Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-14

sound, and do a great deal of work in
repairing and installing machinery in
boats. The Perth Amboy Dry Docks
however, have their W machine
shops. Many tugboats are built in
the shipyards of A. c. Brown & Sons
and the Ellis yards directly across
the sound On the Tottenville shore.
These crafts, after launching are gen
orally brought to this side to have
their engines installed. OF the ma
chine shops mentioned the Dutton
company devotes its attention exclu-
sively to engines for power boats. The
Acker plant on the Tottenville shore
also manufactures a similar engine.
For hauling sloops, canapboats and
the small crafts, there is Gray's Ma
rlne Railway, besides the dry docks
already mentioned.
Among the other plants occupying
water front sites, all of which do a
large business and have their part lin
making Perth Amboy a busy place,
are Henry Maurer x Sons brick and
hollow brick works. They are situated
on a large tract in the extreme north
ern end of the city. They cover many
acres and with the settlement which
has grown about the plant, is known
as Maurer, having a post office of its
own, although within the city limits.
This is one of the largest brick works
in the world.
Next to this plant going south
along the water front is the Barber
Asphalt Works, one of the city's new
est industries. This has been in OPP
Grafton about one year. 1t refnes
the asphalt which is brought here
from South America in steamers. In
connection with the refinery there is
also a plant to manufacture asphalt
block and also a preparation for root
ing.
The New Jersey Portland Cement
Works, until recently, occupied a site
adjoining the Lehigh Valley coal
docks on the south, but it has moved
further up the Lehigh Valley road, its
shipments being made entirely by rail,
leaving the water front property for
some concern which can use it more
adyantageously.
South of the Perth Amboy Terra
Gotta Works, which was formerly the
A.. Hall plant, and just back of the
Raritan dry docks,.is the large factory
of the Standard Underground Cable
Company, which came here from
Pittsburg in 1900. 1t makes all kinds
of cables and electric wiring. There
are also factories of the same com
pany at Pittsburg and On the Pacific
coast.
AT the foot of Commerce street l!
the huge plant of the Roessler 4
Hasslacher Chemical Company
This was one of the early concern'
to come to Perth Amboy. 1t is ONT
of the largest chemical concerns il
the country. 1t now maintains +;
branch at Niagara Falls and two
other plants have been built in this
city, making three in all, and both o
the two additional one here arr
about as large as the original, Eacl
one is devoted to the manufacture o
a different product. One of thes'
new plants is in High street, nea
Washington street, and the other
which has just been completed, is a
Mechanic street and Buckingham
avenue.
Within the past two years a larg'
cigar factory has started in From
street, employing about 200 hands.
AT the foot of High street, on tn
water front, is the Ashland Corun
dun and Emery Mills. This is on
largest plants of its kind in the cour
try.
The Marcy Stove Works is an i'm
portant industry of the city, %joinin;
the Raritan Copper Works on tn,
west along the Raritan river. |
does a big business in its line. 1t i
one of the older plants when con-
pared with a majority of the large
ones already mentioned.
The Chesebrough Vaseline Work
is the newest industry in Perth Am
boy. 1t came here from Brooklyl
last year. 1t is situated along TIN
Raritan river at the foot of Sheridai
street, and occupies large brick build
ings erected by the concern. Hun
dreds of hands find employment
there.