Otis Elevator Company

The information on this page has been reproduced from the book New Jersey: Life, Industries and Resources of a Great State published in 1928 by the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce. It is included on this site because of its historical interest to those who grew up in Kearny, New Jersey

Otis Elevator Company

One of the first businesses to incorporate under New Jersey's protective laws was the Otis Elevator Company, which organized over a generation ago and still operates under its charter. In its extensive plant at Harrison there are made the Otis escalator and a line of passenger cars for Otis elevators. In such widely separated cities as New York, Winnipeg, Buenos Aires, Tokio, San Francisco, and Newark the escalators are in daily use in department stores, theaters, subways, and elevated railroads.

In the manufacture of passenger elevator cars, a business started only a few years ago, it combines modern production methods with artistic treatment. A large new car shop is being built and equipped to cost about $1,000,000 to care for this business.