The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-05-21

/ It is understood that upon the re-
port of the engineers will depend ac-
ton to be taken by the Highway
Board at its meeting Tuesday. 1t Is
unofficially stated that adoption Of
| the compromise route, proposal OF
the Erie Railroad, would not involve
higher cost to the state because any
added expense is expected to be of
set by concessions to be made by the
railroad in return for being allowed
to retain the land necessary for its
expansion program in Jersey City.
Agreement to make study of the
proposed compromise was the result
of a prolonged conference between
| the Highway Commission and rep
resentatfves of the Erie. At the close
of the conference former Judge Mark
A. Sullivan, as spokesman for the
commission. announced briefly that
tentative plan for the approach was
under consideration which it was
hoped might result in an amicabla
settlement of the difference between
the commission and the railroad.
Commissioners Silent
Members of the commission took
the position that until study had
been made of the engineering prob
lens to be overcome the proposed
compromise plan should not be made
public. Officials for the railroad ex-
| pressed a similar unwillingness to
discuss details.
Inquiries in other quarters, however,
elected information as to what seems
to be the general plan presented by
the Erie for solving the problem with
out taking from the railroad thirty
foot strip Of land along the south side
of Twelfth street, between Jersey ave-
nue. and Monmouth street, and also
preserving to the Erie right of way
at grade, paralleling the proposed
viaduct, as an entrance to the rail-
roads contemplated warehouse de-
velopment to the southwark of
Twelfth street.
Roughly stated, the compromise
plan is understood to include acquisi-
ton by the Highway Commission of a
ACt ~ -AOOt otA1P VI 4dnu Ou IuG
side of Twelfth street, instead of a
thirty-foot strip from the Erie prop
erty on the south side The present
Width of Twelfth street is sixty feet
Under the new plan the route of the
viaduct viii be shifted to the north
ward and will leave the Erie a twenty
one-foot strip of what is now Twelfth
street paralleling the base of the VIA
such as an approach to its warehouses
or other development on Twelfth
street. The railroad will lose none of
the property on Twelfth street it has
been acquiring for future develop.
ment
Many Workers Neglected
Living conditions for transient farm
laborers in New Jersey are in many
cases "deplorable," the United States
Department of Agriculture declares.
Study of the farm labor situation
on 375 representative truck farms in
New Jersey, made by Government
officials, revealed that steady en-
ployment and better living conditions
are necessary to attract capable en-
ployees to farm work in the State. it
was asserted. 1t was found that on
many farms the laborers are given the
most meagre accommodations.
Some cases were found where only
a board set on edge marked off fam
lily spaces ON the floor of shacks used
for common sleeping quarters, where
straw and rough bedding were laid.
Sanitary facilities were sometimes
conspicuous by their absence, and,
when found, we're usually primitive
and inconveniently located, the de-
partment charges.
Farmers who can use labor only
part of the year are likely to be
hardest pressed for help when they
need it. and to get only poor class
of labor. it is stated. Other things
being equal, the department points
out, the farmer who diversifies and
can employ his laborers all the year
can more easily secure and hold an
efficient class of workers. With add
ed crops and livestock some farmers
might be able to provide year-round
work for their help to mutual adj
vantage. it is declared.
State Police Zones Designated
Under redistricting Of State Po-
lice zones in New Jersey Captain
John ]. Lamb, commander of the
State Police training school at Will
burtha, near here, is placed in charge
of the central section of New Jersey
comprising an area Of about one
third Of the State. Captain Lamb
will have thirty men under his COM
mand, and will continue his head
quarters at the Wilburtha School.
which will remain under his super
vision.
Previous to the change, the terri
tory coming under Captain Lambs
command consisted Of the districts
surrounding Trenton and other parts
OF Mercer County. His territory will
now extend south to line running
through Burlington, Browns Mills, to
Forked River on the coast. The ter