Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-10

pTODdUlY dDOuI OnG AulldlCd Us
dollars to finish the dredging, to give q
waterway one hundred feet in width
and six feet in depth over the whole
course.
at is now evident from the demands
for riparian lands along the inland
waterway that the large increase in the
value of these lands owing to the con-
struction of the waterway will many
times cover Its cost. In this respect
alone it was a paying proposition for
the State.
THE State Highway Commission
has defined the route of the proposed
ocean highway and provided for the
expenditure of the fifty thousand dol
lars appropriated In 1910 for the com
mencement of the work.
Voting Machines.
There still exists an almost uni
versal demand for the repeal of the
act permitting the use of voting ma
chimes at elections. 1t is not prejudice,
but a deep-seated conviction that
causes the objection to the machines.
In the 1886 districts In which a vote as
to their retention has been taken I'M
der the act of 1909, 321 have voted to
discontinue their use. 1t would seem
that a decent regard for the wish Of
the voters would cause the immediate
repeal of the voting machine act. Few,
II any, not pecuniariiy interested, seek
to retain the machines. Why is it, in
the face of such acknowledgements
opposition, these machines are forced
upon the people?
Property East of Capitol.
"The State Is to have full possession
| OF the Green estate on h east of the
] capitol grounds n other property in
the rear thereof to the line of the Tren-
ton Water Power on h south, not
later than April first next. The build
ings now on the property can be used
for some of the boards or commissions
now In. the State Hous and relieve
it's crowded condition. h city OF
Trenton should be requested to close
Delaware street and throw it into the
capitol grounds.
''The State purchased about thirty
two acres lying between the rear line
Of the capitol property and the Del
aware river. 1t secured it at a very
reasonable price. Thirty thousand dol
lars was appropriated to improve it,
insurance of state Property.
1.-THE treasurer, Of the State has tab
ulated a complete list of the fire in.
urance upon State buildings. The to-
tai is $5,147, 900, at a premium of about
$70,0 900.
"Our present insurance rates are too
high. There is little rick on State
buildings. A blanket insurance system
of say 81, 900. 900, or even less, to cover
. ey..A- l-sfatAc, mould ho ahtIndzn MT
and would reduce the present cost at
least three-fourths.
'There is an urgent need for addi-
tional rooms for the State Board OF
Health.
Three new rooms should be con-
structed at the top of the capitol over
the present committee rooms OF the
Assembly, two to be used by the State
Board of Health and one for the State
Board of Education.
1.-THE State Board of Education has
no room at the capitol for its meet
ings and it holds its meetings at con
siderable expense to the State at va
rious hotels in different parts OF tbs
State. Many members of the board
have protested to the governor against
this practise, and insist that a suitable
place should be set apart for the board
In the capitol. This Is clearly necessary.
twenty-five hundred dollars woula
probably supply the necessary rooms
and an appropriation should be made
to meet these needs of the board OF
health and state Board OF Education
as here suggested.
MANAGEMENT Of Hospitals for Insane.
1.-THE State has an interest In tho
management of the several county
hospitals for the insane. During the
last fiscal year the State paid from
its treasury toward the support of
these institutions the sun of s276,-
$685. 30. We have no voice In their man
agemgent or the expenditure of this
money. The grand jury of ESSEX
county, after a thorough investigation
of its county hospital for the insane,
presented 1t to the court as being in
competently managed and have recon-
mended that the management of the
institution be taken from the chosen
freeholders. The conditions prevailing
in the county are probably no excep-
ton to the rule in other counties. Under
the management of the chosen free
holders these institutions are controlled
w DOlItlCdl llttiuSiiSco ohu pOifSiSS
Each of them should De put under a
board Of of sever or nine per-
sons, a part of whom should be APP
pointed by the justice Of the Supreme
Court presiding in the Circuit Court Of
the county and another part by the
governor, that the State may have
representation on each county board to
see that the funds contributed by 1t
are rightly expended. The appoint
ment of all the officials should be
vested In the board of managers and
civil service principles should be re-
quired to be applied as to all persons
employed.
The states Potable Waters.
1.-THE potable waters of the State
should all be owned or controlled by
the Sthte. No private company should
be given a charter or franchise to take
to itself and sell any Of these waters
Already we have several such com
panies claiming such right in the sur
plus potable water at the headwaters
of the rivers and the lakes of the State.
THE Legislature should let II be
known that all private water companies
will be refused any additional rights In
this State, and that as speedily as pos
sible, under lawful methods. the State
will take over all their franchises and
powers and repeal their charters.