The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-19
MORE WATER WAR.
Messrs. Hudspeth and
O'Nei1l ReintroduCe
the Famous Null
lone Bill.
NEWARK MUCH WORKED UP.
Republican Opposition to Relief for
the Oxford Miners-Flynn's
Absurd Labor Bill.
NEWARK MUCH WORKED UP.
RACE TRACK BILL AHEAD.
snecial to the Jersey citu Me,us.


TRENTON, Jan. 10, 1891. first bill
of the session was passed today. 1t is the
one ppropriating $1,000 for new plant
for lighting the State Prison. Mr.. Tahen
of Hudson offered a resolution providing
for new committee to be known as the
Committee on Towns and Townships.
Mr.. Moylan objected and the resolution
was tabled.
There was light breeze over the joint
Senate resolutions providing for the in
vestigation of the labor troubles in Ok
ford. Mr. Cole of Camden wanted to
know what the trouble was at Oxford.
Messrs Lane and Hardin suggested that
he read the Governors message. Mr..
Cole still declared that the whole
matter was a piece of buncombe.
The resolution was adopted, and
Messrs. Wilson, Haggerty and Glorieux
were appointed to represent the House on
the Committee. Senators Werts and
Cornish will represent the Senate.
THE SENATE ON WATER.
The Senate met for few minutes and
journed till Monday. Mr.. Hudspeth in
troduced bill to enable Jersey City to
secure water supply. 1t enables the city
to condemn the surplus supply of another
city either at the source, at the reservoir.
or in the pipes. Newark has early taken
the alarm. and the water battles of last
year will be repeated.
Mr.. Hudspeth also introduced a bill
making it illegal for corporations to COM
pei employees to sign agreements not to
belong to labor organizations.
Mr.. O'Neill has appointed Frank r.
Jones clerk to the Committee on Munich
pal Corporation. Jones last year was the
Journal Clerk, the place Hickey, of Hud-
son. now has, but was dropped in the
shuttle this year.
BILLS PROPOSED.
Mr. O'Neill introduced several import
ant measures. One was that all corpora
tions except religious and benevolent as
sociations, railroads, canals aud banks
shall pay an additional tax of one-eighth
of one per cent. on their capital stock.
Mr., Carroll, of Hudson, put in bill
making it unlawful for stock companies
to prohihit the sale of feed at their yard.
Mr. O'Ne1ll also introduced water
bill, the same as Mr. Hudspeth In the
SSerate.
Mr.. Lane put in one requiring railroads
to equip with safety couplings.
MIR. Flynn offered bill making fifty
five hours weeks work in factories and
workshops: the hours to be between
seven and twelve In the morning, one
ind six In the afternoon, except Satur-
day, when they shall be from seven to
twelve only. No person under eighteen
and no woman over that age shall be re-
lulred to work overtime
RACE BILL RUMORS.
It is anthoritatively stated that a race
track bill will be introduced next week
which will provide for thirty days. racing
on every race track each year with the dis
orderly penalty omitted. This would suit
all the track associations except perhaps,
the Gutenberg one. Monmouth Park
particularly favors it. The idea is to give
six months racing each year divided
among the six associations of the State.
Then they could confer and select the time
for each, so there would be no conflict or
competition. This scheme, 1t is said.
meets with favor on both sides of the
House, and if vetoed by the Governor,
would be re-passed and become law.
1t is said that nearly all
the Democrats would vote for it
aud also two Republican members. 1t is
similar to the Ives Law in New York.
Finance Commissioner Edelstein and
City Hall Commissioner Pierson were on
hand today to promote the bill for an in
creased appropriation for the new City
Halt