Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-25
BRIGHT FUTURE
PREDICTED FOR
CITY OF NEWARK
Clinton Hill Improvers Hear
Praise of Municipality at An.
nual Banquet.

brilliant prospect of the future
Newark was foreseen by speakers at
the annual banquet OF the Clinton
Fill Improvement Association, held
in Kruger Auditorium last night.
A large gathering of enthusiastic i'm
provers attended. Mayor Haussling
was unable to be present owing to-.
his absence from the city. In hiss
stead, President Theodore S. Fettin-
ger introduced "a prospective mayor"
Augustus V. Hamburg, president of
the Board Of Trade.
Other speakers were Rev. George 3.
Dougherty, pastor of ST. PauTs Meth
odist Episcopal Church, and Frank j.
Urquhart, of the Newark Sunday
Call. Rev. DR.. Edmund A. WATSON,
rector of st Stephens Protestant
Episcopal Church, gave the invoca-
ton
Mr.. Hamburg gave "A Ten-minute
Glimpse of the New Newark" 81
have been asked to give glimpse of
the new Newark in ten minutes" he
said, "but it would take an hour to
say just little bit about Clinton
Hill alone.
Industrial City.
Newark is known in all parts of
the country as the great industrial
city," he continued. wherever the
name of Newark is mentioned, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast it
always brings applause.
1.-THE year 1914 dawned greater for
no city in the country than for New
~. To-, he In af
in population was Al per cent. com
pared with Cincinnati's II per cent,
Buffalo's 20 per cent, Milwaukees
"a per cent. and Pittsburgf's "a per
cent. We can expect a city of half
a million inhabitants In a short time
''Our supply of skilled labor is one
of the greatest assets of Newark
This is the greatest market for skilled
labor in the country. All over the
country, Newark is recognized as one
of the best towns to live in, one of
the best to be educated In and one of
the best to gain a livelihood in"
Predicts subwass.
Mr.. Hamburg praised the work of
the city's improvement associations,
among which, he said, the Clinton Hill
He forecasted many improvements in
the city, and predicted that two sub
ways would relieve the congestion at
Market and Broad streets in the near
future.
I'm our civic life we see people in
teresting themselves in the develop
ment of their city. Improvement as
sociations take pride in securing
better general conditions in their own
sections. We see the same spirit
manifested by the women of Newark
The work of the Contemporary Club
is to be commended At present they
are arranging for Newarks first bet
ter babies contest, which will pro-
vide instruction In the care of our in
fants.' L
Mr.. Hamburg looked forward to the
250th anniversary celebration, which
will be held in 1916, and predicted
great things for It,
Mr.. urquhart gave historical re-
view of Newark in the early days and
praised the indomitable spirit of the
first settlers. He told his hearers that
these early citizens aimed TO make
fought and died for II in times of
stress.
The Importance and responsibilities
of citizenship were treated in the adj
dress of Mr.. Dougherty. "One cannot
be bad man and a good Citizen, he
declared, NOR good man and bad
citizen" Too many people, he said.
stow away citizenship and religion IN
separate water-tight compartments
and who pray to God on Sunday and
prey upon their neighbours during the
other six days of the week"
Scores Party Voter.
The speaker scored the voter who
ballots for a. candidate merely because
his name Is on a party ticket. "The
politicians can count on certain
block of Republican voters he said,
land on q certain block of Democratic
voters and on a certain block Of
blockheads who vote hopeless tickets.
Let the Republicans know that they
must care properly for the interests OF
the city or you'll vote the Democratic
ticket, and the Democrats know that
they must give an honest adminis-
tration or you'll turn Progressive
Mr.. Dougherty referred to the la
bors and sacrifices of the early citi-
zens of Newark. when the census
was taken after the Civil War" he
said, the voting population of New
ark had decreased by 5000. OF such
men are we the sons, and we should
take pride In our ancestors.
I'VE must not hope to solve the
problems of today by the accomplish
ments of yesterday. We must keep
our eyes on the sunrise and work for
the betterment of the city"
He spoke of the greater activities
of the churches and the schools. We
cannot afford to keep building for
use only one day in the week. he
said
Greeting to Women.
Mr.. Fettinger voiced a greeting to
the women of Clinton Hill, many of
whom were present in the galleries,
and to the sons of Clinton Hill whom
he expected, he declared, "to be
worthy successors of their illustrious
fathers in civic achievement"
Other guests at the banquet were
Board of Works Commissioner Charles
f. Gillen, Gilbert C. Grogan. presi-
dent of the Lincoln Club, and Charles
H. Stewart, president Of the Irvington
Board of Trade.
Vocal and instrumental selections
were given throughout the banquet;
In carnival fashion, multi-colored
caps, bells, whistles and other favors
for noise and decoration were dis
tributed by several members of the
fair sex.