The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-22
Affairs In Albany.

LAZY LEGISLATORS HARBOR ENCRoACHMENTs -
CRYSTAL PALACE - DICTIONARIES CANAL I'M
PROyEMENTs PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND WATER
RENTS IN NEW YORK CITY.
sPE0m CORRESPONDENCE NEW HERALD.
ALBANY, March 21, 1854
Yesterday was q regular blue Monday in the Iegis
lature Aquorum being scarcely present in either house.
no business except of ordinary character under
taken.
Both houses being well filed this morning. acti
witty prevailed. Various important matters taken
up and discussed and in the Senate the bill relating to
the Troy ferry occupied most of the time 1t appears
that certain parties have enjoyed the monopoly Of that
ferry undisubed for three quarters of century, from
the fact that they the title in the soil either
side Of the river OF late years the travel has become
immense and those having control of the ferry
neglect to provide suitable accommodations for the pub
lc They have deed the authorities of Troy or Albany
to interfere, and to-day bill has passed the Senate
under which competing ferry, SO long needed will be
established
Mr.. Brooks introduced and read the following letter
from Major Frazer in relation to the harbor encroach
ments:-.
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Hon. JAMES BROOKS, n. Y. Senate.
Mr. ITutchins rose and replied that he was not aware
Of what Major Frazer intended to testify but he he Id in
his hand his statement before the committee which he
read. The Major said the exclusion of iewater inure
the navigation materially, diminishing the volume Of
water flowing and refowing oyerbars and tends to in
bars at the mouth Of barbors If entirely Oh
structed, the flow would be gentle to fail TO wash
out the channel The piers Of london bridge have an
formerly account of the piers. The depth Of water
on bars is maintained BY ebb tides The tide in deep
rivers runs faster than in shallow waters.
One Of the New York Senators gave notice that he in
tended to introduce bill extending charter Of the
Crystal Palace Association The direction and manage
ment being in other hands II s asserted that
effort will be made to gslvanize IL into public notice
during the coming season.
The state will eventually be compelled to foot the bill
for large number Of Wcbsters unabridged dictionaries
furnished to the common schools under a law Of 1851
That act provides that the trustees Of school libraries
may purchase copies of the work at four dol
lars each. Another provision makes Il imperative
upon town superintendents 10 retain out Of IL
brary moneys two dollars in the year 1852, and the
amount in 1854, making the four dollars to pay for
these books. This demanded of them by the law.
large number Of these dictionaries thus ordered
from hessrs c. G. Merriam, Of Springfield, Mass, who
held the copyright and after three years II Is dis
closed that the amount of So due those publishers
bill IL under consideration providing for the pay
ment of this sum, directly from the income OF the
United States Depose fund, and directs that town
Ierintendonts ehall retain sufficient sum from the
library fund Of 1854 to the amount delivered to the
State Treasury, and replaced in the depose fund thus
advanced This will be done the superintendents
who refused to retain the OF four dollars out
TO dsgorge it the law which the Legislature
about enactng am happy to learn that the publishers
of the dictionary TO have their money, but
there Is little faith in the expectation that will be
replaced in the State Treasury Why not authorize the
Superintendent Of Common Schools to withhold these
amounts from such districts have refused TO pay
The bill reported by Mr.. Uttleohn, Chairman OF the
Canal Committee Of the House, providing for expendng
Ave millions Of the amount the canals, and redeemng
the scrip issued under the law Of 1851 taken up in
the House, and adopted In committee without any mate
rial alteration The eleventh section OF the bill provides
that " no member iof the Legislature, no member OF
the Canal Board and State ocer shall be interested
directly indirectly, In any contract Job to be per