The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-22
Bills to Be Presented As
Soon AS the Trenton Mill
Is Prepared to Grind
EouAi TAX FIGHT TO BEGIN
LIMITED FRANCHISE MEASURE
READY FOR INTRODUCTION
GOVERNOR IN THE INTEREST
OF ECONOMY WOULD ABOLISH
JOB.
Special to ..The Jersey city News..,l


would be to the interest of the State if
the Legislature should see fit to abolish
the office Of supervisor of the State
prison and turn over the duties of his
office to the principal keeper. This is
accepted to mean that the Governors
present frame of mind is to appoint no
supervisor at the present time. but to
wait until he has seen if he cannot per-
suade the Legislature to take his view
Of the case and merge the office into that
of keeper at the same salary the keeper.
receives now.
Although the body of Major Edward
Anderson. the late supervisor. has just
been committed to the earth. it is said
that sixteen candidates, by actual count,
have appeared, and the Governors dec
laration has caused CONSERVATION among
them The office of supervisor of the
State prison is considered one of the best
plums that grow on the tree in the Gov
ernor's yard. The term is three years
and the salary is $1,000 annually. The
suggestion of the Governor that this
amount be saved by combining the two
offices into one is in keeping with the
policy of reducing the expenses of the
State wherever it was possible to 10 so.
which he adopted at the beginning of
his term.
A story showing that railroads were
Obliged to carry State officials and mem
!. bers of the Legislature free on their pas
.senger traaius. was discussed in the corr
ridors of the State house this week. AMI
many expressed surprise on learning that
all tie railroads were not obliged to fur
nish the free transportation.
The members who were here from
north of Elizabeth were inclined to think
that they were all right. because the
| charter of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey, which goes to Bound Brook, con-
tains the free transportation provision,
and the Delaware and Bound Brook,
! which runs from Bound Brook to Tren-
s ton, was incorporated under the general
/ railroad law of 1873, which also has the
free transportation provision. But a
lawyer among them dampened their
hopes by pointing out that a revision of
the general ra lroad law, which was pass
ed in 1903, repealed the old general r;s /
road law of 1873. and provided that the
/ free transportation should he furnished
BY railroads incorporated under this
act' This the lawyer declared meant
the act of 1903. and that only the roads
| incorporated since the latter year had to
| furnish the free transportation.
I Their hopes. however. picked up CON
| siderably when another lawyer as stout
ly declared that although the revision OF
1903 repealed the act of 1873, it did not
| abrogate any contract made under the
latter law, and that all railroads incor-
porated under the 1873 act We're bound
! by its provisions, no matter if it was. re-
pealed.
There was much talk about the work
of the coming session, and the opinion
| was expressed that it would be one of the
busiest Of late years, and probably one
| of the longest. This will be the 130th
Legislature of New Jersey, and it will
convene on Tuesday, January 8, three
weeks from last Tuesday.
/ AS a general thing nothing beyond the
organization of both houses is accom-
plished the first week, but it may be this
| time that many of the important bills,
especially those dealing with the ques,
| lstions of equal taxation an0l the limiting
Of franchises. will make their appearance
the first day. It's known that the Colby
adherents have a committee at work pre-.
! pairing such measures. and it is unds r
stood that the cunning minds of the adj
lninistrat:on are at work along the same
lines. and each sideswill be in a position
to introduce its respective measures al
H.
the very first opportunity. At any rate