Evening journal., 1920-03-06
new FACTORIES
FOR PENNSGROVE
With Dye Works in Opera
tion, Powder Town Still
Enjoys Prosperity
PREDICTED SLUMP
HAS NOT ARRIVED
sneninl 10 The Evenlng Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
PENNSGROVE, y. j.. March 6-Local
business conditions have been given an
Impetus. rather than lmpeded' uuI!as
this winter in spite or the preNallIus
sentiment at the signing OF the arihls-
fice. that there would be tremenuous
slump in business and the Vaiuatioh ol
property would sreally Decrease IL VIZ wa,
feared that there Mould be Eeheras
exodus Of the newcomers ana the toNn
left So burdened with taxes tnsI
would be unable 10 weather uie DloN.
The results have been Just the TO
verse. Optimi5is have apparently UT
umphed as several new Industries .lSNo
come 10 town snd The dye Works nave
practically taken care OF all the work.
men. having a sJme established eluier
m Carney's P)nt or PennsgroVe, wac
had formerly been employed at lhe
powder producing plants.
The old roller skating ring ~
Frcnch's Grove. al the foot OF Nam
Street. has been remodeled ana wrap
per factory established there uurihs
ihe past winter. This plants business
1as so increased that 1t Is said a new
location is being looked for, on whicR
10 build a larger factory. ms lrh
omplovs about one hundred women
.ni when the new factory is built, II Il
aid about two hundred viii be- em-
nloved. The Wellsbach Company mas
also established factory here and Is
employing a number Of persons In the
manufacture OF mantles for gas lets'
several business men this week said
,nev had felt a very slight falling OF
in their business since the signing OF
the armistice.
The contractors and builders are kept
busy rcmodeling old stores and build
ing new ones. Many OF the business
men are making extensive Improve
ments 70 their properties. anticipating
that the dye works VIII expand ana
that the other plants OF the dupont
company at Carney's Point viii be
opened up with new industries.
Pending the action by the L. ;. SEN
ate ON The b.ll governing the imDorting
AZ dve-stuffs into the United states.
there will be no new construction work
started at the dye works plant by the
dupont company. An engineering de-
partmenl Is msinlslne, at the plant TO
AXE care Of the major repair Jobs.
At Carney's Point, the homes OF
thousands OF munit'on workers, dur
ing the war are still occupied in spite
of the fact that the powder works have
ceased their wartime activities. A
census lust made shows that out OF the
1923 houses available, nearly 100 are
now occupied by families OF men EN-
ployed at the Dye Works and powder
mills. There are approximately about
650O inhabitants OF Carney's Point, ex-
elusive OF Pennsgrove.
The dye plant, which was begun be
fore the war ended. Is now engaged II
turning out some OF the most needed
dyes for commerce. and has furnished
opportunity for employment 10 hun
dreds ~ men About 50 per cent. OF the
inhabitants Of Carney's Point at this
time are employed az the Dye Works
and were former powder workers. 4
greater portion OF the foreign labor
that during the war was housed az thC
camps surrounding Carney's Point have
gOne and the buildings raZed. With The
disappearance Of this element OF tenn
1Orary .wOrkmen the village is made
~ Of permanent househOders.
The census shows that there s-e 266,
children Of school age in the village
Most adequate school facilities hav,
been acquired consisting Of three new
school houses built during the war
one brick building built by the BoarC
Of Education, and two large franz
BUILDINGS buili nv the dupont company
Also, the company has donated eigh
bungalows 10 the Board Of Education
for school purposes.
A few houses built for use during M
wartime rush in the village have beer