The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

According to the last annual report of the New York Juvenile Asylum, an institution which has had more than half a century of experience in car ing for the small sprigs of humanity committed to its charge by the chil- dren's Court and the various children's societies the cost of transforming the average street gamin into useful member of the society is about $645. At present the Asylum occupies VII lage of sixteen separate cottages on the Hudson about 25 miles from New York in which 320 boys are cared for, at per capita cost of $247.6O a year of which $50 is contributed by private charity and the remainder is made up by the city. The boys remain with the institution an average of 22 months before they are released or sent to homes in the West. By a carefully prepared estimate 1t has been deter mined that an increase in the capacity of the village to 500 boys will reduce the average yearly cost to $2O5.32, and that when plans for the future are full ly carried out and 1000 boys provided for, there will be a still further reduc- tion in the expense. no small part of which will be due to the boys them selves through the products of the in- dustrial training school. During the summer of last year the communal farm, which is worked in small plots by the boys as a part of this system of education, produced a value of $3.162 from seeds furnished by the United States Department of Agriculture. Pre- vious to removing to the country, av- craze cost of caring for 1000 boys was $l30 each per year; but the results ob- tained under the present system. even at the increased expense are so far su-
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 tutions have already moved into the country or are preparing to do so.
 Just outside the Narrows in New York harbor, two giant suction dredg- es. to the casual observer looking ike powerful battleships, as they crawl slowly over the surface of the low" bay spouting tufts of inky smoke, g
 engaged upon the greatest channel dredging undertaking of modern times, The work consists of widening and deepening Ambrose Channel into great sea lane which will shorten by five miles in distance and hours in time the present narrow and tortous entrance to the greatest port in the world. These twin monsters were built especially for the work by the United States Government and equipped with the very latest dredging apparatus at a cost of $50O,000 each. From daybreak on Monday morning till noon on Satur- day, when the dredges return to the city for supplies, not an hour is lost in the prosecution of the work, which involves the removal of a block oIsand seven miles long. 2,000 feet wide and 20 feet thick,-55. 100000 cubic yards fin all. or S0,O0O, 900 tons of sand which must be lifted and dumped back into the sea again three miles outside Scotland Light. Under the suction
 the powerful centrifugal pumps. 10000 cubic yards of sand come over the side of each dredge every twenty-four hours, together with a perfect Niagara of sea water which finds its way back to the ocean in a roaring flood through the overflows. Not less interesting than the work itself is the curious az gregation of objects which is found on the surface of the sand when the bins have been filled and the pumps are stopped Fish there are in abundance. Sections of steel rail have been found; coins, keys, lead sinkers and baggage checks by the score; cheap jewelry, too, stickpins and brooches or brass, en- easement rings with initials engrav- ed upon them, and wedding rings of inc same material; and once a piece of real jewelry was found-a childs gold ring with little stone set in it.
 In respect to his food supplies, Father,