Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-29
JAMESBURG IS
AWAITING BOOM
Motor Company Official Ad-
dresses Board of Trade.
speoiaI to the EVENING NEWA

special to the EVENING NEWA
Jamesburg, August 29.-Before
probably the most representative
body of business men eve assembled
in Borough hall, to take part In any
deliberation tending to boom James
burg, Captain A. Englehardt, secre-
tary of the Excel Motor Company,
delivered a very interesting address
touching on the part that his COM
pany intended to play in the devel-
opment of Jamesburg and it's sur
roundings.
Captain Englehardt a a guest Of
the Board of Trade, who were desi-
.rous of learning just what the Excel
Motor Comapny intend doing after
the erection of their proposed plant
ON the site of the New Jersey Central
Development Company's tract of land
at Lower ~Jamesburg. Captain En-
glehardt was before the members of
the Board of Trade over an hour and
gave a brief outline just what his
company intended doing. AS secre-
tary of the company he said his COM
pany intended to commence the cree
ton of one building az once 200X350
feet il size, II story high and con-
structed entirely of pressed brick
and cement. At the start the com
pany intended giving employment to
two hundred skilled men and this
number would be increased from
time to time until the full equip
ment was secured. His company in
tended to manufacture an up-to-date
truck of the one, two, three and five
ton variety.
AS outlined by the company, the
welfare of their employees would be
the company's first thought and hav-
ing this in mind they had plans al
ready under way for the erection
of a handsome club house on a site
facing Lake Manalapan.
Reading rooms, library, bowling
alley, shower baths and an up-to-
date gymnasium are a few features
that will attract a desirable class Of
skilled mechanics to this place. If
sufficient homes can be secured
Captain Englehardt ventured the as
sertion that the coming of his COM
pany would mean the increase in
population Of Jamesburg Of at least
one thousand in the course of two
years.
President Joseph NJ. Perrine, of
the Board of Trade and member of
the local firm of Contractors of Per
,rine and Bucka1ew, made a short ad-
dress in which he corroborated ev-
cry thing that Captain ~Englehardt
had said. Rev. Samuel j. McClena-
CHAN of the local Presbyterian
church. took the Captain in hand
and asked a few pointed questions
covering the company's Intentions
and received very encouraging re-
plies that seemed to give none but
the most satisfaction.
This company is incorporated for
5000, 600 and has reserved a block
$15,0 00 of the stock for local sub
scription. This will be subscribed
several times over by local business
men.
Secretary Kallan Rooms placed a
very important proposition before
the members of the board in the ap-
plication of the Beach Nut Baking
Company, of New York state, who
were DESTROYS of establishing a plant
at Jamesburg if the surrounding
farmers would give them assurance
of receiving the wanted amount OF
product. They asked no favors from
the town. They will come here,
build their own factories, but their
own land and give employment to
over II hundred hands the year
round if the Board of Trade Will
make a canvass Of the farmers and
give a guarantee that they will de-
liver to them five thousand tons OF
tomatoes. They guarantee to pay a
price of nine dollars and up for the
tomatoes. and at this price this Will
make the culture of the tomato more
remunerative than potatoes to loca
farmers. This will average ninety
dollars per acre and up. The aver
age wages paid female employees viii
be fifteen cents per hour. while the
male help will receive eighteen cents
on IN average per hour.
The credit of this application be-
longs to Louis T. Bennett, who first
took the matter up with them. They
are a subsidiary of the Armour Com
pany and this should guarantee them
to our farmers. All farmers wish
ing to put in a certain acreage VIII
do we'll to communicate with Secre-
tary Rooms of the local Board OF
Trade, who VIII give the assurance
to all applicants as the reliability OF
the Beach Nut Company.
Those present were:
Joseph NJ. Perrine, Frederick l.
Buckelew, Italian T. Rooms, II. A
Edwards, Willard Forman, Richard
Lewis. Louis T. Bennett, Harlin
Woodland. Curtis A. Deveney, David
Kirkpatrick, Cornelois Mount, James
r. Wilson, James B. Pownall, John
l.. Suydam, Elias T. Bennett, Samuel
IL. McClanaghan. George w. Richards,
Joseph Pergo1i, Harry Groves,
Thomas Perrine, H. D. Zandt, Harry
|Lokerson. William Hankins and Dan
iel Clark.