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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18
The PERTH AMBOY
BEET co.
Local Enterprise Meets With De-
served Success.

About four years ago the Perth
Amboy Beef Co. was established by
local people upon principles that
would have made a success of any
enterprise.
Since that time it has demonstrat-
ed its facilities, In the face of keen
competition, to be so advantageous
to its customers that It's sales have
constantly increased, nearly doubling
its output each year.
Its management has studied the
problems of buying, storage and dis
tribrtion to such good effect that
every detail of the business Is eco
nomically conducted, 1nsurlng the
best prices to its patrons, while at
the same time no effort is spared TO
insure them the choicest quality.
The swift growth of the business
has for some time been taxing the
capacity of the present plant of the
company and it has been recently
announced that the large tract OF
property adjoining, at present util-
lied by the Rogers Lumber Co., has
been acquired.
When the enlargement OF the
plant Is complete Perth Amboy Will
have a packing house fully equipped
and ably managed that could well
| be the boast of a city many times its
size.
Two ice making machines will be
installed. The boxes and storage
rooms will be greatly enlarged and
additional packing plant be built.
The shipments from the plant are
at present averaging eight or nlne
cars weekly. New York city dressed
: and western meats are handled.
The officers of the company, oil
thoroughly practical and experienced
men. are well known through
out this entire section as progress
siye and highly esteemed men Oh
affairs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18
THE


Comparatively few people in Perth
|Amboy are aware of the fact that
in their city is located n Of the
most complete chemical laboratories
in the country devoting it's especial
attention to the assaying of copper
materials.
The laboratory, a handsome brick
building is located on the grounds
Of the Raritan Copper Co. close by
the office of that company. Here the
copper as it comes from the smelters
is tested and its value determined.
It's gold, silver and copper separated
by chemical processes and weighed
by marvellous balances.
All the romance of mining is TO-
cused in the little buttons of gold
and silver as they emerge from the
dull ore in seeming transportation.
This is done by means of what is
technically termed the combination
method, which consists In dissolyihg
both the copper and the contained
silver in sulphuric acid, leaving the
gold as a metallic residue. The sill
yer is then separated in the form OF
chloride and is filtered from the solu-
ton.
The filter containing the gold and
silver is then placed in a furnace and
moderated.
A piece of lead is then added tc
make the gold and silver placed and
the metals are again placed In the
mufHe in little cups shaped moulds OF
pure bone-ash.
This results in some of the lead
being driven off as vapor, while the
rest separates from the little button
of coming lead, silver and gold. The
separation of these metals takes
place in the next process, that Of
cupellation, or in subjecting then
again to heat in the vessel called the
cupel.
But n step then remains, that OF
weighing these metals and for this
purpose scales of incredible delicacs
are used, capable of weighing a foul
thousandth part of a milligram.
The little specks of gold are first
examined with a microscope and al
particles of dust carefully picked off
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18
Massopust Bros.
Real Estate and Insurance.

The qualities of energy and rella-
bility are necessitated In the real
estate business as primary requisites
and these qualifications Massopust
Bros. have amply demonstrated.
Five years of close study Of Perth
Amboy realty has given them an eX-
tensive knowledge of local conditions
which they place at the command of
their clients.
Their lists always contain proper
ties for sale or rent adapted to every
need and their courtesy and pains
taking efforts insure satisfaction.
They also handle all kinds of in
surance, including fire, plate glass,
automobile, burglar and employee
fidelity guarantee. They negotiate
loans on bonds and mortgages and
perform the duties of notary public
and commissioner of deeds.
The firm is composed of Joseph
Massopust and Anton Massopust,
both of whom are well known and
highly respected in Perth Amboy and
vicinity.
Their business is extending as
time goes on because of the able and
reliable manner in which they per-
form their duties.
At their office at 692 State street
one may be sure of courteous and
efficient service.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

for even the smallest grain affects
these scales by which the weight of
a short pencil stroke or q small
length of hair may be determined.
Separate scales are used for
Weighing gold, silver and the copper,
which is precIpitated from the solu-
ton by the electric current.
In addition to gold, silver and cop
per there are also found nickle,
selenium and tellurIum and some 9th
er elements in the ore smelted by the
Raritan Copper Co., these all being
separated in the process of refining.
DIR. Edward Keller, conducting the
work of the laboratory, employs
methods and devices that have~rev-
olutionized m~etallurgical chemical
laboratories: The hundreds of stir
rings, pourings and landings Of YES
sells proved a severe tax upon the
time as we'll as upon the convenience
Of the chemist.
He has devised and patented ma
chimes for stirring the mixtures, sub
jecting them to the electric current,
placing them in the furnace and
pouring them by which one man may
do the work of twenty and do 1t bet
ter, more exactly and almost entire
elimination of loss and breakage.
The devices are beyond description
in a short article, but are of extreme
simplicity and p~racticability, and are
used in other we'll appointed labora-
tories.
Besides establishing the laboratory
for the Anaconda Mining Co. in Perth
Amboy, DR.. Keller established one
for the same company in Baltimore,
which he operated for fourteen years,
DR.. Keller has also done much tC
promote the hygiene of chemical lab
oratories and is noted for his writ
ings upon this and other subjects
pertaining to laboratory methods, ar.
rangement and operation.
Research work along these an
other lines is being constantly car
ried on with the result that in this
little laboratory Perth Amboy has
scientific workers in the person OF
Dr.. Keller and his assistants, who
| are sending broadcast from Perth
Amboy results of patient and skill.
full efforts for the advancement Of
science.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18
er and stronger and

became stronger and stronger and
it is continually finding new uses.
In Greater New York it is now
demanded by the building laws for
use in certain structures as it is IN
several other large cities.
For hospital use it is now deemed
indispensable and nothing a supply
It's place for bathrooms. laboratories
and kitchens while in vestibulss Its
use is general.
Perth Amboy is so admirably stu
ated as to be the closest source Of
supply to the great markets Of the
East. while it is the only II of the
great tile making centers with tide
water transportation.
Its products too are of the high
est possible quality. The completed
contracts of its several firms num-
Der among them many of the most
noted architectural triumphs of the
age.
In addition to wall tile and floor
tile. faience is made here.
This class of work derives its name
from that of an island off the Fai-
enza coast of Italy whose workers
became highly skilled in fashioning
ornamental pieces for interior deco
ration as we'll as pottery.
Glazed wall tile is susceptible to
the most artistic treatment. Ger
annie colors are used, the glaze be-
ing painted on the tile and then
burnt in.
The New York subway stations
are now being supplied by the Ar
chitectural Tile and Faience Com
pany with tiles presenting views and
historical scenes of New York and
glazed art mosaic for border and out
line decorations with all the finish
of detail and delicacy of color that
could be placed on canvas.
Perth Amboy is especially attract
i've to tile industries not only on &C
count of it's excellent location and
transportation facilities but as well
Continued on page 81
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18
The Cfesebrough Manufacturing Co, Consolidated

up from Sandy Hook.
The highly important question of
securing efficient and contented labor
has also been satisfactorily solved by
the selection of Perth Amboy.
The difficulties that are met with
only too often in the larger cities
by protracted labor disturbances
which often hamper and sometimes
paralize industry for long periods of
time are practically unknown here.
The employees of the Chesebrough
Manufacturing Company number
roundly about four hundred. Many
of them have been in the employ OF
the company since the early days OF
it's establishment and each one may
confidently look forward to prefer,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18
Tile Making--Its Growth and
Development.

A little over ten years ago when
the-frst tile making plant establish
ed in Perth Amboy began making
shipments it marked a new epoch
in the city's development.
Although tile is found in abund-
ance in the ruins of ancient Roman
cities the industry is practically a
new one to this country.
Only eighteen years ago the first
wall tile was set in America al
though floor thing had for some
years been imported from abroad. Its
use was, however, very restricted and
but small quantities comparatively
were imported. The first company
to start making wall tile in America
was the American ncaustic Co, at
GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
The industry soon found itself Sc
curely ~entrenched in this country
as its workers became o skilled
and products better appreciated. To-
day there are four great tile making
centers in the United states, these
being GAINESVILLE and East Liverpool
in Ohio, and Perth Amboy and Tren-
ton in New Jersey, the combined out
put of these amounting in round
numbers to $7,O0O,0OO annually. Of
this total Perth AmbOy's share is
probably about $1.OOO,OOO.
The first tile making plant to be
established in Perth Amboy was that
of the c. Pardee Works, which was
placed under the management of
A. w. Christiani, who had former
ly been the Eastern Manager Of the
American Incaustic Company.
In turn followed the establishment
of the ~Ostergaard Tile Co.
And the last to be established,
The Architectural Tile and Faience
Company, Of which Mr.. Christiani is
the president.
AS the sanitary value of thing be-
came nor evident the demand for it
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

remedies for nearly all minor aches
and pains. In addition to pure and
white vaseline the list contains car
bolated yaseline, camphorated vas
cline, mentholated vaseIine, borated
yaseline, ~vaseline combined with OK
lde of zinc, perfumed white vaseline,
vaseline cold cream, vaseline cam
phor ice, pomade vaseline, vaseline
hair tonic, vaseline c~amphorated
cream and capsicum vaseline.
There is also made a light lubri-
eating oil that is without a peer for
use on light machinery, such as sew
ing machines.
Thus, in addition to the familiar
yellow and white vaseline, both
plain and especially perfumed for the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

shipments are not only heavy in ton
mage but cover a wide expanse CT
territory, goods being routed daily
all over the United States and Cana
da by rail and water, the plant being
so located as to enjoy the benefits of
both means of transportation.
When the plant was first located
in Perth Amboy the business was
confined to the manufacture of chic
reform and ceramic colors.
In the manufacture OF chloroform
the company has for a long time held
a dominant position, supplying prac-
tically the entire output of the United
States and Canada because of the
highly systematized methods of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

at Perth Amboy.
That the choice was a wise one
has been amply demonstrated by the
facilities the company has enjoyed
since its location in this city and
which have contributed in no small
degree to it's continued success and
prosperity.
The volume of its business is enor-
nous. Thousands of tons Of its
world famous products leave the fac
tory yearly for shipment to all parts
of the globe, By water and by rail
they radiate in all directions, utiliz-
ing the exceptional transportation
facilities accorded by three great
railway systems and a channel TWEEN
J tg-one feet deep at low water leadin!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

matter or animal fats.
Other preparations OF petroleum
are constantly placed on the markeA
chiefly under the name Of Petroleum
Jelly, but none approach Vaseline,
by reason of the thorough manne of
its preparation and its absolute
purity attained by the great length
to which its process of manufacture
is carried, far greater than by its
imitators. This it is which accounts
for the superior purity of yaseline
over all substitutes.
The word yaseline means to many
people merely a white, yellow or or
ange colored jelly, although it is now
sold in a number of forms which
comprise a list of highly efficient
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

The Roessler & Hasslacher Chem
zeal Co. is one of the oldest of Perth
Amboy's industries.
During the first two years follow
ing the organization of the company
the plant was located in Brooklyn.
In 1884, after an extended inyestiga-
ton in the relative merits of the va
rious localities adjacent TO New York
Perth Amboy was decided upon as
possessing transportation advantages
suitable for factory sites and as able
to furnish sufficient labor.
The choice of the management has
been amply justified by results. It's
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

ment as the reward of continued in
dustry and loyalty.
The products of the company are
probably better known than any
other remedy of any description any
where.
Vaseline is a word known through
out the confines of civilization and
every bit of the elaborated Vaseline
preparations comes from Perth AM
boy.
"Vaseline" is a trade mark of the
Chesebrough Manufacturing Com
pany. It was discovered in 1871 by
Mr.. Robert A. Chesebrough. 1t is
not a patent medicine in any ense.
Composed entirely of mineral matter
it contains no chemicals, vegetable
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

a peer, is handled by Mr.. Semer.
Gardening tools, rubber hose, ham
mocks and swings are timely sub
jects now for consideration and are
offered in great variety. Mr.. Semer
is also sole agent for Pittsburg
Electric Welded Fencing.
His delivery wagons are constant
ly plying about Perth Amboy and
the suburban towns adjoining.
The air of courtesy and careful
attention to detail combined with
thorough knowledge of the business
has built up a patronage that tes-
titles to exceptional acumen and ju-
diciOus management.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

ing the company's plant contain all
the most modern machines, devices
and appliances, many Of which are
used here exclusively for the manu-
facture of the various products.
The entire plant occupies approx
mately fifteen acres.
The employees number some $50.
most of whom are skilled and receive
high wages.
The company Is M of the most
valuable to civic growth and prosper
ity of those In Perth Amboy. It's pol
icles have always been liberal in it's
treatment Of local matters, and its
management has been consistent in
its influence for the city's betterment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

manufacture and the purity OF its
product.
The ceramic colors used for porce-
lain, glass and enameIed ware, manu-
featured by the company are also
sold over a broad territory and 1t is
interesting to note hat several
Perth AmbOy tile manufacturing
companies receive their supply from
this source.
To. these products were added lat
er on a number of chlorine prepara-
lions which are used for bleaching
purposes. The company Is also en-
gagged in the making of cyanide in
the manufacture of which it is quite
a factor in the national supply.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

The C~hesebrough Manufacturing
Company illustrates in a high degree
ybe many advantages offered by
Perth Amboy as a location for in
dustrial enterprises.
Ffem-the time of the formation OF
the company until 1903 the plant
was located IN Brooklyn and it was
only after a most thorough and eX-
haustive examination Of the various
suitable localities in the vicinity of
New York that it was finally decided
to begin construction of the factory
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

The Perth Amboy Chemical Com
pany Is a subsidiary company Of the
Observation-Disclosures Chemical Com
pany, it's output being formaldehyde.
The Bakelite Company, Perth AM
boys newest industry, was establish
ed this year as another subsidiary
of the parent company. It's product
is Bakelite. a preparation resembling
hard rubber and celluloid, so called
from the name of the inventor, Bake
land.
The company owns its own power
plant, a handsome, well equipped
structure and has just completed a
fine new Office building.
The many large buildings compos-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
Miliiken Gets Flour Mill.

Milliken.-Articles of incorporation
for the organization of the Royal Mill
ing and Elevator Company, with a cap
italization of $250.0o0 were filed with
the state secretary in Denver with
George A. Hodgson as president; Dav-
i'd Roberts, vice president and general
manager; r. NJ. Benton, secretary
treasurer. and J. w. Haskell and
George B. Lang as the other two di-
rectors. The purpose of the company
is to erect Touring and cereal r1ill
at Milliken, on the Denver, Laramie Il
Northwestern railroad, with daily
capacity of 500 barrels. Work On the
erection of the mill, which is to cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000 will be
commenced at once. and the mill will
be completed in time to take care of
the present years crops.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
Dry Farming Congress Special.

Colorado Springs.-Prof. H. NJ. Cot.
trell, firmer member of the faculty OF
the Colorado Agricultural College at
Fort Collins, and now industrial com
missioner of the Rock Island railroad
and George w. Martin, general agent
in Denver Of that line, have arranged
a schedule for the tour of train to
be known as the International Dry
Farming Congress special, which will
have for its object the arousing of in
terest in the forthcoming session of
the Congress at Colorado Springs, and
will serve to further the education of
the farmers of eastern Colorado. This
train will leave Colorado Springs Mon.
day, March 18th. and will proceed
eastward, stopping at all important
points en- route. Agriculture is the
only industry prevailing in eastern
Colorado along this route. At the
state line the Colorado men who ac-
company the train will turn back and
s the train will be taken in charge by
Kansas educators who will conduct it
through their state.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
Big Denver Reservoir.

Denyer.-Representa of the
Denver Reservoir & Irrigation Com
pany in this city have received assur-
ances by telegram from General Mana
ger F. D. Lucas of the company and
William Kenefick. general contractor
for the works. who are in New York.
to the effect that representatives of
the French bank that is lending $2,-
100000 for the completion of the prof.
ect will arrive in Denver at once.
Work will begin Immediately and
pushed to completion.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
WILL CROSS WHEAT WITH JAVA
BERRY TO GET BREAK
FAST CEREAL.
CREElEY'S BURBANK
e. HOUSE, WHO HAS PRODUCED
THiRTY-SIx VARIETIES OF
ALFALFA.

Greeley, Colo.-Not content with
having produced seedless watermel-
on, grown and developed thirty-six va
rieties of alfalfa adapted to arid land
crossed the asparagus and celery plant
and made spring wheat to grow In the
fall, +. p. House, known as "Greeley's 8
Burbank" is to produce cross be-
tween wheat and coffee which he be
lieyes will result in the finest break
fast food on the market. having the
nutritious qualities of wheat and the
flavor of coffee.
Among the most priced seeds in
Houses possession are few kernels
of wheat from Egypt taken from an
ancient tomb supposed to have been
built over a thousand years ago. This
old Egyptian wheat is thought to have
been much superior to that grown
there now and House, having tested
the vitality of the kernels and found
it perfect. hopes to get good STAND
from the valuable wheat and later
cross it with Durum wheat to make
new variety.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
Robin Pleads Guilty.

New York.-Joseph e. Robin, bank.
or and promoter, whose financial pyra
mid was smashed some weeks age
when the Northern bank and allied in
stitutions controlled by him were
closed by the state banking and insur
ance commissioners, collapsed. He
withdrew after a stormy scene with
his counsel, William Travers Jerome.
His plea OF not guilty to an indictment
charging him with the larceny OF $27,'
OO0 from the Washington Savings
bank, which was allied with the North
ern, and pleaded guilty.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
GEN e RAJ.

Chicago.-Twenty-se members OF
the Chicago American baseball club
have departed for Mineral Wells. Tex.
Robbers entered bank at Walnut,
H., and after breaking into the safe.
escaped with between $4,000 and
$4,000.
Washington.-John Lee Carroll, gov
ernor of the state of Maryland from
1876 to 1850, died at his home in
Washington.
Damage to strawberries and other
crops in Louisiana. as result OF re-
cent cold weather will reach half a
million dollars
Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont has an
nounced that she would open within a
short time school in New York for
teaching girls to farm.
Hazleton. Pa. Supposed to have
been caused by the explosion of a
lamp, fire burned two houses at One
dia and five persons perished.
The scheme of better syndicate to
introduce pool selling into baseball
games of the National and American
Leagues viii be promptly and thor
oughly investigated by federal and
state authorities in New York, and it
is not unlikely that it will be stopped.
Edward Mahoney. district passen-
ger agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee
Il ST. Paul railroad, says that two solid
steel trains of the most modern con-
struction, carrying Milwaukee" sleep
ing cars, will be operated each way.
from Chicago to Seattle, beginning
May 2sth.
President Taft has accepted an inyi-
ta1ed to attend the dedication cere-
monies of the National Home of the
Printing Pressmen and Assistants
union in June next. The home is now
being completed at Hale Springs,
Tenn. Col. Theodore Roosevelt and
W j. Bryan also have been invited.
Mrs. MaIdwin Drummond, formerly
Mrs. Marshall Field. II. of Chicago.
was robbed of a fortune in jewels
aboard transatlantic liner. Dia-
monds. pearls and other gems to the
value OF approximately s13o. 900 disap
peared from her stateroom on the
steamship Amerika of the Hamburg
American line.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04

that the welfare of the country was at
stake. the majority acquitted him. the
climax of the famous case was perhaps
the most dramatic witnessed here IN
years. 1t was like the closing act or
a great murder trial, except that It
was on a larger and more impressive
scale. Lorimer had pleaded for his
political life with all the fervor of
man actually endeavoring to avoid a
death sentence. No prosecuting aftor>
ney could have arraigned defendent
more bitterly or more mercilessly than
Senators Beveridge, Crawford, Owen
and I.aFollette excoriated the sitting
member" who is now a member in the
full meaning of the word.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-04
FOREIGN.

The shaft of the silver mine owned
by Cyrus w. Baker of Denver, at
Winnipeg, is now down fifty feet and
the ore is improving in value
In a fight near Mukden between
Chinese and Japanese who are en-
forcing anti-plague precautions along
the Antung railway, several japanese
were killed.
The foreign office announces that
China's answer to four out OF the six
points of the Russian note relative to
the treaty OF 1881 is wholly satisfac
tory and that the remaining two can
be easily adjusted. Further pressure
on China, it is said, is not contemplat-
ed.