The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10

SOME JUSTICE DONE.
legislature Enacts the Law
to Give Jersey City the
Second Class Rail-
road Tax.
WANSER'sEXGELLENT WORK
Relief Of About s146,OOO to the
Taxpayers-A Cape May Tax
alton squabble.
WANSER's IExCELLENT WORK
Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News."l

L OGt -1oANi ~, eVo AN
no perceptible change in the nature of
the proceedings of the Legislature yes
terday. Many bills were passed. the most
important to Jersey City being No. 156,
the Senate bill which provides that the
additional sum of the railroad taxes
which should come to Jersey City under
the act of last year shall come out OF
the taxes for the year 1887 and not those
of 1888, as the law officials have decided
the act provides. AS told in these des-
patches yesterday the bill was passed in
the Senate yesterday morning. AS soon
as the House met after the noon recess
Nj. Gledhill called the measure up and 1t
passed under a suspension of the rules.
The friends of the measure hurried it into
the executive department and the Acting
Governor signed it at once. It was then
taken over to the Secretary of States
office and filed and is now a law and
operative.
No one had more to do in bring
ing about this most desirable result
than former Mayor Wanser. His hard
work here yesterday did much to
tors and member who were not in
cilISu lO-NOLt lOI lllt IlCdShiC- NHNs
Skirm was opposed to the bill and as
President pro tenn his influence against
the measure was calculated to do it con-
siderable harm. The former Mayor
labored with Mr.. Skirm and succeeded
not only in allaying his opposition but in
securing his help and vote for The meas
ure.
This course is all the more commend
able when it is remembered that he is
no longer in office and most men under
the circumstances would leave such work
to his successor. The passage of this
bill means STAG, 600 a~dditionalto Jersey CITY
this year, which should be available at
once. 1t is understood that now that this
Measure has become a law, Mr.. Aliens
equal taxation bills will not be urged.
The House Committee on Railroads and
| Canals has intimated that it will report
Squire's bill permitting Union County to
dispose to the highest bidder the fran
chise for a trolley road along the Boule-
ward, from Elizabeth to Plainfield.
Another hearing was given on the bill
by the committee yesterday. Colonel e.
w. Hine of Newark, spoke against the
measure. He said he represented the
EltZduetI anu NSstlSlu RdliOod Sohh-
pany, which had obtained consent to con-
duct a trolley road from the property
owners of Westfield, Crawford and Fam
wood. He though that the Legislature
should not pass a bill interfering with
those rights.
Il John Sewell, of Plainfeld, also opposed
the measure on the ground tina, when a
| compan proposing to build a railroad had
deposited $4,000 with the Secretary of
| State. and in other ways complied with
| the existing law it was not fair for the
Legislature to interfere with them.
All Union county wanted, Mr.. Frank
| Bergen said. in replying to these two
gentlemen, was the widening of the
Boulevard and authority to compel those
who Wished to build a trolley line on the
road to pay enough for that privilege to
| defray the expenses of that widening.
Mr.. Fairchild, the chairman, at the
conclusion of Mr.. Bergen's address, said
that the committee intended to report
the bill and let it be discussed upon the
floor. where all the members could have
an opportunity to express their views
upon it.
Mr.. Simpson was in his seat this after
1 nO0n dtlu NOlcQ vi Oil Liz 0lliR 1
were considered.
Mr.. Eugene Cole of Cape May shook
things up yesterday afternoon and made
that many consider the best speech OF
the session. 1t was on his bill to X
tend the Martin Act to boroughs and was
! intended to get at Charles K. Lands,
who owns considerable property in the
seaside boroughs of Cape May county
and who. Mr.. Cole say will not pay his
taxes. In advocating the passage of the
measure Mr.. Cole went over the case OF
Lands and showed how he managed tc
escape having his property sold for taxes
The present law. he said, provided thai
the taxes could not be collected at the
exnira ton of two years after they were
levied.
Al the expiration of six months the col
lector could issue a warrant for the col
lection of the taxes in arrears, but in tbs
earlier eases they did not do SO and LEI
the matter jog along. Four months there.
after the property must be put up fol
sale. but anyone interested in the matter
co,,ld have II postponed for sixty days
Tn This wav a wear of the two was con.
s,,naed Now the law again provided
tbat q cartiorar; can he taken within
a,r,,4een rnonths This Tanais did anf
baeora tho oo,,rt eoula d;snosa of tshe mai.
~, tba two wears had expired. The Su.
1890 co,,r+ bad bald that this law ii
,.-s4sAaam,s ~ oonstr,,aa 1itarojlr .nx
+no+wo vaars e,naant two vears Mr. Col.