New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

I twice as important in this respect in
! few Years The rtlain reasons for this
view of the conditions affecting the shirt
making industry OF Kingston are that the
work Of turning out high class mems
shirts can be done more economically
J and under better conditions in the
! Hudson River town than In manutactur-
! Ing sections where land prices are hish.
| Many thousands OF shirts made in King
| ston are manufactured under contract,
and thus market is found for the goods
before one stitch is sewn.
Kingston is the largest bluestoEe centre
Of this country. Not many years ago
bluestone had a much wider use in build
| ing than ii has now. Many thousand
square feet OF sidewalk i'm upper Fifth
avenue is composed OF bluestone quarried
in the Kingston section or i'm the noun
famous district nearby. Teams carrying
bluestone to the railroad sdines or 10 the
piers for shipment 10 places mp or down
the river were formerly weighed on the
old Ulster plank road. one day there
came to the scales wagon drawn by
eight horses and on il was q slab of blue
stone which weighed exactly seventeen
tons That is the heaviest slab Of blue
stone which was ever quarried IN the
Kingston district. The records relating
| TO the disposition made Of that slab in
| dictate that il forms the tagging in front
| of the entrance To the home Of Mrs.
| Vanderbilt at 9th street and Fifth ave
iue this city. The bluestone industry OF
| Kingston is controlled by the Hudson
( River Blue Stone Company. Bluestone
| is still used for sidewalks and cutters.
! Its largest demand. however, is for foun-
dation work OF all kinds, and many of the
modern buildings with glazed brick fronts
| have their facades set off by bluestone
| window slls OF the deepest hue
| The number of persons who fnd steady
employment in the industrial centre OF
! Kingston and the variety OF the goods
i manufactured prove conclusively that
| Kingston is no weakling i'm the industrial
/ lire Besides cigar manufacturers, shirt
makers and bluestone quarries are many
| other big industrial establishments
I The Garfield Supply Company, in The
/ Strand Of Kingston. are large wholesalers
and retailers in plumbing supplies. The
/ head OF that prosperous concern is Palmer
/ A. Garfield. who is the president and
secretary OF the Rondout National Bank
Building blocks and laundry tubs are
made By the Kingston Granite TGb
/ Works. The wares OF that factory have
ready sale in all the leading markets
OF this country. There are twenty auto
mobile dealers. rcpairers and several
manufacturing automobile concerns in
kingston. The A. r. King Company,
manufacturers OF automobile trucks. and
the Vaughn Car Company. makers OF
pleasure cars. are located In the town
Kingston boasts OF three large boat
builders. One is the the r. Lenahan Com
pany. another Jacob Rice & Co. and the
other the Roundout Boa,yard The head
. OF Rice T. TO. Is Jacob Rice. who was al
one time State Senator and 2 prominent
+ figure IN Democratic councils. +, seems
a certainty that there will be much
| larger field FOR the activities Of boat
builders AZ Kingston in the near future.
/ II barge canal terminal Is located at
+ that point there will be almost constant
4 demand Cor workmcn skilled in building
/ and repairing barges.
! There are two boiler manufacturing
/ concerns in the town. one is J. Culum
/ a. Co. the other the Enterprise Foundry
and Machine Company. The city also
has some makers OF boxes whose product
is we'll known wherever boxes OF the type
made are used. The Hercules Metal Cor
rer Company. which make the non
breakablc beer box. Is located there.
/ Charles l.. Powell IL another OF the large
box manufactur rs Of the place.
The W g. Brown Manufacturing Com
pany. makers Of kitchen hardware. one
OF it's popular household utensils being
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