The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-28
COYLE MEANT WELL
But He Had Bad Luck With
Some Good Bills
His Record.
Special to The Jersey city Neps.

SpectGG TO me JERSEY CltU NSoSs
TRENTON, March %, 1S93.-To Mr..
CoyIe. who represented the Ninth dis
trict in the Assembly belongs whatever
honor there is in being the introducer OF
the first bill Of the session. 1t was the
bill which provided that no person should
hold more thai one position in any city.
county or the State, to which a salary
was attached. Mr.. Coyle was unfortu-
nate with the bill. He was unable to
nave it brought up until the last hours OF
the last day of the session, and then it
was badly beaten. Mr.. Coyle scored no
better success with his next bill. No. 46,
which authorized the North Hudson
townships having a uniformed p ollce to
elect q police Justice. Ill fortune
pursued the popular Hoboken member
even unto his next bill. No. LOG, which pro-
vided that the Board of F~reeholaers
could sell and dispose of the earth stone
aud rock at Snake Hill for macadam pur-
poses. Mr.. Coyle succseded in getting
The measure through the Assembly,
but it stuck IN the Senate. Ihls
was due. no doubt to the powerful lobby
which was arraYed against the Dill. Inc
lobby represented several corporations
that naQ rOck 10 SELL anO AdAhAO0 uAaoi
the object of the bill was to allow the
Freeholders 70 sell the rock TO the con-
tractors for paving the new county road.
PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS.
A bill TO enable The Board of Education
to retire on half pay, school teachers over
sixty years of agefWno nave served Tor
| thirty years, was the next Dill introduced
by Mr.. Coyle, and IL met with the same
fate as the OILERS II was lost, never
| having been heard from after it entered
the committee. No. 243. which was 1n-
| Groduced 10 enable street railway COM
panies to purchase land or take land Dy
condemnation, for the purpose OF WIDEN
| ing any street or streets in cities, was Mr..
| Coyle's nex5 bill, and like it's predecessors,
il died very young, 1t IS supposed 1t mad
| some relation to the Hudson County
Railways Grove street double track
trolley project.
Fortune finally smiled on Mr.. Coyle
and enabled him to secure the passage
through both Houses, No. 1853, which
authorized the Common Council of Ho-
bokeu to fix Recorder McDonough's
salary at 81. 500.
HARRISON AND KEARNY.
No. 2S3, Mr. Coyle's next measure. pro-
yidea for the consolidation of Harrison
and Kearny, and dice early III the strug-
gle. The same fate pursued No. 347,
which Mr.. sCoyle introduced Tor the pur-
pose of making il unlawful for any nou-
resident Individual or corporation TO con-
duct tie business of Wholesale disGIlier
or brewer without first obtaining u
| Incense. It also fixed the license lee at
| between $3.50 and 500.
MIR; Coyte's good nature led him to in
| trod No. 352, which was part or The
war between FlemiDgton and Clinton
over the county seat OF Huuterdon
County, and provided for the location of
the county buildings at the latter place.
u'ha - hin dit tInE mas a. IL WAS
not intended that it should. Mr..
Coyie then tried his hand at liking
up the State Charitable Institutions, but
even that did not take Oft his hoodoo, aud
the next bill he introduced. NO. SI9, which
provided that The State Board OF Mana
gers of Lunatic Asyiurns should consist
of one member from each Congressional
district, to hold Office for four years, and
be elected by popular vote at the same
time the Assemblymen were, never left
the Committee on Lunatic Asylums. No.
1872, which provided that Freenolders
mould receive So per day for actual SER
vice, except where paid a yearly salary,
was also killed III committee.
DISTRICT COURTS.
Mr.. Coyle had much better fortune
with No. 403, his nexG bill. which in
creases the jurisdiction of the District
Courts, and provides that the Judges ar
range To hold court every day. He Sc
CulCA 10 phSooSO ~ OOuA aVNSoSJ 0AN
expects that the Governor will sign
it. Nos. Ala Ais aud 4f6 We're Mr.
Coyle's last efforts, and only one, No. Ais,
succeeded III going through, 1t repeats
the Hudson County Park act of March
ID, 1888, and is now awaiting Executive
action. No. Ala was to authorize the
Hoboken Fire Commissioners to make.
alter and repeal rules regulating fire es-
capes and the storage OF combustibles.
while No. 4l6 was Father C~orrigau's'
| Parochial Senoot measure. which was
| squelched by the Attorney General. ~
DITMAR's LONE BILL.
Mr.. Ditmar's single bill sought to COM
| pei all street car Companies to give trans
| fers over their own lines for one fare un-
der penalty Of $50. This died, like all
| good measures of the same kind. in COM
mittee. Mr.. Lawiess was content TO iu-
troduce one measure. and his single bill
was relative to the publication or notices
of the passage of a bill creating any city
out of the territory of any town or town