The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-26
JERSEYS INDUSTRIES.
Interesting Figures From the Census
Bureau Concerning Hoboken
and Trenton.
spccfol to the Jerseu Citu NeaUs.

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 1S92.-TheC Census
Bureau has issued an interesting bulletin
of the manufactures of Hoboken. In the
number of establishments reported the
increase is 20.66 per cent; in capital in
vested, $50. 10 per cent; in the number of
hands employed, 652.70 per cent; in
wages paid, s37.46 per cent; in cost of
materials used. 692. 06 per cent; in value
of products at work, 751.59 per cent; in
population of city, 40.80 per cent; in as
sessed valuation of city, 1852 per cent;
in nun icipal debt, less sinking fund, 032
per cent. A striking feature of these re-
turns is the increase in the number of es-
Establishments reported. The wages have
increased not only actually but relatively,
the average wages per hand increasing
from $500 in 1880 to $4S9 in 1890, or M.4
per cent.
CARRIAGE AND WAGON WORKS.
There are three carriage and wagon
works in which $45, $40 capital is invested,
and in which thirty nine hands are en-
ployed, who annually receive $26, All.
There are three chemical establishments
ia which a capital of $4S.230 Is invested;
fifteen men are employed, who annually
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shops, with a capital of 1888 ,420, and ia
which 234 men are employed, who
annually receive $lS5, 564; six lumber and
planning mills, with an invested capital Of
1922, 900, and where seventy-seven hands
are employed at yearly wages aggregat-
ing $58. 312; three ~sbip-building places,
ing Il capital of 1924, $50, with hands
to The number of 226, who are annually
paid $144, 1888; sixteen silk and silk goods
factories, using an invested capital of
81. 5l3, 541, with employees to the number
of 1874, who yearly receive 81, l43, 619.
The totals for industries omitted in
1880 but included in 1890 are as follows
Number of establishments reported, 8;
capital Invested, $578,69 number of
hands employed, A; wages paid, $34,023;
cost of materials used, $75.954; miscel-
laneous expenses, $14, S31; value of pro-
duct at works, S23S. 1913.
The preliminary report Of the statistics
of manufacturers from Trenton shows a
percentage of increases as follows:-
Number of establishments reported,
46. 90; capital invested, 1903 .92; number of
hands employed. SO. "a; wages paid, 81. %:
cost OF material used, 1896; value OF pro-
duct at works, "A 95; population of city,
go. 10; assessed valuation of city, rs. 80;
municipal debt less sinking fnnd, 43 so.
MORE WAGES PAID.
During the past decade the number of
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wages have increased not only actually
but relatively, the average wages per
hand increasing from 1854 in 1880 to 1886
in 1890. or 81 Al per cent. The totals for
industries omitted in 1880 but include ed in
1890 are as follows;-Number of establish
ments reported. 1856; capital invested,
$712, PAS; number of hands employed, 800;
wages paid, 1914. 4s0; cost of materials
used, $3.50, 544; miscellaneous expenses,
S6S. S44: value of product as works, $1,170,-
900.
There are four betting and hose works
In which a capital of 81, 2S3, STA is invested
and which EMPLOYS 343 men who annual
ly receive $193. 053; eight carriage and
wagon establishments employing a capt.
tai of $152,0T8, hands numbering eighty
six, who yearly receive $50, 800; five china
decorating places with a capital of 1884,
042. hands numbering 140 and yearly re-
ceiving ST., 234; thirty Il clay and pot
terry works with a capital OF 81, 756, 172,
hands to the number of 3,94S, who yearly
receive 1920, 701, or about one half of the
capital invested; sixteen confectionery
establishments employing a capital
of $145. 766. with men numbering
Touring and grist mills that employ
~thirty-hve hands, pay in wages S22,56S.
aud have a capital Invested of $167, 100,
sixteen foundry aud machine shops, with
I'LL employees, who yearly get in wages
S576,61 Us, and iu which a capital Of 81, 545.-
$40 is invested; three lamp and reflector
factories, employing 100 men, a capital of
1894 491, and paying annually in wages
$S5, 1856; thirteen printing and publishing
offices that employ 17S hands. 4 capital of
1852, 4S3. and paying yearly in wages
sos, 949; three wooden mills, with a capital
OF 81, lis, SOL, hands to the nun Der OF 1904
and paying them annually 1923, 004.