Transcriber Note
An [Index] has been added at the end to facilitate location of subjects.
Newark's Last Fifteen Years, 1904-1919.
The Story in Outline.
Newark's Last Fifteen Years, 1904-1919.
Interesting Facts, arranged Alphabetically by Subjects
This compilation is an attempt by a busy library staff to put into form convenient for use a large group of such facts and figures as experience shows are often asked for. The notes which follow tell how we happen to be so interested in Newark's story, why so many questions on that story come to us, and what kind of help we hope Newarkers may get from it.
About seventeen years ago the Library began to collect information about Newark. We began with a search for good topical poetry and for historical stories so written as to appeal to young people. Of these we found very little; though poor verse and poor history were both abundant.
Then we extended our search to the field of Newark as a going concern. In this field we found so little in print that was fairly descriptive of the actual Newark of the time, from water supply to sewers, and from parks to jails, that we began to write it ourselves.