The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-29
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his city. spoke briefly. Newark needed
the abolition Of the grade crossing, he
i nuence in building up a city was rapid
transit, and how can you have rapid
transit with such grade crossings as
utterly inadequate means for guarding
against accidents. which the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad had
accident there when the "toothpick"
gates dropped on a car crossing the
tracks, smashing the frail barriers to
smithereens, while a train dashed into
the car and injured a large number of
people. He said a Pennsylvania official
told him only last night that his road
rid of the problem of the Jersey Cen.
trail tracks which cross the Pennsylvania
at the Market street station.
Mr.. Olcott asked how much it would
be necessary to raise the Central's tracks
to permit the elevation of the Pennsyl-
vania's. Mr.. Riker replied about eleven
feet, or forty feet in all, from the level
of the street.
President Van Dyne OF the Newark
Board of Works called attention to the
1aet 'n sire e6sh b Mapset tb 5nd r sFo Q streets rems
panies laid their tracks. Public senti-
ment in Newark. he said. was in favor
OF abolishing grade crossings, and al
least ninety per cent. of the citizens
ALDERMAN HOGS SPEAKS.
Ex-Alderman Hoos of Jersey City told
III iiC OEhC VI COMMUNICATION pO~
tween his city and Hoboken, which is
by horse cars through Grove street.
These cars. he said, ran every five min>
Erie. crossing. In fact the front or rear
platform of some cars was struck every
once in a while. Within a block of the
and best school houses in the city, but
| parents living south of the railroad re-
fused to send their children to the school
because they did not know when they
l VV0lld he hr0JJphf homo 6nod-=r1 n Cd
on the Erie.
Mr.. Riker asked if any railroad had
opposed the abolition of grade crossings
none had, and he did not understand
that the Erie opposed that SO much as
Sought to have the work ogk done. U"e ~
That. brought Mr.. Allen to his feet
with the greatest establishment depicted
preston, he said, that his argument last
week was against time measure. Mr..
Deroqsse remarked that he thought Mr..
Aliens was on both sides.
he. sat down in despair.
s+d 4; E Tod Porter, president Of IT. the Wpod4
5haee dangers Of the B. Dss L. & wv v. crossing ross Hs
at Broad r I5Tset; NfW eve X s1nE
These arguments were answered by
company's' side Of the case. It was he
the bill because it put the road at the
mercy of the local authorities, and plead
fhs p fSs TgSad e inc iheoh nefe sv saaa $50, 49, 81. o5 SSi 8
year, and that seventy-five per cent. of
that was paid out in Interest. on its debt:
How much goes to L~ondon?" asked
london gets whatever she is entitled
to by law" replied Mr.. Allen.
c~ontendiRng that the 1000 900 which tie
elevation would cost would have to be
l road which would have 10 EuffAF The
whole trouble with the Erie was that it
had to carry, out contracts which We're
means as honest as those now controll-
ing Its aff EouAL TAXATION.
Mr.. Aliens argument closed the hear
ing on that bill and the committee took
up No; 4S, the equal taxation bill.
tain portions of the bill, which, in effect.
strikes from the general law the lines
rase shall in no case exceed one per-
| centum of the valuation Of the property
under the progisio on l., OF IT. Ms a aa ~ In
said that under this section the railroads
We're guilty of double dealing. In LOCAL
tiles where the tax rate was less than
| onelIper cent. the companies had their
| property taxed at the local rates, while
in those municipalities where the rate
was more r; than n on On per cent; they Il f,s claim ain !
| road law. Mr.. McEwan then made an
eloquent appeal to the committee to re-
he said, the cities Of Long Island. and
| New York were being built up at the
expense of New Jersey cities.
| the bin, and showed the injustice Of the
| law which gave the railroads the bene-
ps IN Sffss and ot ia not ofeii eorn Hep them hsa to to
The Committee adjourned the hearing
10 iie@' TIE riparian BILL.
A select few attended the hearing on
| Senator Days bill, No. 2e. in the Senate
Toarheer, y Dsiy and a Regers, who hol'e coms
| prise the Judiciary Committee before
| which the hearing took place, We're on
hane, and r 50 was unsr z: san nodoono Hoss' tb De
| time In discussing the subject matter of
the bill. except at short intervals, when
James s. Allen. the Erie R: r. Com,
| along and sandwiched in a few remarks.
The measure debated is the one to
revert to the State the title of lands
heretofore held in fee by the State of
Now Jersey, and to secure the holding
by the State of the fee of all riparian
and in trust for the peneHt OF all the
people of the State.
It was only after considerable banter
ing on the part of Messrs. DAILY and
Voorhees, hat It was agreed to dignity
the informal gathering by the title of a
Mr.. DAILY insisted that unless some
| people appeared to protest with strong
| arguments against it, his bill should be
reported favorably and fought out on
the floor of the Senate.
Mr.. Ross contended that the measure
was not a good one, as it mad a tendency
to do injury instead of good. If, for
instance, the State should pay $1,000, 600
for water lands, that much money would
be practically tied up, as the owners
of the uplands, which could not be
touched by the State, would not sell out,
anG without access to the uplands. no
persons would care to rent the riparian
| lands. He favored the abolition of the
Riparian Commission, and thus do away
with the tax on riparian lands. Mr..
Ross explained that he owned an extern
sive tract of riparian lands improved,
but he found it difficult to find desirable
tenants.
Lands could be sold fast enough at
present but for the riparian ak, he
added.
Mr.. DAILY declared such talk was all
nonsense, and ventured the opinion that
Mr.. Ross was interested in riparian
land as owner or for the purpose of
speculation. Mr.. Ross remarked that he
hoped to realize something on his in
vestment some day.
GRANT TO ONE BUDD.
At this point Mr.. Allen walked in and
said thai the State could not gain pos
session of the Erie's long dock in Jersey
the British Crown to one Budd. The
Erie would not sell it for $10,0 00,0 GOO. Then
again, the Erie had spent 6,000,0 900 on the
Weehawken docks, and would not sell
out for less than that sum-.
"Oh, yes, l see, you railroad corpora