The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-19

feUlOn Ibis is Tne UFSu IlHe III CHe
United States that child hygiene
nurses employed by a state depart
nent of health have been given a. OPP
9~Ortunity to take a special course Of
raining In the fundamentals of child
are and applied hygiene in social serv-
&c work. The course has been arrang-
ed at the suggestion and with the &C.
operation of the state department Of
health.
instruction will be given on success
sive Fridays from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Class lectures will be supplemented by
laboratory demonstrations and by 10
sessions of field work, which will In
clude visits of inspection to important
centers of sanitary administration and
to specialized clinics and welfare CEN
ters.
Those who have already given the
instruction and lectures are as follows:
Miss Bessie Lee Gambrill, head OF
the department of psychology in the
State Normal School, whe gave In
struction in pedagogy; Miss Margaret
Anderson, assistant supervisor of
nurses in the New Jersey State Bu-
reau of Child Hygiene, who spoke on
Records ;" DIR. Julius Levy, director
of the state department of child "
giene, who spoke on Child Hygiene ;"
DR.. Robert G. Leavitt of the depart
ment of biology of the State Normal
School, who spoke on the Teaching of
Hygiene in the Schools :" Arthur w.
MacDougal, secretary of the bureau of
central family and service of the New
ark department of health, who spoke
on Social Work." and Miss Charlotte
Ehrlicher, supervisor of nurses. of the
state department of child. hygiene, who
spoke on "Baby Keep Well Stations
and Home Visiting"
Huge Railroad Taxes.
The railroads of New Jersey for the
year 1921 will pay the largest tax they
have ever paid in the history of the
state. This tax will be based upon the
assessment just completed by the
State Board of Taxes and Assess
ment and certified to the various sys-
TENS and companies. The total tax -
be paid by the railroad companies for
1921 will be 2.644,S 0.54, an increase
of $1,S73,445.9S over the tax paid for
the current year. This is the largest
increase in tax ever made in one year.
This tax is based upon an aggregate
valuation of 1891, Ice, 449, which is an
increase over the valuation for 1920 of
$18,917,468.
The action Of the state board in rails
ing the assessment Of the railroads
will undoubtedly meet with some OBJ
lection on the part Of the companies.
Under the railroad law the companies
have an opportunity Of appealing on
the third Monday in November, and the
board will sit at the state house for
the purpose of receiving appeals Of the
companies. The board will then give
hearings on these appeals, and the final
completed assessment must be filed
with the comptroller and with the rail-
road companies by February Is.
OF the total amount Of tax to be paid
1922, 620.15 will be devoted to school
purposes, with the exception Of one
half of 1 per cent, which will 60 for
general state usage, and one-tenth of l
per cent, which will be applied to the
state road fund. The total Of $8,292,-
62O.15 Is 81, 137, 124.27 greater than for
the year 1920.
The municipalities of the state will
receive $4,352, 190.39, which is $780,
321. II over 1920.
The valuations of the large railroad
systems follow: Pennsylvania, $115,-
159, S72; Central, $7S,922 1888; Philadel-
phia and Reading, $~19,O70.690; Erie,
$33, 140, 1853; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, $61, 625, 240; New York,
Susquehanna and Western, $8,2 ,583 ;
Lehigh Valley, $35,3O1, 7O8; New York
Central, $21, 518,252; railroads not clas-
sified, $18, 1S8,365.
The tax which the railroads will pay
under these valuations follows: Penn
sylyania. 1892. 957. 92; Central, 49,
533, 1850; Philadelphia and Reading,
1888, 6SO.9S; Erie, $1,015, 3O0.35; Della
ware, L~ackawanna and Western, ST.
046, 1857; New York, Susquehanna
and Western, $26O,633.77; Lehigh Val
ley, $1,155, 1881 New York Central,
S703,597.71; railroads not classified,
$591 APIS.
New Buildings for coIored School.
The State Board of Education has
approved the budget requests Of the
Manual Training and Industrial School
for COlOred Youths at Bordentown.
These requests include 100000 for a
boys dormitory and Sal, 900 for addi-
lions to the schoolhouse and admins
tration building. The total budget for
the year beginning July 1 next calls for
SAL 400.
Colonel D. Stewart Craven of Salem,
a member of the state boards com
mittee in charge of the Bordentown
school, submitted the budget. He said
that some penal institutions in the
state afford better accommodations
than those provided at ~Bordentown.
"We have sadly OutgrOWn our pres