The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
PROMISES BETTER
JAIL VENTILATION
Charities Aid Association Gets
Pledge from FreehoIder

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conclusion in the matter of providing
better ventilation in the county Jail
was the promise made by Chairman
Edward Neighbour and another MEM
ber of the court house and Jail COM
m,ttee of the board of freeholders to
President Thomas B. Ironside as re-
ported by the latter gentleman at
the meeting of the Morris County
branch of the State Charities Aid as
sociation.
Mr.. Ironside said he found the two
freeholders at the jail when he made
q recent visit. Taking them to task
about the bad ventilation Mr.. Neigh
bour is said to have remarked that
lack of funds prevented the installa-
tion of the additional windows asked
for by the Charities Aid association.
Mr.. Ironside retorted by telling Mr..
Neighbour they had been asked for
long ago and should have been taken
care of in the appropriation. Mr.
Ironside said that Mr.. Neighbour had
replied that the building was an old
one and not worth the spending of
much money on but had secured his
promise to- take the matter up.
Mr.. Ironside reported finding the
jail in it's usual state of cleanliness
and in as good shape as the building
would permit. He asserted it was
impossible to wash the windows as
they were placed between double sets
of bars, one set outside and another
set inside.
In answer to question from Mrs.
COLES as to progress made in secur-
ing exercise for the prisoners, Mr..
Ironside asserted that it was best to
ask for but one thing at time, If
the association could not get couple
of windows put in owing to lack OF
funds by the county it would have
great difficulty in getting big exer-
cising yard provided.
Mrs COLES also asked about the
lack of religious services for women
in the Jail and Mr.. Ironside said they
were not feasible as there were only
three women in the jail at the pres
ent time, two of whom were Roman
Catholics, and he thought it would
be difficult to hold a religious SER
vice with only one woman in attend
ance.
Mrs. Woodruff M Vance presented
a report on a visit to the county aims
house. The failure to provide hos
pital ward for the inmates who are i'll
was commented upon, it being as
serted that those who are sick are
allowed to remain in the rooms with
those in good health and that the i'll
ones are dependent upon the ministra
tions of the other aged and infirm
inmates to wait upon them. The Sc
curing of a nurse, not necessarily
trained, was recommended. The
matron had too much to do to care
for the sick.
A mother was found i'll, with child
five years old with her. This was
oscribed as being violation of the
law. as the child should be in the
children's home. The building was
found to be clean and the inmates
seemed comfortable. 74
Mrs. Thomas Cauldwell, as chair
man of a committee to provide Christ
mas presents for the inmates, told
of having provided every woman in
the aims house with pair of felt
slippers and box of candy and every
man pipe and bag of tobacco and
candy.
The proposal to dismiss Mr.. and
Mrs. Mum, as steward and matron
of the county aims house, respect
lively, was discussed by Mr.. Ironside,
who said it was to be done for polit-
ical reasons. The executive COM
mittee had made formal protest
against it and cited as one of the
reasons against the appointment of
the woman selected to fill Mrs. Nunn's
place that she had two young children
and that the aims house was no place
within which to bring up children.
The law would not permit the chill
dren to be inmates and Mr.. Ironside
thonght that if it was no place for
pauper children it was certainly no
place for those not indigents.~
Mr.. Ironside asserted that he had
beer authoritively informed that mem
hers of the same political faith as
the majority in the board OF free
holders had taken up the matter on
different grounds and there was
strong probability that the Nunns
would be retained.
Mrs. COLES requested information
as to whether the freeholders had
done anything about the request of
thethe association that the board
should pay the expenses of the Chris
tian Endeavor societies which go
every Sunday to hold services at the
aims house. 1t was replied that the
freeholders had not answered the
latter and Mrs. COLES asked If it
would not be possible for the associa-
ton to pay the carriage hire involved.
Mr.. Ironside replied that it was