New-York tribune., 1885-03-16
NEW-JERSEY STATE TOPIOS.

WATER FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
TO REPEAL rHE MORRIS AND ESSEX cHARIhh-on'
JrcrrONkBLE LEGAL EXPENSES.
IrRoM THE REGULAR coRnEsroNDENr OF THE TRIBUNE
TprNroN. March 15.-The annual report OF
~, stat. Ceoooist Professor George H. Cook, OF New
Brunsvck ust issued, with forcc the recommen
datons heretofore made for the use OF the
part of the state as service Of water supply NewarA
Jersey City country about hem says the report
have a popuation of 100000 with immense capital In
vested In and other enterprises and tne
district ia traversed railroads and bounded oy navga
BILE waters Most ces have to long distances 10 get
supply Of water, but in this case 1t Is only sxtesn
miles to reservoir Of unQuestionaoy pure water having
an elevation Of $40 feet above tde-water. height sur
ciea to send water to the tops Of all the houses In the
district supplied without pumping and In 9uanty
sufficient for population OF two millions ProIesso,
supply was not seeured years whes 1t could have
been bought for small part OF what ~ ~ AMY nTw
resorted to- Our neighbors in NewYark the re-
port the creator excslence and advantages ..
supply from this and have only been deferred
from Improving 1t because 1t belongs to NewJersey
The report has some special sgnicance a. rns sadns
directly into the Passaic River only short distance
n p.s asn0e pa..c '1a City ns
empty sewerage into the river. Newark and Jersey Sy
Coo %
while Patersons supply is deficient ana East
need Of better water. Red Bank Is now at
work on q system and the coast resorts are
succeeding remarkably with artesian wells.
The employment OF counsel to assist the prosecution
in the Wainwright murder trial IN Ocean County Az az
cost OF 50 900 to the county has aroused much Ieeg
and caused severe comment Up TO four or nve years
ago. the Attorney General OF the state was Paia Sio
year for services in advisng~the Legislature and
Governor and received fees to be fixed by the court
when called upon by the County Prosecutor OF the ea
the county treasures and IL urged that 1t was an
expense county ought to bear and that the sy
TEN requiring the courts to appraise the Attorney
Generals services in each was embarrassing Inc
Attorney Generals salary then raised to SIooO
and enacted that he to answer the call OF the
prosecutors as before: The result OF the cnan4e
has been quite different from expectation:
Tho State Geoogst reports the result OF an examins
ton mines the northern part OF the stae
and shows blue outlook There Is light demand for
ore at any figure and the mportaons OF hne grade OF
Spain ut low prices and the discovery OF new
and productive mines along the Hudson RIVER nave
proved disastrous All the mines In Passac county are
Counties being quoted. The Ogden mine Is the only
one in Sussex County now being worked
There upward Of forty cases ready TOT arHu
ment at the opening of the term OF the Court OF
delayed to the manifest injury OF citizens Inc rail-
road tax cases viii soon crowd a.,oe as,oe
from this source begBning appa the state oicsrs
Controller Anderson in a supplemental report tsou
under the corporation tax acts OF 1884
and discussed them In an able manner, AS c9neotca
given 963 81 and the total State and district
tax 81 366,152 20. The enormous number OF mlscela
$S715s 60 Concerning the contests OF the railroad
begun the Controller says that should pay
OF the contested taxes he delayed beyond the time
fixed by law the treasury will at some time during the
fiscal year be without means meet lawful demands
The misfortune OF sucn situation would be increased
by the fact that the excellent credt OF
state officers 70 incur public debt, excepting in antci
patton of a certain revenue.