New-York tribune., 1871-01-11
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II viii be Observed that about twoirds Of tho entre
income Of the sate-rrepectvc Of tho annual levy 10
reduce the war debts obtained from three or fcur rai
way coInpanee from interest upon their securities be-
longing 70 state. Nearly oneeghth OF the entire re-
cps comes from riparian sources leaving less than one
eixfb Of tbe aggregate amount derived from all other
sources IT VIII occur 10 rejecting minds that this con-
don Of affairs relieving though it may the greater por
ton of our citizens and corporations from State taxation
has manifest dsadvantages not the least OF WhchlS le
implied obligations such relations create. Tho Connhs-
sioners of the Sinking Fund report assets on hand
oroonrtno 70 s,116GO5 49, This is increase Of s7O
N, 10 Owe, the amount reported in 1862 The Estate
Fund" comprised of bonds and stocks of railway com
ranies county bonds, &C., amounts to H'o3O A.
II to this amount be added the sum in the hands OF the
Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund, an aggregate ol
s2O2g75 SC is had or amount more than sufficient TO
cancel the entire obligations of the state q all KINDS
From the operatons Of the Riparian COmnlission,the
snrn of SIG 200 has been received during the year.
much larger amount would have been Obtalhed' ho
doubt but for the judcious determination OF the Co
missioners not TO issue further grants penang lDe
decision of test cases in the of this State ana Ia
those of NewYork These have been lately renj'reu'
establishing, by the NewYoIk decision' the Hst OF
NewJer,ey TO claim control and dispose Of the water or
shore front privileges known as klaiiah' liiS
decsion rendered by the highest judicial trlDa VI uo
State Of New YORK, ,srecOgnzcs to the 1uest eAch' "
that Jersey has claimed as to jurisdiction anu CON
the tCour Of Errors and Appeals Of this state setoS
concusyely so far Courts can decide the long
dsputed question of the rights OF 1pafIah Va s'io0
owners rs against the State Thus IL DecomeS' cS''o
sbed that the ownership Of the bed OF al ha'ls"oio
.Ds &, in the State alone and that the State Is IN no
sense n mere trustee OF propertyi OF Value 70 So "
her-citizens and of no interest TO otherS' iooia'
concur in the recommendation Of the Riparian CommiS
sioners 10 give to Jersey City ample frontage i 'o"
structing public wharves and piers.
Under our system OF public schools there nave oeon
rolled the year Gs3 scholars, or nearly
the entire populaton of the State The cost Of maintaining
,bes. institutions has been sG6C59 o. The value oi
school property in the State is s3,G77 The total mum
her ~ children I'm the State between the ages OF UNI
Is 25s297. The increase in their atendico ~ M
scboog is 1855 for the year. Inc tolal Ia
children attending private schools is S2ii wc LIS
TO the number attending public schools m % hre OF
ste Of loi l30 nearly fourtths OF all Ine ch 49,
The state between the ages of and 1s We may ariH
claim that the education of youth Is almost unI'oi'''
The ape1scs of maintaining the convcts IN sete
pnn fr the period Of ten months was S6 Ii2 Sl ING
lr50n o lie Prison were Sjs 1891 81 deficit, S4lO -
TO those who have been informed hec,oi t us own
prison affairs this simple financial statement it IS ,a
nrv The loss at the Prison for the hVe Ses
from 1854 to 1869 was nearly % Sate iindct
per year-while the entire loss 10 te ~ o,e m
rcsent management is but loS72 81 for the ~ nonny
beginning with April j. lsG9 nor s no een s, ndintancd
one alone Better discipline has never & po, derd b2
U"r fever complaints Of treatment been reriSm r n.y.
nrsouers or their friends. As iar as ao of
orr state Prison ncconpshcs this result thfouee q n
unform and kind treatment me sta1 MI MS
Sr bots located at Janesburg II accOllphslF h % ,he
advocStes claimed for IL. No expenditure m"o ~ NV
efqte brings better results; , a., ,,o,s,e Rrreau
Te complete report OF the labor of ne CeiSg ~ utic
has not been atainabe by lhc a1hoiilos & ~ eco oo
tbic fruls us seventeenth among tue hA,c', t,tc
jersey ha3 increased IN e'ter i"Io o,ined iirIory
c%llrSd taa l OF e sote' save two Oi 49, 1iii
sta,s sne pays lIore taAcs 10 W, r ~, her land
r, grii} to each iuhabani II equally "l,m',t,ge5
-. NV cl irrn probably not le. 'lHA ~, ~, ,,v,y