The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-01
SPLIT ON
FINANCE
SCHEME.
Joint Committee Of Leg
islature Unable
to Agree.
MINORITY REPORT is
SAID TO BE LIKELY
Tentative Agreement to Divert
S1,3OO,OOO to State Uses
Does Not Hold.
PLANS FOR WATERWAYS
DROPPED FOR THE PRESENT
Would Take More Money from
Schools Than Even Governor
Has Advocated.
Tentative Agreement to Divert
S1,3OO,OOO to State Uses
Does Not Hold.
PLANS FOR WATERWAYS
DROPPED FOR THE PRESENT
from a staff Correspondent ]

lF'cn a stdiL botfebpouQeut~J
TRENTON, March 1.-while a ma
jority of the members of the joint leg
islative committee OF State finances
have signified their willingness to sign
the report which has been prepared
and is now being typewriter here. sew
eral are opposed to a number of the
recommendations, especially to that
part calling for the diversion of public
school money. These members may
make minority report.
The tentative agreement which had
been previously reached embodied the
following propositions:
Recommends cuts in expenses and di-
version, of money to State uses aggre-
eating so-called. saving of $1,3O0,000.
Would divert from public schools a
Total of $5sS,000 to help accomplish this
big aggregate.
Proposes abolishing State Water Sup
ply, Commission and having a single
commissioner al $1,000 a year to as
sumo the work now supposed to be per-
formed by FIVE at $500 q year each
with the Assistance of a well paid Sec
,refary.,
Would abolish the Tenement House
CominissionT and put its duties on the
municipal authorities holding that its
work is done. 80
Aims to cut out leaks and waste at
the State House by creating a bureau
of purchase for supplies for all State
institutions under the direction of the
State Commissioner of Charities and
Corrections, and a bureau of printing
and stationery under the Secretary of
State, the Governor to approve all con-
tracts before they are valid.
Is against any appropriation for in
land waterways.
U.yaluatiop Of Railroads.
ifavors revaluat tion of all railroad
property in the State by the State
Beard of Assessors. assisted by ex-
!.erts.
Wants more attention paid to the
s,5llection of the collateral inheritance
LAX, and would have the State and not
tile county surrogates charged with
ibis duty,
Favors an increase in the muicipal
corporations tax.
Seeks to reduce the amount per CAP
ia which the State pays for the care
Of insane patients from 50 per week
20 Sc, a saving 20 the State of 81 per
f,ead and loss to the counties now
oenefitting on this score.
Recommends turning over $175,oo0 OF
The automobile receipts on hand to
huld and repair roads and the use of
100000 of that money to reduce the
annual legislative appropriation OF
100000 for highways
Opposes any further payments to in
spectors of boats on lakes, records
showing salaries paid two men to In
spect three Lake Hopatcong boats 4
Although the members of the commit
tee have all gone on record as being
against the diversion Of school moneys
to State purposes, as suggested by Gov
ernor Fort, the recommendation OF the
report will accomplish greater diver
sion than was proposed by him IN ms
message Of several weeks ago
100000 Of School Money.
The committee proposes to take the
Ss48000 received from the Pennsylvania
railroad from tax litigation and turn 1t
into the State treasury and, in addition,
pass a law giving the State annually
from the school money received from
railroads s250,oOO, making in all about
5000. 900 this year The Governors idea
was that a sum equal to three quarters
of per cent Of the total ratables should
oe kept out of the taxes on. main-stem
railroad property, instead of the present
one half of 1 per cent. On present valu-
alton the amount under his plan would
be in the rieighborhood Of '$5oo,0oo.
The greater loss would exist for TINS
wear only. if the committees plan were
followed. as the regular yearly appro-
pristion for school money would be only
the s25o.ooo provided by the proposed
law.
The fate of the inland waterway, pet
scheme of Governor Fort and the
saacoast dounyies is hanging in the hal
ance Senator William J. Bradley, OF
camden. could not be present at Satur-
dav's meeting. so decision was delayed
4 c,snpro,nise plan has been worked
into the report subject to final agree
sn,ent by which IL is proposed 70 40
roth,ns on the work until careful IN
vestiration has been made by govern
ment engineers.
AS to State salaries, it appears TO pc
case Of mot now, and never. A gen
eral cutting Of 10 per cent. was at nrst
suggested but that has simmered down
to a tentative agreement to cut commis-
sion salaries and examine the payroiis
Of State departments at later Date.
The magnitude of the work--and other
trines--prevented that economy a. the
present time.