The Electric Porcelain Manufacturing Company buys the old Climax Pottery

Trenton Porcelain Concern Buys New Plant

Thru negotiations recently closed, the Electric Porcelain Manufacturing Company of Trenton, N. J., has taken over the pottery building formerly occupied by the Climax Pottery Company, and seven lots adjoining it. It is the plan of the porcelain company to move its business to the property purchased and which is now undergoing extensive alterations.

It is the announcement of the company that next spring a $70,000 addition will be built and the business of the company will be greatly enlarged. Plans for the new addition are about finished. It will be modern in every detail and will be about 150 feet in length and 127 feet in depth. When the porcelain company moves into its new quarters it will increase its number of employes to about six hundred.

The old Climax Pottery is small but complete. It has only a single kiln and its accommodations are limited. Before the company takes possession, it will expend $7,000 in alterations and the building of one additional kiln.

The Electric Porcelain Manufacturing Company is owned by H. T. Paiste of Philadelphia, who is president of the concern. H. S. Wearsely is treasurer and Fred Whitehead is superintendent. The company has been in business in Trenton for about twenty years. It was originally the plan of the company to move the plant to Philadelphia, but the advantages offered by Trenton kept the industry for Mercer county.