Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-02-26
HIRE 100 MORE
MEN At BARBER
ASPHALT WORKS
Brighter Times in Sight as
Other Plants Plan to Resume
Full Operations-LoCaI Men
May Do Building Work.

There will be but a few or no un-
employed men in the city within a
few weeks was the prediction made
this morning by prominent business
men.
Brighter times" have cast their
shadow before in activity of different
plants throughout this city and new
building operations begun here and
In suburban places.
The Barber Asphalt Paving Co..
pany is working larger force now
than probably for eight months.
Within the past two weeks, Superin-
tendent Robert l.. Fowler stated this
morning, about $50 men have been
taken back to the works. I'VE will
be working right along now and add
men as we find business warrants,
he said today in optimistic tones
When asked the reason for the squirt
In business he said that the fine
weather prevailing for the past weeks
had conduced to the inauguration of
new paving work and that the COM
pany Is preparing for It's summer
shipments. Summer provides the
most lucrative season of the year for
the Sc OF street paving material
made by the company.
George F. Reynolds, chairman of
the Citizens Relief Committee, stat
ed this morning There seems to be
a better feeling all around that work
will be more plentiful" He said that
several big employers had intimated
that they would be soon re-employing
their former workmen and asked the
committee to furnish them a list of
the men now out of work who were
formerly employed by them. AS each
man who is aided by the committee
has data concerning him recorded on
card, the committee is in position
to learn just where the men now out
of work were formerly employed. The
relief committee this morning began
the compiling Of list Of names OF
those whom they aided and where
they were employed.
Mr.. Reynolds will take these lists
around to the differeLt manufactur-
ara. asd il 4s believed that the men
Will shortly 5escalled again into serv-
ice. 1t has been inflmated by the
employers that scheme Of alterna-
men who have been heretofore aided
by the relief committee will be given
work on part time to alternate with
those already employed.
To further take care of the men
who have been aided by the commit
tee Chairman Reynolds will go to
New York tomorrow and interview
Contractor II. G. Laying, who has the
contract for construction Of the new
powder works to be located on pro-
perty owned by Lewis Nixon near
Metuchen. Mr.. Nixon is reconstruct
ing the old International Praeposit
Company, and big buildings are be-
ing erected. it is believed, for the
purpose of filling a big order for
powder from one of the warning ma
tions. The work on the buildings Is
to be rushed, and Mr.. Reynolds will
try to get the contractor to give
Perth Amboy men the first chance in
the employment. Mr.. Reynolds thinks
that with this Job and the increased
activity shown by plants in the city
should put all the unemployed men
back into Jobs.
The National Fireproof1ng Com
pany has received orders for material
to be used In the construction of the
buildings for the powder works,
though 1t was stated at the plant this
morning that large part OF the ma
terial was already in stock.
Besides buying the old Praeposit
gunpowder plant. Mr. Nixon recently
purchased the Daily farm and exten-
sive property, which gives a total of
nifty acres to the site for the nowde or
works. Mr.. Nixon was formerly head
OF the Crescent shipyard In Eliza
bethport. He Will reside In Metuch-
en- during the construction of the
new buildings for the powder works