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Garfield has in addition to its bank, two building and loan associations with 690 stockholders, and assets amounting to $113,000. There are two large public schools, the accommodations of which are supplemented by annexes, and a new school building to cost $60,000 will soon be erected. An active Board of Trade exercises an intelligent oversight in all matters relating to industrial interests. The churches-six in number-represent the following denominations: Presbyterian, Dutch Reformed, Episcopal, Evan- gelical (Slav), Lutheran, Orthodox Greek and Catholic. There is one. fraternal organization-Forresters of America-and several social clubs.
Garfield has excellent railroad facilities with moderate passenger and freight rates. The distance to New York is covered in about forty minutes. The interest of the townspeople are all identified with manufacturing industry, and factories of any kind will be welcomed. Dye houses, bleacheries, or mills to engage in any of the various forms of the textile industry would find conditions particularly favorable. The number of persons available as a working force is reported to be 500 men and an equal number of women.
Fire protection of a very efficient kind is furnished by a volunteer depart- ment consisting of six companies all equipped with the best modern apparatus. A water power, the capacity of which is not reported, is available for manu- facturing purposes.
The industrial establishments now located here are :
Garfield Paper Box Company, paper boxes, employs 16 persons.
Garfield Stone Works, cement blocks, employs 5 persons.
Garfield Wire Cloth Company, wire cloth, employs 6 persons.
Garfield, Worsted Mills, worsted dress goods, employs 700 persons.
Hammerschlag Manufacturing Company, waxed paper, employs 230 persons.
Hartman Embroidery Works, embroideries, employs 10 persons.
Heyden Chemical Company, The, chemicals, employs 100 persons.
Laurel Rubber Company, erasers and tubes, employ 15 persons.
May Brothers, embroideries, employ 6 persons.
New Jersey Worsted Spinning Company, worsted yarns, employs 900 persons.
Robertsford Worsted Mills, worsted goods, employs 225 persons.
For further particulars, address Lewis E. Cole, president of the Board of Trade, or Miles C. Whitehead, secretary.
Garwood, Union County.
(BOROUGH OF GARWOOD.)
On the main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey ; station in center of the town. Population, 750. Banking town, Westfield or Cranford. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express ser- vice, United States Company. Value of taxable property, $1,091,064. Tax rate, $1.00.
Garwood is, strictly speaking, a manufacturing town, and has attained its present proportions through the advantages offered by its location on one
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of the principal trunk lines of railway. The town has a thorough sewer system now under construction, and a water supply which is piped to practically all residents and factory buildings. There is one school, eighth grade, and two churches of the Episcopal and Presbyterian denominations. An organization of public spirited citizens makes a special business of look- ing after the material welfare of the town. This body is called the "Good and Welfare Association." Its president and secretary are respectively J. J. Kraus and J. Deremer. Public sentiment is very favorable to the develop- ment of manufacturing industry, and the number of residents available for employment is reported as 50 men and 25 women. This force can be increased to practically an unlimited extent by drawing on the residents of large nearby towns that are connected by both steam and trolley lines with Gar- wood. In fact, as will be seen by comparing the number of factory em- ployes with the town population, a large majority of the working force reside outside the borough limits. The best of railroad facilities exist here ; the trip to or from New York is made in thirty-five minutes, and the train service is equal to all requirements. Land for factory sites very favorably situated with reference to the railroad, can be secured at reduced prics. To industries employing a large force of workmen especially liberal concessions in the matter of land prices, taxes, etc., will be made. Sidings or spurs will be built to connect factory grounds with the railroads.
A liberal supply of hose, a hook and ladder truck, and street hydrants at proper places furnishes ample fire protection.
The industrial establishments now in Garwood are:
Aeolian Company, pianos, piano players, pipe organs, employs 63 men.
Anchor Post Iron Works, iron railings, grates, etc., employs 40 men.
Bell Electric Motor Company, motors and dynamos, employs 100 men.
C. & C. Electric Company, electrical machinery, motors, generators, em- ploys 200 men.
Diamond Expansion Bolt Company, expansion bolts, employs 25 men.
Enterprise Foundry Company, iron castings, employs 40 persons.
Hall Signal Company, railroad signals, employs 150 men.
Hicks Motor Manufacturing Company, gasoline engines, employs 12 men. Votay Organ Company, The, pianos, organs, etc., employs 475 men.
In addition to these factories a new concern-The Strang Gas Electric Car Company-is about to establish a plant in which 200 men will be em- ployed. For further particulars, address David J. Burke, or Frank W. Morse.
Georgetown (G 6), Burlington County. (MANSFIELD TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Bordentown, on the Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad, distant five miles. Population, 150. Banking town, Bordentown, a money order post office, telephone connection to Bordentown, but no tele- graph. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $16,000. Tax rate, $1.49.
Georgetown is situated within a few miles of the Delaware River in a fine agricultural district; the community supports one public school and one
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church-Methodist. Farming is the only industry, but the villagers would welcome a manufactory of some kind, particularly a woolen or hosiery mill.
From the village and the outlying country about 50 men and 100 women could be secured as operatives. Land for factory building purposes will be sold at greatly reduced prices, and financial assistance might be extended to an approved industry if such were desired. The soil is reported good, and the usual range of farm crops of satisfactory quality are produced. No farms reported for sale. The number of foreign immigrants is reported at 25, all of the Polack race.
For further particulars, address B. Stockton Bryon, Postmaster.
German Valley (G 3), Morris County.
(WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.)
On the High Bridge Branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey ; station in the town. Population, 900. Banking town, Hackettstown. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone station. Tax rate, $1.78.
German Valley is a place of steadily growing importance as a summer resort, or a town of permanent residents. Situated in one of the most de- lightfully picturesque parts of Morris county, not far from Lake Hopatcong, its environment presents a most pleasing combination of mountain, valley and stream. The climate is entirely free from malaria, the elevation being about eight hundred feet above sea level; the air is bracing and healthful, and there are no annoying insects such as are usually found in the low lands. The water supply is obtained from mountain springs, and has a tonic quality imparted by the iron which abounds in the rock stratas through which which it flows. There is a reliable water power of 50 horse capacity in the place which can be utilized for manufacturing purposes. The towns- people would welcome a good reliable industry-one that would employ mostly American labor, and to such a factory building site would be given free of cost; financial assistance in the form of subscriptions to stock would also be given if necessary. One building used as a saw mill, 100x50 feet and two stories high, situated on the water power and in good con- dition can be either leased or bought outright at a reasonable price. The town supports one public school covering all grades, and three churches- Presbyterian, Lutheran and Methodist. The fraternal orders are represented by lodges of the Independent Order of Foresters, Knights of Pythias and Red Men. The number of persons reported as available for employment in new industries is 150 men and 50 women. The only industries here at pres- ent are a manufactory of hubs and baskets owned by J. T. Welsh, in which 15 men are employed, and a flour mill employing 3 men, owned by J. W. Welsh & Son. A fine macadamized road extends from German Valley to Morristown, Newark and New York. The train service is very good and all parts of the country are accessible by rail. Fine crops of all the usual farm products are raised on the lands surrounding the town.
For further particulars, address Jacob W. Welsh or Edson J. Neighbour.
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Gibbsboro (F 7), Camden County.
(VOORHEES TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Lucaston, on the West Jersey and Seashore Rail- road, distant one and one-quarter miles. A line of horse cars runs to and from the station. Population, 550. Banking town, Haddonfield. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $498,328. Tax rate, $1.29.
Railroad service is good, freight and tax rates low. Popular sentiment is very favorable to manufacturing industry, and land on which to erect factory buildings may be secured free of cost by addressing John Lucas & Company, Gibbsboro, N. J .; local subscriptions to capital may also be secured for an industry that will stand investigation. Any kind of legitimate industry will be welcomed, but glass works, brick or cement works or the manufacture of tin cans are suggested as having each some local cir- cumstance in its favor. By reason of the proximity of the town to other populous places the supply of labor-which is of an uncommonly intelligent and orderly kind-is practically unlimited. As to the advantages of Gibbs- boro as a location for manufacturing industry, the fact of its having been chosen by the John Lucas Company, one of the largest producers of paints and varnish in the country, as the home of its great plant, is sufficient evi- dence that these are not over-rated.
The town has one public school, ungraded, and three churches-Episcopal, Catholic and Methodist. A prosperous building and loan association, with assets on March Ist, 1908, amounting to $113,177, which operates as a sav- ings bank for the people of Gibbsboro and the nearby town of Lindenwold, has done and is now doing much toward encouraging thrift among the work- men of both places and enabling them to become owners of their homes. The town has excellent drainage, and the John Lucas Company, which has its own water works and fire brigade, supplies the town with water and also protects it against fire. Of fraternal organizations there are Odd Fel- lows, American Mechanics and Brotherhood of the Union.
The land surrounding Gibbsboro is good, and fine crops of all kinds of produce are raised. There are practically no foreign immigrants in or about the place.
The one industry in which practically all the men of the community are employed is the John Lucas Company, manufacturers of paints, enamels, dry colors, varnishes, stains, etc. Seven hundred (700) men are employed in this plant.
The employes of the John Lucas Company have a lyceum association with nearly two hundred members. This organization has a club house in which entertainments, lectures and other exercises tending to intellectual improve- ment are held at. frequent ntervals.
For further particulars, address H. Spencer Lucas, A. Fulleylove or F. W. Lieban.
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Gibbstown (D 7), Gloucester County.
(GREENWICH TOWNSHIP.)
On the Pennsgrove Branch of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad; station in center of the village. Population, 600. Banking town, Paulsboro. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.35.
Gibbstown is situated on the Delaware River, with water deep enough to permit the use of its wharfs by large vessels. The town has good natural drainage and obtains its water supply from driven wells. Fire protection is furnished by one chemical engine and a hook and ladder truck.
Land for factory sites very advantageously situated with reference to the railroad and the river can be purchased at very low prices. Transportation facilities by either mail or water routes are very good and freight rates are reasonable. Public sentiment favors the extension of every possible induce- ment to manufacturers and a fair supply of labor may be depended upon. The number reported as available for employment is 75 men and 25 women. There is no water power and no idle factory buildings.
The soil of the surrounding country is fair and the land is practically all under cultivation. There is one large public school which covers the primary and grammar grades, and two churches-Catholic and Methodist Episcopal. The number of foreign immigrants is reported at 6 Polacks and 15 Italians. The only industry here at present is the works of the Dupont de Nemours Powder Company, in which 675 men are employed.
Gillette (H 4), Morris County. (PASSAIC TOWNSHIP.)
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; station in village. Population, 125. Banking town, Summit. A money order post office, tele- graph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.29.
Land for factory sites can be purchased at very low prices. Public senti- ment favorable to industrial development. Ten, men and five women re- ported as available for employment. Water supply drawn from Passaic River and from wells. No fire protection. The village has one school, and one church belonging to the Methodist denomination. A water power of considerable capacity may be developed here. Practically the only industry of the district is farming; the soil is good and the produce consists largely of fruits and garden truck.
Gladstone (G 4), Somerset County. (BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP.)
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, and the New Jersey and New York Railroads; stations of both lines in the center of the town. Popula- tion, 500. Banking town, Bernardsville. A money order post office, tele- graph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.36.
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Gladstone is a pleasant residence village situated in a very picturesque and healthful part of Somerset county. Railroad service is good; passenger and freight rates are low. The water supply is obtained from wells and for fire protection there is one volunteer company, equipped with proper appara- tus. The town has three churches-Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopal. Of fraternal orders there are lodges of American Mechanics, Odd Fellows and Woodmen of the World. A home and school for boys under the auspices of the Episcopal Church is maintained here. Farming is the principal indus- try of the place. The soil is good, land all under cultivation and no farms are reported for sale. There is a valuable water power in the vicinity, the capacity of which could be largely increased. About 75 Italian immigrants mostly employed as transient laborers in and about the town.
For further particulars, address William D. Vanderbeck, John Auble or E. Mckinstry.
Glassboro (E 8), Gloucester County.
(GLASSBORO TOWNSHIP.)
On the West Jersey and Seashore and the Atlantic City Railroads; sta- tion of Atlantic City line in center of the town; station of West Jersey and Seashore distant one-half mile. Population, 2,800. A banking town-one bank. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Ex- press service, United States and Adams Companies. Value of taxable prop- erty, $1,229,869. Tax rate, $1.60.
Glassboro has a good water supply and natural drainage sufficient for all present needs. The railroad service is excellent, freight rates are very reas- onable and taxation is low. One weekly newspaper is published in the town, and there are two public schools, one a kindergarten and the other covering all grades, including the High School. The religious wants of the commun- ity are supplied by seven churches divided among the denominations as fol- lows: Methodist, 2; Catholic, German Reformed, Presbyterian, Episcopal and Church of the Saints, one each. There is also a building and loan so- ciety, a Board of Trade and several lodges of fraternal orders, including Masons, Red Men, Odd Fellows, American Mechanics and others.
Public sentiment is very favorable to manufacturing industry, and factory sites of any desired size can be bought at very low prices. The number avail- able for employment as operatives is reported at 100 men and 50 women. For fire protection there is one volunteer company provided with hose and numer- our street hydrants with high water pressure. There is one idle building formerly used as a window light factory, which can be leased or purchased outright.
The soil of the surrounding country is reported "good," and the crops are those usually grown on farms in that region; fruits are particularly plentiful.
Some farms and unimproved farm lands are for sale; the foreign immi- grants residing in and about the town are 25 Polacks and 150 Italians.
The industries here now are: The Whitney Glass Works, bottles and jars, employs 500 men, and Fort Stanwix Canning Company, canners of vegetables and fruits, employs 200 men and women.
For further particulars, address C. E. Shute, or Dr. H. Iszard.
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Glen Gardner (F 4), Hunterdon County. (LEBANON TOWNSHIP.)
On the main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey; station near center of the village. Population, 600. Banking towns, Clinton and High Bridge. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Ex- press service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.45.
Glen Gardner is situated in one of the most picturesque and healthful re- gions of the State; the elevation is high and the entire country is a succession of mountain and valley scenery that is unsurpassable for beauty. The State Sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculosis was located here after the Commission had inspected many other places with a view to finding a loca- tion where natural conditions were most favorable for the purpose. The water supply, derived from mountain lakes and springs is wholesome and pure.
Excellent railroad facilities, reasonable freight and passenger rates, direct railroad connection with all large cities east and west, comparative nearness to the source of coal and iron supply, aboundance of land conveniently situ- ated with reference to the railroad and a good supply of orderly and intelli- gent labor are among the many advantages which Glen Gardner offers as a home for manufacturing industry. There is a water power in the town of about 20 horse capacity, and one or two factory buildings which can be either purchased outright or leased at a moderate rental. One weekly news- paper is published in the town, and there are two public schools, one primary and grammar and the other a High School; the churches are German Luth- eran, Presbyterian and Methodist. Land for factory building purposes will be sold at greatly reduced prices, and in the case of a particularly desirable industry showing a reasonable prospect of being permanent the land may be given without cost. The soil of the surrounding country is good, and be- sides the usual varieties of grains and vegetables large quantities of cream, milk and butter are sent to market by the farmers. The land is practically all under cultivation and no farms are reported for sale.
There are no foreign immigrants here.
Glenridge (B 4), Essex County. (GLENRIDGE BOROUGH.)
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; station in the town. Population, 2,600. Banking town, Bloomfield. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.71.
A very desirable place for manufacturing industry ; excellent railroad facili- ties, and easy access by trolley lines to Newark, Orange, Passaic, Paterson and other large towns in the middle counties of the State. Land in abund- ance for factory sites, much of it very advantageously situated with regard to the railroad. Plots of any size, if wanted for industrial purposes, can be purchased at very low prices. A labor supply of the best kind can be readily secured.
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The Edison Storage Battery Company, employing 200 men, and the firm of H. K. & F. S. Benson, manufacturers of iron railing and grill work, em- ploying 30 men, have plants here.
Glenwood (G 2), Sussex County.
(VERNON TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Owens Station, on the Lehigh and New England Railroad, distant two miles. Population, 400. Banking town, Sussex or Warwick. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Value of taxable property, $50,000. Tax rate, $1.70.
Glenwood occupies a very healthful location in a beautiful and picturesque country, with pure mountain air, good water and other attractive features of a fine country district suitable for farming or for country homes. The village supports one public school of the first and second grades, and two churches-Baptist and Methodist. Farming, dairying and fruit growing are the only industries, and no interest is taken in manufacturing industry. The soil is rated "good," and no farms are reported for sale. There are no foreign immigrants in or about the village.
For further particulars, address David Bailey, or Stephen Roy.
The firm of Brown & Bailey is engaged in the production of condensed milk, butter and cheese.
Gloucester City (E 7), Camden County.
On the Atlantic City and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroads; sta- tions of both roads in the center of the city. Population, 10,000. A banking town-one bank. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connec- tions. Express service, United States, Adams and Well-Fargo Companies. Value of taxable property, $3,210,250. Tax rate, $1.80.
Gloucester City is situated on the Delaware River, and has a first-class sewer system and an abundant supply of pure water. Trolley car service to all parts of the city and to practically all surrounding towns. Electric power and lighting; improved streets, public schools and libraries, churches, build- ing loan associations, fraternal organizations, with practically all other pub- lic or semi-public convenience known to progressive modern communities are provided there.
The train service on both roads is excellent; freight and passanger rates are reasonable, and goods can be shipped to or from any point in the country direct by rail. The town is one of the regular stopping places for boats of the Salem and Philadelphia Navigation Company, and the water front is deep enough to accommodate the largest ocean-going vessels, thus permitting the transportation of freight to and from all ports by an all water route.
In addition to its one bank the city has two flourishing and successful building loan societies, with 900 stockholders and assets reported at $364,000. There is one daily newspaper, an efficient Board of Trade, five large public schools-one a High School- and five churches, representing the Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Protestant Episcopal, German Lutheran and Presbyterian
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denominations. The fraternal orders are represented by lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows, Red Men, Foresters, American Mchanics, etc.
There is a practically unlimited quantity of land suitable for factory sites, some tracts bordering on the railroads and others having a frontage on the Delaware River. If wanted for factory purposes this land will be sold at very low prices and on easy terms, and it is probable the city authorities would, as far as their power extends, make concessions in the matter of taxation. Public sentiment is favorable to industrial enterprises of any kind, but plants using iron and steel, or some form of textile industry would find conditions most favorable. The number available for employment as opera- tives in a new industry is reported at 500 men and 500 women. Another great industrial advantage here is a fine water power of approximately 1,000 horse capacity. Fire protection is furnished by a well organized volunteer department equipped with the best modern apparatus.
Several buildings, two and one-half stories high, situated on a river front plot of twenty-one acres, which was formerly used by the Gloucester Print Works, are for sale or for rent. The number of foreign immigrants settled here is small. The industries now located in Gloucester City are:
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