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distance to New York City is seven miles; to Newark, seven miles, and to Paterson and Passaic, eight and six miles respectively. The railroad service, passenger and freight, is first-class in every respect. The town supports one public school, which covers the primary and grammar grades, and also a class in manual training. The churches, three in number, belong to the Catholic, Presbyterian and Methodist denominations. Of fraternal organiza- tions there are lodges of Odd Fellows, Woodmen and Royal Arcanum.
Public sentiment is favorable to manufacturing industry for almost any species of which conditions here are very favorable. A good supply of labor, either skilled or unskilled, can be readily obtained. The numbers reported at present available for employment are 350 men and 150 women. Land for factory sites will be sold at specially low prices, and parties starting an industry will receive every possible encouragement. Land with an ex- tensive front on one or the other rivers can be purchased for from $200 to $400 per acre. On some parts of this land there are natural springs which are said to discharge upwards of 150 gallons of water per minute.
Kingsland is a desirable place for either residential or business purposes ; it has fine streets, many beautiful homes and the nearness of New York and Newark brings the advantages of these large cities within easy reach of all who reside there. The town has natural drainage of a satisfactory kind and a water supply piped to all residences and business places. For fire pro- tection there are numerous street hydrant, and a volunteer department con- sisting of hook and ladder and hose companies.
The soil of this district is fair, and potatoes, corn and garden truck are the principal farm products. The number of foreign immigrants residing in the town and its vicinity is, as reported, 200 Polacks, 50 Hungarians, 25 Rus- sians and 350 Italians.
The industries now here are:
Repair shop of D., L. W. R. R., employing about 800 men.
Kingsland Brick Company, brick, employs 25 men.
For further particulars, address Elbert M. Smith.
Kingston (G 5), Somerset County. (FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.)
On the Rocky Hill Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad; station in center of village. Population, 475. Banking town, Princeton, distant two and one- half miles. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.00.
Kingston is situated on the Delaware and Ranitan Canal, about midway between New York City and Philadelphia. This is an excellent freight route, and cargoes of material of any kind can be delivered in the village by boat. The docking facilities are good, and steamers from New York and Phila- delphia make the trip in ten hours. The railroad service, both passenger and freight, is excellent; tax rate and cost of living are low, and an important addition to transportation facilities will soon be made by the extension to Kingston of the trolley line now connecting Trenton with Princeton.
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The village supports one public school and two churches-Methodist and Presbyterian. Catholics go for worship to Princeton. Of social and fra- ternal organizations there is one lodge of Independent Foresters and one of American Mechanics. Public sentiment favors giving every possible form of encouragement to manufacturing industry, and land for industrial pur- poses will be sold generally at very low prices; in the case of an approved industry it is possible that a building site will be given free of cost, with, if required, financial assistance in the form of subscriptions to capital. The canning of tomatoes and other vegetables is indicated as an industry for the success of which local conditions are most favorable. The working force at present available for employment is reported at approximately 100 men and 100 women. There is a fine water power here of 500 horse capacity.
The soil is a good sandy loam, and there is no better in the State for raising all kinds of vegetables. At Monmouth Junction, three miles from Kingston, a New York company keeps large deposits of manure for the convenience of local farmers. All the land is under cultivation, and no farms are reported for sale. The foreign immigrant population, as reported, is 12 Polacks, 50 Hungarians, 5 Russians and about 100 Italians.
Kingston is situated at the intersection of three counties-Somerset, Mid- dlesex and Mercer. The old stage road between New York and Philadel- phia runs through the village, and Carnegie Lake-which was donated to Princeton University by the noted philanthropist whose name it bears-adds greatly to the sightliness of its environment. Beautiful residential lots on the lake and in other choice parts of the village can be secured at very moderate prices. The entire section in which Kingston is situated is re- markably healthful in both a moral and physical sense; a correspondent writes that "there are neither lawyers nor doctors in the place, and that the one undertaker there has had to attach a wheelwright's shop to his business in order to make a living."
The only industry at present in Kingston is a flour mill owned by N. Thomp- son & Company, in which 12 men are employed. The Pennsylvania Railroad and the Delaware and Raritan Canal Companies employ about twenty men in and about the village, and the works of the Delaware River Quarry and Construction Company, which employs 200 men, are situated one and one- half miles away.
For further particulars, address John J. McFaul.
Kingwood (F 5), Hunterdon County.
(KINGWOOD TOWSHIP.)
On the Belvidere Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad; station at Byram, distant three miles. Population, 100. Banking town, Frenchtown. A post office (not money order), and telephone, but no telegraph connections. Ex- press service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.21.
Kingwood has one public school, and one church-the property of the Methodist denomination. There are no industries of any kind in the village, but the inhabitants would welcome one which would furnish employment for labor, and as an inducement to settle there, building sites will be given free
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of cost. The soil in the vicinity is fair, and the usual crops are corn, oats, wheat, buckwheat and hay.
For further particulars, address Frank E. Fisher.
Kirkwood (F 7), Camden County. (CLEMENTON TOWNSHIP.)
On the West Jersey and Seashore and the Atlantic City Railroads; stations of both lines one-quarter mile from the village. Population, 280. Banking town, Haddonfield. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone con- nections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $100,000. Tax rate, $1.34.
Kirkwood has one public school and one church-Methodist Episcopal. There are no industries in the place, but the villagers would welcome a light manufactory of any legitimate character. Land for factory purposes can be had at very low figures. A water power of 20 horse capacity exists in the village, and there is one idle three-story and basement building formerly used as a grist mill, which can be leased or purchased outright at a reasonable price; this structure is connected with the water power. The soil of the surrounding country is good and practically all the land is under cultivation. The foreign immigrants in the village number about twelve, principally Italians. No farms reported for sale within two miles of the village.
For other details, address R. H. Lippincott.
Knowlton (F 3), Warren County. (KNOWLTON TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Hainesburg, on the New York, Susquehanna and Western and the Lehigh and New England Railroads, distant two miles. Population, 25. Banking town, Blairstown, distant five and one-quarter miles. Mail by Rural Free Delivery; telephone but no telegraph connections. Express service, National Company. Tax rate, $1.21.
Kresson, Camden County.
(VOORHEES TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Marlton, on the West Jersey and Seashore Rail- road, distant one and one-quarter miles. Banking town, Haddonfield. Mail by Rural Free Delivery; telegraph and telephone accessible at Marlton. Ex- press service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $35,000. Tax rate, $1.29.
No manufactories of any kind. The soil is fair and farming the only local industry.
For details, address F. Elmer Endicott.
Lafayette (G 2), Sussex County. (LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP.)
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; station in the town. Population, 650. Banking town, Newton or Branchville, distant respectively
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about four and one-half miles. A money order post office, telephone, but no telegraph connections. Express service, United States Company. Value of taxable property (township), $380,668. Tax rate, $1.22.
Lafayette is very favorably situated for the purpose of carrying on manu- facturing industry. Railroad service is good, freight and tax rates are low. The location is absolutely free from malaria, and healthful in every respect. The elevation above sea level is 620 feet. The town has ample public school accommodations for all children, and there are three churches-Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist. Public sentiment is favorable to manufacturing in- dustry, and any legitimate enterprise of that character would be welcomed. Land for factory purposes will be sold at specially low prices, and in the case of a particularly desirable industry it is probable that not only would the building site be given free, but if necessary financial help also. The num- ber available as operatives is reported at about 75 men and 25 women. Water power, the capacity of which is not reported, exists in the vicinity of the town. The soil is of the finest quality and no farms are reported for sale. There are no foreign immigrants in or about the place.
Large deposits of slate, claimed to be equal in quality to the best in the country, are found here. Three quarries are opened, but scarcity of capital has compelled a suspension of work for some time back. These quarries will be leased or sold outright, and with sufficient capital and good manage -. ment the property should yield a very satisfactory profit.
Two flouring mills and a large creamery which gets its supplies from the neighboring farmers are int operation. An extensive poultry and egg busi- ness is carried on.
For further particulars, address the Township Collector.
Lake Como (J 6), Monmouth County.
(WALL TOWNSHIP.)
On the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York and Long Branch Divis- ion of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Station of both roads in the town. Population, 300. Banking town, Manasquan or Spring Lake. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express ser- vice, Adams and United States Company. Tax rate, $1.70.
Outside of the ordinary village industries there is no manufacturing of any kind carried on here.
Lake Como is a popular coast resort, and the principal business of its permanent population is the entertainment of visitors who come there in large numbers during the summer months. The railroad service is first- class and in all respects the conveniences and means of entertainment are equal to the best offered at any other seaside town. The villagers would welcome an industry as an important element of community growth, and land for factory sites conveniently situated with reference to the railroads can be purchased at very low figures. A fairly large number of operatives, either men or women, can be secured without difficulty. The village supports one public school and one church-Methodist Protestant. The soil of this region is good, and the back country contains many farms
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which produce fine crops of corn, wheat, rye, potatoes, tomatoes and the entire range of garden vegetables.
For further particulars, address E. P. Tilton.
Lake Hopatcong, Morris County. (JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.)
On the main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the High Bridge Branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Sta- tions of both roads at different points on the shores of the lake. Permanent population, 600. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone stations. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.21.
Lake Hopatcong is distinctlvely a summer resort, and the location on the shores and islands of the splendid sheet of water bearing the same name is unsurpassed for scenic beauty. The lake itself is a magnificent sheet of water about nine miles long and an average width of three miles. The lake is studded with beautiful islands, and its shore is a picturesque alternation of bold rocky bluffs and magnificent primeval forests, with many fine resi- dences which are occupied by well conditioned city people during the greater part of the year. The elevation is fourteen hundred feet over sea level; there is absolutely no malaria or mosquitoes, and the climate is equal in healthfulness to that of the most favored region elswhere. The only industry carried on about Lake Hopatcong is the cutting and storing of ice in win- ter time.
Lakehurst (H 6), Ocean County. (MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP.)
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey; one station in center of the town. Population, 650. Banking town, Lakewood or Toms River, distance to both places, seven miles. A money order post office, telegraph and tele- phone connections. Express service, United States Company. Value of tax- able property, $439,000. Tax rate, $2.02.
Lakehurst has a sewer system and an ample supply of very good water drawn from wells. Railroad service is first-class; freight and passenger rates are reasonable, and manufacturing industry would find many other local advantages here. The town has two excellent public schools of the grammar grades, and graduates are sent to the Lakewood High School with transportation both ways paid by the township. There are three churches- Presbyterian, Catholic and Methodist. Among the fraternal orders are lodges of Improved Order of Red Men, Knights of Pythias, Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engineers and Patriotic Order Sons of America. Public sentiment is favorable to manufacturing industry, and land for factory building pur- poses can be secured at very small cost. Special concessions will be made in favor of any one who locates an industry here. Preference is expressed for machine or blacksmith shops. The number reported as available for em- ployment is from thirty to forty men, and about forty women. Satisfactory fire protection is provided by a volunteer department of several companies equipped with modern apparatus. The soil northward of the town is fair
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and southward it is poor. The crops are largely corn, oats, sweet potatoes, melons, cranberries and fruits. Several farms ranging from 20 to 60 acres are for sale.
Lakehurst enjoys a healthful climate, the air being at all times laden with the odors of the pine forests which surround it on all sides. It is, therefore, a favorite winter health resort. A large hotel, the "Pine Tree Inn," was built specially for the entertainment of guests all the year round. This structure is steam heated throughout and lighted by electricity.
The industries here now are :
Central Railroad of New Jersey, repair shops, employing 105 men.
Horicon Mills Rope Works, hemp rope of all sizes, employ 31 men.
DeGrauw, Aymar & Company, rope and twine, employs 50 men.
For further particulars, address F. C. Torrey or C. L. Rogers.
Lakewood (H 6), Ocean County.
On the Southern Division of the Central Railroad of New Jersey; station in center of the town. Population, 5,500. A banking town-three banks. Money order post office and unlimited telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Value of taxable property, $5,725,- 492. Tax rate, $1.56.
Lakewood, as a select residence community and a winter health resort, has a world-wide reputation of the highest kind. The climate during all seasons of the year is exceptionally healthful, and its pine odor laden air is especially beneficial to invalids during the winter months.
Apart from its deservedly high character as a health resort, where prac- tical immunity from the most trying rigors of our northern winters may be enjoyed, Lakewood is worthy of serious consideration because of its many advantages as a high class residence community and the facilities offered for both residential and industrial purposes. The town is one of the most pros- perous in the State, and all modern conveniences and utilities are found there in their most perfect form. Unlimited telegraph and telephone con- nections, sewer system and water works, electric power and lighting, a fine gas plant, first-class railroad service with ample accommodations for pas- sengers and freight, fine well kept streets and two daily newspapers.
Lakewood has seven public schools and seven churches, representing the following denominations: Episcopal, Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Meth- odist, Colored Methodist and Colored Baptist.
Fire protection of an effective kind is provided by numerous high pressure street hydrants, and three volunteer companies equipped with the best modern apparatus.
The farming country surrounding Lakewood is well adapted to raising potatoes, tomatoes, melons and cranberries. Conditions are particularly favorable for the profitable cultivation of the last named fruit.
The only industries at present located here are the Lakewood Supply. Company, manufacturers of sashes, blinds, doors, etc., and a manufactory of dressed lumber and crates owned by George E. Major.
For further particulars, address H. E. Newman, Secretary Board of Trade.
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Lambertville (F 5), Hunterdon County.
(WEST AMWELL TOWNSHIP.)
On the Belvidere Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad; station in center of the town. Population, 5,025. A banking town, two banks. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams and United States Companies. Value of taxable property, $2,462,413. Tax rate, $1.65.
Lambertville is a thriving town situated on the Delaware River far above the head of navigation. The conditions for developing an extensive water power are absolutely perfect, and one such power already in existence has a three hundred horse capacity. In addition to the banks there is one build- ing and loan association, with 800 stockholders, and assets amounting to $375,244. Other important community features are: A first class water supply piped to all parts of the town, paved streets, electric and gas lighting, good stores, three public and two private schools-all enjoying deservedly high reputations, six churches-Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, and Colored Baptist-an efficient Board of Trade, and lodges representing the following fraternal orders: Masons, Odd Fellows, Pythians, Knights of Columbus and Red Men.
Four weekly newspapers are published in the town, and a trolley line via New Hope and the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River connects the town with Trenton. Fire protection is provided by numerous high pressure hydrants and four volunteer companies equipped with the best modern apparatus.
Public sentiment favors giving encouragement to manufactories, and any addition to the long list of industrial plants now in the place would be welcomed. Preference is expressed for iron or wood works or any other lines requiring skilled workmen. The number reported as available for em- ployment is 150 men and 40 women.
Land for factory building purposes can be secured at reduced prices, or it may be that the citizens acting through the Board of Trade will give the land to an approved industry free of cost, and financial assistance in the form of subscriptions to capital stock. One building, 40x200 feet, formerly used as a canning factory is now for sale or can be leased at a fair rental. The soil of the surrounding region is good, and besides the ordinary farm crops large quantities of fine peaches and apples are grown. Many of the farmers make a specialty of tomatoes for supplying canning factories; this would seem to suggest an excellent opportunity for a local cannery.
The manufacturing plants now in operation here are as follows :
Coombs & Massey, brass and iron foundry, employ 6 men.
Delaware River Quarry and Construction Company, stone ballast, employs 115 men.
Gandy, W. H., paper, employs 30 men.
Kugler, Layton G., machinery, employs 5 men.
Lambertville Rubber Company, rubber boots, shoes and toys, employs 380 men.
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Lambertville Spoke Works, wheel hubs and spokes, employs 100 men.
Lambertville Paper Mills, paper, employs 61 men.
New Jersey Rubber Company, reclaimed rubber, employs 65 men. Pennsylvania Railroad, car repairs, employs 33 men.
Shanley, B. M., Sons Company, stone quarry, employs 75 men.
Smith & Sons Company, wire novelties, employs 75 men.
Lambertville Pottery Co., sanitary specialties, employs 30 men.
For further particulars, address A. G. Smith, Secretary Lambertville Board of trade.
Lamington (G 4), Somerset County. (BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, New Germantown, on the New Jersey and Penn- sylvania Railroad; distant one mile. Population, 250. Banking town, Som- erville. A free delivery postoffice, but not money order. Telephone, but no telegraph connections. Express service, United States Company.
The village is near the Lamington River, from which a fine water power may be developed. The community supports one public school, and one church-Presbyterian. There are no manufactories of any kind at present, but the villagers greatly desire to see one established, and would gladly make any reasonable concession that might be required to bring such a result about. There is a large area of unimproved land in and about the place, from which factory sites can be secured at very low prices. The village population, with that of the nearby surrounding country, will furnish a labor supply for several light industries. Dairying, fruit raising, and general farming are the industries followed in the region in which the village is situated.
Landing, Morris County. (ROXBURY TOWNSHIP.)
On the main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad ; distance from station, one-quarter mile. Population, 200. Banking town, Netcong, distant two miles. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Value of taxable property, $250,000. Tax rate, $1.53.
Landing is beautifully located on the southern shore of Lake Hopatcong, and close to the Morris Canal, which waterway affords a convenient and com- paratively inexpensive route for the transportation of freights. In the vicinity of the village conditions are perfect for the development of a fine water power. There is no school of any kind, and for religious purposes there is one undenominational chapel. The soil of the surrounding country is fair, and some truck farming is done. The foreign immigrants residing in and about the place are reported to be 10 Polacks, 15 Hungarians, and 30 Italians.
The only industry in Landing is the works of the E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Company, in which 150 men are employed.
For further information, address Thos. F. King, or D. L. Bryant.
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Landisville (F 8), Atlantic County.
(BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP.)
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey, one station in center of the village. Population, 200. Banking town, Vineland. A money order post office, tele- graph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.34.
Landisville has one public school of the third grade, and two churches- Catholic and Methodist. The soil is fair, and the principal products of the land are strawberries, grapes and sweet potatoes.
The village is in a very healthful region, and offers many advantages to parties seeking a location for either residential or industrial purposes. Land for factory building purposes will be given free of cost, and other conces- sions will be made in fovor of parties starting a factory here. An abundance of labor of a particularly desirable character can be readily obtained. Rail- road service is fully up to all requirements, and freight and tax rates are very reasonable. The only foreign immigrants in the place are Italians and they are few in number. A lumber yard and saw mill owned by A. Cook is the only industry in the village.
Lanoka (1 7), Ocean County. (LACEY TOWNSHIP.)
On the New Jersey Southern Division of the Central Railroad of New Jersey ; station in the village. Population, 150. Banking town, Toms River. A money order post office, telephone but no telegraph connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.20.
Among the natural advantages of this village is its proximity to Cedar Creek, a beautiful ever-flowing stream which is navigable for pleasure yachts and other medium sized crafts to within a distance of one thousand feet of the place. Being also near the famous oyster and fishing grounds of Barne- gat Bay, there is a fine opportunity for the successful operation of a hotel or boarding house for the reception of summer residents and transient guests. Lanoka is situated in a very rich farming country, which is par- ticularly adapted to garden truck growing; the establishment of a canning factory would therefore be a good investment. Such an enterprise could be kept busy during the entire year, canning fruits and vegetables (which now go to waste on the land by the hundred bushels) during the summer months, and oysters and clams during the winter. The shipping facilities to New York and Philadelphia by either rail or boat are first class, and land for factory building purposes will be either donated, or sold at very low figures. A fair supply of labor can be secured without difficulty. These advantages combined with a healthful climate, are worth the serious consideration of parties looking up a good factory location. The villagers support one public school, and two churches-Methodist and Universalist.
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