Newark, New Jersey, USA
1906

Pop. in 1900, 265. Newark, a city, port of entry, and capital of Essex co., N.J., on the W. bank of the Passaic River, about 4 miles from its entrance into Newark Bay and 9 miles W. of New York city, with which it is connected by the Central R. of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania, the Lackawanna, the Erie, and other railroads. Lat. 40" 45' N. ; Ion. 74° 10' W. It is the largest city in the state. It is regularly laid out with straight, rectangularly-crossing streets, the principal thoroughfares, — Broad Street and Market Street, — intersect ing near the centre of the city. Broad Street is bordered for long distances by public squares, adorned with stately elm-trees. Newark contains few notable public buildings (government building, Free Library, etc.), but a number of business establishments are housed in imposing and stately edifices. There are some handsome churches. Among the educational institutions are Newark Academy, New ark Seminary, Newark Technical School, St. Elizabeth's Academy, and St. Benedict's College. The New Jersey Historical Society, with a library, etc., has its seat here. The charitable and benevolent associations are numerous.

The prosperity and rapid growth of Newark are due to its manufactures, which embrace every variety and find markets in all parts of the world. Among the most extensive of these are cotton thread, chemicals, jewelry, leather, machinery, trunks and bags, clothing, harness, carriages, boots and shoes, zinc and iron, electrical apparatus, sewing- machines, india-rubber, celluloid, and paper, besides the products of a large. number of extensive breweries. The value of the manufactured product is $80,000,000-$90,000,- 000 annually. Many of the business men of Newark have their homes in the adjoining towns, — Elizabeth, the Oranges, Montolair, and others, — to which, in addition to the steam - railways, access is had by a great network of electric roads. On the opposite bank of the Passaic is the manufacturing town of Harrison. An extensive system of public parks, to embrace large stretches of the charmingly diversified country in the vicinity, has been inaugurated. Newark was settled in 1666 by a company from New Haven and other towns in Connecticut. Pop. in 1830, 10,950 ; in 1850, 38,983; in 1860, 71,914 ; in 1870, 105,059 ; in 1880, 136,508 ; in 1890, 181,830 ; in 1900, 246,070.

Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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