Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-12-11
STATE OFFICIALS
VISIT STATt FARM
Prison Labor Commission in
Bridgeton.
EhTERT AIhMENT HERE
Sups. Moore of the R.formatorv
Prison Iasp. .ctors ant L,b,t
Commission Visit Farm.

ieSteruay Dr. FRANK Moore, Super
'lntendent of the Railway Reformatory.
State Prison Inspectors B. Frank
Hires and Walter Jones, State Prison
Labor Commissioners Samuel Kirk
bride, John F. Cokling and Richard
M. More, made visit to the State
Farm at Leesburg, and inspected the
property and looked over the develop
ment that is being accomplished by
the prisoners under the direction of
Inspectors Hires and Jones, represent
ing the Prison Board as a farm COM
mittee
DR.. Moore, who was here over night,
joined the other out of town officials
who came in on the train, and with
Richard M. More as host, went out to
Deerfield where they made careful
inspection of the big plantation of the
Seabrook Farms Company. All of the
gentlemen were nightly interested in
the irrigation scheme so successfully
developed there.
At 11.30 the officials went down to
the boat house along the Cohansey riv-
er, where they were entertained at a
most sumptuous dinner, Richard M.
and Robert More being the hosts. The
dinner was served in the dining saloon
of the handsome yacht, "Mariada" and
the course meal was one of the most
tempting and splendidly served that
could possibly have been arranged.
The upstate visitors were delighted
with the hospitality shown by the
Messrs. More and they did not hesitate
to express their very sincere apprecia-
ion.
Following the dinner the officials in
two automobiles journeyed to the State
Farm at Leesburg, the run over being
made in a little more than an hour.
All of these gentlemen are deeply
interested in the prison farm project
and it is looked upon by them as a
future reformatory that will up-lift
the men who have made mistakes and
re-shape the character of the unfortu-
nate victim of chance.
The Prison Labor Commission Sc
cured this 1000 acres of farm land and
purchased it in the name of the State
of New Jersey. The Commission then
turned the property over to the State
Prison Board of Inspectors and the
work of development is now in pro-
gress.
The members of the Labor Commits
sion were especially pleased with
what has already been accomplished,
and they unhesitatingly approved the
plans laid out by Inspectors Hires and
Jones' President Samuel w. Kirk
bride, of the Prison Labor Commission
was enthusiastic with the farm enter
prise and he fully expects that the
farm will develop into one of the
most important institutions of the en-
tire State.
and critically went over the farm en-
terprise and he feels that the Prison
Inspectors have formulated practical
plans that will develop a great and
useful plant for the helpfulness of
man.
Those who visited the farm yester-
day who have before been there, were
greatly impressed with the advance
that has already been made, while
those who visited the farm for the first
time looked at the proposition as a
start upon virgin soil and the wildness
of the country seemed to them to pre-
sent vast work for the future.
Yesterday the State officials found
at the farm comfortable plant for
the housing of the men. Thirty-elght
contented prisoners are now regularly
employed upon the farm, and each OF
them feels that their condition has
vastly improved over what it was in
Trenton at the State prison.
There are Superintendent build
ing constructor, labor foreman, two
prison and one Independent guards
employed all the time at the farm and
they have not experienced the slightest
trouble with the men who are held
there.
The State Prison Labor Commission
are just now considering the purchase