The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-09
. MIL oW1ELAS

CAPSULE NO. K.
x 70 time is too rosperous to b. without it's "hardtimes' prophet. 1t is a.
" unfortunate fac that son Of these prophets must be true ones Hardtms
have a habit of recurring with painful regularity S % some OF the seers upon
whom. general prosperity IA no Other effect han to deepen their crouch aA
their dislike of themselves, h climb up o high places to watch TO senera
depression in h ohng, hav to be right when they say they see it coming
They are a it IL the time, these "thh-can tlast' prognosucators II the ccu
merstal and financial weather, and as h good times never furnish a excsp-
ton ito the proverbial rule of he on IN without a turning a certain small
percentage IF them are gren the opportunity to wiring such bitter satisfacioa
az they may from a frequent repetition of It told you SC" IS las been said.
this period Immediately preceding the time when Newark became a city wal b
most prosperous ont n its history VI to that time No better PROOF of this n
than the fact, already stated, that the population o. the town ~
doubled between 1880 and 1886 n that latter year saw 10000 inhabitants in the
newly made city wheret there ad been but 5000 item years before,
A statistical summary of Newark resources in this year of 1886 showed that
the city boosted 10 churches. 2 lawyers, % physicians 8 banks, 8 insuranc
companies A newspapers and IS inns taverns. There was a regular steam
linz between Newark nd New York Its commerce by waterways had
been greatly increased since it had been made a porte of entry. New factories
were being opened with pleasing regularity. From all over the State youths
from the farms were being attracted to tn city by the lure of exceptional OPP
portunhy A pathetic but always incontrovertble proof of the rapid growth
was being furnished through he ansformation of inc Did historic mansions
into boarding houses. Everything wa breaking right and the town "a riding
on the crest of the wav without thought of the dechvty on the other side of IT,
The value of the product of he boot n shoe factories was sl5ssooo.
There val a decided N general tendency Oh The part # the citizens II
Newark about that time to be very much pleased with themselves and with
their town. This is a proper feeling, but there have been cases N record where
it has been overdone. There we're certain wise an kindly critics who rather
felt that such was he cas- here. While admitting that this a the sandet
little spot OIL the mar endowed with exceptional opportunities of being stu
grander here we're certain small thngs-mere tihes-which had BEEN over
looked, they thought. They pointed III that titles in England half the size Of
Newark we're well paved ant lighted, while Newark was worrying along with
vi either of those municipal luxuries While a lantern might furnish all the
light a pedestrian needed, yet as a manner of street lighting it was undeniably
antquated, they argued. Any casual observer might see the necessity of pave
.mems at Market and Broad streets during a continued damp period. when TIN
bottom had dropped out of The roads they insisted. It was not a pretty sight,
they reminded the citizens, to see a team and wago requiring he services of q
derrick to extrhate them iron h mud of this sreetconer hear of the city
This sort of talk fell upon good sofia n thu first boardo of aldermen installed
street lamps. They were merely oil lamps, but tn citizens of that day we're
as PROUD of hem as W are today of the flaming arcs. Also they were great
improvement over the old FREELY methods of lighting. There we're no more hard
working frefes anywhere Elm the country thar here in Newark, but they were
would have been laid also, but 1887 usheedi in III great panic.