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T^resented as a New Year's Greeting by THE NEW BRUNSWICK TIMES

January 1st, 1909

The City of New Brunswick

ITS HISTORY

ITS HOMES

ITS INDUSTRIES

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John P. Wall.

site upon which New Bruns- THEwick stands was, in the seven- teenth century, a dense cedar forest and a swamp known as "Prigmore's Swamp." The first in-

habitant of the city is said to have been Daniel Cooper, who kept a ferry which crossed the river. New Brunswick was afterward called "Inian's Ferry" after John Inian, who, with his associates, in 1681 bought two lots where New Bruns- wick now stands which contained about a mile frontage on the river by two miles in depth. The entire land between South River and Bound Brook was laid out into AZARIAH DUNHAM what was known as "Raritan Lots," and The First Mayor Under the State Charter the two lots comprising the present site of PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER RARITAN RIVER

the city were awarded or sold to John ferred by Thomas Farmer to Philip

Inian. French on March 30, 1 732.

On a map, made in 1 685 by John The place continued to be called

Reed, Deputy Surveyor, there is a place Inian's Ferry until 1 723, at which time a called a fording place, which was a rocky road and two streets were laid out. One rift extending across the river just below of these streets was called "Broad Street," where the upper lock now is, at which which is undoubtedly what is now known point the river was so shallow that it could as Burnet Street. easily be crossed at low tide in a wagon The earliest use of the name "New or on horseback. Afterward a road was Brunswick" is said to be found in the run from George's Road to the ferry at minutes of the County Court, from which this point. The ferry rights were trans- we learn that on the 7th of April, 1 724,

THE OLD WOODEN RAILROAD BRIDGE AND THE STEEL BRIDGE

4 WESTON'S MILL POND AND WATER PUMPING STATION two surveyors and two constables were ap- the landing for produce which was sent pointed by the Court of General Quarter to market, and it was said that at that time Sessions for New Brunswick. a lot of ground in New Brunswick was At that time New Brunswick was a worth nearly as much as a lot of ground very small settlement, but soon after com- in New York.

menced to grow very fast, as it became In 1 774 John Adams described the

VIEW OF WESTON'S MILL CREEK

5 POST OFFICE BUILDING

or city as follows: "There is a Church of streets are paved, and there are three England, a Dutch Church and a Presby- four handsome houses; only about one terian Church in this town. There is hundred and fifty families in the town." families immi- some little trade here; small craft can In 1 730 some Dutch come up to this town. V/e saw a few grated from Albany, N. Y., and located small sloops. The river is very beautiful. along the line of the public road, which

There is a stone building for barracks, they called "Albany Street." Among which is tolerably handsome; it is about these settlers were Dirck Schuyler, Hend- the size of the Boston jail. Some of the rick Van Dursen, Dirck Van Veghten,

LANDING BRIDGE OVER RARITAN RIVER COUNTY JAIL AND SHERIFFS OFFICE

Abraham Schuyler, John Tenbroeck, acres of land in the southerly part of the Nicholas Van Dyke, and Dirck Van city, and undoubtedly Abeel and Hassart Alen, who were men of considerable prop- Streets are named after them.

erty and enterprise. The city became a In 1 72 7 John Van Nuise bought a

growing town, the principal streets being farm which had its front on Neilson Street, Burnet, Water and Albany Streets with a one line along Liberty Street and another few buildings on Church Street, and the along New, running as far as the Mile mhabitants lived along the river as far Run Brook. The farm house which he south as Sonoman's Hill. The old house built on what is now Neilson Street was on Burnet Street, just below Schureman, occupied by the British Army in the Revo- was built by Hendrick Van Dursen. lutionary War. Abeel and Hasser owned about thirty On the corner of Church and Peace

COURT HOUSE AND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

RESIDENCE OF MRS. JOHN C. MEYER

Streets, where Van Pelt's Drug Store now which was the home of Commodore Van- stands, was a stone edifice known as the derbilt, the founder of the family of that "Appleby House." Where Rutgers Col- name. William H. Vanderbilt was born lege now stands there was a very large on Burnet Street in the brick house which apple orchard. still stands just north of Rolfe's Lumber

One of the oldest frame buildings is the Yard, which property was bought in 1 828 old Vanderbilt house on Burnet Street, by Cornelius Vanderbilt, and sold by him

COLLEGE FARM AND AGRICULTURAL BUILDING

9 RESIDENCE OF MR. JOHN N. CARPENDER

incorporated as a in 1830 to John Hicks, and afterwards New Brunswick was

1 two weeks deeded by his executors to Isaiah Rolfe. city on December 30, 730, the City On July 22. 1822, CorneHus Vanderbilt previous to the incorporation of rechart- petitioned to keep a public house, and of New York. The City was afterwards obtained a Common Council granted the same. ered in 1 763, and

VIEW OF GEORGE STREET AT BISHOP PLACE

10 RESIDENCE OF MR. CHARLES J. CARPENDER

charter under the state government in Sep- the City has had under the state charter;

tember, 1 784. i -70 ^ 1 nnr\ \ \ r\ \ T-i \ I /o4 I /VU Azariah Dunham n \ \/i £ tu n\ — — 1 he Colonial Mayors or the City were

1 790— John Bayard Thomas Farmer, WiUiam Oukes, James 1 796—

Hude and Wilham Harrison. I 796— 1 801 —Abraham Schuyler 3 The following is a list of Mayors which 1 801 — 181 —James Schureman

VIEW OF CITY FROM STEAMBOAT DOCK

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NEW BRUNSWICK BOAT CLUB

Van Dyke ^1813— 1821—James Bennett -John o^Mo^Z' -Martin A. Howell *1821— 1824—James Schureman ^1^"" 21^54^- -Augustus F. Taylor R. Taylor 1 848— 1 824— 1 829—Augustus 1- -David F. Randolph Hardenbergh 1 849— 83 1 829— 1 838—C. L. -Peter N. Wycoff 1840—August R. Taylor 1838— \^Jl[,l\i~ Van Dyke 1840— 1841—DaviaM. Vail -John ocl ^tlt -John B. Hill 1841— 1842—Littleton Kirkpatrick ' ° 1855—1856-o = ^ -Abraham V. Schenck 1842— 1843—Fitz Randolph Smith -Lyle Van Nuis 1843— John Acken 1845— . o" 1 Senior B. Kirkpatrick 1845— 1846—William H. Leupp yl857— 185tt- -John

STREET OLD WOODEN BRIDGE AND TOLL GATE AT FOOT OF ALBANY

12 THE OLD MARKET PLACE AT HEAD OF HIRAM STREET

11858—1859—Tunis V. D. Hoagland 1867- 1869—Miles Ross 1859— 1860— Peter C. Onderdonk 1869— 1871 —George J. Janeway I860— 1861— Ezekiel M. Paterson 1871 — 1873—Garret Conover 1861— 1863—Lyle Van Nuis 1873— 1875—Thomas DeRussy 1863— 1865—Richard McDonald 1875— 1877—Isaiah Rolfe 1865 — —Augustus T. Stout 1877— 1879—Lyle Van Nuis tl865— 1867—John T. Jenkins 1879— 1881—T. DeWitt Reiley

VIEW OF WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS

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RESIDENCE OF P. VANDERBILT SPADER FORMERLY AT CORNER OF GEORGE AND CHURCH STREETS AND AN OLD VIEW OF COIYIMERCE SQUARE

Cooper 1 88 1 — 1 889—William S. Strong 1906— 1908—Drury W.

1889— 1895—James H. Van Cleef 1 908— W. Edwin Florance 1895— 1902—Nicholas Williamson '^Died in office. yResigned. 1902— 1904—George A. Viehmann 1904— 1906—William S. Myers iElected to fill vacancies.

THE HISTORICAL BELL HOTEL

15 THE MANSION HOUSE, A FAMOUS HOSTELRY

The granting of the charter was the first Robert Eastburn and some others, and real step in the reconstruction of the City they discharged their trust exceedingly after the Revolution. The task which well. faced the citizens required good, clear After the receipt of the charter, the new judgment and a careful study of the needs city government organized with Azariah and demands of the City. The responsi- Dunham as Mayor, and John Neilson as bility of this task was given to men of Recorder, and, with the aid of William such ability as Col. John Neilson, John Harrison, who as Mayor had guided the Dennis, Azariah Dunham, James Schure- destiny of the City during the trying days man, Henry Guest, Abraham Blauvelt, of the Revolution and who deserved great

VIEW LOOKING UP THE RIVER FROM MRS, WELLS

16 RESIDENCE OF MR. MILLARD F. ROSS credit and praise, they succeeded in start- a bridge over the Raritan, and the loca- ing the City on its future career in a very tion of the county court house. With satisfactory manner. Common Council respect to the latter, there was great rivalry was organized and committees were named between Perth Amboy and New Bruns- to take care of the poor, look after the wick, and, finally, the offer of New Bruns- city wells and street lighting, and report wick to contribute 300 pounds sterling on drains and fire protection. toward the building of the court house car-

In 1 792 two important matters agitated ried the day and the City became the the community—the proposed building of County seat.

ROSS HALL," THE GOLF CLUB HOUSE

17 RESIDENCE OF MR. HARRY ROSS

At this time. New Brunswick was one It was the custom in those days for all of the greatest agricultural depots of the cities to have a market for the sale and ex-

North. The grain of practically the en- change of merchandise; it is not known tire state of New Jersey was conveyed to when the first market was built in New

New Brunswick where cash was paid for Brunswick, but it must have been before it. Whitehall Tavern was the headquar- 1 763, as the Charter of that year speaks ters where farmers and provision men con- of a market clerk. gregated and bartered and sold their In I 796 Robert Hude was appointed goods. Clerk of the old market house which stood

VIEW OF GEORGE STREET SOUTH FROM WASHINGTON

18 THE OLD GEORGE STREET STATION

on Commerce Square, and in that year the standing until 1 865 when it was torn building of a new market house was de- down. cided on, but the new market was not The City was originally lit by oil lamps, built until 181 1 when it was erected on and the record shows that on April 28,

Hiram Street, right facing the First Dutch 1 797, it was resolved to discontinue the Church. The sale of stalls took place on lighting of the city and sell the oil on July 5, 1814, and the building remained fand, but whether this was carried inta

RESIDENCE OF MR. ROBERT W. JOHNSON

19 HISTORICAL RESIDENCE OF MRS. E. S. VAIL.

effect is not known, as on April 15,1 798, lighter, was informed that unless he paid the committee on lamps reported twelve in better attention to the lighting and clean- good repair, eight gone and ten needing ing of the lamps his pay would be sus- repair. pended. The difference in the way our fore- From time to time the lighting of the fathers looked after city affairs was illus- city was discontinued and renewed until trated by a decision of Council on Jan- the introduction of gas on June 11,1 832, uary 1 0, 1 800, when Mr. Cox, the lamp- when the streets were lighted during the

RESIDENCE OF PROF. CHARLES E. HART, D.D.

20 McCORMICKS HOTEL, NOW DESTROYED dark of the moon, a practice which con- Episcopal Church and was cared for by tinued from that time until within a very John Lupp, who was paid ten dollars a few years. year for that service. The fall of 1797 marked the laying On September 22, 1822, a town meet- of the first sewer drain, for on September ing was held to pass on the question of 27th of that year, Jacob Dunham and placing a town clock in the Dutch Church, Robert Eastburn were authorized to lay a and by a vote of 134 in favor to 47 drain on Church Street. against, $500 was appropriated for the The City had a town clock at this time, purpose of purchasing the clock. It was which was located in the steeple of the bought of B. Davidson, and John

RUINS OF COMMODORE VANDERBILT'S "BELLONA" HOTEL

21 OLD SUYDAM STREET STATION

the Wyckoff took charge of it at the munifi- and the Charter was so amended in cent remuneration of Twelve Dollars per year 1 801 , and on May 30th of that year year. the first licenses were granted ; hotel the City licenses were granted by keepers being charged according to the County Court in the early days of the capacity of their places. City, but on June 1 0, 1 800, Common The records show that Water Street, Council appointed a committee to go be- paved in 1801, was the first fore the Legislature and ask for amend- which was ments permitting the City to grant licenses, paved street in the City.

RESIDENCE OF MR. ROBERT E. ROSS

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ST. PETER'S GENERAL HOSPITAL

In 1 796 the importance of a better Brunswick Bridge Company which method of transportation across the Ran- charged a toll, and this method was con- tan River resulted in the erection of the tinued until July 3, 1875, when the old wooden bridge and the abandonment County became the owner of the bridge of the ferry across the river. This bridge and declared it a free bridge. The was for years controlled by the New wooden bridge which was purchased by

PARKER MEMORIAL HOME FOR INCURABLES

23 WELLS' MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ; L I- 1

the County was replaced by the present iam Van Duersen was director and treas- stone arch bridge in 1 892. urer. Another subject that occupied the at- On February 2, 1779, Mr. Bray and tention of the City Fathers in the early Mr. Baker were appointed a committee by days was the establishment of a fire de- Common Council to draft a resolution and en- present it to the Legislature for the purpose partment.— In I 796 the City had two gines "The Upper Fire Engine," of of securing certain privileges and the ex- which James Dunham was Captain, and emption of certain duties to firemen, and the "Lower Fire Engine," James Schure- this action eventually resulted in the law man. Captain. These engines seemed to which exempts firemen from militia and be in charge of one department and Will- jury duty.

ENTRANCE TO RESIDENCE OF W. J. McCURDY

24 CHILDREN'S INDUSTRIAL HOME

The Fire Department at that time had property threatened by fire. These "Bag a division known as the "Bag Men," who Men" were in all probability the fore- took charge of large leather bags which runners of the modern salvage corps. In were provided by Common Council for the 1821 the official "Baggs" were John N. purpose of removmg and keepmg safe. Simpson, Jehil Freeman, Henry Outcalt,

ST. MARY'S ORPHAN ASYLUM

25 Peter Vredenberg, David Voorhees, enburg, James Cole, Moses Scott, Robert Samuel Holcomb, Cornelius Van Anglen, Eastburn, John Voorhees, John Lupp, Peter Vredenburg, Sr.

It was the custom for the ladder companies to carry their hooks and ladders to

the fires, but on September 6, 1822, Com- mon Council purchased a wagon at a cost of $32.50. On May 30, 1823, on the petition of the firemen, they voted $200 for the purpose of purchasing hats, which, when received in August of that year, were distributed am.ong the members of the companies. In the early days of the City the little hamlet hugged the river. The aristocracy located on Little Burnet Street. The residence of Gov. Paterson occupied the

site of the present Paterson Block. The drygoods district was on Burnet Street and the general stores on Church Street; the warehouses were located on Water Street. Albany Street was a hill, the north side being several feet above the south, so that

it shelved decidedly and it was very steep

in its decent to the river. This street was graded in 1811. One of the old landmarks that has dis- appeared from the City is the old Wash- ington Headquarters, which stood on the southwest corner of Neilson and Albany

Streets. In 1 830 it was occupied as a shoe store by Daniel Pierson and, in later years, old "Pop" Haggerty conducted a restaurant there, where he dispensed his famous "Baked Beans." The old build-

ing and land were sold on May 1 3, 1 872, to A. S. Runyon for $12,000, and the SOLIDERS' MONUMENT building was torn down in the early seventies. George Clark, James Richmond and At the lower end of Burnet Street were Francis Conover. a large number of shipyards, which did a

In 1 825 an examination of the Fire thriving business.

Department showed that No. 1 had but eight members; No. 2, six members; No. 3 was extinct; No. 4 was not mentioned, and No. 5 had eighteen members. In that year the department was reorganized. The old No. 3 engine was sold in 1828 to the "Village of Plainfield" and a new one purchased for $712.50 and turned over to a company of thirty men. The names of the first companies of record given in the mmutes of Common

Council for April 5, 1 796, were John Bayard, Peter Ten Eick, James Bennett, John Plum, James Hodge, Peter Vred- TABLET TO VICTIMS OF THE 'MAINE' 26 RESIDENCE OF MRS. P. W. PICK, THE OLD LIVINGSTON HOUSE

The First Ward in those days was of the Fourth and Fifth Wards above known as Richmond's Meadows ; the New Street was entirely vacant. The second was DeHart's farm and Martin's Sixth Ward was called Shell Hill. From farm, where cattle were lodged and fed by the Canal to Eastern Turnpike was almost the drove. What is now the upper part a desert.

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THE STEAMER NEW BRUNSWICK

In the centre of the City was & ceme- islature" had the misfortune to have her tery which reached from George to Neil- boiler explode scalding many people and son Streets and from Church to Schure- killing one. These steamboats, with man Streets. "The Bellona," were the first to ply the

In 1 830 nearly a million bushels of waters of the Raritan. They were fol- grain was handled in New Brunswick and lowed by "The Antelope," "The Wyom- the annual shipment up to that year aver- ing," "The Warden," "The Minneola," aged 500,000 bushels of rye and over and "The New Brunswick," which last 300,000 bushels of corn. named boat was burned to the water's

Two lines of steamships vied with each edge on August 7, 1 902, near Martin's other in the passenger traffic. They were Dock. Other steamboats ran for short known as The Union Line and the Citi- periods. zens Line. The rivalry of these compet- In those days numerous sailing vessels ing lines was most active, and it was while were employed in trading with foreign racing with "The Thistle" that the "Leg- countries and so great was the magnitude

VIEW OF ALBANY STREET BEFORE ELEVATION

28 THE OLD HICKS HOUSE, BIRTHPLACE OF WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT of trade that the Raritan was classed as Lamberton. Passengers would make a •one of the three greatest rivers in the coun- rush for the line of four-horse stages which try in tonnage. stood ready to carry them on their journey. Passenger communication was had with As they were filled, whips would crack New York four times daily by steamboat, and, racing up Burnet Street, would and stages ran from New Brunswick to come as many as twenty-two four-horse

OLD RAILROAD BRIDGE WITH DRAW OPEN

29 OLD AGNEW HOUSE

Stages in line at one time; and, almost at The hotels at that time were the Bell the same time, would be heard the oncom- Tavern, The White Hall Hotel, and ing of the stages from the other direction, Mann's Hotel, which was said to be the bringing the passengers for the return trip best hotel at the time and was a long, low to New York. building on the southeast corner of Albany

SCHNEEWEISS HOUSE AT GEORGE AND CHURCH STREETS, FIRST HOME OF FREE LIBRARY

30 FORMER MAYORS

ISAIAH ROLFE JOHN B. HILL LYLE VAN NUIS PATERSON C. L. HARDENBERGH LITTLETON KIRKPATRICK EZEKIEL V. SCHENCK WILLIAM S. STRONG PETER N. WYCOFF ABRAHAM

31 FORMER MAYORS

PETER C. ONDERDONK FITZ RANDOLPH SMITH GARRET CONOVER THOMAS DE RUSSY GEORGE J. JANEWAY DAVID F. RANDOLPH JOHN ACKEN WILLIAM H. LEUPP JOHN B. KIRKPATRICK 32 FORMER MAYORS

DAVID M. VAIL AUGUSTUS R. TAYLOR. M.D. T. DE WITT REILY TUNIS V. D. HOAGLAND JOHN T. JENKINS MILES ROSS MARTIN A. HOWELL AUGUSTUS T. STOUT AUGUST F. TAYLOR

33 EX-MAYOR NICHOLAS WILLIAMSON EX-MAYOR JAMES H. VAN CLEEF

and Neilson Streets. There was also the steam-propeller which went through the Bellona Hotel at the foot of Burnet Street canal was the "Hercules," which came up kept by Skipper Cornelius Vanderbilt. through the basin at New Brunswick soon

In 1 830 the Delaware and Raritan after her arrival from Glasgow where she

Canal was commenced, and it was com- was built.

pleted in I 833 and opened for traffic. It In I 835 the New Jersey Railroad was cost about three million dollars. The first completed between Jersey City and New

EX-MAYOR WILLIAM S. MYER EX-MAYOR GEORGE A. VIEHMANN 34 Brunswick. On January 2, 1 836, a new elevated through the city, the present stone locomotive called "The New Brunswick," arch bridge was built. attached to thirteen cars decorated with The elevation of the railroad tracks through the city was commenced in 1902,

and on May I 7, 1 903, the first train crossed the new stone arch bridge, and on May 31, 1904, all trains began to run on the elevation and the old George Street station was abandoned and the depot was temporarily transferred to Albany Street and Easton Avenue. Only two tracks were in use for some time, but, as soon as the second half of the bridge was completed, the four track system was opened On June 19, 1835, the town came near meeting total destruction by a tornado which swept the town about five o'clock in the evening and razed many buildings entailing a loss of over $150,000. Soon after this time. New Brunswick began to develop as a manufacturing place,

the rubber industry being the first industry started in this city. The New Jersey Rubber Shoe Company was started in

1 839, and then came the Meyer Rubber

Company at Milltown with its branch here. Then came the Novelty Rubber FIRST BUILDING OF CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Company which was located in one of the buildings now occupied by Johnson & banners bearing the names of the counties, cities and villages along the line, came down from Newark at the rate of fifteen miles an hour. The cars were filled with guests from along the route. At East Brunswick they were received by Alder- man Zabriskie and a committee and conveyed in carriages over the Albany Street Bridge to the Court House, where a sump- tuous feast was served presided over by C. L. Hardenberg. All trains stopped across the river and passengers were transferred across the bridge in stages at a charge of 6'/2 cents. A bridge across the river was built, however, on January 1 , 1 838, and the first train was run across it to the new depot on Somerset Street which had been built on the site of the old Baptist Church. This bridge was a wooden bridge and was destroyed on March 9, 1878, by fire, which many of our present citizens will remember as one of the grandest and most spectacu- lar fires possible to imagine. tempo- A ORIGINAL FIRST REFORMED CHURCH rary bridge was then erected to accommodate traffic and the iron bridge imme- Johnson; and, after that, the New Bruns- diately constructed to replace the old wick Rubber Company in the building on wooden bridge, and, when the tracks were Washington Street.

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STEAMER R. W. JOHNSON

Shortly after the first rubber industry The opening of the railroad and canal was started, the wall paper industry was greatly affected the trade of the city by begun. Janeway and Company com- allowing farmers to ship their produce

menced this branch of business in 1 844. without carrying it to New Brunswick,

After this came the National Iron and the completion of the Central Rail- Works, established by Elijah Kelly, the road in 1852 as far as Somerville was a Norfolk and New Brunswick Hosiery great blow to the shipping interests of New Company, the Consolidated Fruit Jar Brunswick. Company; and, following these, have It was about that time, however, that come to our city many other industrial the establishment of several manufactories, enterprises such as Johnson & Johnson, especially in the rubber business, indicated Hirschorn & Mack, the National Musical that New Brunswick was to become in the String Corrpary, and a host of others. future a manufacturins; centre. It was

DEPOT OF RARITAN RIVER RAILROAD 36 RESIDENCE OF PROF. E. B. VOORHEES

the business of the rubber companies dur- was defeated. In 1 859 a company was ing the Civil War that kept the citizens of incorporated with $300,000 capital, and the coinn-.unity in employment. The old m 1861 the city was empowered to take town sent out four full companies to de- $50,000 of this stock if a vote of the fend the flag in the Civil War, in addi- people favored it. The personal appeals tion to which hundreds of its individual of Dr. A. D. Newell and others to the citizens enlisted in the branches of the ser- working people, urging them to vote for the vice. construction of the waterworks, carried the The question of a city water plant first election against the votes of the "Best attracted attention in 1 854, when the Citizens" whose own ancestors, fifty or proposition to introduce water into the city sixty years previous, had formed the

RESIDENCE OF MR. THOMAS NELSON 37 GREAT VIEHMANN BUILDING. SHOWING RUST'S DRUG STORE. BEAM & GLARE'S SHOE STORE AND ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO. STORE

"New Brunswick Fountain Company," called Prince, Paterson was Barracks divided and the for the purpose of supplying the city with Street, Neilson Street was water from the Barrack Springs through portion south of Albany Street was called portion was wooden logs. Queens, while the northern In olden times Peace Street was known called Kings. Church Street was back again as Market Street, Bayard Street was changed to White Street and

VIEW OF LIVINGSTON AVENUE TAKEN AT SUYDAM STREET

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HANNAH HOYT SCHOOL BUILDING. TRANSFORMED INTO VIEHMANN BUILDING, AND OLD FRENCH STREEr SCHOOL ON SITE OF PRESENT WASHINGTON SCHOOL

Albany was- to Church Street; Richmond was known enue was Town Lane, and as Court Street, probably because the sometimes called French Street. Court House was located at the corner of The city includes all lands beginning at con- Burnet and Richmond Streets. Easton the mouth of the Mile Run Brook, it crosses Avenue from Somerset to Albany was at tinuing up that brook to where one time known as Niagara; Schureman George's Road, thence east to Lawrence brook to thewas called Dutch Street, Commercial Av- Brook and following the said

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•NEILSON HOUSE" Gen. Howe's Headquarters Dec. 2, 1776 to June 22, 1777

Raritan River, crosses the river, and fol- river to a point opposite the Mile Run lows the southerly boundary line of Rari- Brook, so that the corporate boundaries of tan and Piscataway townships up the said the city include all the river lying in front

SOUTHEAST CORNER OF GEORGE AND CHURCH STREETS BEFORE PEOPLE'S BANK BUILDING WAS ERECTED 40 OLD MASONIC HALL BUILDING.

of the city, which is a fact that is not gen- Street was a skating pond in winter and a erally known. swamp in summer. New Brunswick, during the Revolu- The situation of New Brunswick makes

tionary War, was for a long time occupied it extremely suitable for the location of by the British, and a number of skirmishes factories. The congestion in large cities took place immediately in and around the has forced all industrial concerns to get to city. points where they can spread out, and, The only paper which was published m being situated on the main line of the the eighteenth century was "The Guardian greatest railroad in the country, between and New Brunswick Advertiser," which New York and Philadelphia, and having paper has been continuously published ever all the advantages for homes, it offers to

since and is now known as the "Daily manufacturers every possible advantage Times." It first appeared as a daily that any city could advance.

on October 4, 1 869. It has good water, healthful conditions

In 1 828 the city had a population of and surroundings, a liberal minded citizen- about 5,000, and was a very lively and ship, every facility for clean amusement, interesting place, being the stopping place a river which provides a source for both for stagecoaches. The city was then industrial and pleasure navigation, a sur- bounded by Church Street and New rounding country which is remarkably

Street. One of the oldest houses is the beautiful for walks and drives, and enjoys residence of Mrs. Edward S. Vail, on the educational advantages which are unsur- corner of Livingston Avenue and Carroll passed.

Place, which was built in i 760 by Henry During the past decade there has been •Guest. This place was once the refuge a remarkable inflow of foreigners who are of Tom Paine. At that time Dennis making the city their permanent home.

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FIRST JAIL IN NEW BRUNSWICK

These foreigners have all been thrifty and tial street, seems destined to become the- home seeking people. They are of the active business centre of the city. During class which accumulate and save and in- the past five years the number of stores, vest their savings in homes, and there has has increased very materially, and the been a large spurt in building operations volume of business done in the city has since their advent. kept pace with their growth. The business district of the city is in- Everywhere there is a sign of healthful creasing very materially in area, and activity, and there is every evidence that George Street, which was once a residen- from now on the growth of the city will!

FIRST STEAM ENGINE OF PHENIX COMPANY, NO. 3 42 VIEW OF LIVINGSTON MANOR be continuous and steady, and that its pop- all the advantages of the city water sup- ulation and wealth will increase by the ply, good sewerage and excellent fire pro- addition of persons who will become good, tection, it is destined to continue to grow loyal American Citizens. and build up. Immediately opposite the City of In a part of the borough, known as New Brunswick, on the east shore of Livingston Manor, Warren Whittlesey years built fifty the Raritan River, is located the thriv- has within the last three all of ing borough of Highland Park, which handsome bungalows and cottages, market, and are has its own separate government which have found a ready attractive ornamental houses. and which is being rapidly settled as a all very and residential community by people whose New Brunswick is fortunate in being business vocations are in the city, but who connected by means of fine macadam roads are building homes in this beautiful sub- with all parts of New Jersey. These the urb. This borough has grown very roads lead in every direction and make pleasure in rapidly in the last few years, and, as it pos- city a center for those who find sesses adequate trolley facihties and has automobiling and driving.

GRANT AVENUE, LIVINGSTON MANOR 43 Sutg^rs Qlnlbg? (^ ^(^*E^

RUTGERS College was founded as Queen's College, Novem-

ber I 0th, I 766. It was the

eighth collegiate founding in the American colonies. Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, Princeton, King's (now Columbia), Pennsylvania and Brown had preceded it, and Dartmouth completed the colonial list. The College had its origin especially in the zeal for education and re- ligion shown by the Dutch colonists in

New York and New Jersey. Early in the eighteenth century, the Reverend Theo- dorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen, of central New Jersey, distinguished pastor and evangelist of his time, urged the erection of DEMAREST, D.D., PRESIDENT such a college. His son, the Reverend

Theodorus Frelinghuysen of Albany, con- this country and in Holland. With both tinued the effort, persistently seeking the of these pioneers was associated the lay- necessary sympathy and resources both in man, Hendrick Fisher of Bound Brook,

GENERAL VIEW OF CAMPUS 44 PROF. F. C. VAN DYCK PROF. M. T. SCUDDER president of the first Provincial Congress Rutsen Hardenbergh, Doctor of Divinity, of New Jersey and chairman of the Com- pastor in New York and New Jersey, was mittee of Safety. As the movement came the leader, to successful issue, the Reverend Jacob The charter was granted in the name

QUEENS COLLEGE BUILDING 45 WINANT'S HALL

of George the Third, by His Excellency, ond charter was granted 20th March,

WilHam FrankHn, governor of the Prov- 1 770, in answer to the Trustees' desire for ince of New Jersey. This first document a slight amendment, and under its pro-

is not known to be now in existence, but visions, almost unchanged, the mstitution under its provisions the Board of Trus- has continued until now. It provides for tees was created and held meetings. A sec- a college to be called Queen's College, in

KIRKPATRICK CHAPEL 46 PROF. L. BEVIER. JR PROF. E. B. VOORHEES

NEW JERSEY HALL 47 VOORHEES LIBRARY honor of the royal consort, Charlotte, and certained, but was somewhere around to be erected for "the education of youth 1 772. Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh was in the learned languages, liberal and use- the first president. ful arts and sciences, and especially in In the fall of 1776, when the British Divinity." troops took possession of New Brunswick The seal was to bear the motto, "Sol and burned the original college building, justitiea et occidentum illustra." the college sessions were held at Mill- On May 7, 1771, the Trustees held a stone and sometimes at North Branch. meeting at Hackensack, and the location In 1 775 Dr. J. R. Hardenbergh was of the college was then fixed at New installed as the active and permanent pres- Brunswick. The date of the first open- ident, and continued in that position until ing of the college cannot be definitely as- I 790. During his administration the work

BALLANTINE GYMNASIUM 48 "&»9I

PROF. J. B. SMITH PROF. W. I. CHAMBERLAIN

of getting sufficient funds to rebuild the Avenue. This building was occupied un- college building was accomplished, and a til 1811, when it was moved down Schure- building was erected on the site now oc- man Street, where it still stands. cupied by the Soldiers Monument on the In I 795 the college, on account of fi- corner of George Street and Livingston nancial embarrassments was obliged to

GEOLOGICAL HALL AND VAN NEST HALL 49 ;

^M*M^^4ii^^mmm• ,m^ RUTGERS PREPARATORY SCHOOL

close its doors. In 1807, through the and a very considerable sum of morey was energy of Dr. Ira Condict, sufficient money secured, something over $50,000 being was collected to reopen the college, and collected, of which Col. Henry Rutgers he was made its president. gave $5000. In consideration of his Robert Adram was professor of math- character and services, the name "Rutgers ematics, and Dr. Livingston was professor College" was chosen. An English and of theology. Dr. Livingston afterward be- scientific school was established in I 832. came president. From I 800 until this time a great many In 1825, after his death, a great effort men who afterward became very eminent was made to resuscitate the college which were graduated from the institution. From at that time had gone down hill very much 1840 to 1850, the number of students

AN OLD VIEW OF RUTGERS COLLEGE 50 ,

;N OLD VIEW SHOWING COLLEGE CAMPUS AND SEMINARY HALL

is a history again fell off, but, upon the election of the history of Rutgers College Theodore Frelinghuysen as president, the of both the classical and scientific schools institution commenced again to be prosper- combmed. ous. Dr. Campbell was succeeded as presi-

in 1 by Merrill Edward Gates, In 1 863 Rutgers Scientific School was dent 882 established. This was immediately after who remained as president until 1 89 1 the election of Dr. Campbell as president. when Dr. Austin Scott was chosen. He The State College of New Jersey for the filled that position until 1906, when he benefit of agriculture and mechanical arts, was succeeded by Dr. Wm. H. S. Demar- was organized as a department in Rutgers est. There are now about three hundred College in 1865. The credit for the es- students in the college. tablishment of this institution was due to The buildings have mcreased in number Dr. George H. Cook. From that time during the last few years, and the college

PROF. E. R. PAYSON PROF. E. u. &IEVENSON

51 1 ^^ Slr^^nntitarg... THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA, AT NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.

By Rf.v. J. Preston Searle, D.D.

REV. J. PRESTON SEARLE. D. D. REV. JOHN H. RAVEN, D. D.

early settlers from Holland in was used in them and their ministers were THENew York and New Jersey brought from the mother country or sent organized many churches, the from here to be educated there. Multi-

first in 1 628. For nearly a plied churches, the introduction of the century and a half the Dutch language English language, and the birth of inde-

GENERAL VrEW OF SEMINARY CAMPUS 53 REV. E. P. JOHNSON, D.D. [prof. J. C. VAN DYKE, L H D. pendent national life at last made this Synod as "Professor of Theology." source of supply inadequate and unsatis- Students gathered to him, and the first of factory. A period of confusion and con- American Theological Seminaries, to be troversy followed. In 1 784, Rev. John followed by many others, was begun.

H. Livingston, Minister of the Church in The expense of living in New York

New York City was appointed by the necessitated removal in 1 796 to Flatbush,

REV. JOHN H. GILLESPIE, D.D. REV. F. S. SCHENCK, D.D. 54 PETER HERTZOG HALL now a part of Brooklyn, but then a with Queens College but not in identifica- decidedly country village. The need of tion with it. One building sufficed for strengthening Queens College at New both institutions. Seminary professors Brunswick and the promise of being taught in the College in addition to their strengthened by it, led to another change Seminary duties. But the students of the of location, and in October, 1810, Dr. Seminary were graduates of the College,

Livingston began work here in connection or, in many cases, of other Colleges, es-

SUYDAIH HALL

55 GARDNER A. SAGE LIBRARY pecially of Union. The College was In the early '70's, Suydam Hall and the controlled by its own trustees: the Sem- Sage Library were finished. In 1 884, a inary by the General Synod, as is the fifth professorship and a fifth residence case today. were added. In 1 891 , a residence for the

In 1856, partly by the gifts of two Librarian was built, and soon after, the

New Brunswick citizens, David Bishop Museum, open, as is the Library, to the and James Neilson, and partly by pur- citizens of New Brunswick, began to chase, a separate property was secured and develop. the work of the institution was in 1858 To Dr. Livingston belongs the credit not transferred to the newly finished Peter only of founding the Seminary and of

Hertzog Hall, gift of Mrs. Anna Hertzog bringing it to this City, but also of origina- of Philadelphia, in memory of her ting its endowments at immense sacrifice husband. The building stood in a campus and labor. These were greatly increased then officially described as "utter desola- and its library made a notable one a gen- tion," being without a tree and scarcely eration ago through the princely gifts and a blade of grass. There were at this time stimulating example of James Suydam and three professors who, for some years, con- Gardner A. Sage, both of New York tinued to give part of their time to the City. A recent movement has added more College. than $100,000 to the resources of the

In a few years three professorial resi- Seminary and has resulted in a great im- dences were erected, and, later, on the provement of buildings and grounds, the creation of a fourth professorship, the stone addition of a lectorship, of regular instruc- house built by Prof. George H. Cook, tion in elocution and music, and in the adjacent to the Campus, was purchased. bringing of many well known lecturers be- 56 four or five different denominations. fore its students and the New Brunswick some the field of foreign public. One moving spirit in this later Scores have entered in this world effort has been Mr. John S. Bussing of missions, and great leaders them. New York City. effort have not been lacking among Dr. Livingston, a great man in his day More than a thousand have served or are active pastorate in our own in many public relations, has been followed serving in the one these, by a long line of faithful teachers, some of country. The sermons of of with them of wide influence and fame through T. DeWitt Talmage, are credited published and read their preaching, their books and their char- having been translated, other Chris- acter. Dr. Milledoler as well as the foun- more widely than those of any Spur- der, were loaned to the presidency of the tian preacher, excepting Charles H. College, and Dr. Campbell and Dr. W. geon. present time consists H. S. Demarest have been given to that The Faculty at the

; Rev. distinguished office. of. Rev. J. Preston Searle, D. D.

The graduates number about twelve John H. Gillespie, D. D. ; Rev. Ferdi- hundred. Many of them have become pro- nand S. Schenck, D. D., LL.D.; Rev.

fessors in similar institutions, some as far John H. Raven, D. D. and Rev. Edward distant as Holland, South Africa, Tokio, P. Johnson, D. D. The Librarian is Amoy and Madras. A few years ago. at John C. Van Dyke, L. H. D.

least eight were Seminary Presidents in

57 58 'rl|oula...

THE EDUCATIONAL HISTORY board of Trustees composed of two mem- OF THE CITY OF NEW bers of the Presbyterian Church, two of BRUNSWICK. the Dutch Reformed, and two of the Epis-

copal Church. In 1814 the first teacher, is known of the private LITTLE This schools of New Brunswick pre- Shepard Johnson, was appointed. school was conducted in a building on vious to the year 1 800. Fol- lowing that time, there were Schureman Street, and, on June 1st, 1814, the school opened with thirty-five free and many private teachers, most prominent of whom was Miss Hannah Hoyt, who con- six pay pupils. It was conducted on the Lancasterian or monitorial plan. The last principal was A. W. Mayo, who was ap-

pointed in 1 838, continuing in office for many years. When the Bayard Street School opened, the attendance at the Lan-

casterian School became so small that it

suspended; and, since 1855, it has practically been a dormant proposition, although

it is understood that there are still some funds on hand, managed by somebody, be-

longing to this enterprise.

Miss HANNAH HOYT (Founder of the Hannah Hoyt School)

ducted a school in the building now known

as the "Viehmann Building" at the cornei of Paterson and Church Streets.

One of the earliest private schools was the "Lancasterian," which was founded

by William Hall, who by his will left

the remainder of his property to be expend-

ed in educating poor children. The trus-

tee named in the will declined the trust, and an act of the legislature created a BAYARD STREET SCHOOL BEFORE REMODELING 59 —

On April 22, 1851, James Bishop, Road (now French Street) for a colored Henry Sanderson and Moses F. Webb school and erected a building thereon. organized the first board of school trustees This building was used for many years in the city of Brunswick. New On May until 1 899, when it was torn down and 27th of that year a certificate of incorpora- the fine new Washington School built on tion was adopted and the corporate name the same spot. "New Brunswick Public School" taken. The method of conducting school af- A. W. Mayo was appointed to take the fairs was changed in I 855 by a special act census and reported that there were I 754 of the legislature, and on May 1 3th of children between the ages of five and eigh- that year the first elected board of edu- teen years. A meeting of the taxable in- cation was chosen, as follows: From the habitants of School District No. I was First Ward— Elias Ross and J. B. Mc- called to take place in City Hall on June Guines, from the Second Ward—Charles

3, 1 85 1 , to grant authority to purchase Dunham and Henry Sanderson ; from the a lot and erect a building. On August Third Ward—Randolph Martin and A. D. Newell; from the Fourth Wa.d George Janeway and Moses F. Webb; from the Fifth Ward—John B. Hill and A. V. Schenck; from the Sixth Ward

George H. Cook and William J. Thomp- son. This Board organized and Henry

Sanderson v/as the first president.

The Board of Education has continued

to be elected under this same act ever since, but there has recently been agitation

for a change, many being in favor of the appointment of a school board by the Mayor.

In 1 861 a lot on the corner of Carman and Neilson Streets was purchased and the Carman Street School, now known as the "Lord Stirling School," was erected there-

on. Henry B. Pierce, whom many of our residents will remember, was made Princi- PROF. W. C. ARMSTRONG, CITY SUPERINTENDENT pal and Superintendent October I, 1865,

1 8th the old jail lot was selected as a and continued in that position for about school site and the Bayard Street School twenty years. He was succeeded by Chas. house was erected thereon. Miss Anna Jacobus, who was succeeded by George

Molleson was the first public school G. Ryan, who remained a few years and teacher. was succeeded by Wm. C. Armstrong, the

In 1 852 Silas S. Bowen was appointed present Supenntendent. principal of the New Brunswick Public In 1872 a lot on Livingston Avenue

School in Bayard Street. This school was purchased, and the Livingston School very soon was unable to accomodate those was dedicated an May 4, 1 876. desiring to attend school, and in 1854 the The Guilden Street School, now known Board purchased a lot on the old Trenton as the "Lincoln School," was erected in

60 LIVINGSTON SCHOOL

members of the present Board of 1873; and the Hale Street School, now The Education are as follows: Chas. R. Moke, known as the "Nathan Hale School," was Robert Watson, Chas. E. Tindell, Geo. erected in i 894. Isidor P. Hirsh, H. B. Zim- The Board of Education are now de- Van Sickle, Robt. Smith, Leslie P. John- termining upon a site for a new school in merman, J. Dr. Eldon L. Loblein, John A. Man- the Sixth Ward, and will soon arrange for son, A. Morrison, Joseph H. Ridge- the erection of a large school building in ley, James

that locality. way. The number of children attending school The executive staff of the different in New Brunswick, is 2538; the number schools are as follows: of teachers in the Public Schools at the Livingston High—Henry Miller, Prin- present time is seventy. 61 ST. PETERS SCHOOL •COLUMBIA HALL''

cipal ; Mrs. Sarah Price, Principal Lower Nathan Hale— Miss Cecelia Boudinot, Department. Principal. Bayard—Miss Katharine McLaughlin, Washington—Miss Elenore Lett, Prin- Principal. cipal. Lord Sterling— Miss Sarah O. Whit- Lincoln— Miss Grace March, Princi- lock. Principal. pal.

^^^M^^nnL^^S .

'» (iur Hibrart^H.

FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

given to the Young Men's Christian As- first library that was insti sociation and were continued in circula- THEtuted in the City of New tion until 1 888. Brunswick was known as the The New Brunswick Free Circulating Union Library Company,

Library was organized in 1 883 and oc- which was organized in 1 796 cupied a small frame house on the south- with John Hill as Librarian. east corner of George and Church ^e continued as Librarian until 1811, Streets, an illustration of which is shown when he was succeeded by Miss Hannah in this book as the Schneewiss property. Scott. The library was located on the This library afterwards moved to a build- northwest corner of Albany and Neilson ing on the northwest corner of Albany Streets. and Peace Streets and continued there About 1 820 another library was until 1892. founded called the New Brunswick Li-

1 the brary Company, and a little later the In 890, at municipal election, the Union Library Company was merged into citizens of New Brunswick voted for the establishment of a free public library, and this ; and this library continued in full

this in 1 1 operation until nearly 1850. It then sus- was incorporated 89 pended operations and the books were In 1 892 the Free Public Library and transferred to the Trustees of Rutgers the Free Circulating Library both moved

College. In 1 868 these books were to the building which was then situated 63 INTERIOR OF FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

on the southwest corner of George and was 26,181, and the number of volumes Paterson Streets, and which has since circulated during the year was 77,157. been moved up Paterson Street to the During the year, the reading room was rear of the New Brunswick Fire Insur- used by 23,142 readers.

ance Company Building, and is now In addition to the Free Public Library known as the Morrison Building. Both there are located in our City the Rutgers the Free Public Library and the Free College Library, which is housed in the Circulating Library continued to occupy Voorhees Library Building on Hamilton this building until November 17, 1903.

Street and which has 5 1 ,000 volumes, In 1902 Mr. Andrew Carnegie gave and the Gardner A. Sage Library, which the City of New Brunswick $50,000 for contains 47,000 volumes; and the use of the purpose of erecting a library building the books in both of these libraries is open upon the condition that the city engaged to the citizens of New Brunswick. There to contribute $5,000 a year for its main- are also about 4,500 volumes in the High tenance and support, and provided a suit- School Library and 2,500 in the Desh- able site therefor. These conditions were ler Memorial Library, which is an addi- complied with and land on the southerly tion to the High School Library, both of side of Livingston Avenue was purchased these libraries being for the exclusive use and the present library building erected of the scholars and teachers of the pub- and finished in 1903. lic schools. The number of volumes in the Public

Library at the close of the last fiscal year

64 LIBERTY HOSE COMPANY.

LIBERTY Hose Company was ing crew to be summoned immediately organized on July 31, 1853, when a still call is sent in and the Com- when Common Council passed pany responds immediately, and a great

an ordmance for the organiza- many still fires have thus been extinguished tion of a new hose Company. It is to-day before they gained any headway and a one of the best equipped companies con- large expense is saved to the city. nected with any fire department in the state. The present roll of the Company is as

It has a combination wagon equipped with follows: Charles H. Smith, Robert C. hook and ladder outfit, chemical apparatus Smith, John Bartholomew, William and a full supply of fire hose, which was Mayo, Cornelius McCrellis, Jr., Charles purchased in October, 1902. The Com- Randolph, John H. Thomas, Ira C. pany still has the old hose carriage which Voorhees, Fred B. Tappen, George was drawn by hand. Schroeder, James Fine, Walter Worle,

Under the present arrangement of its Henry McCauley, John Tallman, Charles fire alarm system Liberty Hose Company Greenewald, Charles Jackson, Eugene answers all box alarms and still alarms. Hall, John Manning, Charles Lowe,

The still alarm work is the especial pride William Van Arsdale, Frank Latham, of the Company, and this part of its work George Kuhn, Jr., Carl Meyers, John is not generally known. A system of call Spratford, Edward Interman, Fred bells and telephones enables a good work- Gowen.

65 HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.

I S Company was organized mann, Valentme Schmidt, A. J. Conover, TH about 1835, at which time George Kuhn, W. E. Sperling, and O. O. ladders were placed at the Stillman.

homes of various citizens for The roll of the Company at the present use of firemen whenever an alarm was sent time is as follows: Frank Klein, Dunham in. On December 14, 1833, the matter Way, George Rolfe, Isaac Griggs, Otto of securing suitable apparatus to carry O. Stillman, Robert Gourley, George Van

ladders to fires was brought to the atten- Arsdale, William Henry, George I. Pier- tion of Common Council, and a resolution son, Joseph Chamberlain, Elmer Messe-

was adopted to secure such apparatus and roll, Dunham Randolph, Edward Hulse, also to secure a place where the ap- John Banker, Ellis Mundy, Jacob Knoll, paratus could be kept. Ephriam White, Charles Giles, William The present up-to-date truck was pur- Dunn, William C. Robinson, John C. chased in 1896 and is thoroughly up to Voorhees, Harry B. McKeag, John V. the present standard. Hubbard, Joseph Dillon, Harry Flavell, A great many very prominent citizens Charles Voorhees, Joseph Wildgoose, have been members of this Company in the George R. Hughes, Daniel Heitzenroder, past, including such men as Henry L. William H. Oughton, Adrain Chamber- Janeway, V. M. W. Suydam, Peter H. lain, Chas. N. Cadmus, Lester Voorhees. Suydam, John H. Rolfe, Anthony Vieh- John VanDerveer.

66 WASHINGTON ENGINE COMPANY.

Company was organized on Burns, Edward M. Britton, James H. THIS Curran, Frank Dixon, William Dawson, October H , 1 795 by a number Fertig, George of citizens, and started in a Edward Farrington, Meyer Hilde- small building on Burnet Street, GiUan, William F. Howell, Louis William which was used as the Thomas Smith brand, Jr., Albert Hardy, William Carpet Factory until a few years ago; Hardy. John J. Hogarty. Otis Hye, Jesse Howard, later it moved to a building over Lyle Howard, C. Jacques, Aaron Koplen, Brook, and in 1 859 moved to its present William McCauley, quarters. Thomas J. Murphy, Jr., James O'Neill, Alfred For a long time the Company had no Morris Maxwell, Arthur Benjamin apparatus except buckets, and its first Oughton, Joseph Pickering, Jr., Sheridan, engine was a hand engine which was de- Reed, William Richter, Thomas Sheridan, Ferdi- stroyed in a great fire on the City Docks Frank Sheridan, Edward WiUiam S. where the United States Rubber Com- nand Stehhn, Frank Stehlin, Charles Winne, pany building now stands, then another Shuck, Elmer Wilcox, Zimmermann, hand engine was gotten and this was de- Louis Zimmermann, Martin Dawson, C. Farley, Jr., stroyed in the fire of the Hyatt Rubber John Dunn, John Farley, Charles W. Grover, C. Factory. In November, 1 867, the first William George W. steam engine ever used in the city was pur- Garrison, Thomas Hardy, Housell, William chased for this Company and this was kept Henry, H. C. Pierson, H. C. Price, in use until 1902, when the present engine Matthews, David Ross, R. was purchased from the American Steam WiUiam H. Paradine, Milton Tuni- Engine Company. Slayback, William F. Stroud, John Note, Peter Van Note, The present roll of the Company is as son, George Van follows: Alvin H. Bennett, Thomas Harry Williams.

67 NEPTUNE ENGINE CO.

NEPTUNE Engine Company was Elmira after having been rebuilt and fitted organized later than Washing- out with a new boiler, so that at present it

ton Engine Company in the is one of the best in town. The first ball

year 1 795. Their first home given by the Company was held in Greer's was situated on the Christ Church grounds Hall on March 28, 1856, and on July at the corner of Neilson and Church 7th of the same year the hose Company

Streets. In 1837 the Company was re- was organized. The present roll of the Company is as organized with Alexander Moore as presi- follows: Jacob Bornheimer, Thomas F. dent. Bailey, Daniel Cavanagh, Richard Con- The members of the Company became don, John Clelland, William Dansbury, known as the "Red Jackets" as soon as George Frisch, Ernest Fouratt, Thomas

they got their first hand engine. After Gaven, William Guise, Frederick Gebhart, John Harding, Maurice Hanlon, John the Company moved from their first home Hefferman, Charles Hingher, James they were situated at the corner of Bayard Hickey, Frank V. Harding, Harry Hye, and Neilson, where the Sunday School James J. Horrocks, Theodore E. Hahn, Building of the First Reformed Church Eugene Mount, George Monaghan, now stands, until 1857 when they were Charles Monaghan, William Pfeiffer, Andrew Parent, Thomas Scott, John A. housed in the City Hall on Liberty Street, Smith, Richard Snitzler, John Snedeker, between George and Neilson Streets. In William Voorhees, William L. Van to December 1877 the Company moved Sickle, Clatus Witt, Geo. Witt, WiUiam their present home on New Street. White, John Applegate, Joseph Barnwell,

During its existence this Company has William Connors, George Dewing, David Gillings, George owned two hand and two steam engines. Howard DeHart, L. Gillings, Jr., John Guise, Michael The first steam engine was received in Garry, Hugh Georghegan, Matthews France 1865. The present one, a La Knaus, John T. Kemp, B. H. Latham,

steam engine, was bought m 1 888, and John F. Lynch, James Monaghan, Wm. has just returned from the factory at Snyder, Michael Witt. 68 PHOENIX ENGINE COMPANY.

v.. If. t, t ... "S VM

&^ ^ :^ |-' :^ f: f ^t:@ ;4,:%^ "^f i RARITAN ENGINE COMPANY.

RARITAN Engine Company was to draw its apparatus, having to depend organized in 1 832 with a roll on outside horses to get to fires.

of thirty members. The first The present roll of the company is as foreman was Squire John Fiske follows: John Casey, Patrick Casey, and the first apparatus was the box engine John Burke, August Bahr, Thomas Bren- originally used here by Phoenix Company. nan, Charles Dunn, Thomas Dunn, Geo. A frame building at the corner of George Denton, John Doyle, James Doyle, John and Schureman Streets was the company's Daly, John Drury, Thomas O'Connell, first home and it remained in this place Samuel R. Dunham, Jr., Henry Dunn, for fifty years. For the next seven years Henry Dahmer, William Fox, Thomas the headquarters were situated where the Flavell, William Hefferman, George Lep- police station now stands, and then were pert, David McCloskey, James Manning, moved to the present quarters on Rem- Charles Mahone, Dr. Edward Maiter, sen Avenue. John Murray, John Ryan, John Row-

Up to the time this company got its land, Thomas Regan, Michael Regam, new steam engine in 1881, it had used Henry Van Arsdale, Silas White, John several hand apparatuses. The engine is Zogg, Wm. H. Brown, Chas. Conklin, one of those made by Clapp & Jones, of Geo. Conlon, Voorhees Cox, Wm. Clark,

Hudson, N. Y., and, at the time of its Myndert G. Cubberly, Samuel Cox, John purchase, was one of the best in the mar- Cathcart, Jr., Wm. Merritt, Maurice ket. Last year this company was given Hanlon, Jr., James Hefferman, Aden Ke- a new engine, the old one being in bad hoe, Charles Kock, Charles Mahone, Jr., shape. Joseph Nowitski, Wm. Puerschner, Geo.

This company is one of the three com- DeWaters, Peter Wright, William Van panies in New Brunswick without a team Arsdale, Louis Zierer.

70 PROTECTION ENGINE COMPANY.

PROTECTION Engine Com- present Silsby engine was purchased and pany IS now ensconced in a is still doing good service. The company

handsome building on Wall raised money for new horses in 1902 by

Street, near St. Peter's Church its own enterprise. and just back of the P. R. R. Station. The The present roll of the company is as company, like the others in town, has had follows: its long and honorable history, and, as Isaac Bartow, Thomas Casey, Thomas now equipped with house and apparatus, Cleary, John Callan, James Clark, Wm, holds a proud position for efficiency. Dowd, Wm. Dougherty, Edward Finne- The history of Protection dates back gan, John Greenewald, James Griffen, into the early nineteenth century. It is Michael Garrigan, Isaac Hendricks, Geo. said that there are records of it as early Hendricks, Sr., John Harkins, James as 181 7. It IS well established, however, Houghton, Edward J. Houghton, James that Protection existed prior to 1 830, when Hortwick, Andrew Horan, John Horan, it was located on George Street near the Thomas Howley, Wm. Hagerty, James

Second Reformed Church. In 1 843 the Jernee, Wm. Jacobs, Peter Klein, Chas. company moved to George and Somerset McLaughlin, John McCrellis, Collier Streets where now are the steps leading McElhaney, Daniel McGovern, Thomas to the east bound platform of the Pennsyl- Murray, Patrick Murray, Thomas Mur- vania Railroad station. The building ad- phy, Frank Manley, Walter Masterson, joined the old Hotel Central. David Messier, John F. Norton, Chas.

Like the other companies in the city. Orpen, Owen Riley, Jeremiah Rule, Rob-

Protection started out with a hand engine. ert Rule, James Sharkey, Albert Sutton,

After it entered the city department, the George Sqhaible, William Stamm, Chas. company secured a steamer, a Hop en- Skillman, John Seaman, John Thomas, gine, from Philadelphia. In 1 870 the Abe Thompson, George Van Ardsdale, hose carriage still in use was purchased, Andrew Vroom, Add Williamson. and has stood the test nobly. In 1 885 the

71 HIBERNIA ENGINE COMPANY.

HIBERNIA Engine Company, the graved upon the engine: "To assist the youngest of the engine com- suffermg and protect the weak." Hibernia Engine Company is the only panies, has an interesting his- company in town which has a fire bell at tory dating back to 1 865. The its house attached to the Gamewell sys- Sixth Ward in that day was not the thick- tem. There is an intereshng history at- ly populated ward that it is to-day, but tached to the bell. It was presented to it was growing and its property owners the company on February 22, 1902, by felt that it needed fire protection. The Hibernia No. 4 of Elizabeth when that first meeting to form the company was company was disbanded on account of held on September 14, 1865, at the home Elizabeth adopting a paid fire department. of Charles Pressler, and George Eden was That company in turn had received it from called to the chair. The company or- the Harmony Company No. 6 of Trenton. ganized by electing the following officers: The local company must pass it on if the Foreman, George F. Eden; Assistant company is ever disbanded. It now rests

Foreman, Charles Pressler; Secretary, m a tower especially built for it.

John T. Max; Treasurer, August Spittel. The present roll of the company is as Messrs. Eden and Pressler were named a follows: William Beatty, James Boyle, committee to wait upon the chiefs and ap- John T. Bradley, James A. Bradley, Cor- ply for an engine. nelius Canny, Daniel Coyne, John Con- The company started with a hand en- Ion, P. P. Clickner, James Curran, Wm. gine and kept it in Weller's barn on Guild- Carrey, James Donegan, Abraham Dun- en Street. The need of the apparatus and ham, Conrad Deiner, Henry Dwyer, Ed- the new company became so thoroughly ap- ward J. Fox, James Foley, Patrick Green, parent that the engine house on Upper John Gordon, James Hudson, John Har- Easton Avenue was built and the company kins, Martin Horan, John Holman, James has been stationed there since. The old F. Kidney, Patrick Kelly, Christopher hand engine was replaced by the Dennison, Kelly, Theodore R. Lester, James Lyons, recently replaced, on July 3, 1871, and Patrick Lyons, Patrick Moran, John for thirty-three years this engine has been Moran, Edward J. Masterson, John Lens, in active service, ever ready to turn out John Lefferts, T. P. Lyons, John Lyons, and fulfill the motto of the company en- Michael J. Moran, John H. Moore, 11 ^^ OIIjurrli^B...

FIRST REFORMED CHURCH

FIRST REFORMED CHURCH. vember, 1 793, and, upon his death in 1811, the Rev. John Schureman was T appears from the records installed as pastor. It was during his that this church was estab- pastorate that the present church was lished April 12, 1717. The built. And since that time the follow- ir first pastor of the church was ing have been pastors of the church: the Rev. Theodore Jacobus Rev. Jesse Fonda, 1813; Rev. John

Frelinghuysen, who arrived from Hol- I udlow, 1817; Rev. Isaac Ferris, 1821 ; land about the first of January, I 720, Rev. James B. Hardenbergh, 1825; and who was succeeded by the Rev. Rev. Jacob J. Janeway, 1830; Rev.

Johannes Leydt, who continued as pastor Samuel B. How, 1 832 ; Rev. Richard until 1 785, when he was succeeded by H. Steel, 1863; Rev. Thcs. C. Easton, the Rev. Jacob Rutsen Handenbergh. 1881 ; Rev. P. T. Pockman, 1888. The The next pastor was the Rev. Ira Con- church has now a congregation of 650 dict, who commenced his duties in No- members.

73 SECOND REFORMED CHURCH

SECOND REFORMED CHURCH. stone of the present church was laid by Dr. Wilson in October, 1857, and the church was organized in church was completed April 10, 1861. THIS School was organized in 1843 by members of the First The Sunday

1 843, and the following pastors have Reformed Church. The con- served the church: 1843-1852, David D. gregation held services for some Demarest; 1852-1857, Samuel M. time in the First Baptist Church, and, Woodbridge; 1858 to 1862, Hugh N. later bought the building now occupied by Wilson; 1863 to 1866, Jno. W. Schenck; the German Reformed Church, where they 1867 to 1878. Chester D. Hartranft; worshipped for some time. The corner 1879, Mancius H. Hutton. 74 REV. P. T. POCKMAN, D.D. REV. M. H. HUTTON. D.D.

Cbc Suydam Street Reformed Church. his son, Dr. Alan D. Campbell. The This church was organized on October church has a membership of 280, and is very comfortably housed in a handsome 30, 1 884. by the Rev. Wm. H. Camp- brick building situate the bell, who was its first pastor, and who was on southeast corner of Suydam and Drift Streets. succeeded in 1 889 by the present pastor.

SUYDAM STREET REFORMED CHURCH 75 CHRIST EPISCOPAL CKURCH

CHRIST CHURCH. 1787. In 1791, the Rev. Henry Van

history of this church dates Dyke was chosen minister, but only con- THEback to somewhere around tmued for about two years, and the min- istry then remained vacant until 1 799, I 742 or I 743, but the records of the church now ex- when the Rev. John Henry Hobart became minister, he succeeded by the isting only date from 1 790. was It is known, however, that a church build- Rev. Chas. C. Cott. In 1801, the Rev. John Croes became minister, and he was ing was erected previous to I 750, and that the Rev. Mr. Wood was the min- succeeded in 1 832 by the Rev. John ister of the church, and that he was suc- Croes, Jr., who was succeeded in 1839 by the Rev. Alfred Stubbs, contin- ceeded in 1 754 by the Rev. Samuel Sea- who bury. The ministers of the church from ued until 1883, when the Rev. E. B. that time on were the Rev. McKean, Joyce, became rector. The present church 1760; Rev. Leonard Cutting, 1764; building was erected about 1852. The Rev. Abraham Beach, 1767; Rev. Wm. number of communicants at the present time are 538. Rowland, 1 784 ; Rev. George Ogilvie, 76 REV. W. D. DALE REV. E. B. JOYCE

CDc CburcD of $t. 3oMi m evangelist. Edward E. Boggs was the first rector. This church was first organized as a The Rev. Charles E. Phelps assumed

mission chapel of Christ Church in the year charge of the parish in 1 870 and con- 1861. The Rev. Alfred B. Baker was tinued the incumbency until the year the minister in charge. 1898, when he resigned the rectorship rector-emeritus. In 1 866 the mission became an inde- and was appointed

pendent parish under the tide of the In 1 886 the building was consider- Church of St. John the Evangelist, and ably enlarged and beautified by the ad- was duly organized in accordance with dition of a transept and parish-room. the doctrines, discipline and worship of The Rev. W. Dutton Dale, after the Protestant Episcopal Church in the acting as assistant minister for one year, United States of America and the laws was elected rector and assumed the in-

of the State of New Jersey. The Rev. cumbency on Easter Day, 1 898.

ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 77 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN A. D. L. Jewett, 1868; Rev. Thos.

CHURCH. Nichols, 1875; Rev W. J. McKnight, 1880; Rev. W. W. Knox, 1893. The THIS church dates from 1 726, congregation at the present time numbers when the Rev. Gilbert Ten- 650 members.

nent became its pastor. A small wooden building was

erected on Burnet Street just north of Oliver, which was destroyed during the Revolutionary War. The history of the church is in obscurity until

I 784, when a brick church was erected at the corner of George and Paterson Streets, and the pastor at that time was the Rev. Israel Reed. It is known, however, that the Rev. Thomas Arthur was pastor 1 from 746 to 1 75 1 , and that Mr. Reed's pastorate commenced in

1 768. Mr. Reed was succeeded in

I 786 by the Rev. Walter Monteith, who continued until 1 794, when the Rev. Joseph Clark became the pastor, and from that time on the pastors of the church have been as follows: Rev. Levert Huntington, 1815; Rev. Samuel B,

How, 1821; Rev. J. H. Jones, 1825; Rev. Robert Birch, 1839; Rev. Robert Davidson, 1843; Rev. Howard Crosby,

1861 ; Rev. Wilham Beatty, 1863; Rev. REV. W. W. KNOX, D.D. 78 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. The present church building is on the corner of George and Bayard Streets, and HIS church was organized on the congregation now numbers 740 mem- September 21, 1816, with bers. T 24 members, although previous to that time the Bap-

tists of New Brunswick, together with those of Piscataway Town- ship, had worshipped with the Rev.

James McLaughlin as pastor. The first church building was on the northeast corner of George and Somerset Streets when the old George Street station stood. The pastors of the church following the first pastor have been Rev. John John- son, 1818-1819; Rev. Greenleaf S. Webb, 1821-1843; Rev. Geo. R. Bhss, 1843-1849; Rev. Shobal S. Parker, 1850-1852; Rev. George Kempton, 1852-1857; Rev. Thos. R. Hewlett, 1858-1859; Rev. M. S. Riddle, 1860- 1868; Rev. Henry F. Smith, 1869-

1882; Rev. Henry C. Applegarth, Jr., 1883-1890; Rev. M. H. Pogson, 1891- 1893; Rev. Linn E. Wheeler, 1894-

1906; Rev. Edmund F. Garrett, 1906. REV. E. F. GARRET

79 ST. PETER'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

ST. PETER'S CHURCH. Rogers, and he established the first paro-

chial school in the rear of the old church HE first Catholic church erected on Bayard Street. The church after- in this city was built about wards purchased the Hannah Hoyt 1 829 on the north side of Building, now the Viehmann Building, Bayard Street, just below on the corner of George and Paterson George, and was called St. Streets, which was afterward, and until Patrick's Church, but later the name was the erection of Columbia Hall, used as changed to St. Peter and Paul. In the parochial school building. 1 847 that church was enlarged, and in

1 854 it was again enlarged. At that time Father Rogers was succeeded by the the building of the present church was Rev. Father Miles C. Duggan and the commenced, but the building was not Rev. Father Patrick Downes. In 1 876 finished until 1865, although the base- the Father John A. O'Grady, who has ment was used for services long before since become the Rt. Rev. Monsignor that time. The congregation was then O'Grady, came to New Brunswick, but under the leadership of the Rev. John remained only a short time, and then 80 as acting pastor of St. Peter's Church. During his pastorate the church has prospered wonderfully, and, through his efforts, the new parochial school, Columbia

RT. REV. MONSIGNOR JOHN A. O'GRADY REV. J. F. DEVINE

went to Boonton, N. J. ; but, shortly Hall, has been erected, and St. Peter's afterwards, came back to New Brunswick General Hospital founded.

REV. J. N. SZENECZEY REV. JOS. F. KEUPER

81 SACRED HEART ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SACRED HEART ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

This church was estabhshed in 1 863 by the members of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church who reside in the souther-

ly portion of the city. The first pastor

in charge of the church was Rev. B. J. Mulligan, who continued in charge until

1 893, when he was succeeded by Rev. James F. Devine.

The church has a very handsome church building on the corner of Suydam Street and Throop Avenue. Adjoining

the church is a rectory, and in the

rear is a large parochial school building. The congregation of this church at the

present time is constantly increasing, and, under the ministration of the present pastor, greatly. ST. LADISLAUS HUNGARIAN ROMAN CATHOLIC the church is prospering CHURCH 82 :.T. JOHN THE BAPTIST GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

ST. LADISLAUS HUNGARIAN ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

This church was estabHshed in 1904 to This church was organized in I 865 by minister to the large and increasing number the German members of the congregation of Hungarians of the Roman Catholic of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church.

faith who have settled in our city. Since The first pastor in charge of this church

was Rev. Father Midgeol. church is its inception, it has been ministered to by The now ministered to by the Rev. Joseph F. the Rev. Father John N. Szeneczey. The Keuper. church building is located on Somerset In addition to the church, there is a Street, and, adjoining it, is a handsome Parochial School where the children of the rectory. parish are educated.

83 LIVINGSTON AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH

THE LIVINGSTON AVENUE pastor was the Rev. W. H. Marsh, who BAPTIST CHURCH. served until 1885. He was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. M. V. McDuffie, who HE Livingston Avenue Baptist continued as pastor until 1895. During

Church was organized May his pastorate, the present handsome

9, 1872, under the name of church edifice on Livingston Avenue was

>***f« the Remsen Avenue Baptist erected, and the name of the church

Church. The first church changed to the Livingston Avenue Baptist edifice was on the corner of Remsen Ave- Church. In May, 1895, the Rev. C. A. nue and Redmond Street, in the building Jenkins became pastor of the church, and which is now Masonic Temple. Its first continued until 1900. In April, 1901, pastor was Rev. A. E. Waffle, who the present pastor. Rev. Albert Bacon present served from 1 873 to 1 880. The second Sears, took charge. The mem- 84 bership of the church is 568, and the

church is entirely free from debt, the cur-

rent expenses being met by subscriptions

made in advance by the members. The pews are free and the location of

the church is so advantageous, and the

feeling and work of the congregation so

harmonious that the edifice is filled at

every service. One particular feature of

the church work is that no fair or festivals

are ever held and no contributions ever solicited from any save its own members.

ST. JAMES METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

REV. A. B. SEARS THIS church was organized about 1 860, and the church building was dedicated No- vember 11,1 866. It has at

present 1 88 members, and its present pastor is the Rev. F. C. Uhl.

This church was almost totally destroyed by fire on Sunday morning, Dec. 13, 1908.

REV. F. C. UHL ST. JAMES M. E. CHURCH 85 FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. THIS church was granted a charter on June 1 3, 1 799, and

its first minister was the Rev.

J. Totten. The first church building was erected on Lib- erty Street in ISH on the site of the present Opera House. The first nminister who occupied the pulpit of this church was the Rev. Chas. Pitman. This building was blown down by a tornado on June 19, 1835. A new building was immediately erected and occupied until

May, I 876, when the present handsome edifice on the corner of Liberty and George Streets was dedicated. The congregation at the present time numbers 700, and the present pastor is the Rev. J. F.

Shaw. REV. J. F. SHAW 86 ,

PITMAN M. E. CHURCH

PITMAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. THIS church was organized on Thanksgiving Day, 1 85 1 and the church was erected

in 1852 at the corner of George and OHver Streets. The church was named after the Rev.

Chas. Pitman, the first Methodist minister in the city.

The congregation is now planning to build a new church, and the present pastor is actively engaged in pushing that work. The congregation now numbers

2 1 2 active members, and its present pastor is the Rev. Herbert J. Belting.

REV. H. J. BELTING 87 GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH

ST. JOHNS GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH. THIS church was founded in 1861. The first pastor was the Rev. A. Hoching. In

1 864 he was succeeded by

the Rev. I. N. Steiner, who remained only one year, and, following him, came the Rev. Oscar Lohr, who stayed only a few months. In 1 868 the Rev. Chas. Banks became pastor and remained until 1904, when lie was succeeded by the present pastor, the Rev. M. H. Qual. The church building on the corner of George and Albany Street? was purchased in 1861. The congregation numbers at the present time 325 members.

REV. M. H. QUAL

88 GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN EMANUEL CHURCH. THIS church was organized on July 14, 1878. On Sep-

tember 1 4 of the same year Rev. John A. Dewald became pastor, and has continued to the present time. The present church building on the corner of Kirk-

patrick and New Streets was built in

1 879. The present congregation num-

bers 350 members, and the church is a

thriving, harmonious body.

REV. J. A. DEWALD

GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH

89 HAMBORSZKY

THE MAGYAR EV. REF. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

HIS congregation in 1908 pur- and numbers over 400 members. It is an chased the building which is intensely earnest and active body, and, pastor, shown in the illustration here- under the leadership of its present T the Rev. Paul F. Hamborszky, it is with and which was formerly the Second Presbyterian growing very strong and prosperous.

Church. The congregation is Hungarian,

MAGYAR EV. REF, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 90 HEBREW CHURCHES.

HERE are two Jewish Temples. Anshe Emeth Reformed, lo- T cated on the northerly side of Albany Street between Peace JsJsJsSs® Street and Neilson Street. This building will accommodate 250

people and is the oldest congregation.

The Temple Ahvas Achim is located on Richmond Street between Dennis Street and Neilson Street. Both congregations are active and prosperous and are ministered to by Rabbis who are not residents of the city.

CONGREGATION ANSHE EMETH

CONGREGATION AHVAS ACHIM

91 ;

^Hvtt anh l^mmolmt ^otxttUB ^

BRUNSWICK has Lady Wildey Rebecca Degree Lodge, NEWbranches of all of the promi- No. 38, which meet in Odd Fellows Hall

nent secret and benevolent on Neilson Street ; and by Helvetia

fraternities in the country, Lodge, No. 7 1 , Palestine Encampment,

and the following is a brief No. 25 ; Deutsche Frauen Rebekah

sketch of the most prominent: Lodge, No. 43, which meet in Aurora

The Masonic Fraternity is represented Hall.

by Union Lodge, No. 1 9, which was The Benevolent and Protective Order organized in 1 850, and Palestine Lodge, of Elks is represented by Lodge No. 324,

No. Ill, which was organized in 1870; which meets in its own building. Elks

and there is also Scott Chapter, No. 4 Hall. Temple Commandery, No. 18; Scott The Knights of Pythias are repre-

Council, No. 1 , and Order of the East- sented by Friendship Lodge, No. 36,

ern Star, Ruth Chapter. All of these and Friendship Temple, No. 1 0, of the

meet in Masonic Temple, at the corner Pythian Sisterhood, which meet in Elks of Remsen Avenue and Redmond Hall.

Street. The Order of United American Me-

The order of Odd Fellows is repre- chanics is represented by Goodwill

sented by New Brunswick Lodge, No. 6; Council, No. 32 ; Orient Court, No. 1 ; Middlesex Encampment, No. 43, and Relief Council, No. 40, and Washing-

MASONIC TEMPLE 92 UNION AND PALESTINE LODGES. F. & A. M MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION

ton Commandery, L. L., No. 1 , which meet in Goodwill Hall, in the Viehmann (^ P^rttn^nt Smarts Building; and by Good Intent Council, No. 23, which meets in the People's Bank The city has two national banks, two Building. trust companies and one savmgs mstitu- The Foresters of America have four tion, and their combmed capital and sur- courts: Goodwill, No. 80; New Bruns- plus is over $1,500,000. They have de- wick, No. 40; Marion, No. 84, and posits Middlesex, No. 74, and there is also a exceeding $6,000,000. lodge of lady Foresters. It has eight building and loan associa-

The Knights of Columbus have a very tions, whose bonded assets exceed large chapter, which meets in Knights of $2,500,000. Columbus Hall on George Street. It has two fire insurance companies, the The Order of Eagles has a large branch, which meets in Eagle Hall, cor- New Brunswick Fire Insurance Com- ner of Church and Neilson Streets. pany with a capital of $200,000, which is In addition to these, there are two di- a stock company doing business throughout visions. No. 3 and No. 5, of the Ancient the United States; and the New Bruns- Order of Hibernians; two branches of wick Mutual Fire Insurance Company, St. Patrick's Alliance of America; two which does an entirely local business. councils, Roger, No. 3. and St. Peter's, It has a population of 26,000 people,

No. 5, of the Catholic Benevolent and it has real property and personal prop- Legion; one council, Adelphic, No. 1015, erty with an assessed valuation of over of the Royal Arcanum; two tribes, $11,000,000. It has a city debt of Ahander, No. 182, and Ahwaga, No. $700,000, and a tax rate of $1.90 per 88, of the Order of Red Men; and one $100. lodge, Raritan, No. 6, of the Ancient It has three hospitals. The John Wells Order of United Workmen. Memorial Hospital, the St. Peter's Gen- 94 ELKS HALL

Rutgers College Preparatory eral Hospital, both of which are general Seminary; hospitals for the treatment of all diseases; School. three well equipped libraries: and the Parker Home for Incurables, It has College Free Public Library ; Rutgers which is a hospital for incurable diseases The the Gardner Sage Library. only. Library, and both It has excellent railroad facihties, It is the center of a trolley system con- freight traffic, and, m nected with Metuchen, Perth Amboy, for passenger and freight facilities by Bound Brook, Plainfield, Milltown, South addition, has excellent main line of the Pennsylvania River, Sayreville and South Amboy. water. The from New York to Philadelphia It has an opera house seating twelve Railroad through the city, and there hundred and a vaudeville theatre seating runs directly trains a day on this line. seven hundred people. are over sixty commutation rate to New York, It has an abundance of school accom- The miles distant, is $85.00 modations, both public and private. There which is thirty-one trips. The Raritan Railroad, are six public schools, the Livingston, for 720 Central Railroad Washington, Bayard, Lord Sterling, Lin- which is a branch of the runs four trains a day coln and Nathan Hale. There are five cf New Jersey, the Central Railroad at Catholic Schools, the largest of which is connecting with It furnishes good freight St. Peter's with a magnificent school build- South Amboy. factories. In addition, ing called Columbia Hall; the Sacred facilities to many are lines of steamers which run to Heart in a school building called Parochi- there and Trenton on the Raritan al Hall; St. John the Baptist; St. Agnes' New York the Raritan and Delaware Academy and St. Ladislaus, which is a River and Hungarian Catholic School. Besides Canal. these, are Miss Annable's Young Ladies' 95 NEW BRUNSWICK FIRE INSURANCE CO. BUILDING

NEW BRUNSWICK FIRE Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louis- INSURANCE COMPANY. iana, Texas, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mis- THIS Company, organized on souri, Colorado, Montana, Washington, December 27, 1826, has had Utah, Nevada, and California, and has

a long and honorable career over 900 agents. It wrote premiums in

and is now steadily advancing 1908 of over $460,000, and has a capital

in strength. For 77 years it of $200,000, and surplus to policyholders

did a purely local business; in 1903 the of $300,000. The above illustration control of the Company became vested in shows its home office building and its offi- the present management, the capital of the cers are George A. Viehmann, president;

Company was increased from $50,000 to D. L. Morrison, vice-president; Chas. D. $200,000, and the business was extended Ross, secretary, and E. B. Wyckoff, as-

throughout the entire United States. The sistant secretary. Its directors are Theo.

Company is now represented in Maine, F. Hicks, Wm. B. Lloyd. D. L. Morri- Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, son, W. L. Perrin, W. F. Rollo, Chas. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, D. Ross, M. F. Ross, Geo. A. Viehmann Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North and E. B. Wyckoff.

96 PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK

THE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL BANK Norton, O. O. Stillman, F. M. Donahue, A. V. D. Polyhemus and Edward W. People's National Bank Hicks. the bank was THEwas organized in March and The first president of now deceased. Mr. opened for business May 1 6, George W. Devoe

passed away Nov. 20, 1 890, and I 887. Its first banking office Devoe was on the southeast corner of was succeeded by Hon. B. F. Howell, the or- Neilson and Church Streets. Its growth T. Ely Schenck who was one of cashier was rapid and substantial and on June 3, ganizers of the bank was its first the holds that position of trust and re- 1895 it moved to its present site in and building shown in the above illustration. sponsibility today. bank pays two per cent, on com- On November 27, 1908, it had a capital The active accounts on balances of 1 undi- mercial and of $ I 00.000. Surplus, $ 00,000 ; or over, and three per cent, per an- vided profits, $37,000, and deposits, $500 saving accounts on deposits of $725,000. Its president is the Hon. num on Benjamin F. Howell who has represented $25 or over. Safe deposit boxes insuring against theft his district in Congress for seven terms and be rented from $2.50 up to was recently reelected. The efficient cash- or fire may $25. ier is T. Ely Schenck. is assistant cashier. Mr. The bank has a very efficient Board of A. L. Wyckoff been with the institution since Directors who are as follows: Benjamin Wyckoff has organization. F. Howell, T. Ely Schenck, H. G. its 97 ;

INTERIOR; NEW BRUNSWICK TRUST CO.

THE NEW BRUNSWICK TRUST New Brunswick; Millard F. Ross, Miles COMPANY. Ross & Son, New Brunswick; William H. Waldron, John Waldron Company, New HE New Brunswick Trust Com- Brunswick; Robert W. Johnson, Johnson Johnson, New Brunswick; F. M. Don- pany is one of the solid finan- & ahue, physician. New Brunswick; Ed- TI cial institutions of the city. Its Furman, Edwin Furman Company, officers are men of financial win

; Nathaniel King, Eisele abihty and sterling integrity, Sayreville, N. J.

; Robert Pet- and include James Deshler, president & King, Newark, N. J. M.

tit, Lanier Co., New York; John C. Eisele and John H. Conger, vice- Winslow, & John H. Conger, County Clerk, New presidents; A. J. Jones, secretary and Brunswick, and Frederick Weigel, lawyer. treasurer, and J. V. D. Mershon, assistant secretary and treasurer, who are aided by New Brunswick. an exceptionally strong directorate. These This Company transacts a general bank- directors comprise such prominent and re- ing business and in addition acts as execu-

sponsible financiers and business men as tor, trustee, guardian, agent for investing Uzal H. McCarter, president; Fidelity personal funds and separate estates, etc., Trust Company; E. A. Fisher, Sayre & and also as trustee under mortgage issued or coi-poration to secure Fisher Company, Sayreville, N. J. ; Wil- by a municipality lard P. Vcorhees, Supreme Court Justice, bond issues.

98 NEW BRUNSWICK SAVINGS INSTITUTION

NEW BRUNSWICK SAVINGS and treasurer, Charles A. Dunham; assist- INSTITUTION. ant secretary, Howard C. Rule; Funding Committee: Nicholas G. Rutgers, James New Brunswick Savings In- Deshler, Benjamin F. Howell, Frank M. THEstitution was incorporated Donohue, M. D., Charles A. Dunham; March 15, 1851. The build- counsel, W. Edwin Florance; managers,

ing shown in the above cut James Deshler, Benjamin F. Howell, J.

was erected in 1 888. It h;\s Bayard Kirkpatrick, Henry A. Hull, always been a very carefully and conserv- Loyal T. Ives, Henry A. Neilson, Nicho- atively managed bank and ils last statement las G. Rutgers, William H. Leupp, Rob- and a showed deposits of $2,829,983.28 ert M. Pettit, Charles J. Carpender, Frank surplus of $383,307.58. M. Donohue, M. D., Charles A. Dun- Its officers and managers are as follows: ham, Alexander W. Pettit, William H. President, Nicholas G. Rutgers; vice- Waldron. president, Benjamin F. Howell; Secretary

99 NATIONAL BANK OF NEW JERSEY

NATIONAL BANK OF 1 864, John B. Hill, whose successful ca- NEW JERSEY. reer as a banker is well known, was tend- ered the position of president. In Novem-

Bank of New Jersey was ber, 1 864, the Bank of New Jersey took THEorganized under a special advantage of the new National Bank Act State Charter June 19, 1854. and re-incorporated as a National Bank,

succeeding to the business of with the title. National Bank of New Jer- the Farmers' & Mechanics' sey, which Charter runs for twenty years

Bank, which as agent, it liquidated. and was renewed for a third time in 1 904.

The Bank's first president was John Van In this same year and as a National Bank,

Dyke, and cashier, Moses T. Webb, who it was officered by president, John B. Hill, in turn became its presiding officer, after and cashier, Israel H. Voorhees. Their Charles the resignation of Mr. Van Dyke in 1 859. successors were James Dayton and John T. Hill was then appointed cashier, T. Hill, John B. Hill dying in March, in office a which office he held but for a compara- 1 874. James Dayton died tively short time, later accepting a position short time afterward in April, 1875, and

in the Park Bank of New York, Israel was succeeded by Mahlon Runyon. In elected presi- H. Voorhees becoming the cashier. In I 884, Lewis T. Howell was September, 1861, president Webb receiv- dent, which office he held for sixteen years ing an important commission in the Army, until his death in 1900, and Edward S.

retired from the presidency, to be aacceed- Campbell was appointed cashier and served ed by Garrett G. Voorhees. In February, in the first part of Mr. Howell's presi- 00 dency, when in January, 1 894, he was 000; surplus and undivided profits, $400,- called to be vice-president of the National 000, and deposits of $1,900,000.

Newark Banking Company, and was suc- Since I 864 the National Bank of New ceeded by Henry G. Parker, as cashier. Jersey has distributed in dividends to its

After the death of Mr. Howell, in 1 900. stockholders $1,175,000, and accumu- V. M. W. Suydam was elected to the lated a surplus of $400,000. presidency and served until January,

I 908, when the present incumbent, Henry G. Parker, was elected. The growth of the bank has been steady and strong, and it is today known as one MIDDLESEX TITLE GUARAN- of the leading banks of the State. This TEE AND TRUST CO. was recognized last year by the election of its as presi- president, Henry G. Parker, Company was organized in dent of the State Bankers' THIS New Jersey 1907 with power to do a Association. general trust business and es- The present official staff are president, pecially to examine and guar-

Henry G. Parker; first vice-president, antee titles to real estate. It

V, M. W. Suydam ; second vice-president, has nearly completed a thorough plant P. Hampton Wyckoff; assistant cashier, covering Middlesex County and will Lyle Van Nuis, and the directors in the actively enter into the business of loaning order of seniority : P. Hampton Wyckoff, money on bond and mortgage, issuing P. P. Runyon, Matthew Suydam, V. M. guaranteed mortgages, guaranteed mort-

W. Suydam, Henry G. Parker, Charles gage certificates and searching titles. It's

S. Edgar, John N. Carpender, W. E. Secretary and Title Officer is George W. Florance, and U. M. Fleischmann. All Litterst who formerly was Title Officer of these gentlemen have served the interests of the New Jersey Title Guarantee and of the bank with singleness of purpose, and Trust Co. of Jersey City and its other with ripe business judgment, as is evidenced officers are: President, Geo. A. Vieh- by the strength and financial standing of mann; Vice-President, Hon. Benj. F. the bank today, with its capital of $250,- Howell; Asst. Secretary, Chas. D. Ross.

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THE chief executive officer of the 7 he real management of city affairs is city is the Mayor, W. Edwin vested in a common council or board of al-

Florance, whose main power is dermen of thirteen members composed of

hmited to the appointment of an alderman-at-large elected by the entire the Library Trustees and members of the city and two aldermen from each of the

Board of Health. He also approves or six wards elected for a term of two years disapproves all ordinances, resolutions and by the voters of said wards. This body bills passed by Common Council, but his elects the Board of Assessors, the members veto can be over-ridden by a majority vote of the Water Board, the City Treasurer, of Common Council. the City Clerk, Overseer of the Poor,

Street Commissioner, appoints all police-

men, makes all ordinances, passes all reso-

lutions, enters into all contracts and con-

trols all expenditures of the city money.

Its present composition is as follows: Al-

derman-at-large, Frederick Weigel ; Alder- men— First Ward, F. Stehlin and Chas.

Forman ; Second Ward, Charles E. Tin-

dell and J. J. Feaster; Third Ward, Fred T appen and Chas. A. Oliver; Fourth

Ward, Clifton G. Mott and John Pey-

ton; Fifth Ward, J. Fred Orpen and Robert Kahrman; Sixth Ward, James

Curran and John Francis.

The Board of Water Commmissioners,

appointed by Common Council, control

and manage the water works owned by the

MAYOR W. E. FLORANCE city, collect all revenue derived therefrom 02 BENJ. F. HOWELL JOHN H. CONGER Member of Congress County Clerk and are only under the supervision of the The Board of Library Trustees, ap-

Mayor as to expenditures, and the Board pointed by the Mayor, has full charge of

has power to pass bills not withstanding the Public Library. This Library is the Mayor's veto. housed in a building erected with funds

WILLIAM H. QUACKENBOSS PETER F. DALY Sheriff Surrogate 03 THEO. B. BOORAEM EDWARD W. HICKS County Judge City Judge

donated by Andrew Carnegie in 1902, department managed by a chief engineer and the city appropriates annually $5000 and two assistants, who are elected an- for its support and maintenance. nually by the members of the fire compa-

The city fire department is a volunteer nies. It has always rendered prompt and

E. C. McKeaa H. R. GROVES City Attorney County Collector 104 FREDERICK WEIGEL JAMES A. MORRISON Alderman-at- Large City Clerk excellent service and maintained a very by the people. There are several other

city high standard for efficiency. It is com- officials, such as the city surveyor, the posed of six engine companies, each of street commissioner, city physician, over- which has a hose company attached, one seer of the poor, building inspector, super- combination hose and chemical company, intendent of the fire alarms, city weigher, the and one hook and ladder company. city harbor master, who, together with

The tax collector, who receives and city treasurer and city clerk, are appointed the accounts for all taxes, and the city record- by Common Council and all perform er, who acts as a police judge, are elected routine of their respective offices.

J. J. FEASTER F. STEHLIN 0. FORMAN

105 OLIVER C. E. TINDELL C. A.

J. F. ORPEN J. PAYTON C. G. MOTT

R. KAHRMANN J. H. CURRAN ^i.^*<.. 5?pui Iruitfliutrk iatly Stmps...

staff of correspondents. It circulated ex-

tensively through Monmouth, Somerset and

adjoining counties. Its issue of Decem-

ber 24, 1 799, contained an account of

the death of General George Washington and the paper was in deep mourning.

Its founder, Abraham Blau/elt, was one of the most enterprising of the early

citizens of New Brunswick. He died

about 1 834. He was born in Rockland

LINN E. WHEELER Editor

BACKED by an honorable history of more than one hundred years. The New Bruns- wick Times to-day stands am.ong the front ranks of New Jersey journals for integrity, fearlessness, independence and enterprise. It is one of the thirteen newspapers in New Jersey C^ORGE D. JOHNSON which has had a continuous existence for Associate Editor more than a century; it has the distinction near old Tappan, and, of having served the public in three cen- County, N. Y., with his newspaper busi- turies, the eighteenth, nineteenth and in connection extent a bock publisher. twentieth. ness, was to some daughter of Dr. Moses As the Guardian and New Brunswick He married Jane, Advertiser, the paper was launched by Scott, of New Brunswick. The New Brunswick Times and Gen- Abraham Blauvelt in 1 792, and it at started I, 1815, once took rank as a leading Federal organ eral Advertiser was June published every and was recognized as one of the best and was printed and Deare Myer, at papers published in the country. It was a Thursday morning by & Brunswick. weekly newspaper, containing local, gen- Washington's Head, New speaks of the eral and foreign news, and had its own Its introductory editorial 107 THE TIMES BUILDING growing importance of New Brunswick as cratic party. This gave occasion for the a commercial and manufacturing town and establishment of the New Jersey Union of the demands for the pubhcation of a as a regular Democratic organ by Al- newspaper. It was "published at the rate phonso E. Gordon in the latter part of of two dollars and fifty cents per annum, 1847. payable at the expiration of six months Alphonso E. Grodon was born in from the time of receiving the first paper Philadelphia, March 12, 1826, and after subscribmg." The publishers an- learned the printer's trade in the office of nounce that they are "attached to and the the Delaware State Journal, at Wilming- paper is conducted in the interest of the ton, Del. He was just twenty-one and Federal Republican Party." was engaged in the Emporium office at

At what date The Times passed into Trenton, N. J., when the opening oc- the hands of Mr. Albert Speer is not curred for starting the new Democratic known, but he continued to conduct the paper, the Union, at New Brunswick. He paper until his death in 1 869. He was immediately came here and issued the first an able and influential journalist and a number late in May, 1847. Democrat of the Jeffersonian school, ex- The Daily News was started by Mr.

Gordon in March, 1 85 I . It was con- cept for a brief period subsequent to ducted by him in connection with the New 1 846, when he espoused Free-Soil prin- Jersey Union until February, 1855, when ciples and turned over his paper to the The Times under Mr. Speer, having re- advocacy of that faction of the Demo- turned to its "first love," and there being 08 ,

THE TIMES OFFICE FORCE

two Democratic papers in the city, Mr. a stock company composed of M. F. Gordon sold the good will of both daily Ross, W. H. Price, James Deshler, Oliver and weekly to Mr. Spear, and removed Kelly, W. Parker Runyon, J. Kearney his printing materials to Grand Rapids, Rice and Edward Furman. Michigan. The Daily News and New The paper was improved and en- Jersey Union were then merged with The larged, converted into an eight-page paper

Times, which Mr. Speer conducted until and steadily bettered. In 1 893 Francis the time of his death, when the Times was W. Daire became a reporter on the paper. sold to Hon. William B. Guild, who at In 1 896 he was made editor, succeeding that time conducted the Newark Journal, J. D. Chandlee. In July, 1901, he was and who first published the Daily Times made general manager. September 1 1

1 all of the stock of in November, i 869. On December 28, 906, he purchased 1871, A. E. Gordon returned to New the company, only four shares being held Brunswick and bought the paper. in other hands, in order to preserve the Under his capable management it corporation.

achieved great success. At one time he In May, 1 908, Francis W. Dare sold was offered $35,000 for the newspaper his stock to Linn E. Wheeler, who be- business, an immense price for a small came the president of the company and country newspaper in those days. editor of the paper, and he changed the During Cleveland's first administration, policy to that of a strictly independent Mr. Gordon was made United States mar- organ and associated with himself George shal. He left the care of the newspaper D. Johnson as Associate Editor. business to subordinates, and the paper The Times formerly had its office on then Little Burnet languished. In 1 890 the paper was sold Albany Street; on to former State Senator John Carpender, Street in one-half of a brick building, the other half only is standing of Clinton, N. J. In 1892 it was pur- of which chased by the Times Publishing Company, and occupied by the Raritan Coal Com-

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pany. The other half was torn down to publish a clean, wholesome, enterprising will be make room for the United States Rub- and progressive newspaper which our citizens. ber Factory's buildings. Then its offices welcomed into the homes of were in the Neilson Building on Burnet Street, back of the old sycamore tree near Hiram Street. Soon after Mr. Carpender purchased it, the offices were removed to 409 George Street, where they remained until September, 1907, when the paper was moved into its own building erected

for its occupancy at 201-203 Neilson Street. The new plant was equipped with new and improved machinery, the facilities of the paper greatly increased, and the paper itself enlarged and improved. The present management feel that there

is a public demand here for a newspaper free from pohtical influences; one which will fight the people's rights to good government without the handicap of being bound to any one party, and it is the aim of The Times to present all the news of the day without the coloring of political

prejudice ; to plead for civil righteousness to raise the standard of city government, to fearlessly expose evil deeds, and to emphasize the good deeds of men, and the aim of the editors will constantly be to OLD OFFICE OF -THE TIMES.

INTERIOR VIEW OF THE TIMES no Prnmiu^nt fwplr...

p. A. Meyers A. Viehmann T. E. Schanck R. L. Hoagland J. W. Mettler

F. L. Hindle R. M. Pettit

W. J. McCurdy C. W. Russell G. H. Payson E. B. Howitt

J. D. Posner W. F. Parker D. C. English C. A. Schenck

A. S. March H. C. Voorhees S. Long F. Woodbridge

J. H. Kolfe ^Hd^^^^

G. B. Rule C. P. Moke J. B. Herbert 8. U. Tapken

0. 0. ttillR an H. Landsberg T. H. Riddle

E. Hingher C. h. ningher E. Hinyhtr, Jr. G. H. Huifish

J. F. Kerwin T. H. Hagerty G. T. Applegafe J. E. Elmendorf F. N. Forney W. K. Crater

J. J. Monigan P. H. Suydam

P. A. bnannon H. Kramer Bissett E. Radel E. S. Relyea G. H.

M. O'Connor J. A. Edgar J. P. Wall

E. A. Brady H. F. Zerfing W. R. Schenck A. V. Schenck W. R. Reed

J. V. Hubbard F. Wittig C. W. Wood T. P. Lyons

W. H. Van Sickle, Jr. W. J. Condon A. A. Titsworth R. Barnwell

THE UNITED STATES RUBBER changed to the Meyer Rubber Company. In COMPANY. 1869 Christopher Meyer with Mr. Ford and L. L. Hyatt formed the Hyatt Rubber Com- The first rubber shoes made in this city were pany, which was changed in 1870 to the New made by Horace H. Day in a little shop on Jersey Rubber Company. These separate com- Dennis Street, where he started in 1839. In panies were finally merged into the United this place he manufactured carriage cloth by States Rubber Company when that large cor- spreading rubber dissolved in turpentine over poration was formed. cloth. In 1844, when Goodyear patented the The factories on little Burnet Street are now process for vulcanization, Day claimed the right used for the manufacture of shoes; the fac- to use it as an unpatented English invention and tories on Washington Street and Peace Street began to make shoes. Extensive litigation fol- are used for the manufacture of rubber goods; lowed this in which famous lawyers, including and the factory at Milltown has been sold to the Daniel Webster, were engaged. Finally Day Michelin Tire Company. Over 500 operatives was beaten. At that time rubber shoes were are employed by this company. made from rubber uppers fitted over leather bot- toms.

In 1839 Christopher Meyer came to New

Brunswick to put up some steam engine ma- THE BRUNSWICK REFRIGERATING for Horace H. Day, and made his chinery COMPANY. start in the rubber business. About that same lime Onderdonk and Letson started a rubber This company was incorporated in 1900 with factory which afterwards became the New Bruns- a capital of $2,000,000, and has branches in wick Rubber Company. In 1843 Christopher several cities in the United States and one in

Meyer built the works at Milltown, part of the Porto Rico. It is engaged in the manufacture of buildings now being occupied by the Michelin "Brunswick" ice making and refrigerating ma- Tire Company. In 1845 John R. Ford entered chinery for the manufacture of ice and me- into partnership with Christopher Meyer, and in chanical refrigeration. 1852 they formed a stock company called the The plant utilizes over 50,000 square feet of Ford Rubber Company. In 1858 the name was ground and has special shipping advantages, be-

GENERAL VIEW. U. S. RUBBER CO. f*;'~^*^.

THE BRUNSWICK REFRIGERATING COMPANY ing connected by special track with the main line THE MICHELIN TIRE COMPANY. of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The business has steadily mcreased smce it Of all makes of automobile tires and inner started. Complete ice making and cold storage tubes, probably no one will controvert the saying plants are now being installed all over the country. that the "Michelin" is the most famous and the A special feature of the company's work is the best. advance which has been made in the installation Until very recently all Michelin tires were of refrigerating plants in private homes, it being made in France and imported to this country. able now to install with economy in a home where The demand became so enormous that the manu- the ice consumption is as small as one hundred facturers decided that they must establish a manu- pounds a day. factory in this country and, after visiting many The company employs a large force of opera- proposed locations, they decided that the most fives, and its official roster is as follows: Pres. available spot for their purpose was at Millfown, one of the suburbs of Brunswick. They J. W. Johnson, Vice-Pres., W. Campbell Clark; New

Treasurer, Theo. Frelinghuysen ; Secretary, E. B. purchased the factory which had originally been Howitt. erected for the Meyer Rubber Company, and had

GENERAL VIEW MICHELIN TIRE CO.

19 20 later been occupied by the International Vehicle This record is, of course, even from this purely and Tire Company; and, with a very large force commercial aspect a credit to the community; of mechanics, immediately commenced the work but it is a matter for local pride when the of erecting many additional buildings and in- products of these factories outstrip all the other stalling machinery. This work was rapidly pushed American tire factories put together in carrying speedy automobiles to forward and the plant completed in the early victory on the race track, or sustaining heavy cars under severe conditions part of 1907. The cut, which is shown in this in contests of endurance. volume, of their buildings is taken from a fire Michelin tires have given satisfaction to thou- underwriters' survey. It would be impossible with sands of automobile owners in the short eighteen a camera to get an adequate view of the plant months that they have been manufactured here. which would show all the buildings or convey Thev have won practically every important auto- the least impression of its vastness and extent. mobile contest in 1908. The International Grand Commencing operations a little over 18 months Prize Race at Savannah, The Vanderbilt Cup ago, the success of their American product was 24 Hour Race at Brighton Beach, and many instantemeous, and for over eight months past other contests during 1908 were won by Michelin their factories have been working day and night. Tires in competition with all the other tires manu- This is a phenomenal record in business building factured in the United States and abroad. when the fact is taken into consideration that the The members of the Michelin Company who Michelin factories at Milltown are the largest in have located here are very liberal minded and America solely devoted to the mtmufacture of progressive, and are a great benefit to the citizen- automobile tires, envelopes and inner tubes. ship of the community.

OFFICE OF JOHNSON &. JOHNSON

JOHNSON & JOHNSON. enlarged, known as the Red Cross Cotton Mills.

This group of buildings numbers fourteen and is Johnson & Johnson began their career in New devoted exclusively to the preparation of surgical Brunswick in 1886 in a small factory located near dressings and surgical material made of cotton. the depot, which at the present t;me is used for All of these buildings have from time to lime storage. In 1891 they acquired the old Novelty been enlarged and new buildings erected, until at Button Factory on the bcinks of the canal, these ihe present time their plant numbers about forty buildings now being what is known as their buildings, covering a floor space of over a half a miscellaneous mill being used by them in the million square feet. preparation of medicinal and surgical plasters. The line of articles manufactuied by Johnson In 1896 they erected a new building on George & Johnson consists of what is mainly known as Street for offices and shipping room, and a surgical supplies, including medicinal and surgical laboratory in Highland Park. In 1900 they plasters, absorbent cotton, antiseptic dressings, ban- erected a series of buildings which have been dages, and surgical dressings of various types

21 avoiding contammation of the dressing. made of cotton, waterproof fabrics for surgical work, thus Quite recently they have connected the entire purposes, first aid supplies, disinfectants, medi- with a power house, which will be used to caled soaps and a few toilet articles of a medici- plant supply electric power for the entire works. By nal nature. In addition to these they manufac- this system belts and pulleys will be discarded, ture a number of small surgical instruments, such a very cleanly method substituted on all the as hypodermic syringes, needles, etc., as well as and apparatus. a line of dental supplies. Another feature of the plant is the water used In the year 1905 Johnson & Johnson united This is Co., Conshohocken, in the manufacture of surgical dressings. with the J. Ellwood Lee received from a pond across the Raritan River, Pa., who manufacture a similar line of products. whence it is delivered to filters at the fac- A peculiar feature of the business of Johnson from dressings tory, and, after undergoing treatment, is a pure, & Johnson is the preparation of surgical hospital clean, sparkling water free from all bacteria or to meet the demands of the present day vegetable matter. The daily consumption of this and surgical practice. The modern requirements water is over 400,000 gallons. of this class of goods is perfect cleanliness; buildings for The business of Johnson & Johnson extends to hence it has been necessary to erect every part of the world. All goods are shipped the special purpose for which they are to be directly from New Brunswick. The officers, ex- used, and each building is especially well lighted, and employees a total of over one well ventilated, and above all sanitary. For the ecutive staff — thousand for the most part reside in the city of most part the material is handled by machinery. — hand New Brunswick. This is done to obviate the necessity of

GENERAL VIEW JOHNSON & JOHNSON

JANEWAY BUTTON COMPANY. the business developed and was afterward acquired by William R. Janeway, who organized the This business was originally started by Conslan- the above named company and increased his son-in-law fine Hingher who had been superintendent of plant and associating with him extended the business over the Novelty Button Company. Starting the bus- John L. Duryee, has iness of vegetable ivory Button manufacturing. the entire country.

JANEWAY BUTTON FACTORY 22 NATIONAL MUSICAL STRING CO.

THE NATIONAL MUSICAL STRING strings out of cord, silk, steel and cat gut with

COMPANY. precision and accuracy. Everything is arranged wilh a view to economize time, space and cost This company, which commenced business on of production, while insuring quality, speed and a very modest basis in 1897, has so grown that accuracy. to-day It IS the largest plant in the world de- The management is sagacious, energetic and voted to the manufacture of musical strings, the competent, the operatives, which number over 150, main building being 285 feet long and four sto- being exceptionally well taken care of, and the ries high. If IS located along the Raritan River fame of the company, wilh its two brands of Railroad and has a spur runnine along side of musical strings, the "Bell" and "Black Diamond," it, giving it excellent shipping and receiving fa- has extended over the entire world. cilities. In recent years, this company has also manu-

The machinery, which has all been designed factured harmonicas, and is the only manufacturer and perfected by officers of the company and of that instrument in America. The instrument built on the premises, is delicate and human- which it turns out is very responsive and sweet like in movement, and manufactures the musical toned, and is meeting with an enormous sale.

WILLIS W. RUSSELL CARO CO. 123 NEVERSLIP MANUFACTURING CO.

THE NEVERSLIP MANUFACTURING the manufacture of Neverslip shoes, but it also COMPANY. does a large business in the manufacture of calks to prevent slipping. It now employs over This company was incorporated in 1896, and two hundred hands, and its officers are as fol- commenced in a small way, but now sells its prod- lows: J. W. Johnson, President; R. W. John- ucts all through the United States and Canada son, Vice-President; W. J. McCurdy, Treas- and in many foreign countries. Its Canadian urer; Geo. McCormick, Secretary, and R. Whil- business became so large that in 1905 it erected a aker, Superintendent. separate plant in Montreal. Its main business is

JANEWAY & CARPENDER, WALL PAPER FACTORY

interest JANEWAY & CARPENDER. in 1872 Jacob J. Janeway bought out the of Nicholson, and a co-partnership was formed This concern was originally founded by under the name of Janeway & Carpender. This Belcher & Nicholson in 1863, and the business continued for a number of years until Mr. Car- was conducted in a factory on Neilson Street pender retired, when a corporation of the same just north of the Railroad. In 1870 Charles J. name was founded. Carpender bought out the interest of Belcher and 24 TKe large factory of this company on the The officers of the corporation at the present corner of Schuyler and Paterson Streets was de- time are: President, J. J. Janeway; Vice-Pres., stroyed by fire in 1907 and the present factory Lucius P. Janeway; Secretary, Geo H. Lambert; was then built in Highland Park. Treasurer, Theodore Townsend.

NORFOLK & NEW BRUNSWICK HOSIERY CO., Office and Warerooms

THE NORFOLK & NEW BRUNSWICK dren, and its products are famous throughout the HOSIERY COMPANY. entire world. It has extensive factories and warehouses covering over six acres of ground and The Norfolk and New Brunswick Hosiery employs a very large force of operatives. Company, one of the principal industries of the Its present officers are John N. Carpender, city, was founded in 1863, Lucius P. Porter President; Nicholas G. Rutgers, Treasurer; and being one of the founders. It was the outgrowth the following Board of Directors: John N. Car- Neilson, Janeway, V. M. of a knitting mill first established by J. K. and pender, James Jacob J. E. E. Kilbourne at Norfolk, Conn. W. Suydam, Charles J. Carpender, Nicholas G. This company manufactures the very highest Rutgers. William M. Franklin, Lyman R. Hop- grade of underwear for men, women and chil- kins, Sheldon Franklin.

NORFOLK & NEW BRUNSWICK HOSIERY CO. FACTORY 25 INTERIOR OF INTERWOVEN STOCKING CO.

THE INTERWOVEN STOCKING COM- the famous seamless hosiery of the world and PANY. is now on sale in nearly every city in the United Slates, the present daily output averaging over 20,000 pairs. This company is the sole distributor of the The general offices of this company are located famous Interwoven Hosiery, and distributes to in the New Brunswick Fire Insurance Company retail stores in the about four thousand United Building at No. 40 Paterson Street. The presi- Slates and foreign countries. The business was dent of the Company is John Wyckoff Mettler; organized in 1905, incorporated in 1906, and, sales manager, Wm. H. Everson ; credit man during the three years the product of the com- and treasurer, C. S. Van Winkle, and secretary, pany has earned the enviable reputation of being Irving Hoagland.

EMPIRE FOUNDRY COMPANY 126 EMPIRE FOUNDRY COMPANY. for which the firm has earned a great reputation. The market for the product is principally in This company occupies the plant originally New York, New England States, Pennsylvania built by the New Brunswick Foundry Company and Ohio. The company employs about 125 men, the greater portion being skilled workmen. about twelve years ago. In 1901, Mr. Herman The officers of the company are: W. C. Broesel purchased the plant, and, smce that Whitehead, President; Herman Broesel, Vice- time many new buildings have been added, in- President; W. E. Leary, Jr., Secretary and cluding machine, nickel plating, wood and metal Treasurer; and T. H. Gartland, General pattern making departments, and also a spacious Manager. The General Manager has had office building. The product of the company is wide experience in this line of business, having, gray iron castings, especially gas stove work and previous to his connection with this company, coal stove with nickel trimming. Among the been General Manager of the American Stove specialties made, are the automobile cylinders. Company of Cleveland, Ohio.

NEW BRUNSWICK CIGAR COMPANY

NEW BRUNSWICK CIGAR COMPANY. considerable sum in unsalable cigars, but teaching in this manner produces superior operatives. This company started eleven years ago when The interior of the factory is a model of the industry has the business of the old firm of Davis & Com- nealness and cleanliness, and been a large factor in the progress and growth pany, located at the corner of Water and Wash- of New Brunswick in the last few years, as the ington Streets, purchased. In less than two was company pays high wages and is in every way years the business outgrew these quarters and was a substantial concern and is of great benefit to

moved to the corner of Neilson and Somerset the city. Streets. In 1902 the present immense factory THE MARINE MANUFACTURING AND building on Somerset Street had tc be erected to SUPPLY COMPANY. accommodate the increased trade. The pay roll, which at the beginning averaged less than $150 The Marine Manufacturing and Supply Com- per week, now amounts to over $600,000 a year, pany, whose offices and warehouse are in New and there are employed by this concern York, have their manufacturing plant at New, nearly 1,200 people. The building has been Neilsen, Morris and John Streets, New Bruns- equipped with all the modern improvements. A wick. This concern are manufacturers and deal- large addition and warehouse have been recently ers in everything for shipbuilders and contrac-

built, and, if the present increase continues, it will tors. soon be ihe largest industry in the city. Their plant takes up nearly one whole block One novel feature connected with this plant is and comprises nine separate buildings, classified

the manner in which it employs its hands. Learn- as machine shop, iron foundry, brass foundry, ers are taken on and started at a good weekly pattern shop, carpenter shop, store-houses, etc. salary, and placed on piece work as soon as The management is considering improvements they are able to earn more than the amount of in their plant, looking to the handling of increas- the salary. Each learner costs the company a ing business. 27 CONSOLIDATED FRUIT JAR FACTORY

CONSOLIDATED FRUIT JAR novelties and sheet metal goods of almost every COMPANY. kind and description. The New Jersey Lamp and Bronze Works is employ This company was orgzmized in 1858 and in- a sub-company and the two companies their product is corporated in 1871 with a capital of $500,000. over five hundred hands, and country. New The company was the first to make the celebrated known throughout the entire A and Mason fruit jars, having owned the patent there- York office is maintained at 290 Broadway, on. At the present time they also make oilers, oil a Chicago office at 59 Dearborn Street. The are: B. Kent, can fillers, flash screws, shipping can screws, officers of the company Henry Vice-Presi- screw tops for salt, pepper cmd sugar shakers, President; Theodore B. Booream, miner's lamps, liquid and powder sprinklers, dent, and Thomas J. Buckley, Secretary and sprinkler heads for sprinkling systems, and metal Treasurer.

NEW JERSEY LAMP AND BRONZE CO. 28 INTERIOR; RECKITT &. SONS

RECKITT & SONS, LTD. JARRARD NEEDLE WORKS.

This concern manufactures "Paris Blue. " The This company was founded in 1905, com- principle factory is located at England, Hull, mencing work m the Price Building on Burnet where 6,000 hands are employed. In 1905 a street; but the business soon grew and was branch was established in this cily and W. G. Bearman became supermtendent. In 1907 they moved to the Whiting Building on Dennis moved into their own factory and own thirteen Street. Metal pressings and knitting needles are for future acres of land, which will be used made and shipped all over the world, and the growth. At present over 100 hands are em- company employs over forty men, and the force ployed and the business is constantly growing. IS being constantly increased. The New York office at No. 90 West Broad- way is in charge of H. W. Johnson as Manager.

RECKITT & SONS. FACTORY 29 MIDDLESEX SHOE CO.

THE MIDDLESEX SHOE CO. Felter and E. S. Peck. The Fletcher interests were afterwards bought by Mr. Peck, who con- death. The active This concern manufactures ladies', misses' and tinued the business until his Fritz Wittig and childrens' shoes. They occupy a large three work of the business is done by company maintains six story building and employ over one hunderd Henry C. Kramer. The and disposes of most of its operatives of skill and experience. traveling salesmen surrounding The company was originally incorporated in product in the city of New York and 1887 by Fletcher Felter, his son, William S. country and in the State of New Jersey.

JANEWAY & CO.. WALL PAPER FACTORY

JANEWAY & COMPANY. way became interested. In 1849 the firm became known as Janeway and Company. oldest and best This business was commenced in 1844 by This concern is one of the the United John P. Hardenbergh. In 1845 Henry L. Jane- known manufacturers of wall paper in 30 States. Its large factory is located on Water and in that way reached the building. A much Street between Somerset and Washington, and larger factory was then built and the business its warehouse is located on Water Street at Wash- Incorporated. At the present time the officers of ington, the two being connected by a large the corporation are as follows: President, Wm. bridge which runs across the street. R. Janeway; Vice-Pres., Henry L. Janeway, On February 4th, 1884, the factory of this Treasurer, John Lawrence; Secretary, Edward compemy was destroyed by fire caused by two Lawrence and about 1 50 operatives are em- oil trains colliding on the Pennsylvania Railroad ployed. bridge and the flaming oil ran into the sewer

JANEWAY &, CO.. WAREHOUSE

KILBOURNE KNITTING MACHINE CO. Edward E. Kilbourne, President and Treas- urer; John Erickson, Secretary, and Isaac W. is large, The general offices of this industry are situated Kilbourne, Manager. The factory in the National Bank of New Jersey Building. well equipped and modern. The mills, which are used principally for the manufacture of men's hosiery, are situated at Martinsburg, W. Va., and employ a working NEW BRUNSWICK CHEMICAL force of seven hundred men. COMPANY. The president of the company is Charles W. Chemical Kilbourne; the secretary, Howard H. Emmert, Two years ago the New Brunswick is known president of the Old National Bank of Martins- Company built a new plant on what the plant of E. R. burg, and John Wyckoff is Treasurer. as the Allen tract, near The Kilbourne Manufacturing Corporation, Squibbs & Sons, and began the manufacture of used in commercial textile trade. which has its plant at the corner of Bethany and compounds steadily grown, and the product Somerset Streets, is a subsidiary plant of the That business has over Kilbourne Knitting Machine Company, and has of the laboratories are not only shipped all to foreign Icmds. The been in successful operation in this city since this country, but many Berheim, or 1887, employing about forty skilled mechanics. foreign trade is important. R. Bavaria, who has The President of this company, Edward E. Kil- Pfirsee-Augsburg, Germany, the business in his native country suc- bourne, is the inventor of an automatic knitting carried on is the president of the com- machine which bears his name and is used ex- cessfully for years, treas- clusively by the mills of the Kilbourne Knitting pany. H. Koblenzer is the manager and treas- Machine Company at Martinsburg, W. Va., and urer, and H. Wasserman is the assistant capital stock of by the hosiery mills of John Blood & Co. at urer. The company has a Philadelphia. The officers of the company are $100,000.

131 7

WEBB WIRE WORKS. company, is used. The compemy sends its product throughout the country and to Canada. The Webb Wire Works established a plant Seven men were employed at the time of the of the plant, and to-day fifteen are at at 1 7 Liberty street, in the building formerly opening occupied by the local electric light plant, and work in the shop, mostly skilled men. started on a successful career in the manufac- The officers of the company are: President ture of wire for musical instruments, for needles and manager, E. H. Webb; vice-president, S. E. and for other special purposes, such as brick cut- Webb; treasurer, L. S. Webb; secretary, Her- ting. Swedish steel, especially imported for the bert M. Lloyd.

INTERIOR WEBB WIRE WORKS

LOYAL T. IVES NEEDLE COMPANY. JOHN WALDRON COMPANY.

For nearly forty years an important brancTi These large machine works were established of industry in this city has been the manufacture in 1848 by William Waldron, and are mainly of needles. In 1870 Loyal T. Ives established occupied in building machines for the manu-

the business which still bears his name at 1 facture of wall paper. For a number of years Water Street. The start was a modest one, only the business was conducted on the east side of a few men being employed, but the excellence of Dennis Street, but in 1896 large new buildings the output soon built up the business and the were erected in Highland Park and the entire Ives needles came into great demand. In 1885 plant moved there. Howard Sillcocks became associated in the busi- The present business is incorporated, but it is ness and under his energetic guidance the industry a close corporation consisting of John Waldron has been healthfully developed, until to-day the and his several sons. The business has grown the business employs 1 20 to 1 60 men, according to to large proportions, and machinery for the season. manufacture of wall paper, playing cards, and

The plant outgrew its quarters at 1 7 Water other paper products, is made by this firm and street early in its career and was moved to 19 and shipped all over the world.

21 Water Street, its present location. Last year a branch was established at Metuchen and al-

though this branch is still in its infancy, it is in a D. & COMPANY. flourishing condition. I WATSON In 1903 Mr. Ives interest was purchased by the Loyal T. Ives Needle Company, of which How- This company is located on Water Street and ard Sillcocks is secretary, treasurer and manager. are manufacturers of colors for wall paper fac- The company manufactures spring beard tories. They make a specially of several colors needles and sheet metal stamping work and the which are not made by any other factory and product is sold in this and other countries. The iheir product is shipped to all the different wall principal part of the output goes to this country. paper factories in the country. 132 ..^

H. V. BUTTLER & CO., WOODWORKERS

H. V. BUTTLER & COMPANY. Howard V. Buttler, his son, who purchased the

business in 1884 and continued it until 1888 under This business was founded in 1852 by John the name of Buttler & Son. In 1890 ihe firm was Y. Brokaw and George Buttler, the father of changed to Howard V. Buttler & Co. Howard V. Buttler. Some few years later S. S. This concern makes all kinds of sashes, doors, Johnson became a member of the firm, and m blmds, slair work, store fronts, and makes special 1859 John Y. Brokaw retired and the firm name designs for the inferior of houses and business became Buttler & Johnson, who contmued the bus- places. In addition to their factory in New iness until 1879 when it was purchased by Alfred Brunswick, they have a large store room in

J. Buttler, but managed by George Buttler and Elizabeth.

33 6) ®«r iHrrrijauta

BRUNSWICK has al- town, Dayton, and other points, it com-

NEWways been a prosperous busi- mands the trade not only of the city, but

ness community. Before the of its many suburbs and surrounding

advent of the railroad, it had places. Its stores are well stocked and customers from points as far in them can be found merchandise of distant as Somerville, Flemington and every kind and character, and the va- Plainfield, and, to-day, with trolley con- riety of merchandise offered for sale min- nections extending to Metuchen, Bound isters to the wants of all classes. Brook, Sayreville, South River, Mill-

NEW BRUNSWICK MERCHANTS OF 1860

1 INTERIOR; P. J. YOUNG DRY GOODS CO.

P. J. YOUNG DRY GOODS COMPANY. 1893, purchasing the present business from A. L. Mundy, who retired. The members of the firm

P. J. Young, of the firm of P. J. Young Dry are P. J. Young, Jacob Nevius of Somerville Goods Company, came to New Brunswick in and Mrs. Mary A. Nevius of Flemington. The

HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT, P. J. YOUNG DRY GOODS COMPANY 135 alone until 1893. business was originally started in 1840 at 27 conducted by Mr. Mundy 1908 the concern moved to Church Street by the firm of Dunham, Hagaman In the spring of store in the New Bruns- & Van Cleef. After some years, Mr. Dunham its present commodious Building, where it retired, and the business was conducted under wick Fire Insurance Company to its business. The the name of Hagaman & Van Cleef up to the added several departments line of dry goods, time of Mr. Hagaman's death. It was afterwards firm carries a full and complete mattings, rugs, household utensils and ac- conducted for several years by J. H. Van Cleef carpets, cloaks, suits, etc. until he took into partnership A. L. Mundy. cessories, gents' furnishing goods, After Mr. Van Cleef's death the business was

I. POSNER'S SONS, DRY GOODS

I. POSNER'S SONS. leading merchants and citizens of our city, and has steadily and constantly enlarged. A very

This business was originally founded by extensive and complete stock is carried, and es-

Isaac Posner, who, previous to his death in pecial attention is paid to the demands of ladies

1900, took mto partnership his sons, Julius D., for fancy work, knit goods and notions. Louis and Samuel, who have since continued the business under the above name. MARKS BROS.

Their store is located on Church Street, just below Neilson, in the heart of the shopping dis- This firm, which consists of Marcus Marks trict, and the present owners are maintaining the and Harry Marks, has conducted on Peace same high standard which was established by the Street, at the foot of Church, a dry goods store founder in his lifetime, and are numbered among which has steadily grown in size and class of the successful merchants of the city. business and which to-day ranks as one of the best stores in the city. A full and complete

ANTHONY VIEHMANN. assortment of all classes of goods is constantly kept on hand, and careful attention to the

This business was established in 1867 by the needs of their patrons has brought merited suc- present owner, who is regarded as one of the cess. 136 MARKS BROS., DRY GOODS

HENRY LANDSBERG. the Boston Store by Meyer Bros, of Paterson, and was purchased a number of years ago by Mr. Landsberg, who has developed and enlarged complete assortment of all This business, located on Burnet Street, op- the business. A classes of dry goods, carpets, notions and toys is posite Commerce Square, is now conducted by carried by this concern, and it transacts a very Henry Landsberg, who is a very progressive and extensive busmess. up-to-date merchant. It was originally started as

INTERIOR H. LANDSBERG DRY GOODS STORE 137 LYONS & PARKER, CLOTHIERS

ready LYONS & PARKER. in 1902, and carry a complete stock of made goods, and have a very large custom trade. This is the oldest clothing establishment in the city and was originally founded by John R. Ford, WM. M. VAN DOREN. under the name of Clark & Ford. They con- This business house carries a very large line business for a number of years and tinued in of ready made goods, and also makes clothing to then sold out to George W. Mettlar, who in turn order from measure. They have a large store was succeeded by W. H. Fisher & Co. The on Neilson Street, and their business is con- present owners acquired control of the business stantly and steadily increasing.

WM. M. VAN DOREN, CLOTHING 138 INTERIOR J. P. WALL, CLOTHIER

JOHN P. WALL.

Mr. Wall is one of the young and advancing merchants of the city. He has been in business for a number of years and caters especially to the up-to-date, natty trade, and has a very large proportion of the college trade. His business

is exclusively custom work.

A. WOLFSON'S SONS.

Originally founded by Aaron Wolfson, the business, since his death, has been continued by his sons. Louis and William. A complete stock of men's and children's ready made clothing, underwear, hals and furnishings is earned, and a large custom department caters to that trade.

EMIL VOLKERT.

This business was established in 1878 by Lorenz

Volkert, who is now Mayor of Highland Park. He recently retired from business and was succeeded by his son, the present proprietor, who has had more than 15 years' active experience. Only high grade custom work is done, and a very large amount of the best trade of the city paironizes ihis establishment.

THEODORE COHN.

Mr. Cohn is one of the older merchants of the city, and carries a large stock of high grade goods. He has always maintained a very high reputation for good quality and fair dealing, and A. WOLFSON'S SONS, CLOTHING has a large following of patrons and does a very extensive custom trade. 39 EXTERIOR; W. K. CRATER, HABERDASHER

WALTER K. CRATER. their patrons and alvi^ays have in stock an ex- Succeeding to the business established under cellent assortment of good quality, and not the firm name of Hegamen & Crater, the present only keep all their old patrons, but steadily add proprietor, by his progressive energy, has done new ones. a very successful business. He not only carries all grades of clothing, but a full line of gents' furnishing goods, and is also the agent for the celebrated Knox hats.

In addition to those already mentioned, ready made clothing is carried by Bears Bros., Jacob Bros., Samuel Spitz; and custom tailoring estab- lishments are maintained by Charles Volkert and Albert Weinraub.

WM. R. REED.

This book store is the oldest in the city. It was established by William E. Sampson, who carried it on for many years. In 1870 John T. Morgan became a partner under the name of Sampson & Morgan. After Mr. Sampson retired, Mr. Morgan took into partnership Geo. L. Shivler, and the firm became Morgan & Shivler, and moved from Peace Street to Church Street. In 1888 Mr. Shivler erected the Shivler Build- ing, where the store is now located, and in 1892 sold out to William R. Reed and C. F. Ran- dolph, who continued in business under the name of Reed & Randolph until 1897, when Mr. Reed became the sole owner, and, at the same location, he now conducts a store which carries a full and complete line of everything that is usually carried in a book and stationery store. ^.^iifci.J SEIFFERT BROS.

. . i||f^|'Ai|i|l|||B|Ei^^ Carrying an extensive stock and located in the heart of the business district, this firm has steadily prospered. They enjoy the confidence of

140 W. R. REED BOOK STORE BEAM & CLARE. increasing. Mr. Randolph is a native of New Brunswick and is well known and highly re- This firm, composed of two young men who spected. He carries a fine line of goods and have had many years' experience in the boot £md enjoys a lucrative trade. shoe busmess, has recently opened a very handsome store in the Viehmann Building on George Street. They offer a very high grade and well assorted class of goods, and the large business HARDING & MANSFIELD. which they are doing is evidence that they are destmed to have a very successful career. This is a very old established firm, with a store located on Peace Street. Originally manu- D. F. RANDOLPH. facturers of shoes, they have in recent years devoted themselves exclusively to the retail busi- Catering parlicularly to women and children, ness. They carry an excellent assortment, and this business is well established and constantly have a very steady and well established trade.

INTERIOR BEAM & CLARE

ROLFE BUILDING MATERIALS H. J. Rolfe, who is treasurer—and both have COMPANY. grown up in the community and are well knovNTi and respected. This company has two large places of business, one on Baldwin Street, adjoining the Pennsyl- HOWELL LUMBER CO. vania Railroad Freight Depot, and the other on Burnet Street at the foot of New, and at both This concern carries a large stock of lumber places there is carried a very large supply of of every kind and character, as well as a full lumber and timber of every kind, and also a sup- supply of pipe, tiling, masons' supplies and build- ply of cement, lime, tile, pipe and carpenters' ing material of every description. It has two and masons' material of every description. places of business, one adjoining the Raritan John H. Rolfe, the president of the company, River Railroad Company, where a switch runs is one of the oldest merchants of the city and a into their place, and the other on Burnet Street man of the highest probity. Associated with at the foot of Schureman. The business is of him m this business are his sons — Isaac Rolfe, long standing and the firm has the confidence of who is vice-president of the Company, and the community in every way.

41 WM. ROWLAND, INTERIOR

WILLIAM ROWLAND. firm was succeeded by Bailey & Rowland, and on March 1, 1856, the present proprietor, Will-

This business is one of the oldest established iam Rowland, became the sole owner, and has continued as such to the present time, so that the business concerns in the city. Founded in 1812 present ownership has been uninterrupted for 53 by Jonathan Hutchings, the firm name was years. Here can be found every class auid char- changed in 1820 to Jonathan Hutchings & Son acter of china and glassware any one could ask by the admission of James Hutchings, and in for. The stock is complete and extensive, and 1824 the name of the firm was changed to Mr. Rowland transacts practically the entire busi- James & Haviland Hutchings. In 1852 this ness of the community in this line.

EXTERIOR S. SPITZ 42 SAMUEL SPITZ. BEARS BROS.

the line of Among the leading merchants in this line of Catering particularly to ladies in cloaks, suits, skirts, dresses and other wearing business is Samuel Spitz, who recently bought of Church, and improved the properly on Church Street be- apparel, on Peace Street, at the foot which has a very tween Neilson and Dennis Streets, and now has this firm has an establishment large and growing patronage, and carries a well a store of fine appearance, which holds a high goods. grade stock of ladies' coats and suits and wear- assorted stock of ing apparel and gentlemen's clolhmg.

BEARS BROS.. CLOTHING

P. KALTHEISSEN. JET WHITE LAUNDRY. (paper boxes) This laundry, now conducted by John M. the monopoly of this Mr. Kaltheissen enjoys Arneil and George MacPherson, is the largest the city, and the reason for such business in laundry in the city, and does a very extensive because he meets every monopoly is probably business, and solicits exceptionally fine laundry out a line of goods which requirement and turns work as well as ordinary family laundry. It satisfactory and al- is in every way thoroughly has a very large patronage. ways meets his promises as to deliveries.

H. J. TICE. F. E. MILLER. leading florist of the city and Thoroughly equipped to handle all jobs for Mr. Tice is the large greenhouses on George's Road where installing electrical and current apparatus and has is always in bloom the finest flowers of carrying a line of goods to meet every demand, there kind. He makes a specialty of floral de- this business has met with merited success. Mr. every signs for funerals and floral decorations for Miller is always ready to estimate on jobs and weddings, banquets and other events. enter into contracts and does his work well. 43 INTERIOR; J. J. MONIGAN'S DRUG STORE

S. RUST. JOHN J. MONIGAN. SCHUYLER

Located on George Street, between Church and This business was established over eighty years Paterson Streets, this young gentleman, a regis- ago on Peace Street, and for several years was tered pharmacist, appreciating the needs of his conducted by Charles D. Deshler, who is still patrons, has established a successful and thriv- alive. In 1854 the business was acquired by ing business, and carries a full and complete William Rust, who afterwards associated with assortment of drugs, drug supplies, toilet articles, him his sons. On the death of William Rust in etc. 1905, the business was continued by his sons

INTERIOR S. S. RUST 44 until 1908, when Mr. Schuyler S. Rust, the of the pioneers of the movement of business to present proprietor, became the sole owner. George Street. Anticipating the trend of business to George The store enjoys a very high reputation, and Street, Mr. Rust leased the store now occupied carries an excellent stock of drugs and druggists' by him on the corner of George and Paterson sundries. Streets in the Viehmann Building, becoming one

G. H. BISSETT. DRUGGIST

GEORGE H. BISSETT.

This business establishment, located on George Street, between Albany and Washington Streets,

IS a thoroughly up-to-date drug store in every respect and does an excellent business. The proprietor carries the very best line of goods and does a large business.

LEWIS H. HOAGLAND.

The present proprie-

tor some few years since purchased the business originally founded by John H. Van Deursen and known as the Van Deursen Pharmacy. The high standard es" tablished by the origina' founder has always been maintained and a

complete stock is Hoagland L. H. always kept on hand. L. H. HOAGLAND, DRUGGIST

145 .

£. R. VAN PELT, DRUGGIST

is paid io the wholesale E. R. VAN PEL! Particular attention tiade, but the store is equipped with the very oldest drug stores in the This is one of (he best goods of all kinds. stale. In 1828 Richard MacDonald established a drug store in the same location where the A. W. REEVE. as a partner business is now carried on, taking This drug store, located at 229 George Robert Eastburn Boyer. Charles D. Deshler Street, is excellently situated, carries a good and is conducted by a wide awake pharma- was then a clerk in this store. In 1836 Mr. stock cist of considerable experience. The business was Deshler became associated with Mr, MacDonald, established over 16 years ago, and purchased by Co. After the firm name being MacDonald & Mr. Reeve a few years ago, and since he became that the firm became Deshler & Carter, and owner the business has steadily increased.

following that it became Richard MacDonald & Sons. This firm was succeeded by George Mac- Donald & Company, the company being R. G. Van Pelt, ihe father of the present owner. In 1863 the firm name became R. G. Van Pelt & Co., composed of R. G. Van Pelt, Robert Man- This continued under ning and J. H. Tapping. the same name until January, 1886, when the firm became composed of R. G. Van Pelt and T. H. Skillman. On the death of Mr. Van Pelt

in 1896, the firm became Skillman & Van Pelt, Edwin R. Van Pelt having been admitted into

the firm in 1888, and, since 1907, Mr. Van Pell A. W. Reeve has been the sole owner. 46 STEWART & CLAYTON. 1880 the slore was moved to 27 Church Street. In 1888 Edward Stewart withdrew, and John S.

This store dates back to 1829, when it was Stewart continued the business alone until Febru- established by Otis D. Stewart at 96 Burnet ary 1, 1906, when John E. Clayton was admitted

Street. He was the father of John S. Stewart, to the firm. the senior member of the present firm, and, This firm recently moved to a new store on when he died in 1861, left the business to his Church Street, near George, which is finely fur- two sons, John S. Stewart and Edward Stewart. nished and well stocked with a line of goods The store was moved lo 4 Kmg Block m 1869 thoroughly up to dale and complete in every and from there lo 14 Hiram Street in 1876. In way.

INTERIOR; STEWART & CLAYTON. HATTERS

HERBERT & MOKE.

GEORGE J. LITTERST & CO. This firm is a firm of high grade undertakers,

Mr. Litlerst has been engaged in the gents' both partners being skilled in conducting funerals,

is of the very best char- furnishing business for over 25 years. He en- and their equipment acter. joys an extensive acquaintance not only in the

city, but throughout the country, and has a large SAMUEL LEDERER & SON.

and well established patronage. There is always This firm manufactures pure ground bone and

is needed lo be found in his slore everything that fertilizer of all kinds, as well as scrap for

in the line of genls' furnishing goods, hats, caps, poultry food. They also deal in hides, skins,

furs, wool and tallow, and their place of busi- umbrellas, etc.

ness is on Somerset Street near the city limits.

47 C. W. RUSSELL. THE NEW BRUNSWICK ICE COMPANY. Mr. Russell is Postmaster of the city, and deals in Lehigh coal, conducting a business This company, owned by E. A. Brady, has which was established by his father over 35 years an extensive plant on Commercial Avenue, ago. He has large coal pockets near the rail- alongside of the Raritan River Railroad, where a road, where all coal receives a thorough screen- large stock of coal and ice is always kept on

is at 43 ing, and employs a large number of men. He hand. A downtown office maintained also does an extensive business in flour, feed, hay Palerson Street. euid grain, as well as m coal.

EDWARD HINGHER, FURNITURE

EDWARD HINGHER. hand from the lowest priced to the very best. The business was originally established in 1838 maker, Mr. Hingher, who is a practical cabinet by Isaac Manning, who later took his sons, first started business in this city in 1872. He is John L. and Henry B., into partnership. On his and now located at the comer of Neilson death the firm became Manning Bros., and on Schureman Streets, and his business covers a very the death of John L. Manning the present pro- large space of ground. He carries everything prietor became sole owner. in the furniture line, and is a thoroughly reliable

merchant. Associated with him in business are his two sons, Edward Hingher, Jr., and Charles THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. H. Hingher. Repairing and upholstering is also

carried on by this house. This business, established by Albert Marks, has grown so rapidly that the proprietor has been

constantly forced to look for increased facilities. H. B. MANNING. He is now located in the Times Building on

Here is a furniture store complete in every Neilson Street, where he shows a fine assortment

detail. Tables, chairs, desks and other goods of of all kinds of furniture, stoves, bedding and every kind and character are constantly kept on household goods. 48 INTERIOR H. B. MANNING'S FURNITURE STORE

GLOBE FURNITURE COMPANY 49 H. C. SAUNDERS' GARAGE

H. C. SAUNDERS. MIDDLESEX TRANSPORTATION CO. this firm con- With a well-equipped salesroom and repair With a garage on Albany Street, also department at the corner of George Street and ducts as well a repair department, and is Carroll Place, Mr. Saunders conducts a garage engaged in the trucking business. As the loca- the which has a very large patronage. He carries on tion of this business is on the main highway, stopping place for automo- hand all kinds of equipment for autoists, and is garage is a favorite as well the agent for several makes of automobiles travelling through the city. biles.

INTERIOR GEO. KUHN, JR. GEO. KUHN, JR GEO. KUHN. manu- This young man has just established a thorough- Mr. Kuhn is one of the oldest cigar store at ly up-to-date store at 354 George Street, and facturers in the city and has a fine slock carries an especially attractive Ime of cigars, 379 George Street where he carries a fine smokers' ma- including all brands of imported and domestic of cigars, cigarettes, pipes and cigars of high grade. terials of all kinds. 150 INTERIOR; GT. ATLANTIC &. PACIFIC TEA COMPANY

THE GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC and Pacific Tea Company, located in the Vieh- TEA COMPANY. mann Building on George Sireet, has without question the very largest trade in the city. In addition to carrying a full line of teas and With the largest store in the city, dealing in coffees, all kinds of groceries, butter, cheese and groceries and food supplies, the Great Atlantic fresh vegetables are constantly kept on hand.

JAMES VAN DYK CO., TEA 151 E. S. RELYEA, GROCER

E. S. RELYEA. the name of Kent & Relyea, and afterwards he became sole proprietor. The store on the comer This business was started over 45 years ago by of George and Church Streets is in an excellent William Kent, who later look his son, Charles W. location and carries a very high quality of goods Kent, into the firm under the name of William and a large line of fresh vegetables is always Kent & Son. On the death of William Kent, kept on hand. E. S. Relyea was taken into partnership under

A. W. iOHNSON. GROCER 152 HULFISH, INTERIOR

G. H. HULLFISH. assortment of goods carried by this concern has resulted in a business which has had a remark- The business known as the New York Cash able growth, and the store is numbered among Grocery is carried on by Mr. Hullfish at 4^-51 the leading grocery stores in the city. Hiram Street. The class and character and

SCHEURER & CO.. GROCERS 153 to farmers all over Middle- L. REILLEY. the store is known sex and adjoining counties. On Church Street, between George and BROS. Paterson Streets, the old Waker market is con- RUNYON same excellent ducted by Mr. Reilley, and the Composed of P. P. Runyon and D. F. Run- secured such a reputation quality of goods which yon, this firm has had a very long and honorable by Mr. Reilley. for Mr. Waker is being carried career. Originally including the handling of coal, displayed in an at- The meats and game are their business as wholesale grocers grew so ex- always of the very tractive manner, and are tensive that they now confine themselves exclusive- highest quality. ly to dealing in hay, grain, feed and wholesale groceries and their trade extends for many P. H. SUYDAM. miles outside of the city.

grocery stores in the This is one of the oldest THOMAS STEVENS, JR. and city. Originally started by P. H. Suydam This enterprising young man has established a C. H. Nevins in 1878 at its present location on the manufacture of Monument Square, Mr. Nevins, after several very successful business in horse-radish, spices, etc. His products are noted years, withdrew, and was succeeded by V. M. W. for their excellent quality and their superiority Suydam, the firm becoming Suydam Bros. has resulted in a great and increasing demand. In 1900 the present proprietor became sole products includes extracts of all kinds. owner, Vi. M. W. Suydam retiring to become His list of Sour Pickles, Sour and Sweet Gherkins, Chow- president of the National Bank. Prepared Mustard, Bermuda Rel- Mr. Suydam carries a stock of the very high- Chow, Catsup, trade, and ish and Horse Radish. est quality and caters to the very best

PHIL. WEIGEL, JR., HARDWARE 154 p. WEIGEL, JR. plies. His reputation for quality is unexcelled, and he merits the success which has always at- In this establishment almost anything can be tended his efforts in building up a large trade. bought, from a pin to a locomotive. Mr. Weigel Mr. Weigel is a progressive citizen, always carries all kinds and classes of hardware, in- active in supporting forward movements and one cluding farmers' implements and contractors' sup- of the men who help push the city forward.

STRONG HARDWARE CO.

STRONG HARDWARE COMPANY. among the old merchants of the city. They

This concern is now a corporation, having suc- do a very large business and carry all kinds and ceeded William S. Strong, who in turn suc- classes of hardware, as well as oilcloth, malting, ceeded Charles P. Strong, they having been etc.

WOOLWORTH'S FIVE AND TEN CENT STORE INTERIOR; B. U. TAPKEN, JEWELLER

B. U. TAPKEN. and the most fastidious taste cam here pick out anything it may desire. Mr. Tapken has recently moved into a new and handsome store on Church Street near O. O. STILLMAN. George. He originally started in business in 1888 under the firm name of Tapken & Miller Mr. Stillman is one of our older merchants, at the corner of Neilson cmd Church Streets, having been engaged in business in this city for but in 1897 he became the sole proprietor of the over thirty years. He recently built a new business. There is probably no jewelry store in store on Albany Street above George, which is the state which carries a more complete assort- completely equipped, and his stock of goods is ment of gold and silverware and precious stones, exceptionally fine.

STILLMAN. JEWELRY STORE A. F. W. MUELLER S. SLONIM.

Located at the corner of George and Bayard Mr. Slonim is one of the progressive mer- Streets, Mr. Mueller does a very thriving busi- chants of the city, and carries a good assortment ness and carries an excellent class of silverware. of jevsfelry and silverware in his store on jewelry, clocks, etc. Church Street at the head of Dennis.

INTERIOR; A. F. W. MUELLER, JEWELLER

M. LEWINE, MILLINER 157 M. SCHWARTZMAN, FURRIER

M. SCHWARTZMAN. confidence which the proprietor has secured by his rehable business deahngs. Mr. Schwartzman Situated on Church Street between George and also makes a business of repairing furs and stor- Neilson, The Fur Store, as it is known, has ing them during the summer. come to command a large busmess because of the

GRAHAM & MCCORMICK'S DINING ROOM 158 METZ'S HOTEL

LEONARD SCHEIDIG. the business was purchased by the present proprietor some few years since, and the high stand- One of the most prosperous and well patron- ard which was established has been maintained ized restaurants in the city is that conducted by and the hotel enjoys a large patronage. Mr. Scheidig on Albany Street, near the Penn- sylvania Railroad Depot. The meals served here are of such an excellent quality that the SCHUSSLER'S. restaurant is always crowded, and the owner, who has been m this business for a great many A well equipped restaurant and catering years, has constantly maintained a very high establishment is conducted on George Street by standard and well deser, es the patronage he re- Frederick Schussler under the above name, ceives. where a good meal can always be had.

METZ'S HOTEL. GRAHAM & McCORMICK.

Located in the very midst of the active busi- An excellent restaurant and catering eslablish- ness part of the city, this hotel and restaurant is ment is kept by this firm on Church Street be- the favored stopping place of business men and tween George and Neilson, where meals of good farmers. Originally started by John Weigel, Jr., quality are served.

159 INTERIOR, "SCHUSSLERS." CATERERS

L. SCHEIDIG, RESTAURANT 60 R. MONTALVO, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

CONTRACTORS A. Jelin and H. V. Oliver. All of these contractors have done considerable work in the city New Brunswick has a number of citizens en- of New Brunswick, as well as for other munici- gaged in the contracting business, who are al- palities, counties and large institutions, emd they ways ready at all times to prepare plans and are in a position to illustrate their ability to do estimates for all classes of work, and among the good and satisfactory work by referring to jobs they have completed. best of them are T. H. Riddle, J. T. Kerwin, which

EXCAVATIONS FOR NEW BRUNSWICK FIRE INSURANCE CONIPANYS BUILDING H. V. OLIVER, CONTRACTOR CARPENTERS & MASONS years' standing and who has done a very extensive carpenter business; /. U. Outcalt, who and experienced carpenter; There are a number of carpenters and masons is a reliable, capable V/. E. Leary, who has done a large amount of in the city to bid for the work of erecting build- with very satisfactory results, and Will- ings, and the three most prominent men in this building Sicl(le, and Richard Barnrvell, line are Ceorge B. Rule, who has been engaged lam H. Van Jr., are the leading masons of the community. in the carpenter business all his life, and who who parties are thoroughly reliable and con- succeeded his father, who was one of the leading All these and good work. carpenter builders of the city in his lifetime; scientious men to deal with do Lewis A. Board, who is a resident of many

INTERIOR OF J. W. WILSON'S BUSINESS COLLEGE

WILSON'S BUSINESS COLLEGE. J. BAYARD KIRKPATRICK.

expert in Established in 1871, Mr. Kirkpatrick repre- J. W. Wilson, who is considered an the art of teaching stenography, typewriting and sents twenty standard fire insurance companies, bookkeeping, has for a great many years con- and has a commodious office at 356 George ducted a very successful business college on Street, and also acts as a real estate broker. George Street in the Shivler Building, and has graduated a great many young men and women, who have, because of their sound teaching, secured good positions. The school is N. T. PARKER. a'ways filled with pupils, and bears a very high reputation among professional and business men, At 381 George Street, Mr. Parker conducts who ioo!f for the graduates to fill positions. an insurance office, representing a very large number of the high-grade companies, and his business is very extensive. CHARLES D. WEED.

Mr. Weed is a harness manufacturer at 269 Edgar, Burnet Street, and at that location keeps on hand C. H. Cramer, M. O'Connor, J. A. Habedank Bros, also all kinds of harness and saddlery, and also does Harkins & Victory and fire insurance agents and real repair work. The quality of workmanship is transact business as all represent good companies excellent, and this fact is attested by the busi- estate brokers, and reliable agents. ness which IS done. and are

162 BIJOU THEATRE

THE BIJOU. NEW BRUNSWICK OPERA HOUSE.

Located at the foot of George Street on Liv- This IS a large, commodious theatre, with a ingston Avenue, this theatre, with a seating ca- capacity of over twelve hundred people, and is pacity of over seven hundred, produces the very located on Liberty Street, between George and highest class of vaudeville performances every Neilson. Here the very best travelling shows afternoon and evening, and the character of the slop in New Brunswick, jmd the city has an ex- performances is so good that capacity houses are cellent class of theatricals. the rule.

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163 To the Citizens of New Brunswick:

The New Brunswick Times has compiled the data set forth in this book and endeavored to faithfully portray the place where we all live. There are many things which we would have been pleased to include which have been overlooked, or, in connection with which we have been unable to obtain the proper information within the limited time which we had to prepare the publication. There will undoubtedly be found some mistakes, for which we now ask pardon. Nothing is ever wholly perfect, and, considering the many obstacles which had to be overcome to gather together the facts set forth in this book, we personally feel rather proud of the effort. We think you will find it to be the very best presentation of the City that has ever been published. The illustrations are all from new photographs; especial attention has been given to the half-tone work; the printing is well done; the cover is artistic and attractive, and every household in the City should have one of these books to put away and keep among their treasured possessions. As years pass by there will be nothing to turn to with greater interest than to show the condition of the City of New Brunswick as it was in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eight. The newspaper which The Times Publishing Company issues every week day, shows the same high grade work as this book does. Since last June, when the present management came in control of the paper, constant effort has been put forth to produce the newsiest, cleanest and best newspaper not only in the City, but in the County and State. Independent and fearless, it is the paper which should be in every home. In order that the circulation may be increased and the citizens at the same time be enabled to secure a copy of this publication, we have decided that every new subscriber, during the month of Janu- ary, 1909, for the New Brunswick Times for the period of three months at the regular price of one dollar and twenty-five cents for that period, shall receive a copy of this publication. The maga- zine will not be for sale and the only way to get it is to subscribe for the Daily Times. THE BHDIISWIGK eEFRieBTIHG COmPHHY MANUFACTURERS OF

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Ice Water Cooling Plants installed for Apartment Hotels, Factories, etc.

Refrigerating Plants installed in Private Residences, Restaurants, Hotels, Dairies, Meat Markets, etc.

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MAIN OFFICES AND FACTORIES

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JOHN p. WALL
^^rrlfant Sailer
//5 C/iarc/i 5f., //e75J Brunswick, N.J.
w< VERIBEST —LITHO— COMPANY JESSE E. WHITING, Proprietor
220 Broadway NEW YORK CITY
Stock Certificates ônds Labels
!Qusiness Stationery Photo Engraving General Printing
HERBERT & MOKE
jfuncral Sîrectore an6 Êmbalmere...
COACHES AND CANOPIES FOR WEDDINGS AND RECEPTIONS
CHAS. R. MOKE JOHN B. HERBERT Residence, 296 George St. Residence, George's Road Phone 305W Phone 224W
53-55 Morris St., New Brunswick, N.J.
OFFICE PHONE
• • • 4 #43 • • • "W T INTERWOVEN STOCKING COMPANY 40 PATERSON ST.
New Brunswick, N. J.
SOLE DISTRIBUTORS OF Unt^rmon^n ^nsto^
JOHN WYCKOFF METTLER, - President WILLIAM H. EYERSON, - Sales Manager
C. S. VAN WINKLE, - - Treasurer IRVING HOAGLAND, - - Secretary? The Great Atlantic 8 Pacific Tea Company
yi J^cLtional Tea, Coffee and Grocery 'Btisinesj
325 BRANCHES
Dispensing more of the Highest Quality Groceries
at the lowest prices to a greater number of people
than any other firm on earth
OJÊ ojf -the largest ^pice lyispensers in the World
Our NEW PATENT PROCESS produces a
Coffee acknowledged to be nearer perfection than
ever before produced
finest JEUjiii Creamery Butter
^^^l^^^S§]S§3S§)6SSSiS:s5e^fe>^&>^ NEW BRUNSWICK BRANCH 366 aEORGE STREET TELEPHONE 52
^^^^(^î^^^S§]SS)6SS^lS§3@^§l^^^^^^ I ._
The Greater Young Store NEW BRUNSWICK'S BEST SHOPPING PLACE :xxz
N any complete history of New Brunswick's
business development a large place must be
accorded this store; and in ascribing the
causes for its rapid growth m popular favor QUALITY STANDS FIRST
it's because of the public confidence that we have
established and carefully foster in the high quality of
everything that this store deals in that it surely and
easily maintains THE PROUD SUPREMACY AS THE PARTICULAR PEOPLE'S STORE
Our customers know that they can always depend on
the goodness and correct style of anything that they
find in our stock; and they have also found out
that always and
...IN EVERYTHING FAIR PRICES PREVAIL...
P. J. Young Dry Goods Go.
I 'Phone 267'Ji'^'^ Corner George and Paterson Streets i THE NEW BRUNSWICK FIRE INSURANCE CO.
INCORPORATED 1826-
HOME OFFICE
New Brunswick, N. J.
GEORGE A. VIEHMANN, President D. L. MORRISON, Vice-President CHARLES D. ROSS, _ - - - Secretary and Treasurer E. B. WYCOFF, > - - - Asst. Secretary and Treasurer
THEODORE F. HICKS WILLIAM F. ROLLO WILLIAM B. LLOYD CHARLES D. ROSS D. L. MORRISON MILLARD F. ROSS W. L PERRIN GEORGE A. VIEHMANN E. B. WYCOFF NEW BRUNSWICK MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
ORGANIZED FEBRUARY 20, 1846
THE STRONGEST MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY IN NEW JERSEY
OFFICE, 393 GEORGE STREET
W. E. FLORANCE, President JOHN S. STEWART. Vice-President JOHN W. HELM, Secretary
DIRECTORS ANTHONY VIEHMANN HENRY L. JANEWAY PETER P. RUNYON EDWARD TINDELL JOHN S. STEWART ROBERT W. HELM JOHN N. CARPENDER HENRY G. PARKER HUGH McKEAG WILLIAM R. REED CHARLES A. DUNHAM W. E. FLORANCE DR. A. L. SMITH =THE MIDDLESEX= TITLE GUARANTEE & TRUST COMPANY
FORTY PATERSON STREET
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
GEO. A. VIEHMANN, President
BENJ. F. HOWELL, Vice-President
GEO. W. LITTERST, Secretary-Treasurer
CHAS. D. ROSS, Asst. Secretary-Treasurer
Examines anc BELL BRAND HARMONICAS
THE ONLY AMERICAN-IVIADE HARÎONICAS
/•^bc^c llânnonicas are otfcre^ a? L\. tbc onl\} /IDoutb0roau5 ina&e in the 1Iluitc^ States, aii^ are
eon5truete^ eutirelv? from iDomestie
/IDaterial b\? Bmeriean /IDaebinerv an^ Xabor
Will Stay Longer in Tune Than Any Other Make
National Musical String Co.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. PHONE 202-W- EDWARD HINGHER
Carpets, ûgs, (batting, Stoves, Jardinieres, Window Shades, Linoleum, Oil-cloth, Pictures, &c.
Têpairing, Upholstering Antique Furniture
Hair Mattresses Renovated at Short Notice
Feathers . GSffth
Agent for Ostermoor Mattress
. . Macey & Gunn Sectional Bool^ Cases Full Line Go -Carts
116-122 NEILSON STREET
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. y%^^^ u]Tu]T(Wo\(IJ)]
WORKS OF THE NEVERSLIP MANUFACTURING —COMPANY
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
BRANCH OFFICES
56 Fifth Ave., - Chicago, 111.
25 St. Peter St., Montreal, Can.
i'i7y(T7y)^ywyi77y)77yr77y(^v(T7yi77y IS WHAT WE OFFER TO OUR of JEver^tbiuG PATRONS
Capital aut) ûrplue ^6 50,000— largest of any Bank in middle New Jersey. In addition, under the law, there
is the responsibility of the stockholders for $250,000 more, making a Grand Total of $900,000 Guarantee of Deposits
IDault iprotcction
Large and strong Vaults furnish ample protec- tion for the Assets of the Bank and Safe Deposit Boxes for the use of our customers
Ungpcction Examined semi-annually by United States Bank Examiners. Sworn statements verified b^ ex- amination of a Committee of the Board five times a year, and in addition, the Directors employ a certified accountant to examine the Bank once a year
QtticcvQ aiib Dircctorg
Every officer an experienced banker ; all clerks and officers under surety bonds; directorate composed of well-known and well-to-do citizens
absolute Safety
Our first consideration. We have provided ever}) known safeguard for the protection of our depositors. If you are not a customer of this Bank %ct tbis be vour invitation to become one OUR RELATIONS WILL BE MUTUALLY IFlational Bank PROFITABLE New Brunswick
Savings Institution
COR. GEORGE AND CHURCH STREETS
CHARTERED 1851
Deposits draw interest from the first of January, April, July and October. Interest credited January 1 st and July I st.
Interest entered on the deposit books and paid on and after the
Second Monday of January and July.
OFFICERS
NICHOLAS G. RUTGERS, -----.... President BENJAMIN F. HOWELL. ------... Vice-President CHARLES A. DUNHAM, .---.. Secretary and Treasurer HOWARD C. RULE. _--.._.. Assistant Secretary
FUNDING COMMITTEE
NICHOLAS G. RUTGERS BENJAMIN F. HOWELL JAMES DESHLER FRANK M. DONOHUE. M.D. CHARLES A. DUNHAM
W. EDWIN FLORANCE...... Counsel
MANAGERS James Deshler Henry A. Neilson Frank M. Donohue, M. D. Benjamin F. Howell Nicholas G. Rutgers Charles A. Dunham
J. Bayard Kirkpatrick William H. Leupp Alexander W. Pettit Henry A. Hull Robert M. Pettit William H. Waldron
Loyal T. Ives Charles J. Carpender > { xzx XZXIZZ -D
P^npka Natt0«al ISank
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. s
CAPITAL $100,000 SURPLUS AND PROFITS 125,000
INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS
2 Per Cent, on Active Accounts 3 Per Cent, on Savings
Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent, $2.50 and up
We render every service a bank can offer promptly and on the best of terms
T. E. SCHANCK B. F. HOWELL Cashier President n: IZXZX rxxc NEW BRUNSWICK TRUST COMPANY
3^2 GEORGE STREET, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
Capital, ^ ^ ^ $100,000.00
Surplus, ^ ^ ^ 110,000.00
Transacts a General Banking Business
Allows Interest on Deposits
Authorized to act as Executor, Administrator, Trustee,
Guardian, Receiver, and in all fiduciary capacities. «««
Travelers' Letters of Credit and Foreign Exchange
JAMES DESHLER, President
JOHN C. EISELE, Vice-President A. J. JONES, Sec. & Treas. JOHN H. CONGER, Vice-President J.V. D. MERSHON, Asst. Sec. & Treas.
James Deshier Millard F. Ross Robert M. Pettit John C. Eisele Frank M. Donohue Edwin Furman Uzal H. McCarter John H. Conger Nathaniel King Willard P. Voorhees Edwin A. Fisher Frederick Weigel William H. Waldron SHOES OF QX/ALlT^ — T'ROTE'RLy' FITTED
'She Home oj^ Good Shoes ^he ^Mân who desires Shoes of Superior Merit—Shoes above the level of the crowd— will be greatly interested in this high-grade production — Uhe H\/7iLEy SHOE NONE SO GOOD
362 George Street. New Brunswick, N. BEAM & CLARE, J. imieiiGaD FIREPROOF euiLDlKGS SysieiD
HOME OFFICE BUILDING OF NEW BRUNSWICK FIRE INSURANCE CO.. NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J. (This strictly fireproof high-grade office building constructed entirely of reinforced concrete)
Fireproof Reinforced Buildings of Concrete
THE FOLLUWING ARE A FEW OF THE BUILDIN&S IN WHICH THE AMERICAN SYSTEM HAS BEEN USED: Reinforced Concrete Construction Concrete Fireproofing Newari(. General Electric Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. Union Building. N. J. Harrison, N. J. N. J. State Reformatory, Rahway. N. J. City School. Jersey City. N. J. R. H. H. Steel Laundry Co.. Jersey City. N. J. Jersey High American Type Founders Co.. Jersey City, N. J. Larter &. Sons. Newark, N. J. Seven Newark Public Schools, Newark. N. J. J. T. Castle Ice Cream Co., Irvington. N. J, T. Stewart Building. New York City. Public School No. 5, Irvington, N. J. M. Co., Ampere, N. J. Jas. M. Donald Building, Trenton, N. J. Crocker. Wheeler Atha Steel Casting Co. Newark, N. J. RUSH WORK OUR SPECIALTY AMERICAN Concrete-Steel Company ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS
718 UNION BUILDING. NEWARK. N. J. -£4^^^ ^£'^^j: ^'^^J: ^^^l: ^f^^S- ^?^S- -W? ^^>^ ^?^> rW^z rf^^ rW^y rW^'^^ rH^ \ rH\\ fW^ rH^ tWA ^^1'^ ^-J"^ ^yr^ ^y.'^ ît^ ^y^'^ ^^9r^ î^^ ^^(t^
United States Rubber ^^ C ompany ^^
New Jersey Factory — New Brunswick, N. J.
MANUFACTURERS OF RUBBER BOOTS ....AND SHOES
SALESROOMS : CHICAGO NEW YORK 244 Monroe Street 46 Broadway
vl4>^ "RjJ^^ ^^Wr -R^b^ "^cMr iÂ\^ i^^Wr i^j&^ i%^^
'A'v-'A-/>'V "'A'x-'^^^/A'^ '7^«-^/A"^ '7>'x-'l-/A"^ "A-i-A^/A'^ '/-x-^/«'V "t'^x-A^/A"' Y^v-^'i^/A';! Y^v^feÂi •^L vjy J^- ^L vjy w/h «^w vjy j^ <^l vjy j^ -^l vjy j^ •'L xiy j^^ ^l vjy «<>- Wv- vjy j^ >^l vjy /p -THE LINE OF- ...Metal Sprinkler Tops... MANUFACTURED BY THE CONSOLIDATED FRUIT JAR CO.,
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
Is the Handsoniest...... Line on the Market '^m They Help The SELL ^5^^.,^-^ GOODS
IVe make a large assortment of Bottle Tops for T)ruggists' Supply Houses and 'Têrfumers
Correspondence solicited and samples sent upon application NORFOLK AND NEW BRUNSWICK
^m%, FULL fashioned, fine worsted
that wear longer and give better
satisfaction than any other goods in ^/^ ,;, ry V r >'^ -1- ^'T ^r^ -!- '^Y the market; also Balhriggan goods H\ir, tr¥ry vHf
NORFOLK & NEW BRUNSWICK HOSIERY CO,
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. A UTOMOBILE A UTOMOBILE GARAGE ACCESSORIES
149 ALBANY ST.. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
JIDDIESEI TRBHSPOepOII COOIPflllY..
FAST FREIGHT FROM NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. TO NEW YORK
STR. R. W. JOHNSON
d^pttpral iPormar^f rfi to all pnvU at tl)p Morlh
PARKE-DAVIS PHARMACEUTICALS
G. H. BISSETT
l)ttiaahl
420 GEORGE STREET, NEAR WASHINGTON STREET
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
TELEPHONE CALL 108
yjgent for Hurler's Bon-Bons and Chocolates AtTvT ^mTv-^ ^Ji^--^ \mTv-; ><>4 Mij'X »Hj>4 K>^ «H4^ ^>k isT(^ isW -feTc^ ^W- î'-?^ ^^2^ ^^2^ -teT(^
:ROBT. BURNS=
10c. CIGAR= SUITS ALL MAN KIND
GEO. L. STORM & CO.
409-411 LAFAYETTE ST., NEW YORK CITY mcvv Brungwich^^ nôgt li>opular atnugcincnt IRceort
-THE- ...BIJOU THEATRE... GEORGE ST., bet. BAYARD and LIBERTY STS.
FEIBER & SHEA AMUSEMENT COMPANY, Lessees and Managers
-PRESENTING- High-Class Vaudeville
CATERING PARTICULARLY TO LADIES AND CHILDREN
popular nbatinee Ever)? 2)a>2
COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAM EVERY WEEK
J. D. WATSON & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF =FINE= OLORS
Nos. 1 4 to 20 WATER STREET
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. J G. H. HULLFISH
^JÂmiPiiPnmMM
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Fruits and Vegetables ^ ^
'L.]iLvu)[LvL)[(^j[Lj)[^
49 HIRAM STREET JSSS mm New Brunswick, N. /. -^.^.^
ÊLETHOJVK 479-
^• mm% ^ ^•f.#
iFiupHt Qûality nf QIrIp|il)oin? (Hall 2114- 1^
|, WittPH, ICtqunrfi auli (Etgara AFE
AND RESTAURANT LEONARD SCHEIDIG. Prop.
35 ALBANY STREET
P. O. 348 N. ^ BOX NEW BRUNSWICK, J.
W, Mv^ ^ L^ IN DRUGS, the NAME RUST
to saying that they are on the label is equivalent of f ** HIGHEST QUALITY
RUST'S DRUG STORE
SCHUYLER S. RUST REGISTERED PHARMACIST
VIEHMANN BUILDING GEORGE AND PATERSON STREETS ixx:
ESTABLISHED 1( B. U. TAPKEN
5 XEbe Jeweler...
LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED STOCK OF DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER AND SILVER PLATED WARE, CLOCKS, CUT GLASS, SILK UMBRELLAS, ETC
AT HIS NEW STORE
1 1 1 and 11 3 Church St.
.ALL GOODS GUARANTEED TO BE JUST AS REPRESENTED.
0\t> (Bolt) or Silver taken in JEicbaiuje or /iDaDe ®ver THE LOYAL T. IVES CO.
:/lbanufacturers of: Spdno Ifvnittino IFleeMes IPoints, (Suibes, Etc.
FOR CYLINDER, FASHIONING, RIB AND WARP FRAMES
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
STEWART & CLAYTON
1829 1909
HATTERS JND HABERDASHERS FOR 80 YEARS
"NEW HOME/' 109 CHURCH STREET, Near George Street ESTABLISHED BY ISAAC S. MANNING IN 1838
HENRY B. MANNING
».Jfurntture..
284-286 BURNET STREET
A GOOD WAY=
to secure absolute satisfaction, and at the same time save
money, is to make your purchases of Drugs, Chemicals
or Toilet Articles here.
The purity of our Drugs is guaranteed by the strictest
tests, and they are not only pure, but fresh. We know that reasonable prices will attract trade, and
that good quality will hold it. MONIGAN'S PHARMACY= 376 George Street PHONE 549 New Brunswick. N. J, 6
TELEPHONE 6 1
NEW BRUNSWICK ICE COMPANY
EDWARD A. BRADY, Proprietor
DEALERS IN
Anthracite ^^^r-^^-^1 FromParsonsand r^ -tf^ ^ X^'^y^ and Bituminous \^\J^±.m ^XXvJ. XV^V^ Hopatcong Lakes
George's Tôad and Raritan River R. R.
branch Office, 43 Tâterson Street
thCEW BRUNSWICK, ^. /.
NEILSON T. PARKER
©t ev>erv> ^Description
381 GEORGE STREET See. ^. fil;W.l' § (?o.
JValLei:6 and uLa\}ezdaMicz6
52 Quitcfi Ûce^C
Beautiful on the surface; good all the way ^—-^—'—^^-^—FURNITURE through—the sort it pays to buy
P^^P^^ who look around and take note CARPETS^—^—^-^-^—^^-^^^^RUGS admit that we lead in this lire; carpet
size Rugs especially
RANGES, STOVES ^^^ ^^^^^^ Lehigh Ranges hold ^^"""^^^"^^^^—""^^ their place as Best of alL Cylinder
and Oak Stoves, all sizes
COMPARISONS RESULT IN OUR FAVOR GLOBE FURNITURE CO. 203 NEILSON STREET Near Church autt&^rs* iiaragr 8
H.CLARK SAUNDERS. Proprietor- Gasoline Cars Electric Cars Steam Cars ^ [Colo t Uc 11 tcu\> Motor Cycles Bicycles
Charging Storage Repairs Sundries 95-97-99 Carroll Place, cor. George St. Supplies
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. TELEPHONE
P. H. SUYDAM
MONUMENT SQUARE
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
sÊver^tbiiuj tbc Best=»
AGENT FOR THE "JIREH DIABETIC FOODS" "MONTCLAIR JAM KITCHEN PRESERVES"
TELEPHONE 46 1871 1909
y. uiaiiatd jYltlcpalticK
3fxrt 'Jttaitranr^ AGENT- BROKER
356 George St., New Brunswick, N.J.
MARKET [=1=11- SQUARE HOTEL
Dining Room Attached Phone 332.1V
Hiram and Dennis Streets, New Brunswick, N. J.
ROOMS BY THE DAY OR WEEK
Tîel's and The F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co. 's Beer on Draught Best Brands Liquors, T^hine and Moselle Wines and Champagnes p. KALTEISSEN
Jvlain and CJancu Xanet Jj^C^CiX
.OF EVERY DESCRIPTION-
16-22 BARTLETT STREET
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
•PHONE
D. F. RANDOLPH
•1)000, IJubb^rs nnh l|natfrg i^
39 Church St., New Brunswick, N. J.
Sole Bociit tor ailcn'5 IkuslMou Ikoinfort Sboc SAMUEL LEDERER & SON MANUFACTURERS OF
PURE GROUND COMPLETE FERTILIZERS BONE FOR ALL CROPS....
Shell Poultry Foods, Bone Meal Beet Scraps in Cake and Ground Crushed Oyster
HIGHEST MARKET PRICES PAID FOR HIDES AND SKINS EMIL VOLKERT
...ilrrrltant Sailor...
Telephone 249-R 359 GEORGE STREET
INCORPORATED AUGUST 18, 1887 MIDDLESEX SHOE CO
MANUFACTURERS OF
Ladies' Misses' and HOES... Children's
Factory and Salesrooms - 49-51-53 Washington Street
NEW BRUNSWICK, N /.
lOtutn^ston Mnnav m
THE IDEAL HOME SITE
HOWELL LUMBER CO. PUT YOUR MONEY IN OUR LUMBER
And the durability and finish of buildings, or whatever you construct, will show you a saving. Beginning with sound timber, and running through milling, drying, seasoning, and care of the finished product, the hard and soft woods we handle, as boarding, scantling, joists, lath or shingles, our line
of lumber is the high-water mark of excellence.
Also our Mason Supplies. Yet is our pricing low in comparison with quality. We'll estimate by
'phone if you are in a hurry. t^J^t^^t^t^<^
291 BURNET STREET
Also Sanford St. & Raritan River Railroad
•PHONE 464 ...THE WAKER MARKET... L. A. REILLEY, Proprietor CHOICE BEEF, MUTTON, LAMB, VEAL, PORK, TONGUE, Etc., Etc.
"POULTRY AND GAME IN SEASON. . .
377 GEORGE STREET, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. EDWARD S. RELYEA
Cow (Tburcb c^ iconic Sts.
MY LOCATION 15 CENTRAL EASY ACCESS TO THE TROLLEY GOODS DELIVERED WITH PROMPTNESS ACCOMMODATING CLERKS
1 Deliver in Highland Park and Livingston Manor Daily
M^ MOTTO : The Best Goods for the Lowest Possible Price
Full Line of Choice Groceries and Vegetables Constantly on Hand Give Me a Trial and be Convinced TELEPHONE. 119
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P. P. RUNYON D. F. R. RUNYON RUNYON BROTHERS
Mbolceale (3
227 to 231 Burnet Street, New Brunswick, ^. J m
WM. H. VAN SICKLE, JR.
(Successor to Wm. H. Van Sickle & Son) ,.MASOJV ./IMT) -BUILVEH.
JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
Dealer in Lime, Sand, Cement, Blue Stone and Plaster of Paris
•PHONE CONNECTION Cor. Drift & Welton Streets E.STA'BLISHEr'D 1889
Aristocratic Models, finished in a careful and thorough manner on the premises is what we offer Select Skins direct from the Traps used We carry the finest assortment of Furs, Muffs, Ties, Ladies' Jackets, Gentlemen's Coats, Gloves and Caps in the City. ...FURS STORED SCHWARTZMANN, FURRIER 84 CHURCH STREET
THE HO\/SEKEEPE^'S M O J^ E ^ ^ A V E ^ STEVENS HORSE RADISH
Vrice, 10 Cents
Get Our Premium List for Returned Bottles
N. ^Manufactured by THOMAS STEVENS, Jr. Metuchen, J.
My Motto — Q\/A.LIT^ Sea. y 3vufin, ^r. IS YOUR COAL. GOOD COAL?
IF NO! , WHY NOT TRY A SAMPLE TON FROM RUSSELL'S GOAL POCKET
IF YOU WANT PURE FEED, MEAL, OR CRACKED CORN ...RUSSELL'S NEW GRIST IVIILL... MAKES THEM ALL
OFFICE COAL POCKET AND MILL FRENCH AND SCHUYLER STS. COMSTOCK ST. AND RAILROAD
WM. M.VANDOREN SUCCESSOR TO GLEN ROCK WOOLEN MILLS STORE
(^tomifiq and 3ei\[d c) mniMiinac^
HATS, CAPS& UMBRELLAS
...Suits to /IDcasure a Specialtv...
207 Neilson St., New Brunswick, N. J.
LYONS & PARKER
1 PATERSON BLOCK
GOOD... /ÔOD... (^ OOD... CLOTHES VJ HATS U FURNISHINGS COMPLETE CUSTOM DEPARTMENT OLDEST CLOTHING HOUSE IN THE CITY
id our history in the sketch {on business concerns) page 1 38 JOHN M. ARNIEL GEORGE G. MAC PHERSON
JET=WHITE= Steam and Hand Laundry FIRST-CLASS WORK
Telephone 47 80 CHURCH STREET
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
President 1. Vice-President Secy-Treas J. H. ROLFE. ROLFE, H. J. ROLFE, ROLFE BUILDING MATERIALS CO.
(Ear^jîit^rs', Qlntttrarlnra'
Office, 181 BURNET STREET, New Brunswick, N. J.
BURNET STREET, foot of New Street YARDS: , \ BALDWIN STREET, adjoining P. R. R. Freight Depot TELEPHONE 420
M of the BEST BUILDING MA TERIALS for the construction of FACTORIES, HOUSES, BARNS, etc., and all materials to repair them from Cellar and Sewer to Chimney Cap
flew Brunswick Business (ToUeoe
380 GEORGE ST,, NEW BRUNSWICK, N, J.
All Commercial Branches Shorthand and Typewriting Practical English Course
INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION
Pupils can commence any School-day, and the term counts from the date of entrance
'Phone 360-WI J. W. WILSON, Principal j BooJ^s, Stationery, Tîctures, Frames, W. R. REED Leather Goods, ylthletk Goods, 380 GEORGE ST. Book. Cases, Filing Cabinets
, TYPEWRITERS t FOR SALE & TO RENT
JOHN F. KERWIN & CO.
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femtvB Vônlxacl i iici C9iiq incezd Slrrtrtr l&auhB..
417 George St., New Brunswick, N. J. TELEPHONE
Branch Office. WATERBURY, CONN. SEIFFERT BROS.
InnksÛrrs, g^taliaurra, Nruisinibrfi auit
CAMERAS SPORTING GOODS
50 Dennis Street, New Brunswick, N. J. HENRYJ.TICE Florist ^ ^ ^ ^ Telephone Call, 605 and Decorator Store: 390 GEORGE ST.
Nurseries and Greenhouses CRANBURY TURNPIKE
Choice PALMS, FERNS and BEDDING PLANTS
CUT FLOWERS constantly on hand GARDENING done by Day, Month or Season Wedding and Funeral DECORA TIONS. 'Phone 308-W P. O. Box 268 Office, 391 George St. ABRAHAM JELIN General Contractor
Plans and Specifications for all Structural Work. Streets, Sewers, Masonry, Water Works, Coffer Dams. Pipe Lines a Specialty
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
...SAMUEL SPITZ...
IRew Biunswichs Xeabino ©uter Garment Store for riD c n a n ^ Mo w\ c n
43 "45 Church Street, New Brunswick, N. J.
TELEPHONE 4 70-R
PURITY ACCURACY «•• ^ê .. VAN DEURSEN PHARMACY LEWIS H. HOAGLAND. Proprietor
Open every day and night in the year, where Registered Pharmacists ONLY compound all Prescriptions S. E. Corner George and Paterson Streets 'Phone 49 New Brunswick, N. J. CAREFULNESS PROMPTNESS 9
ALEXANDER MERCHANT ARCHITECTS WILLIAM H. BOYLAN =
349 George Street, New Brunswick., N. J.
TELEPHONE 609
^ W. ROWLAND ^ Importer and "Dealer in
China, Cut Glass Genuine Rogers Silver Plated Ware
LAMPS, TABLE AND MANTEL ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES, FINE CUTLERY, ETC. 3 PATERSON BLOCK
'^ Empire. • VT^* ouTYdry1 Telephone^^^No. 1 ^ ComLpaixy 'h.Vd.Z^.^''' NewBr«„sw,cfe,N.j. LIGHT GRAY IRON CASTINGS A SPECIALTY
Send Sample Castings for Estimate
Light Castings of Soft Iron and Fine Moulding. Completely equipped Machine and Brass Pattern Shops. Japanning, Bronzing, Galvanizing and Nickeling Departments. ^ «,„ consequently Our plant is thoroughly modern and most efficient in its equipment and operation, we can offer especially Fine Castings in any quantity at prices which will interest you.
'Phone 373 -J F. E. MILLER u/ivo%^ .Xlectuical Contractor.*
Armature and Motor Repairing a Specialty Edison Phonographs Agent for General Electric Motors Electrical Wiring "Pyrographic Outfits and Wood, Leather, etc. Supplies and liepairing
21 CKurcK St., New Brunswick. N. J. LEWIS BOARD ^îTom^^^^ All Jobbing Promptly Attended to and Neatly Done Estimates Furnished on Application
Shop, 120 EASTON AVENUE, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. PHONE 471-W
C. H . CRA MER REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL INSURANCE 349 GEORGE STREET
'Phone 585-J New BrunsTvick, N. J.
A. W. REEVE, RD.
lru90. OIl)pnttral0, pi)armarfittiral Prr^jarattona attti ®otlet ArttrlPB
Manufacturer of Quick Relief Expectorant, Quick Relief Headache Powder, Quick Relief Toothache Drops, Gl\)cerine of Roses Cor. George and Hassart Streets George B. Rule Builber
'' ^^^^ ^-^Brunswick,^ ^. /• rootf'^Tm'^^Yôl Morns Street ^ *^
JAMES A. EDGAR
IRcal lEetatc anb flncuirance 1Rotar\> public
'Phone 482-L 349 Georgt Street, New Brunswick, N. J.
carpenter and WIIWlJ^Ll/îVlI lAM IL.F I FARY L.L/\r\J^ GENERAL CONTRACTOR Jobbing and Remodeling Promptly Attended To
Shop and Residence, 299 POWERS ST., Bet. R. R. and Codwise Avenue TELEPHONE CALL I27-L Office Telephone 265-J Residence Teleplione 270-W
HARRY V. OLIVER
General Contractor
Specialty 'Plans and Specifications Prepared for all Structural Work Pipe Lines a
Streets, Sewers,- Masonry, Water Works
Coffer Dams, Wind-Mills Wells
Room 2, Savings Institution Bldg., New Brunswick, IN. J.
'REAV ^he TIMES FO^ THE JSfEWS HABEDANK BROS. JACOB V. OUTCALT
Iêal lEatatP Irnk^ra Carpenter and Builder (E0uutru Aurttanp^ra Townsend St. cor. of Drift
OfHce, 1 19 CHURCH STREET
Estimates Furnished New Brunswick, N. J. Plans, Specifications and Jobbing Promptly attended to Estates Managed Rents Collected Residence, 218 Suydam St. Farms Our Specialty T. H. RIDDLE
..General C o n t r a^ctor
Offices, Room 512 Rothschild Bldg. 25 REMSEN AVE. Philadelphia, Pa. New Brunswick, N. J. PHONE CONNECTIONS
A. VIEHMANN Established 1867
DEAI,F,R IN
Worsted and Knitting Yarns
Materials for Art Embroidery and Fancy Work 48 and 50 Church Street New Brunswick, N. J.
D. WEED MICHAEL O CONNOR CHARLES Manufacturer of Real Estate and Harness and Gig Saddles Insurance
Dealer in Sponges, Chamois Sheets, Fly Nets, 364 GEORGE STREET Blankets, Collars and Whips. Repairing Done on Short Notice & at Reasonable Terms
Cor. Paterson Street 'Phone 198-J New Brunswick, N. J. 269 BURNET STREET HARVEY IREDELL CHARLES H. DUNHAM DENTIST DENTIST
Church Street, cor. Neilsor}
National Bank, of New Jersey Bldg. 349 George Street
New Brunswick, N. J. Nex» Brunswick, ^- /•
GEORGE s. McLaughlin LAWRENCE MU N DY
DENTIST DENTIST
383 George Street 45 Bayard Street
New Brunswick, ^. Nero Brunsroick, N. J. J-
WILLIAM M ACOM READ DENTIST a 45 Bayârd Street THE TIMES"
New Brunswick, N. J.
1866 "At the Sign of the Leaf" 1908 GEORGE KUHN ESTABLISHED 1879 DEAIÊR IN O. O. STILLMAN Fine Havana and Domestic Jeweler and Optician ..SEGARS..
Diamonds, Watches and Sterling Silver Paz y Justicia JOHN BROOKS Tremanos Card Engraving and Wedding Invitations
379 George St., New ^runs-wick, ^. J. iselephone, 252-L, 133 Alban\) St.. New Brunswick, N. J. LAW OFFICES LAW OFFICES
ROBERT ADR AIN W. EDWIN FLORANCE
46-48 Paterson St., New Brunswick, N.J. 393 George Street, New Brunswick, N.J.
LAW OFFICES LAW OFFICES
THOMAS H. HAGERTY WILLARD P. CLARK 389 George Street, New Brunswick, N.J.
Street, Brunswick, N. J. Church New Telephone, 635
LAW OFFICES LAW OFFICES
C. T. COWENHOVEN EDWARD W. HICKS
41-43 Paterson St., New Brunswick, N.J. 393 George Street, New Brunswick, N.J.
LAW OFFICES LAW OFFICES
PETER F. DALY A. V. SCHENCK
389 George Street, New Brunswick, N.J. 41 -43 Paterson St., New Brunswick, N.J. LAW OFFICES LAW OFFICES
WARREN R. SCHENCK FREDERICK WEIGEL
41-4S PatersonSt., NewBriinswick,N. J. 46-48 Paterson St., New Brunswick, N.J.
LAW OFFICES LAW OFFICES A. C STREITWOLF, JR. WOODBRIDGE & MARCH N.J. 40 Paterson St , New Brunswick,
364 George Street, New Brunswick, N.J. New York Office, City Investing Bldg.
HARKINS & VICTORY LAW OFFICES Real Estate and Insurance JAMES H. VAN CLEEF Of M Kinds
Brunswick, N.J. 41-43 Paterson St., New Brunswick, N.J. 389 George Street, New
Telephone, 645
RICHARD F. BARNWELL
LAW OFFICES ^Mâson and S. C. VAN CLEEF guilder
Park, N. J. 41-43 PatersonSt., New Brunswick, N.J. FOURTH AVE., Highland
Telephone 596-J JAN o lyuy
JL '09 JMKW 1»I1I$WICK
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