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For further information relating to Red Bank, address William S. Child, President, or E. S. Allaire, Secretary of the Board of Trade of Red Bank.
The industries now in operation here are:
Conover, C. E., Manufacturing Company, water proof fabrics, employs 60 persons.
Eisner, Sigmund, clothing, employs 400 persons.
Mount, J. W., Company, Incorporated, carriages, employs 50 persons.
Roberts Safety Water Tube Boiler Company, boilers, employs 30 persons.
Waters & Osborn, sashes, doors, blinds, etc., employ 45 persons.
Red Valley (H 6), Monmouth County.
(UPPER FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP.)
· Nearest railroad station, Cream Ridge, on the Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad, distant three miles. Population, 50. Banking town, Allentown. Postal service (not money order) ; telephone, but no telegraph connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $5,000. Tax rate, $1.22.
Exclusively an agricultural community. Good soil; farm products consist largely of wheat, rye, corn and potatoes.
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Repaupo (D 7), Gloucester County.
(LOGAN TOWNSHIP.)
On the Delaware River Branch of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad, distance from station one and one-eighth miles. Population, 300. Banking town, Swedesboro or Paulsboro. A money order post office; telephone, but no telegraph connection. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.4I.
Repaupo is situated in a healthful region, and farming and dairying are at present its only industries. The townspeople would welcome a manufac- turing plant of any kind, and assist by every possible means in making it successful. Land for factory building purposes can be purchased at merely nominal prices. A good supply of intelligent and interested labor can be readily secured, and the railroad service is equal to all present requirements. A vegetable canning factory would do well here.
For further particulars, address George McIlvain.
Richland (F 9), Atlantic County. (BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP.)
On the Atlantic City Railroad and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad, stations of both lines in the village. Population, 250. Banking town, May's Landing or Vineland. A money order post office; telegraph, but no telephone connection. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $1.34.
Richland is the center of an almost exclusively agricultural community. The location is attractive and healthful; a good supply of pure water is obtained from driven wells forty to fifty feet in depth. The community main- tains one ungraded public school, and three churches-Baptist, Congregational and Methodist Episcopal.
Public sentiment is strongly in favor of manufacturing industry, and local preference is expressed for either a glass works, a textile mill, a shoe fac- tory, or a vegetable and fruit cannery. For the last named industry an abundant supply of material could be procured from neighboring farms. Factory sites with spur connections to the railroads will be given free of ccst, and a cash bonus will be paid to any responsible party who establishes a permanent manufactory in the town. The number available for immediate employment is about 40 men and 20 women.
The soil of the surrounding country is good, and the crops most generally raised consist of sweet potatoes, garden truck, peaches, pears and berries. As before stated, the climate of this region is healthful and the general environ- ment of the village quite attractive; the water supply is pure, and railroad service very satisfactory. The foreign immigrant element of the population is limited to 30 Italians.
For further information, address Chas. W. Jones, Richland, N. J.
Richwood (E 8), Gloucester County. ( HARRISON TOWNSHIP.)
On the Atlantic City Railroad, station in the village. Population, 150. Banking town, Glassboro, Mullica Hill or Pitman Grove. A money order
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post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.43.
Richwood is situated in a rich agricultural country; the soil is good, and the crops consist largely of sweet and white potatoes, onions, tomatoes, cab- bages, peppers and corn. The climate is free from malaria and healthful in every respect. A light manufacturing industry would find this a very good location.
Land for any purpose is held at low prices, but if wanted for a manufactory it can be purchased on substantially the applicant's own terms. The labor supply from the village and immediately outlying farm land is very good, both in numbers and quality. The community maintains one public school, and one church-Methodist Episcopal.
For further particulars, address Eli Heritage, or William A. Lacy.
Ridgefield (D 3), Bergen County.
(RIDGEFIELD TOWNSHIP.)
On the Northern Railroad of New Jersey (Erie System), station in the town. Population, 800. Banking town, Englewood or Hackensack. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Wells- Fargo Company. Value of taxable property, $1,193,556. Tax rate, $1.90.
Ridgefield is finely located; the altitude is high, air pure, and the climate perfectly healthful. The town is drained throughout by sewers, and is sup- plied through mains of the Hackensack Water Company with an abundance of pure water. A volunteer company equipped with suitable apparatus, and hydrants under high pressure, affords ample fire protection. A trolley line runs from Ridgefield to Hackensack and Hoboken, and at these cities connects with the general system of the Public Service Corporation. The townspeople are thus enabled to travel by electric traction lines to and from practically every city and town in central and northern New Jersey, and access may be had to the Hackensack River, which is here navigable for tugs and barges, by way of Overpeck Creek.
Ridgefield is in every respect a fine location for either residential or in- dustrial purposes. In the latter respect the advantages which it offers are well worthy of consideration. Public sentiment is prepared to favor any form of industry that may settle there, and land for factory purposes will be sold at very reasonable rates. An industry settling here in good faith that can stand a rigid inquiry as to its business prospects and standing will, if required, receive financial assistance. Ridgefield has one public school of the eighth grade, and three churches-Catholic, Dutch Reformed and Protestant Episcopal.
There are no foreign immigrants in or about the place.
The principal industry of the town is the works of the Lowe Paper Com- pany. The works of this firm, which are situated along the railroad, cover 16,000 feet of floor space. The product consists mostly of manillas, band stock and blanks for lithograph work. Thirty men are employed.
There is also a white stone quarry owned by C. Heisenbuttle and H. Herr- schaft, and a feed mill operated by J. J. Perkins.
For further information, address C. W. Butler, Ridgefield, N. J.
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Ridgefield Park (C 3), Bergen County.
(OVERPECK TOWNSHIP.)
On the New York, Susquehanna and Western, and the West Shore Rail- roads; stations of both lines in the town. Population, 5,500. Banking town, Hackensack. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, National Company. Value of taxable property, $1,800,000. Tax rate, $2.70.
Ridgefield Park is situated on the Palisades plateau, about four miles west of the Hudson River; an ideal location for homes, which is not surpassed in attractiveness by any residential town within equal distance of New York, to and from which city the trip is made in about thirty minutes by way of either the Forty-second street or the Franklin street ferry. The commuta- tion rate is only four dollars and ten cents per month, or a small fraction less than seven cents per trip. By way of the West Twenty-third, Desbrosses or Cortlandt street ferries, and the Susquehanna Railroad, the trip is made in practically the same time at a commutation rate equal to eight cents a trip. The town is sewered throughout and has a water supply furnished by the Hackensack Water Company. Transportation facilities are of the very best. Not only is there fine service by the steam and electric roads, but the Hack- ensack and Overpeck Rivers-both navigable by boats of medium draught- afford a waterway of no small importance. The town has several miles of frontage along these streams, and the facilities for boating, fishing and bath- ing are excellent. A gas and electric plant furnishes lighting and if re- quired power also. There are three public schools which cover twelve grades and six churches-Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, German Lutheran, Methodist and Union. Of fraternal and social organizations there are representative lodges of Masons, Royal Arcanum, American Mechanics and Modern Wood- men.
For fire protection there are numerous high pressure street hydrants, one hook and ladder truck and three hose companies, all volunteers.
Within the limits of Ridgefield Park and its suburbs are several tracts of unimproved land suitable for factory sites which can be bought for about $500 per acre. An abundant supply of high grade labor can be readily se- cttred here.
One idle factory building, formerly occupied by the Riverside Boiler Works, is for sale or to rent.
The industries now in operation are :
Imperial Brush Company, brushes, employs 10 men.
Little Ferry Paper Company, paper of several kinds, employs 53 men.
Ridgewood (1 3), Bergen County. (RIDGEWOOD TOWNSHIP.)
On the main line of the Erie Railroad; station in center of the town. Population, 5,000. A banking town-one bank and one trust company. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express ser- vice, Wells-Fargo Company. Value of taxable property, $3,521.535. Tax rate, $2.30.
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Ridgewood is strictly a residential community, the business part of which is just large enough to meet local demands. Its population consists very largely of people whose business interests are in New York, or some of the large communities of the metropolitan district. These have been at- tracted to the town by the uncommon advantages which it offers for making pleasant homes in a perfectly healthful environment.
Ridgewood is situated at the foot of the Ramapo Mountains on elevated ground; it has a perfect sewer system and a first class water supply from artesian wells. A well organized volunteer department furnishes perfectly adequate fire protection. The distance to New York is 22 miles; the trip is made by express trains within forty-five minutes, and the monthly com- mutation rate is $6.35. The town has a Board of Trade, two building and loan associations, with 533 stockholders and assets amounting to $417,833. Two newspapers are published in the place, and there are five public and two private schools. The churches are: Baptist, Catholic, Christian Science, Dutch Reformed, Episcopal, German Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian and Unitarian. The fraternal orders are represented by lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows, Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor and American Mechanics. Facilities for all kinds of outdoor and indoor exercises and amusements are provided on a liberal scale.
As a home location Ridgewood presents unusual advantages. It is from 150 to 300 feet over sea level, has flagged sidewalks, electric and gas lighting, absolutely no malaria and but few mosquitoes. The foreign born element in the population is represented by about 100 Hollanders.
For further particulars, address C. W. McDonough, corresponding secre- tary Board of Trade, Ridgewood, N. J.
Riegelsville (E 4), Warren County. (POHATCONG TOWNSHIP.)
On the Belvidere Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad; station in the town. Population, 600. Banking town, Phillipsburg. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.00.
Riegelsville is situated at the junction of the Musconetcong and the Dela- ware rivers. The region is absolutely healthful and quite picturesque. Railroad service is excellent and, as shown above, the tax rate is very mod- erate. Manufacturing industries would be welcomed and encouraged as much as possible. A very good class of labor can be secured from among the townspeople and residents of the immediate neighborhood.
The industries here now are:
Warren Manufacturing Company, paper, employs 34 persons.
Taylor, Stiles & Company, machine knives, giant stalk cutters, etc., employ 18 persons.
Ringoes (F 5), Hunterdon County.
(EAST AMWELL TOWNSHIP.)
On the Lambertville and Flemington Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad; station in the village. Population, 260. Banking town, Flemington. A
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money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express ser- vice, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $12,781. Tax rate, $1.38.
Ringoes is situated in the southern part of Hunterdon county, about five miles from the Delaware River. The district is attractive and healthful. A fine location for either homes or manufacturing industry. Its position is comparatively near the coal and iron fields of Pennsylvania, and the rail- road facilities are equal to all present requirements and can be increased as occasion may arise. The townspeople are very favorably disposed toward manufacturing enterprise, and a manufactory of any useful commodity, such as baskets, hats, shirts or women's garments, would be welcomed and given every possible encouragement. The number reported as at present available for employment is 20 men and 10 women. Land for factory sites on both sides of the railroad can be secured at prices that are reasonable considering its value, and it is quite probable that financial assistance would be given to an approved industry if the same should be desired.
The town has an electric lighting plant which will also furnish power for manufacturing purposes. The labor is steady and reliable and wages are moderate.
Ringoes has one graded public school and two churches-Baptist and Pres- byterian. Of fraternal orders there are Odd Fellows and American Me- chanics.
The soil of this region is good and the farm crops consist largely of wheat, corn, oats, buckwheat and hay. No farms for sale, and no foreign immigrants in the place.
For further particulars, address Levi Holcombe, John S. Williamson or George B. Hartpence.
Ringwood (! 2), Passaic County. (POMPTON TOWNSHIP.)
On the Greenwood Lake Division of the Erie Railroad ; station quite close to the village. Population, 480. Banking town, Butler. A post office (not money order), and telegraph, but no telephone connections. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Tax rate, $1.56.
The village of Ringwood is situated in an area about two miles square, and the houses are quite widely separated. The water supply is derived from wells and mountain springs, and dependence is placed on a "bucket brigade" for fire protection. The country is mountainous and conditions are not favorable to manufacturing industry. The air is pure and the climate healthful. The farm lands are rough and stony, and the principal product is hay.
The village has one school of the primary grade, and two churches- Catholic and Methodist Episcopal. Foreign immigrants of all nationalities come and go but none are permanent residents.
Rio Grande (F 10), Cape May County. (MIDDLE TOWNSHIP.)
On the Atlantic City and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroads; stations in center of the town. Population, 300. Banking town, Cape May City or
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Wildwood. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States and Adams Companies. Value of taxable property, $100,000. Tax rate, $1.42.
Rio Grande is finely located not far from the Atlantic coast. The climate is healthful and the sea breezes are exceedingly invigorating. The village offers many advantages as a location for manufacturing industry. On the lines of two first-class railroads, which run frequent trains to Philadelphia and New York, the transportation facilities are all that could be desired. The villagers would welcome a manufacturing plant of any kind and give it cordial encouragement. The number available for employment is re- ported at from 75 to 100 men and women. There is one idle factory build- ing in the village; the structure is of brick and contains 450 feet of floor space. The community supports one public school and two churches-Baptist and Methodist. The soil of the district is good, and truck farming is car- ried on to a considerable extent.
The Rio Grande Canning Company operates a plant here, in which 100 per- sons are employed during the packing season. There is also a carriage fac- tory owned by J. S. Brown.
Risley, Atlantic County. (WEYMOUTH TOWNSHIP.)
· On the Cape May Branch of the Atlantic City Railroad; station in the village. Population, 230. Banking town, Tuckahoe. A money order post office; telegraph, but no telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.70.
Risley is the center of a very fine farming country with good soil; its crops consist of practically all northern farm products, with a considerable acreage devoted to fruits, including grapes and cranberries. There are sev- eral farms for sale at prices ranging from $500 to $1,200, according to size. Persons interested can obtain definite information regarding these properties by addressing J. Mitchell, Risley, N. J.
There are no manufactories at present in the village, but the inhabitants are quite desirous that a beginning should be made in that direction, and free building sites for factory purposes can be secured on application. The people would also assist by popular subscription in financing an industry. Preference is expressed for a manufactory of cotton or silk goods. The num- ber reported as available for employment is 25 men and 50 women. The community supports one public school and two churches-Congregational and Catholic. There is an organization here called the Farmers' Union, the presi- dent of. which is J. Bergh. The foreign immigrants residing in the vicinity are, as reported, 5 Polacks, 10 Russians and 20 Italians.
For further particulars, address J. Mitchell or J. Bergh.
Riverdale, Morris County.
(PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP.)
On the Greenwood Lake Branch of the Erie and the New York, Susque- hanna and Western Railroads, distance to Erie station, one-quarter of a
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mile; distance to Susquehanna, one-half mile. Population, 200. Banking town, Butler, distant two and one-half miles. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Wells-Fargo Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.33.
The village occupies an attractive location in the upper part of Morris county. The climate is healthful and the air invigorating. The water sup- ply is derived from wells, and for fire protection there is a volunteer com- pany with a gasolene pump; water for fire purposes is drawn from the river. The community supports one public school, and three churches-Catholic, Dutch Reformed and Episcopal. Manufacturing industry of any kind, but particularly such as may bring skilled workers to the village, would be cor- dially welcomed. Land for industrial purposes can be purchased at reduced prices, and the use of a water power may also be secured.
The soil of this region is good, and fair crops of the usual varieties of farm produce and garden truck are raised. The land is all under cultivation, and several small farms with buildings in fair condition are for sale. About 50 Italian immigrants reside in the vicinity.
. The industries here now are:
R. Slater & Company, shoddy mill, employ 6 men.
Steel & Colfax, crushed stone, employ 25 men.
L. A. Carr & Company, granite quarry, employ 10 men.
For further particulars, address Ira Mead or I. H. Blauvelt.
River Edge (C 3), Bergen County. (MIDLAND TOWNSHIP.)
On the New York and New Jersey Railroad (Erie System) ; station in the town. Population, 500. Banking town, Hackensack. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Tax rate, $1.50.
River Edge is situated on the Hackensack River, and has a sewer system and also a water supply derived from the Hackensack Water Company. For fire protection there is a volunteer company equipped with a hose carriage and I,100 feet of hose. There are two public schools and two churches- Congregational and Methodist Episcopal. A manufacturing industry would find this in many respects a desirable location. The railroad service is good and a fair supply of labor could, no doubt, be secured without difficulty. At present there is no manufacturing industry of any kind in the town.
The soil of the surrounding country is good, and the crops consist largely of sweet corn, tomatoes, potatoes and garden truck. The land is all under cultivation, and no farms are reported for sale.
Riverside (F 6), Burlington County. (DELRAN TOWNSHIP.)
On the Pennsylvania Railroad; station in the town. Population, 4,500. A banking town, one bank. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $1,385,383. Tax rate, $2.29.
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Riverside is situated at the junction of the Rancocas and the Delaware Rivers. It has a sewer system, and a water supply ample for all purposes distributed in mains to all parts of the town. A well organized department equipped with the best modern apparatus furnishes satisfactory fire protec- tion. Riverside has one large public school covering thirteen grades, and one private school. There are seven churches divided denominationally as fol- lows: Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist and Moravian. There are also representative lodges of several fraternal orders.
Riverside is at present a manufacturing center of importance, but many more industries can be accommodated with space and labor, and the towns- people are anxious to increase the already large number of prosperous plants established there. Land for factory purposes would probably be given free of cost in the case of a desirable industry, and the working force available for immediate employment is reported at approximately 400 men and 300 women. Local conditions seem to be most favorable for an iron foundry and a hosiery mill. Wage rates are moderate, and the labor is of a superior charac- ter. A steam boat makes daily trips to and from Philadelphia and Camden; the railroad service is excellent, and steam or electric power can be rented. Taxes of every character on manufacturing plants are low, and the towns- people consistently pursue the policy of extending every possible form of , encouragement to industrial enterprise.
In Cambridge-a suburb of Riverside-there is a one story building 40x100 feet, suitable for factory purposes which is now idle and for sale or to rent.
The foreign immigrants in the town and its vicinity are, as reported, 150 Polacks, 25 Hungarians, 100 Russians and 150 Italians.
The industries now in operation are :
Holt, Wm. & Son, paper boxes, employ 35 men.
Leech Bros., tanned shoes, employ 60 men and women.
Moore Bros., foundry products, employ 15 men.
Philadelphia Watch Case Company, watch cases, employs 1,000 men and women.
Riverside Hosiery Mills, hosiery, employ 95 men and women.
Riverside Metal Company, rolled metal, employs 200 men,
Taubel, Wm. F., knit goods, employs 1,500 persons.
For further particulars, address Edward Schwaben or Wm. Stecklier, Riverside, N. J.
Riverton, Burlington County. (CINNAMINSON TOWNSHIP.)
On the Pennsylvania Railroad; station in the town. Population, 1,900. A banking town, one bank-and one building and loan association with 400 stockholders and assets amounting to $273,767. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $1,386,923. Tax rate, $2.08.
The town is situated at deep water on the Delaware River where several large vessels can approach the wharves. A line of steamers makes regular daily trips to and from Philadelphia, Camden and other Delaware River cities and towns. The location of Riverton is a fine one for either residential or
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industrial purposes. A sewer system affords perfect drainage to all parts of the town, pure water sufficient in quantity for all purposes, and freight transportation by rail or water. Well kept streets, and electric lighting and power.
Riverton has one public and one private school; the churches, three in number, are divided among the Catholic, Episcopal and Presbyterian denom- nations. For fire protection there are numerous street hydrants, and a volun- teer company equipped with first class apparatus. Public interest is awake to the importance of developing manufacturing industry, and any legitimate enterprise of that character would be encouraged. Land for factory building purposes can be purchased in almost any part of the town at very low prices. Labor can be secured without difficulty. The industries here now are :
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