Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-21
To Be Known is
Atlantic I. G.
Company.
CLOSE 2 PLANTS

I Although the officials maintain 4
I stalwart reticence, except for an ad~
! mission from man high in the STAN
/ dard Terra Gotta Company that that
! company has been merged in the COM
bine, details of the revolution Of af-
/ fairs in the terra Gotta industry IN
this section are gradually coming to
the surface.
From information of trustworthy
nature, it can be stated that
1. The combined plants are TO be
known as the Atlantic Terra CQffs
Company, and that the center OF the
industry will shift to Tottenville.
2. That the Tottenvilie plant Will
be known as No. l the old Perth An-
boy Terra Gotta Works. plant No 2
andiso on
3. That another plant Is to enter
the combine in a day or two. II ne
gotiations result as expected.
4. That the Standard Terra Cottf
Works is to pass formally into H.,
combine January 81, and that this
and the Excelsior plant at Rocky Hill
are to be closed, possibly.
5. That the draughting depart
ments and headquarters are to be IA
Tottenville, and that the old shop, the
Perth Amboy plant, Is to be operat-
ed in its entirety, instead of only part
ly, as for some years past.
The plans of those at the helm ara
as yet, of course, In a state of parff8l
uncertainty, but it is believed that 4
fifth plant is to be absorbed today or
very soon, and that 1t will be known
as plant No. of the Atlantic Terra
Gotta Company.
This plant to be merged is not the
New Jersey Terra Gotta Company. OF
this city, nor the South Amboy plant.
nor the Conklin-Armstrong plant at
Philadelphia, as they have a so1ne-
what different market from that Of
the plants in the combine. The CHIEF
object of the combination, or rather
the taking over of the rival plants
by the Atlantic, would seem y = sss5''sa
|, been to cut or tiae competition which
has grown so keen in recent years
and caused bids to be made on con-
tracts at cost or less than cost.
Absolute confirmation of the EVE
MING NEWS story of last Thursday
that the Standard Terra Gotta Com
pany, of this city, had been merged In
the combine, has been given out from
the headquarters of the Standard.
and week from Thursday, or on the
last day of this month, the Standard
VIII cease to be, and 1t Will then be
pr and parcel of the combine.
ii the combination results ii fha{
operation OF the entire Perth Amb&
plant and the consequent employing
of more men, the combine should}
of ultimate advantage TO this
despite the making of the headqA
/ ters in Tottenville.
The passing of the indiyidualj@ Of
the Perth Amboy Terra Cotta< Com
pany marks an epoch in the terra cot
ia industry in this papto of the coun-
! try. Since 1870 the Perth Amboy
company has led all its competitors
At that time the company was or
! ganized and commenced the manu- .
facture of terra Gotta. The business
itself was started in 1S45. The fac
tory is an immense one, situated
dlOnB the 6ldIen lSlduu OOunu 1T tao
foot of Buckingham avenue.
1t was this concern that first intro
duced terra Gotta in this country, and
for time had the exclusive manufac-
ture of It,. AS the material became
more and more in favor with the
builders, other factories were estab-
lished to compete with the parent
plant, but they did not seem to AZ
/ feet 1t. The men at the head of the
old plant were wide awake and pro
gressive, and never failed to take ad-
vantage of every opportunity to In
crease their business AS a result
their work multiplied and the plant
was enlarged.
AS terra Gotta became more widely
known, and its use more general,
orders were received at this plant
from all parts of the country, and To-
day they have shipped their product
to all quarters of the civilized world.
Through this firm the product OF
Perth Amboy is to be seen in more
cities of the world than of any other
mandatory here.