The Penn's Grove record., 1923-05-11

Testing Laboratories in New York.
February 10 and 20. and in Hartford,
April 20 and 81, and in keeping with
he specifications for testing and ap-
proving head lamp devices, adopted
oy the Conference in Baltimore, Md,
July 21, 1922.
Commissioner Dill announced the
following approved automobile sizes:
Alpheco Is Is inch only, Bausch &
Lomb, Benzer Type A, Brown IRE
Hector Conaphore Type F, (Clear
and amber colored), D. B. dodge
Bros.-S SIS inch onfy), Dillon Type
l, Flintex, Ford H 6 IS inch only,
Guide Ray Type A (Headlamp), Hol-
ophane No Tilt, Hudson Is is inch
only, Lee Knight. Legalite NJ Ill,
Liberty, Liberty Type D, Miro'Tilt
CHeadlamp) wills st. Claire" Mono
gram, (Durant, Grant. Maxwell, Odds.
mobile, Overland, r & V, Rickenback
er, Stearns. Stutz. Velie, WIKI, Os-
good 3 %, Patterson, PARADE Lite
Type, FN, Smith.
Motorcycle sizes approved-Mono
gram.
Approves Report IN Prisons
Several recommendations for con
duct of the New Jersey State Prison
were approved by the State Board OF
Institutions and Agencies following a
report by committees representing
the State Board and the Board of
Prison Managers. The prison board
will act on the recommendations at
its next meeting.
Committees representing the two
boards took up for consideration some
months ago the ACCESSIBILITY of con,
tinuing a prison probe started by
President Ellis p. Earle, Montclair,
of the institutions board. The inves.
tigation was abandoned when United
States Senator Edwards, as governor,
objected to star-chamber sessions.
Recommendations approved by the
state hoard for improvement of prison
conditions are:
Appointment of a committee of SIX
to act as a clearinghouse for dis
puted questions, d~elegating authority
to committees to investigate prob
lens, physical exercises for prison
inmates without steady employment,
opening of prison dining hall, empha-
size Americanization program. Other
recommendations of the state board:
THAT the work of the school Of
letters be extended and the program
for Americanization and library work
greatly emphasized; that all of the
institution repair shops and upkeep
work be made parts of an industrial
school, and that the mechanics in
charge of such repair shops be re-
garded as industrial instructors and
required to furnish industrial instruc-
ton to the men in their charge.
THAT the repair shops be required
TO work a different squad of men in
the afternoon thar are employed III
the ~forenoons, in order to increase
the number of men under instruction;
that a well equipped BARRIERS school
be put into operation with a good in
structor.
THAT the principal keeper be re
quested to establish the custom OF
holding staff meetings at frequent in
tervals in order to secure a better
understanding between the heads of
departments and the administrative
and custodial forces, and in order to
make the entire staff familiar with
the general aims and policies Of the
management.
''The committee, believing that the
board of managers should have the
internal management of the prison,
subject to the supervision, control
and ultimate authority OF the state
board, it is recommended that the
prison board provide means and suit
able personnel to carry into effect
the above recommendations, and that
the prison board with the help of the
subcommittee shall promptly make
such investigation as may be neces.
sary to determine the fitness Of such
means and such personnel for the
work to be performed; and in the
performance of such work the state
board shall furnish the prison board
such advice and cooperation as may
be needful to accomplish such end
States Sewage Position
Members or the SldCe Bodru VI
Health will be called upon to explain
their rejection of the disposal plant
plans, prepared by Col, George a
Johnson of Philadelphia, Trenton's
consulting engineer, at a joint meeting
of the Health Board and the City Com
mission with Colonel Johnson.
Following receipt of an official no,
tice from the State Board informing
the City Commission that the Health
Board refused to approve the johnson
plans the commission at its meeting
passed a resolution submitted by Co.
missioner Lee demanding a joint meet.
ing with the engineer.
The State Board was severely crit
cised bv Commissioners LaBarre, Lee
and Fell, who pointed out that the
rlans have been rejected without any
weaknesses being noted and at the
same time the City Commission has
been granted permission by the State
Board to resubmit the very same
nlans within a month.