The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-02-14
JUDGE BEDLE'S BILL.
His Three Measures to Help
the North German
Lloyd Company
Make Talk.
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Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City NeWS.'O
TRENTON, Feb. IA, 1901.-There is a
strong impression here that this is the
dullest Assembly which has met in the
State House IN years. Six weeks of the
session have come and gone and although
some important measures have been be-
fore the House there has been none of the
old time debates or even one of those
sharp, sprightly skirmishes which have
heretofore SO often relieved the monotony
of the proceedings. This was remarked
yesterday when the three North German
Lloyd steamship bills came up and Mr..
Fallon showed disposition 10 oppose
them.
As explained in 'The Jersey City News
yesterday, there appears to be some rnys-
tery about these bills three in number.
They were prepared by Judge Joseph Be-
die, counsel for the steamship company,
who has been here looking aftsr them
by Mr. Marks. The avowed object of the
pills are to remove any doubt there may
be of the strict legality of the agreement
between the city of Hoboken and the
steamship company whereby the COM
pany secures the right to use the water
front in front of Hudson Park, which
was recently made and sanctioned by the
Board OF Riparian Commissioners Mr.
Bedle says he does not see the necessity
for any such bill but some thought that it
would be best to put it in and it was
done.
That is all right, but in addition to the
bill for this purpose there are two others
that are to some people suspicious. One
provides that it shall be lawful for the
Common Council or other governing body
of any city in this State, whenever in
their opinion the public good may require
1t, by ordinance, to lay out, accept and
open any street, road, highway or alley
already laid out, or which shall hereafter
be laid out, to be vacated, Strengthened,
altered or Widened and to take and ap-
propriate for such purposes any lands and
real estate, upon making compensation TO
the owner or owners thereof, in the man
ner now or hereafter provided by law in
any such city, and they may, at their dis
cretion, by ordinance, accept such lands
as may be dedicated by the owners there
of as public streets or alleys, and there
upon shall be bound to keep up, repair
and maintain the same to the same extent
that they may be bound to keep up, re-
pair and maintain streets or alleys laid
out by other legal proceedings
The second reads
l. The title of the act entitled IAN act
to enable cities to open streets, highways
and alleys, and to regulate and accept the
same" approved March s. 1896, be and
the same is hereby amended to read as
folioWs:--
IAN act to enable cities to open streets,
highways and alleys, and to vacate, regu-
late and accept the same"
The same people who look askance at
these two latter bills say it means that
tilS SlSclIiSillp COlIpdHy Wants the CITY
to give up any right it may have TO the
Riparian lands at the foot of the streets
the steamship company viii use and also
to vacate any interest it may have in
those portions of dedicated streets which
extend into and upon the property the
company will use by it's new wharves
warehouses, ETC.
The bills were taken up at the afternoon
session and Mr.. Fallon opposed them.
He was alone in his opposition and no
one took the trouble to reply to him
at any length and the bills passed
Mr.. Meeker covered himself again yes
ing for an amendment to the constitution
for Lieutenant Governor came up. From
a carefully typewriter manuscript ne
made a short appeal for his bill. 1t passed
together with those providing for reim-
bursting volul lteers of the Spanish-Ameri-
can War for uniforms used by them while
in service
Mr.. Lewis introduced a bill giving
morgue keepers the control of unknown
dead bodies, instead of coroners, but
where there are county physicians they
county.
A bill by Mr.. Roe permits winter fish
ing with hook and line. Mr.. Waite intro
duceq bill requiring city clerks to pub
lish Ehree times in two newspapers the
name and residence of every APPLICANT for
a liquor license before the excise can be
granted.
A bill by Mr.. Gill fixes a fine of $4,000
or Imprisonment for sixty years for kid
naping children under fourteen years.
The House passed a number of bills and
the comrnitte did considerable business.
The House then adjourned until Monday
night