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In the Annual Report Of
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TRENTON, April 25, 1906.-W. G.
Garrison, Chief of the New Jersey Bur
eau of Statistics, is distributing the In
dustrial Directory of New Jersey" re-
vision of 1906, which has just been pub
lished by his department. The original
of the work was published in 1901 The
present volume is double the size of its
predecessor, and contains many features
of interest that are altogether new.
The book is laid out in two main
divisions The first is occupied entirely
with notes relating to each of the $40
cities, towns and villages in the State,
the populations of which range upward
from 100 to the largest and most popu-
lous municipalities. To each of these
is appended description varying in vol
ume according to the size of the place,
from a dozen lines to as many pages.
These notes are clearly and cencisely
written, and tell the population, railroad
connections, banking and postal facilities
of each place, the number of schools and
churches, the tax rates and almost every
other variety of information which per-
sons in search of location for residence
purpose, permanent or temporary, or for
business, could desire.
The book contains a fine, clear county
map, on which guided by an index fig
ure and letter following the name of each
place, any city or town OF village in the
State large enough to be noticed in the
compilation can be readily located.
Preceding this part of the work is an
alphabetically arranged Index" which
gives the names Of towns in which spe-
cial industrial opportunities await those
who may desire to secure them. The
industrial opportunities referred to COM
prehend such offerings as factory build
ing sites free of cost; financial assist
ance for starting new industrial enter
prises" in addition to free factory build
ing sites, places in. which factory loca-
tions with water power may be secured;
places in which raw material abounds
for certain specific industries, such as de-
posts OF glass sand, of pottery clay, of
cement rock, of slate and of mica, are to
be found in such quantities as to offer
rare opportunities for making paying in
yestmente. In this list are also to be
found many farming communities in
which ample supplies of vegetables and
fruits can be readily obtained for the
purposes of canning factories. Other fea-
tures included in this index are list of
places suitable for manufacturing pur
poses situated on navigable waters, where
choice of routes for the shipment of
freights may be enjoged; there are also
lists of seaside and of inland summer
resorts. The investigator is enabled by
consulting this index. to turn at once to
the place having the environment and
advantages that be desires to secure.
As the title of the book indicates, the
primary purpose Of its publication is to
extend a knowledge of the material re-
sources Of the state, and to bring its hum
dreds Of small communities into touch
with the progressive movement Of the
times by affording them an opportunity
of showing 10 the world such advantages
as they possess. that are likely to induce
the settlement of population and manu-
featuring industry.
Hereafter. New Jersey manufacturers
will, with the aid of the information con-
tanned in the industrial directory" be
enabled TO establish the branches or an
nexes that represent the growth of their
business at convenient and suita bic places
within our own state. instead of going
outside for that purpose. as has hereto
fore been the case in many instances
The industry classication, which eofim-
prises the second division Of the direc-
tory, covers 1873 pages, and is a complete
satalogue of the products of all the man
ufacturing establishments in New Jersey
and of all the various kinds of goods and
wares made in them. These varieties
number 1,7O0. and comprise almost ev-
erything known to the world as products
Of manufacturing industry. These arti-
cles are arranged in alphabetical order,
with the names, factory and office adj
dresses of the firms who make them, thus
affording a perfect guide to all the great
industrial interests Of the state.
Taken as a whole, there is but little OF
real Importance relating to the munich
paulities Of manufacturing interests Of