The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-16
CARROLL'S REFORM.
Record Made by the Mem
Der from the Sixth
District.
snectalto The Jersey cttp Mems.

known rs the Honorable Teddy" VINO
undertook to represent the Sixth district
OF Hudson county, in the bad Legisla-
iure.r Among the bills fathered oy the
Teddy" were several OF those
whichthe lobby designates as "Iarln Meas
ures,n because they are for revenue only.
AS Mr.. Carroll was an old memhe anu
understood the modus %operaudl Oh intro
ducing bills. he lost no line In q etting 10
work. and was the second man to put IN
measures on the first night of the session.
He introduced Nos. 2. s, 4 and 5 almost as
soon as he had been sworn in, only one
OF which, No. s, became a law.
No. 2 provided that all electric ligat
wi res should be insulated with a red col
ored substance 81 that they be iead-
ily distinguished from telegraph ana
other harmless wires. Mr.. Carroll man.
aged to get thai bill through the GUS
but nothing was heard OF 1t after IL
reached the Senate. No. 8 provided for
the new ire engine house 10 G~reenviine;
and was passed through both Houses ahd
signed by the Governor. No. 4 was
measure. like a certain patent medicine,
peculiar unto itself, aud limited the
width of railroads i'll cities TO lUo 1eet.
Never did it see the light. of day after De-
mittees. No. S, the TIM honored
and moss covered chestnut. Whtcn
made it unlawful for any stock yard
or abattoir to prohibit the sale OF any
kind of food for stock on It's premises.
under penalty Of six mouths imprlson-
ment and $500 fine. This lived a netle
longer than the others. and advanced TO
second reading before the wicked STOCK
yards discovered its excellent ATTRIBUTES
aud slaughtered it ruthlessly.
AFTER GAS M~oKoPoLIES.
This appears to have discouraged MT.
Carroll III his efforts to break down the
mouopolies which are grinding the very
heart out of the people. But he soon re-
covered. aud. with his well-known
perseverance, to battle for the
down troddeu psople, introduced NO. ~,
which fixed the price OF fourteen caudie
| power gas in first aud second class Clues
at sI.25 per l 600 feet. The
| gas were not slow in jumping
| upon this laudable measure, aud III spite
| OF all that Mr.. Carroll could do 1t was
smothered in Committee. Mr.. carroll
then turned his attention to municipal! al
fairs aud brought in three bills
ing the affairs of Jersey City. No. ~ au-
| thorized Jersey City to complete the con-
| struction of the North Reservoir on the
| Heights, which hos been in a stale otln-
! ocuou desuetude for some years. line
measure was lost In the House, and the
Honorable Teddy" always blamed Ur.
| Stout for its death, as the doctors constlt-
uents. Mr.. Carroll declares. want 20 mas
park out of the site of the reservoir. NO.
| 81 was a good measure, and for that rea-
| son passed both Houses and received the
| Governors approval. Ii enables Jersey
| City TO build Il second water main over
| the meadows. No.. 80 was an attack upon
| Mayor Wanser's policy OF refusing to pay
| certain laoorers who had been appointed
unlnwtully. Both Houses passed the Dill
also. but the Governor has not seen nS
yet TO attach his signature to the lnlqul-
rous measure.
Nj. Carroll took a good long breath and
then popped in No. 81. which provides
that the Board of Finance shall appoint
a Supervisor OF Heating and Ventiilating.
to nave general supervision OF the heat
lug aud v~entillating apparatus 10 all plo-
lie buildings. Mr.. Carroll had hard lines
with this measure. 1t was lost when
placed upon final passage. but Mr.. Car
roll succeeded in having 1t recensldereo
and passed. Then he had DAILY rush 1t
through the Senate on the Wednesday
before adjournment. The Governor Is
now considering the measure.
FOR A NEW FIRE ALARM.
mNo. 113, Mr.. CARROTS next Dill. author
ICES .he Board of Fire Commissioners to
Il GXD6O0 SSO.UUO kOL lhpLoNLb$ ohO -
alarm telegraph, and authorizes the FL
nance Board to raise the necessary
amount on bonds. This bill became a
law. No. 1873 gave the Board of Fire
Commissioners full control OF all build
ings aud parpnernalia connected win tne
department. The measure passed Ine
House on the last day of the session. buI
got lost somewhere In the crush OF nal
adjournment. No. 1874, the bill for the
permaneut fire department In Jersey lily
which Mr.. Carroll introduced, was With
drawn In order that the DILL wnicn low
cred tho salaries of the men might De
introduced later.
No. 1873 which authorized the extension
OF any street In any city for a distance OF
], 900 feet, in order to connect 1t with an
Of her street was another OF Mr.. CarroIis
bills which got lost after passing tn'
House. No. l57 which sought to compe
all State Banks and manufacturing CON
cerns 70 observe legal holidays. It never
saw the light but rests quietly In the well
flied cemetrey Of the ways and mean:
commit ee. MIR. Carroll was chic
, mourner at the funeral OF No. 100. which
provided that it should be unlawIul q
forfeitsany lie Insurance. policy atter ths
same had existed for two years. Mr.
Carroll succeeded In SECURING the passage
of a good measure, No. 16l, which makes
Ii illegal to manufacture coats, mats an
other clothing in tenement houses. The
, governor has not yet signed the Dill.
UNIFORM TEXT BOOK BILL.
. After a long rest Mr.. Carroll reappeare'
in the arena with two bills, Nos. 3O4 an'
3O5. the latter of which alone passed. NC
304 provided for a uniform system Q
text books for the public school
+ throughout the State. No. 305 was tn
bill for a permanent fire department Will
9 the salaries OF the men reduced from th
. amount fixed In Mr.. CAROLS f1rst Dill
The measure passed and Is now awaiting
the Governors action. No. 81
s which retires disabled freimen O
+ a pension not to exceed on
Q third of their regular salary, which Mr.
4 Carroll succeeded in having passed, AIS
i, awaits the action OF the Governor. An
a other bill which Mr.. Carroll had passe
IS authorizes county Boards of Excise TO al
point an Excise Inspector ana NIX his sal
airy. The Governor has not signed tha
. measure yet.
Mr.. Carroll next went for the huma
. sharks who thrive and grow fas on thi
misfortunes of their fellow men, and III
PRODUCED a bill. which provides thai tn
. rate TO be charged by pawnorokers shal
2 be 2 per cent. for thu first six mouths an
/ per cent. for the succeeding six months
!. The bill is No. 400 and now awaits tn
!. action OF the Governor.
Mr., Carroll also secured the passage o
the bill which provides that the member
9 of the present Boards of the city COVER
= ment shall hold their offices until the1
successors are appointed. The Governo
is now considering that bill. The la
q 1 iill ,,trolrcad NV Mr. Carroll was 70 r