INDUSTRIAL DIRECTORY

Of

NEW JERSEY

PUBLISHED BY

NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY

1931

Trenton (City).  Pop. 123,356.  Situated at the head of navigation on the Delaware River (channel 20 feet). Area eight sq. mi. Penna. R. R. and Phila. & Reading R. R. Baltimore & Ohio R. R. over P. & R. R. R.  Net valuation (1931) $204,891,454.  Tax rate $3.05. Ten banks. Fire insurance rating B.

Trenton is the capital of New Jersey and county seat of Mercer County.  It is 60 miles from New York and 30 miles froon Philadelphia, the first and third 1argest cities in the United States. hence it is strategically located for industrial and commercial enterprises.  Because of its position it has unusually good passenger train service. During the last two years the Reading R. R. has built a fine new passenger station in West Trenton, and the Pennsylvania has constructed in Trenton an excellent modern freight depot, making it possible to assure the prompt movement of freight inbound and outbound.

Because of the 20 food channel in the Delaware River, steamboat service is possible between Trenton and Philadelphia. Supple­menting a smaller municipally owned ware­house, Trenton is at the present time con­structing elaborate warehouse and lighterage facilities. The Delaware & Raritan Canal passes through the industrial section, connect­ing the Delaware and Raritan Rivers, and affording a through waterway to the Port of New York. The Lincoln Highway and other interstate highways pass through Trenton, affording excellent motor truck arteries from Trenton to the South and to the West.  New Jersey’s super-highway from the Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River at Jersey City terminates at Trenton.

The city has a Commission form of Goverernment. The city's water supply is obtained from the Delaware River, the water being purified in a modern filtration and chlorination plant. The sewer system is 170 miles in length, reaching all parts of the city and terminating in an extensive sewage disposal plant built in 1926. There are about 150 miles of streets in Trenton, of which 100 miles are paved.

In addition to the public and parochial schools there are two modern business colleges with an enrollment of about 2,000 students, who come from many parts of the world. The School of Industrial Arts offers day and evening classes in fine and industrial arts and in several of the art-crafts (dress making, millinery, woodworking, metal trades, and ceramic arts). To employed men and boys, evening courses are available in the machinist, building, automobile, electrical and ceramic trades.

There are several attractive residential sections. The State Library at the State House contains approximately 150,000 books and pamphlets. There are three municipal markets, wholesale and retail, from which fresh produce from nearby farms is obtainable in season.

The 1930 U. S. Census of Distribution reports 2,035 retail stores in Trenton doing a total annual business of $77,64l,627, giving full­time employment to 6,447 men and women and having a yearly payroll of $9,070,794. Of the stores, 1,694 are single‑store independents, 315 are chain operated, and 26 are manufacturer controlled and otherwise

There are more than 400 manufacturing establishments in Trenton, and areas immediately adjacent to the city limits. The value of manufactured products approximates $120,000,000. There are 19,000 wage earners employed by the industries within the city limits, their wages being $24,621,000. These figures do not include early 100 firms manu­facturing products having a value of less than $5,000 per year. The industries of the city are well diversified, but Trenton is especially noted for its manufacture of pottery, both sanitary and dinner ware, rubber goods, both hard and soft, wire and cable, steel products and linoleum.

New industries are welcomed, but no bonus or financial inducements can be offered. The econmic industrial advantages of Trenton offset financial subsidy offered in less advantageous cities. The excellent transportation facilities, nearness to the world's most concentrated markets, supply of skilled and unskilled labor, equitable taxation, and community interest are factors which persuade manufacturers to locate in Trenton. Some desirable factory space and industrial sites are available, many of these being on, or adjacent to, the main line or branch lines of the Pennsylvania and Reading railroads. Electric power and gas is furnished by the same public utility which covers the northern half of New Jersey.

Industries:                                                                                         Emp.

Ace Shops Inc., upholstered furniture                                         14

Acme Elec. Mfg Co., elec. supplies..................................             8

Acme Rubber Mfg, Co., fruit jar rings                                          552

Acme Safeguarding Co., mach. & window guards                     4

Agasote Millboard Co., composition. Board                               142

Ajax Electrothermic Corp., melting furnaces                                27

Albert Bros. Co., ice...........................................................              3

Allfather Candy Co. ...........................................................             18

American Bridge Co., struc. steel ....................................             444

American Cigar Co..................................................                         840

American Laundry..................................................                         20

American Mineral Prod. Co., Inc., terrazzo mineral floorings    15

American Spring Mattress Co. ........................................              3

American Steel & Wire Co................................................              460

Anthracite Mfg. Co., coal briquets .................................              10

Atlantic Products Corp., canvas & leather spec.                        73

Bahrenburg, John H., Co., ice...........................................              7

Bailey, Rupert, millwork ....................................................             10

Baker Wm. H., structural steel work.................................             2

Balmer, J. H. Co. Inc., porcelain parts                                           18

Barlow, Chas. Y., millwork ....... ........................................             11

Bartley Crucible & Refractories Co. ................................             35

Bay Ridge Spec. Co.. bathroom accessrs.                                    18

Beers Press, commercial printing .....................................             13

Bell Cleaners & Dyers, Inc................................................              33

Belle Mead Sweats Inc., confectionery                                        72

Belmar Press, commercial printing                                                 4

Berk Press, Inc., printing....................................................             8

Billingham Brass & Machine Wks., cstgs......................             10

Blair, Robert, Co., gas engine rebuilding                                      1

Blakely Laundry Co., dry cleaning..........................                      222

Bodine, D. M., pork products..................................                       3

B. O. T. Mfg. Co., tanks  & bowls...........................                       41

Brady & Beans, Machine Works ...........................                       3

Bugbee, Newton A. K. & Co., Inc., struc. steel.......................    4

Capital Bedding Co.............................................................             2

Capital City Mirror Beveling Co.......................................              3

Capital Laundry Co.............................................................             22

Capitol Broom Co................................................................             24

Capital China Co., decorating china .........                                    6

Capitol Coat Apron, Towel & Linen Supply                                40

Caraker John A., blank books & bookbind ing...............            4

Carll's, Chas. W., Sons, sheet metal const.                                  18

Cartwright Co., Inc., designs & print blocks                                19

Castanea Dairy Co..............................................................             171

Cellose Products Co., bathroom accessrs.                                   55

Ceramic Allied Prod. Co., bathroom ftgs                                      67

Certainteed Corp., oilcloth & linoleum ......................................   395

Chambers, A. R., fire brick, blocks, etc.                                        19

Cherry & Ruelius, marble memorials                                             6

Circle F. Mfg. Co., elec. wiring devices                                         273

Clayton, L. N., brushes...............................................                   1

Cloverdell Packing Co., provisions .................................              9

Coca Cola Bottling Co. of Trenton, Inc., bev.                              7

Cohen-Goldman, Co., men's clothing                                            125

Colonial Laundry Co..........................................................              38

Combination Rubber Mfg. Co., tubes .............................             17

Commercial Printing Co.....................................................            7

Concrete Spec. Co., cinder & concr. Blocks...................             8

Conner Mill Work Co, builders' millwork                                      19

Conner Bros. Laundry Co..................................................             22

Consumers Ice Co...............................................................             25

Cook Pottery Co., elec. porcelain refractory tubes for resistances    8

Crescent Armored Wire Co...............................................             45

Crescent Concrete Block Co.............................................              2

Crescent Insulated Wire & Cable Co.                                           402

Crescent Pattern Works, Inc. wood patterns                               2

Crescent Tile Co., Inc., floor tile ......................................              38

Crossley Machine Co., pottery, tile, etc..........................             34

Crystal Laundry Co............................................................              4

Cyclone Leather Garment Co., Inc....................................             120

Darner, Jos., millwork ........................................................              2

DeLaval Steam Turbine Co., compressors, etc.                           740

Dennis Machine Pattern Co., molds, etc.........................             4

Doctor Bros. Co., cabinet making.....................................             3

Domestic‑Individua1 Laundry .........................................             26

Duplex Brake Eng. Co., hydraulic brakes                                      5

Eagle Anvil Works, vises, etc ..........................................             12

Eastern Cabinet Co., wardrobes, etc. ..............................             150

East Trenton Elec., Plating Wks., nickel plating                          1

Economy Laundry..............................................................              20

Economy Pottery Co., sanitary earthenware                                23

Efcolite Corp., assembling light fixtures..........................             15

Eisenbach, Anthony, Co., ornamental iron work...........             8

Elfenstein, Jack, printing ...................................................             2

Elite Pottery Co., plumbers' earthenware                                      62

Elkins Press, printing..........................................................             3

Emony, Wm., boxes for sanitary ware                                          13

Enslin, Charles, cooperage................................................             3

Essex Rubber Co., mechanical spec.................................             410

Eureka Flint & Spar Co., Inc., grinders of pottery materials      21

Exton, A., & Co, oyster crackers......................................             17

Faber, W. E., signs .............................................................             6

Farmer, Arthur E., Sr., machine work..........................                   2

Federated Metal Corp, slab zinc ......................................             65

Fell Geo, F., printing ..........................................................              3

Fitzgibbon & Crisp, Inc., auto bodies..............................             195

Fleron, M. M., & Son, radio aerial equip                                      17

Foster Yarn Co., Inc., worsted yarns...............................              71

Franklin Printing Co, circulars, etc. .................................              1

Freihofer Baking, Co., bakery prod .................................              109

Frey Print Shop, printing ..................................................              2

Fulper Pottery Co., kitchen ware, etc...............................             67

G. H. P. Cigar Co. ................................................................             252

Gas Engin. Co., gas making equip., etc ...........................             27

Gatti Co., Inc., wire drawing dies, etc,..............................             21

Giant Mfg. Co., play‑ground apparatus                                        25

Giordano, Nicholas, men's trousers.................................              41

Globe Elec. Co., sign receptacle sockets ........................              1

Golding's Sons Co., grinders of feldspars                                    12

Graphic Press printing........................................................             1

Green Bros. Co., Inc., yeast confection                                        25

Green, R. L., Mach & Tool Works....................................             2

Greenwood Pottery Co., vitrified china...........................              74

Hackett & Gary Co., mattresses, etc................................              4

Hamilton Body Co., auto bodies .....................................              14

Hamilton Rubber Mfg Co., mach. Rubber goods                        170

Harrison Press Co., Printing .............................................             9

Healy Pottery Co., sanitary earthenware                                      9

Heinemann Elec. Co., air type circuit breakers                             47

Heitzman, Thomas J., Co., uph. & awnings...............                   2

Hibbert Printing Co.......................................................                   30

Hibbert, Jos. W., Printing Co.......................................                   43

Hildebrecht Ice Cream Co............................................                   26

Hill, C V. & Co, refrigerators & showcases                                  383

Hill, T. C., Co., bakery products........................................             41

Holford Sash & Door Co., millwork .................................             2

Home Rubber Co.. hose, belting, etc ..............................              98

Home Wet Wash ...... ........................................................              11

Hottel, Jos., B. Inc., men's shirts.......................................             10

Howe, Samuel J., awnings.................................................              2

Hughes, Hiram, millwork ...................................................             3

Hulsander Mfg. Co., brass signs, engr. & ptg...............             14

Imperial Porcelain Wks., Inc., elec. insulation................             101

Innocenzi, Nick & Son, Inc., cement block.....................              5

Insulated Duct & Cable, non-metallic conduit...............             35

International Pottery Co., semi-porcelain table & toilet ware   105

International Prod. Corp., linoleum cement.....................             6

Irwin Mfg. Co., wood & metal toys..................................             9

Ivens, Wm. H., Sons, Co., pottery & tile mchy..............              9

J. L. Cap Mfg. Co., men’s & boys’ caps..........................             5

Japanese Silk Garment Co., silk, cotton & flannel garments      33

Jersey Tag Co., cloth & paper tags..................................             29

Johnson, O. L., Inc., precision cylinder grinding...........             1

K-City Broadway Laundry................................................              23

Kammerer Bros. Co., boxes & crates................................             18

Keating Laundry.................................................................              4

Kelso Mfg. Co., clutch facings.........................................              7

Kerns, E. L., Co., beverages..............................................              18

Keystone Pottery Co., sanitary pottery..........................              150

Kirkham & Gutherie, printing & stereotyping................              9

Klein, Emil D., cigars...........................................................             304

Korzilius, Peter, Granite Wks., memorials........................             2

Kuhn & Jacob Mach. & Tool Co., moulds for Bakelite              34

LaRue, Edward D. & Son, millwork..................................             10

Lee, H. D., Co., men’s work clothes.................................              422

Lenox, Inc., china tableware..............................................             338

Leuckel, A. K. Co., millwork..............................................              17

Liberty Provision Co., pork products..............................              17

Lilly White Laundry...........................................................              4

Lincoln Chinalite, Inc., elec. fixtures................................              5

Litemetl Castings Corp., castings.....................................             1

Logan Machine Co., machine work..................................             4

Luzerne Rubber Co., hard rubber products....................             122

MacCrellish & Quigley Co., printing...............................             50

Maggio, Joseph Co., cheese.............................................             1

Mallinson, H. R., & Co., Inc., silk throwing....................             133

Mantel, henry J., provisions.............................................              4

Margerum Provision Co., Inc., provisions......................             21

Mayer, C., & Sons, furniture & repairs............................             2

McCardell, J. R., & Co., com. auto bodies.......................             22

McFarland Foundry Machine Co., castings...................             25

McNulty, John, boiler repairs...........................................              2

Mellin Sign & Stamp Co., rubber stamps........................              4

Mercer Bag & Burlap Co...................................................             10

Mercer Bottling Co., beverages........................................             14

Mercer Brass Foundry Co., brass fittings.......................             3

Mercer Cleaning & Dyeing Works..................................              6

Mercer Porc. Co., bathroom accessories.........................             30

Mercer Pottery Co.,  dinnerware.......................................             92

Mercer Wood Works, sawdust......................................             2

Middlesex Paper Tube Co.................................................              6

Mitchell-Bissell Co., porc. guides....................................              126

Model Cleaning, Dyeing & Pressing Co., Inc................              33

Modern Machine Works...................................................              4

Monument Pottery Co., porc. sanitary ware...................             16

Moore, Thomas E., monuments & memorials.................             2

Morhard, Geo. A., Co., paint & varnish..........................              4

Moss Filled Wreath Co., Inc.............................................             10

Mott, J. L., Co., sanitary plumbing fix..............................             438

Muehlhausen Cooperage Co., barrels & kegs...............              7

Mueller Mach. Co., clay working mach...........................             15

Mueller Mosaic Co., art clay tile.......................................             55

Murray Rubber Co., tires & tubes....................................             380

Muschal, Geo. E., & Co., millwork....................................              2

Mycock Machine Co., machine work..............................              4

National Electro Plating Wks., nickel, copper & chromium        4

National Porcelain Co., bathroom fixtures.......................             77

National Radiator Co., heating rad...................................             315

Near Para Rubber Co., reclaimed rubber..........................             4

N. J. Agricultural Wks., threshing mach.........................              4

N. J. Bottling Co., beverages.............................................             2

N. J. Decalcomania, ceramic transfers                                           5

N. J. Laundry Co.................................................................              4

N. J. Porcelain Co., bathroom accessories                                    92

N. J. Seating Co., school desks & chairs                                      152

N. J. Staats Journal, newspaper pub................................              2

N. J. Tile Co., vitreous floor & wall tile                                          32

Norton, Farr & Cummings, engraving & ptg.                              13

Novelty Printing Co............................................................             2

Nucar Forwarding Corp., auto trucks........................                   15

O. K. Bottling Co., beverages...........................................              2

Original Trenton Cracker Co.............................................              34

Ornamental Iron, Wks., Inc., struc. Steel.........................             17

P. & H. Pattern & Foundry Co., patterns                                      7

Panelyte Corp., radio panels, etc ..............................                    119

Paramount Cleaners & Dyers of N. J........................                    12

Paramount Press Co., printing..........................................              4

Parker, Frederick R,, millwork............................................              3

Paster, Morris, Co., chld, & misses' suits........................             80

Peoples Brewing Co., beverages...............................                    7

Perry Tailors & Cleaners....................................................             3

Pestcoe Mfg Co, men’s & boys’ clothing                                    45

Phillips‑Godshalk Co., printing                                                       3

Photo Art Co., photo finishing  ......................................              5

Pierce‑Roberts Rubber Co., rubber prod.                                     39

Plibrico Jointless Firebrick Co...........................................             16

Pocono Rubber Cloth Co., auto top fabrics                                 41

Pointon, Albert E., Mch. Co., tools & dies.....................              2

Prashker Sohn & Co., men's shirts...................................             30

Princeton Worsted Mills, woolen goods                                     244

Public Service Elec. & Gas Co., gas.................................              57

Puritan Laundry Co.....................................................                     6

Puritan Rubber Mfg. Co., floor coverings                                    86

Regal Doll Mfg. Co.............................................................             150

Resolute Pottery Co., sanitary earthenware                                 27

Rock Foundry Co., castings..............................................             1

Roeblings, John A., Sons Co., wire & cable                                2438

Roller Bearing Co. of Amer., bearings, etc.                                  135

Roma Provision Co., pork products..........................                     2

Rose W. W., Company, pork products                                         8

Royle-Brock, Inc., marble & granite..........................                    10

Royle Cleaning Dyeing Works..................................                    6

Rulon China Decorator...............................................                     2

Ryan Appliance Co., elec. relay switches                                    5

Salamandra Orange Crush Bottling Co., bev.                              4

Sanitary Cleaning & Dyeing Works.........................                     8

Sanitary Coat, Apron, Towel Supply Co..................                    6

Sanitary Earthenware Spec. Co..................................                    98

Sanitary Ice & Coal Co................................................                    12

Saunders. Raincoat Shop ..........................................                     1

Scammell China Co., vitrified china...........................                    500

Schantz, Grover C., aerial assembly parts                                     2

Schaumloeffel C. L., beverages ......................................               3

Scheick, Fred F., sheeet metal products                                       26

Scudder, E. J., Fdry, & Mach. Co., wire drawing, rubber & pottery mach  ...... 16

Seiler’s Jos. Sons Co., meat products......................                     20

Seville, E. E., Mfg. Co., memorials.............................                     3

Shell Oil Petroleum Co., petroleum prod..................                     5

Skillman Hardware Mfg. Co., builders’ hdwe.                              70

Sloane, W. J., Mfg. Co. linoleum & yard goods                          435

Smith Press, printing...................................................                    14

Sneyd Enameled Brick Co., fire brick........................                     7

South River Waist & Dress Co.................................                     18

Spruce, Albert, machine work...................................                      3

Stacy Laundry Co........................................................                    39

Stacy Paper Box Co.....................................................                     10

Standard Bottling Works, beverages.......................                     3

Standard Flint & Spar Corp ......................................                      6

Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co., china pottery.............                     249

Standard Trousers Inc................................................                     50

Star Bottling Co., beverages.....................................                      1

Star Porcelain Co., elec. porc. spec. ........................                      275

Stokes Asbestos Co., cloth & tape..................................             78

Stokes, Jos. Rubber Co, hard rubber parts                                   379

Sun Oil Co., distributing petroleum prod.  ...................                86

Super Steam Service Co. Inc., steam bus.                                     5

Sutphin Mach. Works, elec. porc. dies, etc.                                 21

Swift & Co., provisions...........................................                        22

Switlik Parachute & Equip. Co................................                        27

T. & G. Hat Co, ladies' hats.....................................                        6

Tatler, Inc., decorating china, etc...........................                       18

Taylor Provision Co., pork products.....................                        26

Technical Press, printing.........................................                        7

Thermoid Rubber Co., mechanical rubber goods                        378

Thropp’s John E. Sons, Inc., castings..................                        150

Thropp, Wm. R., & Sons, Co. rubber mill mach.                          104

Ti1ton, A. L., wood turning ...................................                        1

Trent Engraving Co., photo engraving ................                        5

Trent Press, printing................................................                        6

Trent Tile Co., f1oor & wall tile..............................                        107

Trenton Auto Radiator Works...........................                            65

Trenton Bay & Burlap Co.......................................                         5

Trenton Bone Fertilizer Co.....................................                         15

Trenton Bottling Co., beverages ..........................                         5

Trenton Brass & Mach. Co., castings..................                         95

Trenton Clothing Co. ..............................................                        110

Trenton Folding Box Co., display cards & paper cartons         47

Trenton Laundry.......................................................                        38

Trenton Lumber & Millwork....................................                       3

Trenton Mach. & Tool Co., drop forge, etc.                                7

Trenton Malleable Iron Co., casting .....................                       193

Trenton Mineral Flooring Prod. Co........................                       33

Trenton Packing Co., slaughtering .................................              23

Trenton Potteries Co., sanitary earthenware                                957

Trenton‑Princeton Traction Co., trolley..........................              26

Trenton Printing Co., bookbinding & ptg.                                   16

Trenton Shirt Mfg. Co..............................................                       70

Trenton Spec. Mfg. Co., canvas & leather spec.                        7

Trenton Spring Products Co., cushion springs                           90

Trenton Times, newspaper publishing..................                        271

Trenton Transit Co, trolley & buses......................                        372

Trojan Composition Corp., valve cups..................                        6

Trumbull Elec. Mfg. Co., elec. porcelain................                        33

Turner, E. W., restaurant china...............................                       6

Twentieth Century Pub. Co., printing....................                       2

Union Electric Porcelain Works, Inc.......................                      80

United Brooder Co., brooders & pipe                                           4

Univeral Sales Syndicate, dust bags......................                       2

Updike‑Kennedy Co., Inc., lumber & millwork                            18

Van Buskirk Press, Inc., printing......................................              8

Van Pottery Co., sanitary earthernware                                        25

Vannest, Coleman & Co., men’s clothing                                     10

Veritas Fire System, temperature recording instruments           2

Wagner, I. & Sons, pork products...................................             19

Wagner’s Laundry....................................................                       5

Wainford-Darling Co., pottery machinery                                    3

Warren Confectionery Co. .........................................................    2

Watson, Wm., Mach. Co., rubber moulds                                    8

Weeks, H. T., wood working machinery                                       2

Wenczel Tile Co., ceramic floor tile..................................             52

Westinghouse Lamp Co., elec light bulbs                                   304

Whitehead Bros. Rubber Co., mech. rubber goods                    146

Whitehead Pottery Co., floor tile, etc..............................              55

Williamson, R. C., advertising signs................................              4

Wilno Bros., cleaning & dyeing.......................................              23

Wilson, Walter P., printing                                                              8

Wittenborn, R. G., Co., awnings & shades                                   6

Wolf, Wm., H., table relishes .....................................                    3

Woodbridge Pottery Co., small porc. spec.                                 12

Woodhouse Chain Works, iron & steel chain                            60

Woven Steel Hose & Rubber Co.....................................              34

Yard, Wm. F., Box Co., paper boxes.................................              25

Young Rubber Corp. of N. J., protectors.........................              185