The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-21
NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.

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Perpetual Sessfon Of the Assembly-Re-
port OF the Gibbons Invest1g Ating Com.
maetee-Gtbbons Declared Guilty--Coi.
leesor OF the Port or Now York
fonkers Sc hooi Enthusiastically Re-
| port Against the Broadway Railroad
| Excitement and Anticipated Develope-
ments-Items In tho Tax Levy-Unsars
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the Port OF
New xork-AIIOPathfc Dose, &c., Sc.
ALBANY, March 20, 1861
The Assembly commences TO day their almost perpetual
session. system that fail to be ruinous to the
true interests OF the State No person sit in the As
semby Chamber twelve hours per day without soon be-
coming unit TO consider as he should do the bills that
Is expected to act upon The session commenced this
morning at mine O'Clock. They win take recess at two
O'Clock meet again at three, remain in session until six
and then take until half past O'Clock and
remain in session until eleven and perhaps twelve
No man, care not how strong a constitution b
may have can remain in his seat and discharge hls
duties intelligently more than two three days at
time Better let the work be undone than to resort
this mode oil rushing it through.
The Gibbons Investigating Committee reported this
morning against Gibbons with the following resolution
appended to the report
Resolved, That jay Gibbons, the member from the
First Assembly district Of Albany county, has been
guilty OF oc al MISCONDUCT rendering him unworthy of
seat in this House, and that he be and hereby s
PEELED.
motion made 70 have the report laid on tn ,
table and printed This opposed by three Of
the members, who thought, nasmuch the report OF
the committee unanimous they had better decide it
at once The motion finally adopted and the report
and testimony will all be printed before acted upon
by the House. This certainly question Of than
ordinary importance, but person could have listened
to the testimony on both sides without becom-
ing convinced that Gibbons is one Of the most
innocent members on the floor of the House
Other members are beyond a doubt, more lilly than
Gibbons. The difference is Gibbons was not sharp
board what others do sub rosa.
There appeays to be considerable feeling here amongst
pointment Of Barney as Collector majority OF the re-
publicans had made their minds that Simeon Draper
should have that position he having done great deal
known in political circles Were the subject
referred to the members of the Legislature Draper
Every report from Washington is looked with great
esgerness, and the inquiry HAS Draper received ap
pontmen? has become standard question.
There quite little controversy in the Assembly
this morning over bill to divide the Yonkers school
district in Yonkers Westchester county The bill pre-
vous passed the Senate referred to the committee
10 the House, reported by them and the advantage taken
Of the absence Ct Mr. McDermott the House, who
represents that district and motion made to
to the Standing Committee to report complete Mr.
McDermott received remonstrance signed by up
district, whilst only forty pettioned for the law The
committee reported the bill this morning, when Mr.
McDermott moved 70 disagree with the report f the
committee and the bill be referred to the Committee OF
the Whole when all the facts could be made known
regard to the matter He declared the bill to be
just one and the means taken TO its passage
the House Unfair There was short discussion, pro aud
cen, but the republicans made party question Of it,
voted Mr. McDermotts motion down, and ordered the bill
to third reading II will doubtless be pat through by
Mr. yarian, from the Committee en- Railroads. to whom
thp tbOrza he nf
railroad in Broadway, made minority report this
ing against the bill The following the main points
the has discussed by the apple ants
for the measure and its opponents who have laid before
the the various facts and arguments bearing
on the subject.
That the annual rent of that portion of the
property on Broadway extending from the Battery to
Union square, constituting about cnehaf OF the line of
the des ed grant, Is between six and seven millions of
dollars, and the cash value Of the property sixty
millions Of dollars, the Of which unanimous
in opposing railroad this line, and yet the Legsa
ture asked by pereons not owners on Broadway to a
road, without paying the damage The applicants pro
TO only for that portion Of the street which they
usesay seventeen feet in widhand for nothing more
which payment is to be maze not TO the Of the
adjacent lots, but to The Corporation of New
York, except in cases in which such owner
seldom the 1t is safe, therefore, to assume
that the petitioners do not expect pay single dollar of
damage TO those who own the adjacent property.
II is conceded that the grant applied for possesses
very great value, for which 10 Is stated that million
perry the line will be seriously damaged The under
signed considers IL highly unjust confer such beuef
the applicants and inct such injury the owners
without requiring for the one and just compen
sation to the other.
The injury which a railroad will nnict upon the
owners, results chiefly from narrowing the capacity
Of the street for ordinary vehicles, whereby the
trade now carried on in stores on Broadway will be
driven other localities, causing serious dminuton
OF rents and consequently correspondngy depreciation
Of value. The wholesale business Of the city, amounting
to several hundred millions of dollars now transacted to
n raQt ytpDt0 AM n PRO
thoroughare in all it's width is required for the
niens prosecution of this trade
table Of the width of the street at different points Is
inserted in the report and the width of axle Of trucks
cars and wagons used in trade liz also given and the
colcfusion drawn that the space each side
Of what is required for the railroad Is wholly
insufficient for vehicles abreast In streets in which
occasional this would be but Of slight venence but
Broadway probably travelled more than any street in
the world, not only up and down It's length, but by yehi
Giles OF ali descriptions In crossing IT, In the active part
Of the day, early as 1852, was crossed at Fulton
street. during twelve hours Of the day thirteen times
each The number Of vehicles which passed up and
down Broadway opposite Fulton was the same
tme per hour which numbers have since been large
y increased The capacity Of Broadway 10 accommodate
amount Of tave vast arises from the fact that
vehcies out Of each others way. That their
arc regulated by the police, stationed at all
occupy any particular portion Of the street, by running
given straight line with right 10 compel others TO keep
out OF the way The sidewalks, which crowded with
foot passenges frequently swerved about would be de
prved of much Of their power to sommodate IL prvi
eged persons might pass ap and down on given straight
/ lire.
ia railroad WAS built IN Broadway for passengers the
latter, in addition TO two sidewalks OF fifteen feet
width, would have appropriated to them seventeen
/ feet In addition, and If The road constant
ly occupied with cars, as IL s claimed that
would be, two narrow lanes, each sufficient for the
width OF only vehicle would be ie for the thou
sands Of vehicles that the street evcty day
many Of which are driven into Broadway because paral
lei streets too narrow and many Of them
pied with railroads The two lanes thus left by the rail
read track would be ied with vehicles passing line
4 tlta anIs AZ
would not only stop the whole line but arrest the
nous travel across broadway and prevent the transac
ton OF business to extent greatly TO In
jure the value Of adjacent property. This is the
universal opinion of the owners, who best able TO
Judge OF the effect OF railroad on the value u tn
erty, and who appear remonstrauts against the
scheme ard not as petitioners for IT, The capacity Of