The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-28
LITTER FROM NEWARK.


ing population of one hundred and fifty
thousand, and in the way of various man
ufacturing establishments, enterprise and
thrift, it is rated number one. The streets
as general thing are wide, being paved
with cobble stones aud Belgian blocks,
and are kept remarkably clean for such
large city. The electric light is used by
the city in the city parks and on the prin-
cipal streets, which on pleasant evenings
are thronged with gay promcnaders, both
old and young
Newark city proper occupies the west
side of the Passaic river, and extends its
city street railways to East Newark,
Orange, Bloomfield, Bellevile and other
suburban places, and is estimated to cover
or occupy about seventeen square miles of
Essex county territory. The Passaic river
is the dividing line between Hudson and
Essex counties. On the east side of the
Passaic, East Newark is situated-a place
of some note for its various industries,
manufactures and wonderful progress 10
the past twelve years.
The population of Newark is largely
foreign, of various nationalities 1t is
said that nearly one third of the voting
population is of German extraction
The city is improving and spreading rap
idly and mechanics and tradesmen, as
general thing, are all busy. Mechanics
wages rate for masons at So. so per day of
nine hours carpenters from $2.75 to SO
per day of nine hours, and other me-
chanical trades in proportion.
Trade organizations rules the city.
Offices are opened, and those who want to
employ any of the trades can be supplied
and guaranteed as to the capabilities of
the men furnished. The bakers have q
printed label pasted on their loayes, as
Union made bread. This causes some
trouble to house keepers to scratch off
before serving on the table, but they do
it good naturally all the same. A trades
man coming to the city for employment
or his situation may be made anything
but satisfactory
One of the industries that appear to
flourish here is the brewing. There are
number of large establishments located
here, and their products are shipped to
various parts of the country, they en-
ploying large number of Newark's pop
ulation. The State Sunday law in regard
to closing of various business places, does
not appear to affect Newark. Apparent
ly grocery and vegetable stores are open,
confectiopers and druggists doors on the
principal streets, are wide open summer
drinks that they dispense, appear to sat
isfy large number of Newarks fashion
ables, and the beer saloons satisfy other
classes. Of course their doors are wide
open, to satisfy the wants of the thirsty
in their line of business. The public and
private parks are in full blast in the way
of furnishing sacred music by immense
brass bands. You can be seated, walters
will wait upon you, and the thirsty can
have his thirst appeased by calling for as
many glasses of beer as he cares to pay
for. All classes of Newarkers appear to
patronize these resorts. A non-citizen
would naturally put down Newark as a
wicked city, especially on Sunday, yet
Newark boasts of a large number of
churches. Their bell chimes ring out
merrily on Sundays, and the streets APP
pear to be filled with church goers. OF
Of the fashionable churches the attend
ance is rather slim, because members OF
the congregation and perhaps the pastor
is spending a few weeks at some of the
fashionable summer resorts you know
but then at this time of the year the re-
pairing of the churches is usually done,
and on more than one church, scaffolding
may be seen, and painters and decora tors
doing their part of the work. SO thai
the return of cool weather will bring home
the congregation to fill the churches
again.
There are also number of temperance
| organ izations, as can be noticed by the
conspicuous signs displayed on various
buildings in different parts of the city
They appear to have their part of the
work to do. During the past week, while
the Police Commissioners were in session
holding their usual meeting, a committee
of gentlemen entered the room and laid
before them largo roll of paper. They
stated that it was petition containing
the names of 400 citizens of Newark.
The speaker of the party said 81 present
you with this petition which merely asks
you to SEQ that the saloons are kept closed
on Sunday. We ask that the Commits
sioners enforce the law as it pow is, il
they can do no better, and that they full
| fiji the duties of their Office" Commits
sioner Ripley, who occupied the chair,
said that the matter would be attended to
He could not promise that the saloons
would be closed entirely, but they would
be apparently. The committee thanked
the Commissioners and withdrew An
other temperance organization had print
ed cards to distribute among manufac-
turers in one or two Wards, praying the
manufacturers to prevent If possible, their
employees from bringing in their estab-
lshments what is known here as the
growler, and it appears to have made
some little excitement in certain places.
Even one of the Newark dailies recently
had an article upon the subject and in
bold loaded type it was headed "Growler
or no growler." In establishments such as
foundries and leather manufactures, the
employees are in the habit of sending out
a tin pail or can to the nearby saloon
land they are very near and numerous.
1t comes back full of foaming beer. That i;
the strange animal called "the growler. y
1t is the custom in many places here will
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