Actual work begun March, 1914. Under City Dept. of Docks and Meadows, with Morris R. Sherrerd, Chief Engineer, and James C. Hallock, engineer in charge. Funds provided by $2,000,000 bond issue authorized by N. J. Legislature. Oct. 20, 1915, named Port Newark Terminal Day and declared a public holiday by the Mayor. Marked by first public inspection of the work. U. S. government in 1917 leased land in this area for Submarine Boat Corporation and also 133 acres for the Quartermaster's Supply Depot. Course of development changed by war, and future plans now uncertain. See also Shipbuilding. _Postal Service_: _1904_ _1918_ Sub-stations 26 68 Carriers 170 328 Pieces of mail handled 85,978,300 181,584,236 Total receipts $634,197 $2,115,549.87 Opening of aerial mail station at Heller Field in Forest Hill Section, originally set for July 1, 1919, has been postponed. _Prices, Food_: _1904_ _1914_ _1918_ Rib Roast (per lb.) (Not available for Newark) $.22 $.39 Flour, wheat (per lb.) .03 .07 Eggs (per doz.) .35 .52 Butter (per lb.) .33 .55 Sugar (per lb.) .05 .09 Milk (per qt.) .09 .14 _Prison Reform_: (Here are recorded a few facts about N. J. procedure, selected because of their connection with the administration of law for Newark. Complete review of state conditions and progress will be found in the Report of the Prison Inquiry Commission, published 1917.) Indeterminate Sentence: Or sentence to imprisonment without a fixed time for its termination. Adopted by act of N. J. Legislature April 21, 1911. Is in accordance with the principle that imprisonment is primarily for reformation and that offenders should be released as soon as they have shown themselves again ready to be fit members of society. Provides for a maximum and minimum term, the maximum varying with nature of offense and the minimum not less than a year and not more than two-thirds of the maximum. Prior to 1911 this practice had applied only to the State Reformatory.