Newark's Last Fifteen Years, 1904-1919. The Story in OutlineNewark Public Library
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Newark's Last Fifteen Years, 1904-1919. The Story in Outline
Newark Public Library
Newark (N.J.) -- History
_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.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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