The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-01

fOdQS 10 Onnec WITH private SlQlnSS.
Assemblyman Auf der Heide of
Hudson introduced a bill to repeal the
act which permits mayors to appoint
bipartisan excise boards in first class
cities. The house passed a concurrent
resolution asking the New Jersey men,
bers of congress to work for an amend
ment to the federal constitution to per-
NIT the election of United States SEN
ators by a direct vote of the people.
The senate approved the bond of
State Treasurer Elect Daniel S. Voor-
hees in the sum of 100000. The sign
ers are Edmund Spoeth, A. R. Kuser,
James H. McGraw, John s.. Kuser,
Moses X. Evett, David P. McClelland,
John Capstick, David Young, John G.
Eisele and George A. Squire. Numer-
Gus petitions were received in both
houses against any alteration of the
bishops bill.
Important Hearings.
Several important hearings preceded
the legislative sessions this week. AS
semblyman Alexander's bill raising
the age limit to sixteen years for the
employment of children at night in
glass plants served to bring about a
spirited hearing. A peculiar feature
was that a number of glassblowers ap-
peared in opposition to the bill, de-
claring it would ruin the glass bust
ness, and then every one of them in
succession declared that he would not
permit his child to work in glass plants
under present conditions. Mrs. Emily
Williamson of Elizabeth declared that
it was not the children of glassblow-
ers who worked at the trade, but chill
dren imported from Philadelphia, es-
pecially wards of societies, who were
worked as long as possible and hen
turned out to starve in the streets.
The glassblowers resented this, but
did not deny it. They said they could
not get along without the labor of
boys under sixteen years. The bill
was reported favorably.
The house committee on labor gave
a hearing on the bill requiring the
payment Of railroad wages semi
monthly. The railroads declared that
there was no demand for the bill and
that such a regulation would greatly
increase clerical expenses and pre-
vent the increasing of wages, as well
as the contemplated improvements.
Henry J.. Gottlob of the State Fedora
ton Of Labor favored the bill, saying
it would spare workingmen the neces-
sity Of borrowing from loan sharks.
Because of the absence of persons in
terested the hearing on the railroad
bills went over until next Monday.
Senator Shinn's bill, which appropri-
ates $1,000 for a Revolutionary monu-
ment in Toms River, passed by a vote
Of 10 to 1, Senator Colby voting in the
negative.
If house bill No. 43, by Mr.. Thomp-
son, which has just passed in the
house, Is melted out a similar fate by
the upper house, Princeton will have
her $4,000 monument. For years
Princeton has been struggling to get a
monument to commemorate the battle
of Princeton in the Revolutionary war.
The federal government has a~ppropri-
ated $4,000, and the measure just
passed by the house %appropriates $780,
600 more.
Reformatory For Women.
New Jersey is likely to have a re-
formatory for women. A bill intro
duced by Mr.. Alexander of Hudson
for this project has passed the house.
The measure appropriates $4,000 for
the selection of a site.
The Paterson trunk sewer bill passed
the house, as did also a companion bill
which allows municipalities to estab-
fish their own sewage disposal plants
if they so desire instead of going into
the trunk sewer proposition.
One of the most important measures
passed in the upper house was a joint
resolution by Senator Minturn which
provides for an investigation of the al.
legged monopolies on coal and ice in
this state. A legislative committee is
to do the probing.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Rior-
dan fixing the maximum rate to be
charged to consumers of water at 10
cents for 1000 gallons, or S15 per an
mum for each house with four outlets.
taps or faucets. The sum of 50 shall be
charged extra for each closet or bath
tub or set of three washtubs and 81
for garden hose.
Other house bills introduced follow:
Mr.. Earle-Provides that no railroad
company shall be entitled to demur-
rage for delay IN unloading goods or
detention of any cars until after the
expiration OF four working days.
MIR. Brady-Prohibits the admitting
of children under fourteen unless ac-
companied by a guardian or parent to
any dance house, concert saloon, mu-
scum, skating rink or theater.
Mr.. Brady-Gives the people power to
select a candidate for United States