Toms River Chemical Company sold, 1916
New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916: The plant of the Toms River Chemical Company, several hundred acres and a number of buildings, on the south side of the P.R.R. and west of the Dover Road, was sold last week through E.R. Yoder by Charles Cooper & Co. of Newark. The buyers are Davis Chemical Company of 120 Broadway, New York and it is reported that they will manufacture no explosives, but dyestuffs and drug chemicals. The new company has brought a few men down and will start work today with two shifts. While only a small force is put on now, they are credited with saying that it is expected to run 150 men when in full operation. Phillip L. Davis is president and Silas D. Davis is vice president of the new company.