New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-31
$l,OOO,OOO A MONTH
FOR BUILDINGS
Every Section of Newark
Reports Big Structural
Changes

Newark i spending about 100000
month 70 meet tho present demands
~ its home and industrial centres.
which are growing 10 lively rate.
In 1913 tho total cost OF the now
buildings erected .u ".hc Queen CITY %
New Jersey was Slc.31-.9I3. rs against
>i0.O5l.9l0 for tho year just ended
? ncso figures SHOW that about S5.256 900
WIS the decrease in building eEpeudl-
lures for the city last year over the
previous year This would have been
an unusually large slump II sim lar
building conditions prevailed in both
years, but the situation In each year
was vastly different.
On Janusrv I, 1914. the frc lin ts.
m which no more frame structures can
bee legally put. were extended so "a 20
affect the larger part OF the outlying
suburban sections. A. the time the an
uOuucemcn' was made 'ha, the FIRE
Limits woJld be so enlarged frame con
struCtiOn uredomiuatcd In the places
affected. Soon after the announcement
there was rush or property owners 20
tho Building Bureau with plans for the
Improvement o. vacant and other sites
IN the section 10 come under the now
.rc provisions. The ordinance read
that tho proposed frame buildings
must be- erected within a year from the
CO.," tic measure became operative.
On some days there were a hundred
plans lied for frame structures. IN
what are the new fire limits sections.
There Is now only p very small part
o. Newark where frame buildings can
be legally built
Ask any one acquainted with Newark
building changes what are the centres
o. the city that are growing AZ the
livaliest rate. and usually after mo-
mel.'s hesitation the person questioned
Will reply that every part Of the town
is keeping apace with building expec-
tations. In the Clinton Hill section,
which is The Bronx Of Newark. the
building activity is somewhat more eN-
tensive probably than in any other
sphere Of the city" said a Newark ON
cial last week Frame homes may
still be erected there. The Forest Hi
section is another section Of the city
which is appealing very strongly 10
speculative builders and many indlvid-
uals who have the time ard the money
10 provide for the erection Of homes
ior their own occupancy.
"The city has recently taken a pro
gressive and most commendable step,
continued the speaker. I'm the formula.
ton Of plans for the improvement OF
its meadows. so that large and flourish
ing industrial plants can now De builI'
where now is naught but waste land.
Everything possible is being done o.
Mayor Raymond and public spirited
citizens 70 advance 20 the utmost the
interests. residentially and CONNER
cisllv. of the entire city.
AT Park Place and Canal ST pup
lie service terminal is being butt. nc
estimated cost OF this big undertaSln2
was given as s2,30O,000 when the piauS
we're filed last year at the Newark nU-
reau Building Department:
IAN important public improvement
rocsntly done. was the opening Of Brad
ford Place. from Broad st. as far a.
Among the large new Puiidinss
Iooming I'd in the town Is proctor
Theatre, in Market st. -
The growth Of Newark Is partly re
elected in the increase in the assss'eG
vslues OF real estate. The taoIe OF
ra,es and ratables from 1904 70 1919 -
as follows: