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Notes: Text of the alphabetical listings with number of employees for Hoboken on pages 454, 455, and 457 (456 is an unrelated advertisement). If no number is found at the end of the company's listing, then employee number is unreported.
HOBOKEN (City). Inc Mar. 28, 1855. Pop 50,115. Area 1.6 sq mi; 825 acres. Net valuation $75,993,574. Tax rate $5.28. Fire insurance rating B; protection, paid dept (109). On the west bank of the Hudson River, north of Jersey City and opposite Manhattan, in the heart of New York Harbor. Railroads D.L.&W. (Hoboken is eastern terminus of this R.R.), Erie, West Shore, Hudson & Manhattan R.R. Banks: branch, The First National Bank of Jersey City; Home Trust Co., Hoboken Bank for Savings in the City of Hoboken, Hudson Trust Co. of Union City, N. J., branches Newark & Hudson st; Seaboard Trust Co., Fourteenth & Washington St; Trust Co. of New Jersey, branch of Jersey City. Schools 10 public (6,353) including a high school and 2 junior high schools, and 4 parochial schools. Home of Stevens Institute of Technology. Police 147. Chamber of Commerce, 1 Newark st, John T. Soltmann, sec. Manufactures ships, railroad shops, foods, electrical products, furniture novelties, cranes, pencils, pens, steel, drafting materials, window blinds. Includes Stevens Point, Uptown, and West End. Known as the "Mile Square City." Has numerous water and rail terminals. The West Shore R.R. and Erie R.R. have freight stations in the City. Ferry service is now augmented by the tunnel traffic in Holland and Lincoln Tunnels in Jersey City and Weehawken.
Industries: Employees
A. & G. Coat Co., ladies' coats & suits........ 50
Adolph's Venetian blinds Alco-Gravure, (Div. of Publ. Corp.), gravure printing-newspapers and tabloids ...................345
Alpine Cap Co ....................... 10
American Advertising and Shop Cap Co.,
Inc., advertising and shop caps................ 37
American Can Co., can making machinery,
can openers ............................ 79
American Lead Pencil Co.............................710
Arrow Mfg. Co., jewelry boxes, perfume boxes, etc. ..........................200
Art Press, printing .......................................... 2
Atlantic Parlor Frame Co., Inc., parlor furniture, frames ......................... 30
Atlas Welding Co., Inc., job welding ........ 2
Autographic Register Co., continuous form stationery ............................225
Baker, Franklin (Div. General Foods Corp.), coconut products............................594
Bamboo & Rattan Works, Inc., bamboo and rattan items ................................ 19
Beck Bros., cigar ribbons and narrow tapes 3
Becker Food Products Co., peanuts, assorted nuts and peanut butter......... 16
Bethlehem Steel Co., ship repairs & steel products
Bev Co., The, flavoring extracts .................. 11
Braumuller Piano Co., pianos
Breinig Brothers, Inc., all paints, varnishes, lacquers, enamels, stains, etc.
Britney, George V., electrical repairs........ 4
Brooks Equipment Corp., machinery ........ 60
Bugbird, H. C., Co., Inc., chemicals
Button Machinery Co., vegetable ivory buttons .........................146
Capitol Coat Co., ladies' coats and suits .... 5
Cardinale, Peter & Son, rags
Castle Laundry ................................................63
Castle Press, commercial printing ............ 1
Chocolate Menier, chocolate confectionery 68
Classic Venetian Blinds, Venetian blinds .... 2
Clinton Paper Box Co., paper boxes..........20
Clover Coat Co., misses' and ladies' coats.... 20
Collins Ink Eradicator Co., ink eradicator, glass rods, etc.
Commercial Enclosed Fuse Co., of N. J., commercial cartridge fuses .............100
Condenser Service & Engineering Corp., Inc., steam condenser ...............1000
Continental Baking Co., bakery products
Cornell & Underhill, Inc., pipe fabricators - wholesalers of pipe valves and fittings.100
Cravenette Co., process textile fabrics to make them water repellent, mothproof or flameproof ......................28
Cudlitz, Harry, ladies' coats ........................12
Da Prato Co., church statuary....................10
Davis, R. B., Sales Co., Cocomalt, Davis baking powder .........................144
Deile, Herman, Inc., cooked hams, bolognas, franks, etc. ..................29
Doughty, Richard, Sons Co., Inc.
Dubin Bros., printing .................................... 5
Duffy, W. J., Inc., floor covering, marine decking, rug cleaning ..........................40
Eisen Bros., bedroom & living room furniture ...................................150
Electric Marie Mfg. Co., Inc., marine electrical supplies, brass watertight fittings 6
Ellen Coat Co., ladies' coats & suits............240
Elram Lamp Works, incandescent lamps..155
Erkenbrach, George A., Co., hide poison .... 15
F. & J. Middy & Dress Co., children's dresses ........................... 21
Ferguson Bros. Mfg. Co., occasional furniture, folding tables and chairs, decorative screens .......................625
Ferguson, F., & Son, marine propellers .... 15
Fessenden Co., Inc., barrels ........................ 5
Fischer, H. J., printing ................................ 2
Frances Handbag Co., handbags ................ 15
Friedricks Iron Works, structural steel, ornamental iron fabricating .................... 3
Galler Beverages, Inc., mineral waters .... 8
Garfunkel & Birnback, novelty hats
Gates Rubber Co., Inc., belting-mechanical
Gaynor, J., blacksmiths
General Electric Co. (Lamp Dept., Hoboken Works), fluorescent, mercury vapor, neon glow & quartz lamps, mercury switches .......................... 473
General Foods Corp., (Franklin Baker Div.), bakers coconut
General Foods Corp., (General Foods Central Research Laboratories), research of foods
General Foods Corp., (Maxwell House - Sanka Div.), coffees
Genuine Dress Corp., ladies' silk dresses .... 47
Glenn Products Co., medicines, cosmetics.. 22
Grand St. Blacksmith Shop Co., Inc., commercial auto bodies ..................... 5
Grandy, A., Sons, automobile bodies and repair work.............. 6
Gusmer, A., Inc., tank coatings & brewery supplies
H. F. Novelty Co., pocketbooks.................... 24
Haas Printing Co............................................. 3
Hall, Stephen, & Co., Inc., electric machinery switchboards ........................ 13
Heilbrumn, H. Co., Inc., abattoir Hellinghausen, F. R., Inc., multigraphing.... 7
Henze Instrument Co., Inc., repair of gauges, thermometers and other types of
industrial instruments, etc....................... 6
Himrod Manufacturing Co., Himrod's asthma powder, Himrod's medicinal cigarettes ......................... 10
Hinde & Dauch Paper Co., fibre boxboard, corrugated shipping boxes
Hoboken Awning Co., awnings
Hoboken Book Bindery, book bindery...... 6
Hoboken Individual Laundry........................ 17
Hoboken Pattern & Model Co., patterns & models ............................ 9
Hoboken White Lead & Color Co., paint.... 25
Hoboken Wood Flooring Corp., oak, maple, beech, pine & parquet floorings, cedar closet lining, etc. ......... 4
Hoboken Wrought Iron Andiron Co., fireplace fixtures ...................... 15
Horwood, E. H., & Co., infants' & children's muslin underwear, drawer waists, brassieres, children's blouses, pinafores, pillow tops ................................ 30
Hotopp Varnish Co., paints & varnishes .... 16
Hudson Box & Lumber Co., Inc., wooden boxes, crates and shooks....... 10
Hudson Wipers Corp., wiping rags ............ 6
Huehnerbein, W. E., bookbinders
Instrument Service Co., Inc., thermometers, gages .............................. 15
Interstate Rayon Yarns, Inc., novelty & rayon yarns ......................... 50
Interstate Shade Cloth Co., window shade cloth & rollers, window shades & Venetian blinds ..................114
Jacobs Bros., children's skirts, jackets, snowsuits, coats, jumpers, pinafores, etc. 90
Janssen Dairy Corp., dairy products .......... 295
Jay's Mfg. Co., ladies' dresses ...................... 30
Jefferson Leigh Salt Co., Inc., salt
Jefferson Venetian Blinds Mfg. Co., wood & metal blinds ...................... 2
Jersey Publishing Co., newspaper publishers printers ..............................210
Kallus, F., Mfg. Co., parts for incandescent lamps and radio tubes, special machines, tools and dies made to order.... 25
Keener Mfg. Co., shipping & marking tags (all kinds)
Keuffel & Esser Co., drafting & measuring tapes .................1158
Klimkeit, Max, awnings
Koch, A., Inc., beverages
Leahy, F. & F. Co., awnings
Lehman Bros., smelting & refining metals 9
Levine Brothers, welders, railroad mechanics ............................. 20
Liebel, William, & Son, printers
Lightfoot Schultz Co., soap & cosmetics ....200
Lincoln Box & Lumber Mfg. Co., wooden boxes
Lipton, Thomas J., Inc., blending and packaging of tea ......................302
Lorica Laboratories, Inc., rubber prophylactics ............................................ 14
M. & M. Novelty Works, dolls' clothes ...... 13
Maduro, Philip E., Inc., barrels & cooperage stock
Malatesta & Sons, iron works & machine works ......................................... 7
Marcai Coat Co.
Marine Brass Foundry, bronze & aluminum castings ........................ 3
Marmaldi, Paul A., beverages
Mayburn Knitting Mills, Inc., boys', men's and ladies' sweaters ............... 75
McDonough & Lydon Mfg. Co., table pads 22
Metro Mfg. Co., dies & metal stampings .... 10
Meyrowitz Brothers, men's shirts & sportswear ................................ 98
Miller, Henry A., & Co., book binding........ 13
Mission Orange Bottling Co., Inc., beverages
Modern Miss, Inc., ladies' coats.................. 30
Molten Metallizing Corp., spraying molten metals ....................................... 5
Mountain Ice Co., artificial ice
Muthler, John, cooperage ............................ 3
Neumann, R., & Co., tanning and finishing leather .........................247
N. J., Casket Co., Inc., wooden caskets...... 19
New Jersey Machine Corp., labeling, code numbering ..............................155
New System Laundry ...................................... 6
N. Y. Silicate Book Slate Co., Inc., blackboards and cork bulletin boards
Ohio Chemical & Manufacturing Co., nitrous oxide ......................... 50
Papay, Daniel, iron work................................ 3
Peerless Rattan & Reed Manufacturing Co., rattan, chair cane .............. 17
Pencil Specialty Co., Inc., buy & sell pencils .................................. 12
Pennsylvania Pump & Compressor Co., air compressors
Pescatore, C., ladies' coats ............................ 22
Pie-Pak Co., Inc., pie packages.................... 7
Pioneer Bag & Paper Co., bags
Poggi Press, The, commercial job printers 6
Polo Wholesale Grocery Co., food products 16
Progressive Silk Finishing Co.....................155
Rainbow Knitting Mills, knit goods
Reiter, Schneider & Connor, Inc., reconditioner of steel drums ...................... 26
Roskam, J., Brass Foundry, bronze castings .............................. 8
Ross, Frank B., Co., Inc., refining .............. 23
Savage Packing & Engineering Co.
Saverite Engineering Co., boiler compounds
Scacco Footwear, ladies' footwear ............ 31
Schock, Gusmer & Co., Inc., general machinery ..................................... 200
Schrenk & Co., grinding & polishing glass 55 Scott Paper Co., (Cut-Rite Div.), cut-rite paper
Seaboard Marine Repair Co., Inc., ship repairs .......................183
Senger Coal & Ice Corp................................. 16
Shoup-Owens, Inc., fibre cans ......................350
Shulton, Inc., cosmetics................................1000
Soborg, George, Woodworking Co., milling wooden tanks ........................... 2
Sperry Products, Inc., rail flaw detector cars ........................................375
Standard Brands, Inc., teas & coffees........500
Standard Chemical Products, Inc., textile oils ........................................ 38
Standard Screen & Weatherstrip, Inc., wood frame screens ......................... 7
Summit Pen Co., hard rubber sections for fountain pens.........................42
Sweets Co., of America, Inc., The, Tootsie Rolls ...................................500
Taffey, T., barrels
Taub, M., handbags ........................................ 15
Terminal Printing & Publishing Co., job & book printing ............. 34
Thomas Wire & Spring Co., Inc., coil springs & flat springs ............... 47
Todd Shipyards Corp., ship repairs .......... 9000
Tucker Machine Works, general machine and repair work ..................... 3
Turbine Eng. Corp., The, marine engineering, ship repairing................... 44
Union Engineering Corp., ship repairing, scaling and painting, steam condenser repair
U. S. Cleaners & Dyers Co., cleaning and dyeing.............................. 12
U. S. Furniture Shops, Inc., upholstered furniture and curled hair...........100
U. S. Testing Co., Inc., testing ...............200
Universal Folding Box Co., Inc., paper folding boxes .............. 90
Voss, Karl, Corp., boxes-paper. Wagner C. Litho-Machinery Co., (Div. of National-Standard Co.), lithographing machinery ...................... 49
Wedlake Aluminum Co., aluminum and bronze castings ............ 16
Weehawken Lumber Co., Inc., lumber mill 17
White Metal Manufacturing Co., collapsible metal tubes ......................205
Wilson Bros. Iron Works, steel forgings, machine work, boiler repairs................ 18
Windsor Wax Co., Inc., floor waxes, wax compounds, furniture polishes
Winkler, F., cabinet making ........................ 2
Wolff, H., Press, Inc., book printers............ 77
Wood Specialty Co., Inc., store display fixtures ...... 25
Xzit Co., soot remover.............. 11
Z. Dress Co., The, blouses & sportswear .... 25
[end of listings for Hoboken]
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2003-03-13
