The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-22
A RAILROAD INSPECTION.
THE STATE ASSESSORS FIFTEEN
HUNDRED MILE TRAYEL.

Triumph-A Variety of State News.
The State Board of Assessors left the
Central Railroad depot this mornin g to
make a tour of inspection of the road.
They will go over the main line to Phil
hpsbur9, back to High Bridge and over
the High Bridge, Longwood Valley, Lake
Hopatcong and Odgden Mine roads. To
morrow they will inspect the New Jersey
Southern, Vineland and Cumberland and
Morris River roads, returning to Jersey
City over the New York and Long Branch
Road.
The trip today Is a continuation of a
tour of inspection begun ten days ago of
all the roads in the State. They began
with the Pennsylvania Railroad on Novem-
Der IL. and the Palace Car Company ten
dered them for their use the parlor car
"Nimrod." The party was composed OF
Governor Greene, Comptroller Anderson,
Treasurer Toffey, the members of the
Board, Alex C. Cattell, A. NJ. Reynolds,
Ferdinand III. Wismer, Bird w. Spencer
and Secretary John Il. Van Cleef and
Assistant Secretary Irvine E. Mcguire.
The car was provisioned for q weeks
trip, and was attached to a regular train
as far as Camden, where General Sewell
Joined the party, and the remainder of the
day was spent in examining the West
Jersey and Salem Railroads. That night
was spent at Cape May.
The party started early Tuesday morn
ing, and after an examination of the Cape
May inc Sewell's Point, the car was run
special to Newfield, and theme over the
West Jersey and Atlantic and Somers'
Point branch to Atlantic City. From At
lantic City the car was taken special over
the Camden and Atlantic Railroad TO
Camden, where they remained over
,irrh LJo-nz Eta1o,.ol GaVuo1l InfT tho
party to meet his engagement with
President Harrison. The party was
put in charge of Superintendent Ban
nard, of the Camden and Amboy division
and that day was taken up in an inspec-
ton of the Camden and Burlington
county and the Philadelphia and Long
Branch roads as far up the branch as Sea
Grit thence over the Freehold and
Jamesburg Agricultural road to Mon
mouth Junction and to Trenton, where
the night was spent.
On Thursday morning the party started
in charge Of Superintendent Myers, of the
Belvidere division, to examine that divi-
sion. They had a special engine and
went through to Manunka Chunk. Then
returning to Belvidere the Board went
over all the lines of the Lehigh and Hud-
son River road to Warwick, intending to
push through to Newburg, but were pre-
vented by q washout, and so returned to
Jersey City.
On Friday they visited all the roads on
the Erie system. A special engine was
placed at their service and General Super
intendent Stearns acted as escort with
Division Superintendent Mcguire and
Roadmaster Van Keuren. The car was
run over the whole length of the North
ern Railroad of New Jersey to Suffern
and then over the main line of the Erie,
the Paterson and Ramapo, and the Pat
erson and Hudson River roads to Bergen;
thence over the Bergen County Railroad
and Paterson, Newark and New York
road to jersey City.
The car was shifted over the New Jer-
sey junction Railroad to the Pennsyl-
vania depot, and On Saturday morning
the Board started over the New York,
S-usquehanna and Western Railroad.
General Superintendent McKelvie had
charge. They went over the whole
length of the road to the State line and
then south to Columbia junction, max
ing an examination at the same time of
the Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Bos-
ton Railroad, the new coal road to the
East. The cars returned to the Jersey
City depot by the main and thus ended a
weeks trip. In that time about fifteen
hundred miles of railroads were trav-
ersed.
Long Branch Gamblers Triumph.
The sequel to the history of an attempt
at moral reform Of Long Branch is found
in the records Of the New Jersey Supreme
Court, which tribunal has declared that
the men convicted of gambling were not
legally adjudged guilty. The men are
Philip DAILY, the proprietor of the Penn
Sylvania Club; Edward B. Durham, one
of Mr.. Days employees, and Thomas
Dugan. believed to have been the proprie-
tor of the Turf Club.
In the summer of 1856. Wilbur A. Heis-
ley, the young and enthusiastic Mayor of
Long Branch, decided to wage war of ex-
termination upon all gamblers, illegal
liquor sellers and other law-breakers. Be-
fore that time the proprietors of the cheap
gambling houses had been arrested and
prosecuted and the gilt-edged places were
granted immunity from arrest. But when
Heisley took the helm he directed his
forces against the fashionable houses,
causing the arrest of both Philip DAILY
and John DAILY. Many of the arrested
men. rather than resort to tedious and
expensive litigation to set aside the judg-
ments against them, paid their fines of
500 each and again opened business.
The war of determination seemed to be
directed principally against the Days.
All this happened more than three wears
ago, and get ever since these magnificent
gambling houses have been run openly
and in bold defiance of the law. Mayor
Heisley come to the conclusion that he
might as well dismount from his position
as a reformer, because the wheels of JUS
tice seemed to be clogged.
Deeming that the accused men had been
illegally convicted and fined, Lawyer w.
D. Campbell carried the case into the Su-
preme Court. They were argued at the
February term, 1857. Subsequently, i'm
pOrtant papers were lost and the cases
had to be reargued last June, so, after
three years ENHANCEMENT in the meshes
of the law, a decision has been reached
that causes Philip DAILY to smile content
eddy.
Judge Garrison rendered the decision to
which there was no dissent and proceeded
to point out the fallacies and errors in the
conviction of the gamblers. The local
ordinance against gambling houses is set
aside, as is also the conviction before the
over-zealous Police Justice because of
lack OF proper evidence to convict. The
major part of the decision treated of the
errors in the trials before the Police Jus
tice, and dwelt Upon the fact that the
evidence upon which the convictions
were made.
Henry S. Terhune and f. Arrowsmith
represented the local government and the
Police Justice. The entire costs of the
suit are thrown upon the municipality.
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows con-
cluded its work at Trenton today. The
attendance was much larger than yes
terday.
The newly-elected officers who were in