feet deep each. The cabinet, case, and box factory are each two hundred feet long, fifty feet deep, and three stories high. The total frontage is over three thousand feet. About twenty miles of steam pipe are used in heating the premises, together with twenty boilers, and the machinery is worked by four engines of seventy-five horse-power each. On the grounds are nearly five miles of railroad track, connected by switches with those of the Central Rail- road. This, together with a water-front of one thou- sand feet, along which are suitable docks, afford ex- cellent facilities for receipt of coal, iron, and lumber, and for the shipment of stock to all parts of the world. Over twenty-five hundred hands are employed, receiv- ing thirty thousand dollars a week in wages. The company have every facility for turning out over seven thousand machines a week.

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History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 48

Author: W. Woodford Clayton, Ed. Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Philadelphia: Everts Number of Pages: 1224

Author: W. Woodford Clayton, Ed.
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia: Everts
Number of Pages: 1224