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Camden (E 7), Camden County.
On the Pennsylvania Railroad (Camden and Amboy Branch), Atlantic City Railroad, Philadelphia and Reading Railway and West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Stations of all three roads in the city. Population, 75,935. A bank- ing town with seven banks. Money order post-office and numerous telegraph stations. Express service, Adams, United States and West Jersey Companies. Tax rate, $2.20.
Camden is in the front rank of New Jersey cities in everything relating to commerce, industry and transportation. Its railroad facilities are unsur- passed, and the water communication with the ocean by way of the Delaware River places the city in communication with every seaport in the world. Directly on the river, opposite Philadelphia, Camden has every business facility that may be found in the latter city. It has the same freight and express rates.
There is at least 1,000 acres of land within the city limits available for factory sites, most of which has railroad or river connection, and some of it both. It ranges in price from $1,000 to $20,000 per acre. There is also land on Coopers Creek that will be given free to anyone who will erect a factory
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there, large enough, and employ a sufficient number of hands to make it an object. There are several factory properties now idle, most of them containing machinery of the business last carried on, that will be sold outright, or leased at a moderate rental. Principal among these is a fine worsted mill, with machinery in ready to run; price for the buildings, plant of machinery and four acres of ground, $60,000.
The plant of the New Jersey Chemical Company, with good stone and. brick buildings and 31/4 acres of land, price, $40,000.
The Isaac Ferris Shoe Factory, a three-story frame building 60 x 100 feet, with boiler and engine.
There are several other factory buildings, one 40 x 80, and two stories high,. of brick, with lot 40 x 100, price $2,000; and one 20 x 100 for $2,000. There are a number of other factory buildings of about the same size that can be bought cheap. Electric power to any extent wanted can be had in Camden. Tax assessments on manufacturing plants are made as light as possible.
The city water is derived from an artesian plant, which is one of the best in the country, and gas costs only $1.00 per 1,000 feet.
The following are the principal manufacturing plants now in operation in Camden :
Dorner & Vieser, manufacturers of print blocks; employ 7 persons.
Blair Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of lathes; employs 16 per -- sons.
D. B. Murphy File Company, manufacturers of files ; employs 8 persons.
Budd & Company, manufacturers of red brick; employs 45 persons.
Augustus Reeve, manufacturer of red brick; employs 30 persons.
Hugh Hatch, manufacturer of red brick; employs 55 persons.
Fries Breslin Company, manufacturers of carpets and rugs ; employs 432 per- sons.
Charles S. Caffrey Company, manufacturers of carriages ; employs 95 per -.- sons.
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Collings Carriage Company, manufacturers of carriages; employs 21 per- sons.
R. Preisendanz, manufacturer of wagons; employs 17 persons.
General Chemical Company, United States Works, manufacturers of acids ; employs 70 persons.
General Chemical Company, Moro Phillips Works, manufacturers of acids; employs 165 persons.
Keystone Chemical Company, manufacturers of tri-sodium phosphate; em- ploys 15 persons.
Joseph Wharton, manufacturer of nickel; employs 80 persons.
Browning & Brothers, manufacturers of tanning extracts; employ 40 per- sons.
Consumers Ammonia Company, manufacturers of ammonia ; employs 6 per- sons.
Camden Ammonia Company, manufacturers of ammonia; employs 5 per- sons.
Camden Curtain and Embroidery Company, manufacturers of lace cur- tains ; employs 790 persons.
The Ware Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of suspensory ban- dages ; employs 13 persons.
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Cyrus P. Carmony, manufacturer of cotton goods (finishing and dyeing) ; employs 26 persons.
R. H. Comey, manufacturer of vegetable fibre (dyeing and bleaching) ; em- ploys 155 persons.
Richter Electric Company, manufacturers of electrical appliances ; employs 6 persons.
Joseph Campbell Preserver Company, manufacturers of food products ; em- ploys 145 persons.
Anderson Preserving Company, manufacturers food products; employs 150 persons.
Camden Foundry Company, manufacturers of gray iron castings; employs 48 persons.
Camden Iron Works, manufacturers of cast iron pipe ; employs 950 persons. Webster, Warren & Company, manufacturers of furnaces, ranges and heat- esr ; employs 37 persons.
Wagner Glass Works, manufacturers of thermometers and glass tubes ; em- ploys 26 persons.
Holt Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of knit goods; employs 13 persons.
B. F. Boyer & Company, manufacturers of knit goods; employs 60 per- sons.
Keystone Leather Company, manufacturers of glazed kid; employs 175 per- sons.
National Colored Morocco Company, manufacturers of glazed kid; em- ploys 150 persons.
Derby & Witherly, manufacturers of machinery ; employ 15 persons.
M. A. Furbush & Son, manufacturers of wool machinery ; employ 177 per- sons.
Eldridge R. Johnson, manufacturer of machinery; employs 57 persons.
The Tway Company, manufacturers of machinery; employs 20 persons.
Esterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of steel pens ; employs 416 persons.
Martin J. Frand & Company, manufacturers of ornamental metal goods ; employs 16 persons.
J. C. Dun & Company, manufacturers of floor oil cloth ; employs 60 persons. Farr & Bailey Manufacturing Company, floor and table oil cloth ; employs 247 persons.
P. J. Murphy & Company, manufacturers of floor cloth; employs 30 per- sons.
R. H. & B. C. Reeve Company, manufacturers of floor cloth ; employs 126 persons.
West Jersey Paper Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of paper ; em- ploys 40 persons.
R. B. Bender & Sons, book binding; employ 12 persons.
Krosterman Brothers Company ,manufacturers of roofing materials; em- ploys 15 persons.
Montross Metal Shingle Company, manufacturers of metal shingles; em- ploys 7 persons.
C. B. Coles & Sons Company, manufacturers of sashes, doors and blinds ; employs 107 persons.
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John H. Dialogue & Son, shipbuilding and repairing; employ 270 persons.
John L. Mills, shipbuilding and repairing ; employs 150 persons.
Samuel W. Tilton & Son, shipbuilding and repairing ; employ 70 persons.
John H. Mathis, shipbuilding and repairing ; employs 51 persons.
New York Shipbuilding Company, shipbuilding and repairing.
Rilatt & Barrett Dry Dock Company, shipbuilding and repairing ; employs 45; persons.
Wilson Richenbach, shipbuilding and repairing ; employs 9 persons.
David Baird, sparmaker ; employs 10 persons.
H. B. Anthony Shoe Company, of Philadelphia, manufacturers of shoes; employs 150 persons.
William A. Butcher, manufacturer of shoes; employs 40 persons.
William H. Dorrell, manufacturer of shoes; employs 62 persons.
Isaac Ferris, Jr., Shoe Company, manufacturers of shoes ; employs 125 per- sons.
John G. Smith, manufacturer of shoes ; employs 14 persons.
Welch & Kelly, manufacturers of shoes; employ 19 persons.
J. H. Allen Shoe Company, manufacturers of shoes ; employs 36 persons.
Hob Gore Makers, manufacturers of shoe gores; employ 31 persons.
Camden and Philadelphia Soap Company, manufacturers of laundry soap ; employs 18 persons.
Dobbins Soap Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of laundry and toilet soap; employs 17 persons.
R. M. Hollingshead & Company, manufacturers of harness soap; employs 16 persons.
John Baxter's Son, manufacturer of tallow; employs 8 persons.
New Jersey Asbestos Company, manufacturers of steam pipe covering ; em- ploys 31 persons.
C. F. Mitcheson & Company, manufacturers of smoker pipes.
Gausler & Star Company, manufacturers of horse clothing and carriage robes; employs 78 persons.
Howland Croft, Sons & Company, manufacturers of worsted yarns; em- ploys 564 persons.
George Shimer & Son, manufacturers of worsted yarns; employs 71 per- sons.
Highland Worsted Mills, manufacturers of worsted yarns; employs 392 persons.
Hodgson Brothers, manufacturers of worsted yarns; employ 57 persons.
Joseph Hussong, manufacturer of wool dyeing; employs 6 persons.
Philadelphia Worsted Company, manufacturers of worsted yarns; employs 33 persons.
Atlas Cereal Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of starch; employs 38 persons.
American Glutrose Works, manufacturers of sizing; employ 7 persons.
Camden Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of whiting; employs 10 persons.
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Canton (D 9), Salem County.
Near to the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad; nearest station, Salem, distance, seven miles. Population, 125. Banking town, Salem. Express ser- vice, West Jersey Company. Tax rate, $1.00.
This village, though not on the line of a railroad, is one which offers many advantages as a location for manufactories. The principal of these is the abundance and cheapness of land for factory sites, and the intelligent char- acter of the labor that may be had here. There is no organization of labor and wages would be a secondary consideration to having work. Land for factory sites would be donated if the industry were to be of sufficient size. At present there is only one industry in the village, a canning factory,. operated by C. H. Harris, which employs 100 persons.
Cape May (F 11), Cape May County.
On the Atlantic City Railroad (Winslow Junction and Cape May Branch) and the Cape May, Delaware Bay and Sewell's Point Railroad. Stations of both roads in the town. Population, 2,257. A banking town. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States and West Jersey Companies. Tax rate, $2.50.
The town has a sewer system and water-works, electric lighting and power plant, several telegraph stations and a perfect telephone service. It is on the Delaware River and enjoys fully the benefits that come from cheap water transportation. Steam and electric power may be had, and there is an abundance of land suitable for factory sites, situated close to the center of the town, that will be sold cheap as an inducement to the manufacturers to settle there. The population is large enough to afford an abundant supply of labor for any industry that may be attracted by the other advantages offered by Cape May.
Cape May Court House (F 10), Cape May County.
On the Atlantic City Railroad (Winslow Junction and Cape May Branch) and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (Camden and Cape May Branch) .. Stations of both roads in the town. Population, 600. A banking town. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States and West Jersey Companies. Tax rate, $1.42.
Cape May Court House has no manufactories, although there are few places in the State that offer superior inducements to that class of interests.
The railroad facilities are very good, freight rates are low, and every in- ducement in the power of the inhabitants to offer would be extended to good, reliable industries as an inducement to them to settle there. Land in any quantity along the line of the railroad can be had for very moderate prices. The supply of labor is abundant and of a highly intelligent character.
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Carlstadt (13), Bergen County.
On the Erie Railroad. Station in the town. Population, 2,574. Banking town, Jersey City or Rutherford. Money order post-office and telegraph sta- tion. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Tax rate, $2.50.
The town has both water-works and sewer system, electric light and power, trolley cars and all other conveniences of a modern municipality. It is sit- uated on the Hackensack River, which is navigable for vessels of fairly deep draught, and has, therefore, the advantage of water and railroad routes for the transportation of freight and express matter.
Three factory buildings are now idle and can be leased at very moderate rental, or they will be sold outright at very low figures. Either steam or electric power may be had. The land available for factory sites amounts to 15 or 20 acres, situated within the town, and much of it on the line of the railroad or the river can be bought for very low prices. The charge for land will depend on the size of the factory to be started; for a moderate sized one the charge would be very low, and for one large enough to make concession in the matter of price, the charge will be merely nominal.
The special advantages afforded by Carlstadt are these : It is of easy access to New York City, only eight miles distant, and trains run about one hour apart during the entire day. The freight rates are low, and a spur of the rail- road will be constructed to any factory that may locate on or near it. The land is perfectly adapted to factory purposes; water is easily obtained, and gas and electricity is supplied at very low rates.
Labor supply is abundant; the best mechanics of all trades reside in or near the town, while a practically unlimited supply of labor can be drawn from the near-by towns of Passaic, Rutherford and Hackensack. The Board of Trade will gladly assist any good manufactory that may be inclined to settle in Carlstadt.
The following manufacturing establishments are now in operation here :
S. Klaber & Company, manufacturers of fancy marble work; employs 51 persons.
Shaig Brothers, manufacturers of silk goods; employ 35 persons.
Commercial Typewriter Company, manufacturers of typewriting machies ; employs 20 persons.
Craigin Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of glazed boards for hats ; employs 12 persons.
Uhling, Steinbardt Company, manufacturers of pyrometers ; employs 10 per- sons.
A. Gereke, manufacturer of wire gauges, etc .; employs 5 persons.
Theodore Goers, manufacturer of white goods ; employs 43 persons.
F. Rist, manufacturer of white goods ; employs 12 persons.
Kunz & Rey, manufacturers of white goods; employ 35 persons.
B. Schwale, manufacturer of art flowers; employs 12 persons.
Smith & Nichols, manufacturers of cable wax and candles; employ 25 persons.
Carlton Hill, Bergen County.
On the Erie Railroad. Station in the town. Population, 200. Banking town, Rutherford. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express
service, Wells, Fargo Company. Tax rate, $2.24.
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The town has a sufficient supply of good water, which is furnished by the city of Hackensack.
It is situated on the Passaic River and has the advantage of a water front approachable by vessels of medium draught.
Factory sites may be obtained on very advantageous terms. The prox- imity of Hackensack and Rutherford insures a good supply of labor.
The Standard Bleachery Company, engaged in the bleaching, dyeing and finishing of fine cotton goods, has its establishment here. The firm employs 660 persons, and is one of the largest of its kind in the country.
The Carlton Manufacturing Company, makers of calculating machines, is -also located here.
Carmel (E 9), Cumberland County.
Near the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Nearest station, Bridgeton; distance, six miles; about the same distance from Millville, on the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Popu lation, 500. Banking town, Bridgeton. Express service, United States and West Jersey Companies. Tax rate, $1.82.
An unlimited quantity of land for factory sites, with good roads connecting ithe town with Bridgeton and Millville. Plenty of good intelligent labor. Any legitimate manufacturing business would be welcome and every encour- agement and assistance in the power of the inhabitants to extend, would be given.
There are several firms established here, engaged in the manufacture of shirts, women's skirts and wrappers. These, between them, employ upwards £ 150 persons, most of whom are women.
Carpentersville (E 4), Warren County.
On the Pensylvania Railroad (Trenton and Manunka Chunk Branch). "Station in the town. Population, 150. Banking town, Phillipsburg. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.05.
The village is situated on the Delaware River and has a good water supply. The railroad service is regular and freight rates are low, as is also taxation. The quantity of land available for factory sites is practically unlimited in ex- tent. Plots of any desired size may be nad adjoining the railroad, where all the advantages of direct transfer of goods from cars to factory may be had.
The Alpha Portland Cement Company's plant is located about two miles from Carpentersville, and the same vein of cement rock runs under the vil- lage.
There is also a fine brick clay deposit lying near by.
There is a peach basket manufactory, a feed and a saw mill, a box factory and a limestone quarry located here and doing business on a fairly extensive :scale.
Carteret (14), Middlesex County.
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey (Elizabeth and Perth Amboy Branch). Station in the town. Population, 1,840. Banking town, Rahway. 4 IND
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Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States: Company. Tax rate, $2.68.
As an advantageous and attractive site for manufacturing industry there are few locations that compare with Carteret. Situated on the line of a first-class railroad, with frequent trains, and bordering upon Staten Island Sound, which is navigable for the largest ocean-going vessels, freights can be shipped to or from the town by water or by rail. Trains make the trip to New York City in 45 minutes, to Newark in 30 minutes, and to Elizabeth in 10 min- utes.
The resident population is moderately large and growing rapidly, and its. nearness to Newark, Elizabeth and other populous towns insures a full sup- ply of labor, skilled or unskilled, for any kind of industry.
The number of large manufactories already established there is the best evi- dence of the sueprior advantages which the location offers. More factories are wanted, and choice sites adjacent to the railroad or the water front are offered on very liberal terms.
A land improvement association, composed of liberal and enterprising residents, assists workingmen to become the owners of their homes. The following are the principal manufacturing establishments now running in Carteret :
Leibig Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of fertilizers; employs 300 persons.
Williams & Clark Fertilizer Company, manufacturers of fertilizers; employs 200 persons.
Canada Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of railroad cars and auto- mobiles ; employs 35 persons.
American Lucol Company, manufacturers of paint and paint oil ; employs 30; persons.
Knappman Whiting Company, manufacturers of whiting; employs 27 per- sons.
Wheeler Condenser and Engine Company, manufacturers of machinery an I steam engines ; employs 280 persons.
Cassville (H 6), Ocean County.
An inland village. Nearest railroad station, New Egypt, on the Pemberton & Hightstown Railroad, or Lakewood on the Central Railroad of New Jersey : distance from either station, 8 miles. Population, 400. Banking town, Lake- wood. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $2.20.
Factory sites of any desired size may be had here for prices that are merely nominal. Labor may be had at low wages.
There are two saw mills and box factories in operation, which employ between them about 25 persons.
Caviar, Cumberland County.
The railroad name of Caviar is Bay Side; it is situated on the Ked Bank and Bay Side Branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and on the
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Delaware Bay. Population, 90. Banking town, Bridgeton. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.38.
The permanent population of Caviar is very small, but large numbers come there to engage in the sturgeon and shad fishing, which begins early in March and usually lasts until the end of June. The roes of these large fish, when prepared and salted, becomes the relish known as "Caviar," which gives its name to the village. Large quantities of it are sold every season, many of the buyers coming from Germany and Russia. There are six firms regularly engaged in preparing the fish roes and marketing them, who employ between them about 140 men.
Cecil (F 8), Gloucester County.
Nearest railroad station, Williamstown, on the Atlantic City Railroad, and Winslow, on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Population, 75. Banking town, Camden or Glassboro. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.60.
There are two cranberry bogs in Cecil, owned respectively by M. M. Chew and F. Burrows; upwards of 100 pickers and packers are engaged during the season. C. L. Sharpe carries on a timber business and employs about 20 choppers.
Cedarbrook (F 8), Camden County.
On the Atlantic City Railroad. Station in the village. Three miles west of Waterford Works, on the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Population,. I25. Banking town, Camden. Has a telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.85.
Large tracts of land lying along the railroad can be bought in any size lots. for factory sites at very low prices.
Cedar Grove (A 3), Essex County.
On the Erie Railroad (Greenwood Lake Branch). Station in the town. Population, 525. Banking town, Montclair. Money order post-office and tele- graph station. Express service, Wells, Fargo & Company. Tax rate, $1.80.
Land for factory building sites in any desired quantity. A considerable of it: is at or near the railroad station and can be bought at low figures ; possibly." some of it might be given free of cost on condition that a good sized factory be erected and a fair number of workmen employed.
Labor is plentiful, there being a large back country population to draw from in addition to the inhabitants of the town. Railroad service is good; the trains to New York, Jersey City, Newark, etc., run at short intervals.
The following manufacturing firms are now carrying on business in Cedar Grove :
George Schutt, dyeing cotton goods; employs 50 persons.
M. W. Jenkins, manufacturer of brushes ; employs 7 persons.
C. C. Van Orden, manufacturer of corset steels; employs 6 persons.
A. Bowden, manufacturer of cotton mops ; employs 5 persons.
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Cedarrun, Ocean County.
On the Tuckerton Railroad. Station in the village. Population, 100. . Banking town, Toms River. Money order post-office. Prepaid freight and express station. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.81.
Land for factory sites in abundance; some of it will be donated if the industry is large enough and of a permanent character. There is a good supply of labor, which would welcome employment at very moderate wages. There is now in operation at Cedarrun a bicycle and a wagon manufactory and a boat-building plant.
Cedarville (D 9), Cumberland County.
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey (Bridgeport Junction and Long Beach Branch). Station in the town. Population, 1,500. Banking town, Bridgeton. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.42.
Cedarville is situated on Cedar Creek, which empties into Delaware Bay. It offers many advantages as a location for factories, chief of which are the abundant supply of labor, water power derived from the creek, and several acres of land near the railroad station, which will be given in proper sized plots free of cost for factory sites.
There are two firms engaged in the fruit and vegetable canning industry on a large scale. They each employ about 150 persons during the canning season. The firms are W. L. Stevens & Bro. and John E. Diament.
Centerton (E 8), Salem County.
Nearest railroad station, Husted, on the West Jersey and Seashore Rail- road, distance one and one-quarter miles. Population, 150. Banking town, Bridgeton. Express service, West Jersey Company. Tax rate, $1.30.
There is a fine water-power in this place and abundance of land for factory sites. Labor is plentiful and can be had at low wages. The land can be pur- chased at nominal prices, or perhaps it would be given free of cost to the right kind of parties. An investigation of the advantages offered would repay anyone contemplating starting a light industry.
Centerville (G 4), Hunterdon County.
Nearest railroad station, Three Bridges, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad and the Central Railroad of New Jersey, distance about four miles. Population, 60. Banking town, Flemington. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.40.
Land for factory purposes at very low prices. The village is close to two of the principal railroads, and if a factory were established there is little. doubt the railroad companies would run a connecting spur from their main lines.
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Changewater (F 4), Warren County.
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Junction and Bir- mingham Branch). Station in the village. Population, 350. Banking town, Washington. Money order post-office and telegraph station. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $0.87.
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