STATISTICS.

Area of Nutley: 3.492 square miles. 

North boundary: 1.75 miles. 

East boundary: on Passaic River, 1.2 miles. 

West boundary:

2.1 miles, of which about one-sixth of a mile is the middle of the Morris and Essex Canal. 

Altitude: 

The highest point in Nutley is on Povershon Hill, 238 feet above sea level. The only official altitude ("bench") taken by State and U. S. Survey, is the "rail of Erie R. R., opposite Nutley Station, 98.5 feet above sea level." 

Population from census of 1905: 4,556. 

Assessable valuation: $3,875,939.

Rate of taxation: $1.66 per $100. Outside hydrant district: $1.63 per $100. 

Poll tax: $1.00. 

Wards: 3. 

Streets: 112 named avenues, terraces, places, streets. 

Roads maintained by county: 

Washington Avenue, Kingsland Street, East Passaic Avenue, Center Street, High Street, Franklin Avenue from Harrison Street to the Belleville line. 

Bridges, maintained by county: 

over Third River, 7; over Basking Brook, 3; over brook leading through Nichol's Pond, 3; over raceways through "Yantacaw Park," 2. 

School Children enrolled: 1010. 

Teachers enrolled: 34. 

Town appropriation for schools, for 1906-7: $23,000. 

State "School Money," for 1906-7, $10,900.77; apportioned on character of work done, days attendance, and number of teachers and supervisors employed. 

Note. — State School Money Is of vital Importance to Nutley. Every absence recorded on the register reduces the sum that would be allowed to the town.