The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-01-24


KlansmeE will be prohibited from
wearing masks or similar regalia n
public under a measure introduced by
Mr.. Barison, OF Hudson.
Senate Passes Tunnel Bill
BY vote of 13 to 5 the Senate
passed the Richards bill to amend the
Bridge and Tunnel Commission act so
as to permit the New Jersey commits
sion to name its own counsel and other
employees. Amendments were accept
ed to the act which eliminated fea-
ture that would have removed Secre-
tary James P. Dolan and Treasurer 2.
Irving Edwards from Office.
The first measure passed by the
Senate this year was measure by
Senator Davis, OF Gloucester, to en-
able the municipality Of Woodbury. to
issue school bonds.
The joint resolution by Mr.. Hersh-
field Of Passaic. adopted by the House
last week, providing the Governor APP
point commission of five to study the
feasibility of compulsory liability in
surance for automobile drivers, was
passed by the Senate by vote Of
Is to L.
The measure provides that the Gov
ernor shah make the appointments
within five days after passage Of the
resolution
The Mellon plan of tax reduction
was endorsed by resolution in the
New Jersey Legislature. 1t was intro
duced by Majority Leader William Fl.
Bright, Cape May county. The Demo-
cratic members Joined in approval OF
the endorsement.
Senator Alexander Simpson, of Hud-
son county, minority leader, in voting
for the endorsement, remarked that he
did not believe passage Of the Mellon
tax reduction plan would interfere
with passage Of fhe soldiers bonus
bill
Submits plea for $4,000. 600
Explanation why s14 100000 more IS
needed for the completion Of the Hud-
son vehicle tunnel between Jersey
City and Manhattan Is made in a for
NAL report which the Interstate
Bridge and Tunnel Commission sub
mitted to the Senate and Assem- bly,.
New Jersey will have to pay half OF
$14 900 900 additional and the commits
sion asks that the Legislature give 1t
So 500, 900 for immediate needs.
This latter sum is desired for three
purposes: for additional realty in New
Jersey and New York, $1,412,1S5; for
three contracts that are yet to be let,
S1,837,S15, and for administration and
engineering, $3.50, 200.
The Legislature is requested to en-
act measures to enable the commits
sion to acquire the land needed, for
enactments to provide the 100000
that New Jersey will have to pay as
it's extra share, and that the $S.500,00O
for immediate needs be furnished as
promptly as possible, so that no delay
will occur in construction.
A reorganization of the increases
ascribed as responsible for the addi-
ton of fifty per cent to the cost of the
tunnel is as follows:
Increases in tunnel diam
eters .........-..-... 10000
New Jersey ventilation
foundations 49,. 100000
Cast steel lining and tie
rods .....-.......... of5,UOU
Stations for equipment sub
stations for electric pow
er, ventilation equipment
for shafts and tunnels.
buildings for housing
emergency euipment. fire
extinguishers, telephone
system, traffic signals and
miscellaneous equipment. 1,424,00O
Equipment ...... 1.24S. 900
Tile lining ............. foO,OUV
Architectural treatment. 100000
ing ................ 100000
Increased costs OF work in
cluded in 1918 estimate. 1874 ,17S
Increased plaza areas and
paving ............. $685.. 1929
Contingencies for tunnel
and bridge. ......... 500 900
Total @44,OVV,eVV
The report touches also on the COM
missions inquiry into the feasibility
of building a bridge or tunnel to con-
meet New Jersey with Staten Island
from Perth Amboy to Tottenyilie 1t
is stated, and report will be nled dur
ing the present session.
Minority Leader Devoe Busy
Mr.. Devoe OF New Brunswick. mi
nority leader, was selected by a
Democratic caucus to present bills re-
pealing the open specifications law OF
1928, of the election law changes
made last year, and the road acts Of
1928. He also submitted a new open
specification law, a bill prohibiting
profiteering on coal, and measure
strengthening the anti-narcotic law.
Miss May NJ. Carly, OF Hudson.
proposed measure increasing the
penalties for violation Of the sweat
shop law and bill repeating the