The New York herald., 1870-04-05
TaE HUDSON COUNTY BoULEVARDS.

The Question 20 be Submitted TO the People
Next Tuesdny-A Little Trick Which the
Voters should Look to-Tmely Warming 10
the Taxpayers.
The grand b0ulevards or avenues In HUDSON
county, N j., for the construction OF which CON-
mission was appointed, having aroused tine atten-
tion OF the taxpayers, who would have TO bear the
burden Of $s,O0o,oo0 or thereabouts, the opera
tions OF the commission were suspended by
an act Of the Legislature. The outcry raised from
one end Of the county the other was sufficient TO
secure repeal OF the measure, but the ring" ID
whose interest the commission was created made
such fight against repeal taat compromise
was at length effected In the passage of an.
act referring the question to the people at the
charter elections, which will come of next Tuesday
IN every 0ity and township In the county That the
''ripg'' struck hard bargain is evident from the
provisions Of this bil which few people have seen,
but which claim the earnest attention OF every tax
payer concerned. cursory glance at the bill would
measure, drawn up for the especial benefit OF the
people. who are SO Interested In the matter.
be submitted % to the people, who who ma may express their
assent to or dissent from the acc creating the boue
ward commission, and lh0se in favor OF such COM
mission shall deposit ballot containing the words
"F0r Avenues" and those opposed shall deposit
ballot with the words, ''No Avenues" But 1t ID in
the words that follow the whole mischief lies,
namely:-.And said words shall In either case be
upon the general CITY, town township ticket voted
Tor at said electiOns.n Now anybody who has had
any experience at che polls knows what task 1t
will be have tickets drawn up for parties who de-
sire to vote for certain men and to reject others,
and at the same time to have these words In relation
to the bouevards affixed to each ticket as the voter
may desire. 10 an educated man there ts little
trouble, but with others II is easy enough
to scratch or the WORDS, but not to substitute the
other words. In fact the nOneducated voters will
be at the mercy OF the ringn whose agents Will no
doubt be busy at the polls, ana the poorer class may
for the imposition Of an oppressive taxation
without knowing 1t. II there were any fairness IN
the bill 1t should be provided that this question
would be settled by separate ballots, as was the
question OF consolidating the cities.
Ii majority shall pronounce against the avenues
then the boulevard scheme Will be numbered with
the past, and the improvements Will be entrusted to
the Board Of Freeholders hereafter, all snch i'm
provements nave been heretofore. The Nlcolson
pavement ''ring." who hoped to reap rich harvest
from the boulevards, will fight hard against such
consummation. The real estate j0bbers lnlHudson
and Bergen who took the initiative In
this business VIII also labor to save the
COMMISSION The stake is a heavy one, and where
there Is such rich prize within the grasp OF the
rings" in the shape OF abundant picklngs and steal
Ings the people must look TO 1t that they are not sold
out on election day as the Hudson candidates were
al the Democratic Convention last saturday. A
large sum Of gmoney was spent In the Legislature
TO prevent repeal OF the measure, the people
demanded, and The money changers partially sue
ceeced.