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Argo Mills Company, cotton yarns and hosiery, employs 120 men and 205 women.
Fries-Harley Company, rugs and carpets, employ 167 men and 66 women.
Rogers, J. M., Works, machinery, employs 12 men.
Welsbach Light Company, incandescent gas mantels, employs 1,000 men.
In addition to the above there are two ice manufactories employing about 50 men.
For further particular's, address Wm. D. Jenkins, secretary, Board of Trade.
Goshen (F 10), Cape May County. (MIDDLE TOWNSHIP.)
On the Winslow Junction and Cape May Branch of the Atlantic City Railroad; station two miles from the village. Population, 500. Banking town, Cape May Court House. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.42
Goshen is situated near Delaware Bay, and is connected with that body of water by a creek which is navigable for boats of medium draught. The location is healthful and railroad service fairly good. The ivllage has one large public school covering all grades from primary to grammar, and three churches-Catholic, Methodist and Baptist.
There are no manufactories of any kind, and no desire to have any is expressed by the inhabitants. The soil of the surrounding farm land is good, and the crops consist largely of corn, potatoes, tomatoes, strawberries and garden truck.
Great Meadows (F 3), Warren County. (INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP.)
On the Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad; station one-half mile from the village. Population, 250. Banking town, Hackettstown, distant five miles.
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A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Tax rate, $0.98.
Great Meadows is situated in an exceedingly picturesque and fertile farm- ing country, with a very good outlet for freight and express matter over the lines of the Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad, which carries a large pro- portion of its farm products to the markets of New York, Newark, Paterson, Jersey City and Philadelphia.
The Pequest Valley, in which the village is located, contains five thous- and acres of meadow land composed of rich black soil, especially adapted to growing the finest quality of farm produce, particularly celery and onions. Upwards of 1,000 acres of this land now cleared and ready for cultivation will be sold in plots of any size at very moderate prices. There are a num- ber of Hollander farimilies settled about one mile from the village who have been engaged in growing celery and onions for the past fourteen years with most excellent results. Upwards of 60,000 bushels of onions, together with large quantities of the finest celery, is raised on these lands annually. Other farm products raised here are wheat, corn, potatoes and milk.
Several rich deposits of iron ore have been located here and some of these are now being worked and others are awaiting development.
Great Meadows has stores and a good country hotel, which takes care of city visitors, many of whom come here regularly during the summer months. A macadamized road runs via Hackettstown direct to ferries con- necting with New York City. Public sentiment is favorable to manufacturing industry, and there is a large quantity of land suitable for factory sites which probably could be secured free of charge by anyone guaranteeing to start an industry.
The villagers support one ungraded school and one Presbyterian church. There is a water power in the vicinity, the capacity of which is not reported.
The scil of the agricultural lands is of the very best, and besides ordinary farm produce there is much dairy farming; live stock, such as calves, sheep, hogs and poultry, are also raised. The number of foreign immigrants in the vicinity is reported at 75 Polacks and 50 Italians, most transients who work on the railroad or at the mines.
For further particulars, address A. B. Leigh, A. B. Albert or E. Y. Wil- liams.
Greenbank (G 8), Burlington County.
(WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Egg Harbor City, on the Atlantic City and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroads, distant seven and one-half miles. Popu- lation, 350. Banking town, Egg Harbor City. A money order post office, but without telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $3,300. Tax rate, $1.62.
Greenbank is situated on Mullica River, which affords an open water way to Delaware River. In the township of which it is a part there are six pub- lic schools and three churches, all Methodist. An industrial establishment of any kind would be welcomed, and land for factory building purposes can
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in all probability be secured free of cost. About 50 men and 25 women are reported as being ready to accept employment.
The soil of the surrounding country is reported "fair," and the usual farm crops of good quality are raised. No foreign immigrants reside in the place. Oyster planting is carried on to some extent, and one concern engaged in that business-the Sooy Oyster Company-employs 8 men.
For further particulars, address Alonzo Morton or G. S. Moxwell.
Green Creek (F 10), Cape May County. (MIDDLE TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Rio Grande, on the Atlantic City and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroads, distant from the village two and one-half miles. Population, 300. Banking town, Cape May Court House. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Tax rate, $1.42.
Green Creek is about one-half mile from Delaware Bay, and has a con- siderable oyster and clam industry. The community supports one ungraded public school and two churches-Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian. A labor-employing enterprise of any kind would be made very welcome, and canning factories to handle vegetables, oysters or clams would find an abund- ance of material to work on. Land for industrial purposes will be sold at greatly reduced prices. About 25 men and 15 women are open to engage- ment as operatives. The soil of the surrounding farming country is reported "fair," and the crops consist of corn, oats, tomatoes, asparagus and all other garden vegetables. The land is all under cultivation, and no farms are re- ported for sale. For further particulars, address Ralph Schillinger or E. W. Fisher.
Green Village (G 4), Morris County. (CHATHAM TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Madison on the Delaware, Lackawanna and West- ern Railroad; distant from the village two and one-half miles. Population, 384. Banking town, Madison. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.33.
The village has one primary school and one church belonging to the Meth- odist Episcopal denomination. The water supply is derived from wells, and there is no organized fire protection. The surrounding country, which is very healthful, is divided into farms, all under cultivation; the soil is good, and hay, corn. oats and rye are the principal crops.
The only industry of any magnitude is a lumber and saw mill owned by Wm. De Mott, in which 40 men are employed. Public sentiment favors the establishment of a good permanent industry, and land which is ordinarily very high will be sold at reduced prices if wanted for industrial purposes. There are practically no foreign immigrants residing in the district outside of five men-Polacks-who are employed as laborers on the farms.
For further particulars, address Wm. De Mott or F. Stull.
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Greenwich (D 9), Cumberland County.
(GREENWICH TOWNSHIP.)
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey; distance to station one-quarter of a mile. Population, 1,150. Banking town, Bridgeton. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.36.
Greenwich is situated on Cohansey River, not far from where that stream enters Delaware Bay. Railroad service, both passenger and freight, is ex- cellent, and tax rate is reasonable. The Cohansey River affords communica- tion by medium draught vessels with the deep waters of Delaware Bay. Pub- lic sentiment favors measures for encouraging industrial growth, and land for factory purposes will be sold at very low prices. Every legal concession in the matter of taxation will be made in favor of parties starting factories. The town population is large enough to supply operatives-either male or female-for several fair sized industries. A manufactory of women's wear or shirts would be favorable to conditions here.
The town has two public schools covering ten grades, and four churches- Presbyterian, Baptist, Orthodox and Friends' Meeting House.
The soil of the surrounding farm land is good and crops are large and of fine quality. Conditions are very favorable for an extensive development of the vegetable canning industry; there is one large establishment of that kind here now and neighboring farmers who furnish its material would guarantee an increase in the supply sufficient to keep several other canning factories busy. Besides the cannery there is an establishment in which stur- geons' roe is converted into the commodity known as "caviar," and a marine railway and shipyard where wooden vessels are built and repaired.
The canning factory, owned by Watson Bros., employs 150 men and women in season; the shipbuilding plant employs 50 men, and the "caviar" works about 20 during the season.
Grenloch (E 7), Camden County. (GLOUCESTER AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIPS)
On the Atlantic City Railroad; station in center of the village. Popula- tion, 196. Banking town, Woodbury, distant six miles. A money order post- office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Value of taxable property, $300,000. Tax rate, $1.48 in Glouces- ter, and $1.23 in Washington township.
Grenloch is a very desirable place for manufacturing industry; railroad service is good, freight charges and tax rates are reasonable and the location is exceptionally healthful. The water supply is derived from artesian and other wells, and ample fire protection is afforded by an immense water tank placed at an elevation of 120 feet, erected by a large manufacturing concern for the protection of its own works and the surrounding village property.
Grenloch has two large public schools and one church belonging to the Presbyterian denomination. The villagers are very desirous of helping along
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the industrial growth of the place and stand ready to do anything in their power that may be conducive to that end. Some labor can be secured from the village population, but abundance of help may be secured from nearby towns. Land values are comparatively high, but some concession in this respect would probably be made in favor of a manufacturing plant. Financial assistance in the form of subscriptions to capital stock would be extended to a new industry if desired.
The soil of farm land in this section is rated "good", and the farm pro- ducts include all the grains and vegetables raised in places of similar climate.
There are no farm lands in the vicinity for sale. The only foreign immi- grants in the village are a few employed as laborers in the manufacturing plant and on the farms. The only industry at present in operation is the works of the Bateman Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of agricultural implements, who employ 250 men.
For further particulars, address T. P. Williams, contractor, or J. C. Brad- shaw, Postmaster.
Griggstown (G 5), Somerset County. (FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Rocky Hill, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, distant about three miles. Also on the Delaware and Raritan Canal and a landing place for boats of the Merchants' Transportation Company. Population, 350. Banking town, New Brunswick or Somerville. A money order post office and telephone connections. Express service, Merchants' Transportation Com- pany. Value of taxable property, $30,000. Tax rate, $1.00.
For further particulars, address Harvey Boice.
Grover (F 5), Hunterdon County. (DELAWARE TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Stockton, on the Belvidere Division of the Penn- sylvania Railroad, distance four miles. Population, 150. Banking town, Flemington. Mail from Stockton; telephone, but no telegraph connection. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.3I.
Guttenburg (D 4), Hudson County. (GUTTENBURG TOWNSHIP.)
On the West Shore Railroad; station at the foot of the bluff on which the town is situated; the ascent to the town is made by elevators and terraced stairways. Access to all the great trunk lines of railway is easy and frequent by the several electric roads which connect the place with all railroad terminals in Weehawken, Hoboken and Jersey City. Population, approximat- ing 4,700. A banking town-one bank. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams, United States, National and Wells-Fargo Companies. Value of taxable property, $2,494,865. Tax rate, $1.64.
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Guttenburg has a sewer system, water works, electric power and lighting, Ing distance and local telephones, a volunteer fire department, consisting of one engine, one truck and two hose companies; first-class trolley service, libraries, schools and churches, building and loan societies and fraternal or- ganizations of many kinds ; fine, well kept streets and practically every other convenience usually found in a progressive modern community. Connected with New York by under-river tunnels and ferryboats, the advantages and attractions of the great metropolis for either business or pleasure are in easy reach of all residents of the town.
Guttenburg has two public schools of the grammar grade, and churches representative of almost every denomination. The principal fraternal orders have lodges here, and there is a public welfare body known as the Board of Trade of North Hudson, with headquarters in the town of Union, that looks after the material interests of Guttenburg and other municipalities in that part of Hudson county. Public sentiment is favorable to manufacturing industry, and fine building sites for factories at the foot of the Palisades and fronting on the Hudson River may be secured at prices that are very reasonable con- sidering the important advantages of the location, principal among which are easy access to New York City, a practically unlimited labor supply and a choice of rail or deep water routes for the receipt or shipment of freights. There is a fairly large group of foreign immigrants in the town and vicinity ; the nationalities reported are Polacks, 100; Hungarians, 500, and Italians, 100 (approximately).
The industries now here are :
Borne-Scrymser Company, oil refining, employs 25 men.
The Lutz Company, artisans' tools and drawing instruments, employs 90 men.
For further particulars, address Herman Walker.
Hackensack (J 3), Bergen County. (NEW BARBADOES TOWNSHIP.)
On the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad and the New Jersey and New York Railroad; six stations in the city. Population, 15,000. A banking town-three banks. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Value of taxable property, $10,240,525. Tax rate, $1.72.
Hackensack, the most populous city of Bergen county, has a fine sewer system and water works, paved streets and flagged sidewalks, gas and elec- tric lighting, trolley lines connecting with all large towns in Passaic and Hudson counties, fine schools and churches, libraries, fraternal organizations, building and loan societies, with substantially every other requisite of social and business life offered by any progressive modern town of its class.
The city has an extensive water front on the Hackensack River, which affords a waterway for fair sized coast and river boats to the waters of Staten Island Sound, New York Bay and Hudson River. Trains on both roads are run as frequently as required, and the trip to or from New York is made in less than three-quarters of an hour. This excellent train service,
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together with the advantages derived from its situation on the river, has made Hackensack the enterprising and prosperous place that it is known to be.
Public sentiment is favorable to manufacturing industry, and land for fac- tory sites within easy reach of the railroads or the river can be bought for reasonable prices ; any form of industry employing labor will be welcomed. Labor, either skilled or unskilled, in numbers sufficient to meet all possible demands can readily be found here. For a manufacturing town of consid- erable size, the fact that Hackensack has not one idle factory building of any kind is certainly very striking evidence of the existence of some local influence making for prosperity.
Hackensack has two building and loan associations, with 2,850 stockholders, and assets amounting to $1,226,202. One daily and two weekly papers are published in the town. There are five public schools, four grammar and one High School, and also five private schools of various kinds. The churches are eighteen in number and represent the following denominations: Dutch Reformed, Methodist, Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian, German Lutheran, Unitarian and Christian Science. The fraternal orders are represented by lodges of Knights of Pythias, Red Men. Royal Arcanum, Knights of Colum- bus, Foresters, Elks and others.
Ample fire protection is provided by a volunteer department of seven companies equipped with three steam engines, hook and ladder truck, hose carriage and chemical engines.
Good soil is reported for the outlying farming country, and sweet corn, tomatoes and garden truck are the principal products. There are no farms reported for sale.
The foreign immigrants forming a transitory part of the population is re- ported at approximately 500 Polacks and 200 Italians. The manufacturing establishments now located here are:
Campbell, Wm., Wall Paper Company. wall paper, employs 250 men.
Democrat Publishing Company, book-binders, employs 12 men.
Evening Record Publishing Company, book-binders, etc., employs 28 men. Givernaud Bros., broad silk weaving, employ 232 men and 190 women.
Krone Bros., stationers and book-binders, employ 20 men.
Merhof, Philip, common building brick, employs 32 men.
Shultz, Edwin, common building brick, employs 35 men.
For further particulars relating to Hackensack, address the Bergen County Board of Trade, W. D. Snow, president, and J. A. Karet, secretary.
Hackettstown (F 3), Warren County. (INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP.)
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; station in center of the town. Population, 2,900. A banking town-two banks. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Value of taxable property, $1,565,865. Tax rate, $1.39.
Hackettstown is situated on the main line of the Lackawanna Railroad, fifty-seven miles from New York City, a location which is unsurpassable for
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attractive scenery, stimulating air and general healthfulness. Paved streets and macadamized roads, electric lighting, public water supply drawn from never failing springs on Schooley's Mountain, which is stored in large reservoirs and distributed by mains throughout the town; this water is abundant in quantity and equal to the purest found elsewhere in the State. Hackettstown is the seat of the Centenary Collegiate Institute, which was rebuilt in 1901 at a cost of $300,000; it possesses besides a large public school covering all grades up to and including the High School. The Centenary Collegiate Institution is among the foremost educational establishments of the country. There are several fine hotels and four handsome church build- ings representing the Presbyterian, Catholic, Episcopal and Methodist de- nominations.
A volunteer fire department consisting of two volunteer companies and street hydrants with 140 pounds water pressure.
The townspeople are very favorably disposed toward manufacturing in- dustry, and anything in that line requiring adult labor would be welcomed. The quantity of land available for industrial purposes is practically unlim- ited, and every concession permitted by law will be made in favor of new industries. Manufacturers seeking a location in good faith will, if the in- dustry is a desirable one and likely to employ a considerable number of operatives, be given a building site free of charge and if necessary capital also will be subscribed. Special concessions in the matter of water supply and taxes, reducing expenditures on account of these items to merely nominal figures for many years, will be made to firms establishing new industries.
Hackettstown has an active Board of Trade incorporated in 1903, with a membership limited to property owners and men actually engaged in busi- ness. This body has, since its formation, both inspired and guided the "for- ward movement," which has done so much toward making the attractions and advantages of the place known. In addition to its bank the town has a prosperous building and loan association with 60 stockholders and assets amounting to $24,000. Two weekly newspapers are published here and there are many lodges representative of the principal fraternal orders, among them being Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Red Men, American Me- chanics, etc.
One foundry building is idle and can be either rented or purchased at reasonable figures. There is a water power in the vicinity running several grist mills, which is susceptible of much greater development. The soil of the neighboring country is very good, and all lands are under cultivation. . No farmns are reported for sale. Only a few foreign immigrants-not more than fifteen-are settled in the neighborhood.
The industries now in operation at Hackettstown are :
American Saw Mill Machinery Company, saw mill fittings, employs 180 men.
American Saw Works, circular saws, employs 10 men.
Ashley, W. H., Silk Company, silk goods, employs 25 men and 30 women.
Bowers, M. E., agricultural implements, employs 8 men.
Brown, E. E., muslin underwear, employs 15 women.
Drake, W. H., steam heaters, employs 20 men.
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Hackettstown Hat Works, felt hats, employs 35 men and 15 women.
Hackettstown Saw Works, saws, employs 40 men.
Lackawanna Leather Company, patent leather, employs 60 men.
For further particulars, address Robert S. Price, president, or Geo. T. Everitt, secretary, Board of Trade.
Haddonfield (F 7), Camden County.
(HADDON TOWNSHIP.)
On the Philadelphia and Haddonfield Branch of the Pennsylvania Rail- road, and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad; one station in Haddon- field, the other in, West Haddonfield. Population, 3,000. A banking town, one bank. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $2,869,100. Tax rate, $1.89.
Haddonfield has a sewer system, water works, and other conveniences equal to those of any progressive modern town of its class. Railroad facili- ties are very good, the number of trains out and in to the town being equal to all requirements. Freight and tax rates are low, and living expenses, house rents, etc., are reasonable. Haddonfield has two prosperous building loan societies, and two weekly nespapers. The town is richly endowed with schools and churches. Of the schools, nine in number, four are public insti- tutions, representing all the grades from primary to high school, and four are private schools or academies. There are eight churches divided among the following denominations: Methodist, Baptist, Friends, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Orthodox and Hicksite. The fraternal orders are represented by lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows, United Workmen, Knights of Pythias and American Mechanics. For fire protection there are numerous street hydrants, and one well organized company of volunteers. The soil of the surrounding farm land is rated "good," and the crops consist of the usual varieties of grains, vegetables and fruits. No farms are reported for sale. The only industry here at present is the Star Milk Cooler Company, which employs 35 men.
For further particulars, address Benj. F. Fowler, W. S. Capern or A. W. Clement.
Haddon Heights, Camden County.
(HADDON TOWNSHIP.)
On the Atlantic City Railroad, two miles west of Haddonfield; station in the village. Population, 200. Banking town, Haddonfield. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.10.
The town has a water supply system and a volunteer fire department. There is one building and loan society of 50 stockholders, one public school and several churches.
For particulars regarding the place, address B. A. Lippincott or T. Fries.
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Hainsburg (F 3), Warren County.
(KNOWLTON TOWNSHIP.)
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