The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-01
FURNITURE AND
FREIGHT BUSINESS
BOOMING AGAIN
Officials of Three Railroads Tell
of Prosperity and Bright
Outlook.

The following statements were made
last night by officials of the three rail-
roads going through this city, who all
believe that prosperity has returned
and tina much more can be expected
next fall. One of them has to enlarge
its forwarding facilities. and is build
ing a l00-foot addition to it's forward
ing house, n it's immense warehouse
is filed.
Statements of an official of the Edi-
son Company and of the president of
n of the largest department stores in
this city also show the favorable turn
affairs have taken since last year.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
There is an improvement in tonnage
and earnings of all commodities on
u road, and building material Is an
especially heavy incoming freight.
There Is an increase of IS to % pei
cent. from month to month against
last year, based on a total of incom-
Ing n outgoing freight. Things
came along better from last Deem
Der on, and there is no doubt that
prosperity has returned. Ar increase
in our business will have to be ex-
pected in the fall
CENTRAL RAILROAD;
prosperity is returning, as Is shown
in u line by the increase of bust
ness. Business is 20 per cent. greater
than 1t was six months ago, and
everything indicates a substantial re-
turn of good times. Everything is in
better shape thar a year ago. All
manufacturers with whom we do
ht1Ci,nn.e a q, Ill., Ja..- -
ders to keep them busy for six
months, and some of them for a year.
We are also handling an immense
quantity of construction material,
which is in itself a sign of the return
of good times, in this city at least.
The outlook for the fall is much bet
ter. Big orders are now placed for the
fall, which means an increase of out
going freight in the fall. In anticipa-
ton of, the great fall business we
started to build a 100-foot addition to
our forwarding house on Mulberry
street yesterday. The business in our
big warehouse is booming. During
the bad year the people didn't put in
more stock than they could keep in
their warerooms, but now W. are
filing that big building. and the
goods don't stay there, but are being
sold and replaced. Business ncver
looked better to us"
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROADS:
This is what we consider the dull sea-
son of the year. but. compared with
last year, business from this terri
tory is better, and is getting better
all the time. The increase Is about
on o.aa-4 o,.uil1rio ~. a.,4c0iar
and incoming freight. There Is not
the least doubt that prosperity has
returned"
ALBERT j. HABNE, of Hahne e. Co.:
I'VE are more tina pleased to state,
and with emphasis, that the six
months business which we are just
ending has been the biggest spring
business In the history OF this store,
and that is saying a great deal wfen
the conditions generally prevailing
and the big past records we have had
to surpass are considered. In antici-
patton of by odds the greatest fall
and winter season we have ever ex-
p%erienced, our buyers areNbusily en-
gagged laying plans n buying ire
mendous lots of goods on terms which
are now particularly advantageous.
Three of our important buyers are
now in European countries searching
for the best things o~btainahle in the
foreign markets. Our furniture buy
er. who Is the largest single purchaser
of furniture in this country, has just
started on a ffteen-day trip, during
which he viii visit the great North
western furniture factories and make
; heavy purchases for the coming sea-
son. We are more than happy now
over the fact that we have pursued
the policy that we have throughout
the period of depression. Our atti-
tude has been ar aggressive one all
along, and we have never made grea'-
er efforts to keep the business moving
forward, and never met with more
signal success"