Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22

money. to expend for this purpose.
Bills similar to those which failed
last year have been introduced in the
house by Speaker Godfrey for the
abandonment of the Morris canal.
They provide that the Lehigh Valley
railroad shall pay to the state $1,000
900 to take over the canal and shall
give the money to a parkway boule-
ward commission. The co admission will
also be empowered to sell the land not
used TO municipalities.
Want Judge Barred
Judge Ernest A. Heppenheimer would
be prevented from sitting in the litiga-
ton involving the ninety cent gas rate
under the provisions of a bill intro
duced in the house. The withdrawal of
Judge Heppenheimer was requested by
counsel ON the ground that he had a
financial interest in the Public Service
corporation. which would be affected
by the rate decision. The other judges
of the court of errors held that the
cause was not sufficient for the leaving
of the judge. BY the measure of MI
Hates this financial interest would bar
him from the bench while the case was
under consideration.
Under a bin by Senator Allen the
county boards of taxation would be
abolished, and Senator Ackerson has
another bill TO permit the erection of
bulwarks along the Atlantic coast for
the protection Of the property from the
high seas.
Senator Read has a joint resolution
a~ppropriating 1000 for the erection Of
a marker TO indicate the place where
Major General Phil Kearny fell at the
battle of Chantilly. Va. Committees
representing the senate and assembly
are to take under consideration all the
road laws to codify them and probe
into the expenditure of money under
the highways act Confusion exists
now, and the object Of the investlga.
tion is to clear this up. A hearing on
the woman suffrage amendment is to
be conducted next Monday afternoon
by senate and house.
Opposition of the labor unions has
developed against the economy and eff
dciency bill. which would consolidate
the bureau of statistics and depart
nent of labor. The proposed statute
twill be fought vigorously. The mem
IF the trades councils regard rhe
r bow dictionary one. as they think
lie sits -, low are satisfactory. The
bank fsfaction is based on The
e c. II nat The new law would place
sic administration Of labor laws IN the
hands of nnsalaried and unframed
men. There is also discomfort because
"a department Of labor that has proved
its value in safeguarding the welfare
of the workers of the state would be
destroyed.
Under suspension of rules both house
have passed the measure to permit m
secretary of state to mail out COPIES ..
all legislative bills to subscriber. fol
$40 a year. This plan will also he qp.
posed by the labor unions. representa-
tives of which claim that they would
be most seriously affected by the tax
Conflicting claims of the fish and
game commission and the state forest
ry commission promise to be the sub
ject of fiery debating before the close
of the session. The forestry commits.
sion blames the widespread destrnc
ton of timber lands in the state on
gunners, who, they claim, start fires to
drive game out of their hiding places.
To prevent a recurrence of this wanton
devastation they would have New Jer
sey made a ''gameless. birdless'' state
Fight on Game Bill.
Under the proposed plan there would
be a coRtinuous open season for deer
and rabbits until all are exterminated.
A tart retort to this assertion has been
made by the game commission In
stead of holding the gllnners response
BILE for the loss of thousands of acres
of woodland last November. the board
charges the forestry commission with
having an insufficient fire fighting
service. They maintain that the ruin
Gus blaze could easily have been ex,
tinguished 18th proper activity on the
part of the fire wardens and denial is
made Of the assertion that hunters
started 1t to drive out the game. The
game commission holds that the de-
population of the woods and fields of
wild life would tend to discourage out
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