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The Pequannock River-which is a very fine stream-runs through the center of the village, and affords not only a bountiful supply of the purest 23
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water, but also adds greatly to the general picturesqueness of the environ- ment. It may also, with only comparatively slight expense, be made to yield a water power of capacity sufficient to run several large factories.
As a place of residence, either permanent or for the summer months, Pequannock offers unsurpassable attractions to those who appreciate fine scenery, pure mountain air and a healthful and invigorating climate. The railroad service is good, there being several trains east and west daily; pas- senger and freight rates are low, and a fair supply of labor can be secured from the village and back country. One public school, and one church-Dutch Reformed, meets the educational and religious wants of the community.
Surrounding the village are many fine farms, on which large crops of sweet corn, onions, potatoes and tomatoes are grown.
The only industries of the place are a small manufactory of cigars, in which three persons are employed, and a manufactory of lace curtains, owned by John Van Cleve, in which 16 persons are employed.
Perrineville (H 6), Monmouth County. (MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad stations Freehold, on the Amboy Division of the Penn- sylvania Railroad, distance nine miles, or Hightstown, on the Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad, distance, six miles. Population, 200. Banking town, Hightstown. A money order post office; telephone, but no telegraph connec- tions. Express service, Adams and United States Companies. Value of taxable property. $50,000. Tax rate, $1.30.
Perrineville is situated in the midst of a fine farming country, the soil of which is good. The land is all under cultivation, and no farms in the market for sale. There are no manufactures of any kind in the village, but there are facilities for the development of a water powr up to about 500 horse capacity. The foreign immigrant population is reported at 10 Hungarians and 50 Russians.
Perth Amboy (1 5), Middlesex County. (WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP.)
On the Pennsylvania Railroad; Central Railroad of New Jersey; Lehigh Valley Railroad, and on the Staten Island Rapid Transit road, which runs to New York City via ferry from Perth Amboy to Tottenville, and ferry from St. George, Staten Island, to New York City. Stations of these lines in center of the town. Population, 30,000. A banking town, with three banks, three private banks, and also three building and loan associations having jointly, assets amounting to approximately $1,000,000. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams, United States, Baltimore and Ohio, and several local companies doing busi- ness between Perth Amboy and New York. Value of taxable property, $15,555,267. Tax rate, $1.50.
Perth Amboy has an extended deep water shore line on Staten Island Sound, Raritan River and Raritan Bay. The channel leading up the bay from Sandy Hook has a depth of twenty-five feet at low water, and at high tide
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large ocean steamships can dock in safety. Perth Amboy is the natural trading center for a wide extent of territory in which the large manufacturing towns of Woodbridge, Carteret and Chrome are situated. A new county bridge to South Amboy furnishes an inlet to the city for the produce of one of the richest farming districts in the country, and a newly chartered traction company will have lines of electric cars running to all coast towns as far south as Atlantic Highlands. Other trolley lines now in operation connect with lines running to practically all parts of the State. Excellent ferry service with new boats has been established between Perth Amboy and Staten Island. Two daily and three weekly newspapers are published in the town. All municipal institutions and conveniences are on a most liberal scale. Water works owned by the municipality; a perfect sewer system extending to all parts of the city; a large public library; a theatre-one of the finest in the State; many miles of well paved streets; a city hospital; electric and gas lighting plants, and a volunteer department of several companies, which furnishes the most efficient kind of fire protection.
Perth Amboy has seven public schools of the primary and grammar grades, and one high school, which is on the approved list of all the leading univer- sities of the country. In addition to these there are four parochial schools and one business college. The churches-seventeen in number, are divided de- nominationally as follows: Baptist, I; Catholic, 4; Danish, 3; Episcopal, I; Greek, 1; German Lutheran, I; Jewish, I, and Presbyterian, I. The fraternal orders are represented by lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows, Elks, Woodmen of the World, Foresters, Knights of Pythias, American Mechanics, and many others.
Perth Amboy is one of the most important industrial centers of New Jersey, and owes its development to its fine location and natural advantages. By rail it has the service of three trunk lines of railroad, and by water, the unlimited facilities afforded by its extensive array of docks in water deep enough at all times to float vessels of any size. Freights may therefore be shipped by land or water to any part of the world. Some of the richest clay deposits to be found anywhere are in its immediate vicinity, and from them has grown the numerous terra cotta, brick ,and fireproofing industries for which this part of Middlesex county has long been famous. These clay lands can be bought at very reasonable figures considering their real value. Lands for factory building sites can be secured on specially favorable terms. There is an abundant supply of labor-skilled and unskilled; tax rates are low, habitations plentiful, and rents, cost of living and other expenses inci- dental to residence here are very reasonable.
Perth Amboy has a Board of Trade which is composed of leading mer- chants ; this public spirited organization devotes much time to furthering the industrial and commercial interests of the town, assisting parties in search of factory locations, and advising them with regard to the selection of building sites. The foreign immigrant population of Perth Amboy is very large, and includes people of all the races that figure in the immigration lists of recent years.
For further information relating to Perth Amboy and its industrial oppor- unities, address G. F. Reynolds, President Board of Trade.
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The industries now here are:
Atlantic Terra Cotta Company, terra cotta, employs 1,000 persons.
Ashland Emery & Corundum Company, emery, employs 50 persons.
Chesetrough Manufacturing Company, chemicals, employs 270 persons.
Ely Norris Safe Company, safes, employs 40 persons.
Hoyt Metal Company, mixed metal, employs 60 persons.
King, W., & Sons, cork goods.
Manufactured Rubber Company, The, reclaimed rubber, employs 15 persons. Marcy Foundry Company, stoves and supplies, employs 50 persons.
National Fire Proofing Company, fire proofing, employs 152 persons.
New Jersey Portland Cement Company, cement, employs 30 persons.
New Jersey Terra Cotta, terra cotta, employs 200 persons.
New Jersey Wood Finishing Co., varnishes, employs 6 persons.
Pardee, C., Works, ingots, employs 500 persons.
Perth Amboy Chemical Company, formaldehyde, employs 20 persons. Perth Amboy Dry Docks Company, boat builders employs 150 persons.
Perth Amboy Foundry and Machine Company, castings, employs 50 persons. Raritan Copper Works, refining copper, employs 600 persons.
Raritan Dry Dock Company, repairing boats, employs 100 persons.
Rippen, H., cigars and tobacco, employs 10 persons.
Roessler & Hasslacher, chemicals, employ 150 persons.
Schantz & Eckert, machinery, employ 40 persons.
Standard Underground Cable Company, wire and cables, employs 700 persons.
United Cigar Manufacturing Company, cigars, employs 900 persons.
United Lead Company, lead products, employs 300 persons.
Petersburg (F 10), Cape May County.
(UPPER TOWNSHIP.)
On the Ocean City Branch of the Atlantic City Railroad; station in the town. Population, 300. Banking town, Tuckahoe, distant three miles. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Value of taxable property, $75,000. Tax rate, $1.42.
Petersburg is situated on Cedar Swamp Creek, from which a water power that may be very much enlarged has been developed. Several lumber mills are now operated by this power. Manufactories of any kind would be wel- comed, but local preference is expressed for a cannery or a clay working industry. Land for factory purposes on the banks of the creek or near the railroad, can be purchased at merely nominal prices, and other concessions of a valuable kind will be made. There are some fine clay lands lying un- used from which material for a very superior quality of brick may be taken in quantities sufficient to run a large plant. Cedar Swamp, which has six feet of water in its shallowest part, runs through these clay lands, and a brick plant in operation here could ship its products direct to Atlantic City or Ocean City by rail or water, where they would find a ready market.
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The town has one public school and one Methodist Church. The only industry here at present is lumber sawing, in which three mills employing among them about twelve men, are engaged. For further particulars, address James S. Smith.
Phillipsburg (E 4), Warren County.
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey; the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; the Lehigh Valley Railroad; the Belvidere Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad; three stations in center of the city. Population, 14,000. A banking town, two banks. Money order post office, unlimited telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams and United States Companies. Value of taxable property, $8,736,571. Tax rate, $1.70.
Phillipsburg is situated opposite Easton, Pa., on the east side of the Dela- ware, where the waters of the Lehigh River mingle with those of that stream. The trunk lines named above all meet at Phillipsburg, and diverge from there eastward and westward on their several ways. These superb transportation facilities equalled in few communities of the State, and sur- passed by none, makes this city one of the choicest locations to be found anywhere for manufacturing purposes. It is only fifty miles from the center of the anthracite coal field of Pennsylvania, and very much closer to the blast furnaces of the Lehigh Valley, while the mines and furnaces of Warren and Morris counties are only a few miles away. All the lines of transporta- tion which serve these coal and iron districts, center at Phillipsburg on their way east, thus providing opportunities for securing material of this character taxed with the lowest possible expense for handling.
Phillipsburg stands in part on an elevated plateau overlooking the Dela- ware River; the elevation of the upper town is nearly four houndred feet, and the entire environment is picturesque and healthful in the highest degree. A perfect sewer system affords drainage to all parts of the place, and the water supply is ample for all purposes. Gas and electric plants furnish lighting and power; trolley lines connect with nearby New Jersey and Pennsylvania towns, well kept streets, large stores, public library, and one daily newspaper, and a highly efficient volunteer department, which furnishes ample fire protection, are some of the features of this fine municipality.
Phillipsburg has nine public schools with grades of instruction ranging from kindergarten to high school. There are nine churches, of which num- ber the Prebyterian, Lutherian and Methodist denominations have two each, and the Baptist, Catholic and Episcopalian, one each. Practically all the fraternal and social orders have representative lodges here.
Large tracts of unimproved land in and about the city, some of them adjoining one or another of the railroads, afford a wide range of selection to parties seeking factory locations. Plots of any size can be secured here at low prices. In the case of particularly desirable industries, land for build- ing purposes will be given free of cost, and if necessary, financial assistance in aid of such enterprises may also be obtained. Water power of the most reliable kind derived from the Dlaware, is now used to operate many plants
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on the river front, and there is practically no limit to the possibilities of increasing this power. The industries of Phillipsburg are numerous and widely diversified in character, and labor adapted to any of these lines of manufacture may be found there in numbers sufficient to meet any possible demand.
The Phillipsburg Board of Trade will consider all propositions for locating an industry submitted through its secretary, and deal with each according to its particular merits.
There are a few idle factory buildings in good condition which may be either rented or purchased outright.
For further information, address the Secretary of Board of Trade, Phillips- burg.
The principal industries now in operation are :
American Horse Shoe Company, horse and mule shoes, employs 260 persons.
Andover Iron Company, pig iron, employs 125 persons.
Ashley & Shaw Silk Company, silk goods, employs 70 persons.
Bachman & Bro., R. K., doors, sashes, blinds, etc., employ 25 persons.
Baker, J. F., Chemical Company, chemicals, employs 22 persons.
Canister Manufacturing Company, canisters, employs 150 persons.
C. R. R. N. J. Repair Shops, car repairing.
Continental Silk Company, silk goods, employs 60 persons.
D., L. & W. Repair Shops, car repairing.
Firth, Rowland & Son, foundry and machine works, employ 25 persons.
Ingersoll-Rand Company, rock drill and air compressors, employs (in Phillipsburg plant) 684 persons.
Lizzie Clay and Pulp Company, The, clay and pulp, employs 25 persons.
P. R. R. Repair Shops, car repairing.
Standard Silk Company, silk goods.
Tippett & Wood, boilersstacks, etc .; employ 100 persons.
Warren Foundry and Machine Company, cast iron water and gas pipe, employs 589 persons.
Pierces, Cape May County.
(MIDDLE TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Rio Grande, on the West Jersey and Seashore, and the Atlantic City Railroads; distant three miles. Population, 80. Bank- ing town, Cape May Court House. Postal service and telephone, but no telegraph connections. Express service, Adams and United States Companies. Value of taxable property, $50,000 . Tax rate, $1.42.
This village is pleasantly situated at the southern extremity of Cape May county, between the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay, where it enjoys the stimulating ocean breezes which are peculiar to that region. The community supports one public school of the eighth grade, and two churches, both Methodist. The only industry of the place is agriculture, but a light manu- factory of any character would be welcomed by the villagers and assisted to the fullest possible extent. Land for factory purposes would be sold at reduced prices, and probably financial help would also be given if required.
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The soil is good, and on the surrounding farms large crops of wheat, corn, potatoes and garden truck are raised. No farms for sale, and no foreign im- migrants in the vicinity. For further particulars, address Joseph Camp.
Pine Brook (H 3), Morris County.
(MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Caldwell, on the Greenwood Lake Branch of the Erie Railroad ; distant three miles. Population, 200. Post office (not money order), telephone, but no telegraph connections. Express service, Wells- Fargo Company. Tax rate, $1.18.
Pine Brook is exclusively a farming community. The soil is good, and in addition to the usual farm products, much attention is given to garden truck, and to dairying. The place is a long distance from large markets.
A farm of fifty acres, without buildings, is reported for sale; the price asked is $3,000. There is one public school, covering from the first to the eighth grade, and one Methodist Episcopal Church. The water supply is obtained from wells, and there is no organized fire protection.
The villagers would welcome a factory industry of almost any kind, but would prefer a manufactory of garments. The number available as opera- tives is reported at 50 men and 50 women. For further particulars, address the postmaster.
Pitman Grove (E 8), Gloucester County. (MANTUA TOWNSHIP.)
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad, station in center of the town. Population, 1,700. A banking town-one bank. Money order post office, tele- graph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $890,000. Tax rate, $1.24.
Pitman Grove is situated near Mantua Creek, and has very satisfactory natural drainage. An ample supply of pure water is conveyed in mains to all parts of the town. The railroad service is very good, there being a large number of trains going north and south that stop here daily. An electric plant furnishes lighting and power. No particular desire is expressed to have manufacturing industries established in the town, but rather to have the place develop on the lines of a fine residence community. Immediately outside the town limits, however, factory sites may be secured close to the railroad, and electric power can be rented. A water power can also be developed.
Pitman Grove has one large public school with a full staff of competent teachers, and two churches-Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Protestant.
A farming district surrounds the town, the soil of which is good; the crops consist largely of sweet potatoes, corn, white potatoes and garden truck.
Three establishments employing 16 men are engaged in the manufacture of sashes, blinds and doors, and there is also a wood turning mill.
For further particulars, address Philip H. Focer, Postmaster, Pitman, N. J.
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Pittstown (F 4), Hunterdon County.
(FRANKLIN, UNION AND ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIPS.)
On the Lehigh Valley Railroad, station in center of the village. Popula- tion, 160. Banking town, Clinton. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.29, Alexandria ; $1.18, Franklin ; $1.25, Union.
This village is situated in a very attractive and healthful location, and has very good railroad service. It is mostly an agricultural district with good soil, and fairly prosperous farming. The land is practically all under culti- vation, and no farms are reported for sale. A wide variety of fine fruits are raised here.
Land adjoining the railroad can be bought for factory purposes at merely nominal prices, and an industry of any kind would be welcomed. The com- munity supports one public school, and one "union" church, in which the various religious denominations meet for worship on their turn. There is a water power in the neighborhood, the capacity of which is not reported. The industries here at present are a manufactory of agricultural imple- ments, owned by M. Cregan, in which five men are employed, and a flour mill, employing four men, owned by E. H. Deatz. For further information, address M. Cregan, or J. L. Agans.
Plainfield (H 4), Union County.
On the main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, station in the center of the town. Population, 28,000. A banking town-three banks, one trust company, and four building and loan associations. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Value of taxable property, $22,706,569. Tax rate, $1.40.
Plainfield is situated on the main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, immediately south of the beautiful Watchung Mountains, and is the second largest municipality in Union county. All parts of the city are drained by a first class sewer system, and a supply of pure water abundant for all purposes is distributed in mains. It has also paved and finely shaded streets, many of them lined with beautiful homes, others with large stores and office buildings; nine public schools, covering all grades from kinder- garten to high school; a public library and reading room; three daily and three weekly newspapers; numerous churches, representing practically every known form of religious worship; many fraternal and social organizations; building and loan associations, and all other essential conveniences of a rapidly growing modern municipality. All the desirable features of city life coupled with cheap lands, which makes possible the building of commo- dious, well ventilated and healthful modern factory plants, with cheerful and improved surroundings for workmen in their places of employment and in their homes, are to be found here in happy combination.
Situated on the main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, the facilities for transportation are unsurpassable. Express trains run direct to New York without stop in less than forty-five minutes, and the trolley lines
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of the Public Service Corporation, which pass through the city, provide facilities for rapid and low priced travel to all places of note in central and northern New Jersey.
As well as being a choice residential place, Plainfield is an industrial center of much importance; the list of large and prosperous industries now in operation there is a long one, and the townspeople are very desirous of adding to the number. There are many choice factory locations along the line of the railroad, that can be secured at low figures, considering the present and prosperous value of the land. The labor supply-male or female, skilled or unskilled, is equal to any possible demand.
For fire protection, Plainfield has a very efficient paid department; the companies are well drilled, and all are equipped with the best modern apparatus.
For further particulars, address H. W. Marshall, President, or A. S. Herr, Secretary Board of Trade, Plainfield, N. J.
The principal industries now in operation are :
Crescent Embossing Company, artistic printing, employs 60 persons.
French, L. M., carriages and wagons.
Homan, J. P., & Sons, carriages and wagons, employs 9 persons.
Krom Machine Works, machinery, employs 40 persons.
Lake Pigment Company, dry and pulp color ; employs 7 persons.
Levy, Nat & Co., underwear, employs 120 persons.
Manganese Steel Safe Company, steel safes and vaults, employs 65 persons.
Niles-Bement-Pond Company, machine tools employs 500 persons.
Perine Freres & Cie, gloves, employ 100 persons.
Plainfield Brass Foundry aluminum castings employs 5 persons.
Potter Printing Press Company, printing and machinery, employs 300 per- sons
Price, Bond & Woolston, varnishes, employ 10 persons.
Quincy-Manchester-Sargeant Company, cranes and machinery, employs 100 persons.
Rushmore Dynamo Company, searchlights, employs 30 persons.
Schiller Brothers, underwear, employ 75 persons.
Scott, Walter & Co., printing presses, employ 400 persons.
Spicer Universal Joint Company, machinery, employ 80 persons.
Watchung Silk Company, silk (broad and ribbon), employs 63 persons.
Plainsboro (G 5), Middlesex County. (CRANBURY TOWNSHIP.)
On the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, station in the village. Population, 400. Banking town, Princeton. A money order post office, tele- graph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company.
A healthful location and attractive place for residence. No manufactories of any kind, but a light establishment of that character would be welcomed. Land along the line of the railroad at specially low figures if wanted for factory purposes. A fair supply of labor at moderate wages. The com- munity supports one public school, and two churches-Methodist and Pres- byterian. The Walker-Gordon Laboratory Farm Company, which carries
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on a very large dairy business, is located here. The district is entirely given to agriculture ; the soil is good, and large crops of ordinary farm produce and garden truck are raised.
Pleasantdale, Essex County. (WEST ORANGE TOWNSHIP.)
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and the Orange Branch of the Erie Railroad, stations three miles from the village. Popula- tion, 300. Banking town, Montclair. A money order post office; telephone, but no telegraph connections. Express service, United States and Wells- Fargo Companies. Tax rate, $2.24.
This is a farming community principally ; the soil is good, and the products consist largely of corn, potatoes and hay. Some farm land for sale in the neighborhood at prices ranging from $100 to $500 per acre.
The village supports one public school of eight grades, and one church which belongs to the Presbyterian denomination. A light manufacturing industry of any kind would be welcomed by the villagers and assisted as far as possible. For further particulars, address Arthur Wolf, Pleasant- dale, N. J.
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