The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-22
Chill LDREN Wanted
New Jersey Home Society
Has Many Orders to
Supply.
DOESN'T MAKE SLAVES OF THEM
Freeholders Asked to Send
Hudson's Waits to Asso-
ciation's Agents.

The Rev. James Parker, pastor of the
Second United Presbyterian Church. on
Jersey City Heights; the Rev. Walter l..
Mayo and Mr.. C. v. Williams, of Tren-
ton, constituting a. committee from the
New Jersey Children's Home Society.
held conference yesterday with Director
McNally, of the Board of Freeholders,
Freeholders Riordan and Dietz. of the
Almshouse Committee, Counsel Griffin
and County Collector Dugan relative to
having some of the countys pauper chill
dren placed in homes provided by the
society. 1t was explained by Mr.. Mayo
that during the six years the society has
been in existence it has provided homes
for about 100 dependent children annually
The society at present has about 100 appli-
cations for dependent children, but the
supply of children has become exhausted
and the society is desirous of getting . re
children from the Almshouse.
Before the conference Hugh F. Fox,
president of the State Board of Children's
Guardians, notified the Board that the
legislation last winter had settled all
question as to the power of the State
Board and that the Board was now pre-
asked that the Warden of the.Almshouse
be instructed to recognize the indenturing
of children by the Board. The communi-
cation was referred to the Almshouse
Committee.
Freeholder Riordan explained to the
committee from the Home Society that
under the rules for indenturing children
the homes to which they are to be as
signed must be first approved of by the
State Board of Childrens Guardians. This
is required by the law. The investigation
of the homes is supplemented by two lady
members of the Hudson County Branch of
the State Charities Aid Association who
are the accredited representatives of the
Board of Freeholders.
Mr.. Mayo said that his socety did usu-
ally see the children before sending them
to the homes. Mr.. Riordan remarked that
this practice was Objectionable, for the
reason that it must necessarily cause
trouble. The experience in this county
has been that when children are sent to
homes in that manner they are usually
returned.
THE class of children in this county, "
said Mr.. Riordan sis different from that
of any other county in the State. The
majority in our almshouse are the scum
of this and other counties. Children are
brought here and dumped in Jersey City
or lHoboken from the different steamship
lines, and foundlings, the offspring of un-
known parents in New York and vicinity,
are left here. In the interior counties OF
the State it is different. The dependent
children are generally the offspring of re-
spectacle parents who have met with ad-
versity ana become unable to provide for
their children. Under these circumstances
it is better than an applicant for child
should first see the child before the
articles of indenture are issued"
Director McNally informed the commit
tee that the dependent children of respec-
table parents in Jersey City are provided
with homes by Poormaster Hewitt.
DR.. Parker explained that his society
does not want the children to make slaves
of them. They are provided with good
homes and the difficulty now is that there
are more homes sSthan children. He sug-
gested that the agents of the Board OF
Guardians could visit the homes the So
c;ety has at it's disposal He said that the
society would take the children without
expense to the county. DR.. Parker will
prepare a list of the homes and send it to
Freeholder, Riordan