Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-04-12
PLANTS REOPEN
TODAY HIRING
ABOUT 200 MEN
Ripple of Renewed Activity in
Labor World - City and
Plant Officials Optimistic.
AMB0Y WAIST Co. RE-0PENS
Mayor Garretson Gratified Be-
cause Number of Unem-
pIoyed Men is Decreasing.
ORDERS FOR COPPER W'KS
If Shipping Facilities Were
Normal, Business in This
City Would be Likewise.
ORDERS FOR COPPER W'Ks

Laboring conditions in and about
this city would again be normal to-
day did the European war not block
shipping. This was the opinion of
Mayor Ferd Garretson, plant heads
and other influential persons here
today. There came ripple of re-
newed activity in the laboring world
today when about ITO men were put
to work at the Standard plant of the
National Fireproofing Company,
about seventy men, women and girls
were given employment upon the re-
opening of the Amboy Waist and
Dress Company and smaller bodies of
workers were put on at other plants.
There is an enormous demand for
metals smelted and refined in this
city. In fact the number of orders
for copper from the Raritan Copper
Works are reported to be larger than
they have been in several years, but
the manufacturers are handicapped
through inability to procure ore. 1t
is generally believed that work will
be so brisk after the resumption of
shipping that there will not be
enough laborers on hand to fill posi-
tions, likewise is it declared that a
bytTg boom fst tHndes;- VA a sd ne to
the increased demand for buildings.
Mayor Garretson expressed gFatii-
cation today because approxima tely
200 persons, mostly men, were given
employment this morning Declaring
that conditions would again become
normal If only shipping facilities per-
mitted the full operation of the Rar-
ttan Copper Works and the American
Smelling and Refining .Company's
plant, Mayor Garretson went on to
emphasize how water facilities prov
ed one OF the greatest assets to a
city. He declared that Perth Am
boy certainly has the water faeili-
ties and Joined with others in stat
ing that once such distractions as
mines and torpedo boats are remov-
ed and ships are put in operation, the
city will become about as busy
spot as there in on earth.
approximately ITO men Joined
working forces at the Standard plant
of the National Fireproofing Com
pany in Keasbey this morning, bring
ing the operations up to within about
ninety per cent of the full capacity
OF the plant. 1t is expected that
from twenty-five to thirty others will
be taken on at intervals during the
next few weeks, thereby bringing the
working forces up to its full quota.
Any further increases In orders to
the National Company after that will
mean resumption of operations at
the Perth Amboy plant of the con-
cern.
Copper has increased in price and
the demand has become expectionally
large of late. This is taken to indf-
cate that there will be rush at the
Raritan Copper Works here when
shipping facilities again become nor
NAL, and that work will become brisk
at the American Smelling & Rein
ing Company's plant. The mayor and
others have been informed that there
is little other slackness among local
1t was declared by prominent |
builder in this city today that work |
in the building line should become |
brisk within short time, owing to |
The demand for houses. The Perth |
Amboy Board of Trade is working
upon scheme suggested by Joseph |
3. Stricken to have property owners
provide for the erection of loft build
ngs for manufacturing purposes.