^„ THE )^' lO (lit^ ot IRcw Bt unewick /■' mirs ITS HISTORY ITS HOMES & ITS INDUSTRIES oclU T^resented as a New Year's Greeting by THE NEW BRUNSWICK TIMES January 1st, 1909 COPYRIGHT, 1908 THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Gift Publisher ^l3T(Wu^^ The City of New Brunswick ITS HISTORY ITS HOMES ITS INDUSTRIES ^iBtonral ^krtd| John P. Wall. AZARIAH DUNHAM The First Mayor Under the State Charter THE site upon which New Bruns- wick 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 what was known as "Raritan Lots," and the two lots comprising the present site of PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER RARITAN RIVER the city were awarded or sold to John Inian. On a map, made in 1 685 by John Reed, Deputy Surveyor, there is a place called a fording place, which was a rocky rift extending across the river just below where the upper lock now is, at which point the river was so shallow that it could easily be crossed at low tide in a wagon or on horseback. Afterward a road was run from George's Road to the ferry at this point. The ferry rights were trans- ferred by Thomas Farmer to Philip French on March 30, 1 732. The place continued to be called Inian's Ferry until 1 723, at which time a road and two streets were laid out. One of these streets was called "Broad Street," which is undoubtedly what is now known as Burnet Street. The earliest use of the name "New Brunswick" is said to be found in the minutes of the County Court, from which 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- pointed by the Court of General Quarter Sessions for New Brunswick. At that time New Brunswick was a very small settlement, but soon after com- menced to grow very fast, as it became the landing for produce which was sent to market, and it was said that at that time a lot of ground in New Brunswick was worth nearly as much as a lot of ground in New York. In 1 774 John Adams described the VIEW OF WESTON'S MILL CREEK 5 POST OFFICE BUILDING city as follows: "There is a Church of England, a Dutch Church and a Presby- terian Church in this town. There is some little trade here; small craft can come up to this town. V/e saw a few small sloops. The river is very beautiful. There is a stone building for barracks, which is tolerably handsome; it is about the size of the Boston jail. Some of the streets are paved, and there are three or four handsome houses; only about one hundred and fifty families in the town." In 1 730 some Dutch families immi- grated from Albany, N. Y., and located along the line of the public road, which they called "Albany Street." Among these settlers were Dirck Schuyler, Hend- rick Van Dursen, Dirck Van Veghten, LANDING BRIDGE OVER RARITAN RIVER COUNTY JAIL AND SHERIFFS OFFICE Abraham Schuyler, John Tenbroeck, Nicholas Van Dyke, and Dirck Van Alen, who were men of considerable prop- erty and enterprise. The city became a growing town, the principal streets being Burnet, Water and Albany Streets with a few buildings on Church Street, and the mhabitants lived along the river as far south as Sonoman's Hill. The old house on Burnet Street, just below Schureman, was built by Hendrick Van Dursen. Abeel and Hasser owned about thirty acres of land in the southerly part of the city, and undoubtedly Abeel and Hassart Streets are named after them. In 1 72 7 John Van Nuise bought a farm which had its front on Neilson Street, one line along Liberty Street and another along New, running as far as the Mile Run Brook. The farm house which he built on what is now Neilson Street was occupied by the British Army in the Revo- lutionary War. On the corner of Church and Peace COURT HOUSE AND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE 7 RESIDENCE OF MRS. JOHN C. MEYER Streets, where Van Pelt's Drug Store now stands, was a stone edifice known as the "Appleby House." Where Rutgers Col- lege now stands there was a very large apple orchard. One of the oldest frame buildings is the old Vanderbilt house on Burnet Street, which was the home of Commodore Van- derbilt, the founder of the family of that name. William H. Vanderbilt was born on Burnet Street in the brick house which still stands just north of Rolfe's Lumber Yard, which property was bought in 1 828 by Cornelius Vanderbilt, and sold by him COLLEGE FARM AND AGRICULTURAL BUILDING 9 RESIDENCE OF MR. JOHN N. CARPENDER in 1830 to John Hicks, and afterwards deeded by his executors to Isaiah Rolfe. On July 22. 1822, CorneHus Vanderbilt petitioned to keep a public house, and Common Council granted the same. New Brunswick was incorporated as a city on December 30, 1 730, two weeks previous to the incorporation of the City of New York. The City was rechart- ered in 1 763, and afterwards obtained a 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 n \ ■ \ \/i £ tu n\ I /o4 — I /VU — Azariah Dunham 1 he Colonial Mayors or the City were Thomas Farmer, WiUiam Oukes, James 1 790— 1 796— John Bayard Hude and Wilham Harrison. I 796 — 1 801 — Abraham Schuyler The following is a list of Mayors which 1 801 — 181 3 — James Schureman VIEW OF CITY FROM STEAMBOAT DOCK 1! W,»» MB.- ^f^^ — — - NEW BRUNSWICK BOAT CLUB ^1813— 1821— James Bennett o^Mo^Z' *1821— 1824— James Schureman ^1^"" 21^ 1 824— 1 829— Augustus R. Taylor 1 848— 54^- 1 829— 1 838— C. L. Hardenbergh 1 849— 83 1- 1838— 1840— August R. Taylor \^Jl[,l\i~ 1840— 1841— DaviaM. Vail ocl ^tlt 1841— 1842— Littleton Kirkpatrick ' ° o = ^ 1842— 1843— Fitz Randolph Smith 1855—1856- 1843— 1845— John Acken . 1 Senior o" 1845— 1846— William H. Leupp yl857— 185tt- -John Van Dyke -Martin A. Howell -Augustus F. Taylor -David F. Randolph -Peter N. Wycoff -John Van Dyke -John B. Hill -Abraham V. Schenck -Lyle Van Nuis -John B. Kirkpatrick OLD WOODEN BRIDGE AND TOLL GATE AT FOOT OF ALBANY STREET 12 THE OLD MARKET PLACE AT HEAD OF HIRAM STREET 11858—1859— Tunis V. D. Hoagland 1859— 1860— Peter C. Onderdonk I860— 1861— Ezekiel M. Paterson 1861— 1863— Lyle Van Nuis 1863— 1865— Richard McDonald 1865 — — Augustus T. Stout tl865— 1867— John T. Jenkins 1867- 1869— Miles Ross 1869 — 1871 — George J. Janeway 1871 — 1873— Garret Conover 1873— 1875— Thomas DeRussy 1875— 1877— Isaiah Rolfe 1877— 1879— Lyle Van Nuis 1879— 1881— T. DeWitt Reiley VIEW OF WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS 13 14 II RESIDENCE OF P. VANDERBILT SPADER FORMERLY AT CORNER OF GEORGE AND CHURCH STREETS AND AN OLD VIEW OF COIYIMERCE SQUARE 1 88 1 — 1 889— William S. Strong 1889— 1895— James H. Van Cleef 1895— 1902— Nicholas Williamson 1902— 1904— George A. Viehmann 1904— 1906— William S. Myers 1906— 1908— Drury W. Cooper 1 908— W. Edwin Florance '^Died in office. yResigned. iElected to fill vacancies. THE HISTORICAL BELL HOTEL 15 THE MANSION HOUSE, A FAMOUS HOSTELRY The granting of the charter was the first real step in the reconstruction of the City after the Revolution. The task which faced the citizens required good, clear judgment and a careful study of the needs and demands of the City. The responsi- bility of this task was given to men of such ability as Col. John Neilson, John Dennis, Azariah Dunham, James Schure- man, Henry Guest, Abraham Blauvelt, Robert Eastburn and some others, and they discharged their trust exceedingly well. After the receipt of the charter, the new city government organized with Azariah Dunham as Mayor, and John Neilson as Recorder, and, with the aid of William Harrison, who as Mayor had guided the destiny of the City during the trying days 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- ing the City on its future career in a very satisfactory manner. Common Council was organized and committees were named to take care of the poor, look after the city wells and street lighting, and report on drains and fire protection. In 1 792 two important matters agitated the community — the proposed building of a bridge over the Raritan, and the loca- tion of the county court house. With respect to the latter, there was great rivalry between Perth Amboy and New Bruns- wick, and, finally, the offer of New Bruns- wick to contribute 300 pounds sterling toward the building of the court house car- ried the day and the City became the County seat. ■ROSS HALL," THE GOLF CLUB HOUSE 17 RESIDENCE OF MR. HARRY ROSS At this time. New Brunswick was one of the greatest agricultural depots of the North. The grain of practically the en- tire state of New Jersey was conveyed to New Brunswick where cash was paid for it. Whitehall Tavern was the headquar- ters where farmers and provision men con- gregated and bartered and sold their goods. It was the custom in those days for all cities to have a market for the sale and ex- change of merchandise; it is not known when the first market was built in New Brunswick, but it must have been before 1 763, as the Charter of that year speaks of a market clerk. In I 796 Robert Hude was appointed 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, the committee on lamps reported twelve in good repair, eight gone and ten needing repair. The fathers trated by a decision of Council on Jan- uary 1 0, 1 800, when Mr. Cox, the lamp- difference in the way our fore- looked after city affairs was illus- lighter, was informed that unless he paid better attention to the lighting and clean- ing of the lamps his pay would be sus- pended. From time to time the lighting of the city was discontinued and renewed until the introduction of gas on June 11,1 832, 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- tinued from that time until within a very few years. The fall of 1797 marked the laying of the first sewer drain, for on September 27th of that year, Jacob Dunham and Robert Eastburn were authorized to lay a drain on Church Street. The City had a town clock at this time, which was located in the steeple of the Episcopal Church and was cared for by John Lupp, who was paid ten dollars a year for that service. On September 22, 1822, a town meet- ing was held to pass on the question of placing a town clock in the Dutch Church, and by a vote of 134 in favor to 47 against, $500 was appropriated for the purpose of purchasing the clock. It was bought of B. Davidson, and John RUINS OF COMMODORE VANDERBILT'S "BELLONA" HOTEL 21 OLD SUYDAM STREET STATION Wyckoff took charge of it at the munifi- cent remuneration of Twelve Dollars per year. City licenses were granted by the County Court in the early days of the City, but on June 1 0, 1 800, Common Council appointed a committee to go be- fore the Legislature and ask for amend- ments permitting the City to grant licenses, and the Charter was so amended in the year 1 801 , and on May 30th of that year the first licenses were granted ; hotel keepers being charged according to the capacity of their places. The records show that Water Street, which was paved in 1801, was the first paved street in the City. RESIDENCE OF MR. ROBERT E. ROSS 22 iiiiii""'!ir ST. PETER'S GENERAL HOSPITAL In 1 796 the importance of a better method of transportation across the Ran- tan River resulted in the erection of the old wooden bridge and the abandonment of the ferry across the river. This bridge was for years controlled by the New Brunswick Bridge Company which charged a toll, and this method was con- tinued until July 3, 1875, when the County became the owner of the bridge and declared it a free bridge. The wooden bridge which was purchased by PARKER MEMORIAL HOME FOR INCURABLES 23 L I- 1 ; WELLS' MEMORIAL HOSPITAL the County was replaced by the present stone arch bridge in 1 892. Another subject that occupied the at- tention of the City Fathers in the early days was the establishment of a fire de- partment. In I 796 the City had two en- gines — "The Upper Fire Engine," of which James Dunham was Captain, and the "Lower Fire Engine," James Schure- man. Captain. These engines seemed to be in charge of one department and Will- iam Van Duersen was director and treas- urer. On February 2, 1779, Mr. Bray and Mr. Baker were appointed a committee by Common Council to draft a resolution and present it to the Legislature for the purpose of securing certain privileges and the ex- emption of certain duties to firemen, and this action eventually resulted in the law which exempts firemen from militia and jury duty. ENTRANCE TO RESIDENCE OF W. J. McCURDY 24 CHILDREN'S INDUSTRIAL HOME The Fire Department at that time had a division known as the "Bag Men," who took charge of large leather bags which were provided by Common Council for the purpose of removmg and keepmg safe. property threatened by fire. These "Bag Men" were in all probability the fore- runners of the modern salvage corps. In 1821 the official "Baggs" were John N. Simpson, Jehil Freeman, Henry Outcalt, ST. MARY'S ORPHAN ASYLUM 25 Peter Vredenberg, David Voorhees, Samuel Holcomb, Cornelius Van Anglen, SOLIDERS' MONUMENT George Clark, James Richmond and Francis Conover. In 1 825 an examination of the Fire 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- enburg, James Cole, Moses Scott, Robert Eastburn, John Voorhees, John Lupp, Peter Vredenburg, Sr. It was the custom for the ladder com- panies 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 pur- pose of purchasing hats, which, when re- ceived in August of that year, were dis- tributed am.ong the members of the com- panies. 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 building was torn down in the early seventies. At the lower end of Burnet Street were a large number of shipyards, which did a thriving business. TABLET TO VICTIMS OF THE 'MAINE' 26 RESIDENCE OF MRS. P. W. PICK, THE OLD LIVINGSTON HOUSE The First Ward in those days was known as Richmond's Meadows ; the second was DeHart's farm and Martin's farm, where cattle were lodged and fed by the drove. What is now the upper part of the Fourth and Fifth Wards above New Street was entirely vacant. The Sixth Ward was called Shell Hill. From the Canal to Eastern Turnpike was almost a desert. "fffliirtiffiiBB '^ -^AtZt^^ THE OLD SCUREMAN HOUSE ON BURNET STREET [■MIIMlliiW I liiir awwwujwnc*. jJB«5ii! iSSC^* THE STEAMER NEW BRUNSWICK In the centre of the City was & ceme- tery which reached from George to Neil- son Streets and from Church to Schure- man Streets. In 1 830 nearly a million bushels of grain was handled in New Brunswick and the annual shipment up to that year aver- aged 500,000 bushels of rye and over 300,000 bushels of corn. Two lines of steamships vied with each other in the passenger traffic. They were known as The Union Line and the Citi- zens Line. The rivalry of these compet- ing lines was most active, and it was while racing with "The Thistle" that the "Leg- islature" had the misfortune to have her boiler explode scalding many people and killing one. These steamboats, with "The Bellona," were the first to ply the waters of the Raritan. They were fol- lowed by "The Antelope," "The Wyom- ing," "The Warden," "The Minneola," and "The New Brunswick," which last named boat was burned to the water's edge on August 7, 1 902, near Martin's Dock. Other steamboats ran for short periods. In those days numerous sailing vessels were employed in trading with foreign 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 C. L. HARDENBERGH WILLIAM S. STRONG JOHN B. HILL LITTLETON KIRKPATRICK PETER N. WYCOFF LYLE VAN NUIS EZEKIEL PATERSON ABRAHAM V. SCHENCK 31 FORMER MAYORS PETER C. ONDERDONK THOMAS DE RUSSY JOHN ACKEN FITZ RANDOLPH SMITH GEORGE J. JANEWAY WILLIAM H. LEUPP 32 GARRET CONOVER DAVID F. RANDOLPH JOHN B. KIRKPATRICK FORMER MAYORS DAVID M. VAIL TUNIS V. D. HOAGLAND MARTIN A. HOWELL AUGUSTUS R. TAYLOR. M.D. JOHN T. JENKINS AUGUSTUS T. STOUT T. DE WITT REILY MILES ROSS AUGUST F. TAYLOR 33 EX-MAYOR NICHOLAS WILLIAMSON and Neilson Streets. There was also the Bellona Hotel at the foot of Burnet Street kept by Skipper Cornelius Vanderbilt. In 1 830 the Delaware and Raritan Canal was commenced, and it was com- pleted in I 833 and opened for traffic. It cost about three million dollars. The first EX-MAYOR JAMES H. VAN CLEEF steam-propeller which went through the canal was the "Hercules," which came up through the basin at New Brunswick soon after her arrival from Glasgow where she was built. In I 835 the New Jersey Railroad was 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 locomotive called "The New Brunswick," attached to thirteen cars decorated with FIRST BUILDING OF CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 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 con- veyed 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, how- ever, 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 de- stroyed 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. A tempo- rary bridge was then erected to accom- modate traffic and the iron bridge imme- diately constructed to replace the old wooden bridge, and, when the tracks were elevated through the city, the present stone arch bridge was built. 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 com- pleted, 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 Company which was located in one of the buildings now occupied by Johnson & ORIGINAL FIRST REFORMED CHURCH Johnson; and, after that, the New Bruns- wick Rubber Company in the building on Washington Street. 35 f '1^ iiiiiitf*''"^ STEAMER R. W. JOHNSON Shortly after the first rubber industry was started, the wall paper industry was begun. Janeway and Company com- menced this branch of business in 1 844. After this came the National Iron Works, established by Elijah Kelly, the Norfolk and New Brunswick Hosiery Company, the Consolidated Fruit Jar Company; and, following these, have come to our city many other industrial enterprises such as Johnson & Johnson, Hirschorn & Mack, the National Musical String Corrpary, and a host of others. The opening of the railroad and canal greatly affected the trade of the city by allowing farmers to ship their produce without carrying it to New Brunswick, and the completion of the Central Rail- road in 1852 as far as Somerville was a great blow to the shipping interests of New Brunswick. It was about that time, however, that the establishment of several manufactories, especially in the rubber business, indicated that New Brunswick was to become in the 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- ing the Civil War that kept the citizens of the coinn-.unity in employment. The old town sent out four full companies to de- fend the flag in the Civil War, in addi- tion to which hundreds of its individual citizens enlisted in the branches of the ser- vice. The question of a city water plant first attracted attention in 1 854, when the proposition to introduce water into the city was defeated. In 1 859 a company was incorporated with $300,000 capital, and m 1861 the city was empowered to take $50,000 of this stock if a vote of the people favored it. The personal appeals of Dr. A. D. Newell and others to the working people, urging them to vote for the construction of the waterworks, carried the election against the votes of the "Best Citizens" whose own ancestors, fifty or sixty years previous, had formed the RESIDENCE OF MR. THOMAS NELSON 37 VIEHMANN BUILDING. SHOWING RUST'S DRUG STORE. BEAM & GLARE'S SHOE STORE AND GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO. STORE "New Brunswick Fountain Company," called Prince, Paterson was Barracks for the purpose of supplying the city with Street, Neilson Street was divided and the water from the Barrack Springs through portion south of Albany Street was called wooden logs. Queens, while the northern portion was In olden times Peace Street was known called Kings. Church Street was as Market Street, Bayard Street was changed to White Street and back again VIEW OF LIVINGSTON AVENUE TAKEN AT SUYDAM STREET 38 »'*•* *~' si.'' HANNAH HOYT SCHOOL BUILDING. TRANSFORMED INTO VIEHMANN BUILDING, AND OLD FRENCH STREEr SCHOOL ON SITE OF PRESENT WASHINGTON SCHOOL to Church Street; Richmond was known as Court Street, probably because the Court House was located at the corner of Burnet and Richmond Streets. Easton Avenue from Somerset to Albany was at one time known as Niagara; Schureman was called Dutch Street, Commercial Av- enue was Town Lane, and Albany was- sometimes called French Street. The city includes all lands beginning at the mouth of the Mile Run Brook, con- tinuing up that brook to where it crosses George's Road, thence east to Lawrence Brook and following the said brook to the- •RED CLIFFE, " RESIDENCE OF MRS. A. V. SCHENCK 39 ■-X---^^ ^ . M j U ! ! n : ' t i •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- erally known. New Brunswick, during the Revolu- tionary War, was for a long time occupied by the British, and a number of skirmishes took place immediately in and around the city. The only paper which was published m the eighteenth century was "The Guardian and New Brunswick Advertiser," which paper has been continuously published ever since and is now known as the "Daily Times." It first appeared as a daily on October 4, 1 869. In 1 828 the city had a population of about 5,000, and was a very lively and interesting place, being the stopping place for stagecoaches. The city was then bounded by Church Street and New Street. One of the oldest houses is the residence of Mrs. Edward S. Vail, on the corner of Livingston Avenue and Carroll Place, which was built in i 760 by Henry •Guest. This place was once the refuge of Tom Paine. At that time Dennis Street was a skating pond in winter and a swamp in summer. The situation of New Brunswick makes it extremely suitable for the location of factories. The congestion in large cities has forced all industrial concerns to get to points where they can spread out, and, being situated on the main line of the greatest railroad in the country, between New York and Philadelphia, and having all the advantages for homes, it offers to manufacturers every possible advantage that any city could advance. It has good water, healthful conditions and surroundings, a liberal minded citizen- ship, every facility for clean amusement, a river which provides a source for both industrial and pleasure navigation, a sur- rounding country which is remarkably beautiful for walks and drives, and enjoys educational advantages which are unsur- passed. During the past decade there has been a remarkable inflow of foreigners who are making the city their permanent home. 41 _ j_ - yj JT'i'''^' "' "■' ^ —111 FIRST JAIL IN NEW BRUNSWICK These foreigners have all been thrifty and home seeking people. They are of the class which accumulate and save and in- vest their savings in homes, and there has been a large spurt in building operations since their advent. The business district of the city is in- creasing very materially in area, and George Street, which was once a residen- tial street, seems destined to become the- active business centre of the city. During the past five years the number of stores, has increased very materially, and the volume of business done in the city has kept pace with their growth. Everywhere there is a sign of healthful activity, and there is every evidence that 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- ulation and wealth will increase by the addition of persons who will become good, loyal American Citizens. Immediately opposite the City of New Brunswick, on the east shore of the Raritan River, is located the thriv- ing borough of Highland Park, which has its own separate government and which is being rapidly settled as a residential community by people whose business vocations are in the city, but who are building homes in this beautiful sub- urb. This borough has grown very rapidly in the last few years, and, as it pos- sesses adequate trolley facihties and has all the advantages of the city water sup- ply, good sewerage and excellent fire pro- tection, it is destined to continue to grow and build up. In a part of the borough, known as Livingston Manor, Warren Whittlesey has within the last three years built fifty handsome bungalows and cottages, all of which have found a ready market, and are all very attractive and ornamental houses. New Brunswick is fortunate in being connected by means of fine macadam roads with all parts of New Jersey. These roads lead in every direction and make the city a center for those who find pleasure in 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 evan- gelist of his time, urged the erection of such a college. His son, the Reverend Theodorus Frelinghuysen of Albany, con- tinued the effort, persistently seeking the necessary sympathy and resources both in DEMAREST, D.D., PRESIDENT this country and in Holland. With both of these pioneers was associated the lay- 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, WilHam FrankHn, governor of the Prov- ince of New Jersey. This first document is not known to be now in existence, but under its provisions the Board of Trus- tees was created and held meetings. A sec- ond charter was granted 20th March, 1 770, in answer to the Trustees' desire for a slight amendment, and under its pro- visions, almost unchanged, the mstitution has continued until now. It provides for a college to be called Queen's College, in KIRKPATRICK CHAPEL 46 PROF. E. B. VOORHEES PROF. L. BEVIER. JR NEW JERSEY HALL 47 VOORHEES LIBRARY honor of the royal consort, Charlotte, and to be erected for "the education of youth in the learned languages, liberal and use- ful arts and sciences, and especially in Divinity." The seal was to bear the motto, "Sol justitiea et occidentum illustra." On May 7, 1771, the Trustees held a meeting at Hackensack, and the location of the college was then fixed at New Brunswick. The date of the first open- ing of the college cannot be definitely as- certained, but was somewhere around 1 772. Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh was the first president. In the fall of 1776, when the British troops took possession of New Brunswick and burned the original college building, the college sessions were held at Mill- stone and sometimes at North Branch. In 1 775 Dr. J. R. Hardenbergh was installed as the active and permanent pres- ident, and continued in that position until 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 college building was accomplished, and a building was erected on the site now oc- cupied by the Soldiers Monument on the corner of George Street and Livingston Avenue. This building was occupied un- til 1811, when it was moved down Schure- man Street, where it still stands. In I 795 the college, on account of fi- 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 energy of Dr. Ira Condict, sufficient money was collected to reopen the college, and he was made its president. Robert Adram was professor of math- ematics, and Dr. Livingston was professor of theology. Dr. Livingston afterward be- came president. In 1825, after his death, a great effort was made to resuscitate the college which at that time had gone down hill very much ; and a very considerable sum of morey was secured, something over $50,000 being collected, of which Col. Henry Rutgers gave $5000. In consideration of his character and services, the name "Rutgers College" was chosen. An English and scientific school was established in I 832. From I 800 until this time a great many men who afterward became very eminent were graduated from the institution. From 1840 to 1850, the number of students AN OLD VIEW OF RUTGERS COLLEGE 50 ;N OLD VIEW SHOWING COLLEGE CAMPUS AND SEMINARY HALL again fell off, but, upon the election of Theodore Frelinghuysen as president, the institution commenced again to be prosper- ous. In 1 863 Rutgers Scientific School was established. This was immediately after the election of Dr. Campbell as president. The State College of New Jersey for the benefit of agriculture and mechanical arts, was organized as a department in Rutgers College in 1865. The credit for the es- tablishment of this institution was due to Dr. George H. Cook. From that time the history of Rutgers College is a history of both the classical and scientific schools combmed. Dr. Campbell was succeeded as presi- dent in 1 882 by Merrill Edward Gates, who remained as president until 1 89 1 , when Dr. Austin Scott was chosen. He filled that position until 1906, when he was succeeded by Dr. Wm. H. S. Demar- est. There are now about three hundred students in the college. The buildings have mcreased in number during the last few years, and the college PROF. E. R. PAYSON PROF. E. u. &IEVENSON 51 1 * BUILDING AT MILLSTONE OCCUPIED BY RUTGERS COLLEGE DURING REVOLUTIONARY WAR is now enjoying an era of great prosperity. The campus and buildings are convenient- ly situated and well adapted to the de- mands, and constant additions are being made as the needs increase. The college has many social societies, a great many Greek letter fraternities owning their own houses, and it is an institution which meets the esteem of all educators for the high grade of its graduates, and numbers among its alumni many of the leading professional men of this country. BUILDING ON SCHUREMAN ST., JUST BELOW GEORGE ST., AT ONE TIME OCCUPIED BY RUTGERS COLLEGE 52 ^^ 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. THE early settlers from Holland in New York and New Jersey organized many churches, the first in 1 628. For nearly a century and a half the Dutch language REV. JOHN H. RAVEN, D. D. was used in them and their ministers were brought from the mother country or sent from here to be educated there. Multi- plied churches, the introduction of the 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 source of supply inadequate and unsatis- factory. A period of confusion and con- troversy followed. In 1 784, Rev. John H. Livingston, Minister of the Church in New York City was appointed by the Synod as "Professor of Theology." Students gathered to him, and the first of American Theological Seminaries, to be followed by many others, was begun. The expense of living in New York necessitated removal in 1 796 to Flatbush, REV. JOHN H. GILLESPIE, D.D. 54 REV. F. S. SCHENCK, D.D. PETER HERTZOG HALL now a part of Brooklyn, but then a decidedly country village. The need of strengthening Queens College at New Brunswick and the promise of being strengthened by it, led to another change of location, and in October, 1810, Dr. Livingston began work here in connection with Queens College but not in identifica- tion with it. One building sufficed for both institutions. Seminary professors taught in the College in addition to their Seminary duties. But the students of the Seminary were graduates of the College, or, in many cases, of other Colleges, es- SUYDAIH HALL 55 GARDNER A. SAGE LIBRARY pecially of Union. The College was controlled by its own trustees: the Sem- inary by the General Synod, as is the case today. In 1856, partly by the gifts of two New Brunswick citizens, David Bishop and James Neilson, and partly by pur- chase, a separate property was secured and the work of the institution was in 1858 transferred to the newly finished Peter Hertzog Hall, gift of Mrs. Anna Hertzog of Philadelphia, in memory of her husband. The building stood in a campus then officially described as "utter desola- tion," being without a tree and scarcely a blade of grass. There were at this time three professors who, for some years, con- tinued to give part of their time to the College. In a few years three professorial resi- dences were erected, and, later, on the creation of a fourth professorship, the stone house built by Prof. George H. Cook, adjacent to the Campus, was purchased. In the early '70's, Suydam Hall and the Sage Library were finished. In 1 884, a fifth professorship and a fifth residence were added. In 1 891 , a residence for the Librarian was built, and soon after, the Museum, open, as is the Library, to the citizens of New Brunswick, began to develop. To Dr. Livingston belongs the credit not only of founding the Seminary and of bringing it to this City, but also of origina- ting its endowments at immense sacrifice and labor. These were greatly increased and its library made a notable one a gen- eration ago through the princely gifts and stimulating example of James Suydam and Gardner A. Sage, both of New York City. A recent movement has added more than $100,000 to the resources of the Seminary and has resulted in a great im- provement of buildings and grounds, the addition of a lectorship, of regular instruc- tion in elocution and music, and in the bringing of many well known lecturers be- 56 fore its students and the New Brunswick public. One moving spirit in this later effort has been Mr. John S. Bussing of New York City. Dr. Livingston, a great man in his day in many public relations, has been followed by a long line of faithful teachers, some of them of wide influence and fame through their preaching, their books and their char- acter. Dr. Milledoler as well as the foun- der, were loaned to the presidency of the College, and Dr. Campbell and Dr. W. H. S. Demarest have been given to that distinguished office. The graduates number about twelve hundred. Many of them have become pro- fessors in similar institutions, some as far distant as Holland, South Africa, Tokio, Amoy and Madras. A few years ago. at least eight were Seminary Presidents in some four or five different denominations. Scores have entered the field of foreign missions, and great leaders in this world effort have not been lacking among them. More than a thousand have served or are serving in the active pastorate in our own country. The sermons of one of these, T. DeWitt Talmage, are credited with having been translated, published and read more widely than those of any other Chris- tian preacher, excepting Charles H. Spur- geon. The Faculty at the present time consists of. Rev. J. Preston Searle, D. D. ; Rev. John H. Gillespie, D. D. ; Rev. Ferdi- nand S. Schenck, D. D., LL.D.; Rev. John H. Raven, D. D. and Rev. Edward P. Johnson, D. D. The Librarian is John C. Van Dyke, L. H. D. 57 58 'rl|oula... THE EDUCATIONAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK. LITTLE is known of the private schools of New Brunswick pre- vious to the year 1 800. Fol- lowing that time, there were many private teachers, most prominent of whom was Miss Hannah Hoyt, who con- 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 board of Trustees composed of two mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church, two of the Dutch Reformed, and two of the Epis- copal Church. In 1814 the first teacher, Shepard Johnson, was appointed. This school was conducted in a building on Schureman Street, and, on June 1st, 1814, the school opened with thirty-five free and 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 practi- cally been a dormant proposition, although it is understood that there are still some funds on hand, managed by somebody, be- longing to this enterprise. BAYARD STREET SCHOOL BEFORE REMODELING 59 On April 22, 1851, James Bishop, Henry Sanderson and Moses F. Webb organized the first board of school trustees in the city of New Brunswick. On May 27th of that year a certificate of incorpora- tion was adopted and the corporate name "New Brunswick Public School" taken. A. W. Mayo was appointed to take the census and reported that there were I 754 children between the ages of five and eigh- teen years. A meeting of the taxable in- habitants of School District No. I was called to take place in City Hall on June 3, 1 85 1 , to grant authority to purchase a lot and erect a building. On August PROF. W. C. ARMSTRONG, CITY SUPERINTENDENT 1 8th the old jail lot was selected as a school site and the Bayard Street School house was erected thereon. Miss Anna Molleson was the first public school teacher. In 1 852 Silas S. Bowen was appointed principal of the New Brunswick Public School in Bayard Street. This school very soon was unable to accomodate those desiring to attend school, and in 1854 the Board purchased a lot on the old Trenton Road (now French Street) for a colored school and erected a building thereon. This building was used for many years until 1 899, when it was torn down and the fine new Washington School built on the same spot. The method of conducting school af- fairs was changed in I 855 by a special act of the legislature, and on May 1 3th of that year the first elected board of edu- cation was chosen, as follows: From the First Ward — Elias Ross and J. B. Mc- Guines, from the Second Ward — Charles Dunham and Henry Sanderson ; from the 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- pal and Superintendent October I, 1865, and continued in that position for about twenty years. He was succeeded by Chas. Jacobus, who was succeeded by George G. Ryan, who remained a few years and was succeeded by Wm. C. Armstrong, the present Supenntendent. In 1872 a lot on Livingston Avenue was purchased, and the Livingston School was dedicated an May 4, 1 876. The Guilden Street School, now known as the "Lincoln School," was erected in 60 LIVINGSTON SCHOOL 1873; and the Hale Street School, now known as the "Nathan Hale School," was erected in i 894. The Board of Education are now de- termining upon a site for a new school in the Sixth Ward, and will soon arrange for the erection of a large school building in that locality. The number of children attending school in New Brunswick, is 2538; the number of teachers in the Public Schools at the present time is seventy. The members of the present Board of Education are as follows: Chas. R. Moke, Robert Watson, Chas. E. Tindell, Geo. Van Sickle, Isidor P. Hirsh, H. B. Zim- merman, Robt. J. Smith, Leslie P. John- son, Dr. Eldon L. Loblein, John A. Man- ley, James A. Morrison, Joseph H. Ridge- way. The executive staff of the different schools are as follows: Livingston High — Henry Miller, Prin- 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 ^^ ^^^^ w^^^C^^^^ 1^^^ ^^^^^Mj «^^^p;^^l ^^ %^^m^ 62 '» (iur Hibrart^H. FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY THE first library that was insti tuted in the City of New Brunswick was known as the Union Library Company, which was organized in 1 796 with John Hill as Librarian. ^e continued as Librarian until 1811, when he was succeeded by Miss Hannah Scott. The library was located on the northwest corner of Albany and Neilson Streets. About 1 820 another library was founded called the New Brunswick Li- brary Company, and a little later the Union Library Company was merged into this ; and this library continued in full operation until nearly 1850. It then sus- pended operations and the books were transferred to the Trustees of Rutgers College. In 1 868 these books were given to the Young Men's Christian As- sociation and were continued in circula- tion until 1 888. The New Brunswick Free Circulating Library was organized in 1 883 and oc- cupied a small frame house on the south- east corner of George and Church Streets, an illustration of which is shown in this book as the Schneewiss property. This library afterwards moved to a build- ing on the northwest corner of Albany and Peace Streets and continued there until 1892. In 1 890, at the municipal election, the citizens of New Brunswick voted for the establishment of a free public library, and this was incorporated in 1 89 1 . In 1 892 the Free Public Library and the Free Circulating Library both moved to the building which was then situated 63 INTERIOR OF FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY on the southwest corner of George and Paterson Streets, and which has since been moved up Paterson Street to the rear of the New Brunswick Fire Insur- ance Company Building, and is now known as the Morrison Building. Both the Free Public Library and the Free Circulating Library continued to occupy this building until November 17, 1903. In 1902 Mr. Andrew Carnegie gave the City of New Brunswick $50,000 for the purpose of erecting a library building upon the condition that the city engaged to contribute $5,000 a year for its main- tenance and support, and provided a suit- able site therefor. These conditions were complied with and land on the southerly side of Livingston Avenue was purchased and the present library building erected and finished in 1903. The number of volumes in the Public Library at the close of the last fiscal year was 26,181, and the number of volumes circulated during the year was 77,157. During the year, the reading room was used by 23,142 readers. In addition to the Free Public Library there are located in our City the Rutgers College Library, which is housed in the Voorhees Library Building on Hamilton Street and which has 5 1 ,000 volumes, and the Gardner A. Sage Library, which contains 47,000 volumes; and the use of the books in both of these libraries is open to the citizens of New Brunswick. There are also about 4,500 volumes in the High School Library and 2,500 in the Desh- ler Memorial Library, which is an addi- tion to the High School Library, both of these libraries being for the exclusive use of the scholars and teachers of the pub- lic schools. 64 LIBERTY HOSE COMPANY. LIBERTY Hose Company was organized on July 31, 1853, when Common Council passed an ordmance for the organiza- tion of a new hose Company. It is to-day one of the best equipped companies con- nected with any fire department in the state. It has a combination wagon equipped with hook and ladder outfit, chemical apparatus and a full supply of fire hose, which was purchased in October, 1902. The Com- pany still has the old hose carriage which was drawn by hand. Under the present arrangement of its fire alarm system Liberty Hose Company answers all box alarms and still alarms. The still alarm work is the especial pride of the Company, and this part of its work is not generally known. A system of call bells and telephones enables a good work- ing crew to be summoned immediately when a still call is sent in and the Com- pany responds immediately, and a great many still fires have thus been extinguished before they gained any headway and a large expense is saved to the city. The present roll of the Company is as follows: Charles H. Smith, Robert C. Smith, John Bartholomew, William Mayo, Cornelius McCrellis, Jr., Charles Randolph, John H. Thomas, Ira C. Voorhees, Fred B. Tappen, George Schroeder, James Fine, Walter Worle, Henry McCauley, John Tallman, Charles Greenewald, Charles Jackson, Eugene Hall, John Manning, Charles Lowe, William Van Arsdale, Frank Latham, George Kuhn, Jr., Carl Meyers, John Spratford, Edward Interman, Fred Gowen. 65 HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY. TH I S Company was organized about 1835, at which time ladders were placed at the homes of various citizens for use of firemen whenever an alarm was sent in. On December 14, 1833, the matter of securing suitable apparatus to carry ladders to fires was brought to the atten- tion of Common Council, and a resolution was adopted to secure such apparatus and also to secure a place where the ap- paratus could be kept. The present up-to-date truck was pur- chased in 1896 and is thoroughly up to the present standard. A great many very prominent citizens have been members of this Company in the past, including such men as Henry L. Janeway, V. M. W. Suydam, Peter H. Suydam, John H. Rolfe, Anthony Vieh- mann, Valentme Schmidt, A. J. Conover, George Kuhn, W. E. Sperling, and O. O. Stillman. The roll of the Company at the present time is as follows: Frank Klein, Dunham Way, George Rolfe, Isaac Griggs, Otto O. Stillman, Robert Gourley, George Van Arsdale, William Henry, George I. Pier- son, Joseph Chamberlain, Elmer Messe- roll, Dunham Randolph, Edward Hulse, John Banker, Ellis Mundy, Jacob Knoll, Ephriam White, Charles Giles, William Dunn, William C. Robinson, John C. Voorhees, Harry B. McKeag, John V. Hubbard, Joseph Dillon, Harry Flavell, Charles Voorhees, Joseph Wildgoose, George R. Hughes, Daniel Heitzenroder, William H. Oughton, Adrain Chamber- lain, Chas. N. Cadmus, Lester Voorhees. John VanDerveer. 66 WASHINGTON ENGINE COMPANY. THIS Company was organized on October H , 1 795 by a number of citizens, and started in a small building on Burnet Street, which was used as the Thomas Smith Carpet Factory until a few years ago; later it moved to a building over Lyle Brook, and in 1 859 moved to its present quarters. For a long time the Company had no apparatus except buckets, and its first engine was a hand engine which was de- stroyed in a great fire on the City Docks where the United States Rubber Com- pany building now stands, then another hand engine was gotten and this was de- stroyed in the fire of the Hyatt Rubber Factory. In November, 1 867, the first steam engine ever used in the city was pur- chased for this Company and this was kept in use until 1902, when the present engine was purchased from the American Steam Engine Company. The present roll of the Company is as follows: Alvin H. Bennett, Thomas Burns, Edward M. Britton, James H. Curran, Frank Dixon, William Dawson, Edward Farrington, Meyer Fertig, George GiUan, William F. Howell, Louis Hilde- brand, Jr., Albert Hardy, William Hardy. John J. Hogarty. William Howard, Otis Hye, Jesse Howard, William C. Jacques, Aaron Koplen, Thomas J. Murphy, Jr., James McCauley, Morris Maxwell, Arthur O'Neill, Alfred Oughton, Joseph Pickering, Jr., Benjamin Reed, William Richter, Thomas Sheridan, Frank Sheridan, Edward Sheridan, Ferdi- nand Stehhn, Frank Stehlin, WiUiam S. Shuck, Elmer Wilcox, Charles Winne, Louis Zimmermann, Martin Zimmermann, John Dunn, John Dawson, C. Farley, Jr., William Farley, Charles W. Grover, C. Garrison, Thomas Hardy, George W. Henry, H. C. Housell, William Matthews, David Pierson, H. C. Price, WiUiam H. Paradine, Milton Ross, R. Slayback, William F. Stroud, John Tuni- son, George Van Note, Peter Van Note, Harry Williams. 67 NEPTUNE ENGINE CO. NEPTUNE Engine Company was organized later than Washing- ton Engine Company in the year 1 795. Their first home was situated on the Christ Church grounds at the corner of Neilson and Church Streets. In 1837 the Company was re- organized with Alexander Moore as presi- dent. The members of the Company became known as the "Red Jackets" as soon as they got their first hand engine. After the Company moved from their first home they were situated at the corner of Bayard and Neilson, where the Sunday School Building of the First Reformed Church now stands, until 1857 when they were housed in the City Hall on Liberty Street, between George and Neilson Streets. In December 1877 the Company moved to their present home on New Street. During its existence this Company has owned two hand and two steam engines. The first steam engine was received in 1865. The present one, a La France steam engine, was bought m 1 888, and has just returned from the factory at Elmira after having been rebuilt and fitted out with a new boiler, so that at present it is one of the best in town. The first ball given by the Company was held in Greer's Hall on March 28, 1856, and on July 7th of the same year the hose Company was organized. The present roll of the Company is as follows: Jacob Bornheimer, Thomas F. Bailey, Daniel Cavanagh, Richard Con- don, John Clelland, William Dansbury, George Frisch, Ernest Fouratt, Thomas Gaven, William Guise, Frederick Gebhart, John Harding, Maurice Hanlon, John Hefferman, Charles Hingher, James Hickey, Frank V. Harding, Harry Hye, James J. Horrocks, Theodore E. Hahn, Eugene Mount, George Monaghan, Charles Monaghan, William Pfeiffer, Andrew Parent, Thomas Scott, John A. Smith, Richard Snitzler, John Snedeker, William Voorhees, William L. Van Sickle, Clatus Witt, Geo. Witt, WiUiam White, John Applegate, Joseph Barnwell, William Connors, George Dewing, Howard DeHart, David Gillings, George L. Gillings, Jr., John Guise, Michael Garry, Hugh Georghegan, Matthews Knaus, John T. Kemp, B. H. Latham, John F. Lynch, James Monaghan, Wm. Snyder, Michael Witt. 68 PHOENIX ENGINE COMPANY. v.. If. t, t ... "S VM &^ ^ :^ :^ f: |- :@ ;4, f ' ^t :%^ "^f i ■ If I i' * '']%*' ■M rC: PT^ * Jl 111 " J^ Mj^mk 1 f^^""^. . J PHOENIX ENGINE COM- PANY, which has been one of the most active companies in the department, was organ- ized in 1 798. It has had five engines, three of which were worked by hand and two by steam. The first steam engine owned by the company arrived here March 31, 1 866. It was purchased with money received by popular subscrip- tion. Friends of the company gave $2500.50, the company $43.00, and the members of the company subscribed $509.00. It was an Amoskeag apparatus and was in use for over forty years. When the company got their new Met- ropolitan engine in 1902, the old Amos- keag was sold to a Coney Island amuse- ment company who used it in the spectacu- lar "Fighting the Flames" show for one or two seasons. The Metropolitan engine was furnished by the city. The company has had four houses. The first was on Little Burnet Street, the sec- ond on Neilson and Bayard Streets, the third on Liberty Street in the old City Hall and the present one on Dennis Street. The present roll of the company is as follows: Morris Bauer, L. C. McAvoy, E. Van Doren, W. H. Wagener, Chas. Van Arsdale, J. J. Cook, Rudolph Kneib, W. Van Arsdale, W. Goodwin, C. Van- derveer, Albert Dye, R. Vanderhoef, Wm. Robinson, Clarence Henderson, W. Applegate, Frank O. Boudinot, Fred Bohl, J. Barry, George Bastedo, George Bauer, H. Bornheimer, Edward Barned, George Brogley, Wm. Church, W. Dun- ham, Clifford Denton, Matthew Deiner, Roy Disbrow, G. Dilts, P. Finnegan, E. Gowen, L. Hass, Elmer Housell, W. Jacques, John Knox, John Klein, Ben- jamin Moore, Harry Marks, Edward Oram, Charles Oliver, Jr., Harry Oliver, John Rosner, Joseph Rappleyea, Charles Snedeker, G. Seiffert, William Stevens, Leonard Scheidig, Laurence Witt, R. M. White. 69 RARITAN ENGINE COMPANY. RARITAN Engine Company was organized in 1 832 with a roll of thirty members. The first foreman was Squire John Fiske and the first apparatus was the box engine originally used here by Phoenix Company. A frame building at the corner of George and Schureman Streets was the company's first home and it remained in this place for fifty years. For the next seven years the headquarters were situated where the police station now stands, and then were moved to the present quarters on Rem- sen Avenue. Up to the time this company got its new steam engine in 1881, it had used several hand apparatuses. The engine is one of those made by Clapp & Jones, of Hudson, N. Y., and, at the time of its purchase, was one of the best in the mar- ket. Last year this company was given a new engine, the old one being in bad shape. This company is one of the three com- panies in New Brunswick without a team to draw its apparatus, having to depend on outside horses to get to fires. The present roll of the company is as follows: John Casey, Patrick Casey, John Burke, August Bahr, Thomas Bren- nan, Charles Dunn, Thomas Dunn, Geo. Denton, John Doyle, James Doyle, John Daly, John Drury, Thomas O'Connell, Samuel R. Dunham, Jr., Henry Dunn, Henry Dahmer, William Fox, Thomas Flavell, William Hefferman, George Lep- pert, David McCloskey, James Manning, Charles Mahone, Dr. Edward Maiter, John Murray, John Ryan, John Row- land, Thomas Regan, Michael Regam, Henry Van Arsdale, Silas White, John Zogg, Wm. H. Brown, Chas. Conklin, Geo. Conlon, Voorhees Cox, Wm. Clark, Myndert G. Cubberly, Samuel Cox, John Cathcart, Jr., Wm. Merritt, Maurice Hanlon, Jr., James Hefferman, Aden Ke- hoe, Charles Kock, Charles Mahone, Jr., Joseph Nowitski, Wm. Puerschner, Geo. DeWaters, Peter Wright, William Van Arsdale, Louis Zierer. 70 PROTECTION ENGINE COMPANY. PROTECTION Engine Com- pany IS now ensconced in a handsome building on Wall Street, near St. Peter's Church and just back of the P. R. R. Station. The company, like the others in town, has had its long and honorable history, and, as now equipped with house and apparatus, holds a proud position for efficiency. The history of Protection dates back into the early nineteenth century. It is said that there are records of it as early as 181 7. It IS well established, however, that Protection existed prior to 1 830, when it was located on George Street near the Second Reformed Church. In 1 843 the company moved to George and Somerset Streets where now are the steps leading to the east bound platform of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad station. The building ad- joined the old Hotel Central. Like the other companies in the city. Protection started out with a hand engine. After it entered the city department, the company secured a steamer, a Hop en- gine, from Philadelphia. In 1 870 the hose carriage still in use was purchased, and has stood the test nobly. In 1 885 the present Silsby engine was purchased and is still doing good service. The company raised money for new horses in 1902 by its own enterprise. The present roll of the company is as follows: Isaac Bartow, Thomas Casey, Thomas Cleary, John Callan, James Clark, Wm, Dowd, Wm. Dougherty, Edward Finne- gan, John Greenewald, James Griffen, Michael Garrigan, Isaac Hendricks, Geo. Hendricks, Sr., John Harkins, James Houghton, Edward J. Houghton, James Hortwick, Andrew Horan, John Horan, Thomas Howley, Wm. Hagerty, James Jernee, Wm. Jacobs, Peter Klein, Chas. McLaughlin, John McCrellis, Collier McElhaney, Daniel McGovern, Thomas Murray, Patrick Murray, Thomas Mur- phy, Frank Manley, Walter Masterson, David Messier, John F. Norton, Chas. Orpen, Owen Riley, Jeremiah Rule, Rob- ert Rule, James Sharkey, Albert Sutton, George Sqhaible, William Stamm, Chas. Skillman, John Seaman, John Thomas, Abe Thompson, George Van Ardsdale, Andrew Vroom, Add Williamson. 71 HIBERNIA ENGINE COMPANY. HIBERNIA Engine Company, the youngest of the engine com- panies, has an interesting his- tory dating back to 1 865. The Sixth Ward in that day was not the thick- ly populated ward that it is to-day, but it was growing and its property owners felt that it needed fire protection. The first meeting to form the company was held on September 14, 1865, at the home of Charles Pressler, and George Eden was called to the chair. The company or- ganized by electing the following officers: Foreman, George F. Eden; Assistant Foreman, Charles Pressler; Secretary, John T. Max; Treasurer, August Spittel. Messrs. Eden and Pressler were named a committee to wait upon the chiefs and ap- ply for an engine. The company started with a hand en- gine and kept it in Weller's barn on Guild- en Street. The need of the apparatus and the new company became so thoroughly ap- parent that the engine house on Upper Easton Avenue was built and the company has been stationed there since. The old hand engine was replaced by the Dennison, recently replaced, on July 3, 1871, and for thirty-three years this engine has been in active service, ever ready to turn out and fulfill the motto of the company en- graved upon the engine: "To assist the suffermg and protect the weak." Hibernia Engine Company is the only company in town which has a fire bell at its house attached to the Gamewell sys- tem. There is an intereshng history at- tached to the bell. It was presented to the company on February 22, 1902, by Hibernia No. 4 of Elizabeth when that company was disbanded on account of Elizabeth adopting a paid fire department. That company in turn had received it from the Harmony Company No. 6 of Trenton. The local company must pass it on if the company is ever disbanded. It now rests m a tower especially built for it. The present roll of the company is as follows: William Beatty, James Boyle, John T. Bradley, James A. Bradley, Cor- nelius Canny, Daniel Coyne, John Con- Ion, P. P. Clickner, James Curran, Wm. Carrey, James Donegan, Abraham Dun- ham, Conrad Deiner, Henry Dwyer, Ed- ward J. Fox, James Foley, Patrick Green, John Gordon, James Hudson, John Har- kins, Martin Horan, John Holman, James F. Kidney, Patrick Kelly, Christopher Kelly, Theodore R. Lester, James Lyons, Patrick Lyons, Patrick Moran, John Moran, Edward J. Masterson, John Lens, John Lefferts, T. P. Lyons, John Lyons, Michael J. Moran, John H. Moore, 11 ^^ OIIjurrli^B... FIRST REFORMED CHURCH FIRST REFORMED CHURCH. ir T appears from the records that this church was estab- lished April 12, 1717. The first pastor of the church was the Rev. Theodore Jacobus Frelinghuysen, who arrived from Hol- land about the first of January, I 720, and who was succeeded by the Rev. Johannes Leydt, who continued as pastor until 1 785, when he was succeeded by the Rev. Jacob Rutsen Handenbergh. The next pastor was the Rev. Ira Con- dict, who commenced his duties in No- vember, 1 793, and, upon his death in 1811, the Rev. John Schureman was installed as pastor. It was during his pastorate that the present church was built. And since that time the follow- ing have been pastors of the church: Rev. Jesse Fonda, 1813; Rev. John I udlow, 1817; Rev. Isaac Ferris, 1821 ; Rev. James B. Hardenbergh, 1825; Rev. Jacob J. Janeway, 1830; Rev. Samuel B. How, 1 832 ; Rev. Richard H. Steel, 1863; Rev. Thcs. C. Easton, 1881 ; Rev. P. T. Pockman, 1888. The church has now a congregation of 650 members. 73 SECOND REFORMED CHURCH SECOND REFORMED CHURCH. THIS church was organized in 1843 by members of the First Reformed Church. The con- gregation held services for some time in the First Baptist Church, and, later bought the building now occupied by the German Reformed Church, where they worshipped for some time. The corner stone of the present church was laid by Dr. Wilson in October, 1857, and the church was completed April 10, 1861. The Sunday School was organized in 1 843, and the following pastors have served the church: 1843-1852, David D. Demarest; 1852-1857, Samuel M. Woodbridge; 1858 to 1862, Hugh N. Wilson; 1863 to 1866, Jno. W. Schenck; 1867 to 1878. Chester D. Hartranft; 1879, Mancius H. Hutton. 74 REV. P. T. POCKMAN, D.D. Cbc Suydam Street Reformed Church. This church was organized on October 30, 1 884. by the Rev. Wm. H. Camp- bell, who was its first pastor, and who was succeeded in 1 889 by the present pastor. REV. M. H. HUTTON. D.D. his son, Dr. Alan D. Campbell. The church has a membership of 280, and is very comfortably housed in a handsome brick building situate on the southeast corner of Suydam and Drift Streets. SUYDAM STREET REFORMED CHURCH 75 CHRIST EPISCOPAL CKURCH CHRIST CHURCH. THE history of this church dates back to somewhere around I 742 or I 743, but the rec- ords of the church now ex- isting only date from 1 790. It is known, however, that a church build- ing was erected previous to I 750, and that the Rev. Mr. Wood was the min- ister of the church, and that he was suc- ceeded in 1 754 by the Rev. Samuel Sea- bury. The ministers of the church from that time on were the Rev. McKean, 1760; Rev. Leonard Cutting, 1764; Rev. Abraham Beach, 1767; Rev. Wm. Rowland, 1 784 ; Rev. George Ogilvie, 1787. In 1791, the Rev. Henry Van Dyke was chosen minister, but only con- tmued for about two years, and the min- istry then remained vacant until 1 799, when the Rev. John Henry Hobart be- came minister, he was succeeded by the Rev. Chas. C. Cott. In 1801, the Rev. John Croes became minister, and he was succeeded in 1 832 by the Rev. John Croes, Jr., who was succeeded in 1839 by the Rev. Alfred Stubbs, who contin- ued until 1883, when the Rev. E. B. Joyce, became rector. The present church building was erected about 1852. The number of communicants at the present time are 538. 76 REV. W. D. DALE CDc CburcD of $t. 3oMi m evangelist. This church was first organized as a mission chapel of Christ Church in the year 1861. The Rev. Alfred B. Baker was the minister in charge. In 1 866 the mission became an inde- pendent parish under the tide of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, and was duly organized in accordance with the doctrines, discipline and worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America and the laws of the State of New Jersey. The Rev. REV. E. B. JOYCE Edward E. Boggs was the first rector. The Rev. Charles E. Phelps assumed charge of the parish in 1 870 and con- tinued the incumbency until the year 1898, when he resigned the rectorship and was appointed rector-emeritus. In 1 886 the building was consider- ably enlarged and beautified by the ad- dition of a transept and parish-room. The Rev. W. Dutton Dale, after acting as assistant minister for one year, was elected rector and assumed the in- cumbency on Easter Day, 1 898. ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 77 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. THIS church dates from 1 726, when the Rev. Gilbert Ten- nent became its pastor. A small wooden building was erected on Burnet Street just north of Oliver, which was destroyed dur- ing the Revolutionary War. The his- tory 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, how- ever, that the Rev. Thomas Arthur was pastor from 1 746 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. A. D. L. Jewett, 1868; Rev. Thos. Nichols, 1875; Rev W. J. McKnight, 1880; Rev. W. W. Knox, 1893. The congregation at the present time numbers 650 members. REV. W. W. KNOX, D.D. 78 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. HIS church was organized on T September 21, 1816, with 24 members, although pre- vious to that time the Bap- tists of New Brunswick, to- gether with those of Piscataway Town- ship, had worshipped with the Rev. James McLaughlin as pastor. The first church building was on the northeast cor- ner 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. The present church building is on the corner of George and Bayard Streets, and the congregation now numbers 740 mem- bers. REV. E. F. GARRET 79 ST. PETER'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ST. PETER'S CHURCH. HE first Catholic church erected in this city was built about 1 829 on the north side of Bayard Street, just below George, and was called St. Patrick's Church, but later the name was changed to St. Peter and Paul. In 1 847 that church was enlarged, and in 1 854 it was again enlarged. At that time the building of the present church was commenced, but the building was not finished until 1865, although the base- ment was used for services long before that time. The congregation was then under the leadership of the Rev. John Rogers, and he established the first paro- chial school in the rear of the old church on Bayard Street. The church after- wards purchased the Hannah Hoyt Building, now the Viehmann Building, on the corner of George and Paterson Streets, which was afterward, and until the erection of Columbia Hall, used as the parochial school building. Father Rogers was succeeded by the Rev. Father Miles C. Duggan and the Rev. Father Patrick Downes. In 1 876 the Father John A. O'Grady, who has since become the Rt. Rev. Monsignor O'Grady, came to New Brunswick, but remained only a short time, and then 80 as acting pastor of St. Peter's Church. During his pastorate the church has pros- pered wonderfully, and, through his ef- forts, 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 ST. LADISLAUS HUNGARIAN CHURCH ROMAN CATHOLIC 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, the church is prospering greatly. 82 :.T. JOHN THE BAPTIST GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ST. LADISLAUS HUNGARIAN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. This church was estabHshed in 1904 to minister to the large and increasing number of Hungarians of the Roman Catholic faith who have settled in our city. Since its inception, it has been ministered to by the Rev. Father John N. Szeneczey. The church building is located on Somerset Street, and, adjoining it, is a handsome rectory. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. This church was organized in I 865 by the German members of the congregation of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. The first pastor in charge of this church was Rev. Father Midgeol. The church is now ministered to by the Rev. Joseph F. Keuper. In addition to the church, there is a Parochial School where the children of the parish are educated. 83 LIVINGSTON AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH THE LIVINGSTON AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE Livingston Avenue Baptist Church was organized May 9, 1872, under the name of >***f« the Remsen Avenue Baptist Church. The first church edifice was on the corner of Remsen Ave- nue and Redmond Street, in the building which is now Masonic Temple. Its first pastor was Rev. A. E. Waffle, who served from 1 873 to 1 880. The second pastor was the Rev. W. H. Marsh, who served until 1885. He was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. M. V. McDuffie, who continued as pastor until 1895. During his pastorate, the present handsome church edifice on Livingston Avenue was erected, and the name of the church changed to the Livingston Avenue Baptist Church. In May, 1895, the Rev. C. A. Jenkins became pastor of the church, and continued until 1900. In April, 1901, the present pastor. Rev. Albert Bacon Sears, took charge. The present 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 so- licited from any save its own members. ST. JAMES METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 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 de- stroyed by fire on Sunday morning, Dec. 13, 1908. REV. A. B. SEARS REV. F. C. UHL ST. JAMES M. E. CHURCH 85 FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. THIS church was granted a char- ter 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 con- gregation 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 suc- ceeded 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 congrega- tion 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 be- came pastor, and has con- tinued 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. T Church. HIS congregation in 1908 pur- chased the building which is shown in the illustration here- with and which was formerly the Second Presbyterian The congregation is Hungarian, and numbers over 400 members. It is an intensely earnest and active body, and, under the leadership of its present pastor, the Rev. Paul F. Hamborszky, it is growing very strong and prosperous. MAGYAR EV. REF, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 90 HEBREW CHURCHES. T JsJsJsSs® HERE are two Jewish Temples. Anshe Emeth Reformed, lo- cated on the northerly side of Albany Street between Peace 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 pros- perous 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 ^ NEW BRUNSWICK has branches of all of the promi- nent secret and benevolent fraternities in the country, and the following is a brief sketch of the most prominent: The Masonic Fraternity is represented by Union Lodge, No. 1 9, which was organized in 1 850, and Palestine Lodge, No. Ill, which was organized in 1870; and there is also Scott Chapter, No. 4 ; Temple Commandery, No. 18; Scott Council, No. 1 , and Order of the East- ern Star, Ruth Chapter. All of these meet in Masonic Temple, at the corner of Remsen Avenue and Redmond Street. The order of Odd Fellows is repre- sented by New Brunswick Lodge, No. 6; Middlesex Encampment, No. 43, and Lady Wildey Rebecca Degree Lodge, No. 38, which meet in Odd Fellows Hall on Neilson Street ; and by Helvetia Lodge, No. 7 1 , Palestine Encampment, No. 25 ; Deutsche Frauen Rebekah Lodge, No. 43, which meet in Aurora Hall. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is represented by Lodge No. 324, which meets in its own building. Elks Hall. The Knights of Pythias are repre- sented by Friendship Lodge, No. 36, and Friendship Temple, No. 1 0, of the Pythian Sisterhood, which meet in Elks Hall. The Order of United American Me- chanics is represented by Goodwill Council, No. 32 ; Orient Court, No. 1 ; Relief Council, No. 40, and Washing- MASONIC TEMPLE 92 UNION AND PALESTINE LODGES. F. & A. M .* ^ ' ' «J«S^'f-'^ ■i ,\f, f ', -g; ^ ■?^A m 'f II,' • ift> ■ '^i' ■ Air ••■' TEMPLE COMMANDERY 93 MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION ton Commandery, L. L., No. 1 , which meet in Goodwill Hall, in the Viehmann Building; and by Good Intent Council, No. 23, which meets in the People's Bank Building. The Foresters of America have four courts: Goodwill, No. 80; New Bruns- wick, No. 40; Marion, No. 84, and Middlesex, No. 74, and there is also a lodge of lady Foresters. The Knights of Columbus have a very large chapter, which meets in Knights of Columbus Hall on George Street. The Order of Eagles has a large branch, which meets in Eagle Hall, cor- ner of Church and Neilson Streets. In addition to these, there are two di- visions. No. 3 and No. 5, of the Ancient Order of Hibernians; two branches of St. Patrick's Alliance of America; two councils, Roger, No. 3. and St. Peter's, No. 5, of the Catholic Benevolent Legion; one council, Adelphic, No. 1015, of the Royal Arcanum; two tribes, Ahander, No. 182, and Ahwaga, No. 88, of the Order of Red Men; and one lodge, Raritan, No. 6, of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. (^ P^rttn^nt Smarts The city has two national banks, two trust companies and one savmgs mstitu- tion, and their combmed capital and sur- plus is over $1,500,000. They have de- posits exceeding $6,000,000. It has eight building and loan associa- tions, whose bonded assets exceed $2,500,000. It has two fire insurance companies, the New Brunswick Fire Insurance Com- pany with a capital of $200,000, which is a stock company doing business throughout the United States; and the New Bruns- wick Mutual Fire Insurance Company, which does an entirely local business. It has a population of 26,000 people, and it has real property and personal prop- erty with an assessed valuation of over $11,000,000. It has a city debt of $700,000, and a tax rate of $1.90 per $100. It has three hospitals. The John Wells Memorial Hospital, the St. Peter's Gen- 94 ELKS HALL eral Hospital, both of which are general hospitals for the treatment of all diseases; and the Parker Home for Incurables, which is a hospital for incurable diseases only. It is the center of a trolley system con- nected with Metuchen, Perth Amboy, Bound Brook, Plainfield, Milltown, South River, Sayreville and South Amboy. It has an opera house seating twelve hundred and a vaudeville theatre seating seven hundred people. It has an abundance of school accom- modations, both public and private. There are six public schools, the Livingston, Washington, Bayard, Lord Sterling, Lin- coln and Nathan Hale. There are five Catholic Schools, the largest of which is St. Peter's with a magnificent school build- ing called Columbia Hall; the Sacred Heart in a school building called Parochi- al Hall; St. John the Baptist; St. Agnes' Academy and St. Ladislaus, which is a Hungarian Catholic School. Besides these, are Miss Annable's Young Ladies' Seminary; Rutgers College Preparatory School. It has three well equipped libraries: The Free Public Library ; Rutgers College Library, and the Gardner Sage Library. It has excellent railroad facihties, both for passenger and freight traffic, and, m addition, has excellent freight facilities by water. The main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York to Philadelphia runs directly through the city, and there are over sixty trains a day on this line. The commutation rate to New York, which is thirty-one miles distant, is $85.00 for 720 trips. The Raritan Railroad, which is a branch of the Central Railroad cf New Jersey, runs four trains a day connecting with the Central Railroad at South Amboy. It furnishes good freight facilities to many factories. In addition, there are lines of steamers which run to New York and Trenton on the Raritan River and the Raritan and Delaware Canal. 95 NEW BRUNSWICK FIRE INSURANCE CO. BUILDING NEW BRUNSWICK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. THIS Company, organized on December 27, 1826, has had a long and honorable career and is now steadily advancing in strength. For 77 years it did a purely local business; in 1903 the control of the Company became vested in the present management, the capital of the Company was increased from $50,000 to $200,000, and the business was extended throughout the entire United States. The Company is now represented in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louis- iana, Texas, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mis- souri, Colorado, Montana, Washington, Utah, Nevada, and California, and has over 900 agents. It wrote premiums in 1908 of over $460,000, and has a capital of $200,000, and surplus to policyholders of $300,000. The above illustration shows its home office building and its offi- cers are George A. Viehmann, president; D. L. Morrison, vice-president; Chas. D. Ross, secretary, and E. B. Wyckoff, as- sistant secretary. Its directors are Theo. F. Hicks, Wm. B. Lloyd. D. L. Morri- son, W. L. Perrin, W. F. Rollo, Chas. D. Ross, M. F. Ross, Geo. A. Viehmann and E. B. Wyckoff. 96 PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK THE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL BANK THE People's National Bank was organized in March and opened for business May 1 6, I 887. Its first banking office was on the southeast corner of Neilson and Church Streets. Its growth was rapid and substantial and on June 3, 1895 it moved to its present site in the building shown in the above illustration. On November 27, 1908, it had a capital of $ I 00.000. Surplus, $ 1 00,000 ; undi- vided profits, $37,000, and deposits, $725,000. Its president is the Hon. Benjamin F. Howell who has represented his district in Congress for seven terms and was recently reelected. The efficient cash- ier is T. Ely Schenck. The bank has a very efficient Board of Directors who are as follows: Benjamin F. Howell, T. Ely Schenck, H. G. Norton, O. O. Stillman, F. M. Donahue, A. V. D. Polyhemus and Edward W. Hicks. The first president of the bank was George W. Devoe now deceased. Mr. Devoe passed away Nov. 20, 1 890, and was succeeded by Hon. B. F. Howell, T. Ely Schenck who was one of the or- ganizers of the bank was its first cashier and holds that position of trust and re- sponsibility today. The bank pays two per cent, on com- mercial and active accounts on balances of $500 or over, and three per cent, per an- num on saving accounts on deposits of $25 or over. Safe deposit boxes insuring against theft or fire may be rented from $2.50 up to $25. A. L. Wyckoff is assistant cashier. Mr. Wyckoff has been with the institution since its organization. 97 INTERIOR; NEW BRUNSWICK TRUST CO. THE NEW BRUNSWICK TRUST COMPANY. HE New Brunswick Trust Com- pany is one of the solid finan- T I cial institutions of the city. Its officers are men of financial abihty and sterling integrity, and include James Deshler, president ; John C. Eisele and John H. Conger, vice- presidents; A. J. Jones, secretary and treasurer, and J. V. D. Mershon, assistant secretary and treasurer, who are aided by an exceptionally strong directorate. These directors comprise such prominent and re- sponsible financiers and business men as Uzal H. McCarter, president; Fidelity Trust Company; E. A. Fisher, Sayre & Fisher Company, Sayreville, N. J. ; Wil- lard P. Vcorhees, Supreme Court Justice, New Brunswick; Millard F. Ross, Miles Ross & Son, New Brunswick; William H. Waldron, John Waldron Company, New Brunswick; Robert W. Johnson, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick; F. M. Don- ahue, physician. New Brunswick; Ed- win Furman, Edwin Furman Company, Sayreville, N. J. ; Nathaniel King, Eisele & King, Newark, N. J. ; Robert M. Pet- tit, Winslow, Lanier & Co., New York; John H. Conger, County Clerk, New Brunswick, and Frederick Weigel, lawyer. New Brunswick. This Company transacts a general bank- ing business and in addition acts as execu- tor, trustee, guardian, agent for investing personal funds and separate estates, etc., and also as trustee under mortgage issued by a municipality or coi-poration to secure bond issues. 98 NEW BRUNSWICK SAVINGS INSTITUTION NEW BRUNSWICK SAVINGS INSTITUTION. THE New Brunswick Savings In- stitution was incorporated March 15, 1851. The build- ing shown in the above cut was erected in 1 888. It h;\s always been a very carefully and conserv- atively managed bank and ils last statement showed deposits of $2,829,983.28 and a surplus of $383,307.58. Its officers and managers are as follows: President, Nicholas G. Rutgers; vice- president, Benjamin F. Howell; Secretary and treasurer, Charles A. Dunham; assist- ant secretary, Howard C. Rule; Funding Committee: Nicholas G. Rutgers, James Deshler, Benjamin F. Howell, Frank M. Donohue, M. D., Charles A. Dunham; counsel, W. Edwin Florance; managers, James Deshler, Benjamin F. Howell, J. Bayard Kirkpatrick, Henry A. Hull, Loyal T. Ives, Henry A. Neilson, Nicho- las G. Rutgers, William H. Leupp, Rob- ert M. Pettit, Charles J. Carpender, Frank M. Donohue, M. D., Charles A. Dun- ham, Alexander W. Pettit, William H. Waldron. 99 NATIONAL BANK OF NEW JERSEY NATIONAL BANK OF NEW JERSEY. THE Bank of New Jersey was organized under a special State Charter June 19, 1854. succeeding to the business of the Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank, which as agent, it liquidated. The Bank's first president was John Van Dyke, and cashier, Moses T. Webb, who in turn became its presiding officer, after the resignation of Mr. Van Dyke in 1 859. John T. Hill was then appointed cashier, which office he held but for a compara- tively short time, later accepting a position in the Park Bank of New York, Israel H. Voorhees becoming the cashier. In September, 1861, president Webb receiv- ing an important commission in the Army, retired from the presidency, to be aacceed- ed by Garrett G. Voorhees. In February, 1 864, John B. Hill, whose successful ca- reer as a banker is well known, was tend- ered the position of president. In Novem- ber, 1 864, the Bank of New Jersey took advantage of the new National Bank Act and re-incorporated as a National Bank, with the title. National Bank of New Jer- sey, which Charter runs for twenty years and was renewed for a third time in 1 904. In this same year and as a National Bank, it was officered by president, John B. Hill, and cashier, Israel H. Voorhees. Their successors were James Dayton and Charles T. Hill, John B. Hill dying in March, 1 874. James Dayton died in office a short time afterward in April, 1875, and was succeeded by Mahlon Runyon. In I 884, Lewis T. Howell was elected presi- dent, which office he held for sixteen years until his death in 1900, and Edward S. Campbell was appointed cashier and served in the first part of Mr. Howell's presi- 00 dency, when in January, 1 894, he was called to be vice-president of the National Newark Banking Company, and was suc- ceeded by Henry G. Parker, as cashier. After the death of Mr. Howell, in 1 900. V. M. W. Suydam was elected to the 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 of the leading banks of the State. This was recognized last year by the election of its president, Henry G. Parker, as presi- dent of the New Jersey State Bankers' Association. The present official staff are president, Henry G. Parker; first vice-president, V, M. W. Suydam ; second vice-president, P. Hampton Wyckoff; assistant cashier, Lyle Van Nuis, and the directors in the order of seniority : P. Hampton Wyckoff, P. P. Runyon, Matthew Suydam, V. M. W. Suydam, Henry G. Parker, Charles S. Edgar, John N. Carpender, W. E. Florance, and U. M. Fleischmann. All of these gentlemen have served the interests of the bank with singleness of purpose, and with ripe business judgment, as is evidenced by the strength and financial standing of the bank today, with its capital of $250,- 000; surplus and undivided profits, $400,- 000, and deposits of $1,900,000. Since I 864 the National Bank of New Jersey has distributed in dividends to its stockholders $1,175,000, and accumu- lated a surplus of $400,000. MIDDLESEX TITLE GUARAN- TEE AND TRUST CO. THIS Company was organized in 1907 with power to do a general trust business and es- pecially to examine and guar- antee titles to real estate. It has nearly completed a thorough plant covering Middlesex County and will actively enter into the business of loaning money on bond and mortgage, issuing guaranteed mortgages, guaranteed mort- gage certificates and searching titles. It's Secretary and Title Officer is George W. Litterst who formerly was Title Officer of the New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Co. of Jersey City and its other officers are: President, Geo. A. Vieh- mann; Vice-President, Hon. Benj. F. Howell; Asst. Secretary, Chas. D. Ross. '^^ 101 u)iLdY(W(W(W(^ (§nv €ttg dnu^rnrnpttt THE chief executive officer of the city is the Mayor, W. Edwin Florance, whose main power is hmited to the appointment of the Library Trustees and members of the Board of Health. He also approves or disapproves all ordinances, resolutions and bills passed by Common Council, but his veto can be over-ridden by a majority vote of Common Council. MAYOR W. E. FLORANCE 7 he real management of city affairs is vested in a common council or board of al- dermen of thirteen members composed of an alderman-at-large elected by the entire city and two aldermen from each of the six wards elected for a term of two years by the voters of said wards. This body elects the Board of Assessors, the members of the Water Board, the City Treasurer, 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 city, collect all revenue derived therefrom 02 BENJ. F. HOWELL Member of Congress JOHN H. CONGER 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 Sheriff PETER F. DALY Surrogate 03 THEO. B. BOORAEM County Judge EDWARD W. HICKS 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 City Attorney H. R. GROVES County Collector 104 FREDERICK WEIGEL Alderman-at- Large excellent service and maintained a very high standard for efficiency. It is com- posed of six engine companies, each of which has a hose company attached, one combination hose and chemical company, and one hook and ladder company. The tax collector, who receives and accounts for all taxes, and the city record- er, who acts as a police judge, are elected JAMES A. MORRISON City Clerk by the people. There are several other officials, such as the city surveyor, the city street commissioner, city physician, over- seer of the poor, building inspector, super- intendent of the fire alarms, city weigher, city harbor master, who, together with the city treasurer and city clerk, are appointed by Common Council and all perform the routine of their respective offices. F. STEHLIN 0. FORMAN J. J. FEASTER 105 C. E. TINDELL C. A. OLIVER J. PAYTON C. G. MOTT J. F. ORPEN R. KAHRMANN J. H. CURRAN .^*<.. ^i 5?pui Iruitfliutrk iatly Stmps... LINN E. WHEELER Editor 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 BACKED by an honorable his- tory of more than one hun- dred 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 which has had a continuous existence for more than a century; it has the distinction of having served the public in three cen- turies, the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth. As the Guardian and New Brunswick Advertiser, the paper was launched by Abraham Blauvelt in 1 792, and it at once took rank as a leading Federal organ and was recognized as one of the best papers published in the country. It was a weekly newspaper, containing local, gen- eral and foreign news, and had its own C^ORGE D. JOHNSON Associate Editor County, N. Y., near old Tappan, and, in connection with his newspaper busi- ness, was to some extent a bock publisher. He married Jane, daughter of Dr. Moses Scott, of New Brunswick. The New Brunswick Times and Gen- eral Advertiser was started June I, 1815, and was printed and published every Thursday morning by Deare & Myer, at Washington's Head, New Brunswick. Its introductory editorial speaks of the 107 THE TIMES BUILDING growing importance of New Brunswick as a commercial and manufacturing town and of the demands for the pubhcation of a newspaper. It was "published at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per annum, payable at the expiration of six months from the time of receiving the first paper after subscribmg." The publishers an- nounce that they are "attached to and the paper is conducted in the interest of the Federal Republican Party." At what date The Times passed into the hands of Mr. Albert Speer is not known, but he continued to conduct the paper until his death in 1 869. He was an able and influential journalist and a Democrat of the Jeffersonian school, ex- cept for a brief period subsequent to 1 846, when he espoused Free-Soil prin- ciples and turned over his paper to the advocacy of that faction of the Demo- cratic party. This gave occasion for the establishment of the New Jersey Union as a regular Democratic organ by Al- phonso E. Gordon in the latter part of 1847. Alphonso E. Grodon was born in Philadelphia, March 12, 1826, and learned the printer's trade in the office of the Delaware State Journal, at Wilming- ton, Del. He was just twenty-one and was engaged in the Emporium office at Trenton, N. J., when the opening oc- curred for starting the new Democratic paper, the Union, at New Brunswick. He immediately came here and issued the first number late in May, 1847. The Daily News was started by Mr. Gordon in March, 1 85 I . It was con- ducted by him in connection with the New Jersey Union until February, 1855, when The Times under Mr. Speer, having re- turned to its "first love," and there being 08 THE TIMES OFFICE FORCE two Democratic papers in the city, Mr. Gordon sold the good will of both daily and weekly to Mr. Spear, and removed his printing materials to Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Daily News and New Jersey Union were then merged with The Times, which Mr. Speer conducted until the time of his death, when the Times was sold to Hon. William B. Guild, who at that time conducted the Newark Journal, and who first published the Daily Times in November, i 869. On December 28, 1871, A. E. Gordon returned to New Brunswick and bought the paper. Under his capable management it achieved great success. At one time he was offered $35,000 for the newspaper business, an immense price for a small country newspaper in those days. During Cleveland's first administration, Mr. Gordon was made United States mar- shal. He left the care of the newspaper business to subordinates, and the paper languished. In 1 890 the paper was sold to former State Senator John Carpender, of Clinton, N. J. In 1892 it was pur- chased by the Times Publishing Company, a stock company composed of M. F. Ross, W. H. Price, James Deshler, Oliver Kelly, W. Parker Runyon, J. Kearney Rice and Edward Furman. The paper was improved and en- larged, converted into an eight-page paper and steadily bettered. In 1 893 Francis W. Daire became a reporter on the paper. In 1 896 he was made editor, succeeding J. D. Chandlee. In July, 1901, he was made general manager. September 1 1 , 1 906, he purchased all of the stock of the company, only four shares being held in other hands, in order to preserve the corporation. In May, 1 908, Francis W. Dare sold his stock to Linn E. Wheeler, who be- came the president of the company and editor of the paper, and he changed the policy to that of a strictly independent organ and associated with himself George D. Johnson as Associate Editor. The Times formerly had its office on Albany Street; then on Little Burnet Street in one-half of a brick building, of which the other half only is standing and occupied by the Raritan Coal Com- 09 pany. The other half was torn down to make room for the United States Rub- ber Factory's buildings. Then its offices 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 facili- ties 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 publish a clean, wholesome, enterprising and progressive newspaper which will be welcomed into the homes of our citizens. OLD OFFICE OF -THE TIMES. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE TIMES no Prnmiu^nt f wplr... p. A. Meyers A. Viehmann T. E. Schanck R. L. Hoagland J. W. Mettler F. L. Hindle R. M. Pettit C. W. Russell W. J. McCurdy 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 E. Radel E. S. Relyea G. H. Bissett M. O'Connor J. A. Edgar J. P. Wall H. F. Zerfing E. A. Brady A. V. Schenck W. R. Reed W. R. Schenck C. W. Wood T. P. Lyons J. V. Hubbard F. Wittig A. A. Titsworth R. Barnwell W. H. Van Sickle, Jr. W. J. Condon G. F. McCormick A. C. Streltwolf, Jr. (§nx Mnnvdnttar'xts ♦>^©7 THE UNITED STATES RUBBER COMPANY. The first rubber shoes made in this city were made by Horace H. Day in a little shop on Dennis Street, where he started in 1839. In this place he manufactured carriage cloth by spreading rubber dissolved in turpentine over cloth. In 1844, when Goodyear patented the process for vulcanization, Day claimed the right to use it as an unpatented English invention and began to make shoes. Extensive litigation fol- lowed this in which famous lawyers, including Daniel Webster, were engaged. Finally Day was beaten. At that time rubber shoes were made from rubber uppers fitted over leather bot- toms. In 1839 Christopher Meyer came to New Brunswick to put up some steam engine ma- chinery for Horace H. Day, and made his start in the rubber business. About that same lime Onderdonk and Letson started a rubber factory which afterwards became the New Bruns- wick Rubber Company. In 1843 Christopher Meyer built the works at Milltown, part of the buildings now being occupied by the Michelin Tire Company. In 1845 John R. Ford entered into partnership with Christopher Meyer, and in 1852 they formed a stock company called the Ford Rubber Company. In 1858 the name was changed to the Meyer Rubber Company. In 1869 Christopher Meyer with Mr. Ford and L. L. Hyatt formed the Hyatt Rubber Com- pany, which was changed in 1870 to the New Jersey Rubber Company. These separate com- panies were finally merged into the United States Rubber Company when that large cor- poration was formed. The factories on little Burnet Street are now used for the manufacture of shoes; the fac- tories on Washington Street and Peace Street are used for the manufacture of rubber goods; and the factory at Milltown has been sold to the Michelin Tire Company. Over 500 operatives are employed by this company. THE BRUNSWICK REFRIGERATING COMPANY. This company was incorporated in 1900 with a capital of $2,000,000, and has branches in several cities in the United States and one in Porto Rico. It is engaged in the manufacture of "Brunswick" ice making and refrigerating ma- chinery for the manufacture of ice and me- chanical refrigeration. The plant utilizes over 50,000 square feet of ground and has special shipping advantages, be- GENERAL VIEW. U. S. RUBBER CO. f*;'~^*^. ing connected by special track with the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The business has steadily mcreased smce it started. Complete ice making and cold storage plants are now being installed all over the country. A special feature of the company's work is the advance which has been made in the installation of refrigerating plants in private homes, it being able now to install with economy in a home where the ice consumption is as small as one hundred pounds a day. The company employs a large force of opera- fives, and its official roster is as follows: Pres. J. W. Johnson, Vice-Pres., W. Campbell Clark; Treasurer, Theo. Frelinghuysen ; Secretary, E. B. Howitt. THE BRUNSWICK REFRIGERATING COMPANY THE MICHELIN TIRE COMPANY. Of all makes of automobile tires and inner tubes, probably no one will controvert the saying that the "Michelin" is the most famous and the best. Until very recently all Michelin tires were made in France and imported to this country. The demand became so enormous that the manu- facturers decided that they must establish a manu- factory in this country and, after visiting many proposed locations, they decided that the most available spot for their purpose was at Millfown, one of the suburbs of New Brunswick. They purchased the factory which had originally been erected for the Meyer Rubber Company, and had GENERAL VIEW MICHELIN TIRE CO. 19 20 later been occupied by the International Vehicle and Tire Company; and, with a very large force of mechanics, immediately commenced the work of erecting many additional buildings and in- stalling machinery. This work was rapidly pushed forward and the plant completed in the early part of 1907. The cut, which is shown in this volume, of their buildings is taken from a fire underwriters' survey. It would be impossible with a camera to get an adequate view of the plant which would show all the buildings or convey the least impression of its vastness and extent. Commencing operations a little over 18 months ago, the success of their American product was instantemeous, and for over eight months past their factories have been working day and night. This is a phenomenal record in business building when the fact is taken into consideration that the Michelin factories at Milltown are the largest in America solely devoted to the mtmufacture of automobile tires, envelopes and inner tubes. This record is, of course, even from this purely commercial aspect a credit to the community; but it is a matter for local pride when the products of these factories outstrip all the other American tire factories put together in carrying speedy automobiles to victory on the race track, or sustaining heavy cars under severe conditions in contests of endurance. Michelin tires have given satisfaction to thou- sands of automobile owners in the short eighteen months that they have been manufactured here. Thev have won practically every important auto- mobile contest in 1908. The International Grand Prize Race at Savannah, The Vanderbilt Cup 24 Hour Race at Brighton Beach, and many other contests during 1908 were won by Michelin Tires in competition with all the other tires manu- factured in the United States and abroad. The members of the Michelin Company who have located here are very liberal minded and progressive, and are a great benefit to the citizen- ship of the community. OFFICE OF JOHNSON &. JOHNSON JOHNSON & JOHNSON. Johnson & Johnson began their career in New Brunswick in 1886 in a small factory located near the depot, which at the present t;me is used for storage. In 1891 they acquired the old Novelty Button Factory on the bcinks of the canal, these buildings now being what is known as their miscellaneous mill being used by them in the preparation of medicinal and surgical plasters. In 1896 they erected a new building on George Street for offices and shipping room, and a laboratory in Highland Park. In 1900 they erected a series of buildings which have been enlarged, known as the Red Cross Cotton Mills. This group of buildings numbers fourteen and is devoted exclusively to the preparation of surgical dressings and surgical material made of cotton. All of these buildings have from time to lime been enlarged and new buildings erected, until at ihe present time their plant numbers about forty buildings, covering a floor space of over a half a million square feet. The line of articles manufactuied by Johnson & Johnson consists of what is mainly known as surgical supplies, including medicinal and surgical plasters, absorbent cotton, antiseptic dressings, ban- dages, and surgical dressings of various types 21 made of cotton, waterproof fabrics for surgical purposes, first aid supplies, disinfectants, medi- caled soaps and a few toilet articles of a medici- nal nature. In addition to these they manufac- ture a number of small surgical instruments, such as hypodermic syringes, needles, etc., as well as a line of dental supplies. In the year 1905 Johnson & Johnson united with the J. Ellwood Lee Co., Conshohocken, Pa., who manufacture a similar line of products. A peculiar feature of the business of Johnson & Johnson is the preparation of surgical dressings to meet the demands of the present day hospital and surgical practice. The modern requirements of this class of goods is perfect cleanliness; hence it has been necessary to erect buildings for the special purpose for which they are to be used, and each building is especially well lighted, well ventilated, and above all sanitary. For the most part the material is handled by machinery. This is done to obviate the necessity of hand work, thus avoiding contammation of the dressing. Quite recently they have connected the entire plant with a power house, which will be used to supply electric power for the entire works. By this system belts and pulleys will be discarded, and a very cleanly method substituted on all the apparatus. Another feature of the plant is the water used in the manufacture of surgical dressings. This is received from a pond across the Raritan River, from whence it is delivered to filters at the fac- tory, and, after undergoing treatment, is a pure, clean, sparkling water free from all bacteria or vegetable matter. The daily consumption of this water is over 400,000 gallons. The business of Johnson & Johnson extends to every part of the world. All goods are shipped directly from New Brunswick. The officers, ex- ecutive staff and employees — a total of over one thousand — for the most part reside in the city of New Brunswick. GENERAL VIEW JOHNSON & JOHNSON JANEWAY BUTTON COMPANY. This business was originally started by Conslan- fine Hingher who had been superintendent of the Novelty Button Company. Starting the bus- iness of vegetable ivory Button manufacturing. the business developed and was afterward ac- quired by William R. Janeway, who organized the above named company and increased the plant and associating with him his son-in-law John L. Duryee, has extended the business over the entire country. JANEWAY BUTTON FACTORY 22 NATIONAL MUSICAL STRING CO. THE NATIONAL MUSICAL STRING COMPANY. This company, which commenced business on a very modest basis in 1897, has so grown that to-day It IS the largest plant in the world de- voted to the manufacture of musical strings, the main building being 285 feet long and four sto- ries high. If IS located along the Raritan River Railroad and has a spur runnine along side of it, giving it excellent shipping and receiving fa- cilities. The machinery, which has all been designed and perfected by officers of the company and built on the premises, is delicate and human- like in movement, and manufactures the musical strings out of cord, silk, steel and cat gut with precision and accuracy. Everything is arranged wilh a view to economize time, space and cost of production, while insuring quality, speed and accuracy. The management is sagacious, energetic and competent, the operatives, which number over 150, being exceptionally well taken care of, and the fame of the company, wilh its two brands of musical strings, the "Bell" and "Black Diamond," has extended over the entire world. In recent years, this company has also manu- factured harmonicas, and is the only manufacturer of that instrument in America. The instrument which it turns out is very responsive and sweet toned, and is meeting with an enormous sale. WILLIS W. RUSSELL CARO CO. 123 NEVERSLIP MANUFACTURING CO. THE NEVERSLIP MANUFACTURING COMPANY. This company was incorporated in 1896, and commenced in a small way, but now sells its prod- ucts all through the United States and Canada and in many foreign countries. Its Canadian business became so large that in 1905 it erected a separate plant in Montreal. Its main business is the manufacture of Neverslip shoes, but it also does a large business in the manufacture of calks to prevent slipping. It now employs over two hundred hands, and its officers are as fol- lows: J. W. Johnson, President; R. W. John- son, Vice-President; W. J. McCurdy, Treas- urer; Geo. McCormick, Secretary, and R. Whil- aker, Superintendent. JANEWAY & CARPENDER, WALL PAPER FACTORY JANEWAY & CARPENDER. This concern was originally founded by Belcher & Nicholson in 1863, and the business was conducted in a factory on Neilson Street just north of the Railroad. In 1870 Charles J. Carpender bought out the interest of Belcher and in 1872 Jacob J. Janeway bought out the interest of Nicholson, and a co-partnership was formed under the name of Janeway & Carpender. This continued for a number of years until Mr. Car- pender retired, when a corporation of the same name was founded. 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 HOSIERY COMPANY. The Norfolk and New Brunswick Hosiery Company, one of the principal industries of the city, was founded in 1863, Lucius P. Porter being one of the founders. It was the outgrowth of a knitting mill first established by J. K. and E. E. Kilbourne at Norfolk, Conn. This company manufactures the very highest grade of underwear for men, women and chil- dren, and its products are famous throughout the entire world. It has extensive factories and warehouses covering over six acres of ground and employs a very large force of operatives. Its present officers are John N. Carpender, President; Nicholas G. Rutgers, Treasurer; and the following Board of Directors: John N. Car- pender, James Neilson, Jacob J. Janeway, V. M. W. Suydam, Charles J. Carpender, Nicholas G. Rutgers. William M. Franklin, Lyman R. Hop- kins, Sheldon Franklin. NORFOLK & NEW BRUNSWICK HOSIERY CO. FACTORY 25 INTERIOR OF INTERWOVEN STOCKING CO. THE INTERWOVEN STOCKING COM- PANY. This company is the sole distributor of the famous Interwoven Hosiery, and distributes to about four thousand retail stores in the United Slates and foreign countries. The business was organized in 1905, incorporated in 1906, and, during the three years the product of the com- pany has earned the enviable reputation of being the famous seamless hosiery of the world and is now on sale in nearly every city in the United Slates, the present daily output averaging over 20,000 pairs. The general offices of this company are located in the New Brunswick Fire Insurance Company Building at No. 40 Paterson Street. The presi- dent of the Company is John Wyckoff Mettler; sales manager, Wm. H. Everson ; credit man and treasurer, C. S. Van Winkle, and secretary, Irving Hoagland. EMPIRE FOUNDRY COMPANY 126 EMPIRE FOUNDRY COMPANY. This company occupies the plant originally built by the New Brunswick Foundry Company about twelve years ago. In 1901, Mr. Herman Broesel purchased the plant, and, smce that time many new buildings have been added, in- cluding machine, nickel plating, wood and metal pattern making departments, and also a spacious office building. The product of the company is gray iron castings, especially gas stove work and coal stove with nickel trimming. Among the specialties made, are the automobile cylinders. for which the firm has earned a great reputation. The market for the product is principally in New York, New England States, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The company employs about 125 men, the greater portion being skilled workmen. The officers of the company are: W. C. Whitehead, President; Herman Broesel, Vice- President; W. E. Leary, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer; and T. H. Gartland, General Manager. The General Manager has had wide experience in this line of business, having, previous to his connection with this company, been General Manager of the American Stove Company of Cleveland, Ohio. NEW BRUNSWICK CIGAR COMPANY NEW BRUNSWICK CIGAR COMPANY. This company started eleven years ago when the business of the old firm of Davis & Com- pany, located at the corner of Water and Wash- ington Streets, was purchased. In less than two years the business outgrew these quarters and was moved to the corner of Neilson and Somerset Streets. In 1902 the present immense factory building on Somerset Street had tc be erected to accommodate the increased trade. The pay roll, which at the beginning averaged less than $150 per week, now amounts to over $600,000 a year, and there are employed by this concern nearly 1,200 people. The building has been equipped with all the modern improvements. A large addition and warehouse have been recently built, and, if the present increase continues, it will soon be ihe largest industry in the city. One novel feature connected with this plant is the manner in which it employs its hands. Learn- ers are taken on and started at a good weekly salary, and placed on piece work as soon as they are able to earn more than the amount of the salary. Each learner costs the company a considerable sum in unsalable cigars, but teach- ing in this manner produces superior operatives. The interior of the factory is a model of nealness and cleanliness, and the industry has been a large factor in the progress and growth of New Brunswick in the last few years, as the company pays high wages and is in every way a substantial concern and is of great benefit to the city. THE MARINE MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY COMPANY. The Marine Manufacturing and Supply Com- pany, whose offices and warehouse are in New York, have their manufacturing plant at New, Neilsen, Morris and John Streets, New Bruns- wick. This concern are manufacturers and deal- ers in everything for shipbuilders and contrac- tors. Their plant takes up nearly one whole block and comprises nine separate buildings, classified as machine shop, iron foundry, brass foundry, pattern shop, carpenter shop, store-houses, etc. The management is considering improvements in their plant, looking to the handling of increas- ing business. 27 CONSOLIDATED FRUIT JAR FACTORY CONSOLIDATED FRUIT JAR COMPANY. This company was orgzmized in 1858 and in- corporated in 1871 with a capital of $500,000. The company was the first to make the celebrated Mason fruit jars, having owned the patent there- on. At the present time they also make oilers, oil can fillers, flash screws, shipping can screws, screw tops for salt, pepper cmd sugar shakers, miner's lamps, liquid and powder sprinklers, sprinkler heads for sprinkling systems, and metal novelties and sheet metal goods of almost every kind and description. The New Jersey Lamp and Bronze Works is a sub-company and the two companies employ over five hundred hands, and their product is known throughout the entire country. A New York office is maintained at 290 Broadway, and a Chicago office at 59 Dearborn Street. The officers of the company are: Henry B. Kent, President; Theodore B. Booream, Vice-Presi- dent, and Thomas J. Buckley, Secretary and Treasurer. NEW JERSEY LAMP AND BRONZE CO. 28 INTERIOR; RECKITT &. SONS RECKITT & SONS, LTD. This concern manufactures "Paris Blue. " The principle factory is located at Hull, England, where 6,000 hands are employed. In 1905 a branch was established in this cily and W. G. Bearman became supermtendent. In 1907 they moved into their own factory and own thirteen acres of land, which will be used for future growth. At present over 100 hands are em- ployed and the business is constantly growing. The New York office at No. 90 West Broad- way is in charge of H. W. Johnson as Manager. JARRARD NEEDLE WORKS. This company was founded in 1905, com- mencing work m the Price Building on Burnet street; but the business soon grew and was moved to the Whiting Building on Dennis Street. Metal pressings and knitting needles are made and shipped all over the world, and the company employs over forty men, and the force IS being constantly increased. RECKITT & SONS. FACTORY 29 MIDDLESEX SHOE CO. THE MIDDLESEX SHOE CO. This concern manufactures ladies', misses' and childrens' shoes. They occupy a large three story building and employ over one hunderd operatives of skill and experience. The company was originally incorporated in 1887 by Fletcher Felter, his son, William S. Felter and E. S. Peck. The Fletcher interests were afterwards bought by Mr. Peck, who con- tinued the business until his death. The active work of the business is done by Fritz Wittig and Henry C. Kramer. The company maintains six traveling salesmen and disposes of most of its product in the city of New York and surrounding country and in the State of New Jersey. JANEWAY & CO.. WALL PAPER FACTORY JANEWAY & COMPANY. This business was commenced in 1844 by John P. Hardenbergh. In 1845 Henry L. Jane- way became interested. In 1849 the firm became known as Janeway and Company. This concern is one of the oldest and best known manufacturers of wall paper in the United 30 States. Its large factory is located on Water Street between Somerset and Washington, and its warehouse is located on Water Street at Wash- ington, the two being connected by a large bridge which runs across the street. On February 4th, 1884, the factory of this compemy was destroyed by fire caused by two oil trains colliding on the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge and the flaming oil ran into the sewer and in that way reached the building. A much larger factory was then built and the business Incorporated. At the present time the officers of the corporation are as follows: President, Wm. R. Janeway; Vice-Pres., Henry L. Janeway, Treasurer, John Lawrence; Secretary, Edward Lawrence and about 1 50 operatives are em- ployed. JANEWAY &, CO.. WAREHOUSE KILBOURNE KNITTING MACHINE CO. The general offices of this industry are situated in the National Bank of New Jersey Building. The mills, which are used principally for the manufacture of men's hosiery, are situated at Martinsburg, W. Va., and employ a working force of seven hundred men. The president of the company is Charles W. Kilbourne; the secretary, Howard H. Emmert, president of the Old National Bank of Martins- burg, and John Wyckoff is Treasurer. The Kilbourne Manufacturing Corporation, which has its plant at the corner of Bethany and Somerset Streets, is a subsidiary plant of the Kilbourne Knitting Machine Company, and has been in successful operation in this city since 1887, employing about forty skilled mechanics. The President of this company, Edward E. Kil- bourne, is the inventor of an automatic knitting machine which bears his name and is used ex- clusively by the mills of the Kilbourne Knitting Machine Company at Martinsburg, W. Va., and by the hosiery mills of John Blood & Co. at Philadelphia. The officers of the company are Edward E. Kilbourne, President and Treas- urer; John Erickson, Secretary, and Isaac W. Kilbourne, Manager. The factory is large, well equipped and modern. NEW BRUNSWICK CHEMICAL COMPANY. Two years ago the New Brunswick Chemical Company built a new plant on what is known as the Allen tract, near the plant of E. R. Squibbs & Sons, and began the manufacture of compounds used in commercial textile trade. That business has steadily grown, and the product of the laboratories are not only shipped all over this country, but to many foreign Icmds. The foreign trade is important. R. Berheim, or Pfirsee-Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, who has carried on the business in his native country suc- cessfully for years, is the president of the com- pany. H. Koblenzer is the manager and treas- urer, and H. Wasserman is the assistant treas- urer. The company has a capital stock of $100,000. 131 WEBB WIRE WORKS. The Webb Wire Works established a plant at 1 7 Liberty street, in the building formerly occupied by the local electric light plant, and started on a successful career in the manufac- ture of wire for musical instruments, for needles and for other special purposes, such as brick cut- ting. Swedish steel, especially imported for the company, is used. The compemy sends its product throughout the country and to Canada. Seven men were employed at the time of the opening of the plant, and to-day fifteen are at work in the shop, mostly skilled men. The officers of the company are: President and manager, E. H. Webb; vice-president, S. E. Webb; treasurer, L. S. Webb; secretary, Her- bert M. Lloyd. INTERIOR WEBB WIRE WORKS LOYAL T. IVES NEEDLE COMPANY. For nearly forty years an important brancTi of industry in this city has been the manufacture of needles. In 1870 Loyal T. Ives established the business which still bears his name at 1 7 Water Street. The start was a modest one, only a few men being employed, but the excellence of the output soon built up the business and the Ives needles came into great demand. In 1885 Howard Sillcocks became associated in the busi- ness and under his energetic guidance the industry has been healthfully developed, until to-day the business employs 1 20 to 1 60 men, according to the season. The plant outgrew its quarters at 1 7 Water street early in its career and was moved to 19 and 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 flourishing condition. In 1903 Mr. Ives interest was purchased by the Loyal T. Ives Needle Company, of which How- ard Sillcocks is secretary, treasurer and manager. The company manufactures spring beard needles and sheet metal stamping work and the product is sold in this and other countries. The principal part of the output goes to this country. JOHN WALDRON COMPANY. These large machine works were established in 1848 by William Waldron, and are mainly occupied in building machines for the manu- facture of wall paper. For a number of years the business was conducted on the east side of Dennis Street, but in 1896 large new buildings were erected in Highland Park and the entire plant moved there. The present business is incorporated, but it is a close corporation consisting of John Waldron and his several sons. The business has grown to large proportions, and machinery for the manufacture of wall paper, playing cards, and other paper products, is made by this firm and shipped all over the world. I D. WATSON & COMPANY. This company is located on Water Street and are manufacturers of colors for wall paper fac- tories. They make a specially of several colors which are not made by any other factory and iheir product is shipped to all the different wall paper factories in the country. 132 ..^ '$ S'^^i :&4^i;b?;* 5v^ :^;* :U^5fc i^;* *;H^ ^i V4 rM^«>^ ♦H.vJ^-'

-» •Hjr>^ 'H^*4:"» '^-i<* '^-i^^ "^r^J^, i^.-'>k i<^>rk i^^Trk i<^>k i<^>k i<^>^ i<:F>^ ^S^V^ ^.-^f^^ 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 ^onds Labels !Qusiness Stationery Photo Engraving General Printing Slank Books Loose Leaf Supplies Manifold Books Illustrated Books and Catalogues ««««««««««« • 1 THE HALF TONE ENGRAVINGS IN THIS BOOK FURNISHED BY US HERBERT & MOKE jfuncral S^irectore an6 ^Embalmere... COACHES AND CANOPIES FOR WEDDINGS AND RECEPTIONS CHAS. R. MOKE Residence, 296 George St. Phone 305W JOHN B. HERBERT Residence, George's Road 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 ^ns to^ JOHN WYCKOFF METTLER, - President WILLIAM H. EYERSON, - Sales Manager C. S. 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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 OJ^E 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 ^^^^(^^i^^^S§]SS)6SS^lS§3@^§l^^^^^^ I ._ I 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. 'Phone 267 'Ji'^'^ Corner George and Pater son Streets 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 HENRY L. JANEWAY PETER P. RUNYON ANTHONY VIEHMANN JOHN S. STEWART ROBERT W. HELM EDWARD TINDELL HENRY G. PARKER HUGH McKEAG JOHN N. CARPENDER CHARLES A. DUNHAM W. E. FLORANCE WILLIAM R. REED 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 Insures ' 1 itles to Rea Estate throughout Middlesex County Loans Money on B ond and Mortgage BELL BRAND HARMONICAS THE ONLY AMERICAN-IVIADE HAR^IONICAS /•^bc^c ll^annonicas are otfcre^ a? L\. tbc onl\} /IDoutb*0roau5 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, ^ugs, (batting, Stoves, Jardinieres, Window Shades, Linoleum, Oil-cloth, Pictures, &c. T^epairing, 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 of JEver^tbiuG IS WHAT WE OFFER TO OUR PATRONS Capital aut) ^urplue ^6 5 0,000— 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 IFlational Bank OUR RELATIONS WILL BE MUTUALLY 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. ........ James Deshler Benjamin F. Howell J. Bayard Kirkpatrick Henry A. Hull Loyal T. Ives MANAGERS Henry A. Neilson Nicholas G. Rutgers William H. Leupp Robert M. Pettit Charles J. Carpender Counsel Frank M. Donohue, M. D. Charles A. Dunham Alexander W. Pettit William H. Waldron > { xzx n: XZXIZZ P^npka Natt0«al ISank NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. CAPITAL SURPLUS AND PROFITS $100,000 125,000 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 Cashier IZXZX rxxc B. F. HOWELL President -D s 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 F oreign 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 ^M^an 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 BEAM & CLARE, 362 George Street. New Brunswick, N. 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 Buildings of ^ ^?^> rW^z rf^^ rW^y rW^'^^ rH^ \ rH\\ fW^ rH^ tWA ^^1'^ ^-J"^ ^yr^ ^y.'^ ^it^ ^y^'^ ^^9r^ ^i^^ ^^(t^ United States Rubber ^^ C ompany ^^ New Jersey Factory — New Brunswick, N. J. MANUFACTURERS OF RUBBER BOOTS ....AND SHOES SALESROOMS : CHICAGO 244 Monroe Street NEW YORK 46 Broadway vl4>^ "RjJ^^ ^^Wr -R^b^ "^cMr i^A\^ 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^fe^Ai •^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... They Help SELL '^m ...Line on the Market ^5^^.,^-^* The GOODS IVe make a large assortment of Bottle Tops for T)ruggists' Supply Houses and 'T^erfumers Correspondence solicited and samples sent upon application '^ -1- ^'T ^r^ -!- '^Y H\ir, tr¥ry vHf<*>4 Mij'X »Hj>4 ♦K*>^ «H4^ ^>k isT(^ isW -feTc^ ^W- ^i'-?^ ^^2^ ^^2^ -teT(^ :ROBT. BURNS= 10c. CIGAR= SUITS ALL MAN KIND GEO. L. STORM & CO. 409-411 LAFAYETTE ST., NEW YORK CITY mcvv Brungwich^^ n^ogt 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. G. H. HULLFISH ^J^AmiPiiPnmMM Staple and Fancy Groceries Fruits and Vegetables ^ ^ 'L.]iLvu)[LvL)[(^j[Lj)[^ JSSS mm 49 HIRAM STREET New Brunswick, N. /. -^.^.^ ^ELETHOJVK 47 9- J ^• mm% ^ ^•f. # 1^ iFiupHt Q^uality nf QIrIp|il)oin? (Hall 2114- |, WittPH, ICtqunrfi auli (Etgara AFE AND RESTAURANT LEONARD SCHEIDIG. Prop. ^ P. O. BOX 348 W, 35 ALBANY STREET NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. ■^ L^ M v^ IN DRUGS, the NAME RUST on the label is equivalent to saying that they are 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 XEbe Jeweler... 5 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, TELEPHONE 6 1 6 NEW BRUNSWICK ICE COMPANY EDWARD A. BRADY, Proprietor DEALERS IN Anthracite ^^^r-^^-^1 r^ -tf^ ^ X^'^y^ FromParsonsand and Bituminous \^\J^±.m ^XXvJ. XV^V^ Hopatcong Lakes George's T^oad and Raritan River R. R. branch Office, 43 T^aterson Street thCEW BRUNSWICK, ^. /. NEILSON T. PARKER ©t ev>erv> ^Description 381 GEORGE STREET See. ^. f il;W.l' § (?o. JValLei:6 and uLa\}ezdaMicz6 52 Quitcfi ^Uce^C FURNITURE Beautiful on the surface; good all the way ^—-^—'—^^-^— through — the sort it pays to buy CARPETS RUGS P^^P^^ who look around and take note ^—^—^-^-^—^^-^^^^ 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- ^ [Colo t Uc 11 tcu\> 95-97-99 Carroll Place, cor. George St. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. TELEPHONE Gasoline Cars Electric Cars Steam Cars Motor Cycles Bicycles Charging Storage Repairs Sundries Supplies P. H. SUYDAM MONUMENT SQUARE NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. s^Ever^tbiiuj tbc Best=» AGENT FOR THE "JIREH DIABETIC FOODS" "MONTCLAIR JAM KITCHEN PRESERVES" TELEPHONE 46 1871 y. uiaiiatd jYltlcpalticK 3fxrt 'Jttaitranr^ AGENT- BROKER 356 George St., New Brunswick, N.J. 1909 MARKET [=1=11- SQUARE Dining Room Attached HOTEL Phone 332.1V Hiram and Dennis Streets, New Brunswick, N. J. ROOMS BY THE DAY OR WEEK T^iel'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 BONE COMPLETE FERTILIZERS FOR ALL CROPS.... Poultry Foods, Bone Meal Beet Scraps in Cake and Ground Crushed Oyster Shell 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 Children's HOES... Factory and Salesrooms - 49-51-53 Washington Street NEW BRUNSWICK, N /. 1 \ f\M wmiiMimmjM ISdH 1 L ^ HJi tSi^^^ ^-i^ ^ Crater presents to you the conservative style worn by the genteel dresser .... Topping off with a KNOX HAT and wearing a STEIN BLOCH Business Suit with Lisle Half Hose in colors or Blacl^ Silk, the gentleman oj the hour is dressed in perfect accord with Fashion's decree . . Sty le is to be well dressed, not over- dressed W. K. CRATER 96 Church Street, New Brunswick, N. ]. (!5u- motto: uloPlfaa? PHILIP WEIGEL, JR. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ilarbtttar^. Iron nnh ^tg^L-- By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand 2, 4 and 6 Peace Street, New Brunswick, N. J. PHONE CALL 90 House and Builders' Hardware. House Furnishing Goods and General Hardware. Wheelwright and Blacksmith Supplies. Factory and Mill Supplies. Engineer and Contractor of Bridges and Structural Iron Work- Coal, Lumber, etc. m lOtutn^ston Mnnav 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 ^« ^.^ P. P. RUNYON D. F. R. RUNYON RUNYON BROTHERS (3 Mbolceale 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 ^Manufactured by THOMAS STEVENS, Jr. Metuchen, N. 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... /^OOD... (^ CLOTHES VJ HATS U OOD... 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. J. H. ROLFE. President 1. ROLFE, Vice-President H. J. ROLFE, Secy-Treas ROLFE BUILDING MATERIALS CO. (Ear^j^iit^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 W. R. REED 380 GEORGE ST. j BooJ^s, Stationery, T^ictures, Frames, Leather Goods, ylthletk Goods, Book. Cases, Filing Cabinets , TYPEWRITERS t FOR SALE & TO RENT JOHN F. KERWIN & CO. ^trttt femtvB V^onlxacl i iici C9iiq incezd Slrrtrtr l&auhB.. 417 George St., New Brunswick, N. J. TELEPHONE Branch Office. WATERBURY, CONN. SEIFFERT BROS. Innks^Urrs, g^taliaurra, Nruisinibrfi auit CAMERAS SPORTING GOODS 50 Dennis Street, New Brunswick, N. J. Florist ^ ^ ^ ^ and Decorator HENRYJ.TICE Telephone Call, 605 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 «•• ^^e .. ACCURACY 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 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 ■ . '^ • VT^ 1 Telephone No. 1 9 Empire * ouTYdry ^^^ 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. ^ «,„ Our plant is thoroughly modern and most efficient in its equipment and operation, consequently we can offer especially Fine Castings in any quantity at prices which will interest you. F. E. MILLER 'Phone 373 -J 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 ^^iTom^^^^ 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 '' f'^Tm'^^Y^ ^^^ Brunswick, ^. /• root ol Morns Street ^ ^-^ ^ ^ *^ JAMES A. EDGAR IRcal lEetatc anb flncuirance 1Rotar\> public 'Phone 482-L 349 Georgt Street, New Brunswick, N. J. WII I lAM F I FARY carpenter and WlJ^Ll/^iVl IL. 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 'Plans and Specifications Prepared for all Structural Work Pipe Lines a Specialty 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. I^eal lEatatP Irnk^ra (E0uutru Aurttanp^ra OfHce, 1 19 CHURCH STREET New Brunswick, N. J. Estates Managed Rents Collected Farms Our Specialty JACOB V. OUTCALT Carpenter and Builder Townsend St. cor. of Drift Plans, Specifications and Estimates Furnished Jobbing Promptly attended to Residence, 218 Suydam St. T. H. RIDDLE ..General C o n t r a^ctor Offices, Room 512 Rothschild Bldg. Philadelphia, Pa. PHONE CONNECTIONS 25 REMSEN AVE. New Brunswick, N. J. Established 1867 A. VIEHMANN DEAI,F,R IN Worsted and Knitting Yarns Materials for Art Embroidery and Fancy Work 48 and 50 Church Street New Brunswick, N. J. MICHAEL O CONNOR Real Estate and Insurance 364 GEORGE STREET 'Phone 198-J Cor. Paterson Street New Brunswick, N. J. CHARLES D. WEED Manufacturer of Harness and Gig Saddles Dealer in Sponges, Chamois Sheets, Fly Nets, Blankets, Collars and Whips. Repairing Done on Short Notice & at Reasonable Terms 269 BURNET STREET HARVEY IREDELL DENTIST Church Street, cor. Neilsor} National Bank, of New Jersey Bldg. New Brunswick, N. J. GEORGE s. McLaughlin DENTIST 383 George Street Nero Brunsroick, N. J. WILLIAM M ACOM DENTIST 45 Bay^ard Street New Brunswick, N. J. 1866 "At the Sign of the Leaf" 1908 GEORGE KUHN DEAI^ER IN Fine Havana and Domestic ..SEGARS.. Paz y Justicia JOHN BROOKS Tremanos 379 George St., New ^runs-wick, ^. J. iselephone, 252-L, CHARLES H. DUNHAM DENTIST 349 George Street Nex» Brunswick, ^- /• LAWRENCE MU N DY DENTIST 45 Bayard Street New Brunswick, ^. J- a READ THE TIMES" ESTABLISHED 1879 O. O. STILLMAN Jeweler and Optician Diamonds, Watches and Sterling Silver Card Engraving and Wedding Invitations 133 Alban\) St.. New Brunswick, N. J. LAW OFFICES ROBERT ADR AIN 46-48 Paterson St., New Brunswick, N.J. LAW OFFICES WILLARD P. CLARK Church Street, New Brunswick, N. J. LAW OFFICES C. T. COWENHOVEN 41-43 Paterson St., New Brunswick, N.J. LAW OFFICES PETER F. DALY 389 George Street, New Brunswick, N.J. LAW OFFICES W. EDWIN FLORANCE 393 George Street, New Brunswick, N.J. LAW OFFICES THOMAS H. HAGERTY 389 George Street, New Brunswick, N.J. Telephone, 635 LAW OFFICES EDWARD W. HICKS 393 George Street, New Brunswick, N.J. LAW OFFICES A. V. SCHENCK 41 -43 Paterson St., New Brunswick, N.J. LAW OFFICES WARREN R. SCHENCK 41-4S PatersonSt., NewBriinswick,N. J. LAW OFFICES A. C STREITWOLF, JR. 40 Paterson St , New Brunswick, N.J. New York Office, City Investing Bldg. LAW OFFICES JAMES H. VAN CLEEF 41-43 Paterson St., New Brunswick, N.J. LAW OFFICES FREDERICK WEIGEL 46-48 Paterson St., New Brunswick, N.J. LAW OFFICES WOODBRIDGE & MARCH 364 George Street, New Brunswick, N.J. LAW OFFICES S. C. VAN CLEEF 41-43 PatersonSt., New Brunswick, N.J. HARKINS & VICTORY Real Estate and Insurance Of M Kinds 389 George Street, New Brunswick, N.J. Telephone, 645 RICHARD F. BARNWELL ^M^ason and guilder FOURTH AVE., Highland Park, N. J. Telephone 596-J JAN o lyuy JL '09 JMKW 1»I1I$WICK PRE'SErNTED BY THE DAILY TIMES \ f 71 M% 1 1.