The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-24
This paper Is Democratic In principles
and Is Independent In its vteaDs on all
local questions.
A Railway Land Bill.


Senate Bill No. GA has an oddly fa-
miliar appearance. 1t is not in terms
precisely the same as the notorious
No. 1856 of last session. 1t is far more
vague and general in its terms, and
yet there seems to be reason to fear
that it accomplishes, by implication,
some of the results that No. 1856 set
out to secure by direct specification.
Here is the text Of Senate Bill No. 64:-
1. Be it enacted 6u the Senate and General
Assembly Of the State of Neso Jersey, That it
shall be lawful for any railroad corporation own
ing, constructing or operating a railroad within
this State, to take and acquire title by convey
arce, or In any other manner pre- scribed by the
act under which said railroad may have been or.
ganized or constructed, or by any supplement to
said act, to all such lands adjoining its road as
constructed or being constructed, ON its right
Of way as located, as in the Judgment OF the
directors OF such company the exigenciss of
business may demand for the erection of
freight and passenger depots, and all other legi-
innate purposes Of said company; and such cor
poration for this purpose may use and exercise
all the powers, privileges and franchises given
IA tAC " uA0OA WAlftn II " &o iuCOA pOA 0tCu, dIQ
the various supplements thereto, for taking and
acquiring title to lands required for its use; pro
cided, that no more than one hundred feet in
width for the main track of any road shall be
taken for the right of way, except when from
the depth of cut or the height of embankment
more is necessary to be taken.
.. And be 1t enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
There is one important difference,
however, as it seems. No. 1876 gave
the companies the power of eminent
domain without process Of law. This
bill seems to make it obligatory on
the companies to either buy the land
they want in the open market or else
resort to the same proceedings for
condemnation that would apply in
the case of a new road.
The bill will stand careful watching.
Mr.. Mullone. who in private life was
the great opponent Of No. 1856 last
year, ought to give No. Ga a very
thorough examination when it gets
into the Assembly.
THE latest Snake Hill scandal varies
materially from the customary pro-
duct of that abode Of bliss. Canned
tomatoes and peaches do not figure in
it; they are replaced by dates, a very
luscious though forbidden fruit to
which some young ladies are
much addicted. Whether Mrs. Barry
enjoyed them as a regular daily des-
sert or not remains to be seen, but il
she did justice seems to demand that
the cavaliers who shared the luxury
with her should be made to take the
consequences with equal severity.
That Outrageous Paving Job.
That patch of paving on Montgom-
cry street, between Colgate street and
Jersey avenue, is a highly artistic
piece OF work. AS a job it beats the
record.
Yes, it is the same patch to which
Mayor Cleveland has repeatedly
pointed with pride, for which he
has claim ed the credit. 1t is Mayor
C~leveland's special particular pet
paving patch which he has exhibited
in THE JERSEY CRY NEWS and
elsewhere as the sort OF thing he
would do if he had things his own
way.
Now is it not a pity that the con
struction of this patch was so out
rageously in violation of law that the
Board of Street and Water will prob
ably be indicted for it presently?
Here are the facts:-Somebody had
a job lot of granite blocks, rejected by
New York, to dispose of. He thought
Jersey City a irst-rate place to work
them of. What matter that Belgian
blocks had been advertised for. The
tom tom was beaten and the hewgag
was played. The air was filed with
music about the fine new pavement,
and the Mayor and all his followers