The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-07
PIPE LINE FIGHT.
Bill introduced at Trenton
to Break Up Standard
Oil Monopoly.
PLANS FOR FOURTH REGIMENT
Attempt to Clip the Lay
Judges "Perkisites' Work
in the Senate Today.
PLANS FOR FOURTH REGIMENT
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TRENTON, March 7, 1899.-The old Unit
ed States Pipe Line, which is trying TO
work it's way to the seaboard to break UP
the Standard Oil .Company's monopoly,
made its appearance in the House last
night in a bill introduced by Mr.. Ridge
way of Middlesex, which allows oil COM
panies to construct pipe lines across the
State.
The United States people, now known as
the Columbia Oil Company, have pipe
line laid from the oil fields of PennsYi-
vania to a point near Washington TINS
State, where it is hung up by the Della
ware Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Company The company will not allow the
pipe under its tracks. The Columbia peo-
ple resorted to the courts but were de-
feated. They now seek relief from the
Legislature.
Another big enterprise for New Jersey
appeared in a bill introduced by Mr. Hail,
providing for the Incorporation of tunnel
companies. AS the law exists today,
tunnel companies have to be organized
under the railroad acts, from which Mr..
Halls bill differs materially. II Mr.
HAIRS measure become law there is
company ready that gentleman says, to
between Jersey City and New York ana
another between Camden and Philadel-
phia.
General Sewell and Governor voorhees,
will make an effort to have the present
Fourth Regiment, New Jersey volunteers
now at Camp Wetherill, South Carolina,
taken as body into the regular army
under the new reorganization act. The
cd NIT X
cellent condition and general efficiency OF
the regiment and is confident II VIII oe
a credit to the State.
Senator johnson of Bergen county has
introduced a bill to clip the financial
flights of the present lay Judges. These
gentlemen are now, with two exceptiohs'
lawyers, and the Court has been IN the
habit of referring cases to them to write
opinions upon. The pay OF the Judges Is
$40 a day, and they have been charging
for the days they have been engaged on
these opinions at their homes In TINS
way some of the lay Judges nave mace
as much in year as the law Judges. MI
Johnsons bill limits the days Tor Whlcn
they shall he paid to those they are act
ually engaged in court here at trenton.
The monotony of the mornings session
Of the House was relieved aWhlle by the
massage of Mr.. Kleins bill making ten
hours a days work for reporters cor
respondents and magazine writers, though
if the reporters. etc., are in need they can
do extra work for extra pay. Mr.. Klein
spoke of the hard work newspaper men
did for little pay, and poetically referred
to midnight oil.
Mr.. Benny moved that the title of the
bill be changed to read ''an act for the
benefit of the poor and proud" as the
newspapermen were poor as rule and
proud of their work. The Speaker
declared him out of order and the bill
passed. -,
The bill increasing ED" Mitchell,s sal
ary passed with no opposition. MT squire
of Union read typewriter expla i1
and Mr. Carroll said he agreed with r. a A
SON" had said The Hudson Democrats
voted for the measure. 80.
The Senate held a brief session this
morning Mr. Johnson presented Pc
tition from the boys and girls OF bergen
county praying the Legislature TO enact
a law providing that neither the Dody or
feathers of any song bird shall pc used
for ornamenting the hats, bonnets or
bodies Of any person in New Jersey.
The House passed the bills repeating
the Joint resolution making colonies brlga-
diers on retirement; providing Tor the
lighting and repairing of the HUDSON
Boulevard. and permitting the widening
of sidewalks in Bayonne.