Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-23
10, 659 SOULS IN
KEARNY, CENSUS
BUREAU REPORTS
Remarkable Growth of II Per
Cent. in Ten Years
Shown.

Kearnyites are naturally proud of
the big increase in the population Of
the town. When the old township of
Kearny was created by being cut off
from the township of Harrison in 1867
the first record of population showed
but TT inhabitants. The, new munic-
ipality had ample area, over nine
square miles, out it had few industries
and the residential advantages of the
ridge along the east bank of the Pas
sale river were but little appreciated.
Later came the big thread mills of the
Clark o. N. T. and the Mile-End Thread
Company, both Scottish enterprises,
and several hundred thrifty immigrants
made their homes in the lower enc of
the town. Other factories soon fol-
lowed and employees Of the multiply
ing industries in Harrison began to
realize the advantages Of Kearny for
BODYBUILDING.
A big impetus to the development of
Kearny was given by enterprising real
estate firms in the upper or Arlington
end Of the town. and the attractiveness
of the northern end of Kearny as a
residential section began to be realized
rapidly by New Workers. and others,
with the result that Arlington has be-
come a place of numerous handsome
homes and one of the really pretty
suburbs of the metropolis of America,
with a diversity of churches, public
and parochial schools, well-kept and
neatly-paved highways, and similar
~commendable features.
In 1900 the Federal census showed
the towns population to be 1886,
despite the fact that the borough of
East Newark had a couple of years be-
fore seeded from Kearny and set up
a government of its own. This loss in
population was $500, according to the
census. In 1905 the State census
showed Kearny to nave a population
of 10, COL, and since then the towns
growth has been rapid.
Kearny people look forward to steady
and considerable development in the
near future. They have n quantity
of room for growth. The residential
section is far from being overcrowded,
while the manufacturing district in the
southern end of the town and on the
broad of meadows has im>
mense possibilities. Some of the lat
ter are now being realized in the re-
claiming Oh the lhdiSliidiiQ oiQ liz
settling thereon of many huge indus
trial concerns. Kearny, too, has about
twenty miles of frontage on the Pas
sale and Hackensack rivers, and, Ike
New York, has a Battery" point at
the confluence of the two rivers and
Newark bay. Four great railroad sye-
TENS pass through Kearny, and these
have helped, and will help still more,
in the upbuilding of the town.
An excellent supply of filtered water
from the highlands of North Jersey
under such pressure as to make fire
engines unnecessary; a well-manned
and equipped fire department. eight
public schools, one being a strictly
up-to-date high school and one of
the handsomest grammar schools in
the State, with over a hundred teach
ers. we'll lighted and thoroughly po-
iced streets; a Carnegie Free Public
Library and an imposing new town
hall Just being finished and an efficient
MAYOR, Town Council, Board of Educa-
ton. Board Of Health, sinking fund.-
Shade Tree and Public Library COM
missions. and Board of Fire Engineers
are some of the things that kearnyites
speak of with pride. "A low tax rate
a moderate bonded Indebtedness and an
economical administration are also
gratifying features of the W