The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-09

all of the attention thata clergyman pays
10 the details Of dress. he LOOKS, IL fact
much Ike jolly, old fashioned Metno
dist minister. When Mr. Smith entered
the Assembly chamber CLERK Matthews
turned 10 man VINO happened 70 know
the member and asked
/ wonder If this is the clergyman who
IS going to pray this afternoon27
o pray" laughed the man who had
been addressed. why no. that's one
OF the Democratic members Of the
House.
Baby Trefz is not satisfied with the bill
Tor Board Of Electric Control which he
introduced eariy IN the session, and it is
slowly dying IN committee with his con-
sent. He has prepared q substitute,
which he will advocate before the COM
nnittee OH Municipal Corporations Mon
day.
NEW ELECTION BOARD BILL.
The new draft provides that in cities Of
The ilrst and second class there shall be
created Boards of Commissioners, 70 be
known as Boards Of Electrical Control.
Each Board shall consist of four persons,
residents and voters in the city. who
shall be commissioned by the Mayor as
follows;--Infnlediat after the passage
Of this act the Mayor shall nominate TWO
from each OF the leading par
ties, four men who shall
have terms of one, two, three and four
years, and their successors shall have
terms of four years. Each Of the Com
nissioneEs shall receive salary OF 1000
a year. The Board shall have The IOwer
to appoint an expert electrician at q sal
airy OF NOS more than So 600 year, and q
clerk at salary of not more than $500 a
year. After the passage OF the act it
shall be unlawful for any person or cor
poration TO erect any poles or wires with
out having first obtained the consent IN
writing OF the Board. 1t shall also be
unlawful for any company or corporation
TO place on any pole already erected, any
wire Or cable without the consent OF the
Board. The penalty for violating these
two last-ramed provisions is impris0n-
ment AZ hard labor for from one TO five
years.
The Board Of Electrical Control is
authorized. according to the bill, TO from
time to time compel any or all wires to be
placed under ground. When wires are
TO be placed in the earth the Board shall
advertise for proposals in one or more
newspapers for the furnishing OF materi-
ais and labor for the construction OF the
conduits conten1 plated in the act, which
contracts shall be awarded according to
the best interests of the city. Bonds may
be issued 10 the amount of S. to pay for
- "a SlDfFellS II uEIESSt%li
--- g fund from the receipts Of the
subway Commissioners shall be applied
to The redemption of the bonds.
Every company, corporation or assoeia-
ton owning or controlling telegraph.
telephone, electric light or other wires or
cables shall, within sixty days after such
conduits or snbways shall have been de-
ciared ready for use, remove their wires
and poles from the surface of the streets
The Boards shall determine the rentals to
be charged for the right to use the sub
ways and the number OF miles OF wire
that each company shall operate il such
conduit. The city shall have the right 70
take down all wires or poles left in the
sir after they have been ordered removed
BY the Board OF Electrical Control The
Dill places the entire business of building
subwavs in the controI of the cities and
permits the municipalities TO derive q
revenue from them
PROPOSED NEW PRISONS
Senator Pfeiffer has a bill, which he
will probably introduce on Monday,
which provides for the erection of new
wing to the State Prison IL is expected
that the new wing viii cost when COM
pleted and fully equipped, about S100, COO
II win have accom- nodations for 2J0 pris-
cners, aud viii greatly relieve the present
building, which IS crowded in plain Elo-
lailon OF the law.
Keeper Patterson thinks that the new
wing viii De the cheapest manner OF dis
posing Of The prisoners now in the cells
above the number designated by law
Senator Carter, of Burlington, Is i'm
bued with the idea that all first offenders
should be SO confined that they cannot
communicate with or come under the in
huence OF older and hardened offenders
He contemplates introducing q measure
which shall provide for some such inter-
mediate prison He thinks that such an
institution at this time would answer a
two-fold purpose. Il would relieve the
crowded State Prison, and would serve as
much needed reformatory. Senator
Carter has as syet no definite idea where
the proposed prison should be located, or
how much should be expended upon it.
TO SUPPRESS THE PEDDI-RR.
Senator Crannler is preparing bill
which if passed viii strike terror to the
hearts OF the itinerate peddlers who in
tests the lower part of the State. 1t Will
at the seat of each county in which they
propose 10 peddle their wares. The
Senator has been urged to this course by
the hue and cry raised by the country
store keepers Of the hayseed districts,
there the irrepressible peddler is ruining
their business.
The peddlers pay no license fee now ex-
expenses are light they undersen the
country storekeepers. There was once a
law requiring them TO pay a license fee.
but Chief Justice 6easly declared it
unconstitutional and since then they
have reaped q rich harvest at the expense
of the rural merchants.
A BURLINGTON FIGHT.
There is lively fight going on in Bur-
lington over the Prosecutorship and dele
cations favoring the rival candidates
have visited the Governor. His Excel
lency shook each man by the hand warm
", won their hearts by saving that he
was ready 20 hear what every one had TO
say on the subject and then sent them
declaration that he would do what be
con sidered best for all.
The fight is becoming very interesting.
Charles F.. Hendricizson. the present
prosecutor, is not q candidate, but is
doing ali IN his power to keep the office in
the family. the HeDdrickson brothers
are mighty men in Burlington county
politics. They had bitter enemy in
Hezekiah B. Smith when he was alive.
and the deceased mans friends have not
forgotten the old grudge. Those who are
leading IL the opposition are Johnny
w arner. OF Bordentown: Billy Wills OF
Mount Holly, aud ex-Jndge Glasgow, Of
burlington City. Among the candidates
are Eckard p Budd. A. V l. Pumyea.
Jerome p. Grigg ard Clarence 4. Akin
son judges Benaiah Wills. Forsythe
and Scott are warm friends OF Jacob
bargains for the Ladies'.
At this season of the vesr. bargain sales