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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
ON CANAL. WRECKAGE M Nav LERsEX.

eTFa He report of the special committee of the Senate appointed
two years ago TO investigate the reasons for the disuse of
the Delaware and Raritan canal and of the utility of legsla.
ton tending to revive and develop the canal throws an instructive
sidelight upon Morris canal management or acknowledgement. The
Delaware and Raritan canal had a tonnage of 2S5I, 23 tons IN
1866 and a tonnage of 2yS37,552 tons in 1872. The canal was leased
10 the Pennsylvania railroad in 1871, and that company began to in.
crease the rates. In 1882 the rates were raised TO their present
height. There was a consequent decline in the canal traffic until in
1909 the tonnage was reduced to 401 y231 tons. This was strangula-
ton. The canal traffic paid handsomely before the railroad company
secured the lease, and after the company got control there was q
loss of 24560G2 tons in the tonnage. This was plainly the opera
ton of cause and effect. The Norris canal just prior to the lease
by the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company had a tonnage of SS9220
tons. In 1871 IT had 1000 boats employed on the canal. The canal
was leased to the Lehigh Valley in May, 1871. The canal tonnage
In now a negligible quantity and nearly all the boats have disap
peared. The Raritan canal is not the wreck the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company has made of the Morris canal. The Senate com
mittee reports it in good physical condition. The Pennsylvania
railroad has maintained the canal because the company itself has
had need for IT'S use. Excessive canal charges have operated only
to keep others from using the canal The canal lessee is not sub
iect to the exorbtant rates. In considering how the traffic may be
restored the committee suggests a reduction of the rates, a change
of classification of the commodities carried, proper regulation,
faster motive power, the establishment of terminals and jurisdiction
Of the Interstate Commerce Commission over the canal as to inter
state traffic. In intrastate traffic the canal should come under the
authority of the Public Utilities Commission. Up to 1885 the State
mad the charter right to take the canal, but failed TO do so and that
right lapsed. If, however, the federal government shall build a
ship canal parallel to the Rantan that canal will in all probability
be abandoned. A bill is pending in Congress giving the Interstate
Commerce Commission jurisdiction over the Delaware and Raritan
yesterday passed a concurrent resolution in favor of the passage of
that bill. Furthermore, it was recommended that a law be passed
TO reduce and regulate the canal tolls and let the law be tested in
the courts. 1t ia encouraging to see the canal system in New Jersey
is not to be surrendered to the railroad interests without a struggle.
II is extraordinary that while the railroad lessees have been de-
iberately destroying that system to serve their private interests.
governors and legislatures have looked on and never uttered a
protest or made an attempt to protect the State from the wreckers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
raise Public Economy

TO the Fditor Of the Evenirg Star:
IN travelling over the county roads
one Is struck forcihly by the need for
more frequent oilirig. Our proud boast
is that the New Jersey roads are the
finest in the country. and we DO every
thing we can to encourage people from
other States to come here. but u
strange ideas OF economy in the admin
istration Of public business proven 6 US
from doing what a private individual
would do under the same circuT-
stances.
AT present the roads are not oiled TN
til the middle Of the summer. That
his is not sufficient can be readily
seer right after a rain, such as we
have had in the last few days. 1t is
not two days before every passing
vehicle raises a cloud of dust that COW
ers houses. pedestrians, vegetation ana
everything else, with a coal Of gray.
The results in the end are more costly.
far more than the original cost OF OIL
ins would be. The vegetation aAons
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
XVI. MOUNT OF SATURN.

The middle finger, known In PALMS.
try as the finger of Saturn, is, normally
the longest in every human hand. And
agreeably with this IT happens that the
saturniar type OF humanity is by far
the tallest of the seven types.
II the mount at the base of the finger
of Saturn is the most developed one In
the palm, your subject is classed as q
Saturniar, and his characteristics will
be caution, prudence, punctiliousness'
melancholy and love of solitude.
He is the sober, serious tyre-the ball
ance wheel of humanity. He is forever
dlnning into the ears of the more frlv-
olous types. beware, take care"
He 10 your wise person. He looks
the part, too. for he Is the
homelfest of the seven types. And
herein nature has shown her own
wisdom. For. IL the Saturnlan were as
handsome as the more cheerful types
are, he would be tempted away often
from following the course which he rec
ognizes as the wise one. But, being
hcmely enough, he is permitted. as a
rule, to pursue unmolested the dictates
OF his better judgment.
Loving solitude, the Saturnian is fon-
der thar any other type of agricu tural
pursuits and is especially devoted to
mineraIogy and kindred studies. He is
a born scientist.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
Resents Alleged Discrimination.

Resents Alleged DISCRIMINATION.
To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
believe I am being Disseminated
against by the Board of Health of
Bloomfield because l am an Italian. /
refer particularly to their action in
taking legal steps to compel me to do
work on property occupied by me in
Berkeley place, Bloomfield, that Is not
required of residents of other nation
alities living in Berkeley place.
Recently I was ordered by Inspector
Sale, of the Board OF Health, to clean
out a cesspool on my premises. That
was on March 9, and I told Mr.. ~aile
I was i'll at the time but would attend
to 1t in a day or so. I made arrange
day, but before hat time the Beard
Of Health. through Inspector Sale. had
the cesspool cleaned, and now I .reat-
ems to sue me tor the cost of same.
Also the Board of Health has taken
action against me for violating the
sanitary code in building a vault, and,
as alleged by the board, in other ways
acting contrary to It's orders.
1 have lived in Bloomfield for TWEEN
ty-two years, eight years OF that time
being spent in Berkeley place, and am
known as a law-abiding cit zen I
claim that the property hat l occupy
has always been kept in a SAM airy
condition. There Is no sewer in Berke-
ley place. One is nov being construct
ed, but it is not yet completed.
Pending the completion of the sewer
conditions on my premises are the same
as at other residences in Berkeley place.
but there is no complaint against any
of the others. l claim / am being d s.
eliminated against because I am an
italian and for no other reason. I also
claim that certain persons desire to
obtain the premises occupied by me al
a price much less thar It's real wor h,
and that the Board Of Health is work.
ing to aid these people by bounding
me and creating false sentiment against
me.
l also take exceptions to remarks
made by Mr.. Gilbert in which he i'm.
pugns my honesty. My reputation FOL
veracity has been known in Bloomfield
for twenty-five years.
ANTONIO Federico.
Berkeley place, Bloomfield.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
Y QUESTION BOX.

Question-Can you tell by palmistry
what events or accidents will happen
in a persons life? Can these things BE-
told even years ahead Of the time they
occur? INQUISITIVE.
Answer-Palmistry, which Is really
scientific, never attempts to foreteli any
event or accident. It merely aims at
foretelling that certain epochs, or eras,
or periods are indicated In a persons
life. These periods are nothing other
than a program, so TO speak, of the
greater activities of the faculties. traits,
p~ropensities and trends of thought of u
person.
Given such and such a propensity ana
trend of thought, it is easy to predict
that the outcome must be so and SO.
This is all real palmistry can pretend
to be able to do.
No doctor can foretell that you are
going to eat lobster on a certain day.
But any doctor who knows that you are
dyspeptic and a lobster palace" fire.
~ouenter can, without being a prophet
foreteIl that II you don't stop eating
lobster you will inevitably endanger
your life through an attack OF acute In
digestion.
Palmistry, OF course, goes beyond
this. For 1t Is able to tell from h lam
guage spoken by the hand what prcpen-
sites you have inherited. and also what
! new trends of activity you nave accu-
mulated or are accommodating. And the
| palmist has this advantage over the
| medical man, tina he has the entire
life-map before him. whereas the doctor
Is restricted to an indefinitely narrower
| horizon.
The markings OF the hand nay not
inaptiy be compared to the score OF q
symphony. The symptoms music adj
| dresses itself alike to all. It speaks, al
1t were. a universal language. Yet II Is
, understood by each In the Ian
guage peculiar to himself. To one
1t tells of the joys Of life: to tho
other. of the sorrows OF existence.
To a third 1t conveys a message Of
warning. or of hope; to still another It
sets afire all his latent ambition. OF 1t
conjures up a vista OF wasted oppor-
tunities, or suggests means for retriev-
ing what has been lost. To others
again 1t thunders forth the doom Of
despair.
And so on through the whole eaxaut
Of possibilities, each person interpreting
the sounds in accordance with his own
proclivities. his own individuality.
And this Is true likewise Of palmistry.
And the paln1ist does no more than act
as a sort OF universal interpreter by
reading lines which, though seemingly
alike to the casual observer. are never
less fraught with differences OF meaning
according as they are applied to one
personality or another.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21

SN HERE is now a public utilities law, with ratemaking power,
among the statutes of the State. Hereafter all public utility
enterprises in New Jersey will be under control of a State
commission having ample power to fix rates and charges and make
all reasonable regulations. The power extends to Communication
rates for intrastate railroad traffic, which does not. however, cover
the suburban rates TO and from New York. which are under the
Jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The State
commission can regulate canal tolls, unless the canal charter may be
construed to prevent. 1t is not unlikely that the new law will be
tested in the courts by the corporations affected in cases that shall
arise, but a new order of things has come in the relations of the
State and the public utility corporations, and, with perhaps some
notifications, il has come to stay.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Months ago the residents of the Third
ward were informed that they would
get a public bathhouse. A site had
been purchased and a thousand dollars
spent for plans for the new structure.
The plans were got ready and the peo-
pie in the Third ward got ready-to
tathe, but as yet there is no bath
house and no sign of one.
What Is the matter with the Board OF
Works officials? Are they playing poll
tics? They have had enough time to
investigate every bathhouse in the
United States, and every site in the
city, and as yet they are up in the air
with regard to a site and a bathhouse. II
was found that the ground on Clayton
street was not large enough and the
location not desirable. Other sites were
looked at, but for some reason or other
none selected.
The Third ward people want a bath
house and wan II badly. While the
commissioners have bathtubs In their
homes and tan battle whenever they
Ike, the poor people on the "HiH" have
to go dirty. II is a shame to deprive
citizens of the right to battle. The
board ought to take action Immediately
The bathhouse should have beer reads
for use this summer.
FRANK BENSON.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
COOPERATION IN LEGISLATION.

PTS HE remarkable feature of the legislative session, now near
Ii it's close, has been the spirit OF cooperation that has existed
between the two houses. At no time when the Legislature
vas wholly Republican or wholly Democratic did the two branches
work together in such apparent harmony on important bills. During
the terms of Governors Stokes and Fort the two houses were con
stantly at variance. The Senate was always Teactionary and OPP
posed to whatever progressive spirit was displayed in the Assembly.
In the Legislature this year the Senate actually took the initiative
important reform legislation, and the first reform bill received
by the Governor bore the Senate label. In all the most important
measures enacted the Senate has gone more than half way to meet
the wishes of the House, and in one respect it went all the way. As
a result of this new spirit of cooperation the long delay in legisla.
ton has been compensated for, and the legislative session of 1911
will be a record one in the number of important bills passed and in
the work of reform accomplished.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
The People, Rostrum


The labor unions have interfered with
that. Then what liz done by this army?
What is the good Of our prisons, II
something is not done to reform the
men, and when their terms are cor1-
pleted they are no more At to go among
society than they we're when arrested?
There are several refcrmatories, but
1t IL understood that the criminal laws
regulating who shall be confined to
these are inadequate. They do not give
half the men who deserve q chance TO
reform admission to thise places.
Here is a work which a church or some
philanthropic body might become inter-
esteo In, and with concerted effort es-
tablish one of the most fruitful works
In existence. q. HART.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
PASSING OF THE VOTING MACHINE.

NATHE the STAR instituted its fight TO procure the abolish
WV ment of the voting machine it had no support among the
newspapers of the State. The voting machine had been
introduced as a reform step, and, thus labeled, it was held to be
proof against criticism. But gradually the conviction grew in the
public mind that the voting machine was a hindrance to the ballot
and a nuisance, and bills for its abolition appeared in the Legis-
lature, only to be killed in committees. The STAR kept up the
fight until a bill was passed permitting the election districts to
vote separately upon the question of retaining the machines. More
than three hundred districts voted them out, leaving only fortyfye
machines in use in the last election. When the present legislative
session ends the State will be permanently stripped of the voting
machines. The blanket ballot is another device imposed upon the
voters in the name of reform. The STAR has opposed this feature
of the new election law, and will continue to oppose il, unless ex
perience shows that it is an acceptable substitute for the Werts
ballot, than which no better ballot is in use in the United States.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
Convicted Men should work.

TO the Editor OF the Evening Star;
In a recent issue of your paper / saw
a report Of the different prisons In New
Jersey and II showed II at an v 9 of
1000 men are imprisoned yearly at
Caldwell penitentiary. What do these
1000 men do during the year. to better
themselves or the world? Nothing, II
the newspaper reports are true.
1t is understood that the prisoners
cannot be put TO work at any trade,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
Just a Line
About Men
You KnoW

Henry Lemasenna, clerk Of the GUS
toms house here, travelled a good deal
before he settled down to the staid
marital state he now occupies. He can
tell a great many interesting anec-
dotes of peculiar customs of different
natives of the places he visited.
The other day he vas explaining how
the natives of Jamaica do not worry
about the high cost of living. as nature
provides them with almost every
necessity of life. Mr.. Lenlasenna dis
played a piece of wood which he called
a chew stick. He told how the Jamai-
cans use the stick 20 clean their
teeth. One OF his listeners needed u
demonstration. BY following Mr..
Lemasenna's instructions he was able
to get a lather from the stick, which
later assumed the duties Of q rush.
The listener was satisfied that the stick
did all that was said of it. Mr..
Lemasenna added tina the Jamaicaos
have the best and cleanest teeth in the
world.
Thomas Donnelly, telephone operator
at police headquarters. will feel embar-
raised when he finds out that one OF his
pet schemes of t~elephoning home has at
last been found u 4. 1t occurred yes
terday, n after calling up his home
the following conversation ensued;
Hello, is this you, dear?"
Put the baby to the phone. Hello,
darling; do you know you papa?'
Then came a long line of baby talk,
when a mean man called for a number,
which compelled poor papa to ring off.
Now, Thomas, don't get angry, and
don't let us interfere with calling up
the baby, for you are the right kind of
d papa.
George II. Strobell was speaking re-
Gently of little and big thieves inc to
illustrate the attitude of the little thief
toward the n who steals within the
law he told the following story
a negro wat arrested and brought
before one OF the Southern courts to
be tried for stealing chickens. The
testimony Of the complainant was that
the chickens were right under his win
daw, in spite of which the thief got
The black mar admitted this.
But what I cannot understand,
Rastus," said the Judge, is how you
could get away with those chickens
without awakening Mr.. Smith, he be-
ing such a light sleeper"
"Nevah yo' min how I done tt, sab:
yo' couldn't do hit yo'se'f anyhow Il I
told yo'; yo'd git shot full of holes try
ing. If yo' wants TO commit n ras-
cality do It on de bench, where yo' is
mo at home. Bettah stick to 20 W
bizness, jedge."
Commissioner Harry 3. O'Conreh. al
busy attending a Board of
Works meeting yesterday, regretted
that Newark fan were deprived Of the
pleasure of seeing the Tigers in action.
In an effort to cheer up some OF rhe
he told this one:
Following the fire in the Polo
grounds, in New York. n Of the local
fans put this n across:
Say. Harry he said to me, did YOU
know it was Tiffany that started the
fire over there?'
81 bit and asked why.
"'wlly, he wanted to steal the dia-
mond.' said my friend"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21

Congressman Parker announced that
the free distribution Of vegetable and
flower seeds is being carried on by the
agricultural department.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21

Chief OF Police Callaghan. OF Harri-
son. must explain to the Hudson count
grand jury why beer was sold in the
Harrison saloons on Sunday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
APRIL Fl. 1896.

The executive committee Of the Essex
County Christian Fndeavor Union held
It's April session in the New York Ave
IL Reformed Church.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
Park Extension Needle Improvement.

NCNuN9
To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
With pleasure do I read in your
paper that the Board of Freeholders
has beer authorized TO issue bonds for
$780, 600 above the annual appropriation
for the extension of the county parks
in the Belleville section. This will GER
tainly help the outlying districts Of
Newark, and Is something which the
suburban residents are entitled to
The fact that the suburbs have long
been neglected canno be denied. and,
as we are all residents of this county,
it Is not asking too much to have the
chain of public parks extend into this
section. It will be seen that both
Belleville and Nutley will derive bene-
fits II this plan Is carried out, and then
the banks along the Passaic river,
which have long been an eyesore, VIII
be a thing Of the past.
SUBURBANITE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21

The New Jersey Society of the sons
of the American Revolution celebrated
the anniversary Of the battle of Lex
ington in the old First Presbyterian
Church.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21

the roads suffers, the residents suffer
and many people who would otherwise
corne stay away
If running the roads were a private
enterprise the first concern of the peo-
pie running it would be to make 1t
attractive for visitors and comfortable
for those living nearby. In this way
only can a business be made both
comfortable and profitable. AS it is
everyone suffers, and besides, roads
that should be show places In the State
are rapidly becoming e~ye-sores. Hop
ing this will find space In your vaiu-
able columns I remain. respectfully.
GEORGE MacMANUS.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21

jeremiah Meeker, 81 years old, of
Prospect street. South Orange, married
Mrs. Louise Masters, ~ years old, of
Lake street, East Orange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21

The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the public and
not more than one hundred words
treating OF topics Of the hour.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-14
TEDDY NOT A CANDIDATE.
Roosevelt Says He Has Had GOOD
Run for His Money.

Theodore Roosevelt made his first
public declaration regarding his posi-
BILE candidacy for the presidency at a
luncheon given in his honor at Spo-
kane, Wash, by the Commercial club.
IL am not an aspirant for anything,
because | have had everything" ne
declared. mo other man alive has
had don't know whether ! ought to
use this smile in the presence OF the
chaplain but l am going to take
chances-no other man alive has had
such a good run for his money"
Mr.. Roosevelt declared he was max
ing his tour for no other purpose than
that which he has already assigned
to thank the people who had elected
him to the presidency. Had he never
come to the west, he said, he nevel
would have raised his regiment, ant
never would have become president
In conclusion, he said:
at is the service done, not the It'll
of the place held, that counts. Ant
YOU won't, any Of you, have to puzzl
as to my motives if you will accep
nv statements at their face value
You have not got anything | want e1
cept your respect and good Will, an
all I desire is, so far as the chanc
arises. where | am able to do SO, t
help you in any movement for tn
good of our common country"