Industries of New Jersey. . y this enterprising gentleman. Thepremises are the most advantageously located of anyof this class in the city, being quite central and con-venient to all business, and consist of a two-storybrick building, at Nos. 49 and 51 Mechanic Street,all of which is utilized. Seven experienced handsfind constant employment. Accommodation is hadfor thirty horses. Horses and carriages are furnishedto undertakers and wedding parties at the most rea-sonable prices. Mr. Bryant is a native of England,and has been for the best part of his life a citizen ofNewark. He is a first-class
Industries of New Jersey. . y this enterprising gentleman. Thepremises are the most advantageously located of anyof this class in the city, being quite central and con-venient to all business, and consist of a two-storybrick building, at Nos. 49 and 51 Mechanic Street,all of which is utilized. Seven experienced handsfind constant employment. Accommodation is hadfor thirty horses. Horses and carriages are furnishedto undertakers and wedding parties at the most rea-sonable prices. Mr. Bryant is a native of England,and has been for the best part of his life a citizen ofNewark. He is a first-class business man and a gen-tleman of the highest integrity and character. In theopening of his trade here he ordered thirteen newcarriages, new harness, etc., and was the first in thebusiness to set this spirited example in the turn-outof first-class vehicles. 638 STATE OF NEW JERSEY. Charles Crossley, Newark Hat Works, Nos. 16, 18 and 20 Front Street.—The manufacture of fur hats one of the most important industries of Essex. County, there being no less than sixty establishmentsengaged in the business. Among the largest in New-ark is that of Mr. Charles Crossley, which is locatedon Front Street. Mr. Crossley makes a specialty otstiff hats and ladies napped hats, and controls anextensive business in this Ime of goods. The factorybuildings cover a space of ground 100x150 feet, themain building being four stories in height. The es-tablishment is completely equipped with the newestand latest improved machinery, and a steam engineof fifty-horse power is used in the operations. Thebusiness is divided into a number of departments,among them being the forming, the sizing, stiffening,coloring, blocking, pressing and finishing, and alsonapping, a peculiar process of forming the body ofthe hat by means of a new and accurately operatingbow machine. Over three hundred hands are em-l>loyed, and an immense quantity of hats suitable forthe trade of all sections of the country are producedeac
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