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Pensauken, Camden County.
On the Pennsylvania Railroad (Camden to Sea Girt Branch). Population, 200. Banking town, Camden. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $2.29.
Pequanac (13), Morris County.
On the Erie Railroad (Greenwood Lake Division). Population, 150. Bank- ing town, Paterson. Money order post-office. Express service, Wells, Fargo & Company. Tax rate, $1.72.
Perrineville (H 6), Monmouth County.
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey (Freehold Branch) and the Penn- sylvania Railroad (Freehold and Jamesburg Division). Population, 150. Banking town, Freehold or Hightstown. Has a post-office. Express service, United States and Adams Companies.
Perth Amboy (15), Middlesex County.
On the New York and Long Branch Railroad, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Stations of all three roads in the center of the town. Population, 17,699. A banking town, two banks. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams, United States, Baltimore and Ohio, and New York local companies. Tax rate, $2.40.
The town has a good sewerage system and public water-works. Water frontage on the Raritan River and the Arthur Kill, with a widely extended line on both waters. There are several trolley lines, electric lighting and power, and telephone service, long distance and local. Public improvements are under control of a board of works. There are also very efficient fire and police departments.
Factory sites on the railroad lines or on water front may be purchased or leased at low figures.
The advantages of Perth Amboy as a location for manufacturing industry are: Its extended water front, approachable by ships of deep draught, which . enables manufacturers to ship goods to any part of the world by water, while the three great railroad lines named above brings every part of the continent within reach; low taxes and water rents; good schools, and everything that
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a progressive modern city should have, guided and directed by a broad, liberal public spirit which pervades the entire community.
Some of the most prosperous manufacturing establishments in the country are located here. The following are the principal ones :
Raritan Copper Works Company, smelting and refining copper; employs 1,000 persons.
Guggenheim Smelting Company, smelting and refining copper, employs 518 persons.
Water Island Clay Company, fire brick, etc .; employs 200 persons.
New Jersey Terra Cotta Company, terra cotta; employs 50 persons.
Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Company, terra cotta ; employs 500 persons.
Standard Terra Cotta Company, terra cotta ; employs 200 persons. Raritan Dry Dock Company, boat building; employs 100 persons.
Perth Amboy Dry Dock Company, boat building; employs 150 persons.
Hugh Ramsay, boat building; employs 150 persons.
Roessler & Hasslacher, chemicals; employ 100 persons.
Ashland Emery Mills, emery ; employs 50 persons.
Hibbard Robben & Elie, safes; employ 100 persons.
S. B. Greacen, machinery ; employs 20 persons. Shantz & Eckert, machinery ; employ 10 persons. P. White & Sons, machinery ; employ 25 persons.
W. King & Son, corks; employ 10 persons.
C. Pardee, fire brick, etc .; employs 150 persons.
Standard Fireproofiing Company, fireproof material; employs 600 persons.
Petersburg (F 10), Cape May County.
On the Atlantic City Railroad (Petersburg to Ocean City Branch). Popu- lation, 400. Banking town, Cape May. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.30.
The town is located on Cedar Swamp Creek, along the banks of which any reasonable quantity of land may be purchased for factory sites at merely nominal prices. Water-power may be had at very slight cost. The com- munity is very desirous of securing factories that will employ labor, and every possible inducement will be extended to manufacturers starting plants here.
There are some fine clay lands lying unused, from which the material for making a superior quality of brick may be taken in large quantities; the product could be readily marketed in Atlantic City and Ocean City, either of which places are easily accessible by rail, or through a navigable stream that runs through the property.
The only industry at present located here is a basket manufactory owned by James S. Smith, in which 15 men are employed.
Phillipsburg (E 4), Warren County.
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, the Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Pennsylvania Railroad (Belvidere Division), and the Lehigh and Hudson Railroad. Stations of all
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roads in the center of the town. Population, 10,052. A banking town, one bank. Money order post-office and several stations of all telegraph lines. Express service, Adams and United States Companies. Tax rate, $1.84.
The city is situated on the Delaware River, opposite Easton, Pa. It is one of the best locations in the country for manufacturing purposes. Five great trunk lines of railroad, which traverse widely separated sections of the United States, converge here. It is directly on the line of supply of coal and iron, and enjoys in that respect advantages for the cheap handling of material unequaled elsewhere.
There are upwards of 100 acres of land lying in and about the city, all of it within easy reach of some one of the railroads, out of which factory sites of any desired size may be selected; these will be given free of cost, and bonds subscribed for or stock taken to aid new industries. The river, although not navigable at this point, affords fine water-power, which is extensively used here in manufacturing.
The Phillipsburg Board of Trade will consider all propositions submitted through its secretary, and, on behalf of the city, give special inducements to reliable parties who desire to locate manufacturing plants here. There are two large buildings now idle, one of brick, the other of stone, and both in good condition, that are adapted to manufacturing purposes; the floor area of each is about 3,000 square feet. One (the stone building) can be pur- chased outright for $3,500, and either may be leased for a long term at an annual rental of $500. Steam or electric power may be obtained.
The following list will show the many industries carried on and the size of the establishments :
Phillipsburg Mfg. Company, manufacturers of machinery; employs 10 persons.
American Sheet Iron Company, manufacturers of sheet iron; employs 66 persons.
American Horse Shoe Company, manufacturers of horse shoes; employ 160 persons.
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Phillipsburg Stove Works, manufacturers of stoves; employs 20 persons.
Vulcan Iron Works Company, manufacturers of machinery; employs 20 -persons.
Warren Foundry and Machine Company; employs 200 persons.
Tippett & Wood, boiler works; employ 50 persons.
Standard Silk Company ; employs 995 persons.
Andover Iron Works; employs 100 persons.
Central Railroad Repair Shops ; employs 40 persons.
Morris and Essex Railroad Repair Shops; employs 25 persons.
Pennsylvania Railroad Repair Shops; employs 30 persons.
Casper Lanbach, planing mill; employs 15 persons.
Picton, Union County.
On the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Station in the village. Population, 120. Post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $2.46. The American Felt Company, employing 200 persons, has its factory here.
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Pierces, Cape May County.
Nearest railroad station, Rio Grande, on the Atlantic City Railroad and" the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Population, 168. Banking town, Cape May City. A post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States and West Jersey Companies. Tax rate, $1.42.
Pine Brook (H 3), Morris County.
Nearest railroad station, Montclair, on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Population, 450. Banking town, Montclair. Post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States and Wells, Fargo & - . Company. Tax rate, $1.42.
Pitman Grove (E 8), Gloucester County.
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Population, 600. Banking town, Glassboro. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, West Jersey Company. Tax rate, $1.30.
Land for factory sites may be purchased at low prices. Power furnished by an electric plant is available.
A planing mill owned by G. W. Carr, in which 10 men are employed, is . located here.
Pittstown (F 4), Hunterdon County.
On the Lehigh Valley Railroad (Clinton Branch). Population, 250. Bank- ing town, Clinton. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express . service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.40.
Plenty of land for factory sites, and a labor-employing industry of any kind would be made most welcome.
The Doates Agricultural Implement Mfg. Company, employing 6 men, is the only industry here.
Plainfield (H 4), Union County.
On the main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Station in the center of the business section of the city. Population, 15,269. A banking town, three banks. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express ser- vice, United States and several New York local companies. Tax rate, $2.46.
Plainfield offers many advantages for the location of manufacturing industry. It is situated directly on the line of the Central Railroad, which runs passenger trains at frequent intervals both west and east of the city.
There is a large quantity of land available for factory sites situated along the line of the railroad, which may be purchased at reasonable prices. Water- power may be had. The city has a sewage disposal plant, water-works and gas- and electric lighting. It is connected by trolley with Elizabeth and Newark on the east and Bound Brook, Somerville and New Brunswick on the west .:
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There are many industries carried on here, some of them on a large scale, and an abundance of skilled labor for almost any kind of business may be found here.
The principal manufacturing establishments in Plainfield are as follows :
Perfect Valley Mfg. Company, manufacturers of roofing; employs 10 persons.
Crescent Embossing Company, printing and bookbinding; employs 26 persons.
Walter Scott & Company, manufacturers of printing presses ; employs 280 persons.
Potter Printing Machine Company, manufacturers of printing presses ; employs 235 persons.
Pond Tool Works, manufacturers of machinery ; employs 525 persons.
Chapot & Son, manufacturers of chamois; employ 62 persons.
Herzig & Kapp, manufacturers of silk and cotton goods; employ 105 persons ..
C. Schleflin, manufacturer of clothing; employs 52 persons.
Watchung Silk Company, manufacturers of silks; employs 30 persons.
H. Texier, manufacturer of kid gloves ; employs 52 persons.
Aluminum Plate and Press Company, manufacturers of carpets ; employs 115 persons.
Van Deventer Carpet Company, manufacturers of carpets; employs 60 persons.
Union Tire Company, manufacturers of machinery ; employs 10 persons.
Burdick & Company, manufacturers of blinds; employs 6 persons.
Rushmore & Company, manufacturers of sash and blinds; employs 12: persons.
Spicer & Hubbard, manufacturers of sash and blinds ; employ 5 persons.
R. H. Mccullough, manufacturer of sash and blinds ; employs 12 persons.
L. M. French, manufacturer of carriages; employs 10 persons.
J'ames P. Homan, manufacturer of carriages ; employs 7 persons.
Plainsboro (G 5), Middlesex County.
On the Pennsylvania Railroad. Population, 300. Banking town, Princeton .. A money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams. Company. Tax rate, $1.40.
Pleasantdale, Essex County.
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the Orange Branch of the Erie Railroad. Population, 250. Banking town, Orange. Post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States and Wells, Fargo & Company. Tax rate, $2.96.
Land in abundance for factory sites at low prices. Good railroad facili- ties and plenty of labor.
Pleasant Mills (G 8), Atlantic County.
Nearest railroad station, Elwood, on the West Jersey and Seashore Rail- road and the Atlantic City Railroad. Population, 90. Banking town, Cam-
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den. Post-office and telegraph. Express service, United States and West Jersey Companies. Tax rate, $1.85.
Land for factory purposes may be purchased at low prices. There is a good water-power available. The Pleasant Mills Paper Company has its plant here and employ about 25 persons.
Pleasantville (G 9), Atlantic County.
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad and the Atlantic City Railroad. Population, 2,182. Banking town, Atlantic City. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States and West Jersey Companies. Tax rate, $3.12.
An abundance of land for factory purposes may be had at reasonable prices. The population is large enough to afford a good supply of labor, either male or female.
A brick building with steam power, floor area 12,000 square feet, may be purchased or leased for manufacturing.
The industries now here are: The Composing Machine Company, employ- ing 12 persons; a paint factory, employing 9, and a mill and scroll sawing works with 12 employes.
Pluckemin (G 4), Somerset County.
Nearest railroad station, Far Hills, on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Population, 200. Banking town, Somerville. Money ·order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States. Tax rate, $1.26.
The town has water-works. Land may be purchased cheap for factory sites.
A weaving and dyeing establishment, operated by James Brown, Jr., em- ploying 20 persons, is located here.
Point Pleasant (J 6), Ocean County.
On the New York and Long Branch Railroad and the Philadelphia and Long Branch Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Population, 746. Banking town, Toms River. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States and Adams Companies. Tax rate, $2.10.
The town is directly on the coast, and has electric lighting and power. There is abundance of land which can be purchased for factory sites at very low rates. The supply of labor is large, and of a very reliable character.
Pointville (G7), Burlington County.
Nearest railroad station, Wrightstown, on the Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad. Population, 200. Banking town, Bordentown or Mount Holly. Post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.45.
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Land in any desired quantity may be purchased for factory sites at low rates.
Two flour milling establishments are the only industries in the place, each employ 6 men.
Pompton (13), Passaic County.
On the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad and the Greenwood Lake Branch of the Erie Railroad. Population, 400. Banking town, Paterson. A money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Wells, Fargo & Company and National Companies. Tax rate, $2.39.
A fine location for manufacturing industry. Good healthful climate. Abundance of land, excellent railroad facilities.
The Ludlum Steel and Spring Company is located here, employing 85 per- sons, also the Shaw Manufacturing Company, makers of cutlery, employing Io persons.
Port Colden (F 3), Warren County.
Nearest railroad station, Washington, on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Population, 200. Banking town, Washington. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $0.87.
The town is situated on the Morris Canal and presents many advantages as a location for manufacturing industry.
Port Elizabeth (F 9), Cumberland County.
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (Maurice River Branch). Station in the town. Population, 350. Banking town, Millville. A money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.86.
The town has, in addition to good railroad facilities, the advantage of being situated on the Maurice River; land for factory sites can be purchased at nominal prices.
Port Monmouth (15), Monmouth County.
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey (Keyport Branch). Station in the town. Population, 600. Banking town, Atlantic Highlands. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.54.
Port Morris (G 3), Morris County.
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the Morris Canal. Population, 250. Banking town, Dover. Post-office and telegraph. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.46.
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Port Murray (F3), Warren County.
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Station in the: town. Population, 200. Banking town, Washington. Money order post-office- and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.08.
Land for factory sites in abundance. Good railroad facilities.
The National Fire Proofing Company, manufacturers of fire proof tile, has. its works here; about 60 men are employed.
Port Norris (E 10), Cumberland County.
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey (Bridgeton to Long Reach Branch) and the Maurice River Branch of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Population, 1,800. Banking town, Bridgeton. Money order post- office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.63.
The otwn is on the Maurice River, five miles from Delaware Bay. Very favorable terms would be given to induce manufacturing industry to settle here.
Port Oram (G3), Morris County.
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and the Central Rail- road of New Jersey (High Bridge Branch). Stations of both roads in the town. Population, 2,069. Banking town, Dover. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $2.38.
The town is situated on the Morris Canal. It has water-works. There is a practically unlimited supply of land for factory purposes, any part of which can be purchased at low rates, and much of it will be given free to manufacturers- for industrial purposes. The railroad service is of the best, and the location is near the source of coal and iron supply.
Among the large manufacturing industries carried on here are the fol- lowing :
Joseph Wharton, manufacturer of pig iron ; employs 250 persons.
New Jersey Mining Company, manufacturers of iron ore and pig iron; em- ploys 100 persons.
Thomas Iron Company, manufacturers of iron ore and pig iron; employs . 300 persons.
E. J. Ross Manufacturing Company, maunfacturers of silk goods; employs 250 persons.
George Singleton, manufacturer of silk goods; employs 50 persons.
Foreman Stone Supply Company, manufacturers of crushed stone; employs . 30 persons.
Port Reading (14), Middlesex County.
On the Perth Amboy Branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the- Port Reading Railroad of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway System ...
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Population, 300. Banking town, Perth Amboy. Post-office and telegraph sta- tion. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $2.36.
An excellent location for factories; good railroad service and abundance of land at low prices.
Port Republic (H 8), Atlantic County.
On the Philadelphia and Brigantine Railroad. Population, 500. Banking town, Atlantic City. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.52.
Land for factory sites may be purchased along the banks of the Nacott Creek, which is a branch of the Mullica River. Two frame buildings are vacant; one with water-power, the other with steam-power; floor area respect- ively 630 and 1,050 square feet. These buildings will be sold at very low figures or rented.
Pottersville (G 4), Somerset County.
On the Rockaway Valley Railroad, connecting with the Central Railroad of New Jersey at White House. Population, 150. Banking town, Somerville. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States. Tax rate, $1.22. .
Princeton (G 5), Mercer County.
On the Princeton Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Station in the town. Population, 4,854 (exclusive of students). A banking town, three banks. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.66.
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Has a water supply and electric-lighting and power-plant. Land for factory purposes may be purchased.
There is a tanning establishment, operated by Wm. N. Norris; also a flour- ing mill owned by J. H. Grover & Son.
Prospect Plains (H 5), Middlesex County.
On the Pennsylvania Railroad (Amboy Division). Population, 200. Bank- ing town, Jamesburg. Post-office and telegraph. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.58.
Quakertown (F 4), Hunterdon County.
Nearest railroad station, Pittstown, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad (Clinton Branch). Population, 200. Banking town, Clinton or Flemington. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.38.
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Quarryville (G 2), Sussex County.
On the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad. Population, 200. Banking town, Deckertown. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company and National Companies. Tax rate, $1.25.
Quinton (D 8), Salem County.
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Population (township) 1,280. Banking town, Salem. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Ex- press, service, West Jersey Company. Tax rate, $1.15.
The town is situated on the Alloway River, on the front of which land for factory sites may be purchased at low rates.
The shipping facilities by rail and water are good.
The principal industries are glass making and fruit and vegetable canning.
Hires & Company carry on the window-glass business, employing about 100 men. Fogg, Hires & Company, and H. Ayres conduct between them three canneries, in which upwards of 400 persons, men and women, find employment during two months of the year.
Rahway (H 4), Union County.
On the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Station in the centre of the city. Population, 7,935. A banking town, two banks. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $2.80.
The city is situated on the Rahway River, and has water-works and a fine sewerage system; also an electric-lighting and power plant; telephone sta- tions ; trolley lines ; and all other conveniences of a progressive modern town. Factory sites along the river front or adjacent to the railroad may be had.
There is a Board of Trade, through which manufacturers desiring to locate here may secure many advantageous terms. In some cases land for factory sites will be given free and stock taken in the enterprise. The railroad facili- ties here for passenger or freight transportation are of the very best.
Some buildings formerly used as carriage factories, having steam or electric- power, are for sale or will be rented at very reasonable figures.
The principal industries now in operation here are as follows :
Regina Music Box Company, manufacturers of music boxes; employs 325 persons.
Eastern Carbon Works, manufacturers of electric supplies; employs 50 persons.
The Mershon Company, printers; employs 225 persons.
D. B. Dunham & Son, manufacturers of carriages ; employs 25 persons.
J. & J. Laforge, manufacturers of carriages; employs 10 persons.
F. L. Glaves, manufacturer of carriages ; employs 25 persons.
Charles Grube, manufacturer of carriages.
American Felt Company, manufacturers of felt goods ; employs 400 persons.
Gordon Press Works; employs 12 persons.
H. Rosenbaum, manufacturer of shirts; employs 162 persons.
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Ralston, Morris County.
On the Rockaway Valley Railroad. Population, 250. Banking town, Madi -- son. Post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Wells-Fargo Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.65.
Ramseys (12), Bergen County.
On the main line of the Erie Railroad. Station in the center of the town .. Population, 590. Banking town, Paterson. Money order post-office and tele- graph station. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Tax rate, $1.80.
Land for factory sites, with the best of railroad facilities, may be had at very low figures.
Rancocas (F 6), Burlington County.
Nearest railroad station, Masonville, on the Pennsylvania Railroad (Cam- den and Burlington Division). Population, 400. Banking town, Mount Holly. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.45.
There is abundance of land in and about the town, which can be purchased at very reasonable figures. Much of this land is along the banks of the Ran- cocas River, which is navigable for small vessels. Other encouragement and material assistance will be extended to factories starting here.
There are several industries now being carried on here in a small way, , among them being wagon building, the production of agricultural implements and flour milling.
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