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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.

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.

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

Transcriber Notes

On Page 37, "Court House Statutes" was corrected to "Court House Statues". Tables were standardized to have italicized column titles. All "Subjects" titles were standardized. There are links to a subject "Hudson and Manhattan Tubes" which does not appear to have been designated as such. The Trade, Board of was set as the target of these links as it details the timeline and decisions given to build them.