Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-06-06
A JERSEY BOTTLE MERGER.
Jefferis and Woodbury. Consolidate

The Woodbury. Glass Works, of Wood
bury, n. j., and the Jefferis Glass Works,
of Fairton, n. j., have consolidated under
the corporate name of the Woodbury. Bottle
Works Consolidated, principal offices at
Woodbury., n j., at which place additional
office buildings are being built.
The new officers are: President, Col. G.
G. Green, formerly president of the Wood
bury Glass Works; vice president, j. II.
Jetferis, formerly president of the Jefferis
Glass Works; secretary and general man.
ager, W. H. Beckett, formerly secretary of
the Woodbury. Glass Works.
The plants of the consolidated company
will cover sixteen acres. The Jefferis
Glass Works plant has within the past
year been put in splendid condition and is
built to run with either coal or oil, which
ever may be cheapest and best, or, if there
is a shortage on one or the other class of
fuel, the furnaces are in no danger of being
shut down, which is great advantage.
The Woodbury. plant is also going to be
generally overhauled this Summer and
each of their continuous tank furnaces will
be rebuilt and run with either coal or oil /,
same as the other furnaces.
The Woodbury. Bottle Works CONSOLE
dated may absorb one or two other plants.
All business will be done through the
general offices at Woodbury., N. J., thus
cutting off all outside expenses. The
business is going to be pushed very ener-
getically and the quality of the wares,
which has already attained a very high
reputation, is to be still further bettered,
if possible. All the best of the manage
ment from each company will be retained
and the business run upon the most APP
proved lines.
The new company is capitalized at
$500, 600. Commonor and Glassworker.
Trolley Company Controls Turnpike.
The old Gloucester and Salem turnpike,
whose charter dates from the year 1851, has
passed to the control of the Paulsboro
Traction Company, a new corporation
organized to construct trolley line from
Swedesboro to Woodbury., and Paulsboro.
1t has been known for several weeks that
a representative of this company was buy
ing up the turnpike company's stock, and
that majority was easily secured, as 1T
had not for years yielded dividend. At
the annual meeting of the Company at
Swedesboro last Saturday, the new owner
ship asserted itself, and elected the follow
ing directors VIM. HI. Sayen, of Phila-
delphia; Barker Gummere, Jr., OF Trenton;
VIM. S. Hancock, Of Trenton; Joseph j.
Summerill, of Woodbury.; Charles w.
Knight, of Woodbury.; James J. David
son, and Alfred A. Bradshaw, of
Swedesboro. The Board organized by
electing w. H. Sayen, president; Barker
J. Gummere. Jr., vice president; j. j.
Summerill, secretary, and Henry S. Toll
man, treasurer.
1t is understood that the object Of the
purchase is to remove all impediments to
the construction of the trolley line. How
soon the work of construction will be be-
gun or to what extent early operations will
be pushed, are all now matters Of mere con-
lecture.
The Company desire it to be known, that
the minority of stock will be purchased at
the price paid for the majority.
AS noted above, this turnpike was char
tered by the legislature in 1851, so years
ago, the incorporators being Chas. c. STRAIT
ton, John B. Jessup, Joseph Tatem, Amos
j. Peaslee, George Craft, Benz. Rulon,
Edmund f. Garrison, David G. Ogden,
David Davis, VIM. S. Clawson and John
III. Lippincott Mr. Stratton was the first
President and Mr.. Craft, Treasurer. The
construction of the road was begun the
same year, Johnson Bannister q Hay, con-
tractors, the contract cost being $27, 763.