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Enough gunpowdsr and high explosives Of,
various kinds arc mado in tho State OF Now Jcr-
coy every woek to blow largo piece OF that
State of the map II It should all 20 up at once,
There are no statistics Of much value attaina..
ble because manufacturers Of such stun try TO
keep their Affairs to themselves and there IL
nobody especially charged with the task Of flnd-
ing out about the quantities Of explosives made.
The Bureau Of Labor and Statistics has failed
to publish anything Of tho kind since It was es-
tablished twenty years ago, except that II once
cited the number OF persons employed and the
wages paid in two powder mills.
Tho fact cannot be concealed. however, that
from twenty to twenty-five largo and small
establishments exist In New Jersey for the man
ufacture Of nitro-elycerine, dynamite, and other
high explosives and both black and smokeless
powder. There ore three mills in Passaio county
in which smokcloss powder is made and at
Wayne, in the same county. the great works Of
the Latin & Rand Company are scattered over
q square mile of ground. This company makes
Runpowder chiefly. but high explosives as WELL
Not far from its works 10 an establishment in
which q "two-compound" explosive lie made. It
is safe until the two parts are mixed together.
and then 1t 10 supposed to DO one Of the wicked
est rippers known to science.
works. One is the Eastern branch Of the At
lantic Dynamite Works, and 1t 10 among the
largest producers In the country: 1t IS situated
isolated buildings are distributed over q wide
area, thickly grown with young willows to break
the force OF explosions. and traversed by narrow
gauge railroads, Some of the most DANGEROUS
work 10 carried on in pits cut in tho granite
Sides Of the hill at tho edge Of the plain. Four
miles from tho Atlantic Works, and on the shore
of Lake Hopatcong. is tho extensive plant of tho
mite in great quantities and has its acid works
Then there are dozen or more smaller manu-
factories scattered through the various coun-
large plant opposite their Delaware works, near
Wilmington.
Recently a foreign syndicate bought 400 acres
tho erection OF an enormous dynamite plant.
| The projectors of this concern are said to be
the Rhenish- westphalian Explosives Company
Of Cologne. and 1t was said In the start that the
Arden, Scotland, and the Trolsdorff Company
The product Of New Jerseys dynamite and
Pocent s' @ looking ffeisbt cars y usually contain.
| ing nothing else, and filled to their utmost
capacity. These cars pass through q thickly
settled portion of the State, rumbling through
sands Of dwellings. Sometimes a canal boat
load of dynamite or gunpowder Is towed through
or the other of the big bitches which traverse
Stats and is tied TE at might IN
| houses adjoining passenger stations IN the
| locality of the powder or dynamite mills are
| often flled with cases and packages Of danger
Gus material awaiting the arrival Of freight
| car to take 1t away.
Tho fact that 80 much of these explosives has
| been moved about the country for years with &C
few explosions In transit is comforting proo
that those who pack them for Transportation
know their business.