New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-15
PROBLEMS FOR JERSEYMEN.
rur WORK OF REcoUNrING THE BALLOTS

.rpucrNo RAILROAD FARES FOR WORKING PhofL*
-MoRRIs AND ESSEX TAxks-rHh ~ihA soA'-
Tiox.
rprxroN. N. j., Nov. lathe result OF the
.n, of the ballots in tue IIId Assembly District Of
p.s.,e County, the election to CARROLL tho LAooe
and Democratic candidate. adds TO the al
vantage the Dsmocrst have hsd In tno
members-eiect OF tho next Legislature announcer
.lo. district recounted. that which Is nov re-
.orded in FAVOR Of waither (Dsm) OF this county He
ss returned elected Sy plurality, aud It'll res
soushiy certain that there will DO enough 10 tue
reoouut sitn-r defeat him double this majority.
rs.re 10 orc Indication the result may be In favor
Of the In district there arc ton VOTES NOT
s.eoupted for and district hss largo Republican
majority. The chances that the missing oAio's
would bs largely Republican, but OF course tnoro no
certainty. Tue recouu, will take place tomorrow
Should IL result Of the Republican Mr. Jon-'
the Legisiaturs would stsud 40 Democrat"
40 Repuhi,csns and l Labor At present the
Democrats have Al There will be re-
eount In Salem, where tho Democratic candidate had
thirteen majority, according to the official returns out
Rspubiicaus ace conf ience In result In ther
favor thers Recounts IN the senat"rshp vote now he
pubiioan and the Assembly VOTE now D-mocratic' VIII
s,so be made In Atlantic County hut changes there arc
not anticipated
The prrssut outlook IL that the Labor Assembymsn
will have the casting vote and he mas only said that No
vou,d vote for candidate who would suit bis district
He will probably have independent assoca'es As'e"-
ha,man N. Lug In (Drm.l. OF Hudson, has intimatod
nj. purpose 10 Join Dor movement and there may
be othera In that peculiar &nd oxc"ng con'oe'
may he expecto The Legislature Will meet
on tho second Tuesday January and the election is
Sxrt by law for . fortnight later. There VIII 90
.,,uyyIs over the nominations In
both parties for there will be decided shvan'~se III
aha position For Democratic domination. governor
Abbrt has the doubt hut he not assured
az the nomination; for since the election there have
In Iha VA
e.,lor Ruuyou and Attorney General Stockton nave
been mentioned rncre 10 also tho rumor that senator
NcPhsrson Is tho Cabinet sni make two vacan
ses IN h,ch case would be enormous increase
In the number Of candidat-a The Republican caucus
will also be exciting. Senator seweh Will be ca"d
data for repom, atiou ohsrs will also be IN Tue
race and George A. Halsey, A. Potts. Garrett A. Ho'
bart William Walter Phelps and Corsndt Parker are
mentioned.
rozds bst~een New York and Newark ana Ehzaootn
III, heytp TO- morrow Tickets sold ten for doiiar
and are good early morning and evening trains Inc
reductiou 10 enthusiastically received not lot "nA'
accom- immediately but because IL Is consnereo
the begin of q reduction to ton cents when wi" OK
sapd over al, the day aud be without any hinittton
TSa railroad onicials themselves practically adult THIS
ann their IN ain rouse making the rouction nj
once 10 the OF providing sufficient "'nou'
more tine AMI than tue suoect hss YET re
ee,vod Both Newark aud Elizabeth expect a large in-
srrSse IN popu alton the reduction becomes more
Widely known and there will bs something OF boom IN
bp,ld,ag uext spring both places. Elizabeth not
withdrawing munio bankruptcy mas nau aiars"
increase IN number dwellings constructed I'D tHe
last rear there cheerful feeng pcVsihe '"e'o'
Tho Investigation the Morris aud Essex tax ques-
nan 4. no prosressn rapidly ami the state Board OF
have dnsy received ad from the company In
tbe work. A statement prepared 6y the COMPANY mas
been submitted. IL clears The way Tor more enecu'o
vork BY the State authorities The differ
0-atA
on the subject Involved Is IN RELATION
70 the equipment OF the road The company has been
taxed for seventeen years on cost OF road eA-
elusve OF equipment From 1869 10 1877 the vaiue OF
the equipment grew rapidly. aud amounted then TO
el2OOOOOO: but II Included some real estate anu o'ue
propsry which the State claims is properly chargeaoe
"cost OF rosd" and would not DO Paeeu
In, the equipment" account by any tai-
road unless he meant 70 s"e" 'De
sou,pment account enormously and to reduce the ac-
count Of co.t OF road The company has rr'an-d the
amounts charged 10 equipn'nt from looy . a AM
Increase believed 70 be 'esi'im witch there srS
s1sss. claim be s%. donG the
viii be required to pay back m t oar ma i Of
ner cent on whatever amou0t difference between II
true equpmen account aud The rqn.p"en' Tns :.
said up the milous, and tax OF one-nal. OF
Sc sevsral hundred thousand holarA Tue failure OF
the company to accept the popular YAK am %. ~ b m
che chiefcause OF thr htieauon ~n'cn 'nre"'e" " " "
milk question cobtiuu' 10 % sgitatcu-
ask why they paid only and four cepts sno
consumers beg Ice Informed why they shoula pay 70.
cents a ouatt 10 view OF tue aforementioned TACT Al
instance o milkman dr YES 10 farmers nn
of nile from his owp house receives zV'
onars of milk paws four and One-ha cents quart 10
T. then delivers at the houses 10 cy less thsn 'nre
miles away at cents quart beguhln' WORK ~ o
n M and finishing at ii - IN. HIS ptonts ALLOWING 10
sbr.nkage and waste. $40 day, aod hls expense
are the OF horses snf wagon. And IN
second horse hardly necessary he could easily carr
moro milk n Tho milknan clears % n utl
AMI tne farm-r N fun twelve hours DAY. cat
make about 81 and of that pays inshrsnc~ nteres
andta IN uset In his busln-ss vS'uoh n
tWenty or thirty the amount invested by the mix
Nan.