New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-15
ACROSS THE NORTH RIVER.
THE CENTRAL AND LEHIGH VALLEY Al
ODDS.
MANY PRISONERS APPLYING FOR PARoLE-THE
CASE OF CAPTAIN FITZGERALD

WILL CONTESTS.
Trenton " j., Juno 14.-The Central anu inc No''e
Valley Railroads are quarrelling over er"uo ''O'
inc IN the Newark meadows, and there Is u,sP"O'
over property in Jersey City which each cIal"'e'
are other differences. and as the PcnnsylNa"N' n'p
along the Lehgh the Central gets rather te "ofs Vi "
yoor AGO the Central long before its failure ana ror
os ovor houplty. and first lost the Lacka-
- ,rb,ch bu,It one line and leased the Morris ana
resox and then saw the LehlGh Valley parahel lOs
line from the coal regions to tidewa'er' As Du'i'
has grown the Central has come back 10 us o' 0o'
Portable prosperity; but the aggressive Lehgh Is "o9
inc II again. and the competition wnch the fehl's lF
sborfline is finished and the Lehgh gets It's o""
t "a NcyvYorl from Newark is likely to be severe
4 factor all OF these companies are "atchne 'i''
vet Of which the public hears little and taxes less oe'
is +be baltimore and Ohio which is sendinG d Tc-
r,endous amount OF freight across the state al" u
livering it at the staten Island shore
The new Prisoners Parole Act VIII go INTO ehe'.
his week. Under the constitution O'le OouiO Vi
psrdons alone could remit penalties for crime anu 80
the administration Of the law Is In the hands oi %
body There are many applications TOT Paioo' w.
-, IN which the law IS to be administered for
Tho reformstIo Of criminals is in more doubt IMAM II
hor,d no II does not seem Just that measure
which is supposed to give penitent cohVIoS '''rs
20 hocome honest citizens should depend upon tne
energy of the applicant In any way Inc oo"iU 'i''
been subjected to scathlng crltlclsm "i''' -
years for too careless use Of the pardoning power anu
there is consequently disposition 10 scan ns ~
18th ths now power closely and carefully. Ihero
,,s beon rather too much attention pad IN Ne"'e
prisons and jails to the matter OF eApeiSo' anu ~
realIzcd that while prisons have not cosO mum ~
-. a. hnhnd many others In efforts toward reforming
inmates. - ,s,.o +bo
The case Of Captain Fitzgerald Is to come oeiore Uc
r,r,tod states Court. and it will be worth watching
| tho rasuIt The Captain ran schooner, anu van
o,,o,tlng the HacKensack River few weeks ago, Gu
d,,o-inc IN cot down stream against mud ana uue'
wbo, bo roached the Morris and Essex Railroad prueo
h, ossol st,ck in the draw and began to DRIFT pacN
,yborornon the CAPTAIN tied mp TO the brluge anu uo
o,oot 70 the railroad wanted him to set out OF tlls
ov n, the trains the services OF tugDoat "ouiu De
| accountable When an attempt was made TO unt!e V'e
| b.user the Captain used threats. Many trains were
| do,ovsd long while and finally the captain was III
80 for obsructing the United states mails lie ma
Iro.dv been pretty we'll punished for his onence ou
| .ho end is not vet and the case will be maoo al
| example 1t Is thought. .,,- -,
| rha scandaI OF will contests in the metropolis mas
A s.roreIv criticised in New-Jcrsey, and the courts
49,. noor Extraordinarily careful In the past TO avoid
ho s,obtest imitation Of the NewYork method Ihere
| 49, ho.n remarkably few contests and where INC
ogo+ has becn made to Involve large estates In pro
tod litigation in order to tire out heirs ana forcc
" connromise the courts have been even Drusque ~
1nsniSiing the cases. Exceptions 20 tnls gencrallS
excellent rule have been growing raIer nueroIhS 10 U
- ord several instances where the lawyers nave
taken the meat and left the hes te o4 hi oIIow
VA 1ith Imposing counsel divided enormous fees
Tor small services caused criticism, ana tnerc are no.
tbrec or four contests In the courts that araCt at
..Sn To forsake a policy which has met unstnteo
| ennrobatlon would be a grlevous misfortune