Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-05-13

position to the erection of a new mar.
ket in the location of the present one
and lauded the members of the mi
nority of the Common Council for
their splendid stand in the matter. He
also referred to his opposition to the
extension of Central avenue, and ex-
pressed his belief that the majority
of citizens are with him in this
matter.
In reviewing the work of the past
| four months, the Mayor said that as
| far as his administration had beer
| permitted to work out its own plans
its record was one of accomplishment
ut must be remembered that there
Is not that harmony in the city gov
ernment which makes for efficient
administration, the Mayor said. 81
have constantly been opposed by a
politically hostile majority in the
Common Council, whether rightly or
wrongly. I may say, however, that
in those matters in which the
cooperate with me I have found in
telligent and efficient cooperation"
Fire Department Savings.
In addition to his set speech Mayor
Raymond read letters from the heads
of different departments of the city
government. Gilbert Crogan wrote
that the fire board was effecting
large savings by their systems of
purchasing. Fire hose that the old
board bought for 81 a foot could be
purchased for less than seventy cents,
he said, and the same state of af-
fairs prevailed in the purchase of
other supplies.
Business methods were being in
stalled in the repair shops, ladders
and other equipment were being in
spected and repaired and In general
the department was being overhauled
he reported. He referred to the de-
motion of the battalion chiefs, but
Mayor Raymond said: "I won't read
that part of the letter because l see
that the Civil Service Commission has
reversed the fire board"
Police Station Houses.
The police board report showed
that the station houses of the Second,
Third and Fourth precincts were in
a very bad sanitary condition. The
department is saving twenty per cent
by it's purchasing system, President
Briedenbach reported.
c. William Heilmann, president of
the Excise Board, reported on the
new rules adopted by the board, and
said that the members of the COM
mission hoped to raise the tone of the
saloon business by eliminating un-
desirable places, and were following
out the mayors policy of "liberality
with decency.'
Best Schools in Country.
Mr.. Corson's address pictured the
Newark school system as the greatest
in the country. "It cost last year"
he said "$3, 100000 to run the schools,
and this year a much larger sum is
needed. Current expenses alone for
the coming year will require $4,000, 900,
while million more will be needed
for construction work"
Newark ranks fifth among the cities
of the country in the enrolment in its
evening schools, Mr.. Corson said. In
the summer schools Newark is a
leader, he declared. with an enrolment
of 10000, little less than one-third
of the total enrolment of the winter
schools. Newark inaugurated both
the evening school and the summer
school, the speaker declared.
Newark last year instituted all-year
classes in the high schools and all
year sessions in some of the grammar
schools, and other cities were now
getting ready to follow Newark's lead,
Mr.. Corson pointed out. "In educa-
tional lines Newark leads, others fol-
low" he said.
Evolution in Education.
Referring to the all-year school
movement, which has been given i'm
petus by the board this year by the
addition of five schools to the two
already in operation, Mr.. Corson said
he believed 1t marked a great evolu-
tion in education.
'Of course, l don't think that all
schools will ever be operated on this
plan. In the icongested districts,
where the children are anxious to get
through school and to work. the op-
portunity of finishing their studies
sooner by attending school all year
will make the school there a success
THE Board of Education is doing
great deal for Newark along social
service lines. Take public health, for
instance; the board has its own archi-
tectural and engineering departments
that make a study of the lighting and
ventilation of the schoolrooms and
provide the best facilities that can be
had. In gymnastics for the pupils OF
grammar schools, as we'll as the high
schools, Newark has taken the lead.
Compares with Greece.
Newark is noted for it's gymnas
iums in the grammer schools. Not an
other city in the country Is equipped
| in this line as well as Newark, ant
we have field games at the grea
athletic field that compare favorabl,
with the games of ancient Greece
Then we have the schools for tn,
deficient, the deaf, the anemic, thu
tubercular, the blind, and we have
teacher in the Home for Crippled
Children. Every chhd gets an edu
cation under our system.
| "In that new movement. the voca
tional training for boys and girls an,
! grown ups, Newark is far ahead o
| the cities in the West that have beel
heralded for their systems. Thi
movement is the solution that tn
| public schools are bringing for tn
war between labor and capital"
In conclusion Mr.. Corson declare,
the public schools the greatest fore
for good within the city.
To welcome Chinese.
During the business session of tn
board. preceding the addresses of tn
city officials, President A. v. Ham
burg, of the board, appointed the fol
lowing committee to welcome dele
CATION of thirty Chinese merchant
who are touring America and will ar
rive here June 13 and ID: Uzal H. Nc
l