. Essex county, , illustrated . WORKS OF THF. NEW JERSEY ZINC & IRON WORKS ON THE PASSAIC RIVER. the year of 2,650 cars, as follows: \ia the Penns\ Ivania, ; the New Jersey Central, 452: the Delaware Lacka-wanna and Western, 420; Erie, 252; Valley, receipts by water shipment, of which no record has beenmade, is greatly in excess of what arrives by rail. In are twenty yards, employing a total capital of $684, in wages to 483 employees, $339,897, and handlingannually products valued at $1,123,087. Among other large industries that give to New
. Essex county, , illustrated . WORKS OF THF. NEW JERSEY ZINC & IRON WORKS ON THE PASSAIC RIVER. the year of 2,650 cars, as follows: \ia the Penns\ Ivania, ; the New Jersey Central, 452: the Delaware Lacka-wanna and Western, 420; Erie, 252; Valley, receipts by water shipment, of which no record has beenmade, is greatly in excess of what arrives by rail. In are twenty yards, employing a total capital of $684, in wages to 483 employees, $339,897, and handlingannually products valued at $1,123,087. Among other large industries that give to Newark its reputa-tion as a centre for manufacturers, might be named a fewwhose magnificent plants, would, if located in some less fravoredcity, give to it a prominence in itself. Such establishments as. ALFKED LISTEK, (DECEASliD.) the Smelting and Refining Company, at whose worksare turned out yearly, bullion and ores to the value of fromtwelve to fifteen million dollars; the Clark Thread Company,emijloying a capital of more than $5,000,000, furnishing workto upwards of 1,800 employees; the New Jersey Zinc & IronCompany; the Lister Agricultural Works, with a capital of$1,000,000, ]iroducing fertilizers, etc., to the value yearly of$2,000,000. In all thi-re are 201 distinct classes of manufacturers locatedhere, with a total of 2,490 establishments, divided into groupscomprising the various trades, as shown in the table compiledliy the Census Bureau at Washington, from the returns received for the year 1890. The subject of a Greater Newark. is engaging the attention of many able and far-seeing men who believe that the consolidation of our city with adjacent cities and towns under one municipal government would increase the prosperity of all the inhabitants. The change, whe
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