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Approximate
No. of Persons Employed.
Fay Manilla Roofing Company, The.
Roofing
5
Ferris, Isaac, Jr., Company. .
Shoes
225
Frand, Martin J., Company.
Sheet metal and copper
20
French, Samuel H., & Company:
Varnishes
2
General Chemical Company.
Chemicals
297
Green, A. H ..
Asbestos pipe covering. .
23
Grimm & Leeds Company
Soda water tubes.
I8
Hagan, Peter, Company.
Builder tugs and barges
32
Hartmann, F., & Son.
Cigars
18
Hatch, Hugh
Brick manufacturer
60
Highland Worsted Mills.
Worsted yarns
500
Hollingshead, R. M., Company, The.
Soaps, dressing, etc. 80
Hunt, C. Howard, Pen Company.
Steel pens
175
Industrial Manufacturing Company, The.
Sewing machines
65
Kasson, A. R.
Manufacturers mica
II
Keystone Leather Company.
Glazed kid
400
Klostermann Bros. Company.
Sheet metal goods.
I2
Lambert & Todd Machine Company.
Machinery
14
Langston, Samuel M.
Paper box machinery
15
Lloyd & Richards, Inc.
Patent leather
40
Loeb & Schoenfeld Company.
Laces and embroideries.
400
Lund, William, & Son ..
Worsted yarns
35
MacAndrews & Forbes Company
Licorice
216
MacPherson, F. S., Company
Chemicals
IO
Mathis, John H. & Company
Shipbuilding
75
McCausland, W. J ..
Paper tubes
25
Mechling Bros. Mfg. Company.
Chemicals
86
Merritt & Company.
Structural steel
250
Metallic Manufacturing Company.
Sheet metal work.
IO
Mills, John L. Co., The.
Dredging apparatus.
6
Moebus, E.
Phototypes
15
Monarch Emery and Corundum Wheel Co
Grinding wheels
25
Montross Metal Shingle Company
Metal shingles, tiles, etc.
9
Morton Marine Motor Company.
Gasoline engines
15
Myers Manufacturing Company.
Tin boxes
30
New Jersey Asbestos Company.
Asbestos coverings
27 6
New York Shipbuilding Company.
Ship building
3,680
Noecker, Rickenbach & Ake.
Ship building Refiners
90
Philadelphia Caramel Company.
Caramels and chocolate.
250
Philadelphia Steel and Wire Company
Metal goods and wire .. Gas meters & appliances
35
Phoenix Meter Company.
18
Pittsburg and Philadelphia Oil and Refining Company
Cylinder and engine oil.
6
Preisendanz, Rudolph
Carriages and wagons. .
17
New Jersey Wire Stitching Machine Company
Wire stitching machines
80
Orford Copper Company, The.
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INDUSTRIAL DIRECTORY OF NEW JERSEY.
NAME OF FIRM.
CHARACTER OF BUSINESS.
Approximate
No. of Persons Employed.
Quaker City Morocco Company.
Glazed kid
150
Quigley, Davis & Dorp.
Boat builders
60
Reeve, Augustus ..
Brickmakers
35
Rilatt & Barrett Dry Dock Company.
Shipbuilding
30
Ruby Kid Company.
Glazed kid leather
150
Saunders Shoe Company
Shoes
60
Sayford Paper Specialty Company.
Paper bottle caps.
7
Seidenberg & Company.
Cigars
50
Smith, J. G. & H. H ..
Shoes
14
Southwark Scale Company.
Scales
25
Standard Tank and Seat Company.
Closet seats.
40
Standwitz & Scott.
Tanks, hoods, fenders ...
25
Swiss Gelatine Company.
Gelatine food products. .
25
Taylor-White Extracting Company.
Extracts
20 12
Tiedeken, Theo. C. & Brother.
Carriages and wagons .. Shoes
5
Taggert, J. E. & Son.
Fertilizers
40
Van Sciver, J. B. Co.
Furniture
300
Victor Talking Machine Company
Victor Talking Machine
1,300
Voight Metal Company
Brass castings
9
Ware Manufacturing Company
Cotton bandages
8
Warren, Webster & Co ...
Heaters
I30
Waterall, William & Company.
Paints
28
Welch & Kelly.
Shoes
25
West Jersey Paper Mfg. Company.
Paper
45
Wilckes, Martin, Wilckes Company
Lampblack
25
Wright & McAdams ..
Shoes
40
Campgaw (B 2), Bergen County. (FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.)
On the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad; station in the vil- lage. Population, 220. Banking town, Paterson. A post office (not money order). Express service, National Company. Tax rate, $1.68.
The village has one public school of seven grades, and one church owned by the Methodist denomination. An industry of any kind would be wel -- comed, and land for such purposes can be secured at very low prices. A farming country surrounds the village, the soil of which is fair. The prin- cipal products are garden truck, hay, corn and some other grains. Farm land, cultivated and uncultivated, is for sale here. The only industry in the village is a small manufactory of iron railing owned by C. Ferdinand, in which four men are employed. For further information, address Jacob G. Valentine, Postmaster.
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Tompkins, E. P. & Son
Tretbar, E. F. .
Print blocks, type.
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Canton (D 9), Salem County.
(LOWER ALLOWAY CREEK TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Salem, on the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad, distant six miles. Population, 150. Banking town, Salem. A post office (not money order) ; telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Co. Tax rate, $1.27.
The village of Canton, although some miles from a railroad, is one that offers some inducements as a location for light manufacturing. It is not altogether isolated, as a trolley line, which passes close by, brings the place into communication with Salen and other large towns. One of the advan- tages found here is the cheapness of land, and the intelligence and orderly character of the labor awaiting employment. Land for factory purposes would be cheerfully donated if the industry requiring it were of fair size and reasonably certain of being permanent.
The climate of the region is healthful and without any trace whatever of malaria ; the water supply, drawn from wells, is very good, and natural drain- age of a perfectly satisfactory character is afforded by Alloway and Mad Horse Creeks, both of which flow past the village. The community supports one public school and two churches-Methodist and Baptist. The outlying country produces fair crops of wheat, corn, potatoes and most of the pro- duce designated as garden truck.
There are two tomato canneries located here, one owned by Shrimp & Harris, who employ about 140 persons, and the other by H. J. Smith, who employs 15 persons.
For further information, address the postmaster of Canton, N. J.
Cape May (F 10), Cape May County.
(LOWER TOWNSHIP.)
On the Atlantic City Railroad and the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad; stations of both roads in the city. Population, 4,000. A banking town- one bank. Money order postoffice; telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States and Adams Companies. Value of taxable property, $4,418,790. Tax rate, $2.05.
Cape May is situated on the extreme southern point of the State, where the waters of Delaware Bay mingle with those of the Atlantic Ocean, and is therefore pre-eminently well placed for receiving the full benefit of the stimulating and bracing ocean breezes. It is for these reasons a highly popu- lar coast resort, at which thousands of people enjoy the salt-laden air of the Atlantic during the summer months.
The city has a first-class sewer system and water supply, which is piped to all its parts; other advantages are fine, well kept streets, good hotels and stores, and an electric power plant, which furnishes power and light in prac- tically unlimited quantities.
Cape May has one building and loan association, and four newspapers- two dailies published during the summer season, and two weeklies published
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all the year round. There are nine lodges representing the following fraternal orders, viz .: Masons, Odd Fellows, Red Men, Woodmen, United American Mechanics, Royal Arcanum, Heptcsophs and Daughters of Liberty. There is also an active and highly efficient local Board of Trade, of which O. A. Merchant is secretary.
The city has two public grammar schools and one High School. There are eight church buildings, owned-one each by the Presbyterian, Episcopal, Catholic, Methodist and Baptist demoninations; three of the eight churches are owned by colored congregations.
Fire protection, of a very efficient kind, is provided by numerous street hydrants and a volunteer department consisting of four companies equipped with the best modern apparatus.
The citizens and city authorities of Cape May favor giving every possible encouragement to industrial enterprise, and will guarantee that manufac- turers settling there will be given every form of assistance in their power to extend. The population is large enough to furnish an ample supply of willing and intelligent labor, either male or female, whose expectations in the matter of labor would be reasonable. Fine choice factory building sites, very advantageously situated with regard to the railroads, will be sold for such purposes at specially low prices as an inducement to manufacturers in search of a location. The farm land in the vicinity of Cape May has a light sandy soil very favorable to the production of sweet and white potatoes, garden truck and small fruits, large crops of which are raised and marketed in this and other seaside resorts every year. There are no farms for sale in the vicinity. The only foreign immigrants in or about Cape May are some one hundred Italian laborers, employed on public improvements.
The only industry here at present is Hastings & Co., gold leaf beater, who employs 53 men.
For further particulars relating to Cape May, address O. A. Merchant, Jr., secretary of the Board of Trade.
Cape May Court House (F 11), Cape May County.
(MIDDLE TOWNSHIP.)
On the Atlantic City and the West Jersey & Seashore Railroads; stations of both lines in the town. Population, 1,200. Banking town, Wildwood or Cape May. A money order post office; telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States and Adams Companies. Tax rate, $1.42.
There are but few towns in New Jersey in which advantages for carrying on manufacturing industry superior to those offered by Cape May Court House are to be found. Railroad service is excellent; freight rates reason- able, and a fair supply of intelligent and reliable labor, free from all en- tanglements that lead to trouble and disturbance, may be readily secured. The inhabitants and authorities of the town stand ready to extend every possible indulgence and assistance to any industrial enterprise that may locate there. Land in any quantity desired-a large part of it bordering on the railroads-may be secured at prices far below actual value if wanted for factory sites.
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Cape May Court House has one public and one private school and two churches, Methodist and Baptist. Fire protection is provided by two vol- unteer companies-one steam engine and one hook and ladder truck. The town has a good water supply, under high pressure, piped to all its houses, and fire hydrants are provided in proper numbers on the streets.
The country surrounding Cape May Court House is devoted to farming; the soil is good, and the products, of which large crops are raised, consist of corn, potatoes and. a full line of garden truck. Apples, peaches and fine strawberries are also grown on these farms.
The industries now in operation at Cape May Court House are:
Cape May Glass Company, glass bottles, employs 160 men.
Reliance Leather Company, leather, employs 35 men.
In addition to these two factory industries there is a considerable number of men employed in planting and shipping the famous Cape May salt oysters.
Cape May Point (F 11), Cape May County.
(LOWER TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station Cape May, on the Atlantic City Railroad; distant two miles (connected by electric road). Population, 150. Banking town, Cape May. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $243,400. Tax rate, $1.42.
Cape May Point is a well known shore resort on Delaware Bay, at the extreme southern end of the State, and practically on the Atlantic Ocean. The permanent population is small, but attracted by its fine location large numbers of people make their homes there during the summer and early fall months.
The town has a sewer system and water works; one public school of three grades, and five churches, representing the Baptist, Catholic, Presbyterian, Episcopal and African Methodist denominations. These churches are for the most part to meet the wants of summer visitors.
The townspeople would welcome a manufacturing industry, and for factory building purposes land will be given free of cost. The number of workers that can be secured for a new industry is reported at 25 men and 15 women. In the back country there is fine farm land, having good soil, and corn, potatoes and garden vegetables are grown in large crops and marketed in Cape May Point and other seaside resorts.
For further particulars address John J. Kromer, Cape May Point, N. J.
Carlstadt (1 3), Bergen County.
(CARLSTADT TOWNSHIP.)
On the Erie Railroad; station in the town. Population, 3,500. A banking town, one bank. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connec- tions. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Value of taxable property, $1,009,460. Tax rate, $2.18.
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Carlstadt is situated on the Hackensack River, which up to that point is navigable for boats or vessels of moderately deep draught. Cars of the Jer- sey City, Paterson and Hoboken trolley roads connect the town with these cities, and also with the famous Hudson River tunnel at Hoboken. Other electric roads connect Carlstadt with Hackensack, Passaic, Newark and practically all large or medium sized towns in Bergen, Passaic, Essex and Hudson counties. The establishment of a comprehensive sewer system has been provided for, and an abundant supply of pure water, supplied by the Hackensack Water Company, is carried in mains to all parts of the place.
For fire protection there is a large number of street hydrants, with water maintained at high pressure, and a volunteer department consisting of one steam engine, one hook and ladder, and three hose companies.
Carlstadt has three public schools, and will soon have a fourth; one weekly newspaper (German) ; three churches-Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist; representative lodges of many of the best known fraternal orders, and an active Board of Trade composed of business men and manufacturers.
The special advantages of Carlstadt as a location for homes or manu- facturing industry are many; there is easy access to New York, which is only eight miles distant, and the trip can be made by way of the river tunnel, which lands passengers near the very center of the shopping district; trains on the steam railroad run about one hour apart during the entire day ; freight rates are low, and a spur of the railroad will be constructed to factories that locate on or near it. The situation is admirably adapted to factory purposes ; water is plentiful and the charges for it very moderate, and both gas and electricity are supplied for power or lighting at reasonable rates.
The labor supply is sufficient to meet any possible demand; excellent mechanics of all trades are to be found in the town, and if required a practically unlimited number can be secured from the nearby towns of Rutherford, Hackensack and Passaic.
Public sentiment strongly favors the extension of manufacturing industry, and plants of any kind that employ labor will be welcomed. The number of workers-residents of the town-at present available for employment is reported to be 150 men and 200 women.
Choice locations within the town, convenient to the railroad or the river, can be bought for very low figures. The charge for land will be to some extent regulated by the size of the factory to be started; for a moderate or small one the cost would be low, and for one large enough to make still greater concessions in the matter of price an object, the charge would be merely nominal; it may be that in the case of a specially desirable and permanent industry, the Board of Trade would donate the building site.
Carlstadt has a fine public library centrally located, well kept streets, good stores, and a prosperous building and loan society, through the aid of which industrious and thrifty workmen are enabled to own their own homes. There are very few foreign immigrants in the town.
The principal manufactories now in operation at Carlstadt are as follows : Bergen Manufacturing Company, silk mill harness, employs men. Cragin Manufacturing Company, hatters glaze boards, employs 12 men. Goers, Theo., white goods, employs 55 persons.
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Klaber, S., & Co., onxy and marble goods, employ 50 men.
Smith & Nichols, wax candles, employ 25 men.
Van Dieman Eng. and Type Company, steel types, employs 75 persons.
For further information relating to Carlstadt address the Secretary of the Board of Trade.
Carlton Hill, Bergen County. (RUTHERFORD BOROUGH.)
On the Erie Railroad; station in the town. Population, 500. Banking town, Rutherford. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connec- tions. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Tax rate, $2.20.
Carlton Hill has a good water supply furnished by the city of Hackensack, and piped to all parts of the village. It is situated on the Passaic River, and has a water front approachable by vessels of medium draught. Factory sites may be had at very moderate prices, and the proximity of the village to the populous towns of Hackensack and Rutherford insures a good supply of labor. The manufactories now here are :
The Standard Bleachery Company, bleachers, dyers and finishers of fine cotton goods; this establishment is one of the largest of its kind in the counry, and employs between 700 and 800 men and women.
The Carlton Manufacturing Company, calculating machines, and the Hazle- ton Boiler Works.
For further particulars address the Postmaster, Carlton Hill.
Carmel (E 9), Cumberland County. (DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Rosenhayn, on the Central Railroad of New Jer- sey, and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad; distant three miles. Popu- lation, 750. Banking town, Bridgeton or Millville; distance to either place about six miles. Money order post office and telephone connections. Ex- press service, United States and Adams Companies. Tax rate, $1.44.
Carmel is connected with the large towns of Bridgeton and Millville by good macadamized roads. There is an abundant supply of intelligent and reliable labor, and every possible concession will be made to encourage manufacturing industry. Land for factory sites will be sold at low figures and the inhabitants will take an interest in helping along any legitimate manufacturing enterprise that may settle there. The town has one public school of three grades, and one exclusively Jewish school. There is one house of worship-a synagogue.
Carmel is surrounded by an excellent farming country, which is largely under cultivation. The first settlement was established there in 1883 by Rus- sian Jews, refugees from their native land, assisted by the Baron de Hersh fund. After a struggle, lasting for some years, the colonists succeeded in overcoming the difficulties of their environment, and finally made of the tracts occupied by them one of the most highly cultivated and productive farming districts in the State. The farm products consist largely of small fruits, berries and grapes, although in some parts of the district excellent
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crops of wheat, rye, corn, potatoes and garden truck are grown. The pro- ducts of these farms find a ready market at Bridgeton and Millville.
The only industry of any magnitude located here at present is a manu- factory of women's wrappers, owned by Henry A. Dix & Sons, in which 30 persons, mostly women, are employed.
Carpentersville (E 4), Warren County.
(POHATCONG TOWNSHIP.)
On the Belvidere Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad; station in the village. Population, 186. Banking town, Phillipsburg, N. J., or Easton, Pa. A money order post office, but at this time neither telegraph nor tele- phone connections. Tax rate, $1.02.
Carpentersville is situated on the Delaware River, and enjoys first-class natural drainage and a water supply derived from wells and cisterns. The location, which is both pictureque and healthful, should be a very desirable place for manufacturing industry. There is one public school in the village and one "union chapel," that is used for the purposes of worship by all religious denominations.
The community sentiment is favorable to industrial enterprise, and all possible encouragement would be extended to a factory locating there. There is a fine water power at the place, the capacity of which is reported at 1,000 horse. The industries to which local conditions are best adapted are paper mills or cement mills. The number of actual residents of the village now idle and ready to accept employment is 25 men and 10 women, but any num- ber of workers can be secured from the surrounding country and nearby towns. Land for factory sites of any desired size may be secured near the railroad, with all the advantages of direct transfer of freight from factories to cars by means of short spurs.
The soil of the surrounding country is good; the principal crops are garden truck, wheat, corn, potatoes and hay.
There is one farm, consisting of about 160 acres, for sale; the buildings are in good order, and the distance from the railroad station is only 11/2 miles. The reasons for selling is that the proprietor, J. A. Carpenter, who resides on the farm, wishes to retire.
The Alpha Portland Cement Company's plant is about two miles from Carpentersville, and the vein of cement rock which supplies that concern runs under the village.
The industries here now are:
A saw mill and basket factory, owned by H. L. Rapp, and two sand and lime works, owned respectively by Irving & Large, and W. L. Cole & Co. From three to eight men are employed in each of these places.
For further particulars, address W. E. Calvin or B. S. Rapp.
Carteret (1 4), Middlesex County.
(ROOSEVELT BOROUGH.)
On the Long Branch Division of the Central Railroad of New Jersey; station in the town. Population, including Chrome, 6,000. A banking town-
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one bank. Money order post office ; telegraph and telephone connections with all points. Express service, United States and Adams Companies. Value of taxable property, $2,853,074. Tax rate, $1.67.
As an attractive and advantageous location for manufacturing industry there are few places that compare with Carteret. Situated on the line of a first-class railroad with frequent trains, and also on the New Jersey shore of Staten Island Sound, which has here a depth of water sufficient for the largest ocean-going vessels, freight can be shipped to and from the town to any part of the world. Trains run from Carteret to Elizabeth or Rahway in ten minutes; to Newark in twenty-five minutes, and to New York in forty- five minutes.
No better evidence can be offered of the extent to which the advantages of Carteret are appreciated than the fact that its population has increased almost 200 per cent. since 1900. This unusual growth is due entirely to the many large industrial establishments that have been attracted to the place during the past eight years. The town is now one of he most important in- dustrial centers in Middlesex county, and if the ratio of growth which it has enjoyed in the past is maintained it is not improbable that before many years it will become one of the foremost manufacturing towns of the State.
Carteret has a perfect sewer system and an ample supply of pure artesian well water, which is carried in mains to all parts of the town. Trolley roads connect the place with all large centers of population in Middlesex and Union counties. There is one building and loan association, through the aid of which many workmen employed in the local industries have become the owners of their homes.
Carteret has two weekly newspapers; two public schools-one four and the other nine grades; six churches-German Lutheran, Episcopal, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian and Orthodox Greek. Of fraternal organizations there are lodges representing the Red Men, Foresters, Woodmen of the World, Odd Fellows, Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order of Hibernians and Druids. There is also an organization of Hebrews called the Beth Israel.
The resident population of Carteret is large and increasing rapidly; its nearness to the populous cities of Elizabeth and Newark insures a supply of labor, skilled or unskilled, equal to all possible requirements for any kind of industry. Manufacturing industry is the life of the town, and public sen- timent is favorable to encouraging its extension by every possible means. The number reported as being at present available for employment in new industries is 1,000 men and 500 women. Choice factory sites near the rail- road or the water front may be had at reasonable prices. Fire protection is furnished by two volunteer companies and several "fire brigades" maintained in some of the larger manufacturing establishments. Water power of con- siderable volume may be developed. The foreign immigrants residing in and near Carterct consist, as reported, of about 500 Polacks, 600 Slavs and 500 Hungarians.
For further particulars, address Edward J. Heil or Thomas L. Slugg. The principal industries now in operation here are :
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