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Outside of farming the only industry in Whiting is a lumber saw mill owned by the Cramer Saw Mill Company, in which 10 men are employed.
For further particulars, address W. L. Lance or Peter Christopherson, Whiting, N. J.
Wilburtha (F 5), Mercer County. (EWING TOWNSHIP.)
On the Belvidere Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad; station in the village. Population, 130. Banking town, Trenton, N. J., or Yardley, Pa. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Tax rate, $0.99.
Wilburtha has excellent railroad service, and also enjoys the advantage of being situated on the Delaware and Raritan Canal, and close to the Dela- ware River. The location is a good one for manufacturing industry, as labor is easily obtainable from the city of Trenton, of which this village is prac- tically a suburb. The nearest school is at Scudder's Falls, about one and one- half miles distant. There are no churches nearer than the same place.
Two firms-Peter Deflesco and Chas De Grave & Bro .- have stone quarries here, in each of which about 15 men are employed.
Wildwood (G 10), Cape May County. (BOROUGH OF WILDWOOD.)
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (Wildwood Branch). Per- manent population, 1,500; during the summer months from 5,000 to 6,000. A banking town-one bank and one building and loan association. A money order post office; telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $1,900,569. Tax rate, $1.92.
Wildwood is a well known and very popular Atlantic coast resort, estab- lished about sixteen years ago, and which by reason of its fine ocean beach and very attractive back country has drawn a steadily increasing patronage year after year. The town is perfectly sewered and has an ample supply of water. For fire protection there is a volunteer company and stand-pipe with direct steam pressure. Two weekly newspapers are published in the town, and educational and religious requirements are provided for by one public school covering all grades from primary to high school, and six churches of the Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist and Pres- byterian denominations. The fraternal orders are represented by lodges of
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Masons, Red Men, American Mechanics and several others. There are no manufacturing industries in Wildwood and no desire on the part of the people that there should be any. The desire is to maintain its present high character as a home community and a seaside resort. The soil of the back country is good and market gardening is carried on extensively, the pro- ducts finding a ready market in the town.
For further particulars, address Philip P. Baker, president of the board of trade, or Levans Myer, Wildwood, N. J.
Williamstown (F 8), Gloucester County.
(MONROE TOWNSHIP.)
On the Atlantic City Railroad; station in the town. Population, 1,800. A banking town-one bank. Money order post office, telegraph and tele- phone connections. Express service, United States Company. Value of taxable property, $1,014,000. Tax rate, $1.64.
Williamstown is partly sewered and partly supplied with water through mains. There are seven mails in and six out per day. There are several public schools which cover all grades from primary to high school, and five churches belonging to the Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian de- nominations. Several of the fraternal orders have representative lodges in the town, among them being American Mechanics, Masons, Odd Fellows, Patrons of Husbandry and Red Men. Public sentiment is favorable to in- dustrial expansion, and a manufactory of any kind, particularly one em- ploying women, would be cordially welcomed. It is quite probable that fac- tory building sites in some parts of the town would be given free of cost; in others the land while not free will be sold at reduced prices. It is prob- able also that an approved industry desiring to locate here would receive financial assistance if the same should be desired. A labor force of 20 men and 100 women could be secured without difficulty. A water power will be developed in the near future.
The soil of the surrounding country is fair, and the produce consists largely of garden truck, tree fruits and berries. The land is particularly suited to such crops, and as tracts can be bought at very low prices there are fine opportunities for families having boys to establish themselves in a good paying business.
The foreign immigrant element in the population consists of about 75 Italians and a few representatives of the other non-English speaking nationali- ties
The industries now in operation are :
Williamstown Glass Company, glass bottles, employs 700 men.
J. V. Sharp Canning Company, canning tomatoes, employs 90 men and women.
Monroe Lumber Company, lumber saw mill, employs 4 men.
C. P. Tice, ice making plant, employs 5 men.
For further particulars, address Eli R. Marsh, Postmaster, Williams- town, N. J.
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Windsor (G 6), Mercer County.
(WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.)
On the Camden and Amboy Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, station in the village. Population, 200. Banking town, Hightstown. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express ser- vice, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $100,000. Tax rate, $0.87.
An excellent location for a factory or mill industry of any kind. A large mill pond nearby can, at comparatively small cost, be converted into an important water power; there is no scarcity of labor either male or female.
The villagers support one public school, and two churches-Baptist and Methodist. Railroad service is good, and freight and tax rate reasonable. The community sentiment is very favorable to manufacturing industry and parties locating a factory here would be cordially encouraged.
The soil of the surrounding country is good, and the land practically all under cultivation; besides the ordinary farm products there are large quanti- ties of garden truck grown.
A fertilizer plant owned by Albert Wilson & Co. is the only industry of the village.
Winslow (F 8), Camden County.
(WINSLOW TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Winslow Junction, on the Atlantic City Railroad, the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and the West Jersey and Seashore Rail- road, distance from station one mile. Population, 400. Banking town, Ham- monton or Williamstown. A money order post office, telegraph and tele- phone connections. Express service, Adams and United States Companies. Value of taxable prperty, $50,000. Tax rate, $1.62.
The town is situated in a healthful location, and has very good railroad service, there being several trains daily on each of the three lines named above. The water supply is derived from wells, and fire protection is provided by a portable gasoline engine. There are two public schools and two churches-Catholic and Methodist Episcopal. Industries of an ap- proved character would be welcomed, and if necessary assisted financially. Local preference is expressed for a glass bottle works. The number avail- able for immediate employment is reported at 40 men and 10 women. In agricultural matters the soil is of fair quality, and the principal farm products are garden vegetables and small fruits. No farm lands reported for sale. The foreign immigrant element is reported at 100 Italians.
The industries now in operation are :
Benjamin Bishop, lumber mill, employs 20 men.
Hydraulic Press Brick Co., pressed brick, employs 200 men.
For further particulars, address H. H. Rosenbaum, or E. H. Simpler.
Woodbine (F 10), Cape May County.
(DENNIS TOWNSHIP.)
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad, station in the town. Popu- lation, 2,250. Banking town, Millville or Vineland. A money order post
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office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $404,783. Tax rate, $2.28.
Woodbine has a good water supply piped to all its parts. The location is an excellent one for all purposes and railroad service is very good. The manufacturing district has one station almost in its center. There are no sewers in the town, but the natural drainage is very satisfactory.
The place is now a manufacturing center of some importance, with good prospects of future growth. Land for factory sites will be given free of cost, and financial aid will also be extended to an approved industry settling here, should such assistance be desired. One building suitable for factory purposes is now idle, and can be rented or purchased at reason- able figures. An abundant supply of labor, either male or female, can be secured without difficulty.
The farming operations in the vicinity are limited to the production of garden vegetables, for which the soil, which is of fair quality, is well adapted. Steam or electric power may be had for industrial purposes ; the working people are sober and industrious and not addicted to strikes or labor disturbances of any kind.
The community, which is composed mostly of Hebrews, supports four public and one private school. There is one Jewish synagogue, but no Christian churches. For fire protection there are many high pressure ยท street hydrants and a well organized hose company.
The manufacturing establishments now in operation are :
Bayard, W. L. & Co., machinery, employ 40 men.
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Woodbine Children's Clothing Co., children's clothing, employs 300 men and women.
Woodbine Clothing Co., clothing, employs 25 men and women.
Woodbine Hat Co., soft felt hats, employs 150 men and women.
Universal Lock Co., metal goods and locks, number employed not re- ported.
Woodbridge (1 4), Middlesex County. (WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP.)
On the Pennsylvania Railroad and near the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Reading Railroad, stations of Pennsylvania road in the town, one mile to Central and Reading lines. Population, 8,500. A banking town-one bank. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone con- nections. Express service, Adams and United States Companies. Value of taxable property, $3,265,194. Tax rate, $1.92.
Woodbridge is one of the most important centers of clay products manu- facture in the country. Surrounded by immense clay deposits, the growth of the town from its first settlement up to the present time has kept pace with the steadily maintained expansion of the various forms of clay pro- duct industries in which it originated.
Woodbridge is situated on a large creek bearing the same name, only a short distance from Staten Island Sound. The sound and creek are both navigable by vessels of deep draught, and the shores of either afford
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excellent deep water shapping facilities, and also locations for manufac- turing plants.
The town has a very satisfactory sewer system, and a water supply dis- tributed throughout the place in mains. A volunteer fire department com- posed of hook and ladder and hose companies furnishes satisfactory fire protection. Other community advantages are two weekly newspapers, eight district schools and one high school, covering all grades from the lowest to the highest, and seven churches-Baptist, Catholic, Congregational, Epis- copal and Methodist. Of fraternal orders there are lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows, Foresters, Red Men, American Mechanics, Royal Arcanum and several others. Gas and electric plants furnish lighting and power.
Although there are many and large plants engaged in the clay products industries here, there is room for more, and new enterprises of the same character would be welcomed. Land for industrial purposes will be sold at reduced rates, and it is probable that financial aid could be secured for a good and approved industry desiring to settle here. There are no idle factory buildings in the place. The soil of the surrounding country is of a light loamy character, and fairly good farm crops are grown. There are large numbers of foreigners here employed in the clay working plants, but the number is not reported.
The industries now in operation are :
Anness & Potter Fire Clay Co., terra cotta and fire proofing, employs 125 men.
Berry, Jas. E., fire brick, employs 35 men.
Craste, C. B., moulding wax, employs 12 men.
Cutter, W. H., clay mining, employs 30 men.
Mutton Hollow Fire Brick Co., fire clay, employs 50 men.
National Fire Proofing Co., fire proofing, employs 800 men.
Raritan River Clay Co., terra cotta and fire proofing, employs 125 men.
Valentine, M. D. & Bro. Co., fine clays, employs 275 men.
Woodbury (E 7), Gloucester County.
(CITY OF WOODBURY.)
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad, station in the city. Popula- tion, 5,000. A banking town-two banks and one trust company. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $2,209,792. Tax rate, $2.00. Woodbury is situated on a creek bearing the same name near the point where it joins the Delaware River. The climate is healthful, railroad facilities are very good; the city has both electric and gas lighting, also a sewer system and water works, which furnish an ample supply of pure water. Fire protection is furnished by a volunteer department of several companies equipped with the best of apparatus. Other community insti- tutions are: one building and loan association, one daily and two weekly newspapers, four public and one private school, and eleven churches rep- resenting practically all Christian denominations.
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Manufacturing industries of any kind would be welcomed and land for factory building purposes conveniently situated with reference to the rail- roads can be purchased at reduced prices. The comparatively large popu- lation and diversified industries of the place insure a good supply of labor, skilled in several lines of manufacture.
General farming and market gardening are carried on extensively on the lands surrounding the town, and the crops are of a particularly fine quality.
The industries now in operation are :
Blasius Piano Co., pianos, employs 200 men.
Commercial Tool & Stamping Co., metal goods.
Green, G. G., patent medicines, employs 25 men.
Merchants Cut Glass Co., Inc., cut glass ware, employs 12 men.
Schuster, E. H. & Co., poultry foods, employs 5 men.
Stevens Mfg. Co., metal goods, employs 20 men. .
Woodbury Bottle Works, glass bottles, employs 190 men.
Woodbury Ice Works, artificial ice, employs 6 men.
Woodbury Mill & Lumber Co., millwork, employs 35 men.
Wyeth, John & Bro., Inc., chemical products, employs 23 men.
Woodcliff Lake (1 2), Bergen County.
(WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.)
On the New Jersey and New York Railroad (Erie System), station in the town. Population, 500. Banking town, Westwood or Hackensack. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Value of taxable property, approximately $560,000. Tax rate, $1.77.
The town is situated in a very attractive and healthful location for either homes or industrial purposes. The water supply is obtained from wells, and there is one public and one private school. Railroad service is very good, and factory industries locating here would be welcomed and encouraged in every reasonable way. A fairly large supply of labor either male or female can be obtained here without difficulty. The soil of the surrounding country is good, and the crops consist largely of fruits of various kinds and garden truck. Another industry is a basket factory owned by J. H. Wortendyke, in which 5 men are employed.
For further information, address G. N. Ackerman, or A. Cleveland, Woodcliffe Lake, N. J.
Woodmansie (H 7), Burlington County. (WOODLAND TOWNSHIP.)
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey, station in the center of the village. Population, 50. Banking town, Pemberton. Mail by Rural Free Delivery, and neither telegraph nor telephone connections. Express ser- vice, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.91.
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This village is important only because of its being situated on a first- class railroad line, in a district in which there are large deposits of fine clays , and gravels, useful for various industrial and commercial purposes.
Woodridge (C 3), Bergen County.
(WOODRIDGE TOWNSHIP.)
On the New Jersey and New York Railroad (Erie system), station near the town. Population, 1,000. Banking town, Carlstadt. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Tax rate, $1.69.
A very fine location, entirely free from malaria and a climate otherwise healthful and invigorating. Has an ample supply of water piped to all parts, and fire protection perfectly adequate to all requirements. Railroad service is good, and factory building sites can be secured at reduced prices. There is a good supply of labor in the town which can be employed at moderate wages. One brick building situated near the railroad station, and having boiler and engine, is now idle and can be either rented or purchased outright for a reasonable price. There is a water power here, the capacity of which is not reported.
The farm land surrounding the town has very good soil, and garden truck is raised in large quantities. A considerable number of foreign immigrants from eastern and southern Europe reside in the town and its vicinity. There are several small industries in the town, among them the Franco Chemical Co., one manufactory of baskets, and two plants engaged in the production of cement building blocks.
Woodruff (E 9), Cumberland County. (DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP.)
On the Central Rairoad of New Jersey, and one mile from the Penn- sylvania Railroad, station of the Central in the village. Population, 250. Banking town, Bridgeton. A post office (not money order), and telephone, but no telegraph connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.44.
Excellent railroad service, and land for factory building purposes at greatly reduced prices. A reliable factory industry locating here would probably receive financial assistance, if aid of that chahacter should be required.
The village has one public school and one church which belongs to the Methodist denomination. A vegetable canning plant would do well here. The number available for immediate employment is, approximately, 30 men and women.
The chief industry of the locality is farming, and the products consist largely of fruits and vegetables.
A clothing factory, owned by K. Konay, employs 7 persons, and two plants engaged in evaporating pears employ between them about 25 men
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and women. The foreign immigrants in and about the village are as reported, 4 Polacks and 20 Russians.
Woodstown (D 8), Salem County.
(PITTSGROVE TOWNSHIP.)
On the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad, stations in the town. Popu- lation, 1,600. A banking town-one bank. Money order post office, tele- graph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $1,153,125. Tax rate, $1.76.
Woodstown occupies a healthful location and is provided with both a sewer system and water supply. A fine residence place, and one offering many advantages as a location for manufacturing industry. The rail- road service is good, freight and tax rates reasonable, and certain kinds of industry would find conditions here very favorable to success. These are, as reported by local authority, a condensed milk plant, a wrapper factory, a shoe works, and a vegetable canning factory. Manufactories of any kind would be cordially welcomed, however, and encouraged in every possible way. Choice building plots for factory purposes can be secured on reasonable terms, and a fair supply of labor of a superior kind is available for employment at reasonable wages.
The community supports one building and loan society with 250 stock- holders and assets amounting to $70,000; three public schools, one weekly newspaper, and five churches-Baptist, Catholic, Society of Friends, Meth- odist and Presbyterian. The fraternal orders are represented by lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows, Patrons of Husbandry, Hibernians, Red Men, American Mechanics, Patriotic Order Sons of America, United Work- men, and several others. Fire protection is furnished by a volunteer com- pany provided with a proper equipment of hose, ladders, etc.
A fine agricultural country surrounds the town; the crops consist largely of wheat, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, asparagus, and many varieties of fruits.
Factory accommodations can be secured in either one, or both of two buildings-one of brick 75x50 feet and two stories high, and the other of frame construction, 30x75 and two stories high. The foreign immi- grant element in the population consists of about 75 Russians.
The largest industries now in operation here are:
Curtice Bros. & Co., preservers of vegetables and fruits, employ 100 men and women.
Davis & Lippincott, vegetable canning, employ 100 men and women.
Metallic Spring Bed Co., iron beds, employs 30 men.
C. French Moore, creamery, employs 6 men.
Bowen Avenue Creamery, creamery products, employs 3 men.
Central Lumber Co., windows, doors and house trim, employs 4 men. Besides the above industries there are two flour and feed mills owned respectively by C. C. Avis and Jonathan Webster.
For further particulars, address W. H. Lippincott, President Board of Trade, Williamstown, N. J.
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Woodsville (F 5), Mercer County.
(HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Glenmore, on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, distance, two and one-half miles. Population, 100. Banking town, Hopewell, distance, three and one-half miles. Mail by Rural Free De- livery, telephone, but no telegraph connections. Express service, United States and Adams Companies. Tax rate, $1.18.
An agricultural community, with no manufactories of any kind. One public school.
Wortendyke (1 2), Bergen County. (BOROUGH OF MIDLAND PARK.)
On the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad, one station in the town, another at Midland Park. Population, 200. Banking town, Ridge- wood, distant one mile. A money order post office, telegraph and tele- phone connections. Express service, Wells-Fargo Company. Value of taxable property, (township), $700,000. Tax rate, $1.83.
Wortendyke, which is part of the borough of Midland Park, is situated in one of the most picturesque parts of upper Bergen County, and en- joys climatic conditions and physical environment that are absolutely free from the slightest taint of malaria. There are no sewers, but the nat- ural drainage is satisfactory; a water supply system will be installed in the near future, but at present dependence is placed on wells and springs. The town has one large public school with ten teachers, the course of in- struction covering all grades from primary to high school. There are four churches-one Methodist and three Dutch Reformed. A well drilled and equipped volunteer company provides ample fire protection. Of fra- ternal organizations there are branches of the Odd Fellows and American Mechanics.
Manufacturing industry of any kind would be welcomed at Worten- dyke, but local preference favors a silk mill, because of there being many skilled workers in that line who now make daily trips to the Paterson silk mills where they are employed; but outside of these there are about 50 men and 50 women who would be pleased to secure employment either in a local silk mill or some other reliable factory plant. A water power of thirty-five horse capacity is another important industrial advantage.
Land for factory building purposes can be obtained at very low figures, and it is probable that local financial assistance could be secured by a reliable industry desiring such aid.
Wortendyke is growing in popularity as a residence place, and a steadily increasing number of commuters from New York make their homes there during the summer months. Railroad service is very good, and passenger and freight rates are reasonable. The only large industry in the town is the Granite Linen Co's plant, in which 125 men and women are employed. This firm manufactures towels and napkins.
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For further particulars, address Robert H. Wortendyke, Midland Park, N. J., H. I. Coggershall, or Arthur D. Talbot, Wortendyke, N. J.
Wrightstown (G 6), Burlington County.
(NEW HANOVER TOWNSHIP.)
On the Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad, station in the center of the town. Population, 250. Banking town, Pemberton. A money order post office, telgraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.33.
Wrightstown has an ample water supply, and for fire protection a stand pipe 93 feet high. There is one public school in the village, and one Methodist Church.
Factory industries would be welcomed, and land for such purposes sold at greatly reduced rates. The number of persons available for employment is 20 men and 5 women. No foreign immigrants live in or about the village. Railroad service is equal to present requirements and can be enlarged to meet future demands.
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