Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-12
Founded by Agents of Thirty
Families of Connecticut at
Governors Orders.
GROWTH HAS BEEN RAPID
SINCE IT'S ORGANIZATION
Separated from Orange in
1868 and Became a City
in 1899.

3 HS any IefEllOEy III the SOuhliSs A.
was in the early period an expanse
OF field, orchard and woodland. dot
2 ted here and there by the quiet and
quaint homes of the early settlers
Today it is a beautiful residential
- city. traversed in all directions by
finely maeadamized roads, adorned on
Aifher side by rows of trees and
tasteful homes. with modern con-
veniences and the adornments of art
Persons In large cities seeking health
and quiet have found in East Orange
the most favorable combination OF
conditions that they could desire for
rural homes. Climate, sanitary adj
vantages. beauty. well-ordered soci-
ETY., churches, schools, easy aecessi-
bility from the larger places, are all
realized and recognized each year by
an increased number of those who
seek the advantages Of city and eoun-
try combined.
East Orange was separated from
Orange. which embraced all the Or
anges, by an act of the Legislature,
!. on March I. 1868 Orange was sepa-
3 rated from Newark in 1906. East Or
families of towns in New Haven,
Conn. who were selected to examine
New Jersey property and report back
{ to Philip Carteret, Governor of the
: province. The agents who recon-
mended the purchase of the property
before it was established as Newark
were: Captain Robert Treat, John
curtiss, Joseph Crane and John
Treat The first township meeting
was held on April 16, 1868, in the
/. building now used as a carriage
manufacturing plant almost opposite
the present City Hall. There were
liz votes cast in the first election.
The first Township Committee was
composed of William King, chairman;
John M. Randall, Aaron B. Harrison,
Charles Crane and Elias O. Doremus.
Horse Cars i'm 1851.
The first horse car to pass through
the city, when a run was made from
Market street to Orange, was June
"a 1851 The first electric car oper-
ateda in the city appeared on Febru-
airy l, 1892. When these vehicles
came into being the town was no
longer. considered a pastoral spot, and
the achievements of the 5000 inhab-
itants assumed great proportions. In
1868 the town was divided into three
districts = Eastern, Ashland and
franklin. Commencing to grow at a
fast pace in 1895 the population of
the town increased In surprisingly
large numbers, and on March "A. 1899,
the town was Incorporated as a city.
The first city election was held on
December 8, 1899. The city charter
continued in vogue until the present
J one went into effect on January /,
1909. The present City Hall was
dedicated on December II, 1899. The
total cost of the building. including
all equipments and furnishings, was
s25, 600.
The first schools were one In the
Eastern district, on Main street, oppo-
site the present Eastern School: a
second-the White School House--in
the rear Of the present Brick Church,
the third known as DoddtoWn School,
on -Dodd street, near the present
Girard avenue. A picture Of this
school shows two-story frame build
ing, evidently containing two rooms.
+ Its cost was S233.9l.
Small private schools sprang up in
each district One of these-Miss
.. Balls primary school-was located on
! the west side of Grove street, between
The railroad and Main street. An
. other was conducted by Miss Price in
the early fifties on the lane east Of
. the Maple Avenue Church.
Young WOmen's school.
AT Brick Church a private school
sor young ladies was started by Mr..
/. NJ. o. Halsted in 1S47. 1t stood about
, where the store of c. NJ. Decker &
/ Bros. is now located. The Rev. F. A.
Adams acted as principal of this
school during the ten years of its
existence.
The increasing population required
enlarged school facilities, and about
the year 1870 each of the three dis
! triets erected a substantial brick
building. A few years later the four
room Elmwood building-then called
the South Ashland-was established
as branch of the Ashland School.
High school classes were gradually
introduced in the Ashland and East
FERN.
. In 1889 the three districts we're con-
.solidated In 1890 Vernon L. Davey.
was elected superintendent, high
school was built and the schools be-
1came a homogeneous system. The
total teaching force then numbered
(. forty-five. Since that time the old
Ashland has been sold for parochial
school purposes to the Church of Our
Lady Help of Christians, and the
eastern has been doubled in size, the
: Elnwood several times enlarged and
the following new buildings erected:
Columbian, Nassau, Stockton, new
Ashland, Lincoln, new High and
Washington.
. The present school properties rep
resent an outlay Of s1,5O0.O00. The
buildings accommodate 500 pupils.
The high school enrolment for 1872
1913 reaches $50 The graduating
class numbers 100, of whom nearly
half will enter higher institutions Of
learning.
High Glass schools.
The buildings are of a superior
class with respect to light, heat. ven
tilation and general modern equip
nient.
The teaching force numbers 209.
The cost of maintenance for the
school years 1912-1913 will total about
100000
The fire department dates from a
disastrous fire in January, 1878. In
the Brick Church section.
On March 20, 1878, the Legislature
passed a bill allowing townships to
appropriate $1,000 a year for fire pur-
poses. The destruction of large
barn at Grove and William streets