Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-07-15
Looking for Site, High Official
Of Big Philadelphia Concern
Admitted This Morning.
GET MONSTER WAR ORDER
LARGEST Contract for Munitions
Ever Made-Amounting to
About $50, 900, ,000-
For the Allies.

That the Baldwin Locomotive
Company. of Philadelphia. is consid-
ering the purchase of property In the
vicinity of this city, and that their
Interest may develop in the location
of large new industry here Is the
subject of well defined rumor In
circulation this morning.
At the Office OF Samuel Vauclain,
vice president of the Baldwin Loco
motive Works, 1t was fatty denied
this morning that the concern WAS to
build near Metuchen, but the EVEN
ING NEWS representative was In
formed that propositions for the sale
of land In this neighborhood might
be mailed to Mr. Vauclain, since the
matter could not be discussed at the
present time. This information,
coupled with the report that the
Baldwin company has received an
order for eighty millions Of dollars
worth of war munitions, leads to the
belief that q new plant may be put
In operation In this section for the
manufacture of supplies for the bel
ligerent nations of Europe.
Representatives Of the Baldwin
Company, it is declared, have been
III LOuCA Will SAdi lCo "a oiOoA1AS
and other property owners near Me-
tuchen in an endeavor to buy up an
extensive tract of land there. Mr..
Bloomfield could not be located this
morning to affirm the report.
The 80,000,000 order, declared
to be the largest war order ever
made, is said to have been placed
with the Baldwin Company through
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! ed. new company will be organized
to handle the contract. The charac-
ter of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works gives the company the right
to manufacture iron and steel pro-
ducts, does not permit the making
of explosives.
There has been some talk of the
increase of the Baldwin Eddystone
plant to take care of the manufac-
ture of locomotives, while lathes
will be installed in the Philadelphia
works to turn out shrapnel.
In financial circles yesterday 1t
was reported that the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany, which has an arrangement
with the Baldwin company for the
joint manufacture of electric loco
motives, had received an order for
100000 rifles, on which it was said
the profit might run as high of $13,-
100000.
The Westinghouse Air Brakes Com
pany, it is known, intend to carry on
the loading of shrapnel shells with
powder at their new plant In the
vicinity Of Old Bridge, in Sayreville
township. Agents of foreign nations
in this country are now demanding
not only the speedy delivery of
shrapnel but are insisting that they
be loaded and ready to fire. In the
past the Baldwin company has had
all the facilities for manufacturing
shells, but not for loading them. 1t
may be possible that this concern is
to locate it's huge shell-loading plant
In the vicinity Of Perth Amboy, turn
out the shrapnel shells at the Phila-
delphia plant, and carry on the man
ufacture Of locomotives at the Eddy
stone factories
Two buildings are now in the
course of construction for the Bald
win Company at Eddystone, and 1t
has been said that $4,000 men would
be employed there within the next
two years. The signing of the new
war contract will probably not only
augment this number, but will neces-
state the erection of new building.