The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-10

INC State prison n the reform school are
both o~vercrowded. They recommend the
establishment of an intermediate reforma-
tory based upon the system at the Elmira
'reformatory. They also commend the man
agement of the Essex and Hudson peniten-
tiaries.
State Board of Health.
l call attention to the important matters
affecting the health of our citizens refe rred
to in the report of the state board of health.
They embrace questions of water supply,
sewage, house construction, plumbing ar
rangements, collection and disposal of re.
fuse matter Il the management of con-
tagious and infectious diseases. During
the year special attention has been given to
organizing local boards and ~instructing
them in the details of their duties and privi-
leges under our excellent system of sani-
tary laws. The board has given special at
tention to the institutions of correction and
charities and report that there has been
general improvement in state institutions,
especiallyi in sanitary matters. They report
their conference with the executive in ref
erence to the danger to health and life
caused by the cholera infected ships from
other countries lying in waters adjacent to
our state and to the use of Sandy Hook by
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purposes. They report that all the neces-
sary powers to protect our state from this
dreaded disease can be exercised by the To-
cal boards in connection with the special
powers authorized to be exercised by the
state board over transportation companies.
Active preparations were made to meet any
possible contingency that might arise. The
board joined with the executive in protest.
tnn oooipct tho 1,co Of ConAu unnG- nc a
quarantine station by the United States, as
such was a menace to the health and lives
or our citizens and a most serious injury to
the various summer resorts on our coast.
l also urged that if the United States as
summed quarantine jurisdiction, it should
nave proper vessels to take up and destroy
all floating matter thrown from any of the
incoming steamers or vessels, and that it
should prevent in the future such danger
GUS matter being thrown into the waters of
the lower bay, where it foated on our
shore. I called attention to the fact that
boxes and bedding from these steamers
had already been found upon the shores of
the township of Middletown, between Key
port and Atlantic Highlands; also to the
fact that in former visitations of cholera
our people who handled matter floating on
the shore from cholera ships were attacked
by this disease, and those now living there
were naturally anxious lest the same result
should follow from like causes; that if the
United States assumed quarantine control
of these vessels, it's officials should secure
the people living along the shore from this
danger. / also called attention to the fact
that our state and local boards of health
were doing everything possible to guard
against the cholera being introduced into
the country through their jurisdiction,
and that they desired to act in harmony
with all other authorities working for a
like purpose. The United States author
tiles, against the protest of our state, de-
termined to use Sandy Hook for quaran-
tine purposes, but promised to do all in
their power to remedy the other matters
complained Of by the executive and the
state board of health.
Geological Survey.
The work of the geological survey for the
past year has been directed to the study
and mapping out of the surface formation
Of the state under the immediate direction
of Professor R. D. Salisbury, assisted by
C. w. Conan and others. The past year
has been devoted to the additional study Of
certain areas with q view of showing their
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maps and has included the counties of Ber-
gen, Hudson, E-sex and Union. The
greater part of Passaic and a large part of
Morris and Middlesex counties nave been
mapped. Nearly all of Monmouth county
has been traversed, but further surveys
will be necessary to complete this work.
Work has also been done in tracing the
Trenton gravel formation from it's source
at Belvidere to Trenton. n correlatina
this gravel formation with the sands and
gravels in the southern part of the state.
The state survey has also co-operated
with the United States geological survey
in the study of the green sand mari and
associated beds in the southern part of the
state. This work has been in charge OF
Professor William B. Clark, who was as
sisted by Mr.. Conan. These observations
covered the whole green sand mari belt, az
we'll as the associated beds which are as
signed geologically to the cretaceous and
tertiary ages. A geological map showing
the areas of the several beds has been made
of the eastern and northern parts of Mon.
mouth and the southern part of Middlese2
counties.
The work Of collecting data for the re-
port upon water supply and water powers
has been continued, and has consisted in
the measurement of the flow of a few i'm
portant streams and the gathering of all
available data from engineers and others.
The reduction of these observations and the
intelligent study of streams have required
surveys to be made of some of the lakes
and stream channels. When finished this
work will furnish the means for deducing
accurate rules for computing the supplying
CAPACITY of our various streams.
1t is highly desirable that official esti-
mates should be had of the capacity of all
important watersheds and of the fitness
or ~unftness of their waters for domestic
consumption, so that those interested may
intelligently judge of their present or pros
pective value as sources of supply. 1t is
intended that the report shall be a COM
plete handbook of reference upon this ques-
ton, as well as a guide to the available
sites for water power. This work is in
charge of Mr.. c. G. Vermeule.
The expenses of the geological survey
have been s13.8S4 35.
Pilot Commissioner.
There are 81 pilots holding licenses from
the board, of whom Al are in active service
as Sandy Hook pilots, 2 as Amboy local
pilots and Z are inactive or superannuated.
The number of New Jersey pilotboats now
in service is s. No boats were lost during
the past year. >
The number of vessels piloted inward and
outward was 2,57S, and the gross amount
of DilOtage earned. including off shore pilot