Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-03-10

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The Grade Crossing Bill.
It begins to look as if Senator w.
M. johnson would be successful in
getting some sort of a grade crossing
bill through the legislature after two
years of effort The committee on rail-
roads and canals reported to the senate
Monday night substitute for the SEN
ator's bill, and it was adopted and or
dered to third reading the same even
ing. The substitute takes from towns
and boroughs absolute control of the
matter of ordering gates or f1agmen at
unprotected crossings and provides in
stead that when the local governing
body decides that such an Improvement
Is called for it shall petition the court
Of chancery. The chancellor is to have
an investigation made, and If he then
Indorses the petition he shall notify
the railroad company to provide either
gates or a fiagman, and if the company
disregard the order an injunction may
issue to compel them by the usual legal
processes. The company, however, will
be entitled to hearing upon the in
junction. 1t is also provided that in
the case of highways hereafter laid
out the court may direct the municipal
lty to bear a fair share of the expense
Of the improvement. Senator johnson
accepts the substitute, and it is likely
to go through, as the fear of the rail-
roads that they would be "held up"
by town councils is done away by the
amendment giving the chancellor the
final decision in the matter.
Governor Voorhees, is suffering from
the candidates attentions just now. The
office of chief of the labor bureau is to
be filed, and there are five members
Of the state board of arbitration and
six deputy factory inspectors to be APP
pointed. The inspectors get $1,000 a
year, the arbitrators 81, 200 and the chief
81, 500. The applicants number over 100
and the governor will be happy man
when he has them off his hands. Sen
ator Hoffman of Atlantic, William S.
Sharp of Mercer, Colonel B. A. Lee of
Elizabeth and ex-senator Nichols of
Cumberland all want to be chief.
Odds and Ends.
A substitute game bill was reported
this week from committee. 1t preserves
the prohibition against farmers killing
rabbits ON their own lands during the
close season.
A joint meeting of the two houses
was held today for the election of COM
nissioners of deeds.
the state yesterday called SO many
members of the legislature home that
no session was held throughout the
day, but to make up for lost time the
two houses will sit today and tomor-
row.
Senator Martin threatens to call upon
the senate committee for his bill re-
iucing the governors salary from $780,
300 to SIS, 900 year, and if he does there
will be some partisan eloquence no
iolibt. The strange thing, illustrating
the topsy turvy nature of politics, is
hat the Democrats wanted the salary
raised from $4,000 few years ago, and
now they are attacking the higher fig
nres while the Republicans are defend
ing them. The advance in salary was
the result of a deal, the Democratic
governor getting $4,000 a year, while
the Republican state treasurer and
state comptroller were raised to $4,000
each. A Democratic house and Repub-
lican senate put the deal through.
Among the new bills introduced this
week is one by Mr.. Guenther which au-
thorizes the governor to appoint SUI
pervisor of mutual, loan, homestead and
building associations; term, five years;
salary, 81. 500. He shall appoint assist
ants with concurrence of governor and
banking commissioner. He shall re-
luire annual reports from all such asso-
cations, etc.