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Our Industrial Community
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j W. PARKER RtTNTOV CABLE ADDRESS
President
CHAS. D. HNEDEKER rADRYDOCR”
Treasurer TV.,urn union Codo
£ Perth Amboy
Dry Dock Company
SHIPWRIGHTS. MACHINISTS
AND BOILER MAKERS
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| i FIVE DRY DOCKS. CAPACITY UP TO lfl.OOO TONS
ALL MODERN FACILITIES *
Tolophono*
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The Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co.
PERTH AMBOY N. J.
t Manufacturer* and Importore of
| CHEMICALS. DRUGS. CERAMIC COLORS. ETC.
CYANIDE OF SODIUM
FORMALDEHYDE. ETC.
| PEROXIDES AND PERBORATES
NEXT WEEK WE WILL TELL YOU WHY WE MAKE SOME OF
| THE8E THINGS
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Do It Yourself
\ SAVE MONEY
! Repairs To Fit All Stoves
j and Furnaces
MARCY FOUNDRY COMPANY
Foot Grant Street
II PERTH AMBOY, N. J.
Wo have In etock repair* to fit your atove. furnace, or hot water heater,
which will fit perfectly, enabling you to make your own repairs. Give us
name -.nd number of stove, manufacturer’* name and part* wanted. If In
doubt bring in old parts.
; do rr now
1 | Don't wait for aero weather and the rush. Save the Dollar* a new
atove or heater would cost by repairing the old one.
PHONE PERTH AMBOY 349
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BARBER ASPHALT
PAVING COMPANY
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Chesebrough
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; CONSOLIDATED
•i Perth Amboy, N. J.
VASELINE
I Reg. U. S. Pat Office
| Piepaiations
I [crossman company
! MINERS AND SHIPPERS
NEW JERSEY
FIRE CLAYS
I [ Natural and R.anM j^aY
WHOSE CLAY COMPANY
‘ PIONEERS IN INDUSTRY
One of the largest producers of
clay In the stats of New Jersey is
the concern represented by I* H.
McHose, Inc., the McHose Clay
Company and the Such Clay Com
pany, all of whom are located near
this city. The company is headed
by U. U. Mcllose %nd M. M. Me
Hose manager.
These three consolidated concerns
are among the pioneers in the in
dustry, particularly the Such Com
pany. The McHose company began
operations in 1885 with a staff of
from fifteen to thirty workmen. To
day the three organizations employ
nearly 300 men. Such washed lull
clay used in ornamental floor tiling,
is one of the specialties of the Such
Company.
The territory covered by the busi
ness takes in practically every sec
tion of the Eastern United States
where pottery and tile products are
made. Canada, Maine, Ohio, Michi
gan and the pottery producing sec
tions of New Jersey are included in
the McHose district. Transportation
ls< effected by rail, in steam vessels
and in barges.
The clays mined by the three
companies here are adapted chiefly
to the production of fire brick, hol
low tile, sewer pipe, pottery ce
ramic tile, porcelain and stone ware.
In addition to the various clays
mined by the company a considera
ble amount of spar. Are. core mould
ing and building sand is also mined.
Along in 1880 the original concern
employed between fifteen and thirty
men. as compared to about 300
working under the present manage
ment.
The Such Clay Company was one
of the pioneers in clay mining, hav
ing organized in 1856 under the
management of George Such, he be
ing followed in control by his son.
J. R. Such, both now deceased.
They successfully established what
is known as the Such washed ball
clay, which has been continually
used in the manfacturing of high
grade clay products.
The three companies have about
800 acres of clay land from which
they produce most, if not all, of the
different varieties and qualities of
clays found in this section.
GREAT DEMAND FOR COPPER
SHINGLES; ARE MADE HERE
A permanent roof for homes and
public buildings, one that will last
forever and when the house is de
stroyed or torn down, will still have
a salvage value, is that now being
manufactured by the Anaconda Cop
per Mining Company at its Raritan
Copper Works plant here. These
roofs are built entirely of copper
shingles and have become so pop
ular that the company is rushed
filling orders for the new roofs.
Although the company began ex
perimenting in the manufacture of
the shingles last September, it was
not until March 10, this year, that
the country became aware that they
were an established fact. On that
day the papers of the country car
ried advertisements announcing to
the world that the long looked for
permanent and at the same time
beautiful roofs was at last a possi
bility.
Copper Singles gives a lightweight,
permanent roof in a selection of
many colors, at a price considerably
less than that asked for many of
the other patented roofs of today.
The shingles as they come from the
massive machines in which they are
manufactured are the usual copper
color, but by a treatment in various
chemical baths they may be given a
green, brown, red. blue or in fact
any color desired by the customer.
.NEW JERSEY TERRA COm
PRODUCTS WELL KNOWN
Terra Cotta i« one of the most im
portant local industries and tha pro*
; duct is used over a vast territory.
One of the largest local manufac
I turies of this well known exterior
and interior building material is the
! New Jersey Terra Cotta Company.
This concern has furnished the ter
ra cotta for some of the largest and
boss known buildings in New York
and other large cities. A sample of
the terra cotta manufactured by this
concern is seen In the building of
the Perth Amboy Savings Institution
which is constructed of the terra
cotta made by this concern. In New
York/ the company points with pride
to the Victoria building and the Van
derbilt hotel as well as many apart
ment houses for which they furnish
ed the decorative terra cotta.
Terra Cotta used for this class of
work Is known as architectural ter
ra cotta. The process of manufac
ture takes from four to ten weeks
This includes the time consumed in
designing, molding, and burning.
At the present time the New Jer
sey Terra Cotta Company finds busi
ness booming. A total of 100 are
kept busy and it was said at the
plant today that more men could be
used if it waa possible to get them.
This shortage of men occurs In al
most all departments of the plant.
At the present time the company has
under construction a new atorage
warehouse 35 by 75 feet. The in
crease in employment this year over
last year at the same period is about
33 per cent. The outlook for this
business is very promising.
By a special process of manufac
ture the shingles are so arranged
that they all hook together and with
out the aid of solder become* one
solid mass of copper covering
through which water can not find its
way, no matter how much pressure
is used. Orders for these shingles
are being received in large numbers
and indications are that as time
goes on and the lasting qualities and
beauty of the roofs become known,
the manufacture of the shingles will
result in one of the largest local In
dustries.
MANY SHIPS REPAIRED
AT THE P. A. DRY DOCKS
Many ships and vessels of various
descriptions are undergoing repairs
at the plant of the Perth Amboy
Dry Dock Company here. This is
one of the largest dry dock con
cerns to he found in this section of
the country, the new buildings and
docks added to the business during
the past year or more enabling the
company to handle work equal to
that of any dry dock company in
this section of the Atlantic coast.
At the present time the firm Is
employing between 200 and 250
men. All the work is done by the
most modern machinery and the new
dry dock which is completely op
erated by electricity allows the com
pany to handle many of the larger
vessels now docking at New York
City.
The following vessels are under
going repairs at the present time:
Wilbert S. Bartlett, four masted
schooner; Mary Bradford Pierce,
four masted schooner; Abertina,
passenger steamer of the Merchants
Steamboat Company of Red Bank;
schooner, Nisaeqogue, four masted;
barge Louise; barge Washoe, three
masted schooners. Grand Turk and
Elleanor Taylor: four masted
schooners Charlotte Maxwell and
Robert L. Bean. Four additional
vessels are due to arrive at the dock
next week.
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SUCH CLAY COMPANY
OFFICES. PERTH AMBOY. N. J. BOX 341
MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF
WASHED BALL CLAY, NATURAL DRYED, JERSEY j
FIRE, TERRA COTTA, 8AOGER AND
STONEWARE CLAYS
STAS. COBS. FOUNDRY AND SILICA SANDS THRES MINES
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FEDERAL TERRA
COTTA CO.
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WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY
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New Jersey Terra Cotta Co.
NITI AMBOY, N. J
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GREAT I PUNT
OF AMERICAN SMELTING
Among the local plants that have
showed a great Increase during the
past few months, both in the num
ber of men employed and the
amount of business done, is that of
the American Smelting & Refining
Company. This plant situated along
the hanks of the Kill Von Kuli is
one of the largest refining plants to
be found in this section of the coun
try and furnishes labor to a large
number of men.
This concern does a general re
fining business, that is, the refining
of copper from ore. which in turn
calls for the refining of gold and
silver. The company also refines tin
and lead. During the course of a
year a large number of vessels from
South America and Mexico, steam to
the docks of the plant where the
ore is unloaded.
During the war this company
erected several new buildings in or
der to take care of increased busi
ness and to give the employes bet
ter working conditions. When the
move back to normalcy began, this
plant with others in the city was
greatly affected and for a time hard
ly a whee' was turning: today all Is
different, however.
Perhaps the best way for one to
understand the conditions at this
plant at the present time is to com
pare the activities this year with
those of one year ago. One year ago
the plant was giving work to but
250 employes. Today there are
nearly a thousand persons employed
and more are needed.
The company has underway at this
time, the reconstruction of the tank
house, this is a big job calling for
many skilled men, as it is one of
the float important departments in
connection with the refining of cop
per. This large building, housing
the tanks in which the copper is
placed white undergoing part of the
refining process is being reconstruc
ted from top to bottom and put in
first class condition. It will require
sometime before the work can be
completed.
The ore for the tin plant comes
from South America and the qre
for the lead department from Mexi
co. The ships plying between these
counties and the plant here are of
ten seen in these waters.
P. I. HARDWARE SPECIALIZES
IN INDUSTRIAL LINES
"P, A. Hardware For Service."
These few words consist of one of
Ihe best known m) :gans in this city,
and designates the leading asset of
the Perth Amboy Hardware Com
pany. This company has built up a
wonderful business in Middlesex,
Monmouth and Ocean counties, by
giving service to its customers. Not
only does this concern carry a com
plete line of the hardware lines, but
also a most complete line of factory
and mill supplies. I. T. Madsen, the
president and treasurer of the com
pany, has been its main support and
through his guidance the firm has
grown from a business occupying a
two story building in Smith street to
a concern having its own home and
a modern supply bouse in Madison
avenue and a large storage ware
house at the Pennsylvania railroad
depot.
BAKELITE PLANT GREATEST
OF KIND IN TRE WORLD
Bakelite is perhaps the most uni
versal substance In existence today,
1 is a product of this city. In a targe
building of the latest type of con
struction. situated at the corner of
Hector and Fayette street ana ex
tending along Fayette street to the
.Staten Island sound, this greatest ol
insolating material is manufactured.
So great is its uses that it has been
employed in constructing the latest
aeroplane propellers, now in use by
the United States government, to the
| smallest conceivable part used In
| the complicated electrical signal sys
tem of the railroads, radio, auto
mobile and telephone transmission
Due to the great radio boom, the
business at the local plant of the
Bakelite Company has greatly in
creased over last year this time. It
was estimated at the plant today
that the increase in the number of
employed over last year this time
has been 25 per cent. It Is only a
question of time before the plant
will have to be enlarged to tike
care of Increased business, but
whether or not this plant will oe
enlarged or one In some other city,
will be decided by the cost of opera
tion. If it costs more to operate
here, the new addition will be added
to one of the plants recently taken
over through the amalgamation of
several of the plants producing
bakelite under other trade names.
FEDERAL TERRA COTTA GO.
NOTED FOR FINE PRODUCTS
When a concern furnishes terrs
cotta for buildings such as ths
Equitable, World's Power building
and Plaza hotel in New York city,
some idea of the excellent class of
work turned out, must be apparent.
Yet this is just exactly what the
Federal Ttrra Cotta Company of
Woodbridge, has accomplished.
These buildings are masterpieces in
the line of architectural terra cotta,
just as much as wonderful chamber
music is the master pieces of the
composers of yester year, or the
much admired palntinM are the
masterpieces of great artfcts.
The Federal Terra Cotta has
probably won a name for itself in
the building world that it will carry
till the end of time. Terra Cotta
today is one of the leading building
materials and the fact that it can
be molded into various shapes and
designs makes it a fitting trimming
| and decorative material for both the
| interior and exterior of handsome
buildings. _ .
! At the present time the Federal
Terra Company is employing 250
! hands. This is about twice as many
as were being employed by this
concern last year. It was said at
the plant today that business is
picking up and the future looks very
bright indeed. There is a possibil
ity that this concern may increase
the size of the plant in future.
Speculators Active
Speculators are betting on recov
ery. Combined capitalization of new
oil concerns now averaging^ $101s.
000,000 a month, against $88.77-.000
last July, when general business
turned the corner. Oil flotations rise
and fall with business courage.
WEST GREEN STREET WOODBRIDGE SOS u’VIrK ROW
Woodbridge Ceramic Corporation
PORCELAIN
PLUMBING
FIXTURES
Woodbridge, New Jersey
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{Perth jimboy Jfardware Co.
LARGEST STOCK OF FACTORY SUPPLIES
IN CENTRAL JERSEY
Make Our Warehouse Tour Store Room
Sole Agents For
DODGE TRANSMISSION
Large Stock on Hand
313 MADISON AVE. ’
•PERTH AMBOY HARDWARE TOR SERVICE'
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PERTH AMBOY
TILE WORKS
SAYRE AYE. PHONE PERTH AMBOY 263
PERTH AMBOY, N. J.
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American
Smelting and Refining
Company
PERTH AMBOY PLANT
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Anaconda Copper and Zinc Roofings are manu
factured exclusively in our plants. Anaconda
Roofing* are beautiful, permanent and econo
mical. The first cost is the last.
RARITAN COPPER WORKS,
PERTH AHBOr. ». t.
AnacondA
ROOFINGS
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Underground Cable
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PERTH AMBOY
PLANT
BLUE LEAD DEPARTMENT
WHITE LEAD DEPARTMENT
HOYT METAL CO. DEPARTMENT *§1 *
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Chemical Corporation
PERTH AMBOY
NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO
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General
Ceramics Company
50 CHURCH STREET
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Acid Proof Chemical
Stoneware.
Plut N>. M.tueh.o, 1». J.
Sanitary Ware
riant a—anmy, x*. «.
Refractory Specialties
Flint Ho. «—Kinbir. N- X !
Fused Silica kWari
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Whitehead Brothers Company
Foundty Sands, Supplies
and Equipment
537 West 27th Street New York City
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South River Brick Company
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