New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-14

NewJersey's great electric gnt-gas-'iO''''
combination may provide material for legis'a-
tive inquiry.
Paterson Is not the only city hit by the Chan-
Gerry Court decisions against the pollution OF the
Passaic River The principle established py
these decisions Is that communities nave ny
right TO use rivers or streams as an outlet iol
sewage. and il consistently enforced TINS Will
affect nearly every city and town IN Ne"
Jersey What the Court plainly points out Is '"e
necessity Of finding some other method Oh Sc"
age disposal.
No doubt Il will please the Democrats u
capture North Plalnheld to-day by the alu VI
Republican votes North Panfeld IS IN som
erset County. which is pretty evenly dNiueu
POLITICALLY Serious dissensions among the ke-
publlcans in the borough would almost certainly
result in the election next November Of Demo
cratic State Senator from Somerset. VINO wou'u
have a vote In the selection Of United states
senator Sewelrs successor.
Mayor Hoos is after the trolley synuioA'e
Jersey City. He is writing redhot letters 0"''
ing attention to the sins and crimes "a '"-'
CORPORATION. and he will probably Keep Oh iS'
ing similar proclamations 1t regular inter '"''
between now and Election Day. next mon'"'
Tho MAYOR refers 10 the cars as Noans ArNS'
and n their overcrOwded condition. ana says ''''
in these days when We hear so much a"""'
microbes. bacteria and all kinds Of germs u
certainly seems to me that these human sal u'"0
boxes on wheels are fruitful causes OK u'sedS'
The MAYOR repeats the popular fallacy ABOUT
every passenger being entitled 70 seat Ou' "o
saws. "as we all know. in ninety-nine cases 0O.
of a hundred 1t is impossible 10 procure o"e
rsCrr l-f1flf
He talks plcturesquelv about the "oi"
straps which, however. still MAINTAIN "'u0" W
their original thickness because OF the myers ~
ol,h that have gathered on them. These straps
in most cases, no doubt are very heallnS 81
collectors. and most prolific cause OF the trans
mission of disease, II there Is anything III ''''
contention OF modern scientists
Nravor Hoos is undoubtedly sincere IN MS
efforts 10 bring about improvements and the
fact that he is displaying aggressive energy
now on the eve Of his fght for reelection j.
merely COINCIDENCE. After election II ne cares
N seek for information at the fountain-head' ne
will learn that the trolley company must ne
permitted to do Just as ii pleases In Jersey CITY
Not even in Hudson County IS there hner
brand OF Tammany politics than the knd III
vogue in Patersons Seventh Ward. The rue
tons that they have there At primaries ana eiec-
tons would bring water TO the mouth OF 'ne
Hon. Dry Dollar Sullvans most expert heu'eh-
ants OF course the ward IS OVERWHELMINGLY
Democratic. Alderman Ryan wants re-e'ec'ioh
this wear to the Board OF Aldermen, but ne j.
opposed by that popular champion and aoie com
stttutional LAWYER "Jackey" Johnson. Mr.. John
son has the machine with him. and consequently
his friends say that the result at the primaries
,s q forogone conclusion. The advocates OF Al
derrnan RYAN do not question that. In fact they
declare with the utmost frankness that though
only half a dozen votes were cast. and all Tor
RYAN. the figures would show majority OF
five hundred or six hundred for Johnson 80
RYAN won't bother the primaries. hut VIII run
on a petition Fun? Oh. end Of II.