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
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.
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