The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-13

sible and furnish a special window dis
play.
The monthly meeting of the assoeia
tion will be held the same evening a
its headquarters in Eisner's Hall, y
Market street. Guests hav been in
vited, including Mayor Haussling ant
other city officials. The board of trus
tees and the special committee will ~
on the ground IN the afternoon to Sc
that everything is in readiness for tn
big event.
Three bands will be in the stree
during the evening and will play a
various points, The intention is t.
take them from place to place in large
automobiles. There had been talk of
street parade, but those in charge o
The celebration made up their mind'
that 1T would tend to keep people on
of the stores and would congest traffic
The standing committees of the or.
ganization tina has the affair in charge
are:
Lighting-William H. F. Fielder
chairman; William w. Winward. S. H
NJ. Agens. Leopold jay. William A
Baker, S. B. Harrison, Joseph j. Sugar
man.
Membership-Fred Victor, chairman
Leopold jay, Alphonse Dalsimer, PHILIP
j. Bowers. Edward Blau.
neutrality-suspicious. Oliver, chairman;
S. H. NJ. Agens. William Sherman
Rauch, G.. l. Cannon.
Finanee-David Wolff, chairman; j
J.. Diskon. R. Russell Brant, j. H
Ruekelshaus, Philip H. Rutter.
Legislation-William H. F. Fielder
chairman; William W. Winward, Oliver
w. Jackson, Cornelius A. Reilly,
Thomas E. Curran. William c. Nicoll,
Louis S%chlesinger. Leopold Jay.
Sanitation-A. K~oellhoffer, chairman;
Morland B. Soria, William zimmerman,
William H. Currie. Frank Million.
Grievance-Wilia lam A. Baker, chair
man; Fred Victor, Harry Christi, John
s. Schwinn, Mortimer Lowy. q
Printing and Supply-Paul f. Menk,
Arthur Oliver, Harry Berger.
The erection by the Prudential In
surance Company of its ten-story build
ing at Broad and Bank streets, and the
very high prices it paid for land, made
owners of and dealers in real estate IN
Broad and Market streets sit up and
think. The shrewd investors reasoned
that when such a great life insurance
company erected it's main office build
ing in Newark, instead of New York.
that it mean that the officers of the
progressive institution had confidence
in the future of u city. Owners of
real estate in Broad street began erect
ing new and modern commercial build
ings, or sold to enterprising firms that
did, and later the building boom struck
Market street.
That was twelve to fifteen years ago.
$. Leschziner & Co.. a young real es-
tate Arm, purchased from the city mt
auction the land on which stood the
Boys Lodging House in Market street.
Waldmann's Opera House. The
price at which the property was bid
in made old real estate men predict
the early failure of the young firm.
But the latter erected the Century
building at No. 142. a s.x-story stone
front office building. on the land, and
all the suites of Offices were leased be-
fore the building vas finished. The
young real estate firm sold the property
In a few months at a large profit
and were started on the road to sue
cess by their nerve and foresight.
Put In lawyers Building.
Chandler w. and Adrian Riker,
Thomas n. McCarter and other
progressive young men erected the
nine-storN Lawyers building, and the
venture was a success. The New York
and New Jersey Telephone Company
erected the big Telephone build
ing, Nos, l5S and $50, of stone, six
These two buildings occupy
-he site of NcWark's Atlantic Garden,
" hich the late Fred Waldmann man
aged. l.. Bamberger K Co. had already
a six story brick building on
the north side of the street, and finally
-ook in the old Newark Library prop
arty n the old BrenerS' Ho.el Lot
at Halsey street. Hin. the brewer, put
up later a siX~Story stone front bui d.
nE, no. 1J6, next to tile Telephone
building. West OF Halsey street a fine
'lStic stone building was erected. No.
and the Wood building. Nos. lis
md l2o, four stories. was added to the
Menk, the old druggist. built a
Inc structure at No. loo.
Above Washington street, near Plane
street, the late Amos H. Van Horn had
a fine building for his furniture
business. He sold the property at such
l high figure that owners of and deal
rs in real estate began 20 see that
West Market street was booming in
'alue. CoWpcrthwait & Van Horn Conn
any put up a second big structure
litter the tall building now occupied by
Donald e Co. VAS erected. Edwin 4.
iirch & c. built another tall struc-
.ure. ana This section of Market street
,"came known as "Furniture Row"
IN the south side Of Market street Is
he fine new bnilding occupied by
5cheerer & Crown, furniture dealers.
Roth & Co. butchers. erected the six
stone building not long ago. west
If Plane street, Nos. AZ and ~. one of
he stores being occupied by BaJmann
\ Froehlich, furniture dealers. Ncarl"
opposite the new Court House is tile
Inc new building of Greene, the furni-
.ure man.
Spread of Zig Building Boom.
Soon after the modern building boom
was in full blast west Of Broad street
L struck East Market street to MAJ
street. Thu fine Spi;gnrn build
ing was succeeded by the tail Mceicr
md Bonnell buildnga on the south sl':e
Of the street. Then the si%x-story Essex
Press building appeared. Mullins. the
that ran back to Me-
street. making a big estab-
ishment. Froehlich & Koehler erected