The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-03
WORK IN BOTH HOUSES.
Many Bills Passed and Many
Lively Encounters-Bell
Ringers.
speciul to the JERSEY oity Ne,r.s.

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TRENTON, March 8. 1S92.-The Senate
worked like beavers yesterday and took
only a two hours recess at noon instead
of the usual three. The result of their
work was manifest in the large number
of bills passed and advanced along the
calendar. AT four o'clock the Senators
had finished theirlwork and went.home for
the week.
The Boards of Election appointed by the
County Board of Regist ration have here
tofore only otficiated at county elections.
The bill providing that they shall serve
at all elections passed the Senate.
The House bill authorizing the borough
of Asbury Park 70 purchase the eve
system Of that place also passed. In 1904
the Hackensack Turnpike Company was
Incorporated, and the road was subse-
quenilv built between Hackensack and
Hobokep. In 1875 tie company obtained
from the Legislature the right to con-
sJruct and MAINTAIN a horse railway in
certain streets of HackenSack, but never
took any action In the matter. Yester-
day the Senate passed IL bill introduced
by Senator Winton which repeats the per-
mission of 1904.
The Senate also passed the bills pro-
vidihg that deaf mutes between eight and
twenty-one years may become inmates OF
the deaf and dumb asylum.
FIRE DEPARTMENT BILL.
In the first week S of the session Mr.. T..
j. Carroll introduced u bill which allows
the Board OF Fire Commissioners of Jer-
sey City to appoint by Il two-ihirds vote
two battalion chiefs ut a salary of 81, 400
per annum. There has always been some
doubt as to whether the appointment of
the present battalion chiefs i'll Jersey City
is legal, and in order to remove all doubt
Mr.. Carroll introduced this bill. 1t WAS
referred 10 the Committee on Municipal
CnrnorofionS nf Which Mr. p III 0Nai1I
is chairman, and through some hook OF
crook it has been lost. Yesterday Mr..
Tumi1ty introduced the same bill again.
THEY OWN THE STREETS. -
An amendment to the Street and Water
Commissioners law was introduced by
Mr.. Carroll OF Elizabeth. 1t confirms the
powers given Street and Water Commits
sioners regarding franchises relative to
the use of streets.
Oh, HEAR DEM BELLS A RINGING.
Newark wants 800, 900 to pave her
streets and a bill was introduced by Mr..
Kalisch authorizing the issue of bonds
for that purpose. Mr.. Tumilty has great
concern for the better accommodation of
the tr Yelling public and introduced
a bill 'in their interest" which provides
tina railroads running through first class
cities shall erect stations and stopping
places'' within those cities, not more than
one mile apart. This refers particularly
to the Pennsylvania railroad.
A FLING AT THE BANKS.
MIR. Barrett introduced a bill In tn
Senate which permits savings banks to
invest their funds in mortgage bonds of
any railroad company paying Il dividend
of not less han four per cent. Mr..
Cornish believes In a full and free vote
by bank stockholders and has introduced
a bill which gives such individuals one
vote for each share he or she may hold.
BETTER THAN CURE.
When Speaker Bergen asked for an
assistant private secretary some were
disposed to criticize the action OF the
Democratic majority in respecting the
reuuest. The wisdom of the Speaker has
been shown by the result. Last winter
much time was lost in reconsidering bills
which had passed both Houses and been
sent to the Governor for his approval,
when errors had been found in them
which necessitat ed their repassages. The
Speaker has had every bill that came to
him comuared by his two secretaries with
the result tina not a single bill has been
passed containing a clerical error. All
sucn have been detected by the Speakers
clerks and corrected before placed on
final passage.
NEWARK's FABIAN TACTICS.
Joseph of Newark folded his map of
many colorS ana went home yesterday.
There was no further hearing OF the water
bill. although there is some talk of City
Counsel JOSEPH Coult presenting the legal
aSpecGs VI Ne"hiN ;" o
morning. Though defeated, the Hudson
men are not discouraged aud Mr.. Heaney
will introduce a new bill seeking the same
result as Mir. Hudspeth's UiIt. Heaney
means business ana Newark had better
LOOK out.
FLYNN'S BUNCOMBE BILL.
Tom Flynn's bills making hIty-flve
hours a weeks work is having a hard
time In the Senate. 1t is hung up in com
mittee and may remain there until the
ianitor cleans out the grave yard after
adjournment
Senator Hinchliffe made IA effort yes
terday TO get it out of the committee. He
had been given 10 understand, he said.
that the bill had been so juggeled III the
committee that its own father would not
know it. 1t was originally intended, he
said, to benefit the large ARM OF wos4r z
men in Paterson factories. Mr.. Hskcn-