Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-29
HAVE HEARING
ON BILL AGAIN
Ten Brock Measure Regard
ing Acting Mayor Controyer-
sy Comes Up Tomorrow.
PROGRAM FOR WEEK
Congressional Re-District-
ing Bill, Local Option, Jury
Reform and Others.

1
Trenton. Jan. 20 Congressional
re-districting SO as to give this state
two more representatives at Wash
ington, local option. removal of
grade crossings, grand jury reform,
s@full crews on railroad trains and
| the proposal to establish a system
| OF 1850 miles OF state highways
are some OF the questions which
will make lively the fourth week of
the Legislature which will open at
the State House tonight. The week
lis likely to see some political skir-
mishing, too, as the Democrats will
Introduce some of their bills drafted
| to meet their campaign pledges and
this will lead to partisan contests
| to gain the advantage on the big leg
islative propositions
New Grade Crossing Bill.
The Democrats will have their
own grade crossing abolition bill and
|it will provide that none of the ex-
pense of removing such crossings
shall be put upon the municipality,
even though the municipality may
| ing. The Pierce measure provides
cent of the cost shall be borne by the
municipality petition for immediate
removal unless a trolley company
shall use the crossing, In which
case the trolley corporation Is to
bear ten per cent and the munich
pality. fifteen per cent. So much
opposition has developed to this pro-
vision of the Pferce measure, par
ticularly upon the port of the May
ors who as members of the Mayors
Association are fighting for grade
crossing reform. that 1t Is regarded
as very likely that the Republicans
will consent to amend the bill. This
will be the particular bone of con-
tention between the parties on the
grade crossing question.
'.Full Crew. Bill.
The Democrats will introduce a
full crew" bill in the Assembly to-
might and will fight to get 1t passed
notwithstanding the report OF the
Utility Commission last week that an
arbitrary law fixing the number of
men In a crew Is net practicable and
thai Ii would be better to let the
Commission regulate the matter by
giving 1t more help. The Demo-
cratic House last year passed such a
bill but the Senate sent the prop
osition to the Utility Board for In
vestigation and report.
The Republican leaders are wrest-
Hing with redistricting problem and
whether the measure is introduced
this week depends upon the progress
made. This will be the big political
measure of the session and hence
the party clash over 1t viii be sharp
and strenuous.
The Republican leaders are trying
| to draft bill SO drawing the lines as
| to give their party nine of the twelve
congressman. The state now has ten
congressman, of whom seven are
Democratic. though in recent years
until the last opportionment of Com
gress gives New Jersey two more
lcongressmen and provides that each
district shall contain as near as pos
sibie 211s431 Inhabitants. The Dem
ocrats will have their own redis-
tricting bill and will attack the Re-
publican plan as a gerrymander.
New Local Option Bill.
The new local option bill will be
nearly the same as that OF last ses-
sion. It viii provide that an cleo
| tion shall be called to vote on the
saloon question upon the filing OF a
petition signed by thirty per cent
| of the voters. After an election has
been held in a municipality another
cannot be called for three years.
| Last year this limit was two years.
Considerable opposition Is devel-
oping to the bill of Senator Gaunt
providing for an issue of bonds of
| $40, 100000 bonds to build the 500
miles of state highways. State
IRoad Commissioners Stevens showed
Saturday that 1t viii require $780,
| 600 a year to maintain the roads
after they are built and that the ex-
penditures ON road account, includ-
| ing interest and sinking fund
charges, will be about S1,00o,000 a
year more than can be expected
| from the automobile receipts, even
| Though they be Increased fifty per
cent, as proposed in another of the
Gaunt bills. As the bond issue will
| have to go before the voters next
| November, under the Constitution,
lit is deemed doubtful on the part
OF some Republicans whether the
| measure should be pushed through
on the eve OF a Presidential cam
paign The Whyte bill In the AS
sembly which, while providing for
1900 miles OF state roads, requires
only the expenditure OF not exceed
| ing 100000 a year which would
yearly be met by the auto fees II
they were increased, Is likely to meet
with more favor
Dust Evil in Factories.
The two bills by Senator Edge
providing for the cure of the dust
| evil IN factories and requiring prop-
| er safe guards on all machinery In
factories. which passed the Senate
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Assembly and referred to the Com
mittee ON Labor and Industries. Of
which AssembIyman Adams, of this
lcity, is chairman. Mr.. Adams is one
of the labor leaders of the county
The Democratic member of this
committee Is Assembiyman Corne-
Illus Ford of Hudson, president OF
1.-THE State Federation OF Labor. With
these two labor leaders on the COM
mittee tha speedy reporting OF the
IbilIs Is assured and they will pass
the House without trouble,
About twenty-five bills are ready
to be taken up for final passage In
tire two houses, though they ara of
Minor Importance Many more bills
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