The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-12
THE STATE CAPITAL.


The STATE CAPITAL.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or the HERALD
Favorable Report or the Assembly Committee
ON the Three Tier Railroad Project. &c.
ALBANY Feb H. 1861.
The only interesting event In the legislative proceed
ings to night the report Of the Assembly Railroad
Committee in favor OF General SWANS Metropolitan
Three Tier Railroad. The report unanimous and
has kicked up some CONSERVATION among the under
ground folks
An attempt made to pass bill for the extension
Of the Third Avenue Railroad line through l3oth street.
but met with unexpected opposition and action was
deferred ON It,
Among the arrivals here tonight was General c. G.
Halpins (''Miles O'RsiIy'), Register Of New York
The Doctors and Cruelty TO AniniaIs-Pro-
posed Changes In the Market system Of
the MetropoIis-Im Important Hill Relative 10
Pawn Onices, Second Hand Stores and Junk
shops-The ssSouthern Boulevnrd,'' &c.
ALBANY, Feb. II, 1867
MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS AND CRUELTY ASMALs
The bin which is to be introduced for the further pre-
venion Of cruelty to anmas-one OF Professor Henry
Bergh's lpet measures a good deal of excite.
the medical profession in every part or the
State While the late Escuapan Convention in
sion here last week the subject was much talked Of
among the doctors and many were the learned opinions
and scientific urged why bill interfering with
anatomical and physiological empircism should not
be passed The doctors declare that their e.
periments on animals absolutely neces-
sary for the thorough education OF medical
students as well az The advancement of science "We
have right they coolly say, ITO cut up live men,
and we must rip up d1mb animals in order 10 demon
theories which in other way can be verified
Where would science be now were II not for the success
OF MANY OF the experiments made on live brutesex
ia wi a
ble research to the student? IL Is mistake, they
assert TO suppose that animals suffer torures during
these experiments, for measures always taken to
deaden the by Of chloroform and other
anesthetics before the knife deadly poison is en-
plOyed The result OF all this complaint Is that an I'M
posing remonstrance has been prepared by the DOCTORS
signed by hundreds Of names, and will be presented
Immediately alter the introduction OF the bill OF Mr..
Bergh
have been much spoken Of lately objects requiring
legislative interference, and less than three bills have
already turned up the Senate and Assembly. Grid
eys bill for commission to take charge Of all markets
and market property, present and prospective Will
probably meet the fate Of all the other jobs
which explained you in recent letters have suddenly
grown to 90 mighty unpopular in Albany On the other
bills the subject Is uncertain what action will be
taken by tho Le islature Mr. Alexander Frears idea is
to crganize corporations. by special law, which shall
have the privilege OF purchasing present markets from
the city and erecting such market edhces they
may deem necessary. On Saturday he introduced bill
TO incorporate the Metropolitan Market Company
carry out this design Mr. Bernard Cregan some weeks
ago gave notice of bill 10 allow private company
purchase large space OF the shore property along the
North river, between Tweny-fourth and Twentysix
Streets site for the erection OF spscious iron
ket building, and to be conducted the Philadelphia
plan. There arc many people here who belle in taking
the market business entirely OF the hands OF the
city authorities and giving 10 private parties altogether
TO be managed like any other class Of business
REGULATION OF PAWN OFFICES SECOND HAND, JUNK AND
INTELLIGENCE STORES.
Senator Thomas Murphy has introduced an important
bill prohibiting persons from the above
kinds OF stores without annual license from the Police
Commissioners the amount therefor to be $25 for in
Pawnbrokers not to take than twenty Two per
cent interest upon q loan not exceeding $25 and
are only 10 be sod after remaining one year IN pawn
brokers' possession and then by public auction the
plus money after deducting the amount Of loan, IN
TO tho person who would have been entitled to redeem
the pledge In case such sale had taken place. Among
the other provisions OF this bill the foliowing:
No article thing which shall have been purchased by
dealer in second hand articles in the Of his
s Ss o.
month after such purchase dealer second hand ar
SSisspsr shop shall buy , or sell iDs oe
article q s Or any wearing
:So or ssns min IN :Ssnd
pawn; shall hc Or she loan advance
hand onG S S 81 If Ss SHOP ss par
MINOR, apprentice servant knowing having
@ or ss os q. n o o her n ae
goods article thing whatever between setting or the
and the hour OF In the morning under penalty
articles shall defaca mutilste take apart in any
way alter, or permit " be dcfsced. mutilaed taken
apart or 10 any altered article or thing which shall
come into his or her In the OF business but
state and condition In which when first received by
him her under the penalty OF $UO every
No dealer In second hand articles snail during his license
SUCH receive hold license the business of
keeper OF junk shop during his license SUCH receive
hold license the business o. pawnboker of
dealer second hand articles For every hand barrow
handcart or other cart m vehicle used employed BY
keeper of junk shop within said district, he
she shall ray license Of $lU annually and for every
person who shall be employed To prope drive the
other vehicle marked with street
the place Of business and the number OF the license of the
owner thereof such and said board shall
prescribe In licensed under this act shall
designated In said lice she shah Immediately there
upon notice thereof tohe said board and they shall
endorse such removal said license and the Ks
upon all carts boats and other vehicles used BY dealer
80 licensed and removing aforesaid be changed
i TO correspond with such change OF location.
The SOUTHERN BOULEVARD
The members from Westchester county striving to
pass bill to establish tho Southcrn Boulevard to be
constructed under the direction Of Richard N. Hoe,
kamuel b. White, GouvcIneur Morris, William Smith
Brown and Henry Stohey. as Commissioners. This
road is to commence at Harlem bridge running thence
eastwardly 10 the Mill brook, thence Home avenue
thence to the junction Of Beach and Division
lands formerly OF Philip Daier thence road Lead
ing from West Farms to Hunts point between the resi-
denccs Of William 8 Brown and Richard NJ Hoe, thence
TO the new road leading from The Bronx Bleach Works
20 Fordham, thence TO Central avenue