The Penn's Grove record., 1920-09-03

arms, equipments and ships will be
ssued and loaned as heretofore By the
Navy Department upon requisitoE.
ArInories In Jersey City. Newark ard
Camden are avilable for the use of the
divisions.
"The Naval Militia of his state was
organized In 1895 and during its serv-
ice has participated in two wars, the
var with Spain and the World War.
"Under the regulations governing
the Naval Reserve force members OF
that organization may also enlist il the
Naval Militia, and it Is believed that
no difficulty whatsoever will be ex-
perienced in recruiting the brigade to
Its maximum strength in the near fu-
ture."
Thousands From Former Patients.
Summarizing his first years work
as collector for the Department of In
stitutions and Agencies, Charles FL.
Edmonds has made a report showing
that he collected $5S,650 which vas in
arrears and obtained 751 final court
orders for patients admitted to various
state institutions. A large percentage
Of the patients represented in the court
orders were admitted to the institu-
lions several years ago, some as far
back as 1912.
The report Of MI. Edmonds shows
that owing to the counties of Essex,
Hudson, MiddleSeX, Ocean and Union
being in arrears with payments for
county INDECENT patients, accounts
amounting to $5,1G9 were submitted to
the department for collection by the
State Hospital at Morris Plains. The
amount collected from Essex county
and credited to this account was So
315.
Accounts submitted for collection by
the State Hospital in Trenton covering
bills rendered to Hudson and Middle
sex counties amounted to $20,395, most
of which was due from Middlesex
county.
Utility Commission Hearing.
Cross-examination of Dugald G.
Jackson, dean Of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. was continued
at a further hearing of the suit OF
Jersey City against the State Board
of Public Utility Commissioners before
Governor Edwards ut Jersey City.
Walter C. Shaw, president Of the
National Association of Public Utility
Commissioners and II member of the
Illinois Public Utility Board. testified
in behalf of the New Jersey Commits
sion.
That he was never employed by a
utility corporation under the jurisdic-
ton of the State Utilities Board while
he was in the service of the board was
asserted by Mr.. Jackson at the re-
sumption of the hearing under cross
examination by George l.. Record, OF
coulr-s for Jersey City. He also said
the assertion that the management OF
the Philadelphia Electric Company con-
trolled the Public Service Corporation
of New Jersey was absolutely false"
Admitting that he was employed by
public utility companies, Mr.. Jackson
said that he was satisfied that his con-
~nectien in this-respect was valuable to
the Public Utilities Board because II
enabled him to obtain experience ana
advice that was helpful to the board.
The reason he did not take employment
with New Jersey utility companies
while he was engaged by the Utilities
Board. he said, was because he did not
want to embarrass the board in case a
company he would have been employed
by should have to come before II.
To Teach Fire Prevention.
The New Jersey Legislature of 1920
makes mandatory the teaching OF hre
prevention one hour a month in all
schools OF the state. The commissioner
of banking and insurance and the com
missioner of education, who We're
directed to outline a course Of study,
have decided to use as a text DooK
the manual, entitled safeguarding the
Home Against Fire" This booklet
was originally prepared by the Nation
al Board of Fire Underwriters for the
United States Bureau of Education. A
special New Jersey edition, to when
have been added two or three sup
Elementary pages prepared by Alfred
GaskiH. director of conservation and
development and state forester, on the
prevention of forest fires, is now avail
able, and may be obtained from the
National Board of Fire Underwriters,
76 William street, New York.
In the foreword DIR. Calvin B. Ken
dali. commissioner of education, says:
at shall be the duty of the Board
of Education, school directors, trustees
or other committees or persons havlng
control of the public, private or paro-
chial schools in each township, village,
borough or city or school district there
of TO arrange for said course of study
in fire prevention, and to compel its
use in each school under its or their
control or direction"
Total Resources of Banks.
Total resources of trust companies,
savings banks and State banks under
the Jurisdiction of the State Depart
ment of Banking and Insurance total
od CO. S Ooe $50 on lime 30 of this yea |