The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
ERIE TIED Up.
New York and Greenwood
Lake Lease Bill Gave
the Opportunity.
DAILY AND VOORHEES, FOUGHT IT
The Road Must Do Something
Defiuite in the Way Of
Track Elevation.
DAILY AND VOORHEES, FOUGHT IT
Specfol to the JcrseD Citu Nears.

H6 H-
TRENTON, Feb. 10, 1896.-The bill CIV
ing the States consent to the lease of
the New York and Greenwood Lake Rail-
road to the Erie came up in the Senate
this morning on second reading. Mr..
DAILY sprang to his feet and asked to
have the bill laid over. For many years,
he said, Jersey City had been knock
ing at the door of the Legislature for a
law compelling the elevation of the Erle's
tracks and now an opportunity for Sc
curing that law had presented itself and
he wished to take advantage of it. He
wanted the measure. laid over until some
definite provision for securing the ele-
walton of the tracks could be made.
In the statement which the new Erie
Company had made public it had set
apart a sum for the abolishment Of
grace crossings lin Jersey City. He
thought it peculiar that this bill should
be reported and advanced to second read
ing within twenty-four hours of its in
PRODUCTION, while measures Of Importance
to the public were held in committee
The evident haste in this matter. Mr..
DAILY said. was the work of the lobby
lists.
Mr.. Voorhees, also urged laying the
AtS Sd4Q II vas d SUOQM lllne
to make some arrangements with the
Erie Tor the adjustment of grade cross
ings in Jersey City. The Senate would
be recreant to its trust If it did not do
SO.
Mr.. Johnson, the %introdueer of the bill,
could not see what track elevation had
TO DO with the bill. 1t was an important
measure and ought to be passed rap
IDLY. 1t was perfectly straight and
fair. He wanted to know if the Senate
70 elevate the tracks Independent OF
that measure.
ve ayo; BAYS Teen j. HI sera.s snly a
seven or eight years, and it has been
IMP ssl'Ie 20 set a tras;k elevation Bill
bill and its companion consenti,,g tn tie
-reorganization of the Erie should be held
up until the company agrees in some way
to elevate its racks
Mr.. DAILY again took the floor and urged
the recommittal of the bill, saying that
+ was being pushed altogsther too rap
brought Mr.. Stokes to his feet with a
strong protest against such language,
ana again said hi it c was an unfair imputation
cent. 20
M Mr.; DAILY hastened to deny that he in
NNtSa ~ ASlicCl upon the Senate, Dut
Wnen ne saw the haste with which the
Dill had been urged he could not help
thinklng of the lobbyists.
Mr. voorhees, settled the debate by
moving that the bill lie over and the no
ton prevailed.
The friends Of the elevation bill are
1upllant over that. and believe that at
last they are about to succeed.
me consolidation of the township OF
Kearny and town of Harrison and bor-
ough Of East Newark will not be effect
ed without strong opposition. ana is
likely to bring on the old consolidation
lights of recent Legislatures, with more
intensity than before. The bill is intro
duced by Assemblyman Mullin of Hud-
son. who represents it as a simple con
solidation measure in the interest of good
government and better municipal i'm
provements, but it is also a good Demo-
cratic scheme to secure a town which
is to be known as Kearny, which will
be Democratic.
The Senate was in session a short tim
this morning and then adjourned for the
week. Mr.. Daily introduced a bill allow
ing Hoboken to- spend 5000. 900 in ~repaving
streets. The House passed the bill for
bidding the holding of elections in bar
rooms: also the repeater of the law which
provides for the submitting to the people
the question of a bridge between Newark
and Harrison.