New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-14
IN HEALTHFUL SECTION
SomerviIIe Possesses Many
Natural Advantages.
BIG BUSINESS CHANCES
Goods Manufactured There Are
Sold Throughout the Old
and New Worlds.


healthful section Of New Jersey, are the
many business opportunities that have
been taken advantage of by hustling
young men, and which are on the safe
road to brilliant success.
He also says. in part, as follows:
somerville stores in every line are
models Of practical modern business
methods. and every article on the market,
from a paper Of pins 10 the highest priced
automobile, can be purchased on Main
street at prices many times less than the
same goods are sold for in the city mar
kets
orders for goods from Japan. Russia.
and even from distant Africa, have been
manufactured here for some time. The
largest concern in the borough rs the
Somerville Iron Works. which are now
paying out in wages to their employees
about $4,000 a year They manufacture
soil pipe which is shipped all over the
country. The Carbon Stove and Range
Company have shipped their ranges to
many foreign countries and are constant
" receiving orders from all over the
United States. The SomerVlle Manu-
featuring Company manufactures Wooiien
cloth. and not long ago ranked with the
largest concern of its kind in the East
The Glen Rock Woollen Company does
big mail order business in mems clothing.
The borough has three newspapers
They are The Somerset Democrat
The Unionlst- Gazette" and THE somer-
SGT Messenger" Their calculations cover
the entire county and nearly every
SomerviIle merchant is an advertiser,
They are published in eight-page forms
and are clean. bright and interesting
..The Somerset Democrat and INC
Somerset Messenger" cater to Democratic
politics. while The Unionist-Gazette
champions the Republican interests OF the
borough and county.
Tho trades Of Somerville are all organ
lied and labor conditions are on hish
plane Only minor labor difhculues nave
marred the existence Of the organizations
and the Unions are conducted Tor the
benefit of both the employer ana EN-
ployes.
In Rarita1. q mile away. and connected
bv trolley and train service, are the large
plants of the Raritan Woollen NILS ana
the Somerset Manufacturing company
d. r. Kenyon e. Sons are manufacturers
OF woollen mill machinery and the! nave
Skinned their modern machines 10 all
parts Of the world.
There are many available factory sites
in somerville with good railroad facilities
and 1t will only be short time "heh
Somerville will be noted as one OF the
manufacturing centres OF New Jersey.
The banking business OF SomerVlile Is
taken care Of by two large and nourlsiihS
institutions, which are conducted aiohs
safe and conservative lines.
Above all things Somerville Is PROUD OF
it's Volunteer Fire Department There are
four companies housed in modern homes
of their own with all the latest fire hght-
ing apparatus.
Somerville boasts of one of the finest
court houses in the State OF New Jersey.
The building, completed at a cost OF
goo. 900 is located on the county property
between Bridge and Grove streets.
The somervile Public Library has
cosey home on Maple street and Is wei
stocked with the best literature ana rel-
erence books of the day.
somerville have aided largely In the steady
growth Of the various business enter
prises. The postofice is equipped with
free delivery service and rural carriers
that cover large territoy. There are
thirteen mails received daily and as many
or more dispatched 10 all parts OF the
world.
The Central Railroad has always given
Somerville good railroad facilities ana
there are now thirty trains daily to ana
from New York. The trains I'm the morn
ing run AT half hour intervals TO accom-
MEDIATE the large committing element VINO
long ago saw the advantage OF living IN
Somervile The average running time 10
New York is a little over an hour for the
locals. but all the express trains make the
run In an hour.
The Public Service trolley line extends
through Somervile to Raritan, and from
that point New York, Newark. Philadei-
mia and Trenton may all be reached by |
this company's network Of lines
The social life of Somerville is featured
in many ways. and serves as q good ex- |
cuse for any one to make 1t their home.
series of amateur theatricals annually
result from these organizations The
older men enjoy their social meetings IN
the Bachelor Club. which has been es-
tablished about forty years. The younger
men are members Of the Somerville Attn
letic Club. which has a large membership
and is active in the entertainments OF the
town. The men also have their fraternal
organizations. and nearly every secret
order In existence is represented here by
the numerous lodges.
Noted among the organizations OF
women lie General Frelinghuysen Chapter
d. A. r. This body holds monthly meet
ings, and several events during the year
take place at the celebrated Wallace
House, which Is OF Revolutionary fame !
and once sheltered General George WASH |
ington during the War for Independence.
Another noted woman's work in Somer-
vile is the Somerset Hospital, which has
passed its fourteenth birthday and -
now one OF the most commodious and |
modern hospitals I'm New Jersey. This
great work is largely carried on by the |
Woman's Auxiliary Board, and requires |
most Of their time and attention, but !
their labors in the past have been amply |
By the wonderful results that
have been accomplished. From small |
emergency hospital It has now grown TO |
a large institution. Experienced nurses |
are In constant charge. and the medical |
staff is composed OF the most noted ply |
sicians and surgeons in New Jersey.