The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-20
STILL AT WAR.
Republican Leaders Wran-
gle Over the. State
Roads Bill.
POLICE JUSTICE BILL A LAW
Fate of Riparian Bills in Doubt :
Oyster Beds to Be Pro-
tected.
specfal to The Jerseu City Nelrs.

TRENTON, Feb. 90, 1Se5.-The morning
session of the House was consumed in
bitter fight between Leader Storrs and
Mr. Wildes of Burlington over the bis
for State roads. The bills both limit
the cost of the roads to 100000, but diff
fer as to the mode of assessment. MIR.
Wfldes' bill puts 40 per cent of the cost
on the State, . per cent. on the town
ship and county each, and the remaining
10 per cent. on the abutt;ng property own
ers, while Mr.. Storrs' bill compells the
State to pay SO per cent, the county 56
per cent, and the abutting owners 10
per cent.
Mr.. Wndes' bill came up first, and the
fight was very acrimonious and their
remarks reached closely to the danger
line of parliamentary language. Some
of the language was funny.
Mr.. Exton pathetically told how he
had been besieged to vote for Mr.. Storrs'
bill by Burlington farmer, who raised
pork and other vegetables for the Tren--
ton market and Mr.. Wildes spoke OF
adopted unanimously, with only one dis
senting voice. The bill was defeated
by a vote of Is to 81
The House then took Mr.. Storrs bill
up. and Mr. Wildes moved to have the
bill recommitted, but the motion was
lost.
others advocated the bill but Mr. Som
ers' molten stopped the debate With
the previous question, and the bill was
JUSTICE BILL SIGNED.
The Governor has signed Herbert
Potts bill giving Police Justices juris-
dsction in cases of petit larceny and
MR. DAILY WANTS TO KNOW.
In the Senate this. morning Mr. DAILY
f0oe fpom to & gereg g CITY pNyg aa that @ the
night. had decided 70 XIII the Riparian
Mr.. Rogers replied that the Riparian
bills were not mentioned in the confer
I'VE would like to hear from Mr.. Brad
bradley corroborateaS Mr.. Rogers, 80,
repor Msh ha thfa bls %as asRea aas rsR r Day you
Mr.. Bradley hummed and hawed and
said that the committee was making pro
doubt the bin would be reported and go
through with flying colors His His m mind y i
f6e eators as but he hoped a they hey Would
think as he did before long"
FAVORING GAS BILLS.
The House Committee on Municipal
Corporations held a meeting this after
noon and IS understood to nave come 70
g decision regas5ing the cheap gas bills i'll
zzss;sssse tte.lr report favoring the bills and
= a norher c.Jffe erii.g amendments.
Mr. Voorhees, introduced Dill IN the
Senate forbidding the taking of oysters
from beds staked out WITHOUT permission
of the owners thereof under penalty OF
$500 fine or Imprisonment for two. years.
or both. He also introduced bill pro.
vioIing that the annual appropriation OF
5000 for the completion of the State
Geological Survey shall be continued for
five years.
Mr.. Fleming introduced bill today
providing for military instruction in the
parochial schools.
JERSEY CITY BILL AMENDED.
demnation of water rights by Jersey
City was reported amended so as Il
make 1t applicable to Jersey City only.
The Senate passed Mr.. Daly's bill an.
nuIling the clause of the Hoboken LanG
and Improvement Cornpany's charter
which allows the company to sell water
Mr. Daily said the charter was granted
fifty years ago, but the company has
only just taken advantage of that clause
The company, he claimed, had surreptiti.
ollsly laid pipes through the streets ano
proposed to furnish water TO the steam
ship and railroad companies and thus
take from the city which was about K
acquire water works of its own, gooc
customer.
Mr. Nutzhorn introduced a bill to al
low Kearny to purchase the main o.
the Jersey City Water Works IN thai
town.
The Legislature Standing Committee a.
meeting this afternoon decided thaf
appropriation bills should be passed al
lowing sums not to exceed $1,000 each II
be expended upon the Morris Plains In
sane Asylum and the State Prison.