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SUMMIT DIRECTORY—1958 11
A Summary
Suggested and Planned by American Community
Advertising Association
Adopted as a regular feature in all directories published by
the Association of North American Directory Publishers
Completed and corrected annually through the courtesy of the
Summit Area Chamber of Commerce
Wm. Rae Crane, Exec. Sec.
SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY
"City of Beautiful Homes"
Form of Government
Mayor-Common Council.
Population
U. S. Census (1950), 17,929.
Area
Six square miles.
Altitude
540 ft. above sea level.
Parks
Four.
Assessed Valuation
$51,890,944 (1957).
Tax Rate
$6.45 per $100 (1957).
Bonded Debt
$2,889,000 (Nov. 30, 1957).
Financial
Three banks and two trust
companies. Two savings and
loan associations.
Church Buildings
Fifteen, representing all denominations.
Industrial
Number of establishments, 19.
Trade (Retail)
Serves 40,000 people within a
radius of 5-7 miles.
Principal Products
Pharmaceutical products, clothing
and plastics.
Newspapers
One. Weekly.
Hotels
One.
Railroads
Two.
Amusements
One moving picture theatre.
Largest auditorium seats
1,000. There are 2 golf
courses.
Hospitals
One, with 258 beds, 40 bassinets.
Educational
Number of public schools, 8;
including senior and junior
high schools. Number of
parochial schools, 3. Number
of pupils in public schools,
3,892; teachers, 175.
Public Libraries
One, containing 47,515 volumes
as of Nov. 30, 1957.
"What You Should Know About Your City"
"The helpjul kind of patriotism is the kind that grows out of a knowledge of
one's town, of her growth, her people, her property, her government and her needs.
This knowledge develops, first, an intelligent interest; then, a sympathy; then, a
reasonable affection, a wise and temperate jealousy for her good name and a wish
that she may prosper and grow more beautiful; and finally, a desire to help her to
become greater and finer, a bright and clean workshop and a home for the best of
men and women"—John Cotton Dana.