Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-24
PARENTAL HOME
BOARD CONF IRMED
BY FREEHOLDERS
Action Delayed Six Weeks.
Award Contract for Wing
to Jail.

The Board of Freeholders yester-
day confirmed the appointment of
five persons as a board of trustees
of the proposed Essex County Parent
al School. The five trustees-Lathrop
Anderson, J. Henry Bachelor, Mrs.
Sidney M Colgate, Mrs. +. G. Jacob
son and Wilfred NJ. Manchee-were
named by County Judges William 2.
Martin and Harry V. Osborne about
six weeks ago and confirmation of
their names had been withheld by
the board until yesterday Their
term of office is for three years, or
until their successors are appointed.
The board hesitated about confirm
ing the appointees of the two judges
for the reason that the trustees will
have absolute control of the new in
stitution and the employees there Will
not necessarily have to be chosen
from the civil service list.
Opposition to the appointments was
made by Freebooter Malta on the
ground that it would tend to take
away from the Board of Freeholders
certain powers which the people had
imposed at election. 1T seems that
each year" Mr.. Malta said, rights
are taken away from some elected
officials and given to persons not
chosen by vote of the people and who
cannot be recalled"
Malta Objects.
Another objection raised by Mr.
Malta was that 1t would take from
the House of Detention most of It's
inmates as only 2 per cent. of that
institution were adults, and would
therefore be step towards doing
away with the House of Detention
and would throw out of employment
men and women who are now sup
posed to be protected by civil SER
vice. With SO few inmates, ne
argued, the expense of maintaining
the detention pace would be out of
proportion.
TO this Director Evans responded
that the parental school need not
necessarily depopulate the House of
Detention, for while some children
held there might be subjects for the
school, it was not the intention of
making the latter a place for keeping
children needed as witnesses.
Mr.. Malta is jumping at conelu-
sions. he said, when he states that
only per cent. of the inmates would
be left there after the parental
school was established. 1t would be
there was no charge and place them
with those at the Parental School
The director stated that an effort
had been made to obtain an amend
ment to the act creating the board
of trustees, placing its employees
under civil service, and there was
still hopes that it could be ac-
complished at the next session of the
Legislature, which would be in plenty
Of time, as the school could not be
built and ready for use before then.
II believe the people appointed will
join in working for such an amend
ment," he said.
Mr. Malta remarked that the citi-
zens of Newark. who are paying 70
per cent OF the county taxes, are
maintaining a parental home for city
boys and that the county institution
would be placing an extra burden
on them. This might be relieved, he
added, by consolidating the two in
stitutions.
The contract for the construction
of wing extension to the county
Jail was awarded to the Reynolds
Construction Company, of Newark,
whose bid of $1S 1890 was the lowest.
There was divided vote on the