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Blawenburg (G 5), Somerset County.
(MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Skillman, on the Philadelphia and Reading Rail- road ; distant one and one-half miles. Population, 60. Banking town, Hope- well or Princeton; distant respectively four and five miles. A money order post office, and telephone connection. Express service, United States Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.18.
The village depends on wells, cisterns and springs for its water supply. There is one public school, and one church-Dutch Reformed. The people are very anxious to have a small light industry settled in the village, and would heartily support it in every possible way. Land for factory building
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purposes will be sold at greatly reduced prices, and in the case of a par- ticularly desirable industry, it may be given free of cost. Two large creeks in the vicinity furnish an opportunity for the development of a water power . sufficient for several factories.
The soil of the neighboring farm land is fair, and besides garden truck, the principal crops are corn, wheat, rye, oats and hay. There is no farm land for sale, and no non-English speaking immigrants live in the vicinity.
There is no blacksmith in the village, and a good workman in that line is wanted.
For further particulars address J. N. Van Zant, postmaster.
Bloomfield (1 3), Essex County.
(BLOOMFIELD BOROUGH.)
On the Greenwood Lake, and the Orange Branch of the Erie, and the Newark and Montclair branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroads; three stations in the city. Population, 14,000. A banking town- three banks. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections with all points. Express service, United States and Wells Fargo Companies. Tax rate, $1.83.
Bloomfield is one of the most prosperous and progressive cities in New Jersey ; its industries are numerous and of a widely diversified character ; the individual establishments which are of more than average size, furnish employment for large numbers of men and women. A sewer system which extends through every part of the city insures perfect drainage, and a plenti- ful supply of pure water for domestic and manufacturing purposes is piped to all residences and factory buildings. All the real conveniences incidental to residence in the largest cities are found in Bloomfield. Free delivery of mails; large stores; well paved and clean streets, and two lines of trolley cars which run day and night, connect the town with Newark, Montclair, Verona, Caldwell and the Oranges. Blue stone walks are laid in all the streets, and public lighting is by electricity exclusively. The municipality has a rigid excise ordinance, which is strictly enforced.
Geographically Bloomfield is most favorably situated for the development of manufacturing industry. The Morris Canal connects the town with the coal and iron fields of Pennsylvania, and also with Newark and Jersey City, thus affording an opportunity for water transportation and low freight rates to and from these important centers of industrial life.
Labor, skilled or unskilled, and suited to any kind of industry may be found here in abundance. The city authorities, supported by public spirited citizens, are doing everything possible to make Bloomfield a desirable and attractive location for manufactories. Land situated near the railroads may be purchased at specially favorable prices, value considered, and at lower prices in other parts of the town.
Bloomfield supports nine public and three private schools. The public school buildings are, without exception, models of architectural beauty, and each of them is provided with a large assembly hall, an indoor play room,
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and fine outdoor play grounds. Approximately eighty teachers, all college or normal school graduates, are employed.
Bloomfield has fourteen churches, denominationally divided as follows : Presbyterian and Baptist, three each; Catholic, Methodist and Episcopal, two each; and Lutheran and Dutch Reformed, one each.
The city has a fine spacious library building, erected at a cost of $100,000 by a public spirited citizen who also contributed an endowment fund of $50,000 for its maintenance. The library contains upwards of eight thousand volumes.
Bloomfield offers unsurpassable attractions as a residential town; in no place of similar size are there more beautifully shaded streets or a larger proportion of fine residences. The trip to Newark by trolley is made in one- half hour, and to New York in almost the same time. Forty-two trains to and from New York leave the main station every week day, and fourteen on Sunday. The distance to New York is eleven miles, and the commuta- tion only $5.50 per month.
Three banks and two building and loan societies provide ample financial facilities for business and home building purposes. Fire protection of the most efficient kind is provided by numerous street hydrants, and a volunteer department consisting of five companies fully equipped with all necessary apparatus.
For further information relating to Bloomfield address the Secretary of the Board of Trade.
The principal manufacturing establishments in Bloomfield are as follows :
American Malleables Company, malleable iron castings, employs 250 persons.
Ampere Silk Mill, Incorporated, silk goods.
The Combination Rubber Manufacturing Company, rubber goods, hose and packing, employs 130 persons.
Consolidated Safety Pin Company, safety pins, clips, etc., employs 300 persons.
James Crisp & Company, sweing machine belts, employs 4 persons.
E. H. Davey Company, binders boards, employs 16 persons.
Diamond Mills Paper Company, paper manufacturers, employs 50 persons.
Ellor Bros. & Hall, soft fur hats, employs 91 persons.
Empire Cream Separator Company, cream separators, employs 300 persons.
Empire Foundry Company, brass castings, employs 6 persons.
Fries Bros., chemicals, employs 8 persons.
L. C. Harrison & Co., church and parlor pipe organs, employs 25 persons.
Hedden Iron Construction Company, structural iron, employs 50 persons.
Jenkins Manufacturing Company, brass founders, employs 60 persons.
National Label Press, printers, employs 22 persons.
Nevins Church Press, printers, employs 115 persons.
The Nitram Company, shopping bags, portiers, etc., employs 45 persons.
Thos. Oakes & Co., woolen cloth, employs 400 persons.
Sprague Electric Company, electrical goods, employs 605 persons.
James L. Taylor Manufacturing Company, screw clamps, employs 10 perons.
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Torbenson Motor Car Company, automobile equipment, employs 15 persons. Tower & Lyon Company, artisans tools, employs 35 persons.
Watsessing Hat Forming Company, fur hats, employs 5 persons.
Westinghouse Lamp Company, incandescent electric lamps, employs 350 persons.
H. B. Wiggins Sons Company, wall coverings, employs 90 persons.
Bloomingdale (H 3), Passaic County.
(POMPTON TOWNSHIP.)
On the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad; station about one- quarter of a mile from center of the town. Population, 1,500. Banking town, Paterson or Butler. A money order post office, telegraph and tele- phone connections. Express service, National Company. Tax rate, $1.56.
Bloomingdale is situated on the Pequannock River, from which, at this point, a water power sufficient for several large manufactories may be devel- oped. The place supports one public school, and two churches-Methodist Protestant and Baptist.
Land adjoining the railroad or the river may be purchased for factory sites at prices which, as an inducement to settle there will be made specially low. The town and surrounding district, which is very populous, will furnish hundreds of men and women who would welcome an opportunity for employment in any permanent industry. The townspeople are warmly interested in building up the industrial interests of the place, and of any factory that may settle there, in every possible way.
For further particulars address Edward E. Ball or S. R. Donald.
Bloomsbury (E 4), Hunterdon County. (BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP.)
On the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Lehigh Valley Railroad; stations of both lines in the town. Population, 750. A banking town with one bank. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Company. Value of taxable property, $385,000. Tax rate, $1.03.
Bloomsbury has an ample supply of pure water, which is carried in pipes to all parts of the town. There is one public school of four grades, and manual training is a feature of the instructions given. The religious wants of the community are supplied by two churches-Presbyterian and Methodist.
The town is situated in the beautiful Musconetcong Valley, one of the most healthful and picturesque regions of New Jersey. From the summit of the mountain range south of the town, a most delightful view of the sur- rounding country may be had for many miles. On a clear day the Delaware Water Gap, at a distance of thirty miles, is clearly visible.
Lands for residential or industrial purposes, situated between the two rail- roads, or choicely located in other parts of the town, can be purchased at
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reasonable prices. One large tract-twenty-two acres, especially adapted for use as factory sites, which has been cleared and otherwise made ready for occupancy, will be sold in plots to parties starting manufacturing industry, at prices so low as to be practically a gift. This piece of land is inclosed between the tracks of the Central and the Lehigh Valley Railroads, and spurs from either line to factory buildings may be erected upon it. No better facilities for inexpensive and rapid handling of freight can be found any- where. Railway service is very good, seven passenger trains daily to and from New York City. Express time for the trip, one hour and forty-five minutes.
Bloomsbury and its surrounding country is entirely free from mosquitoes or malaria in any form. Fine roads, picturesque mountain drives and streams, with every other element that goes to make a locality attractive and desirable as a home, are found here in the highest perfection.
The townspeople are sober, industrious and intelligent. There is no "poor quarter" in the place, nor are there any among the population who are poor in the generally accepted meaning of that term; all have comfortable homes and live well. In a growing population, however, employment should if possible be found at home for young people, as they arrive at an age when self-dependence should begin, or they must go elsewhere in search of work, perhaps never again to return to the community in which they were born.
A silk mill, or a manufactory of women's wear would suit conditions here very well, and any employer who brings to the place either of these industries, or, in fact, any other industry of a kind that requires neat and cleanly work, may rest assured that abundance of help will be forthcoming, and that every possible assistance and encouragement will be extended by the townspeople. This assistance will, if necessary, take the form of financial help, if the party seeking a location comes in good faith, and is prepared to invest a reasonable amount of his own money.
There is one unoccupied factory building in the town which can be secured for manufacturing purposes ; the structure is of wood, with slate roof, ground dimensions, 200x40 feet, and two stories high.
Fire protection is provided by three volunteer hose and hook and ladder companies, and fire hydrants with high water pressure.
The surrounding farm land has good soil, and wheat, rye, corn, oats, buck- wheat and garden vegetables of all kinds are raised. There are no farms for sale in this vicinity. The only non-English speaking immigrants in the place are ten Italians, who are employed on the railroad.
The industries here at present are :
Jos. Stangle, wood workings, employs 5 men.
Thos. J. Hoffman, graphite, plumbago facings, etc., employs 10 men.
J. T. Smith, peach baskets, churns, chindles, etc., employs 20 men.
For further particulars relating to Bloomsbury address G. M. Pidcock, or W. D. Little, respectively President and Secretary of the Board of Trade.
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Blue Anchor, Camden County.
(WINSLOW TOWNSHIP.)
Nearest railroad station, Winslow Junction, on the Atlantic City Railroad. Population, 100. Banking town, Hammonton or Egg Harbor City. A money order post office, and telegraph connections. Express service, United States Company. Tax rate, $1.62.
The villagers are very favorably disposed toward manufacturing enter- prise. Land for factory sites will be given free of cost, and it is probable that a desirable industry would be assisted financially, and otherwise liberally dealt with. The water supply is derived from wells. There is one public school of three grades, and one church-Methodist. The farmers' grange is the only organization in the vicinity.
The village is situated in a very rich farming country, and large crops of corn, wheat, potatoes and general garden truck are raised. Peaches, apples and many other varieties of small fruits and berries of fine quality are grown in large quantities.
No uncultivated farm land in the vicinity and no farms for sale. Foreigners residing in the vicinity, four Italian families.
A manufactory of wall paper owned by Byron W. White, and a woolen mill owned by the Woodland Worsted Mills Company are the only industries at present in operation at Blue Anchor; twelve and twenty-five persons, re- spectively, are employed.
For further information address E. C. Hunter.
Bogota (C 3), Bergen County.
(TEANECK TOWNSHIP.)
On the West Shore, New York, Ontario and Western, and New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroads; stations of all three roads within the borough limits. Population, 800. Banking town, Hackensack. A money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, National and Wells Fargo Companies. Value of taxable property, $1,500,000. Tax rate, $1.80.
The excellent railroad service enjoyed by Bogota makes it a particularly desirable place for manufacturing industry. Meadow lands bordering on or very near to some one of the three railroads can be secured for that purpose in plots of any size at fair prices. There is an excellent sewer system with outlet in the Hackensack river, which flows nearby, and an ample supply of pure water, piped to all parts of the town. For fire pro- tection there are numerous street hydrants, and two volunteer companies equipped with hose carriage and hook and ladder truck. The town has one public school of seven grades; one building and loan association with $500,000 assets, and 70 members; and one church-Dutch Reformed.
Public sentiment favors giving encouragement to manufacturing industry under certain conditions, and the kind of manufactories most desired are paper mills. Water power may be had in the borough.
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The quality of the soil in the vicinity of Bogota is excellent, and large crops of the usual varieties of produce are raised.
The industries now established here are :
American Paper Co., paper, employs 200 persons.
Norman & Co., paper boxes, employs 60 persons.
Traders Paper Board Co., pasteboard boxes, employs 135 persons.
For further particulars relating to Bogota, address H. P. Ross, Borough Clerk, or A. B. Bogert, Assessor.
Boonton (H 3), Morris County.
(BOONTON TOWNSHIP.)
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; station in the town. Population, 4,500. A banking town, one bank. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Com- pany. Tax rate, $1.80.
Boonton is situated in one of the most beautiful valleys in the State; the climate is remarkably salubrious; there is no malara; the mountain scenery is most beautiful, and everything necessary for making up a most delightful country home environment is to be found here in perfect combination. The town has an ample supply of pure water carried to all parts in mains, and a perfect natural drainage which satisfactorily answers all requirements. In addition to the railroad it enjoys the facilities offered by the Morris Canal as an aid in transporting freight.
Boonton has two public schools-one primary and grammar, and one high school, besides which there is one large parochial school. There are two Catholic churches and the Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Episcopal and Reformed congregations have one church building each. The fraternal orders are represented by lodges of Masons, Red Men, Foresters, Grand Army, Royal Arcanum, Eagles, Catholic Benevolent Society and Daughters of Liberty. Two weekly papers are published in the city, and one building and loan association having a large membership has done and is doing much toward assisting workingmen to the ownership of homes.
The industrial interests of the town are guided by an energetic Board of Trade composed of business and professional men, who make it their special duty to furnish information to persons desirous of finding a good busi- ness or home location.
Land in any desired quantity can be had for desirable industrial purposes on very generous terms, if not given absolutely free, and if a request for financial aid from an industry contemplating settling there were to meet the approval of the Board of Trade, it is quite likely that it would be com- plied with. Every possible indulgence in the power of the authorities to bestow will be extended to those who establish industries here.
Considering the many advantages, there are few places in the State that equal Boonton as an ideal location for homes or industrial establishments.
Large numbers of industrious young people of both sexes can be secured as operatives at moderate wages. There are no strikes or labor disturbances of any kind, and the best of feeling exists between employers and em- 4
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ployes in all the industrial plants now in operation. The number that may be drawn upon for workers in new industries here is reported by local authority as 500 men and 400 women.
Passenger trains to and from New York are frequent; fares and freight rates are reasonable, and the commutation rate to New York is only $7.50 per month. Taxes and house rents are low in Boonton, as are also all other requirements for living.
Fire protection of the most satisfactory kind is furnished by a depart- ment consisting of three steam engine companies, three hose companies, and hook and ladder trucks. This apparatus is supplied with several thousand feet of hose; numerous fire hydrants are distributed about the streets and an average water pressure of fifty pounds is maintained.
The soil of the farm land in this region is good, and the principal crops are rye, oats, potatoes, corn, poultry, milk and hay.
There are several large parcels of land for sale in the vicinity of Boonton, ranging in area from 50 to 390 acres; some of this is tillable and some parts are woodland or lake. Water power to an almost unlimited extent can be had here.
The number of foreign immigrants living in and about the town is reported to be as follows : Polacks, 75; Hungarians, 200; Russians, 30; and Italians, 50.
No better evidence could be offered in favor of Boonton as a desirable location for manufacturing industry than to cite the number of large estab- lishments that have long been settled there. The following list contains the principal ones among them :
George Benda, bronze powders, employs 40 men.
Boonton Iron and Steel Company, structural steel, employs 350 men.
Boonton Gaslight Company, gas and coke, employs 10 men.
Boonton Rubber Company, rubber goods, employs 50 men.
Boonton Water Company, water purveyors, employs 15 men.
C. C. Dubois & Co., brass novelties, employs 5 men.
Feld & White, paper roofing, employs 32 men.
General Storage Battery Company, storage batteries, employs 75 men.
German American Foundry Co., castings, employs 40 men.
Knox Hat Works, men's hats, employs 165 men.
National Metal Moulding Company, paper fibre, employs 14 men. New Jersey Boiler Company, steam boilers, employs 75 men.
Pelgram & Meyer, silk throwing, employs 175 men and women.
United States Electric Company, electricity for power, employs 10 men.
Webb Hinge Belt Hook Company, hinge belt hooks, employs 4 men.
For further particulars address F. Gordon, Secretary Board of Trade, Boonton, N. J., or W. H. Tonking, Dover, N. J.
Bordentown (G 6), Burlington County.
(BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP.)
On the Amboy Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad; station in the town. Population, 4,500. A banking town, one bank. Money order post office,
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telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, Adams Company. Value of taxable property, $1,253,470. Tax rate, $2.26.
Bordentown is situated on the Delaware River at deep water, and has communication by steamboats with Philadelphia, Camden, Trenton and all the river towns on both sides of the Delaware. The Delaware and Raritan canal, which runs through the town, furnishes another valuable water high- way. The place therefore enjoys the very best of transportation service for both passengers and freight. The town has its own water works, and sewerage is carried off by private drains.
Bordentown has two public schools, and a Manual Training and Industrial school exclusively for colored children of both sexes from all parts of the State. In this last named institution, the boys are taught agriculture and wood working principally, and the girls cooking, sewing and dressmaking. There are six churches in the town-Methodist, Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal and Presbyterian. Other institutions are: A weekly newspaper; a building and loan association with $139,200 assets and 285 stockholders, and a Board of Trade, of which Joseph L. Osmond is president, and S. R. Magee secre- tary. Fire protection is provided by a volunteer department composed of steam engines, hook and ladder, and hose companies.
Public sentiment favors the encouragement of manufacturing industry, and labor-either male or female-can be supplied in any number desired. Land for factory building purposes will be sold at greatly reduced prices, and it may be that in the case of a particularly desirable industry the build- ing site would be donated. No strike or labor disturbances of any kind may be feared here. Train service is very good, and freight rates are reasonable. Factory sites may be had with direct railroad connections or on the river front.
The soil of the outlying country is good, and the products are garden truck, corn, wheat and rye.
The foreign immigrant element in the population consists of 25 Russians and 30 Italians.
Bordentown is now a very important industrial center, as shown by the following list of establishments now in operation there :
Bordentown Brick Company, brick, employs 40 men.
Brakely, A., vegetable canning, employs 100 men and women.
Ford, H. O., boat building, employs 5 men.
Graham, S. & Co., brick, employs 60 men.
Ironside Pottery Company, pottery ware, employs 110 men.
McPherson, Willard & Co., forgings, employs 30 men.
Miller, Jacob, Sons & Co., shirts, employs 100 men and women.
Rice, John .V., Jr. & Co., gas engines, employs 19 men.
Riverside Iron Works, iron castings, employs 5 men.
Swift, Geo. W. & Co., machinery, employs 25 men.
Springfield Worsted Mills, worsted goods, employs 160 men and women.
For further particulars address S. R. Magee, Secretary of the Board of Trade.
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Bound Brook (G 4), Somerset County.
(BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP.)
On the main line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, the Raritan River and the Delaware and Raritan Canal; stations of all roads in the center of the town. Population, 4,000. A banking town, two banks. Money order post office, telegraph and telephone connections. Express service, United States Com- pany. Value of taxable property, $1,611,000. Tax rate, $2.00.
Bound Brook is a converging point for three trunk lines of railroad, and a fine canal which is open to navigation nine months of the year. The town is therefore in direct communication with the sources from which the ma- terials for manufacturing purposes are drawn, and with every large com- mercial center of the the continent where products of all kinds are marketed. Situated in a remarkably picturesque and fertile valley, which is sheltered from the harsh northerly winter winds by the Watchung mountain range, and enjoying a train service in practically all directions that is absolutely unsurpassable, the town is really an ideal place for both residential and industrial purposes.
Land for either factories or homes can be had at very reasonable prices, and labor, either male or female, for any kind of industry, can be had in numbers sufficient to meet all possible requirements. Public sentiment is favorable to industrial development, and 100 men, and 150 women are reported as being now idle and ready to accept employment at moderate wages.
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