The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . u|>ou t lie st udy ofhiw in the ollice id thelate .Joseph 1. liradley,subsequently one of theJustices of the UnitedSlates Supi-euH 1844 he was admitted to the bar, but never availed himself id ins ]irivilei;es as anattorney. When William T?. Kinney retired from lii litorial chair of tlie Newark />«//// in June, 1851, his son,Tliomas T. Kinney, though still a young man, assumed theeditorshijt and uumagement of tlie journal which had beenso ably conducted by his distinguished father. AVithoutbringing special e.\])er
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . u|>ou t lie st udy ofhiw in the ollice id thelate .Joseph 1. liradley,subsequently one of theJustices of the UnitedSlates Supi-euH 1844 he was admitted to the bar, but never availed himself id ins ]irivilei;es as anattorney. When William T?. Kinney retired from lii litorial chair of tlie Newark />«//// in June, 1851, his son,Tliomas T. Kinney, though still a young man, assumed theeditorshijt and uumagement of tlie journal which had beenso ably conducted by his distinguished father. AVithoutbringing special e.\])erience to the work wld(di he iiad un-dertaken, he, nevertheless, brought to ii all the sidiolarlyac(piiremeids alToided by ids college course and liis inti-mate associalioTi with acc-omplisiied ]U(dess(U-s and scien-tists. Willi a mind thus well stored he entered racefullvand easily uiion his work, and the 7>fl/7y/ Advertiser wentforth regularly from his hand so like wduit it had ever beenthat no one would have dreaiiKd that its old conductor had. T1HJM.\.S T. KINNEY. •18 THE PASSAIC VALLEY dropped the reins. Mindful above all else of the high char-acter of the paper, he neglected nothing that could renderit more useful or make it more acceptable. He gave greatattention to the matter of newsgathering, and Avas largelyinstrumental in inaugurating a system which culminatedin that comprehensive organisoation known as the Associ-ated Press. In 1860 he puxchased the property on thesoutheast corner of Broad and ^Market Streets, the very cen-ter of the business part of the City of Newark, and coveredby three brick buildings. Adapting these buildings to hispurpose and introducing every modern improvement in thebusiness of newspaper and printing enterprise, he thitherremoved his establishment, and there the Daily Advertiser,enlarged and greatly improved in appearance, lias beenjjrinted until the present time. Notwithstanding his great interest in the hnaiicial, indus-trial, and pol
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