The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-12
NEWS FROM the STATE CAPITAL.

Motion for q Grinding Commfttee In the
Senate-UnsaFe Building Act-Meeting
ofthe Railroad Committee ON the Bread
way Bhl-R' mark, OF Messrs. a. II.
Stewart, Haight, Buihley and Others,
&c., sc.
Albany, March IL, 1851.
The Post Oice bill took turn Saturday evening
but little anticipated by the friends Of the measure and will
perhaps learn them that Straightforward course IN the
end will result TO their best interests. Whilst the lobby
in favor the bill had left their posts under the ina
preston that would not be touched until they returned
and that safe for few days st least, the other
SIDE taking the advantage Of thin attendance Of the
third house, had referred 10 the Judiciary Committee
Let friends raise the cry that tho advantage Of
thin house tsken for there were ~ many member
present until about ten, when the bill referred back
there at the time IL was considered In the Conn
mittee of the Whole The lobby, wiz admit, was very
Mr. CozaDs moved that bill recommitted TO tho
Judiciary Com nittee, which was carried. This com
mttee at least majority of them, spoke against the
bill when it in the Committee Of the Whole;
hence 1t s fair to suppose that notwithstand-
| Iittlejohn with them, that unless it Is changed
| much that its present fathers will not know
is in fact the committee whom should have been
terred IN the first place There legal questions in
voved and should the rgiual law have been pasei
officer OF the State could have served
legally notified Witness but It Is Dow whese IL be
changed TO suit either and is TO bc hoped suit New
This the point that we want the com nee 70 consider
The session Of the Assembly opened this morning with
ter only members being present. less than
quorum. As usual under such proceedings thero
st absent who forgot to get leave OF absence before
leaving Saturday will be marched before the bar OF
the committee to relieve the legislature was
appointed this morning under the resolution
to % devise plan through which tho list
OF bills that have been presented can be passed within
the constitutional term OF hundred days. The
mtsee will therefore, be expected 70 the House
| whether in their judgment, Grinding Committee, or
other mode will be best calculated 70 advance bust
given timc-pood bad ami indifferent, all thesams they
not 10 consider the question whether We want any
more laws passed or not, but have an alseorac
ever, they can do /. by the simple
has twenty working days TO cit before
tion Of their hundred days; grinding committee viii
~ ,Sros h.r mia w
notice that this Legislature has peculiar faculty Of
fcrring bills to committees to report complete in nine
known 70 than two members Of the House.
grinding committee with all it's evils, far preferable
Senator Ferry offered his resolution for committee
Of eight, or grinding committee, in the Seuate this
sppropriatpg money city railroads shall be considered
by them The resolution laid tho table and prob
posed 10 grinding committees The great evil OF ths day
Is much legislation the State and nation cursed by
", and especially Is the city OF New York inflicted
it; but we must say, with all frankness, that any
mode Ia preferable TO the unanimous conssft
and referring back to report complese system
practised TO great extent Ia the Senate, and, In
fact both houses has got TO be OF the standing
rules made 30 by custom in the Senate, that man,
object TO bill, must have the animous two
thirds vote to permit him TO raise HIS voice against To-
Whilst we condemn the grinding committee as nuisance
and uncomfortable evil yet must say that IL IL is pre-
erable to the custom practised 70 great extent this
winter,
Several bills were ordered TO third reaiing in both
| p2r
tiouar interest 10 New York. The bin incorporate the
Eclectic Association however, was reported complete,
and ordered TO third reading.
The bin to amend the Unsafe Building act passed las.
winter, was ordered TO third reading in the Assembly
This is 70 confer additional power those
that law. IL seems that the law now stands they
bave no power 10 order landlord TO change his building
Discussion ON tho Broadway Railroad
| Bill, &c.
| ALBANY, March IL, 1861.
| Weed has Just arrived from Washington In bad hu
NOR and states that Speaker Littlejohn has been ap
pointed Consul TO Liverpool He is receiving the con
gratulations Of his friends tonight.
| The Assembly Chamber about two thirds filed to
hear the arguments on the Broadway Railroad bill this
afternoon. A. stewart the rst speaker. He had
hoped that he would not be called upon again appear
before committee on that subject me sgita.
| tion on railroad in Broadway commenced
Council which had boen declared by tho
courts lie wished the committee to bear mind that
i
4 years There longer any dwellings there, and
the time not far distant when that portion beo Four
tecnth street would be devoted exclusively to Wholesale
business railroad the necessary recetvng and
despaichng of goods for that class OF business would be
80 in.erered with as 70 make them almost impossible.
In Broadway would take up sixteen feet leaving only
twelve feet on each side for the passage Of vehicles and
He had read the bill carefully confessed that
he never saw q bin drawn with such skin 70 cover
up the real niger In it as this. He had
| pride in Broadway. 10 may be possible that
he had lived there so long and grown up with its
greatness that ho had an affection for IL that others
did NOT have, and he hoped that he would live 70
tho time when II would be desecraed with a railroad
dssnt points and stated ha. the franchise s'rsss sas
valuable one. II tho citizens Of New York wanted
railroad there should be put up at auction and sold
the highest bidder. But he believed that majority OF
the citizens were opposed to IL.
Mr.. Haight then spoke against the bill. He stated
partly PRIDE New York was the queen city or the
continent, destined 70 be the queen city tho world
did not wish TO ace an iron dagger run through her
breast. appeared to him like robbng the grave Of ns
fathers 10 build a railroad in that street.
T. @ T. Buckley, the attorney Of the opponents then
followed in lengthy argument against the bl An re-
ferred "a at much length to & the rights q on franchise
very innocent caption; but passed II would
be found to contain provisions which would mako
Of the greatest monopoes that Of cru
chile Of modern legislation. II only gave them the
exclusive right TO Broadway, but gave them the right
purchase all other roads aud run ON all the streets Of
the city. IL would permit them 10 swallow up every
omnibus and stage interest, and 10 lateral stage
m,s and to have slegbng carnival after snow storm
al the expense OF the city.
They propose negotiate with the Comm Council but
all know what Kind arguments are reported 70 be used
there. He alluded 10 the past attempts 10 got
Broaoway railroad would not not regulate Broad
but ruin II as highway, by driving all carriages out
that the right f Broadway below Fourteenth did
rot belong 70 the Common Council bat 70 tho property
holcers and then proceeded TO show tho bad effects Of
road there, and the legal objections 10 the bill
In clear and lucid manner, Mr.. Ward next
replied in favor OF tho BILL and criticised tho diagram pre-
stnted by Mr. Haisht with railroad in operation, and
thought IL better than Punch and the beat comic paper
In exterre he alluded 10 the accumulation OF wealth
OF Mr. stewart the merchant prince and spoke In terms
not very creditablc himself and which, To- say the
least woud have been muc better unused. PERSONAL.
tics Of that kind can only rebound upon the author
Mr. Fullerton hts at orney, tEsn said that all the con-
vcnence Of travel up town not sphc,ent 70 accom-
moiate the public; and why had not tho other SIDE,
when obeciing 10 this, sugeestsd some mode Of relief