Public works . naturethat careful workmanship is necessary in order to se-cure good results. A number of convicts employed upon road work in1917 and whose terms have expired since then have beenemployed by contractors or by the State Highway De-partment upon- road work. No figures are available, butit is known th-at a considerable number have done 1918 no convicts were used because of the de-mand for all of the able-bodied ones in farm work at theprison. New Jersey.—Convict labor was first used on the high-ways of New Jersey in autumn of 1912 and has been con-tinued to a greater or
Public works . naturethat careful workmanship is necessary in order to se-cure good results. A number of convicts employed upon road work in1917 and whose terms have expired since then have beenemployed by contractors or by the State Highway De-partment upon- road work. No figures are available, butit is known th-at a considerable number have done 1918 no convicts were used because of the de-mand for all of the able-bodied ones in farm work at theprison. New Jersey.—Convict labor was first used on the high-ways of New Jersey in autumn of 1912 and has been con-tinued to a greater or less extent since then. The pres-ent laws governing the use of inmate labor on highwaysleave much to be desired, says W. G. Thompson, statehighway engineer, but more favorable legislation is hopedfor at an early date. A few inmates were used during1913 and 1914 and. notwithstanding unfavorable condi-tions, $41,360 worth of convict road construction workwas done in 1915 at a cost of $38,840, the value of the.
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