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Franklin Park (G 5), Middlesex County.
Nearest railroad station, Deans, on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Popu- lation, 250. Banking town, New Brunswick. A money order post-office. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.54.
Franklinville (E 8), Gloucester County.
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (Camden and Cape May Branch). Station in the village. Population, 400. Banking town, Woodbury. A telegraph station. Express service, West Jersey Company. Tax rate, $1.58.
Freehold (15), Monmouth County.
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey (Atlantic Highlands and Freehold Branch) and on the Pennsylvania Railroad (Woodbridge and Bayhead Junction Branch). Stations of both roads in the town. Population, 3,400. A banking town with three banks. A money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams and United States Companies. Tax rate, $1.45.
Land in abundance for factory sites at moderate prices, fine railroad facilities, cheap freight rates and plenty of labor, skilled or unskilled; elec- tric light and power, and a good water supply. The town is in every respect modern and progressive; every possible assistance is extended to manufacturers.
The following industries are now in operation :
V. Henry Rothschild, manufacturer of shirts; employs 200 persons.
Combs & Bowden, iron foundry; employ 50 persons.
Zimmerman Cycle Company, manufacturers of bicycles ; employs 30 persons. Snyder & Ray, manufacturers of rugs; employ 30 persons.
Frenchtown (E 4), Hunterdon County.
On the Pennsylvania Railroad (Trenton and Manunka Chunk branch). Station in the town. Population, 1,050. A banking town containing one bank. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.26.
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The town is on the Delaware River, and has excellent drainage and good water, electric lights and electric power. A good-sized population from which to draw labor and a public spirit highly favorable to the upbuilding of industry. Manufacturers contemplating opening new factories will receive fair treatment and be given every possible assistance and ecourage- ment.
There are two buildings now idle, one each of wood and brick, that were used as factories. Both are fitted with steam engines. These can be bought at moderate prices or leased at a low rental per month.
The Standard Flint & Spar Company has a plant here, in which 30 per- sons are employed.
The Crosly Manufacturing Company, makers of push-carts, employ 2) persons.
L. S. D. Kerr carries on the business of making carriages and wagons with 26 persons employed. These are the principal industries; there are several others of a small kind in which chairs, cigars, baskets and bullion work is made.
Garfield (C 3), Bergen County.
On the Erie Railroad (Rutherford Junction and Ringwood Junction Branch). Station in the town. Population, 3,504. Banking town, Passaic. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Wells, Fargo & Company. Tax rate, $2.84.
Has excellent railroad facilities and abundance of low-priced land for fac- tory purposes. The population is large, the industries are numerous, and the supply of labor practically sufficient for any possible expansion of industry. Specially low prices for land and favoring tax rates are guaranteed to those contemplating establishing factories who locate here.
The following are the large industries now in operation :
Hammerschlag Mfg. Company, manufacturers of wax paper; employs 80 persons.
Garfield Woolen Company, manufacturers of woolen goods; employs 100 persons.
Fritchie Bros., manufacturers of essential oils; employs 50 persons.
Roberts Woolen Company, manufacturers of woolen goods; employs 150 persons.
Garwood, Union County.
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Station in the town. Popula- tion, 300. Banking town, Elizabeth. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $2.74.
Has a good water supply, but no sewers; electric lighting and power; a practically unlimited quantity of land from which factory sites along the railroad can be selected.
To industries employing 100 person or more, very favorable terms will be given. The best of railroad facilities; sidings or spurs built from main line of road to factories. Cheap coal, also an abundant supply of good, intelligent labor. The number of industries that have settled here in the comparatively few years since the town was established, and are doing
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profitable business, is the best proof of the superior natural advantages of the place.
The following is a list of these establishments :
C. & C. Electric Company, manufacturers of electrical appliances ; employs 200 persons.
Hall Signal Company, manufacturers of electric railroad signals; employs 85 persons.
A. J. Beckley Company, manufacturers of perforated metal screens; em- ploys 12 persons.
John King Metal Company, manufacturers of steel castings; employs 30 persons.
American Copper Extraction Company, extracting metals by chemical process ; employs 40 persons.
Whitman Mfg. Company, manufacturers of clutches ; employs 10 persons.
German Valley (G 3), Morris County.
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey (High Bridge Branch). Station in the town. Population, 700. Banking town, Hackettstown. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.47.
Has water-works and a fine water-power derived from the north branch of the Raritan River. Land for factory sites, occupying very favorable posi- tions on the line of the railroad, can be purchased at low figures. The rail- way facilities are good. Connection with the main line of the Central Rail- road is made at High Bridge, and direct transit to New York, Philadelphia, Phillipsburg, Scranton and all the great industrial and business centers of the country is thus secured.
Two firms, employing between them twenty men, are carrying on a building- stone quarrying business. There is also a manufactory on a small scale of wheel-hubs and peach-baskets.
Gibbsboro (F7), Camden County.
Nearest railroad station, Kirkwood, on the West Jersey and Seashore Rail- road. Population, 500. Banking town, Camden. Money order post-office. Express service, West Jersey Company. Tax rate, $1.76.
Manufacturers in search of factory sites will find cheap land here.
The firm of John Lucas & Company carry on a paint manufacturing busi- ness here, in which 216 persons are employed.
Gibbstown (D7), Gloucester County.
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (Woodbury and Penns Grove Branch). Station in the village. Population, 450. Banking town, Wood- bury. Express service, West Jersey Company. Tax rate, $1.42.
Land for factory sites of any size can be purchased at low figures.
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Gillette (H 4), Morris County.
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Passaic and Dela- ware Junction Branch). Station in the village. Population, 75. Banking town, Madison. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.56.
Land for factory sites on the line of the railroad and very close to the station can be purchased at a nominal price. If the industry seeking a loca- tion should be a large one, land would be donated. The railroad facilities are good and the village and surrounding country furnishes a fair supply of labor.
There are two small manufactories of surgical instruments here, employing together ten persons.
Gladstone (G 4), Somerset County.
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Passaic, Delaware Junction and Gladstone Branch) and the Rockaway Valley Railroad. Sta- tions in the village. Population, 600. Banking town, Somerville or Morris- town. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.26.
Fine factory sites bordering upon or closely adjacent to the railroad can be purchased at low prices.
There is a good supply of labor and excellent railroad facilities.
Glassboro (E 8), Gloucester County.
On the Atlantic City Railroad (Atsion and Mullica Hill Branch) and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (Glassboro and Bridgeton Branch). Sta- tions in the town. Population, 2,800. A banking town containing one bank. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States and West Jersey Companies. Tax rate, $1.86.
An abundant supply of land advantageously situated for factory sites, at low figures. Very good railroad facilities ; plenty of labor of a superior kind at moderate wages.
The Whitney Glass Company, manufacturers of glass bottles, employing 400 persons, and the Werden Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of handkerchiefs, employing 50 persons, have their plants here.
Glen Gardner (F 4), Hunterdon County.
On the main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Station in the town. Population, 700. Banking town, Clinton. Money order post-office and . telegraph station. . Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.35.
Excellent railroad facilities, abundance of land at merely nominal prices, a good supply of labor, low freight rates, and low taxes, with a particularly healthful climate, make this a very desirable location for any kind of industry. The inhabitants of the town will do everything possible to meet the wishes of those in search of factory sites.
The Enterprise Brush Company, makers of brushes of all kinds, have a large plant here in which 55 persons are employed.
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Glenridge (B 4), Essex County.
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Station in the town. Population, 1,960. Banking town, Bloomfield. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. A prepaid freight and express station. Tax rate, $2.62.
A fine location for factories. Good railroad facilities, easy access by trolley lines to Newark, Orange, Passaic, Paterson and other large towns in Es- sex, Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties. Land in abundance, much of it having the advantage of close proximity to the railroad. Plots of any size for factory sites can be purchased at very low prices. The labor supply, skilled or unskilled, is equal to any possible demand.
The firm of H. R. & T. S. Benson operates a steel and iron rolling mill here, in which 30 men are employed.
Glenview (H 3), Morris County.
Railroad name, Whitehall. On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Denville Branch). Station in the town. Population, 125. Banking town, Boonton. Express service, United States Company. A prepaid freight and express station. Tax rate, $1.42.
Glenwood (G 2), Sussex County.
Nearest railroad station, Vernon, on the Lehigh and Hudson River. Popula- tion, 275. Banking town, Goshen, N. Y. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Tax rate, $1.55.
A very healthful location, having in some respects superior natural advan- tages for manufacturing. Land is abundant and cheap. The population of the town, with that of the country immediately surrounding it, is sufficient to afford an ample supply of labor of a highly desirable kind.
The firm of Brown & Bailey operates a condensed milk plant and J. H. Van Gelder carries on a manufactory of brushes and brooms in Glenwood.
Gloucester City (E 7), Camden County.
On the Atlantic City Railroad (Gloucester Junction and Spring Mills Branch), the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (Camden and Cape May Branch) and the Salem and Philadelphia Navigation Company (Delaware River) ; stations in the center of the city. Population, 6,840. A banking town with one bank. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Tax rate, $2.00.
All the conveniences of a modern city are found here; a first-class sewer system and an abundant supply of good water. A choice of water and rail routes for transportation of freights insures low rates. First-class train service on both roads, so that shipments of goods to or from any point can be made direct. Electric lighting and power; trolley car service to all points in the
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city and to surrounding towns. Steam, water and electric power may be had for running factories.
There is any quantity of land for factory sites, some of it bordering on - either of the railroads and more fronting on the Delaware River. Land for fac- tory purposes will be sold on specially favorable terms at low prices, and it is probable that the City Council will agree to the imposition of a merely nominal tax rate upon such property for a period ranging from ten to twenty years.
The brick buildings formerly occupied by the Gloucester Iron Works are now out of use and for sale. Full particulars regarding them can be had by corresponding with Mr. David S. B. Chew, No. 505 Chestnut street, Phila- delphia.
The following are the principal industries now in operation :
Gloucester Manufacturing Company, cloth printing ; employs 493 persons.
Wellsbach Light Company, incandescent gas burners; employs 800 persons. Arg Mills Company, spinning woolen yarns; employs 200 persons.
John M. Rogers, boats and drills ; employs 50 persons.
Gloucester Cotton Mills, weaving cloth ; employs 350 persons.
Gloucester Ice Manufacturing Company, ice; employs 50 persons.
Goshen (F 10), Cape May County.
On the Atlantic City Railroad (Winslow Junction and Cape May Branch). Population, 500. Banking town, Cape May. Money order post-office. Ex- press service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.12
Greenbank (G 8), Burlington County.
Nearest railroad station, Egg Harbor City, on the Atlantic City Railroad and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Population, 700. Banking town, Egg Harbor City. Express service, West Jersey Company. Tax rate, $1.79.
Greenwich (D9), Cumberland County.
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey (Red Bank and Bayside Branch). Station in the town. Population, 1,025. Express service, United States Con- pany. A prepaid express and freight station. Tax rate, $1.38.
A good location for manufacturing industry. Land for factory sites is abundant and low priced and every possible encouragement will be given the parties who may start plants there.
There are two large fruit and vegetable canning establishments that in season employ several hundred persons. One is operated by Vannaman & Turner and the other by Watson Brothers Company.
A marine railway and shipyard, which employs about 20 persons, is also op- erated here. A company which manufactures sturgeons' roes into caviar has a plant here; it employs about 20 men for nine months, making cans in which the product is packed, and about 350 men and women in the work of con- verting the roe into caviar and packing it in cans for shipment.
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Grenloch (E 7), Camden County.
On the Atlantic City Railroad. Station in the village. Population, 300. Banking town, Camden. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.68
A healthful location with good water-supply. There is a fine water-power now running several factories and capable of furnishing power to a larger num- ber. Land can be purchased at low figures for factory purposes and everything reasonable will be done to assist those who may undertake to build manu- factories. The Bateman Manufacturing Company, makers of agricultural ma - chinery, has an establishment here in which about 150 men are employed.
Guttenberg (D 4), Hudson County.
On the Palisades, bordering the Hudson River, and opposite New York City. The West Shore Railroad has a station at the foot of the bluffs from which the town is accessible. The Hudson County Electric Railroad, which runs through the center of the town, connects with all the steam roads termi- nating in Jersey City, Hoboken and Weehawken, so that practically the rail- road connections of these cities are those of Guttenberg. Population, 4,000. Banking towns, Jersey City and Hoboken. A money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams, National, United States, and Wells-Fargo Companies. Tax rate, $1.53.
The town has water-works, electric lighting, long and short-distance tele- phone, and all the conveniences of a thoroughly modern and up-to-date com- munity. Connected with the upper part of New York City by a line of fine ferry boats, which make frequent trips, the metropolis is within easy reach of those who may desire to visit it for business or pleasure.
Fine factory sites at the foot of the Palisades and fronting upon the Hudson River may be secured at prices that are reasonable considering the many advantages of the location, principal among which are the choice of water or rail routes in the shipment of freights.
The following are the principal manufacturing establishments now in operation in Guttenberg :
The Lutz Company, manufacturers of print rollers.
Landru Silk Mill, manufacturer of silk goods.
Wilcox Lard Refining Company, manufacturers of food products.
Standard Malt and Hop Brewing Company, manufacturers of lager beer, ale, etc.
Meirdeirck Brewing Company, manufacturers of lager beer, ale, etc.
Hackensack (J 3), Bergen County.
On the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad and the Erie Rail- road. Stations of both roads in the city. Population, 9,433. A banking town with one bank. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Ex- press service, National and Wells-Fargo Companies. Tax rate, $2.52.
Has a sewer system and water-works, paved streets, electric and gas light, fine schools, and every other feature of the most advanced community. There
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is fine water front on the Hackensack River, which is navigable for fair- sized river and coast vessels. Trolley roads run to Paterson, Passaic, New- ark and all the large towns in that section of the State. The trip to New York by either of the roads is made in under three-quarters of an hour, and the number of trains per day is amply sufficient for all purposes. The rail- road service is excellent in every respect, and has done very much, together with the natural advantages of the location, to make Hackensack the place that it is.
Land is abundant, and choice factory sites with the advantage of proximity to the railroads can be had on very reasonable terms. Land has been donated and money subscribed by public-spirited citizens to assist manufacturers in starting plants, and the same would be done again in the case of an approved and desirable industry. For a manufacturing town of considerable size, the fact that there is not one factory building of any kind now unoccupied is suggestive of its having some superior advantages. The following are prin- cipal industries in operation :
Givernaud Bros., manufacturers of silk goods; employ 500 persons.
Krone Bros., stationers and bookbinders; employ 30 persons.
B. J. Romain, iron foundry ; employs 12 persons.
Gas and Electric Company of Bergen County; employs 50 persons.
Hackettstown (F 3), Warren County.
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Station in the town. Population, 2,474. A banking town containing one bank. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.40.
Has water-works, but no sewer system; gas and electric lighting, and also electric power; good railroad facilities, low freight and tax rates, a large population, and an abundant supply of labor of the best class. The amount of land available for factory sites is practically unlimited; it can be pur- chased in any size plots at very low figures. If an industry seeking a loca- tion in good faith should prove to be a good one, with a fair promise of employing a considerable amount of labor, land for factory site would be donated and capital would be subscribed if needed. Special arrangements for water and taxes, which would make these two items of expediture merely nominal for many years, would be entered into by the citizens with the parties who establish the industry.
These are the principal industries at present in operation :
Ashley & Shaw, manufacturers of silk; employ 130 persons.
Hackettstown Hat Works, manufacturers of hats; employs 40 persons.
Alfred Brown, manufacturer of underwear; employs 65 persons.
W. H. Drake, manufacturer of steam heaters; employs 10 persons.
R. J. Bowers & Son, foundry; employ 10 persons.
C. J. Reese & Company, manufacturers of women's underwear ; employs 27 persons.
Carteret Steel Company, manufacturers of pig-iron ; employs 91 persons.
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Haddonfield (F 7), Camden County.
On the Pennsylvania Railroad ( Philadelphia and Haddonfield Branch), and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Stations of both roads in the town. Population, 2,776. A banking town with one bank. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams and West Jersey Companies. Tax rate, $1.80.
Land for factory sites of any desired size at moderate prices; good rail- road facilities, and a plentiful supply of labor, skilled and unskilled.
The Star Milk Cooler Company, makers of sanitary dairy apparatus, has a plant here which employs 30 persons ; there is also a pottery operated by Wingender & Brother, in which 8 persons are employed.
Hainesburg (F 3), Warren County.
On the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad and the Lehigh and New England Railroad. Stations of both roads in the village. Population, 350. Banking town, Belvidere or Newton. Money order post-office and tel- egraph station. Express service, National Company. Tax rate, $1.02.
A good location for factories ; land very low in price, and labor in the vil- lage and from the country immediately surrounding it, plentiful and of good character. Good railroad facilities.
Hainesport (F 7), Burlington County.
On the Pennsylvania Railroad (Camden and Sea Girt Branch). Station in the village. Population, 500. Banking town, Mount Holly. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams Company. A pre- paid freight and express station. Tax rate, $1.72.
Several pieces of land, out of which desirable factory sites might be selected, some of it near the railroad, and other parcels near the Rancocas River.
A very liberal policy would be pursued by the inhabitants of the town to- ward anyone intending to establish a manufacturing plant.
The firm of Ronalds, Johnson & Company have a foundry in operation here, in which IIO men are employed.
Hainesville (G 2), Sussex County.
Nearest railroad station, Branchville, on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Population, 200. Banking town, Port Jervis, N. Y. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.20.
Near the Delaware River ; has fine water-power which could be applied to running factories with very little after-expense.
Land is abundant and can be purchased at very low figures ; labor supply of a very intelligent and desirable kind at moderate wages.
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There are several industries now being carried on; among them are : James H. Stoll, manufacturer of baskets; employs 25 persons.
Asher Snook, manufacturer of special lumber ; employs 10 persons.
Charles Grau, manufacturer of wagons and carriages; employs 5 persons.
Haleyville (F 9), Cumberland County.
Nearest railroad station, Mauricetown, on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Population, 300. Banking town, Millville. Money order post-office. Express service, United States and West Jersey Companies. Tax rate, $1.75.
Hamburg (H 2), Sussex County.
On the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad and the Lehigh and Hudson Railroad. Stations of both roads in center of village. Population, 800. Banking town, Newton or Deckertown. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, National and Wells, Fargo Companies. Tax rate, $1.27.
The village has a first-class water-power, derived from the Wallkill River, which can, with very little cost, be applied to running mills and factories. The railroad facilities, both passenger and freight, are of the best. Factory sites, having the advantage of close proximity to the railroads, will be given free to any firm employing a reasonably large number of workmen. The labor supply is good in character and sufficient in quantity to meet the requirements of several fair sized industries.
The following manufacturing establishments are now in operation in Ham- burg :
Windsor Lime Company, manufacturers of lime; employs 100 persons.
Hamburg Lime Company, manufacturers of lime ; employs 50 persons.
Sparks Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of paper and wax paper ; employs 85 persons.
Hamburg Roller Mills, manufacturers of flour and feed ; employ 25 persons. Thomas A. Fountain, manufacturer of brooms; employs 10 persons.
Sussex Cream Company, manufacturers of butter and cream; employs 15 persons.
Hamburg Creamery, manufacturers of butter and cream; employs 15 per- sons.
Hamilton Square (G 6), Mercer County.
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