Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-11
Establishment of Women's Re-
formatory to Accommodate
$50 Prisoners.
WOULD RESTRICT USE OF
MONEY IN SEEKING VOTES
Strengthening and Extension Of
Primary Law, and Ballot
\ Reform Urged.

for specific accidents to employees,
which shall be deemed an express or
implied part OF every contract of en-
ployment in any public or quasipublic,
Industrial or private business in this
State.
Inland waterway.
The Inland Waterway Department
WAS created by chapter fifteen of the
laws of one thousand iii hundred and
eight. By that act, three hundred
thousand dollars were appropriated.
This sum was to be available from time
to time. as provided by the annual APP
preparation bill. Up to the present
time, the Legislature has granted one
hundred and twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
The route of the proposed inland
waterway has been approved by the
Governor, under the statute, and when
completed, as contemplated, will fur
nish a channel six feet deep at low
water from Bay Head. in Ocean county,
to Cape May City, in Cape May county.
Work has been done, under contract,
which has opened the channel from
Bay Head to Cedar Bonnets, by remov-
ing the reef, or fiat, at the mouth of
Metedeconk creek. near Bay lead. At
the Cape May end, work has progressed
from Cape May City to Rio Grande
BRIDGE and a section is now being
dredged from Rio Grande bridge to
Grassy Sound channel. When the sec
ton between the Rio Grande bridge n
Grassy Sound channel is completed
there will be an open waterway from
Cape May harbor to Great Sound,
which will afford access between Cape
May and Wildwood, Holly Beach. An-
siesea. Stone Harbor and other towns
Another section is also being dredged
through Grassy Bay. When this asst
section is completed and a short flat
section is dredged at Cedar Bonnets
(Which is abreast of Harvey Cedars),
a route will be opened which will pro-
vide a channel of 100 feet in width and
OF not less than four feet in depth at
low tide from Bay Head to Atlantic
City.
The most extensive work yet remain-
ing to be done Is between Great Sound,
IN Cape May county. and Atlantic City.
1t Is quite apparent that the work
contemplated, under the original sur
vey and the route as approved. can be
completed within the sum stated In
W. ~ VI thO t1"o Va " In -
dications now are that it can be done
for a less sum-.
Probably no greater work of internal
Improvement has ever been undertaken
by the State than this inland water
way. 1t is estimated that there are
now $4,000 crafts of various kinds, the
owners of which are awaiting with
anxiety the completion of this water
way. The interest in the counties ~
Ing along the route is very general,
and the demand for 1t and the belief in
its great advantages is practically
unanimous. !
Our Atlantic coast is one of the great
assets of u State. and all that can
be lone to promote it's attractiveness
and build up constantly increasing
population and business interests
should be done. When the waterway
Is completed its maintenance can he
provided for, If necessary, by the levy
of a license fee, not exceeding 81, upon
each craft that may use it. 1t will
only need annual stalking and possibly
a little policing. The whole depart
mems ear be supported upon a dollar
license tax. -
To the boatrnan the business adj
vantages of the waterway will be of in
calculable value. The State has never
undertaken u work which was more
worthy of it's aid or which will re-
dound more to its credit than the in
land waterway protect.
1t IL inst such public enterprises
M this which tend TO make n state
great md Its people happy. The
New Jersey sea coast In destined to
be the great summer resort Of not
only our own people, but the citi-
zens of our sister states, and we
should do everything In our power,
both In the state and local govern
xnents, to increase the growth OF
our coast cnties and towns, and to
make our ~unequaIed ocean shore
front and our inland water courses
and bays attractive.
County Boards of Taxation.
The people of the State favor the
abolition of the county boards Of taxa
ton. Their existence is without e2-
cuse and always has e Their OBJ
jcct and purpose was solely to secure
an increase of taxable values SO that
the averige tax rate upon railway
property might be reduced. They have
accomplished this purpose with a re-
SV3tauL loss 10 the puDliC SCHOOL lulluS
foI distribution by the State OF not
less than $5o0.0o O per year for each year
since their creation.
One of the excuses given for the
enormous increase in property values
in the State has been the maximum tax
rate act of 1906. which, it is claimed.
has required the increase of assessable
values in order that under it munich
palities might get enough revenue to
run their local governments. There
,nay be some truth in this. But it
only demonstrates h cunning which
devised county boards of taxation and
maximum tax rate laws to furnish a
method for lowering the average tax
rate, which, by the act OF 1906, was
made the basis for the taxation OF rail-
road property.
I recommend the repeal Of both tho
act creating county boards of taxation
and the maximum tax rate act of 1906.
If the county boards of taxation are
not abolished, then the Legislature
should place the expense of their MAIN
tenance upon the counties Why should
the State pay the salaries of these
boards? They are in no sense state
officers. The state derives no revenue
from any act which they perform. Yet
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