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Industrial Directory of New Jersey 1946.
2002.139.0001
2002.139
Gans, Danny; Vallone, George, Hoboken Brownstone Co.
Donation
Gift of Danny Gans & George Vallone
Hudson Dispatch
Union City, N.J.
1946
English
Copy No.: 1
Good
Display Value: Fair 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