Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-15
SAY THEY WILL
BU|LDFACTORY
At WOODBRIDGE
Franklin Contracting Com
pany Plans to Proceed With
Construction of Plant
RESIDENTS OPPOSE IT
Attorney Thomas Brown Says
Plant Will Fight Case in
Courts if Necessary
"The Franklin Contract

'The Franklin Contracting Com
pany will proceed with the con-
struction of their plant and they
are ready to protect their property
rights to the court of the last re-
sort" declared Former Senator
Thomas Brown, attorney for the
company, when asked today, as to
the future action of the company
in connection with the erection of
plant in the third district of Wood
bridge, a permit for which was re-
fused by the township committee.
In his statement. Mr.. Brown points
out the exact location of the plant
and maintains that it will occupy
land that can be used for no other
purpose.
Mr.. Brown had this to say:
1T is quite apparent there is a
very serious nisconceptfon about the
desire of the Franklin Contracting
Company to build a factory in the
township of Woodbridge. near Ed
gar, The first misconception is
about the location. The proposed
site for the factory is not located at
Edgar. In fact it is at least an
eighth of mile away from Edgar
station. The property of the Frank
lin Contracting Company is situated
along the line of the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad that extends past
Edgar station there are very deep
deppessions, swamp land and wood
land for a distance of almost an
eighth of mile and which property
is entirely unsuited for residential
purposes. In fact it would be too ex-
pensive to grade for manufacturing
purposes. The Franklin property
which is situated beyond these de-
pressions, woodland and swamp
land is approachable by drift way
or drift road and owing to the sur
rounding depressions and abandoned
clay pits the Franklin property is
entirely unsuited for residential pur-
poses.
Measured by the extraordinary
growth of Woodbridge development
during the past five years, the Frank
lin property would not be usable for
residential purposes for a thousand
years.
"The second misconception about
the purposed site of the Franklin
property is that is not residential
section. The west side of the Penn
sylvania railroad at Edgar seventy
five or eighty years ago was used as
a brickyard from which was manu-.
factured the bricks that constructed
some of the houses that are built
on the easterly side of the railroad.
From this early time down to the
present the western side of the rail-
road has been continuously devoted
/; manufacturing purposes.
woodbridge cannot expect to
have factories and industries unless
hYf1f oil fha railroads
that traverse the township. To my
mind one of the most valuable fac
tory sites is at the point formed by
the intersection of the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad and the Penn
sylvania railroad, and 1t will be a
serious handicap to the progress or
Woodbridge township to prevent
this territory to be used for manu-
featuring purposes. Industries must
have railroad facilities and no town
can expect to have industries locat-
ed within it's confines if they prevent
by arbitrary action occupation or
territory along the railroads that
traverse the municipality. There Is
too great demand for industries
in other municipalities to permit
such an arbitrary rule to operate
with any advantage to the restrict
ing municipality.
"The Franklin Contracting Com
pany purposes to build factory for
the purpose OF making mixtures OF
clays, sand and like materials with
Continued on page 81.
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