Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-03
PUPILS NEWARK
ESSAYS CLASSIC
Exposition Judges, Who Select
Twenty, Declare Average
to Be High.
FOUR OF WINNING PAPERS
ARE MADE PUBLIC TO-DAY
These Are by Boys in Fifth and
Eighth Grades and Girls
in Sixth and Seventh.

Widespread interest has been displa we'd
over the essays of the school children.
written on "Newark's Advantages in
the contest offered by the Newark Indus
trials Exposition.
The committee. which announced its de-
cislon of winners yesterday, found the
average very high. OF the twenty Sc.
iected by these judges, five III each OIL
the nth, sixth, seventh and eighth years,
Tour, or one from each grade, are here
published,
Howard Grimm's Essay.
Situated eight miles from New York
aud three from Newark bay, Newark's
location is ideal for business and manu-
featuring.
Newark has a wharf frontage of 10;s
miles on the Passaic river, and a cham
mel which, when present plnns are COM
pleted. will permit vessels of heavy ton
mage to dock.
Freight and passenger service are ex-
cellent. Five railroads, having fourteen
freight yards distributed In different sec
tons of the city, pass through Newark.
Newark has a larges variety OF manu-
facturers, according to population, than
any other city, with Its &2 lines of in
dustry, 70 Of which are producing from
one to thirty million dollars in value. and
wages are high.
Not many cities have as fne public and
private structures as Newark. Some are
The City Hall, Court House, Prudential,
f1remen'S and the National State Bank.
Newark banks are noted for their sta
bility.
Newark's educational advantages are
unsurpassed.
II has q fine library. good daily and
weekly papers, more than 100 churches,
besides charitable institutions aud num-,
arouS hospitals.
Newark with her large electric railway
system, pure and perfect water supply,
progressive Shade Tree Commission, clean,
welllighted. paved and regular streets,
large beautiful parks, good fire and police
protection, Is a desirable place of resi-
aence.
HOWARD GRIMM, Eighth Grade.
Oliver Street School.
What Tessie Hermann Writes.
For more than one hundred years New
ark has had an enviable reputation for
making things. Though 1t has innumer-
able distinct lines of industry. manutac-
turing Is the most important. Newark
ranks above thirty vities in the aggre.
gate value of its. manufactures. Every
article, from an object as small as n
pin TO a powerful engine, is made here.
Newark is literally supplied with good
schools. both private and public. II is
one of the leading cities in the estah-
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schools and schools for detectives.
In Newark is found one Of the finest
libraries of the country. 1t has few
equals. It has many branches which are
a great help to both school children and
grown.ups in their search for knowledge. /
We are also well equipped with hos
pitals, supported both by private and
public funds. The City Hospital is the
best in the State and has received much
praise.
Newark is fortunate in having an
abundant supply OF pure drinking water,
brought to the city from the hills OF
northern New Jersey. This is an I'M
nortant factor in preserving the health
Of the city.
with these advantages and man, 9TH
ers. Newark, the "City Of Industry
takes its place among the foremost cities
- Of the country.
hEssIE HERMANN, Seventh Grade.
hsouth Tenth Street School,.
Is Hannah Hoops on Newark's Renown.
r Newark New Jersey has developed from
n little hamlet of pnritans in 1866. to n
arge city of all nationaiities, IL has
many remarkable advantages of which 1t
ran boast.
It's geographical situation. civic govern
nent, Industrial and commercial progress,
md its educational, social and religious
privileges, are among the greatest of any
.ity in the Union,
Newark lies in the northeastern part
pf New Jersey, on the Passaie river.
.hree miles above Newark bay, and eight
niles west from New York. There are
numerous summer resorts within easy ac-
.ess of the commonwealth
Because Of the satisfactory government
md the law-abiding character of its citi-
tens Newark has become a city of great
,enown.
Newark is not only the largest city in
the State. but is also one of the greatest
manufacturing cities in the country. Its
manufactures are jewelry, shoes, var
nish, machinery, chemicals and scores
Of others. Newark has very much COM
nerce.
This great city has many excellent
,chools. where both children and adults
nave the advantage of getting a help
sul education.
Newark's social and religious %instltu-
Hons are known to be exemplary and
uplifting factors in their respective
aeighborhoods.
All these marvellous advantages will be
reflected at the Newark Industrial
Exposition, in the First Regiment
Armory.
Fourteenth Avenue School.
How Franklin Helmlipger Sees IT.
What are the advantages which makes
Newark o 6ourishing city? Newark Is
ltuT ' u new APbRf
and mountains can easily be reached by
train or trolley. The outskirts AFFORD
good residential sections.
No other city In the United States rivals
Newark In its pure and plentiful water
supply and lighting system. Newark is
famous all over the United States for
It's sanitary conditions and therefore is a
healthy place in, which to live. .
The schools of Newark are among the
best in the United States. Newark has
A splepdid library and fine free lectures
FOR the people. There are beautiful parks
md churches in Newar
Newark has many attractions for the
business man. The ground in Newark Is
much cheaper than In New York; because
" the good fire department ana police
department the insurance rates are low.
rhe tax rate of Newark Is also low. Tbe
Foods manufactured In the factories can
Be carried on trucks to the wharves In
Sew York.
Newark Is the greatest industrial city
N the United States. Over two hundred
md fftytwo different kinds of products
re manufactured in Newark.
This furnishes employment for all kinds
These are some of the reasons why
yewark is a fourishing city.
FRANKLIN HELMLINGER;
Fifth Grade.
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