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There is one large factory building in the town, which was formerly occupied by the Somerset Distilling Company, and is now idle. This struc- ture is in excellent condition, quite suitable for almost any line of manu- facturing, and can be leased at a moderate rental. The industries now here are small in number and size, being about the same as those usually regarded
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as indispensable in the ordinary life of a community of its size, but anyone wanting a factory location will find, on investigation, that many of the facilities essential to success are to be found here.
The soil of the surrounding country is good, and the farm products are those usually raised in that region.
For further information address the Postmaster.
East Newark (C 4), Hudson County.
(KEARNEY TOWNSHIP.)
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and the Erie Railroads ; station of the Erie road in the borough. Population, 3,126. Banking town, Harrison or Newark. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams, United States and Wells-Fargo Com- panies. Tax rate, $0.90.
East Newark is situated on the eastern bank of Passaic River, between the boroughs of Kearney and Harrison, and like these municipalities, directly opposite the city of Newark. All the railroad stations of Newark, Kearney and Harrison are within from one-half to one mile of the center of East Newark, and the trolley lines of the Public Service Corporation extend through the principal streets connecting with all populous centers in Hud- . son, Essex, Bergen, Passaic and Union counties. An extensive front on the Passaic River affords facilities for water transportation equal in every respect to those enjoyed by Newark.
East Newark has one large public school, churches representing the prin- cipal denominations, and a very efficient volunteer fire department. The advantages as a location for manufacturing industry are substantially the same as those enumerated in the notes relating to the adjoining boroughs of Harrison and Kearney. These are, briefly stated, proximity to the great cities of Newark, Jersey City and New York; perfect transportation facilities by water or rail; thoroughly sewered streets; an ample supply of pure water ; schools; libraries; building and loan associations, fraternal organizations and most other essential conveniences found in large progressive towns.
East Newark is distinctly a manufacturing community in which the policy of making the place an attractive location for industrial plants has been unremittingly pursued since its first settlement. All lands within the cor- porate limits of the borough are valuable, and compared with those in less important towns, are high priced; in cases, however, where factory sites are wanted, very liberal concessions are made, both with regard to prices and in other respects also.
The best indication of the popularity of the town as an industrial center is the number of large and flourishing plants now in operation there. The principal ones are as follows :
The Clark Mile End Spool Cotton Company, spool cotton, employ 1,000 men and women.
Stewart Hartshorn, spring shade rollers, employs 600 men and women.
John Hewett Foundry Company, metal castings, employs 75 men.
N. J. Adamant Manufacturing Company, wall plaster, employ 35 men.
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Thomas E. Gleason, wire cloth, employs 16 men.
The E. W. Horstman Company, machinists, employ 15 men.
Louis Hartung, boilers, etc., employs 9 men.
East Nutley ( ), Essex County. (See Nutley.)
East Orange (H 3), Essex County.
(EAST ORANGE TOWNSHIP.)
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and the Erie Railroads; four stations of the first, and two of the last named lines in the city. Population, 32,500. A banking town, four banks. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States and Wells-Fargo Companies. Value of taxable property, $40,415,500; of which $37,003,150 is real, and $3,412,350 personal. Tax rate, $1.50.
East Orange is principally a place of fine residences, although there are a number of large industries established there. The city has a sewer system and an abundant supply of pure water furnished by its own plant. There are eight public and three private schools; in the public schools manual training forms part of the course of instruction. Of churches there are three Episcopal, four Presbyterian, two Congregational, four Baptist, three Methodist, two Catholic, two Dutch Reformed, one Swedish Lutheran, and one Disciples of Christ. The fraternal orders are represented by lodges of Masons, Royal Arcanum, Heptosophs, Elks, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fel- lows, Woodmen of America, and American Mechanics. East Orange has fine streets and stores, excellent railroad service, there being upwards of fifty trains daily to and from New York-the trip either way occupying only thirty minutes-and trolley lines connect with the other Oranges, Newark and Jersey City. The city has a fine public library and lecture halls, a flourishing building and loan association, a paid fire department, consisting of five companies and all other conveniences of a modern municipality. There is no particular desire on the part of the people to extend the manu- facturing interests of the place, and land is too high priced for factory purposes.
The industries now in operation are :
Crocker-Wheeler Company, (Ampere) electrical machinery, employ 1,200 men.
Eller Bros. & Hall, men's hats, employ 120 men.
Seabury & Johnson, medical and surgical appliances, employ 350 men.
Walhizer & Dreyer, men's hats, employ 50 men.
Ransley & Son, mineral water, employ 25 men.
Williams & Condit, carriage manufacturers, employ 16 men.
For further particulars, address either the Mayor or the City Clerk of East Orange.
Eatontown (1 5), Monmouth County.
(EATONTOWN TOWNSHIP.)
On the New Jersey Southern Division of the Central Railroad of New Jersey ; station distant one-quarter of a mile. Also connected by trolley line
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with Red Bank, thus making the Pennsylvania Railroad a part of the town's transportation facilities. Population, 1,000. Banking town, Red Bank, dis- tant three miles. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone con- nections. Express service, United States Company. Value of taxable property, $250,000. Tax rate, $1.49.
Eatontown is very favorably situated for industrial purposes. An abund- ant supply of pure water is distributed in mains of the Tintern Manor Water Company, and an extensive sewer system will soon be constructed.
Access to the ocean may be had by way of either Oceanport on the Shrews- bury, or Red Bank on the Navesink River, which places are distant from Eatontown two and three miles respectively. A line of large steamboats carrying passengers and freight make daily trips to New York City.
Eatontown has fine well kept streets, electric lighting, large stores, fine residences, and all other really essential social and business conveniences. There are three public schools of all grades, in which the children of the community find ample accommodations, and of churches there are two Methodist, and of Baptist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Catholic and Second Adventist one each.
Fire protection is furnished by street hydrants with water under high pressure, a chemical engine and hook and ladder truck all manned by vol- unteer companies. The fraternal orders are represented by lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows, Red Men, American Mechanics and Woodmen of America. One daily newspaper is published in the town, and there is also a Board of Trade.
The townspeople are very favorably disposed toward manufacturing in- . distry and will gladly extend such encouragement as may be in their power for the purpose of attracting such enterprises. There is an abundance of land available for factory sites, choice parts of which be given free of cost for an industry in which a fair number of residents of the town can find employment. As a further inducement manufacturers locating here are guar- anteed every indulgence and exemption allowed by law in the matter of taxation. The number who would accept employment all the year round is reported as 50 men and 50 women. There is a water power of 25 horse capacity in the vicinity.
The soil of the surrounding country is good and the products are chiefly garden truck. No farms are reported for sale. There are practically no foreign immigrants in the place. The following industries are now in opera- tion here :
E. P. Hendrickson, night-shirts, employs 25 men and women.
G. L. Loveridge, night-shirts, employs 25 men and women.
D. H. Applegate, vitrified bricks, employs 10 men.
A patent leather works, name not reported, employs 12 men.
For further particulars, address W. R. Stevens or J. W. Johnston.
Echo Lake (H 2), Passaic County. (WEST MILFORD TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Charlottesburg, on the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad, distant two miles. Population, 400. Banking town,
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Butler. A money order post office; telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, National Company. Tax rate, $0.85.
Echo Lake is situated in a very attractive part of the State; the elevation is high and the climate entirely free from malaria. Manufacturing industry is very much desired, and land for factory purposes will be sold at greatly reduced prices. A sufficient supply of labor for several medius sized plants will be guaranteed; at the present time there are 100 men and 50 women in the place who would accept employment. A water power of fair capacity can be developed.
The community supports one public school of both primary and grammar grades, and four churces-Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist. The water supply is obtained from springs and wells. The soil of the agri- cultural country surrounding the town is good, and the products consist of the principal grains and garden truck. There are no foreign immigrants in the place.
For further particulars, address Joseph Tintle or M. J. Shipper.
Edgewater (D 4), Bergen County.
(EDGEWATER BOROUGH.)
On the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad; station in the town. Population, 1,775. A banking town-two banks. Money order post office, and telephone connections. Express service, Wells Fargo Company. Value of taxable property, $3,566,642. Tax rate, $1.74. .
Edgewater is admirably situated for industrial or commercial purposes, occupying, as it does, a place at the foot of the Palisades, directly opposite New York City, with facilities for docking the largest ocean-going vessels at the wharfs of its water front on the Hudson River. The town has a thorough sewer system, and a water supply carried in mains to all parts of the place. Streets are kept in good condition; there are many fine stores and New York City is easy of access. There are now two public schools, eighth grade, and two more in contemplation. The churches are three in number-Catholic, Episcopal and a Union Chapel. Fire protection is provided by numerous fire hydrants with water under 120 pounds pressure, and several well equipped volunteer companies.
Public sentiment is favorable to manufacturing industry, and plants of any kind will be welcomed. There is no surplus labor in the place, and manu- factories settling there will have to bring the help required from outside. This however, would cause little if any difficulty, as labor of any kind in practically limitless numbers can be obtained from New York City, which is directly opposite Edgewater. There are no idle factory buildings in the town. The following are the principal industries now in operation :
Barrett Manufacturing Company, roofing, employs 300 men.
Bull's Ferry Chemical Company, chemicals, employs 15 men.
Corn Products Refining Company, glucose, syrups, etc., employs 750 men. Davis, Charles E., Sr., cast-iron specialties, employs 20 men. General Chemical Company, chemicals, employs 276 men.
Higgins, D. A. & Company, worsted goods, employs 30 men.
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Hinners, E. H. Sons, builders' supplies, employ 36 men.
Pyle, James & Son, soap and washing compounds, employ 100 men.
Valvoline Oil Company, refined oils, employs 120 men. Warner Sugar Refining Company, refined sugar, employs 425 men. For further particulars, address the Town Clerk of Edgewater.
Edgewater Park (F 6), Burlington County.
(BEVERLY TOWNSHIP.)
On the Camden and Amboy Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad; station in the village. Population, 500. Banking town, Burlington. A money order post office; telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.90.
Edgewater Park is situated on the Delaware River, about one mile south of Burlington. It has both a sewer system and water supply; for fire pro- tection there are two street hydrants and a volunteer company. There is one public school of four grades. The village is at present one of residences exclusively, and there seems to be no disposition to encourage manufacturing industry. The soil of the surrounding country is good, and farming is prac- tically the only occupation. No farms are reported for sale. A small manu- factory of cement building blocks is carried on in the place.
Edenburg (G 5), Mercer County. (WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Windsor, on the. Camden and Amboy Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, distant two and one-half miles. Population, 150. Banking town, Hightstown. A post office and telephone connection. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $0.87.
This village is a farming community and has no manufacturing industry of any kind. The soil is good, and the usual varieties of produce and garden truck are raised. No farms are reported for sale. There is one public school in the place.
Edison (G 2), Sussex County. (SPARTA TOWNSHIP.)
On the Hopactong and 'Edison Branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey ; station in the village. Population, 180. Banking town, Newton. A money order post office; telegraph and telephone connections. Express ser- vice, United States Company.
The village of Edison has grown from a large industrial plant-New Jer- sey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works once operated here; the works have been closed for some years and the population, once upwards of 700, has diminished to its present low figure, but the natural advantages of the place, its healthful location in the highlands of Sussex county and fine natural scenery, warrant the belief that the place has a prosperous future, either as a location for manufactories or for summer homes. Railroad service is fairly good, taxes are low and land for factory purposes can be had for almost any price offered.
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Egg Harbor City (G 8), Atlantic County.
On the Atlantic City and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad; stations of both roads in the town. Population, 3,000. A banking town-one bank. Money order post office; telegraph and telephone connections. Express ser- vice, United States and Adams Companies. Tax rate, $1.62.
Egg Harbor enjoys exceptionally good railroad service with moderate freight and tax rates, and has other advantages that should commend them- selves to persons in search of a location for manufacturing industry, as is shown by the fact that a long list of exceedingly prosperous enterprises of that character are already in successful operation there. It is an enter- prising modern community, quite large enough to supply any quantity of labor that new industries settling there might require. The water supply is first class, and there are fine well kept streets and large stores. The finan- cial facilities afforded by the local bank are supplemented by two build- ing and loan associations, having 600 stockholders and assets amounting to $285,000. The town supports three weekly newspapers, one public school of eleven grades and one parochial school; 32 street hydrants under 100 pounds pressure and an ample supply of hose affords very efficient fire pro- tection. The churches, six in number, are divided among the following de- nominations-Catholic, Congregational, Reformed, Lutheran, Moravian and Baptist. Representing the fraternal orders, there are lodges of Odd Fel- lows, Red Men, Golden Eagles, Foresters of America, Grand Army and Sons of Veterans.
The policy pursued by the authorities and people has ever been governed by a desire to build up and increase the number of industries in the town. Factory sites are given free of cost, and every other assistance and indulg- ence allowed by law will be freely extended to parties who locate here. The number of workers available is reported at 100 men and 50 women, but an abundant supply of labor can be secured from nearby places. Water power can be secured for industrial purposes.
One of the most interesting of the old established industries of the town is the making of wine, a business that is carried on here quite extensively. The goods produced are excellent in quality and stand in the front rank of native wines. There are many large storage cellars, in some of which upwards of 100,000 gallons are put away to acquire the mellowing qualities imparted by age.
The soil of the farm land in the vicinity of Egg Harbor City is good, and good garden truck, corn, potatoes and berries are raised in large crops. Several farms ranging from 20 to 40 acres are for sale. The' foreign immi- grants in the vicinity number about 100, mostly Italians. The principal man- ufacturing establishments now here are:
Baulig & Company, clothing, employ 125 men and women.
Bleatner, Charles, clothing, employs 30 men and women.
Blaze, George, clothing, employs 14 men and women.
Bozarth, J. H. & Company, lumber mill, employs 26 men.
Dewey, H. F., Sons Company, wines, employ 10 men.
Egg Harbor Brick Manufacturing Company, brick, employs 45 men.
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Garnish, Louis, cigars, employs 20 men.
Liberty Cut Glass Company, cut glass, employs 75 men and women.
Mall & Dey, wagons and trucks, employ 20 men.
Muellar, George, clothing, employs 15 men and women.
Roesch, George, clothing, employs 25 men and women.
Seelig & Heniss, clothing, employ 16 men and women.
Winterbottom, Carter Company, bone handles, employs 60 men.
For further particulars, address Wm. Morgenweck, Jr., or Wm. Mall.
Elberon, Monmouth County. (See Long Branch.)
Eldora, Cape May County.
(DENNIS TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Belleplain, on the West Jersey & Seashore Rail- road, distant four and one-half miles. Population, 200. Banking town, Mill- ville or Cape May Court House. A money order post office; telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $25,000. Tax rate, $1.44.
Eldora is situated near West Creek in a very rich farming country. There are in the village two public schools of the grammar grade, and one Meth- odist church. There is one canning establishment in the village employing about fifty men and women, owned by the Edora Canning Company, and another that makes a specialty of putting up tomatoes, pickles and catsup, in which twenty-five men and fifteen women are employed; this plant is owned by the Philadelphia Pickling Company. The canning business could be greatly extended, as fine grades of tomatoes and other produce used for that purpose are grown here and the crops could be largely increased. The villagers are very favorably disposed to manufacturing industry, and land for factory purposes will be sold at merely nominal prices. Labor can read- ily be secured for an approved industry and financial assistance would also be extended if necessary.
For further particulars, address Walter 'S. Goff, Samuel Bishop or Charles Broughton.
Eldredge, Cape May County.
Nearest railroad station, Cape May, on the Atlantic City and West Jersey and Seashore Railroads, distant about one-half mile. Population, 725. Bank- ing town, Cape May. A money order post office; telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States and Adams Companies.
Eldredge is situated near the extreme southern end of the State, close to the Atlantic Ocean on one side and Delaware Bay on the other; it en- joys, therefore, a delightful climate during the summer months when it is continuously swept by the cool and invigorating breezes of the ocean. The town offers all the essential advantages found anywhere in a modern com- munity of its size for either residential or industrial purposes. There is
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one public school and one union church used by all denominations in turn. Fire protection is provided by a volunteer department with two hose car- riages and 1,000 feet of hose. A water main from Cape May runs through the town and fire hydrants are placed on all street corners.
The railroad service is good, freight rates reasonable and land for fac- tory sites is offered at merely nominal figures. A manufacturing industry of any kind would be cordially welcomed and a sufficient supply of labor will be guaranteed. A rich farming country surrounds the town on which the usual standard crops are grown. The only industry here at present is a canning factory owned by W. L. Stevens & Bros., in which from thirty to fifty persons are employed.
Elizabeth (H 4), Union County.
On the Pennsylvania, Central of New Jersey, Philadelphia and Reading, Baltimore and Ohio and Lehigh Valley Railroads; ten passenger stations of these lines within the corporate limits of the city, all in parts easily accessi- ble by trolley lines. Population, 70,000. A banking town-six banks. Domestic and international money order post office; telegraph and telephone connections to all points. Express service, Adams, United States and Wells- Fargo Company, and several local carriers whose routes extend to Newark, Jersey City, New York and other nearby cities and towns. A steamboat line carrying both freight and passengers makes daily trips to New York. Value of taxable property, $52,065,175. Tax rate, $1.46.
Few, if any, cities of its class in the United States offer attractions and advantages as a residential or industrial center equal to those to be found in Elizabeth. The city, which covers an area of about fifteen square miles, extends westward six miles from the Kill Von Kull and State Island Sound, and has three miles frontage on deep water which connectes by the Kill Von Kull with the waters surrounding New York City, all navigable by the largest ocean-going vessels. The transportation facilities of Elizabeth by either ship or rail are unsurpassable. Freight may be placed on cars in the very heart of the city and sent without change to any part of the continent, or loaded on ships at the wharfs and carried by water to any part of the world. Access to all railroad stations, freight houses and wharfs is easy, the streets being almost everywhere finely paved, and trolley cars running at short intervals to almost all quarters.
As a residence city Elizabeth, with its thousands of fine homes lining many broad and beautifully shaded streets and avenues extending for miles into the country from the business center, is equalled by few in the State and surpassed by none. There are two first-class theatres, many large pub- lic meeting halls, fraternal organizations of all kinds, large stores, public libraries, three daily and one weekly newspaper, with all other elements en- tering into the social, industrial and commercial life of an intelligent and progressive municipality.
Elizabeth has six banks and ten building and loan societies, which fact in itself speaks volumes for the prosperity of the city and the thriftiness of its people. The number of stockholders in these societies runs into the thousands, and the moneys which they deposit monthly or weekly are passed
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out as soon as received to pay for homes that are constantly being erected in large numbers to meet the wants of a population that is growing with extraordinary rapidity. Nowhere else in the State has the building loan movement taken deeper root, and nowhere is the beneficient results of that great system of co-operative banking more clearly manifest. Any family having a regular income, no matter how small, may, through membership in one of these societies, become the owner of a home proportionate to its means.
The educational institutions of Elizabeth are equal in efficiency to those of any city of its class in either the State or the Nation. There are twelve public schools-grammar and primary-and one High School; in addition to these there are three first-class preparatory schools in which pupils are fitted for college, and six parochial schools with courses of instruction similar to those pursued in the public schools. Besides these there are three private schools in which young people of both sexes are trained for business.
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