The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-10-04

Charles E.. Burr, ~BordentoWn, anu
counsel, John R. Hardin, Newark.
Travellers Helped by Troopers
Activities of the New Jersey state
police were outlined by Colonel H.
Norman Schwarzkopf, commander OF
the force, at a meeting of Rotary at
Hillwood Inn. The colonel addressed
Rotary a year ago, discussing forma-
ton of the police department. Ac-
complishments of the organization
were detailed by the commander.
Policies of cooperation, service and
instruction to troopers to exercise
Judgment and discretion were empha-
sized by Colonel Schwarzkopf. The
state police, he said, is a prosecuting
and not a prosecuting organization.
Among the latest activities of the
organization is a campaign of aid to
travellers in New Jersey. During July
and August the troopers performed
2,142 separate aid-to-travelers mis-
sions. These services also included
help to autoists in distress.
During the last fiscal year, the colo
mel said, the department made 4,107
arrests, and III cases were dismissed.
This indicates, he said, that the troop
ers adhere to the policy, MAKE Ire
you are right, then go ahead" 1t also
indicates a 81 per cent efficiency pro-
gram. In many instances troopers,
the speaker said, have issued warn
ings to law violators which have
served to accomplish the desired pro-
gram of law enforcement.
Approximately $4,000 was turned
over to the state treasury by this de-
partment in fines. The department
recovered stolen automobiles Of the
value Of $123,761.
Save Much Property
The colonel also said stolen proper
ty amounting to $29,681 had been q
covered, representing in many cases
small items of farming materials.
Troopers also perform the work of
forest fire fighters, although II is diff
cult to estimate the saving this work
involved. The sum of $61,400 in prop
erty was saved in household fires.
This included removing furnishings
from home and live stock from farm
properties. approximately $345,000 in
property was conflscated during the
year., including liquors, trucks, fire.
arms, drugs and other contraband
property.
A side light on the detailed work Of
the department was referred to by
Colonel Schwarzkopf in pointing out
that 1900 Investigations, involving
personal interviews with 5000 peo-
pie, had been made. It requires con-
siderable investigation and i~nterroga-
ton of witnesses in a single case, he
said.
First aid work Of the department
was rendered in 172 cases during July
and August and about 800 instances
during the last year.
Erred in Plea for Ramapo
The essential ground upon which
the court Of errors and appeals set
aside action sby the State Board of
Conservation and Development in per-
hitting the city of Bayonne to de-
veIop the Ramapo as a source Of wa
ter supply was that the application,
being for a new supply, should have
had the approval and sanction Of the
North Jersey District Water Supply
Commission.
The court also found several tech
meal objections to the proceedings,
such as failure to properly advertise,
the absence of a quorum at some of
the hearings and the fact that the ap-
~plication was prematurely made, fail
ing to set forth jurisdictional facts
necessary to its proper consideration
by the Board of Conservation.
In pointing out some of the defects
Of the proceedings Justice Kalisch,
who wrote the opinion, said it was
apparent that Bayonne was seeking a
new and additional water supply from
a watershed other than that it is now
using. Having failed to obtain con-
sent from the north Jersey commits
sion, the court said the municipality
is left without any legal status to
make the application and the board
without jurisdiction over the subject
matter.
In behalf of Bayonne it was con
tended that the section of the act re-
lied upon by the borough of Oakland
and other interests attacking the pro-
ceedings had been replaced by the
home rule act of 1917. Admitting that
much Of the machinery constructed
and powers conferred by the statute
of 1916 had been superseded by the
act of 1917, Justice Kalisch pointed
cut that the existence OF the district
water supply commissioners created
by the act of 1916 was not terminated
and their powers remained unimpair-
ed, except to the extent they had been
extinguished.
Holds Application Defective
Therefore the proposal by Bayonne
to dan the Ramapo above its confiu-
ence with the Passaic Tor the purpose
of supplying it with an additional wa
ter supply, is manifestly an attempt
by that municipality to- secure such
supply Of water from a source other