The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-04-18
THE TUNED BILL.
wkut IL Provides; and what May be It's
Future Fate.

Wkuf II Provides; and what May be It's
Future Fate.
"We did some great work on that bill,
sid Chief Engineer Rutherford, Of the
Matthiessen & Weichers Sugar Refinery, to
a group Of citizens In Trenton. Just after
the adjournment Of the Legislature Friday.
In thirty.six hours 1t was introduced, put
through three readings in the Senate, and
then in the House, and was sent to the
Governor"
He referred to the bill tor tunnel, In
stead of a bridge, at the foot of Washington
street. The bill is not that that Major
Peloubet introduced into the House. That
was so emasculated on its way through the
Houses that it was deemed advisable not to
trust to it; and Thursday morning Senator
Gardner introduced the exact counter
part Of its original into the Senate. It is
this new bill that is In the Governors
hands. It declares that 1t shall be lawful
for the Board or other authority of any
city" in which " any street or streets have
been improved by such city to or within
100 feet Of any nayigable waterway or ba-
sin, on both sides of the said basin" to lay
out and construct, under such waterway or
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adjacent streets as shall be desirable to
make the grade Of such tunnel and APP
proaches practicable one, q tunnel Of suf-
ficient size TO accommodate public travel
the proceedings for its construction to cor
respond as far as practicable with the law
for the construction of streets and sewers,
except that the cost is to be paid by the
city at large. Fifty owners of land in the
city may make application to the Board in
writing for its construction and the Board
may in its discretion, order it to be built.
No petition signed by the owners of one
third Of the frontage Of land along the i'm
prov sment desired shall be necessary
nor shall a remonstrance of property own
ers along the improvement stop it. The
city is authorized to issue bonds to pay for
it, In case it shall be necessary to own or
take any lands of the State under or above
tide water, or the States interest therein,
the city may take it. From 2 to per cent
OF the principal of the bonds ls to be paid
every year. The Board and the Mayor are
empowered to contract with the owners OF
lands fronting on any or all parts of said
proposed tunnel or approaches, whereby
such owners may themselves build the tun-
mel or contribute towards it such sums as
the city authorities may deem fair, in con-
sideration of the city vacating all or part
of the street over and above and on each
side Of the proposed tunpel. with pro
yiso that no contract or act of valuation
shall impair the public right in any such
street till such tunnel is completed. The
Board of Finance is to concur in the act Of
vacation.
| The bill is in the hands of Governor
Albeit. 1t is understooS that he holds
that his vsto power holds good till tie re.
| assembling of the Legislature in June. Il
he yetoes, the Legislature may, if it seer
| fit, pass the bill over the veto. 1t is said
too, that Mayor Cleveland is not unfavor
able to the proposition to build the tunnel