The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-14
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE.
Consolidation Of the Central and the Delaware
Z and Lackawanna Railroads.&c. Great
Railroad Fight Resumed-A Truce
Till Next Week-Bumsted and
the Jersey City Commissions

Inc ralirO8u companies nave taken sole posses
sion Of the Legislature at Trenton. The bill
validating the agreement Of the New Jersey Gen.
trail with the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad
was passed IN the House yesterday by vote Of ~
to IL. The bill is virtually consolidation OF the
two companies and the business Of the two roads
shall be managed by a joint committee Of I'VE
from each company The object Of this consoli-
dation Is Ito effect an equal and perpetual union
OF interests between the parties hereto" and 1t is
contemplated to make the consolidation complete
at an early day. The articles are signed by John
Taylor Johnston and Samuel Sloan.
The New York and Philadelphia Railroad bill, the
great bugbear OF Tom Scott, was taken up in the
House, and as the Clerk proceeded to read 1t the
friends OF the bill kept their eyes wide open to de-
tect chicanery having the recollection OF the STAN
hope bin fresh in their memories Suspicion was
aroused, and not without good reason. When the
Clerk read the sixth section as far as the words,
"ocatlon and construction he was brought to
full STOP The simple and apparently in
significant conjunction "andn was interpolated in
stead OF the important conjunction "or,"
and the c0mm0tion which followed stopped
further proceedings for several minutes. The in
intense, and the impression is all but universal
that the ruse was intended to postpone the con-
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was indeed, the efYect Of the little game, for the
bill had to be laid over for correction till the after
measure were banned, for motion to adjourn TIL
Monday was carried by vote Of 20 to
Of the monopoly and the free rail-
road combination respectively. Next week,
VI" the o SeT
one hand or Tom Scott on the other win be de.
cided. Never were the people more In earnest.
Committees Of citizens from every quarter Of che
State In favor OF free railroad competition anu
bers or the Legislature are warned that black
list will be prepared ana sent throughout the State
man who sells out his constituents for any con.
alteration whatsoever to the Pennsylvania Central
There has been no such excitement in Trenton
Another source Of comment during the past few
days ia the reappearance In the lobby Of Bumsted,
would fain throw the mantle OF charity. He per-
ssts however, in reappearing in his former role
that he Is again lesislated into one Of the Boards
Of commissioners that have pundered Jersey City
during the past two years Honest Henry Gaede-
disguised when speaking on this subject that he
says he will ofer his resignation to the House n
floor OF the House. The republican caucus have
not yet fixed upon the new commissioners
neIson' 81 Bergen, and Frederick Earlier, o Of
Jersey City, are mentioned for vacancies in the
Board Of Public Works, ana any Of them would be
the present Board The Police Commissioners
middle Is q source Of some anxiety to the Ring. II
Is not generally known, but yet 1t is fact that
victed Commissioners to the franchise Is to render
them eligible for reappointment to the offices they
now hold. The passage OF this BILL however is not
by any means certain When 1t goes to the Senate IL
will encounter desperate opposition, and WILL In
all probability, be returned to the House. III 1t
reaches there again. excaims w. Patterson, the
invincible veteran OF old Monmouth, IL will have
something to say about the attack on the judiciary
man, George in this matter is desperate, and he
Will keep his word He succeeds A. II. Patterson,
the great democratic leader OF the Assembly and
man against whose reputation the breath Of
knowing in this connection Is that Ryder, who
made the attack the judiciary, Is candidate for
Associate Judge to succeed Mr.. Sturges in Hudson
county. tfi~
the bill to create Commissioners of Jurors in
Hudson county was made the special order for next
Wednesday in the Senate. 1t will he opposed by
senator Mcpherson on several grounds. In the
first place, n 1t be wholesome Tor one county 1t
III the second place. as has been repeatedly stated
In the HERALD, II Is designed as an act of revenge
on Sheriff Reinhardt who empanelled the famous
Grand Jury that brought the Ring to grief. In the
Sheriff Reinhardt at the late election but for the
interference OF the Supreme Court and II they had
succeeded in that this bill would have not been
ct least should be LETT with the Sheri6:
There are rumors Of still more commissions for
Jersey City. General Halstead, of Kearney and
James M. Startup, OF Jersey City, are in Trenton
virtually make the Board Of Chosen FreencldeTs Of
Hudson county commission. Unfortunate
Jersey City has not yet the last Of her miser-
les; new chains are being forged for her. Nothing
most outrageous OF the sessi0n--making three fat
offces for aspiring young lawyers under the cap
tion Of "Ceurt Of Criminal Jurisdiction"