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VOLUME 8:
RAILROAD SERVICE TO LONG ISLAND CITY'S CHAS.J. SLICKLEN PAPER PRODUCTS
AT 45-57 DAVIS STREET
By Nicholas Kalis
Eighth in a series of glimpses into industries or warehouses that
made for interesting freight operations on the Long Island. Information
presented has included, where available, a brief history of the firm,
how it was served by the LIRR, and what commodities were received or shipped
from this facility.
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LaGuardia Archive
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Maps of Freight Stations and Private Sidings (June 1966), page
2 identifies C.J. Slicken (sic), located in Long Island City, as Spot
8. This 1966 publication puts C.J. Slicklen facing Yard A between Olin
Matheson (Spot 6)and Sternberger (Spot 9). While C. J. Slicklen has its
own siding, this siding diverged from a siding shared by Olin Matheson
(Spot 6) and Sternberger. This business appeared as 45-57 Davis Street,
Long Island City with telephone number EX2-1900 from 1960 to 1972/73 (its
last appearance in a telephone directory). That this business is missing
from Davis Street on our trusty Hyde Atlas, Queens Vol. 1, updated
through 1955, only makes sense as Chas.J. Slicklen Paper Products was
at 11th Street at that time.
C.J. Slicklen was possibly a tenant in the Neptune Meter Co. building.
Can anyone definitively eliminate the alternate possibility Slicklen was
a later occupant of the building formerly known as Nason Manufacturing
Co? In any case, this building was bordered by Yard A, Davis, and
possibly Pearson, or Crane Streets. We know nothing about this building's
appearance save we have eliminated the possibility it was in the Sternberger
EbitscoWarehouse (Spot 9).
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March 28, 1964, C.J. Slicken (Spot 8) would
be located in rear background of this photograph. Harold A. Smith
NT 2013
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Except for a track entering either the Neptune
Meter Co. factory or an enclosed yard, Robert Emery's maps of 1959 make
no mention of C.J. Slicklen . This absence is explained by the firm being
at 38-07 Hunterspoint Avenue, LIC and EX2-1900 during the period 1957-59.
Slicklen was listed in telephone directories of 1955-1957 as 53-01 11th
Street, Long Island City with telephone number EX2-4400.
Sam Berliner, III, confirmed Chas.J. Slicklen produced paper bags. I
would speculate that this facility received industrial sized rolls of
paper from Canada and released empty box cars by rail.
MODELING
Readers seeking to model C.J. Slicklen would be well advised to wait
for further research results before attempting to model this structure.
CREDITS
Research assistance was provided by Bob Miller, volunteer, at the Queens
Borough Public Library. Thanks to Sam Berliner, III and Bill Myers
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Author Unknown Maps of Freight Stations and Private Sidings (Reprint)
June 1966
Please send photographs that show how Extrin appeared
in the 1960s and direct any comments on or corrections to this manuscript
to:
Nicholas Kalis
Suite 600, 1420 Spring Hill Road
McLean, Virginia 22102
Any illustrations or maps contributed will be gratefully acknowledged.
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LIRR Logo initiated November 1, 1949 to accompany
the "Tichy" scheme
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Logo, Long Island Railroad
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Maps of Freight Stations and Private Sidings
(Reprint) June 1966
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