New-York tribune., 1891-05-18
AFFAIRS IN NEW-JERSEY.
THE ESSEX COUNTY ROAD BOARD DECISION.
END OF THE DRoUTH-sELLIYG REAL ESTATE
TO IrAIIANs-PLEURoPNEU Ex-
TIRPATED-THE CLARK THREAD
COMPANY,S SUIT.


TRPATED-rHE CLARK THREAD
coMPANY's SUIT.
Trenton y. j.. May 1.-THE United States Supreme
Court last week decided the OF Jacob Sbnkle and
the Essex County Road Board. Chief Justice Fuller
read the opinion OF the court and il interesting TO
lawyers and TO public men, because it settled some
doubtful questions OF law and government. II mad
been held By the Road Board. which is n public BODY
that when acquired property under sale for unpaid
assessments the Legislature could not interfere 10 re
qulre reassessment without violation Of contr1ct Ihe
Court held that the Legislature could do pretty nearly
what II pleased with Its creatures. and as IL had gwen
the Board the 70 il could also regulate It's
further proceedings by law. The Road Board had hd
out and improved a number OF handsome avenues IN
Essex County and had practically finished It's work.
The assessments were laid and some OF them were
nOtorously unjust. The Road Board refused 10 correct
them, and In 1882 a law enacted directing ue
Board to review assessments when desired and. II tie
review was not satisfactory to submit to the decision
OF an impartial commission selected by the Olrcul'
Court of the county. This is the proceeding adopted
that time for other assessments and X mas Oee
satisfactory to the public and advantageous IN many
respects For not unconnected with desire
TO continue the corporate existence OF the Board tic
officials ordered the law TO be contested. and mean
While proceedings were suspended Nine years nave
elapsed and the final decision has at last been reached
The case aptly llustrats what be expected from
the law in NewJersey and il the demand Tor
Judicial reform.
The breaking OF the long spring douth hy the heavy
rains OF Friday night was an incident Of small inn
portance The quenching Of the forest fires was itseli
worth great deal. although there IS considerable eA-
aggeraion in tie reported injury from these hres' Inc
main benefit Of the rain comes 10 the crops whch nav
suffered not a little. The drouth caused genuine
anxiety and it broken none too soon. Inc country
t.a RI n q
will have rare pleasure. The number OF those VINO
are making the tour through the northern part Of te
state Is unusually large.
The Morris and Essex Railroad is taking about 2oO
Italians 10 Berkeley Heights few miles southwest Oh
summit every week in special cars When they ar
rive there they receive sandwiches and beer strol
over the pleasant country roundabout, and then are
gathered In a budinG-nOt for religious services DuI
to attend an auction sale Of building lots Capitalists
have bought hundreds of acres Of land in the nelghDo
hood opened streets marked off % foot lots ana are
selling them at from $25 TO $50 each, on the lsVal-
ment plan The buyers almost exclusively lteiiahs'
and many lots have been sold. II Is said the same
syndicate has successfully conducted similar specu
atlon on Long Island appealing to the same class ol
buyers; but 10 New jersey, outside OF rev rare III
stances in the cities the spectacle of Italian ventures
in real estate speculation investment is an unusual
one There are few dwellers I'm the neghborhood 10
object to the invasion TO be objected To by te lu
yaders who seem to be an excellent lot OF men ana
women.
The Government has done good work for the farmers
Of NewJer-ey in dealing with pleuro pneumonia among
cattle The Government agent DR.. Hawk was aOle
TO announce last week that the disease had been eX-
tIrnated In this State. 1t has prevailed for fifteen
years with more or less vruence. The State TOOK te
matter about ten years ago and attempted 70
stamp out the disease Some success was recorueu aC
first but there continual renewals OF the cpl
tha
was impossible to regulate the matter without having
some common basis Of action with Pennsylvania ana
Ne,v York The Federal Government az last tOph
charge and selected competent men, VINO uesiteI % "
make reputation, and they nave proceeIe1 az
and caution. They have met with much uiIhc.uS az
times and have been subjected TO Insult anu
ally to force but they nave I'VE rssts pI are mo crafty
ng The saving to the farmers will be enormous. ana
there Will be no more danger oi tne ui'e''eu '" '"
milk reaching the market tu..
ii1H The snit of the Clark Thread Company against
Hudson County for $25 900 for damage done u te o
uanv,s mill In Kearny by mob OF boys women anu anu
Ioafers during the recent strike will attract me NOR
attention by the comparative novelty 3i le sr
I'm This state The feeling that manuiactu turers mu9. mus
he protected and that mObs must be taught tlaI so
offences are against III state and not tle VI %
+, general but the other hand te question 81 u P 20
,,osing strikes arises and IL Is also asked no." lar
conntes should be made responsible for damage done
10 PIiPSed nar+v 10 escape the for police and
fire projection afforded By large cities HUDSON cou
will II * expected. endeavOr to compromise the mat,
ter n IL can That IS liable I'm law for large
amount is undisputed. ,., l., .l,c
Electric railroad litigation is accumulatng IN tuc
cn,rts There are several eases from Newark As pc
tween property-owners and the companies, ana one
between two Of the companies. III As9ury Parhj,
has been given TO the local ROAD 10 eAeu
is line and the road is TO be improved In cohsueraeo
80 tbc new franchise There Is opposition 10 u, ana
he constant struggle between those who see III IS
hurry park city a. we'll as a resort, ana those Slo
would keep it quiet summer resting place dPPcus
~, .Ie ca The electric roads becoming common
tbroncbout New-Jersey. Experience has shown ina.
the eIectric roads require much higher graue "a %,
obuttv i'm the management than the horse cars, anu
IL has been failure appreciate the fact tlat Has
led no the difficulties reported in some places