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Palisades Park (D 3), Bergen County.
On the Northern Railroad of New Jersey (Erie system). Population, 644. Banking town, Englewood. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Wells, Fargo & Company. Tax rate, $1.52.
An admirable location for manufacturing industry. Land is abundant and very cheap. The place is within a short distance of Jersey City, New York
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and other great markets. The population is large enough to furnish a good supply of labor.
A manufactory of church ornaments, conducted by J. Markowski, is located here; six men are employed.
Palmyra (E 7), Burlington County.
On the Pennsylvania Railroad (Amboy Division). Population, 2,500. Banking town, Camden. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Ex- press service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $2.70.
The town is situated directly on the Delaware River and has public water- works. Land for factory sites at very low figures and every possible local. encouragement given to industry. The Palmyra Shoe Tongue Company operates a plant here, which employs 15 persons.
Parkertown, Ocean County.
Nearest railroad station, Tuckahoe, on the Tuckerton Railroad; distance- two miles. Population, 300. Banking town, Tuckerton. Money order post- office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate,. $2.29.
This town is very largely an oyster shipping point. There are no manu- factories.
Park Ridge (12), Bergen County.
On the New York and New Jersey Branch of the Erie Railroad. Station in the town. Population, 870. Banking town, Hackensack. Money order- post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Wells, Fargo & Company. Tax rate, $1.72.
The town is situated about five miles from the Hackensack River, and has water-power available for manufacturing purposes.
Land for industrial plants will be given to responsible parties on substan- tially their own terms. Taxes will be remitted and other favors extended to- the extent of the law.
The climate is free from malaria, water is good, and the supply of labor- equal to the requirements of several fair-sized factories.
The Mittage & Volger Company carry on the manufacture of carbon paper and typewriter supplies, and J. H. Weild makes bobbin spools, etc. These- firms employ respectively 30 and 8 persons. There is also a co-operative can- ning factory, erected in 1900.
Park View, Essex County.
On the main line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, closely adjoining the city of Newark. Population, 400. Banking town, Newark. Has a post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.76.
Land in abundance, situated within easy access of the railroad, can be- purchased at favorable prices. Labor of any kind and in unlimited quantity may be had from the city of Newark.
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The Sills-Eddy Mica Company, makers of apparatus for electrical insula- tion, employing 116 men, have their works located here.
Parsippany (H 3), Morris County.
Nearest station, Morris Plains, on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Population, 400. Banking town, Morristown. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.46.
Passaic (13), Passaic County.
On the Erie Railroad, New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad, and the Boonton Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Stations of the three roads in the town. Population, 27,777. A banking town, three banks. Money order post-office and several stations of all tele- graph lines. Express service, Wells, Fargo & Company, United States, and several local companies. Tax rate, $2.90.
One of the most prosperous manufacturing cities in New Jersey. Water- works, sewer system, electric lighting, electric and water-power are all in use. There is a Board of Trade composed of progressive and public-spirited citi- zens, who pay unremitting attention to everything conducive to the city's growth. A fine water-power is furnished by the Dundee Water-Power System. Many factories are located here, the woolen industry being especially well developed.
There is a large quantity of land available for factory sites, the conditions on which it may be acquired depending upon location and the size of the plant to be established. Terms can be made to suit almost any manufacturing concern, and in some cases land would be given free.
The special advantages offered to manufacturers are proximity to New York, Newark, Jersey City and Paterson, unexcelled shipping and traveling facilities to these and all other points, low freight rates, water communica- tion with Newark and New York by way of the Passaic River, water-power, softness and other desirable qualities of water which make it specially adapted to bleaching and dyeing, the abundant supply of labor, comparative freedom from all form of labor disturbances, desirability of location for work - men's residences, cheap food, cheap coal and cheap light.
Only one building suitable for factory purposes is idle; floor area, 20,000 square feet ; price, $45,000; rent, $3,000 per year.
The following are the manufacturing establishments now in operation here : Dundee Chemical Works, acids; employs 93 persons.
Acheson, Harden & Company, linen and cotton handkerchiefs; employs 835 persons.
Andrew McLean Company, cotton fabrics; employs 184 persons.
Passaic Print Works, printing and dyeing cotton fabrics; employs 549 . persons.
United States Finishing Company (Passaic branch), finishing cotton goods ; employs 781 persons.
Worthen & Aldrich Company, printing, dyeing and finishing cotton goods; employs 129 persons.
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Harris Manufacturing Company, tinsel bands; employs II persons.
Tornqvist Company, cornices and skylights; employs 6 persons.
Falstrom & Tornqvist Company, cornices and skylights ; employs 19 persons.
American Compressed Food Company, emergency rations; employs 162 persons.
Henry Birms, iron foundry ; employs 12 persons.
Eagle Iron and Brass Foundry, iron and brass foundry ; employs 15 persons.
Pantasote Leather Company, imitation leather ; employs 53 persons.
Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Company, mechanical rubber goods; em- ploys 352 persons.
N. Y. Belting and Packing Company, Limited, mechanical rubber goods; employs 468 persons.
Passaic Engraving Company, engraving for textile printers; employs 42 persons.
Goodlatte Oilcloth Company, enameled and table oilcloth; employs 65 per- sons.
Paterson Parchment Paper Company, parchment paper; employs 57 persons .. Alexander Silk Mill, silk vestings; employs 179 persons.
Anderson Lumber Company, packing cases and house trimmings; employs. 44 persons.
Algonquin Company, cotton warp woolens; employs 274 persons.
Botany Worsted Mills, woolen and worsted dress goods and yarns; em- ploys 3,323 persons.
Dundee Woolen Company, fancy cassimeres ; employs 153 persons.
Passaic Woolen Company, fancy cassimeres; employs 12I persons.
Pitkin, Holdsworth & Company, worsted yarns; employs 208 persons.
Samuel Hird, worsted cloth; employs 132 persons.
Okonite Company, insulated wire and tape; employs 187 persons.
J. L. Prescott & Company, stove polish ; employs 222 persons.
Uehrling-Steinbart Company, pyrometers and sheet metal goods ; employs 40 persons.
Speer Wine Company, wine making; employs 52 persons.
Paterson (13), Passaic County.
On the Erie Railroad, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad. Stations of all three roads in the business parts of the city. Population, 105,171. A banking town containing eight banks. Money order post-office and numerous telegraph stations. Express service, United States, Wells, Fargo & Company, and National Companies. Tax rate, $2.50.
Paterson is one of the most famous manufacturing cities in the United States, made so by its important natural advantages, being so situated that the full force of the Passaic Falls has been largely utilized in the develop- ment of water-power, by which numerous silk mills and other large industrial establishments have been operated. The city has an abundant supply of good water and a sewerage system by which every part is perfectly drained.
Electric lighting and power is used and trolley lines connect with all large towns in Passaic, Hudson, Bergen and Union counties. There is a
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Board of Trade, a police and fire department, all three bodies being very efficient.
The Board of Trade will deal with each proposition for the erection of factories on their merits, and every possible advantage will be conceded to such manufacturers as desire to open new plants here. The great number of firms engaged in the production of silk goods has given Paterson the name of the "Lyons of America." In addition to the hundreds of silk mills, the city has within its borders many large machine shops, brass and iron foundries, locomotive works, chemical works, rolling mills, manufactories of cotton goods and fabrics, and carriage works.
The special advantages of Paterson are its nearness to New York, heavy express and freight lines, hourly trains to the metropolis, trained mechanics accustomed to the finest work in every line of productive industry, so that manufacturing may be carried on here under most advantageous conditions.
The following is a list of the principal manufacturing establishments :
Kearney & Foote Company, files and rasps; employs 362 persons.
Samuel Smith & Son, boilers ; employs 70 persons.
Hayes Mfg. Company, copper range boilers; employs 12 persons.
R. Blackburn, paper boxes; employs 16 persons.
F. Harding & Sons, paper boxes and jacquard cards ; employ 16 persons.
Paterson Paper Box Company, paper boxes ; employs 13 persons.
Van Ness Bros., paper boxes ; employ 25 persons.
The Paterson Brewing and Malting Company, lager beer; employs 75 persons.
The Lamond & Robertson Company, jute carpets, jute and Smyrna rugs ; employs 142 persons.
J. S. Sowerbutt, wagons; employs 30 persons.
Jacob Levi, clothing ; employs 75 persons.
Hugh C. Lendrine, cornices and skylights; employs 10 persons.
William Holt, cotton overalls; employs 50 persons.
Simon & Cohen, clothing ; employ 40 persons.
Donahue Dyeing Company, cotton dyeing and finishing; employs 109
' persons.
Globe Dye Works, cotton yarn, dyeing and bleaching ; employs 14 persons. Henry Muhs, pork packing ; employs 95 persons.
McNab & Harlin Mfg. Company, brass and iron valves and cocks; employs 452 persons.
Robert Taylor, brass foundry ; employs 6 persons.
Fred Barker, iron foundry ; employs 16 persons.
The Association of Machnists, silk machinery ; employs 18 persons.
Atherton Machine Company, paper cutting and silk machinery; employs
71 persons.
Rogers Locomotive Works, locomotives ; employs 900 persons.
Cook Locomotive and Machine Company, locomotives; employs 1,118 persons.
Wood Drill Works, mining machinery ; employs 8 persons.
Benjamin Eastwood, silk and general machinery; employs 201 persons.
Edward Gerber, dyeing and finishing machinery; employs 21 persons.
Sipp Electric and Machine Company, silk machinery ; employs 14 persons.
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Paterson Machine Works, silk machinery; employs 14 persons.
John Royle & Sons, machinery; employs 81 persons.
Shaw & Cocker Machine Company, silk machinery ; employs 9 persons.
Watson Machine Company, bleaching and dyeing machinery; employs 174 persons.
Widner Brothers, machinery; employs 32 persons.
Thomas Wrigley, silk machinery; employs 19 persons.
J. C. Todd, jute machinery ; employs 37 persons.
Annandale Screen Plate Company, screen plates; employs 6 persons.
Charles Brabender & Son, copper dyetubs, kettles, etc .; employs 7 persons.
La Favorite Rubber Manufacturing Company, rubber packing; employs 16 persons.
Florence Brothers Manufacturing Company, sash, doors, blinds, etc .; em- ploys 21 persons.
Manhattan Shirt Company, men's shirts; employs 722 persons.
Maurice Price, men's shirts ; employs 477 persons.
The Augusta Silk Works, silk ribbon; employs 100 persons.
American Braid Company, braids and cords ; employs 54 persons.
Anderson Bros., broad and tie silk; employ 145 persons.
The Ashley & Bailey Company, broad and tie silk; employs 800 persons.
The Audinger & Meyer Silk Company, tie silks; employs 104 persons. Baker & Schofield Company, broad silk; employs 90 persons.
William Ball, broad and ribbon silk; employs 60 persons.
Bamford Bros. Silk Mfg. Company, silk ribbon ; employs 510 persons.
Barbour Silk Company, broad silk; employs 30 persons.
David Beckett Silk Company, silk ribbon; employs 46 persons.
Julius Brandes Mfg. Company, silk ribbon and bindings; employs 397 persons.
Bristow, McCollom & Post, broad, silk; employ 27 persons
Cardinal & Becker, broad silk; employ 122 persons.
Cardinal Silk Company, broad silk; employs 143 persons.
Caspers Silk Company, broad silk; employs 37 persons.
The Cedar Cliffe Silk Company, broad silk; employs 599 persons.
Arthur Cliffe, silk ribbon and bindings ; employs 10 persons.
Clowes, Sothern & Company, broad silk; employs 84 persons.
Cohen Bros., broad silk; employ 41 persons.
Colling & Nolan Company, silk ribbon ; employs 59 persons.
The Columbia Ribbon Company, silk hatbands ; employs 68 persons.
Cornforth & Marx, broad and tie silk and vestings ; employ 153 persons.
Dexter, Lambert & Company, broad silk; employs 600 persons.
The Doherty & Wadsworth Company, broad and tie silk; employs 498 persons.
Empire Silk Works, broad silk; employs 415 persons.
Enterprise Silk Company, silk and veilings ; employs 375 persons Fairhurst & Company, broad silk; employs 51 persons. Frank & Dugan, silk ribbon; employ 480 persons. Jacob Frisch, broad silk; employs 80 persons.
Fogle, Killen, Kane & Company, broad silk; employs 217 persons. Grimshaw Bros., broad silk; employ 348 persons.
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Haenichen Bros., broad and tie silk; employ 204 persons.
John Hand & Sons, broad and ribbon silk; employ 264 persons. Helvetia Silk Mill, silk ribbon; employs 214 persons. John Holbach & Company, tie silks ; employs 65 persons.
Wm. R. Holden, silk, silkaline and mohair braids; employs 12 persons. The Holmes Silk Company, broad silk; employs 203 persons. Johnson, Cowdin & Company, silk ribbon; employs 573 persons.
Katterman & Mitchell, broad silk and mufflers; employ 120 persons.
Laurel Silk Works, broad silk; employs 185 persons.
A. & M. Levy, broad silk; employ 380 persons.
Lincoln Silk Company, tie silk; employs 56 persons.
W. Little & Company, broad and tie silk; employs 86 persons.
Mason Silk Mills, broad and tie silk; employs 157 persons.
The Meding Mfg. Company, broad and ribbon silk; employs 528 persons.
Miesch Mfg. Company, ribbon and tie silk; employs 229 persons. Miller & Ward Company, broad silk; employs 38 persons.
Naef Bros. Company, broad silk; employs 186 persons.
The New Jersey Silk Company, broad silk; employs 90 persons.
O'Connor Bros., silk ribbon; employ 13 persons.
Paragon Silk Company, broad silk; employs 406 persons.
The National Ribbon Company, silk ribbon ; employs 315 persons.
Peerless Plush Mfg. Company, silk and cotton plush ; employs 163 persons.
Pelgram & Meyer, broad and ribbon silk; employ 689 persons.
Phoenix Silk Mfg. Company, broad silk and mufflers ; employs 272 persons.
The Post & Sheldon Silk Company, broad silk; employs 132 persons.
Franz C. Reinhardt, silk and cotton braid and trimmings; employs 96 persons.
Rettger Allen Company, broad silk; employs 69 persons.
F. Schumacher & Company, tapestries ; employs 15 persons.
James Snipson & Company, broad and ribbon silk; employs 177 persons.
Smith, Beard Silk Company, broad silk; employs 90 persons.
Stern, Pohly & Herrman, broad silk; employ 109 persons.
Wm. Strange Company, broad and ribbon silk; employs 419 persons.
'Taylor Silk Mfg. Company, mufflers, handkerchiefs and tie silks; employs 91 persons.
Totowa Silk Company, silk ribbon; employs 107 persons. Joseph Warner, silk ribbon; employs 22 persons.
Westerhoff Bros. & Napier Company, broad silk ; employs 56 persons.
Joseph White, sewing silk veilings; employs 42 persons.
Joseph B. Whitney, broad silk; employs 82 persons.
The Auger & Simon Silk Dyeing Company, skein silk dyeing; employs 288 persons.
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Bolton Bros. Silk Dyeing Company, silk dyeing; employs 96 persons.
Bunting & Patton Silk Dyeing Company, skein silk dyeing; employs 27 persons.
Alfred Crew finishing and dyeing silk goods; employs 85 persons. Oriental Silk Printing Company, printing silk fabrics; employs 105 persons.
Robert Gaede, skein silk dyeing; employs 85 persons.
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Emil Geering, skein silk dyeing; employs 307 persons.
James Jackson & Sons, dyeing and finishing cotton velvet; employ 107 persons.
Kearns Bros., skein silk dyeing ; employ 91 persons.
Knipscher & Maas Silk Dyeing Company, skein silk dyeing; employs 203: persons.
Edward Riley, skein silk dyeing; employs 59 persons.
D. J. Sheehan, skein silk dyeing; employs 110 persons.
Weidman Silk Dyeing Company, skein silk dyeing; employs 820 persons.
Central Silk Finishing Company, silk finishing ; employs 15 persons.
Thomas Henshall, finishing silk goods; employs 50 persons.
Dordoni Silk Dyeing Company, silk dyeing ; employs 23 persons.
Jacob Dime, silk throwster ; employs 57 persons.
Chas. Frost, silk throwster; employs 23 persons.
G. W. Graham Company, silk throwster; employs 56 persons. Robert A. Haley, silk throwster ; employs 28 persons.
Hopper & Scott, silk throwster ; employ 119 persons.
Ingles & Company, silk throwster ; employs 106 persons. Islieb & McLane, silk throwster ; employ 85 persons.
Mackay & Rowson, silk throwster; employ 59 persons. Samuel Meredith, silk throwster ; employs 20 persons.
James Mills, silk throwster ; employs 27 persons.
Newburger Silk Company, silk throwster; employs 38 persons.
Ramsey & Gore Mfg. Company, silk throwster ; employs 229 persons.
F. A. Straus & Company, silk throwster ; employs 89 persons.
John Swift & Company, silk throwster; employs 86 persons.
Jos. E. Tynan, silk throwster ; employs 33 persons.
J. Atkinson & Company, silk mill supplies; employs 26 persons. B. Buckley's Son, silk mill supplies ; employs 21 persons.
John R. Daggers, silk mill supplies ; employs 17 persons.
D. & I. Rushton, designers for silk fabrics; employ 16 persons.
Van Riper Mfg. Company, mill supplies ; employs 37 persons.
I. A. Hall & Company, silk mill supplies ; employs 175 persons.
Paterson Reed & Harness Company, silk mill supplies ; employs 41 persons ...
Ulrich & Company, silk mill supplies ; employs 52 persons.
J. Walder, silk mill supplies ; employs 89 persons.
Riverside Soap Company, silk soaps; employs 7 persons.
East Jersey Pipe Works, steel pipe, tanks, etc .; employs 160 persons.
McKiernan Drill Company, rock drill and air compressers; employs 10' persons.
Passaic Rolling Mill Company, structural steel and iron; employs 1,200 persons.
Sutherland & Edwards, jute yarns, twine, etc .; employ 84 persons.
Barbour Flax Spinning Company, linen thread and yarns; employs 822 persons.
Hartmeier & Sons, furniture; employ 25 persons.
Pattenburg (F 4), Hunterdon County.
On the main line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Station in center of town .. Population, 250. Banking town, Clinton. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.50 .-
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Land for factory sites in unlimited quantities lying along the line of the railroad, where sidings could easily be put in. Every possible encouragement will be given to assist factories in starting. Stock in good concerns will be subscribed for or taken in payment for land.
A saw-mill and peach-basket factory and a manufactory of wagon-wheel hubs are caried on here, employing between them about 25 men.
Paulsboro (D 7), Gloucester County.
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad and on the Delaware River Railroad. Station in the town. Population, 2,500. Banking town, Wood- bury. A money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, West Jersey Company. Tax rate, $1.42.
This town has any quantity of highly advantageous factory sites easily connected with the railroad and the river.
It is only twelve miles from Philadelphia, and passengers are carried through without change of cars. A ferry runs from the town to the Penn- sylvania side of the Delaware.
The right kind of manufacturers will be given ground free of cost, and in some cases help will be furnished to build the plant.
Among the industries carried on here are the following: J. P. Thomas & Son, manufacturers of phosphates, employing 40 men; J. G. Cox & Bros., wagon manufacturers, employing 10 men, and Chas. E. Paul, boat builder, em- ploying 5 men.
Peapack (G 4), Somerset County.
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Passaic and Dela- ware Branch.) Population, 300. Banking town, Somerville. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.26.
Land for manufacturing purposes is here in abundance, and those con- templating the establishment of factories will receive here most generous treatment. The country about this locality is an ideal place for workingmen's homes.
The Ludlow Brothers' Wheel Hub Manufactory is located here.
Pedricktown (D 7), Salem County.
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (Sea Isle City to Ocean City Branch). Population, 950. Banking town, Woodbury or Woodstown. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, West Jersey Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.12.
Peetzburg, Bergen County.
Nearest railroad station, Oradell, on the Erie Railroad. Distance from town, two miles. Population, 350. Banking town, Hackensack. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Wells, Fargo & Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.52.
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Pemberton (G 7), Burlington County.
(Railroad name, South Pemberton.) On the Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad (Camden to Seagirt Branch.) Popu- lation, 900. Banking town, Mount Holly. Money order post-office and tele- graph station. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.65.
The Rancocas River, a navigable stream, runs by the town. Land along the river bank may be purchased at very reasonable figures for factory sites, and encouragements of every practicable kind will be extended. There are several flouring mills in the town, and about 1,200 persons are employed during the month of September at picking and assorting cranberries, which are grown in large quantities in this vicinity.
Pennsgrove (D 8), Salem County.
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (Woodbury to Pennsgrove Branch). Population, 1,923. Banking town, Salem. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States and West Jersey Com- panies. Tax rate, $1.16.
The town is located on the banks of the Delaware River, along which factory sites may be secured on very favorable terms. Manufacturing enter- prises are very much desired here, and inducements of a highly advantageous character will be offered to persons intending to start new plants.
The following industries are now in successful operation here: Dupont, De Nemoures & Company, manufacturers of smokeless powder; employs 320 persons. Charles E. Berber, flouring mill; employs 6 persons, and a fruit and vegetable canning establishment, operated by Robert D. Hughes, in which 10 persons are permanently employed and a large number during the canning season.
Pennington (G 5), Mercer County.
On the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (Bound Brook Division). Station in center of the town. Population, 1,000. Banking town, Hopewell. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.39.
Unlimited quantity of land for factory purposes at low figures and exemption from taxes as far as allowed by law. Every possible concession will be ex- tended to those desiring factory sites. Exceptionally good railroad facilities for the transportation of freight or for traveling in any direction.
There is a large manufactory of steam heaters, ranges, etc., located here; about 70 men are employed. A fruit and vegetable canning establishment is also operated here which gives employment to a considerable number of per- sons during the season for that work.
Pennsville (D 8), Salem County.
On the Delaware River, and connected by the Salem and Philadelphia Navigation Company's boats with Salem, N. J., and Philadelphia, Pa. Boats make daily trips. Population, 600. Banking town, Salem. Money order
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post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams and United States Companies. Tax rate, $1.05.
Land fronting on the Delaware River is offered free for factory purposes, and other advantages will be secured to persons establishing manufacturing plants here.
A canning establishment, operated by the Fogg & Hires Company, in which 100 men and 200 women are employed during the canning season, is located here. Howell & Wheatley, packers of caviare, carry on their business here.
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