The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-31
NOTHING DONE.
Activity Predicted in Legis-
lative Circles Not Appar-
ent in Senate Last
Night.
BUCHANAN FOR STATE. LIBRARIAN
New Managers of Soldiers
Home at Vineland 49, Allan
McDermott's Sewer Bill.
BUCHANAN FOR STATE. LIBRARIAN
Especial to eThe Jersey city News."l

Especial to Tine Jersey CITY news.
TRENTON, Jan. 81, 1S99.-Trenton was
exceedingly lonesome last evening. There
We're very few statesmen outside of the
Legislature here, and they looked sad and
detected as they wandered about the lob
bies of the hotels and the corridors of the
State House, looking in vain for some
one they knew. This gloom was in
creased all the more when both branches
of the Legislature adjourned before $50
o'clock, having done nothing but advance
a bill or two to second reading and in
troduce a number of bills. 1t looked
like everything but the evening which
had been predicted during all the week
by those wiseacres who said that now
that the Inauguration was over and the
United States Senator was elected, the
Legislature would settle down to BUSH
ness and begin to do the business which
it was sent here to do with a vim and
a go which would make people open their
eyes. But instead of the astonishing in
dustry predicted, neither House attempts
ed to do anything and practically wasted
the evening.
Among the few that wandered about
the State House was a small delegation
of Hudson men, although all were not on
the same errand. Major D.. K. Pangborn
came down to see the Governor in refer
ence to the appointment of his son, Fred
erick, as State Librarian. The Major is
a little slow for once in his life, as it was
generally conceded last evening that
Henry c. Buchanan, managing editor OF
the state Gazette of Trenton, will cap
ture the prize. The Governor is only one
of seven who have the disposal of this
office. They are:-The Governor, the
Chancellor, the Chief Justice, the Attor-
ney General, the Secretary of State, the
State Treasurer and the State Comptrol-
Ter. Another Hudson man to call upon
the Governor was Colonel Charles w.
Fuller, who, as usual, only stopped in to
| pass the time of day with the Governor,
and there was no political significance in
his visit, so the Colonel said. John E.
Macarthur also exchanged salutations
with the Governor, and, according to his
| statement, that was the full significance
of his visit.
Governor Voorhees, appointed as man
ayers of the Home for Disabled Soldiers,
| Sailors and Marines and their Wives, at
Vineland, George B.. Field of Hudson,
Ernest c.. Stahl of Mercer, Gilbert e.
Bogart of Passaic, Amos R. Deane of
Camden and Jarvis Wanser of Cumber-
land. These gentlemen were originally
appointed, last year, as a commission to
establish the Home, and, having done
that successfully, they are now appoint-
ed a Board of Managers to manage the
institution.
If the Republicans intend to have a
short session and accomplish anything,
they must get to work and stop wasting
their time as they are doing. Here it is
the fourth week of the session and. prac-
tically nothing is done The trouble
seems to be with the committees. Up to
last Wednesday the various committees
had before them ffty-four Assembly and
twenty-five Senate measures, and yet at
last nights session not a committee made
a report.
A bill, which will deeply interest the
people of Jersey City, was introduced by
Mr.. McDermott, allowing city authorities
to change the course of any sewer that
is in process of construction if it will be
dangerous to any railroad tunnel or other
important structure. This relates to the
Hoboken avenue sewer, which is now be-
ing constructed eastward to the Palisade
avenue sewer. If it continues in the di-
rection it's original route calls for it will
run into the new cut which the Erie road
is constructing through the Heights, to
connect with its new system of elevated
tracks in Jersey City. In order to avoid
this difficulty Mr.. McDermott's bill
changes the route of the sewer by turn
ing it southwark, down Oakland avenu
to Washburn street, and east along
Washburn street to Palisade venue