Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-21
Wednesday The 4th day # MAY, A. D. '98

at one o'clock in the afternoon, on the premises
at Williamstown. in the County of Gloucester,
and State of New Jersey, all that old established
and modern equipped Glass Manufacturing Plant
shortly described as foiiows:--
Consisting of about sixteen Q6l acres of land !.
being factory plant proper, and lots on which
dwelling houses are located, also one large
general store and office building.
Factory buildings covering furnaces Nos. 1, g.
furnace No and its permanent fixtures, gas
furnace No and its permanent fixtures, gas
furnace No. and its permanent fixtures.
Batch house No. / with sand cellar, batch
troughs and fixtures, and mould loft and shelly
ing, unloading platforms, one building for stor-
age of lime, mira of soda and materials; alsr
factory building covering furnaces Nos and 5
with connection batch and sand house. lehr
buildings containing FIVE iehrs, and one large
gas tank furnace, No. and oil furnace No. 5,
sand cellar, mould room, two-story pot house,
and wing, now used partially as mould storage
room, and partially as pot making room also for
storage Of pots and clay stune. Packing house
with connecting shed for storage of ware, and
shipping room and connecting storage room,
platforms etc. Large building used as packing
room, with hay loft and carpenter shop
One large store house 35x450 feet for storage of
manufactured ware; one twO-story building,
machine shop, with connecting building used as
saw mill, with two runs of saws, and connecting
building used for boiler house and engine room
connecting building used as glass grinding
room, box shop. etc building known as black
smith shop; building known as ice house; 4
building known as butcher shop with connecting
sheds.
Also fuel gas plant comprising two gas pro-
ducers, twenty tons capacity each, per twenty
four hours. with 5s5 feet Of brick gas conduit,
and 265 feet of four feet wide and three feet
high. 1870 feet railroad track and 2OO feet ele-
waited coal trestle, all standard track. 1900 feet
narrow guage railroad track; one large ice
house, stabling for six head of horses The
entire factory plant proper fenced in with fenc-
ing nine feet high, thus enclosing the factory
plant
Also seven double dwelling houses and one
single dwelling making fifteen tenant houses on
Oak street, two double dwelling houses or four
tenant houses on Library street. one double or
two tenant houses on Chestnut street, and one
double or two tenant houses on Main street; five
double dwellings or ten tenant houses and two
triple or six tenant houses and one row of five
tenant houses on Blue Bell street, all in the town
of Williamstown.
The steam plant consists of two 100 horse
power boilers (new), two engines, the necessary
heaters pumps, steam piping shafting, betting,
etc.
The air compressor plant is sufficiently large
to take care of the requirements of all the fac
tories. and is fully piped for that purpose. The
shipping facilities are excellent tracks and sheds
so arranged that six cars can be loaded at one
time, and all raw material arriving can be dis
charged where nee led for use, without carriage
or rehandling. A modern Electric Light plant
with capacity sufficient to light the entire
premises.
This sale includes all the franchises of the
Company. all the stock in the store; all material
and contracts on hand; all debts and accounts
due the receiver; all the Receivers contracts for
supplies and his sales of glassware. The plant is
being operated, and purchaser will step into a
business in full operation.
A complete inventory and description of all
the property may be seen upon application.
This affords a rare opportunity to take long
established business, plant well located and
containing all the most modern improvements,
and in good order, and is well worth attention.
For any fuller particulars, address the under
signed.
JOHN J. BURLEIGH, RECEIVER.
N. E. Cor. Market and Third SITS, Camden, N. j.
E. A. Armstrong SoPr.
Dated March II, 1898. 4798-4ts