New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-02
NEW-JERSEY NEWS.

The bill introduced by Senator Johnson. OF
Bergen. in the Legislature which gives Boards
of FreehOlders the privilege OF asking the county
courts to appoint three persons TO equalize as
sessments is attracting considerable attention
In fact 1t appears to be growing popular and
may take the place OF Senator Reeds ILL., which
requires the publication OF assessments in news
papers. Mr. Johnson's bill defines the powers
and duties of the courts appointees fnteIli-
gently. and names compensation Of 1T least
800 and not more than 800. and substitutes
the appointees for the Board OF Assessors.
Private corporations having absorbed nearly
all Of the Hudson County waterfront Jersey City
Is now taking steps to secure waterfronts on
the Hackensack River. To the end of obtaining
wharf room. the Jersey City Board OF Trade
has requested Senator McDermott to introduce
a bill in the Legislature which will give the
city the riparian rights to the land under water
adjoining the land owned by the city 10 high
water mark the Hackensack. Jersey City
wants to expand and grow. Newark has done
the west bank OF the river and the water
front enterprise is movement in that direction.
The effort of Joseph Ellor, Surrogate of Essex
County to overthrow the law which places his
office on a salary basis and declares that the
fees shall be paid into the county treasury is
not meeting with much favor in Newark. Mr..
EllOr's salary is already 1850 year larger
than that of of the leading State officials,
and the people of Essex County think that. mas
much as he accepted the office with a full
Outstanding of the law. he ought TO be content.
BY the time he is through with the courts IL Is
probable that goodly slice OF his salary for
one year will be gone. and the city will get the
fees just the same
The silence of the Railway Reformatory in
Legislative halls this year is causing some COM
ment. The call for another appropriation for
| that institution may come later.
| Some men are never happy unless they have
J a grievance somewhere about them within
| easy reach. Here is one man in New-Jersey
| who says he wants the Republicans turned out
| because they don't turn Democrats in No. you
| are wrong. Bob Davis never said anything
| of the kind. Perish the thought, and-guess
| again.
Assem- blyman Wakelees bondholders' bill was
hung up, so 70 speak in the House on Wednes-
| day. The j per cent bill is on the same peg.
| Senator McCarter's Newark police bill was
| killed twice within twenty-four hours. Sena-
! tor McDermott's freeholders' bill and half
| dozen other measures were passed. And then.
having made record for weeks work which
makes the Saturday half holiday look large.
| the Legislature adjourned for the week.
| Why wouldn't Il be a popular move for some
| rising young statesman to Introduce a bill in
| the Legislature asking for appropriation to
| provide the Paterson Board OF Aldermen with
| a law student for emergency cases? The fact
J that they recently passed a resolution or an
| ordinance removing the city market from Main
! St 10 Grand-st., contrary 10 a decision OF the
| Court OF Chancery made years ago that no
| governing body has authority TO permit the use
! of any public street for market, would seem
| TO Indicate that they need assistance OF some
Kind to prevent them from being laughed at by
| other governing bodies all over the State
! we'll disposed New-Jersey newspaper asks
! Why shouldn't the ground hog be crowned the
/ king of anirnals?" Ever ride in elevated
| train or In a trolley car in New-York City?
Van Hise the New-Jersey hangman, as he Is
| known is overdue. The Society OF Friends OF
/ Plainfield petitoned the Legislature TO substi-
! tute Imprisonment for life for capital punish
ment more than week ago. and he hasn't been
| heard from yet