The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-24
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Determined to Use Cotlvicts8fo
Working the County AZ.
Roads,
THEY Will K FOR TWENTY \ 4 [: u \
Atlantic Coast Line, Rather Than
D Establish Grade q ossiiig, Will
Pay for Overhead Bridges,
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sSFcT1rsTDR FIELD, NJ: A., NJ Jan. 2. Tho
Z county supervisors held their first meat
4 Ing 81 the year here to-day Mr.. Join IN
b Is. watkins, " no was appointed several al,
meetings back 10 investigate as to the adj
v!sap ilitys Of using convict labor for work I:
ling the roads and tho uIpnent 11cccs..
Il sary for the Hafe Keeping OF such y FORCE
made full and interesting report 8 70
Il his Inquiries into The subject. ZIG and and
n Mfr. d Howard sWinef ford nd located ne lore ore,
Is being the most economical and SO IT'S
the board the employ Of convicts
factory labor now to DO obtained .for pub
4 lic work q this character, their conclu-
sions having 81 been drawn largely from
reports they had obtained Of tho results
q OF this system Of road working f In the
a county 81 Bed ford Il.
Sf ,rhe estimated costs OF each la orcrl per
& day, Including tho necessary guards, they
4 reported as forty-cigit cents. III The board
s was CONVINCED BY tho N report that the
y adoption or convict labor Tor the roads
was d good thing. OF at least. deserved
experiment. ana clded 10 make q, real's-
II ton on tho State penitentiary8 for twenty
v convictH to be put to work Il not Her
than tho LIST Of May OF this year. ASc com
mtttee was appointed 70 look Z INTO 4 The mat:
ter or furnishing b quar- ters for the nlerli
Y and 10 determine upon L the ligh test ard
L strongest portable houses X or Y cages for
L their ffnenlcr,t. t was 81 ggested that
q Ii good preventative >of nj ret tysSSsS arccnyI
4 among the colored habitues q Z he county
Jail would be toi require all such 5ail-birds
III work the roads during K hcirf terms Of
gs1inprlsonnlcnt. 81 #S$
rhe matter Of opening up Dodomead
y Street III Chester for the use Sof wa golls
4 and Il teams came 4 up again To-day. Mr..
A Elliott, attorney for the Atlantics Coast
q Limo ilroad Com pafy mad a pr po ~
ton to tho board to construct An over
head bridge IA t point about one hundred
h yards north OF the q treet, Ing aid
close to the FarnyiIIes and 81 Powhatan
& Railroad bridge. Rather than see q grado
crossing established 4 at the site D OF q the
Il street crossing the ttorllcy said the
I: road company would be willing to boar
s Tho whole cost OF building a wa gons bridge
4 Mt the place they 2des gnate. wi ich is be-
You'd the %requirement ct Il he law In such
a cases. "a which only makes u I obligatory
IA upon railroads TO build o ne-hal II OF rond.
bridges constructed over their tracks.
f$1lhogniat ter was ref crred to a committees
g OF eoSmenbers OF tho board for report
d at tho next meeting. II Fl; 3 si3f
ThoF county road "a cross 3; tho valuable
property o M r.s rhco. a .A. Page, recently;
D purchased by Il I'm, was ordered dtscon-
& t!nued and tho land being relinqulshed
by the coun eyerts to the original tract.
sI4ssa 4 Tho llouances the county Ulcers
Il for the present " year n wcre liked at tho
n same as FOR last year namely. county
clerk 81 900: Commo nwealt this attorney,
n 500 md ssh erlff I'll nerquisitc s.
Mr. NJ b. Mart in was recommended 8to
6 the court for apo ntment as game wal =
den for nj lot hian; District. vi # al
s$ST Tho land q ssessors for the county have
NJ now 80 10 work In earnest on " tlieir
largo und ertaki ng. here is disposition;
s. to raise The al seasnen ts on propcrtysini
A general especial along the lines or the
@interurban raj lroad s.s