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desirable for factory sites was recog-
Missed eight years ago by Joseph p. Day
when he accepted the appointment as
sales agent for the 5000 acres lying
midway between Newark and Jersey
City.
Situated In the centre OF circle Of
hve miles radius which has within It's
circumference the most important manu-
featuring, financial. commercial and
shipping community In the United States.
t is but a natural step 10 the develop
ment which to-day makes II the hub of
the worlds Industry. Natural advan-
tages are such that all channels OF trade
tend to centralixe around the Newark
meadow lands, and from the plants now
operating upon the site II IL filling the
wants Of the four corners OF the earth.
The city Of Newark and the towns OF
Harrison and Kearny are on the west
ern side OF Newark meadows. and Ho-
boken, Jersey City and New York city
on their eastern side The direct line of
travel between those populous and busy
centres is across Newark meadows.
which are traversed by the Pennsyl-
vania, Lackawanna, Erie, Leh'gh Valley
and the Central Railroad Of New Jersey
and the trolley lines Of the Public Serv-
Ice Corporation Of New Jersey, which
carry upward Of 100000 persons an
nualiy.
The factory sites property which Mr..
Day undertook to market and in which
he has been 40 successful comprised
three thousand acres which have a
frontage Of Is, 900 feet on the Hscken-
sack River and $4,000 feet on the Pas
sale River. forming q nose" pointing
into Newark bay. The facilities af-
forded by rail and water SO filed the
needs Of manufacturers that there is
little wonder at the development which
has taken place since the war. Yet
the growth Is astounding when II 10
considered that prior TO the great
conflict manufacturers were obsti-
nately blind to the great advantages
offered
The centre OF the labor market being
in New York also had q pronounced
influence In attracting manufacturers
here. These are the principal reasons
for the movement OF Western fnarufac-
turers to the East and the primary rea-
son for the development which the New
ark meadows have experienced. But there
is still another reason. Newark mead
ows property was ripe for develop
ment and offered unusual facilities at
rentals which eliminated the economi-
cal advantages between n plant near
New York and a plant in some city far
inland.
About forty OF the largest manufac-
turers OF the West have secured sites
in New Jersey for great plants They
have chosen the meadow lands along
Newark Bay. the Hnckensack and the
Passaic rivers. This great area, fo-
which there was no particular demand
before the war. Is now thriving centre
Of industry, having been developed for
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Germs as Ford Motor Company, Federal
Shipbuild!ng Ccmnarv. Newark Plaster
Company, Snare & T-iest. Indian Rein
ing Company. Foundation Company.
Niles Dement, Pond Company, North
American Copper Company, c. w. II.
Carter Egyptian Lacquer Manufactur-
ing Company. Terry & Tench, Trexler
Lumber Company. Seaboard By-Prod-
ucts Company, James Fl. Rhodes & Co.
Thomas Edison Company. White Tar
Company. Martin Dennis Company.
American Bridge Company. United
States Shiphcild!ng Company Ma
tional Metal'urRlc Company, Newark
Sanitary Reduction Company. II. Con-
pers Company. Coke Brothers. Amer
lean Lumber Company. Woodstock Conn
pany. J. II. Ladew Company. Babcoch
Smelling a Refining Company. Butter
worth q Judson Chemical Works. Pub
lie Service Company OF New jersey,
American Creosotinr, Lister AgriCu-
tural Chemical Works, Sherwin-Will
Jams Company Steel Casting COMPANY,
New Jersey Zinc Company. American
Lead Pencil Company. Aluminium Com
pany OF America, Lubricating Metal
Company OF Manhattan, Union Terminal
Cold Storage Company, the Steel Equip
ment Company and Colgate 4 Co.
This IL the greatest array of great
concerns which has ever moved into a
single section In so short a time. Few
persons have any conception OF the
amount Of Industrial development which
has taken place and Is still In progress
In and around Newark Millions have
already been spent In erecting perma-
nent plants. yet this is only part o:
the cost Of many projects which have
beon planned for this section OF the port
Of New York.
One OF the chief problems which the
manufacturer has to consider In select
ing n site for n plant Is the nearness to
the labor market and the means OF tran
sit between the factory and the home.
The Newark meadows Is surrounded by
population Of more than 5000. 900,
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