The Penn's Grove record., 1920-06-11
Continued from page 6

III ABBAiCh ~ III nttAN VI INT al
institutions as named in the second
bill. Senator Whitney, chairman of
the joint appropriations committee,
said that it was decided to leave the
$4,000 in the emergency fund for fear
that some of the state institutions may
need additional money and Governor
Edwards may change his mind on it.
Somebody %Blundered.
The error in the appropriations bill
came near holding up the construction
of the two treatment buildings at Nor
ris Plains. Just where the mistake
was made could not be definitely set
tied, but it happened somewhere be-
tween the supervisor of bills and the
printer.
Last years legislature appropriated
100000 for a new building at Morris
Plains and another 100000 was appro-
priated again this year. Because Of
the high cost Of labor and building ma
terials no work was let last year. Re-
Gently bids for the buildings were
opened and the error was discovered
when it was pointed out that the mon
ey would not be available until July 1.
Several changes were made in the
appropriations bill at the last moment
this year. Under the heading of the
Morris Plains institution this part of
the bill read: There is hereby ap-
propriated the undisbursed balance on
the Both day of June, 1920, of the ap-
preparation made in the year 1919 for
the erection of two treatment build
ings for the prevention and curing of
insanity"
This section was not IN the appro-
%priations bill passed upon by Governor
Edwards when he had it before him,
Neither vas it in the bonded copy of
the bill flied with Secretary of State
Martin. Senator Whitney planned to
correct the error in one of the bills he
introduced, but eliminated it. He later
explained that he had taken the mat
ter up with the governor and that the
latter had consented to allow the change
to be made in the bill. Printed copies
with the missing lines on them were
furnished by the printer, and they were
stamped and inserted in the bonded
bill in place of the two pages that were
enormously put in it.
The nomination of Lieutenant Colo
mel Samuel G.. Barnard of Merchant
vile, Camden county. to brevet colo
mel was received by the senate from
the governor. He entered the New Jer-
sey National Guard as a private and
served in the world war, having been
honorably discharged May 80, 1919.
Forest Park Wa Memorial.
With the approval Of Governor Ed
wards and the sanction OF the State
Board Of Conservation and Develop
ment,. State Forester Alfred Gaskill an
nounced a plan for the development
Of a great forest park in the Kittatinny
Mountains as New Jerseys memorial
to the men of this state who served in
the world war. The proposition was
submitted the other day to the Ameri-
ean Legion with a request for an ex-
preston of opinion from former serv-
ice men.
Mr.. Gaskill's proposal is that ap-
proximately 100000 raised by the
schools Of the state toward the pro-
posed memorial building IN the State
House grounds, which was found to be
impracticable, be devoted to the pur-
chase of the proposed memorial forest
reservation. Outlining the plan in de-
tail, Mr.. Gaskill said:
THE tract proposed to be thus dedi
Gated is In the most beautiful part of
the st1te. extending from the Delaware
Water Gap for sc miles along the crest
and slopes Of Kittatinny Mountain to
the New York state line, including the
highest point in the state, over $500
feet above sea level. This wild and
forested section, with its magnificent
~vistas, winding paths and well stocked
trout streams, lacks one of the charm
of the famous mountain resorts in 9TH
err states. A wealth of lakes and ponds
and the Delaware valley add to the at
Effectiveness Of the region. There are
hundreds of ideal camp sites available
for either transient or more permanent
use.
THE school children's fund already
raised for a memorial would suffice to
acquire a very large part of the area
as a nucleus of such a park. In addi-
ton, the 1000 acres of state forest
now owned by the state could fifty be
absorbed in the larger project, making
over half of the entire ridge available
at once.
"The adoption of this suggestion
would overcome the threatened unfor-
tunate danger OF dissipating the school
fund and spreading of tablets and mon
umeats all over the state by offering
a means of concentrating such effort.
Each post Of the legion or other SINH
lar group could be given a location
within the park for Individual or sec
tional monuments if that seemed de-
sirable.
THE question of development and
maintenance would not, as with other