| Total mileage of paved streets, Jan. 1, 1904, 151.17 miles. " " " " " Jan. 1, 1919, 269.22 miles. | |
| Activities, Repair Dept., 1904 | |
| Repairs to bridges | $ 1,106.54 |
| Supervision of sidewalks | 846.00 |
| Repairs to crosswalks | 2,910.98 |
| Repairs to pavements other than asphalt | 9,179.06 |
| Asphalt pavement repairs | 5,915.64 |
| $ 19,958.22 | |
| Activities, Repair Dept., 1918 | |
| Granite pavements repaired, 21,908 sq. yds. | $ 18,314.57 |
| Brick pavement repaired, 5,755 sq. yds. | 8,283.08 |
| Telford pavement repaired, 21,897 sq. yds. | 7,517.57 |
| Wood block pavement repaired, 529 sq. yds. | 1,054.54 |
| Asphalt pavement repaired, 37,970 sq. yds. | 80,199.69 |
| Building safety isles | 1,228.79 |
| Stone crusher, producing 1,225 cu. yds. broken stone | 1,826.62 |
| Cross walks laid and relaid | 1,537.62 |
| Streets graded by hand | 1,252.39 |
| Repairing roads with broken stone | 9,247.23 |
| Miscellaneous repairs | 20,864.06 |
| $151,326.16 | |
| Sidewalks, 1918 | |
| Cost of supervision | $ 2,612.00 |
| Cost of work done under city contract | 334.77 |
| $ 2,946.77 | |
On account of war conditions little work was ordered by city. Property owners under city supervision laid walks costing about $15,000.
Summer High Schools: Opened at Barringer High School, 1914, with 947 students. 1st and 2nd year classes only. 1915, full 4 year course introduced. 1919 enrollment, 1,520 students, with 800 at Central High School and 720 at Barringer.
Surveys: See [Boys' Vocational School]; [Poor and Alms Department and Almshouse Survey]; [Public School Survey]; [Social Service Survey].
Tablets, Memorial: (The tablets noted as given by Schoolmen's Club were after first year purchased from a penny fund collected from school children, but were erected under direction of the Club.)
Gen. Philip Kearny, for service rendered Italian nation, 1859, when he fought with forces that drove Austria from the peninsula. Placed on Kearny statue in Military Park. Given by Italians in Newark, Memorial Day, 1911.
John Catlin, Newark's first schoolmaster. Placed at Broad and Commerce Sts., where he opened his first school in 1876. Given by Schoolmen's Club. Unveiled, Newark Day, Nov. 6, 1911.
Gen. Philip Kearny, New Jersey leader in the Civil War. Placed on Normal School (built on site of Kearny homestead), Belleville and 4th Aves., 1912. Given by Bd. of Education.
Robert Treat, founder of Newark. Placed on Kinney building, on site of Robert Treat's home lot, at Broad and Market Sts., by Schoolmen's Club. Unveiled, Newark Day, Nov. 4, 1912.