History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . railroad the great civilizer of thenineteenth century, and welcomed the arrival of theiron horse. Mr. Buckelews milling and farming operationsproved to be financially successful. His early intro-duction of that great New Jersey fertilizer, marl, onhis farm lands in and around Jamesburg added greatlyto the value of the many acres that he gradually ac-cumulated. The marl was conveyed from the Squan-kum marl pits, near Farmingdale, about twenty milesfrom Jamesburg, and during the winter
History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . railroad the great civilizer of thenineteenth century, and welcomed the arrival of theiron horse. Mr. Buckelews milling and farming operationsproved to be financially successful. His early intro-duction of that great New Jersey fertilizer, marl, onhis farm lands in and around Jamesburg added greatlyto the value of the many acres that he gradually ac-cumulated. The marl was conveyed from the Squan-kum marl pits, near Farmingdale, about twenty milesfrom Jamesburg, and during the winter months onehundred mules were often employed in carting thisvaluable fertilizer to diflerent portions of the Buckelewfarms. With the completion of the Camden andAmboy Railroad and Delaware and Raritan Canal,in 1834, the tide of passenger from Philadel-phia to New York via South Amboy, and the carryingof freight by canal via Bordentown, New Brunswick,to New York, began, and during the next five or sixyears the business rapidly developed. In 1840, obtained the contract for team-towing on.
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