The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-01-27
TRENTON
LETTER
Bills, GOOD and Otherwise aye
Accommodating.

taI-Bill for the Erection of New
Boroughs and Bill in the Inter-
est of Peach Growers.
i Special Correspondence.
TRENTON, Jan. 25.-After the present
week it is expected that the State law
makers will begin work in earnest.
The work Of organization, which oe-
cnpied the first week, is no small affair.
When it is borne in mind that the cere-
monies incident to the Inauguration
of the chief executive of the State
crowded the second week, while the
j third has been occupied with some rou-
tire work and the balloting and the cleo
tion of a United States Senator to sue
ceed the Hon. James Smith Jr.
In the Senate on Monday night, Sena-
tor Pitney presented several remon-
strances and petitions relative to Chat
ham township.
Mr.. Pitney also presented bill No. 16,
which provides that whenever in any
city, according to the last preceding State
census, the population of any ward shall
exceed that of three other wards COM
bined, the common council shall by ordi-
nance redistrict the city into wards with
out increasing the total number.
Both Senators johnson CIV. NJ and
Pitney introduced bills for the incor-
poration of boroughs, the former that Of
Palisades Park, in Bergen county. while
the bill presented by the latter provided
for the incorporation of Florham Park,
Chatham township, as set forth in the
CHRONICLE of last week.
The Senator from Bergen also intro
duced bill authorizing local boards OF
health in towns, boroughs and villages
to license persons engaged in the business
of plumbing.
Senator Foster of Hunterdon, with an
eye to the interest of peach growers and
shippers, was on hand with bill No. 20s
which fixes the railroad freight charges
for fruit as follows; Five cents per stand
ard basket for 30 miles or less; SIX cents
for distance between SO and 75 miles,
: and not more than seven cents when
the distance exceeds 70 miles.
At one time the passage of a bill OF
this kind would have made great diff
|, ference to Morris county shippers. Now
; that the bulk of the peaches raised IN
9 New Jersey are shipped from Monmouth,
Hunterdon, Sussex and Warren counties,
3 and the 75-mile priviso practically in
cludes all points from which shipments
: of peaches are made.
e *a*
y Senator Francis Of Monmouth is th9
:. introducer of bill which provides that
: bills and documents to be recorded in
: : the offices of county clerks and surro-
; gates should be typewriter. In ex-
: planning this bill Mr.. Francis says that
: it is only question Of time before all
L papers filed in the county and State
offices will be type written, and his bill
is only in keeping with the times.
Senator Hutchinson of Mercer intro
> duced bill appropriating $17,500 for
improvements and the erection of an
additional building at the State Indus
o trial School for girls.
q The measure introduced by Senator
n Stokes of Cumberland is an important
s one, affecting the entire State. 1t pro-
, vides that the surplus of the State be
:, applied to the school fund, so as to reduce
= the amount that is raised by taxation. 1t
- is left to the Legislature to decide how
" much from year to year is to be applied.
: but it is to be increased gradually until
2 there is no more school tax.
~
1t will be we'll for members of both
!, houses to keep strict 'tab'' on the bill
introduced by Senator Martin of Sussex
!, county 1t has no more to do with that
Q bailiwick than had Gratz Brown of Jobs
:. town claim to the United States Sena-
!, torship. 1t is altogether in the interest
= of BILLY" Thompson, the owner of the
: race track and park at Gloucester, with
its sporty attractions of doubtful char
acter.
Ex-Assemblyman Thompson, in addi-
ton to owning Washington park and a
: track notorious for the gambling, always
d a leader there, also owned the Democratic
, legislature, both Senate and House, and 1t
F.. was matter of comment at the
Capitol during the week, that six years
e ago, with 'Starter" Flynn, creature Of
a Thompson, in the Speakers chair, Just
: such legislation as that provided for by
Mr.. Martins Senate bill was
rushed through at a livelier pace than
g the trotters at Gloucester park ever at
: tanned.
And in those palmy days it was not
necessary to have the bill cunningly
drawn, with its teil-tale earmarks neatly
n concealed, and then introduced by
: representative from a distinctly rural
: county. The bill, while in the interest of
. rhompsons notorious park along the
+ Delaware. covers the State. 1t provides
that one license shall be sufficient for a
Q pleasure ground owned by corporation
g which has more than one bar.
s Messrs. Thompson and Flynn are per-
: sonally directing the course Of this bill,
9 which is being pushed right along by
a we'll subsidized lobby.
Practically the same bill failed TO be-
come law last session, and it is an ex-
, cellent measure to kill early in the
present assembly Of lawmakers. 1t is
only fair to say that Senator Martin in
troduced this measure ''by request.p
q
Q In the House bills have been introduced
t for cheaper telephone tolls, giving the
Stata cont,ol of fha navU Eiramef,'a RoTda