Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-08
CITY HOME BOYS
TO Be PAROLED.
Institution Crowded Beyond
Danger Point, Trustees
Take Action.
30 MAY BE GIVEN
FREEDOM IN FEW DAYS
No Room for Beds, Inmates
Sometimes Forced to Sleep
Upon Floors.

To lessen the grave fire hazard
caused by overcrowding at the New
ark City Home, in Verona, Superin-
fendent Carl Heller will parole many
of the boys. AT least thirty OF the
best behaved, it is expected, will be
given their freedom.
The dangerous conditions at the
home were made known yesterday
and precautionary steps ordered.
= There are at present 1S5 inmates,
Nshile there are accommodations for
tbut I55.
IN discussing conditions, which have
prevailed in the dormitories. the re-
port stated:
I'm some instances there was not
enough space available to place the
bedsteads and the. boys had to sleep
on mattresses placed on the bare
floor. Such conditions should not be
tolerated. In case of fire a panic with
Il great loss Of life may be the re-
suit of these congested conditions.
Our improvements along these lines
+. have not kept pace with the growth
of our city and we have today the
same accommodations which were at
our disposal ten years ago. although
the population of the city has in
creased by more than 100000 during
this period
sa To Parole Thirty Boys.
When this report had been read
Louis V. Aronson moved that no more
boys should be committed to the home
until there should be room for them,
and that the superintendent within
the next thirty days parole thirty
boys to bring the number within the
limit which the institution can ac-
cornmodate. He declared that the
responsibility for the safety Of the
boys rested with the trustees.
Mr.. Aronson said that last year
when the finance committee of the
Common Council visited the home the
trustees were led to believe that
funds for new buildings would be
given them, but these were not forth
coming.
superintendent Heller thought the
action suggested by Trustee Aronson
would be too radical, and declared
that in so short a time as a month
Ne could not dismiss thirty boys, some
of whom would have no homes to go
TO. while others with homes would
certainly be back in the home within
few weeks. He wanted to be al
lowed to parole the boys gradually,
aud this way OF settling the difficulty
was finally decided upon.
Mayor Haussling sitting as presi-
dent OF the trustees, defended the
action of the finance committee in not |
granting the funds asked for by the |
home last year, saying the city had |
MANY needs and that the committee |
did the best it could
To this Mr.. Aronson replied that |
the City Home was as important as
fhe citvs schools, and even more so |
in some ways, and that there could |
Ne no good reason for its having been |
neglected for years. He suggested
drastic action" as the only way to
get funds for the home.
New Buildings Needed.
The trustees thirty-ninth annual |
rsport Showed that the home had |
received a tax ordinance appropria-
tion OF $4,000 and miscellaneous re-
Z ..eipts of sS.2Ss.7O, and that all but /
81. as of this had been expended during
the past year A renewed request
was made for an appropriation large |
enough to erect a new administration
building. the present one being used
-
room for officers and boys. 1t was
pointed out that the meals are cooked
in one building and then have to be
carried to the various cottages, get
ting cold in transit.
During the year eighty-two boys
were received at the home. seventy
four were paroled and one transferred
10 another institution. OF the entire I
number paroled only ten had to be
sent back for more training.
The report Of superintendent Hell
ler urged that systematic course of
agriculture, instead OF the instruc-
lion now given in that branch. be
adopted, and that capable instruc-
tor be obtained. 1t was declared that
the Caldwell News, the paper publish
ed at the institution, should be dis
continued as it did not bring financial
returns and that a regular school OF /
printing he established. A branch of
Instruction, which had proved of |
value to the boys, it was mentioned, !
was that of building artificial stone |
sidewalixs Eight thousand square |
feet OF walk had been built during
the year, at a value of $1,000.
The meeting Of the trustees, held |
N the mayors ONCE, was the nrSt /
OF the new board, which has only |
one new member, r. @. Schaaf, in |
place of August Goertz. who retired |
Mr.. Goertz, who was present at the |
meeting. was given q rising vote of |
thanks as an expression Of the good |
y VIII Of his colleagues, and similar |
vote was given for superintendent |
Heller, who was reelected secretary.
Manor E4aIssling puaS made nresident |
OF the board and announced the fol-
lowing committee appointments:
Building, William Fl. Barlhorn, r.
g. Schaaf and Alderman George W.
Taylor; school supplies, W. A. IIy-