Newark's Last Fifteen Years, 1904-1919

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Title: Newark's Last Fifteen Years, 1904-1919 - The Story in Outline
Author: Library, Newark Public
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An Index has been added at the end to facilitate location of subjects.
Text emphasis is denoted as =Italicized Bold= and _Italics_.

Newark's Last Fifteen Years, 1904-1919.

The Story in Outline.

Newark's Last Fifteen Years, 1904-1919.

Interesting Facts, arranged Alphabetically by Subjects

=This compilation is an attempt by a busy library staff to put
into form convenient for use a large group of such facts and figures
as experience shows are often asked for. The notes which follow tell
how we happen to be so interested in Newark's story, why so many
questions on that story come to us, and what kind of help we hope
Newarkers may get from it.=

About seventeen years ago the Library began to collect information about
Newark. We began with a search for good topical poetry and for historical
stories so written as to appeal to young people. Of these we found very
little; though poor verse and poor history were both abundant.

Then we extended our search to the field of Newark as a going concern. In
this field we found so little in print that was fairly descriptive of the
actual Newark of the time, from water supply to sewers, and from parks to
jails, that we began to write it ourselves.

We were moved to do this largely because certain changes in school work
led many pupils and teachers to come to us for information. Our brief,
typed and multigraphed statements about subjects like the city hospital,
paving and street cleaning, proved to be very welcome. We gathered a vast
deal of Newark information and, in time, cast much of it into convenient
form for use in the Library and for lending. In these days we held in the
Library several annual exhibits illustrative of and calling attention to
events of both early and recent days in Newark's history.

Mr. Frank J. Urquhart, one of the editors of the Newark Sunday Call, had
long been an advocate of the study of Newark by its citizens, both old
and young. At the request of the Library, he wrote a brief history of
Newark for the use of young people, which later the Board of Education
adopted as a text-book in the schools. Mr. Urquhart helped the Library
very materially in the collection of historical data and in exhibits of
Newark life and customs in the past.

Several years ago the schools took over this Newark work and, of course,
vastly expanded it, and made of it a Course, running through all grades,
on the City of Newark, and supplied for it a text-book and more than
forty pamphlets of Newark information.

Dr. A. B. Poland, then Superintendent of our Schools, approved
heartily of all this Newark study work, and at his request Assistant
Superintendent J. Wilmer Kennedy prepared the Course of Study and the
pamphlets just mentioned.

The demand for Newark information which came to the Library was, of
course, rather increased than diminished by this adoption of a Newark
Study Course by the schools.

Moreover, Newark has now a much larger number of persons who are
interested in its development and its character and its recent
self-improvement than it had fifteen years ago. Consequently, the
requests received from adults for facts and figures concerning recent
events in our city are much more numerous than they were formerly.

Looking back over the world's history with the perspective of many years,
you would not find it an easy matter to select any fifteen-year period
about which you might wish to write even the briefest review. That is,
events appear to lose their importance or to produce unexpected results
with the passing years, and only a comparatively few happenings remain
conspicuous for all time and for all peoples.

There is, however, a peculiar fascination about history in the making,
and especially local history within one's own memory. Perhaps it may
be compared to the study of a dead language as an intellectual pursuit
and the study of a live language for the pleasure or profit of human
intercourse. Both are desirable--the one, as a background, the other, as
a foreground of education.

Newark's history from the days of Robert Treat was so thoroughly reviewed
at the time of the 250th Anniversary Celebration, 1916, that we have
elected to treat as background everything prior to 1904 and to concern
ourselves with the story of Newark from that year to the present. This
means that the high school graduate of June, 1919, should find between
the covers of this pamphlet a record of the city from the time he or
she entered the kindergarten. With these dates in mind it was really
astonishing to find how many changes and what material advances had been
made within the fifteen years. As you thought of the building of the
City Hall and Court House; the changed appearance of the "Four Corners";
the opening of the Hudson and Manhattan Tubes; the new Public Service
Terminal; the adaptation of automatic appliances in fire fighting; the
impetus given movements like "Safety First", vacant lot cultivation and
thrift with its school banks; the bigger civic undertakings like City
Plan, Passaic Valley Sewer; Port Newark and the unexpected trend of its
development due to the war; the war itself, representing the effect of
a world event on a city's activities; the 250th Anniversary, a local
celebration, but illustrative of Newark's relations with the outside
world; and, finally, of the change of city administration to Commission
Government--you wonder whether history at close range invariably presents
so much of interest, or whether 1904-1919 happens to be a particularly
progressive period, or whether Newark, suddenly conscious of its
backwardness in many lines, is now making up for lost time.

So many facts presented themselves that the pamphlet soon outgrew our
original conception of it, becoming much larger than was originally
intended. It is still, however, a succession of facts and in no sense a
consecutive history. Because it grew from fact to fact, suggested by one
assistant and perhaps set down by another; and because from the first
day the idea was suggested to the day when work stopped, a lapse of
three months, we were daily expecting that copy must go to the printer
on the morrow, the entries are not as complete, or the whole as well
balanced as we should wish. One consideration which delayed our work, but
which should contribute to any value it may have, was the fixed desire
to avoid loose, indefinite statement and to resist the inclination to
make irrelevant comment when real information is wanting or difficult to
acquire. This determination grew as our own searches and questionings
showed how common is this looseness of statement. For the facts and
information which it was impossible or very difficult to get from records
on file, we wish to make grateful acknowledgment to city departments,
newspapers, societies and individuals who responded promptly and
graciously to our calls for assistance.

August, 1919.

C. V. D.

Newark: 1904-1919.

_All-Year School_: Established at Belmont Ave. and McKinley schools,
June 1, 1912. Each year's work divided into four 12 week terms instead
of two 20 week terms. Enables pupil to complete 8 grades' work in 6 years
instead of 8, as he ordinarily would. Attendance during summer term is
not compulsory.

_Almshouse_: New home for aged and infirm poor at Ivy Hill, beyond
Irvington, erected 1913-14 and opened Jan. 1916. Accommodates 400 to 500
people. Has farm of 70 acres so those who are able can work and help to
support themselves. Surveyed by Russell Sage Foundation, Dept. of Surveys
and Exhibits, 1918-19.

_Alternating Plan_: Introduced in Cleveland and Madison Schools, 1913.
Nov. 1915, Cleveland and Abington Ave. schools organized on complete plan
with daily vocational and recreational activities.

Essential feature consists in so co-ordinating work of two teachers that
each may make alternate use of classroom, court and auditorium. Makes for
economy in erection of buildings, since under the alternate plan, it is
possible to accommodate in any fully equipped building from 40% to 50%
more pupils than under the regular system. Broader curriculum with longer
school day. Modification of the "Wirt" system practiced in the schools of
Gary, Indiana.

_Apartment Houses_: City directory for 1906 lists apartment houses, 41,
separately for the first time; now over 300.

_Athletic Association, Public School_: Formed April 26, 1904.

_Athletic Field, Public School_: Bloomfield and Roseville Aves. Annual
meet held here for first time June, 1913.

_Automobiles_: N. J. Dept. of Motor Vehicles was established 1906 for
the registration and supervision of automobiles. Prior to that time this
work had been done in the secretary of state's office and originally
applications for car registrations were signed by the county clerk. In
1900, as far as the first records show, there were not more than 10 or 12
motor-drawn vehicles in the entire state. In 1918, the number registered
was 155,519 exclusive of motorcycles.

_Band Concerts_: First given, 1903, 25 in a year; appropriation, $3,000.
1918 appropriation, $5,000; 60 concerts; attended by 350,000 persons.

_Bank Buildings_: See Buildings.

_Baths, Public_: Public Bath Assoc. formed, 1907. By courtesy of Bd. of
Street and Water Commissioners undertook supervision of 3 old bath houses
on Summer Ave., Morris Ave., and Walnut St.

Bill passed N. J. Legislature, 1910, permitting Newark to issue bonds for
public baths, up to $250,000.

Site of Montgomery St. bath purchased and work begun, 1911. Opened, Sept.
1913. Cost, $100,000.

Placed under the control of Playground Commission, 1913.

Hamburg Pl. (now Wilson Ave.) bath opened, July, 1917.

Baths closed by order of Mayor on account of lack of coal, Dec. 10, 1917.
Re-opened by vote of Commission, Jan. 25, 1918.

_Birth Rate_:

_Population_ _Rate per Thousand_
1904 272,000 25.8
1905 283,000 25.1
1906 290,000 26.3
1907 300,000 27.9
1908 305,000 29.2
1909 311,000 30.8
1910 347,469 29.6
1911 352,000 30.9
1912 370,000 29.3
1913 380,000 29.4
1914 395,000 29.0
1915 375,000 29.2
1916 385,000 29.7
1917 405,000 30.4
1918 430,000 27.0

_Blind, Work for_: N. J. Commission for the Blind created by act of
Legislature, 1909, to supervise and encourage work for the blind. State
headquarters, originally established at 54 James St., Newark, now located
at 147 Summer Ave.

Here the Commission conducts classes in reading, writing, stenography,
typewriting, basketry, cane-seating, weaving, piano tuning, and other
manual arts. It also sends out teachers to instruct the adult blind in
their homes. First public school class for blind in Newark inaugurated,
Sept., 1910, in Washington St. School.

Under act of 1918, creating State Dept. of Charities and Corrections (now
Dept. of Institutions and Agencies), this Commission is given entire
charge of all state matters relating to the blind.

_Boy's Vocational School_: Opened April, 1910, in Warren St. School, at
Warren and Wickliffe Sts.

Building of new school, to be located on Sussex Ave., bet. 1st and 2nd
Sts., and known as the Seymour Vocational School, in honor of James M.
Seymour, Mayor of Newark, 1896-1903, has been postponed by war. Building
plans and curriculum will follow recommendations made by an Advisory
Committee to Bd. of Education (appointed Aug., 1916) in its survey,
Vocational Overview of Newark, New Jersey, which was prepared by Charles
H. Winslow.

_Buildings_: (This list is here entered to show how many municipal,
educational and notable commercial buildings have been erected within the
last few years.)

American Insurance Co., Park Place and E. Park St. Present building
completed Feb., 1904.

Merchants' National Bank, 770 Broad St., moved to new building Feb. 22,
1905.

New City Hall, Broad St., between Green and Franklin Sts., cornerstone
laid Aug. 5, 1903, formally opened Dec. 20, 1906. Cost $2,500,000.

New Court House, junction of Springfield Ave. and Market St., completed
1907. Cost $2,000,000.

Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co.'s new building. Broad and Clinton Sts.,
completed 1908.

Firemen's Office Building, 16-story, at "Four Corners", completed 1910.

Ironbound Trust Co., Market and Ferry Sts. Present building opened July
25, 1910.

N. Y. Telephone Co., 281 Washington St. New building completed Nov. 1,
1910.

East Side High School, Van Buren St., bet. Warwick and Nichols Sts.,
opened March 1, 1911.

Broad St. Theatre, Broad St., opp. Central Ave. Opened under name of
Shubert Theater, Jan. 8, 1912.

Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, Meeker Ave., Weequahic Park section,
opened Jan. 27, 1912. Cost $60,000.

Central High School, High St., bet. New and Summit Sts., opened Feb. 1,
1912.

Essex Co. National Bank Building, 753 Broad St. Now occupied by Fidelity
Trust Co. Completed June, 1912.

National State Bank, Broad and Mechanic Sts. Present building completed
Oct. 1, 1912.

L. Bamberger & Co.'s Department Store, Market, Halsey and Washington
Sts., opened Oct. 15, 1912.

Kinney Office Building, 12-story, at "Four Corners", completed 1913.

New Board of Health Building, William and Plane Sts., completed 1913.

Young Women's Christian Association, 53 Washington St., completed 1913,
and dedicated Nov. 3, 1913.

Washington Trust Co., 477 Broad St., completed Sept. 1913.

South Side High School, Johnson Ave., cor. Alpine St., opened Sept. 8,
1913.

N. J. State Normal School, Belleville and 4th Aves., opened Sept. 16,
1913.

West Side Trust Co., Springfield Ave. and High St. Present building
opened July 1, 1914.

Public Service Terminal, Park Place, completed, 1916. Cost, $5,000,000.

Robert Treat Hotel, Park Place, named for founder of Newark. Completed
during the 250th Anniversary Celebration, May, 1916.

Federal Trust Co., 740 Broad St., adjoining Mutual Benefit Life Ins.
Co.'s building and erected by Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. Completed 1918.

Central Railroad of N. J. Station, South Broad St. Work begun on new
building, Nov., 1916; completed Feb., 1919. Total cost, including
property acquired, $650,000.

_Carteret Book Club_: Established for printing fine editions and study of
art of book making, Dec. 12, 1908. Published, 1917, a volume "Newark",
containing "a series of engravings on wood by Rudolph Ruzicka, with an
appreciation of the pictorial aspects of the town by Walter Prichard
Eaton". Limited edition of 200 copies printed by Merrymount Press, Boston.

_Catholic Children's Aid Association of N. J._: Organized 1904 and
headquarters established in Newark with paid agent. Proceeded to
withdraw children from Catholic institutions and to place them in private
Catholic homes. Instituted work to prevent separation of families
and placing of children in institutions, by prosecuting parents and
perpetuating homes. Headquarters now located at 776 Broad St.

_Charities_: Bur. of Associated Charities, organized 1882, reorganized
1904. Private organization, supported by voluntary contributions, but
with work so far-reaching and constructive that it has become a center
for co-operative effort among all charitable agencies in the city. Has
a visiting Housekeeper Department, Provident Savings Fund, General
Information Bureau and trained social workers to study causes and
conditions. In 1903-04 there were 239 contributors and contributions
amounting to $3,000. In 1918-19 there were 3,000 contributors and
contributions of $48,000.

In 1906, at suggestion of Bureau, Bd. of Trade appointed a committee
to examine claims of charities soliciting contributions, and to try to
name those worthy of support. This is now known as the Bd. of Trade
Endorsement Committee. In 1917 there were 63 endorsed charities.

In 1912 and again in 1916, the secretary of the Associated Charities
published a classified directory of the philanthropies of Newark, a
genuine contribution to the study of social problems.

For facts about distinct lines of work or particular undertakings consult
this directory or the Associated Charities Bur.

_Charter, City_: A city charter is the constitution or frame of
government of a city conferred on that city by the state legislature.

First charter incorporating township of Newark, granted by Queen Anne
to Robert Treat, 1713. Legislature incorporated _township_ of Newark,
1798. Legislature incorporated it under name of Mayor and Common Council
of _City_ of Newark, 1836. The 1857 revision, authorized by act of
Legislature, embodied all changes made since 1836.

Mayor Haussling appointed a committee which formulated and published
draft of new city charter, 1911.

Mayor Raymond appointed "Charter Revision Commission", which presented
its proposed charter to Legislature, 1917. It provided for a mayor, and
Commission of five, elected at large. Mayor to have veto power and to
appoint heads of departments. This was defeated in Assembly, March, 1917.

See also Port Newark Terminal.

_Ship Yard Workers, Evening Classes for_: Established by Bd. of
Education, Jan. 2, 1919, at Robert Treat, Central, East Side and
Bergen St. High Schools, Boys' Vocational School and Fawcett School of
Industrial Arts.

_Smoke Abatement Department_: Established, 1907, to prevent unhealthful
and unsightly clouds of dense smoke and soot. Under commission
government, a division of the Dept. of Parks and Public Property.

_Social Service Survey_: Searching investigation of population, municipal
administration, social influences, industrial conditions, community
problems--saloons, dance halls, crime, housing, health, political
life,--and public and private charities. Made by John P. Fox for Men and
Religion Forward Movement. Oct. 21-Dec. 7, 1911. Limited edition of typed
copies.

_Statues and Monuments_: (For list complete to 1914, see Bd. of Education
Leaflet No. 31, Sculpture and Stone Carving in Newark.)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Bronze bust erected in Branch Brook Park
on promenade in front of Barringer High School. By J. M. Didusch.
First prize awarded to United Singers of Newark at twentieth National
Saengerfest, Baltimore, Md., 1903, and presented by them to the city.
Erected, May 22, 1904.

Robert F. Ballantine. Bronze bas-relief. In Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Central Ave. By Jonathan Scott Harley. Unveiled June, 1906.

Liberty Pole erected in 1793 in Military Park, replaced by present iron
mast, 112 feet high; dedicated Thanksgiving Day, 1906.

Court House Statues. 8 marble figures symbolizing aspects of Law on front
of building and 2 heroic bronze figures representing Power and Truth
beside the steps. By Andrew O'Connor, Jr. Court house erected in 1907.

Mgr. George Hobart Doane, for fifty years rector of St. Patrick's
Cathedral. Bronze statue in Rector Park, opposite Trinity Church. By
William C. Noble. Erected by popular subscription. Unveiled, Jan. 9, 1908.

Wisdom instructing the Children of Men. High relief in bronze over
entrance of Free Public Library. By John Flanagan. Subscriptions raised
by Mgr. Doane. Placed, May, 1909.

Abraham Lincoln. Bronze statue. By Gutzon Borglum. On Court House plaza,
where Newark citizens of 1861 met and pledged themselves to help preserve
the Union. Bequest of Amos H. Van Horn, citizen of Newark, soldier in
the Union army, and member of the Lincoln Post, G. A. R. Dedicated by
surviving members of the Post. Tendered to the city by Ex-President
Theodore Roosevelt and unveiled Memorial Day, 1911.

George Washington. Bronze equestrian statue in Washington Park. By J.
Massey Rhind. Bequest of Amos H. Van Horn. Unveiled, Nov. 2, 1912.

John F. Dryden, founder of the Prudential Insurance Co. and pioneer of
industrial insurance in America. Bronze statue, a third more than life
size, called heroic, in rotunda of main Prudential building. By Karl
Bitter. Given by field and home office force. Unveiled, Sept. 24, 1913.

Normal School, Grotesques. Eight decorative figures representing
Mathematics, Study, Botany, Thought, Chemistry, Writing, Music, History.
By G. Grandelis. Placed around cornice. Aug., 1912.

"The Hiker". Bronze statue in memory of Spanish-American War soldiers, at
Clinton and Belmont Aves. By Allen G. Newman. Given by United Spanish War
Veterans. Unveiled, Memorial Day, 1914.

"Our Lady of Loretto", limestone statue, on 3rd story front of Loretto
Hall, hotel for working girls, on Belleville Ave., near 4th Ave. By
Alfred Kenney. Given by Rev. F. M. O'Neil, of St. Michael's Church.
Placed, Aug. 31, 1915.

Branford Place Shaft. To mark center of first settlement near first
church, college and court house. Shaft for street illumination, with
bronze tablets on isle of safety, Branford Place. By Gutzon Borglum.
Erected by 250th Anniversary Committee of One Hundred. Unveiled, May 10,
1916.

Colleoni. Full-sized reproduction in bronze and marble of the world's
most famous equestrian statue and pedestal of Bartolomeo Colleoni, by
Verrocchio, the original of which stands in Venice. Erected in Clinton
Park, opposite Lincoln Park. Given by Christian W. Feigenspan. Made under
direction of J. Massey Rhind. Unveiling, July 26, 1916, a feature of the
250th Anniversary celebration.

Puritans' Landing Place. Drinking fountain at foot of Saybrook Place.
Designed by Gutzon Borglum. Erected by 250th Anniversary Committee of One
Hundred. Unveiled, May 10, 1916.

Puritan and Indian. Bronze shaft for street illumination, with stone
figures of Indian and Puritan at base, site of old Market Place, Broad
St. at Bridge. By Gutzon Borglum. Erected by 250th Anniversary Committee
of One Hundred. Unveiled, May 10, 1916.

Stone seat in Military Park to mark Training Place site, set aside in
1669. Military Park was used for training soldiers in colonial days.
Given by N. J. Daughters of the Revolution. Unveiled, May 13, 1916.

_Street Names Changed_: During war period, 1917-18.

Hamburg Pl. to Wilson Ave.
Bismarck Ave. to Pershing Ave.
Dresden St. to London St.
Bremen St. to Marne St.
Berlin St. to Rome St.
Frankfort St. to Paris St.

_Street Paving_: Market St. repaved with bitulithic pavement from Court
House to Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Paved from Railroad Pl. to Broad
St., in 1911. Paved from Broad St. west to Pierson's Alley and work
completed, June 29, 1912.

Broad St. repaved with wood block from Belleville Ave. to South St. Work
begun June, 1914. Completed, Oct. 5, 1914.

Total mileage of paved streets, Jan. 1, 1904, 151.17 miles.
" " " " " Jan. 1, 1919, 269.22 miles.

Activities, Repair Dept., 1904

Repairs to bridges $ 1,106.54
Supervision of sidewalks 846.00
Repairs to crosswalks 2,910.98
Repairs to pavements other than asphalt 9,179.06
Asphalt pavement repairs 5,915.64
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$ 19,958.22

Activities, Repair Dept., 1918

Granite pavements repaired, 21,908 sq. yds. $ 18,314.57
Brick pavement repaired, 5,755 sq. yds. 8,283.08
Telford pavement repaired, 21,897 sq. yds. 7,517.57
Wood block pavement repaired, 529 sq. yds. 1,054.54
Asphalt pavement repaired, 37,970 sq. yds. 80,199.69
Building safety isles 1,228.79
Stone crusher, producing 1,225 cu. yds. broken stone 1,826.62
Cross walks laid and relaid 1,537.62
Streets graded by hand 1,252.39
Repairing roads with broken stone 9,247.23
Miscellaneous repairs 20,864.06
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$151,326.16

Sidewalks, 1918

Cost of supervision $ 2,612.00
Cost of work done under city contract 334.77
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$ 2,946.77

On account of war conditions little work was ordered by city. Property
owners under city supervision laid walks costing about $15,000.

_Summer High Schools_: Opened at Barringer High School, 1914, with
947 students. 1st and 2nd year classes only. 1915, full 4 year course
introduced. 1919 enrollment, 1,520 students, with 800 at Central High
School and 720 at Barringer.

_Surveys_: See Boys' Vocational School; Poor and Alms Department and
Almshouse Survey; Public School Survey; Social Service Survey.

_Tablets, Memorial_: (The tablets noted as given by Schoolmen's Club
were after first year purchased from a penny fund collected from school
children, but were erected under direction of the Club.)

Gen. Philip Kearny, for service rendered Italian nation, 1859, when he
fought with forces that drove Austria from the peninsula. Placed on
Kearny statue in Military Park. Given by Italians in Newark, Memorial
Day, 1911.

John Catlin, Newark's first schoolmaster. Placed at Broad and Commerce
Sts., where he opened his first school in 1876. Given by Schoolmen's
Club. Unveiled, Newark Day, Nov. 6, 1911.

Gen. Philip Kearny, New Jersey leader in the Civil War. Placed on Normal
School (built on site of Kearny homestead), Belleville and 4th Aves.,
1912. Given by Bd. of Education.

Robert Treat, founder of Newark. Placed on Kinney building, on site of
Robert Treat's home lot, at Broad and Market Sts., by Schoolmen's Club.
Unveiled, Newark Day, Nov. 4, 1912.

John G. Shea, Catholic historian. Placed on St. Patrick's' Cathedral by
Knights of Columbus, Columbus Day, 1912.

Camp Frelinghuysen, used by the Union volunteers in 1861. Set in boulder
in Branch Brook Park nearly opposite Barringer High School, on west side
of lake, for lack of suitable spot on actual site of original training
quarters, which extended west of park from Lackawanna Railroad toward
Bloomfield Ave. Given by pupils of Barringer High School. Unveiled, May
29, 1912.

Elias G. Heller, who built first schoolhouse in Forest Hill. Placed in
Ridge St. School. Given by his sons. Unveiled, Feb. 11, 1913.

First Meeting House, built in 1668. Placed on building on south side of
Branford Pl., near Broad St. Given by Schoolmen's Club. Unveiled, Newark
Day, Nov. 3, 1913.

First Sunday School, founded by Anna Richards, 1814. Placed by First
Presbyterian Church, on exterior wall of Sunday School building, So.
Broad St., opp. Branford Pl. To mark centennial of school's founding.
Dedicated, June Sunday, June 13, 1915.

Work of Jane E. Johnson in Newark schools. Placed in Normal School,
Belleville and 4th Aves. Given by Nathaniel King, of Bd. of Education,
May 13, 1914.

Washington's route from Philadelphia to Cambridge in 1775, to take
command of Continental Army. Placed on Firemen's building, Broad
and Market Sts., June 25, 1914. Given by N. J. Sons of the American
Revolution.

Hannibal Goodwin, inventor of photographic film and Newark clergyman.
Placed in Public Library corridor by Newark Camera Club, Nov. 28, 1914.

Washington's retreat in 1776. Placed on Trinity Church by N. J. Sons of
American Revolution, March 7, 1914.

Newark's part in War for American Independence. Placed on Prudential
Building by Schoolmen's Club, Flag Day, 1915.

Rev. Moses Newell Combs, pioneer in industrial education and first shoe
manufacturer in Newark. Dedicated, Newark Day, Nov. 1, 1915, and placed
on building at 75 Market St., by Schoolmen's Club, March 10, 1916.

Aaron Burr's parsonage, where first classes of College of New Jersey, now
Princeton University, were held, 1748-1756. Placed on Koenig building,
Broad and William Sts., by Princeton Club, May 10, 1916.

Revolutionary camping ground, in Phillips Park. Set in a boulder from Fox
Hill. Given by N. J. Daughters of American Revolution, May 19, 1916.

Site of first academy in city built in 1774 by gifts of citizens. Set in
boulder in Washington Park. Given by Newark Academy. Placed, July 19,
1916. Dedicated the following fall.

Col. Peter Schuyler, leader of "Jersey Blues". Set in boulder in Military
Park. Given by N. J. Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of
America. Unveiled, Flag Day, 1916.

Justice Joseph Hedden, Revolutionary martyr. Placed on building at 536
Broad St., site of Hedden Colonial home. Given by Barringer High School
students. Unveiled, May 25, 1916.

Divident Hill in Weequahic Park, where boundary between Newark and
Elizabeth was fixed in 1668. Placed on exterior of small marble building.
Given by pupils of South Side High School. Unveiled, May 20, 1916.

Spot where Lincoln spoke on journey to his inauguration in 1861. Placed
at Broad and Division Sts., by Schoolmen's Club. Unveiled, Newark Day,
Nov. 6, 1916.

Newark founders who were Congregationalists. Placed in First
Congregational Jube Memorial Church, Clinton Ave. and Wright St., by its
members, May 10, 1916.

Participation of Newark men in the European war. Placed on City Hall by
Schoolmen's Club, Newark Day, Nov. 5, 1917.

Barringer boys who gave their services to their country in the great
world war. Given and placed in Barringer High School auditorium by
pupils, alumni and teachers of the school. Unveiled, Memorial Day, 1919.

_Technical School_: Given right to grant its graduates collegiate degrees
in science, Jan. 4, 1919. Name changed to College of Technology.

_Telephones_:

_1904_ _1918_
Instruments in use 8,935 41,567
Local calls, 1905 11,387,490 39,797,745
Out of town calls, 1905 1,591,785 7,858,685

_Trade, Board of_: Unofficial organization; present membership, 1,500;
established, 1868, to promote industrial, commercial and financial
welfare of Newark.

The following summary by the board, represents their interests during the
past fifteen years:

1904. Advocated legislation which created Tenement House Commission.

1905. Started agitation for building of Central High School.

Obtained appropriation for 12 ft. depth in Passaic River.

1906. Advocated law limiting public franchise rights to 25 years.

1907. Brought about creation of Bur. of Combustibles and Fire
Risks.

1908. Obtained extension of high pressure system.

1909. Caused city to start a public bath house system, by establishing
one.

Caused city to start a municipal employment bureau.

1910. Obtained medical inspection in public schools.

1911. Started agitation for improvement of Plank Road, later carried
out.

1912. Held successful Industrial Exposition.

Lighterage case begun by Board.

Directory of "Newark Made Goods", published at cost of
$10,000.

1913. Brought about establishing of Federal Court in Newark.

Influence of Board used to establish Public Service Terminal.

New Jersey sea-level ship canal advocated.

1914. Opposed purchase of East Jersey Water Plant, and advocated
Wanaque extension.

Opposed placing Newark in the Philadelphia Regional Bank
Zone.

Filed complaint against detrimental credit loan companies.

1915. Favored excess condemnation.

Filed formal complaint in lighterage case.

Protested against increase in Ferry tolls on Hudson River.

1916. Opposed site proposed for Memorial building. Held a successful
"Buy-in-Newark Week".

Started agitation for safety isles in Broad St.

1917. Had bill introduced in the U. S. Senate providing for dependents
of soldiers.

Favored connection of Hudson and Manhattan and Public
Service Railway lines.

Obtained $10,000 appropriation from Board of Freeholders
for surveys for vehicular tunnels under Hudson.

Created sentiment for Commission government.

1918. Sought government aid in providing homes for industrial
workers.

Outlined an industrial labor policy.

_Transportation_: See Hudson and Manhattan Tubes; Jitneys; Lincoln
Highway; Public Service Terminal; Trolleys.

_Trees, Memorial_: Doane Oak. Planted in Lincoln Park by Shade Tree
Commission, 1907. In memory of Mgr. George Hobart Doane (1830-1905),
rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and one of the most widely known
Catholic ecclesiastics in the country.

Lincoln Highway Sycamores. 40, set out on Lincoln Highway, near Plank
Road Bridge, April, 1917, by N. J. State Federation of Women's Clubs.

State Federation of Women's Clubs Sycamore. Planted on City Hall Plaza in
honor of Federation, by The Contemporary, April, 1917.

Roosevelt Oak. Planted by Boy Scouts in Washington Park, May 3, 1919. In
memory of Theodore Roosevelt, president of U. S., Sept. 14, 1901-1909.
Born, Oct. 27, 1858. Died, Jan. 6, 1919.

_Trolleys_:

_1904_ _1918_
Essex Division
(Includes Essex Co.
& West Hudson towns)
Miles of tracks 198.2 227.2
No. of cars 362 658[C]
Passengers carried 88,215,000 174,154,820

[C] All cars put in service during last ten years were much larger than
those formerly used.

Opening of new trolley terminal April 30, 1916, one of the most important
improvements in system since Corporation was formed in 1903. See also
Public Service Terminal.

Women first employed as conductors, 1918. War measure due to labor
shortage.

Skip-stops instituted at request of national and state fuel
administrators, April 1, 1918. Another war measure.

Port Newark route to and from Submarine Boat Corporation, first operated,
Sept. 1918.

Strike of motormen and conductors for increased wages called June 6,
1918. Arbitrated by National Labor Bd. Service resumed June 8. Second
strike, March 12-17, 1919.

Transfer charge in addition to 5 cent fare first authorized April 1,
1918. 7 cent fare raise effective, October 15, 1918. Reduction to 6 cents
with 1 cent extra charge for transfer, April 1, 1919. 7 cent fare with 1
cent extra charge for transfer restored, May 4, 1919.

_Tuberculosis, Campaign Against_: State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Glen
Gardner, Hunterdon Co., provided for by act of N. J. Legislature, 1902.
Building completed, 1907. Cost, $300,000. $89,500 appropriated for new
buildings, 1912.

City Sanatorium for Incipient Tuberculosis, Verona, was opened Jan.,
1908, in the remodelled girl's cottage of the City Home, which had been
discarded for that use.

Newark Anti-Tuberculosis Assoc., 45 Clinton St., established Feb. 1,
1909. To educate public concerning prevention and treatment. Employs
nurses to visit patients discharged from state home at Glen Gardner.

Tuberculosis Dept. of Essex Co. Hospital for Contagious Diseases at Soho,
was opened May, 1911.

N. J. Anti-Tuberculosis League, 45 Clinton St., organized Oct. 16,
1913, to take place of former state association. A clearing house of
information, publicity bureau, education, aid, etc.

Bur. of Tuberculosis, established as separate department of the Newark
Bd. of Health, July, 1915, has reorganized city sanatorium, maintains
additional clinics and investigates housing conditions.

_Tunnels_: See Hudson and Manhattan Tubes; Vehicular Tunnel

_250th Anniversary_: The first settlers, led by Robert Treat, came to
Newark from Connecticut, May 17, 1666. In 1916, from May 1 to Oct. 31,
the city celebrated its 250th birthday with a succession of ceremonies
and festivities.

Preliminary plans were laid in 1914, when the N. J. Legislature approved
an act, March 9, providing for such a celebration. In accordance with
this act, and by authority granted under an ordinance of the Common
Council, Mayor Haussling, in the summer of the same year, appointed
the Committee of One Hundred to raise money and plan, through its
sub-committees, for the anniversary program.

Newark and the forthcoming celebration became subjects of national
interest and importance. Thousands of people from all over the country
entered competitions for the best posters and poems, symbolizing the
city's history and industrial progress. The competitions resulted in the
spread of information about Newark and brought recognition of the city's
standing.

The most notable single feature of the anniversary was the Pageant of
Newark, an historic and allegorical review of the growth of the city,
presented in Weequahic Park.

There were innumerable parades, of which none was more pleasing to the
spectators, or more creditable to the city, than the School Children's
Parade, June 6.

Annual or recurrent events like the Music Festival and Industrial
Exposition were included in the anniversary program and made particularly
attractive.

230 athletes from all parts of the United States and Canada participated
in the athletic events held at Weequahic Park, September 8, 9 and 16, and
succeeded in breaking six world records. The Ninth International Fly and
Bait Casting Tournament, held in Newark, Aug. 23-26, was likewise a great
success. Athletic meets of all kinds were the order of the summer months.

As was natural, Newark became the popular convention city for 1916, all
manner of organizations being glad to avail themselves of the special
attractions offered their members.

_250th Anniversary Competitions_:

1. Street & Building Decorations. Committee of 100 offered $500 for best
plan submitted. Won by Jordan Green, architect, 81 Lincoln Park, Newark.

2. Poetry. Poems on Newark and its 250th Anniversary. Committee of 100
offered $250, 1st prize; $150, 2nd; $100 3rd; 10 prizes of $50 each.
1st prize, Clement Wood (Vulcan Smith, pseud.), New York City, "Smithy
of God". 2nd prize, Anna Blake Mezquida (Anne Grinfill, pseud.), San
Francisco, Cal., "City of Heritage". 3rd prize, Albert E. Trombly (Edmond
St. Hilaire, pseud.), Philadelphia, Pa., "Newark--1916". These poems
and many others have since been collected in a volume entitled, "Newark
Anniversary Poems". Published, 1917. Price, $1.25.

3. Poster. Committee of 100 offered $1,000, 1st prize; $500, 2nd; $300,
Special, awarded by popular vote. 1st prize won by Adolph Treidler, New
York City, "Robert Treat directing the landing of settlers in Newark";
2nd, won by Helen Dryden, of New York City; Special, won by E. A.
Foringer, of Grantwood, N. J.

4. New York Times Essay on Newark History. Open to pupils in public,
private and parochial schools. $10 selection of books, prize for high
school winners; Tiffany silver medals, prizes for grade school winners.
1,000 prizes awarded.

5. Photography. Newark Camera Club conducted "Amateur Photographic
Contest and Exhibition". Grand prize for best picture of entire exhibit,
solid silver loving cup, donated by Franklin Murphy, Chairman of
Committee of 100; 4 gold and 4 silver medals as first and second awards
for pictures in four classes--Class A, Street Decorations and Parades;
Class B, Night Illuminations; Class C, Feigenspan Colleoni Statue; Class
D, Miscellaneous. Grand prize won by Edward J. Brown, member of the Club.
Class A. 1st prize, Edward J. Brown; 2nd, Peter J. Schweikert; Class B,
1st prize, Edward J. Brown; 2nd, George Hahn, Jr.; Class C, 1st prize,
Reuben B. Ashderian; 2nd, George Hahn, Jr.; Class D, 1st prize, Alfred R.
Jayson; 2nd, Edward J. Brown.

6. Emblem. Committee of 100 offered $50, 1st prize; $30, 2nd; $20, 3rd.
Open to pupils of all schools in Newark.

7. City Flag. Committee of 100 offered $100 prize. Open to any resident
of N. J.

_250th Anniversary Industrial Exposition_: See Exhibitions

_250th Anniversary Music Festival_: See Music Festival, 1916

_250th Anniversary Notable Parades_: Opening day, May 1, 1916, at 10 a.
m. Local National Guard, Boy Scouts and other organizations, with Gen.
Edwin C. Hine, commanding.

Founder's Day, May 17, 1916, at 2 p. m. N. J. National Guard, civic
organizations and fraternal bodies.

School Children's, June 6, 1916, at 2 p. m. 11,000 public and 4,000
parochial school children. Time, 3½ hours. Included 22 historical and
symbolic floats, 23 bands, 12 fife and drum corps.

_250th Anniversary Pageant_: Pageant of Newark by Thomas Wood Stevens.

4,000 performers.

Given May 30, 31, June 1, 2, 1916, at 8 p. m., in Weequahic Park. Seating
accommodations for 40,000, including 20,000 free seats. Attended by the
greatest crowds ever handled by police department.

Prologue showed the passing of the explorers Cabot, Verrazano, Hudson,
and the Peace Legend of the original Indians of N. J.

1st to 3rd Movements showed landing of Robert Treat, purchase of land,
land riots of 1746, revolutionary times, Marquis de Lafayette's visit,
first signs of industrial growth, and Lincoln's visit.

4th Movement was symbolic of the forces which have shaped the life of the
city.

Music composed for this occasion by Henry C. Hadley.

_250th Anniversary School Work Exhibit_: See Exhibitions

_Ungraded Schools_: See Delinquent Children

_Vacant Lot Cultivation_:

_Acres_ _Acres_ _No._ _Value_
_Available_ _Cultivated_ _Gardens_ _Crop_
1915 550 10 175 $ 4,200
1916 550 22 375 10,600
1917 540 193 3,288 114,572
1918 540 225 4,000 135,000

1918. 18,000 backyard gardens, 20' × 25', also cultivated, with total
value of crop, $180,000. 23 school garden plots planted and cared for by
pupils in manual training, physical culture and science classes. This
work is carried on by the Vacant Lot Assoc.

_Vailsburg_: Annexed, Jan. 1, 1905. Area thus added, 885.1 acres or 1.383
sq. miles.

_Vehicular Tunnel_: Act giving power to the N. J. Inter-State Bridge
and Tunnel Commission, acting jointly with the N. Y. Commission, for
construction and operation of a tunnel for vehicular traffic under the
Hudson River, from New York to Jersey City, passed by both N. Y. and N.
J. Legislatures, 1919.

By this means traffic congestion will be relieved, difficulties of fog
and ice overcome to a great extent, freight handled more cheaply and
mails expedited. Interstate freight traffic will no longer be entirely
dependent on ferry and barge service, as was the case during the harbor
strike in the winter of 1918.

Gen. Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal, has estimated that a tunnel
wide enough to allow 3 trucks to travel side by side and providing for
a foot path will cost $12,000,000. Maintenance will amount to about
$125,000 annually. About 2 years will be required for construction.

As U. S. Congress has voted against federal aid, the expense will be met
jointly by New York and New Jersey.

_Venereal Diseases, Bureau of--Board of Health_: Established July, 1918.
Clinics already in operation were developed, attendants and nurses
appointed.

_Vocational Schools_: See Boys' Vocational School; Girls' Vocational
School; Technical School.

_Wages_: Comparison as illustrated by 7 important trades. These figures
for Newark drawn from U. S. Bur. of Labor Statistics:

_1904_ _1914_ _1918_
Bricklayer
Hours per week 44 44 44
Wages per hour $.58 $.65 $.75

Carpenter
Hours per week 44 44 44
Wages per hour $.41 $.50 $.70

Machinist
Hours per week 54 54 50
Wages per hour $.29 $.36 $.45

Moulder
Hours per week 54 54 54
Wages per hour $.33 $.38 $.55

Pattern maker
Hours per week 54 44 48
Wages per hour $.39 $.49 $.75

Painter
Hours per week 48 44 44
Wages per hour $.36 $.44 $.62

Plumber
Hours per week 48 44 44
Wages per hour $.44 $.62 $.75

_War, The--Military Organizations_: Local enlistments are estimated:

Army, 9,000; Navy, 4,000; Marines, 250.

9,591 Newark men, 21-31 years of age, were called for service between
April, 1917, and Sept., 1918, under first draft.

59,937 Newark men, 18-45 years of age, were registered for second draft,
Sept. 12, 1918.

Casualties: (Unofficial record) Killed 120
Died from wounds 53
Died from disease 65
Died from other causes 17
Wounded 870
Missing 27
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1,152

_War, The--Relief Organizations_: The following organizations, and many
others, did war work of all kinds.

American Red Cross.
Y. M. C. A.
Y. W. C. A.
Knights of Columbus.
Jewish Welfare Board.
Salvation Army.
War Camp Community Service.
U. S. Food Administration.
U. S. Fuel Administration.
National League for Women's Service.
Red Cross Motor Corps.
National Service Motor Corps.
Woman's Motor Corps of America.
Catholic Women's Committee.
Contemporary Civics Committee.
Woman's Volunteer Service League (colored).
Junior Red Cross.
Girl's Patriotic League.

_War, The--Financial Support_: Every Newark drive for war work funds and
liberty loans was over-subscribed:

Liberty Loans:

_Newark's Quota_ _Raised_
1st May 15-June 15, 1917 $20,670,000 $23,054,300
2nd Oct. 1-Nov. 1, 1917 31,005,000 36,728,450
3rd Apr. 26-May 4, 1918 18,876,100 31,298,500
4th Sept. 28-Oct. 19, 1918 38,198,200 60,130,450
5th Apr. 21-May 10, 1919 31,225,900 41,383,450

Red Cross:

1st drive, June 18-25, 1917 750,000 784,570
2nd " May 20-27, 1918 750,000 1,325,000
United War Work Drive,
Nov. 11-21, 1918 1,000,000 1,051,752

_War, The--Industrial Aspect_: It is impossible to get figures covering
Newark alone. There were 4 munition plants, 3 plants making uniforms, 10
making chemicals, 3 making military airplanes and one making ships. Some
indication of the extent of the activity induced by the war is indicated
by the number of applications received by federal--state--municipal
employment bureau. In 1917, there were 47,022, in 1918 there were 94,830,
an increase of over 101%. The following table for N. J. is included to
show the great part taken by the state in war industries.

_Stock &_
_Capital_ _Material_ _Goods Made_ _Wages_

High explosives
1914 $13,489,358 $ 7,677,803 $ 14,330,232 $ 1,517,425
1917 55,316,876 37,548,303 245,816,880 24,041,236

Munitions
1914 1,158,639 1,136,331 1,813,898 338,440
1917 25,450,672 35,924,958 47,055,229 9,688,348

Shipbuilding
1914 34,286,142 4,851,539 10,475,245 4,714,375
1917 57,300,609 24,944,468 39,738,072 14,920,054

_Employees_ _Average salary earnings_
High explosives, 1914 2,156 $ 703.81
" " 1917 21,153 1,136.54
Munitions 1914 609 555.73
" 1917 14,623 662.54
Shipbuilding 1914 6,014 783.90
" 1917 11,545 1,292.34

Over 50% of all the military explosives produced in the U. S. were made
in N. J.

_War, The--Public School Activities_: Over a million dollars' worth of
liberty bonds were sold, and over a quarter of a million dollars' worth
of thrift stamps.

Nearly $100,000 were contributed to the various auxiliary causes, such as
Surgical dressings, Armenian and Syrian relief. Y. M. C. A. and War Camp
Community Service.

There were 35 Junior Red Cross organizations in schools; over twenty
thousand articles were made for the Red Cross by domestic art classes;
3,000 cards of cotton wound; and 5,000 button holes made.

3,500 pupils enrolled in the Home Garden division of the Junior
Industrial Army.

2,300 home gardens and 21 school gardens were cultivated.

Many thousand magazines were collected in the schools and 20,000 text
books not needed in the schools, were given to the soldiers through the
Public Library.

71 pupils and 26 teachers enlisted in the army and navy or other branches
of war service.

_War, The--Library Service_: From Sept. 1, 1917 to July 30, 1919, 41,575
books and 201,842 magazines were collected by the Public Library, for the
army and navy. Of these 40,705 books and 42,175 magazines were sent in
over one hundred shipments, to 36 different camps, hospitals and other
military posts in N. J. For example, 6,106 books went to Camp Merritt;
1,560 to A. L. A. Dispatch Office at Hoboken for Transport Service; 842
to Port Newark; 9,597 to Camp Dix, and over 1,500 each to Cape May Naval
Training Station, Fort Hancock, Camp Morgan and Camp Vail. The proceeds
of the sale of magazines, etc., not wanted by soldiers, were used for
purchasing technical books and magazine subscriptions for military
hospitals.

The three "book drives" were in Sept., 1917; May, 1918, and May, 1919.

_War, The--Notable Parades_: Universal Service Registration Day, June 5,
1917. To mark enrollment of the first draft army, 7,000 school children
marched in the morning, 8,000 men, representing military, fraternal and
civic organizations, in the afternoon.

Soldier's Day, April 27, 1918. 312th Regiment of Infantry of the National
Army from Camp Dix entertained by the city. Escorted by thousands of
civilians in line from Lincoln Park to First Regiment Armory. 16,000
in parade, 300,000 spectators. Greatest demonstration of the kind in
Newark's history.

Italy Day, May 24, 1918. 8,000 Italian citizens in parade, expressed
their allegiance to the U. S. Many Red Cross workers and 400 children
from McKinley School in line.

War Savings Stamps, June 15, 1918. 7,500 school children and Red Cross
divisions of commercial and industrial concerns, followed by 106 of the
famous French Chasseurs d'Alpines, called Blue Devils, then on a visit to
the U. S.

113th Infantry of the 29th, or Blue and Gray Division, welcomed home May
20, 1919. The 113th left Newark Sept. 4, 1917, as the First Infantry,
National Guard of New Jersey. Their parade was the first to celebrate
the return of Newark men from France. A public holiday was proclaimed
by Mayor Gillen. Other home-coming parades followed with the 312th
Infantry, of the 78th, or Lightning Division, in the line of march,
Memorial Day, 1919.

_War, The_: See also Coal Shortage; Industry; Shipbuilding; Wages

_Water Supply_: Since 1892, drawn from headwaters of Pequannock River in
northern N. J., 26 miles from city. From time to time city has purchased
large tracts of land around this watershed to protect it. Total acreage,
25,000; valuation, $20,000,000; 9 reservoirs; average daily water supply
available, 50,000,000 gallons. Average daily consumption, 47,341,000
gallons.

For many years there has been agitation for new source of supply, as
population and industries increase. In 1918, permission was granted by
the Capital Issues Committee of the Federal Reserve Board to proceed
with the development of the Wanaque watershed on condition that no
construction work be undertaken during the war. Supply from the Wanaque
watershed would be 50,000,000 gallons, equal capacity to Pequannock. Cost
estimated at $9,047,250.

_Whooping Cough_: An ordinance passed Sept. 15, 1915, requires children
under 10 years of age with whooping cough to wear in the street or any
other public place, a yellow band around the arm, marked "Newark Health
Department, Whooping Cough". This is a measure to prevent the spread of
disease.

_Woman Suffrage_: In view of the recent adoption of the Susan B. Anthony
amendment by U. S. Congress, a review of the suffrage movement in N. J.
from earliest times to the present, may be of sufficient interest to
warrant the disregard of limiting dates.

N. J. had woman suffrage up to 1807.

1884. Petition for restoration of original suffrage rights and for
school suffrage.

1887. Suffrage for school officials in villages and for county
officials:
Senate--ayes, 15; nays, 2.
House--unanimously in favor.
Passed and became a law. Declared unconstitutional in 1894.

1895. Petition for Full Suffrage and School Suffrage rights.

1897. Resolution for a referendum on School Suffrage:
Senate--ayes, 15; nays, 1. Passed.
House--ayes, 42; nays, 5. Passed.
Submitted to referendum and rejected.

1912. Resolution for Full Suffrage:
Senate--ayes, 3; nays, 18.

1913.[D] Resolution for Full Suffrage:
Senate--ayes, 14; nays, 5. Passed.
House--ayes, 44; nays, 7. Passed.

1914. Suffrage Resolution:
Senate--ayes, 15; nays, 3.
House--ayes, 49; nays, 4.

1915. Suffrage Resolution:
Senate--ayes, 17; nays, 4.
House--unanimously passed.
Submitted to referendum:
N. J., 133,281 for; 184,390 against.
And defeated, Oct. 19:
Newark, 13,125 for; 24,147 against.

1916. Presidential Suffrage Bill introduced in Senate. Referred to
Committee on Judiciary and unfavorably reported.

[D] This resolution through error was not advertised in time, so that a
Resolution had to be introduced in the Legislature of 1914.

_Young Men's Christian Association_: Since 1904 the Y. M. C. A. of this
city has added two stories over its gymnasium building, increasing its
capacity of living rooms for young men to 125.

It has purchased four lots on Warren St., comprising a plot 80 × 100 ft.,
which is to be the site for the annex building to be erected within the
next 5 years.

In the Educational Dept. there have been organized and conducted
the accountancy school, automobile schools, classes in electricity,
salesmanship, modern production methods, personal efficiency and memory
training.

A most important advance was made when the City-Wide Community Work was
organized in 1914. There are now 3 districts being operated. Eventually
the city and suburbs are to be organized with 7 distinct districts, each
with a competent secretary doing work for the whole community.

_Young Women's Christian Association_: New administration and recreation
building, 53 Washington St., opened Sept. 2, and dedicated Nov. 3, 1913.
$300,000 for its erection raised in 14 days by a "whirlwind campaign"
for popular subscriptions. Has gymnasium, assembly hall, cafeteria, roof
garden, swimming pool, classrooms, and offices.

Association residence, or boarding home, 304 Broad St., opened March,
1917.

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INDEX

All-Year School 4
Almshouse 4
Alternating Plan 4
Apartment Houses 4
Athletic Association, Public School 4
Athletic Field, Public School 4
Automobiles 4

Band Concerts 4
Bank Buildings 5
Baths, Public 5
Birth Rate 5
Blind, Work for 5
Boy's Vocational School 6
Buildings 6

Carteret Book Club 7
Catholic Children's Aid Association of N. J. 7
Charities 8
Charter, City 8
Child Hygiene Division, Board of Health 9
Christmas Trees, Municipal 9
Churches 9
City Home 9
City Plan Commission 9
Civil Service Reform 10
Coal Shortage 10
College of Technology 10
Comfort Stations 10
Commission Government 10
Contemporary, The 11
Co-operative School 11
Course of Study 11
Crippled Children, School for 11

Deaf, Public School Classes for 12
Death Rate 12
Delinquent Children 12
Dental Clinic Association 13
Detention, House of 13

Education Board 13
Employment Bureau, Municipal 13
Exhibitions 13

Feebleminded, Public School Classes for 15
Fire Department, 1906 15
Flag, City 15
Food and Drug Division--Board of Health 16

Gary Schools 16
German Language 16
Girls' Vocational School 16
Gymnasium, Public School 16

Health 16
High Schools 16
Housing 16

Indeterminate Sentence 17
Industrial Expositions 17
Industrial Schools 17
Industry 17
Infantile Paralysis 18
Influenza 18
Institute of Arts and Sciences 18
Italian Language 19

Jitneys 19
Junior College 19
Junior High Schools 19
Junior Museum Club 19
Juvenile Court 19
Juvenile Delinquency 19

Lectures, Public 19
Library, Public 20
Lincoln Highway 22
Little Mother's League 22
Lunches, Public School 22

Medical History, Museum of 22
Medical Inspection 23
Medical Library Association 23
Memorial Tablets 23
Memorial Trees 23
Mental Hygiene, Bureau of--Board of Health 23
Mexican Border Uprising 23
Milk Supply 23
Monuments 23
Moving Pictures 23
Municipal Christmas Trees 24
Municipal Employment Bureau 24
Municipal Exhibition 24
Museum Association 24
Music Festivals 24

Naturalization 25
Newark Day 25
Newspapers and Journals 25
Normal School, N. J. State 26

Open Air Classes 26

Pageant 26
Parades 26
Parental School, Essex Co. 26
Parental School, Newark 26
Parks, City 26
Parks, Essex County 27
Parkways 27
Parochial Schools 27
Passaic Valley Trunk Sewer 27
Paving 28
Physical Training 28
Playgrounds 28
Playgrounds, City 28
Police Department 29
Poor and Alms Department and Almshouse Survey 29
Population 29
Port Newark 29
Postal Service 30
Prices, Food 30
Prison Reform 30
Probation System 32
Public Baths 32
Public Comfort Station 32
Public Lectures 32
Public Schools 32
Public Service Corporation of N. J. 32
Public Service Terminal 32

Reformatory for Women, N. J. State 32

"Safety First" and the Schools 32
School Houses as Social Centers 33
School Names Changed 33
School Savings Banks 34
School Survey 35
Schools, Parochial 35
Schools, Public 35
Shade Tree Commission 35
Shipbuilding 36
Ship Yard Workers, Evening Classes for 36
Smoke Abatement Department 36
Social Service Survey 36
Statues and Monuments 37
Street Names Changed 38
Street Paving 39
Summer High Schools 40
Surveys 40

Tablets, Memorial 40
Technical School 42
Telephones 40
Trade, Board of 40
Transportation 43
Trees, Memorial 43
Trolleys 44
Tuberculosis, Campaign Against 44
Tunnels 45
250th Anniversary 45
250th Anniversary Competitions 46
250th Anniversary Industrial Exposition 47
250th Anniversary Music Festival 47
250th Anniversary Notable Parades 47
250th Anniversary Pageant 47
250th Anniversary School Work Exhibit 47

Ungraded Schools 47

Vacant Lot Cultivation 48
Vailsburg 48
Vehicular Tunnel 48
Venereal Diseases, Bureau of--Board of Health 48
Vocational Schools 48

Wages 49
War, The--Military Organizations 49
War, The--Relief Organizations 50
War, The--Financial Support 50
War, The--Industrial Aspect 50
War, The--Public School Activities 51
War, The--Library Service 52
War, The--Notable Parades 52
War, The 53
Water Supply 53
Whooping Cough 53
Woman Suffrage 53

Young Men's Christian Association 54
Young Women's Christian Association 54

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Transcriber Notes

On Page 37, "Court House Statutes" was corrected to "Court House Statues".
Tables were standardized to have italicized column titles. All "Subject"
titles were standardized.

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