The Penn's Grove record., 1923-08-03

mlrtee suggested tina this matter DC
referred to the Railway local.
The Railway R~eformatory was the
first institution inspected. The work
was comprehensively described in the
committees report. In connection
with the subsequent visit to the Home
for Boys the report described hey work
Of Calvin F. Derrick, the superintend-
ent. as an outstanding feature.
"Mr. Derrick has introduced" said
the report, "a high standard of social
and educational training. The school
Of manual arts takes the place OF the
formal school. The pupil IS brought
in contact with concrete materials and
taught the fundamental principles OF
mental discipline. The boys are tried
out on several p~revocational subjects,
the final assignment being made with
a view to probable parole placement.
Boys Work Singled Out
1.-THE inspection of the manual train
ing shops was a revelation to the COM
mittee. We found specimens of boys
work of a quality that would rival
that of any public school in the state.
In the printing department especially
we found plenty of evidence to prove
that these boys are receiving good,
sound instruction in the art preserva-
tive The Advance, their monthly
publication, gotten out entirely by the
boys, is a real example of good crafts
manship. The work Of these boys has
attracted considerable attention in
printing circles for some time, having
received several complimentary re-
views In recent numbers of the Inland
Printer. Another interesting feature
of the work in the print shop was the
quality of the linoleum block printing
exhibited.
"The New Jersey State Prison at
Trenton was the last place visited. h
problems of this institution are better
understood when we TAXI into consid-
Grafton the fact that more than 1900
men are crowded together in n city
block, where they must live, eat and
work. We found a we'll equipped
printing department in the state pris-
on. Two linotypes, n intertype,
three cylinder presses, ten platen
presses, ruling machine, paper cutter,
and other printing and binding ma
chinery. Considerable printing is done
in this plant. At the time of our visit
they were printing registration books
for use in the public schools of the
state. Part of the plant is set aside
for educational purposes and part for
production purposes"
May Not Rebuild Stockton Span
Two members of the Centre Bridge
Delaware Bridge Company, owners of
the Stockton-C Centre Bridge span, de-
molished by fire after being struck by
lightning, said that the company will
not likely rebuild the structure owing
to the fact that the amount of insur-
ance due on the burned bridge would
not aggregate anything near the
amount necessary to replace the span
at present costs of labor and material.
S. L. Dilts, of Stockton, and DR.. G. N.
Best, of Rosemount, were the w
members who made the assertions.
Gordon Cooper, of Lambertyille, sec
rotary of the New Jersey and Pennsyl-
Nduld rice DlluSC COLlAIIo5IOAi odlu
that that organization would likely
meet in the neal future to consider
the possibility of purchasing the piers
and rebuilding the span as a free
bridge. Mr.. Gordon said that the
commission had offered to buy the
a year ago but that the com
pany owning it asked $4,000, a price
tho ~, igcinn lnnDond ton
high. 1t was the commissions inten-
ton, then, according to Mr.. Cooper,
to rebuild the bridge with steel.