The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-23
FOUR COUNTIES
UNITE TO HONOR
NEWARK'S MAYOR
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have one of the greatest. ~grandest
cities in the Union.
1.-THE past of Newark is like q dream.
| remember the days of Bigelow to the
days of William H.. #. Fielder as Mayor
and up to today. I remember the
struggles of the city. and it must be
said that under Republicans and Demo-
Gratis the city was we'll governed and
the finances good. We have grown TO
an extent far beyond the hopes of
many younger days. Along in 1865 the
money expended for education AMOUNT
ed to $37, 900, and last year the city ex-
pended 81, 5000 900 for that purpose. I
remember when the police force was
eight or ten men, who watched by day
and did duty by night, and had q jail
with only a keeper In it. We thought
we had a great fire department. We
never had a fire except what the fire.
mar started and we had no automobile
engines.
Fortunate In Public Men.
II am not going to take up your time
with Newark's past" the speaker con-
tinued. 1T is an honorable one; it's
Mayors were honorable, and the finan-
cial boards were institutions to be
proud of. With the creation of the
Board of Works n other boards the
city has been fortunate in the selection
of men for public office. We had non
orable Mayors In the past, and We
never had a more rugged, common
sense man than the present Mayor. I
have known him since boyhood. He Is
the same straight fellow as a Mayor
as he was as a boy. and when the
history of Newark is written Hauss-
ling's name will be handed down to
posterity as one of the best representa-
tives the city ever had. We must al
ways remember that his friends of to-
day will be his friends forever"
When former Senator Smith conclud-
ed there was an outburst of applause
that lasted several minutes.
Samuel Kalisch spoke on women"
and Board of Works Commissioner Ar
thur Denman for former Judge Gott-
fried Kruger, who is on a Southern
trip, spoke Oh Newark in the Future"
Our Great Future.
A very interesting speech was made
by Mayor DR.. Andrew T. Mcbride, who
after paying numerous compliments to
the Mayor n after quoting valuable
and pertinent statistics, said in part:
"A New York member of the Inter
state Bridge Commission predicts the
growth within the limits of the counties
of Union. Hudson, Essex, Bergen and
Passaic the greatest city of the world.
The nucleus he says, of this great
city-to-be consists of Jersey City, New
ark, Bayonne. Paterson, Passaic and
the Oranges, and the small intervening
cities. In Manhattan and lower Jersey
City we shall do our business. But in
the afternoon we shall flock back to
Jersey to our homes, to the greatest
community of homes the world has
ever seen. The trend is Jerseyward.
Long Island will build up in population,
but already Jersey is beginning to take
the lead In growth. I may not live to
see the wonderful city in all its mag
nif1cence, but my children will see 1t.
This prediction of the gigantic
growth of our cities, spreading out until
1t comprises one vast community, seems
sure of being realized. The tide of popu-
lation turned in our direction by the
tunnels will soon sweep and eddy at
our feet, and 1t behooves our cities to
lie prepared 10 take advantage of its
coming"
Some of Those Present.
Appropriate mementOS OF the day
were passed to the guests in shape of
the historic cherry tree with a plaster
bust of the father of this country.
Every n of the menus bore the name
of the guest and contained a good pho
tograph of the Mayor. The splendid
piece of work was lone by the Essex
Press, of this city.
Among the hundreds present were:
Former United States Senator James
Smith. jr.. John r. Hardin. Joseph M.
Byrne, Sheriff William Harrigan,
State Senator Harry v. Osborne,
former Senator Michael T.. Bar
rett, former Mayor William H.. F..
Fielder. Laurence T. Fell, Martin H.
Haussling, B. M. Stanley, jr., c.. VOL
ters, jr, William F. Hoffman, Adolph
Hensler, Judge Simon Hahn. DR..
Charles F. Kraomer, P. A. Adams, r.
c. Jenkinson, Samuel Kalisch, Albert Z.
Guenther, Christian F~eigenspan, Rich
ard Hensler. John D~ieffenthaler,
Thomas F. Preston, A. Wildrick Swain,
John, Howe, Francis Child, jr., Charles
F. Meyer, John P. Manning, Wilson J..
Vance, Robert L.. Ross, George w.
Jagle, George Forman, Richard p.
Rooney, G. w. Baker, Harry Yates, DIR.
H. G.. HI. Herold, David d. Chandler,
DR.. James T.. Wrightson, City Engineer
Morris r. Sherrerd, Board of Works
Commissioner Thomas A. Halpin. Board
of Works Commissioner Augustus F.
Eggers, Board of Works Commissioner
Ira Budd, Adolph Fisch.
Police Commissioners John Bladder.