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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_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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