Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
ARRANGE THREE
DAY CAMPAIGN
TO RAISE FUNDS
Plan to Collect $25o,ooo to
Defray Expenses of 25oth
Celebration.

A campaign to raise S250.O 900 10 pay
the expenses of Newark's 25Oth ami
versarv- celebration will begin next
Tuesday morning and end Friday
night. Plans for this were made
public last night at a dinner given
To 100 business men by former GOV
ernor Franklin Murphy and Uzal IL.
McCarter, president of the Ftdehty
Trust Company. The details of the
plan have been carefully worked out,
and according to the men present
failure seems next to impossible.
According to Mr.. McCarter the
campaign must be successful or there
will be no celebration. Either the
celebration will be worthy of the
dignity and size of Newark or the
plans win be abandoned. But judg-
ing from the enthusiastic responses
already received, he declared that
there would be no chance of failure.
The dinner was held in the Down
Town Club, and it was announced
that it followed sixteen luncheons
given IN the Essex Club and else
where. at which over 700 men had
pledged themselves to aid in the work
OF raising funds. Former Governor
Murphy, introducing the speakers,
said that the celebration gave to
Newark people an opportunity for
getting together that they had ncs
had before.
speaks of Factions and Cliaues.
our city is more or less disturbed
by factions and cliques, said Mr.
Murphy. We don't get together as
much as we should, and [ hope that
this celebration will open a way for
a better spirit among us.
Newark cannot be a metropolitan
city; it is essentially provincial, be
ing overshadowed by the great city
OF New York, that is so near to us.
Newark must have an Identity of It's
own: it must have sentiment all
It's own. and be identified through the
rest of the country by its own amol-
tions and longings. Our forerathefs,
came here from Connecticut and
established a village among the IN
dams. worshipped God and founded a
that stands for all that
is best. We heartily wish that our
influence for better things was
stronger than it is
Mr.. McCarter told of the work OF
the committee to establish a perma-
nent memorial that would not be
Of the city at the time of
the celebration.
'If we do not establish a perma-
nent memorial said the speaker
our celebration would be unworthy
Of the city"
Legislature Adjourned, Thank God"
Mr.. McCarter then told of the pas
sage of a bill which would permit the
city to issue bonds for the building
Of q memorial which has not yet been
designed, and which may cost $780,
300. Speaking of the legislature, Mr..
McCarter brought a laugh from his
hearers, when he said fervently:
God be praised, they have ad-
iourned."
He then told of the progress made
by the various departments in the
A pageant master had
been employed to design a historical
pageant. This will be held in the nat
ural ampitheatre in Weequahic Park,
and will be historical in character.
Seven thousand people will take part
in the show. a grandstand will be
erected, which will seat 10000 people,
and, while most of the seats here will
be free, some revenue will be derived
from a few reserved seats, and from
at the grounds.
A special building will be erected
for an industrial exposition, the plans
Of which are in the hands of a special
Architects have been re-
tanned to design decorations for the
whole city, in order that everything
shall be harmonious and dignified.
Special attention will be devoted to
the cIty's centre, running from Lin
coin Park to Washington Park, and
from the Court House to the Pennsyl-
vania railroad station. A special
electrical illumination of the city is
also planned.
Religious Bodies to Participate.
Mr.. McCarter said also that the reli-
gious bodies in the city would take
very active part in the celebration.
"Our city was first settled by men
whose faith in God was strong" he
said "and no celebration would be
fitting OF dignifed without proper
recognition of what the Old First
Presbyterian Church did in founding
the community
Athletic contests will play a great
part in the celebration. These events,
Mr.. MeCarter said, were of so much
Importance in advertising the city
that special effort would be made to
make them the greatest ever held in
the country. Every man turns first
to the sporting page of his newspa-
per-" he said, "and if we make our
games important enough, the eyes of
the whole country will be on US.
Newark Benefits from Peps.
Athletics are most important to a
city. We should not minimize the
great value to Newark of the new
Federal League ball club. 1t has
great advertising value, when 1t be-
comes known to other cities that we
have a big league team here. Even
If IL is only baseball we are bound to
derive great benefits from It,"
Louis D. Sampson, who has been
retained by the committee to aid in
raising funds, said that an appeal
would be made to everybody, even
to the school children, who would be
asked to contribute small sums. He
added, however, that when the public
collection had been taken up, it
would probably be found that but 10
per cent. of the necessary amount
had been raised. The real collection
would be made from various business
men throughout the city. These
would be asked to contribute
amounts, varying with their ability,
from $25 to sums in the thousands.
"A list of some $4,000 business men
had been made up" Mr.. Sampson
said "and this had been submitted
to a special committee of fifteen men
who went over it and discarded
those who could not in all fairness
be asked to subscribe. This left
Z 0f0 nauAa on the list =" he said.