The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-20
THE OIL FIGHT.
Mr.. Loudenslager's Bill for
the U. s. Pipe Line Given
Second Reading.
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TRENTON, March 20, 1900.-The Appro-
priatien Committee met last evening and
considered some of the smaller items of
the budget. 1t was decided to allow these
items: $4,000 for the Home for Feeble
minded Women at Vineland, and $1,000 for
a sewerage system at the same institu-
ton; $4,000 for the Soldiers Home at
Kearny, although the managers asked
for 10000.
The committee has not as yet consider
ed any of the big appropriations, the rea-
son given being that the committee has
been waiting to hear from the managers
of the larger institutions. 1t is this back
wardness of the committee which is
causing some to prdict that the Legisla
ture will not adjourn sine die this week,
but go over into next There is
little fear of this, however. The fact
that both House worked until midnight
last night and stuck to it until their cal-
endars were clear, shows that the lead
ers are determined to wind up on Friday.
If that is the case a small matter like the
appropriations won't stop them. Any
figures will be slapped down and the Dill
rushed through under a suspension OF the
rules. The committee will meet again this
and every other evening until its work is
done.
The House was late in getting together
this morning and it was noon before 1t
was fairly at work passing bills. Once
settled down, however, it lost no time IN
rushing through measures in business
like manner.
Among the bills passed were:-Mr. F'al-
Ions, makes it unlawful to adulterate
coffee, pepper, candies, jellies, correction
cry. wheat flour, molasses, tomato catsup
or olive oil; Mr.. c. It. Abbott's, provides
that all newspapers printed in the Englsn
language and published at least once a
week for two years continuously, shall
be qualified to print and publish all legal
notices, advertisements, etc.
Mr.. Vollers secured the passage of his
firemen's pension bill. 1t provides that
all members of the department serving
twenty years, attaining the age of sixty
wears, shall be retired on half pay; any
member permanently disabled by accident
during service after ten years service,
half pay; every member temporarily dis
abled while in the performance of duty
shall receive full pay while so disabled.
There came up on second reading IN
the House bill which will in all proba-
bility cause one of the bitterest fights of
the session. 1t is Mr.. Loudenslager's bill
to enable the United States Pipe Line to
get through the State to tide water. The
United States Pipe Line is in opposition
to the Standard Oil and it's promoters
claim that if they acn get their line
through this State it will break up the
~..1xr hi fC ~ w
from the Pennsylvania oil fields at Wash
ington, N. ]. When it is held up by the
Lackawanna Railroad. the courts sustain
ing the Railroad Company's claim TO a
right to prevent the line going under the
roadbed. A powerful lobby tried to Keep
the bill from coming out of committee out
failed.
The Senate passed Mr.. Reeds bill pro-
viding for the punishment of any person
who throws stones, sticks or shoots pul-
lets from pistol, gun or air gun at any
trolley street car or railroad car. OF pieces pisces
any obstruction on railroad or railway
tracks. or who shall throw from any rall-
road cars, or who shall take up from the
tracks any coal thrown from the cars.
Mr.. Stokes bill providing for the appoint
ment of a deputy to the Chief of the
Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Indus
tries, and who shall act in the absence
of such chief, ana VINO Snali perform tue
duties imposed by law upon the secretary
of said bureau. which latter office is to be
abolished. Salary of such Deputy Chief
to be fixed by the Chief of the Labor
Bureau with the approval of the Cover
nor. The chief of such bureau may en-
ploy such clerks and other assistants as
he may deem necessary and fix their
salary, with the approval 81, Of the G9yernor
The Senate passed me PHI proviSding the
sion.
The Senate took up again the School
bill Mr.. Johnson of Camden offered
some more amendments which he ex-
planned would produce this situation. A
board of ten school commissioners would
be created in every city. those to be ap-
pointed by the Mayor, but power is re-
served to any city to have the commits
sioners elected instead of appointed If its
voters so decide. The amendments apply
only to cities divided into wards.
After some general discussion as to the
proper form of the amendments the Sem
ate laid the matter over till afternoon.