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Quakertown (F 4), Hunterdon County.
(FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Pittstown, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad; dis- tant one and one-half miles. Population, 170. Banking town, Flemington. A money order post office, telephone but no telegraph connections. Express service, United States Company. Value of taxable property, $100,000. Tax rate, $1.18.
Quakertown is situated in a picturesque and particularly healthful region, the air is dry and bracing, and all the most restful and pleasing features of country life are found here. Farming and fruit growing are the only in- dustries at present, but the villagers would look with approval on the estab- lishment of some light form of manufacturing industry as a means of pro- viding steady employment. Land for such purposes can be purchased at re- duced prices. About one-eighth of a mile from the village there is a very good water power which could be utilized for running one or more small plants. The water supply is obtained from wells, and there is no organized fire protection. The labor force available for immediate employment con- sists of 25 men.
The soil of this region is said to be equal to the best in the State. The crops include all the grains and other farm products of the climate, and it is also a fine dairying and fruit growing country.
Two miles south of Quakertown are several farms of from 30 to 100 acres each that can be bought for from $20 to $30 per acre. The few foreign im- migrants in the vicinity are of a very thrifty character.
The village has one public school, one Methodist church, and meeting house of the Society of Friends.
For further particulars, address Geo. E. Race.
Quarryville (G 2), Sussex County. (WANTAGE TOWNSHIP.)
On the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad; station in the village. Population, 60. Banking town, Sussex. Mail by rural free delivery ; telephone, but no telegraph connections. Express service, National Company. Value of taxable property, $10,000. Tax rate, $1.53.
This village is situated in an exceedingly rich fruit growing district, from which peaches, apples and pears of fine quality are shipped annually to the markets of New York. General farming and dairying are also carried on extensively. Land is good in the matter of soil, although low priced, but farm labor is quite scarce. There is one large dairy owned by the firm of Pound & Thorn, a co-operate owned by Wm. Markel & Son, and three sepa-
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rate plants engaged in the cutting of blue stone. The community supports - one public school of the third grade; no churches of any denomination.
For further particulars, address J. P. Fuller.
Quinton (D 8), Salem County.
(QUINTON TOWNSHIP.)
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad; station in the town. Popula- tion, 750. Banking town, Salem. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $720,350. Tax rate, $1.36.
Quinton is situated on Alloway Creek, a tributary of the Delaware, which is navigable for boats of medium draught. Shipping facilities by either rail or water are therefore very good. The town has satisfactory natural drain- age, and a good water supply conveyed to all parts in mains.
For fire protection there are numerous high pressure street hydrants and a volunteer company provided with hose.
The town has one building and loan association with 100 stockholders, and assets amounting to $38,604. There are two public schools and two churches-Baptist and Methodist. A gas and electric plant furnishes light- ing and power. The town, considering its size, is a manufacturing place of some importance, and the people would be pleased to have these interests extended, particularly in the direction of industries employing female labor. Factory sites can be had on the banks of the creek, or adjoining the railroad. There is a fairly good labor supply. Approximately 100 women are re- ported as ready to accept employment.
In the suburbs are many fine farms and market gardens; the soil is good, and large crops of the standard products are raised. The tomatoes grown here are of a particularly fine quality, and the entire crop is taken from the growers by local canners. The industries now here are :
Harry Ayres, cannery, employs 100 persons.
Fogg & Hires Company, cannery, employs 200 persons.
Quinton Glass Company, window glass.
For further particulars, address William Plummer.
Rahway (H 4), Union County. (RAHWAY TOWNSHIP.)
On the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad; two stations in the city. Population, 10,000. A banking town, two banks, and two building and loan associations having 400 stockholders, and assets amounting to $177,000. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $5,585,949. Tax rate, $1.92.
Rahway is the third largest town in Union county. It is situated on both sides of the Rahway River, and has a sewer system constructed of brick which affords perfect drainage to all its parts. Its water supply, which is carried in mains through all streets, is ample in quantity and of the best
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quality. A special virtue claimed for this water and one that should interest manufacturers, is that it does not "scale" in steam boilers. Within the city limits are gas and electric power plants, well kept and beautifully shaded streets, large stores handling practically all kinds of merchandise, hotels, entertainment and lecture halls, schools, churches, fraternal and social organ- izations, a public library, two weekly newspapers, trolley lines to all nearby cities and towns, with other features of a progressive modern community. A well organized department of seven companies furnishes the most efficient fire protection.
Rahway has four public grammar schools, one high school, and two private schools. The churches-seventeen in number-are representative of practically all religious denominations. The fraternal orders and social organizations are uncommonly well represented, there being lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows, Red Men, Elks, Foresters, American Mechanics, Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum and several others not so well known.
Viewed from the standpoint of transportation facilities, high and level land, desirable locations for factories and workingmen's homes, facilities for local and long distance passenger and freight transportation, an ample supply of desirable labor, and proximity to large industrial centers, no better loca- tion for an industrial plant of any kind, large or small, can be found in New Jersey or elsewhere than Rahway, and its suburbs. Land for factory build- ing purposes within a short distance of the railroad may be had in the town, or sites bordering on the tracks may be secured just outside of the city limits, which directly adjoin the railroad. These building sites will be sold at reduced prices, and in the case of a particularly desirable industry em- ploying a large number of workers, the land would probably be given free of cost. An efficient Board of Trade, composed of leading citizens, looks after all matters pertaining to the industrial interests of the community. Through this body, parties desiring to locate a manufacturing plant in the town may secure lands on specially favorable terms and other concessions of a valuable character. An approved industry may also secure local financial aid if the same should be desired.
Labor in practically unlimited numbers-either male or female-can be obtained here without difficulty. Railroad facilities-freight and passenger- are of the very best; scores of east and west bound passenger trains daily stop there. The distance to New York is nineteen miles and the trip is made in forty minutes. The distance to Newark is covered in twenty minutes, and to Elizabeth in six minutes.
A water power of very large capacity may be developed from the Rahway River.
There are several idle factory buildings, most of them in condition for immediate use, which the owners would be pleased to rent or sell at reason- able figures. Some of these are large brick structures suitable for almost any line of industry. The soil of the surrounding country is reported from fair to good; the products are all the ordinary farm varieties, with some tree fruits and berries. No farms in the vicinity reported for sale. About one thousand foreign immigrants reside in the town and its vicinity; these are mostly Italians employed to a large extent in the Standard Oil Company's works, and other large plants along Staten Island Sound.
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For further particulars relating to Rahway, address H. S. Barnes. The principal industries now in operation are :
American Felt Company, felt, employs 123 persons.
Cordova Leather Company, leather goods, employs 40 persons.
Dunham, D. B., & Son, coach building, employ 50 persons.
Grube, Henry A., carriages and wagons, employs 30 persons.
Harrison Manufacturing Company, The, printers' supplies, employs 4 per- sons.
Merck & Co., chemicals, employ 100 persons.
Milbury Atlantic Supply Company, The, oiled and rubber clothing, employs 100 persons.
New Jersey Steel Company, steel castings, employs 250 persons.
Quinn & Boden Company, printing and bookbinding, employs 190 persons.
Red Mill Tobacco Company, snuff and tobacco ,employs 10 persons.
Regina Company, The, automatic musical instruments, employs 150 persons.
Rosenbaum, Mrs. Henry, shirts and waists, employs 155 persons.
Three in One Oil Company, lubricating oil, employs 25 persons.
Ralston, Morris County.
(MENDHAM TOWNSHIP.)
On the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Railroad, station in the village. Population, 250. Banking town, Morristown. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. ' Express service, Wells-Fargo Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.63.
Ralston is situated in a particularly picturesque part of Morris county, and has a most attractive environment of mountain, valley and stream. The water supply is drawn from wells and mountain springs; the air is at all times dry and bracing, and the place is an ideal one for homes-either per- manent or transient. The mountain streams which flow through the village are used for water power by several grist and saw mills.
A light manufacturing industry would find local conditions very favorable to success. Land for building purposes, and also water power can be secured at fair prices. The railroad service is good, and labor of an intelligent and orderly character can be secured from the village population and that of the surrounding country. The village has one public school, but the nearest church is one and one-half miles away.
The farm lands have good soil, and the principal crops raised are the standard grains. The only farm for sale in the vicinity of the village is one of 400 acres, with rather rundown building. Information regarding this property can be had by adressing the owner, Miss Anna Cowper, Chester, N. J. For further information, address the Postmaster, Ralston, N. J.
Ramsey (1 2), Bergen County.
(HOHOKUS TOWNSHIP.)
On the main line of the Erie Railroad, station in center of the town. Popu- lation, 1,600. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections.
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Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Value of taxable property, $550,000. Tax rate, $1.87.
There are no factory industries in Ramsey at present. The town is a favorite residence place, situated in a very healthful region. Railroad facili- ties are good, there being a large number of trains daily to and from New York and all other cities and towns on the Erie System. Public sentiment is favorable to manufacturing enterprise, and land for industrial purposes will be sold at reduced prices. An approved industry would also receive financial help if the same should be required. Parties seeking factory loca- tions may therefore depend on receiving every encouragement and assistance in the power of the townspeople to bestow. The town has one public school of the eighth grade, and three churches-Catholic, Protestant Episcopal, and Presbyterian. The Red Men, American Mechanics, and several other frater- nal orders have lodges here.
Preference is expressed in favor of a silk mill as the form of industry best adapted to local conditions. The number available for employment is reported at 50 men and 150 women. Ample fire protection is provided by two well organized volunteer companies, provided with proper apparatus. Garden farming is carried on extensively on the surrounding lands. Large quantities of high grade strawberries are raised here. No farms reported for sale.
'The foreign immigrant part of the population consists of 10 Hungarians and 25 Italians. For further information, address John B. Fink, Mayor, Ram- sey, N. J.
Rancocas (F 6), Burlington County. (WILLINGBORO AND WESTHAMPTON TOWNSHIPS.)
Nearest railroad station, Masonville, on the Camden and Burlington Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, distant two and one-half miles. Population, 250. Banking town, Moorestown, Mount Holly or Burlington City; distance to each, five miles. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone con- nections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $400,000. Tax rate, Willingboro township, $1.51; Westhampton township, $1.68.
Rancocas is situated on the river bearing the same name, which is navi- gable by boats of medium draught. A steamer carrying freight only makes daily trips to and from Philadelphia, where connection is made with other boats trading between that city and several river towns. With a first class water route for freight transportation, and an improved road covering the couple of miles to the railroad station, Rancocas may be regarded as being well provided with facilities for transacting business and maintaining inter- course with all parts of the State. Public sentiment is very favorable to manufacturing industry, almost any variety of which should do well here; land for factory sites can be had on the river banks, where wharves can be built in water deep enough for boats of medium draught. Preference is expressed for a canning factory, a foundry, or a brick-making plant. Brick making seems particularly appropriate because of there being a large deposit of clay of the right kind close to the river: In fact, an industry
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of any kind that uses water transportation would find a good field here, one that had been doing a very profitable business having been burned down and not rebuilt because of the advanced age of its proprietor.
Land for industrial purposes will be sold at very low figures, and finan- cial assistance to a limited extent might also be secured for a good, reliable industry. The number available for immediate employment is 60 men and 20 women. The soil of this region is excellent, and fine crops of farm produce and fruits are raised on the surrounding farms. No farms for sale, and no foreign immigrants in the village.
Rancocas has one public school, and one private academy owned and conducted by the Society of Friends, both of excellent character. There are three churches in the village-Episcopal, Methodist, and Friends. Fire protection of a satisfactory kind furnished by a bucket brigade and portable pumps.
James M. Stokes employs 25 men at mining and shipping sand and gravel, and William A. Fish employs 2 men building and repairing wagons.
For further particulars, address Joseph Wills, Granville W. Leeds, or Joseph E. Bishop.
Raritan (G 4), Somerset County.
(BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP.)
On the main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, station in center of the town. Population, 3,800. A banking town-one bank. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.53.
Raritan is the first station west of Somerville on the main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. In proportion to population its rank among the manufacturing communities of the State is high. The town is provided with both a sewer system and water works of, a very satisfactory character. The transportation facilities are first class, there being upwards of twenty trains per day going each way, besides trolley lines connecting with the general traction system of the Public Service Corporation, which pass through the town! at short intervals. A good supply of labor-male or female-can be obtained at moderate wages without difficulty. Fire protec- tion is provided by high pressure hydrants on every street corner, and a volunteer company with an abundance of hose. New industries of any kind will be welcomed, and for an enterprise of a permanent kind seeking a loca- tion in good faith, land for building purposes will be given free of cost. A water power, the capacity of which is not reported, exists in the town. Some of the lands available for factory sites are close to the railroad, with which they may be easily connected by short spurs.
The farming country lying west and north of Raritan has very good soil, and large crops of practically all kinds of produce are raised. No farms are reported for sale. The number of foreign immigrants included in the population is quite considerable.
Raritan has one public and one private school, the latter covering the primary, grammar and high school grades, and five churches-Catholic, 2; and Dutch Reformed, Lutheran, and Methodist denominations, I each. Of
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fraternal and social organizations, there are Foresters, Red Men and Junior Order of American Mechanics.
The principal industries now in operation are :
Raritan Woolen Mills, woolen and worsted goods, employ 500 men and women.
Somerset Manufacturing Company, woolen and worsted goods, employs 380 men and women.
Raritan Shirt Company, `men's shirts, employs 80 men and women.
D. R. Kenyon & Son, machinery, employ 30 men.
Raritan Creamery, producer of butter, number employed not reported.
W. N. Adair & Co., new process of flour production, number employed not reported.
For further particulars, address W. H. H. Wyckoff, President of the Board of Trade, or Frank Gallagher.
Raven Rock (E 5), Hunterdon County.
(DELAWARE TOWNSHIP.)
On the Belvidere Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, station in the village. Population, 125. Banking town, Lambertville. A post office (not money order) telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.31.
Raven Rock is situated in a very picturesque region on the Delaware River, far above the head of navigation. The location has long been a favorite one for summer visitors, who go there because of the attractive environment, and the fine boating and fishing afforded by the waters of the river. With the exception of a small manufactory of peach baskets, there are no indus- tries of any kind in the village.
All conditions are right for the development of a water power of immense capacity. Cement rock of fine quality which abounds in the neighborhood would furnish material for a large cement and concrete works. The villagers are very desirous of having an industrial plant of some kind, and land for such purposes would be sold at very low figures. If required, local capital in aid of such an enterprise may also be secured. The village has one public school, but no church. The soil of the surrounding country is good, and the farm crops consist largely of standard grains, and garden truck. The number available for immediate employment is, as reported, about 25 men. The foreign immigrant population consists of 25 Italians.
Readington (G 4), Hunterdon County. (READINGTON TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station North Branch, on the main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, distant four miles. Population, 80. Banking town, White House Station. A money order post office; telephone, but no tele- graph connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.80.
This village is practically a farming community, and excepting a creamery has no industries of any kind. There is one ungraded public school, and one
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church-Dutch Reformed. The location is in the highest degree healthful. The soil is good, and large crops of the various grains and other farm products are raised.
For further information, address John T. Cox, or John K. Thompson.
Reaville (F 5), Hunterdon County. (EAST AMWELL TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Three Bridges, on the Central Railroad of New Jersey; the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and the Flemington Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, distance three miles. Population, 150. Banking town, Flemington. A money order post office; telephone, but no telegraph connections. Express service, Adams and United States Companies. Tax rate, $1.38.
Reaville is situated in an exceedingly picturesque and healthful district, surrounded on all sides by a fine farming country with rich soil, on which the usual varieties of farm products are grown. There is a large creamery in the village, where practically all milk from the surrounding farms is handled, and a very fine grade of butter is made. The community supports one public school, and one church-Presbyterian. There are no .manufacturing indus- tries of any kind but the villagers would welcome one, and cheerfully donate whatever land might be required for the erection of factory buildings. A good supply of intelligent labor can be readily secured from the village population and that of the surrounding country.
Red Bank (1 5), Monmouth County. (SHREWSBURY TOWNSHIP.)
On the Long Branch Division of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and the Pennsylvania Railroad, one station used by both lines in the center of the town. Population, 7,000. A banking town-two banks, and also one building and loan association. Money order post office, unlimited telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams and United States Com- panies. Value of taxable property, $3,909,050. Tax rate, $1.88.
Red Bank is situated on the North Shrewsbury River and its extensive shore line along that stream is lined with beautifully laid out grounds sur- rounding magnificent country homes, the greater part of them occupied by their owners throughout the entire year. By reason of its position on this beautiful river and nearness to the ocean, the town ranks high among the choicest of coast resorts. The panorama of scenic beauty afforded by both shores of this most picturesque of streams over its entire length, is probably not equalled elsewhere in the State, and the opportunities for boating and fishing afforded by its broad waters is the deight of all who enjoy such sports. Considering these and its many other attractions as a healthful resort, it is not surprising that the number of city people who spend the summer months there is growing larger year by year, and also that many of these sojourners are after the first season's experience transformed into permanent residents.
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The transportation facilities enjoyed by Red Bank are of the very best; in addition to the two trunk lines of railroad by which express trains make the run to New York City in less than one hour, daily trips are made to the metropolis by a line of fine steamboats owned by the Merchants' Trans- portation Company, and trolley roads to nearby towns afford perfect facilities for local travel. In fact, through the medium of its steam railroads and trolley lines, no community in the State enjoys better facilities for travel.
Red Bank has a thorough sewer system, and a first class water supply derived from artesian wells, and distributed on the gravity system. There are also electric and gas lighting plants, and a highly efficient fire department. Most of the streets are paved, and all are lined with shade trees. House rents, cost of living and tax rate are reasonable. Land for factory sites may be had in the town or its suburbs, near the railroads or the river front, and when wanted for such purposes, concessions will be made in prices. Electric power for factories may be rented. Propositions for locating industrial plants will be considered by the Board of Trade.
Red Bank supports four public schools, which cover all grades from primary to high school; in addition to these there are three private schools. Three weekly newspapers are published in the town. The churches, nine in number, are divided among the Baptist, Catholic, Dutch Reformed, Episcopal, Meth- odist, and Presbyterian denominations. Practically all the well known frater- nal orders have representative lodges in the town.
The soil of the country surrounding Red Bank is excellent, and fine crops of all kinds of fruit, market garden and farm products are raised for local consumption and shipment to the New York markets. Much of the farm land adjoining the town has been taken up by city people for development into country homes, but there are still a few places in the market for sale. Practically no foreign immigrants reside in or about the town, excepting a number transiently employed on trolley extension and road building.
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