Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
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Observation-Disclosures.

IN a lecture before the legislative
COMMITTEES of the Contemporary yes
terdav Clarence L. Stonaker, secre-
tarv of the State Charities Aid and
Prison Reform Association, took oe-
casion to criticize the Trainer of the
constitution of the State of New
Jersey. the Essex county court house,
the management of the Hudson hou-
levard. and suggested a group plan
Of county buildings In this county
Mr.. Stonaker appeared before the
committee to speak on necessary lee>
islation for the proper treatment OF
tubercuEar patients and tuberculosis
prevention and legislative matters in
general having to do with the inter-
ests of the association he represents.
After outlining this work he drifted
into criticisms of the management of
county departments.
In SO far as the trainers Of the
State Constitution were concerned
Mr.. Sto1laker said that when they
framed the document they believed
that in some future time some county
Board of Freeholders would show in
dlvidualtty, and in order to prevent
this the powers of such boards were
limited This reference was made
after he bad asserted that the powers
Of Boards of Freeholders were eramp-
ed by legislation at Trenton.
Speaking of the court houses of the
two largest counties In the State, Hud-
son and Essex, Mr.. Stonaker declared
that the Essex County Court House
had plenty Of corridor room, base
ment of no use and no place for a
Juvenile court. He called upon the
women present to see to 1t that an
other building with less corridor space
and more room for juvenile court
should be built Hudson County's
Court House he dismissed with the
statement that 1t was almost of no
value for practical purposes and
added that the Essex Court House
was not far behind in that respect.
Hudson County's boulevard was
taken up under the head of the neces-
sity for boards of freeholders fur
nishing money for public roads and
county Institutions. He sal that the
boulevard in question was lighted by
a plant operated by inmates Of the
work house and that the superintend-
enf, three engineers and three fire.
men employed at high salaries report
ed for work and then went to sleep.
Mr.. Stonaker appeared to be in fa-
vor of the plan to centralize all of the
county institutions between Caldwell
and Overlook providing a new home
for the aged was erected and that the
women would make il their special
effort to insist that all new material
should be placed therein. He cred
tied the freeholders with an endeavor
to secure the new workhouse and then
pay the inmates the amount they earn
less that which they would be charged
for board
In talking about tuberculosis and
its prevention and cure Mr.. Stonaker
advocated a tent colony at Overlook.
He said tent dining-rooms and
necessary the dwellings should be
frame shacks. which could be burned
with little financial loss, thus abso-
lutely destroying all unhygienic con-
ditions. He called particular atten-
ton to the fact that under all cir
cumstances the patients must live In
the open as much as possible. In en-
phatic terms he advised against the
seating of an idea that in building
tubercular- patient homes that the
architecture of the other public in
stitutions should be adhered to.
Mrs. Harold 8. Butfenheim, chair
man of the legislative committee of
the State Federation of Women's
Ciufx, the second speaker of the after
noon, emphasized the fact that
women are now concentrating their
strength on preventative measures as
the woman police bill and Assembly
bill No. II, which aims at lessening |
the DANGERS of lead poisoning.
She explained that some legislators
are against the policewoman bill as
being unnecessary legislation, but |
pointed out that without such a law
the decision of localities would be in
accordance with their own desires |
and those not favortng the measure |
wouLd fail to appoint women.
At the recommendation Of Mrs. J. |
3. Webb, of Glen Ridge, the commit |
tee decided to ask the executive |
board of the club to appeal to NOV |
ing picture house proprietors to pro-
duce the Edison films, Scenes Of |
Children Who Labor,"by Ethel Brown |
ing. which are being produced in CO. |
operation with the National Child La |
Dor Committee, and to indorse having |
the child labor exhibit in the Public |
Library, with the permission of John |
Cotton Dana