The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19
lEWARE'S BUILDING BOON
4 RECORD VOLUME or Fac
TORY CONSTRUCTION.
Industrial Plants Are coming In ny the
seoFr. Attracted by New shipping
Facilities and Cheap sites suburbs
naoming NewaFkH urn Avenue.

searr. Attracted ny New shipping
Faculties and Cheap sites suburbs
naomInE NewarkE urn Avenue.
Last year IG7 factories were built in
Newark Inc erection ~ ~ many indus
thai buildings IN single year implies
phenomenal growth IN a city which al the
Last State Census in 1916 had a population
Of -. 2sg The implication A. n growth
Is horne out by tho statistics relating
70 dwelling HOUSES, oi which nearly 500
vere ers'ct"d in lgn These building
figures Indicate that the Federal census
taken a few weeks ago will when pub
Hshed show = marvellous increase ~ both
population and industry IN IN" last ten
and particularly IN the last five years
That the increase has been rsiatI vely
greater in the latter half 81 the ten year
period NAV bo Inferred frnm the eNtraordi-
nary current activity IN factory building
Between o. and 1915 the numhsr NJ indus
trial establishments In Newark remained
almost stationary being i.j73 IN the former
and go iu the latter wear There was
indeed = great expansion ~ output the
annual value of which advanced ~
per cent but tho advance in N" number
Of establishments was only per cent
~ other words. tho industrial growth
Of the city from 1911 20 1875 apparently
was n1t infusnod by immigration ~
rnanufarturrr, from other placrs Re-
csntlv. however. SCORES NJ industrial ron
cerus from Naw York and elsewhere have
sought locations there circumstance
reflected in 'le production ~ new factory
buildings There is every reason 20
believe that the establishments existing
In Newark 'iv" years ago have continued
% advance IN output Meanwhile new
establishments hay" been added 70 their
number At an unprecedented rate by
immigration
The immigration Il factories IL tho
result II a movement SUPPORTED by tho
city Authorities II Newark tho State
Government II New Jersey. the Federal
Government and group ~ influential
railway and banking interests o. max.
Newark. already the foremost industrial
city b. New Jersey. one = the great
shipping and manufacturing CENTRES m
the United States In pursuance II thls
aim an inland city l1cated on a shallow
stream Of water has been transformed
into a seaport accessible 90 uo.angoing
steamers, thousands ~ acres II marsh
land are being reclaimed - furnish
inexpensive factory sites and the city
h about % h. annexed % New York by
the high spe"d electric passenger service
Of throe Hudson River tunnels
The manufacturer will ind IN this re-
constrlIctsd Newark very unusual
combination of advantages an abundant
supply of cheap land a. q point whar,
the great ocean river and railway routes
II the United states meet and where
tho leading Wholesale and financial
markets ~ the country arc only @ few
minutes distant by through electric cars
Important ~ the growth - Newark
hls brru m the last couple II venrs that
growth has been largely artiriuativn.
iuauguriiug a movement which will
1rturily reach ~ full proportions only
YIN the complex of transportation
~rI land reclamation projects now under
rly ID actually completed
GREAT INDUSTRIAL TvTUHE
Ilr"" years ago Newark Ray was
lr... .,Dln only % light draught ves.als.
There wac NJ deep water channel between
G' DosaR and tho oitv n Newark. In
lH7 provision was made by Congress
POP irpdEirg a twenty one foot channel
through staten Island Sound and a siv.
@"n i1nt channel from upper New
York Bay through newark Bav and the
'aHsaic River % Newark This work
r0u oomplsted.
MatanAl obtained in tho dredging va.