Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-07
OPTIONS FOR BIG
WAR SUPPLY PLANT
Big Concern May Locate Be-
tween South Amboy and
Sayrevlle, it is Reported.

Paving the way for the location of
another great manufacturing con-
Germ on the south shore of the Rari-
tan river, the Alpern Company, local
real estate dealers, has secured op-
tions on 400 acres of land in Sayre-
vile township adjoining the prop
erty OF the Union Powder Manufac-
turing Company. Negotiations with
the corporation are now under way
and IL the concern eventually locates
here it will give about 500 men per-
maneDt employment. The manufac-
turing concern, now already estab-
lished in business, will make picric
acid when the Sayreville branch is
located.
Isaac Alpern, president of the real
estate compa V, would not divulge
the name of he corporation this
morning, pending the elimination of
plans designed to bring about the
establishment of the plant. He stat
ed, however, that his firm had OBJ
tafned options on property adjoining
the present Gillespie works on the
southwest, the largest parcel Of land
being 200 acres owned by Vreeland
VanDevender. An option on sixty
acres from the Union Powder Cor
poration, formerly the Huff tract,
has been secured. other options
have been secured from Henry Wolff,
of South Amboy, for forty acres; As
bury and James Foun lain, thirty
acres; Disbrow estate, through
George Disbrow, of Jersey City, sixty
acres; Maximillian Bailey, South
River, eighteen acres; George Har-
kert, South River, eighteen acres
Should the manufacturing concern
eventually locate on this property,
Mr.. Alpern states that the making of
picric acid will be continued even
after the duration of zs>.-since
this chemical is usea/evtensiyoi,- -
a basic compound for dyegtuffs As
basis for the MAKING Of ammunt1
ton, picrie acid is in great demand
az me PRESENT time, and the price
has jumped about 200 per cent. since
the outbreak of the war. The de-
mand for dyestaffs was increased to
a great extent when Germany was
unable to ship dyes to this country.
With the Westinghouse Air Brakes
Company the Dupont works, the
Union Powder Company and the
Nixon Nitro Works, this new con-
Germ, if it locates here, will be the
fifth large munitions plant operating
in Middlesex county, which is fast
becoming known as one of the ma
tion's greatest powder manufactur-
ing centers.
All the land on which Mr.. Alpern
has obtained options is located along
the Raritan River railroad, which is
conveniently located for shipping the
products from the works. A good
water supply is another factor that
should tend to bring about the es-
tablishment of the new COMPANY
here.
Only short time ago the realty
firm of Alpern & Company succeeded
in obtaining over three hundred
acres of land for the T. A Gillespie
Company representing the Union
Powder Company, and it is under
stood that the same firm has obtain
ed the option on another parcel of
land for the extension of this plant.
Papers were signed yesterday for
the transfer of two and one-half
acres of property adjoining the Rus
sell Playing Card property and the
Raritan River railroad to j. R. Mas
sey, architect, whose address is
given as Dongan Hill, S. |. The pro
perty was sold by Kuhlthau Brothers
to new concern experimenting on |
new process in the manufacture of !
glass for use of automobiles, win !
dows, trolley cars, etc. The build |
ing, to be used as an experimental
will cost between four !
and five thousand dollars, and if the !
process proves successful the plant
will be enlarged in short time. /