New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19

employed 4Jse hands. in the last six
y-ars. between 1905 and 1914. thirty-nine
sd5iuOnal factories have located here
and they have employed 7.3l1 hands.
"A. J.. Lansdon. traffic manager Of the
Ions Island Railroad made the following
report or new factories that located in
tine borough since January I. 1919:
The Brooklyn Range Boiler Company.
Borden ave. Long Island City, has been
quidated. and the Meurer Steel Barrel
company has been formed 10 take its
-lale This was due 10 the fact that they
a scontfnled the making Of range boilers
.u8 are manufacturing nothing now but
-. barrels.
yolu Winkler Sons. Of Far Rockaway.
have erected five story building, s0xs0
feet. costins $1,000. for storage purposes.
The General Vehicle Company. Long
Island City. have moved into their new
building When in full operation they
expect 10 have about 700 hands en-
u.oved. and state that they expect 10
manufacture $50 electric vehicles this
scar or-about go more than last year.
TaeF have also taken over the manu-
facture Of the Mercedes trucks. a gaso-
I.ne machine Of FIVE and six tons capac-
Ht.
Tine Dunlop Wire Wheel Corporation.
~ Broadway. New York. has leased the
.uti-e second floor and half Of the first
floor IN the new building Of the Neptune
Meter Compsny, o Crane St. Long Island
City. where il Is now operating with
force Or about fifty hands. II expects 10
make 5o010 wheels the first year.
The new factory building Of the Atlas
Ribbon COMPANY, at Whitestone. Is com
pleted and part OF its machinery in
stalled i began operations on January
- with eighty hands and az soon as the
bs&nt 10 fully equipped with machinery u
expects % transfer 20 II the 200 hands
now employed by e. in tire old American
can Company building -
The American Bar Lock Company
manufacturer u skylights. vault ana
floor lights. has purchased plot in Long
Island CITY. with Il 15-foOt frontage or
Borden ave. extending 70 5d 81. situated
between the Montaul cutoff and Greek
a. 10 which u viii move lts plant and
hegIn operations within rev months.
r. - row located a. 9th 81. and Penn
q lvania ave. Philadelphia.
The American Ever Ready Company,
o. New York which purchased from the
Degn0n Realty COMPANY the block Dourd-
o. b. Thompson ard Mott ayes. orion
arl Nan.ey IT.. Ling island city I'd
fO.nin2 the plant Of the I>OOse-Wiles Bis
ou Company. has let the contract lof
mo construction of n factory DuiidinE.
,lrht stories ln height 25 by ~ feet.
This concern manufacture electric lamps
sttenes meters end other electrical SUP
pies and expects % employ about 100
hands .r is new factory. which We IN
..--t4uc viii be- ready fpl occupancy DO
iHe sDl n2 u 1915
Tho Grady Manufacturing Company
fn4anfscturer ~ Do1snes. ~ West D''.
a. Sea Yofk Ct, has broken grou"o
foI two st0ry brick factory builoins'
.z1, feet. ~ be erected on the south f'H
5r u.s. ave ioo feet east Of wilbur ave-
.otg island clt,.
The Colombia paper Eag COMPANY
.,2an operations lu ~ new D1Icins o.,
ing Island city on March ? lslf' ana
sets ~ b. FOO flli working ofoff t'.s
month
me rncaF Manufacturing COMPANY,
ehlea cOnGBcfs machine en0D ~ ~~
p-si age. Sew York City has o"ukH'
81 plot. nan feet running through '""
'ofh 20 lifh ~. ~ feet vert ~ Fart ave.
f>ong leland Clty 81 Be- lis Intention sp
pDt - n one story concrete bmldinE ana
mDys ~ plant there ~ July !, 1919