New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
Above the Foundation
Bv ARTHUR T. NICHOLSON.

roadv reference system that could he
ouickly and easily carried from one
Office to another or taken by HIM or
by his assistants engaged IN negotlat-
ing big deals TO the principals IN the
transactions. so that they would have
available, 10 guide them in their de
liberations az the data about the big
operations that had been reported IN
the district in which they were IN
terested in the last ten or more years.
On cloth used by map makers were
data about the large transactions
The cloth was so folded that 1t re-
sembled little bound pamphlet, IN the
upper right hand corner of the record
when closed being the street or
avenue to which the record referred
In this system all the streets and
avenues are in sections. For instance,
Fifth Avenue is divided into about
seven sections. namely one folder con-
tains records for the last ten or twenty
years from Washington Square TO l4th
St. another from 14th to 23d St, stu
another from Odd to Saith ST., and so
on, each section encompasslng the
whole or a principal part of centre.
The records will last longer than the
ordinary card system.
Brokers who make a specially Of leas-
ing or selling factory properties should
have among their books OF record that
invaluable book, "The Industrial Di-
,ectory of New Jersey" compiled and
prepared by Winton C.. Garrison. II
presents, in handy and preservable
form thu most important facts relating
TO manufacturing concerns, as well as
the industrial, banking and educational
features of the places in the state hav-
ing population OF one hundred or
more. / have found this book missing
from the shelves or boxes, where rec
ords are kept, at many Offices of big
brokerage houses noted for their abil-
ity TO find suitable sites for growing
manufacturing corporations. The IN
dustrial opportunities Of New Jersey
are clearly set forth in this directory.
Every broker knows what a large sum
must be spent each year in keeping
up-to-date realty statistics. Once they
get this directory, they will forever
place it among their most priced status
teal records.
An accurate idea Of the broad indus
trial survey covered by the book may
be had by giving some of the principal
facts about Camden as set forth IN the
directory.
Here is part of the industrial picture
Of Camden as drawn by the compiler
of the book: Camden is in the front
rank of New Jersey cities in every
thing relating TO industry, transporta-
ton and commerce. It's railroad facili-
ties are unsurpassed; indeed. it might
be said they are indispensable. with
an extensive frontage on the Delaware
River, the city has an open waterway
for vessels of the largest size to every
seaport in the world. On the river, ci-
rectly opposite Philadelphia, Camden
enjoys all business advantages and ia
cilities of the larger city, including
identical freight and express rates.
There is at least 1000 acres OF land
available for factory sites within the
city limits, much of which adjoins the
railroad or has a frontage with dock
facilities upon the river. The price of
this land ranges from $1,000 to 100000
an acre. according TO location. On
Cooper Creek, a tributary of the Della
ware River. there is land which lies
within the city limits that will be given
free of cost TO persons erecting fac
tories large enough TO employ a num-
Der Of operatives sufficient 10 make
doing so an object.
Factory buildings, some OF them
equipped with power and machinery.
can be bought outright or leased for a
term of years at moderate rental.
"The industries of Camden are wide
" diversified. Representative estab-
lishments engaged in all the great in
dustries of the country are found there
Seven shipbuilding plants, one Of them
among the largest establishments OF its
kind in the world have their yards on
the Delaware within the city limits.
There are machine shops, iron foun-
dries. woolen and cotton mills, brick
works. cigar factories. paint. varnish
and chemical works, shoe factories.
and, in fact. as before stated. almost
every article known 10 productive in
dustry is manufactured"
/ A complete list of the principal man
ufacturing concerns is then given. Is
il not time that the industrial oppor-
tunities Of New York State were de-
scribed by experts and put in book form
so that these facts could be always
/ Immediately available?